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• Meta gives in to CRTC disclosure order on Online News Act compliance

  12-12-2024 23:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — After initially fighting the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, Meta has complied with an order from the regulator to publicly disclose information about its news-blocking measures.
  The CRTC asked Meta what measures it’s taking to comply with the Online News Act, and if news is being made available on its platforms — which would require the company to compensate media outlets for displaying their content.
  Meta blocked news from Facebook and In
  
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• B.C. Supreme Court certifies class-action lawsuit against Airbnb

  12-12-2024 23:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The B.C. Supreme Court has certified a class-action lawsuit against Airbnb that alleges the short-term rental company has breached provincial consumer protection laws by offering unlicensed real estate brokerage and travel agent services.
  Justice Elizabeth McDonald says in a decision posted online Thursday that lead plaintiff Margo Ware’s lawsuit against Airbnb meets the test as a class action on behalf of consumers who paid fees or commissions when booking accommodations
  
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• North Dakota regulators OK underground storage for proposed Midwest carbon dioxide pipeline

  12-12-2024 23:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota regulators approved permits Thursday for underground storage of carbon dioxide delivered through a sprawling pipeline proposed for the Midwest, marking another victory for the project that has drawn fierce opposition from landowners.
  The state’s governor-led, three-member Industrial Commission voted unanimously to approve the permits for Summit Carbon Solutions’ three proposed storage sites in central North Dakota. It’s unclear when cons
  
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• B.C. boosts tax incentives to support film and television production

  12-12-2024 23:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The British Columbia government is increasing tax incentives for both local and international film and TV projects in an effort to attract more major productions to the province.Premier David Eby says the tax credit for international projects made in B.C. will jump from 28 to 36 per cent, while an incentive for Canadian-content productions will increase from 35 to 36 per cent.
  Speaking at the Martini Town studio in Langley, Eby says tax incentives are the province’s “competitive adva
  
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• Canada can’t say when it will clear 140,000 backlogged cases for First Nations kids

  12-12-2024 22:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada has told the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal it can’t say when it will work through a backlog of some 140,000 cases related to First Nations child services.
  That has led to a prominent child welfare advocate and First Nations leaders in Manitoba warning about an escalating crisis caused by Canada’s inaction.
  Jordan’s Principle is a legal rule that stipulates that when a First Nations child needs health, social or educational services they are to receive the
  
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• BC United pleads for donors to step forward or it will fold

  12-12-2024 22:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — BC United emailed its supporters Thursday (Dec. 12) with an urgent plea for donations as it faces the possibility that it could fold as a political party.According to an email from the party, 2024 was one of its most challenging years in its history. BC United says it has faced significant hurdles consisting of declining public support and difficulties raising money after former leader Kevin Falcon stepped back from the 2024 campaign rather than split the vote and hand the NDP
  
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• Veteran jockey Justin Stein retires again, this time to become horse-racing steward

  12-12-2024 21:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — This time, it feels right for Justin Stein to hang up his tack.
  The veteran jockey is retiring after 19 seasons riding thoroughbreds. Stein, 44, left horse racing after 2016 but returned to Woodbine Racetrack in 2019 feeling he was too young then to have called it a career.
  Eight years later, Stein feels much more at peace with the decision, given the New Westminster, B.C., native says he’ll start next month as a racing steward with the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Onta
  
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• Dozens of vehicles damaged in crime spree in Nanaimo

  12-12-2024 21:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NANAIMO — Mounties in Nanaimo are looking for witnesses or camera footage that may help them pinpoint the person, or people, involved in the vandalism of dozens of vehicles over several hours.
  An RCMP statement says officers received 42 reports of windows being smashed, tires being flattened and broken side mirrors.
  Police say the incidents happened between 11 p.m. on Tuesday and 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday.
  They say all of the vehicles were either parked on the street or in parkades or parking
  
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• Toronto FC sees pace and potential in newly acquired Brazilian winger Thiago Andrade

