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• Blue Bombers clean out their lockers after coming up short in Grey Cup

  19-11-2024 23:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — There was no anger in Brady Oliveira’s voice when the Winnipeg Blue Bombers star running back answered questions Tuesday about a hot topic that lingers after the Grey Cup.
  Why didn’t the CFL’s newly minted most outstanding player and top Canadian have more than 11 carries in what turned out to be a 41-24 loss to the Toronto Argonauts last Sunday?
  “I think the only thing I can really touch on is the fact that I thought the offensive line and myself could h
  
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• Experience a European Winter Wonderland in the Heart of Chilliwack - 604 Now

  19-11-2024 23:39 via news.google.com
  Experience a European Winter Wonderland in the Heart of Chilliwack  604 Now
  
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• SpaceX launches giant Starship rocket, but passes up catching it with mechanical arms

  19-11-2024 23:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SpaceX on Tuesday launched another Starship rocket, but passed up catching the booster with giant mechanical arms.
  Unlike last month’s success, the booster was directed to a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico. The catch was called off just four minutes into the test flight from Texas for unspecified reasons, and the booster hit the water three minutes later.Not all of the criteria for a booster catch was met and so the flight director did not command the booster to return to the launch site,
  
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• PWHL brings on-ice tweaks, harsher penalties to second season

  19-11-2024 23:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Professional Women’s Hockey League will introduce on-ice tweaks and harsher punishment for some penalties in its second season.
  The PWHL has made changes to its rule book ahead of the Nov. 30 start of the regular season.The six teams that opened training camps Nov. 12 gathered in Toronto and Montreal on Tuesday for integrated three-team camps that will include scrimmages.
  A short-handed goal ending a power play for the opposing team was among the innovations the women&r
  
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• Edmonton Elks name Ed Hervey as general manager and VP of football operations

  19-11-2024 23:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks are hoping a familiar face can help turn the franchise around.Ed Hervey was named general manager and vice-president of the CFL club on Tuesday. He spent eight years with the franchise as a player before becoming a team scout and later the GM.
  “I can’t ask for a better opportunity to come back to,” Hervey said in a statement. “Above everything else, Edmonton is home. When home calls, you answer it.”
  Hervey rejoins the Elks after fo
  
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• US recognizes Venezuela’s opposition candidate as president-elect months after the disputed election

  19-11-2024 22:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The U.S. government recognized Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González as the “president-elect” of the South American country on Tuesday, months after President Nicolas Maduro claimed to have won the July contest.
  U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken recognized González in a post on X in which he also demanded “respect for the will” of Venezuelan voters.
  The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden had previously
  
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• 2nd ER closure in 3 days at Merritt hospital, 18th this year alone

  19-11-2024 22:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MERRITT — For the second time in three days, Merritt residents have been impacted by a disruption to emergency room services at Nicola Valley Hospital.
  Interior Health announced the closure would begin Monday evening (Nov.18) at 7 p.m. and remain in affect until 8 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19.
  As has been the case recently, Interior Health did not give an explanation for the 18th emergency room closure of 2024.
  The emergency room was also closed this past Saturday Nov. 16 until Sunday Nov. 17 for
  
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• Bruins fire coach Jim Montgomery after slow start in regular season follows playoff disappointments

  19-11-2024 22:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Boston coach Jim Montgomery, who led the Bruins to the greatest regular season in NHL history but never got them past the second round of the playoffs, was fired Tuesday, a day after the below-.500 team lost to last-place Columbus to extend its losing streak to three games.
  Assistant Joe Sacco will coach the Bruins on an interim basis, the team announced.
  Montgomery, 55, was fired 20 games into his third season in Boston and a day after a 5-1 loss to Columbus in which the Bru
  
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• B.C. Wildfire Service to hold hiring webinar this week as it gears up for 2025

  19-11-2024 22:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — B.C. Wildfire Service will hold the first of three online hiring webinars starting this week as it gears up for the 2025 wildfire season.According to a social media post, BCWS says it will conduct an online webinar designed to introduce itself to prospective applicants who want to be a part of the provincial agency. BCWS staff and crew leaders will be featured in the online recruitment webinar.The upcoming dates are as follow:Nov. 20, 2024, at 7 p.m. PST
  Dec. 4, 2024, at 7 p.m
  
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• Online support through Chilliwack society for military sexual misconduct - Abbotsford News

