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• Canada’s Woods wins 13th Vuelta stage, Roglic takes another bite into O’Connor’s lead

  30-08-2024 23:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PUERTO DE ANCARES, Spain (AP-CP) — Canada’s Michael Woods won the mountainous 13th stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Friday, while Primoz Roglic took another bite out of the race lead held by Ben O’Connor.
  Woods dropped the other breakaway riders and finished the 176-kilometre (109-mile) route from Lugo to a category-one finish at Puerto de Ancares 45 seconds ahead of runner-up Mauro Schmid.
  It was the third career win at the Vuelta for the cyclist from Ottawa.
  “I’m on
  
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• Federal Court agrees to hear case about public servants’ return to office mandate

  30-08-2024 22:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Federal Court has agreed to review the federal government’s decision to mandate public servants return to the office three days per week.
  The mandate, which is set to begin on Sept. 9, was made by the federal government in May to the ire of the union tasked with representing the workers.
  The Public Service Alliance of Canada took its concerns to the Federal Court, which agreed to hear the case in a decision released Thursday.
  Union president Sharon DeSousa says the decis
  
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• Hoops team overcomes hot crowd, cyclists win two more bronze at Paralympics

  30-08-2024 22:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Vincent Dallaire got a taste of what he and his teammates on Canada’s men’s wheelchair basketball were in for when he arrived at Bercy Arena in Paris.
  The United States were playing Germany in a Paralympic preliminary-round game, and the arena was buzzing. It was only going to get louder when Canada played host France later Friday.“We knew it was going to be incredibly loud,” Dallaire said. “We got here, it was USA and Germany playing and it wasn&rsquo
  
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• U.S. escalates efforts to halt Ottawa’s digital services tax

  30-08-2024 22:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — The federal government says it’s in close contact with its American partners as the Biden administration escalates efforts to halt Canada’s tax on large foreign digital services companies.The Office of the United States Trade Representative has requested dispute settlement consultations with Ottawa under the Canada-United States-Mexico trade agreement.
  “The United States opposes unilateral digital service taxes that discriminate against U.S. companies,”
  
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• Measures to legalize medical marijuana in Nebraska can appear on November ballot, official says

  30-08-2024 22:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A group seeking to legalize marijuana for medical use in Nebraska has gathered enough signatures to get the issue before voters in November, the state’s top election official said Friday.
  Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana announced earlier this year that it had gathered about 114,000 signatures — well more than the approximately 86,000 needed — for each of two petitions: one that would allow marijuana for medical use and the other to regulate the medical
  
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• ‘Our hearts are broken’: Teammates, fans react to death of NHL player Johnny Gaudreau

  30-08-2024 21:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NHL player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew were killed Thursday while cycling in their home state of New Jersey. Police have said a suspected drunk driver struck the pair while attempting to pass other vehicles. Johnny Gaudreau was with the Calgary Flames for parts of nine seasons before he joined the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2022.
  Here is some of the reaction to the deaths:
  “Johnny played the game with great joy which was felt by everyone that saw him on the ice. The impact he mad
  
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• Former B.C. Liberal minister says he may vote NDP, as Eby woos disaffected centrists

  30-08-2024 21:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Former British Columbia Liberal cabinet minister Terry Lake says he’ll consider voting for Premier David Eby’s New Democrats if the B.C. Conservatives don’t shift to the political centre, especially on the issue of climate change.
  Lake, an environment and health minister in former premier Christy Clark’s Liberal government, says in an interview he may have no other choice in his Kamloops riding if B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad maintains his party&r
  
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• Ottawa, Quebec tout ‘new business model’ to fast-track affordable housing

  30-08-2024 20:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The governments of Canada, Quebec and the City of Montreal are crediting a new fast-track housing program for plans to build 1,001 affordable homes in Montreal and Rimouski, Que.
  A news release says developer Société de développement Angus will receive $193.5 million in subsidies to “quickly” build 677 units in Montreal and 324 in Rimouski, located 265 kilometres northeast of Quebec City.
  That amount covers about half of the estimated cost to bui
  
