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• Injured Demko, Joshua not on Vancouver Canucks’ opening-night roster

  07-10-2024 23:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks placed all-star goalie Thatcher Demko and bruising winger Dakota Joshua on the season-opening injured non-roster list Monday.Demko announced ahead of training camp that he is working his way back from a muscle injury in his knee. Joshua had off-season surgery for testicular cancer.No dates have been set for either player’s return.The Canucks’ opening-day roster included 13 forwards, eight defencemen and two goalies.Vancouver also assigned forwa
  
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• Indigenous art from Abbotsford student chosen for Abbotsford PD police uniforms

  07-10-2024 22:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Liam Silver, a grade 12 student from W.J. Mouat Secondary in Abbotsford, has a lot to be proud of.
  In 2023, the Abbotsford Police Department says it launched a contest in which it asked local Indigenous youth from Abbotsford School District to design a shoulder flash, or patch, that would celebrate their heritage, family, and community values. The initiative aimed to reflect the attributes they wished to see in their police force.
  In a news release from AbbyPD Constable Art St
  
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• McGill agrees to drop legal challenge of law faculty union, ending strike

  07-10-2024 22:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — McGill University has agreed to drop a legal challenge of its law faculty’s right to unionize, bringing an official end to a strike during which law professors walked off the job for more than five weeks this fall.The university and the Association of McGill Professors of Law released a joint statement announcing “a new path forward” for negotiating working conditions for professors across McGill.The union has agreed to negotiate collective agreements jointly w
  
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• 'Moderate gain' in September home sales for Chilliwack and area - Hope Standard

  07-10-2024 22:25 via news.google.com
  'Moderate gain' in September home sales for Chilliwack and area  Hope Standard
  
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• 'Moderate gain' in September home sales for Chilliwack and area - Chilliwack Progress

  07-10-2024 22:25 via news.google.com
  'Moderate gain' in September home sales for Chilliwack and area  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• 'Moderate gain' in September home sales for Chilliwack and area - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  07-10-2024 22:25 via news.google.com
  'Moderate gain' in September home sales for Chilliwack and area  Agassiz Harrison Observer
  
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• Sardis Falcons drop close one to powerhouse Robert Bateman at Exhibition Field in Chilliwack

  07-10-2024 22:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — It wasn’t the outcome that Sardis Secondary wanted, but the Falcons still gave No. 2-ranked AA powerhouse Robert Bateman of Abbotsford a run for their money.
  Sardis junior receiver Alex Cayer had 12 catches for 100 yards, and Falcons senior quarterback Blake Mailhot completed 21 passes for 229 yards and a pair of touchdowns, as Sardis came up short in a 27-14 defeat at Exhibition Field in Chilliwack Friday.
  “It was an incredible football game. It was a very physica
  
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• Gradey Dick ready to earn starters role in sophomore season on Toronto Raptors

  07-10-2024 22:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Gradey Dick is willing to do whatever the Toronto Raptors need of him.
  Dick saw big minutes for a rookie last season as the Raptors were decimated by injuries through March and April. Entering his sophomore NBA campaign, Dick doesn’t intend to lobby head coach Darko Rajakovic or anyone else for a starting role — he wants to earn his spot.
  “I’m going to try my best to be in the position that the team needs,” said Dick before Raptors training camp began. “It&rsq
  
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• Kanesatake residents accused in illegal dumping case say they’ve done nothing wrong

  07-10-2024 21:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Some residents of a Mohawk community west of Montreal who are accused by the Quebec government of illegal dumping say they’ve done nothing wrong.Quebec government lawyers are in Superior Court today seeking a temporary injunction to stop the dumping of contaminated soil and other waste on 17 waterfront properties along the shores of the Lake of Two Mountains in Kanesatake.They have named 17 defendants, mostly Kanesatake residents, and two excavation companies that did work
  
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• Cyber breach at B.C. First Nations Health Authority exposed TB tests, insurance data

  07-10-2024 21:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The First Nations Health Authority in British Columbia says online hackers gained access to an array of personal information including medical test results and insurance claims during a cybersecurity breach last May.
  The health authority says it has concluded its investigation and “the impact of the cybersecurity incident is not the same for everyone.”
  But in general, it says hackers gained access to information such as first and last names, home addresses, email ad
  
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• Who will end the debate? Political gridlock continues in the House of Commons

