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• Judge frees Colorado paramedic convicted in death of Elijah McClain from prison

  13-09-2024 23:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DENVER (AP) — A Colorado paramedic convicted in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became part of the rallying cries for social justice that swept the U.S. in 2020, is being released from prison after a judge reduced his sentence to four years of probation Friday.
  Judge Mark Warner ruled that “unusual and extenuating circumstances” in the case justified reducing the five-year prison sentence for Peter Cichuniec, The Denver Post reported.
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• Kamloops, B.C., man charged with murder in the death of his mother: RCMP

  13-09-2024 23:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KAMLOOPS, B.C. — A 35-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder after his mother’s body was found near her Kamloops, B.C., home a year ago.
  Mounties say 57-year-old Jo-Anne Donovan was found dead about a week after she had been reported missing.RCMP says its serious crime unit launched an investigation after the body was found.Police say they arrested Brandon Donovan on Friday after the BC Prosecution Service approved the charge.
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• Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation golf tournament raises $100K

  13-09-2024 23:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Organizers of the recent Golfing ‘FORE’ Your Hospitals event in Harrison Mills say last week’s event was one of their biggest, taking in over a $100,000 for Eastern Fraser Valley Regional Hospitals.
  Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation (FVHCF) spokesperson Leslie Gmur says just over 200 golfers took to the field at the sold out ninth annual event.
  The funds are earmarked for hospitals in Abbotsford, Mission, Chilliwack, and Hope in which essential equipment w
  
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• Opposition party in Tunisia says dozens of its members have been arrested

  13-09-2024 22:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Dozens of members of Tunisia’s largest opposition party were arrested this week, one day before campaign season kicks off ahead of the country’s presidential election, party officials said Friday.
  The Islamist Party Ennahda said that tallies collected by its local branches suggested at least 80 men and women from the party had been apprehended as part of an countywide sweep. It called the arrests unprecedented.
  The sweep is the latest action to mar Tunisia
  
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• Road work on Mary Street in Chilliwack bringing bike lanes - Chilliwack Progress

  13-09-2024 22:53 via news.google.com
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• Whitecaps loan Herdman to CPL’s Cavalry, sign two reserve players to first-team deals

  13-09-2024 22:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have loaned midfielder Jay Herdman to Cavalry FC of the Canadian Premier League and rewarded two Whitecaps FC 2 players with MLS contracts.
  Midfielder Jeevan Badwal signed as a homegrown player through 2027, with options for 2028 and 2029, while forward Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau signed an MLS contract through 2025, with club options for 2026 and 2027.
  Both have been playing for the Whitecaps’ MLS Next Pro team along with the 20-year-old Herdman, the
  
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• Australia’s Michael Matthews earns third win at Quebec cycling GP

  13-09-2024 22:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUÉBEC — Australian road cyclist Michael Matthews raced to victory at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec on Friday.
  Matthews earned a record third career victory in Quebec City. He was previously tied with Slovakia’s Peter Sagan with two wins.
  The Jayco-AlUla rider won the fastest edition of the Quebec race on the UCI World Tour calendar.
  Matthews, who claimed titles in 2018 and 2019, edged out Eritrea’s Biniam Girmay and France’s Rudy Molard in a thrilling sprint.
  
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• Garbage fire inside Hope hotel deemed ‘suspicious,’ say firefighters

  13-09-2024 22:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — No one was injured after firefighters battled a garbage fire at the Hope Hotel on Wallace Street Thursday night.
  Local firefighters said they arrived just after 9:30 p.m. and found a blaze inside an unused portion of the building.
  “Once on scene, firefighters discovered a rubbish fire that had extended into a hallway of the building,” the Hope Fire Department said in a social media post.
  “They quickly gained access and were able to knock down the fire in minutes, a
  
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• Driver fatigue thought to be reason behind deadly crash that killed three near Agassiz

  13-09-2024 22:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AGASSIZ — RCMP investigators believe driver fatigue played a role in a tragic accident that killed three family members along Lougheed Highway on July 9.
  According to an RCMP news release, investigators determined that a vehicle carrying two adults and an infant child crossed over the center line and traveled in the opposite direction for some time before colliding head-on with a tractor-trailer.
  Police say both drivers made last-second attempts to avoid the crash. While the exact cause is
  
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• Report finds ‘no evidence’ Hawaii officials prepared for wildfire that killed 102 despite warnings

