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• Four Canadian women honoured in World Rugby’s Dream Teams of the Year

  27-11-2024 23:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONACO — Canadians Alex Tessier, Sophie de Goede and Laetitia Royer have been named to World Rugby’s Women’s 15s Dream Team of the Year.
  Canada sevens captain Olivia Apps, meanwhile, was selected to World Rugby’s Women’s Sevens Dream Team.
  The women’s 15s world all-star squad also featured six players from top-ranked England and three from No. 2 New Zealand. The other three came from the U.S., Ireland and France.
  Tessier was also a finalist for the World Rugby
  
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• Liberal candidate in B.C. byelection seeks Métis membership after identity questioned

  27-11-2024 23:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Liberal candidate in a federal byelection in British Columbia says she is applying for Métis membership after a local group questioned her claims of Indigenous identity.
  Madison Fleischer says in a written statement that she self-identifies as Métis based on what she knows about her great-grandmother’s heritage and is “collecting the necessary documentation to go through the application process” for citizenship with B.C.’s Métis Nation.
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• Liberal GST holiday expected to pass soon as government introduces solo bill

  27-11-2024 23:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government has introduced a stand-alone bill to implement the proposed GST holiday, hours after the NDP threatened to not pass the legislation if it was linked to a $250 rebate for working Canadians.
  The bill would give people a two-month GST exemption on items like premade food at grocery stores, children’s clothes, toys, some alcoholic beverages and other holiday season staples.
  The Liberals had planned to also include legislation that would offer $250 benefit
  
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• Robert Wickens moving up to IMSA GTD series in 2025 thanks to new Bosch hand controls

  27-11-2024 23:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  It’s been a long road back to the highest levels of motorsport for Canadian driver Robert Wickens.
  Six years after he was paralyzed in a violent wreck, Wickens will again be behind the wheel against some of the best drivers in North America.
  Wickens, from Guelph, Ont., was named the newest driver for DXDT Racing earlier this week, moving the 35-year-old up to IMSA GTD competition for 2025, the highest class on the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series. His promotion was made possible b
  
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• B.C. Premier Eby says U.S. tariffs would be ‘devastating’ for forest industry

  27-11-2024 23:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby says 25-per-cent U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods would be “devastating” for the province’s lumber and forestry industries.
  He made the comment ahead of a meeting with fellow first ministers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
  Eby was scheduled to participate in the virtual meeting on Wednesday to discuss U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose the tariffs unless Canada and Mexico stop illegal border crossings
  
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• CBSA urges Fraser Valley travellers to prepare for busy Black Friday and U.S. Thanksgiving weekend

  27-11-2024 22:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRASER VALLEY — Despite the declining value of the Canadian dollar, more than 100 thousand Canadians including thousands from the Fraser Valley, are expected to cross the border this weekend to enjoy Thanksgiving celebrations in the United States and take advantage of Black Friday shopping specials.
  The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is reminding travelers to prepare for busy border crossings during the peak travel period. The agency, which processed over 86 million travelers in 2023
  
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• Republican Miller-Meeks wins reelection after recount in close Iowa congressional race

  27-11-2024 22:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks won her reelection bid Wednesday after a recount confirmed her lead, helping her party pad its thin majority in the U.S. House and retain control of all four of Iowa’s congressional seats.
  Miller-Meeks defeated Democrat Christina Bohannan in a rematch of 2022, when Miller-Meeks won by 7 percentage points. The margin this year was much tighter — Miller-Meeks’ lead over Bohannan was less than a percentage poin
  
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• RCMP investigating death of Edmonton man after mixed martial arts fight

  27-11-2024 22:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Mounties in Alberta are investigating the death of a fighter following a mixed martial arts charity event.
  RCMP Cpl. Troy Savinkoff said the man was taken to hospital after he fought Saturday at a community centre in Enoch Cree First Nation west of Edmonton. Parkland RCMP received a report of the man’s death on Monday morning, he said.
  “This fighter did die in hospital. However, it was immediately after the fight, so you would attribute it to the fight,” Savink
  
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• Canada didn’t live up to its values on immigration in recent years, Carney says

