Chilliwack news

• Eby tells BC Wildfire Service to act on failures that led to firefighter’s death

  14-08-2024 23:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY, B.C. — B.C. Premier David Eby says he wants the BC Wildfire Service to enact reforms after a workplace report identified safety failures that led up to the death of a young wildland firefighter last year.
  Nineteen-year-old Devyn Gale was killed when a burning tree struck her during firefighting operations near Revelstoke last July.
  A WorkSafeBC report says training and supervision by the BC Wildfire Service was ineffective and inadequate, and fellow firefighters had already expres
  
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• IHIT identifies victim in Maple Ridge homicide to advance its investigation

  14-08-2024 23:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MAPLE RIDGE — The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has released the name of a 42-year-old man who died in early June in order to further its investigation.According to a news release from spokesperson Corporal Chase Smith, media relations officer for IHIT, homicide detectives from IHIT have now assumed conduct of the investigation into the sudden death of 42-year-old Kristoffer Rich Ong.
  On June 8, 2024, at about 1:58 p.m., Mounties with the Ridge Meadows RCMP detachment were
  
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• BC Highway Patrol seeks witnesses, dashcam footage leading up to fatal crashes in Chilliwack and Hope

  14-08-2024 23:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The BC Highway Patrol says it is looking for additional evidence leading up to two fatal collisions that happened in Chilliwack and Hope in the past month.
  According to a statement from BCHP Corporal Melissa Jongema, police say they’re looking for witnesses and dashcam footage of two fatal vehicle incidents, one of which was the devastating tragedy that took the life of a mother and her 8-year-old son. BC Highway Patrol is looking for the following:
  Eastbound on Highway
  
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• B.C. govt. announces $2.65 billion in new funding for Hwy. 1 widening, but Chilliwack improvements might not occur until early 2030s

  14-08-2024 23:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The provincial government announced Thursday (August 14) that it will allocate over $2.6 billion in new funding that will widen and improve Highway 1 through the Fraser Valley, claiming that highway improvements once built will relieve traffic tie-ups and ease daily commutes on a heavily congested, frequently bottlenecked stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway between Langley and Abbotsford.
  In a news release, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure says new funding of
  
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• Kylian Mbappé scores on debut for Real Madrid in a 2-0 win over Atalanta in UEFA Super Cup

  14-08-2024 23:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A goal and a trophy. How about that for a debut by Kylian Mbappé for Real Madrid?
  The France captain pulled on the famous white jersey of the Spanish champions for the first time in a competitive match and marked the occasion with the second goal in a 2-0 win over Atalanta in the UEFA Super Cup on Wednesday.
  Mbappé, who started and played 82 minutes at the National Stadium in Warsaw, met a pass from Jude Bellingham across the area with a shot into the to
  
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• Veteran Jeremiah Masoli to make his 2024 debut for Ottawa Redblacks

  14-08-2024 23:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Jeremiah Masoli has again completed the long trek back into the Ottawa Redblacks’ starting lineup.
  The veteran quarterback will make his 2024 debut when Ottawa (5-2-1) visits the Calgary Stampeders (4-5) on Thursday night. It will be Masoli’s first start since suffering a season-ending ruptured Achilles tendon in a 21-13 loss in Hamilton on July 8, 2023.
  Masoli replaces incumbent Dru Brown (foot). Ottawa will also be without speedy receiver Kalil Pimpleton (hand) but cornerback Brand
  
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• Both vessels made mistakes in Vancouver harbour before capsize, TSB report says

  14-08-2024 23:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RICHMOND, B.C. — The Transportation Safety Board says mistakes by both the operators of a cargo ship and a pleasure craft resulted in the smaller boat being overturned in Vancouver’s harbour.A report from the board released Wednesday says the pleasure craft had been rented from Granville Island Boat Rentals on Oct. 15, 2022, for a tour when three people and their two dogs were thrown into the water by the larger ship’s bow wave.While the people were rescued, the dogs were never
  
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• Ruling: Fetus can be referred to as ‘unborn human being’ in Arizona abortion measure voter pamphlet

