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• Homicide investigators called in after two women die in B.C. balcony fall

  20-08-2024 23:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. — Police in North Vancouver, B.C., say homicide investigators have been called in after two women died from falling off the balcony of an apartment building.RCMP say officers responded to reports that two people who had fallen from the building on Esplanade Avenue in the city’s Shipyards area at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday.
  The two women were initially found suffering from injuries and police say they were later pronounced dead despite efforts by emergency personnel to sa
  
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• B.C. landslide ‘dramatically’ impacts salmon spawn but conditions improve: task force

  20-08-2024 23:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — The Tsilhqot’in National Government says river conditions are “slowly improving” after the massive landslide that temporarily dammed the Chilcotin River last month, but salmon spawning activity is being delayed.An update from the Tsilhqot’in emergency salmon task force says debris and sediment from the slide are “dramatically” impacting sockeye and Chinook salmon spawning runs.The task force’s latest situation report says obse
  
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• Police, TSB investigating after three die in northwestern Quebec helicopter crash

  20-08-2024 23:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  D’ELVERT LAKE — Two men and a woman have been declared dead after a helicopter crash at a lake in northwestern Quebec.
  One of the victims was declared dead at the scene on Monday morning while the others were recovered by provincial police divers and taken to hospital.
  Police were called late Sunday concerning three people who had gone missing after taking off in a helicopter from Mont-Laurier, about 185 kilometres northwest of Montreal.
  The helicopter was found the next morning at D
  
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• As hate-crime landscape evolves, a reminder — online behaviour exists in real life

  20-08-2024 23:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A lawyer with the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association says it’s wise to remember that even though charges over offensive social media activity are rare, online posts exist in real life and involve real people.
  Aislin Jackson, the association’s policy staff counsel, says police are developing the expertise required to identify people posting online, and in rare cases that leads to charges for their actions.
  “It’s not the wild west online anymore,
  
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• More than 130 B.C. riders to compete at equestrian event in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  20-08-2024 23:31 via news.google.com
  More than 130 B.C. riders to compete at equestrian event in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Two women pronounced dead in North Vancouver after falling from an apartment balcony: IHIT

  20-08-2024 23:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NORTH VANCOUVER — Mounties in North Vancouver are investigating an incident in which two women who fell from an apartment balcony were later pronounced deceased Tuesday morning (Aug. 20).According to a statement from the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, North Vancouver RCMP members were dispatched Tuesday at 4:30 a.m. for reports that two people had fallen off a balcony at an apartment complex in the 100 block of Esplanade Avenue. Officers arrived and located two females suffering f
  
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• Tributes pour in after death of Prince Edward Island hockey instructor Allan Andrews

  20-08-2024 22:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHARLOTTETOWN — The hockey community and Prince Edward Island’s premier are paying tribute following the death of Allan Andrews, founder of a renowned hockey school on the island.
  RCMP confirmed Tuesday that the 83-year-old Andrews was found dead after he was reported missing in the Canoe Cove area on Monday.
  In a statement, Hockey PEI called Andrews a “revered figure” in the hockey community “whose contributions have left an indelible mark on the sport in Prince Ed
  
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• How to Watch: 2024 Chilliwack Jets vs Mission City Outlaws | Hockey - FloHockey

  20-08-2024 21:48 via news.google.com
  How to Watch: 2024 Chilliwack Jets vs Mission City Outlaws | Hockey  FloHockey
  
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• Fraser Valley farmers get access to funding boost, technology to overcome labour shortages

  20-08-2024 21:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Farmers in the Fraser Valley and the rest of British Columbia can apply to take advantage of the second round of funding under the B.C. On-Farm Technology Adoption Program. The provincial and federal governments are making up to $2 million available this year.
  A government news release says the initiative is meant to help farmers adopt new labour-saving technology to enhance productivity, profitability, and food security.
  The funding supports the purchase of equipment and robo
  
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• GOP-led challenge to voting by mail rejected by New York’s top court

  20-08-2024 21:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York law allowing any registered voter to cast a ballot by mail was upheld Tuesday by the state’s highest court, which rejected a Republican challenge to the legislation.
  The 6-1 ruling from the state Court of Appeals affirmed lower courts in finding that the voting expansion law approved by the Legislature last year did not violate the state’s constitution. The lawsuit was part of a widespread GOP effort to tighten voting rules after the 2020 election
  
