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• Concern growing in Fraser Valley over potential impact of Chilcotin River landslide

  02-08-2024 22:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Two of the largest cities in the Fraser Valley are warning residents of the potential damage that could be caused by the release of water trapped by a landslide along the Chilcotin River in the B.C. Interior.
  In social media posts over the last day, Chilliwack and Abbotsford are altering residents to the issuance of a high streamflow advisory along the Fraser River from the BC River Forecast Centre.
  As a result of the landslide blocking the Chilcotin River the BC River Forecas
  
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• Mass evacuations along Fraser, Chilcotin rivers unlikely after landslide: Ma - Chilliwack Progress

  02-08-2024 22:40 via news.google.com
  Mass evacuations along Fraser, Chilcotin rivers unlikely after landslide: Ma  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Vees trade Lucas Sorace to Chilliwack - Penticton Vees

  02-08-2024 22:03 via news.google.com
  Vees trade Lucas Sorace to Chilliwack  Penticton Vees
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs announce return of veteran Sorace - Fraser Valley Today

  02-08-2024 21:50 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack Chiefs announce return of veteran Sorace

  02-08-2024 21:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack Chiefs have announced that 2004-born defenceman Lucas Sorace will return to the Chiefs for his final BCHL season. Sorace, who is committed to Division One Quinnipiac for the 2025-26 NCAA season, was re-acquired from the Penticton Vees in exchange for future considerations.
  Chiefs Head Coach and GM Brian Maloney says the decision to trade Sorace was a difficult one for the organization. So when the opportunity arose to bring him back to Chilliwack, he jumped at i
  
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• Roughriders won’t underestimate winless Elks as Tre Ford starts for Edmonton

  02-08-2024 21:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — The Edmonton Elks have yet to win a game this season but the Saskatchewan Roughriders aren’t about to underestimate their opponent heading into Saturday’s CFL clash at Mosaic Stadium.
  The Riders (5-2) enter the game tied for first place in the West Division with the B.C. Lions, while the Elks (0-7) are looking to get into the win column for the first time since Sept. 15, 2023, when they beat Saskatchewan 36-27.
  Rider Nation believes it should be an easy victory for Sas
  
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• Abbotsford company wins appeal of detergent-in-creek fine - Chilliwack Progress

  02-08-2024 21:44 via news.google.com
  Abbotsford company wins appeal of detergent-in-creek fine  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Unattended smoker prompts 9-1-1 call, rapid response from Hope firefighters

  02-08-2024 21:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — The Hope Fire Department says an unattended smoker at a residence led to a 9-1-1 call about smoke seen from the rear of a home last week and a quick response from local firefighters.According to a social media post from the department, Hope firefighters say a smoker was left alone for an unspecified time in close proximity to a combustible material. Hope Fire says further damage was averted in this case.“Fortunately further damage was averted in this case that serves as a remi
  
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• N.S. Black community prays for wounded, including 17-year-old girl, shot at reunion

  02-08-2024 21:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — A week after shots were fired during a reunion of former residents of a historic Black community in Halifax, a teenager remains in hospital with a bullet in her body, and a local church has organized a “circle of lament.”
  Tanya Gray, the cousin of 17-year-old Chrishia Carvery, said her relative was one of the five people caught in crossfire at the gathering in Africville park at 10 p.m. on July 27.“I’ve had all the emotions: fear, shock, rage, crying,&rdqu
  
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• Lefty pitcher Ryan Yarbrough reports to Blue Jays, active against Yankees

  02-08-2024 21:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Left-handed pitcher Ryan Yarbrough has reported to the Toronto Blue Jays and will be active Friday against the New York Yankees.
  The Blue Jays acquired the reliever from the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday for outfielder Kevin Kiermaier.
  The move comes after RHP Paolo Espino was returned to Triple-A Buffalo on Thursday.
  Yarbrough is 4-2 with a 3.74 ERA and one save in 67.1 MLB innings this season.
  The 32-year-old has played for the Tampa Bay Rays and Kansas City Royals.
  Toronto (5
  
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• Surrey cops seize firearms after 'dancing with guns' video surfaces - Chilliwack Progress

  02-08-2024 21:03 via news.google.com
  Surrey cops seize firearms after 'dancing with guns' video surfaces  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• CHIEFS RE-ACQUIRE SORACE

