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• Low-cost carrier opens retail store in Chilliwack after expanding its Fraser Valley service area - Fraser Valley Today

  26-08-2024 23:51 via news.google.com
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• Low-cost carrier opens retail store in Chilliwack after expanding its Fraser Valley service area

  26-08-2024 23:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Less than a month after the company announced it would expand its service area to include Chilliwack and Hope, Freedom Mobile has now opened a retail store in the Cottonwood Centre mall.
  Mark Davis, general manager for Warrington PCI, told Fraser Valley Today that Freedom Mobile opened earlier this month in August.
  Low-cost telecommunications provider Freedom Mobile announced on July 23 that it had expanded its service area to include Chilliwack, Hope and other cities in Briti
  
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• Resurgent Toronto FC hopes to rally past Forge’s lead in Canadian Championship semi

  26-08-2024 23:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Hamilton’s Forge FC holds a seemingly comfortable 2-1 lead on aggregate heading into the second leg of the Canadian Championship semifinal on Tuesday night.
  Except that Toronto FC is practically a new team.
  “We’re all jelling together in the past month or so, that’s been shown,” said centre back Kevin Long on Monday. “Every season has its ups and downs, and that’s the way it’s been going so far.“It’s been an up and down season, but we&r
  
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• Ex-sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot a Black airman at his home is in custody

  26-08-2024 23:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida sheriff’s deputy charged with killing a Black U.S. Air Force senior airman who answered his apartment door while holding a gun pointed toward the ground was arrested on Monday, officials said.
  Former Okaloosa County deputy Eddie Duran, 38, was charged with manslaughter with a firearm in the May 3 shooting death of 23-year-old Roger Fortson, Assistant State Attorney Greg Marcille announced Friday. The charge is a first-degree felony puni
  
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• Authorities arrest ex-sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot a Black airman at his home

  26-08-2024 23:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida sheriff’s deputy charged with killing a Black U.S. Air Force senior airman who answered his apartment door while holding a gun pointed toward the ground was arrested on Monday, officials said.
  Former Okaloosa County deputy Eddie Duran, 38, was charged with manslaughter with a firearm in the May 3 shooting death of 23-year-old Roger Fortson, Assistant State Attorney Greg Marcille announced Friday. The charge is a first-degree felony puni
  
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• Two Chilliwack nurses disciplined by B.C. College of Nurses & Midwives - Fraser Valley Today

  26-08-2024 23:01 via news.google.com
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• Two Chilliwack nurses disciplined by B.C. College of Nurses & Midwives

  26-08-2024 23:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Two nurses from Chilliwack have been disciplined by the B.C. College of Nurses & Midwives for failing to uphold certain professional standards.
  On August 9, a panel of the Inquiry Committee, affiliated with the B.C. College of Nurses & Midwives, approved a consent agreement between the College and Jennifer Kanoga of Chilliwack to address practice issues that previously occurred in November 2023. Those practice issues were related to what the College called “faili
  
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• Defending champion Montreal Carabins top first U Sports football rankings of season

  26-08-2024 22:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The defending Vanier Cup champion Montreal Carabins topped the first Canadian university football rankings list of the 2024-25 season.
  The Carabins (1-0), who opened the campaign with a 45-14 rout of the Sherbrooke Vert & Or last week, led a top three that included Western (1-0) and UBC (0-0).The rest of the top 10 in Monday’s U Sports list included Laval (1-0), Laurier (1-0), Windsor (1-0), Alberta (0-0), St.FX (0-0), Saskatchewan (0-0) and Bishop’s (1-0).
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• Blue Jays beat Red Sox 4-1, and Danny Jansen shows up on both sides of box score — an MLB first

  26-08-2024 22:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Danny Jansen’s former team beat his current one on Monday, when George Springer cleared the Green Monster with a 416-foot home run and seven Toronto pitchers combined on a four-hitter to beat the Red Sox 4-1 in the completion of a game that was suspended by rain in June.
  Jansen made history as the first major leaguer to play for both teams in the same game, starting it as the Toronto catcher on June 26, when it was halted — with Jansen at bat — in the second
  
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• B.C. lifts last ‘wildfire of note’ designation, as number of blazes drops below 300

  26-08-2024 22:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — There are no longer any “wildfires of note” burning in British Columbia, with the BC Wildfire Service saying favourable weather has allowed crews to make good progress in the province’s battle against hundreds of blazes.
  The service lifted the designation that means a fire is highly visible or poses a threat to people or public safety from the Corya Creek wildfire about 170 kilometres northeast of Terrace, B.C.
  But fire information officer Emilie Peacock says
  