  14-08-2024 22:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — An informational pamphlet for Arizona voters who will decide in the fall whether to guarantee a constitutional right to an abortion can refer to a fetus as an “unborn human being,” the state’s highest court ruled Wednesday.
  Arizona voters will get to decide in November whether to add the right to an abortion to the state constitution.
  The proposed amendment would allow abortions until a fetus could survive outside the womb, typically around 24 weeks, with e
  
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• Gold mining company faces multiple legal challenges after Yukon ore slide

  14-08-2024 22:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WHITEHORSE — The company that owns a Yukon gold mine that was the site of what the nearby First Nation has called an “environmental catastrophe” is facing a litany of legal challenges in Yukon, Ontario and British Columbia.
  Both the Yukon government and the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun have filed documents in separate courts seeking the appointment of a receiver over Victoria Gold and its Eagle Gold mine.
  A Vancouver-based law firm has also filed a proposed securities class-
  
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• Plenty of international golfers on Weir’s radar as Presidents Cup approaches

  14-08-2024 22:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Mike Weir has plenty of tough decisions leading up to the 2024 Presidents Cup at Royal Montreal Golf Club in late September.
  As captain of the International Team, Weir has been keeping tabs on players who could potentially take on the powerhouse Americans at the biannual best-on-best men’s tournament.
  “This is crunch time for a lot of players,” said Weir in Calgary on Tuesday at a press conference ahead of the 2024 Rogers Charity Classic at Canyon Meadows Golf a
  
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• B.C. govt. announces $10 million investment in CT scanner, renos at Mission Memorial Hospital

  14-08-2024 22:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — The B.C. government announced Wednesday (Aug. 14) a nearly $10 million investment for a new CT scanner and related renovations at Mission Memorial Hospital, a health care facility that has seen two closures of its emergency department over the past month.In a news release, the provincial government says the new CT (computed tomography) scanner is expected to provide more than 7,350 scans in the first year, meaning Mission-area residents won’t have to travel to Abbotsford or
  
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• Former B.C. Liberal leadership candidate runs for Rustad’s Conservatives in Kelowna

  14-08-2024 21:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KELOWNA, B.C. — A former leadership rival to BC United Leader Kevin Falcon is joining John Rustad’s British Columbia Conservatives to run in Kelowna in the fall election.
  Gavin Dew was a candidate in the B.C. Liberal leadership race in 2022 that Falcon won, but he is now running in the Kelowna-Mission riding under the B.C. Conservatives banner.
  Rustad says Dew, who owns a family-run business in Kelowna, wants to address the difficult issues of health care, public safety, agriculture
  
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• Canada must respond to mpox crisis in Africa to prevent spread here, experts say

  14-08-2024 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The World Health Organization has declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern and experts say it’s critical for Canada to respond.The WHO declaration comes as mpox — formerly known as monkeypox — has spread between several African countries and there are concerns it could spread further.McGill University global health researcher Dr. Madhukar Pai says the current risk to Canadians is low, but it’s important to provide funding and resources to help Afri
  
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• B.C. report explores inequalities in justice, health, child-welfare systems

  14-08-2024 20:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s Human Rights Commissioner says inequalities are baked into the province’s justice, health and child-welfare systems.Kasari Govender says her office’s latest report is aimed at spotlighting the human rights issues people face when they come into contact with 10 provincial systems, especially Indigenous people, women and other marginalized groups.Govender says “unaffordable, inaccessible and inappropriate housing” tops the list for
  
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• Vibrant sunflower festival blooms again in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  14-08-2024 20:50 via news.google.com
  Vibrant sunflower festival blooms again in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Saskatchewan First Nation calls for help after community evacuated due to wildfire

  14-08-2024 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SANDY BAY, SASK. — The leadership of a Saskatchewan First Nation has called for help and says the province is failing to act hours after issuing an evacuation order for Sandy Bay, Sask. due to an escalating wildfire.
  A statement Tuesday from officials with the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation said the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency has refused to hire hundreds of qualified First Nations firefighters to tackle the blaze near the community of 1,800 in the province’s northeast.“The
  
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• RCMP seeking wanted woman who is may be in B.C.’s Lower Mainland; suspect looks different than her LinkedIn profile

