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• Banman named whip as Rustad announces B.C. Conservatives shadow cabinet - Chilliwack Progress

  20-11-2024 23:57 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack's 20-year housing need of 28K units 'may already be met' - Chilliwack Progress

  20-11-2024 23:51 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack's 20-year housing need of 28K units 'may already be met'  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Minor ball hockey comes to Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  20-11-2024 23:50 via news.google.com
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• Flexibility key for Minnesota Timberwolves guard Nickeil Alexander-Walker

  20-11-2024 23:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Flexibility has become a way of life for Nickeil Alexander-Walker, both on and off the court.
  The 26-year-old Minnesota Timberwolves combo guard sharpened his diverse set of skills playing basketball with his cousin Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, now a perennial MVP candidate for the Oklahoma City Thunder, with the pair constantly switching positions. That upbringing, coupled with playing on three teams in six seasons to begin his NBA career, has made Alexander-Walker able to adapt to virtually any si
  
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• Senators GM Staios says the team is improving, but not yet playing consistent hockey

  20-11-2024 23:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — After watching the Ottawa Senators play their first 18 games of the 2024-25 NHL campaign, general manager Steve Staios gave his assessment of the season so far.In short, there have been flashes of promise but a lack of consistency, which is reflected in the Senators’ 8-9-1 record.
  While emphasizing that the team has often performed better than the numbers suggest, he told reporters Wednesday “they keep score for a reason.”He said the inconsistency has been a cent
  
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• Finnish star Ronja Savolainen wants to make an impact with Ottawa Charge

  20-11-2024 23:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Finnish star Ronja Savolainen wants her opponents to fear driving the net when she’s on the ice.
  As she enters her first PWHL season, the Ottawa Charge defender plans to introduce herself with an unapologetic, hard-nosed style.
  “I just want to be myself out there, not holding back, be a tough player, a pain-in-the-ass player in front of the net,” the upbeat Savolainen said after practice Wednesday at Verdun Auditorium. “That’s what I want to show.&r
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs hit with player departures following new NCAA rules - Chilliwack Progress

  20-11-2024 22:54 via news.google.com
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• B.C. government delegation jets to California to promote the province’s film industry

  20-11-2024 22:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Just days after being appointed to their new jobs, three members of the British Columbia government are off to California to promote the province as a hot spot for film production.Spencer Chandra Herbert, minister of tourism, arts, culture and sport, says in a statement that they want to bring the “biggest productions” to the province, allowing talent in B.C. to continue with work that comes “with a good pay cheque.”
  The trip to Los Angeles will include Chandra Herbert, F
  
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• Republicans on the House Ethics Committee reject releasing report on Matt Gaetz

  20-11-2024 22:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans on the House Ethics Committee voted Wednesday against releasing a report on their long-running investigation into President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, the top Democrat on the panel said.
  Democratic Rep. Susan Wild of Pennsylvania said the ethics panel, which is evenly split between the two parties, voted at a lengthy closed-door meeting, and no Republican joined Democrats who wanted to release the report.TH
  
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• Coroner’s inquest into 2016 death of Ottawa man hears from ex-cop involved in arrest

  20-11-2024 21:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A former police officer involved in the case of an Ottawa man who died after a violent arrest says the incident still affects him eight years later.
  A coroner’s inquest into the July 2016 death of 38-year-old Abdirahman Abdi began earlier this week, with witnesses testifying today.Abdi died after police responded to a 911 call reporting that a man was groping women outside a coffee shop in Ottawa’s Hintonburg neighbourhood.
  The inquest has heard that Abdi appeared to b
  
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• New GM Hervey seeks to elevate once-proud Elks from ‘laughingstock’ status

  20-11-2024 21:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Ed Hervey didn’t hold back when describing the Edmonton Elks team.“I do not like where the club sits in the CFL, as far as the perception” said Hervey, who on Wednesday was introduced as the team’s new general manager. “I would equate it to laughingstock.”
  For a franchise that has not been to the playoffs since 2019, that endured a 22-game home losing streak between 2019 and 2023, that has seen attendance dip to the point where management clos
  