  19-11-2024 22:36 via news.google.com
  Online support through Chilliwack society for military sexual misconduct  Abbotsford News
  
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• Online support through Chilliwack society for military sexual misconduct - Hope Standard

  19-11-2024 22:34 via news.google.com
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• Police renew plea to ID sexual assault suspect after rash of alleged groping incidents

  19-11-2024 22:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NORTH VANCOUVER — Mounties in North Vancouver are issuing a new advisory as they seek to identify an alleged sexual assault suspect with newly obtained video.According to a statement from North Vancouver RCMP, police advised the public on November 2 about three sexual assaults that occurred in the Lower Lonsdale area. Police say a fourth victim has since come forward after seeing the media release, alleging that she too was groped from behind by a man riding an electronic bike on July 22.
  
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• No evidence of kidnappings or attempted kidnappings: Squamish RCMP

  19-11-2024 22:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SQUAMISH — Police in Squamish, B.C., say recent social media posts claiming allegations of stalking and attempted kidnappings of women by an unidentified man or men are without merit.
  According to a statement from Constable Kelly Wu, spokesperson for the Sea to Sky RCMP detachment in Squamish, police say a thorough and comprehensive investigation confirms that no such incidents have occurred and there is no credible evidence to support the incidents.
  Police say recent social media posts th
  
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• Mammography rolls into Chilliwack for 8 days of screenings - Maple Ridge News

  19-11-2024 22:09 via news.google.com
  Mammography rolls into Chilliwack for 8 days of screenings  Maple Ridge News
  
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• NDP MP calls on Boissonnault to resign over false claims to Indigenous identity

  19-11-2024 21:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A Métis member of Parliament is calling on the employment minister to resign over what he calls harmful false claims to Indigenous ancestry.
  Randy Boissonnault, who had said his great-grandmother was a “full-blooded Cree woman,” has also been described as Indigenous multiple times in communications from the Liberal party.
  He has walked back those comments after it was revealed that a company he co-owned applied for government contracts while claiming to be Indig
  
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• Montreal mayor supports Polytechnique survivors’ call for complete assault weapon ban

  19-11-2024 21:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante is lending her support to a gun control advocacy group as it urges the federal government to complete a list of banned assault-style weapons before a federal buyback program comes into effect.
  PolySeSouvient, a group that represents survivors and families of the 1989 École polytechnique massacre, joined Plante at Montreal’s city hall today.
  The group says it met with federal Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc one year ago and
  
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• With Trump headed to White House, Canada has its eyes on Chinese investment in Mexico

  19-11-2024 21:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says she shares the “legitimate” concerns of U.S. officials about Mexico becoming a back door for China to wedge its way into the North American trading regime.
  Her comment comes the day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised the issue with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum while in Brazil for the G20 summit.
  Freeland says members of the outgoing administration of President Joe Biden and advisers of incoming president-elect
  
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• Abbotsford Hospital acquires critical new rehab equipment thanks to donors

  19-11-2024 21:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation says Abbotsford Regional Hospital has acquired critical new equipment in its physiotherapy department that significantly advances rehab services for patients in care at the hospital.
  In a news release from Dr. Lakhbir Jassal, the foundation says two new innovative pieces of equipment, a NeuroGym sit-to-stand trainer, that play a crucial role in encouraging early weight bearing and active mobilization in the hips and knees. Dr. Jassal sa
  
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• Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino stepping down as coach of Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami, AP source says

  19-11-2024 21:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Gerardo “Tata” Martino, who guided Inter Miami to the best regular season record in Major League Soccer history this season, is resigning as coach of the club, a person with knowledge of the decision said Tuesday.
  Martino — who was hired in July 2023, right around the time that Lionel Messi debuted for the club — made the decision for personal reasons, said the person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because it
  
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• Edmonton Oilers claim forward Kasperi Kapanen off waivers from St. Louis Blues

  19-11-2024 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers claimed forward Kasperi Kapanen off waivers from the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday.The 28-year-old right-winger had one goal in 10 games with the Blues this season.Kapanen made his NHL debut in the 2015-16 season with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He spent parts of five seasons with the team.He also spent parts of three seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins before joining the Blues midway through the 2022-23 campaign.In 470 career regular-season games, Kapanen has 85
  
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• Sex abuse case: Judge orders seizure of homes belonging to billionaire Robert Miller

