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• Chilliwack's Howden claims gold as Canadian freestyle skiers dominate Swiss hill - Chilliwack Progress

  17-12-2024 23:52 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack's Howden claims gold as Canadian freestyle skiers dominate Swiss hill  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• A couple hundred North Korean troops killed, wounded in battles with Ukrainian forces

  17-12-2024 23:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A couple hundred North Korean troops fighting alongside Russian forces against Ukraine have been killed or wounded during battle in the Kursk border region, a senior military official said Tuesday.
  The official didn’t provide details on exactly how many have been killed, but said the North Korean forces don’t appear to be battle-hardened, which contributes to the number of casualties they’ve had. The official was providing the first significant estimate
  
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• Yankees agree to acquire Cody Bellinger from Cubs for pitcher Cody Poteet, AP source says

  17-12-2024 23:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees agreed to acquire outfielder Cody Bellinger from the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday for right-hander Cody Poteet, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.
  The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the trade had not been announced. Chicago will send the Yankees $5 million as part of the trade, the person said.
  The 29-year-old Bellinger, whose father Clay helped the Yankees win World Series titles in 1999 and 2000, is
  
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• Chilliwack YMCA's oldest member celebrates 99th birthday - Chilliwack Progress

  17-12-2024 23:10 via news.google.com
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• NASA’s 2 stuck astronauts face more time in space with return delayed until at least late March

  17-12-2024 23:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s two stuck astronauts just got their space mission extended again. That means they won’t be back on Earth until spring, 10 months after rocketing into orbit on Boeing’s Starliner capsule.NASA announced the latest delay in Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams’ homecoming on Tuesday.The two test pilots planned on being away just a week or so when they blasted off June 5 on Boeing’s first astronaut flight to the International Space St
  
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• Kent Institution inmate dies after serious assault - Chilliwack Progress

  17-12-2024 23:04 via news.google.com
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• Alouettes trade Grey Cup MVP Fajardo to Elks for rights to Bethel-Thompson in QB swap

  17-12-2024 22:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Veteran quarterbacks Cody Fajardo and McLeod Bethel-Thompson are on the move again.
  The Edmonton Elks acquired Fajardo — the 2023 Grey Cup MVP — from the Montreal Alouettes on Tuesday for the rights to Bethel-Thompson, a two-time CFL champion.
  Bethel-Thompson completed his first season in Alberta but is slated to become a free agent Feb. 11.
  That means Montreal will have until then to negotiate exclusively with Bethel-Thompson, after which the veteran quarterback will be able to ente
  
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• Thompson, Howden are golden as Canada dominates ski cross World Cup in Switzerland

  17-12-2024 22:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AROSA — Marielle Thompson led a Canadian sweep of the women’s podium Tuesday while Reece Howden raced to gold in the men’s event as Canada’s freestyle skiers dominated the second stop of the World Cup ski cross season.
  Thompson, from Whistler, B.C., raced to her 33rd career World Cup ski cross gold ahead of India Sherret, of Cranbrook, B.C., and Ottawa’s Hannah Schmidt.
  The 32-year-old Thompson, who also won the season-opening race in Val Thorens, France, last Thurs
  
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• B.C.’s projected deficit grows again to $9.4 billion in latest fiscal update

  17-12-2024 22:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  British Columbia’s forecasted record deficit for this fiscal year has grown by another $429 million, reaching $9.4 billion.
  The province unveiled the latest quarterly update, the first under new Finance Minister Brenda Bailey, showing B.C.’s debt level to reach $130 billion by the fiscal year’s end, which is $1.4 billion higher than September’s projections.
  Bailey says in a statement that the province will see “modest” economic growth projected at 0.9 per cent
  
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• Prosecutors charge suspect with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO as an act of terrorism

  17-12-2024 21:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism, prosecutors said Tuesday as they worked to bring him to a New York court from from a Pennsylvania jail.
  Luigi Mangione already was charged with murder in the Dec. 4 killing of Brian Thompson, but the indictment could help move along procedural steps toward extraditing the suspect.Mangione’s New York lawyer hasn’t commented on the case.Thompson, 50, was sh
  
