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• Clemens leads Phillies past Blue Jays 4-2; Schwarber hits fourth homer in two games

  04-09-2024 23:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Kody Clemens’s two-run homer lifted the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday for a two-game sweep.
  Kyle Schwarber led off the first inning for Philadelphia (83-56) with a solo home run, hitting the long ball at Rogers Centre for a second consecutive day. J.T. Realmuto added a home run in the ninth that helped seal the Phillies’ fourth consecutive win.
  Cristopher Sanchez (10-9) struck out seven and allowed just two runs on six hits
  
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• Elephant seals used researchers’ deep sea sonar equipment as ‘dinner bell’

  04-09-2024 23:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Scientists say new research shows how northern elephant seals used sonar from a deep sea research facility off the British Columbia coast like a “dinner bell” as they hunted for prey.
  University of Victoria researchers say their study provides a rare glimpse into the species’ underwater behaviour, as the animals learned to associate sonar noise from the research instruments, 645 metres deep, with the presence of food.
  Lead author Heloise Frouin-Mouy says in a U
  
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• Lawsuit over management of The Stronach Group’s wealth settled out of court: company

  04-09-2024 23:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Stronach Group says a lawsuit filed by Frank Stronach’s son and granddaughter over management of the family business’s wealth has been settled out of court.
  The company headed by Frank Stronach’s daughter, Belinda Stronach, announced the settlement in a statement issued Wednesday afternoon.
  In the statement, Belinda Stronach says she is “very pleased” the litigation launched by her brother and niece has been resolved, and she looks forward to mov
  
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• Canadian Paralympians reach podium four times on Day 7 in Paris

  04-09-2024 23:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Canada enjoyed its strongest single day so far at the Paralympics on Wednesday.
  There were four podium finishes, with two golds and two silvers on Day 7 to bump Canada’s medal count to 17 and double the gold-medal number to four. Swimmer Nicholas Bennett and shot putter Greg Stewart earned gold, while road cyclist Nathan Clement and swimmer Reid Maxwell each took silver.
  Bennett won the 200-metre individual medley two days after claiming gold in the 100 breaststroke. The 20-y
  
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• Gill Bar team clears out riverside encampment near Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  04-09-2024 23:24 via news.google.com
  Gill Bar team clears out riverside encampment near Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Roaring Game Returns: Olympic qualification a key storyline this curling season

  04-09-2024 23:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  With the Paris Games in the books, the countdown is on to the next Olympics in Milan and Cortina D’Ampezzo, Italy.The Winter Games are set for February 2026 and the Canadian curling qualification playdowns – for mixed doubles, at least – will kick off in just a few months.Olympic representation is one of many intriguing storylines as the Roaring Game returns. Here’s a look at some other hot talking points as the 2024-25 season begins.
  MIXED PLAYDOWNS
  After missing the pod
  
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• Chilliwack hotel, shuttered lounge hit the market with a substantial price tag - Fraser Valley Today

  04-09-2024 23:05 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack hotel, shuttered lounge hit the market with a substantial price tag

  04-09-2024 23:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A downtown whiskey saloon that celebrated its grand opening with considerable hoopla in 2023 but closed without much fanfare earlier this year has gone up for sale.Whiskey Richard’s Bar and Lounge, which opened in April 2023 with a dazzling celebration featuring a roast pig banquet and cultural performance from Chinese dragon dancers, has hit the market along with the adjoining Royal Hotel for an asking price of $5,099,900.According to a listing from commercial realtor R
  
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• Canada’s Taylor Pendrith eager to get back to Presidents Cup

  04-09-2024 22:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Mike Weir held a dinner for about 20 potential International Team players in early May to try and create a sense of camaraderie in the months leading up to the Presidents Cup.
  The Canadian Golf Hall of Famer told the assembled players that it would be great if one of them could win the CJ Cup Byron Nelson and build some momentum for the International Team.
  Flash forward to that weekend and Taylor Pendrith of Richmond Hill, Ont., was claiming his first PGA Tour win.
  “Mike was texting me thr
  
