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• Trump says only 21 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza now believed to be alive

  06-05-2025 23:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that three hostages held by Hamas in Gaza have died, leaving only 21 believed to be still living.
  “As of today, it’s 21, three have died,” Trump said of the hostages being held by Hamas, noting until recently it had been 24 people believed to be living. He did not elaborate on the identities of those now believed to be dead, nor how he had come to learn of their deaths. “There’s 21, plus a lot of dead bodie
  
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• Inter beats Barcelona 4-3 after extra time to reach another Champions League final

  06-05-2025 23:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MILAN (AP) — Inter Milan beat Barcelona 4-3 after extra time in another rollercoaster encounter Tuesday to reach a second Champions League final in three years.
  In the end it took extra time, two astonishing Barcelona fightbacks and 13 goals — some of them mesmerizing — to separate the two sides and see Inter prevail 7-6 on aggregate.
  Substitute Davide Frattesi was the extra-time hero for Inter, firing home in the 99th minute to leave the Barcelona players slumped to the ground
  
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• An Israeli plan to seize the Gaza Strip is met with alarm

  06-05-2025 23:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli plan to seize the Gaza Strip and expand the military operation has alarmed many in the region. Palestinians are exhausted and hopeless, pummeled by 19 months of heavy bombing. Families of Israeli hostages still being held in Gaza are terrified that the possibility of a ceasefire is slipping further away.
  “What’s left for you to bomb?” asked Moaz Kahlout, a displaced man from Gaza City who said many resort to GPS to locate the ru
  
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• Veteran Vancouver police sergeant demoted, suspended for sexual harassment

  06-05-2025 23:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner has ordered that a Vancouver police sergeant be demoted and suspended without pay for 20 days after admitting he sent inappropriate sexualized messages to female students and fellow officers.
  A public hearing into discreditable conduct allegations against Sgt. Keiron McConnell concluded Tuesday in downtown Vancouver, with the adjudicator also recommending the department adopt a “stand alone” policy and training to erad
  
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• Chilliwack looks to uncover hidden streams - Fraser Valley Current

  06-05-2025 23:33
  Chilliwack looks to uncover hidden streams  Fraser Valley Current
  
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• Quebec to set 150-metre limit between schools and supervised injection sites

  06-05-2025 23:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUÉBEC — The Quebec government has tabled legislation that would ensure a minimum 150-metre distance between supervised injection sites and schools and daycares.
  Social Services Minister Lionel Carmant says the bill would grant his department new powers to approve or refuse a new site allowing the supervised consumption of drugs.
  The minister tabled the legislation following some controversy over Montreal’s first supervised drug-inhalation centre run by Maison Benoît Lab
  
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• After some first-round struggles Jets goalie Hellebuyck gets clean slate agsint Stars

  06-05-2025 23:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Connor Hellebuyck says he feels like he’s been given a second chance to show what he can do for the Winnipeg Jets.
  After faltering at times during Winnipeg’s opening-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the St. Louis Blues, the star goalie is carrying a lighter mental load after last Sunday’s 4-3 double-overtime Game 7 victory.
  “At this point, the pressure has kind of fallen off,” Hellebuyck told reporters after the team’s optional skate o
  
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• Permanent memorial being considered after Vancouver festival crash, organizer says

  06-05-2025 23:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The chair of the group that organized a festival in Vancouver where 11 people were killed says talks are underway to set up a permanent memorial near the site of the tragedy.RJ Aquino with Filipino BC says he has seen strangers leave as friends after bonding over grief at the memorial site along the fence of a Vancouver high school where thousands of flowers, candles and notes of condolence have been placed.
  He says there’s a need for a permanent memorial and preliminary
  
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• Highlights from PM Carney’s meeting with Trump in Washington

  06-05-2025 23:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump met Tuesday in Washington for their first face-to-face discussion of U.S.-Canada relations and Trump’s ongoing trade war.
  Here are some highlights from the meeting, which Carney described as both “wide-ranging” and “constructive.”
  Carney says Canadians will ‘never’ put a price tag on sovereignty
  After months of listening to Trump talk about annexing Canada, Carney told the presiden
  
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• University of Waterloo, Orioles partner on AI project to track pitcher biomechanics

