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• Majority of Proline players backed Lions win in Rourke’s ’24 debut

  21-08-2024 23:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Proline bettors were firmly behind Nathan Rourke’s return to the CFL last week.
  Rourke made his ’24 debut Sunday night when the B.C. Lions hosted the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. It was Rourke’s first CFL game since the 2022 season and followed NFL tryouts with the Jacksonville Jaguars, New England Patriots, New York Giants and Atlanta Falcons.
  But the Bombers spoiled Rourke’s return, earning a 20-11 win. Rourke finished eight-of-25 passing for 126 yards with two interceptions.
  
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• Brazil will restrict entry of some foreign nationals, aiming to curb migration to US and Canada

  21-08-2024 23:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil will begin imposing restrictions on the entry of some foreign citizens from Asia seeking refuge in the South American nation as a means to migrate to the United States and Canada, the justice ministry’s press office said Wednesday.The move, which will start on Monday, will affect Asian migrants who require visas to remain in Brazil.A Federal Police investigation has shown these migrants often buy flights with layovers in Sao Paulo’s international airport
  
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• Rail strike would halt B.C.’s West Coast Express commuter train, says TransLink

  21-08-2024 23:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The operator of British Columbia’s commuter train that shuttles thousands of people across the Lower Mainland says it won’t be able to run if a strike halts Canada’s two biggest railways this week.
  Metro Vancouver transport provider TransLink says the West Coast Express operates on rail owned by Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. and can’t run without that company’s dispatchers and railworkers.
  Negotiations between Canadian National Railway Co., Canadian Pacific Kans
  
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• Veteran cornerback Houston among CFL leaders in interceptions with Stampeders

  21-08-2024 22:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  He’s wearing different colours, but Demerio Houston is still doing his thing.
  The Calgary Stampeders cornerback stands tied for second in the CFL in interceptions with four, two behind Saskatchewan’s Rolan Milligan Jr. He and teammate Tre Roberson are also tied for third overall in defensive takeaways (four apiece).
  Houston led the CFL in interceptions (seven) and defensive takeaways (10) last season with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The 27-year-old native of Shelby, N.C., signed a two
  
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• Missouri death row inmate agrees to new plea, drops innocence bid

  21-08-2024 22:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri death row inmate on Wednesday dropped his innocence claim and entered a new no-contest plea in an agreement that calls for a new sentence of life in prison without parole.
  But the Missouri Attorney General’s Office opposes the new consent judgment and will appeal in an effort to move ahead with the scheduled Sept. 24 execution of Marcellus Williams.
  The complicated turn of events happened on the day that St. Louis County Circuit Judge Bruce Hinton was s
  
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• Northwestern Quebec helicopter crash victims identified as couple and their grandson

  21-08-2024 22:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  D’ELVERT LAKE — The Quebec coroner’s office has identified the three people who died in a helicopter crash late Sunday in the province’s northwest.
  Eighty-year-old Gérard Legault and 77-year-old Aurore Lanoix from Amos, Que., as well as 22-year-old Jake Russell Barfield were declared dead after a helicopter was found Monday at D’Elvert Lake in the La Vérendrye wildlife reserve.
  Mining supply company McMines said on its website that Legault and Lanoix w
  
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• UPDATE: One lane reopened on Highway 1 eastbound near Abbotsford-Chilliwack border after vehicle incident - Abbotsford News

  21-08-2024 22:01 via news.google.com
  UPDATE: One lane reopened on Highway 1 eastbound near Abbotsford-Chilliwack border after vehicle incident  Abbotsford News
  
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• B.C. down to two ‘wildfires of note’ but warming, drying trend returns to north

  21-08-2024 22:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Komonko Creek wildfire in southeastern B.C. is no longer considered a “wildfire of note,” reducing to two the provincial tally of fires that are highly visible or pose a threat to people or properties.
  One of those blazes, the Shetland Creek fire north of Spences Bridge, is classified as “being held” within its current or predetermined perimeter, while the 2.5-square-kilometre Corya Creek fire in the northwest is considered out of control.
  It’s among about 30 pe
  
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• Two Vancouver police officers charged with assault after alleged off-duty incident

  21-08-2024 21:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Two Vancouver police officers have been charged with assault related to an off-duty incident last December.
  Court records show Brian Hunt and Joshua Wong each face one count of assault over an offence alleged to have occurred on Dec. 16, 2023, in Vancouver.
  Vancouver police spokeswoman Const. Tania Visintin didn’t offer specifics about what led to the charges, but says in a statement that the department immediately notified the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner
  
