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• Chilliwack man gets $60K in damages for police-dog bites - Chilliwack Progress

  03-10-2024 23:52 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack man gets $60K in damages for police-dog bites  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack man gets $60K in damages for police-dog bites - Abbotsford News

  03-10-2024 23:52 via news.google.com
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• Five arrested, released on ‘strict conditions’ after B.C. youth assault: RCMP

  03-10-2024 23:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KELOWNA, B.C. — Police say they have now arrested and subsequently released all five primary aggressors in a violent youth swarming captured on video in Kelowna, B.C.
  The Mounties say the attackers were among about 30 youth who were at Gyro Beach on Okanagan Lake during the attack on a girl, who sustained injuries.
  It comes a day after police said three of the five attackers had been arrested.
  RCMP say officers will monitor the arrested youth “to ensure they are complying with these
  
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• Hurricane Kirk strengthens into a Category 4 storm in the Atlantic

  03-10-2024 22:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Kirk strengthened Thursday into a Category 4 storm in the Atlantic Ocean and waves caused by it could cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions this weekend, forecasters said.
  Swells generated by Kirk were expected to reach portions of the Leeward Islands on Friday, Bermuda and the Greater Antilles on Saturday, and the U.S. East Coast and the Bahamas on Sunday, the Miami-based U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
  Kirk was expected to remain away from lan
  
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• Toronto Raptors starters Quickley and Poeltl working on pick-and-roll chemistry

  03-10-2024 22:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  It may seem like it, but 432 minutes isn’t that much time.That’s how much playing time Toronto Raptors starting point guard Immanuel Quickley and centre Jakob Poeltl got to play together last season.
  In a disappointing campaign where Toronto’s roster underwent a significant overhaul, Quickley and Poeltl had just the 25th most of minutes all possible Raptors pairings last season.
  They’ve been working on making up for that this past summer.
  “He’s a very smart ba
  
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• 30 tonnes of chemicals seized in B.C. destined for drug production: RCMP

  03-10-2024 22:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ENDERBY, B.C. — Mounties in British Columbia say they’ve seized more than 30 tonnes of chemicals that investigators believe were to be used in the production of methamphetamine.A statement says the Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement and Response Team executed a search warrant on a rural property in Enderby, B.C., in the North Okanagan region, on Sept. 11, and found a Bobcat loader that was reported stolen in Kelowna in 2021, as well as the chemicals.
  The statement says that the amoun
  
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• Woman arrested after 34-year-old man stabbed to death in Vancouver

  03-10-2024 22:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver say they’re investigating a homicide after a man was stabbed at a residential building in the city’s Eastside.A statement from investigators says officers responded shortly after midnight Thursday.They say 34-year-old Brian Clayton died before being taken to hospital.
  Police say a 27-year-old woman was arrested and is in custody but they did not release information about any charges she may be facing.
  The statement says police believe the suspect
  
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• Industry minister echoes Shopify calls to boost ambition in Canada

  03-10-2024 22:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Canada’s industry minister has thrown his support behind a call from one of Shopify Inc.’s leaders for the country to get more ambitious.
  François-Philippe Champagne says the Canadian DNA has to change so that innovators in the country talk more about what they are doing.
  If people in the were more vocal about their work, Champagne reasoned Canada’s successes would only multiply because he says the country is already teeming with talent and known as an ar
  
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• Hamilton Tiger-Cats unbeaten since quarterback Mitchell began wearing overalls

  03-10-2024 22:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — Add fashion icon to veteran quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell’s long list of CFL accomplishments.
  Five weeks ago, the two-time league MVP wore overalls to a gathering with teammates as a lark, thinking they’d get a kick out of it. Mitchell’s fashion statement was such a big hit that he accepted a bet to don the attire before the team’s game against the Toronto Argonauts on Sept. 2.
  Mitchell did, the Ticats won 31-28 and haven’t lost since. He’s not
  
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• Canada’s roster for International Para Hockey Cup heavy with world champions

  03-10-2024 22:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ELMIRA, ONTARIO — Canada’s team for the International Para Hockey Cup is heavy on players coming off a world championship victory.
  The 18-player roster for the Oct. 7-13 tournament in Ostrava, Czechia features 14 players who won a world title for Canada last May in Calgary.
  Three goalies, five defencemen and 10 forwards were selected by head coach Russ Herrington, hockey operations manager Adam Janssen and assistant coaches Mike Fountain, Boris Rybalka and Greg Westlake for Canada&rs
  
