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• Trudeau appoints Daniel Rogers new head of Canada’s spy agency

  15-10-2024 23:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A veteran of Canada’s national security systems has been named the new head of the national spy agency.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed Daniel Rogers as the new director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.
  He will take over the role on Oct. 28.
  Rogers replaces David Vigneault, who retired from the spy service after seven years to join the U.S. intelligence firm Strider.
  He served most recently as deputy national security and intelligence adviser to the
  
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• Bilingual Quebec communities lose bid to suspend application of language law rules

  15-10-2024 23:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Bilingual Quebec municipalities have lost their bid to have several parts of the government’s French-language reform suspended while their case makes its way through the courts.
  The communities asked the Quebec Superior Court last month to suspend the application of parts of Bill 96 — as the language reform is known — arguing it would cause them serious and irreparable harm.
  A lawyer for the cities argued the law could block federal subsidies to cities that don
  
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• B.C. man, 43, missing while driving from Chilliwack area to Clinton: RCMP - Salmon Arm Observer

  15-10-2024 23:20
  B.C. man, 43, missing while driving from Chilliwack area to Clinton: RCMP  Salmon Arm Observer
  
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• B.C. man, 43, missing while driving from Chilliwack area to Clinton: RCMP - Kitimat Northern Sentinel

  15-10-2024 23:18
  B.C. man, 43, missing while driving from Chilliwack area to Clinton: RCMP  Kitimat Northern Sentinel
  
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• B.C. man, 43, missing while driving from Chilliwack area to Clinton: RCMP - Goldstream News Gazette

  15-10-2024 23:17
  B.C. man, 43, missing while driving from Chilliwack area to Clinton: RCMP  Goldstream News Gazette
  
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• Idaho revamps execution chamber so docs can access deep veins after failed lethal injection attempt

  15-10-2024 23:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho will begin using central veins deep in the groin, neck, chest or arm to execute prisoners by lethal injection if attempts to insert standard IV lines fail, the Idaho Department of Correction announced Tuesday.Injecting a central venous line has long been a backup plan under the state’s official execution policy, but it has never been used because prison officials said the execution chamber was not designed in a way to protect the inmate’s dignity durin
  
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• Breanna Stewart and her wife Marta Xargay receive homophobic threats after Game 1 of WNBA Finals

  15-10-2024 23:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart and her wife Marta Xargay received threatening homophobic anonymous emails after Game 1 of the WNBA Finals.
  The emails went directly to Xargay’s account, which was a bit unnerving for the couple, Stewart said at practice on Tuesday.
  “The fact it came to Marta’s email is something she (had to) see. The level of closeness was a little bit different,” she said. “Make sure that myself and Marta are okay, but
  
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• RCMP appeal for help in identifying 3 females in alleged Fraser Valley stabbing

  15-10-2024 22:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRASER VALLEY — Mounties in Surrey are asking for the public’s help in identifying three female suspects who allegedly stabbed a woman in Whalley earlier this month.
  According to a statement from Surrey RCMP spokesperson Corporal Sarbjit K. Sangha, police responded to a report of an assault on Sunday, October 6 at 12:30 a.m. in the 10200 block of University Drive. Responding officers arrived on scene and discovered that a good Samaritan had transported a female victim to the hospital
  
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• UPDATE: Chilliwack RCMP confirms missing man has been sadly located deceased - Fraser Valley Today

  15-10-2024 22:44
  UPDATE: Chilliwack RCMP confirms missing man has been sadly located deceased  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP seeks help locating missing man

  15-10-2024 22:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Mounties in Chilliwack are asking for assistance in locating a 43-year-old man who was reported missing Tuesday (Oct. 14).
  Police say William Welch was reported missing Monday. He is described as a Caucasian male, 5’10” tall, 196 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.
  Police say Welch drives a 2016 white Dodge Ram 3500 pickup bearing a British Columbia license plate of RH2686. Police believe he was heading to Clinton, B.C.
  Image: RCMP / Missing man’s Ram pic
  
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• Washington mum on Canada’s fresh allegations against India, expulsion of diplomats

