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• Vancouver Whitecaps meet Toronto FC in bid for Canadian Championship three-peat

  24-09-2024 23:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Ali Ahmed always finds an extra gear in these kind of games.
  Not only is the Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder preparing for the Canadian Championship final, but Wednesday’s match will also pit him against his hometown team, Toronto FC.
  “There is a little bit extra, for sure,” said the 23-year-old, who grew up in Toronto and once trialled with the TFC academy.“It’s the club that I grew up a huge, huge fan of. Now, it’s crazy to say that they&rsq
  
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• Supreme Court allows Missouri to proceed with the execution of death row inmate Marcellus Williams

  24-09-2024 23:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection Tuesday evening after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the state to proceed with its plan to execute him, rejecting a last-ditch request to intervene on his behalf.
  The justices rejected two separate appeals to spare Marcellus Williams’ life, over the objection of the three liberal justices a day after the Missouri Supreme Court and Republican Gov. Mike Parson declined to step in on Williams’ b
  
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• Forward Cole Perfetti looks to prove his worth after signing bridge deal with Jets

  24-09-2024 23:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Cole Perfetti is determined to make the bridge deal that he just signed with the Winnipeg Jets pay off with a more lucrative pact in the future.
  The promising forward signed a two-year, US$6.5 million agreement on Monday, and now looks to break through after injuries and inconsistent play hampered his first three NHL seasons.
  “You have two more years to prove yourself and go show what you can do on the ice,” Perfetti said after his first practice at the Hockey For Al
  
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• Unpaid hydro bills: Quebec says Indigenous protest ‘not a good solution’

  24-09-2024 23:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUEBEC CITY — Quebec’s minister responsible for relations with First Nations and Inuit says northern communities can’t opt out of paying their electricity bills.
  Ian Lafrenière was reacting to a Radio-Canada report that found that members of some Indigenous communities hadn’t paid their electricity for years, resulting in a $250-million bill the utility is reportedly unsure how to collect.
  The report said the 15 or so communities who are behind on payment are mostl
  
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• Harris, Thurman get top marks as Roughriders dominate CFL’s Week 16 honour roll

  24-09-2024 23:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Saskatchewan Roughriders dominated the honour roll for Week 16 of the CFL season with quarterback Trevor Harris, linebacker Jameer Thurman and the offensive line among those earning top marks.
  Harris led all offensive players with a player grade of 92.5 after completing 16 of 18 passes for 248 yards and a touchdown and running in another TD in Saskatchewan’s 37-29 win at Calgary on Friday.
  Thurman topped defenders with a score of 70.7 for his performance, which included
  
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• ‘Colonialist mentality:’ Indigenous groups challenge Quebec over new history museum

  24-09-2024 23:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUEBEC CITY — Several Indigenous groups are calling on the Quebec government to distance itself from the “colonialist mentality” as it designs a new $92-million history museum project in the provincial capital.
  The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador, the First Nations Education Council and an Innu cultural centre — Institut Tshakapesh — made their feelings known about the project in a brief submitted about a government bill to create the museum.
  They asked th
  
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• Canada’s Clement defends world para-cycling title in T1 men’s individual time trial

  24-09-2024 23:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ZURICH — Canadian para-cyclist Nathan Clement defended his world title in the T1 men’s individual time Tuesday at the 2024 road cycling and para-cycling world championships.
  The 29-year-old from West Vancouver, B.C., completed the 11.3-kilometre course in 18 minutes 48.16 seconds, just over 85 seconds quicker than silver medallist Giorgio Farroni of Italy.
  Aziz Atakhodjaev of Uzbekistan was third in 20:30.71.
  Clement won silver in the discipline at the Paralympic Games in Paris earli
  
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• Wide receiver Luc Rodriguez powers Valley Huskers past Langley with punt return TD and touchdown throw

  24-09-2024 23:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Fresh off a 53-36 road victory over Kamloops, the Valley Huskers had a golden opportunity to make it three wins in a row in front of their home fans Saturday night.
  Wide receiver and special teams ace Luc Rodriguez carried the torch for the Huskers, electrifying the Exhibition Field crowd with a 92-yard punt return for a touchdown and a 68-yard touchdown pass on his only throwing attempt, as the Huskers cruised to a dominant 33-5 win over the Langley Rams in a hard-hitting Can
  
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• Matthews leaves Leafs practice early, coach Berube says it’s an ‘upper body thing’