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• Toronto FC midfielder Kosi Thompson fined by MLS Disciplinary Committee

  04-09-2024 22:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The MLS Disciplinary Committee has fined Toronto FC midfielder Kosi Thompson an undisclosed amount for tangling with D.C. United midfielder Gabriel Pirani in TFC’s 3-1 loss Saturday.
  Thompson attempted to play peacemaker as teammate Richie Laryea clashed with Pirani in the 90th minute of the game at BMO Field. But in pushing the Brazilian away, the 21-year-old from Toronto fell afoul of Major League Soccer’s policy regarding hands to the face, head, or neck of an opponent.
  Laryea and
  
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• Anderson has eyes on next level of pro golf, including contending for Fortinet Cup

  04-09-2024 22:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Matthew Anderson always knew he was capable of playing at the highest levels of golf.
  Anderson is third in the PGA Tour Americas standings heading into this week’s Fortinet Cup Championship, the season finale of the third-tier tour. Regardless of how the native of Mississauga, Ont., does at TPC Toronto, it’s been a career-defining year for the 24-year-old Anderson.
  “I knew at the beginning of the season that this would be a possibility,” said Anderson after returning to t
  
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• Union members authorize possible B.C. port strike but no notice issued

  04-09-2024 22:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The union representing foremen at British Columbia’s ports say members have voted overwhelmingly to authorize strike action if necessary in an ongoing labour dispute with port employers.
  International Longshore and Warehouse Union’s Ship and Dock Foremen Local 514 says in a statement that members voted 96 per cent “industry-wide” in favour of authorizing a strike.
  However, no 72-hour strike or lockout notice has been issued.
  The union said previously tha
  
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• Recognizing racial profiling key to ‘historic’ Montreal class-action judgment: lawyer

  04-09-2024 22:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Montreal lawyer who co-piloted a successful class-action lawsuit against the City of Montreal for racial profiling by police says what’s most important is not the financial compensation but the recognition of prejudice.
  Mike Diomande says the decision released Tuesday was “historic” because it establishes that racialized people in the city were victims of profiling and that their Charter rights were violated.
  Diomande reacted one day after a Superior Court ju
  
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• Blue Jackets players, GM try to make sense of tragedy after deaths of Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau

  04-09-2024 21:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Just three weeks before the opening of training camp, the Columbus Blue Jackets are seeking to make sense of a senseless tragedy after All-Star winger Johnny Gaudreau and younger brother Matthew died when they were struck by a suspected drunken driver while riding bicycles in their home state of New Jersey.
  President of hockey operations and general manager Don Waddell and four of Johnny Gaudreau’s teammates spoke to reporters Wednesday at Nationwide Arena to sh
  
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• Review of B.C. refinery stench says cold snap triggered series of events

  04-09-2024 21:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BURNABY, B.C. — Parkland Corp. has released a review into an unplanned shutdown of its Burnaby, B.C., refinery in January that blanketed parts of Metro Vancouver with a foul stench.
  The review released last week says unusually cold weather triggered a series of events leading to the release of a noxious odour that generated more than 100 complaints from residents.
  It says the cold weather resulted in a shutdown on Jan. 12, but as crews spent days trying to get the facility back online, the
  
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• Man tries to force female hiker into his car at Abbotsford-area regional park: AbbyPD

  04-09-2024 21:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department says it is seeking more information surrounding a suspicious occurrence in which a man allegedly tried to pull a woman into his vehicle around the hiking trails at an Abbotsford park last week.According to a statement from Constable Art Stele, media relations spokesperson for the AbbyPD, police say they’re investigating a scary incident that happened last Friday afternoon, August 29 at approximately 1:30 p.m. on the hiking trails around S
  
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• NHL’s Senators, Canadian LPGA star Henderson reach multi-year partnership