  12-12-2024 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — In acquiring Brazilian winger Thiago Andrade, Toronto FC picks up pace and potential — at a reasonable price.
  “An interesting addition to our current group,” Toronto GM Jason Hernandez said Thursday.
  The 24-year-old Andrade came from New York City FC via San Diego FC in a trade executed around the Major League Soccer expansion draft Wednesday.
  Expansion San Diego picked Andrade from NYCFC with its fourth pick in the draft and then sent the Brazilian to Toronto f
  
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• Fraser Valley native to seek Abbotsford-South Langley federal nomination

  12-12-2024 21:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Fraser Valley native Dustin Lee Hiles announced earlier this week he will seek the Conservative Party nomination in Abbotsford-South Langley.
  Hiles, a Ukrainian Pacific Islander, is a Candian tenor and international opera singer who has previously worked as a special assistant to Canada’s longest-serving speaker in the House of Commons, Peter Miliken, and gained invaluable experience in Parliament that enabled him to build a strong bipartisan network of connections from
  
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• Israeli strike in Gaza kills 25 people as US makes new push for a ceasefire

  12-12-2024 21:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike hit the central Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least 25 Palestinians and wounding dozens more, Palestinian medics said, just hours after President Joe Biden’s national security adviser raised hopes about a ceasefire deal to end the war in Gaza.
  Officials at two hospitals in the Gaza Strip, al-Awda Hospital in the north and al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza, reported they received a combined total of 25 bodies from an Israeli st
  
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• Montreal suburb declares ‘end of deer saga’ after killing 105 animals in urban park

  12-12-2024 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Montreal suburb is declaring the “end of the deer saga” today after completing its plan to cull a growing herd of white-tailed deer in one of its parks.
  The City of Longueuil says a total of 105 deer have been killed in an operation it says was needed to restore the ecological balance in Michel-Chartrand Park.
  The cull carried out with air rifles began in October after years of legal battles with animal rights groups seeking to save the animals.
  The city has said t
  
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• Trump brushes off Ford’s threat to cut Ontario’s electricity exports to U.S. states

  12-12-2024 21:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is brushing off threats from Ontario to restrict electricity exports.
  On Wednesday, Ford said Ontario is contemplating restricting electricity exports to Michigan, New York state and Minnesota if Trump imposes sweeping tariffs on all Canadian products.
  American network CNBC asked Trump about Ford’s comments, and the president-elect said it’s “fine” if Ontario imposed these restrictions, arguing the U.S. “is subsidizin
  
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• Bridge on Highway 1 through Fraser Canyon replaced following atmospheric river damage in 2021

  12-12-2024 21:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LYTTON, B.C. — The replacement of a portion of the Trans Canada Highway through the Fraser Canyon is complete.
  B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation and Transit announced the new Nicomen River Bridge, nearly 19 kilometres south of Spences Bridge, has two lanes and is better equipped to withstand extreme weather.
  The bridge replacement comes after the previous structure was damaged by the atmospheric river and flooding of November 2021.
  In a news release issued Thursday (Dec. 12), the Min
  
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• Vancouver Island First Nation whose ex-chief met Capt. Cook files claim against B.C.

  12-12-2024 21:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — A Vancouver Island First Nation whose people were the first to greet European explorers in the region almost 250 years ago is taking British Columbia to court, seeking title to their traditional territories and financial compensation.
  Chief Mike Maquinna, a descendent of Chief Maquinna who met British explorer Capt. James Cook in 1776, says the claim in B.C. Supreme Court seeks to return decision-making, resource and ecological stewardship to the Mowachaht/Muchalalaht First Nati
  
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• Star centre J.T. Miller set to return to Vancouver Canucks’ lineup against Panthers

  12-12-2024 20:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Star centre J.T. Miller will return to the Canucks’ lineup on Thursday when Vancouver hosts the Florida Panthers.
  The 31-year old forward took an indefinite leave from the team last month for personal reasons.
  Miller declined to say Thursday why he stepped away, but says he’s excited to be back with his teammates.
  Miller has six goals and 10 assists in 17 games this season but has not played since Nov. 17.
  He had a career-high 103 points in 82 regular-season appeara
  
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• Fraser Valley realtors donation to aid at-risk youth support groups

  12-12-2024 20:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — The Fraser Valley Realtors Charitable Foundation (FVRCF) has announced $340,000 in grants to 22 charitable organizations dedicated to empowering at-risk youth across the Fraser Valley including the Zajac Ranch Society in Mission.
  The funds will support initiatives that help young people facing significant challenges such as poverty, mental health issues, and lack of access to opportunities. The programs focus on mentorship, education, mental health support, and life skills develop
  
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• New $1.4M fund aims to bring more veterinarians to rural B.C.

