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• Blackhawks fire coach Luke Richardson in his 3rd season after league-worst start

  05-12-2024 23:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks fired coach Luke Richardson on Thursday, with the team off to the worst start in the league nearly a third of the way through his third season.
  The Blackhawks are 8-16-2, two standings points behind the next-worst team, Nashville. Richardson went 57-118-15 with Chicago.
  Anders Sorensen of the AHL’s Rockford IceHogs was named interim coach.
  “Today I made the difficult decision to move on from Luke as our head coach,” general manager Ky
  
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• Quebec premier to attend Notre-Dame Cathedral reopening Saturday in Paris

  05-12-2024 23:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUÉBEC — Quebec Premier François Legault will attend the inauguration and reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on Saturday.
  The historic church was renovated and rebuilt after being ravaged by a fire in April 2019.
  The premier’s office announced Thursday that Legault’s trip will be a short one — he will return to the province on Sunday.
  Many other heads of state and dignitaries are expected at the reopening ceremony, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau i
  
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• NHL stars relish chance to play best-on-best hockey at 4 Nations Face-Off

  05-12-2024 23:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Brady Tkachuk remembers skipping school to watch his dad play in the 2006 Olympics.Now it’s his turn — finally — to play international hockey against the best players in the world.
  The Ottawa Senators captain has been named to the United States’s roster for the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament. He’s one of 20 players on Canadian NHL teams set to take part in February’s battle between Canada, the U.S., Finland and Sweden.
  “You grow up and it’s Stanley
  
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• Chief ‘disappointed’ to see clean water used as a political ‘tactic’ by Conservatives

  05-12-2024 23:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Cowessess First Nation Chief Erica Beaudin says she is “disappointed’ that Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer used clean drinking water legislation as a political “tactic.”
  Bill C-61 recognizes First Nations have an inherent right to clean drinking water and commits the government to providing “adequate and sustainable” funding for water services in First Nations.
  It remains stalled at third reading in the House of Commons because of an ong
  
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• NASA delays Artemis mission featuring Canadian astronaut to 2026

  05-12-2024 23:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen’s trip to the moon has been delayed once again.NASA announced Thursday that the next mission in the Artemis program – sending four astronauts around the moon and back – is now targeted for April 2026 at the earliest, after previously being delayed until September 2025.The agency says the investigation into heat shield damage from the capsule’s initial test flight two years ago took time, and other spacecraft improvements a
  
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• Former Downtown Business Centre in Chilliwack to be demolished - Fraser Valley Today

  05-12-2024 22:55 via news.google.com
  Former Downtown Business Centre in Chilliwack to be demolished  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Former Downtown Business Centre in Chilliwack to be demolished

  05-12-2024 22:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack councillors approved development variance permits at its meeting Tuesday (Dec. 3) that would see the former Downtown Business Centre on Young Road demolished to make way for the construction of a six-storey mixed-use development.
  Councillors were asked to approve development variance permits that would pave the way for an 82-unit complex featuring 48 small apartments, nearly 7,000 square feet of commercial real estate space, 108 parking spaces, a rooftop amenity spa
  
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• B.C. children’s minister stepping away from role after colorectal cancer diagnosis

  05-12-2024 22:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  British Columbia’s Minister of Children and Family Development Grace Lore says she has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer and is temporarily stepping away from her role as minister.
  Lore says in a statement that she intends to participate in important votes in the legislature to ensure the stability of the NDP government, which holds a slim majority of one vote in the legislature.
  Lore, who is the MLA for Victoria-Beacon Hill, says her diagnosis was “very sudden” and that sh
  
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• Jack Eichel says Team USA seeks to prove it has closed the gap on Canada at 4 Nations Face-Off

  05-12-2024 22:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  It didn’t take much to stir Jack Eichel’s national pride in looking ahead to representing the United States at the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament.
  Appearing on a Team USA Zoom call on Thursday, the Vegas Golden Knights forward jumped right in when reminded how U.S. teams featuring NHL players competing in best-on-best international tournaments haven’t won a gold medal since the 1996 World Cup of Hockey series.
  “I’ll take it,” Eichel interjected after Bruins def
  
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• Feds outlaw another 324 types of firearms, propose donating guns to Ukraine

  05-12-2024 22:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Liberal government has outlawed another 324 firearm varieties — guns it says belong on the battlefield, not in the hands of hunters or sport shooters.
  The move follows the May 2020 ban of 1,500 makes and models of firearms, a number that grew to more than 2,000 by November of this year as new variants were identified.
  The latest prohibition of hundreds more, announced today at a news conference, follows expressions of concern from gun-control advocates that many assault-
  