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• Trevor Harris, Tyrell Ford, Blue Bombers O-line named to CFL’s weekly honour roll

  20-08-2024 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Trevor Harris, Blue Bombers defensive back Tyrell Ford and Winnipeg’s offensive line headlined the CFL’s Honour Roll on Tuesday.
  Harris connected on 31 of 39 pass attempts for 355 yards and two touchdowns as Saskatchewan lost to the Montreal Alouettes 27-24 on Friday.
  The league’s weekly honour roll highlights players in nine positions based on data points registered and compiled by Pro Football Focus, a sports analytics company.Harris earne
  
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• Manitoba chiefs call for PM to rescind Charles Adler’s appointment to Senate

  20-08-2024 20:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — First Nations chiefs in Manitoba are calling for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to rescind the appointment of veteran broadcaster Charles Adler to the Senate.
  The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs says Adler’s past comments toward Indigenous Peoples are “grossly offensive” and perpetuate stereotypes.
  In 1999, while working on a radio show in Winnipeg, Adler called Indigenous leaders “uncivilized boneheads” and “intellectually moribund,” among oth
  
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• Eby pledges $300M towards 1,508-bed student housing project at UBC

  20-08-2024 20:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Premier David Eby says the province and University of British Columbia will partner to create housing for more than 1,500 students at the institution’s Vancouver campus.
  He says funding will involve $300 million from the province and $260 million from the university.
  The 1,508-bed project will include five buildings ranging from eight to 18 storeys.
  Construction is slated to start in the fall of 2026 with spaces opening for students in 2028.
  Eby says the student housing p
  
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• Ansari wins the Democratic nomination in Arizona’s 3rd Congressional District after recount

  20-08-2024 20:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Yassamin Ansari, a former Phoenix City Council member, clinched the Democratic nomination for an open congressional district in Arizona, defeating her opponent by 39 votes after the tight race triggered a recount in the state that’s expected to be pivotal in November’s general election.
  Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Jennifer Ryan-Touhill announced the results of the primary race in a courtroom in downtown Phoenix on Tuesday, declaring Ansari the winner ove
  
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• Update: Former Ann Davis Transition Society executive provides statement about her departure

  20-08-2024 20:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UPDATE TUESDAY AT 11:40 A.M: Former Ann Davis Transition Society executive director Patti MacAhonic says she has moved in a new career direction after 10 1/2 years overseeing ADTS. “She takes great pride in the work that the society’s team and she have done over this time. Ms. MacAhonic successfully guided the team through many challenges, while keeping clients and staff safe through many challenging times. These included COVID and the complex process of unionization, both occurring
  
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• B.C. NDP maintains slim lead over B.C. Conservatives, but polling suggests BC United tax cut hasn’t moved the needle

  20-08-2024 20:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The B.C. New Democratic Party maintains a slim lead in the latest provincial polling, whose findings that suggest BC United’s proposed tax cut has not swayed voters just yet.
  Between August 14-16, Toronto-based Abacus Data says it conducted a survey of 1,000 eligible voters in British Columbia to examine and measure their views on provincial politics and civic functions, like the role of government. Abacus says the poll was a standalone survey during which questions abou
  
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• ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizers were not in criminal cahoots: defence

  20-08-2024 20:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The legal team for “Freedom Convoy” organizer Tamara Lich says she wasn’t part of any conspiracy to break the law when she helped organize a massive protest against pandemic restrictions in Ottawa.The Crown alleges Lich and another organizer, Chris Barber, were in cahoots to block roads and disrupt locals in a bid to pressure the federal government to drop COVID-19 vaccine mandates in 2022.
  The two are co-accused of mischief, intimidation and counselling others t
  
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• Longtime head of Ann Davis in Chilliwack 'no longer employed' by society - Chilliwack Progress

  20-08-2024 19:56 via news.google.com
  Longtime head of Ann Davis in Chilliwack 'no longer employed' by society  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canada Border Services Agency says systems outage impacting airport customs kiosks

  20-08-2024 19:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Canada Border Services Agency says it’s dealing with a partial systems outage that’s affecting customs processing at Canadian airports.
  The CBSA shared the news in a post on X today but did not say what caused the outage.
  The border agency says it’s working with partners to fix the issue and apologizes for any inconvenience the outage may cause.Toronto’s Pearson airport says the outage is impacting customs kiosks in two terminals.
  The airport says trave
  