  24-09-2024 22:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Toronto captain Auston Matthews left the Maple Leafs practice early on Tuesday with an upper-body injury.
  Toronto coach Craig Berube said he didn’t expect the issue with the Leafs’ new captain to be serious, calling it an “upper body thing.”
  The Maple Leafs were practising in Ottawa in advance of their pre-season game Tuesday night against the Senators.
  Matthews had a goal on Sunday as the Leafs opened their pre-season schedule with a 6-5 overtime loss to t
  
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• Everyone welcome at free Orange Shirt Day Powwow in Chilliwack - Hope Standard

  24-09-2024 22:21 via news.google.com
  Everyone welcome at free Orange Shirt Day Powwow in Chilliwack  Hope Standard
  
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• Liberals launch pandemic preparedness agency, seeking faster vaccine development

  24-09-2024 22:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are creating a new agency to beef up Canada’s ability to handle rapidly spreading infectious diseases and protect from future pandemics.
  Health Emergency Readiness Canada is tasked with boosting Canada’s life-sciences sector and ensuring Canadians get faster access to vaccines, medical therapies and diagnostics by accelerating the transition from research to commercialization.
  It will co-ordinate efforts between Canadian industry and academic resea
  
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• Canada’s Corey Conners eager for second chance at Presidents Cup

  24-09-2024 22:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  L’ÎLE-BIZARD—SAINTE-GENEVIÈVE — A combination of intangibles and data-driven analysis has Corey Conners thinking the International team is due at this year’s Presidents Cup.
  Conners, from Listowel, Ont., is one of three Canadians donning the black and gold of the International team for this week’s Presidents Cup at Royal Montreal Golf Club. The United States has historically dominated the best-on-best tournament that sees 12 Americans face 12 players fr
  
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• Skip Koe drops second Gauthier on eve of PointsBet Invitational curling tournament

  24-09-2024 21:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Skip Kevin Koe has dropped second Jacques Gauthier from his team one day before the start of the PointsBet Invitational curling competition.
  Koe, whose team curls out of Calgary’s Glencoe Club, announced the move on Tuesday.
  Winnipeg’s Gauthier, 25, joined Koe’s rink for the 2023-24 season after three seasons as skip of his own team.
  The team won two events and made five finals with Gauthier on the squad. Koe’s rink is coming off a 2-3 showing at last week
  
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• Quebec premier under pressure over $7-billion Northvolt battery plant

  24-09-2024 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The heat is rising for Quebec Premier François Legault as opposition parties demand answers about his government’s investment in the planned Northvolt battery factory near Montreal.Opposition leaders at the Quebec legislature on Tuesday called on the government to be more transparent about its agreement with the Swedish manufacturer for the $7-billion project.The demands come following news that Northvolt is laying off 1,600 employees in Sweden, totalling one-fifth
  
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• Canada, U.S. to negotiate Beaufort Sea boundary dispute

  24-09-2024 20:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada and the United States say they have created a task force to negotiate a boundary dispute in the Arctic.The two countries have a long-standing dispute over a section of the Beaufort Sea, disagreeing over a treaty dating from 1825.
  The countries say in a statement the task force will work on resolving overlapping claims over the area, which is north of Alaska, Yukon and the Northwest Territories.
  Late last year, the U.S filed a continental shelf claim with a United Nations ag
  
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• Three-acre parcel along busy Chilliwack road hits the market with eight-figure asking price

  24-09-2024 20:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A prime piece of real estate along a busy Chilliwack road on which residential development will likely occur has hit the market with an asking price of over $10 million.
  According to the text of a real estate posting from well-known Chilliwack realtor Sarah Toop, the last remaining parcel of Webster Crossing at 44490 Keith Wilson Road has been listed with an asking price of $10,250,000.
  The 3.25-acre parcel is zoned CD-16 (Comprehensive Development) with principal uses compris
  
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• Three-acre parcel along busy Chilliwack road hits the market with eight-figure asking price - Fraser Valley Today

  24-09-2024 20:12 via news.google.com
  Three-acre parcel along busy Chilliwack road hits the market with eight-figure asking price  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Sri Lanka’s new president calls parliamentary elections to consolidate his mandate

  24-09-2024 20:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake dissolved Parliament late Tuesday and called for parliamentary elections in less than three weeks in an effort to consolidate power after his weekend election victory.
  A government notification said that Parliament was dissolved effective midnight Tuesday, and that parliamentary elections were set for Nov. 14. The move was expected, as Dissanayake had vowed to do so during his election campaign.
  Dissanayake&
  