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• Public works project near Chilliwack supermarket moving forward - Fraser Valley Today

  05-12-2024 22:25 via news.google.com
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• Public works project near Chilliwack supermarket moving forward

  05-12-2024 22:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The City of Chilliwack is moving forward on a promised traffic signal on Luckakuck Way near a prominent supermarket and popular deli.A three-way traffic streetlight has been installed on Luckakuck near Hofstede’s Country Barn as part of a months-long public works project. While the light is not yet in operation, additional safety improvements are on the way.Back in July 2024, Chilliwack City Council awarded a nearly $1.3 million contract to Breakwater Contracting Ltd. to
  
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• B.C. premier says feds and provinces plan right-left approach to Trump’s tariff plans

  05-12-2024 22:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby says Canada’s premiers and the federal government have hatched a game plan over possible U.S. tariffs, where Conservative premiers lobby their Republican counterparts and left-leaning leaders court the Democrats, while the federal government focuses on president-elect Donald Trump.Eby says the premiers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talked about using their political diversity and connections to approach politicians and business leader
  
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• Put politics aside and act on online harms, mother of sextortion victim tells MPs

  05-12-2024 22:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Parents of children who died because of online sexual extortion are urging MPs to act on online harms legislation.
  The bill and other legislation have been blocked from moving forward for months due to a parliamentary privilege debate raging between the Liberals and Conservatives.
  Justice Minister Arif Virani split the bill into two parts this week heeding calls from critics to separate the more controversial hate speech provisions from the child exploitation components.
  But the b
  
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• On the outside: A look at some of the 4 Nations roster snubs

  05-12-2024 22:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada, the United States, Sweden and Finland revealed the countries’ full rosters for February’s NHL 4 Nations Face-Off tournament this week. There were slam-dunk choices, surprises and snubs.
  The Canadian Press takes a lot at some of the talent that didn’t make the cut.
  CONNOR BEDARD — CANADA
  The 19-year-old Chicago Blackhawks centre looked like a good bet to be included when the showcase event was first announced at the 2024 NHL all-star game. Bedard would go on to win
  
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• Veteran Alouettes offensive lineman Matte retires after 14 seasons in Montreal

  05-12-2024 21:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal Alouettes offensive lineman Kristian Matte announced his retirement Thursday after playing 14 seasons with the CFL club.
  The six-foot-four, 296-pound lineman from Longueuil, Que., won Grey Cups with the Alouettes in 2010 and 2023 and was twice named a CFL East Division all-star.
  Matte’s 14 seasons are tied for third in franchise history behind quarterback Anthony Calvillo (16) and offensive lineman Scott Flory (15).
  The former Concordia Stinger was drafted in the
  
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• The National Weather Service cancels tsunami warning for the U.S. West Coast after 7.0 earthquake

  05-12-2024 21:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EUREKA, Calif. (AP) — The National Weather Service has canceled its tsunami warning for the U.S. West Coast after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck early Thursday.
  At least 5.3 million people in California were under a tsunami warning after the earthquake struck, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
  It was felt as far south as San Francisco, where residents felt a rolling motion for several seconds. It was followed by smaller aftershocks.There were no immediate reports of major damage or injur
  
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• Vancouver changes tune under Swift spell, with Gastown clock to chime ‘Shake it Off’

  05-12-2024 21:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is changing many things in Vancouver, from the tune of Gastown’s iconic clock to traffic patterns as thousands of fans pour into the city ahead of Friday’s first show.The City of Vancouver is warning of much slower traffic this weekend in the downtown core, not only because of Swift’s three concerts, but because of other events and festivities.There will be full closures of several major arteries around the BC Place concert venue
  
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• Canada’s 4 Nations roster set: ‘These players will lay in traffic for their country’

  05-12-2024 20:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Jon Cooper was always walking into a locker room loaded with talent.
  Canada’s head coach for the NHL 4 Nations Face-Off — an event marking the league’s return to the international stage — and the country’s hockey brain trust had an embarrassment of riches to choose from when selecting the roster.
  Countless iterations could have potentially got the job done.
  Apart from the jaw-dropping skill poised to be on display in February led by Connor McDavid and Sidney Crosby,
  
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• Five Eyes security agencies send up flare for help on preventing youth radicalization

  05-12-2024 20:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Security agencies from Canada and other members of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance are calling for a “whole-of-society response” to deal with the radicalization of young people lured into violent extremism.
  A new report from the alliance, which also includes Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, emphasizes the importance of looking for signs of radicalization.
  It warns that minors, heavily influenced by online interactions, can p
  
