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• Moscow warns the US over allowing Ukraine to hit Russian soil with longer-range weapons

  18-11-2024 23:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Kremlin warned Monday that President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russia with U.S.-supplied longer-range missiles adds “fuel to the fire” of the war and would escalate international tensions even higher.
  Biden’s shift in policy added an uncertain, new factor to the conflict on the eve of the 1,000-day milestone since Russia began its full-scale invasion in 2022.
  It also came as a Russian ballistic missile with cl
  
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• A list of members of B.C. Premier David Eby’s new cabinet

  18-11-2024 23:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — There’s been a near total shakeup of British Columbia’s government cabinet, with few ministers retaining their jobs and some longtime backbenchers and newly elected members moving in.Here is a list of British Columbia’s cabinet:Premier: David Eby
  Attorney general and deputy premier: Niki Sharma
  Health: Josie Osborne
  Finance: Brenda Bailey
  Housing and municipal affairs: Ravi Kahlon
  Forests: Ravi Parmar
  Energy and climate solutions: Adrian Dix
  Agriculture and foo
  
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• Prince Harry in Vancouver as Invictus Games school program launches online

  18-11-2024 22:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Prince Harry is in Vancouver for the launch of a campaign to raise awareness of the Invictus Games among children and youth, one day after surprising Canadian football fans by appearing at the Grey Cup in the city.
  The prince visited Vancouver-area elementary and high school students at Seaforth Armoury.
  The visit comes as the Invictus Games launches a lessons program for students from kindergarten to Grade 12, making educational resources on the event’s history and purpo
  
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• MPs condemn alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Irwin Cotler

  18-11-2024 22:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The House of Commons has condemned an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate former Liberal justice minister Irwin Cotler.
  MPs in the House unanimously supported a Bloc Québécois motion saluting Cotler’s human rights work and recognizing his political contributions, and condemning what it termed death threats orchestrated by agents of a foreign regime.
  The Globe and Mail first reported that the RCMP warned Cotler on Oct. 26 of an imminent threat of assassination w
  
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• DUIs, 300+ files keep Abbotsford PD busy all weekend

  18-11-2024 22:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department says it fielded over 300 operational files over the weekend, including nearly a dozen DUIs and a stolen vehicle incident in which the driver who was arrested had a loaded handgun and drugs.AbbyPD says it received 335 operational files since 5 p.m. Friday evening, some of which involved weapons, assaults, break-and-enters, stolen vehicles, missing persons, and a stolen vehicle incident.“This past weekend, our AbbyPD Patrol Officers were ke
  
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• Two dead after fiery rollover crash on Highway 99 in Surrey, B.C.

  18-11-2024 22:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — Mounties in Surrey, B.C., say they are investigating a fiery overnight crash that killed two people and caused a partial shutdown of Highway 99.
  RCMP say officers responded to a report of a vehicle rollover at 3:38 a.m. in the highway’s northbound lane between 16 and 32 Avenue, where they found a vehicle fully engulfed in flames.Police say the driver and a passenger both died in the vehicle, and officers are working to identify the victims.The cause of the incident remains u
  
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• UFV Cascades basketball teams win three of four in Kamloops - Chilliwack Progress

  18-11-2024 22:09 via news.google.com
  UFV Cascades basketball teams win three of four in Kamloops  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Trial begins for accused in freezing deaths of family near Manitoba border crossing

  18-11-2024 21:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FERGUS FALLS — Jury selection got underway Monday in the trial of two men accused of smuggling migrants across the Canada-U.S. border.
  Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel and Steve Shand are accused of being part of an operation that brought people from India to Canada then across the border from Manitoba to Minnesota.
  One of the trips they are accused of taking part in saw a family from India — a couple and their two young children — die in a blizzard in January 2022, when the wind chil
  
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• Lille forward Jonathan David serving as both goal-scorer and playmaker for Canada