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• Vancouver Whitecaps kick off final stretch of MLS season with visit to Austin FC

  30-08-2024 20:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A trip back to Austin, Texas, has Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Ali Ahmed in a reflective state of mind.It’s been more than two years since the 23-year-old Canadian made his Major League Soccer debut in Austin — a game that still holds mixed memories.“It’s crazy,” Ahmed said, noting that he’d just been speaking with Whitecaps teammate Sebastian Berhalter about that game.
  “That was probably one of the worst games we’ve both played
  
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• 192 toxic drug deaths in B.C. in July, down 15 per cent, says coroner

  30-08-2024 20:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The British Columbia Coroners Service says at least 192 people died in July in the province due to unregulated drug toxicity, down 15 per cent from the same month last year.
  The service says in a release that 1,365 people have died of drug toxicity this year up to the end of July, a rate of death that is also down.
  The annualized death rate is 41 per 100,000 residents, compared to 46.6 in 2023 and 43.9 in 2021.
  Chief coroner Dr. Jatinder Baidwan says the current rate equates to about 6.2 people
  
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• Escaped killer who was on the run in Pennsylvania for 2 weeks pleads guilty to escape charges

  30-08-2024 19:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — A convicted killer captured last year after two weeks on the run in southeastern Pennsylvania’s rolling farmlands has pleaded guilty to escape and burglary charges.
  Danilo Cavalcante, 35, a native of Brazil, escaped from a Chester County lockup while waiting to be transferred to state prison to serve a life sentence for killing his ex-girlfriend. He escaped by clambering up between two walls in a jail exercise yard, then climbing over razor wire and jumping f
  
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• Water-testing part of Indigenous-led slough restoration in Chilliwack - Abbotsford News

  30-08-2024 19:52 via news.google.com
  Water-testing part of Indigenous-led slough restoration in Chilliwack  Abbotsford News
  
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• Ukrainian president fires air force commander after fatal F-16 crash

  30-08-2024 19:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired the commander of the country’s air force after one of its Western-donated F-16 warplane crashed and the pilot died.
  The order to dismiss Mykola Oleshchuk was published Friday on the presidential website.
  “We need to protect people. Protect personnel. Take care of all our soldiers,” Zelenskyy said in an address minutes after the order was published. He said Ukraine needs to strengthen its army on the co
  
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• ‘Devastating loss’: Hockey world mourns deaths of Johnny, Matthew Gaudreau

  30-08-2024 19:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Fans, friends and athletes from the hockey world and beyond joined in an outpouring of love and sorrow for the family of Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau.
  NHL player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew were killed Thursday night when they were hit by a car while riding bicycles in their home state of New Jersey. Johnny was 31, Matthew was 29.
  Affectionately known as “Johnny Hockey,” Johnny Gaudreau starred over parts of nine seasons with the Calgary Flames before joining the Columbus
  
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• CFL commissioner Ambrosie holding Argos’ QB Kelly to the promise he made to him

  30-08-2024 19:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — It’s been called a last-chance agreement but Randy Ambrosie sees the CFL’s reinstatement of Chad Kelly as the league holding the Toronto Argonauts quarterback accountable for a promise he made to the commissioner.
  The CFL reinstated Kelly on Aug. 18, with conditions, in what it termed “a last-chance agreement.” He was suspended on May 7 for Toronto’s two exhibition games and a minimum of nine regular-season contests for violating the league’s g
  
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• Chilliwack pre-fab firm gets $431K to simplify production - Chilliwack Progress

  30-08-2024 19:02 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack pre-fab firm gets $431K to simplify production  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Hotel workers in 3 Quebec cities, including Montreal, hold another 24-hour walkout

