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• Midnight Mascot installed as early favourite for $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes

  05-09-2024 23:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FORT ERIE, Ont. — Midnight Mascot has been installed as the early 5-2 favourite for the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes.
  The second jewel of the OLG Triple Crown will be run Tuesday at Fort Erie Racetrack. Midnight Mascot received the No. 5 post in the race draw Thursday.
  Midnight Mascot is trained by Mark Casse and will be ridden by Kazushi Kimura.
  Midnight Mascot will headline the 10-horse field, one that will feature five horses that ran in the King’s Plate on Aug. 23 at Woodbine
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Girl lit on fire at Saskatoon school, teacher injured trying to help

  05-09-2024 23:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SASKATOON, Sask. — Police in Saskatoon say a 15-year-old girl has serious injuries after she was lit on fire at a high school.
  They say a teacher who tried to put out the fire was also injured.
  A 14-year-old girl is in custody.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Time for scrutiny of police drones, says privacy researcher, after Vancouver arrest

  05-09-2024 23:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A privacy researcher and civil liberties advocate says the use of drones by Canadian police forces has evolved with the technology, but scrutiny of their use is lacking.
  The concerns come after Vancouver’s Chief Const. Adam Palmer revealed that investigators deployed drones to help locate a suspect in a pair of gruesome stranger attacks in the city’s downtown on Wednesday, that left one man dead and another with a severed hand.
  Palmer paid tribute to the role of the
  
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• TEST: Forestry Council wants ‘government action’ after B.C. sawmills announce closings

  05-09-2024 23:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER – The group representing wood producers across B.C. is calling on the federal and provincial governments to step up a fight against U.S. tariffs that are alleged to have contributed to the recent closure of two softwood sawmills.The head of the B.C. Council of Forest Industries (COFI) insists “unfair and unwarranted tariffs” are putting the industry at risk and suggests government regulations around the amount of timber allowed to be cut annually should be “stab
  
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• League-leading Alouettes host Lions as Rourke begins to find his groove

  05-09-2024 23:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — B.C. Lions head coach Rick Campbell believes Nathan Rourke is just getting rolling since returning from the NFL last month.
  Rourke will make his fourth consecutive start when the Lions (6-6) visit the league-leading Montreal Alouettes (10-1) at Molson Stadium on Friday night.
  After a couple rough outings, the Canadian quarterback bounced back last week by going 21-for-30 for 325 passing yards, three touchdowns and one interception in a 38-12 win over the Ottawa Redblacks in his
  
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• Canadians Paralympians strike gold twice, with one bronze on Day 8

  05-09-2024 23:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Canada earned three medals, with two golds courtesy of two of its biggest names at the Paralympic Games on Day 8.
  Wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos earned gold in the men’s T53 800 metres on the track on Thursday, while Aurelie Rivard picked up gold in the women’s S10 400-metre freestyle in the pool. Swimmer Tess Routliffe added bronze in the women’s SB7 100-metre breaststroke.
  For the 44-year-old Lakatos, it was career medal No. 13 and his first Paralympic gold sinc
  
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• Fugitive from Quebec arrested in Hungary more than three months after escape

  05-09-2024 23:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police say one of the province’s top 10 most wanted criminals has been arrested after he escaped from a minimum security federal detention centre in May.
  Police say Yacine Zouaoui, 32, was apprehended in Budapest, Hungary on Tuesday and extradition procedures are underway to bring him back to Canada.
  Zouaoui, who was serving an indeterminate sentence for second-degree murder and assault causing bodily injury, was noticed missing from the facility north of
  
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• Woman pleads guilty to leaving cash bribe for Minnesota juror in COVID-19-related fraud case

  05-09-2024 23:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Seattle woman pleads guilty to attempting to bribe a Minnesota juror with a bag of $120,000 in cash in exchange for an acquittal in one of the country’s largest COVID-19-related fraud cases in federal court Thursday.
  Ladan Mohamed Ali, 31, was accused of tracking a juror to her home and dropping off a cash bribe in exchange for an acquittal in a separate fraud case.Court documents revealed an extravagant scheme in which Ali and her co-defendants are accused of re
  
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• Elite Series anglers Gustafson, Gallant fine with new FFS changes for 2025