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• Special counsel urges appeals court to reinstate classified documents case against Trump

  26-08-2024 22:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith asked a federal appeals court Monday to reinstate the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump after it was dismissed by a judge last month.
  U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon threw out the case, one of four prosecutions of Trump, after concluding that Smith’s appointment as special counsel was unconstitutional.Smith’s team then appealed to the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, with prosecutors s
  
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• Winnipeg Blue Bombers to induct Charles Roberts into ring of honour

  26-08-2024 20:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers will honour their all-time leading rusher next month.
  The CFL team says that Charles Roberts will be inducted into the ring of honour on Sept. 7 at Princess Auto Stadium.
  He’ll be officially added during the annual Banjo Bowl against the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
  Roberts made his debut with the Blue Bombers in 2001 and spent most of his eight-year CFL career in Winnipeg.
  He led the CFL in rushing on three occasions.The seven-time all-star will be
  
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• Double-duty Danny Jansen plays for both teams in one MLB game. Here’s how

  26-08-2024 20:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen became the first player in major league history to appear in the same game for both teams when he took the field for Boston on Monday in the resumption of a rain-delayed game he started for Toronto in June.
  Jansen was in the Blue Jays’ lineup at catcher and batting in the second inning on June 26 when the game was suspended. He was traded to the Red Sox last month, and on Monday he took his position behind the plate as a pinch-hitter Daulton
  
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• Young B.C. ‘keepers to star for Pacific, Whitecaps in Canadian Championship semifinal

  26-08-2024 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Emil Gazdov already has plenty of memories of Vancouver’s B.C. Place. The one he’ll add Tuesday is likely to top them all.The 20-year-old goalkeeper from North Vancouver, B.C., will take the field for Pacific FC as the Canadian Premier League club aims to upset Major League Soccer’s Vancouver Whitecaps in the second leg of the Canadian Championship semifinal.
  “It’s really cool just being able to play against them, especially at B.C. Place,” G
  
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• US Open 2024: Olympic gold medalist Zheng rallies to win her first-round match

  26-08-2024 20:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Zheng Qinwen, the Olympic gold medalist in women’s tennis, rallied to stay in the U.S. Open on Monday with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Amanda Anisimova.
  Zheng began the Grand Slam season by reaching the final of the Australian Open. She had a difficult assignment to start the year’s final major in Anisimova, an American who earlier this month reached the final of a hard-court warmup tournament in Montreal and returned to the top 50 of the WTA rankings.
  But the
  
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• Reprieve from gravel removal sought to protect salmon habitat in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  26-08-2024 19:37 via news.google.com
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• Quebec family wants answers 3 weeks after father, son hit during police shootout

  26-08-2024 19:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A family is seeking answers and financial support after a father and son were caught in crossfire during a shootout earlier this month between police and a suspect in a Montreal suburb.
  Houssam Abdallah, 52, remains in hospital and is set to undergo more medical procedures as he recovers from five bullet wounds.
  Abdallah’s son, Abdel Rahman, 18, was also struck after a volley of bullets were exchanged between police and a 26-year-old suspect in front of the family’s
  
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• Man’s attempt at free electricity outside Mission Library gets him arrested

  26-08-2024 19:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Mounties in Mission say they’ve arrested a 34-year-old man who allegedly damaged a municipal utility pole near the Mission Library, plugged in an extension cord, and started a fire near his tent.Mission RCMP says a member of the public phoned them on Saturday morning, August 17 to report that a man had cut into the base of a utility pole in the parking lot of the Mission Library, plugged in an extension cord and connected it to a tent he had set up nearby. The alert caller
  
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• McGill law professors launch unlimited strike on first week of classes

  26-08-2024 18:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A union representing full-time McGill University law professors launched an unlimited general strike today over what it describes as the school’s refusal to negotiate in good faith.Law professor Kirsten Anker says the Association of McGill Professors of Law wants to secure its first collective agreement and stop the university from challenging its right to exist.
  The union was certified in November 2022 by the province’s labour tribunal, but that certification is bei
  
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• B.C. caps rent increases next year at 3 per cent, matching inflation

  26-08-2024 18:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The maximum allowable rent increase in British Columbia next year will be 3 per cent, down from the current 3.5 per cent.
  The Housing Ministry says the new amount, taking effect on Jan. 1, is tied to inflation, and comes after increases were kept “well below inflation” in 2023 and 2024.
  Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon says in a news release that keying rent rises to inflation “saves renters hundreds of dollars” compared to the previous government’s pol
  