  13-09-2024 22:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Investigators reviewing the emergency response to last year’s devastating wildfire on Maui said in a report released Friday they found “no evidence” Hawaii officials made preparations for it, despite days of warnings that critical fire weather was about to arrive.That lack of planning hindered efforts to evacuate the historic town of Lahaina before it burned in a conflagration that claimed 102 lives, the report said.
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• Report finds ‘no evidence’ Hawaii officials prepared for devastating wildfire despite warnings

  13-09-2024 21:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HONOLULU, Hawaii (AP) — Investigators reviewing the emergency response to last year’s devastating wildfire on Maui said in a report released Friday they found “no evidence” Hawaii officials made preparations for it, despite days of warnings that critical fire weather was about to arrive.That lack of planning hindered efforts to evacuate the historic town of Lahaina before it burned in a conflagration that claimed 102 lives, the report said.
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• Canada’s Sarah Mitton captures shot put gold at Diamond League in Brussels

  13-09-2024 21:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BRUSSELS — Canadian shot putter Sarah Mitton rebounded from a disappointing performance at the Paris Olympics by capturing Diamond League gold on Friday.
  Mitton, of Brooklyn, N.S., won the competition, the final Diamond League event of the season, with a heave of 20.25 metres on her third throw.
  Chase Jackson of the U.S. placed second with a throw of 19.90, while German’s Yemisi Ogunleye, the Olympic gold medallist, claimed bronze with a toss of 19.72.
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• B.C. accepts change for psychiatric care after alleged attack by mentally ill man

  13-09-2024 21:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A report into a triple stabbing at a festival in Vancouver’s Chinatown last year says the man accused of the crimes had been let out of a psychiatric care facility 99 times in the year prior without incident.
  The report, authored by former Abbotsford Police chief Bob Rich, says the suspect in the stabbing, Blair Donnelly, was on his 100th unescorted leave from the BC Forensic Psychiatric Hospital on Sept. 10, 2023, when he allegedly stabbed three festivalgoers at the Ligh
  
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• Trump refuses to criticize Laura Loomer amid concerns from Republican allies about her influence

  13-09-2024 20:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (AP) — Donald Trump refused on Friday to weigh in on recent racist and conspiratorial comments from right-wing provocateur Laura Loomer, who traveled with him earlier this week to the debate and several 9/11 memorial events.
  “Laura’s been a supporter of mine,” Trump told reporters at a press conference near Los Angeles, where he was pressed on concerns from Republican allies about his ongoing association with Loomer.
  “I don’t contro
  
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• Toronto FC looks to kick-start late-season playoff push by downing visiting Austin FC

  13-09-2024 20:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto FC welcomes Austin FC to BMO Field for the first time Saturday, in a battle of two teams on the MLS playoff bubble.
  “It’s an important game,” said Toronto captain Jonathan Osorio. “We know what’s at stake. We know we’re fighting (for position). But I think we’re embracing it.
  “When you look at the bigger picture, from where we’ve come from last year to now, to be in this position, I think this is a positive. We’d
  
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• Call for more Muslim professors: Quebec says anti-Islamophobia adviser must resign

  13-09-2024 20:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Quebec government says Canada’s special representative on combating Islamophobia must resign, after she sent a letter to college and university heads recommending the hiring of more Muslim, Arab and Palestinian professors.
  The existence of the letter, dated Aug. 30, was first reported by Le Journal de Québec, and a Canadian Heritage spokesperson says it was sent to institutions across the country.
  In her letter, Amira Elghawaby says that since the start of the w
  
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• Edmonton Oilers sign defenceman Travis Dermott to professional tryout

  13-09-2024 20:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers signed defenceman Travis Dermott to a professional tryout on Friday.
  Dermott, a 27-year-old from Newmarket, Ont., produced two goals, five assists and 26 penalty minutes in 50 games with the Arizona Coyotes last season.
  The six-foot, 202-pound blueliner has also played for the Vancouver Canucks and Toronto Maple Leafs.
  Toronto drafted him in the second round, 34th overall, of the 2015 NHL draft.
  Over seven NHL seasons, Dermott has 16 goals and 46 assists in 3
  
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• Cops for Cancer’s ‘Tour de Valley’ is on the road, set to make weekend stops across Fraser Valley

  13-09-2024 20:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A team of riders made up of police, paramedics and other emergency service personnel are now on the road in an effort to raise awareness and funds for cancer research.
  The 25th annual Cops for Cancer Tour de Valley hit the road Friday for eight days of cycling that will cover 800 kilometres of the Fraser Valley.
  With a fundraising goal set at $320,000, riders will travel through the valley from Tsawwassen to Langley, Aldergrove to Chilliwack and from Hope to Boston Bar.
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• US hits Russian state media with sanctions for raising money for Moscow’s troops in Ukraine