  12-12-2024 20:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — A new program is offering up to $25,000 to help clinics attract more veterinarians to the rural British Columbia.Businesses can apply for a portion of the $1.4 million recruitment and retention program to support hiring bonuses for new veterinarians and technologists, or for highly needed services like extra staffing during calving and lambing season.
  A statement from the Ministry of Agriculture says the money can also be used for advertising to recruit new staff, training to im
  
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• Some epilepsy patients worry their seizures will return amid medication shortage

  12-12-2024 20:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Canadian Epilepsy Alliance says an ongoing shortage of an epilepsy medication is leaving some patients worried they’ll start to have seizures again if they switch to an alternative.The shortage of Teva-clobazam, which began last May, is expected to last until April next year, according to Health Canada’s drug shortages website.The alliance represents epilepsy organizations across the country and says patients are scrambling to find doses at different pharmacies.An
  
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• Lille’s Jonathan David among nominees for Canada Soccer Player of the Year

  12-12-2024 20:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Jonathan David, the leading scorer in the French league this season, highlights the list of men’s nominees for Canada Soccer Player of the Year.
  Eight men’s and eight women’s nominees were chosen by Canada Soccer with the winners to be decided in a vote by Canadian media and coaches. The three finalists will be announced Dec. 19, with the winners revealed the next day.
  David, who won the award in 2019, faces opposition from four-time winner and Canada captain Alphonso Davies (2
  
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• Housing unaffordability still rising despite billions in government measures: PBO

  12-12-2024 19:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Parliamentary Budget Officer says the number of households in need is still rising even though Canada is spending billions of dollars a year to address housing affordability,A new report from the budget watchdog this morning says 2.4 million Canadian households are now in core housing need.
  That means they’re living in unaffordable, unsuitable or inadequate housing.
  In 2017, Canada unveiled its national housing strategy to help improve access to affordable homes by 2027.
  
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• More than 40 vehicles vandalized in Nanaimo, B.C., in one night

  12-12-2024 19:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NANAIMO, B.C. — Mounties in Nanaimo are looking for witnesses or camera footage that may help them pinpoint the person, or people, involved in the vandalism of dozens of vehicles over several hours.
  An RCMP statement says officers received 42 reports of windows being smashed, tires being flattened and broken side mirrors.
  Police say the incidents happened between 11 p.m. onTuesday and 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday.
  They say all of the vehicles were either parked on the street or in parkades or pa
  
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• The FBI should have done more to collect intelligence before the Capitol riot, watchdog finds

  12-12-2024 19:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI should have done more to collect intelligence before the Capitol riot even though the bureau did prepare for the possibility of violence on Jan. 6, 2021, according to a watchdog report Thursday. It also said no undercover FBI employees were present that day and none of the bureau’s informants was authorized to participate.
  The report from the Justice Department inspector general’s office knocks down a fringe conspiracy theory advanced by some Republica
  
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• McIntosh sets another record, Kharun also wins gold at short-course championships

  12-12-2024 19:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BUDAPEST — Canadian swimming star Summer McIntosh smashed another short-course world record with a dominant victory in the women’s 200-metre butterfly at the world championships on Thursday.
  Minutes later, Ilya Kharun won the men’s 200 butterfly to give Canada its third straight multi-medal day at the event.
  The 18-year-old McIntosh, from Toronto, won her race in one minute 59.32 seconds, well ahead of silver medallist Regan Smith of the United States (2:01.00). Bronze medallis
  
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• New conservation area announced for Rocky Mountain Trench in B.C.