  19-11-2024 20:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec Superior Court judge has ordered the seizure of two Montreal-area residences belonging to billionaire Robert Miller, at the request of four women who have filed civil lawsuits alleging he sexually abused them as minors.
  Justice Serge Gaudet on Friday authorized the request for a seizure before judgment of the two properties in Westmount, saying the plaintiffs have reason to fear that the 81-year-old founder of Future Electronics may try to hide assets.
  Gaudet said it wa
  
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• Chilliwack boxer represents B.C. at elite national championships - Chilliwack Progress

  19-11-2024 20:12 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack boxer represents B.C. at elite national championships  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Motion to declare homelessness state of emergency fails to pass at Montreal council

  19-11-2024 20:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal’s city council has voted down a motion brought by a pair of Independent city councillors seeking to have a state of emergency declared over the city’s homelessness situation.
  Mayor Valérie Plante says councillors agree that the high number of unhoused people is an urgent concern but declaring a state of emergency would not help.
  The motion submitted by council members Craig Sauvé and Serge Sasseville was defeated Monday night in a 32-26 vote.
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• Vancouver Canucks centre J.T. Miller takes indefinite leave for ‘personal reasons’

  19-11-2024 19:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Vancouver Canucks centre J.T. Miller is taking an indefinite leave from the team for “personal reasons.”General manager Patrik Allvin announced the news in a statement Tuesday, saying the club’s focus is making sure Miller knows “the entire organization is here to support him.”Miller, 31, has six goals and 10 assists in 17 games for Vancouver this season, and is second on the team in points behind captain Quinn Hughes (18 points).The six-foot-one,
  
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• Quebec politician offers mea culpa for comments on racism in provincial legislature

  19-11-2024 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec legislature member says he doesn’t think his colleagues at the national assembly are racist, as his party prepares to face criticism from all sides for controversial comments he made earlier this month.Haroum Bouazzi says he will remain a member of the left-leaning Québec solidaire caucus in a social media statement published after an emergency caucus meeting this morning.Three parties, including the governing Coalition Avenir Québec, will table moti
  
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• Government spending in limbo as Tories, Liberals continue game of chicken in House

  19-11-2024 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government is asking Parliament for approval to spend billions of dollars, but the ongoing stalemate in the House of Commons could prevent the Liberals from getting the green light.
  Treasury Board President Anita Anand tabled a request on Monday for $21.6 billion to fund programs including housing, dental care and the national school food program.
  But the request is likely to sit in limbo because the Conservatives have pledged to gridlock all debate until the Liberals
  
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• Argos celebrate Grey Cup title with energetic fan rally at Maple Leaf Square

  19-11-2024 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts celebrated their latest Grey Cup win with an energetic, occasionally messy fan rally on Tuesday.
  Champagne flowed liberally as players from the CFL championship team took turns at the podium in front of an enthusiastic crowd at Maple Leaf Square to hype up Sunday’s big victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
  Argos receiver Dejon Brissett, who caught a touchdown and was named top Canadian in the 41-24 win, offered several lighthearted apologies after sp
  
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• Chilliwack home on Princess Avenue generates multiple bylaw complaints - Fraser Valley Today

  19-11-2024 19:27 via news.google.com
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• Rafael Nadal loses at the Davis Cup in what could be his last match before retirement

  19-11-2024 19:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MALAGA, Spain (AP) — Rafael Nadal lost 6-4, 6-4 to Botic van de Zandschulp in the Davis Cup on Tuesday in what may have been the last match of the Spaniard’s career.
  Nadal is retiring from professional tennis after the team event in Malaga, and he will not get to play again if Spain loses the second singles match against the Netherlands later Tuesday.
  Third-ranked Carlos Alcaraz will face No. 40 Tallon Griekspoor in the other singles, and if the best-of-three series remains tied, it
  
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• Chilliwack home on Princess Avenue generates multiple bylaw complaints

  19-11-2024 19:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A home in the 5600 block of Tyson Road isn’t the only major incident of unsightly premises that City of Chilliwack bylaw staff have been dealing with this year.A home in the 46100 block of Princess Avenue closer to downtown Chilliwack has generated nearly a dozen bylaw complaints for its derelict appearance.According to an email from City of Chilliwack spokesperson Jamie Leggatt, there have been 11 calls for service for this property this year for unsightliness, weed con
  
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• New York prosecutors say they will oppose dismissing Trump’s hush money conviction