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• Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he’s suspending his presidential bid and backing Donald Trump

  26-08-2024 18:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his independent campaign for president Friday and endorsed Donald Trump, a late-stage shakeup of the presidential race that could give the former president a modest boost from Kennedy’s supporters.Kennedy said his internal polls had shown that his presence in the race would hurt Trump and help Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, though recent public polls don’t provide a clear indication that he is having an outsize impact on support
  
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• Michigan man gets another life sentence in 2-year-old’s kidnapping death

  26-08-2024 18:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A federal judge has handed a Michigan man who pleaded guilty in the kidnapping and killing of his former girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter a second life sentence.
  U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker sentenced Rashad Trice Friday, one week after he was sentenced to life in state prison without the possibility of parole on charges in Ingham County Circuit Court for the girl’s death and 60 to 90 years for assaulting her mother, the Detroit News reported.Acc
  
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• Islamic State group claims responsibility for knife attack that killed 3 in Solingen, Germany

  26-08-2024 18:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) — The Islamic State militant group on Saturday claimed responsibility for a knife attack that killed three people and wounded eight more at a crowded festival marking this city’s 650th anniversary.
  The extremist group said on its news site that the attacker targeted Christians and that as a “soldier of the Islamic State” he carried out the assaults Friday night “to avenge Muslims in Palestine and everywhere.”
  The IS claim couldn’t
  
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• An attack at a festival in a German city kills 3 people and wounds at least 5 seriously

  26-08-2024 18:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) — An attacker with a knife killed three people and seriously wounded at least five late on Friday at a festival in the western German city of Solingen, authorities said.
  Witnesses alerted police shortly after 9:30 p.m. to an unknown perpetrator having wounded several people indiscriminately with a knife on a central square, the Fronhof. Police said the attacker was on the run, and that they so far had only very little information on the man.
  They said they believe th
  
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• A 2nd ex-Memphis officer pleads guilty in Tyre Nichols’ death. He could serve 40 years in prison

  26-08-2024 18:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Federal prosecutors agreed to recommend a prison sentence of no more than 40 years for a former Memphis police officer who pleaded guilty Friday to federal civil rights violations in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols.
  Emmitt Martin is the second former officer to plead guilty in the killing that sparked outrage and renewed calls for police reform. Three former officers still face trial in federal court next month, and two of their former colleagues could testify
  
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• Province says annual B.C. rent increase in 2025 will be capped at less than inflation

  26-08-2024 17:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The provincial government announced Monday morning (Aug. 26) that the maximum allowable rent increase for residential tenants in British Columbia will be capped at 3.0 per cent, a drop of 3.5 per cent from this year’s maximum allowable rise.“Tying the allowable increase to inflation saves renters hundreds of dollars, over the previous government’s policy of inflation plus 2%,” said Ravi Kahlon, Minister of Housing. “At a time when we know renters
  
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• First responders retrieve body, truck in Sicamous, B.C. after big rig plunges off bridge

  26-08-2024 17:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SICAMOUS — First responders and affiliated public safety personnel have retrieved a body and the mangled commercial truck that veered off a highway bridge and crashed into a waterway over the weekend.
  A semi-trailer truck plunged 18 metres off a highway bridge in Sicamous Saturday morning.
  Sicamous Fire Rescue posted on Facebook Sunday (Aug. 25) that the recovery operation was successfully completed Sunday. There were no injuries or close calls reported during the recovery process. Sicamou
  
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• Cool, rainy weather in Chilliwack broke long-standing records - Chilliwack Progress

  26-08-2024 17:01 via news.google.com
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• Ice cave collapse in Iceland kills 1, with 2 still missing

  26-08-2024 16:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BERLIN (AP) — At least one person has died and two others are still missing after an ice cave partially collapsed as a group of tourists was visiting the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier in southern Iceland.
  In a statement posted on social media, local police say first responders received a call shortly before 3 p.m. on Sunday as a group of about 25 foreign tourists from several nationalities were exploring ice caves when four people were hit by ice.Two people were seriously injured, on
  
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• Ice cave collapse in Iceland kills 1 tourist and leaves 2 missing

  26-08-2024 16:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — Icelandic rescuers worked by hand Monday to cut through the remnants of a collapsed ice cave as they searched for two tourists missing for more than 24 hours since a glacier in the southeastern part of the island caved in, killing one person and severely injured another.
  The search, which was suspended overnight when conditions made it too dangerous resumed at about 7 a.m., Icelandic broadcaster RUV reported. Video showed rescuers working inside two large craters surrounded b
  