  15-10-2024 22:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — American officials have opted against condemning India’s response to the explosive accusations that its diplomats were involved in an escalating number of violent crimes in Canada.
  On Monday, Ottawa expelled six Indian diplomats after the RCMP said it believes Indian agents played a role in extortion, coercion and murder.
  U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller says Washington takes the allegations seriously, but would not comment on the substance of the new claims or
  
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• Grizzlies fall to Hawks in senior varsity football game in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  15-10-2024 21:55
  Grizzlies fall to Hawks in senior varsity football game in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Thomas Tuchel reportedly set to become England head coach

  15-10-2024 21:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — Thomas Tuchel is expected to be the next England head coach after widespread reports in the English media said the German was set to be confirmed as Gareth Southgate’s successor.The Champions League-winning coach has been out of work since leaving Bayern Munich at the end of last season.The BBC and other British media outlets reported Tuesday that he had agreed take the England job and become its third non-English coach, following Sven-Goran Eriksson and Fabio Capello.T
  
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• RCMP seeks help identifying 3 females in alleged Fraser Valley stabbing

  15-10-2024 20:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRASER VALLEY — Mounties in Surrey are asking for the public’s help in identifying three female suspects who allegedly stabbed a woman in Whalley earlier this month.According to a statement from Surrey RCMP spokesperson Corporal Sarbjit K. Sangha, police responded to a report of an assault on Sunday, October 6 at 12:30 a.m. in the 10200 block of University Drive. Responding officers arrived on scene and discovered that a good Samaritan had transported a female victim to the hospital
  
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• Fraser Valley ridings in the balance ahead of Saturday’s election

  15-10-2024 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The latest polling data reveals a very slim margin separating the two major political parties in British Columbia ahead of this weekend’s provincial election.According to survey results shared by Research Co., an online survey of a representative provincial sample shows 45 per cent of respondents in B.C. plan to vote for the New Democratic Party, while 41 per cent of voters plan to back the B.C. Conservatives. Eleven per cent of respondents plan to support the B.C. Green
  
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• Seniors building in Chilliwack briefly evacuated due to smoke Tuesday morning

  15-10-2024 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Two Chilliwack Fire Department engines were dispatched to Elim Village in Garrison Tuesday morning (Oct. 15) for a residential smoke alarm, prompting the evacuation of the Redwood building for resident safety.
  According to scanner traffic, Chilliwack firefighters were paged for a residential smoke alarm at approximately 9:26 a.m. at 45460 Chehalis Drive, where the Redwood building is located.
  According to a maintenance staff member on scene, smoke may have originated from spar
  
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• US warns Israel to boost humanitarian aid into Gaza or risk losing weapons funding

  15-10-2024 19:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has warned Israel that it must increase the amount of humanitarian aid it is allowing into Gaza within the next 30 days or it could risk losing access to U.S. weapons funding.Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned their Israeli counterparts in a letter dated Sunday that the changes must occur. The letter, which restates U.S. policy toward humanitarian aid and arms transfers, was sent amid deteriorating conditio
  
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• Founders of Vancouver club that sold tested illicit drugs file Charter challenge

  15-10-2024 19:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The founders of a Vancouver “compassion club” that sold heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine bought on the dark web and tested for contaminants, have filed a court challenge arguing their Charter rights and the rights of users were violated when the club was shut and they were arrested.Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, the co-founders of the Drug User Liberation Front, say denying compassion club members access to a predictable supply of drugs they depend on, while exposi
  
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• Seniors building in Chilliwack briefly evacuated due to possible smoke Tuesday morning

  15-10-2024 19:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Two Chilliwack Fire Department engines were dispatched to Elim Village in Garrison Tuesday morning (Oct. 15) for a residential smoke alarm, prompting the evacuation of the Redwood building for resident safety.
  According to scanner traffic, Chilliwack firefighters were paged for a residential smoke alarm at approximately 9:26 a.m. at 45460 Chehalis Drive, where the Redwood building is located.
  According to a maintenance staff member on scene, smoke may have originated from spar
  
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• Seniors building in Chilliwack briefly evacuated due to smoke, possibly from lithium ion batteries - Fraser Valley Today

  15-10-2024 19:25
  Seniors building in Chilliwack briefly evacuated due to smoke, possibly from lithium ion batteries  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Quebec government imposes measures to address ‘toxic climate’ at Montreal school