  02-08-2024 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The Chilliwack Chiefs are thrilled to announce that 2004-born defender Lucas Sorace will be back home in Chilliwack for his final BCHL season. Sorace, committed to Quinnipiac for the 2025-26 NCAA season, was re-acquired from Penticton in exchange for future considerations. The Chiefs are thrilled to have Sorace back in the fold, and there are many reasons why this was the right move at the right time for the club. “First off, Lucas is a great person. It was a really tough decision to make
  
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• Jury reaches split verdict in baby abandonment case

  02-08-2024 20:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A jury reached a split verdict Friday in the case of a mother charged with abandoning her newborn in subfreezing temperatures after giving birth in the woods.
  Jurors found 27-year-old Alexandra Eckersley guilty of reckless conduct and endangering the welfare of a child, but not guilty of assault charges.Eckersley had testified during her trial last month that she didn’t know she was pregnant and thought the child had died after she gave birth on Christmas night in 2022. A psychologist test
  
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• Canada’s Masse wins bronze in women’s 200m backstroke at Paris Games

  02-08-2024 20:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Canadian swimmer Kylie Masse has won a bronze medal in women’s 200-metre backstroke at the Olympic Games in Paris.
  The 28-year-old from LaSalle, Ont., is the first Canadian swimmer to win an Olympic medal in three consecutive Games.
  Masse was a bronze medallist in the 100-metre backstroke in Rio in 2016 and a double silver medallist three years ago in Tokyo where she was second in both the 100 and 200 backstroke.
  Australia’s Kaylee McKeown defended her Olympic gold meda
  
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• Jury reaches verdict in baby abandonment case, court spokesperson says

  02-08-2024 20:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A jury has reached a verdict in the case of a mother charged with abandoning her newborn in subfreezing temperatures after giving birth in the woods, a court spokesperson said Friday.Av Harris sent an email to The Associated Press confirming that a verdict had been reached. The court has not yet reconvened for the jury to deliver the verdict.Twenty-seven-year-old Alexandra Eckersley testified that she didn’t know she was pregnant and thought the child had died after she gave birth on Chris
  
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• Hot weather for B.C. long weekend expected to dry out forest fuels

  02-08-2024 20:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The BC Wildfire Service says it now considers eight of the more than 300 fires burning across the province as “wildfires of note,” as crews prepare for hot and dry conditions in the south of the province over the upcoming long weekend.
  The Dunn Creek fire, about 100 kilometres north of Kamloops, and Sitkum Creek fire, northeast of Vernon, were added to the list of six wildfires of note, which are either highly visible or pose a threat to public safety or infrastructure.
  The wildfire
  
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• Dabrowski, Auger-Aliassime win Olympic mixed doubles tennis bronze - Chilliwack Progress

  02-08-2024 20:10 via news.google.com
  Dabrowski, Auger-Aliassime win Olympic mixed doubles tennis bronze  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canada beats Spain to remain undefeated in Olympic men’s basketball - Chilliwack Progress

  02-08-2024 19:53 via news.google.com
  Canada beats Spain to remain undefeated in Olympic men’s basketball  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canada beats Spain to remain undefeated in Olympic men’s basketball

  02-08-2024 19:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Canada’s men’s basketball team remains perfect at the Paris Olympics after narrowly defeating Spain 88-85 to close out group play on Friday.Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Canadians with 20 points, while Andrew Nembhard added 18 points and two assists.Dario Brizuela put up 17 points and hit all five of his three-point shots for Spain, which fell to 1-2 and was eliminated from the tournament.The two sides were level at 19-19 at the end of the opening frame before Canada
  
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• Harris has enough Democratic delegate votes to be the party’s nominee, Democratic chair says

  02-08-2024 19:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris had secured enough votes from Democratic delegates to officially be the party’s nominee for president, Democratic National Committee Chair Jamie Harrison said Friday.The online voting process doesn’t end until Monday, but the campaign marked the moment when she crossed the threshold to have the majority of delegates’ votes.Harris is poised to be the first woman of color at the top of a major party’s ticket.
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• Trend of record-setting, hot July weather continues in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  02-08-2024 19:21 via news.google.com
  Trend of record-setting, hot July weather continues in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Ottawa says Meta may still see Online News Act regulation — but CRTC wants more proof