  07-10-2024 21:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Federal political parties appear to be locked in a game of chicken over a debate that has stalled almost all business in the House of Commons.The Conservatives say the debate will continue until the Liberals hand over unredacted documents to the RCMP about government money misspent by a green-tech foundation.
  The debate has now stretched into its second full week.
  The Liberals could put forward a motion to end the debate, but Liberal House leader Karina Gould’s office says i
  
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• More Canadians leaving Lebanon Monday as Israeli attacks on Hezbollah continue

  07-10-2024 21:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The foreign affairs minister’s office says another plane is set to leave Lebanon today to evacuate Canadians from the country as conflict escalates between Israel and the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah.
  A plane with 291 seats was booked for today with 104 passengers confirmed, including Canadians, UN staff and foreign nationals.
  On Sunday, Global Affairs Canada said more than 1,000 people had been evacuated so far.The department has been urging Canadians to flee Leba
  
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• Tunisia’s President Saied wins second term after cracking down on the opposition

  07-10-2024 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s President Kais Saied won re-election in a landslide victory after a campaign season that saw his opponents jailed alongside journalists, activists and attorneys.
  The North African country’s Independent High Authority for Elections said Monday evening that Saied had won 90.7% of the vote — a reflection of how his supporters participated in Sunday’s race while the majority of his detractors chose to boycott.His closest challenger, busin
  
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• Judge gives preliminary approval to $2.78 billion settlement designed to pay college athletes

  07-10-2024 20:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A judge granted preliminary approval Monday to the $2.78 billion legal settlement that would transform college sports by allowing schools to pay players.
  U.S District Judge Claudia Wilken released an order setting a timeline for a deal that would put millions of dollars into the pockets of college athletes, who can begin making claims later this month.
  A final hearing is set for April 7, 2025. If finalized, the deal would allow the biggest schools to have a pool of about $21..5 million in the fi
  
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• Victor Lapena out as head coach of the Canadian women’s basketball team

  07-10-2024 20:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Victor Lapena is out as head coach of the Canadian women’s basketball team.
  Canada Basketball says the organization and Lapena mutually agreed to part ways.
  The move comes a few months after the Canadian team failed to record a win in three games at the Paris Olympics.
  Lapena led the team to a 17-10 record in FIBA competitions since being hired in January 2022.
  He guided Canada to a third-place finish at the FIBA Women’s AmeriCup last year and a fourth-place showing a
  
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• Georgia Supreme Court restores near-ban on abortions while state appeals

  07-10-2024 20:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday halted a ruling striking down the state’s near-ban on abortions while it considers the state’s appeal.
  The high court’s order came a week after a judge found that Georgia unconstitutionally prohibits abortions beyond about six weeks of pregnancy, often before women realize they’re pregnant. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled Sept. 30 that privacy rights under Georgia’s state constit
  
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• The latest: Canadians mark the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel

  07-10-2024 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Ceremonies, events and protests are being held across Canada to mark the anniversary of a brutal Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.
  The Oct. 7, 2023, attack killed about 1,200 people, while about 250 more were taken hostage. About a hundred of them have not returned. It triggered an Israeli counteroffensive in the Hamas-held Gaza Strip that the territory’s health ministry says has left more than 41,000 Palestinians dead. That war is raging on even as h
  
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• Van filled with gasoline canisters is set ablaze outside Vancouver City Hall

  07-10-2024 20:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver say a man has been arrested after setting fire to a van filled with containers of gasoline outside City Hall.They say in a post to social media that Vancouver Fire Rescue extinguished the blaze Sunday night and found about 100 litres of unburned gasoline in canisters inside the car.Fire department information officer Matthew Trudeau says several people reported the incident and firefighters were deployed around 5:15 p.m.
  He says six fire trucks were sent to
  
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• Fire Prevention Week in Chilliwack a time to check smoke detectors - Chilliwack Progress

  07-10-2024 20:09 via news.google.com
  Fire Prevention Week in Chilliwack a time to check smoke detectors  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• With police at school, Vancouver Jewish community marks Oct. 7 with sadness, unease

  07-10-2024 20:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Members of Vancouver’s Jewish community say they are meeting the anniversary of the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel that triggered their ongoing war with profound sadness and ongoing unease.
  Multiple police and at least one police dog were posted outside the Talmud Torah School on Oak Street as parents dropped off their children.
  Allie Saks, who has two children at Talmud Torah, broke down in tears as she described Oct. 7 as a “day of grieving” saying it’s h
  