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• Harrison Hot Springs village staff ask community to stop emailing them over resort labour dispute: Union

  03-10-2024 22:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HARRISON HOT SPRINGS — A campaigner with Unite Here Local 40 says the village manager of Harrison Hot Springs has asked community members to refrain from sending further emails pertaining to the ongoing labour dispute at Harrison Hot Springs Resort.
  According to a news release from Unite Here Local 40 representative Nate Holers, the request from Harrison Hot Springs Chief Administrative Officer Tyson Koch comes after nearly 100 residents and community allies took part in a letter campaign
  
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• Frank Stronach faces new sex assault charges involving three additional complainants

  03-10-2024 22:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Court documents show billionaire businessman Frank Stronach is facing more sexual assault charges involving three additional complainants whose allegations date back to the 1980s and 1990s.
  The latest charges bring the total number of accusers in his case to 13.The 92-year-old Stronach was first charged in early June with five sex-related offences involving three complainants, with more charges filed against him later that month as other complainants came forward.Court documents filed in a Bramp
  
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• Quebec bill aims to stop people from sharing intimate images without consent

  03-10-2024 22:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUEBEC CITY — Quebec’s justice minister says his new bill would give people a simple and fast way to stop intimate photos and videos of them from being shared without their consent.
  Simon Jolin-Barrette says the bill, introduced today, would allow people to complete a form online or at a courthouse and quickly obtain an order from a judge.
  He says a judge can issue an order to stop the sharing of the image or video, to have it destroyed, or to de-index a hyperlink to the image or vid
  
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• Canadian women’s hockey team job opportunity expands on world championship rosters

  03-10-2024 21:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Women afforded the same amount of job opportunity as men at world hockey championships creates a new dynamic on Canada’s team, although the same equality has yet to be extended to women for the 2026 Olympic Games.
  The International Ice Hockey Federation has expanded women’s rosters to 22 skaters and three goaltenders from 20 and three for both the women’s championship and under-18 women’s championship starting in 2025.
  Canada opens defence of its women&rsq
  
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• B.C. court rejects attempt to stop thousands of trees from being cut in Stanley Park

  03-10-2024 21:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The B.C. Supreme Court will not grant an injunction to stop tree removal in Vancouver’s Stanley Park after a group claimed the work was doing more harm than good.The court ruled this week that the challenge raised “novel” issues about whether park users were owed a duty of care by the city and park board, but it would be “unlikely” that a trial would establish such a duty.The case was filed by park users Michael and Katherine Caditz, Anita Hansen a
  
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• Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark a near-unanimous choice as WNBA’s Rookie of the Year

  03-10-2024 21:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Caitlin Clark has been named the WNBA Rookie of the Year in a near-unanimous vote, giving the Indiana Fever back-to-back winners after Aliyah Boston won the honor last season.
  A national panel of sportswriters and sportscasters gave Clark 66 of 67 votes in balloting released Thursday. Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese received the other.
  Clark, the No. 1 overall pick from Iowa, averaged 19.2 points and a league-best 8.4 assists per game while helping the WNBA set attendance r
  
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• Playoffs at stake as B.C. Lions host Calgary Stampeders in Wild West clash

  03-10-2024 21:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — Consistency has been hard to come by for the B.C. Lions this season.
  After starting the campaign with a 5-1 record, the Lions (7-8-0) have struggled through the middle of the season as their offence stalled and injuries plagued their defensive corps.
  “I just don’t think we’ve been consistent enough,” said head coach and co-general manager Rick Campbell. “I think we do some really good things at times, but we don’t seem to do it all togethe
  
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• Canada looks to bring Ireland back to earth after famous upset win over New Zealand

  03-10-2024 21:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Fresh from a comprehensive 46-24 victory over France to open the WXV women’s rugby tournament, Canada faces an Irish side riding high after upsetting reigning World Cup champion New Zealand 29-27.
  Both teams climbed the World Rugby rankings in the wake of their weekend wins in Vancouver, with the Canadian women leapfrogging New Zealand to take over second spot behind England while Ireland moved past Australia into sixth place.
  Canada and Ireland continue play Saturday in the top division o
  
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• Caitlin Clark, Indiana Fever guard, is near-unanimous choice as WNBA’s Rookie of the Year

  03-10-2024 21:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Caitlin Clark has been named WNBA Rookie of the Year in a near-unanimous vote, the league announced Thursday.
  A national panel of sportswriters and sportscasters gave the Indiana Fever guard 66 of 67 votes. Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese received the other.
  Clark, the No. 1 overall pick from Iowa, averaged 19.2 points and a league-best 8.4 assists per game while helping the WNBA set attendance records and garner mainstream attention. She struggled a bit early in the season
  