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• Chilliwack restaurant closes its doors due to increasing business costs and staffing challenges

  26-08-2024 16:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — iPho, a Vietnamese restaurant located at 7084 Vedder Road in Sardis, has closed its doors after 10 years in business in Chilliwack.
  The restaurant’s owner who also works as a chef there made the announcement on August 18, saying its final day offering fine Vietnamese cuisine would be Sunday, August 25.
  “After ten wonderful years of serving the people of Chilliwack, iPHO Fine Vietnamese Cuisine has decided to close our doors,” said Patchara (Pat). “We ca
  
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• Canadian swimmer Aurelie Rivard preps for her toughest competitor, herself, in Paris

  26-08-2024 15:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Aurelie Rivard is chasing herself.
  Canada’s most decorated para swimmer the last decade heads into her fourth Paralympic Games owning world records in three events.
  Winner of five Paralympic gold medals and 10 overall, the 28-year-old from St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Que., says going faster than she ever has before is her challenge in Paris.
  “I have to beat myself. I think I’m my biggest rival in all of this,” Rivard said. “It’s a different mentality
  
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• Canada to bring back stricter rules for temporary foreign worker program

  26-08-2024 15:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government will reduce the number of low-wage temporary foreign workers with stricter rules, urging employers to hire Canadian workers instead.
  The federal government announced today that it will refuse applications for low-wage temporary foreign workers in regions with an unemployment rate of six per cent or higher.
  Employers will be allowed to hire a maximum of 10 per cent of their workforce from the temporary foreign worker program, down f
  
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• Canada to hit China with tariffs on electric vehicles, aluminum, steel

  26-08-2024 15:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government is imposing tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles as well as aluminum and steel from China in an effort to protect domestic manufacturing.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in Halifax today that Canada will impose a 100-per-cent tariff on electric vehicles, along with 25 per cent tariffs on aluminum and steel.
  Chinese brands are not a major player in Canada’s EV market right now but imports from China have exploded in the last year as Tesla s
  
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• Fiery, explosive flamenco show to light up Chilliwack stage - Chilliwack Progress

  26-08-2024 14:35 via news.google.com
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• Sven-Goran Eriksson, Swedish soccer coach who was first foreigner to lead England team, dies at 76

  26-08-2024 14:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Sven-Goran Eriksson, the Swedish soccer manager who spent five years as England’s first ever foreign-born coach after making his name winning trophies at club level in Italy, Portugal and Sweden, has died.He was 76.
  Eriksson died Monday surrounded by his family, according to a statement on his official website.
  His death followed eight months after he revealed he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and had at most one year to live.
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• A dam collapses in eastern Sudan after heavy rainfall. Local media report dozens missing

  26-08-2024 12:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CAIRO (AP) — A dam collapsed in Sudan’s eastern Red Sea state, sending water flooding over nearby homes, the country’s health ministry said. Local media said dozens of people are missing.
  In a statement late Sunday, the ministry said that the Arbaat dam had collapsed and that resources had been deployed to the area to help the people who had been stranded.The statement said at least four people had died in the floodwaters but did not give an estimate of how many were missing. H
  
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• In the news today: CN, CPKC rail service set to resume after dispute

  26-08-2024 10:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  CN, CPKC rail service set to resume after dispute
  Traffic at Canada’s two largest railways is slated to resume today as a rail work stoppage comes to an end following a Saturday decision from the federal labour board.Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City shut down railways last Thursday, locking out workers and disrupting freight traffic nationwide and commuter lines in t
  
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• Thirstier lawns and fuller dishwashers: New round of Calgary water rationing kicks in

  26-08-2024 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Thirstier lawns, shorter showers and fewer but fuller dishwasher loads are in store for Calgarians — again — as a troubled water main undergoes a new round of repairs starting this week.The Bearspaw South Feeder Main in the city’s northwest burst in early June, drenching a stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway and forcing the city to impose onerous restrictions on water use for several weeks.The rationing had just started to ease earlier this month when Mayor Jyot
  
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• Immigration, housing to headline cabinet retreat in Halifax Monday

  26-08-2024 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — Housing and immigration will take centre stage today as the federal cabinet retreat in Halifax moves into its first full day of meetings.
  The annual end-of-summer cabinet gathering is intended to set the agenda for the fall sitting of Parliament which begins three weeks from today.
  The Liberals are in a make-it-or-break-it moment, following more than a year of slumping polling numbers and at most a year left before the next federal election.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is sched
  
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• Crews face tree danger from high winds as B.C. wildfires abate due to precipitation

