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• Semi-trailer driver fined $368 for crash that completely blocked Highway 1 in Chilliwack - Vancouver Sun

  13-11-2024 23:47 via news.google.com
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• Freeland finds safety in numbers on digital sales tax

  13-11-2024 23:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland isn’t showing signs of worry that the U.S. can now launch a trade challenge against the Liberal government’s controversial digital services tax.
  The Liberals are slapping a three-per-cent tax on the Canadian revenues of digital giants, which will affect major U.S. tech companies such as Google and Apple.
  The U.S. government formally challenged the tax under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement in August and as of today can now request a d
  
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• Alberta man charged in relation to semi-trailer crash in Chilliwack last week - Fraser Valley Today

  13-11-2024 23:13 via news.google.com
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• Alberta man charged in relation to semi-trailer crash in Chilliwack last week

  13-11-2024 23:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A BC Highway Patrol spokesperson says a 28-year-old Alberta semi trailer driver has been charged for driving without due care and attention after he lost control of his big rig last week and crashed near Annis Road in Chilliwack.
  According to a statement from BCHP spokesperson Corporal Michael McLaughlin, an off-duty BC Highway Patrol member is being credited with providing key evidence that has resulted in charges against a semi-trailer driver for his role in a collision that
  
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• Sceptres veterans taking responsibility for rookies getting up to speed in PWHL

  13-11-2024 23:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto Sceptres captain Blayre Turnbull expects the team’s veterans to help rookies navigate through expectations and pressure of playing in the Professional Women’s Hockey League.
  The Sceptres have seven rookies on their training camp roster, with four of them signed and the others trying to earn roster spots in camp. The team has two pre-season scrimmages on Nov. 20 and Nov. 22 before opening the season on Nov. 30.
  “I think it’s a huge responsibility on
  
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• Savannah Grewal needs solid showing at the ANNIKA to clinch 2025 LPGA Tour card

  13-11-2024 23:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  There are four rounds left in the LPGA Tour’s regular season, and rookie Savannah Grewal is determined to be mentally present for all 72 holes.
  Grewal, from Mississauga, Ont., and Hamilton’s Alena Sharp are the only Canadians at this week’s The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge. The 23-year-old Grewal is right on the cusp of earning a card for the 2025 LPGA Tour season, but she needs to at least make the cut at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Fla., to clinch it.
  “Honestly just o
  
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• Driver charged in semi-truck crash that closed Highway 1 in Chilliwack - Abbotsford News

  13-11-2024 22:41 via news.google.com
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• Senators finding their way under Travis Green: ‘We know what we’ve got to do’

  13-11-2024 22:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Travis Green saw a locker room hungry for success.
  Hired to lead a skilled group that had fallen well short of expectations, the Ottawa Senators new head coach also found a talented core acutely aware of its own shortcomings.
  “They’re all very coachable,” Green said. “As much as they’re part of the answer to winning, they’ve been part of the problem.”
  The Senators, it seems, are finally starting to figure out the formula.
  Without a playoff appearance sin
  
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• Lab confirms Canada’s first case of avian flu infection in humans in B.C.

  13-11-2024 22:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada’s Public Health Agency has confirmed that a British Columbia teenager hospitalized last Friday is the country’s first ever human case of domestically acquired avian flu.
  The agency says in a statement that testing at Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg confirms the teen did contract the H5N1 avian flu, the same strain related to viruses found in B.C. flocks in an ongoing outbreak at poultry farms.
  The statement says it was notified by the office of B.C.
  
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• Quebec’s police watchdog investigating after person seriously injured in Montreal

  13-11-2024 22:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s independent police watchdog has launched an investigation after a person was seriously injured during a police intervention in Montreal this morning.
  The Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes says Montreal police received a 911 call at 2:15 a.m. about a person in a state of crisis in a residence in the city’s east end.
  The BEI says police arrived at the scene five minutes later, entered the home, and a person was seriously injured during the interve
  
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• Proline players favour Mike Tyson to win boxing bout against Jake Paul

  13-11-2024 21:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Proline bettors firmly believe in Mike Tyson.
  The former world heavyweight boxing champion returns to the ring Friday night to face Jake Paul. According to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., 81 per cent of Proline wagers are on Tyson to win the bout.
  On Sunday, Leo Chenal bailed out Proline bettors in helping the Kansas City Chiefs remain unbeaten. Chenal, a linebacker, got his hand on Wil Lutz’s 35-yard field goal try as time expired, allowing the Chiefs to hold on for a 16-14 win over
  