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• Firefighters respond to diesel spill at Chilliwack gas station - Chilliwack Progress

  03-10-2024 21:16 via news.google.com
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• City of Chilliwack staff aware of visual blight at Tyson Road residence, planning next steps

  03-10-2024 20:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A home on Tyson Road close to the Sardis Sports Complex where visual blight continues to ebb and flow over the span of several months has generated bylaw complaints to the City of Chilliwack.
  According to an email obtained and reviewed by Fraser Valley Today Thursday morning, city staff say they are “very aware” of the Tyson Road home and intend to pursue regulatory action against it.
  “We are very aware of this property and are taking enforcement action,&rdqu
  
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• VIDEO: 104-year-old thrill seeker paraglides for first time - Chilliwack Progress

  03-10-2024 20:45 via news.google.com
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• B.C. plane in fatal 2023 crash had unapproved modifications

  03-10-2024 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RICHMOND, B.C. — Canada’s aviation safety agency is warning ultralight aircraft owners to make sure modifications are manufacturer-approved after investigating a fatal crash last year in northeastern British Columbia.
  The Transportation Safety Board says the crash happened on June 25, 2023, when a two-seat Savannah aircraft crashed into Simpson Lake southwest of Chetwynd, B.C.
  The only person aboard, the pilot and owner of the ultralight, was killed in the crash.
  Investigators say an
  
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• Former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters sentenced to 9 years for voting data scheme

  03-10-2024 20:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A judge sentenced a former Colorado county clerk to nine years behind bars Thursday for leading a voting system data-breach scheme inspired by the rampant false claims that fraud altered the 2020 presidential outcome.
  Judge Matthew Barrett handed down the sentence after jurors found Tina Peters guilty in August for allowing a man to misuse a security card to access to the Mesa County election system and for being deceptive about that person’s identity.
  The man was affiliated with My Pillow
  
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• B.C. Conservatives pledge to expand Highway 1 to 6 lanes through Chilliwack - Fraser Valley Today

  03-10-2024 20:32 via news.google.com
  B.C. Conservatives pledge to expand Highway 1 to 6 lanes through Chilliwack  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• ‘The House will be seized,’ government business on pause over docs debate

  03-10-2024 20:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Government business has been put on indefinite pause in the House of Commons and the Conservatives say it will stay that way until the Liberals hand over documents related to misspent government dollars.
  Last week, Speaker Greg Fergus ruled that the government “clearly did not fully comply” with an order from the House to provide documents related to a now-defunct foundation responsible for doling out hundreds of millions of federal dollars for green technology project
  
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• B.C. Conservatives pledge to expand Highway 1 to 6 lanes through Chilliwack

  03-10-2024 20:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — B.C. Conservative Party Leader John Rustad has pledged to widen Highway 1 to six lanes through Chilliwack if elected.Rustad released elements of his transportation platform Thursday morning (Oct. 3), saying the governing B.C. New Democratic Party has failed to make what it calls “common sense investments in vital infrastructure despite population growth surges in British Columbia.”
  “The less time is spent simply getting around, the more time British Columbian
  
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• Quebec Nordiques fans turn up to see Kings, but still mourn lost hockey team

  03-10-2024 20:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUÉBEC — NHL hockey is back in Quebec City this week, but the Los Angeles Kings aren’t the team that fans of the long-departed Quebec Nordiques have longed to see.
  In his Quebec City basement, surrounded by Nordiques memorabilia, Yan Marcil says the departure of the city’s former NHL team to Colorado in 1995 has left a “scar” whose pain has faded over time.“I was 16,” he said, “and I still cried.” For the next five years, he refused to
  
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• Yet another B.C. motorcyclist has died in a fatal crash: RCMP

  03-10-2024 19:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WEST KELOWNA — Mounties in West Kelowna have closed Highway 97 northbound Thursday morning after a crash involving a large truck and a motorcycle has resulted in one fatality.
  According to a statement from Ryan Watters, communications advisor for the Kelowna Regional Detachment, Highway 97 northbound is closed due to a vehicle crash at Grizzly Road. Traffic is being re-routed onto alternate routes and RCMP are asking motorists to avoid the area if possible.BC Emergency Health Services para
  
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• Saskatchewan Party pledges rebate help for youth in sports, arts if re-elected