  05-09-2024 23:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Jeff Gustafson is good with the Elite Series’ new forward-facing sonar (FFS) rules but remains unsure about the impact they’ll have on pro bass fishing’s premier circuit.
  Starting next year, competitors will be limited to just one live sonar transducer mounted to the trolling motor at the front of their boat. Previously, they could have unlimited transducers on their vessels.
  The Bass Anglers Sportsman Society (BASS) will provide a list of acceptable live transducers from all m
  
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• Ahousaht, B.C., declares state of emergency after weekend deaths

  05-09-2024 22:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AHOUSAT, B.C. — Ahousaht, B.C., has declared a state of emergency after two “tragic losses” in the community over the weekend.
  In a post to social media Ahousaht Administration says there will be a heightened police presence in the community and roads will be closed starting at 9 p.m.
  One of the deaths has been confirmed by police while the Ahousaht Administration said the community was also grieving the loss of another young community member.
  The administration says wellness s
  
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  05-09-2024 22:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
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• New child-care spaces now open at 3 Chilliwack elementary schools - Chilliwack Progress

  05-09-2024 22:48 via news.google.com
  New child-care spaces now open at 3 Chilliwack elementary schools  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• FBI searches the homes of at least three top deputies to New York City’s mayor

  05-09-2024 22:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — FBI agents this week searched the homes of at least three top deputies to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, according to a person familiar with the matter.
  FBI agents seized electronic devices Wednesday from the homes of Phillip Banks, the deputy mayor for public safety, and Sheena Wright, the first deputy mayor, said the person, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation. Agents also searched the home of Timothy Pearson, a f
  
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• Ottawa gives Via Rail 30 days to make changes after passengers stranded

  05-09-2024 22:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez says Via Rail has 30 days to make some changes following a train delay that left passengers stranded over the weekend.
  Rodriguez told Via Rail in a letter it has 30 days to update its emergency management action plan and he encourages it to work with Transport Canada to institute an updated communications protocol in the same time-frame.
  He’s also asking for an independent investigation into the incident in which passengers were stranded fo
  
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• Chilliwack Jets season starts with home game against Langley - Chilliwack Progress

  05-09-2024 22:08 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack Jets season starts with home game against Langley  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack SPCA provides heartwarming update on rescued dog that was never claimed

  05-09-2024 21:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A beautiful Golden retriever that was mysteriously found in the Deroche/Mission area sometime over the summer and never claimed has made a remarkable comeback.
  The Chilliwack SPCA says it received an outpouring of support and attention after a 10-year-old dog named Belle was located on Bell Road in Deroche. Chilliwack SPCA posted on August 21 that the Golden Retriever was located in an area that was far too remote for Belle to have just wandered off.
  In the days thereafter, th
  
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• Chilliwack SPCA provides heartwarming update on rescued dog that was never claimed - Fraser Valley Today

  05-09-2024 21:52 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack SPCA provides heartwarming update on rescued dog that was never claimed  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Two Chilliwack MLA candidates to hold open house this weekend - Fraser Valley Today

  05-09-2024 21:30 via news.google.com
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• Two Chilliwack MLA candidates to hold open house this weekend

  05-09-2024 21:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Two MLA candidates from Chilliwack who are representing the Conservative Party of B.C. will hold an open house at their new campaign office this weekend.
  Heather Maahs from Chilliwack North and Á’a:líya (A’aliya) Warbus from Chilliwack-Cultus Lake invite the community to join them at an open house with hot dogs and drinks this Saturday, September 7 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at their campaign office, 103-7670 Vedder RoadMaahs has served as a Chilliwack sc
  
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• BC United MLA Dan Davies runs as Independent, sees himself as possible ‘powerbroker’

  05-09-2024 21:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — A third BC United legislator has declared his candidacy as an Independent in the Oct. 19 provincial election.
  Dan Davies, first elected in 2017 in the Peace River North riding, says if elected this fall he could become a “powerbroker” in a potential minority government situation.
  Davies says he wants to continuing representing his constituents in the northeast B.C. riding, and is left with no choice but to take the Independent route.
  Davies says he contact
  
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• New supportive housing building in Chilliwack delayed once again; councillor calls it an ’embarrassment’ for B.C. govt.

