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• Transgender bill challenger dismayed by Smith’s openness to notwithstanding clause

  16-12-2024 23:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — A lawyer fighting a new Alberta law affecting transgender youth says he’s disappointed Premier Danielle Smith will use the Charter’s notwithstanding clause if need be to shield the changes from legal challenge.
  “It’s hard to choose the right words. It’s cynical, incredibly disturbing and an inappropriate action by a leader,” Bennett Jensen of Egale Canada said Monday in an interview.
  Jensen said he had hoped Smith would accept the decision of
  
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• Chilliwack B.C.'s murder capital, with 3rd worst rate in Canada for 2023 - Today In BC – Today In BC

  16-12-2024 23:19 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack B.C.'s murder capital, with 3rd worst rate in Canada for 2023  Today In BC – Today In BC
  
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• Chilliwack B.C.'s murder capital, with 3rd worst rate in Canada for 2023 - Smithers Interior News

  16-12-2024 23:19 via news.google.com
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• Montreal’s Loic Kwemi named Canada Soccer futsal player of the year

  16-12-2024 23:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Loic Kwemi has been named Canada Soccer’s futsal player of the year after finishing second in scoring at the 2024 CONCACF Futsal Championship.
  The 27-year-old from Montreal scored six goals in three games, leading Canada to the quarterfinals at the CONCACAF Championship in April in Managua, Nicaragua, where Canada lost 3-2 to defending champion Costa Rica. Kwemi missed the quarterfinal through suspension.
  Futsal is a five-a-side indoor game played in two 20-minute halves.
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• In tumultuous history of finance minister resignations, Freeland’s exit stands out

  16-12-2024 23:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Having a finance minister openly condemn the prime minister’s policies on her way out is a fresh level of acrimony in Canadian political history, longtime observers of the country’s politics say.
  Chrystia Freeland’s exit from the finance portfolio isn’t a first in Canadian politics, but departing on the eve of an economic update with a stinging rebuke to the Liberal leader is “unprecedented,” political historian Raymond Blake said in an interview Monday.
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• Chilliwack earns 3rd worst murder rate in Canada for 2023 - Chilliwack Progress

  16-12-2024 22:57 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack earns 3rd worst murder rate in Canada for 2023  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack North MLA to hold Christmas open house this week - Fraser Valley Today

  16-12-2024 22:53 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack North MLA to hold Christmas open house this week

  16-12-2024 22:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack MLA Heather Maahs will hold a Christmas open house later this week at her new constituency office.Maahs, who was resoundingly elected in October with 54 per cent of the vote in the Chilliwack North riding, will host an open house this Wednesday, Dec. 18 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at unit 1, 45953 Airport Road in Chilliwack, across from the Chilliwack RCMP detachment.Residents can stop by to have apple cider and chat with staff. Parking is available on either side of the
  
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• 16-year-old girl in critical condition after North Vancouver pedestrian crash

  16-12-2024 22:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. — Mounties in North Vancouver, B.C., say a 16-year-old girl is in critical condition after she was hit by a Jeep.RCMP says the collision happened around 5:30 on Sunday afternoon near the intersection of Capilano and Paisley roads.Police say in a statement issued Monday that the Jeep was travelling south on Capilano Road when the teen “entered the roadway and was struck”.
  The girl, who is from North Vancouver, is in critical condition and being treated at h
  
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• Calgary Stampeders unveil overhauled coaching staff for 2025

  16-12-2024 22:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Calgary Stampeders’ coaching staff for 2025 has been overhauled after the departure two longtime members.
  Craig Dickenson, older brother of head coach Dave Dickenson, takes over as special teams co-ordinator for Mark Kilam who held the position for 15 years. The Edmonton Elks hired Kilam as head coach.
  Bob Slowik was promoted to defensive co-ordinator. After 15 years with the Stampeders, including six as defensive co-ordinator, Brent Monson was reportedly headed to the Hamilton Tiger-C
  
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• Ottawa promises $1.3 billion for border security as U.S. tariff threat looms

  16-12-2024 22:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government is promising to spend $1.3 billion over six years to beef up Canada’s border security but still won’t say exactly how that money will be spent.
  The figures are part of the government’s fall economic statement which was tabled in the House of Commons this afternoon in Ottawa.
  The urgency to shore up the border comes amid a threat from president-elect Donald Trump to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian imports if Canada doesn’t
  
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• Edmonton Elks sign running back/returner Leake to two-year extension