  03-10-2024 18:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — The Saskatchewan Party is promising more help for parents trying to keep their children in sports and the arts.
  With a provincial election set for Oct. 28, Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe is pledging to double the Active Families Benefit to $300 per child per year.
  The benefit for children with disabilities would also double to $400 a year.
  It would apply to sports, arts, cultural and recreational activities.
  The program is currently provided through a tax credit
  
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• Montreal police probe whether incendiary materials tied to Middle East conflict

  03-10-2024 18:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal police say they are investigating whether five people arrested Wednesday in possession of incendiary materials could have been planning something in connection to the war in the Middle East.
  Police spokesperson Manuel Couture says investigators are trying to determine whether nearby synagogues were intended targets.
  Police intercepted a vehicle containing unspecified incendiary materials shortly before 2 a.m. in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-G
  
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• One in custody after reported assault Wednesday night in Chilliwack: RCMP - Fraser Valley Today

  03-10-2024 18:28 via news.google.com
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• One in custody after reported assault Wednesday night in Chilliwack: RCMP

  03-10-2024 18:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson says one suspect has been held in custody pending further investigation after police received a report of an assault Wednesday night in Chilliwack.While police did not acknowledge the exact location of the incident, a Chilliwack resident told Fraser Valley Today the alleged assault occurred in Fairfield Island outside a home where nearby residents reported hearing gunshots in September 2024.According to an emailed statement Thursday morning from
  
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• Human connections bring hope in North Carolina after devastation of Helene

  03-10-2024 18:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. (AP) — Sarah Vekasi is a potter who runs a store in Black Mountain, North Carolina, called Sarah Sunshine Pottery, named after her normally bubbly personality. But these days she’s struggling with the trauma of Hurricane Helene and uncertainty about the future of her business.
  “All I can say is that I’m alive. I’m not doing great. I’m not doing good. But I’m extremely grateful to be alive, especially when so many are not,” Veka
  
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• Interior Health document points to dozens of ER closures in Merritt before end of 2024

  03-10-2024 17:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MERRITT — The community of Merritt could be headed toward a healthcare crisis over the next three months, with potentially 30, 24-hour emergency room closures being forecast for the Nicola Valley Hospital.
  “You don’t want to be the boy that cries wolf, but when you have this source that has been very spot-on for almost 18 months, and I get something like this, I have to say something,” said Merritt Mayor Mike Goetz. “And again, you don’t want to cause a big ke
  
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• Peter Nygard seeking bail as he appeals his sexual assault convictions in Toronto

  03-10-2024 17:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard has requested bail as he appeals his sexual assault convictions in Toronto and the prison sentence he received last month.
  The Ontario Court of Appeal says a motion to grant bail pending the appeal was heard Wednesday but the judge’s decision has yet to be released.The notice of appeal Nygard’s lawyers filed in court last month argues that the trial judge made several errors, including admitting the testimony of clinical psychologist
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Manitoba man acquitted 50 years after murder conviction

  03-10-2024 17:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — A Manitoba man convicted of murder 50 years ago has been acquitted.
  Clarence Woodhouse was found guilty in 1974 of fatally beating and stabbing a restaurant worker in downtown Winnipeg.
  His lawyers say a confession Woodhouse supposedly made was in fluent English, although he primarily spoke Saulteaux.
  The federal justice minister ordered a new trial earlier this year and today the Crown acknowledged the case was a miscarriage of justice.Chief Justice Glenn Joyal of the Manitoba
  
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• Jury mulling fate of 3 former Memphis officers charged in Tyre Nichols’ fatal beating

  03-10-2024 17:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The future of three former Memphis officers charged with violating Tyre Nichols’ civil rights in a beating that proved fatal is in the hands of a jury after a nearly monthlong federal trial.Jurors began their deliberations Thursday, a day after prosecutors and defense attorneys presented closing arguments in the trial of Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith. They were among five officers who were were fired from the Memphis Police Department after th
  
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• Supreme Court to hear Quebec’s challenge to daycare access for asylum seekers

  03-10-2024 16:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says it will hear a challenge from the Quebec government to a lower court ruling granting asylum seekers access to subsidized daycare spaces.
  In a decision released today, the Supreme Court says it will hear Quebec’s appeal of a February 2024 decision from the province’s highest court, which found that Quebec’s daycare rules are discriminatory.
  The Court of Appeal said asylum seekers who hold a valid work permit are entitled to registe
  
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• Hockey Canada to hold a second Beyond The Boards summit to examine culture