  12-12-2024 18:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  INVERMERE, B.C. — Another piece of the puzzle for conservation efforts along the Rocky Mountain Trench in B.C. is in place.
  Nature Conservancy Canada says wildlife including grizzly bear numbers have been declining in the region, which is why it added a new conservation area next to Kootenay National Park that links to a “network of already protected” lands.
  It says the new Geddes Creek Conservation Area includes an almost two-square kilometre region of Douglas fir and montane
  
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• Canada’s Thompson victorious in ski cross World Cup opener, Drury wins bronze

  12-12-2024 18:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VAL THORENS — Canada’s Marielle Thompson raced to a gold medal at the opening event of the World Cup ski cross season.
  Thompson, who won the women’s ski cross Crystal Globe as the overall winner last season, finished ahead of three-time World Cup ski cross champion Fanny Smith of Switzerland to take the big final. Germany’s Daniela Maier was third.
  Thompson, from Whistler, B.C., now has 32 career World Cup wins and 68 total podium finishes.
  India Sherret of Cranbrook, B.C
  
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• Border officials, RCMP to testify on impact of Trump’s plans for border security

  12-12-2024 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canadian officials in charge of border enforcement will testify at a parliamentary committee later today on the impact of president-elect Donald Trump’s plans for border security and migration.
  Canada Border Services Agency President Erin O’Gorman and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Commissioner Michael Duheme will appear at the House of Commons public safety and national security committee.
  During the presidential race, Trump threatened to deport millions of undocumente
  
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• Canadian flyweight Jamey-Lyn Horth wastes little time getting back in the UFC cage

  12-12-2024 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian flyweight Jamey-Lyn Horth waited 11 months for her last UFC fight. This time it’s taken just six weeks to get back into the cage.
  The 34-year-old from Squamish, B.C., looks for her third win in four UFC outings when she tackles American Miranda (Fear The) Maverick on a UFC Fight Night card Saturday in Tampa, Fla.
  Horth (7-1-0) agreed to fill in for the injured Tracy Cortez, ranked 11th among UFC 125-pound contenders, just four days after her split-decision win over Ivana Petrovic
  
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• Canada says it wants to slash its emissions by half by 2035. Will that be enough?

  12-12-2024 18:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Canada is aiming to cut its emissions in half by 2035 compared to 2005 levels, a newly released target range that is lower than what a federal advisory body recommended.Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault says a target of reducing emissions by 45 to 50 per cent balances both ambition and achievability.He says the target’s lower end accounts for potential headwinds, including how president-elect Donald Trump, who has promised rollbacks of some key U.S.
  
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• Wander Franco’s sex abuse trial has been postponed 5 months

  12-12-2024 18:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic (AP) — The trial against Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco, who has been charged with sexually abusing a minor, sexual and commercial exploitation against a minor, and human trafficking, was postponed on Thursday and scheduled to resume June 2, 2025.
  Dominican judge Yacaira Veras postponed the hearing at the request of prosecutors because of the absence of several key witnesses in the case.
  Franco’s lawyers asked the court for caution, arguing Fr
  
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• Flair Airlines to expand service at Abbotsford Airport

  12-12-2024 18:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Flair Airlines, which bills itself as Canada’s most reliable airline, says it will expand service between Abbotsford International Airport and two key cities in Alberta starting next spring.According to a news release from the company, Flair will enhance frequencies between Abbotsford and Edmonton, and Calgary to Abbotsford, starting in April 2025, as frequencies in these key markets increase significantly.For example, there will be 25 weekly flights between Edmonton and
  
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• Former Alberta premier Rachel Notley quitting legislature seat as of Dec. 30

  12-12-2024 17:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Former Alberta premier and NDP Leader Rachel Notley is leaving the legislature.
  Notley announced on social media that, as of Dec. 30, she is resigning as the legislature representative for Edmonton-Strathcona.
  In the statement, Notley thanks her supporters and constituents, but does not discuss what she plans to do in her post-political life.
  Notley served as Alberta’s 17th premier after she and the NDP won a majority government in 2015.
  They served for four years before l
  
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• Montreal billionaire Robert Miller facing new sex charges involving underage girl