  02-08-2024 18:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Liberal government continues to insist that Meta may still be regulated under its Online News Act, as Facebook and Instagram users find loopholes to share articles despite its news ban.
  But the regulator overseeing the implementation of the law suggests it doesn’t have evidence of that in hand.The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission acknowledges reports that claim Meta still makes news available, but says it would “require further evidence t
  
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• New England Free Jacks go into MLR championship game with distinctive Canada flavour

  02-08-2024 18:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Toronto Arrows are no more but there will still be a distinctive Canadian flavour to Sunday’s Major League Rugby championship game in San Diego.
  The defending champion New England Free Jacks, who take on the Seattle Seawolves for the title at Snapdragon Stadium, have a dozen Canadians on their roster.
  “Our teammates sometimes joke that they’re sick of hearing about it,” centre Ben LeSage, a Calgary native, said of the Canadian fraternity on the Free Jacks.
  “I th
  
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• Massive B.C. landslide could mean new barriers for struggling salmon - Chilliwack Progress

  02-08-2024 18:31 via news.google.com
  Massive B.C. landslide could mean new barriers for struggling salmon  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard’s sentencing postponed until September - Chilliwack Progress

  02-08-2024 18:29 via news.google.com
  Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard’s sentencing postponed until September  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canada’s Sophiane Methot wins bronze in trampoline gymnastics - Chilliwack Progress

  02-08-2024 18:27 via news.google.com
  Canada’s Sophiane Methot wins bronze in trampoline gymnastics  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• IHIT called to fatal shooting in Langley - Chilliwack Progress

  02-08-2024 18:25 via news.google.com
  IHIT called to fatal shooting in Langley  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Trampoline bronze extends Canada’s medal streak to seven days at Paris Games

  02-08-2024 18:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — A surprise bronze medal in women’s trampoline Friday extended Canada’s podium streak to seven days at the Paris Olympics.
  Competing on the eve of her 26th birthday, Sophiane Méthot of Varennes, Que., flipped and twisted her way to the podium with a score of 55.650 in the single-exercise final.
  Méthot, ranked 11th in the world, said she put together the “performance of a lifetime” in her Olympic debut. There were nervous moments as she had to si
  
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• One dead, another injured in Langley shooting

  02-08-2024 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY — One man was killed and another was injured in an overnight shooting in Langley Friday (Aug. 2).Langley RCMP say they received a report of gunshots in the 7000 block of 202 Street just after midnight. As officers were en route, another call came in reporting two men suffering from gunshot wounds at a local hospital. One of the men later succumbed to his injuries.
  While the investigation is in the evidence-gathering phase, authorities have said they believe this to be an isolated i
  
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• Four-year-old boy drowns in residential pool southwest of Montreal

  02-08-2024 17:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BEAUHARNOIS, Que. — A four-year-old boy drowned Thursday night in a residential pool southwest of Montreal.
  Emergency services were alerted at around 8:30 p.m. about a child in cardiac arrest who had been found in a pool in Beauharnois, Que.
  Local police say the child was declared dead at a nearby hospital.
  Police say they are still trying to determine how the boy ended up in the pool.
  On Facebook, officials with the town of Beauharnois said they were at a loss for words to describe their
  
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• ‘Ontario’s moment:’ Minister says Canada building blueprint for nuclear energy future

  02-08-2024 17:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Ontario is selling itself as the nuclear North Star to guide the direction of American power as the United States looks to de-carbonize amid ever-increasing demand for energy.
  “It really underscores both Canada and the U.S.’s national and economic interests — that we work together to harness this capability to produce clean energy,” said Stephen Lecce, Ontario’s minister of energy and electrification.
  He was in Washington, D.C., early in his new m
  
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• Canada finishes space launch negotiations with the United States

  02-08-2024 17:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada is a step closer to the final frontier after completing negotiations with the United States on an agreement with major implications for domestic space launches.
  The agreement, which is yet to be signed, will establish the legal and technical safeguards needed to use U.S. space launch technology, expertise and data for launches in Canada.
  Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says in a news release that Canada’s growing commercial space launch industry relies on
  
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• Vancouver’s July home sales slid 5% from last year, listings up 20%