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• Canadians won’t be taxed on disability benefit under proposed rule change

  17-12-2024 21:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Liberals are planning to introduce legislation to exempt the Canada Disability Benefit from being treated as income under the Income Tax Act.
  The fall economic statement, released Monday, is also calling on provinces and territories to ensure the program’s recipients do not have their benefits reduced as a result of it.
  The disability benefit, which is set to take effect in July, would see eligible people receive up to $200 per month.
  While advocates critiqued the amount
  
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• Former Raptors centre Jontay Porter to be sentenced on criminal charges on Wednesday

  17-12-2024 21:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Former Toronto Raptors centre Jontay Porter will have the sentencing hearing in his criminal case tomorrow.
  Porter pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud on July 10.
  The 25-year-old has already been banned from the NBA for life for manipulating the outcomes of proposition bets based on his performance for the Raptors.
  Porter feigned injury or illness to remove himself from games on Jan. 26 and March 20, playing fewer than five minutes and scoring no points in both of them.
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• US to pay nearly $116M to settle lawsuits over rampant sexual abuse at California women’s prison

  17-12-2024 21:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government will pay nearly $116 million to resolve lawsuits brought by more than 100 women who say they were abused or mistreated at a now-shuttered federal prison in California that was known as the “rape club” because of rampant staff-on-inmate sexual misconduct.
  Under settlements approved Tuesday, the Justice Department will pay an average of about $1.1 million to each of 103 women who filed individual lawsuits against the Bureau of Prisons over thei
  
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• RCMP union applauds planned federal spending on border security

  17-12-2024 20:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The union representing rank-and-file Mounties is welcoming a federal plan to spend $1.3 billion to bolster border security and ensure the integrity of the immigration system.
  In its fall economic update Monday, the Liberal government said it would invest in cutting-edge technology for law enforcement, so that only people who are eligible to remain in Canada do so.
  The money, to be spread over six fiscal years, is earmarked for the RCMP, Public Safety Canada, the Canada Border Serv
  
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• Maple Leafs say goaltender Stolarz to undergo knee surgery, will be out 4-6 weeks

  17-12-2024 20:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz will undergo knee surgery and miss four-to-six weeks, general manager Brad Treliving said Tuesday.
  Stolarz left the Maple Leafs’ 3-2 win over visiting Anaheim on Thursday with a lower-body injury.
  Treliving said a subsequent MRI found no structural damage to Stolarz’s knee but he had discomfort and difficulty straightening his leg because of a loose body — a small piece of broken-off bone or cartilage — that T
  
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• Canadian rider Derek Gee to lead the Israel-Premier Tech team at Giro d’Italia

  17-12-2024 20:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian Derek Gee is headed back to the Giro d’Italia, this time leading the Israel-Premier Tech team.
  The 27-year-old from Ottawa turned heads in his Grand Tour debut at the 2023 Giro when he finished second four times and fourth twice. Gee eventually finished 22nd in the final general classification standings and was runner-up to Italy’s Jonathan Milan in the points race and France’s Thibaut Pinot in the King of the Mountains standings.
  Gee was also honoured as the Giro&rsqu
  
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• Wind, snow, rain to pummel parts of B.C. again as search goes on for missing person

  17-12-2024 20:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Another storm is rolling off the Pacific, bringing heavy rain and strong winds to British Columbia’s coast and a blanket of snow to the Interior.It comes as the search continues for a person missing when their home was caught by a mudslide that also rolled over the Sea to Sky Highway near Lions Bay during a storm last weekend.Emergency crews recovered a body of one of the two residents of the Sea to Sky area home on Sunday, the day after strong winds pounded the coast, kn
  
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• Jets’ Kevin He becomes first Chinese-born player to sign NHL contract