  14-08-2024 20:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The B.C. RCMP is asking people to be on the lookout for a woman who is wanted by police on multiple criminal charges and is suspected of being in B.C.’s Lower Mainland.
  According to a public safety bulletin published by the B.C. RCMP, provincial Mounties say Lia Rae Lajoie is believed to be in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. Her age was not disclosed by police.Lajoie, described as 5’6″ and 165 pounds with blonde hair and hazel eyes, is wanted for traf
  
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• Liberal government refuses to say if it approved bonus for CBC CEO Catherine Tait

  14-08-2024 19:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Liberal government is refusing to say if it approved a bonus for the head of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
  It is up to the federal government to determine if Catherine Tait is eligible for a bonus following a review of her performance and recommendation by the board of directors at CBC/Radio-Canada.
  CBC deferred questions to the federal government and Canadian Heritage, which oversees the Crown corporation, deferred questions to the Privy Council Office, which supports cabin
  
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• Quebec suffering ‘extremely difficult’ wave of severe weather, minister says

  14-08-2024 19:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s public security minister says the province is experiencing an “extremely difficult” period of climate-related disasters.
  François Bonnardel spoke to reporters this morning from Ste-Julienne, Que., a small community 55 kilometres north of Montreal that was one of many Quebec municipalities hit by torrential rain last week.Bonnardel says the situation has improved in recent days, but 34 municipalities and 53 roads are still affected by the record-
  
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• Thundershowers to bring moisture to fire-weary regions of British Columbia

  14-08-2024 19:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The BC Wildfire Service says thundershowers are expected to bring some much-needed moisture to areas of the province where hundreds of fires are burning, including a destructive blaze in the Kootenays.
  It says in an update that the moisture will likely arrive in the Rocky Mountain Trench in the northeast, as well as the Southeast Fire Centre.
  There were about 415 fires burning in British Columbia Wednesday, down slightly from the day before, with 163 out of control and four classified as wildfir
  
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• Five charged after Metro Vancouver drug lab bust: RCMP

  14-08-2024 19:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — Mounties in Metro Vancouver say five men have been charged following an investigation that resulted in the dismantling of a large and sophisticated synthetic drug lab.
  RCMP say they began the probe in 2022, leading to the identification of people suspected of being involved in the production and trafficking of the drug MDMA.
  In August that year, RCMP say their clandestine laboratory enforcement and response team executed four search warrants in Maple Ridge and Coquitlam, B.C
  
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• Two new wildfires discovered southeast of Hope

  14-08-2024 19:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HOPE – Two new wildfires have been detected south of Hope, while other fires in the greater Chilliwack area have either been put out, are being held, or are unchanged in their size and scope.
  According to the latest information on the BC Wildfire Service dashboard, two new wildfires have been identified generally southeast of Hope. Both are considered out of control, but are not threatening any properties or what BCWS calls “values.”
  One is located west of Silver Skagit Road an
  
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• Eight hospitalized, three dozen displaced after Vancouver apartment fire

  14-08-2024 19:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Officials with the City of Vancouver say eight people have been taken to hospital after a fire at an apartment building in the Kitsilano neighbourhood.
  A statement from the city says the fire began at about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday and firefighters arrived “immediately” to fight the flames and evacuate residents.The city says police and paramedics were at the scene to help get the injured to care, although it’s not clear how serious their injuries were.The statemen
  
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• Auger-Aliassime into second round in Cincinnati with win over qualifier Kovacevic

  14-08-2024 19:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CINCINNATI — Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime cruised into the second round of the Cincinnati Open tennis tournament with a 6-3, 6-1 win over American qualifier Aleksandar Kovacevic on Wednesday.
  The Canadian picked up his fifth break of the match to go up 5-1 in the second set then served out for the win by converting his first match point.
  Auger-Aliassime is looking to rebound from a first-round loss to Italy’s Flavio Cobolli in his hometown last week at the National Bank Ope
  
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• Officials to announce details for ‘phased re-entry’ of Jasper after wildfire

  14-08-2024 18:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Residents of Jasper, Alta., are to learn further details today about the plan to allow them to return home three weeks after a massive wildfire forced them to flee.
  Mayor Richard Ireland and field unit superintendent Alan Fehr are scheduled to update what is being called a “phased re-entry” into the town on Friday.
  The town’s 5,000 residents, along with 20,000 more visitors, were forced out on July 22, just days before a wind-whipped fire roared in and destroyed a third of town
  