  15-10-2024 19:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Corrective measures are underway to address a “toxic climate” of fear and intimidation at a French-language Montreal primary school.
  Quebec’s Education Department has appointed two monitors who started working today at Bedford school in the city’s multicultural Côte-des-Neiges district, who have to report back by Nov. 30.
  The province’s measures follow a report made public last week concluding there was a “dominant clan” of teacher
  
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• US warns Israel to boost humanitarian aid into Gaza or risk weapons funding

  15-10-2024 19:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has warned Israel that it must increase the amount of humanitarian aid it is allowing into Gaza within the next 30 days or it could risk losing access to U.S. weapons funding.Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned their Israeli counterparts in a letter dated Sunday that the changes must occur. The letter, which restates U.S. policy toward humanitarian aid and arms transfers, was sent amid deteriorating conditio
  
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• Candidates stake out election priorities for Chilliwack forum watchers - Chilliwack Progress

  15-10-2024 18:35
  Candidates stake out election priorities for Chilliwack forum watchers  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Candidates stake out election priorities for Chilliwack forum watchers - Abbotsford News

  15-10-2024 18:35
  Candidates stake out election priorities for Chilliwack forum watchers  Abbotsford News
  
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• Fraser-Nicola candidate races to visit 6 towns this week, including Agassiz and Hope, before election

  15-10-2024 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRASER-NICOLA — As he maintains a slim lead over an NDP opponent, Fraser-Nicola MLA candidate Tony Luck is racing to visit six communities this week in his expansive riding including Hope, Harrison Hot Springs and Agassiz.Tony Luck, the B.C. Conservative MLA candidate for a riding that stretches from Lillooet in the north to Sunshine Valley, wrote on Facebook that he plans to embark on what he calls a final “Whistle Stop Tour” before election day this Saturday, October 19. He&r
  
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• Israel assures US it won’t strike Iranian nuclear or oil sites, US officials say

  15-10-2024 18:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration believes it has won assurances from Israel that it will not hit Iranian nuclear or oil sites as it looks to strike back following Iran’s missile barrage earlier this month, two U.S. officials said Tuesday.The administration also believes that sending a U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery to Israel and roughly 100 soldiers to operate it has eased some of Israel’s concerns about possible Iranian retaliation and general secur
  
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• PWHL teams see increase in regular season games to 30 per team in second year

  15-10-2024 18:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Professional Women’s Hockey League has unveiled its regular-season schedule starting Nov. 30 with each of the six teams playing 30 games before playoffs.
  The PWHL in its second season has increased the number of games each team plays from 24 to 30.The league’s inaugural season opened Jan. 1, 2024 and concluded May 29 with the Minnesota Frost winning the first Walter Cup.
  All six teams are on the ice Nov. 30.The Toronto Sceptres host the Boston Fleet at Toronto&rsq
  
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• Canada and U.S. list Samidoun as terrorist group, U.S. adds Canadian to terror list

  15-10-2024 17:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada is listing the pro-Palestinian group Samidoun as a terrorist group, while the U.S. has added a Canadian citizen affiliated with the organization to its counter-terrorism list.
  Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says Samidoun will now be listed under Criminal Code offences that ban people from donating or providing property to the group.
  Samidoun is also known as the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, and Ottawa says it “has close links with and advances the
  
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• Abbotsford PD reaffirms safety, security amid threats of extortion, violence from foreign agents

  15-10-2024 17:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department reaffirmed its commitment to public safety and security following yesterday’s announcement by the RCMP that agents of the Government of India are allegedly involved in criminal activity in Canada.According to a statement from Abbotsford PD Sgt. Paul Walker, media relations officer for the department, Abbotsford authorities say they’re deeply concerned by the disclosure Monday (Oct. 14) that criminal activity connected to the Indian
  
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• Team Gushue adds Bottcher at second as replacement for Harnden

  15-10-2024 17:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Team Gushue is adding Brendan Bottcher at second as a replacement for E.J. Harnden.The St. John’s, N.L.-based team made the announcement via a post on social media.
  Bottcher will make his debut with skip Brad Gushue, vice Mark Nichols and lead Geoff Walker at the Pan Continental championship starting Oct. 27 in Lacombe, Alta.
  Bottcher became a free agent earlier this year and had shifted focus to playing mixed doubles with Rachel Homan and coaching her women&
  