  13-09-2024 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) —The U.S. State Department announced new sanctions on Russian state media Friday, accusing a Kremlin news outlet of working hand-in-hand with the Russian military and running fundraising campaigns to pay for sniper rifles, body armor and other equipment for soldiers fighting in Ukraine.
  While the outlet, RT, has previously been sanctioned for its work to spread Kremlin propaganda and disinformation, the allegations announced Friday suggest its role goes far beyond influence
  
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• Tropical Storm Ileana heads toward Los Cabos resorts bringing heavy rains

  13-09-2024 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in Mexico’s resort-studded Los Cabos area warned tourists and residents alike to stay inside Friday as Tropical Storm Ileana began to pound the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula with rain.
  Ileana formed Thursday off the Pacific coast of Mexico and was lumbering north-northwest at 9 mph (15 kmh), according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. The forecast path would take it over or near the twin resorts of San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Luc
  
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• Pope Francis slams both US presidential candidates over what he calls anti-life policies

  13-09-2024 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis on Friday slammed both U.S. presidential candidates for what he called anti-life policies on abortion and migration, and advised American Catholics to choose the “lesser evil” in the upcoming U.S. elections.“Both are against life, be it the one who kicks out migrants or the one who (supports) killing babies,” Francis said. “Both are against life.”
  The Argentine Jesuit was asked to provide counsel to American Cat
  
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• CF Montreal looks to break slump against Charlotte with playoff hopes in the balance

  13-09-2024 19:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Laurent Courtois knows his team is struggling.
  With CF Montreal on a slide and their Major League Soccer season hanging in the balance, the head coach needs his players to keep their heads high.
  “Keep the course,” Courtois said. “Keep the course no matter what happens because we know what we are capable of doing.
  “Most of us are extremely convinced we can still make the playoffs. We have suffered a lot lately, but let’s not drag our feet — let
  
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• Get ready for Go By Bike Week events in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  13-09-2024 19:44 via news.google.com
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• Telesat Lightspeed: Canada, Quebec give billions of dollars for satellite production

  13-09-2024 19:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Canadian government has announced a loan of $2.14 billion to satellite operator Telesat, to help the company build its broadband satellite constellation.
  Quebec’s government, meanwhile, announced a loan of $400 million to the company, which has contracted aerospace technology firm MDA to build its satellites in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Que., in the Montreal area.
  Speaking to reporters today in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the Telesat Lightspeed
  
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• Cops for Cancer rolls through Fraser Valley with stops in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  13-09-2024 19:20 via news.google.com
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• Cops for Cancer rolls through Fraser Valley with stops in Chilliwack - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  13-09-2024 19:20 via news.google.com
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• Cops for Cancer rolls through Fraser Valley with stops in Chilliwack - Abbotsford News

  13-09-2024 19:20 via news.google.com
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• $100M renewal to bolster international emergency aid provided by Foodgrains Bank

  13-09-2024 19:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD – A Canadian-based organization seeking to end global hunger is getting a multi-million dollar boost from the Trudeau government to fund emergency food assistance programs.
  Ottawa will give $100 million over four years to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, which will turn the funding into international aid amid conflicts, natural disasters, and economic disruptions.
  Andy Harrington, executive director of the Foodgrains Bank, says humanitarian crises in Syria, South Sudan, Afghanistan
  
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• Ontario’s top court dismisses application for bail from Hedley’s Jacob Hoggard

  13-09-2024 18:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — A justice with Ontario’s Appeal Court has dismissed an application for bail from Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard as he tries to appeal his sexual assault conviction at the country’s top court.
  Justice Jill Copeland heard arguments at a bail hearing for Hoggard earlier this week, not long after the Hedley frontman began serving his five-year sentence.
  Hoggard, who was found guilty in June 2022 of sexual assault causing bodily harm against an Ottawa woman, filed an appl
  
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• $100 million renewal to bolster international emergency aid provided by Foodgrains Bank

  13-09-2024 18:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD – A Canadian-based organization seeking to end global hunger is getting a multi-million dollar boost from the Trudeau government to fund emergency food assistance programs.
  Ottawa will give $100 million over four years to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank which will turn the funding into international aid amid conflicts, natural disasters, and economic disruptions.
  Andy Harrington, executive director of the Foodgrains Bank, says humanitarian crises in Syria, South Sudan, Afghanistan,
  