  17-12-2024 19:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Forward Kevin He has agreed to a three-year, entry-level contract with the Winnipeg Jets, making him the first Chinese-born player to sign an NHL contract.
  The Jets announced the deal Tuesday. It carries an annual average value of US$975,000.
  The 18-year-old He was born in Beijing and moved to Canada with his family when he was six. He was selected in fourth round (109th overall) of the 2024 NHL draft.
  Defenceman Andong Song, drafted 172nd overall by the New York Islanders in 20
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Canada pushes net-zero electricity target to 2050

  17-12-2024 19:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government is pushing its target to achieve a net-zero electricity grid to 2050.
  The government previously aimed to fully decarbonize electricity grids by 2035, but some provinces — namely Alberta and Saskatchewan — said that was simply not doable.
  More coming.Nick Murray, The Canadian Press
  
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• Tories call for House hearings on tariffs amid Liberal tumult as firms seek strategy

  17-12-2024 19:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Conservatives are calling for Parliament to hold hearings in January on Canada-U.S. trade ahead of president-elect Donald Trump’s entry to the White House.
  The Tories say they have no faith in the Liberals to handle the situation following Monday’s resignation of former finance minister Chrystia Freeland, who was set to have a major role in shaping Canada’s response to Trump.
  The president-elect has threatened to impose 25 per cent tariffs on all goods from C
  
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• Hamilton Tiger-Cats name Brent Monson as their defensive co-ordinator

  17-12-2024 19:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats hired Brent Monson as their defensive co-ordinator Tuesday.
  Monson, a Hamilton native, joins the Ticats after 15 seasons with the Calgary Stampeders, the last six as their defensive co-ordinator. The franchise earned Grey Cup wins in 2014 and ’18 during Monson’s tenure.
  Monson, 39, began his pro coaching career as a video assistant with the Stampeders in 2009. He was promoted to strength-and-conditioning coach and defensive quality control coa
  
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• Eight-year-old boy hit by vehicle in school parking lot in Nanaimo, B.C.

  17-12-2024 19:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NANAIMO, B.C. — An eight-year-old boy is in hospital with serious injuries after being hit by a vehicle in Nanaimo, B.C.RCMP say it happened in a school parking lot just before eight on Tuesday morning.The Montessori school where the crash happened is located on Jingle Pot Road.Police, fire and B.C. Emergency Health Services personnel all attended the accident.Mounties say the driver remained at the scene of the crash and is co-operating with investigators.
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• Roughriders, Redblacks both get two A grades in first-ever CFLPA team report cards

  17-12-2024 18:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan Roughriders received the top grades in the CFL Players’ Association’s first-ever team report cards.
  Saskatchewan received two “A” and five “B” grades in the eight categories provided in the union’s 58-question survey, which was distributed to members in October. A total of 495 players participated.
  Franchises were graded on football operations, management and administration, training and medical staff, equipment, family treatment, nutrit
  
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• Vancouver Rise sign Canadian forward Jessica De Filippo

  17-12-2024 18:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Rise have added a Canadian forward to their roster, signing Jessica De Filippo.The 23-year-old from St. Lazare, Que., played with the Whitecaps FC women’s League1 BC team in July, making nine appearances across all competitions.
  Rise sporting director Stephanie Labbé says in a release that De Filippo is a “talented attacking player” who the Northern Super League team is excited to see grow.
  The five-foot-10 forward scored twice for the Whi
  
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• Barcelona’s Aitana Bonmati wins FIFA award for best women’s player of the year

  17-12-2024 18:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Barcelona playmaker Aitana Bonmati continues to dominate the awards for women’s soccer while Real Madrid star Vinícius Júnior is about to find out if he’ll be finally getting his hands on a big global player award.
  Bonmati won the FIFA award for best women’s player of the year on Tuesday making it back to back prizes at FIFA’s version of the older and more prestigious Ballon d’Or prize.
  Bonmati has won the Ballon d’Or for
  