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• Bad traffic, changed plans: Toronto braces for uncertainty of its Taylor Swift Era

  13-11-2024 21:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Will Taylor Swift bring chaos or do we all need to calm down?It’s a question many Torontonians are asking this week as the city braces for the arrival of Swifties, the massive fan base of one of the world’s biggest pop stars.
  Hundreds of thousands are expected to descend on the downtown core for the singer’s six concerts which kick off Thursday at the Rogers Centre and run until Nov. 23.
  And while their arrival will be a boon to tourism dollars — the city
  
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• Tributes to John Horgan as B.C. New Democrat members are sworn in

  13-11-2024 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Former British Columbia premier John Horgan loomed large over the swearing-in ceremony for 47 New Democrat members of the legislature, a day after his death.Before the ceremony, Songhees Nation elder Butch Dick sang a prayer and offered words of sympathy for the family of Horgan, who died Tuesday at the age of 65 after a third battle with cancer.
  Dick says Horgan was a “friend of the people,” while Legislature Clerk Kate Ryan-Lloyd paid tribute to Horgan for his serv
  
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• Police ID body in Montreal park as abducted crypto influencer missing since June

  13-11-2024 21:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police say a body found in a nature park last month was that of a cryptocurrency influencer who had been missing since he was kidnapped from his Old Montreal condo in June.
  Police say Kevin Mirshahi’s remains, discovered on Oct. 30 at Montreal’s Parc de l’Île-de-la-Visitation, were formally identified by the coroner’s office.
  Mirshahi, 25, had been missing since he and three other people in their 20s were kidnapped from the parking
  
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• With Kelly out, ground game to take on added significance for Argos in Grey Cup

  13-11-2024 21:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Ka’Deem Carey, Deonta McMahon and Canadian Daniel Adeboboye have all been key figures in the Toronto Argonauts’ offence this season, but their abilities will take on added significance in the Grey Cup on Sunday.
  The trio anchored a Toronto rushing game that led the CFL in attempts (417) and was second in yards (121.3 per game). With starting quarterback Chad Kelly injured, the Argos will rely heavily upon their three running backs when they face the Winnipeg Blue Bo
  
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• Build vaccine stockpile, use wastewater testing for H5N1 bird flu, experts urge

  13-11-2024 21:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Health Canada has authorized three influenza vaccines that could be used if bird flu became a pandemic, the agency says.The federal government also has an agreement with vaccine manufacturer GSK for domestic vaccine production that could be accelerated if needed, the Public Health Agency of Canada told The Canadian Press in an email.There are no indications that H5N1 bird flu would spark a pandemic, but experts urged preparedness — including increased flu surveillance, earl
  
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• Trump picks Sen. Marco Rubio as his Secretary of State

  13-11-2024 21:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump named Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida as his nominee for secretary of state on Wednesday, setting up a onetime critic who evolved into one of the president-elect’s fiercest defenders to become the nation’s top diplomat.
  The conservative lawmaker is a noted hawk on China, Cuba and Iran, and was a finalist to be Trump’s running mate this summer.On Capitol Hill, Rubio is the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Commit
  
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• Longlegs director coming to Chilliwack film festival - Fraser Valley Current

  13-11-2024 21:04 via news.google.com
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• G.W. Graham gears up for quarterfinals after thrilling comeback to win wild card playoff

  13-11-2024 21:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — In a nail-biting battle of the Grahams, the G.W. Graham senior varsity football team delivered an improbable comeback at home that completely defied the odds.Grade 10 quarterback Lincoln Boyd threw for 144 yards, and Ridley Mastin bulldozed his way for 152 rushing yards, as the Grizzlies came back from a second half deficit to narrowly defeat North Vancouver’s Carson Graham 31-30 in a wild card playoff game Friday night at Exhibition Stadium in Chilliwack.Leading the Gri
  
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• Defender Alistair Johnston thriving at Celtic and about to hit milestone with Canada

  13-11-2024 20:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Alistair Johnston is thriving at Celtic, even if he has had to learn how to live in the fishbowl for a soccer player that is Glasgow.
  The city is divided between Celtic and Rangers supporters. And there are lots of each.
  According to a September UEFA report, Celtic was one of 16 European clubs to have enjoyed home league attendance of one million-plus in the 2023-24 season, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Barcelona, Real Madrid, Arsenal, Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Liverpool and Manche
  