  30-08-2024 18:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — About 2,500 workers at 22 hotels in some of Quebec’s biggest cities have launched a one-day strike to protest an impasse in contract talks.
  The walkout at hotels in Montreal, Quebec City and Sherbrooke is the second time since Aug. 8 that workers represented by the CSN-affiliated Fédération du commerce have gone on strike at the same time for a 24-hour period.
  They are demanding a 36 per cent pay increase over four years and an end to the use of private emplo
  
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• Cost of new Vancouver Art Gallery spikes from $400m to $600m, forcing redesign

  30-08-2024 18:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Art Gallery says the construction cost of its planned new home has jumped from an original estimate of $400 million to $600 million, forcing a redesign.
  The art gallery says construction costs across the country spiked by up to 60 per cent between 2020 and 2024, leading to the rise in the estimated cost of the project near Cambie and West Georgia streets in downtown Vancouver.
  It says in a statement it will revise the timeline of the project, previously scheduled
  
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• Agassiz RCMP seek info on fraud, theft suspect - Chilliwack Progress

  30-08-2024 18:46 via news.google.com
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• One killed in Friday morning crash in Abbotsford

  30-08-2024 18:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — A 42-year-old man has died following a single-vehicle collision early Friday morning at the intersection of Mt. Lehman Road and Marshall Road Extension in Abbotsford.
  Abbotsford Police Department (AbbyPD) officers responded to the scene at approximately 6:53 a.m. after receiving reports of a crash. Upon arrival, they discovered a pickup truck in a ditch. The driver, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle, appeared to have sustained life-threatening injuries.
  First responders
  
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• Cash-strapped parents seek back-to-school deals as years of inflation take a toll

  30-08-2024 18:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — When August rolled around, April Hicke realized the $100 she typically gives her 13-year-old son to update his wardrobe in time for school to start was no longer enough.
  “Even on the sale racks, a pair of sweatpants at SportChek, they’re still $25 a pair. You used to be able to go and buy a pair of sweatpants for $10,” said the Calgary-based mother of two. “I am shocked at the (price) increase of kids’ clothes.”
  Hicke increased her son’s
  
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• Labour Day a special time of the season for CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie

  30-08-2024 18:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Labour Day will forever be special for CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie.
  Traditionally, it has kicked off the unofficial start of the second half of the league’s regular season, a time when games become tougher physically, much harder to win and directly impact the divisional standings. It’s something Ambrosie experienced firsthand as a CFL offensive lineman (1985-93 with Calgary, Toronto and Edmonton).
  “You could just feel it was different,” Ambrosie said. “You kind
  
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• Quebec nurses threaten to stop working overtime as talks continue for new contract

  30-08-2024 17:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec union representing 80,000 health-care workers has dismissed the province’s latest contract offer and called on its members to refuse to work overtime beginning Sept. 19.
  Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec, known as the FIQ, is the only major union without a contract after the large-scale labour conflict last year that closed hundreds of schools for weeks and delayed surgeries.
  The FIQ represents most of the province&r
  
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• NHL player Johnny Gaudreau and brother killed when bicycles hit by car on eve of sister’s wedding

  30-08-2024 17:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NHL player Johnny Gaudreau and his younger brother were killed Thursday night when they were hit by a suspected drunken driver while riding bicycles in their home state of New Jersey, police said.
  Gaudreau, 31, and brother, Matthew, 29, are Carneys Point, New Jersey, natives and were in the area for their sister Katie’s wedding scheduled for Friday in Philadelphia, at which they were to be groomsmen.
  New Jersey State police said Friday the Gaudreau brothers were cycling on a road when a ma
  
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• Slumping Lions strive to snap skid against Redblacks in Victoria

  30-08-2024 16:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The B.C. Lions are once again looking to turn their fortunes around.This time, though, the quest will take place in a unique locale as the Lions (5-6) host the Ottawa Redblacks in Victoria on Saturday.
  The Touchdown Pacific matchup at Royal Athletic Park — home to West Coast League baseball team the Victoria HarbourCats — will mark the furthest west a CFL game has ever been played.
  “Obviously it’s a little different for us, a little different rhythm than
  