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• France’s Macron vows to stay in office till end of term, says he’ll name a new prime minister soon

  05-12-2024 20:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to stay in office until the end of his term, due in 2027, and announced Thursday that he will name a new prime minister within days.In his address to nation, Macron came out fighting, laying blame at the door of his opponents on the far right for bringing down the government of Michel Barnier.He said they chose “Not to do but to undo.” “They chose disorder,” he said. The president said the far right and the far
  
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• Messi and Inter Miami to open Club World Cup against Egyptian club Al Ahly

  05-12-2024 20:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Lionel Messi and Inter Miami will open the Club World Cup against Egyptian club Al Ahly, with Palmeiras and Porto also part of that group for the tournament that will take place in the U.S. next year.
  The draw was held Thursday in Miami, with the 32 teams finally finding out their first three opponents in the newly expanded event.
  The tournament will be held in the U.S. from June 15 to July 13, using 12 stadiums in 11 different cities. The final will be at MetLife Stadium in E
  
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• Patrick Brown set to make committee appearance on foreign interference

  05-12-2024 20:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown will appear before a Parliamentary committee on foreign interference this afternoon.
  The former Conservative Party leadership candidate was summoned to answer questions on the 2022 race after a report from a parliamentary committee on national security cited Indian interference in an unspecified Conservative leadership campaign.
  On Monday, Brown posted on social media he had no new evidence to add, and that the public inquiry on foreign interference wa
  
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• B.C. launches review of 911 services after complaints about costs, transparency

  05-12-2024 20:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia is launching a review of the province’s 911 emergency service after complaints about escalating costs and lack of transparency.
  Public Safety Minister Garry Begg says in a statement the review is to “ensure these services remain effective and sustainable for years to come” and to understand the cost increases.
  Premier David Eby had said in September during his keynote address to the Union of BC Municipalities that he intended to conduct an inde
  
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• Luis Severino and Athletics agree to $67 million, 3-year contract, AP sources say

  05-12-2024 20:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Right-hander Luis Severino and the Athletics have agreed to a $67 million, three-year contract, two people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.
  The people spoke on condition of anonymity because the agreement had not yet been announced by the team. Severino can opt out and become a free agent after the 2026 season.
  It’s the largest deal ever for the low-budget franchise, topping a $66 million contract for third baseman Eric Chavez covering 2005-10.There was skepticism
  
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• Overseas hikers rescued in B.C. relied on online app: rescue group

  05-12-2024 19:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. — The search and rescue organization for Metro Vancouver’s North Shore mountains says its teams recently rescued two international visitors who became stranded after relying on online hiking apps without doing further research.
  A statement on social media by North Shore Rescue says the first call last Thursday came when a visitor “seriously underestimated the difficulty” of an unofficial trail marked in an online app.
  The rescue group says the trail
  
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• Former cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault tells committee: ‘I am not Indigenous’

  05-12-2024 19:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Randy Boissonnault, whose shifting claims to Indigenous identity cost him his job as employment minister, told a House of Commons committee today that he is not Indigenous.Boissonnault was called to testify at the Indigenous and Northern affairs committee after a series of media reports, led by the National Post, raised doubts about his past claims related to his heritage.The Edmonton MP has been described as Indigenous multiple times in communications from the Liberal party, and
  
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• Sabres defenceman Rasmus Dahlin ruled out of game against Jets with back spasms

  05-12-2024 19:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Sabres coach Lindy Ruff ruled out defenceman Rasmus Dahlin from playing against the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night because of back spasms.
  Ruff did not provide a timeline of how long Dahlin might be sidelined. He said he hopes it’s short-term “but you never know.”
  Dahlin left early in the third period and did not return in a 5-4 loss to Colorado on Tuesday in which the Sabres squandered a 4-0 lead and allowed four goals in the third period.
  T
  
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• NASA’s first astronaut flight around the moon in decades faces more delays

  05-12-2024 19:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA announced more delays Thursday in sending astronauts back to the moon more than 50 years after Apollo.
  Administrator Bill Nelson said the next mission in the Artemis program — sending four astronauts around the moon and back – is now targeted for April 2026. It had been on the books for fall 2025, after slipping from this year.
  That bumps the third Artemis mission — a moon landing by two other astronauts — to at least 2027. NASA had
  
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• Chilliwack man gets 12 years in jail for drugs, firearms offences - Cloverdale Reporter

  05-12-2024 19:29 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack man gets 12 years in jail for drugs, firearms offences  Cloverdale Reporter
  