  04-09-2024 21:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have reached a multi-year partnership with Canadian LPGA star Brooke Henderson, the NHL team announced Wednesday.
  As part of the agreement, Henderson’s water bottles and golf towels will feature the Ottawa Senators logo.
  The 26-year-old Henderson is the most decorated Canadian golfer in major professional tour history.The Smiths Falls, Ont., native has 13 LPGA tour wins, including major titles at the 2016 Women’s PGA Championship and the 2022 Evian
  
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• Canadian Nathan Rourke to make fourth straight start for B.C. Lions

  04-09-2024 21:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Vernon Adam Jr. is back practising with the B.C. Lions but Canadian Nathan Rourke will remain the club’s starting quarterback.
  Rourke will make a fourth straight start Friday night when B.C. (6-6) visits the Montreal Alouettes (10-1). Head coach Rick Campbell said this week he hopes Adams could dress for the game and possibly be ready to play, if needed.
  Adams suffered a knee injury in B.C.’s 25-0 loss to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Aug. 1. He started the Lions’ first eight ga
  
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• 'Outstanding' Chilliwack, Kent residents awarded King's coronation medal - Chilliwack Progress

  04-09-2024 21:09 via news.google.com
  'Outstanding' Chilliwack, Kent residents awarded King's coronation medal  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Playground built to honour victim of Saskatchewan mass stabbing two years later

  04-09-2024 20:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WELDON, Sask. — Children have been swinging, sliding and climbing on a playground built to honour one of the victims of a mass stabbing two years ago northeast of Saskatoon.Chelsey Erickson, who organized the playground project, says Wesley Petterson’s name is to be emblazoned on a metal sign at the structure in the village of Weldon.
  In 2022, Myles Sanderson killed 10 people and injured 17 others on James Smith Cree Nation before fatally stabbing Petterson, who was 78, nearby in Wel
  
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• CP NewsAlert: VPD says one man dead, another’s hand cut off, in stranger attacks

  04-09-2024 20:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Vancouver police say a man has been arrested after a pair of “unprovoked stranger attacks” in the city’s downtown that left one man dead and severed another victim’s hand.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Elks’ Bethel-Thompson, Redblacks’ Webb capture CFL Honour Roll honours

  04-09-2024 20:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Edmonton Elks quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson and defensive back Webb of the Ottawa Redblacks were the top offensive and defensive performers in the CFL’s weekly honour roll Wednesday.
  Bethel-Thompson earned a grade of 90.2 for his play in Edmonton’s 35-20 Labour Day win over the Calgary Stampeders on Monday. Bethel-Thompson finished 25-of-36 passing for a career-high 486 yards and three touchdowns.
  Webb received a grade of 85.9 for his performance in Ottawa’
  
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• The NDP-Liberal deal is done. What happens now?

  04-09-2024 19:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The NDP has pulled out of a confidence and supply agreement with the Liberals. What happens now?In March 2022, the Liberals and NDP penned a deal that would keep the minority government led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in power until June 2025 and move ahead on some mutually agreeable policies. It was called a confidence and supply agreement.What happens now?
  The end of the deal does not necessarily mean an election will take place before next year.
  It does mean the NDP will n
  
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• Alexis Galarneau replaces injured Milos Raonic on Canada’s Davis Cup roster

  04-09-2024 19:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Alexis Galarneau will replace Milos Raonic on the Canadian team at next week’s Davis Cup group stage in Manchester, England.Tennis Canada says Raonic is unable to play due to a broken toe.Galarneau, the world No. 220 from Laval, Que., joins a lineup that includes Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime, Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo and Vasek Pospisil of Vernon, B.C.
  Galarneau made his Davis Cup debut in 2022 and won two singles and
  
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• Liberals sign school food deal with Newfoundland and Labrador

  04-09-2024 19:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government has signed a deal to expand school food programs in Newfoundland and Labrador.
  It becomes the first province to sign on to the federal government’s plan for a national school food program.
  Trudeau’s government set aside $1 billion over five years in the last budget to expand access to provincial school food after the NDP put pressure on the Liberals to fund the program.
  As part of the deal, Newfoundland and Labrador wil
  