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• Beetles from B.C. settling in Nova Scotia, taking up the fight to rescue hemlocks

  13-11-2024 20:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FREDERICTON — The offspring of beetles imported from British Columbia are ready to take up the fight against an invasive insect that is killing hemlock trees in Nova Scotia.
  Last fall and spring, about 5,000 Laricobius nigrinus beetles — affectionately called Lari by scientists — made an overnight journey from the West Coast.
  Lucas Roscoe, research scientist with the Canadian Forest Service, says in the fight against the woolly adelgid that is destroying swaths of hemlock trees
  
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• Vancouver officer sexually assaulted colleague, but police group chat targeted victim

  13-11-2024 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A disciplinary investigation has found a former Vancouver police sergeant shared “disrespectful” commentary on a fellow officer’s court testimony about being sexually assaulted by a colleague.
  The decision against Narinder Dosanjh, obtained by The Canadian Press, includes the running commentary on the woman’s testimony — apparently written by someone inside the courtroom — that calls her a “bad drunk” and says there was “no
  
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• Chilliwack non-profit seeks executive director - Fraser Valley Today

  13-11-2024 20:23 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack non-profit seeks executive director

  13-11-2024 20:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A Chilliwack non-profit whose platform facilitates a variety of support services for older adults in Chilliwack is looking for an executive director.
  According to a job announcement posted Thursday, November 7, Compassionate Neighbourhood Health Partners Society (CNHPS) in Chilliwack is recruiting for an executive director to lead the largely volunteer-driven organization. At its core, CNHPS strives to offer services and programs that promote the social and emotional well-bein
  
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• Spy service officer denies threatening Montreal man who was later imprisoned in Sudan

  13-11-2024 19:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A CSIS official denies they threatened a Montreal man who was later imprisoned and allegedly tortured by authorities in Sudan.
  The spy service employee, who can only be identified as Witness C to protect their identity, is testifying in Abousfian Abdelrazik’s lawsuit against the federal government.
  Abdelrazik claims Canadian officials arranged for his arbitrary imprisonment, encouraged his detention by Sudanese authorities and actively obstructed his repatriation to Canada f
  
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• Star attacking midfielder Ollie Bassett to leave Atletico Ottawa at end of the year

  13-11-2024 19:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Star attacking midfielder Ollie Bassett, the Canadian Premier League’s player of the year in 2022, is leaving Atletico Ottawa when his contract expires at the end of the year.
  The 28-year-old Bassett, who was born in England but represented Northern Ireland as youth level, spent the last three seasons with Ottawa after winning the title with Pacific FC in 2021 in his first year in the league.
  “This league has given me everything I could have asked for and more,”
  
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• EA Sports video game NHL 25 to include PWHL teams

  13-11-2024 19:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REDWOOD CITY — Electronic Arts has incorporated the Professional Women’s Hockey League into its NHL 25 video game.
  The six teams starting their second seasons Nov. 30 will be represented in “play now,” “online versus,” “shootout” and “season” modes, plus a championship Walter Cup, in the updated game scheduled for release Dec. 5, the PWHL and EA Sports announced Wednesday.
  Gamers can create a virtual PWHL player.
  The league and video ga
  
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• RCMP say three men arrested in B.C. have ties to Mexican drug cartels, amid raid at Fraser Valley home

  13-11-2024 19:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRASER VALLEY — RCMP federal investigators have arrested three men in British Columbia they believe are connected to a transnational organized crime group connected to Mexican drug cartels bringing cocaine into Canada.
  They say officers also seized 23 firearms, several thousand rounds of ammunition and “multi-kilos of illicit drugs” from a home in Surrey, B.C.
  They say that on Sept. 23, police executed a search warrant at the home, which was surrounded by compound fencing, stee
  
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• Drive-thru to help fill Christmas stockings for Chilliwack seniors - Chilliwack Progress

  13-11-2024 19:00 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack's weather forecast for November 13: Rainy day with light showers - The Weather Network

  13-11-2024 19:00 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack's weather forecast for November 13: Rainy day with light showers  The Weather Network
  
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• Prime Minister Trudeau makes trip to Bermuda to eulogize longtime family friend

  13-11-2024 18:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is travelling to Bermuda today to give a eulogy at the funeral for businessman Peter Green.
  Green was a lifelong family friend to Trudeau and, as reported by the National Post, his family owns a luxury estate in Jamaica where Trudeau has stayed at no cost.
  Trudeau’s last holiday trip to the posh Caribbean locale stirred a raft of political controversy at the start of the year, which came as Canadians were tightening their belts due to the higher
  
