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• Suspects sought in assault with a weapon in Chilliwack, B.C. - CTV News Vancouver

  27-08-2024 23:31 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack ElderCollege has new, intriguing courses in 2024 - Chilliwack Progress

  27-08-2024 22:37 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack health and beauty collective applies for liquor license for special events - Fraser Valley Today

  27-08-2024 22:32 via news.google.com
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• Feds file new indictment in Trump Jan. 6 case, keeping charges intact but narrowing allegations

  27-08-2024 22:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday filed a new indictment against Donald Trump that keeps the same criminal charges but narrows the allegations against him following a Supreme Court opinion conferring broad immunity on former presidents.
  The new indictment removes a section of the indictment that dealt with Trump’s interactions with the Justice Department, an area for which the Supreme Court in a 6-3 opinion said Trump was entitled to immunity from prosecution.Er
  
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• Chilliwack business specializing in hair and aesthetics applies for liquor license for special events

  27-08-2024 22:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A Vedder Road health and beauty collective in Chilliwack whose primary focus is hair and aesthetic services for its clients has applied for a liquor license application through the provincial government.According to a staff report dated August 20 from Jamie Leggatt, director of legislative services for the City of Chilliwack, a liquor primary license application has been received from Chilliwack Refinery House Hair Studio Incorporated, located at 5622 Vedder Road. Since the ma
  
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• Canadian Gov. Gen Mary Simon to attend opening ceremonies of Paralympic Games

  27-08-2024 22:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s Governor General will attend Wednesday’s opening ceremonies of the Paralympic Games in Paris as part of a trip to France.
  Mary Simon will meet with Canadian athletes in the village before the evening’s opening ceremonies at Place de la Concorde.
  Canada’s first Indigenous governor general will represent the country at a reception for heads of state hosted by French president Emmanuel Macron, her office said in a statement.
  Simon’s six-day itin
  
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• B.C. brings in ‘bell to bell’ school phone ban, as new access rules target protesters

  27-08-2024 21:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Cellphone use will be restricted in all British Columbia school districts when pupils return next week, as the province becomes the latest to curtail the use of the devices in classrooms.
  Premier David Eby says all school districts now have policies in place to ban cellphone use “bell to bell,” in line with a government directive announced in April.
  The province is also imposing “access zones” around schools allowing police to arrest or issue tickets to
  
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• Redblacks victory would clinch CFL playoff berth for defending-champion Alouettes

  27-08-2024 21:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — They’re idle, but the Montreal Alouettes could still cement a CFL playoff berth this week.
  Montreal (10-1) would secure an East Division post-season spot if the Ottawa Redblacks (7-2-1) defeated the B.C. Lions (5-6) on Saturday.
  The Alouettes would also punch their playoff ticket if Ottawa and B.C. tied and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (5-6) beat the Saskatchewan Roughriders (5-5-1) on Sunday.
  Montreal can’t fall lower than third in the East Division based upon Hamilton&
  
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• Ontario teen, due to start at UBC, dies in fall off 50-metre cliff in Metro Vancouver

  27-08-2024 21:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. — A 17-year-old from Ontario who was about to start his studies at the University of British Columbia is dead after climbing over a fence and falling off a cliff in a popular Metro Vancouver park.
  North Vancouver assistant fire chief Dwayne Derban said the boy was with three friends in an off-trail area of Lynn Canyon Park when it happened Sunday afternoon.
  Derban said the area had a chain-link fence about 1.5 metres tall marking the edge of the cliff as well as signa
  
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• Canadian Tevaughn Campbell among final cuts of NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars

  27-08-2024 21:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Veteran defensive back Tevaughn Campbell was among the Jacksonville Jaguars final cuts Tuesday.
  The 31-year-old Toronto native was signed by Jacksonville off the Las Vegas Raiders practice squad Oct. 26, 2022.
  Campbell re-signed with the Jaguars on March 16, 2023, then was released Aug. 29 before being added to the practice squad. Campbell then signed a reserve/future deal with the NFL club Jan. 8.
  Campbell began his pro career with the CFL’s Calgary Stampeders in 2015. He also spent time
  
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• Utah mother and children’s book author Kouri Richins to stand trial in husband’s death, judge rules

  27-08-2024 21:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A Utah mother of three who published a children’s book about grief after her husband’s death and was later accused of fatally poisoning him will stand trial, a judge ruled Tuesday.
  Utah state Judge Richard Mrazik ruled on the second day of Kouri Richins’ preliminary hearing that prosecutors had presented enough evidence against her to proceed with a jury trial.
  She faces a slew of felony charges for allegedly killing her husband with a lethal dose o
  