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• Argos QB Kelly to start Thursday after returning from suspension

  20-08-2024 19:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Argonauts coach Ryan Dinwiddie says recently reinstated quarterback Chad Kelly will start Thursday when Toronto hosts the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
  The league announced Sunday that Kelly is cleared to return to the league, with conditions, after serving a suspension for violating its gender-based violence policy.
  The CFL suspended Kelly in May for its two pre-season games and at least nine regular-season games following an investigation into a lawsuit filed against Kelly and the
  
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• Ann Davis Transition Society in Chilliwack confirms change of leadership within its non-profit society

  20-08-2024 19:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Ann Davis Transition Society has confirmed that a change of executive leadership has occurred within the Chilliwack-based non-profit society.Sulagna Nayak, human resource manager for Ann Davis Transition Society, told Fraser Valley Today in an email Monday, August 19 that Patti MacAhonic is no longer employed by the society as of July 23, 2024. Its current acting executive director is Courtney Ukrainetz.Nayak said the society could not comment further on the change of exec
  
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• BC Transit touts expanded Fraser Valley Express bus service starting this fall

  20-08-2024 19:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — BC Transit says the Fraser Valley Express commuter bus that facilitates travel between the Fraser Valley and Metro Vancouver will expand starting next month.
  According to a news release Tuesday (Aug. 20) from spokesperson Jamie Weiss, BC Transit and the Fraser Valley Regional District say a service change will go into effect for Fraser Valley Express effective Tuesday, Sept. 3.Weekday trips are being added during the evening peak hours in the evening as well as non-peak evenin
  
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• Canada to play soccer friendly against Panama at BMO Field in October

  20-08-2024 18:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Canadian men’s soccer team will play a friendly match against Panama at Toronto’s BMO Field during the upcoming FIFA window.
  Canada Soccer announced the Oct. 15 match in a release on Tuesday.
  The Canadians are coming off an impressive fourth-place finish at the 2024 Copa America in which they were narrowly defeated by 15-time champion Uruguay in the third-place match.
  Canada led 2-1 on goals from Ismael Kone and Jonathan David before Uruguay star striker Luis Suar
  
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• Illegal campfire starts at new homeless encampment just off Chilliwack Lake Road, despite fire ban - Fraser Valley Today

  20-08-2024 18:44 via news.google.com
  Illegal campfire starts at new homeless encampment just off Chilliwack Lake Road, despite fire ban  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Illegal campfire starts at new homeless encampment just off Chilliwack Lake Road, despite fire ban

  20-08-2024 18:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack resident and cleanup volunteer Ross Aikenhead had a hunch something bad would happen after an RV was dropped off by a local towing company on a rural forest service road in the Chilliwack River Valley last month.According to a social media post from Aikenhead, who’s involved in cleanup efforts in the greater Chilliwack area and also keeps meticulous track of nearly every single homeless encampment in the area, an RV was initially dropped off on Bench Forest Se
  
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• Abbotsford Outlaws softball team wins national title - Chilliwack Progress

  20-08-2024 18:23 via news.google.com
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• House committee meeting about purchase of New York City condo for consul general

  20-08-2024 17:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Senior public servants have been called to a House of Commons committee to explain the government’s decision to buy a $9-million condo for the consul general in New York.
  Conservative MP Michael Barrett called the residence “excessive” and “opulent,” and questioned why the foreign affairs minister was not made aware of the purchase.
  Samantha Tattersall, a senior Treasury Board official, says her department did not need to review the purchase because i
  
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• Legault announces six-month freeze on some temporary foreign workers in Montreal

  20-08-2024 17:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec Premier François Legault is announcing a six-month freeze on certain temporary foreign worker applications in Montreal.
  The premier says the moratorium will apply to new applications and renewals, but nurses, teachers, construction workers, food transformation workers and those making at least $57,000 a year will be exempt.
  Legault says the total number of temporary immigrants across the province has doubled to 600,000 from 300,000 in just two years, putting a stra
  
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• Army and police missed chances to intervene before Maine mass shootings, final report says