  27-11-2024 21:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney says Canada didn’t live up to its values on immigration over the last few years as it allowed more people into the country than it could absorb.Carney, who is currently a special adviser to the Liberal party, made those comments during an event in Ottawa held by Cardus, a Christian think tank.
  Carney says Canada let newcomers down by admitting more workers and students than it could provide for, including with housing, health care a
  
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• Ottawa native joins Oklahoma City Thunder organization as athletic performance coach

  27-11-2024 21:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Another Canadian has joined the Oklahoma City Thunder organization.
  Ottawa’s Sean Stoqua became an athletic performance coach for the Thunder and the Oklahoma City Blue, the NBA team’s G-League affiliate, in September. Two of the players he’s now working with are Hamilton’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Montreal’s Luguentz Dort.
  “Super exciting, obviously, to get to work with the Canadian starting backcourt, right from our national team,” said Stoqua in a
  
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• Kelowna, B.C., to host the Memorial Cup in the spring of 2026

  27-11-2024 21:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Kelowna will host the Memorial Cup in the spring of 2026.
  It will be the first time the B.C. city has hosted the annual junior hockey competition since 2004.
  The Canadian Hockey League says the Kelowna Rockets were one of five Western Hockey League franchises to bid for the event.
  It will be the 106th edition of the Memorial Cup.The four-team event features the WHL, Ontario Hockey League and Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League champions along with a host team.
  The QMJHL’s
  
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• Lawyers, loyalists and Wall Street executives: a look at who’s on Trump’s tariff team

  27-11-2024 21:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — As president-elect Donald Trump rattles his closest neighbours with threats of tariffs, he is also firming up the team of loyalists to put his plans into action.
  Trump’s team to lead his trade agenda and the American economy include trade lawyers, former advisers and Wall Street executives who have all expressed favourable views of tariffs.
  “He’s choosing a lot of people who are going to be loyal to him and his ideas,” said Matthew Lebo, a specialist in
  
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• Ottawa settles Phoenix pay system lawsuit with non-union employees

  27-11-2024 20:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government has reached a settlement in a class-action lawsuit launched by casual and non-union employees over the Phoenix pay system.
  Law firm Saraïlis Avocats says casual workers, students and some short-term and part-time employees, as well as individuals appointed by the government, are among those who can get individual payments.
  It says problems with the government’s Phoenix system caused employees significant hardship and disrupted their lives and fina
  
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• QB Adams out to prove he’s a winner in fresh start with Stampeders

  27-11-2024 20:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — As his time with the B.C. Lions appeared to be coming to an end, Vernon Adams Jr. was talking about his CFL future with Calgary cornerback Demario Houston.
  “We were just talking scenarios and things like that. And I told him, I was like, ‘Hey, I would love to come over there and be a piece to the puzzle and help us get back to where we need to be.’”
  Moments later, Adams got his wish as the Stampeders acquired the veteran quarterback in a trade with the Lio
  
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• Hiker missing in B.C. wilderness for more than five weeks is found alive

  27-11-2024 20:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FORT NELSON, B.C. — Police say a hiker who was reported missing more than five weeks ago amid frigid conditions in northern British Columbia has been found alive.
  Northern Rockies RCMP say Sam Benastick was spotted on Tuesday when he flagged down two workers on a trail to Redfern Lake, about 250 kilometres southwest of Fort Nelson.
  They recognized him and took him to hospital, where police confirmed he was the missing man.
  Police say Benastick, who started what was supposed to be a 10-day
  
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• Ottawa Rapid coach Katrine Pedersen has high hopes for new Northern Super League

  27-11-2024 20:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The chance to help grow a new team and league from the ground up attracted Katrine Pedersen and her family to Canada.The former Danish captain is coach of Ottawa Rapid FC, one of six teams set to kick off the new Northern Super League in April.
  “This is a chance to be able to contribute to the growth of women’s football,” Pedersen said of the move to Canada.
  “This seemed to be a very good opportunity, with the staff here, to be able to build a team, an environment, a setu
  
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• Caufield hopes for 4 Nations shot with U.S., says missing out wouldn’t impact drive

  27-11-2024 20:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Cole Caufield was 13 years old when he watched T.J. Oshie become “T.J. Sochi,” dragging the United States past Russia in spectacular style with four shootout goals at the 2014 Olympics.
  As best-on-best international hockey returns this winter at the 4 Nations Face-Off, Caufield dreams of representing the U.S. on a similar stage, trading his Montreal Canadiens colours for different shades of red, white, and blue.
  How much would it mean to the now 23-year-old from Mosi
  