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• Fraser Health orders Surrey property owners to fix domestic sewage discharge at Chilliwack home

  13-11-2024 18:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Kimberley Mcgaw-Richardson is living a nightmare after discovering raw sewage seeping from the septic tank of the rental home where she lives in Chilliwack.
  “Literally there has been raw waste leaching into the yard for almost a month and now it’s free flowing,” Mcgaw-Richardson told Fraser Valley Today Tuesday (Nov. 12). “I’m just so frustrated. It’s a hard issue to navigate. This morning the landlord told me that they were going to backfil
  
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• ‘Pacific frontal system’ moving over B.C. prompts snow, rainfall warnings

  13-11-2024 18:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Environment Canada is warning drivers who intend to travel Highway 3 from the Paulson Summit and Kootenay Pass about hazardous conditions due to “rapidly accumulating snow.”
  It says a Pacific frontal system will bring up to 50 centimetres of snow before Thursday night.
  About 15 centimetres of snow is also expected in the North Peace River region, where a separate snowfall warning has been issued, before easing overnight.The weather office says that same system has a
  
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• Update: Fraser Health confirms it is working with a Chilliwack property owner to rectify a leaky septic tank - Fraser Valley Today

  13-11-2024 18:42 via news.google.com
  Update: Fraser Health confirms it is working with a Chilliwack property owner to rectify a leaky septic tank  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Fraser Health orders property owners to fix domestic sewage discharge at Chilliwack home

  13-11-2024 18:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Kimberley Mcgaw-Richardson is living a nightmare after discovering raw sewage seeping from the septic tank of the rental home where she lives in Chilliwack.“Literally there has been raw waste leaching into the yard for almost a month and now it’s free flowing,” Mcgaw-Richardson told Fraser Valley Today Tuesday (Nov. 12). “I’m just so frustrated. It’s a hard issue to navigate. This morning the landlord told me that they were going to backfill
  
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• Biden and Xi will meet in Peru as US-China relations tested again by Trump’s return

  13-11-2024 18:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) —President Joe Biden will hold talks Saturday with China’s Xi Jinping on the sidelines of an international summit in Peru, a face-to-face meeting that comes as Beijing braces for Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
  A senior Biden administration official, who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity ahead of the formal announcement, confirmed plans for the meeting to take place while the two leaders are in Lima for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation s
  
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• Republican John Thune of South Dakota is elected the next Senate majority leader

  13-11-2024 18:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the next Senate majority leader, completing a momentous shift in their leadership that elevates a top deputy of Sen. Mitch McConnell into a key position as President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House.
  Thune, who is 63 and in his fourth Senate term, has promised to work closely with Trump despite differences the two have had over the years. Thune will be a crucial part of the incoming president’s ef
  
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• RCMP say three men arrested in B.C. have ties to Mexican drug cartels

  13-11-2024 18:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — RCMP federal investigators have arrested three men in British Columbia they believe are connected to a transnational organized crime group connected to Mexican drug cartels bringing cocaine into Canada.
  They say officers also seized 23 firearms, several thousand rounds of ammunition and “multi-kilos of illicit drugs” from a home in Surrey, B.C.
  They say that on Sept. 23, police executed a search warrant at the home, which was surrounded by compound fencing, steel
  
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• Teen charged in UK dance class stabbings faces January trial

  13-11-2024 18:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — A teen charged with killing three girls and wounding 10 other people in a stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England this summer is scheduled to go on trial early next year, a judge said Wednesday.Axel Rudakubana, 18, will face trial Jan. 20 in Liverpool Crown Court on three counts of murder, 10 counts of attempted murder and additional charges related to possessing the poison ricin and for having an al-Qaida manual.
  Family members and friends of the gir
  
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• Trump makes a victor’s return to Washington to meet with Biden and GOP lawmakers

  13-11-2024 15:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is making a victor’s return to Washington.The president-elect’s plane landed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Wednesday morning. President Joe Biden — both Trump’s successor and predecessor to the presidency — will welcome him to the White House for an Oval Office visit. It’s a traditional part of the peaceful handoff of power — a ritual that Trump himself declined to participate in four years ago.Trump also plann
  
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• US government worker charged with leaking classified documents on Israel’s plans to strike Iran