  06-05-2025 22:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Staying competitive in the American League East means staying on the cutting edge of technology.
  That’s why the Baltimore Orioles have partnered with researchers at the University of Waterloo to develop artificial intelligence technology, called PitcherNet, that will help the Major League Baseball team track the biomechanics of pitchers at every level of the organization, from the collegiate ranks and through its minor-league system.
  PitcherNet takes the main camera feeds fans are used to
  
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• India fires missiles across the frontier with Pakistan, killing at least 1 child, officials say

  06-05-2025 22:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — India fired missiles across the border into Pakistani-controlled territory in at least three locations early Wednesday, killing at a child and wounding two other people, Pakistani security officials said. India said it was striking infrastructure used by militants.
  The strikes came amid soaring tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors over last month’s militant attack on tourists in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir. India has blamed Pakistan for
  
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• Ex-QMJHL player Noah Corson to serve jail time in Quebec sex-assault case

  06-05-2025 22:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Former Quebec Maritime Junior Hockey League player Noah Corson has been sentenced to two years less a day in jail for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl.
  Corson, 27, the son of former NHL player Shayne Corson, received his sentence from Quebec court Judge Paul Dunnigan on Monday in Drummondville, Que., about 100 kilometres northeast of Montreal.
  Dunnigan found Corson guilty on Feb. 9, 2024, saying he did not take all reasonable measures to verify the age of the victim, whose
  
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• B.C. ombudsperson finds request for repayment of provincial COVID-19 aid unjust

  06-05-2025 22:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s ombudsperson says the provincial government unfairly required some workers to repay $1,000 they received after losing their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  The BC Emergency Benefit for Workers was introduced in 2020 and, in an effort to work quickly, the B.C. government initially required recipients to also be receiving the federal Canada Emergency Response Benefit.
  Jay Chalke’s office says in a news release that the province was unaware that so
  
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• Danielle Smith dismisses Doug Ford’s warning against separatist threats from Alberta

  06-05-2025 22:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is urging her Ontario counterpart Doug Ford to mind his own business when it comes to talk of separating from Canada.
  Smith announced this week that she doesn’t want Alberta to leave Canada but, if enough residents sign a petition asking for a referendum on it, she’ll make sure it’s put to a vote in 2026.
  Ford, without mentioning Smith by name, says Canadian unity is critical as the country engages in a tariff fight with the Unite
  
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• Semi-pro TSS Rovers look to make more Canadian Championship history

  06-05-2025 22:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  There’s a lot on the line Wednesday for TSS Rovers when the semi-pro League1 B.C. team takes on Valour FC of the Canadian Premier League in Telus Canadian Championship preliminary-round play
  With the defending champion Vancouver Whitecaps awaiting the winner, moving on could mean a $200,000-plus boost for TSS Rovers in gate revenue — and other sources such as increased sponsorship — from the home half of the two-legged quarterfinal, according to a club spokesman.
  But first thin
  
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• Edmonton’s Pickard confirmed to start Game 1 of second round against Golden Knights

  06-05-2025 22:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS — Oilers goalie Calvin Pickard was confirmed to start Game 1 of the second-round series Tuesday against the Vegas Golden Knights after Edmonton head coach Kris Knoblauch was cagey on the subject.
  Pickard went 4-0 with a with 2.93 goals-against average and an .893 percentage after replacing Stuart Skinner with half a period remaining in Game 2 of the first-round series against the Los Angeles Kings. The Oilers trailed 2-0 in the series after that game.
  While there seemed little re
  
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• Fact-checking Carney’s first face-to-face meeting with Trump

  06-05-2025 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Prime Minister Mark Carney met with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday in their first face-to-face meeting since Carney’s Liberal party won the most seats in the April 28 election.
  Since returning to office in January, Trump has threatened and imposed broad-based tariffs and talked about wanting to make Canada a U.S. state.
  While the two met with reporters at the White House, Trump made a few claims alongside his other comments. Here’s how some of them measure up:
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• Chilliwack at JW Marriott Muskoka - Rock 95

  06-05-2025 21:50
  Chilliwack at JW Marriott Muskoka  Rock 95
  
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• Civil rights lawsuit filed in Florida deputy’s killing of US Airman Roger Fortson