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• Removal underway for huge crane blocking Vancouver, B.C., street

  21-08-2024 20:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A City of Vancouver official says a huge crane that crashed down on a busy street will likely be removed in two days, after blocking the route for more than two weeks.
  Saul Schwebs says crews are “demolishing the crane, not salvaging it.”
  The chief building official says British Columbia’s worker safety agency, WorkSafeBC, gave the green light for the operation on Tuesday, and debris should be cleared from the site by Thursday, although there may be further cl
  
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• Grizzly bear cubs seen on Vancouver Island for first time could have big impact

  21-08-2024 20:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COURTENAY, B.C. — When wildlife photographer Catherine Babault captured images of a female grizzly bear with two cubs encountering a herd of elk on Vancouver Island last month, she knew she had witnessed something special.
  “I feel very privileged — not everybody has the opportunity to see grizzly bears in nature and it was a very rare moment for Vancouver Island,” said Babault.
  Not only is such a scene uncommon, the likelihood that the cubs were born on the island and did
  
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• Andrew Lloyd Webber celebration concert coming to Abbotsford and Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  21-08-2024 20:51 via news.google.com
  Andrew Lloyd Webber celebration concert coming to Abbotsford and Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Andrew Lloyd Webber celebration concert coming to Abbotsford and Chilliwack - Abbotsford News

  21-08-2024 20:51 via news.google.com
  Andrew Lloyd Webber celebration concert coming to Abbotsford and Chilliwack  Abbotsford News
  
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• Chilliwack golfers shine at PGA of B.C. Championship - Chilliwack Progress

  21-08-2024 20:45 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack golfers shine at PGA of B.C. Championship  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack City Council denies motion to rezone properties for 5-storey apartments; realtor accused of misrepresentation

  21-08-2024 20:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Mindful of multiple letters of opposition from nearby residents who would be negatively impacted, Chilliwack City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday (Aug. 20) to deny an application to rezone three properties at Yale Road and Carleton for a five-storey apartment building.
  The applicant, Rajinder Warraich of Surrey-based Flat Architecture, had applied to rezone the properties from an R1-A (urban residential) zone to an R5 (low-rise apartment) zone to facilitate the construction of an ap
  
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• Argos looking to ground attack to provide balance against Roughriders

  21-08-2024 20:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — They’ve officially been teammates for less than a week, but Ka’Deem Carey will aim to become Chad Kelly’s best friend Thursday night.
  Kelly will make his 2024 debut when Toronto (5-4) hosts the Saskatchewan Roughriders (5-4-1). Kelly was reinstated, with conditions, by the CFL on Sunday after being suspended May 7 for the Argonauts two exhibition games and at least their first nine regular-season contests for violating the league’s gender-based violence po
  
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• Chilliwack City Council denies motion to rezone properties for 5-storey apartment building at Yale/Carleton

  21-08-2024 20:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Mindful of multiple letters of opposition from nearby residents who would be negatively impacted, Chilliwack City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday (Aug. 20) to deny an application to rezone three properties at Yale Road and Carleton for a five-storey apartment building.
  The applicant, Rajinder Warraich of Surrey-based Flat Architecture, had applied to rezone the properties from an R1-A (urban residential) zone to an R5 (low-rise apartment) zone to facilitate the construction of an ap
  
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• Tory MP deletes post that claimed cost of living is driving parents to traffic kids

  21-08-2024 20:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Conservative MP Michelle Ferreri has deleted a post on X that claimed the affordability crisis has driven parents to traffic their kids.
  This comes after The Canadian Press sent Ferreri questions regarding the post, which followed a visit to the Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre in Peterborough, Ont.
  In a statement today, Ferreri says her post was “inartfully worded.’The Conservative MP says that while cost-of-living can increase social problems, it is ‘in no way&rs
  
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• Maple Leafs sign forward Alex Steeves to one-year two-way contract

  21-08-2024 19:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have re-signed forward Alex Steeves to a one-year, two-way contract, the NHL club announced Wednesday.The value of the contract is US$775,000 at the NHL level.
  The 24-year-old from Bedford, N.H., had 57 points (27 goals, 30 assists) in 65 games with the American Hockey League’s Toronto Marlies last season and was named to the league’s All-Star Game.Steeves has an assist in seven career games with the Maple Leafs.
  Through three seasons with the
  
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• Chilliwack woman planning Greek vacation, mortgage payoff after winning massive PlayNow.com jackpot - Fraser Valley Today