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• Quebec police say cutting blood-alcohol limit to .05 would save up to 14 lives a year

  05-12-2024 19:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUÉBEC — Quebec provincial police estimate that reducing the legal blood-alcohol limit to .05 would save between 10 and 14 lives every year on the province’s roadways.
  Those figures are contained in heavily redacted documents obtained by The Canadian Press through an access to information request.
  The Coalition Avenir Québec government has steadfastly refused to lower the limit to .05 from .08 — which represents 80 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood — despite
  
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• Abbotsford-based non-profit hires former Chilliwack executive director - Fraser Valley Today

  05-12-2024 19:04 via news.google.com
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• Abbotsford-based non-profit hires former Chilliwack executive director

  05-12-2024 19:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — It didn’t take long for Chilliwack resident Steve Roukema to find a new home after serving as the executive director of Chilliwack Restorative Justice for the past three years.M2W2, a non-profit that provides support services and community reintegration to Fraser Valley inmates in correctional facilities, announced Wednesday it has hired Roukema as its next executive director.Roukema has been married for 21 years to his wife Janna. Together they have five children ages 8
  
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• Former Japan youth international Aoi Kizaki becomes fifth player on AFC Toronto squad

  05-12-2024 19:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Former Japan youth international Aoi Kizaki is the latest soccer talent to join AFC Toronto of the new Northern Super League.
  Kizaki, 26, is the club’s fifth signing, joining Canadians Cloey Uddenberg, Jade Kovacevic and Leah Pais and American Croix Soto.
  The former Japanese under-19 and under-20 international can play both in the backline and midfield.
  Since marking her professional debut with Urawa Reds in 2016, Kizaki has made more than 100 appearances in the Japanese Wo
  
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• Government asks for third extension on court deadline to pass ‘lost Canadians’ bill

  05-12-2024 18:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Marc Miller says the government is seeking a third extension to a court-mandated deadline to pass legislation that grants citizenship to “lost Canadians.”Miller says the government is seeking a three-month extension to the current Dec. 19 deadline.In 2009, former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper’s government changed the law so Canadian parents who were born abroad could not pass down their citizenship unless their child was born in
  
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• Fire causes significant damage at multi-unit development in Hope

  05-12-2024 18:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — A fire at a multi-unit residential development in Hope Tuesday night (Dec. 3) caused significant damage to one of its units, prompting the deployment of Emergency Support Services personnel.
  Hope Fire Department crews were dispatched Tuesday evening after receiving reports of an alarm activation and visible smoke inside a multi-unit residential development on Park Street
  Hope Fire says firefighters received a page at 7 p.m. Tuesday. On arrival, crews learned the building had been ev
  
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• Uninsured vehicle stop leads to firearm seizure, arrest: Abbotsford PD

  05-12-2024 18:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Abbotsford PD says a 54-year-old driver remains in police custody after a rifle was observed inside a motorist’s truck during a vehicle stop overnight.AbbyPD says its patrol officers saw an uninsured truck speeding along Gladwin Road in Abbotsford overnight, leading to a vehicle stop. Police saw a rifle inside the truck, prompting authorities to arrest the driver.The driver was out on bail for prior firearms offences but remains in police custody Thursday morning pending
  
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• Trudeau, ministers and opposition leaders address AFN gathering in Ottawa

  05-12-2024 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau fell short of committing to a national inquiry on systemic racism in policing this morning even as he acknowledged the pain of First Nations mothers who have had to bury their children following an interaction with police.
  Trudeau was addressing the Assembly of First Nations gathering in Ottawa this morning, two days after the chiefs passed a resolution calling for an inquiry into policing and police-related deaths.
  That resolution came after nine Fir
  
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• Quebec government wants Supreme Court to rule on random police stops

  05-12-2024 18:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Quebec government says it will seek leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada a ruling that found permitting random traffic stops leads to racial profiling.
  In October, Quebec’s Court of Appeal upheld a 2022 Superior Court decision that declared inoperative an article of the province’s Highway Safety Code that allows police to stop drivers without reasonable suspicion that an offence has been committed.
  In Quebec City today, Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barr
  
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• The US government is closing a women’s prison and other facilities after years of abuse and decay

  05-12-2024 18:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal Bureau of Prisons is permanently closing its “rape club” women’s prison in California and will idle six facilities in a sweeping realignment after years of abuse, decay and mismanagement, The Associated Press has learned.
  The agency informed employees and Congress on Thursday that it plans to shutter the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, and its deactivate minimum-security prison camps in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colorado,
  
