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• Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA candidate drops out after BC United leader bows out

  29-08-2024 23:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Former four-term Chilliwack Councillor Sue Attrill Knott has ended her MLA campaign in this year’s election, just one day after BC United Leader Kevin Falcon quit.Attrill Knott, the executive director of Chilliwack Hospice Society, made the announcement on social media Thursday afternoon (Aug. 29).“Thank you to everyone for their overwhelming support,” Attrill Knott said on her BC United Facebook page. “I could not have imagined that the BC United would
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP seek help in locating a missing 30-year-old woman who may be heading to Hope

  29-08-2024 23:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Mounties in Chilliwack are asking for the public’s help in locating a 30-year-old woman who was last seen a little over two weeks ago in Chilliwack.In a news release, Chilliwack RCMP says Emily Maya was reported missing on Friday, August 23. She was last seen in Chilliwack on August 13.Emily Maya is described as:Caucasian female
  5’2’ (157 cm)
  102 lbs (46 kg)
  Long brown hair
  Hazel eyes
  Tattoo of roses from right shoulder down right armIt is believed that Emily
  
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• New head coach Travis Green looking to build strong team culture with Senators

  29-08-2024 23:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Travis Green said the Ottawa Senators need to focus on more than scoring goals this season.
  The Seantors’ new head coach says the young NHL team needs to approach to the upcoming campaign around building a strong team culture and identity.
  “Day one is not going to be about how we’re going to score more goals,” Green said Thursday in a meeting with season ticket holders and media. “It’s how we’re going to be a better team, how we’re g
  
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• Canada earns two bronze medals on opening day of competition at Paris Paralympics

  29-08-2024 23:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Aurelie Rivard didn’t get the gold, and saw her world record get beaten. But winning a career 11th Paralympic medal with a performance she can be proud of was enough for the star swimmer.
  The 28-year-old from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., finished third in the women’s S10 50-metre freestyle as medal competition began Thursday at the Paralympic Games.
  Rivard’s medal, along with a bronze in track cycling from Calgary’s Kate O’Brien, led to a solid open
  
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• Ex-correctional officer charged in smuggling case in B.C.

  29-08-2024 23:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  A former correctional officer is facing nine charges including obstruction of justice as part of a criminal organization and accepting a bribe, after a smuggling investigation.
  
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• Seine water quality issues resurface for para triathletes at Paralympic Games

  29-08-2024 22:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — Concerns over water quality in the Seine River resurfaced at the Paralympic Games on Thursday when organizers changed the schedule for para triathlon races.
  All 11 medal events are to be held on one day, Sept. 1, instead of two as originally planned, Paris 2024 organizers said in a statement.
  “The decision to hold all medal events on one day was taken in view of the weather forecast and to provide athletes and coaches with as much certainty as possible. The course of the
  
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• B.C. revamps building code to allow single stairwells in buildings up to six storeys

  29-08-2024 22:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia is moving to allow buildings up to six storeys to have one exit stairwell instead of two in the government’s latest effort to boost housing supply.
  Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon says in a statement that updating the provincial building code to remove the requirement for a second egress or exit stairwell per floor will facilitate more options for residents who need larger layouts.
  The provincial statement says the change will make it possible to build housin
  
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• Lululemon sees US$392.9M in net income in Q2, net revenue also up

  29-08-2024 22:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Lululemon Athletic Inc. says its net income reached US$392.9 million in its second quarter as net revenue climbed.
  The Vancouver-based apparel company says its second-quarter net income was up from US$341.6 million a year prior.
  Net revenue for the company, which keeps its books in U.S. dollars, totalled US$2.4 billion during the period ended July 28, up from US$2.2 billion during the same quarter last year.
  Net revenue attributable to Lululemon’s international markets ro
  
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• Bishop’s University reports drop in enrolment despite exemption from tuition hike