  16-12-2024 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks have signed running back/returner Javon Leake to a contract extension through the 2026 season, the team announced Monday.
  Leake was slated to become a free agent in February.
  The six-foot, 205-pound Leake ran for a career-high 661 yards on 102 carries (6.5-yard average) with six TDs in 15 games this past season, his first with Edmonton.
  He also had two 100-yard rushing contests in 2024 while adding 34 catches for 301 yards and a touchdown.Leake also had 23 punt
  
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• Bank of Canada preparing for more uncertain and shock-prone future

  16-12-2024 21:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says the central bank is preparing for a future that looks more uncertain and more prone to shocks.
  In a speech to the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, he says the spike in inflation in 2022 was a reminder that even though inflation was relatively low and stable for decades leading up to the pandemic, central banks cannot take public trust for granted.
  Macklem says structural changes are underway in the world including technological change,
  
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• Ottawa police use DNA from 1996 murder to identify Vancouver stabbing suspect

  16-12-2024 21:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Police in Ottawa say they’ve identified a suspect in an unsolved 1996 stabbing death on the Portage Bridge using DNA evidence to track down the man who was arrested in Vancouver last week.Ottawa police say 73-year-old Lawrence Diehl was taken into custody by Vancouver police on Dec. 10 and returned to Ottawa, and he’s accused of second-degree murder in the death of Christopher Smith on April 12, 1996.Ottawa homicide investigators say it’s the first time they’ve used &ldqu
  
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• Update: Seabird Island lockdown still in effect due to armed individual

  16-12-2024 21:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UPDATE 11:24 A.M., MONDAY: Residents on Sthi:tsem Road in Seabird Island are being asked to remain indoors and to stay away from windows and doors at this time. “While it may feel safe to watch from your home, we kindly ask that you prioritize your household’s safety.”
  Original story below from 11:25 a.m. Monday morning: 
  SEABIRD ISLAND (AGASSIZ) — Seabird Island First Nation band northeast of Agassiz says its reserve is under a lockdown while the RCMP search for som
  
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• French president declares mourning period after cyclone strikes Mayotte and will visit

  16-12-2024 21:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MAMOUDZOU, Mayotte (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday he will declare a national mourning period after a deadly cyclone slammed the Indian Ocean island territory of Mayotte, and said he will travel there in the coming days.
  Authorities fear hundreds and possibly thousands of people have died in the territory off Africa’s east coast.
  Macron made his announcement in a post on X after an emergency meeting with his caretaker government Monday night. “In the face of
  
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• LNG Canada names Cooper as next CEO; replaces outgoing Klein

  16-12-2024 20:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The company behind what will be Canada’s first major liquefied natural gas export facility has appointed a new CEO.
  LNG Canada says Chris Cooper will succeed current chief executive Jason Klein, effective April 1, 2025.
  Cooper is LNG Canada’s current senior vice-president for Phase 1 pipeline and expansion.
  LNG Canada is a Shell-led joint venture that is building an LNG export terminal in Kitimat, B.C.
  The project has an estimated price tag of $40 billion, and is ex
  
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• Update: Seabird Island lockdown still in effect

  16-12-2024 20:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UPDATE 11:24 A.M., MONDAY: Residents on Sthi:tsem Road in Seabird Island are being asked to remain indoors and to stay away from windows and doors at this time. “While it may feel safe to watch from your home, we kindly ask that you prioritize your household’s safety.”
  SEABIRD ISLAND (AGASSIZ) — Seabird Island First Nation band northeast of Agassiz says its reserve is under a lockdown while the RCMP search for someone in the community believed to be armed.
  According to an
  
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• Canadian defender Shannon Woeller first player to sign with Vancouver Rise

  16-12-2024 20:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Rise have signed Canadian defender Shannon Woeller as the first player in club history.
  The National Super League team announced the deal Monday, with sporting director Stephanie Labbé saying in a release that Woeller is “an experienced professional” who will be a leader and a key member of the team’s backline.
  The 34-year-old Woeller hails from Vancouver and began her career playing for the Vancouver Whitecaps in the USL W-League in 2008.
  