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• As much as 100 abuse victims of Montreal billionaire Robert Miller, lawyer says

  27-11-2024 19:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec judge is hearing arguments this week in a class-action lawsuit application against Montreal billionaire Robert Miller over allegations he paid minors for sex.
  The proposed lawsuit includes anyone under the age of 18 who was paid for sex by Miller or who was a victim of sexual exploitation by him or by any other group determined by the court.
  Lawyer Jeff Orenstein told a hearing today that 51 women have come forward to his firm, but he says the actual number of victims c
  
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• Roster changes loom after Whitecaps decline contract options on six players

  27-11-2024 19:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps appear poised for some significant roster moves after the team declined to pick up contract options on six players, including striker Fafa Picault.
  The club announced Tuesday that id did not exercise options on Picault, midfielders J.C. Ngando, Ralph Priso and Alessandro Schopf, and goalkeeper Joe Bendik.
  Sporting director Axel Schuster said in a statement that the Whitecaps are “continuing conversations” with those players about their situat
  
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• Quebec premier says he’s ‘open’ to possibility of Quebec constitution by 2026

  27-11-2024 19:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A committee appointed by the Quebec government has recommended the province adopt its own constitution and take other steps to boost its autonomy.
  Premier François Legault says he’s open to the possibility of a Quebec constitution before the next provincial election in 2026, but he won’t make promises.
  The committee’s report includes 42 recommendations, including that Quebec modernize its laws to remove references to the monarchy and that the province ne
  
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• Some Liberal MPs echo NDP call to expand $250 rebate, minister touts seniors benefits

  27-11-2024 19:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Some Liberal MPs say they think their government should consider expanding the eligibility for an upcoming government rebate to include seniors who are no longer working.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last week said the government was responding to concerns about the cost of living by temporarily taking the federal sales tax off certain goods and sending $250 cheques to working Canadians in the spring.
  NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh initially said his party would back the move but now sa
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP looking for wanted violent offender - Abbotsford News

  27-11-2024 19:20 via news.google.com
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• Toronto FC declines contract option on leading scorer forward Prince Owusu

  27-11-2024 19:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto FC has officially added forward Prince Owusu, the club’s leading scorer, and defender Luke Singh to its list of players headed out the door.
  The MLS club announced last month it was passing on the 2025 contract options of defenders Aimé Mabika and Shane O’Neill, midfielder Brandon Servania and goalkeeper Greg Ranjitsingh. At the time, it said it had until the league deadline of Wednesday (Nov. 27) to decide the future of Owusu and Singh, a 24-year-old w
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP looking for wanted violent offender - Chilliwack Progress

  27-11-2024 18:34 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack RCMP looking for wanted violent offender - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  27-11-2024 18:32 via news.google.com
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• Supreme Court of Canada sides with First Nation in police funding dispute

  27-11-2024 18:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says Quebec must provide more money for a First Nations police force after acting dishonourably by refusing to negotiate the funding terms.
  The top court dismissed the province’s appeal of a ruling that said Quebec violated the principle of good faith and failed to uphold the honour of the Crown in refusing to adequately fund the Pekuakamiulnuatsh First Nation’s police force.
  The Quebec Court of Appeal ruled in December 2022 that the provinc
  
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• Storm expected to bring up to 50 cm of snow to B.C.’s north coast

  27-11-2024 18:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Environment Canada has issued a winter storm warning for British Columbia’s north coast, saying a “prolonged snowstorm” will bring up to 50 cm of snow by Thursday night.
  It says about 15 cm has already fallen and a low pressure system will move over the region this morning, bringing about 10 cm more.
  The weather office says another 25 cm of snow is expected between this evening and Thursday night.
  Environment Canada has also issued a snowfall warning for the n
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP search for man wanted on warrant - Fraser Valley Today

  27-11-2024 18:04 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack RCMP search for man wanted on warrant