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• LETTER: Lifted trucks can be filled with problems - Chilliwack Progress

  07-10-2024 19:50 via news.google.com
  LETTER: Lifted trucks can be filled with problems  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canada’s Fernandez rallies for three-set win over Russia’s Shnaider at Wuhan Open

  07-10-2024 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada’s Leylah Fernandez rallied to beat 12th-seeded Diana Shnaider 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-3 on Monday at the Wuhan Open.
  Fernandez, from Laval, Que., won 79 per cent of points on first serve while her Russian opponent was held to just 60 per cent. The Canadian also had a 7-2 edge in aces in the first-round match.No. 12-ranked Beatriz Haddad-Maia beat Madison Keys of the U.S. 7-6 (7), 6-2. The Brazilian, the Seoul Open winner last month for her fourth career title, converted five of her eight br
  
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• Nuremberg and Nazi comparisons to COVID-19 measures ‘unacceptable’: Rustad

  07-10-2024 19:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s Conservative leader says comparing the Nuremberg trials or Nazi Germany to public health measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic is unacceptable and “deeply disrespectful to the memory of those who suffered” in the Holocaust.
  That’s after video surfaced of Rustad saying his party would “certainly be participating with other jurisdictions” after being asked at an online meeting in July about where he stood on “Nuremb
  
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• Chilliwack home sales continue to rise year-over-year as single-family home prices actually drop - Fraser Valley Today

  07-10-2024 19:32 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack home sales continue to rise year-over-year as single-family home prices actually drop  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Chilliwack home sales continue to rise year-over-year as single-family home prices actually drop

  07-10-2024 19:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — While home sales throughout the Fraser Valley may have seen a modest dip during September, the Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board says home sales in the greater Chilliwack area continue to increase year over year.According to a news release Monday (Oct. 7) from CADREB, there were 216 home sales recorded in September 2024, a gain of 8.5 per cent from a year ago.On a year-to-date basis, home sales totaled 2,178 units over the first nine months of the year. This increased
  
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• Totem pole that has stood near the Manitoba legislature for 53 years is removed

  07-10-2024 19:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — A totem pole that has stood on the grounds of the Manitoba legislature for more than 50 years has come down.
  The five-metre-high pole was unveiled in 1971 to mark the 100th anniversary of British Columbia’s entry into Confederation.
  It was made by Henry Hunt, a First Nations carver from coastal B.C., and depicts a legend of Indigenous people from the West Coast.
  The Manitoba government says the pole deteriorated over time and has been removed from its base.
  In keeping with
  
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• Calgary Flames forward Yegor Sharangovich injured to start season

  07-10-2024 19:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The Calgary Flames placed Yegor Sharangovich on injured reserve Monday with a lower-body injury.
  The 26-year-old winger tangled along the boards with Winnipeg Jets centre Vladislav Namestnikov and went down in Friday’s pre-season finale for both clubs.
  Sharangovich led the Flames in goals last season with 31 and played all 82 regular-season games. The Flames said his status is week-to-week.
  Calgary opens its regular season on the road Wednesday against the Vancouver Canucks
  
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• Volunteers set to clean up homeless camps in Hope this week, with RCMP in attendance

  07-10-2024 18:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — The Chilliwack River Valley isn’t the only area in the Fraser Valley where unlawful homeless camps have been established at the detriment of the environment.But thanks to dedicated residents who are tired of seeing the mess, volunteers are set to clean up multiple homeless encampments stationed along Silver Skagit Road south of Hope this week.According to a social media post from Hope resident Dusty Smith, a multi-day cleanup of the homeless encampments along Skagit Road is sc
  
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• Bernardeschi, Gauld and Martinez among nominees for Landon Donovan MLS MVP award

  07-10-2024 18:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Toronto FC’s Federico Bernardeschi, Vancouver’s Ryan Gauld and CF Montreal’s Josef Martinez are among the nominees for the Landon Donovan MLS MVP award.
  The list of 34 nominees also includes Whitecaps forward Bryan White, Toronto captain Jonathan Osorio and Montreal skipper Samuel Piette, as well as Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez.
  Other top contenders include D.C. United’s Christian Benteke, FC Cincinnati’s Luciano Acosta, Portland
  
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• Chicago mayor names new school board after entire panel resigns amid a fight over district control