  29-08-2024 22:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — An English-language university that was exempted from Quebec’s controversial tuition hike says it’s still seeing a drop in enrolment of out-of-province students.Bishop’s University, in Quebec’s Eastern Townships, says student registrations from the rest of Canada have dropped 10 per cent.
  Principal Sébastien Lebel-Grenier says the Quebec government’s decision to hike tuition for out-of-province students by $3,000 has created a “chilling
  
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• Montreal Alouettes sign wide receiver Tyler Snead to one-year extension

  29-08-2024 22:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes signed Tyler Snead to a one-year extension on Thursday, keeping the American wide receiver under contract through the 2025 CFL season.
  The five-foot-seven, 174-pound Snead produced 62 receiving yards on four catches in his only game this season, a 27-12 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in Week 1.
  The 24-year-old has since been on the six-game injured list with a foot injury.
  Last season, Snead racked up 788 yards on 56 receptions, including five touc
  
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• Track cyclist Kate O’Brien claims Canada’s first Paralympic medal in Paris

  29-08-2024 21:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Canada’s first medallist of the 2024 Paralympic Games struggled to lift and diaper her son just a few weeks before stepping onto the podium in Paris.
  Calgary track cyclist Kate O’Brien earned a bronze medal in the women’s C4-5 500-metre time trial Thursday afternoon at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome.
  “It means a huge amount,” O’Brien said. “I don’t even know to describe it.”
  The 36-year-old was a silver medallist in her
  
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• McGill University law professors picket for right to unionize, better pay

  29-08-2024 21:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Law professors at McGill University were on the picket line today, forcing the cancellation of classes during the first week of the fall semester.
  Kirsten Anker, a law professor and the union’s vice-president, says 45 classes have so far been cancelled, adding that the unlimited strike involving more than 40 professors will continue until McGill returns to the bargaining table.
  Anker says the Association of McGill Professors of Law, which represents full-time professors, i
  
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• Abbotsford-area accountant, former naval officer ends campaign for MLA

  29-08-2024 21:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — An Abbotsford finance professional and former naval officer says he has ended his plans to run in this year’s provincial election, following Kevin Falcon’s stunning decision Wednesday to pull out of this year’s provincial election and effectively end BC United as a political party.
  Markus Delves, who announced in December 2023 that he would run in the Abbotsford South riding for BC United, says his campaign has come to an end.
  “Although my campaign is e
  
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• Manitoba premier says Jeremy Skibicki should stay behind bars for life

  29-08-2024 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says convicted serial killer Jeremy Skibicki should never see the light of day again as a free person.
  Skibicki has been sentenced to life in prison, with no chance of parole for 25 years, for killing four Indigenous women in Winnipeg.
  The four concurrent life sentences, and 25 years without parole eligibility, are the maximum penalty under law.
  Kinew says Skibicki should never be free again, and any parole hearings in the future should take into accou
  
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• No. 1 Jannik Sinner moves into the third round at the US Open, Hurkacz and Korda ousted

  29-08-2024 21:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jannik Sinner surged into the third round of the U.S. Open on Thursday, beating Alex Michelsen 6-4, 6-0, 6-2.
  The No. 1-ranked Sinner dropped the first set in his opening match in New York but didn’t encounter much trouble facing his second straight American on Arthur Ashe Stadium. The Italian earned his 50th victory of the season, including his ATP Tour-leading 30th on hard courts.
  Sinner beat Michelsen for the second time this month, having also won a second-round m
  
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• Taskforce ready for ’emergency enhancement’ of salmon stocks after B.C. landslide

  29-08-2024 21:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — A salmon task force that is examining the impact of the massive Chilcotin River landslide in British Columbia says it’s prepared for the “emergency enhancement” of fish stocks after the disaster.
  A statement from the Fisheries Department, which is part of the task force alongside First Nations and the B.C. government, says monitoring has confirmed that sockeye salmon have begun to enter the river.
  But more assessment is needed to determine if upstrea
  
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• Rookie Cantin-Arku making an impact with Grey Cup-champion Alouettes

