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• Top curlers of B.C. brush at annual New Years tournament - Chilliwack Progress

  07-01-2025 23:55 via news.google.com
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• Police incident ends in New Westminster, B.C., after court and college evacuated

  07-01-2025 23:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — Police say an incident that triggered the evacuation of the court complex at New Westminster, B.C., and the nearby campus of Douglas College has ended.
  New Westminster Police say the courthouse and surrounding area have been cleared and are open again to the public, around three hours after the evacuation was announced on Tuesday.Douglas College also says the evacuation has been lifted and the campus is open again, with all activities resuming from 3 p.m.
  The nature
  
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• Special prosecutor appointed in case involving relative of B.C. provincial judge

  07-01-2025 23:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The BC Prosecution Service says it has appointed a special prosecutor in a case involving a person related to a provincial court judge.
  It says senior lawyer Chris Johnson was chosen in order to “avoid any potential for real or perceived improper influence in the administration of justice.”
  The service says Westshore RCMP investigated an offence that occurred on Sept. 9 in Langford, west of Victoria.It says two people were charged on Oct. 30 for “unlawfully bei
  
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• Los Angeles residents flee fire as potentially ‘life-threatening, destructive’ winds gain strength

  07-01-2025 23:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters scrambled to corral a fast-moving wildfire in the Los Angeles hillsides dotted with celebrity homes as a potentially “life-threatening, destructive” windstorm hit Southern California on Tuesday, fanning the blaze seen for miles while traffic out of the area was jammed as residents tried to flee.
  Forecasters warned the worst may be yet to come with the windstorm predicted to last for days, producing isolated gusts that could top 100 mph (160 kph)
  
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• Former Montreal Alouette Brandon London stars in new sports show with AI co-host

  07-01-2025 23:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Football was long Brandon London’s first love, but the Super Bowl and Grey Cup champion has found a new passion.
  The former Montreal Alouettes receiver has been busy creating content for “Jocks and Bots”, a show that combines sports, technology, and culture. It features London, David Borish — a creative technologist in New York City and artificial intelligence strategist with over 24 years of experience — and Aila, an AI-generated female co-host that’s believe
  
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• Trudeau travelling to Washington for former U.S. president Jimmy Carter’s funeral

  07-01-2025 22:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office says he will attend former U.S. president Jimmy Carter’s funeral in Washington, D.C. on January 9.
  Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100.He was the 39th president of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981.
  A public funeral will take place Thursday at the National Cathedral in Washington.
  The Prime Minister’s Office says Trudeau will attend the funeral to deliver condolences on behalf of Canadians and reaffirm the close
  
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• Winger Melanie Forbes happy to be back in Canada, with the NSL’s Ottawa Rapid FC

  07-01-2025 22:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  After playing in Portugal and Iceland, Melanie Forbes is happy to be back in Canada — thanks to the Northern Super League.
  The 25-year-old winger from Mississauga, Ont., and midfielder Julia Benati, a 28-year-old from Dorchester, Ont., are the first player signings announced by Ottawa Rapid FC.
  While Forbes enjoyed her time abroad, she welcomed the chance to be closer to her Michigan-based boyfriend after 3 1/2 years apart. Plus she believes in the new domestic women’s pro league, wh
  
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• Former Carey vice Burgess bets on herself, looks forward to fresh start with Einarson

  07-01-2025 22:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  With her curling future now uncertain beyond this season, Karlee Burgess still decided it was the right time to bet on herself.The three-time world junior champion recently left Team Chelsea Carey to fill in as an injury replacement on Team Kerri Einarson for the rest of the 2024-25 campaign.
  The move jolted the domestic women’s curling scene and came with some risk. But it could also lead to some big rewards.“Personally for me, I’m just excited to have a little bit of a fresh
  
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• Man who exploded Tesla Cybertruck outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI, police say

  07-01-2025 22:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The highly decorated soldier who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI including ChatGPT to help plan the attack, Las Vegas police said Tuesday.
  The updates Tuesday come nearly a week after 37-year-old Matthew Livelsberger fatally shot himself just before the truck blew up.
  A review of Livelsberger’s searches through ChatGPT indicate he was looking for information on explosive targets, the speed at which certain rounds of
  
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• Canada blanks Czechia 5-0, finishes group stage perfect at U18 women’s hockey worlds