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• MEI's Isaiah Lee signs with UFV Cascades - Chilliwack Progress

  16-12-2024 20:43 via news.google.com
  MEI's Isaiah Lee signs with UFV Cascades  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• UPDATE: Lockdown lifted for First Nations community near Agassiz - Chilliwack Progress

  16-12-2024 20:35 via news.google.com
  UPDATE: Lockdown lifted for First Nations community near Agassiz  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Seabird Island on lockdown Monday morning due to armed individual

  16-12-2024 20:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEABIRD ISLAND (AGASSIZ) — Seabird Island First Nation band northeast of Agassiz says its reserve is under a lockdown while the RCMP search for someone in the community believed to be armed.
  According to an urgent community notice on its social media channel posted at 11:08 a.m. Monday morning (Dec. 16), Seabird Island says RCMP members are currently in the community actively searching for an individual who is armed.
  All Seabird Island facilities have been locked. Residents and visitors mu
  
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• Draisaitl, MacKinnon, Ullmark named NHL three stars of the week

  16-12-2024 19:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Edmonton centre Leon Draisaitl, Colorado centre Nathan MacKinnon and Ottawa goaltender Linus Ullmark have been named the NHL’s three stars of the week.
  Draisaitl had nine points (three goals, six assists) as the Oilers won three games, extending their overall winning streak to five and moving into third place in the Pacific Division.
  Two of the German star’s three goals were game-winners. He led the league with 22 goals heading into Monday’s action.
  MacKinnon f
  
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• 5 dead, other injured in a shooting at a Wisconsin school

  16-12-2024 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Five people are dead and others injured after a shooting Monday at a Christian school in Wisconsin, the police chief says.
  Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes says the suspect shooter is also among the dead.
  THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Multiple injuries have been reported Monday in a shooting at a Christian school in Wisconsin, police said.
  The shooting occurred at Abundant Life Christian School in Mad
  
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• Chilliwack meat store known for good deeds, acts of kindness suffers overnight break and enter - Fraser Valley Today

  16-12-2024 19:43 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack meat store known for good deeds, acts of kindness suffers overnight break and enter  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Chilliwack meat store known for good deeds, acts of kindness suffers overnight break and enter

  16-12-2024 19:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A community-minded retailer that offers free food for vulnerable Chilliwack residents and discounts its products for local seniors has been the victim of an overnight break and enter.
  Brigida Crosbie of Tydel Foods, with locations on Spadina Avenue and in District 1881, says her store at 45766 Spadina Avenue in downtown Chilliwack was broken into early Monday morning, December 16.It exacerbated an already exhausting day for Crosbie, who spent nine hours cooking turkeys and ano
  
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• WNBA to hold first regular-season game outside the U.S. in Vancouver

  16-12-2024 19:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Vancouver will host the first WNBA regular-season game played outside the United States next year when the Atlanta Dream and the Seattle Storm face off at Rogers Arena.
  The game is scheduled for Aug. 15, about 10 months before the expansion Toronto Tempo begin play in the 2026 season.
  It will be the third WNBA held in Canada after the women’s professional basketball league staged exhibition games May 5 in Edmonton and May 13, 2023, in Toronto.
  Toronto, along with Portland
  
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• The Latest: Freeland leaves cabinet, fall economic statement in limbo

  16-12-2024 19:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Chrystia Freeland has resigned from cabinet as finance minister on the same day she was expected to deliver the government’s fall economic statement, leaving the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau roiling.
  Here’s the latest.
  1:15 p.m. ET
  Officials confirm the Fall Economic Statement lockup, which was set to begin at 10 a.m., will now start at 1:45 p.m.
  It’s not yet clear who will present the document in the House of Commons later today.
  12:30 p.m. ET
  Fac
  
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• Canadian men to play in invitational meet alongside HSBC SVNS stop in Vancouver

  16-12-2024 19:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Canadian men’s team will be part of the Vancouver Sevens, competing in an invitational event in conjunction with the HSBC SVNS stop in February.
  The Canadian men, relegated from the top tier of rugby sevens competition in June, will meet Japan and Trinidad and Tobago at B.C. Place Stadium.
  The Canadian women will be part of HSBC SVNS play Feb. 21-13 in Vancouver. They currently stand seventh after the first three events of the HSBC SVNS circuit.
  Prior to relegation, t
  
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• Powell River Kings bounce back with win over Chilliwack - Powell River Peak

  16-12-2024 18:52 via news.google.com
  Powell River Kings bounce back with win over Chilliwack  Powell River Peak
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP investigating after local dentist robbed, assaulted on Vedder Rotary Trail - Fraser Valley Today

  16-12-2024 18:48 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack RCMP investigating after local dentist robbed, assaulted on Vedder Rotary Trail  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP investigating after local dentist robbed, assaulted on Vedder Rotary Trail