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• Emergency alert test coming as B.C. mops up from ‘bomb cyclone’ with high winds

  20-11-2024 21:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A test for Canada’s emergency alert system is set to take place just as British Columbia cleans up from a so-called “bomb cyclone” weather system that cut power and battered parts of the coast with hurricane-force winds.
  The national alert system is typically tested twice a year, with the next test set to take place today at 1:55 p.m. Pacific time.
  The test involves an alert tone and message broadcast to radio, television and compatible mobile devices.
  While the messages should
  
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• Montreal unveils 2025 budget with new spending for housing, homelessness

  20-11-2024 21:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The City of Montreal is promising to speed up construction permits, raise taxes on owners of vacant lots and spend tens of millions of dollars more to help develop affordable housing as part of its 2025 budget.
  The $7.28 billion budget unveiled today by Mayor Valérie Plante includes a promise to increase the city’s housing department budget by $100 million over the next three years as its moves to build more subsidized housing.
  The city also plans to add more buildi
  
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• Young Quebecers care less than older people about being served in English: survey

  20-11-2024 20:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A new survey conducted for Quebec’s language watchdog says young Quebecers are far less interested compared to older residents about being served in English in stores.
  In a report published this week, the watchdog says 41 per cent of customers between the ages of 18 and 34 reported feeling indifferent to being served in English.
  That’s compared to 29 per cent for Quebecers aged 35 to 54, and 30 per cent for Quebecers aged 55 and older.
  More than 3,800 respondents fro
  
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• Former UVA student pleads guilty in 2022 mass shooting that left 3 dead, 2 wounded

  20-11-2024 20:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) —A former University of Virginia student pleaded guilty Wednesday to fatally shooting three football players and wounding two other students on the Charlottesville campus in 2022.Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., 25, pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated malicious wounding and five counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. A four-day sentencing hearing is scheduled to begin Feb. 4 in Albemarle County Circuit C
  
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• Randy Boissonnault leaves Liberal cabinet, prime minister says

  20-11-2024 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Randy Boissonnault is leaving his post as employment minister in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet after weeks of questions about the Edmonton MP’s past claims of Indigenous identity.
  Boissonnault has been under intense scrutiny after reporting from the National Post that raised questions about his past claims of Indigenous heritage.
  The newspaper reported that a company he co-owned had applied for government contracts while claiming to be Indigenous-owned.
  Boiss
  
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• Canadians favour government intervention in Canada Post, port labour disputes: poll

  20-11-2024 20:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A new poll suggests Canadians are supportive of government intervention in the labour disputes at ports and at Canada Post.
  Polling firm Leger found 63 per cent of respondents to a new survey were in favour of the Liberal government’s move to step in and ask the Canada Industrial Relations Board to order a resumption of port operations and move negotiations into binding arbitration. Nineteen per cent were opposed, and another 19 per cent said they didn’t know.
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• Jasmine Paolini and Italy beat Slovakia to win the Billie Jean King Cup

  20-11-2024 20:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MALAGA, Spain (AP) — Two-time Grand Slam finalist Jasmine Paolini capped a breakthrough season by leading Italy to its first Billie Jean King Cup title since 2013 on Wednesday, defeating Rebecca Sramkova 6-2, 6-1 to seal a 2-0 victory over Slovakia in the final of the women’s team competition.
  When Paolini’s win ended, she was joined on court by her teammates, and they embraced each other, then danced and sang along as the Gypsy Kings’ version of “Volare” blar
  
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• Councillor shreds Fraser Health, labels them ‘inept’ over negative experience at Chilliwack walk-in clinic - Fraser Valley Today

  20-11-2024 20:25 via news.google.com
  Councillor shreds Fraser Health, labels them ‘inept’ over negative experience at Chilliwack walk-in clinic  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Canadiens’ Patrik Laine skates with teammates for first time since injury