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• Chilliwack 'at capacity' councillor warns about homeless numbers - Chilliwack Progress

  04-09-2024 19:26 via news.google.com
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• On and off the soccer pitch, Eustaquio brothers deal with emotional roller-coaster

  04-09-2024 19:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A lot has happened to Mauro Eustaquio in recent months, bringing both grief and joy.
  The York United FC assistant coach took temporary charge of the CPL club in late May before reverting to his regular role when Mexican Benjamin Mora was handed the reins. And this month he is serving as a guest coach with Jesse Marsch’s Canada during the current international window, reuniting him with younger brother and star midfielder Stephen Eustaquio.
  But it is what has happened off the soccer pitch t
  
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• Injuries reported in shooting at Georgia high school

  04-09-2024 18:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINDER, Ga. (AP) — A shooting at a Georgia high school Wednesday caused an unknown number of injuries and a suspect was arrested in a chaotic scene in which officers swarmed the campus and students rushed for shelter in the football stadium.
  One suspect was in custody, the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
  Shortly before 10:30 a.m., “officers from multiple law enforcement agencies and Fire/EMS personnel were dispatched to the high school in reference to a repo
  
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• Columbus forward Jacen Russell-Rowe replaces injured Theo Bair in Canada camp

  04-09-2024 18:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Columbus Crew forward Jacen Russell-Rowe has replaced the injured Theo Bair in camp with Canada ahead of friendlies against the U.S. and Mexico.
  Canada Soccer said Bair arrived into camp with the injury and will return to his French club AJ Auxerre for further assessment.
  It’s the second injury-enforced change for Canada coach Jesse Marsch. Vancouver Whitecaps defender Sam Adekugbe was previously replaced by CF Montreal’s Nathan Saliba.
  Bair joined Auxerre from Scotland’s Mothe
  
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• Canada’s Bennett wins second Paralympic swim gold, Reid earns silver

  04-09-2024 18:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Canadian swimmer Nicholas Bennett is a double gold medallist at the Paralympic Games.
  The 20-year-old from Parksville, B.C., won the men’s 200-metre individual medley in Paralympic record time two days after taking the 100-metre breaststroke in Paris.
  Bennett is the first Canadian man to win multiple gold medals in Paralympic swimming since Benoit Huot won five in Athens, Greece, in 2004.
  Bennett has collected three medals in total in Paris with a silver medal in the 200-metr
  
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• Veteran BC United legislator Mike Bernier to run as independent in fall election

  04-09-2024 18:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DAWSON CREEK, B.C. — Veteran British Columbia legislator Mike Bernier will run in the fall provincial election as an independent instead of joining several former BC United candidates in running under the B.C. Conservatives banner.
  Bernier says he did not want to “bend” his morals and values by running with the provincial Conservatives, describing some of the party’s candidates as holding views that are “anti-women’s rights, anti-climate change” and &ldq
  
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• Police investigate two serious incidents near downtown Vancouver theatre

  04-09-2024 18:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Vancouver police say extra officers are patrolling an area of downtown after two serious incidents this morning that may be linked.
  Police say in a post on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that the crime scenes are on Georgia Street near Homer and Hamilton streets, and investigators are unsure if they are related.
  The post says the incidents happened between 7:30 a.m. and 7:45 a.m. and no arrests have been made.
  A white evidence tent was covering a corner of
  
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• NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh making an announcement today at 1 p.m. ET

  04-09-2024 18:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is scheduled to make an announcement today at 1 p.m. ET.Singh is just days away from meeting with his caucus for a retreat in Montreal to plot strategy for the coming parliamentary sitting.The party is also in tight contests in two byelections, trying to retain a seat in Winnipeg against a strong push by the Conservatives and to win a seat from the Liberals in Montreal.
  The NDP is also set to chat about the supply and confidence deal Singh reached with Pri
  
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• Quebec ‘superminister’ Pierre Fitzgibbon says drop in motivation is why he’s leaving