  16-12-2024 18:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A Chilliwack dentist is struggling to recover from a concussion he suffered after telling Chilliwack RCMP he was assaulted and robbed of his wallet as he was running along the Vedder Rotary Trail last week.The man, who preferred to remain anonymous, told Fraser Valley Today he was jogging west on the trail from Vedder Park last Tuesday, Dec. 10 between 4:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.
  “I’ve run here several times,” said the man, who has worked as a dentist in Chilliwack
  
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• Former FBI informant pleads guilty to lying about phony bribery scheme involving the Bidens

  16-12-2024 18:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former FBI informant pleaded guilty on Monday to lying about a phony bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden and his son Hunter that became central to the Republican impeachment inquiry in Congress.Alexander Smirnov entered his plea in Los Angeles to a felony charge in connection with the bogus story, along with a tax evasion charge stemming from a separate indictment accusing him of concealing millions of dollars of income, according to court papers.Prosecutors a
  
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• Trump says he will ‘look at’ pardon for embattled New York mayor Eric Adams

  16-12-2024 18:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Monday said in a far-ranging news conference that ihe would consider pardoning embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams. Separately he called on the Biden administration to stop selling off unused portions of border wall that were purchased but not installed during his first administration.
  “Yeah I would,” consider pardoning Adams, Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, before saying that he was not familiar wi
  
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• Canadian Clara Emond continues her law studies as she competes as an elite road-racer

  16-12-2024 18:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Passing the bar exam is something to celebrate. So is winning a stage at the Giro d’Italia.
  Canadian Clara Emond has both on her resume.
  The 27-year-old from Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Que., rides for the EF-Oatly-Cannondale team along with fellow Canadians Alison Jackson (Vermillion, Alta) and Magdeleine Vallieres (Sherbrooke, Que.). Calgary’s Alex Volstad joins in 2025.
  Emond had a year to remember in 2024
  “A new team and new races,” she said. “It was my fir
  
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• Authorities search for person missing after B.C. mudslide washed away home

  16-12-2024 18:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A search is ongoing for a person believed to have been caught in a mudslide that hit their home and closed British Columbia’s Sea to Sky Highway over the weekend.RCMP say emergency crews recovered a body of one of the two residents of the home on Sunday, and are actively searching for the second person.
  The mudslide near Lions Bay, about 40 kilometres north of Vancouver, came down during a severe windstorm that hit B.C.’s south coast on Saturday.
  Highway 99 reopened
  
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• Without more warming centres, expect rise in homeless deaths: Montreal borough mayor

  16-12-2024 17:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec coroner will investigate the death of a 55-year-old unhoused man found in a park early Sunday in Montreal’s Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough.
  Police say hypothermia could be the cause of the man’s death, after he was found unresponsive at a public square in the city’s east end.
  The man was transported to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
  Borough Mayor Pierre Lessard-Blais called the death “an avoidable and sadly predictable tragedy,” addi
  
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• Montreal’s IGA Stadium to host Davis Cup qualifier between Canada and Hungary

  16-12-2024 17:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal will serve as host when Canada plays Hungary in the first round of Davis Cup qualifiers next year.Tennis Canada says the two-day tie will begin Feb. 1 at IGA Stadium.The winning team will advance to the second round of qualifiers in September for a berth in the tournament quarterfinals.
  The losing team will be relegated to the World Group 1 level.Canada has made back-to-back quarterfinal exits since winning the Davis Cup for the first time in 2022.
  Player nominations ar
  
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• Chrystia Freeland’s resignation letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

  16-12-2024 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland resigned from the Liberal cabinet on Monday, posting her resignation letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on social media. Here is the letter:
  “Dear Prime Minister,It has been the honour of my life to serve in government, working for Canada and Canadians. We have accomplished a lot together.On Friday, you told me you no longer want me to serve as your Finance Minister and offered me another position in the Cabinet.Upon reflection, I have
  
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• Germany’s Scholz loses a confidence vote, setting up an early election in February

  16-12-2024 16:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in the German parliament on Monday, putting the European Union’s most populous member and biggest economy on course to hold an early election in February.
  Scholz won the support of 207 lawmakers in the 733-seat lower house, or Bundestag, while 394 voted against him and 116 abstained. That left him far short of the majority of 367 needed to win.
  Scholz leads a minority government after his unpopular and notoriously rancorous
  
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• Ottawa Redblacks sign Canadian offensive lineman Pelehos to extension