  07-01-2025 22:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANTAA — Stryker Zablocki scored twice and Marilou Grenier made 20 saves as Canada blanked Czechia 5-0 Tuesday at the world women’s under-18 hockey championship.
  Canada finished the preliminary round in top spot in Group B with nine points from three regulation wins and will face Japan in Thursday’s quarterfinals.
  Sydney Sawyer had a goal and an assist for Canada, while Alex Therien and Anaïs Leprohon also scored.
  Daniela Novakova stopped 39 shots for Czechia, which finish
  
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• Jimmy Carter is back in Washington, where he remained an outsider

  07-01-2025 22:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation’s capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returned to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting Tuesday.
  Carter’s remains, which had been lying in repose at the Carter Presidential Center since Saturday, left the Atlanta campus Tuesday morning, accompanied by his children and extended family. Special Air Mission 39 departed Dobbins Air Reserve Base north of Atlanta and arrived at Joint B
  
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• Dr. Amy Acton, who helped lead Ohio’s early pandemic response, joins 2026 governor’s race

  07-01-2025 22:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former Ohio Health Director Amy Acton, who became a household name in the state in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, is running for governor.Acton, 58, a physician and public health expert who stood alongside Republican Gov. Mike DeWine for months during his daily coronavirus briefings, said people still stop her in the grocery store or at a restaurant to share their struggles — and she doesn’t want to look away.“I feel like I have a bond with
  
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• B.C. woman already banned from midwifery is charged after infant dies

  07-01-2025 22:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LADYSMITH, B.C. — A British Columbia woman who describes herself as a childbirth advocate has been charged with manslaughter after police say an infant she helped deliver died days after its birth.
  RCMP in Ladysmith, B.C., say 77-year-old Gloria Lemay was involved in the birth process of a child who was unresponsive when delivered on Dec. 27, 2023, at a private residence.
  Police say the infant died on Jan. 6, 2024, despite life-saving efforts from emergency workers.
  A statement from the po
  
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• Okanagan winery banned from hiring foreign workers after breaching abuse rules

  07-01-2025 21:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OLIVER, B.C. — A winery in B.C.’s Okanagan Valley has been permanently banned by the federal government from hiring foreign workers and fined $118,000 for breaking program rules.
  Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada says in a Dec. 16 ruling that Toor Vineyards is banned for not putting in enough effort to protect workers from physical, sexual, psychological or financial abuse, or from reprisal.
  It also says Toor Vineyards failed to provide requested documents, and that pay an
  
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• Alberta glider pilot had working parachute, limited experience deploying: report

  07-01-2025 20:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BLACK DIAMOND, Alta. — An investigation has determined that an Alberta glider pilot who died after he ejected from his plane and hit the ground during a competition last year had a working parachute, but limited experience deploying it.
  The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says gliding conditions were poor on competition day in southern Alberta and many competitors had turned back after flying for less than 20 minutes.
  The agency’s incident report says shortly after Kerry Steven
  
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• Cheam First Nation raises alarm over illegal composting - Chilliwack Progress

  07-01-2025 20:55 via news.google.com
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• David Eby among premiers heading to Washington to tamp down Trump tariff threat

  07-01-2025 20:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia Premier David Eby says he and his counterparts from across Canada will take leadership in the fight against threatened tariffs from U.S. president-elect Donald Trump.Eby says he and other premiers will head to Washington this month as Trump is inaugurated to try to convince him to back away from his tariff plan.It comes on the same day that Trump threatened to use economic force to make Canada the 51st state and promised substantial tariffs on Canada and Mexico
  
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• CF Montréal acquires forward Giacomo Vrioni from Revolution

  07-01-2025 20:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — CF Montréal has acquired forward Giacomo Vrioni from the New England Revolution in return for US$50,000 in 2025 general allocation money, the Major League Soccer club announced Tuesday.
  New England will retain a portion of Vrioni’s 2025 salary and a percentage in the event of a future sale as part of the agreement.
  Vrioni, who will occupy a designated player spot with Montreal, had a salary of US$1,947,500 last season according to the MLS Players Association.
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• Animal rights group claims Chilliwack meat processor failed to suppress undercover video of alleged cruelty