  18-11-2024 21:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — While goals have been hard to come by for Canada under Jesse Marsch, Jonathan David has been at the centre of what offence there has been.
  With four goals and three assists, the 24-year-old from Ottawa has been directly involved in seven of the nine goals Canada has scored in Marsch’s 12 outings as coach.
  David, who plays his club football in France for Lille, served as playmaker Friday in Suriname after captain Stephen Eustaquio found him in the corner of the penalty box w
  
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• RCMP says 2 people dead after rollover, vehicle fire on Highway 99 in Surrey

  18-11-2024 21:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SOUTH SURREY — Mounties in Surrey are investigating a motor vehicle collision early Monday morning (Nov. 18) that left two people deceased.
  According to a statement from Sgt. Tammy Lobb, media relations spokesperson, Surrey RCMP responded to a report of a vehicle rollover in the northbound lane of Highway 99 between 16 Avenue and 32 Avenue. Responding police and firefighters discovered that a vehicle was fully engulfed in flames. A driver and passenger were located deceased inside the vehi
  
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• PWHL releases neutral-site schedule with games ranging from Vancouver to Quebec City

  18-11-2024 21:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The PWHL is taking women’s pro hockey to places from Raleigh, North Carolina, to the Pacific Northwest in releasing its nine-date schedule of neutral site games on Monday.
  Billed as the “Takeover Tour,” the six-team league selected six U.S. cities — Raleigh, Buffalo, Detroit, St. Louis, Denver and Seattle — and Canadian stops in Vancouver and Quebec City, with one site yet to be announced. The announcement comes as the PWHL prepares to open its second season on Nov.
  
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• Mike Tyson-Jake Paul fight draws record betting for a combat sports event

  18-11-2024 20:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jake Paul’s unanimous victory over former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson might have been disappointing from a competitive standpoint, but it drew record betting.
  BetMGM said the fight between the YouTube star and the 58-year-old Tyson, who showed his age by being a sitting target, was its most-bet boxing or mixed-martial arts fight. The sportsbook took three times the number of bets and four times the money of any combat sport in BetMGM’s history.
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• Biden seeks nearly $100 billion in emergency disaster aid after Hurricanes Helene and Milton

  18-11-2024 20:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is requesting nearly $100 billion in emergency disaster aid after Hurricanes Helene and Milton, and other natural disasters.
  In a letter Monday to House Speaker Mike Johnson, Biden said he has met firsthand with those harmed by the storms and heard what they need from the federal government. “Additional resources are critical to continue to support these communities,” Biden said.The largest share of the money, about $40 billion, would go to
  
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• 2 are killed and 1 is critically wounded in New York City knife rampage. A suspect is in custody

  18-11-2024 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A man carried out a string of stabbings across a swath of Manhattan on Monday morning, killing two people and critically wounding a third without uttering a word to his victims, officials said.The 51-year-old suspect was in police custody after being found with blood on his clothes and the two kitchen knives he was carrying, authorities said. The suspect’s and victims’ names weren’t immediately released.“Three New Yorkers. Unprovoked attacks that lef
  
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• Man police linked to neo-Nazi group pleads not guilty to terrorism charges

  18-11-2024 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — An Ottawa man is pleading not guilty to charges of terrorism and hate-speech related to the promotion of a far-right group.
  RCMP charged Patrick Gordon Macdonald in July 2023, alleging he took part in activities of a listed terrorist organization.
  It’s the first case in Canada where the government laid charges for both terrorism and hate propaganda against someone for promoting a violent, far-right ideology.
  As the trial opened Monday in Ontario’s Superior Court of Jus
  
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• Edmonton Oilers centre Connor McDavid named NHL’s first star of the week

  18-11-2024 19:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Edmonton Oilers centre Connor McDavid was named the NHL’s first star of the week on Monday.
  He had eight points (three goals, five assists) over three games last week. McDavid also reached the 1,000-point milestone, becoming the fourth-youngest player in league history to reach the plateau.
  Dallas Stars left-winger Mason Marchment was named second star and Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy took the third star.Marchment had five points (1-4) in a 7-1 win ove
  
