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• Winnipeg Jets confident necessary tweaks can be made in time for Game 2 of series

  08-05-2025 23:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Scott Arniel smiled when asked what the mood was as the Winnipeg Jets watched film of their Game 1 playoff loss to the Dallas Stars.
  “They probably didn’t like it while they were watching it,’ the Jets head coach said of his players, who studied instead of skated Thursday. “But no, there’s meaning behind it.
  “We talked about it, they recognize it. We gave up Game 1, we gave up home-ice advantage (Wednesday night). And I’m not going to be
  
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• Man United and Tottenham reach Europa League final and are one win away from Champions League

  08-05-2025 23:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MANCHESTER, England (AP) — For Manchester United or Tottenham, a miserable campaign will end in Europa League glory.
  Despite both teams languishing in the bottom half of the Premier League, the Champions League is now just one game away.
  That’s the reward on offer after the two troubled English clubs advanced to the final of Europe’s second tier competition on Thursday.
  United beat Athletic Bilbao 4-1 in the semifinal second leg at Old Trafford and won 7-1 on aggregate. Tottenh
  
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• Edmonton Oilers lean into age, experience in NHL playoffs

  08-05-2025 23:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS — The oldest team left in Stanley Cup contention leans into its experience to navigate tense moments, and there’s been plenty of them.
  The Edmonton Oilers with an average age of 30.6 years, and in its seventh playoff series in the last two seasons, feel at home in the eye of the storm.
  They’ve already been down two games to start a series, which was the case in the first round against the Los Angeles Kings.
  The Oilers then became the first NHL team to win five straigh
  
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• Cavalry FC’s Shamit Shome changes international allegiance to Bangladesh from Canada

  08-05-2025 22:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Cavalry FC midfielder Shamit Shome, who won two caps for Canada in 2020, has switched his international allegiance to Bangladesh.
  The 27-year-old Shome was born in Edmonton to parents who came from Bangladesh in their 20s.
  FIFA has approved his application for a one-time change of association from Canada, meaning he could represent No. 183 Bangladesh in the June international window, which includes a 2027 Asia Cup qualifying match against No. 161 Singapore on June 10 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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• Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops pleased to hear new pope appointed

  08-05-2025 22:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops says he is looking forward to working with the new pope.
  William McGrattan told reporters at an Edmonton church that he has met Robert Prevost, who has chosen the name Leo XIV, a few times.
  He says the new pontiff is a sensitive, quiet and humble person who listens before speaking.
  The 69-year-old is the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church and McGrattan says his appointment feels pro
  
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• Three MLAs are supporting a B.C. farming family whose 400 ostriches are to be culled

  08-05-2025 22:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — A member of an ostrich farming family held back tears as she called on the provincial government to help stop the cull of their 400 birds.
  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency ordered the cull in late 2024 after an avian flu outbreak, but family spokesperson Katie Pasitney says the animals living on her parents’ farm in Edgewood, B.C., are “healthy” and “happy” now and pose no risk.Pasitney says the birds are her family’s livelihood and having
  
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• More details needed about Carney’s plans to revamp foreign service, union head says

  08-05-2025 22:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has vowed to invest in Canada’s foreign service, arguing that diplomacy is becoming increasingly important in a dangerous world.
  A union official representing foreign service officers and a senator who once served Canada overseas say they’re optimistic about Carney’s plans but they want to see the details.
  The Liberal election platform said a Carney government would send “more Canadian diplomats and officials abroad” to expa
  
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• Grey whale washes ashore near Tofino, B.C. Cause of death unknown

  08-05-2025 21:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TOFINO — A grey whale among a population that is listed as a special concern in Canada has washed ashore on a Vancouver Island beach.Parks Canada says the whale was spotted floating offshore on May 6, then it landed the next day on Long Beach in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve near Tofino.The federal agency is warning visitors to the popular beach not to touch the whale and to keep dogs on leash.The Fisheries Department says in a statement its marine mammal response team is working with
  
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• Downtown Chilliwack café to hold soft opening Friday - Fraser Valley Today

  08-05-2025 21:41
  Downtown Chilliwack café to hold soft opening Friday  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Downtown Chilliwack café to hold soft opening Friday

  08-05-2025 21:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A downtown Chilliwack café appears poised to open its doors to the public this week under new management.Harvest Store + Café plans to welcome customers back to its store at 9343 Mill Street with a soft opening on Friday, May 9 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The cozy storefront will have limited selections during its soft opening. It had been closed for renovations but has been working to usher in a cozy, rustic café atmosphere.Once its full menu is up and running,
  
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• Over 700 people in Chilliwack without a home in latest count: Mayor Popove - Fraser Valley Today

  08-05-2025 20:51
  Over 700 people in Chilliwack without a home in latest count: Mayor Popove  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Over 700 people in Chilliwack without a home in latest count: Mayor Popove