  07-01-2025 20:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A Toronto-based animal welfare organization claims that a video exposing alleged acts of animal cruelty inside a Chilliwack meat processing plant are back online after the company allegedly tried to suppress footage.According to a news release Tuesday morning (Jan. 7), Animal Justice suggests that a video exposing acts of alleged animal cruelty and a disregard for animal protection laws inside the Johnston’s Meats meat plant on Promontory Road in Chilliwack is back onlin
  
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• Animal rights group claims Chilliwack meat processor failed to suppress undercover video of alleged cruelty - Fraser Valley Today

  07-01-2025 20:13 via news.google.com
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• Canadian Dave Cameron moves on at Professional Darts Corporation qualifying school

  07-01-2025 20:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KALKAR — Canadian David (Excalibur) Cameron has advanced to the final stage of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Qualifying Schools.
  The 55-year-old from Fall River, N.S., a former world senior darts masters champion, defeated Stefan Dees of the Netherlands 5-2 to reach the final eight Tuesday on Day 2 at the PDC’s European Qualifying School.
  More than 800 players are competing this week for the chance to secure two-year PDC Tour Cards.
  Canadians Jim (Gentleman) Long and John
  
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• PHOTOS: Chilliwack curlers compete in provincial mixed doubles - Chilliwack Progress

  07-01-2025 20:11 via news.google.com
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• B.C. wineries again allowed to sell direct-to-consumer in Alberta

  07-01-2025 19:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia wineries can again sell their products directly to Alberta consumers this week, months after an interprovincial deal was announced between the two provinces last summer.The process allows Albertans to order wine from more than 300 B.C. wineries in exchange for the Alberta government getting its share of applicable taxes.
  The agreement will run for one-year when it will be evaluated for its effectiveness.It followed an impasse that began last January when the Al
  
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• Ear damage: P.E.I. top doctor blows the whistle on air horns at hockey games

  07-01-2025 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island’s chief public health officer is sounding the alarm on ear-splitting air horns at hockey arenas, saying they can damage hearing.
  Dr. Heather Morrison sent a letter last month to hockey associations in the province, warning about the potential harmful effects on hearing from compressed air horns often used by hockey fans in arenas.
  She cites medical research indicating that compressed air horns can produce sounds at 100 decibels or higher, when sou
  
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• Quebec woman charged after allegedly abandoning newborn outdoors on New Year’s Day

  07-01-2025 19:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TROIS-RIVIÈRES, Que. — A 38-year-old Quebec woman has been charged with failing to provide the necessaries of life after allegedly abandoning her newborn shortly after giving birth outdoors on New Year’s Day.
  The woman, who can’t be named due to a publication ban protecting the infant, was scheduled to appear in court today in Trois-Rivières, about 125 kilometres northeast of Montreal.
  Trois-Rivières police spokesperson Stéphanie Côté sa
  
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• Appeals court rejects Trump’s latest attempt to get Friday’s hush money sentencing called off

  07-01-2025 19:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A New York appeals court judge on Tuesday denied President-elect Donald Trump ‘s latest bid to delay this week’s sentencing in his hush money case.
  In a one-sentence ruling following an emergency hearing, Judge Ellen Gesmer denied Trump’s request for an immediate order that would spare him from being sentenced while he appeals Judge Juan M. Merchan’s decision last week to uphold the historic verdict.
  It was the second time in two days that Trump was
  
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• Surrey students host variety evening for new arts foundation - Chilliwack Progress

  07-01-2025 19:13 via news.google.com
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• Gaudreau suspect pleads not guilty to homicide charges after turning down 35-year prison sentence

  07-01-2025 19:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, as they cycled on a rural New Jersey road pleaded not guilty to the indictment Tuesday after turning down a prosecution offer of 35 years in prison.
  Sean M. Higgins, 44, appeared briefly in court in Salem County, New Jersey, and entered a formal plea to the recent indictment in the Aug. 29 deaths. The case will now move toward trial.
  Police say Higgins, of Woodstown, had a histor
  
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• Venezuelan opposition leader says his son-in-law was kidnapped in Caracas

  07-01-2025 19:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CARACAS. Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González, who claims to have defeated President Nicolás Maduro in last year’s presidential election, said Tuesday that his son-in-law was kidnapped in Venezuela’s capital.
  González said his son-in-law, Rafael Tudares, was kidnapped Tuesday morning while on his way to drop off his two grandchildren at a school in Caracas. In a post on X, González said “hooded men, dressed in black&rd
  