  20-11-2024 20:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BROSSARD — The Montreal Canadiens might be getting some reinforcements soon after Patrik Laine practised with his teammates for the first time since suffering a left knee sprain.
  Laine skated alone before joining the team for the first few drills at practice on Wednesday at CN Sports Complex. He wore a non-contact jersey and left the ice after about 15 minutes.
  “It’s nice to have him back with us,” defenceman David Savard said. “It can feel like a long time when you
  
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• Councillor shreds Fraser Health, labels them ‘inept’ over negative experience at Chilliwack walk-in clinic

  20-11-2024 20:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Councillor Bud Mercer criticized Fraser Health Authority Tuesday (Nov. 19) during Tuesday’s council meeting after a negative experience at an FHA-funded walk-in clinic at the Evans roundabout in Chilliwack.Councillor Mercer made the comments during a discussion about Chilliwack’s Community Safety Plan and Fraser Health’s broader role in providing health services for people with mental health. Since 2021, a multi-sectoral community safety governance
  
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• Court ruling stops Louisiana from requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms for now

  20-11-2024 19:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s plan to make all of the state’s public school classrooms post the Ten Commandments remains on hold under an order Wednesday by a federal appeals court in New Orleans.The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a state request to temporarily stay an earlier order by U.S. District Judge John deGravelles in Baton Rouge while litigation continues. Arguments before a 5th Circuit panel are scheduled for Jan. 23.The state contends that deGravelles&rsq
  
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• Former PM Stephen Harper appointed to oversee Alberta’s $160B AIMCo fund

  20-11-2024 19:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Former prime minister Stephen Harper is the new chairman of the Alberta Investment Management Corporation, or AIMCo, which oversees more than $160 billion in funds, including pension funds and the Heritage Savings Trust Fund.
  The move comes almost two weeks after the province’s finance minister fired the Crown agency’s entire board, along with a number of executives, citing ballooning costs and substandard returns.
  Premier Danielle Smith says the move is a step towar
  
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• All premiers aligned on push for Canada to have bilateral trade deal with U.S.: Ford

  20-11-2024 19:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says all provincial and territorial premiers are aligned on his push for the federal government to negotiate a bilateral trade deal with the United States.
  Ford, who is the current chair of the Council of the Federation, the group of Canada’s 13 premiers, says they had a call today and there is a clear consensus that the country needs separate agreements with the U.S. and Mexico.
  The premiers are calling for a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Tru
  
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• Over half of Hope loses power Wednesday morning, as outage stretches all the way to Lytton

  20-11-2024 19:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — While the eastern Fraser Valley emerged from Tuesday night’s fierce windstorm relatively unscathed, the District of Hope has experienced a significant power outage Wednesday morning.
  According to BC Hydro’s website, over 3,700 customers in just Hope alone lost power at about 9:24 a.m. Wednesday due to a transmission circuit failure.The outage affects 1,816 customers in downtown Hope, Silver Creek south of Highway 1, Floods, and Ruby Creek farther west.A similar outage ha
  
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• Freddie Freeman’s historic walk-off grand slam ball from the World Series to hit the auction block

  20-11-2024 19:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (AP) — Freddie Freeman’s historic walk-off grand slam ball from Game 1 of the World Series is hitting the auction block.
  The Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman came to the plate on a sprained right ankle with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning against the New York Yankees last month. Freeman hit the first pitch from Nestor Cortes 413 feet for the first walk-off grand slam in World Series history.
  “That’s as good as it gets
  
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• Chilliwack councillor doubts B.C. govt. can deliver downtown Chilliwack social housing project - Fraser Valley Today

  20-11-2024 18:52 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack councillor doubts B.C. govt. can deliver downtown Chilliwack social housing project