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• Police dismantle Lower Mainland drug super lab, 5 men from B.C. charged

  14-08-2024 18:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — Provincial Mounties say charges have been approved against five B.C. men for their role in what authorities are calling a complex, multi-jurisdictional investigation that led to the dismantling of a large drug superlab, massive ecstasy seizure and a raid of four properties involved in the drug trade.According to a statement from Sgt. Shawn MacNeil, media relations officer for the Federal Serious & Organized Crime division in Surrey, the Pacific Region Federal Policing Progam&r
  
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• Quebec to authorize early requests for MAID, won’t wait for Ottawa to change law

  14-08-2024 18:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUÉBEC — Quebec says that starting this fall it will authorize early requests for medical assistance in dying from certain patients before their condition renders them incapable of giving consent.
  The province has been calling on the federal government to modify the Criminal Code to allow people to make such requests, but Quebec says it won’t wait any longer.
  Quebec adopted a law in June 2023 permitting people with serious and incurable illnesses, such as Alzheimer’s dis
  
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• Immigration minister looking into revoking terror suspect’s citizenship

  14-08-2024 17:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHURCH POINT, N.S. — Immigration Minister Marc Miller says he plans to look into whether the man accused of plotting a terror attack in Toronto should have his Canadian citizenship revoked.
  Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, and his son Mostafa Eldidi, 26, were arrested in Richmond Hill, Ont., and face nine terrorism charges including conspiracy to commit murder on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
  When the RCMP announced the charges on July 31 they said the two men were &ld
  
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• Victoria Gold says it plans to oppose Yukon application for receiver

  14-08-2024 17:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WHITEHORSE — The company that owns the gold mine where a failure led to a massive release of cyanide-contaminated ore says it plans to oppose an application by the Yukon government seeking the appointment of a receiver over the firm and its property.
  A statement from Victoria Gold says it has been served with an application by the territory seeking the receivership and “related relief” after the failure in June.
  The company says it intends to oppose the application served after
  
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• Young forward Santiago Lopez building career in Mexico, turning heads with Canada

  14-08-2024 17:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Just 19, Santiago Lopez has a wealth of opportunities ahead of him.
  A dual citizen, the young forward was a star for Canada at the recent CONCACAF U-20 Championship and played for the Mexican under-18 team in two tournaments last year.
  In January, he made his senior debut for Pumas UNAM off the bench in a 3-1 win over Pachuca in Mexico’s Liga MX play. He made one more substitute appearance against Necaxa and has dressed for a half-dozen bench appearances.
  Lopez, who turned 19 in June, was
  
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• Ernesto has intensified into a hurricane and is on a path toward Bermuda, forecasters say

  14-08-2024 17:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Ernesto intensified Wednesday into a hurricane over the Caribbean and is on a path toward Bermuda, forecasters said.
  The storm had maximum sustained winds of 120 kph (75 mph), making it a Category 1 hurricane, the National Hurricane Center said.Before it was confirmed to strengthened to a hurricane, the tropical storm dropped torrential rain on eastern Puerto Rico and left hundreds of thousands of people without power in the U.S. territory.
  Ernesto is forecast
  
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• Retired Quebec judge Jacques Delisle, who pleaded guilty in wife’s death, dies at 89

  14-08-2024 16:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Jacques Delisle, a retired Quebec judge who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in his wife’s shooting death, has died at age 89.
  The Court of Appeal of Quebec issued a statement Monday confirming the death of Delisle, who had presided on the province’s highest court from 1992 until he retired in 2009.
  Delisle spent nearly nine years in prison after he was convicted of first-degree murder and handed a life sentence in the 2009 shooting death of his wife, Marie Nicole Rain
  
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• Trade minister criticizes higher U.S. softwood lumber duties as unfair, unwarranted

  14-08-2024 16:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Canada’s international trade minister is criticizing the U.S. Department of Commerce for nearly doubling duties on softwood lumber, saying the move is unfair and unwarranted.
  Minister Mary Ng says the U.S. has significantly increased duties on softwood lumber from Canada, from 8.05 per cent to 14.54 per cent.
  It’s the latest salvo in a bilateral back-and-forth that Ottawa has described as a drag on efforts to improve the cost and supply of housing.
  Ng says the incr
  