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• Source of fish kill in Chilliwack sought by First Nations stewards - Chilliwack Progress

  24-09-2024 20:10 via news.google.com
  Source of fish kill in Chilliwack sought by First Nations stewards  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• US to send $375 million in military aid to Ukraine, including medium-range cluster bombs

  24-09-2024 19:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will send Ukraine an undisclosed number of medium-range cluster bombs and an array of rockets, artillery and armored vehicles in a military aid package totaling about $375 million, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
  Officials expect an announcement on Wednesday, as global leaders meet at the U.N. General Assembly, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy uses his appearance there to shore up support and persuade the U.S. to allow his troops to use long-range weapon
  
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• Egypt to restore e-visa for Canadian tourists after imposing costly process: Joly

  24-09-2024 19:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada says Egypt will soon stop requiring cumbersome visas for Canadian tourists nearly a year after Cairo imposed the measure on Canadian passport holders.
  Last October, Egypt suspended Canadians’ ability to get a visa online or upon arriving in Egypt, which cost roughly $35 for a single person.
  Since then Canadians have been paying $150 and mailing in an application form, passport and itinerary to get a visa.
  Egyptian officials told media that it imposed the more arduous
  
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• Vote-by-mail option available to voters in Chilliwack and beyond - Chilliwack Progress

  24-09-2024 19:35 via news.google.com
  Vote-by-mail option available to voters in Chilliwack and beyond  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• LETTER: Chilliwack Foundation's support of local theatre appreciated - Chilliwack Progress

  24-09-2024 19:27 via news.google.com
  LETTER: Chilliwack Foundation's support of local theatre appreciated  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Fire at Chilliwack home temporarily displaces residents - Fraser Valley Today

  24-09-2024 19:26 via news.google.com
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• Fire at Chilliwack home temporarily displaces residents

  24-09-2024 19:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A fire at a Portage Avenue home in Chilliwack early Tuesday morning (Sept. 24) has temporarily displaced the occupants of the home and caused smoke damage to the residence.According to a statement from Assistant Fire Chief Chris Wilson, Chilliwack firefighters were paged at just after 2:30 a.m. for the report of a fire. Engines 1, 1-2 and 4 were dispatched.Fraser Valley Today was tipped off to the early morning fire by Chilliwack resident Julie Hiscock, who monitors overnight
  
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• Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre says he has Parkinson’s disease

  24-09-2024 19:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, he told a congressional committee Tuesday.
  Favre made the disclosure as part of his testimony about a welfare misspending scandal in Mississippi. Favre, who does not face criminal charges, has repaid just over $1 million in speaking fees funded by a welfare program in the state and was also an investor in a biotech company with ties to the case. The biotech firm has said it was developi
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP stationed outside Sardis mobile home, will remain there most of Tuesday - Fraser Valley Today

  24-09-2024 18:54 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack RCMP stationed outside Sardis mobile home, will remain there most of Tuesday  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP stationed outside Sardis mobile home, will remain there most of Tuesday

  24-09-2024 18:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Multiple Chilliwack RCMP vehicles are stationed outside a mobile home on Monte Vista Drive in Sardis Tuesday morning as police execute a search warrant.At least four RCMP vehicles and what appears to be a forensic or investigative truck are currently on scene at 44565 Monte Vista Drive, Mountainview Mobile Home Park, a 29-unit mobile home complex.Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener told Fraser Valley Today in an email Tuesday morning that police cannot discuss
  
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• Reports: Former star Vince Carter to become first Raptor to have number retired

  24-09-2024 18:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Former Toronto Raptors star Vince Carter will have his No. 15 retired by the NBA team this season, according to multiple media reports.
  The 47-year-old Hall of Famer is expected to have his jersey retired in Toronto on Nov. 2 and will become the first Raptor to receive the honour.
  Carter was the Raptors’ first superstar and is credited for raising the profile of the team and igniting enthusiasm for basketball across Canada.
  But the decision to retire his jersey is polarizin
  
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• Health Canada approves Pfizer’s updated COVID-19 vaccine, manufacturer says

  24-09-2024 18:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Pfizer Canada says Health Canada has approved its updated COVID-19 vaccine that protects against one of the most recently circulating variants of the virus.The Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine, called Comirnaty, targets the KP.2 subvariant of Omicron, replacing the previous version which targeted the XBB.1.5 Omicron subvariant.
  Health Canada recently asked provinces and territories to get rid of their older COVID-19 vaccines to ensure the most current vaccine will be used during this fall’s re
  