  29-08-2024 21:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Rookie Geoffrey Cantin-Arku is making an impact with the Montreal Alouettes.
  Cantin-Arku has played 602 snaps this season with Montreal (10-1) despite being listed as the backup to standout middle linebacker Darnell Sankey. Cantin-Arku has taken 435 snaps on defence and another 167 on special teams and excelled in both.
  According to Pro Football Focus, a sports-analytics company that accumulates and compiles data for the CFL, Arku’s grade on defence is a solid 71.8. The six-foot-three, 240
  
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• Precast concrete manufacturer to relocate to Seabird Island with funding from the B.C. government

  29-08-2024 21:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEABIRD ISLAND/AGASSIZ — AE Concrete Products Incorporated, a precast concrete manufacturer in the Fraser Valley that specializes in delivering standard and custom civil precast solutions, will relocate to Seabird Island in Agassiz with the help of a $4.5 million funding boost from the B.C. government.The province announced Thursday (Aug. 29) it will contribute as much as $6 million toward three capital projects and one planning project in the Fraser Valley, one of which involves the concr
  
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• EVs cheaper to run but costs must come down to drive sales up fast enough: PBO

  29-08-2024 20:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A new analysis suggests it’s already cheaper to operate electric vehicles than their similar gas-powered cousins, but the savings must get substantially higher if Canada is to meet its EV sales target in 2030.
  Almost a year ago the federal Liberals mandated that battery-operated passenger cars must make up one-fifth all total new vehicle sales by 2026, growing each year until it hits three-fifths by 2030, and all vehicles by 2035.
  The most recent statistics show in 2023 EVs made up almost
  
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• Authorities: Police gunfire did not kill 8-year-old who was found in the vehicle on an I-95 bridge

  29-08-2024 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — A man being pursued in the killing of a woman in New Hampshire was shot by police and tumbled from the Interstate 95 bridge that connects the state to Maine, officials said Thursday. An 8-year-old child was found dead in the man’s vehicle.
  The child’s death was “not associated” with gunfire from three law enforcement officials who discharged their weapons after the man stepped out of his vehicle and raised a gun, William Ross, chief of Maine
  
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• Earthquake warning system providing seconds of warning is activated in B.C.

  29-08-2024 20:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA — An earthquake early detection system has been activated in British Columbia to provide the public and infrastructure managers with up to 10 seconds of warning ahead of a potentially harmful tremor.
  Federal Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says when a strong earthquake is detected, alerts will be transmitted automatically to British Columbians via cellphones, radio and televisions.He says the system, jointly announced by the federal and B
  
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• Canadian para-swimmer Aurelie Rivard wins bronze at Paris Paralympics

  29-08-2024 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Canadian para-swimmer Aurelie Rivard captured bronze in the women’s 50-metre freestyle at the Paralympic Games.
  She finished third in 27.62 seconds at Paris La Defense Arena for her 11th career Paralympic medal.
  China’s Chen Yi won gold in a world-record time of 27.10 seconds. American Christie Raleigh-Crossley took silver in 27.38.
  Rivard, who was born with an underdeveloped hand, set the previous world record of 27.37 at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
  The 28-year-old from
  
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• Judge allows bond for fired Florida deputy in fatal shooting of Black airman

  29-08-2024 20:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A judge allowed bond Thursday for a Florida sheriff’s deputy who was fired and charged with manslaughter after shooting a U.S. Air Force senior airman at the Black man’s apartment door.
  Former Okaloosa County deputy Eddie Duran, 38, faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted of manslaughter with a firearm, a rare charge against a Florida law enforcement officer. Duran’s body camera recorded him shooting 23-year-old Roger Fortson on May 3 im
  
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• Company says Metro Vancouver HandyDART workers set to strike next week

  29-08-2024 20:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — A strike is set to halt HandyDART transit services in Metro Vancouver next week, after the workers’ union issued a strike notice.
  The Amalgamated Transit Union and the company contracted to provide HandyDART in the region both say they are preparing for the workers to go on strike next Tuesday.Transdev Canada says it has received the intention to strike from the union and is “disappointed” staff this week rejected its “last offer,” which was mad
  