  06-05-2025 21:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The family of a U.S. airman who was fatally shot by a Florida sheriff’s deputy inside his own home in 2024 filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Tuesday over his killing.The complaint filed in a Pensacola courthouse alleges that Deputy Eddie Duran used excessive and unconstitutional deadly force when he shot Senior Airman Roger Fortson just seconds after the Black 23-year-old opened his apartment door on May 3, 2024. Duran identifies as Hispanic, according to his voter registration.
  Fortson
  
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• Celebrini has four points, Canada beats Hungary in world championship tune-up

  06-05-2025 21:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BUDAPEST — NHL rookie of the year finalist Macklin Celebrini had a goal and three assists as Canada beat Hungary 6-0 Tuesday in a tune-up game before the world hockey championship.
  Travis Konecny had a goal and two assists, while Porter Martone — an 18-year-old forward from the Ontario Hockey League’s Brampton Steelheads — had a goal and an assist. Zack Boychuk, Noah Dobson and Travis Sanheim also scored for Canada.
  Ryker Evans added two assists.
  Canada goaltender Dylan G
  
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• Report of suspicious activity leads to significant stolen property recovery: Hope RCMP

  06-05-2025 21:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — Mounties in Hope say a report of suspicious activity eventually led to a discovery of stolen property in late April.
  According to a statement from Hope RCMP Staff Sgt. Michael Sargent, Mounties in Hope were dispatched for a report of suspicious activity on Friday, April 28 in the 17000 block of Silverhope Road in Hope. Police say their investigation resulted in officers locating a significant amount of stolen property consisting of a transport truck, two trailers confirmed to contai
  
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• Quick quotes: Reaction to Carney meeting Trump to talk trade, security

  06-05-2025 20:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The world was watching when Prime Minister Mark Carney met with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday.
  Here’s a sample of what politicians and other prominent figures are saying:
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  “It sounds like the prime minister and the president had a very productive meeting … Hopefully, through this meeting with the president and the prime minister, we’ll be able to rekindle our great relationship.” — Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Fox
  
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• Stolen search and rescue gear bags have been returned: Chilliwack RCMP

  06-05-2025 20:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Police in Chilliwack say the gear bags containing specialized search and rescue (SAR) equipment that were stolen during the search operation for the missing 7-year-old child last week have been returned to the Chilliwack detachment.
  According to a statement from Chilliwack RCMP personnel, the equipment was taken on Friday, May 2, while SAR volunteers from Coquitlam were assisting in the search for a missing 7-year-old child. The team had stashed their heavy gear bags in the fo
  
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• Stolen search and rescue gear bags have been returned: Chilliwack RCMP - Fraser Valley Today

  06-05-2025 20:47
  Stolen search and rescue gear bags have been returned: Chilliwack RCMP  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Seasonal water restrictions take effect in Chilliwack

  06-05-2025 20:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The City of Chilliwack says its annual summer water restrictions are now in effect through to mid-October.In a news release Tuesday morning, the City of Chilliwack says it updated its water conservation plan last year from a five-stage system to a four-stage system to align with other municipalities in the region. The City is currently in stage 1 watering restrictions.
  In stage 1 watering restrictions, residents with even numbered addresses (ending in 0, 2, 4, 6, 8) may water
  
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• Chilliwack is not Gone, Gone, Gone Just yet - Niagara-on-the-Lake Local

  06-05-2025 20:33
  Chilliwack is not Gone, Gone, Gone Just yet  Niagara-on-the-Lake Local
  
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• Seasonal water restrictions take effect in Chilliwack - Fraser Valley Today

  06-05-2025 20:32
  Seasonal water restrictions take effect in Chilliwack  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Gear bags stolen from search volunteers in Chilliwack returned, say RCMP - The Chilliwack Progress

  06-05-2025 20:23
  Gear bags stolen from search volunteers in Chilliwack returned, say RCMP  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack puts stage 1 summer-watering restrictions into place - The Chilliwack Progress

  06-05-2025 20:23
  Chilliwack puts stage 1 summer-watering restrictions into place  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Supreme Court allows Trump ban on transgender members of the military to take effect, for now

  06-05-2025 20:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to enforce a ban on transgender people in the military, while legal challenges proceed.
  The court acted in the dispute over a policy that presumptively disqualifies transgender people from military service.
  The court’s three liberal justices said they would have kept the policy on hold.
  Just after beginning his second term in January, Trump moved aggressively to roll back the rights o
  
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• Conservative leader Merz overcomes historic defeat to become Germany’s chancellor