  07-10-2024 18:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson appointed a new school board Monday, days after all seven members resigned amid an escalating fight over control of the public schools in the nation’s third-largest city.
  Johnson has been trying to oust Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez, who was named to the job in 2021 by Johnson’s predecessor, former Mayor Lori Lightfoot. Johnson, a former Chicago Teachers Union organizer, has clashed with Martinez, including over how best
  
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• One arrested after police incident Friday night: Chilliwack RCMP

  07-10-2024 18:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Police haven’t officially classified it as a stabbing, but people on social media reported over the weekend that a stabbing occurred in the Little Mountain area of Chilliwack Friday night.
  According to a brief statement from Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Teresa Parsons, Mounties in Chilliwack attended an address on Epp Drive over the weekend. Corporal Parsons says one person suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to hospital, while another person wa
  
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• One arrested after police incident Friday night: Chilliwack RCMP - Fraser Valley Today

  07-10-2024 18:07 via news.google.com
  One arrested after police incident Friday night: Chilliwack RCMP  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• NHL season preview: McDavid, Oilers look to run it back after Cup disappointment

  07-10-2024 17:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Connor McDavid was hunched over on the bench.The Edmonton Oilers superstar captain had given everything in his team’s quest to hoist the Stanley Cup.A record-setting playoff performance. A first Conn Smythe Trophy as post-season MVP. And in that moment, the gut-wrenching realization it still wasn’t enough as the Florida Panthers celebrated their Game 7 victory.That bitter disappointment lingers. It may never completely wash away.“There hasn’t been a ton of sitting back an
  
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• A spacecraft is on its way to a harmless asteroid slammed by NASA in a previous save-the-Earth test

  07-10-2024 16:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A spacecraft blasted off Monday to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash.The European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft rocketed away on a two-year journey to the small, harmless asteroid rammed by NASA two years ago in a dress rehearsal for the day a killer space rock threatens Earth. Launched by SpaceX from Cape Canaveral, it’s the second part of a planetary defense test that could one day help save the planet.
  The 2022 crash by NASA’s Dart sp
  
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• Maple Leafs sign former Canadiens captain Max Pacioretty to one-year deal

  07-10-2024 16:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Max Pacioretty has a new home.
  The Toronto Maple Leafs signed the veteran forward to a one-year contract Monday after he made the team out of training camp on a professional tryout.
  The 35-year-old former Montreal Canadiens captain, who will earn a base salary of US$873,770 in 2024-25, had four goals and 23 points in 47 games with the Washington Capitals last season.
  Selected with the 22nd pick in the 2007 NHL draft by Montreal, Pacioretty has put up 330 goals and 668 points in 9
  
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• Soccer icon Christine Sinclair joins Vancouver Rise ownership group

  07-10-2024 16:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Christine Sinclair has been announced as the newest owner of Vancouver’s women’s professional soccer team.Vancouver Rise FC says the 41-year-old Canadian soccer legend will join majority owner Greg Kerfoot ahead of the National Super League’s first season, starting in April.Sinclair, who hails from Burnaby, B.C., announced last month that she will retire from playing professional soccer later this year, following 11 seasons with the Portland Thorns of the Nati
  
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• Boarded-up vacant house destroyed by early-morning fire in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  07-10-2024 16:38 via news.google.com
  Boarded-up vacant house destroyed by early-morning fire in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack gun store set to open in former bike shop on Young Road - Fraser Valley Today

  07-10-2024 15:52 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack gun store set to open in former bike shop on Young Road  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Supreme Court lets stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate Texas ban

  07-10-2024 15:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate the law in Texas, which has one of the country’s strictest abortion bans.Without detailing their reasoning, the justices kept in place a lower court order that said hospitals cannot be required to provide pregnancy terminations that would violate Texas law.The Biden administration had asked the justices to throw out the lower court order, arguing that hospitals have to perform
  
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• Chilliwack gun store set to open in former bike shop on Young Road

  07-10-2024 15:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Siwash Sports, a go-to store for sports gear, apparel and equipment in Chilliwack, is set to occupy a former bike shop on Young Road almost across the street from the Fraser Valley Regional District headquarters building.Branding containing Siwash Sports’ logo and imagery now appears on the exterior building of 9020 Young Road, former home of Pedal Sport, which has since relocated to 45960 Alexander Avenue next to Great Canadian Oil Change.Siwash Sports wrote on Facebook
  