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• 140 into 93 won’t fit: The math facing B.C. Conservatives as BC United folds campaign

  29-08-2024 19:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The suspension of the Official Opposition BC United’s election campaign, consolidating its pool of potential candidates with the B.C. Conservative Party, means that dozens from either camp will lose party endorsement.
  Here’s the math on the challenge of putting together a unified slate of candidates under the B.C. Conservative banner ahead of the Oct. 19 provincial election.
  Ridings in 2024 election: 93
  Candidates listed by B.C. Conservatives: 83
  Candidates listed by BC United: 57
  Mi
  
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• Chilliwack Hospice Society unveils fall programming – free of charge – to support grieving residents

  29-08-2024 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Hospice Society has unveiled a robust fall programming slate that will offer a variety of programs this fall to provide support to Chilliwack-area residents who are grieving the death of a loved one — human or animal — and caregivers of a dying person.
  According to a statement from Chilliwack Hospice Society marketing manager Desmond Devnich, a new format of group grief support, referred to as a Coffee and Compassion Circle, will facilitate an experience
  
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• Ukraine’s military says one of its F-16 warplanes has crashed

  29-08-2024 19:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — One of the handful of F-16 warplanes that Ukraine has received from its Western partners to help fight Russia’s invasion has crashed, Ukraine’s air force said Thursday.
  The fighter jet went down on Monday, when Russia launched a major missile and drone barrage at Ukraine, a military statement posted on Facebook said.
  Some of those Russian missiles and drones were shot down by F-16s before they reached their targets, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sai
  
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• Chilliwack woman scammed out of $22,000 after she wired money to India - Fraser Valley Today

  29-08-2024 19:08 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack woman scammed out of $22,000 after she wired money to India  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• No injuries in late night house fire in Chilliwack, says fire department - Chilliwack Progress

  29-08-2024 19:04 via news.google.com
  No injuries in late night house fire in Chilliwack, says fire department  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack woman scammed out of $22,000 after she wired money to India

  29-08-2024 19:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Mounties in Chilliwack say a Chilliwack woman was scammed out of $22,000 after being convinced that she needed to help stop a scam by wiring money to the RCMP in India.
  According to a news release from the Chilliwack RCMP media relations unit, a woman contacted the Chilliwack RCMP detachment on Saturday, August 17 after she received a call from someone claiming to be from Scotia Bank’s security team. The caller persuaded the woman that they needed her assistance to stop
  
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• WHO announces limited pauses in Gaza fighting to allow for polio vaccinations

  29-08-2024 18:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. World Health Organization announced Thursday that there will be limited pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow for polio vaccinations for hundreds of thousands of children after a baby contracted the first confirmed case in 25 years in the Palestinian territory.
  Described as “humanitarian pauses” that will last three days in different areas of the war-ravaged territory, the vaccination campaign will start Sunday in central Gaza, said Rik Peeperkorn,
  
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• Kelce-owned horse Swift Delivery to chase win in Toronto Cup Stakes

  29-08-2024 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Swift Delivery, a horse co-owned by NFL star Travis Kelce, will run in the $125,000 Toronto Cup Stakes on Saturday at Woodbine Racetrack.
  Swift Delivery will break from the No. 4 post in the six-horse field.The three-year-old is trained by Mark Casse — 16 times Canada’s top thoroughbred conditioner — and will be ridden by veteran jockey Patrick Husbands.
  Husbands earned Casse his third $1-million King’s Plate title in 2023 aboard Paramount Prince. He also
  
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• B.C. Lions sign star defensive lineman Mathieu Betts for remainder of season

  29-08-2024 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Star defensive lineman Mathieu Betts is heading back to the struggling B.C. Lions.The Lions announced Thursday they have signed Betts, the CFL’s reigning top defensive player, for the remainder of the 2024 season.
  The 29-year-old Montreal native was cut by the Detroit Lions on Tuesday after contributing two solo tackles and one sack over three NFL pre-season games.He inked a one-year deal with the NFL club shortly after his contract with the B.C. Lions expired in February
  