  05-09-2024 20:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The opening of a new supportive housing building in Chilliwack that was supposed to open on Trethewey Avenue in fall 2023 and later, spring 2024, has been delayed once again, prompting condemnation from a frustrated city councillor.
  According to comments from Chilliwack Mayor Ken Popove and Karen Stanton, director of public safety and social development for the City of Chilliwack, a new 91-unit housing building that will offer complex care services and other wraparound service
  
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• More child care spaces coming to four Chilliwack School District sites - Fraser Valley Today

  05-09-2024 20:34 via news.google.com
  More child care spaces coming to four Chilliwack School District sites  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• More child care spaces coming to four Chilliwack School District sites

  05-09-2024 20:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The provincial government announced Thursday (Sept. 5) that more than 130 new child care spaces will be coming to four schools in SD33 just in time for the new 2024-25 school year.In a news release, the B.C. government says Chilliwack School District (SD33) will benefit from 102 new before- and after-school child care spaces at three specific school sites. The new spaces are being funded with $720,000 from the Ministry of Education and Child Care over two years for a new initi
  
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• Leafs sign defenceman Marshall Rifai to two-year contract extension

  05-09-2024 20:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed defenceman Marshall Rifai to a two-year contract extension, the club announced Thursday.
  The deal begins in 2025-26 and carries an average annual value of US$775,000.
  The six-foot-two, 205-pound Rifai had 19 points (two goals, 17 assists) in 57 games with the Leafs’ American Hockey League affiliate Toronto Marlies during the 2023-24 season.He added four points (three goals, one assist) in three playoff games.
  Rifai also made his NHL debut
  
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• Canadian wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos wins Paralympic gold medal

  05-09-2024 20:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Canadian wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos has won a Paralympic Games gold medal.
  The 44-year-old from Dorval, Que., won the men’s T53 800 metres.
  Lakatos collected his second medal in Paris after a silver medal in the 400 metres.
  The veteran earned the 13th Paralympic medal of his career in his sixth Paralympic Games and the second gold medal of his career.
  Lakatos was a gold medallist in the 100 metres in 2016.
  He won a world championship in the 800 metres last year.
  This repo
  
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• B.C. Greens make election pledge for free transit, doubling of bus numbers

  05-09-2024 19:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — B.C. Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau has announced an election policy to make all public transit in the province free.
  She says the policy, released ahead of the fall provincial vote, would relieve financial strain on families, create more livable communities and reduce carbon emissions.
  The proposal also calls for hourly services on key regional routes, a doubling of city buses within four years and a tripling within eight years.
  The party, which currently has two MLAs in th
  
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• Man charged in Agassiz homicide

  05-09-2024 19:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEABIRD ISLAND – Homicide investigators announced Thursday (Sept. 5) that a 36-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a Seabird Island woman earlier this year.
  According to a news release from Corporal Chase Smith, media relations officer for the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, the B.C. Prosecution Service has approved one count of second-degree murder against 36-year-old Fredrick Paul Charlie in connection with the death of Vanessa Terry. IHIT says
  
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• New supportive housing building in Chilliwack delayed once again; councillor calls it an ’embarrassment’ - Fraser Valley Today

  05-09-2024 19:16 via news.google.com
  New supportive housing building in Chilliwack delayed once again; councillor calls it an ’embarrassment’  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• New supportive housing building in Chilliwack delayed once again; councillor calls it an ’embarrassment’ for B.C. govt. - Fraser Valley Today

  05-09-2024 19:16 via news.google.com
  New supportive housing building in Chilliwack delayed once again; councillor calls it an ’embarrassment’ for B.C. govt.  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• New supportive housing building in Chilliwack delayed once again; councillor calls it an ’embarrassment’

  05-09-2024 19:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The opening of a new supportive housing building in Chilliwack that was supposed to open on Trethewey Avenue in fall 2023 and spring 2024 has been delayed once again.According to comments from Chilliwack Mayor Ken Popove and Karen Stanton, director of public safety and social development for the City of Chilliwack, a new 91-unit housing building that will offer complex care services and other wraparound services for clients has been delayed to spring 2025.“We have been a
  
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• Canadian Medical Association to apologize for Indigenous harm

  05-09-2024 19:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The Canadian Medical Association says it will formally apologize for the role doctors played in harming members of Canada’s Indigenous communities.
  The group representing the country’s physicians says in a statement that it will livestream the apology ceremony taking place in Victoria on Sept. 18.
  The association says the apology is meant to address the medical profession’s role in harms to Indigenous peoples in the health system, “both through action and
  