  12-12-2024 17:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal billionaire Robert Miller is facing criminal charges of sexual misconduct involving a new complainant who was under the age of 14 when the alleged offences began.
  The 81-year-old founder of Future Electronics was arrested in May on 21 sex-related counts involving 10 other complainants, many of them minors at the time of the alleged offences between 1994 and 2016.
  Miller’s case was in court today and he faces three additional charges of sexual interference with a p
  
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• UFVRD unveils new Strategic Plan for 2024-2027

  12-12-2024 17:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment (UFVRD) has launched its new Strategic Plan, which outlines the operational priorities for the next three years, focusing on community safety, strong partnerships, effective communication, and organizational excellence.
  Operating under a regional policing model, UFVRD serves a wide area, including Chilliwack, Agassiz, Boston Bar, and Hope along with neighboring Indigenous communities. The detachment’s Chilliwack headquarters ov
  
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• Vehicle accident possibly involving a dump truck leads to power outage Thursday in Chilliwack

  12-12-2024 17:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A motor vehicle accident, possibly a dump truck versus a pole, has led to a power outage in which 1,200-plus customers lost electricity Thursday morning in Chilliwack Mountain and the surrounding area.
  According to the BC Hydro outage map dashboard, 1,233 customers in Chilliwack Mountain, Skwah First Nation and the immediate vicinity lost power at 6:51 a.m. due to a motor vehicle accident.Crews are currently on their way and are expected to arrive by 8:15 a.m. There’s no
  
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• FVRD reminds residents to pay utility bills due to ongoing Canada Post labour action

  12-12-2024 17:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Due to the ongoing Canada Post labour strike, the Fraser Valley Regional District is reminding residents to pay their quarterly utility bills by the deadline later this month.FVRD says cheque payments and reminder notices for utility billing are not being delivered, so residents will need to pay by the deadline of December 31. FVRD is quick to point out that the mail service interruption does not affect the deadline for utility payments. If a utility bill remains unpaid by Dec
  
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• Only new firearms from buyback program will go to Ukraine, Defence Department says

  12-12-2024 17:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Liberal government’s plan to send firearms from its buyback program to the battlefield in Ukraine will only include unused weapons, the Department of National Defence says.
  A department spokesperson says Ukraine gave Canada a list of 23 types of firearms that could be useful in its war against Russia, but the official would not specify the makes and models.
  Only sending Ukraine new weapons collected from companies means the department would not have to inspect them for s
  
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• Law firm warns $47.8B First Nations child welfare reforms could be lost with election

  12-12-2024 17:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A legal review commissioned by the Assembly of First Nations is warning a $47.8 billion deal to reform the First Nations child welfare system could be moot if there’s a change in government in the upcoming year.
  Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP also warns there is no guarantee a new government would be willing to negotiate or make similar commitments to what the governing Liberals have proposed.
  The Conservatives, who have a wide lead in the polls, did not respond to repeated r
  
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• American who says he crossed into Syria on foot is free after 7 months in detention

  12-12-2024 12:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — An American who says he crossed into Syria on foot is now free after seven months in detention.
  Travis Timmerman told the Al-Arabiya TV network in an interview on Thursday that he had been treated well. He said he had crossed into Syria from Lebanon on a Christian pilgrimage.
  He appeared in videos circulating online earlier in the day in which rebels said they had located him and were keeping him safe. Some people who saw the videos initially mistook him for Austin T
  
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• American who says he crossed into Syria on foot is freed after 7 months in detention

  12-12-2024 12:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — An American who says he crossed into Syria on foot has been released after seven months in detention.
  Travis Timmerman told the Al-Arabiya TV network in an interview on Thursday that he had been treated well. He said he had crossed into Syria from Lebanon on a religious pilgrimage.
  He appeared in videos circulating online earlier in the day in which rebels said they had located him and were keeping him safe.The Associated Press
  
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• In The Rings: New hammer rule to be tested at next Grand Slam of Curling event