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• Man pleads guilty to killing Baltimore tech entrepreneur in attack that shocked the city

  30-08-2024 16:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — A man pleaded guilty Friday to killing Baltimore tech entrepreneur Pava LaPere last September in an apparently random attack that shocked the city.
  Jason Billingsley, 33, entered the guilty plea instead of going to trial Friday morning and was sentenced to life. He also pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of attempted murder in a separate arson and home invasion case that took place just days before LaPere was found dead on the rooftop of her downtown Baltimore apartment b
  
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• Canada’s Keely Shaw claims Paralympic track cycling bronze

  30-08-2024 16:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Keely Shaw has won a track cycling bronze medal at the Paralympic Games.
  The 30-year-old from Midale, Sask., repeated her podium result from Tokyo three years ago when she was also third in the women’s 3,000-metre individual pursuit.
  The Canadian beat Samantha Bosco of the United States in the head-to-head bout for bronze with a time of three minutes, 46.942 seconds to Bosco’s 3:48.584.
  In pursuit, each rider tries to both post the fastest time and attempt to overtake t
  
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• Former Flames star Gaudreau and his brother die after being hit by a car

  30-08-2024 15:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NHL player Johnny Gaudreau, who starred over eight seasons with the Calgary Flames before joining the Columbus Blue Jackets, was killed Thursday night when he was hit by a car while riding a bicycle in his home state of New Jersey. He was 31.
  New Jersey State Police said Gaudreau was one of two cyclists struck and killed by a car in Salem County, New Jersey. Gaudreau’s younger brother, Matthew, 29, was the other victim in the crash, police confirmed.
  The Carneys Point, New Jersey, natives
  
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• What's happening Chilliwack: List of events from Aug. 30 onward - Chilliwack Progress

  30-08-2024 14:57 via news.google.com
  What's happening Chilliwack: List of events from Aug. 30 onward  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Labour Leader Graeme Hutchison to run for BC NDP in Abbotsford West

  30-08-2024 14:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Graeme Hutchison, the former president of MoveUP and a prominent figure with the BC Federation of Labour, announced his candidacy for the BC NDP in Abbotsford West for the upcoming provincial election.
  Hutchison, a resident of Abbotsford for over two decades, has a longstanding record of advocating for workers’ rights. His campaign focuses on addressing key issues such as housing, healthcare, and affordability. “People in my community need homes, but John Rustad ha
  
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• In the news today: StatCan to release second quarter GDP report today

  30-08-2024 10:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  StatCan to release second quarter GDP report today
  Statistics Canada is set to release its gross domestic product report for the second quarter this morning.
  RBC says it expects the economy grew at an annualized rate of 1.4 per cent in Q2.That’s below Statistics Canada’s preliminary estimate of two per cent.RBC says it expects the report to show the economy continuing to weaken on a per-cap
  
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• International student enrolment drops below federal cap: Universities Canada

  30-08-2024 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Universities Canada says enrolment by students from outside Canada has fallen below the cap the federal government set on international student visas this year.
  The immigration minister announced a cap in January as a way to quell the rapid increase in the number of international students, citing pressure on housing, health care and other services.
  The new policy limits the number of student visa applications the government would accept into processing, and it’s expected tha
  
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• Germany deports Afghan nationals for first time since Taliban takeover in 2021

  30-08-2024 09:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Germany deported Afghan nationals on Friday for the first time since August 2021, when the Taliban returned to power.Government spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit described the Afghan nationals as convicted criminals but did not immediately respond to a request for comment to clarify their offenses.
  Germany does not have diplomatic relations with the Taliban, requiring the government to work through other channels.The deportations occurred a week after a deadly knife attack in S
  
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• US Open: Carlos Alcaraz’s 15-match Grand Slam win streak ends in loss to Botic van de Zandschulp