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• Utah mother and children’s book author Kouri Richins to stand trial in husband’s death, judge says

  27-08-2024 20:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A Utah mother of three who published a children’s book about grief after her husband’s death and was later accused of fatally poisoning him will stand trial, a judge ruled Tuesday.
  Utah state Judge Richard Mrazik ruled on the second day of Kouri Richins’ preliminary hearing that prosecutors had presented enough evidence against her to proceed with a jury trial.
  She faces a slew of felony charges for allegedly killing her husband with a lethal dose o
  
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• Grand chief hopeful $47.8B First Nations child welfare vote will be moved to October

  27-08-2024 20:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The grand chief of the Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation Tribal Council says she’s optimistic that chiefs from French-speaking nations will get more time to review the landmark $47.8-billion child-welfare deal before voting after a translation delay.
  Canada and the Assembly of First Nations reached an agreement on how to reform the First Nations child welfare system after decades of litigation that found Canada discriminated against children on-reserve.
  The deal was reached on Ju
  
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• New businesses still on track to open at Cottonwood mall this fall in Chilliwack, while one is closing this week

  27-08-2024 20:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — While one business is set to close later this week, the firm that manages Cottonwood Centre in Chilliwack says four more businesses are still on track to open this fall at the mall.
  Mark Davis, general manager for Warrington PCI, the Vancouver-based company that oversees Cottonwood, told Fraser Valley Today in an email Monday (Aug. 26) that the mall will welcome four more businesses this fall with more specific time frames than previously announced.They include Sephora, which
  
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• How much microplastic is in your coffee? New device by UBC researchers could tell you

  27-08-2024 20:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Researchers at the University of British Columbia say they’ve come up with a portable device that can cheaply detect the amount of microplastics in drinks and other liquids.
  Tianxi Yang, who developed the tool, says in a UBC news release that microplastics are a “significant threat” to food safety, health and the environment, and affordable detection of the material could help reduce their hazard.
  Microplastic particles can be created when things such as plast
  
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• Lulu the dog so matted Chilliwack SPCA couldn't tell back from front - Chilliwack Progress

  27-08-2024 20:02 via news.google.com
  Lulu the dog so matted Chilliwack SPCA couldn't tell back from front  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Auger-Aliassime eliminated at U.S. Open with first-round loss to Mensik

  27-08-2024 19:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime is out of the U.S. Open after dropping a 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 decision to Czechia’s Jakub Mensik in first-round action Tuesday.
  Mensik scored his sixth break in the final game of the match, with Auger-Aliassime committing his 36th unforced error on match point.
  Auger-Aliassime, seeded 19th in New York, has had a string of tough results since finishing fourth in men’s singles and teaming with Gabriela Dabrowski to win mixed-doubles bron
  
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• Bye-bye to Banff pedestrian zone after Labour Day long weekend

  27-08-2024 19:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BANFF, Alta. — It’ll be one last hurrah for a pedestrian zone along the main downtown drag of Banff, Alta., this long weekend.The Rocky Mountain tourist town is telling businesses to take down outdoor patios or retail displays on the Banff Avenue roadway after Labour Day.It says that would allow the road to reopen to vehicles once traffic signals are reset.The town made part of its main thoroughfare car-free in 2020 to reduce the risk for visitors during the COVID-19 pandemic, and ev
  
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• Redblacks quarterback Brown, Lions defensive lineman Covington net CFL weekly honours

  27-08-2024 19:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ottawa Redblacks quarterback Dru Brown and tackle Christian Covington of the B.C. Lions were the top offensive and defesive players in the CFL honour roll Tuesday.
  Brown captured top offensive honours with a grade of 86.1 for his performance in Ottawa’s 34-27 home win over B.C. Brown completed 28-for-37 passes for 390 yards and three touchdowns in the game.
  Covington was the top-graded defensive player (89.6) for his play on that contest. He registered his first forced fumb
  
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• Alouettes sign all-star wide receiver Austin Mack to four-year contract extension

  27-08-2024 19:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes have signed all-star wide receiver Austin Mack to a four-year contract extension, the club announced Tuesday.
  The deal is set to keep the 26-year-old with the team through the 2028 season.
  Mack recently returned to the league-leading Alouettes after a stint with the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons. He had three receptions for 32 yards in his CFL season debut on Sunday, a 21-17 victory over the Edmonton Elks.Mack had 78 receptions for 1,154 yards and four touch
  