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• Bangladesh’s ailing former premier Khaleda Zia leaves country to undergo medical treatment in London

  07-01-2025 19:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia left the nation’s capital for London on Tuesday for medical treatment, said one of her advisers.
  Zahiruddin Swapan, an adviser to Zia, told The Associated Press by phone that the three-time former premier and also the head of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport late Tuesday on an air ambulance.“Our senior leaders left the airport seeing her off,” S
  
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• Ontario First Nations to negotiate child welfare reforms with Ottawa

  07-01-2025 18:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — First Nations in Ontario are charting their own path with the federal government to reform the child welfare system weeks after critics said the deal reached last July was too weak to accept.
  The Chiefs of Ontario, the Nishnawbe Aski Nation and the federal government say the reforms outlined in a draft child welfare agreement are “historic and transformative.”
  They say they’ll work together to reach a final agreement within the existing provisions.
  That agreement
  
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• Donald Trump says he will go ahead with tariff threat against Canada and Mexico

  07-01-2025 18:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — United States president-elect Donald Trump is doubling down on his plans to impose tariffs on Canada in his first news conference since the certification of his election win.
  Trump says he will be putting substantial tariffs against Canada and Mexico when he returns to the White House in less than two weeks.
  The president-elect has previously said he’ll put 25 per cent duties on America’s closest neighbours unless they can stop the flow of illegal drugs across the
  
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• Trump refuses to rule out use of military force to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal

  07-01-2025 18:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would not rule out the use of military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, as he declared U.S. control of both to be vital to American national security.
  Speaking to reporters less than two weeks before he takes office on Jan. 20 and as a delegation of aides and advisers that includes his son Donald Trump Jr. is in Greenland, Trump left open the use of the American military to secure both territor
  
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• Chilliwack-area First Nation discovers illegal composting operation within its reserve

  07-01-2025 18:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Xwchíyò:m (Cheam First Nation) announced Tuesday morning (Jan. 7) that it has discovered an illegal composting operation within the Cheam reserve from what it calls a “repeat offender.”
  According to a news release from the First Nation band, Xwchíyò:m says a repeat offender known to Environment and Climate Change Canada has been operating a questionable composting facility on private property within its reserve. Cheam First Nation says i
  
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• Vets concerned wayward B.C. sea lion may have brain malfunction - Chilliwack Progress

  07-01-2025 18:30 via news.google.com
  Vets concerned wayward B.C. sea lion may have brain malfunction  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Man pleads not guilty to burning woman to death on a New York City subway train

  07-01-2025 18:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to burning a sleeping woman to death inside a New York City subway train.
  Sebastian Zapeta, 33, was arraigned on murder and arson charges in Brooklyn court in connection with the killing of Debrina Kawam, 57.Prosecutors say Zapeta lit the New Jersey native on fire on a stopped F train at Brooklyn’s Coney Island station on Dec. 22. Zapeta then fanned the flames with a shirt before sitting on platform bench and watching as Kawam burned,
  
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• Judge temporarily blocks release of special counsel report on Trump cases amid simmering court fight

  07-01-2025 18:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked the public release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on investigations into President-elect Donald Trump as an appeals court weighs a challenge.
  U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon made the ruling Tuesday, the morning after an emergency request by defense lawyers to stop the Justice Department from making the report public — a step that Smith had said could come as early as Friday.
  The matter is being considered by th
  
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• Chilliwack-area First Nation discovers illegal composting operation within its reserve - Fraser Valley Today

  07-01-2025 18:28 via news.google.com
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• Redblacks sign veteran Canadian DB Justin Howell to one-year extension

  07-01-2025 18:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks have signed Canadian defensive back Justin Howell to a one-year extension, the CFL club announced Tuesday.
  The 31-year-old from Bradford, Ont., had seven defensive tackles and four special teams tackles in 13 games with Ottawa last year.
  The Redblacks selected Howell out of Carleton University in the seventh round (55th overall) in the 2018 CFL draft.
  Howell has 106 defensive tackles, 31 special teams tackles, five forced fumbles, and a sack in 71 games over s
  
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• Trail closed in Nanaimo, B.C., for public safety after ‘aggressive’ cougar sightings