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• Unwrap the unknown at 'Art of Reading' event in Chilliwack - Hope Standard

  07-10-2024 14:35 via news.google.com
  Unwrap the unknown at 'Art of Reading' event in Chilliwack  Hope Standard
  
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• Unwrap the unknown at 'Art of Reading' event in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  07-10-2024 14:35 via news.google.com
  Unwrap the unknown at 'Art of Reading' event in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Nobel Prize in medicine honors two Americans for discovery of microRNA

  07-10-2024 11:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, a fundamental principle governing how gene activity is regulated.
  The Nobel Assembly said that their discovery is “proving to be fundamentally important for how organisms develop and function.”
  Nobel announcements continue with the physics prize on Tuesday, chemistry on Wednesday and literature on Thursday. The Nobel Peace Prize will be ann
  
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• Russian court sentences a 72-year-old American to nearly 7 years in prison for fighting in Ukraine

  07-10-2024 11:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Monday sentenced a 72-year-old American to nearly seven years in prison for fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine.
  Prosecutors said Stephen Hubbard signed a contract with the Ukrainian military after Russia sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022 and he fought alongside them until being captured two months later.
  He was sentenced to six years and 10 months in a general-security prison. Prosecutors had called for a sentence of seven years in a maximum-securit
  
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• Florida prepares for massive evacuations as Hurricane Milton takes aim at major metro areas

  07-10-2024 11:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (AP) — Milton increased to a Category 2 hurricane early Monday morning with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph (161 kph).
  The storm was about 195 miles west-northwest of Progreso, Mexico, and 750 miles west-southwest of Tampa, Florida, the hurricane center said in a 5 a.m. advisory.
  THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (AP) — Florida is gearing up for what could be its biggest evacuation in seven yea
  
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• Projectiles launched from Gaza set off sirens in central Tel Aviv, Israeli military says

  07-10-2024 10:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RE’IM, Israel (AP) — Israelis were holding vigils and somber ceremonies on Monday to mark a year since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack, the deadliest in the country’s history, which sparked the war in Gaza and scarred Israelis indelibly.
  The surprise cross-border attack, which caught Israel unprepared on a major Jewish holiday, shattered Israelis’ sense of security and shook their faith in their leaders and their military.Its aftershocks still ripple one year later. The war
  
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• In the news today: Canadian events set to mark Oct. 7 anniversary

  07-10-2024 10:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Canadian events set to mark Oct. 7 anniversary
  Ceremonies, events and protests are being held across Canada today to mark the anniversary of a Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the ongoing war in Gaza.
  The Oct. 7, 2023 attack killed more than 1,200 Israelis, while another 250 were abducted and held as hostages, triggering an Israeli counter-offensive in Gaza that the health ministry there says has
  
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• Televised B.C. election debate will see party leaders face each other under lights

  07-10-2024 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The British Columbia election campaign is about to reach a critical juncture with the three main party leaders set to square off in a television debate Tuesday.
  It’s the only televised debate of the campaign ahead of voting day on Oct. 19.
  Supporters of the leaders, New Democrat David Eby, B.C. Conservative John Rustad and Sonia Furstenau of the Greens, see the debate as an opportunity for their candidates to get messages to voters under the glare of the TV lights.
  The ca
  
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• Timeline: What has happened in Canada since Oct. 7, 2023

  07-10-2024 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Oct. 7 attack by Hamas fighters on Israel last year, and the immediate Israeli retaliation that followed, sent shockwaves throughout the world that have shaken Canada culturally and politically.
  Here is a look at some of the major developments in Canada related to the conflict.
  Oct. 7, 2023 — Hamas-led militants launched air and ground attacks on Israel, killing nearly 1,200 and taking more than 250 hostages. The attacks, followed hours later by Israeli counterattacks in
  
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• Self-identifying Indigenous group got $74M in federal cash, Inuit leader wants change

  07-10-2024 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  As millions in federal funding flow into a Labrador group whose claims of Inuit identity have been rejected by Indigenous organizations across Canada, a national Inuit leader worries the Liberal government is putting the rights of Indigenous Peoples at risk.
  Natan Obed, president of an organization representing about 70,000 Inuit across Canada, said he wrote to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over a year ago to express his concern about the NunatuKavut Community Council’s ability to receive
  
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