  20-08-2024 17:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Both the Army Reserves and local police missed out on opportunities to intervene and potentially stop the deadliest shootings in Maine history, according to the final report released Tuesday by a special commission created to investigate the attacks, which killed 18 people.
  The independent commission, which held more than a dozen public meetings, heard from scores of witnesses and reviewed thousands of pages of evidence, cited shortcomings by police for failing to se
  
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• Broberg, Holloway join Blues after Oilers decline to match offer sheets

  20-08-2024 16:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Defenceman Philip Broberg and forward Dylan Holloway have joined St. Louis after the Edmonton Oilers declined to match the offer sheets that the Blues extended to the players.
  The Blues tendered the offers to the restricted free agents on Aug. 21, and the Oilers had until Tuesday morning to match.
  Broberg’s two-year deal is worth US$4.58 million a season and Holloway’s two-year contract is valued at $2.29 million a season.
  The Oilers receive a second-round pick for B
  
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• Interfor curtails production indefinitely at two U.S. sawmills due to weak market

  20-08-2024 15:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BURNABY, B.C. — Interfor Corp. says it will indefinitely curtail operations at its sawmills in Meldrim, Ga., and Summerville, S.C., due to weak lumber market conditions.
  The move will impact about 180 employees across both facilities.Interfor says it expects to mitigate some of the affect on employees by providing work opportunities at other company operations, where possible.
  The sawmills produce kiln-dried Southern Yellow Pine dimensional lumber.
  Combined, the facilities have an annual c
  
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• Canada’s inflation rate fell to 2.5% in July, lowest since March 2021

  20-08-2024 14:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s annual inflation rate fell to 2.5 per cent last month, matching forecasters’ expectations as price pressures continue to retreat.
  Tuesday’s consumer price index report says prices for travel tours, passenger vehicles and electricity helped drive the headline figure lower.
  Meanwhile, shelter costs are still the main driver of inflation as Canadians face significantly higher rents and mortgage payments.
  The federal agency noted, however, that shelter price
  
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• A German court upholds the conviction of a former secretary at a Nazi concentration camp, age 99

  20-08-2024 10:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BERLIN (AP) — A German court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by a 99-year-old woman who was convicted of being an accessory to more than 10,000 murders for her role as a secretary to the SS commander of the Nazis’ Stutthof concentration camp during World War II.
  The Federal Court of Justice upheld the conviction of Irmgard Furchner, who was given a two-year suspended sentence in December 2022 by a state court in Itzehoe in northern Germany.
  She was accused of being part of the apparatu
  
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• In the news today: StatCan to release July inflation report today

  20-08-2024 10:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  StatCan to release July inflation report today
  Statistics Canada is set to publish its July consumer price index report today.
  Economists polled by Reuters expect the report to show inflation slowed to 2.5 per cent from 2.7 per cent in June.
  Price pressures in Canada have steadily eased this year, bringing the annual inflation rate below three per cent since January.
  The Bank of Canada has been encoura
  
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• B.C. police drop surnames in missing person alerts to avoid ‘negative lasting impact’

  20-08-2024 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAANICH, B.C. — It could be a weekend teenage runaway. An elderly loved one, lost and disoriented. Or it could be the first indication of murder.
  The first call to a police department to report a missing person sets in motion a series of investigative and public actions to find them, then, once found, protect their identity from becoming part of a permanent public record, said Insp. Drew Robertson of the Saanich Police Department.
  The department that polices Greater Victoria’s larges
  
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• Strained RCMP resources mean a ‘delicate balance’ on protecting MPs: internal memo

  20-08-2024 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The demands of protecting parliamentarians and other public figures are placing “significant strain” on RCMP personnel and taking resources from other federal policing priorities, warns an internal briefing note.The national police force is “forced to walk a delicate balance” in providing protective services in response to threats flagged by parliamentarians, says the newly released February memo.
  “The limited capacity of the RCMP’s protective s
  
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• Canadian ambassador builds connections at Democratic convention

  20-08-2024 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHICAGO — Canada’s ambassador to the United States says she’s telling Americans about the important relationship between the neighbours as Democrats develop their foreign policy and build unity behind Vice-President Kamala Harris at the party’s national convention.Kirsten Hillman is at the convention in Chicago and says she is talking with Democrats about how Canada makes the U.S. stronger, more resilient, more secure and more prosperous.Thousands of party faithful and po
  
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• Israeli military says it has recovered the bodies of 6 hostages in a Gaza operation