  19-11-2024 19:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors said Tuesday they’ll oppose any effort to dismiss President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money conviction as his sentencing looms, but they expressed some openness to delaying the case until after his impending second term.
  In a court filing Tuesday, the Manhattan district attorney’s office said Trump’s forthcoming presidency isn’t grounds for dropping a case that was already tried. But “given the need to balance competi
  
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• NY prosecutors say they will oppose dismissing Trump’s hush money conviction

  19-11-2024 18:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors said Tuesday they’ll oppose dismissing President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money case as his sentencing looms, but they expressed some openness to delaying it until after his impending second term.
  In a court filing Tuesday, the Manhattan district attorney’s office said his forthcoming presidency isn’t grounds for dropping a case that was already tried. But “given the need to balance competing constitutional interests,&rdqu
  
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• iHeartRadio Canada adds 51 Pattison Media radio stations, including Chilliwack’s 89.5 JR Country, to its platform - Fraser Valley Today

  19-11-2024 18:45 via news.google.com
  iHeartRadio Canada adds 51 Pattison Media radio stations, including Chilliwack’s 89.5 JR Country, to its platform  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Mammography van rolls into Chilliwack for 8 days of screenings - Chilliwack Progress

  19-11-2024 18:43 via news.google.com
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• iHeartRadio Canada adds 51 Pattison Media radio stations, including Chilliwack’s 89.5 JR Country, to its platform

  19-11-2024 18:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KAMLOOPS — Bell Media’s iHeartRadio Canada and Kamloops-based Pattison Media announced Tuesday (Nov. 19) that all 51 radio stations under the banner of Pattison Media, including Chilliwack’s own 89.5 JR Country, are now available on the iHeartRadio platform.In a news release from Bell Media and Pattison Media, the new partnership brings even more of Canada’s radio stations onto the extensive offering of iHeart, encompassing music channels, radio stations, and hundreds of
  
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• Mammography rolls into Chilliwack for 8 days of screenings - Chilliwack Progress

  19-11-2024 18:39 via news.google.com
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• Soccer’s ‘worst’ national team rises toward 2026 World Cup chance after Nations League group win

  19-11-2024 18:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GENEVA (AP) — The official worst national team in men’s soccer is within sight of entering qualifying playoffs for the 2026 World Cup in North America.
  San Marino’s stunning progress this year, as the team ranked No. 210 by FIFA, was capped Monday by a 3-1 win over Liechtenstein that sealed winning a UEFA Nations League group.
  It was San Marino’s second victory over Liechtenstein — the first in September ended a 20-year winless run in all games for a team whose all-
  
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• Canada Post, union sit down with mediator, but still ‘far apart’ as strike drags on

  19-11-2024 18:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Representatives from Canada Post and the postal workers union sat down with a special mediator Monday, but seem no closer to reaching a deal as a countrywide strike enters its fifth day.
  In a statement, Canada Post said the parties “remain far apart” but that the Crown corporation continues to aim for a deal hammered out at the bargaining table.
  About 55,000 employees represented by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers walked off the job on Friday, shutting down oper
  
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• From Sao Paulo to Calgary, Davidson de Souza chases bobsled dream

  19-11-2024 18:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Davidson de Souza grew up about as far away from a bobsled track as possible.He was raised in a favela outside of Sao Paulo, Brazil, but the first time he slid down the ice at Calgary’s WinSport facility, de Souza knew he was home.“It was pure adrenalin. It was everything I love,” he said. “I came down, got out of the sled super dizzy in Calgary. I was like ‘What the heck was that?’ And ‘Can I go up again?’ … I was hooked right away.”T
  
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• Chilliwack-area postal workers speak out on labour strike, argue Canada Post wants to weaken their pensions - Fraser Valley Today

  19-11-2024 18:05 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack-area postal workers speak out on labour strike, argue Canada Post wants to weaken their pensions  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Chilliwack-area postal workers speak out on labour strike, argue Canada Post wants to weaken their pensions

  19-11-2024 18:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — In the midst of a labour strike that’s less than a week old, the local union representing over 100 postal workers in Chilliwack, Hope and the surrounding area says Canada Post wants to weaken their pensions.
  Postal workers went on strike Friday, saying they came to the decision after “a year of bargaining with little progress.” Meanwhile, Canada Post says it’s “disappointed” with the decision, which will “have a significant and immedia
  
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• Chilliwack postal workers speak out on labour strike, argue Canada Post wants to weaken their pensions