  30-08-2024 05:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz’s 15-match Grand Slam unbeaten run ended at the U.S. Open with a sloppy 6-1, 7-5, 6-4 loss to 74th-ranked Botic van de Zandschulp in the second round on Thursday night.Alcaraz won the French Open in June and Wimbledon in July to raise his career total to four major championships, including taking the title at Flushing Meadows in 2022, and was the pre-tournament favorite to leave with the trophy again.But he never found his footing against van de Zandsch
  
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• New Zealand’s Māori King dies after 18-year reign

  30-08-2024 05:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga (AP) — New Zealand’s Māori King, Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII, died Friday at age 69, days after the celebration of his 18th year on the throne.
  Tuheitia died in hospital after heart surgery said Rahui Papa, a spokesperson for the Kiingitanga, the Māori King Movement, in a post on Instagram.Tuheitia was the seventh Kiingitanga monarch. The position was created in 1858 to unite all New Zealand’s Indigenous Māori tribes under t
  
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• Island 22 Equestrian Park to host Horse Trials this weekend in Chilliwack - Fraser Valley Today

  30-08-2024 04:03 via news.google.com
  Island 22 Equestrian Park to host Horse Trials this weekend in Chilliwack  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Island 22 Equestrian Park to host Horse Trials this weekend in Chilliwack

  30-08-2024 03:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Island 22 Equestrian Park continues to thrive some 39 years after an 88-acre gravel pit containing overgrown blackberries and cottonwood trees was first envisioned as an ideal venue where kids could safely ride horses.
  It was back in 1985 that a group of Mount Cheam Pony Club parents had a vision of creating a safe equestrian park for their kids to ride in, which paved the way for the eventual establishment of the Island 22 Equestrian Park.
  Fast forward to this Labour Day
  
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• Bowden Francis takes no-hitter into 6th, Blue Jays beat Red Sox 2-0

  30-08-2024 03:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Bowden Francis took a no-hitter into the sixth and left after allowing just one hit in seven innings, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 2-0 on Thursday night.
  Francis (8-3) faced the minimum through 5 1/3 innings, with the only Boston baserunner coming when Jarren Duran reached on an error in the fourth. Duran was then thrown out trying to steal second.
  The no-hit bid ended with one out in the sixth, when Nick Sogard blooped a soft single to center. Francis st
  
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• Trump asks federal court to intervene in hush money case in bid to toss conviction, delay sentencing

  30-08-2024 03:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump asked a federal court late Thursday to intervene in his hush money criminal case, seeking a pathway to overturn his conviction and indefinitely delay his sentencing scheduled for next month.
  The former president’s lawyers asked the U.S. District Court in Manhattan to take control of the New York City criminal case, arguing that the state-level prosecution violated Trump’s constitutional rights and ran afoul of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent r
  
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• Agassiz RCMP seeks identity of male suspect in a fraud and theft investigation

  30-08-2024 02:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — RCMP members with the Agassiz detachment have released images of a male who is suspected of committing theft and fraud in Chilliwack and Langley.
  According to a statement from Constable Berthier Kyobela, Agassiz RCMP personnel are looking to advance an investigation where a male suspect allegedly stole a victim’s wallet and made purchases using the victim’s financial cards in multiple jurisdictions, including Chilliwack and Langley.On June 14, 2024, Agassiz RCMP re
  
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• Marina Alex plays bogey-free at TPC Boston and leads the inaugural FM Championship

  30-08-2024 02:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NORTON, Mass. (AP) — Marina Alex found the TPC Boston much more to her liking by playing bogey-free for a 4-under 68, giving her a one-shot lead Thursday in the inaugural FM Championship.
  Former U.S. Women’s Open champion Allisen Corpuz and Lauren Coughlin, a two-time winner on the LPGA this year, were part of the large group at 69. Both are on the U.S. team for the Solheim Cup in two weeks, and this is their final competition.
  Two captain’s picks for the Americans, Lexi Thomps
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP looking for 38-year-old man linked to drug trafficking investigation, wanted on 2 warrants