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• A historic downtown in BC is turning into a delightful Christmas village with a "Candy Cane Lane" - Curiocity

  18-11-2024 19:12 via news.google.com
  A historic downtown in BC is turning into a delightful Christmas village with a "Candy Cane Lane"  Curiocity
  
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• 'Persistent' inflation has Chilliwack looking at 7.17% tax increase - Chilliwack Progress

  18-11-2024 19:06 via news.google.com
  'Persistent' inflation has Chilliwack looking at 7.17% tax increase  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Oilers head coach expects Darnell Nurse out 5-10 days after Ryan Reaves hit

  18-11-2024 19:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Edmonton Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch says he expects defenceman Darnell Nurse to be out five to 10 days after a hit to the head from Toronto forward Ryan Reaves.
  Nurse was skating with the puck behind Edmonton’s net early in the second period of Saturday’s 4-3 overtime loss to the Maple Leafs in Toronto when Reaves clipped Nurse with his shoulder.
  The NHL’s department of player safety suspended Reaves five games for his actions.
  Nurse did not participate i
  
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• Vehicle in a ditch blocks 1 lane of Highway 1 in Chilliwack Monday morning - Fraser Valley Today

  18-11-2024 18:47 via news.google.com
  Vehicle in a ditch blocks 1 lane of Highway 1 in Chilliwack Monday morning  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Trump thinks he can fix golf’s mess. He starts by playing golf with PGA Tour commissioner

  18-11-2024 18:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  President-elect Donald Trump boasted during the campaign he would need about 15 minutes to get a deal done between the PGA Tour and the Saudi investors of LIV Golf. That started with four hours on the golf course with PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan.
  The Washington Post reported Monahan accepted an invitation from Trump to play golf last Friday at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida.
  The PGA Tour confirmed the outing in a statement.
  “President-Elect Trump has always
  
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• Suzuki and Sabathia among 14 newcomers on baseball Hall of Fame ballot. Wagner tops holdovers

  18-11-2024 18:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Canadian catcher Russell Martin, outfielder Ichiro Suzuki and pitcher CC Sabathia are among 14 new candidates on the Hall of Fame ballot released Monday, joining 14 holdovers led by reliever Billy Wagner.
  Pitcher Félix Hernández, outfielder Carlos González and infielders Dustin Pedroia and Hanley Ramírez also are among the newcomers joined by reliever Fernando Rodney, second baseman Ian Kinsler, second baseman/outfielder Ben Zobrist, sho
  
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• Vehicle in a ditch blocks 1 lane of Highway 1 in Chilliwack Monday morning

  18-11-2024 18:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — DriveBC says a westbound vehicle incident has the right lane of Highway 1 blocked between Gibson Road and Prest Road (exit 123) in Chilliwack Monday morning.Chilliwack Fire Department and RCMP personnel were dispatched after a vehicle wound up in a ditch. Crews are currently on scene. Motorists should expect delays.Chilliwack resident Erik Devisser says a vehicle wound up in a ditch upside down.
  Roads are a bit slick from overnight rain but there are sunny skies in Chilliwack
  
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• Chiefs score pair of late goals to defeat Spruce Kings - Prince George Citizen

  18-11-2024 18:36 via news.google.com
  Chiefs score pair of late goals to defeat Spruce Kings  Prince George Citizen
  
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• Israeli airstrike hits central Beirut near key government buildings and embassies

  18-11-2024 18:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike late Monday slammed into a densely populated residential area in Lebanon’s capital close to the U.N. headquarters, Parliament, the prime minister’s office and several embassies.Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said two missiles hit the area of Zoqaq al-Blat neighborhood of Beirut. The strike comes following reports that the U.S. envoy has delayed his visit for ceasefire talks.
  Ambulance sirens echoed through the area, but no offi
  
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• Cable theft leaves Chilliwack nature reserve without phone service for nearly 2 weeks - Fraser Valley Today