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• Culture of silence at Montreal youth detention facility at centre of sex scandal

  17-12-2024 18:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A new report says a culture of silence reigned over a Montreal detention centre where female employees are accused of sexually abusing detainees, with at least one worker becoming pregnant.
  The document released today on the Cité-des-Prairies rehabilitation centre is the result of an investigation into the facility ordered by the Quebec government after a report by La Presse in October.
  After releasing the report, youth protection authorities told reporters that four empl
  
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• Police detain 1 after incident Monday night on Berkeley Ave. in Chilliwack

  17-12-2024 18:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A heavy police presence filled a neighbourhood west of Young Road Monday night in Chilliwack, resulting in the detention or arrest of one man.According to a Chilliwack resident who witnessed some of the police activities, at least 10 police units, possibly more, were deployed to the 45700 block of Berkeley Avenue some time after 7 p.m. Monday night. Berkeley Avenue is located west of Young Road, just south of Hope Slough and southwest of Minter Country Garden.Image: Google Map
  
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• Flames sign defenceman Brayden Pachal to two-year contract extension

  17-12-2024 18:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The Calgary Flames have signed defenceman Brayden Pachal to a two-year contract extension with an average annual value of US$1,187,500, the NHL club announced Tuesday.
  Pachal has a goal and an assist in 31 games for the Flames this season.
  The 25-year-old from Estevan, Sask., has delivered 72 hits, ranked third on the team.
  Calgary claimed Pachal off waivers from Vegas on Feb. 4.
  The six-foot-two, 202-pound rearguard has skated in all 64 games the Flames have played since his acq
  
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• Police use bean bags to apprehend suspect in stolen vehicle incident: AbbyPD

  17-12-2024 18:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Abbotsford Police say a 37-year-old man was arrested Monday night after he stole a vehicle and tried to flee from authorities by ramming police vehicles in the parking lot of an Abbotsford hotel.
  According to a statement from AbbyPD Sgt. Paul Walker, a member of the Lower Mainland Integrated Police Dog Service located a stolen Toyota Tacoma pickup truck on Monday night at 9:20 p.m. The vehicle had been traveling eastbound on Highway 1 from the Coquitlam area after it was stole
  
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• Poilievre hails B.C. byelection win for Conservatives as Liberal vote collapses

  17-12-2024 18:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LANGLEY, B.C. — Federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is hailing a decisive British Columbia byelection victory in Cloverdale-Langley City, where Tamara Jansen has won with about two-thirds of the vote.
  Monday’s byelection in the Fraser Valley seat, which had been held by the Liberals and is traditionally closely contested, came on the day Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s ruling party was thrown into turmoil by finance minister Chrystia Freeland’s resignation.
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• Saskatchewan Roughriders sign Canadian Zerr to one-year contract extension

  17-12-2024 18:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed Canadian offensive lineman Noah Zerr to a one-year contract extension Tuesday.
  The six-foot-six, 325-pound Zerr, from Langenburg, Sask., helped the Riders offensive line allow just 35 sacks last season, just six behind league-leading Edmonton.
  The B.C. Lions selected Zerr in the second round, No. 12 overall, in the 2022 CFL draft out of the University of Saskatchewan.
  After appearing in four games in his rookie campaign, Zerr spent the ’23
  
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• B.C.’s Duncan McDonald named Canada Soccer Para Player of the Year

  17-12-2024 18:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Midfielder Duncan McDonald has been named Canada Soccer’s 2024 Para Player of the Year.
  The 24-year-old from Powell River, B.C., played every minute at the 2024 IFCPF World Cup in Spain, where Canada finished 12th.McDonald took over as captain after Samuel Charron was injured and finished the tournament leading Canada in World Cup tackles, clearances and blocked shots.
  McDonald, who was 15 when he made his debut for the national para soccer team, has played in four International Federation
  
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• Toronto terror suspect charged with multiple war crimes: RCMP