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• North Carolina governor candidate Mark Robinson sues CNN over report about posts on porn site

  15-10-2024 16:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson announced a lawsuit Tuesday against CNN over its recent report alleging he made explicit racial and sexual posts on a pornography website’s message board, calling the reporting reckless and defamatory.The lawsuit, filed in Wake County Superior Court, comes less than four weeks after a television report that led many fellow GOP elected officials and candidates, including presidential nominee Donald Trump, to distance themselve
  
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• Listeria outbreak linked to plant-based milk seems to be over: PHAC

  15-10-2024 16:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Public Health Agency of Canada says a Listeria outbreak linked to several plant-based milks appears to be over with no additional cases reported since August.The federal agency says its investigation is now complete and Listeria was found within the production environment of Silk and Great Value plant-based refrigerated beverages.
  However, PHAC says it was not able to identify the “primary site” of the contamination within that environment and that production will remain paused u
  
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• Chilliwack Puzzle Sale fundraiser returns to help feed those in need - Chilliwack Progress

  15-10-2024 14:50
  Chilliwack Puzzle Sale fundraiser returns to help feed those in need  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• For Johnny and Matthew: Blue Jackets to play their home opener with Gaudreaus in mind

  15-10-2024 14:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Johnny Gaudreau’s Columbus teammates have been given a few options for how to handle their emotions during the Blue Jackets’ home opener.
  If you want to cry, cry.
  If you want to laugh, laugh.
  The only rules — play the game the way “Johnny Hockey” would, and with him in mind.
  An emotional night awaits in Columbus on Tuesday, when the Blue Jackets host the Florida Panthers. It will be a night of tributes to Gaudreau, the Blue Jackets’ star who would have been en
  
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• Alex Ovechkin is shifting to right wing for the Capitals’ second game of the season

  15-10-2024 14:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — More than a decade ago, Alex Ovechkin won the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP during his first season playing right wing instead of his usual left. The next year, playing in the same spot, he scored a league-best 51 goals.
  “I’ll take it right now,” Ovechkin said.
  So would the Washington Capitals, who might get a spark from Ovechkin shifting to the right side for their second game of the season Tuesday against Vegas. Coach Spencer Carbery downplayed the move a
  
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• Man United great Alex Ferguson to step down as club ambassador in latest change under Jim Ratcliffe

  15-10-2024 12:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United great Alex Ferguson will step down from his role as club ambassador at the end of the season, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Tuesday.The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the move has not been publicly announced.Ferguson will be 83 in December and the person said the ending of his ambassadorship was “amicable” and he would “always be welcome at Old Trafford.”
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• Penguins’ Kris Letang sees some of himself in Canadiens’ rookie Lane Hutson

  15-10-2024 12:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Kris Letang heard the crowd light up every time Lane Hutson handled the puck on Monday night — and he could see why.
  “He’s a guy with incredible offensive skills, a lot of deception,” the veteran Pittsburgh Penguins defenceman said of the Montreal Canadiens’ rookie sensation. “The opponents get caught on the ice and don’t know how to react.”
  Once a young offensive defenceman himself, the now 37-year-old Letang also knows there can
  
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• In the news today: Canada spat leads India newspapers, inflation report due

  15-10-2024 10:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Canada spat leads India newspapers, as analysts await reactions from peer countries
  Canada’s decision to expel New Delhi’s top envoy and five other diplomats is front-page news in India, as an analyst wonders how other countries will respond. On Monday, the RCMP warned the public about a rash of crimes including murder, extortion and coercion that the force links to Indian government agents
  
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• Statistics Canada to release September reading for inflation

  15-10-2024 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada is expected to publish its inflation reading for the month of September today.
  Economists are forecasting another decline in annual inflation last month after it slowed to two per cent in August, the slowest pace since February 2021.
  The result for August brought the annual rate in line with the Bank of Canada’s target for inflation.
  The September inflation report is the last major economic data point before the central bank’s next interest rate decis
  
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• Foreign interference inquiry resumes after damning accusations levied against India