  18-11-2024 18:32 via news.google.com
  Cable theft leaves Chilliwack nature reserve without phone service for nearly 2 weeks  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Cable theft leaves Chilliwack nature reserve without phone service for nearly 2 weeks

  18-11-2024 18:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The executive director of a Chilliwack nature reserve says an incident of cable theft left the non-profit without phone service for almost two weeks.
  In response to an email from Fraser Valley Today, Great Blue Heron Reserve Executive Director Camille Coray said Friday (Nov. 15) via email that she’s been surprised by how long it has taken a communications company to restore phone service to the nature reserve.
  On Tuesday, November 12, Great Blue Heron posted on Facebook
  
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• Rookie defensive lineman Holley had impact on Argonauts’ Grey Cup win

  18-11-2024 18:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Ralph Holley began the season as an unheralded rookie on the practice roster but finished it leaving his mark on a Grey Cup title.
  The six-foot-one 285-pound defensive tackle registered no individual statistics in the Toronto Argonauts’ 41-24 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Sunday night. But he was involved in the play that significantly affected the outcome.
  Winnipeg starter Zach Collaros was forced to don a glove on his right hand after requiring stitches to c
  
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• Quebec party supports member who accused fellow politicians of denigrating minorities

  18-11-2024 18:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec political party has voted to support one of its members facing backlash for saying that racialized people are regularly disparaged at the provincial legislature.
  Québec solidaire members adopted an emergency resolution at the party’s convention late Sunday condemning the hate directed at Haroun Bouazzi, without endorsing his comments.
  Bouazzi, who represents a Montreal riding, had told a community group that he hears comments every day at the legislature th
  
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• Maple Leafs forward Calle Jarnkrok out month-to-month after groin and hernia surgery

  18-11-2024 18:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto Maple Leafs centre Calle Jarnkrok is out month-to-month following groin and sports hernia surgery, the team announced Monday.
  The 33-year-old Swede has yet to suit up this season after beginning the campaign on long-term injured reserve Oct. 7.
  Jarnkrok provided some offence in a bottom-6 role last season with 10 goals and 11 assists in 52 games.
  He has 30 goals and 30 assists in 125 contests across two campaigns with Toronto.
  The Leafs are also without star centre Auston
  
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• Fall storm could bring ‘hurricane force’ winds to B.C.

  18-11-2024 18:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Environment Canada is warning about an intensifying storm that is expected to bring powerful winds to Vancouver Island and the British Columbia coast this week.
  Matt MacDonald, the lead forecaster for the BC Wildfire Service, says models predict “explosive cyclogenesis,” which is also known as a bomb cyclone, materializing Tuesday night.
  Such storms are caused by a rapid drop in atmospheric pressure at the centre of a storm system that results in heavy rain and high
  
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• Fall storm could bring ‘hurricane force’ finds to B.C.

  18-11-2024 18:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Environment Canada is warning about an intensifying storm that is expected to bring powerful winds to Vancouver Island and the British Columbia coast this week.
  Matt MacDonald, the lead forecaster for the BC Wildfire Service, says models predict “explosive cyclogenesis,” which is also known as a bomb cyclone, materializing Tuesday night.Such storms are caused by a rapid drop in atmospheric pressure at the centre of a storm system that results in heavy rain and high
  
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• Wisconsin Republican Eric Hovde concedes defeat to Democrat Tammy Baldwin in US Senate race

  18-11-2024 18:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republican Eric Hovde conceded defeat on Monday to Democratic incumbent Tammy Baldwin in their U.S. Senate race, saying he will not request a recount after he previously admitted he lost but floated several debunked election conspiracies.
  Hovde could have requested a recount because his margin of defeat was less than 1 percentage point, at about 29,000 votes. But Hovde said he would not do that. He would have had to pay for a recount himself.
  Baldwin declared
  
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• Coroner’s inquest begins into 2016 death of Ottawa man Abdirahman Abdi