  17-12-2024 18:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — A man facing terror charges for allegedly plotting an attack in Toronto with his son is now also facing multiple war crimes charges.
  The RCMP say 62-year-old Ahmed Eldidi — who was arrested along with his son earlier this year for alleged terrorism offences — faces four war crimes charges, including murder, mutilation and torture against a protected person in a “non-international armed conflict.”
  Details on the alleged war crimes, including where they occu
  
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• Heavy police presence in Chilliwack to remove man barricaded inside RV - Chilliwack Progress

  17-12-2024 17:57 via news.google.com
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• Israel’s Netanyahu tours buffer zone inside Syria

  17-12-2024 17:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu entered Syrian territory on Tuesday during a security tour of the buffer zone seized by Israel in the past few days since the fall of Bashar Assad.
  It was apparently the first time a sitting Israeli leader entered Syrian territory. Israel seized a swath of southern Syria along the border with the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, calling it a buffer zone, in the days after Syrian President Bashar Assad was ousted by rebels.
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• Judge reluctantly gives government three more months to pass ‘lost Canadians’ bill

  17-12-2024 17:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — An Ontario Superior Court judge has “reluctantly” given the federal government another three months to pass legislation aimed at granting citizenship to the so-called lost Canadians.
  That’s a term for people who were born outside of the country to Canadian parents who were also born in another country.
  In 2009, the former Conservative government changed the law so people who were born abroad could not pass down their citizenship unless their child was born in Can
  
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• Quebec adopts rule banning sale of most new gas-powered vehicles by 2035

  17-12-2024 17:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUÉBEC — The Quebec government has adopted regulations banning the sale of most new gasoline-powered vehicles as of 2035.
  The rules, adopted Monday, applies to all “light-duty” vehicles, which the province describes as cars, light trucks, pickup trucks, and most SUVs.
  Starting Jan. 1, 2034, it will be illegal to sell a new or used version of any 2035 model of vehicle subject to the rule, including hybrid and plug-in hybrid models.
  And starting Dec. 31, 2035, it will be i
  
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• Montreal Roses sign hometown forward Latifah Abdu to contract

  17-12-2024 17:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Roses have signed hometown forward Latifah Abdu to a contract.
  The Northern Super League team announced the deal Tuesday.
  Abdu returns to Montreal after spending parts of four years in France. She played for Metz and Strasbourg of the second division before joining Dijon in the Première Ligue, France’s top flight.
  The 23-year-old had two goals and three assists in 14 games with Dijon last season. She signed with En Avant Guingamp in July and has two ass
  
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• Canadian Jim (The Gentleman) Long loses at world darts championship

  17-12-2024 17:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON — Canadian Jim (Gentleman) Long lost his first-round game at the Paddy Power World Darts Championship on Tuesday, beaten 3-0 by England’s James (Hillbilly) Hurrell.
  The 40-year-old Hurrell, ranked 89th on the Professional Darts Corporation Order of Merit, defeated the unranked Long 3-0, 3-1, 3-0.
  Hurrell won the first leg with a 15-dart effort, clocking out with a Shanghai finish (triple-20, double-20 and 20 for 120). He stumbled at the end, missing seven match darts before fi
  
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• Multiple weather alerts scatter Okanagan highways: Snow, freezing rain expected - Chilliwack Progress

  17-12-2024 17:01 via news.google.com
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• Postal employees head back to work as union challenges strike intervention

  17-12-2024 16:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Canada Post trucks, conveyors and mail carriers are moving again after a month-long strike by more than 55,000 postal workers left letters and parcels in limbo.
  The Canada Industrial Relations Board ordered postal workers back on the job following hearings over the weekend to determine whether the two sides stood too far apart to reach a deal by year’s end.
  The hearings came after a directive to the labour board from Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon, who said Friday he was
  
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• Defensive lineman Deionte Knight among four Canadians signed by Ottawa Redblacks