  15-10-2024 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The public safety minister is expected to testify at a federal inquiry into foreign interference just one day after announcing explosive allegations about crimes of murder, coercion and extortion in Canada linked to agents of the Indian government.
  When asked Monday whether the inquiry’s mandate should be expanded to encompass some of the new allegations, Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says he doesn’t think it’s necessary.
  LeBlanc says the inquiry is alre
  
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• Carbon pricing rebates land in bank accounts as Liberals defend embattled policy

  15-10-2024 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canadians are set to receive carbon pricing rebates Tuesday, as the Liberals defend one of their most embattled policies.
  The government says this is the first time all banks will label the payment as the Canada Carbon Rebate, after years of inconsistent and vague phrasing on bank statements.
  The quarterly rebate will go to Canadians who filed their income tax while living in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and all four Atlantic provinces.
  The payments vary by household
  
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• Canada spat leads India newspapers, as analysts await reactions from peer countries

  15-10-2024 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s decision to expel New Delhi’s top envoy and five other diplomats is front-page news in India, as an analyst wonders how other countries will respond.
  On Monday, the RCMP warned the public about a rash of crimes including murder, extortion and coercion that the force links to Indian government agents.
  The RCMP and other Canadian officials presented evidence to India earlier this past weekend, but they say New Delhi refused to co-operate in police investigations
  
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• B.C. Conservatives expected to release costs of promises days before election

  15-10-2024 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — It’s the last week of the British Columbia election campaign after a busy long weekend of promises for the B.C. Conservatives, including a new Children’s Hospital for Surrey.B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad is expected to explain how he’s going to pay for all his promises, from the so-called Rustad rebate to exempt up to $3,000 a month of rent or mortgage payments from taxes, to the plan to eliminate the carbon tax.Rustad also said the Conservatives would
  
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• James Scott Obituary - Chilliwack, BC - Dignity Memorial

  15-10-2024 09:00
  James Scott Obituary - Chilliwack, BC  Dignity Memorial
  
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• B.C. man, 43, missing while driving from Chilliwack area to Clinton: RCMP - Mission City Record

  15-10-2024 09:00
  B.C. man, 43, missing while driving from Chilliwack area to Clinton: RCMP  Mission City Record
  
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• B.C. man, 43, missing while driving from Chilliwack area to Clinton: RCMP - Abbotsford News

  15-10-2024 09:00
  B.C. man, 43, missing while driving from Chilliwack area to Clinton: RCMP  Abbotsford News
  
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• How did a killing at a Sikh temple lead to Canada and India expelling each other’s diplomats?

  15-10-2024 08:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — Relations between India and Canada are at a low point as the countries expelled each other’s top diplomats over an ongoing dispute about the killing of a Sikh activist in Canada.Canada said it had identified India’s top diplomat in the country as a person of interest in an assassination plot and expelled him and five other diplomats Monday. India has rejected the accusations as absurd, and its foreign ministry said it was expelling Canada’s acting high co
  
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• North Korea blows up parts of inter-Korean roads as tensions with South Korea soar

  15-10-2024 05:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said North Korea blew up the northern parts of inter-Korean roads no longer in use on Tuesday, as the rivals are locked in rising animosities over North Korea’s claim that South Korea flew drones over its capital, Pyongyang.South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a brief statement that North Korea blew up parts of the roads on Tuesday.
  It said South Korea’s military is bolstering its readiness but gave no further details.Destroyin
  
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• North Korea blows up parts of inter-Korean roads as tensions with South Korea soars

  15-10-2024 05:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea has blown up the northern parts of inter-Korean roads no longer in use.
  South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says North Korea blew up parts of the roads on Tuesday.
  It says South Korea’s military is bolstering its readiness.
  The development comes as the rival Koreas are locked in rising animosities over North Korea’s claims that South Korea flew drones over its capital, Pyongyang.The Associated Press
  
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• Soto, Stanton homers back Rodon, Yankees beat Guardians 5-2 in ALCS opener

  15-10-2024 05:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Juan Soto homered during New York’s three-run third inning, Carlos Rodon got his first post-season win and the Yankees took advantage of Cleveland’s wildness in a 5-2 victory on Monday night in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series.
  Cleveland became the second team to throw a pair of run-scoring wild pitches in a post-season inning and tied a post-season record with five overall. Guardians pitchers walked six in a nine-batter span and nine overall.
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