  30-08-2024 02:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Mounties in Chilliwack say they’re looking to locate a 38-year-old who is wanted on two outstanding warrants and is linked to a complex investigation involving trafficking, obstruction of justice, bribery and a host of other serious offences.
  According to a news release from RCMP spokesperson Corporal Teresa Parsons, Jeffrey Tkatchuk has been charged with a number of offences stemming from a complex drug trafficking investigation within a Correctional Service of Canada f
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP looking for 38-year-old man linked to drug trafficking investigation, wanted on 2 warrants - Fraser Valley Today

  30-08-2024 02:15 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack RCMP looking for 38-year-old man linked to drug trafficking investigation, wanted on 2 warrants  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Scottie Scheffler takes giant leap toward $25 million FedEx Cup prize

  30-08-2024 01:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Scottie Scheffler started the Tour Championship with a two-shot lead based on his dominant season. And then he looked dominant as ever Thursday, posting the best round at 6-under 65 to build a seven-shot lead and take a huge step toward the FedEx Cup title.
  Scheffler had five birdies over his last seven holes on a sweltering afternoon at renovated East Lake to pull away from Xander Schauffele and everyone else.
  He made birdie from the bunker on the par-5 18th hole with an 8-
  
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• BC United rebrand went ‘spectacularly,’ said Kevin Falcon. Yes, this was sarcasm

  30-08-2024 01:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — BC United Leader Kevin Falcon couldn’t resist sarcasm when asked on Tuesday how his party’s rebranding from its long-standing identity as the British Columbia Liberals was going.
  “Spectacularly,” he said with a wry laugh, before adding “obviously, I think it could have gone way better.”
  In hindsight, even this was an understatement.
  About 24 hours later, Falcon was standing behind a B.C. Conservative Party podium to announce his decision to en
  
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• Yukon First Nation fears exclusion from mine disaster review, seeks public inquiry

  30-08-2024 00:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Yukon’s Na-Cho Nyak Dun First Nation says an independent review of a disaster at the Eagle Gold mine on its territory is urgently needed but it has serious concerns the Yukon government is trying to “erase” its role in the probe.The First Nation says in a letter to deputy mining minister Lauren Haney that it wants to hash out “effective parameters” for the investigation into the failure of the mine’s heap leaching pad that released millions of tonnes of cyanid
  
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• Defending U.S. Open women’s doubles champions Dabrowski and Routliffe win opener

  30-08-2024 00:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe opened their U.S. Open women’s doubles title defence Thursday with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Canada’s Leylah Fernandez and Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan.
  Fernandez, from Laval, Que., and Putintseva broke serve on their first opportunity but their top-seeded opponents took the next four games en route to victory in 71 minutes.Dabrowski, from Ottawa, and Routliffe will play American Catherine Harrison
  
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• Florida executes man convicted of killing college student, raping victim’s sister in national forest

  30-08-2024 00:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man convicted of killing a college freshman and raping the murder victim’s older sister while the siblings camped in a national forest 30 years ago was executed Thursday.
  Loran Cole, 57, received a lethal injection and was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. at Florida State Prison for the 1994 killing of the 18-year-old student. Cole also was serving two life sentences for rape.
  Cole and a friend, William Paul, befriended the two college students in the Ocala
  
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• ‘Did nothing wrong’: Alberta minister had free VIP tickets to Oilers playoff games

  30-08-2024 00:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner says he accepted free VIP tickets to Edmonton Oilers hockey games during the Stanley Cup Playoffs but didn’t break conflict-of-interest rules.
  Horner, when askedabout the tickets at an unrelated news conference, said they were for seats to one game in the first round of playoffs and another in the Western Conference Final.
  Horner said none of his staff went to the games. When asked who went to the games with him, he said he “can&r
  
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• Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA candidate drops out after BC United leader bows out - Fraser Valley Today

  30-08-2024 00:02 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA candidate drops out after BC United leader bows out  Fraser Valley Today
  
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