  26-08-2024 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Heavy rain in parts of British Columbia over the weekend has lowered wildfire activity in the southern part of the province, but firefighters say strong winds are creating some tree hazards for crews.
  The BC Wildfire Service says in its latest update that the number of active blazes in the province has fallen to around 311, continuing a downward trend where about 240 fires were burning entering the weekend.
  The wildfire service says while much of the southern part of B.C. recei
  
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• Russia unleashes massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine

  26-08-2024 09:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces unleashed a massive drone and missile barrage on Ukraine early Monday, targeting multiple regions across the country, the Ukrainian air force said.The attack, which began around midnight and is still ongoing, appears to be the biggest in weeks, and targeted the country’s energy infrastructure.According to the air force, there were multiple groups of Russian drones moving towards eastern, northern, southern, and central regions of Ukraine, followed
  
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• Alaska landslide kills 1 person and injures 3 in Ketchikan, authorities say

  26-08-2024 09:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — One person was killed and three were injured by a landslide that prompted a mandatory evacuation in the Alaska city of Ketchikan, authorities said.
  Three people were transported to Ketchikan Medical Center following the landslide, which struck around 4 p.m. Sunday and damaged homes and infrastructure, the Ketchikan Gateway Borough and City of Ketchikan said in a joint statement Sunday.
  Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy declared an emergency for Ketchikan, while Borough May
  
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• CN, CPKC to resume railway service Monday as work stoppage ends

  26-08-2024 09:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Traffic at Canada’s two largest railways is slated to resume today as a rail work stoppage comes to an end following a Saturday decision from the federal labour board.Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City shut down railways last Thursday, locking out workers and disrupting freight traffic nationwide and commuter lines in the Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver areas.
  The lockouts affected more than 9,000 railway workers amid an ongoing contract dispute b
  
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• Gunmen kill 23 passengers taken from vehicles in an attack in southwest Pakistan

  26-08-2024 07:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen fatally shot 23 passengers after identifying them and taking them from buses, vehicles and trucks in one of the deadliest attacks in restive southwestern Pakistan, police and officials said Monday.
  The killings occurred overnight in Kusakhail, a district in Baluchistan province, a senior police official Ayub Achakzai. The attackers burned at least 10 vehicles before fleeing the scene.
  Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi called the attack “barbaric” and
  
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• Spieker, Fajardo lead Alouettes to 21-17 comeback over Elks

  26-08-2024 04:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Wide receiver Cole Spieker and quarterback Cody Fajardo led a second-half comeback as the league-leading Montreal Alouettes defeated the Edmonton Elks 21-17 in a thrilling victory on Sunday night.
  Fajardo threw for 336 yards on 22-for-34 completions to go with two touchdown passes and one interception in his return from missing four games with a hamstring injury.
  Spieker caught two TDs and totalled 107 receiving yards on five receptions, all in the second half, as Montreal (10-1
  
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• Japan thrashes Canada 55-28 to open Pacific Nations Cup

  26-08-2024 01:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Canada’s men’s rugby team suffered a humbling 55-28 defeat at the hands of Japan to open its Pacific Nations Cup tournament Sunday.
  The quick, offensively dominant Brave Blossoms first struck in the fourth minute with a try from Malo Tuitama.
  Warner Dearns touched twice for 14th-ranked Japan, while Dylan Riley, Kani Shimokawa, Seungsin Lee and Tomoki Osada also contributed tries. Lee also booted six conversions and a penalty in the victory.
  Andrew Coe, Lucas Rumball
  
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• Keegan Bradley goes from last man in to BMW Championship winner and on to East Lake

  26-08-2024 01:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) — Keegan Bradley went from the last man in the BMW Championship to a winner Sunday, closing with an even-par 72 for a one-shot victory that opened up all sorts of possibilities he never imagined possible a week ago.
  Bradley pulled away from mistake-prone Adam Scott early on the back nine and delivered a clutch shot into the par-5 17th that all but sealed the seventh victory of his PGA Tour career, and the most unlikely.
  He was biting his nails a week ago, needing he
  
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• Double Duty: For Danny Jansen, playing for both teams in same game is chance at baseball history

  26-08-2024 00:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Boston Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen is enjoying his odd slice of baseball history as he prepares to become the first major league player to appear in the same game for both teams.
  Jansen was in the lineup for the Toronto Blue Jays when they faced Boston on June 26, a game that was suspended because of rain and scheduled to be made up on Monday. In the meantime, he was traded to Boston, and Red Sox manager Alex Cora has said he will put Jansen in the lineup when the game resum
  
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