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• Paris Olympics singe CAE profits as demand for pilot training drops

  14-08-2024 15:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — CAE Inc.’s chief executive says demand for pilot training dropped in its latest quarter, due in part to lower travel volumes to Europe because of the Paris Olympics.
  CEO Marc Parent told analysts on a conference call Wednesday that the Olympic Games as well as the Euro Cup “altered normal travel behavior.”
  Carriers including Air Canada, Delta Air Lines and Air France all reported that the summer games hurt their seasonal sales, as travellers opted to steer clea
  
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• Judge rejects Donald Trump’s latest demand to step aside from hush money criminal case

  14-08-2024 15:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has lost his latest bid for a new judge in his hush money case as it heads toward a key ruling and potential sentencing next month.Judge Juan M. Merchan on Wednesday declined to step aside, rejecting the third such request from lawyers for the Republican presidential nominee.
  All three times, they argued that Merchan has a conflict of interest because of his daughter’s work as a political consultant for prominent Democrats and campaigns. Among them was Vi
  
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• Thai Prime Minister Srettha is removed from office by a court order over an ethics violation

  14-08-2024 11:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Thailand on Wednesday removed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from office over an ethical violation, further shaking up Thai politics after the court-ordered dissolution of the main opposition party a week ago.
  The case for which the Constitutional Court judged Srettha involved his appointment of a Cabinet member who had been imprisoned over an alleged attempt to bribe a court official.
  The court voted 5:4 against Srettha and the ruling removed him from office imm
  
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• Auston Matthews expected to be named next Leafs captain at morning press conference

  14-08-2024 11:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs are expected to hand the captain’s “C” to superstar centre Auston Matthews.The Leafs will hold a press conference this morning where Matthews will be announced as the 26th captain in franchise history, according to multiple reports.
  He will succeed teammate John Tavares, who held the role for six seasons.The Leafs made the NHL playoffs each year under Tavares’ leadership but advanced beyond the first round just once.
  The 27-year-old
  
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• In the news today: Convoy trial closing arguments continue, Sask. wildfire evacuation

  14-08-2024 10:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Closing arguments continue in Lich, Barber trial
  The Crown is expected to continue its closing arguments today in the trial for “Freedom Convoy” organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber.The two are on trial for their roles in launching the demonstrations that seized downtown Ottawa for nearly three weeks in early 2022.
  Lich and Barber are charged with mischief, intimidation and counselling o
  
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• Closing arguments set to continue in trial for ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizers

  14-08-2024 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Crown is expected to continue its closing arguments today in the trial for “Freedom Convoy” organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber.The two are on trial for their roles in launching the demonstrations that seized downtown Ottawa for nearly three weeks in early 2022.
  Lich and Barber are charged with mischief, intimidation and counselling others to break the law, and Barber is also accused of counselling others to disobey a court order.
  The Crown has argued they &ldq
  
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• Confusion over new legislative district leads to ballot error in northern Wisconsin Assembly primary

  14-08-2024 06:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A local election clerk failed to realize that Wisconsin’s new legislative maps moved a rural town into a new district, leading to an administrative error that could disenfranchise scores of voters in a Republican state Assembly primary race.
  The new maps shifted Summit, a town of about 1,000 people in Douglas County in far northern Wisconsin, out of the 73rd Assembly District and into the 74th District. But voters in Summit received ballots for the primary in the
  
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• Gausman, Guerrero Jr. continue hot streaks as Blue Jays beat Angels 6-1

  14-08-2024 06:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Kevin Gausman tossed seven shutout innings, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his 10th home run since the All-Star break and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-1 on Tuesday night.
  Will Wagner continued his strong start in the majors with two hits, including a two-run double in the first inning. Wagner, the son of former All-Star closer Billy Wagner, has five hits in eight at-bats in his first two games, including three doubles and three RBIs.
  Willie Calhoun
  
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• Americans give Harris an advantage over Trump on honesty and discipline, an AP-NORC poll finds

  14-08-2024 06:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has a perceived advantage over former President Donald Trump on several leadership qualities such as honesty, a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds, although Americans are slightly more likely to trust Trump on the economy and immigration.
  Nearly half of Americans say that “committed to democracy” and “disciplined” are attributes that better describe Harris. About 3 in 10 say
  