  18-11-2024 18:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A coroner’s inquest began this morning into the July 2016 death of Abdirahman Abdi, who died after he was arrested by Ottawa police.
  The inquest into the 38-year-old’s death is mandated by law to determine how and why he died, and is set to last four weeks.
  The jury is not tasked with determining legal responsibility but it can make recommendations to avoid similar deaths in the future.
  Abdi died after police officers responded to a 911 call that said a man was groping
  
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• Vancouver Island doctors set up overdose prevention sites without government blessing

  18-11-2024 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Doctors on Vancouver Island say they’re setting up unsanctioned overdose prevention sites on the grounds of Nanaimo General and Royal Jubilee hospitals this week because the B.C. government hasn’t lived up to its promise to set aside space for the sites.Dr. Jess Wilder, an addictions and family medicine practitioner in Nanaimo, says her work has been mired in “controversy and politicization” lately, and setting up overdose prevention sites is “about saving lives.&rd
  
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• Quebec aims to boost access to abortion pills, contraception

  18-11-2024 18:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec wants to increase access to abortion pills as part of a new plan aimed at reaffirming the province’s commitment to reproductive rights.Martine Biron, Quebec’s minister for the status of women, says it’s important to reinforce women’s rights at a time when they are declining around the world, and that one out of three women in Canada will have an abortion.Biron says Quebecers living in regions outside Montreal sometimes wait up to five weeks before
  
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• Strong winds forecast for Fraser Valley on Tuesday night - Chilliwack Progress

  18-11-2024 16:47 via news.google.com
  Strong winds forecast for Fraser Valley on Tuesday night  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canadian men fall one place to No. 23 in World Rugby rankings after Romania loss

  18-11-2024 16:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada has dropped one place to No. 23 in the World Rugby rankings after a 35-27 loss to Romania in Bucharest on Saturday.
  The Canadian men were replaced at No. 22 by Hong Kong, which defeated visiting Brazil 38-17 on Sunday.
  Romania was unchanged at No. 20 while Brazil fell two spots to No. 28.
  South Africa remained No. 1 with Ireland replacing New Zealand at No. 2. The All Blacks slipped to No. 3 after their 30-29 weekend loss at No. 4 France.
  South Africa beat No. 7 England 29-20 while Irelan
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Police say death of woman found in Halifax Walmart oven not suspicious

  18-11-2024 15:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — Halifax police have determined that the death of a young woman whose body was found in a Walmart walk-in oven was not suspicious and did not involve foul play.
  The death of the 19-year-old employee in the store’s bakery was reported on Oct. 19.
  Halifax Regional Police say they have informed the woman’s family of their findings.
  Last month, Nova Scotia’s Labour Department lifted a stop-work order after officials determined the store had complied with safety stand
  
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• Ottawa seeks project pitches to for new mental health fund aimed at youth

  18-11-2024 15:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Health and Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks is looking for pitches to help young Canadians who are struggling with their mental health.
  The federal government plans to distribute $500 million for projects that help young people struggling to afford private mental health care services.
  The funding comes from the five-year Youth Mental Health Fund announced in the spring federal budget to tackle the stress, anxiety and depression young people are facing amid a high cost of livi
  
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• Chilliwack and Abbotsford could get clobbered by high winds starting Tuesday - Fraser Valley Today

  18-11-2024 15:29 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack and Abbotsford could get clobbered by high winds starting Tuesday  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Chilliwack and Abbotsford could get clobbered by high winds starting Tuesday

  18-11-2024 15:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Environment Canada issued a special weather statement late Sunday night saying very windy conditions could roll into Abbotsford and Chilliwack by Tuesday morning, with peak wind speeds arriving Tuesday evening.According to the statement issued Sunday night at 9:44 p.m. Pacific Time, a significant fall storm is set to impact Vancouver Island beginning Tuesday. An area of low pressure is expected to deepen rapidly some 400 kilometers west of Vancouver Island on Tuesday before it
  