  20-08-2024 09:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says it has recovered the bodies of six hostages taken in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack that started the Gaza war.The military said in a statement Tuesday that its forces recovered the bodies in an overnight operation in southern Gaza. It identified the hostages as Yagev Buchshtab, Alexander Dancyg, Avraham Munder, Yoram Metzger, Nadav Popplewell, and Haim Perry, without saying when or how they died.
  The recovery came as the the United States, Egypt and Q
  
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• India’s top court creates task force on workplace safety after doctor was raped and killed

  20-08-2024 08:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court on Tuesday set up a national task force of doctors who will make recommendations on safety of health care workers at their workplaces, days after the rape and killing of a trainee doctor that sparked outrage and nationwide protests.
  The Supreme Court said the doctors’ panel will frame guidelines for ensuring safety and protection of medical professionals and health care workers across the country.
  “Protecting safety of doctors and women
  
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• Reds score four in sixth-inning outburst, roll past Blue Jays 6-3

  20-08-2024 04:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Spencer Steer’s run-scoring double spearheaded a four-run, sixth-inning outburst in the Cincinnati Reds’ series-opening 6-3 triumph against the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday.
  The Blue Jays (58-67) lost for the third time in four outings, while the Reds (61-64) halted a three-game slide.
  With the game tied 2-2, Steer knocked in the go-ahead run off reliever Ryan Burr with a double to the right-centre gap.
  Ty France followed with a two-run double to the same spot, and Fra
  
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• Democrats will honor Biden while pivoting to Harris on first day of convention

  20-08-2024 03:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A refreshed Democratic Party gathered Monday night for a valedictory speech from President Joe Biden, whose decision to end his reelection bid released newfound energy with Vice President Kamala Harris ′ rise to the top of the ticket.
  The Democratic National Convention that began Monday in Chicago holds particularly high stakes for the party one month after an unprecedented mid-campaign switch from Biden to Harris. The opening night was designed as a handoff from the i
  
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• Mission RCMP seek identity of break and enter suspects

  20-08-2024 02:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Mounties in Mission are appealing to the public for help in identifying two suspects, likely a man and woman, who broke into a self-storage facility on North Railway Avenue in Mission in early June.According to a media brief from police, Mounties say the alleged suspects stole a significant amount of personal items from a storage locker before leaving in a dark-coloured Jeep.
  The female-looking suspect may have tried to conceal her hair with a hoodie, while the other suspect, a m
  
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• Jury finds parents of Texas student accused in 2018 deadly school shooting not negligent

  20-08-2024 01:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — The parents of a former student accused of killing 10 people in a 2018 school shooting near Houston cannot be held responsible for what happened, a jury decided Monday.
  The victims’ lawsuit sought to hold Dimitrios Pagourtzis and his parents, Antonios Pagourtzis and Rose Marie Kosmetatos, financially liable for the shooting at Santa Fe High School on May 18, 2018. The lawsuit alleged the parents failed to provide necessary support for their son’s mental
  
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• Criticism of new Senate appointment includes that of a federal cabinet minister

  20-08-2024 01:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — The appointment of longtime broadcaster Charles Adler to the Senate is being criticized in some quarters, including by a member of the federal cabinet.
  Adler, who spent decades hosting talk-radio shows, was named to the Senate on the weekend by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and will represent Manitoba.Dan Vandal, the minister of northern affairs, has issued a brief one-sentence statement that says there are many Manitobans better suited to represent the province.
  The Assembly of
  
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• Protesters break through police fence near site of Democratic National Convention

  20-08-2024 00:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Protesters broke through a fence set up by police near the site of the Democratic National Convention on its opening day Monday as thousands took to the streets to voice their opposition to the war in Gaza.
  As the larger group marched, a few dozen who broke away tore down pieces of the security fence. Some protesters, dressed in black with their faces covered, dragged pieces of the fence back to a park near the United Center, where the convention is being held.
  Members of th
  
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• US intelligence officials say Iran is to blame for hack of Trump’s presidential campaign

  20-08-2024 00:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. intelligence community said Monday that Iran is to blame for the hack of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
  The joint statement from the FBI and other federal agencies was the first formal attribution of the hack to a foreign entity, though the Trump campaign had previously said Iran was responsible.Eric Tucker, The Associated Press
  
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