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• US charges former Trump 2016 campaign adviser Dimitri Simes over work for sanctioned Russian TV

  05-09-2024 19:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government has charged a Russian-born U.S. citizen and former adviser to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign with working for a sanctioned Russian state television network and laundering the proceeds.
  Indictments announced Thursday by the Department of Justice allege that Dimitri Simes and his wife received over $1 million dollars and a personal car and driver in exchange for work they did for Russia’s Channel One since June 2022. The network wa
  
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• Court hearing legal arguments in sex assault case of five hockey players

  05-09-2024 18:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON, Ont. — A London, Ont., court is hearing legal arguments in the sexual assault case of five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team.
  Dillon Dube, Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Cal Foote and Alex Formenton were charged earlier this year in connection with an alleged sexual assault at a hotel in 2018.
  They are all charged with sexual assault, though McLeod also faces an additional charge of sexual assault for “being a party to the offence.”All five plan to
  
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• Funnymen back in Chilliwack for fall comedy show - Chilliwack Progress

  05-09-2024 18:50 via news.google.com
  Funnymen back in Chilliwack for fall comedy show  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• B.C. residents can still get COVID shots until arrival of updated vaccines: province

  05-09-2024 18:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  British Columbia says its current supply of COVID-19 vaccines will remain available until new formulations are approved, unlike other provinces that say they’re following instructions from the Public Health Agency of Canada to remove and destroy existing doses.A spokesman for the provincial health officer says B.C. residents are encouraged to wait for the updated COVID vaccines if possible, but people can still get last season’s shots if they need them.
  Officials in Ontario, Alberta,
  
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• Discord users tipped off FBI last year about suspect in Georgia school shooting, report says

  05-09-2024 18:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINDER, Ga. (AP) — Users of the social media site Discord tipped off the FBI last year about the teenager charged with opening fire at a Georgia high school, a sheriff’s report said.
  A sheriff’s investigator from nearby Jackson County, Georgia, received a tip from the FBI in May 2023 that the teenager suspected in Wednesday’s shooting “had possibly threatened to shoot up a middle school tomorrow.”
  The tip came to the FBI from people in Australia and Los Angele
  
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• Canadian swimmer Aurelie Rivard strikes gold at Paralympics, Routliffe earns bronze

  05-09-2024 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Canada’s Aurelie Rivard has struck gold at the Paralympic Games.
  The 28-year-old from St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., won the women’s S10 400-metre freestyle with a time of four minutes 29.20 seconds on Thursday.
  Alexandra Truwit of the United States (4:31.39) and Bianka Pap of Hungary (4:35.63) earned silver and bronze, respectively.
  It’s the third medal of the Games for Rivard, who holds the world and Paralympic record in the 400 freestyle, set at the Tokyo Paralym
  
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• Alex Morgan retires from professional soccer and is expecting her second child

  05-09-2024 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Two-time Women’s World Cup champion Alex Morgan announced she is pregnant with her second child and is retiring from professional soccer.
  Over the course of a 15-year career with the United States, Morgan not only made an impact on the field, she also helped lead the team’s fight for equal pay and was outspoken about social justice issues.
  The 35-year-old Morgan will play her final match with her club team, the San Diego Wave of the National Women’s Soccer League, on Sunday at
  
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• Chilliwack councillors chide Metro Vancouver hospitals for discharging patients to Chilliwack

  05-09-2024 18:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Councillor Jason Lum says it’s clear to him that Metro Vancouver hospitals are discharging patients and sending them to Chilliwack shelters at a time when local service providers aren’t equipped to handle them.
  According to remarks made during Tuesday afternoon’s 2 p.m. council meeting, Councillor Lum joined fellow councillors and Mayor Ken Popove in challenging the unethical practice of shipping patients out to Chilliwack when shelters and other n
  
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• Chilliwack councillors chide Metro Vancouver hospitals for discharging patients to Chilliwack - Fraser Valley Today

  05-09-2024 18:01 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack councillors chide Metro Vancouver hospitals for discharging patients to Chilliwack  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Hunter Biden intends to change not guilty plea in his federal tax case, defense attorney says