  20-11-2024 18:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Given the repeated delays and uncertainty associated with a provincially funded supportive housing project currently under construction on Trethewey Avenue, Chilliwack Councillor Jeff Shields doesn’t have much confidence the province can deliver the next social housing project in Chilliwack.Councillor Shields made the comments after council agreed to waive over $1.2 million in development costs for a forthcoming 64-unit social housing project on the grounds of the former
  
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• Lions fire head coach and co-GM Campbell as part of sweeping changes

  20-11-2024 18:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The B.C. Lions have fired head coach and co-general manager Rick Campbell.The Lions also named co-general manager Neil McEvoy vice-president of football operations and promoted assistant general manager Ryan Rigmaiden to general manager.
  The team made the announcement Wednesday, with president Duane Vienneau saying in a statement that Campbell brought the club “back to respectability and contention.”The move comes after a season where the Lions started 5-1, then los
  
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• Athabasca, Courage, Glacier or Pol-R? Canadian Space Agency seeks name for moon rover

  20-11-2024 18:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONGUEUIL, Que. — Canada’s new lunar rover will head to the moon when it’s built, but first it needs a name.
  The Canadian Space Agency has begun polling the public on four possible choices: Athabasca, Courage, Glacier or Pol-R.
  The rover, still in development, will be the first Canadian craft to explore the moon’s surface, with a launch scheduled for 2026 at the earliest.
  It is expected to explore the lunar south pole, and among its tasks will be searching search for wate
  
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• Court extends hold on Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments in classrooms

  20-11-2024 18:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s plan to make all of the state’s public school classrooms post the Ten Commandments remains blocked under an order Wednesday by a federal appeals court in New Orleans.The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a state request to temporarily stay an earlier order by U.S. District Judge John deGravelles in Baton Rouge while litigation continues. DeGravelles ruled that the law, which the Republican-dominated Legislature passed earlier this year, w
  
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• Canada, U.S. close embassies to public in Ukraine due to threat of Russian strikes

  20-11-2024 18:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Canadian and American embassies in Ukraine are closed to the public today after the U.S. warned of a “potential significant air attack” by Russia in Kyiv.Ukraine’s intelligence agency posted a statement today accusing Russia of spreading fake messages about the threat of an “extremely massive” attack on Ukrainian cities and urging people not to panic.A message from the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv says it received specific information about a possible att
  
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• CF Montreal signs defender Joel Waterman to three-year extension

  20-11-2024 18:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — CF Montreal signed centre back Joel Waterman to a three-year contract extension through 2027 on Wednesday.
  The deal includes an option for the 2028 season.
  Waterman, a Canadian international, logged 2,131 minutes in 25 games this season, including 24 starts.
  The 28-year-old from Langley, B.C., joined Montreal from Cavalry FC in January 2020. He was the first player to transfer from a Canadian Premier League club to Major League Soccer.
  Over five seasons in Montreal, Waterman has
  
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• Canadian back Alex Tessier up for World Rugby’s Women’s 15s Player of the Year Award

  20-11-2024 18:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian Alex Tessier is a finalist for World Rugby’s Women’s 15s Player of the Year.
  The 31-year-old fly half/centre from Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton, Que., is up against France’s Pauline Bourdon Sansus and England’s Ellie Kildunne and Alex Matthews.
  The winner will be announced Sunday at the World Rugby Awards in Monaco.
  Canada captain Sophie de Goede, along with Bourdon Sansus and Matthews, was a finalist for the award in 2022 when New Zealand’s Ruahei Demant won.
  