  17-12-2024 16:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Defensive lineman Deionte Knight was among four Canadian players signed by the Ottawa Redblacks on Tuesday.
  The six-foot-three, 278-pound Knight split last season between Toronto and Hamilton. Knight dressed for two games with the Argonauts before being signed off the practice roster by the Tiger-Cats on July 3.
  Knight, of Ajax, Ont., appeared in 14 games with Hamilton.
  Ottawa also signed offensive lineman Cooper Hamilton and receivers Jeremy Murphy and Darius Simmons.
  Hamilton at
  
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• Patience pays off for Canada’s Easton Cowan: ‘No one really thought anything of him’

  17-12-2024 16:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Easton Cowan had to bide his time.Taken in the second round of the Ontario Hockey League’s 2021 priority selection draft by the London Knights, he was initially bumped down two levels at age 16 for more seasoning.Cowan took the demotion in stride. He accepted the constructive criticism. He worked on his game, confident of a return.“We’re in a day and age where everybody seems to be in such a rush to develop,” Knights associate general manager Rob Simpson said. “Ever
  
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• Heavy rain expected for Lower Mainland - Chilliwack Progress

  17-12-2024 16:23 via news.google.com
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• Father and stepmother sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a 10-year-old girl in England

  17-12-2024 16:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — The father and stepmother of a severely abused 10-year-old girl found dead in her home in England were sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for murder.
  Urfan Sharif, 42, and Beinash Batool, 30, were convicted of murder last week in her death in what prosecutors called a “campaign of abuse.”The girl’s uncle, Faisal Malik, 29, was found guilty of causing or allowing the girl’s death. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison.
  After the girl died, the three f
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Housing crisis voted Canadian Press News Story of the Year

  17-12-2024 16:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The critical shortage of available and affordable housing is the 2024 Canadian Press News Story of the Year.
  It received votes from more than one-quarter of nearly 100 editors surveyed.The Jasper wildfires finished second, while the tensions between Canada and India finished third.
  Editors across the country say housing was a story in every community in Canada.
  Record population growth pushed by rapid increases to immigration pushed up rents and home prices as new home starts coul
  
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• Chilliwack firefighters extinguish fire at makeshift cabin off Chilliwack Lake Road

  17-12-2024 15:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Three Chilliwack Fire Department engines were dispatched Monday afternoon after a makeshift homeless camp containing a log home-style cabin went up in flames off Chilliwack Lake Road, roughly one kilometer from the Vedder Bridge.
  According to scanner dispatch, firefighters were paged at about 2:18 p.m. Monday (Dec. 16) for the report of multiple tents on fire. Firefighters were advised that propane had been used at the encampment.
  Firefighters arrived to find a cabin engulfed
  
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• Cat adoption centre, thrift store set to open in Abbotsford in 2025

  17-12-2024 15:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Abby Cat Daddy, a local feline organization with roots in the Fraser Valley, announced Monday (Dec. 16) it hopes to open a combined thrift store and cat adoption centre in Abbotsford next year.According to a news release from Abby Cat Daddy spokesperson Logan Bryan, who is affiliated with The Veganist in Chilliwack, the innovative facility will be the first of its kind in the Lower Mainland, consolidating a thrift store with an adoption centre, designed to support the growing
  
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• Motorist takes out utility pole Monday, tries to flee crash scene

  17-12-2024 15:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Mounties in Mission say a 33-year-old Mission man exhibited signs of impairment after the SUV he was driving Monday morning left Dewdney Trunk Road and crashed into a utility pole.
  According to a statement from police, Mounties were dispatched just before 10 a.m. Monday morning (Dec. 16) for the report of a single-vehicle crash on Dewdney Trunk Road just north of Keystone Avenue. Police say a black Toyota 4Runner veered off the road and crashed through a utility pole, before comi
  
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• Chilliwack firefighters extinguish fire at makeshift cabin off Chilliwack Lake Road - Fraser Valley Today

  17-12-2024 15:48 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack firefighters extinguish fire at makeshift cabin off Chilliwack Lake Road  Fraser Valley Today
  
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