  21-08-2024 19:42 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack woman planning Greek vacation, mortgage payoff after winning massive PlayNow.com jackpot  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Chilliwack woman planning Greek vacation, mortgage payoff after winning massive PlayNow.com jackpot

  21-08-2024 19:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Deborah Surette says it’s the best $30 she’s ever spent.The Chilliwack resident was camping in her fifth wheel camper earlier this month when she took a chance and spent a little time at her kitchen table on an online slot game through PlayNow.com, part of the B.C. Lottery Corporation.Thanks to a fortuitous bit of luck, Surette will be heading off to Greece after winning $150,180 in the Lock it Link – Night Life slot win on BCLC’s PlayNow.com.
  “Be
  
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• Rourke, Lions look to hand Ottawa Redblacks their first home loss of ’24 season

  21-08-2024 18:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Nathan Rourke and the B.C. Lions will attempt to do something on Saturday night no other CFL team has done this season.
  B.C. (5-5) will look to snap a four-game losing streak when it visits Ottawa (6-2-1) at TD Place. The Redblacks are the CFL’s only unbeaten team at home with a 4-0-1 record and the expectation is starter Dru Brown will return after missing last week’s 31-29 road win in Calgary with a foot injury.
  Rourke made his much-anticipated return with the Lions in Sunday&rsquo
  
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• UPDATE: Highway 1 eastbound now has single-lane traffic west of Chilliwack due to vehicle incident

  21-08-2024 18:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UPDATE WEDNESDAY AT 9:52 A.M.: Drive BC now says eastbound Highway 1 has been reopened to single lane traffic at the Sumas Drainage Canal bridge following an earlier vehicle incident. Motorists should continue to expect delays and pass with caution.
  Original story from 9:16 a.m. Wednesday:
  CHILLIWACK — DriveBC says eastbound Highway 1 is closed east of No. 3 Road (exit 104) due to a vehicle incident.
  According to a post from the Ministry at 8:44 a.m., Drive BC says Hwy. 1 is closed at the
  
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• UPDATE: One lane reopened on Highway 1 eastbound near Abbotsford-Chilliwack border after vehicle incident - Chilliwack Progress

  21-08-2024 18:41 via news.google.com
  UPDATE: One lane reopened on Highway 1 eastbound near Abbotsford-Chilliwack border after vehicle incident  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• UPDATE: One lane reopened on Highway 1 eastbound near Abbotsford-Chilliwack border after vehicle incident - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  21-08-2024 18:41 via news.google.com
  UPDATE: One lane reopened on Highway 1 eastbound near Abbotsford-Chilliwack border after vehicle incident  Agassiz Harrison Observer
  
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• Highway 1 closed eastbound near Abbotsford-Chilliwack border after vehicle incident - Chilliwack Progress

  21-08-2024 18:41 via news.google.com
  Highway 1 closed eastbound near Abbotsford-Chilliwack border after vehicle incident  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• After furor from locals, Quebec open to moving services from Montreal drug-use site

  21-08-2024 18:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUÉBEC — The Quebec government says it wants to meet the demands of Montrealers fed up with a housing project in the city’s southwest that caters to unhoused people living with addiction or mental health issues.
  After defending the project for months, Montreal municipal officials are now asking the province to relocate day centre services at Maison Benoît Labre, which is across from an elementary school and includes a supervised drug-use site.
  Parents and local residents
  
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• Highway 1 closed e/b west of Chilliwack due to vehicle incident

  21-08-2024 18:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — DriveBC says eastbound Highway 1 is closed east of No. 3 Road (exit 104) due to a vehicle incident.
  According to a post from the Ministry at 8:44 a.m., Drive BC says Hwy. 1 is closed at the Sumas Drainage Canal bridge due to a vehicle incident. Emergency responders are on scene.
  While DriveBC says no detour is available, one X/Twitter user says commercial traffic can divert via Highway 11, 7, and 9. Non-commercial traffic can use No. 3 Road, continue onto Boundary Road before
  
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• AFN national chief promotes child welfare agreement, as expert raises concerns

  21-08-2024 18:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says there are 47.8 billion reasons for chiefs to accept a child welfare reform deal with Canada, but a leading child welfare expert is warning chiefs to review the fine print.
  National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak has been promoting a settlement that would see the federal government set aside $47.8 billion over 10 years to reform the First Nations child welfare system.
  That deal was struck after decades of advocacy and litigati
  
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• Canada draws into group with Puerto Rico, Cuba, Panama at 2026 World Baseball Classic