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• Susan Smith asks parole board for her freedom after serving 30 years for drowning her children

  20-11-2024 18:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Susan Smith, the South Carolina mother convicted of killing her two sons by rolling her car into a lake in 1994 with the boys strapped in their seats inside, asked a parole board for her freedom on Wednesday.
  Smith, 53, is serving a life sentence after a jury convicted her of murder but decided not to sentence her to death. Under state law at the time, she is eligible for a parole hearing every two years now that she has spent 30 years behind bars.
  Smith made her case
  
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• Alouettes sign star linebacker Tyrice Beverette to extension through 2026

  20-11-2024 17:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes signed American linebacker Tyrice Beverette to a one-year contract extension through the 2026 season on Wednesday.
  Beverette, a finalist for the CFL’s defensive player of the year award, was already under contract with the Alouettes for next season.
  The 29-year-old started in all of Montreal’s games this year. The six-foot-three, 203-pound player led the league with 137 defensive plays and finished fourth in the CFL with 102 tackles.
  He also to
  
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• Man convicted of murder in killing of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley

  20-11-2024 17:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A Venezuelan man has been convicted of murder in the killing of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, a case that fueled the national debate over immigration during this year’s presidential race.
  Jose Ibarra was charged with murder and other crimes in Riley’s February death, and the guilty verdict was reached Wednesday by Athens-Clarke County Superior Court Judge H. Patrick Haggard. Ibarra, 26, had waived his right to a jury trial, meaning that Haggard alone h
  
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• Canadian among group pushing Vatican to adopt zero-tolerance policy for clergy abuse

  20-11-2024 17:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — An international group led by a Canadian is in Rome this week to push the Catholic Church to adopt a zero-tolerance policy for clergy abuse.
  Newfoundlander Gemma Hickey is the board president of non-profit Ending Clergy Abuse, which is advocating for the church to adopt widespread rules requiring any priest or deacon found guilty of sexual abuse to be removed permanently from ministry.Hickey and other group members met today with officials from the Dicastery for Le
  
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• Edmonton to host PWHL game between Toronto Sceptres, Ottawa Charge

  20-11-2024 17:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Edmonton will be the site of a Professional Women’s Hockey League neutral site game between the Toronto Sceptres and the Ottawa Charge in February.
  The PWHL announced eight of the locations of nine neutral-site games earlier this week and has declared the Edmonton the final piece of that puzzle.
  The game will be played Feb. 16 at Rogers Place.
  Other games will be played in Seattle, Vancouver, Denver, Quebec City, Buffalo, Raleigh, N.C., Detroit and St. Louis.
  All will be p
  
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• Columbus Crew’s Wilfried Nancy named Sigi Schmid MLS Coach of the Year

  20-11-2024 17:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Wilfried Nancy has been voted the 2024 Sigi Schmid MLS Coach of the Year, becoming the first Columbus Crew head coach to earn the accolade since Schmid himself in 2008.Under Nancy, the defending MLS Cup champion enjoyed a record-breaking regular season, setting franchise marks in points (66) and goals scored (72) and tying the team record for wins (19).
  Nancy, a former CF Montreal coach, earned 40.2 percent of the vote, ahead of Inter Miami’s Gerardo (Tata) Martino (33.03 percent) and Colo
  
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• Canada out of Davis Cup after 2-0 quarterfinal loss to Germany

  20-11-2024 17:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MÁLAGA — Canada was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup international men’s tennis tournament with a 2-0 loss to Germany on Wednesday.
  Daniel Altmaier opened the tie with a 7-6 (5), 6-4 win over Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo, then Jan-Lennard Struff downed Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5) in the second singles match.
  Even if Canada had won a singles match, the Germans had the elite team of Kevin Krawietz and Tim Putz waiting in the wing
  
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• Trump chooses former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker as NATO ambassador

  20-11-2024 17:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump says he has chosen former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker to serve as U.S. ambassador to NATO, the bedrock Western alliance that the president-elect has repeatedly expressed skepticism about.
  Trump, in a statement, said Whitaker was “a strong warrior and loyal Patriot” who “will ensure the United States’ interests are advanced and defended” and “strengthen relationships with our NATO Allies, and stand firm in the face
  
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• Victims’ families barred from attending Bernardo’s parole hearing in person: lawyer