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• New Indian restaurant set to open this week in Chilliwack - Fraser Valley Today

  24-09-2024 17:56 via news.google.com
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• New Indian restaurant set to open this week in Chilliwack

  24-09-2024 17:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — An Indian restaurant chain with four locations across British Columbia has announced the opening of its Chilliwack location in the former site of Paliotti’s Italian Restaurant & Bar.
  Dosa Club Indian Kitchen & Bar, an establishment selling appies, street treats, and goat, lamb and chicken entrees among its extensive menu, will officially open Wednesday, Sept. 25 for take-out. It plans to open its restaurant soon for in-person dining at 45850 Yale Road, near disco
  
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• FBI: Son of suspect in Trump assassination attempt arrested on child sexual abuse images charges

  24-09-2024 17:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The son of the man suspected in the assassination attempt in Florida of former President Donald Trump has been arrested on federal charges of possessing child sexual abuse images.Oran Routh was arrested this week after authorities searched his Greensboro, North Carolina, home “in connection with an investigation unrelated to child exploitation,” an FBI official said in court papers.Investigators seized multiple electronic devices and found hundreds of files de
  
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• Guilbeault calls out Poilievre over 2023 fundraiser with oil and gas executives

  24-09-2024 17:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is calling out Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre for holding a fundraising last year in Banff, Alta., with oil and gas sector executives.An Elections Canada filing shared by the Liberals shows that a number of executives, including the head of a major oil and gas company, attended a Conservative fundraiser advertised as “An Evening with Pierre Poilievre” on April 11, 2023.Records show Cenovus CEO Alexander Pourbaix donated $1,6
  
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• Opening arguments expected in Jacob Hoggard’s sexual assault trial

  24-09-2024 17:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAILEYBURY, Ont. — Opening arguments are expected to get underway today in the sexual assault trial of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard.
  Hoggard is facing a sexual assault charge for an incident alleged to have happened on June 25, 2016, in Kirkland Lake, Ont.The former Hedley frontman pleaded not guilty to that charge on Monday.His trial is taking place in nearby Haileybury, a community within Temiskaming Shores in the northeastern part of the province.
  Hoggard had elected in December 2022
  
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• Jays move Varsho to 60-day injured list after shoulder surgery; Martinez reinstated

  24-09-2024 17:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Star outfielder Daulton Varsho has been transferred to the Toronto Blue Jays’ 60-day injured list.
  Varsho had surgery on his right shoulder Monday. He bats left but throws right handed.
  He is hitting .214 this season with 18 home runs, 58 runs batted in, and a .293 on-base percentage.Varsho’s best known for his defence, with just two errors over 1,085 1/3 innings played at all three outfield positions this season.
  Infielder prospect Orelvis Martinez has been reinstate
  
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• Carruthers chases three-peat in third edition of curling’s PointsBet Invitational

  24-09-2024 17:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Reid Carruthers seeks a three-peat in curling’s quirky PointsBet Invitational that’s become an unofficial season kickoff because of money, field and visibility.
  The five-day televised tournament starting Wednesday at Calgary’s WinSport Arena features the top 10 men’s and women’s teams in Canada among the 32 entries. The men’s and women’s victors Sunday each earn a total of $50,000 in prize money.
  Winnipeg’s Carruthers was the men&rs
  
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• Tropical Storm Helene forms in Caribbean and is expected to become a hurricane and move toward US

  24-09-2024 17:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MIAMI (AP) —Tropical Storm Helene formed Tuesday in the Caribbean Sea and will strengthen into a major hurricane while moving north toward the U.S., forecasters said.
  Hurricane watches have been issued for parts of Cuba, Mexico and a stretch of the Florida coastline, including Tampa Bay, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. A tropical storm warning has been issued for parts of the Florida Keys.
  The storm was located 170 miles (275 kilometers) southeast of the western tip of Cuba and ha
  
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• Kirkland Douglas of Chilliwack on-screen in The Traitors Canada - Chilliwack Progress

  24-09-2024 17:12 via news.google.com
  Kirkland Douglas of Chilliwack on-screen in The Traitors Canada  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Lockdown notice lifted as firefighters control battery fire at Port of Montreal

  24-09-2024 17:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The City of Montreal issued a lockdown notice for some residents of an east-end borough on Monday night due to a battery fire at the city’s port that has since been brought under control.
  Officials lifted the shelter-in-place advisory around 10:30 p.m., and the city indicated that tests had found nothing toxic in the smoke that had billowed from the port.Firefighters continued to work through the night until they reached the fire, located in a container filled with batteri
  