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• Ontario teen dies after falling off 50-metre cliff in popular Metro Vancouver park

  27-08-2024 19:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NORTH VANCOUVER — In late July, Mounties from the North Vancouver RCMP detachment teamed up with North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services to urge visitors at a popular Metro Vancouver park to think twice about cliff jumping during a mid-summer heat wave.
  And while there are plenty of signs urging people not to climb fences and go out to bounds due to the steep cliffs and rushing rivers at Lynn Canyon Park, those warnings were not heeded in the latest tragedy.
  The Canadian Press is reportin
  
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• Quebec government says it’s taking action to end illegal dumping in Mohawk territory

  27-08-2024 18:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Quebec government says it wants to put an end to illegal dumping in the Mohawk community of Kanesatake northwest of Montreal.The Environment Department says “field interventions” are planned this week involving wildlife protection agents, inspectors and environmental investigators.The department says it’s targeting unauthorized dumping and backfilling of potentially contaminated soil on the banks and shoreline of the Lake of Two Mountains, in fish habitat.R
  
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• Consul-general to New York set to testify about government purchase of residence

  27-08-2024 18:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s consul-general in New York has been given a new opportunity to testify before a House committee about his official residence, which the government recently purchased for $9 million.Tom Clark has been called to appear at the government operations committee either on Sept. 12 or a later date that month.Conservative MP Michael Barrett says Clark was supposed to appear at today’s meeting, but a spokesperson for Global Affairs Canada says he wasn’t available.
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP seek help identifying 2 assault suspects - Chilliwack Progress

  27-08-2024 17:53 via news.google.com
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• Campfire ban being lifted for the entire Coastal Fire Centre, including Chilliwack - Fraser Valley Today

  27-08-2024 17:51 via news.google.com
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• Campfire ban being lifted for the entire Coastal Fire Centre, including Chilliwack

  27-08-2024 17:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Recent rains are allowing the Coastal Fire Centre to ease some seasonal restrictions.
  Effective noon on Wednesday, Aug. 28, campfires measuring no more than a half metre by half metre will be allowed across the entire Coastal Fire Centre, including the Fraser Valley and areas surrounding Chilliwack, Agassiz and Hope.The move comes after rainfall and cooler temperatures changed the landscape on the Island, as well as other parts of the Coastal Fire Centre, according to fire inf
  
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• China slams Canada over decision to introduce electric vehicle tariffs

  27-08-2024 17:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — China is slamming Canada’s decision to impose a 100 per cent import tariff on Chinese electric vehicles, promising there will be retaliation.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the move at the federal cabinet retreat in Halifax on Monday, four months after U.S. President Joe Biden announced similar plans.
  The U.S. EV tariff was set to take effect on Aug. 1 but has been delayed until at least September, while Canada’s will kick in Oct. 1.
  Lin Jian, a spokesman for
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP seeks identity of two suspects in assault investigation

  27-08-2024 17:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Mounties in Chilliwack are appealing to the public for help in identifying two suspects they believe were involved in an assault earlier this month.According to a news release from the Chilliwack RCMP media relations unit, Mounties in Chilliwack responded on Monday, August 12 to a report of an injured man in the 9000 block of Garden Drive, located south of First Avenue and east of Young Road. Frontline RCMP officers attended the area and located a male victim suffering from a
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP seeks identity of two suspects in assault investigation - Fraser Valley Today

  27-08-2024 17:31 via news.google.com
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• Midfielder Niko Sigur named to Canadian men’s roster for September friendlies

  27-08-2024 17:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Head coach Jesse Marsch has named midfielder Niko Sigur to Canada’s roster for friendlies against the United States and Mexico during the September FIFA international window.
  The Canadian men’s national team plays the United States on Sept. 7 at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, followed by a meeting with Mexico at AT&T Stadium in Dallas on Sept. 10.
  The games will be Canada’s first since finishing a historic fourth at the Copa America this summer.
  Sigur, who play
  
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• Part of Prest road closed for culvert replacement in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  27-08-2024 16:33 via news.google.com
  Part of Prest road closed for culvert replacement in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Toronto’s whooping cough cases more than double pre-pandemic average: public health

  27-08-2024 16:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto Public Health says the number of whooping cough cases are more than double the pre-pandemic average.
  The public health agency is reporting 99 cases in Toronto so far this year compared to the pre-pandemic five-year average of 38.
  Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a cyclical disease that occasionally increases every two to six years in Ontario.It is a highly contagious persistent cough that’s of most concern for infants. Toronto Public Health says 41 per ce
  