  16-12-2024 16:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks signed Canadian offensive lineman Zack Pelehos to a two-year contract extension Monday.
  The former University of Ottawa star was slated to become a free agent in February.
  The Redblacks selected the six-foot-six, 300-pound Pelehos in the first round, second overall, in the 2022 CFL draft.The native of Gananoque, Ont., started 10 of 14 games in 2023 before becoming a full-time starter for the squad last season.
  Pelehos is the second Canadian offensive lineman f
  
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• The Canadian Press Newsmakers of the Year, past and present

  16-12-2024 16:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is The Canadian Press 2024 Newsmaker of the Year.
  Here is a list of who has had the title in the past, as chosen in an annual survey of senior editors in newsrooms across Canada:
  2024: Pierre Poilievre, politician
  2023: Pierre Poilievre, politician
  2022: “Freedom Convoy” protesters
  2021: The children who did not come home from residential schools
  2020: Front-line workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
  2019: Jody Wilson-Raybould, polit
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Poilievre is CP Newsmaker of the Year for second year in a row

  16-12-2024 16:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been chosen as The Canadian Press Newsmaker of the Year for 2024.
  It is the second time in a row news editors across the country placed Poilievre at the top of the list.
  Running miles ahead of his opponents in the polls throughout the year, Poilievre has cemented his position as Canada’s prime minister-in-waiting.His fierce, carefully crafted rhetoric aimed with precision at the prime minister and the issues gripping Canadians has let
  
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• Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland quits cabinet the day of fall economic statement

  16-12-2024 15:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has resigned from cabinet, the day she is set to present the fall economic statement.In a resignation letter, she says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered her another role in cabinet Friday, but that the only “honest and viable path” is to leave cabinet.Freeland says for the past several weeks that she and the prime minister have found themselves at odds about the best path forward for Canada.
  She says Canada faces a grave challenge
  
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• Chilliwack's weather forecast for December 16: Mixed precipitation expected - The Weather Network

  16-12-2024 14:28 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack's weather forecast for December 16: Mixed precipitation expected  The Weather Network
  
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• Middle East latest: Death toll from Israel-Hamas war tops 45,000. Israel strikes Syrian targets

  16-12-2024 14:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Palestinian health officials said Monday the death toll from the Israel-Hamas war, now in its 14th month, topped 45,000 people.
  This comes as 52 dead arrived at hospitals across the bombed-out strip over the past 24 hours, including a family of four, in Gaza City overnight, according to Palestinian medics.
  The Israel-Hamas war erupted on Oct. 7 last year when Hamas militants stormed southern Israel, killing some 1, 200 people and taking another 250 hostage. Israel responded with heavy bombardmen
  
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• Byelection in Liberal B.C. riding of Cloverdale-Langley City is new test for Trudeau

  16-12-2024 11:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY, B.C. — Voters in the Liberal-held British Columbia riding of Cloverdale—Langley City go to the polls today to pick a new member of Parliament, in another test for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
  Liberal candidate Madison Fleischer, a local business owner, will face Conservative Tamara Jansen who previously held the seat.
  The byelection comes after the Liberals have already lost two long-held seats in the last several months.The successive byelection losses and dismal poll num
  
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• Death toll in Gaza Strip from Israel-Hamas war tops 45,000, Palestinians say

  16-12-2024 11:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Health officials in the Gaza Strip say the death toll from the 14-month war between Israel and Hamas militants has topped 45,000 people.
  The Gaza Health Ministry does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in its count, but it has said that more than half of the fatalities are women and children. The Israeli military says it has killed more than 17,000 militants, without providing evidence.
  The Health Ministry said 45,028 people have been killed a
  
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• In the news today: Canada Post operations to resume Tuesday: company

  16-12-2024 10:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Canada Post operations to resume Tuesday: company
  Mail will begin moving again on Tuesday as Canada Post employees return to work for the first time in more than a month after the federal government pushed to end the stoppage.
  Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon directed the Canada Industrial Relations Board to order the 55,000 picketing employees back to work within days if the tribunal determines a deal
  
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• Byelection in Liberal B.C. riding of Cloverdale—Langley City is new test for Trudeau

  16-12-2024 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY, B.C. — Voters in the Liberal-held British Columbia riding of Cloverdale—Langley City go to the polls today to pick a new member of Parliament, in another test for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
  Liberal candidate Madison Fleischer, a local business owner, will face Conservative Tamara Jansen who previously held the seat.
  The byelection comes after the Liberals have already lost two long-held seats in the last several months.The successive byelection losses and dismal poll num
  
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