  03-10-2024 16:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Hockey Canada will hold a Beyond The Boards summit in Ottawa in November to analyze gender-based violence, homophobia, sexism and transphobia in the game.
  It’s Hockey Canada’s second summit after last year’s in Calgary, where toxic masculinity was under the microscope.
  Calls for culture change in hockey arose after allegations of sexual assault by five members of the Canadian junior men’s hockey team in 2018. Those allegations have not been proven in court
  
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• Former Brier champ Menard returns to elite men’s curling, PointsBet could be revamped

  03-10-2024 16:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Jean-Michel Menard is back on the Canadian men’s curling stage.
  The first francophone skip from Quebec to win a national men’s championship has returned this season playing third for Felix Asselin.
  Menard defeated Glenn Howard in the 2006 Brier final in Regina and went on to earn a silver medal at the world championship in Lowell, Mass.
  He’s played 119 games over 11 career Brier appearances, including 10 as a skip.Menard stepped back from men’s curling in
  
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• Prime Video’s NHL reality series to debut Friday: ‘There was no holding back’

  03-10-2024 15:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Connor McDavid stands in the middle of the locker room.The Edmonton Oilers captain’s voice rises as he emphatically calls on teammates to give more. His passionate, expletive-laden message — a side rarely, if ever, seen publicly from the superstar centre — reflects the level of urgency in his team’s Stanley Cup quest.Edmonton has just lost Game 2 of the final to fall behind the Florida Panthers 2-0 in the title series.
  “Not (expletive) good enough,” McDavid sa
  
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• Boat capsizes in eastern Congo lake, killing at least 50 people, witnesses say

  03-10-2024 14:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GOMA, Congo (AP) — A boat carrying scores of passengers capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo on Thursday, killing at least 50 people, witnesses told The Associated Press.It was not immediately clear exactly how many people were on board or how many perished but witnesses said they saw rescue services recover at least 50 bodies from the water. They said 10 people survived and were taken to the local hospital.
  The boat, overloaded with passengers, sank while trying to dock just meters (yar
  
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• Singer-songwriter Jane Siberry makes Chilliwack debut - Chilliwack Progress

  03-10-2024 14:35 via news.google.com
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• UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal to secure US base

  03-10-2024 14:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — The British government agreed Thursday to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal that secures the future of a strategically important U.K.-U.S. military base.
  British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the agreement secures the vital military base at Diego Garcia, the largest in the chain of islands off the tip of India, for the future. The base, which is home to around 2,500 p
  
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• New NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte visits Ukraine in his first trip since taking office

  03-10-2024 13:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — New NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte visited Ukraine on Thursday in his first official trip since taking office and pledging continued support for Kyiv.
  Rutte met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv as air raid sirens twice went off in the Ukrainian capital.
  The new head of NATO vowed on Tuesday to help shore up Western support for Ukraine, which has been fighting Russia’s full-scale invasion since February 2022.
  Rutte expressed confidence that
  
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• Israeli military says it killed a senior Hamas leader in a Gaza strike earlier this year

  03-10-2024 11:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Thursday that it killed a senior Hamas leader in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip around three months ago. It said that a strike on an underground compound in northern Gaza killed Rawhi Mushtaha and two other Hamas commanders.The Associated Press
  
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• ‘It will take time’: Wab Kinew reflects on first year as Manitoba premier

  03-10-2024 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew continues to enjoy a honeymoon with voters one year after his NDP government was elected, but there are challenges ahead in fulfilling promises to improve health care and balance the budget.
  One of the things Kinew says he has learned since the Oct. 3 vote last year is that changes can’t be made quickly.
  The province has seen hundreds of new health-care workers hired as part of Kinew’s election promise to “fix” health care. But
  
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• Taiwan hospital fire leaves at least 9 dead as typhoon batters island’s south

  03-10-2024 10:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A fire at a hospital in southern Taiwan killed at least nine people Thursday as the island was being battered by a typhoon.The fire occurred in Pingtung county, which has been hit hard by Typhoon Krathon, which made landfall in the afternoon with torrential rains and heavy winds and has brought parts of the island to a standstill.Those who died inhaled smoke from the fire, the source of which was still under investigation.Soldiers from a nearby base were mobilized to
  
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• In the news today: PM attends Francophonie summit, foreign interference probe resumes

  03-10-2024 10:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Trudeau headed to Francophonie summit in France
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is headed to France today to attend the Francophonie summit, where the shadow of a wider war in the Middle East will likely loom large over the meeting of French-speaking countries.The summit, which happens every two years, will be held Thursday and Friday in Villers-Cotterêts and Paris.France is taking over the preside
  
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