  02-08-2024 17:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Greater Vancouver Realtors says last month’s home sales in the region dropped five per cent from a year ago, even as the number of new listings jumped 20 per cent.
  The real estate body says sales in the market totalled 2,333 last month, while new listings reached 5,597.
  The composite benchmark price for all residential properties in Metro Vancouver was about $1.2 million. That’s both a 0.8 per cent decrease from last July 2023 and from June 2024.
  Greater Vancouver R
  
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• Telus Corp. reports Q2 net income up from year ago

  02-08-2024 16:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Telus Corp. says its net income attributable to common shares came in at $228 million in its second quarter, 14 per cent higher compared with the same time last year.
  The telecommunications company says earnings per diluted share for the quarter ended June 30 was 15 cents compared with 14 cents a year earlier.It reported adjusted net income was $366 million, up 34.1 per cent year-over-year from $273 million in the same quarter last year.
  Operating revenue and other income for t
  
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• CAS denies Canada’s appeal of Olympic team figure skating medal allocation

  02-08-2024 16:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAUSANNE — The Court of Arbitration for Sport has dismissed a Canadian appeal of the International Skating Union’s decision to award the bronze medal in the team figure skating event from the 2022 Beijing Olympics to Russia.
  The CAS said in a release Friday that the ISU correctly reallocated the points in the event after the retroactive disqualification of Kamila Valieva, which dropped the Russians from first to third and elevated the United States to gold and Japan to silver.
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• Abbotsford area real estate becoming a buyers market

  02-08-2024 15:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — The Fraser Valley real estate market, which includes Abbotsford, Mission and Langley, is slowly shifting in favor of buyers as seasonally adjusted sales drop and inventory levels continue to rise. The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board (FVREB) recorded 1,230 sales in July, a decrease of 7% compared to last month and down by 26% from the 10-year seasonal average.
  Inventory levels in the Fraser Valley reached a 10-year seasonally adjusted high in July, with active listings at 8,731, ma
  
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• Masked assailants ransack Venezuela opposition leader’s headquarters as post-election tensions mount

  02-08-2024 15:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A half-dozen masked assailants ransacked the headquarters of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado on Friday in the latest escalation of violence against opponents of Nicolás Maduro following the country’s disputed presidential election.
  The raid occurred at around 3 a.m., Machado’s party said, adding that the assailants broke down doors and hauled away valuable documents and equipment. Images published by Machado’s party on so
  
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• Auger-Aliassime to play for bronze in Paris after lopsided semifinal loss to Alcaraz

  02-08-2024 15:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime will play for bronze in the men’s singles tennis competition at the Paris Olympics after a decisive 6-1, 6-1 loss to Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz on Friday.
  Alcaraz, the second seed in Paris, continued his dominant form on the clay courts of Roland Garros after winning the French Open title there earlier this year.
  The Spaniard didn’t face break point and converted five of his nine break chances while cruising to victory in 75 minu
  
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• Canada’s Sophiane Methot wins bronze in trampoline gymnastics

  02-08-2024 15:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Canada’s Sophiane Methot has won the bronze medal in women’s trampoline gymnastics at the Paris Olympics.
  The 26-year-old from Varennes, Que., earned a score of 55.650 in the single-exercise final on Friday, behind Britain’s Briony Page and the Belarusian gymnast Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya, who is competing as a neutral athlete.
  Methot had been in second place until Page rocketed into the top spot with a score of 56.480.
  The Canadian was pushed down into third with o
  
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• Okanagan Sun head to Chilliwack looking to remain undefeated - Lake Country Calendar

  02-08-2024 14:35 via news.google.com
  Okanagan Sun head to Chilliwack looking to remain undefeated  Lake Country Calendar
  
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• What's happening Chilliwack: List of events from Aug. 2 onward - Chilliwack Progress

  02-08-2024 14:30 via news.google.com
  What's happening Chilliwack: List of events from Aug. 2 onward  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Mourners pay respects to slain Hamas leaders as worries of regional war mount

  02-08-2024 14:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Mourners gathered in Doha on Friday to hold funeral prayers for slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh as Iran and its regional allies vowed to retaliate against Israel.
  With the bodies of Haniyeh and his bodyguard in coffins draped with Palestinian flags, men knelt and prayed while senior leaders of Hamas’ Qatar-based political office paid their respects to Haniyeh’s family.
  That included two men seen as his possible successors: Khalil Al-Hayya, a Hamas senior of
  