  27-11-2024 18:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack RCMP is seeking public assistance in locating 34 year-old Ryan Diablo who is wanted on an unendorsed warrant for aggravated assault.
  Diablo is described as an Indigenous male, 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighing 170 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair. Police warn that he is known to be violent and urge the public not to confront or approach him.
  Anyone with information on Diablo’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Chilliwack RCMP at 604-792-4611 or provi
  
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• Inuit Nunangat University closer to realization with $50M Mastercard investment

  27-11-2024 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami says the dream to open an Inuit-led university is one step closer to realization after a $50 million investment from the Mastercard Foundation.
  The organization, which represents 70,000 Inuit, says the funding will allow ITK to build key capacities and advance academic plans and course development.
  The university would be the first of its kind and would be embedded within Inuit cultures, promote language retention and revitalization, and su
  
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• Alouettes sign quarterback Davis Alexander to three-year contract

  27-11-2024 18:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes have signed quarterback Davis Alexander to a three-year contract, the CFL club announced Wednesday.
  The 26-year-old Alexander was set to become a free agent in February.
  Alexander had a breakout season in 2024, posting a 5-0 record while starting quarterback Cody Fajardo was injured.
  Alexander went 105-for-151 for 1,347 passing yards, six touchdowns and two interceptions. He also rushed for 166 yards and three TDs on 24 carries.
  Fajardo, the 2023 Grey Cup
  
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• Free transit for Chilliwack Christmas Parade Saturday - Fraser Valley Today

  27-11-2024 17:54 via news.google.com
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• White House pressing Ukraine to draft 18-year-old men to help fill manpower needs to battle Russia

  27-11-2024 17:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is urging Ukraine to quickly increase the size of its military by drafting more troops and revamping its mobilization laws to allow for the conscription of troops as young as 18.
  A senior Biden administration official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the private consultations, said Wednesday that the outgoing Democratic administration wants Ukraine to lower the mobilization age to 18 from the current age of 25
  
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• Free transit for Chilliwack Christmas Parade Saturday

  27-11-2024 17:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — BC Transit is adding Christmas cheer to the Rotary Christmas Parade on Saturday (Nov. 30) in Chilliwack.
  BC Transit says it will offer free transit service on November 30 to celebrate the event. It will add additional bus service on Route 51 Vedder to help get people to and from the parade on Saturday evening.
  The parade will start at Chilliwack Secondary School on Yale Road at 5:30 p.m. It will wind its way to Wellington Avenue and then College Street where it will conclude a
  
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• Winnipeg’s Lawes tops Switzerland’s Tirinzoni in early play at Kioti National

  27-11-2024 17:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Winnipeg’s Kaitlyn Lawes made a game-winning draw to the button for a 5-4 victory over Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni on Wednesday at the Kioti National.This is the first competition for the Canadian skip since she returned from maternity leave.In other early games, Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg defeated South Korea’s Eun-Ji Gim 6-2 and Japan’s Momoha Tabata beat Xenia Schwaller 6-4.Satsuki Fujisawa topped Sayaka Yoshimura 6-3 in an all-Ja
  
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• 988 suicide helpline takes more than 300K calls, texts in its first year

  27-11-2024 17:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health says responders have fielded more than 300,000 calls and texts since the launch of the national 988 suicide helpline a year ago.Dr. Allison Crawford, the chief medical officer for the helpline, says people having suicidal thoughts or other mental health distress can get help 24 hours a day, seven days a week no matter where they live in Canada.She expects the volume of calls and texts will go up as more people become aware of the service
  
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• Mediation temporarily suspended in Canada Post strike, parties to meet with minister

  27-11-2024 17:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon is summoning Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers to his office today as federal mediation to end the nearly two-week old strike isn’t working.
  MacKinnon says the special mediator appointed to help end the labour dispute says the two sides are too far apart on critical issues for mediation to currently be of use.
  As such mediation has temporarily been suspended.
  MacKinnon says he will be telling both sides that they alone are
  
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• Ohio governor signs bill limiting bathroom use by transgender students

  27-11-2024 16:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Transgender students from kindergarten through college at Ohio public and private schools will be banned from using multiperson bathrooms that fit their gender identities under a measure that Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said Wednesday that he has signed.DeWine signed the law over the objections of Democrats, teachers’ unions and civil rights groups, which had hoped that his objections to a ban on gender-affirming care for minors last year would carry through and
  