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• Polish electoral body says former ruling party violated campaign rules, imposes penalty

  29-08-2024 18:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s electoral authority said Thursday that the former ruling right-wing party violated campaign funding rules in the 2023 parliamentary vote, and imposed a penalty worth millions of dollars that would undercut the party’s resources for next year’s presidential election.
  The State Electoral Commission said that the campaign of the Law and Justice party, which ruled Poland from 2015-2023 and is now the main opposition force, improperly took 3.6 mi
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Man sought for murder in Markham woman’s death fled to Hong Kong

  29-08-2024 17:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Police say a man wanted for first-degree murder in the death of a Toronto-area woman has fled Canada.York Regional Police say border officials confirmed 47-year-old Zhixiong Marko Hu, of Markham, travelled to Hong Kong.Yuk-Ying Anita Mui, a 56-year-old woman from Markham, Ont., was reported missing by her family on Aug. 9 and her burned remains were later found in Parry Sound, Ont.
  Police say they believe Mui went missing from an address in Stouffville, Ont., where she had been conducting a real
  
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• Proline bettors favour third consecutive Chiefs Super Bowl victory

  29-08-2024 17:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The NFL regular season kicks off next week with the defending-champion Kansas City Chiefs the favourite among Proline bettors to win a third consecutive Super Bowl title.
  Kansas City will begin its championship quest on Sept. 5 when it opens the regular season against the visiting Baltimore Ravens.
  According to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., the Chiefs are the top pick to win this year’s Super Bowl. The San Francisco 49ers, who lost to Kansas City in last year’s title game, ar
  
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• Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, UN says

  29-08-2024 17:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VIENNA (AP) — Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels in defiance of international demands, a confidential report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said Thursday.
  The report by the International Atomic Energy Agency said that as of Aug. 17, Iran has 164.7 kilograms (363.1 pounds) of uranium enriched up to 60 %. That’s an increase of 22.6 kilograms (49.8 pounds) since the IAEA’s last report in May.
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• Oilers’ Evander Kane alleges man spat on his vehicle, used racist remark

  29-08-2024 17:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Edmonton Oilers forward Evander Kane posted a video on social media Wednesday, alleging that a man spat on his car and used racist language toward him.
  In the Instagram story, Kane can be heard saying, “That’s what you just said: ‘You people don’t belong here,'” while addressing a white man on a bicycle. A third man Kane identifies as his friend adds, “That’s not a good statement.”
  The video includes a caption where Kane claims the cyclist spat on
  
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• Justice Department watchdog finds flaws in FBI’s reporting of sex crimes against children

  29-08-2024 17:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI is failing to report all suspected child sexual abuse cases to appropriate law enforcement agencies, according to a Justice Department watchdog report released Thursday. The review found no evidence that the FBI complied with mandatory reporting requirements in about 50 percent of the cases examined by the inspector general.
  The inquiry found failures in how the FBI is responding to the allegations in some cases even after improvements prompted by its handling of
  
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• Arlington cemetery official was ‘pushed aside’ in Trump staff altercation but won’t press charges

  29-08-2024 17:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  An Arlington National Cemetery official was “abruptly pushed aside” during an altercation with former President Donald Trump’s staff during a wreath-laying ceremony but declined to press charges, an Army spokesman said Thursday.
  A statement said the cemetery employee was trying to make sure those participating in the wreath-laying ceremony were following the rules.
  “This employee acted with professionalism and avoided further disruption,” the statement said. The inc
  
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• King’s Plate winner Caitlinhergrtness won’t run in Prince of Wales race

  29-08-2024 17:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — King’s Plate winner Caitlinhergrtness has earned a well-deserved break.
  The heralded filly, named after WNBA rookie Caitlin Clark, wasn’t among the horses nominated for the $400,000 Prince of Wales. The second leg of the OLG Triple Crown will be held Sept. 10 at Fort Erie Racetrack.
  Trainer Kevin Attard said Caitlinhergrtness has come out of the $1-million Plate well. However, that race was her third in seven weeks and the plan now is for her next start to be sometime
  