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• In the news today: Backcountry campers not deterred by Jasper fire

  02-08-2024 10:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Backcountry campers not deterred by Jasper fire
  Some backcountry campers rescued from the wildfire in Jasper National Park say they’re not deterred from going out again.
  A massive wildfire last week forced 25-thousand people to flee the Alberta park and its townsite.
  Fire later destroyed a third of the town.
  Parks Canada says 245 campers were evacuated from the backcountry.
  Among them were Charle
  
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• Massive B.C. landslide could mean new barriers for struggling salmon

  02-08-2024 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — An expert on British Columbia’s salmon populations says the massive landslide that blocked off part of Canada’s largest sockeye salmon run has created an unprecedented situation potentially putting the already struggling fish at even more risk.
  Scott Hinch, the associate dean at the University of British Columbia’s Pacific Salmon Ecology and Conservation Laboratory, said the debris piled 30 metres high and 600 metres long blocking the Chilcotin River could cau
  
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• ‘I love Jasper’: Backcountry campers not deterred by dramatic wildfire rescue

  02-08-2024 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Nestled along a meadow in Jasper’s backcountry, Charles Vantanajal and his family stood in awe of the dynamic, ever-changing cloud of thick, white wildfire smoke that rose near Oldhorn Mountain.
  “I’ve never seen anything like it,” he said. “But we didn’t think that we were in any danger.”
  Vantanajal, his wife and their 13-year-old daughter had been hiking through Tonquin Valley last week, when a massive wildfire forced the evacuation of
  
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• Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard set to be sentenced for sexual assault convictions

  02-08-2024 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Former fashion tycoon Peter Nygard is expected to be sentenced today after he was convicted on four counts of sexual assault last fall.Nygard’s lawyer argued for a six-year sentence in a Toronto court last week, citing the 83-year-old’s advanced age and multiple health challenges, while prosecutors have asked for a sentence of 15 years.Both defence and Crown have asked the court to give Nygard credit for each of the more than 1,000 days he has spent in custody so far,
  
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• First Nation chief says B.C. landslide doubled in size, sparks concerns

  02-08-2024 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — The chief of Williams Lake First Nation says a landslide of debris that has dammed the Chilcotin River in British Columbia’s central Interior has nearly doubled in size since Wednesday.
  Chief Willie Sellars, who toured the slide site by helicopter Wednesday and Thursday, says the water is continuing to build on one side of the dam, while the other had “completely dried up” for about two kilometres.Officials have said the water collecting behind the s
  
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• Canadians urged to leave Lebanon as flights cancelled amid growing tensions

  02-08-2024 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Lara Salameh was supposed to be flying out of Beirut Thursday en route to Montreal with her husband and two daughters, but the night before, their flight was cancelled. She said Air France told her service out of the Lebanese capital was suspended because of the unstable security situation — one that Ottawa has been warning Canadians about as fears of war between Israel and Hezbollah grow.
  Salameh is one of the 21,399 Canadians registered as being in Lebanon, a country the
  
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• Rights group says 13 killed during protests over Nigeria’s economic crisis. Hundreds arrested

  02-08-2024 09:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 13 protesters were killed during mass protests in Nigeria against the country’s economic crisis that turned violent in several states, a rights group said Friday.Authorities confirmed four people killed by a bomb and the arrests of hundreds in the protests that triggered curfews in several states.
  Amnesty International’s Nigeria director Isa Sanusi said in an interview that it independently verified the deaths that were reported by witnesses, fami
  
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• Blue Bombers upset Lions 25-0 in Winnipeg on six field goals by Castillo

  02-08-2024 05:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Lucky Whitehead caught a 19-yard touchdown pass in his season debut and Sergio Castillo booted six field goals to help the Winnipeg Blue Bombers upset the B.C. Lions 25-0 and snap their two-game losing skid on Thursday.
  The last time B.C. was shutout was a 45-0 Blue Bombers’ victory in Winnipeg on Oct. 23, 2021.
  Whitehead played the past three seasons with the Lions but wasn’t re-signed. He inked a deal in early July with the Blue Bombers, the team he began his caree
  
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