  05-09-2024 17:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hunter Biden plans to change his not guilty plea in his federal tax case, his defense attorney said Thursday just as jury selection was set to begin.
  President Joe Biden’s son is facing misdemeanor and felony charges in the case alleging he failed to pay at least $1.4 million in taxes over four years during a period in which he has acknowledged struggling with a drug addiction.
  He was convicted in June of charges related to the purchase of a revolver in 2018 when p
  
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• US secures release of 135 Nicaraguan political prisoners who have arrived in Guatemala

  05-09-2024 17:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The U.S. government announced on Thursday that it has secured the release of 135 Nicaraguan political prisoners who have arrived in Guatemala, where they would apply for asylum permits to come to the United States.
  National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said in a statement that they were released on humanitarian grounds.
  “No one should be put in jail for peacefully exercising their fundamental rights of free expression, association, and practicing their religio
  
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• Quebec premier to shuffle cabinet today after ‘superminister’ Fitzgibbon steps down

  05-09-2024 16:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUÉBEC — Quebec Premier François Legault is expected to shuffle his cabinet later today following the sudden departure of one of his most influential ministers.
  Pierre Fitzgibbon, the “superminister” who held the economy and energy portfolios, stepped down Wednesday, saying he lost motivation to do his job.
  Legault is scheduled to wrap up a caucus retreat today in Rimouski, Que., where he will hold a news conference.
  Then he’ll travel to Quebec City to annou
  
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• First Majestic to buy Gatos Silver in all-stock deal valued at US$970M

  05-09-2024 16:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — First Majestic Silver Corp. has signed a deal to buy Gatos Silver Inc. in a transaction valued at US$970 million.
  Under the agreement, Gatos shareholders will receive 2.55 shares of First Majestic for each Gatos share held.
  Gatos holds a 70 per cent interest in the Los Gatos joint venture, which owns the Cerro Los Gatos underground silver mine in Chihuahua, Mexico.
  Once the deal is completed, existing Gatos shareholders will own about 38 per cent of the combined company on a fu
  
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• The first 100,000 doses of mpox vaccine reach Congo. But it’s a fraction of what is needed

  05-09-2024 15:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The first batch of mpox vaccine arrived in Congo’s capital on Thursday, the country’s authorities said, three weeks after the World Health Organization declared mpox outbreaks in 12 African countries a global emergency.
  The 100,000 doses of the MVA-BN vaccine, manufactured by the Danish company Bavarian Nordic, have been donated by the European Union through HERA, the bloc’s agency for health emergencies. Another 100,000 are expected to be delivered
  
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• Creative work wanted for community art show in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  05-09-2024 14:48 via news.google.com
  Creative work wanted for community art show in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Thursday - Sept. 5, 2024 - Chilliwack’s reusable take-out pilot to begin in January - Fraser Valley Current

  05-09-2024 14:45 via news.google.com
  Thursday - Sept. 5, 2024 - Chilliwack’s reusable take-out pilot to begin in January  Fraser Valley Current
  
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• Macron names EU former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as France’s new prime minister

  05-09-2024 13:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron named EU former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as France’s new prime minister on Thursday after more than 50 days of caretaker government.
  The appointment of the 73-year-old Barnier follows weeks of intense efforts by Macron and his aides to find a candidate who might be able to build loose groupings of backers in parliament and survive possible attempts by Macron’s opponents to quickly topple the new government that Barnier will now put
  
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• Canadian long jumper Noah Vucsics ready to launch at Paralympic Games

  05-09-2024 11:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Noah Vucsics got into trouble for jumping over garbage cans in the halls of Calgary’s James Fowler High School when he was in Grade 12.
  A happy offshoot of that clash with authority was the suggestion that he take his springs to the track and field team.
  Vucsics, now 24, will compete for Canada in men’s T20 long jump in the Paralympic Games in Paris on Saturday.
  His classification is for athletes with an intellectual impairment.Vucsics may struggle to process some information, but he
  
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• In the news today: NDP holds key to timing of next election after ending Liberal deal

  05-09-2024 10:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  What’s next for Singh and his broken political pact with Trudeau?
  NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh may hold the key to trigger the next election now that he’s axed his political pact with the Liberals. But strategists say that could prove to be both an asset and a liability. They say Singh gains runway to differentiate himself from the Liberals and the Conservatives, but will also face pressure to
  
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