  13-11-2024 14:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who worked for the U.S. government has been charged with leaking classified information assessing Israel’s earlier plans to attack Iran, according to court papers filed Wednesday.
  The man, identified as Asif William Rahman, was arrested by the FBI this week in Cambodia and was due to make his first court appearance in Guam.He was indicted last week in U.S. court in Virginia on two counts of willful transmission of national defense information — felony ch
  
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• US federal worker charged in classified documents leak about Israel’s earlier plans to strike Iran

  13-11-2024 14:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who worked for the U.S. government has been charged with leaking classified information assessing Israel’s earlier plans to attack Iran, according to court papers filed Wednesday.
  The man, identified as Asif William Rahman, was arrested by the FBI this week in Cambodia and was to due to make his first court appearance in Guam.
  It was not immediately clear whether he had a lawyer or which federal agency employed him.
  The New York Times was first to report his a
  
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• German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he’ll ask for a vote of confidence in December

  13-11-2024 13:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced that he will ask for a vote of confidence on Dec. 16, paving the way forward for an early parliamentary election in February.
  Scholz declared his plans for a vote of confidence during a speech in parliament on Wednesday, one week after his three-party coalition government collapsed.
  He had initially wanted to have an early election only by late March — before the vote that is regularly scheduled for September 2025.
  However, th
  
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• Niigaan Sinclair, Jordan Abel among winners of Governor General’s Literary Awards

  13-11-2024 13:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  When Niigaan Sinclair pitched his collection of articles to a Toronto publisher, he was told “Wînipêk: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre” was a “regional book.”
  The Winnipeg-based Anishinaabe columnist and editor recalls being told to expect scant attention outside major urban centres, so he wasn’t surprised to see “like 80 per cent” of his sales come from Manitoba, northwestern Ontario and Saskatchewan.
  But on Wednesday, Sinclair w
  
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• Hockey Canada summit to tackle sexism, gender-based violence, homophobia, transphobia

  13-11-2024 13:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  You can play the game hard and also be respectful of differences is the message Normand Hector wants to send at Hockey Canada’s second Beyond The Boards summit.
  Hector is Thursday’s keynote speaker kicking off a two-day summit in Ottawa about unhealthy outcomes in hockey culture.
  Hector is a gay, Black man from Saint John, N.B., whose drag persona “Normani” performed at the 2022 Memorial Cup and at a Pride Night hosted by the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League’s
  
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• Canucks’ rookie Lekkerimaki earns praise from coach, teammates in NHL debut

  13-11-2024 13:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Vancouver Canucks defenceman Erik Brannstrom offered forward Jonathan Lekkerimaki some advice as the two walked to the rink for the Swedish rookie’s first NHL game Tuesday night.
  “I just told him to have fun,” said Brannstrom. “It’s only hockey. He’s played so many games in his life. Just keep going.”
  Lekkerimaki wasn’t flashy, but played a steady game in his NHL debut, as the Canucks defeated the Calgary Flames 3-1.
  The 20-year-o
  
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• In the news today: Justin Trudeau and Canada criticized by Donald Trump’s appointees

  13-11-2024 10:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Trump’s appointees have criticized Trudeau, warned of border issues with Canada
  Donald Trump’s second administration is starting to take shape, and many of the people landing top jobs have been critical of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and security at Canada’s border. Fen Hampson, a professor of international affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa and co-chair of the Expert Group on
  
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• What do you do when a goose dies in your backyard, amid concerns about avian flu?

  13-11-2024 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Carolyn Law didn’t think much of it when a snow goose landed in her Richmond, B.C., backyard, on Halloween.But hours later it had barely moved. Then it started bobbing its head repeatedly. About eight hours after she first saw the bird, it rolled over, began convulsing and died.
  “It was quite a sad thing to see, actually — really frightening,” Law said.
  Law said she called a wildlife rescue group and was told the symptoms suggested avian flu rather than a physical injury,
  
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• Trump’s appointees have criticized Trudeau, warned of border issues with Canada

  13-11-2024 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s second administration is filling up with some of his most loyal supporters and many of the people landing top jobs have been critical of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and security at Canada’s border.
  One expert says there are not many Canadian allies, so far, in the president-elect’s court.
  “I don’t see a whole lot of friends of Canada in there,” said Fen Hampson, a professor of international affairs at Carleton University in
  
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• UPDATE: Dog found after Ryder Lake house fire in Chilliwack - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  13-11-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
  UPDATE: Dog found after Ryder Lake house fire in Chilliwack  Agassiz Harrison Observer
  
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