  06-05-2025 20:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Conservative leader Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in becoming Germany’s next chancellor, drawing applause and a palpable sense of relief in the parliament chamber after a historic loss in the first round of voting threatened the new government’s promises of stability.
  No other postwar candidate for German chancellor has failed to win on the first ballot. The stunning but short-lived defeat sent shock waves throughout Europe and dragged down the stock market. Th
  
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• Washington State’s Lt.-Gov is in B.C., seeking deeper ties amid trade, Trump turmoil

  06-05-2025 20:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — A political delegation from Washington state is visiting Victoria to try to deepen ties with British Columbia, amid cross-border turmoil triggered by a trade war and U.S. President Donald Trump’s annexation talk.Washington’s Lt.-Gov. Denny Heck is heading the delegation and is meeting with members of all B.C. parties in the legislature to set up a new forum on mutual interests such as trade.
  Washington is British Columbia’s largest trading partner in the United
  
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• Diner officially opens in downtown Chilliwack - Fraser Valley Today

  06-05-2025 20:02
  Diner officially opens in downtown Chilliwack  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Diner officially opens in downtown Chilliwack

  06-05-2025 20:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — After acquiring all the necessary permits and licenses and hiring restaurant staff, Johnny’s Jukebox Diner has officially opened in downtown Chilliwack.The 1950s-themed diner that formerly operated on Wellington Avenue inside Chilibowl opened its doors Tuesday morning, May 6, at unit 2, 45966 Yale Road. The first 25 customers were given complimentary mamosas.“Good morning. We are pleased to announce that we are officially open today, operating from 8am to 10pm,&rdq
  
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• Rescue crews recover the body of a 10-year-old girl lost in Texas floods

  06-05-2025 19:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BRENHAM, Texas (AP) — The body of a 10-year-old girl who was swept away in rapidly rising floodwaters has been recovered, Brenham Police Chief Mark Donovan said Tuesday.
  Her body was found as forecasters warned that Tuesday could bring more heavy rains and flooding to the Houston area and the state’s coast.
  Teams of people scoured the city of Brenham on Monday night, using drones with thermal imaging and dogs to try to find the girl. The water rescue operation was scaled back overnig
  
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• Debut novels about war, urban underground among finalists for Amazon award

  06-05-2025 19:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Writer, poet and past soldier Benjamin Hertwig is among six finalists for the $60,000 Amazon Canada First Novel Award.Edmonton’s Hertwig made the list for “Juiceboxers,” about four young soldiers serving in Afghanistan, while Quebec’s Valérie Bah is in the running for the speculative comedy “Subterrane,” in which queer and Black characters are sidelined by urban prosperity.
  Vancouver-based Myriam Lacroix is a finalist for the genre-bending “How It
  
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• Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz not ruled out for Game 2 against Panthers

  06-05-2025 19:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube says starting goaltender Anthony Stolarz hasn’t been ruled out for Game 2 of Toronto’s second-round playoff series with Florida.
  The netminder left Monday’s opener after receiving an elbow to the head from Panthers centre Sam Bennett in the second period.
  Stolarz, who also took a shot off the mask early in Game 1, was knocked to the ice by the blow from Florida’s bruising forward, but stayed in the action for a few minut
  
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• Seabird Island First Nation to hold referendum on housing, business lease extension

  06-05-2025 19:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEABIRD ISLAND — Sq’éwqel (Seabird Island) northeast of Agassiz will hold a referendum next month involving an affordable housing project and the extension of a business lease that could benefit community members.The band will ask community members to support or reject Seabird Island leasing land on Pipeho:M Road to itself, through its Seabird Island Housing Society, for a BC Housing affordable housing project. Leasing to the Seabird Island Housing Society for 42 years would a
  
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• Four Fraser Valley artists part of 2025 Chilliwack Mural Festival lineup - The Chilliwack Progress

  06-05-2025 19:00
  Four Fraser Valley artists part of 2025 Chilliwack Mural Festival lineup  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Youth, 16, deceased after hiking accident near Lions Bay: Sea to Sky RCMP