  04-09-2024 17:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec “superminister” Pierre Fitzgibbon says he is leaving office because he lost motivation to do the job.
  Fitzgibbon, who held the economy and energy portfolios, told reporters in Rimouski, Que., today he’s quitting two years ahead of the provincial election — and right before hearings are to begin on his massive energy reform bill.
  He says he had planned to stay until December to help move his bill through the legislature but Premier François L
  
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• The US is preparing to accuse Russia of disinformation campaigns targeting the presidential election

  04-09-2024 17:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is preparing to accuse Russia of disinformation campaigns targeting the presidential election.
  That’s according to two people familiar with an upcoming announcement Wednesday who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
  Intelligence agencies have previously accused of Russia of using disinformation to try to interfere in the election. But the announcement expected from Attorney General
  
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• Chilliwack Fire called to abandoned cabin fire late Tuesday night - Fraser Valley Today

  04-09-2024 17:53 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack Fire called to abandoned cabin fire late Tuesday night

  04-09-2024 17:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Multiple Chilliwack Fire Department units were called to an area near the 46100 block of Chilliwack Lake Road Tuesday night (Sept. 3) for an apparent fire at an abandoned cabin.
  According to witness descriptions and scanner traffic, Chilliwack Fire received a call about a cabin on fire near 46191 Chilliwack Lake Road at 10:54 p.m. Tuesday night. Engines 1, 4, 4-2, Ladder 4, Tenders 3, 4 and 6, and the Chilliwack duty chief were paged.The fire reportedly occurred in an area pas
  
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• Two interest rate cuts can’t revive lagging home sales in the Fraser Valley

  04-09-2024 17:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRASER VALLEY — The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board says two interest rate policy cuts by the Bank of Canada weren’t enough to revive lagging home sales in the Fraser Valley during the summer.According to a statement from the board, the Fraser Valley residential resale market slowed again in August as prospective homebuyers face affordability challenges that aren’t going away anytime soon.FVREB says it recorded 1,067 sales in August, down by 13 per cent over last month and by 3
  
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• Vancouver home sales fall 17% in August despite interest rate cuts: board

  04-09-2024 17:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Greater Vancouver Realtors says home sales in the region dropped 17.1 per cent in August from a year earlier and were more than a quarter below the 10-year seasonal average.
  The real estate body says sales in the market totalled 1,904 last month, down from the 2,296 recorded in August 2023.
  The composite benchmark price for all residential properties in Metro Vancouver was $1,195,900, a 0.9 per cent decrease over August 2023 and a 0.2 per cent decrease compared with July.
  There
  
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• King Charles III Coronation Medals awarded to 4 outstanding Chilliwack-Kent residents - Fraser Valley Today

  04-09-2024 17:19 via news.google.com
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• King Charles III Coronation Medals awarded to 4 outstanding Chilliwack-Kent residents

  04-09-2024 17:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Ever since Russia’s deadly invasion of Ukraine in 2022 inflicted horrific suffering on its citizens and plunged the region into a horrendous conflict marred by endless violence, Chilliwack resident Bradley Gionet made it his personal mission to assist fleeing Ukrainians.Gionet has worked to facilitate housing and other opportunities for displaced Ukrainians across the Fraser Valley by volunteering with them on the Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel. Gionet
  
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• Mission RCMP seek witnesses after pedestrian hit by car, hospitalized

  04-09-2024 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Mounties in Mission say they are looking for any witnesses who may have information about a pedestrian who was struck roughly two weeks ago in Mission on a summer evening.Mission RCMP say first responders were called to the Cedar Valley Connector, just south of Cedar Street and 7th Avenue, after a pedestrian was struck in a hit and run on Monday, August 19 shortly before 9 p.m. As a result of the collision, the 61-year-old pedestrian suffered head injuries.Police say the Mission
  
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• Mexico’s Congress advances contentious bill to make all judges run for election