  21-08-2024 18:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PULLY — Canada has drawn into a pool with Puerto Rico, Cuba and Panama at the 2026 World Baseball Classic.
  San Juan, Puerto Rico, will host Pool A from March 6 to 11, with those three nations joined by the winner of a qualifying tournament.Canada is ranked 16th in the world, Cuba is eighth, Panama is 10th and Puerto Rico is No. 12.
  Twenty teams, 16 invited from 2023 and four from 2025 qualifiers, will split into four groups at the men’s baseball tournament.The opening round is schedu
  
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• Highway 1 closed e/b west of Chilliwack due to vehicle incident - Fraser Valley Today

  21-08-2024 18:17 via news.google.com
  Highway 1 closed e/b west of Chilliwack due to vehicle incident  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Vancouver Canucks change up goalie coaching staff

  21-08-2024 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks are switching up their goaltending staff, promoting one coach and moving another to a scouting role.The club announced Wednesday that goalie coach and director of goaltending Ian Clark will work as a goalie scout and development coach after requesting a new role with the team.Marko Torenius has been promoted from goalie coach of the American Hockey League’s Abbotsford Canucks to the same role with the NHL team.
  General manager Patrik Allvin says in a
  
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• Transport Canada lifts order mandating train whistling, reduced train speeds in Chilliwack - Fraser Valley Today

  21-08-2024 17:29 via news.google.com
  Transport Canada lifts order mandating train whistling, reduced train speeds in Chilliwack  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Transport Canada lifts order mandating train whistling, reduced train speeds in Chilliwack

  21-08-2024 17:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Fraser Valley Today has learned that train whistling and reduced speeds are no longer mandatory under a federal order when trains travel through Chilliwack.
  According to an email from Liana Wiebe, communications manager for the City of Chilliwack, CN Rail advised the City on Saturday, August 17 that Transport Canada lifted its previous order for reduced speed and whistling through Chilliwack.
  The latest development comes after Chilliwack Mayor Ken Popove met representatives fr
  
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• Cheam First Nation strategically acquires Fraser River Lodge near Agassiz - Chilliwack Progress

  21-08-2024 17:02 via news.google.com
  Cheam First Nation strategically acquires Fraser River Lodge near Agassiz  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• People with disabilities twice as likely to have food insecurity, StatCan report says

  21-08-2024 16:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A new Statistics Canada report says people with disabilities are twice as likely to live in food insecure households than those without disabilities.The report used data from the 2021 Canadian Income Survey and found 26.4 per cent of respondents with a disability experienced some level of food insecurity, compared to 12.5 per cent of people without disabilities.The report says the odds of food insecurity were higher for people with a disability even after accounting for income and employment, am
  
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• Rescue crews unload body bag in Sicily port as search continues after yacht sinking

  21-08-2024 16:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PORTICELLO, Sicily (AP) — Divers searching the wreck of a superyacht that sank off Sicily recovered at least one body Wednesday, as the search continued for more missing passengers and questions intensified about why the sailboat sank so quickly.
  Divers and rescue crews unloaded a body bag from one of the rescue vessels that pulled into port at Porticello. The discovery confirmed that the operation to search the wreckage on the seabed 50 meters (165 feet) underwater was a recovery one, not
  
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• Business groups call on federal government to prevent rail work stoppage

  21-08-2024 15:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A coalition of business groups is calling on the federal government to prevent a work stoppage at Canada’s two biggest railways.
  A phased shutdown of the networks at Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. is already underway as the clock ticks down on contact talks with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference.
  Unless deals are reached, rail service at both companies is poised to stop at 12:01 a.m. ET on Thursday.
  In a joint statement, the Canadian C
  
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• Chilliwack athletes conquer Fat Dog ultra trail race - Chilliwack Progress

  21-08-2024 14:30 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack athletes conquer Fat Dog ultra trail race  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Iran’s hard-line parliament approves all members of president’s Cabinet, first time since 2001

  21-08-2024 14:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s hard-line parliament on Wednesday approved all members of reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian’s Cabinet, the first time in over two decades a leader has been able to get all of his officials through the body.All 19 officials won approval in an afternoon vote, the first time that’s happened in Iran since 2001.Among those officials is Abbas Araghchi, 61, a career diplomat who will be Iran’s new foreign minister.
  Araghchi was a member of th
  
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• Gilma becomes the 2nd hurricane of the eastern Pacific season and is forecast to stay away from land

  21-08-2024 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Gilma became the second hurricane of this year’s eastern Pacific Ocean season early Wednesday and is forecast to remain away from land.
  The Category 1 storm was located about 935 miles (1,504 kilometers) west-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula of Mexico, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
  There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect. Gilma had strengthened to tropical storm status on Sunday.
  Gilma was moving west
  