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• Ukrainian girls’ team finds hockey haven at Wickenheiser festival

  27-11-2024 15:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — A Ukrainian girls’ hockey team is in Canada for a few days of peace and hockey in an arena that doesn’t have a missile-sized hole in its roof.
  After a 56 hours of travel to Calgary, including a 24-hour bus ride from Dnipro to Warsaw, Poland, that required army escort for a portion of it, the Ukrainian Wings will join Wickfest, Hayley Wickenheiser’s annual girls’ hockey festival, on Thursday.
  The squad of players aged 11 to 13 was drawn from eight different
  
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• Intact Financial signs partnership deal with women’s pro hockey league

  27-11-2024 15:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Property and casualty insurance company Intact Financial Corp. has signed a multi-year partnership deal with the Professional Women’s Hockey League.
  Under the agreement, Intact will be the official home and auto insurance partner of the PWHL in Canada, supporting the league’s three Canadian teams.
  Financial terms of the deal were not immediately available.
  Intact says it will also work with the league to expand access to games for underserved youth and increase opport
  
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• 3 Americans held for years in China have been released, the White House says

  27-11-2024 15:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Three American citizens imprisoned for years by China have been released, the White House said Wednesday.
  The three are Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung.
  “Soon they will return and be reunited with their families for the first time in many years,” the White House said in a statement.Eric Tucker And Aamer Madhani, The Associated Press
  
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• Wednesday - Nov. 27, 2024 - Chilliwack '50s diner aiming to reopen with karaoke, paint nights - Fraser Valley Current

  27-11-2024 14:47 via news.google.com
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• November to remember for the Chilliwack Chiefs - Chilliwack Progress

  27-11-2024 14:38 via news.google.com
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• November to remember for the Chilliwack Chiefs - Hope Standard

  27-11-2024 14:36 via news.google.com
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• November to remember for the Chilliwack Chiefs - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  27-11-2024 14:35 via news.google.com
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• After record-breaking warmth, winter to ‘salvage its reputation’: Weather Network

  27-11-2024 12:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada’s warmest winter on record is unlikely to make a repeat performance this year, The Weather Network’s chief meteorologist says, as a new seasonal forecast suggests the season will try to “salvage its reputation.”Chris Scott says the forecast suggests this winter will be generally colder and more impactful than last year, which saw the warmest winter on record — but it still won’t be a “start to finish blockbuster” for any of Canada’s re
  
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• In the news today: Trudeau to meet premiers after Trump tariff threat

  27-11-2024 10:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…Trudeau to meet with premiers today following Trump tariff threat
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to meet with the country’s premiers this afternoon, after they asked for an urgent meeting on U.S.-Canada relations ahead of the incoming Donald Trump administration. That request came on Monday before the U.S. president-elect threatened to impose a 25-per-cent import tariff on goods coming from
  
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• ICC prosecutor requests arrest warrants for the head of Myanmar’s military regime

  27-11-2024 10:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  THE HAGUE (AP) — The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor asked judges on Wednesday to issue an arrest warrant for the head of Myanmar’s military regime for crimes committed against the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority.
  Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, who took power from elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup in 2021, is accused of crimes against humanity for the deportation and persecution of the Rohingya.Nearly a million people were forced into neighboring
  
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• Trudeau to meet with premiers today following Trump tariff threat

  27-11-2024 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to meet with the country’s premiers this afternoon, after they asked for an urgent meeting on U.S.-Canada relations ahead of the incoming Donald Trump administration.
  That request came Monday, before the U.S. president-elect threatened to impose a 25-per-cent import tariff on goods coming from Canada and Mexico.
  Trudeau and the premiers will hold a virtual meeting at 5 p.m. today.
  Trump said in a social media post Monday night that he wou
  
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• One small step for Alberta town: Residents hope to share name with lunar rover

  27-11-2024 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATHABASCA, Alta. — Residents of a northern Alberta town are over the moon that it could share its name with the first Canadian rover set to explore the dark, cold terrain of Earth’s closest celestial neighbour.The Canadian Space Agency is seeking a moniker for the four-wheeled, one-metre-tall robot set to scour for water and other resources on the moon — and is putting it to a vote.
  Athabasca joins Courage, Glacier and Pol-R on the short list of names from which Canadians of al
  
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