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• Congo court sentences 3 Americans and 34 others to death on coup charges

  13-09-2024 18:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A military court in Congo on Friday convicted 37 people, including three Americans, on charges of taking part in a coup attempt and sentenced them to death.The defendants, who also included a Briton, Belgian, Canadian and several Congolese, can appeal the verdict on charges that included terrorism, murder and criminal association. Fourteen people were acquitted in the trial, which opened in June.
  Six people were killed during the botched coup attempt led by the littl
  
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• Ontario’s top court dismisses application for bail from Jacob Hoggard

  13-09-2024 18:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — A justice with Ontario’s Appeal Court has dismissed an application for bail from Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard as he tries to appeal his sexual assault conviction at the country’s top court.
  Justice Jill Copeland heard arguments at a bail hearing for Hoggard earlier this week, not long after the Hedley frontman began serving his five-year sentence.
  Hoggard, who was found guilty in June 2022 of sexual assault causing bodily harm against an Ottawa woman, filed an appl
  
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• Former world No. 1 Sharapova wins fan vote for International Tennis Hall of Fame

  13-09-2024 18:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Maria Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam singles champion, led the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s fan vote her first year on the ballot — an important part to possible selection to the hall’s next class.
  The organization released the voting results Friday. American doubles team Bob and Mike Bryan finished second with Canada’s Daniel Nestor third.
  The Hall of Fame said tens of thousands of fans from 120 countries cast ballots. Fan voting is o
  
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• IS militants kill 14 in a Shiite area of Afghanistan in one of the deadliest attacks this year

  13-09-2024 18:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Islamic State militants killed 14 people in a Shiite-majority area in central Afghanistan in one of the deadliest attacks in the country this year.The militant group claimed responsibility for the shooting, which took place on Thursday and targeted a group of minority Hazaras traveling between the provinces of Ghor and Daikundi. Six other people were wounded in the attack.
  The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the shootings before the Taliban authorities in Ka
  
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• NDP caving to Poilievre on carbon price, has no idea how to fight climate change: PM

  13-09-2024 18:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the NDP is caving to political pressure from Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre when it comes to their stance on the consumer carbon price.
  Trudeau says he believes Jagmeet Singh and the NDP care about the environment, but it’s “increasingly obvious” that they have “no idea” what to do about climate change.
  On Thursday, Singh said the NDP is working on a plan that wouldn’t put the burden of fighting climate c
  
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• Trudeau says Ukraine can strike deep into Russia with NATO arms, Putin hints at war

  13-09-2024 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ukraine should be allowed to strike deep inside Russia, regardless of Moscow threatening that this would draw Canada and its allies into direct war.
  Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that the NATO military alliance would draw itself into war if it allows Ukraine to use donated weapons to make long-range strikes inside Russia.
  His comments come five weeks after Ukrainian forces stormed the border and put parts of Russian territory under
  
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• Nebraska AG alleges thousands of invalid signatures on pot ballot petitions, with 1 man charged

  13-09-2024 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Nebraska’s Republican attorney general said Friday that supporters of two measures to legalize medical marijuana could have submitted at least “several thousand” invalid signatures to get them on the ballot, suggesting that the issue ultimately could keep the proposals from becoming law.
  Attorney General Mike Hilgers made the statement during a Zoom news conference in which he and a local prosecutor announced a felony charge against a petition circulator from Grand Island over
  
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• Ticats host Redblacks in important East Division contest for both teams

  13-09-2024 17:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — For Scott Milanovich and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, what’s understood need not be discussed.
  Hamilton (3-9) hosts Ottawa (8-3-1) on Saturday afternoon in an important East Division matchup for both teams. The Ticats enter weekend action six points behind third-place Toronto (6-6) while the Redblacks can clinch their first post-season berth since 2018 with a victory.
  And with Toronto visiting the B.C. Lions (7-6) on Friday night, Hamilton will have a clearer indication of its
  
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• Canadian men to play rugby test matches against Chile and Romania in November

  13-09-2024 17:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Canadian men’s rugby team is headed to Europe in November to play Chile and Romania in Bucharest.
  Canada, currently ranked 22nd in the world, will face No. 21 Chile on Nov. 9 and No. 20 Romania on Nov. 16.
  Coach Kingsley Jones and Canada are currently in Tokyo, where they take on No. 16 Tonga on Saturday for fifth place in the Pacific Nations Cup.
  The European trip will mark the sixth and seventh games the men have played this year. They opened with a pair of games in Ottawa in July &m
  