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• Heavy police presence surrounds Abbotsford home after confirmed shooting Thursday

  05-12-2024 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Details are slim at this point Thursday morning at 9 a.m., but the Abbotsford Police Department has confirmed that a shooting occurred in the 2100 block of Holly Street in Abbotsford.
  Police say officers responded to the area for a report of shots fired at 7:42 a.m. Thursday. Patrol officers have secured the scene of the shooting. Police say a heavy law enforcement presence will remain in the area for some time Thursday morning.
  There are no reported injuries at this time. Pol
  
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• Jays slugger Guerrero wins 2024 Tip O’Neill award as top Canadian player

  05-12-2024 18:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. MARYS — Toronto Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has been named the 2024 winner of the Tip O’Neill award.
  The honour is awarded annually by the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum to the Canadian player judged to excel on the field while “adhering to baseball’s highest ideals.”
  Guerrero, who was born in Montreal while his father, Vladimir Guerrero Sr., was a star player with the Expos, led Canadian-born major leaguers in several offensive categories
  
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• First Nation band says feds quick to respond to toxic discharge in Chilliwack waterway, but not B.C. govt.

  05-12-2024 17:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — For the second time in as many months, a toxic waste discharge has been located in a Chilliwack-area waterway.
  According to a news release dated November 29 from Cheam First Nation, the latest discovery follows a toxic waste discharge in September that killed thousands of juvenile salmon on the grounds of a fish habitat restoration project from Cheam and Sqwá First Nations. The band says its ongoing water quality monitoring efforts led to yet another toxic water dischar
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP investigation leads to lengthy prison term for man linked to drugs, firearms - Fraser Valley Today

  05-12-2024 17:34 via news.google.com
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• Ticats name longtime Bombers executive Ted Goveia as general manager

  05-12-2024 17:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have named Ted Goveia as general manager, the CFL club announced Thursday.
  Goveia spent the last 10 seasons with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, most recently as senior assistant general manager and director of player personnel.
  He replaces Ed Hervey, who joined the Edmonton Elks as GM last month.
  Hamilton finished fourth in the CFL East Division at 7-11 last season, ending a run of five straight playoff appearances.
  The Blue Bombers appeared in five straight
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP investigation leads to lengthy prison term for man linked to drugs, firearms

  05-12-2024 17:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Mounties in Chilliwack say a man has received a 12-year prison term less time served after pleading guilty to drug trafficking and multiple firearms offences, following an investigation by the Chilliwack RCMP.According to a statement from Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener, Alan Boyarski was sentenced on Wednesday, November 27, to 12 years, 10 years and 76 days after time served, after pleading guilty to two counts of possession for the purpose of drug traffic
  
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• NDP pulls channel change on Conservatives, forcing House debate on abortion

  05-12-2024 17:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A surprise tactical move by the NDP forced a debate in the House of Commons on abortion access this morning sidelining a Conservative motion designed to use NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s own words against him.
  That Conservative motion is worded to show support for the right to strike and declares non-confidence in the Liberal government for its recent moves to end labour disruptions by rail and port workers.
  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Wednesday called on the NDP to
  
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• Tariffs on Chinese EVs, aluminum and steel to raise federal revenues by $473M: PBO

  05-12-2024 17:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget officer estimates Canada’s tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, aluminum and steel will increase federal revenues by $473 million over five years.In October, the federal government began imposing a 100 per cent tariff on Chinese-made EVs as well as a 25 per cent tariff on steel and aluminum imports.The Liberal government has cited unfair trading practices and “abysmal” environmental and labour standards that allow China to unfairly price
  
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• Another day of heavy fog, near-zero visibility in Metro Vancouver

  05-12-2024 17:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Dense fog has reduced visibility to near-zero for the third straight day in Metro Vancouver, creating potentially hazardous travel conditions.
  Environment Canada says a fog advisory is in effect for the Greater Vancouver area, as well as the Fraser Valley, Sunshine Coast and eastern Vancouver Island.
  At Vancouver International Airport, several flights arriving from other affected communities such as Nanaimo, Comox, Powell River and Campbell River have been cancelled, while many
  
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• Feds say investigation found that Memphis police routinely target Black people and call for reforms

  05-12-2024 16:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A federal investigation launched after the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols found that the Memphis Police Department routinely uses force in situations where it’s not warranted and disproportionately targets Black people, a Justice Department official said Thursday.
  Time after time, police in Tennessee’s second-largest city have violated citizens’ constitutional rights and civil rights, Assistant U.S. Attorney General Kristen Clarke said at a news confe
  
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