  04-09-2024 16:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The lower house of Mexico’s Congress approved contentious legislation Wednesday that would launch the most sweeping judicial overhaul of the century by requiring all judges to stand for election.In a marathon session in which legislators were forced to meet in a gymnasium after protesters blocked the Congress building, the lower chamber approved the constitutional measure 359-135 in a party-line first vote. The measure, which requires a two-thirds majority, was exp
  
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• Veteran Canadian rider Hugo Houle signs contract extension with Israel-Premier Tech

  04-09-2024 16:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Veteran Canadian rider Hugo Houle has signed a two-year contract extension with the Israel-Premier Tech team that runs through 2026.
  The 33-year-old from Sainte-Perpétue, Que., joined the team in 2022 and went on to record a Tour de France stage win that year.
  “I feel at home in the team, it’s like a family, and I’m also really happy with the progress we have made in the team in the last two years,” Houle said in a statement. “I’ve had the best results
  
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• Canadian researchers find signs of awareness in comatose patient, study says

  04-09-2024 16:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Researchers in London, Ont., say they were able to detect awareness in a comatose patient with a brain injury – a finding that could significantly impact patient care.Karnig Kazazian, a research associate at Lawson Health Research Institute and the London Health Sciences Centre, says a neuroimaging technique was used to shine a light into three patients’ brains to find activity in response to different commands.The patients had already been deemed clinically unresponsive, meaning the
  
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• Statistics Canada says country posted $684M merchandise trade surplus in July

  04-09-2024 15:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the country posted a merchandise trade surplus of $684 million in July.
  The result compared with a revised deficit of $179 million in June. The initial reading for June had shown a surplus of $638 million.
  In July, Statistics Canada says imports fell 1.7 per cent to $65.0 billion.
  Imports of motor vehicles and parts fell 10.8 per cent as imports of passenger cars and light trucks fell 18.7 per cent after hitting a record high in June.
  Exports edged down 0.4
  
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• Canada’s Priscilla Gagne happy more blind judokas are getting a chance at Paralympics

  04-09-2024 14:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian judoka Priscilla Gagne isn’t enjoying the easy ride she once expected at the Paris Paralympics.
  But as the three-time Paralympian enters her final Games, she welcomes the competition — because new rules mean more blind athletes are getting a chance on the mat.
  Born with the genetic eye disorder retinitis pigmentosa, Gagne is categorically blind and will compete in the women’s J1 57-kilogram event Thursday at Champ de Mars Arena.
  The 38-year-old from Sarnia, Ont., was C
  
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• Greenland court extends anti-whaling activist’s time in custody as Japan seeks his extradition

  04-09-2024 14:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A court in Greenland has again extended the time in custody for a prominent anti-whaling activist as Denmark considers an extradition request from Japan.
  The court ruled Wednesday that Canadian-American Paul Watson must remain in detention until Oct. 2 while Denmark’s justice ministry considers the request. Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark, which doesn’t have an extradition treaty with Japan.
  Watson is the former head of the Sea Shepher
  
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• Canada’s Nathan Clement captures Paralympic cycling silver in time trial

  04-09-2024 14:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Canadian cyclist Nathan Clement has won a silver medal at the Paralympic Games in Paris.The 29-year-old from West Vancouver, B.C., was second in the men’s time trial.Clement held the second-fastest time throughout the race behind the winner from China.
  Clement swam for Canada in the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro before switching to cycling.
  The Canadian is the reigning world champion in the T1-2 classification, in which athletes ride three-wheeled bikes for stabilit
  
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• Canada’s Greg Stewart repeats as Paralympic Games shot put champion

  04-09-2024 14:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Canada’s Greg Stewart has won a Paralympic Games gold medal in shot put.
  The 38-year-old from Kamloops, B.C., threw a distance of 16.38 metres to win the men’s F46 class at the Stade de France in Paris.
  The Canadian defended the gold medal he won in Tokyo’s Paralympics three years ago.
  Stewart tossed the winner on his second-last throw of the final.
  The seven-foot-two thrower retired after Tokyo, but then returned because he missed the sport.
  Stewart, who was born
  
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