  20-11-2024 17:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A lawyer representing the families of two teenage girls murdered by notorious killer and serial rapist Paul Bernardo says they have been denied the right to deliver their victim impact statements in person at Bernardo’s upcoming parole hearing.
  In a letter sent to the Parole Board of Canada chairperson and others, lawyer Tim Danson says he was recently informed the victims’ families won’t be able to attend the Nov. 26 hearing at La Macaza Institution in Quebec because the board
  
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• Kris Knoblauch navigating first full season with Oilers following Cup final run

  20-11-2024 16:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Kris Knoblauch had a lot to process.Handed the keys to an Edmonton Oilers roster stuck in neutral and full of frustration, the rookie NHL head coach must have felt like he was drinking from a fire hose some 12 months ago.Learning new players and personalities. Tweaking old tactics and teaching fresh concepts. Navigating a dream job and all the pressures that come with the spotlight of a Canadian market.Knoblauch had his hands full after taking over a team sitting 31st in the overall standings.Th
  
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• Leafs place Domi on IR, making him fifth Toronto forward out with an injury

  20-11-2024 16:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Maple Leafs have placed Max Domi on injured reserve with a lower-body injury, making him the fifth Toronto forward sidelined with an injury.
  The move is retroactive to Saturday, when Toronto posted a 4-3 overtime win over visiting Edmonton. Domi logged 14 minutes 42 seconds of ice time in that game.
  With Domi out, the Maple Leafs headed into a game Wednesday night against visiting Vegas down six forwards.
  Captain Auston Matthews was set to miss a seventh game with an upper-bo
  
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• Strike blamed on Israel kills 36 people in Syria’s historic town of Palmyra, Syrian state media say

  20-11-2024 16:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DAMASCUS (AP) — Syria’s state-run media said a strike on the country’s historic town of Palmyra on Wednesday killed 36 people and wounded more than 50, an attack that Damascus has blamed on Israel.
  The Israeli military declined to comment.
  The news agency SANA said the strikes also led to “significant material damage to the targeted buildings and the surrounding area. Palmyra is known for the historic Roman temple complex nearby.
  Israel frequently targets military sites a
  
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• Pope approves new papal funeral rites to simplify ritual, allow for burial outside the Vatican

  20-11-2024 14:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has revised the funeral rites that will be used when he dies, simplifying the rituals to emphasize his role as a mere bishop and allowing for burial outside the Vatican in keeping with his wishes.
  The Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano on Wednesday published details of the updated liturgical book, which Francis approved April 29 and which replaces the previous edition that was last published in 2000.
  Francis turns 88 in December and, despite some health a
  
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• US will allow Ukraine to use antipersonnel land mines against Russian forces

  20-11-2024 14:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday that the Biden administration will allow Ukraine to use American-supplied antipersonnel land mines to help fight off Russian forces.
  Speaking to reporters during a trip to Laos, he said the shift in policy follows changing tactics by the Russians.
  Austin said Russian ground troops are leading the movement on the battlefield, rather than forces more protected in armored carriers, so Ukraine has “a need for things
  
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• Off-ice adversity bringing Vancouver Canucks closer together

  20-11-2024 13:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Cancer. Major injuries. The death of a parent. The Vancouver Canucks have been through it all this season.Yet another key Canucks player was sidelined Tuesday when the club announced that centre J.T. Miller has taken an indefinite leave for personal reasons.
  Vancouver responded to the news with a gritty effort against the potent New York Rangers, but ultimately took a 4-3 loss.“Guys are going through a lot, but I think that I’m really proud of the way we responded t
  
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• After stints in U.S. and Iceland, Leah Pais stoked to be back home with AFC Toronto

  20-11-2024 12:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — After playing soccer at three U.S. colleges and professionally in Iceland, Leah Pais wanted to come home.
  AFC Toronto was only too happy to oblige and the 22-year-old midfielder/forward from Mississauga is the second signing of the new Northern Super League franchise, following former Vaughan Azzurri teammate Jade Kovacevic.
  “I have missed birthdays, I’ve missed Thanksgivings, Easters. And every time I come home, the grandparents look a little older, my mom and dad ha
  
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