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• Hoops player Anderson, swimmer Roxon named Canada’s Paralympic flag-bearers in Paris

  27-08-2024 16:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Basketball player Patrick Anderson and swimmer Katarina Roxon have been named Canada’s flag-bearers for the opening ceremonies of the Paralympic Games in Paris.
  Anderson of Fergus, Ont., will compete in his sixth Paralympic Games.The 45-year-old is considered one of the best wheelchair basketball players of all time. Anderson led Canada to three gold medals and a silver in previous appearances.
  Roxon will be the first Canadian woman to compete in five Paralympic Games in swim
  
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• Police issue Amber Alert for missing five-year-old in Quebec

  27-08-2024 15:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BROSSARD, Que. — Quebec provincial police have issued an Amber Alert for a missing five-year-old boy.
  The alert issued this morning around 4 a.m. says Shi Gao Getty went missing from Brossard, Que., on Montreal’s South Shore.
  It’s believed the boy is travelling in a white 2024 Tesla 3 with an Ontario licence plate number GVMK 536.
  The alert says the main suspect is 65-year-old Yang Ruixue, who is also a resident of Brossard.
  Anyone who sees them is asked to call 911.
  An Amber A
  
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• CF Montreal transfers midfielder Mathieu Choinière to Swiss club Grasshopper Zurich

  27-08-2024 15:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Mathieu Choinière is heading to Europe.
  CF Montreal announced Tuesday that Choinière is joining Switzerland’s Grasshopper Club Zurich, ending a months-long saga after the homegrown midfielder reportedly requested a trade in May due to an impasse in contract negotiations.
  The Major League Soccer club did not reveal the transfer fee for the two-time league all-star.
  Choinière joined Montreal’s academy in 2011. He made his professional debut in 2018
  
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• Ukraine’s army chief says his troops control nearly 500 square miles of Russia’s Kursk region

  27-08-2024 14:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The chief of Ukraine’s army said Tuesday that the country’s troops control nearly 1,300 square kilometers (500 square miles) of Russia’s Kursk region.
  Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi said that Ukraine has captured 594 Russian prisoners in its operation, which began Aug. 6 and caught Russia by surprise.
  His claim could not be immediately confirmed.
  “The enemy drags troops from other directions, in such way weakening them; They attempt to create a ring of
  
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• Israeli military says it has rescued a hostage abducted in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack

  27-08-2024 14:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says it has rescued an Arab citizen of Israel who was among scores of people abducted in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack.
  The military said on Tuesday that Qaid Farhan Alkadi, 52, was rescued “in a complex operation in the southern Gaza Strip.”
  Hamas-led militants abucted some 250 people in the Oct. 7 attack, in which some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were killed.
  Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed over 40,000 Palestinians, accor
  
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• China accuses Canada of protectionism over 100% tariffs on electric vehicles

  27-08-2024 13:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BEIJING (AP) — China on Tuesday accused Canada of protectionism after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government imposed a 100% tariff on imports of Chinese-made electric vehicles, matching U.S. duties on Chinese-made EVs.
  The Chinese Commerce Ministry said in a statement the tariffs would disrupt the stability of global industrial and supply chains, severely impact China-Canada economic and trade ties and damage the interests of enterprises in both countries.
  “China is strongl
  
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• Iran’s supreme leader opens door to negotiations with United States over Tehran’s nuclear program

  27-08-2024 13:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader opened the door Tuesday to renewed negotiations with the United States over his country’s rapidly advancing nuclear program, telling its civilian government there was “no barrier” to engaging with its “enemy.”Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s remarks set clear red lines for any talks taking place under the government of reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian and renewed his warnings that America wasn&r
  
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• Paralympic Games in Paris will stand out for veteran goalball captain Amy Burk

  27-08-2024 13:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Amy Burk doesn’t know if her fifth Paralympic Games will be her last, but she does know Paris will feel monumental to her.
  Her sons Lucas, 10, and five-year-old Ryan have albinism and visual impairment as she does.
  Burk hopes having her sons with her at South Paris Arena will help them fully understand why their mom works so hard at goalball and why it takes her away from them for long stretches of time.
  “My kids have never seen me play internationally,” Burk said
  
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• US military open to escorting Philippine ships in the South China Sea, senior admiral says

  27-08-2024 11:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The U.S. military is open to the possibility of escorting Philippine ships in the disputed South China Sea, depending on consultations under the allies’ 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty, the head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said Tuesday amid a spike in hostilities between Beijing and Manila in the disputed waters.
  Adm. Samuel Paparo’s remarks, which he made in response to a question during a news conference in Manila with Philippine Armed Forces chief Gen.
  