  07-01-2025 18:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NANAIMO, B.C. — The Regional District of Nanaimo in British Columbia says it’s temporarily closing a hiking trail due to the presence of an “aggressive” cougar.
  It cites public safety in a notice posted Monday, saying Ammonite Falls Regional Trail is closed until further notice between Creekside trailhead and the falls viewpoint in Benson Creek Falls Regional Park.
  The district on Vancouver Island says the aggressive behaviour by the cougar was first spotted near the trai
  
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• Two suspects in custody after break and enter near No. 3 Road: Abbotsford PD

  07-01-2025 18:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Abbotsford PD says two suspects are now in police custody after a break and enter occurred near No. 3 Road and Interprovincial Highway Tuesday morning (Jan. 7), east of Highway 1.
  As of 8:54 a.m. Tuesday morning, the situation appears to have been resolved.
  According to several social media updates from police, police were dispatched to the area after a break and enter. One male fled on foot in the area.
  After the two suspects were arrested, police said public safety is no lon
  
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• Toronto Raptors waive centre Bruno Fernando, free up roster spot

  07-01-2025 18:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors have waived centre Bruno Fernando, the NBA team announced Tuesday.
  Fernando averaged 3.4 points, 3.0 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 8.6 minutes in 17 games (two starts) this season.
  He grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds in a 99-85 loss at Milwaukee in an NBA Cup group stage game on Nov. 12
  Fernando, a six-foot-nine, 240-pound centre from Angola, signed with the Raptors as a free agent this past summer.
  The move frees up a spot for a player on a standard contract. To
  
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• Thunder-Cavaliers game on Wednesday night is a historic collision of teams on winning streaks

  07-01-2025 18:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Best in the Eastern Conference. Best in the Western Conference. The best shooting team in the NBA vs. the best defensive team in the NBA. A matchup like only two others in league history.
  Clear the calendar for Wednesday night, when Oklahoma City goes to Cleveland.
  Technically, any game between an East team and a West team is a potential NBA Finals preview — but this one certainly deserves that billing. A Thunder team on a 15-game winning streak, taking on a Cavaliers team on a 10-game win
  
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• Chilliwack school board candidate seeks smaller donations in spirited online appeal

  07-01-2025 17:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack school board candidate Katie Bartel is appealing for smaller donations from prospective donors ahead of the upcoming by-election in March.
  In a spirited message posted online, Bartel says she’s feeling energized after the holidays with roughly two months before the by-election on Saturday, March 1.
  “The holidays are behind us, and I’m ready to dive headfirst into the next steps of becoming your Chilliwack School Trustee!” Bartel wrote. &ldquo
  
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• Meta scraps fact-checking program, switches to crowd-sourced watchdogging - Chilliwack Progress

  07-01-2025 17:45 via news.google.com
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• Ship stuck in St. Lawrence River for two weeks could be freed today

  07-01-2025 17:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A ship that has been stuck in the St. Lawrence River northeast of Montreal since Christmas Eve could be freed today.
  Authorities finished unloading the ship’s cargo of corn on Monday, and a second attempt to refloat the vessel was slated to begin at 8 a.m. this morning.
  A global marine traffic website shows three tugboats surrounding the Cyprus-flagged MV Maccoa, which ran aground in the early hours of Dec. 24 near Verchères, Que., after a power failure.
  A first att
  
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• Sneezing B.C. sponge shows human-like gift for expelling irritants - Chilliwack Progress

  07-01-2025 17:00 via news.google.com
  Sneezing B.C. sponge shows human-like gift for expelling irritants  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• US says Sudan rebel force has committed genocide, and it imposes sanctions on the group’s leaders

  07-01-2025 16:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Tuesday it has determined that Sudan’s Rapid Support Force rebel group and proxies are committing genocide in the country’s civil war and has imposed sanctions on the group’s leaders.“The RSF and RSF-aligned militias have continued to direct attacks against civilians,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement. “The RSF and allied militias have systematically murdered men and boys—even inf
  
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• Monday night blockbuster: Kelowna Rockets trade Canadian World Junior defenceman - Chilliwack Progress

  07-01-2025 16:50 via news.google.com
  Monday night blockbuster: Kelowna Rockets trade Canadian World Junior defenceman  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Foggy commute forecast for many Lower Mainland drivers - Chilliwack Progress

  07-01-2025 16:46 via news.google.com
  Foggy commute forecast for many Lower Mainland drivers  Chilliwack Progress
  
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