  06-05-2025 18:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LIONS BAY — Mounties with the Sea to Sky detachment in Squamish say a 16-year-old has died after a hiking accident near Lions Bay over the weekend.According to a statement from RCMP Constable Kelly Wu, Sea to Sky RCMP-Squamish and North Shore and Lions Bay Search and Rescue were dispatched for the report of two lost hikers on Sunday afternoon, May 4. Police were notified Sunday afternoon at 3:34 p.m. that two hikers who had been separated and were lost in the Lions Bay area. It was reporte
  
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• Hundreds march through Hope for murdered, missing Indigenous people - The Chilliwack Progress

  06-05-2025 18:41
  Hundreds march through Hope for murdered, missing Indigenous people  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Under pressure, Quebec finds money to pay for renovations to major Montreal hospital

  06-05-2025 18:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUÉBEC — The Quebec government says it has found the funds to begin much-needed repairs this year to a major Quebec hospital, following severe criticism from the opposition.
  The Coalition Avenir Québec has been under pressure to get work going at Montreal’s Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital after the government had promised to begin repairs but delayed them, citing budgetary constraints.
  Last week, a spring storm knocked out power to the hospital, and its backup power syste
  
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• Quebec sovereigntist party cheers on possible referendum in Alberta

  06-05-2025 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUÉBEC — The leader of the sovereigntist Parti Québécois is throwing his support behind a possible referendum in Alberta, saying Premier Danielle Smith is standing up for her province.Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says Smith has used the possibility of a referendum to give her province leverage as she makes demands of the federal government.He says Smith has done more to defend her province’s autonomy than Quebec Premier François Legault, who promised not to ho
  
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• New Harrison marina owner invites community to come celebrate at grand opening

  06-05-2025 18:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HARRISON — Sqéwqel Development Corporation (SqDC), the economic arm of Seabird Island First Nation, will hold an event celebrating its acquisition of the Harrison Hot Springs Marina over the Victoria Day long weekend.
  Sqéwqel Development Corporation invites the community to an opening ceremony of the marina, 102 Rockwell Drive, on Saturday, May 17 starting at 11 a.m.The festivities will kick off with an official opening ceremony followed by a full day of fun for the whole fam
  
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• BCCA pilot project in Chilliwack to promote skilled trades to elementary students - Fraser Valley Today

  06-05-2025 17:59
  BCCA pilot project in Chilliwack to promote skilled trades to elementary students  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• BCCA pilot project in Chilliwack to promote skilled trades to elementary students

  06-05-2025 17:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The British Columbia Construction Association and a like-minded partner agency will launch a pilot phase of the “Honour the Work” initiative this month in Chilliwack to encourage more elementary students to enter the skilled trades sector.In a statement, the BCCA says it is proud to partner with the BC Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association in an innovative program that enhances STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) education through han
  
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• Israel’s military says it has fully disabled Yemen’s main airport with airstrikes

  06-05-2025 17:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military said Tuesday it launched airstrikes against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen that fully disabled the country’s international airport in the capital, Sanaa.
  The strikes came after Israel launched similar attacks on Monday in retaliation for a Houthi missile strike the previous day on Israel’s international airport.
  The Houthis’ satellite news channel al-Masirah reported the strikes, confirming the airport had been hit. Several
  
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• Buyers and sellers ‘reluctant’ in current Chilliwack real estate market as sales plummet

  06-05-2025 17:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The president of the Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board suggests buyers and sellers are reluctant to get back into the market, based on much slower sales activity in April 2025.
  According to a statement from CADREB, home sales totalled 229 units in April, a significant drop of 18.5 per cent from April 2024. Real estate sales are 30 per cent below the five-year average and 31.3 per cent below the 10-year average for the month of April.
  “Sales and listings were both
  
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• Buyers and sellers ‘reluctant’ in current Chilliwack real estate market as sales plummet - Fraser Valley Today

  06-05-2025 17:34
  Buyers and sellers ‘reluctant’ in current Chilliwack real estate market as sales plummet  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Toronto teen Mboko qualifies for Italian Open main draw with comeback win

  06-05-2025 17:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ROME — Canada’s Victoria Mboko qualified for the Italian Open main draw Tuesday with a 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 comeback win over ninth-seeded Kamilla Rakhimova.
  The 18-year-old from Toronto fired six aces, won 70 per cent of her first-serve points and broke Rakhimova six times.
  Mboko took control after the first set, winning 12 of the final 14 games to finish the match in just over two hours.
  She’ll make just her second appearance in a WTA 1000 main draw, having reached the second round
  
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