  12-12-2024 12:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  As far as curling experiments go, a new rule that will be used at the next Grand Slam competition looks like a doozy.
  Organizers plan to test a setup that will see a team lose hammer after a second consecutive blank end. The mid-season change, an attempt to boost scoring and entertainment, should have a significant impact on team strategy.
  “I’m excited that they’re trying something,” said Curling Canada chief executive officer Nolan Thiessen. “It’s going to ch
  
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• B.C’s Kaela Hansen, Emma Regan best friends and now teammates at AFC Toronto

  12-12-2024 12:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Kaela Hansen and Emma Regan have been friends for ever. Now they are teammates again, this time with AFC Toronto of the new Northern Super League.
  “We literally started soccer together … and we basically played on every single team together up until high school,” said Hansen.
  They started playing together at six or seven, graduating to the Vancouver Whitecaps Girls Elite team before Hansen went to the University of Kansas and Regan to the University of Texas, b
  
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• Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency

  12-12-2024 11:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. It’s the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.
  The commutations announced Thursday are for people who have served out home confinement sentences for at least one year after they were released. Prisons were uniquely bad for sprea
  
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• Year in review: A look at events in December 2024

  12-12-2024 11:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A look at news events in December 2024 so far:
  1 – Belgium grants sex workers full labour rights, including health insurance, paid leave and pensions. The law establishing key rights including refusing clients and stopping acts at any time comes after the decriminalization of sex work in 2022. Employers must meet strict licensing and safety standards, while unregulated hiring may be penalized. Advocates hail the law as groundbreaking while critics worry undocumented workers remain vulnerab
  
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• Chilliwack's weather forecast for December 12: Cloudy skies dominate - The Weather Network

  12-12-2024 11:01 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack's weather forecast for December 12: Cloudy skies dominate  The Weather Network
  
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• Year in review: A look at events in November 2024

  12-12-2024 10:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A look at news events in November 2024:
  1 – A New Brunswick woman who lost two military sons to PTSD says she’s honoured to be named this year’s National Silver Cross Mother. Seventy-eight-year-old Maureen Anderson says she hopes to use her time in the role, on behalf of mothers who have lost a child to active military duty, to keep speaking about post-traumatic stress disorder and to encourage veterans to get all the help they can.1 – The end of 2024 will mark the end of
  
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• Year in review: A look at events in October 2024

  12-12-2024 10:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A look at news events in October 2024
  1 – Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter celebrates his 100th birthday. It is the first time an American president has lived a full century. The Democrat served as president from 1977 to 1981 and then worked for over four decades leading The Carter Center, a non-governmental organization he and his wife co-founded in 1982. Rosalynn Carter died last year at age 96, and the former president has been in home hospice care for 19 months in his hometown of Pla
  
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• Year in review: A look at events in September 2024

  12-12-2024 10:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A look at news events in September 2024
  1 – Israel recovers the bodies of six hostages in Gaza, including an Israeli-American hostage. The family of Hersh Goldberg-Polin says they have confirmed his death, ending a relentless campaign to rescue him that included meetings with world leaders. The 23-year-old Goldberg-Polin was seized by militants at a music festival in southern Israel on Oct. 7, and was last seen with his left hand missing and speaking under duress. The army says the hostage
  
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• Year in review: A look at events in August 2024

  12-12-2024 10:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A look at news events in August 2024
  1 – The Israeli military confirms the death of Hamas’ military leader, Mohammed Deif. Deif was killed in an airstrike in Gaza in July, knocking another leader of the militant terror group off Israel’s hit list. Israel says it targeted Deif in a July 13 strike on the outskirts of Khan Younis, but hasn’t been able to confirm the kill for weeks. The Israeli confirmation came a day after an apparent Israeli airstrike in Tehran killed Hamas
  
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• Year in review: A look at events in July 2024

  12-12-2024 10:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A look at news events in July 2024
  1 – The strike is over at WestJet. The Calgary-based airline reaches a deal with its mechanics to end a strike that had disrupted the travel plans of tens of thousands of travellers over the Canada Day long weekend and saw 829 flight cancellations. In a statement on its website overnight, WestJet says there will still be flight disruptions in the week ahead as its planes are brought back into service.1 – A Palestinian health official says Israel has
  
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