  19-11-2024 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — In the midst of a labour strike that’s less than a week old, the local union representing over 100 postal workers in Chilliwack, Hope and the surrounding area says Canada Post wants to weaken their pensions.Postal workers went on strike Friday, saying they came to the decision after “a year of bargaining with little progress.” Meanwhile, Canada Post says it’s “disappointed” with the decision, which will “have a significant and immediat
  
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• Transportation Safety Board investigating after plane goes off runway in Vancouver

  19-11-2024 18:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Transportation Safety Board says it’s investigating after a Boeing 767 cargo jet went off a runway at Vancouver International Airport.
  The airport says the Cargojet flight went off the east side of its north runway after landing about 1:45 a.m.
  The airport says firefighters responded and there were no reported injuries among the three-person crew.
  It says the north runway remains closed and that could affect other flights.
  The Transportation Safety Board’s websi
  
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• Writers’ Trust of Canada to hand out seven book prizes, cash

  19-11-2024 17:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Writers’ Trust of Canada is set to hand out seven awards and more than $330,000 in prize money at its annual awards bash tonight.
  Prizes include outstanding debut book by an LGBTQ2S+ emerging writer, best non-fiction and fiction books, and career achievement awards.
  Poet-novelists Canisia Lubrin and Fawn Parker are among the authors shortlisted for the Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, worth $60,000.
  Lubrin, the Whitby, Ont., writer who won the Griffin P
  
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• Toyota Highlander tops list of most stolen vehicles in 2023: Équité Association

  19-11-2024 17:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — An insurance crime and fraud prevention group says the Toyota Highlander was the most stolen vehicle in 2023, dethroning the Honda CR-V as the nation’s top stolen car for two years in a row.
  Non-profit Équité Association says the Toyota Highlander topped the list as criminals continue to target vehicles that maximize profit from illegal sales of stolen cars.
  The Dodge Ram 1500 series, Lexus RX Series, Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4 followed the Highlander for bein
  
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• Maple Leafs place forward David Kampf on IR, recall centre Minten

  19-11-2024 17:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Maple Leafs announced Tuesday that they have placed forward David Kampf on injured reserve, putting more strain on Toronto’s already depleted forward lines.
  The Leafs said Kampf is out with a lower-body injury and the move is retroactive to Saturday, when Kampf logged over 14 minutes of ice time in Toronto’s 4-3 overtime win over visiting Edmonton.
  Kampf has three assists in 18 games for Toronto this season.
  The Maple Leafs are also without captain and star centre
  
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• Report finds 1 in 5 newcomers leave Canada within 25 years, calls for retention plan

  19-11-2024 16:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — One in five immigrants who come to Canada ultimately leave for another country within 25 years, with about one-third of those people moving on within the first five years.The findings come from a report by the Institute for Canadian Citizenship and the Conference Board of Canada, which looked at the issue of onward migration for the second time. The report is based on 2020 figures.
  The report found that economic immigrants are the most likely to leave Canada and refugees are the l
  
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• Iran has increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, UN says

  19-11-2024 16:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VIENNA (AP) — Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels in defiance of international demands, according to a confidential report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog seen Tuesday by The Associated Press .
  The report by the International Atomic Energy Agency said that as of Oct. 26, Iran has 182.3 kilograms (401.9 pounds) of uranium enriched up to 60%, an increase of 17.6 kilograms (38.8 pounds) since the last report in August.
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• Rafael Nadal will play Davis Cup singles for Spain against the Netherlands ahead of retirement

  19-11-2024 16:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MALAGA, Spain (AP) — Rafael Nadal was picked to play singles for Spain against the Netherlands on Tuesday at the Davis Cup Final 8, the 22-time Grand Slam champion’s last event before he retires.
  The lineups for both countries were announced about an hour before their quarterfinal was scheduled to begin on Day 1 of competition on an indoor hard court at the sold-out Palacio de Deportes Jose Maria Martin Carpena in southern Spain.
  The 38-year-old Nadal will face 80th-ranked Botic van
  
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• Ex-Raptors star Carter part of group seeking to buy stake in Buffalo Bills, AP source says

  19-11-2024 16:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Former NBA stars Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady are part of a group being considered by the NFL to purchase a non-controlling minority stake in the Buffalo Bills, a person with knowledge of the league finance committee’s agenda told The Associated Press on Monday.
  The person spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because the league didn’t release the agenda for the committee meeting scheduled for Tuesday. The committee will also consider Ares Ma
  
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