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• In the news today: Cabinet retreat turns gaze to U.S. trade relations

  27-08-2024 10:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Cabinet retreat turns gaze to U.S. trade relations
  Canada-U.S. relations will take centre stage today as the federal cabinet wraps up the third and final day of its annual summer retreat.
  Current and former Canadian ambassadors to Washington are among the experts on tap to make presentations to the cabinet.
  The U.S. remains Canada’s most dominant trading partner, accounting for more than three-qu
  
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• ‘So ridiculous’: Canada’s air guitar world champ on letting loose with invisible axe

  27-08-2024 10:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  After being named the world’s top air guitarist in Finland, a 34-year-old Canadian man is trying to drum up interest back home for his tongue-in-cheek craft.
  Zachary Knowles, also known as “Ichabod Fame,” was crowned the 2024 air guitar world champion on Friday, which guarantees him entry in next year’s competition.
  Dressed in a bright white outfit and visor, Knowles claimed the title with a high-energy routine set to a cover version of Nickelback’s “Photograp
  
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• Montreal byelection to have most candidates in federal election history

  27-08-2024 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — An upcoming byelection in Montreal will have the longest ballot in the history of Canadian federal elections, breaking a record set earlier this summer in Toronto.At least 91 candidates will be on the ballot for the Sept. 16 byelection in LaSalle—Émard—Verdun, according to Elections Canada. Seventy-nine of them are linked to the Longest Ballot Committee, a group protesting Canada’s first-past-the-post voting system. The group wants a citizens’ asse
  
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• Cabinet set to focus on Canada-U.S. trade relations on third and final day of retreat

  27-08-2024 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — Canada-U.S. relations will take centre stage today as the federal cabinet wraps up the third and final day of its annual summer retreat.
  Current and former Canadian ambassadors to Washington are among the experts on tap to make presentations to the cabinet.
  On Monday night the cabinet ended its first full day of meetings in a session with the two men who helped renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement for Canada and the U.S. six years ago.
  The U.S. remains Canada&rsquo
  
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• After Canada cancelled his deportation, this bisexual man pushes for status for all

  27-08-2024 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — For Charles Mwangi, the past five years have been “mental torture,” a series of bureaucratic hurdles and sleepless nights barrelling toward his possible deportation.But on Saturday night, he felt something that had previously proven elusive: relief.“I have experienced that torture for five years, then (Saturday) was the greatest day that I had ever seen something good in Canada,” he said in an interview.“I slept like a baby.”Hours before he was
  
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• Former Malaysian leader Muhyiddin charged with sedition for allegedly mocking former king

  27-08-2024 06:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Former Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin was charged Tuesday with sedition over a speech he made that allegedly questioned the integrity of the country’s previous king.
  Muhyiddin, who led Malaysia from March 2020 until August 2021, pleaded not guilty in a court in northeast Kelantan state. According to the charge sheet, Muhyiddin made the seditious remarks last month during a by-election campaign in Kelantan.Nine ethnic Malay state rulers take tu
  
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• Update: Chilliwack restaurant owner now says iPHO has been sold to new ownership - Fraser Valley Today

  27-08-2024 04:03 via news.google.com
  Update: Chilliwack restaurant owner now says iPHO has been sold to new ownership  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Thiem, the 2020 champion, ends U.S. Open career with cheers

  27-08-2024 03:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Dominic Thiem never heard the unmistakable sounds of the New York crowd when he won the U.S. Open for his lone Grand Slam title.
  Arthur Ashe Stadium was nearly empty for his historic comeback on that 2020 night, the COVID-19 pandemic forcing the tournament to be played without fans.
  So even though his Grand Slam career ended Monday with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 first-round loss to No. 13 seed Ben Shelton, Thiem said the match was an important moment for him, allowing him to play bef
  
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• Jury deliberating fate of ex-politician accused of killing Las Vegas investigative reporter

  27-08-2024 02:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A jury began deliberating Monday in the trial of a former Las Vegas-area Democratic politician accused of killing an investigative journalist who prosecutors said the official blamed for writing stories that destroyed his career, ruined his reputation and threatened his marriage.
  “And he did it because Jeff wasn’t done writing,” prosecutor Christopher Hamner said during closing arguments of defendant Robert Telles and the reporter, Jeff German. “It&
  
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