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• Biden in farewell U.N. address says says peace still possible in conflicts in Mideast and Ukraine

  24-09-2024 16:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden declared the U.S. must not retreat from the world, as he delivered his final address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday as Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon edged toward all-out war and Israel’s bloody operation against Hamas in Gaza neared the one-year mark.
  Biden used his wide-ranging address to speak to a need to end the Middle East conflict and the 17-month-old civil war in Sudan and to highlight U.S. and Western allies’ supp
  
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• Picket lines go up as strike begins at six grain terminals in Metro Vancouver

  24-09-2024 16:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Picket lines have gone up at six grain terminals in Metro Vancouver as workers began a strike.
  More than 600 workers represented by Grain Workers Union Local 333 are off the job.
  Union president Douglas Lea-Smith says the employer need to come back to the bargaining table to negotiate a deal.
  The union says it provided the employer with a “comprehensive package” last Thursday and the next day, the association indicated it had no counter offer.
  A statement issued by
  
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• US Navy replenishment ship operating in Mideast was damaged in an incident, officials say

  24-09-2024 15:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A U.S. Navy replenishment ship operating in the Middle East sustained damage in an incident which is under investigation, officials said Tuesday.The damage to the USNS Big Horn comes after the oiler has supplied the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group and remains in the region amid heightened tensions over the Israel-Hamas war and Israel’s ongoing strikes targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon.A U.S. Navy official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss
  
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• Scientists use DNA to identify bones, find descendants of Franklin expedition sailor

  24-09-2024 15:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Human remains resting in a remote Arctic cairn, visible emblems of one of the North’s most enduring mysteries, finally have a name.
  Scientists have managed to identify bones belonging to a member of the Franklin expedition, a 19th-century voyage of exploration and discovery that ended in disaster, starvation and death. James Fitzjames — only the second member of the expedition’s crew to be identified by DNA — captained one of the expedition’s two ships and served as
  
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• Q&A: Chilliwack's mayor says council can't dictate local development - Fraser Valley Current

  24-09-2024 14:46 via news.google.com
  Q&A: Chilliwack's mayor says council can't dictate local development  Fraser Valley Current
  
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• Rasmus Dahlin’s evolution as Sabres leader grows with defenseman hosting summer camp in Switzerland

  24-09-2024 14:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Rasmus Dahlin was so determined to not spend another lengthy offseason working out alone in his native Sweden that the Buffalo defenseman invited his teammates to attend an informal weeklong minicamp and bonding session near the Swiss Alps in July.
  “Usually, I never see anyone during the summer,” Dahlin recalled “So it was good to meet my teammates when it’s no pressure, no games involved. Just hang out.”
  They skated and ate together. Boat
  
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• On-ice wedding among this season's highlights for Chilliwack Chiefs fans - Chilliwack Progress

  24-09-2024 14:30 via news.google.com
  On-ice wedding among this season's highlights for Chilliwack Chiefs fans  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Trudeau tells Stephen Colbert there’s frustration in Canada, but he’ll keep fighting

  24-09-2024 14:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Justin Trudeau’s interview on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” began with the expected jokes about bacon and Canadians saying sorry a lot, but the prime minister acknowledged it’s “a really tough time” in the country when the host asked about an expected confidence vote in Parliament this week.
  “People are hurting. People are having trouble paying for groceries, paying for rent, filling up the tank,” Trudeau said during the CBS
  
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• HandyDART workers in Metro Vancouver voted to ratify new deal with TransDev

  24-09-2024 14:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The union representing HandyDART workers in Metro Vancouver has voted to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement with TransDev.
  Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1724 voted Monday to ratify the deal, which it says includes increased wages for workers.
  About 600 HandyDART employees started strike action in early September, pausing service except for essential medical trips.
  ATU Local 1724 President Joe McCann says the strike showed the power of the union, and ratifying the co
  
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• Israel and Hezbollah renew fire after the deadliest day in Lebanon since 2006

  24-09-2024 11:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Israel and Hezbollah traded strikes again Tuesday, a day after a massive Israeli bombardment killed nearly 500 people, sent thousands fleeing from southern Lebanon and put the two sides on the brink of all-out war.
  Displaced families slept in shelters hastily set up in schools in Beirut and the coastal city of Sidon. With hotels quickly booked to capacity or rooms priced beyond the means of many families, those who did not find shelter slept in their cars, in parks or along t
  
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