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• Uh-oh in Ohio: Another early exit as Andreescu gets bounced in Cincinnati

  14-08-2024 05:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CINCINNATI — Bianca Andreescu is desperately trying to shake the nomad label that has been attached to her latest comeback bid.
  She was one-and-done at the National Bank Open in Toronto last week. Before that she was bounced in the second round at the Paris Olympics. Not being able to stay in one place for any length of time and early exits gets old in a hurry on the physically demanding WTA Tour.
  Once ranked fourth in the world, and the winner of the U.S. and Canadian Opens in 2019, the 2
  
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• Houston’s former mayor is the Democrats’ nominee to succeed the late US Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee

  14-08-2024 04:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner was picked Tuesday as the Democrats’ nominee to succeed the late U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who died last month after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
  Turner, 69, will appear on the November ballot after securing the most support from local Democratic precinct chairs during a party meeting in Houston. Jackson Lee had already won the Democratic nomination for what would have been a 16th term before her death on July 19, le
  
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• Trump-backed US Rep. Celeste Maloy wins Republican primary in Utah after recount, court case

  14-08-2024 04:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Rep. Celeste Maloy narrowly won the Republican primary in Utah’s 2nd Congressional District on Tuesday after the state Supreme Court rejected her challenger’s lawsuit that asked justices to count a batch of ballots with late postmarks after Maloy defeated him in a recount by fewer than 200 votes.
  After hearing oral arguments last week, the Utah Supreme Court shot down Colby Jenkins’ last-ditch effort to recover enough disqualified ballots to ove
  
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• Ex-prosecutor Joe Teirab wins GOP primary for seat held by Minnesota Democratic Rep. Angie Craig

  14-08-2024 04:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former federal prosecutor Joe Teirab has won a contested GOP primary for Minnesota’s 2nd District seat held by Democratic Rep. Angie Craig.
  Teirab has the support of former President Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson and the National Republican Congressional Committee.
  His opponent, defense attorney Tayler Rahm, won the endorsement at the district convention with support from grassroots conservatives.
  While Rahm announced in July that he was suspending his c
  
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• Connecticut Republicans pick Matt Corey to challenge Democratic US Sen. Chris Murphy

  14-08-2024 04:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Matt Corey, a Connecticut entrepreneur who has unsuccessfully run for Congress multiple times, has won the Republican nomination to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy.
  Corey defeated Gerry Smith in Tuesday’s Republican primary. Smith is the top elected official in the small town of Beacon Falls.
  Corey was the party’s nominee against Murphy before, losing by 20 points in 2018. But he recently told WTNH-TV that he believes this year is different.
  “It’s the economy. I
  
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• Japan’s Kishida tells his ruling party he will not run in its September leadership vote, NHK says

  14-08-2024 04:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has notified his governing party executives that he will not run in the upcoming party leadership vote in September, meaning Japan will have a new prime minister, Japan’s NHK public television and other media reported.
  Kishida was elected president of his governing Liberal Democratic Party in 2021 and his term expires in September.
  His drop out of the race means a new leader who wins the party vote will succeed him as prime minister
  
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• Wisconsin Republican businessman Eric Hovde wins US Senate primary, will face Democrat Baldwin

  14-08-2024 03:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican businessman Eric Hovde easily won Wisconsin’s primary for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday and will face Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin in November.
  Hovde, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, faced only nominal opposition and has been running as the presumptive nominee for months. He’s already spent at least $13 million of his own money on the race to knock off Baldwin, who is running unopposed in her party’s primary as she seeks a
  
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• Man, 61, facing charges for shooting in Yale that left one man hospitalized with serious injuries

  14-08-2024 02:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  YALE — A spokesperson for the Hope RCMP says a 61-year-old man remains in custody for his alleged role in a shooting that left one man hospitalized with serious injuries in Yale, a small unincorporated community north of Hope in the Fraser Canyon, earlier this month.According to a statement from Staff Sgt. Mike Sargent, Mounties in Hope were dispatched on Thursday, August 1 at about 5 a.m. to the area of Yurkin Road in Yale for the report of a man suffering from a gunshot wound. Responding
  
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