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• My Boy Prince to race against older horses in $1-million Woodbine Mile

  13-09-2024 17:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — He’s firmly among Canada’s top three-year-olds but My Boy Prince faces a stiff test Saturday at Woodbine Racetrack.
  The ’24 King’s Plate runner-up will be part of a global field in the $1-million Woodbine Mile turf event. Not only will it be My Boy Prince’s first race against older competition but among the seven other starters will be such horses as Naval Power (Great Britain), Big Rock (France) and Filo Di Arianna (Brazil).
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• Former receiver Green part of Canadian Football Hall of Fame’s 2024 class

  13-09-2024 17:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  For over a decade, S.J. Green was the enemy of Hamilton Tiger-Cats fans.
  He should receive a warmer reception Saturday when recognized as a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. Then again . . .“I’ll be honest, if I get a boo or two I won’t be surprised,” Green said with a chuckle. “It’s fun, I’m looking forward to everything that comes with this weekend.”
  Joining Green in the Class of 2024 are former players Chad Owens, Weston Dressler, Vi
  
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• Longtime Mexican drug cartel leader pleads not guilty to drug and murder charges in New York

  13-09-2024 17:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the powerful longtime leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel, pleaded not guilty Friday in New York on a 17-count indictment accusing him of narcotics trafficking and murder.
  Participating through a Spanish-language interpreter, Zambada didn’t speak, except to give brief answers to a judge’s standard questions about whether he understood various documents and procedures and how he was feeling — “fine, fine&
  
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• Whitehead becomes 1st CHL player to verbally commit to playing NCAA hockey

  13-09-2024 17:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Braxton Whitehead said Friday he has verbally committed to Arizona State, making him the first member of a Canadian Hockey League team to attempt to play the sport at the Division I U.S. college level since a lawsuit was filed challenging the NCAA’s longstanding ban on players it deems to be professionals.
  Whitehead posted on social media he plans to play for the Sun Devils beginning in the 2025-26 season.
  An Arizona State spokesperson said the school could not comment on verbal commitment
  
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• Driver charged with killing NHL’s Johnny Gaudreau and his brother had .087 blood-alcohol level

  13-09-2024 17:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew as they bicycled on a rural road had a blood-alcohol level of .087, above the .08 legal limit in New Jersey, a prosecutor said Friday.
  Gaudreau, 31, and brother Matthew, 29, were killed in Carneys Point, New Jersey, on Aug. 29, the evening before they were set to serve as groomsmen at their sister Katie’s wedding.
  The driver, 43-year-old Sean M. Higgins of nearby Woodstown, N
  
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• Canada to donate up to 200,000 vaccine doses to combat mpox outbreaks in Africa

  13-09-2024 16:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Canadian government says it will donate up to 200,000 vaccine doses to fight the mpox outbreak in Congo and other African countries.It says the donated doses of Imvamune will come from Canada’s existing supply and will not affect the country’s preparedness for mpox cases in this country.Minister of Health Mark Holland says the donation “will help to protect those in the most affected regions of Africa and will help prevent further spread of the virus.”
  Dr. Madhukar Pa
  
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• Nebraska ballot can include competing measures to expand or limit abortion rights, high court rules

  13-09-2024 16:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday that competing measures that would expand or limit abortion rights can appear on the November ballot.
  The high court’s ruling came days after it heard arguments in three lawsuits that sought to keep one or both of the state’s competing abortion initiatives off the November ballot.Organizers for the competing measures each turned in well over the 123,000 required valid signatures needed to get them on the ballot.
  One initiative would enshrine in
  
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• Feds rarely punish hospitals for turning away pregnant patients

  13-09-2024 16:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  As the pregnant woman’s contractions rolled in every two minutes, staff at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, dispatched an ambulance to send her elsewhere.
  Just two minutes later, she gave birth to a 6-pound baby girl in the cab of the ambulance down the road from the 900-bed hospital.
  The incident, government investigators concluded last year, was a violation of a federal law that requires emergency rooms to stabilize patients in medical distress befo
  
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• Trouw unveils state-of-the-art feed mill in Chilliwack - paNOW

  13-09-2024 14:44 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack Salvation Army volunteers give decades of service to community - Chilliwack Progress

  13-09-2024 14:40 via news.google.com
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• What's happening Chilliwack: List of events from Sept. 13 onward - Chilliwack Progress

  13-09-2024 14:35 via news.google.com
  What's happening Chilliwack: List of events from Sept. 13 onward  Chilliwack Progress
  
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