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• In the news today: Canada, defence and the DNC, more aid for heading to Ukraine

  21-08-2024 10:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Canada watches for defence details at convention
  Canada’s ambassador to the United States says the country is looking for an administration willing to deepen its defence relationships as NATO allies watch closely to see what the Democratic National Convention may reveal about how Kamala Harris could approach foreign policy.Kirsten Hillman expects Harris to follow President Joe Biden’s lead
  
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• Commercial ship ‘not under command’ after repeated attacks target it in Red Sea, British say

  21-08-2024 10:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A commercial ship traveling through the Red Sea came under repeated attack Wednesday, leaving the vessel “not under command” in an assault suspected to have been carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, the British military said.Details remained few about the attack, though it comes during the Houthis’ monthslong campaign targeting ships over the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.
  The attack saw men on small boats first open
  
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• Largest study of 2023 wildfires finds extreme weather fuelled flames coast to coast

  21-08-2024 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The largest study of Canada’s catastrophic 2023 wildfire season concludes it is “inescapable” that the record burn was caused by extreme heat and parching drought, while adding the amount of young forests consumed could make recovery harder.
  And it warns that the extreme temperatures seen that year were already equivalent to some climate projections for 2050.
  “It is inescapable that extreme heat and moisture deficits enabled the record-breaking 2023 fire season,” sa
  
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• Canada watches for defence details at Democratic National Convention

  21-08-2024 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHICAGO — Canada’s ambassador to the United States says the country is looking for an administration willing to deepen its defence relationships as NATO allies watch closely to see what the Democratic National Convention may reveal about how Kamala Harris could approach foreign policy.Kirsten Hillman expects Harris to follow President Joe Biden’s lead on defence but says the vice-president has had a different emphasis in her approach: focusing on the Western Hemisphere.
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• Canada pledges $5.7M in humanitarian aid for Ukraine, with focus on children

  21-08-2024 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen says Canada will provide $5.7 million for Ukrainians to meet their basic needs.
  Ottawa says it’s maintaining solidarity with Ukraine two-and-a-half years into Russia’s full-scale invasion as Hussen visits Kyiv.
  The trip has a focus on children, with Hussen visiting the main children’s hospital, which was damaged by a Russian missile in July.
  The funding includes $2 million for Save the Children Canada, which has hel
  
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• Moscow comes under largest Ukrainian drone attack yet but destroys them all, Russian authorities say

  21-08-2024 09:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities said Wednesday that Moscow came under the largest attack yet by Ukrainian drones since the start of fighting in 2022, and that it destroyed all of them.
  Russia destroyed 45 Ukrainian drones overnight, Russia’s Ministry of Defense said. It said 11 were destroyed over the Moscow region, 23 over the Bryansk region, six over Belgorod, three over Kaluga and two over Kursk.
  “This was one of the biggest attempts of all time to attack Moscow using dron
  
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• Peltola, Begich, Dahlstrom advance to ranked choice November election in Alaska US House race

  21-08-2024 07:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, a Democrat, has advanced to November’s ranked choice general election for the state’s lone U.S. House seat, along with Republicans Nick Begich and Nancy Dahlstrom.
  The three were the most prominent candidates in a field of 12 running for the seat in Alaska’s primary on Tuesday. Under Alaska’s open primary system, voters were asked to pick one candidate, with the top four vote-getters in the race, regardless of par
  
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• Bus carrying Shiite pilgrims from Pakistan to Iraq crashes in Iran, killing at least 28 people

  21-08-2024 06:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A bus carrying Shiite pilgrims from Pakistan to Iraq crashed in central Iran, killing at least 28 people, an official said Wednesday.
  The crash happened Tuesday night in the central Iranian province of Yazd, said Mohammad Ali Malekzadeh, a local emergency official, according to the state-run IRNA news agency.
  Another 23 people suffered injuries in the crash, 14 of them serious, he added.There had been 51 people on board at the time of the crash.The pilgrims had been on
  
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• Vance and Walz are still relatively unknown, but the governor is better liked, an AP-NORC poll finds

  21-08-2024 06:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Tim Walz and JD Vance have vaulted themselves out of national obscurity as they hustle to introduce themselves to the country, but the senator from Ohio has had a rockier start than the Minnesota governor.
  A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that Walz had a smoother launch as a running mate to Vice President Kamala Harris than Vance did for former President Donald Trump. About one-third of U.S. adults (36%) have a favorable view
  
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