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• Update: Chilliwack Fire Dept. crews respond to basement fire at Lewis Avenue home - Fraser Valley Today

  29-08-2024 16:33 via news.google.com
  Update: Chilliwack Fire Dept. crews respond to basement fire at Lewis Avenue home  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Chilliwack firefighters called to two-alarm blaze at Lewis Avenue home

  29-08-2024 16:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Over 25 firefighters from multiple fire halls were called to the 45900 block of Lewis Avenue shortly before midnight Wednesday night (Aug. 28) for a two-alarm blaze at a home.
  According to scanner traffic and multiple witness descriptions, firefighters received the initial call at about 11:29 p.m. of a possible structure fire near Lewis and Cook Street, which was soon upgraded to a second alarm.Multiple personnel attached to Engines 1, 1-2, 2, 4, 4-2, 5, and 6, along with Towe
  
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• Poilievre urges Singh to end NDP deal with Liberals, force fall election

  29-08-2024 15:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has written to the leader of the New Democrats, urging him to force an election this fall.Poilievre’s letter to Jagmeet Singh says the NDP does not have a mandate from voters to keep Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in power for another year.
  He’s urging Singh to vote non-confidence in the government when the House of Commons resumes in September.
  The NDP entered a supply and confidence deal with the Liberals in 2022, agreeing to keep
  
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• In the news today: Border blockade sentencing begins, wildfire threatens First Nation

  29-08-2024 10:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Lawyers to argue sentencing in Coutts blockade
  Lawyers were set to argue Thursday what a fit sentence should be for two protesters convicted for their roles in the 2022 border blockade near Coutts, Alta.
  Earlier this month, a jury found Anthony Olienick and Chris Carbert not guilty of the most serious charge they faced — conspiracy to murder police officers.But the two men were found guilty of mi
  
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• ‘Tornadoes over water’ seen across Eastern Canada this summer

  29-08-2024 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Marc-André Bourgeois-Gaudet was in his boat off the shores of Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Que., last Friday when he saw several funnel clouds descending from the sky like tornadoes.
  As he got closer, the rain started falling harder than anything he’d ever experienced, he said. “It was like having a waterfall fall on my head.”
  The Northern Tornadoes Project, based at Western University, has confirmed that a number of waterspouts — also known as torn
  
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• Saskatchewan schools making sure pronoun law followed as kids head back to class

  29-08-2024 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — Saskatchewan’s two largest school divisions say they’ve addressed concerns from teachers and are enforcing the province’s pronoun law as children head back to classrooms next week.
  Jason Coleman, superintendent of student achievement at Regina Public Schools, says students under 16 who want to change their names or pronouns in school are required to have parental consent. Those older can do so without.
  Some parents have said no, said Coleman. When that happens, t
  
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• Lawyers to argue sentences for two men convicted in Coutts blockade

  29-08-2024 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Lawyers were set to argue Thursday what a fit sentence should be for two protesters convicted for their roles in the 2022 border blockade near Coutts, Alta.
  Earlier this month, a jury found Anthony Olienick and Chris Carbert not guilty of the most serious charge they faced — conspiracy to murder police officers.But the two men were found guilty of mischief and possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose. Olienick was also convicted of possessing a pipe bomb.
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• Incumbent BC United MLAs ponder futures as Conservatives after party demise

  29-08-2024 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The political landscape in British Columbia has shifted with John Rustad’s Conservatives now carrying the centre-right banner heading into a fall election campaign.
  BC United Leader Kevin Falcon’s decision to pull his party from the upcoming campaign has opened the province to a clear left-versus-right choice for voters, but almost two dozen incumbent BC United politicians are now pondering their futures.
  Veteran BC United member Mike Bernier, who represents the stau
  
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• Missing Chilliwack woman may be headed to Abbotsford - Chilliwack Progress

  29-08-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
  Missing Chilliwack woman may be headed to Abbotsford  Chilliwack Progress
  
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