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• Chilliwack non-profit announces departure of executive director - Fraser Valley Today

  18-11-2024 15:12 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack non-profit announces departure of executive director  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Chilliwack non-profit announces departure of executive director

  18-11-2024 15:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The board chair of a Chilliwack non-profit committed to restoration and reconciliation in local schools and Chilliwack itself has announced the departure of its executive director.
  Edna Warick, board chair of Chilliwack Restorative Justice, confirmed in an email to Fraser Valley Today and other local media outlets that Steve Roukema has left his position as executive director of the non-profit effective November 4, 2024. Roukema had been its executive for the past three years.
  
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• Online fundraiser created for father of 2 who went missing north of Agassiz

  18-11-2024 15:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HARRISON — A GoFundMe has been created to support the family of a 44-year-old man who went missing after a fishing trip north of Agassiz.
  According to the text of an online financial appeal from Silvia J., the GoFund Me has been created by the teammates and parents of the U14 BCSPL Intake team at Coquitlam Metro Ford to help the Bradley Werbowski family as they navigate a very difficult time in their lives. The Werbowski’s son is part of a soccer community in the Lower Mainland.
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• Highway 7 west of Hope to remain closed for at least another week

  18-11-2024 15:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — BC’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure says Highway 7 west of Hope will remain closed for at least another week after a substantial rockslide closed all lanes late Thursday night, Nov. 14.According to a statement on DriveBC, the provincial agency now expects Highway 7 connecting Agassiz with Hope could reopen Wednesday evening, November 27 at 6 p.m.Fraser Valley Today reporter Don Mitchell reported over the weekend that the B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infra
  
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• Orla Mining signs deal to buy Musselwhite gold mine in Ontario from Newmont

  18-11-2024 14:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Orla Mining Ltd. has signed a deal to buy the Musselwhite gold mine in Ontario from Newmont Corp.
  Under the deal, the company will pay US$810 million plus up to an additional US$40 million, depending on the price of gold after the deal closes.
  Musselwhite is an underground gold mine in northwestern Ontario that has been in operation for over 25 years.
  The mine had 1.5 million ounces of proven and probable gold reserves at Dec. 31, 2023.
  Orla already owns the Camino Rojo gold mi
  
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• Study: More Canadian girls playing in organized sports, but still lagging behind boys

  18-11-2024 13:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — A new study shows that more Canadian girls are participating in organized sports, but they are still lagging behind boys.
  The Rally Report was commissioned by Canadian Women & Sport and done by IMI Consulting.
  More than 5,000 Canadians, including 2,000 girls and women, responded to the study.
  The report shows that 63 per cent of Canadian girls play organized sports weekly, compared to 68 per cent of boys.Despite this, nearly four in ten girls are still missing out on the bene
  
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• Canada’s Savannah Grewal eager to improve after re-earning LPGA Tour card

  18-11-2024 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada’s Savannah Grewal has re-earned her LPGA Tour card for 2025 and will take plenty of lessons into her second season as a pro.
  Grewal, of Mississauga, Ont., finished tied for 48th on Sunday at The Annika driven by Gainbridge at Pelican — the final full-field event of the LPGA Tour season — and ended the year at No. 97 in the Race to CME Globe standings. The top 100 earn LPGA Tour cards for next year.
  “I hit the ball, for the most part, pretty good — just made s
  
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• Rafael Nadal and Spain’s Davis Cup captain won’t say whether he’ll play before retirement

  18-11-2024 10:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FUENGIROLA, Spain (AP) — Neither Rafael Nadal nor Spanish captain David Ferrer would say Monday whether the 22-time Grand Slam champion will play singles or doubles — or maybe not at all — at the Davis Cup Final 8, his last event before retirement.
  Spain is scheduled to face the Netherlands on Tuesday in the quarterfinals on an indoor hard court at the Palacio de Deportes Jose Maria Martin Carpena. The winner will play in the semifinals on Friday. The championship will be decid
  
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