  08-05-2025 20:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Over 700 people in Chilliwack have been counted as unhoused or living rough on the streets in the latest Point-in-Time survey, according to comments made by Chilliwack Mayor Ken Popove Thursday morning.
  Even more shocking, Popove says, is the number of unhoused people who have lived in Chilliwack for less than a year, as if to indicate people keep moving to Chilliwack when there isn’t much room in the inn.“The Point-in-Time numbers just came out,” Mayor Popov
  
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• Gang member wanted Canada-wide arrested in Vancouver, returned to Ontario

  08-05-2025 20:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver have arrested a man who they say is a member of the Zone 43 gang and was wanted nationwide for drugs and firearms offences.
  They say the 31-year-old was convicted of 10 different charges after an investigation by the Ottawa Police Service, but fled and has been operating in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside neighbourhood for more than a year.
  The department says an arrest warrant was issued in Ontario, but VPD officers were unable to enforce it because it
  
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• Ottawa, Indigenous capital group sign first-of-its-kind 10-year agreement

  08-05-2025 20:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Ottawa and the National Aboriginal Capital Corporation Association have signed a first-of-its-kind, $514 million agreement to help boost entrepreneurship.
  Indigenous Services Canada says it’s the first time it has approved a 10-year agreement under an economic development program meant to advance economic reconciliation.
  The Aboriginal Entrepreneurship Program works to increase the number of “viable Indigenous-owned businesses” by helping with access to capital a
  
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• Robert Prevost, first pope from US in history of the Catholic Church, takes the name Leo XIV

  08-05-2025 20:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church.
  Prevost, a 69-year-old member of the Augustinian religious order, took the name Leo XIV.In his first words as Pope Francis’ successor, uttered from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, Leo said, “Peace be with you,” and
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs one win away from BCHL final after game four victory - The Chilliwack Progress

  08-05-2025 19:55
  Chilliwack Chiefs one win away from BCHL final after game four victory  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• What Trump’s agreement with the U.K. suggests about trade talks with Canada

  08-05-2025 19:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Experts say U.S. President Donald Trump’s preliminary trade agreement with the United Kingdom could offer hints about how his administration might negotiate with Canada.
  The agreement announced today is not finalized and many details remain unclear, but it sent a signal to nations around the world rattled by Trump’s attempt to deploy tariffs to upend global trade.
  Under the deal, baseline 10 per cent tariffs on most U.K. imports to the United States would stay in p
  
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• Football Canada hires LaPolice, Lessard as national flag football head coaches

  08-05-2025 19:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Paul LaPolice has a new coaching gig.
  The former CFL coach was named head coach of the Canadian men’s national flag football team Thursday. Football Canada also announced the appointment of Rachel Lessard as the head coach of Canada’s senior women’s squad.
  Flag football will make its Olympic debut in 2028 in Los Angeles.
  LaPolice has over 20 years of pro coaching experience, having served as head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2010-12) and Ottawa Redblacks (
  
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• Hope Fire activates new digital alert to protect first responders and motorists alike

  08-05-2025 19:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — Fire officials in Hope say the Hope Fire Department has taken a significant step in improving first responder and motorist safety through a tech solution that alerts motorists when emergency vehicles are approaching or working nearby.
  In a statement from Fire Chief Thomas Cameron, Hope Fire Department has embraced HAAS Alert Safety Cloud, a public safety solution that delivers real-time digital alerts to motorists when emergency vehicles are approaching or working on scene. This lif
  
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• Mikko Rantanen and other trade deadline additions are having big impacts on the NHL playoffs

  08-05-2025 19:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Mikko Rantanen is showing exactly why Dallas was willing to pay such a hefty price to put him the roster. One of the players the Stars traded for Rantanen is also making a positive impact for his new team.
  Nearly every team in the second round of the NHL playoffs is benefitting from moves they made at the trade deadline. That includes Toronto with Brandon Carlo and Scott Laughton; Florida with Brad Marchand and Seth Jones; Washington with Anthony Beauvillier; Edmonton with Jake Walman and Trent
  
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• Trump asks Supreme Court to allow him to end humanitarian parole for 500,000 people from 4 countries

  08-05-2025 19:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to end humanitarian parole for 500,000 people from four countries.The Associated Press
  
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• Police arrest father of 15-year-old who killed 2 at Wisconsin religious school

  08-05-2025 19:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The father of a Wisconsin teenage girl who killed a teacher and fellow student in a school shooting was arrested Thursday in connection with the case, an official told The Associated Press.
  The shooting occurred at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison last December, and police planned a press conference Thursday to discuss the investigation.
  A Madison city official briefed on the case but not authorized to speak ahead of the press conference confirmed the arrest o
  
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• Ontario reports almost 200 new measles cases as virus spreads across Canada

  08-05-2025 19:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Health officials say measles infected 197 more people in Ontario over the last week as the highly contagious disease emerged in new parts of the country.That brings the province’s tally of probable and confirmed cases to 1,440 since an outbreak began in October.Public Health Ontario’s measles report says there have been 101 hospitalizations, including 75 children. Eight patients have been in intensive care.Nova Scotia and Northwest Territories each reported measles ca
  
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• Last-place Pirates fire manager Derek Shelton, promote bench coach Don Kelly

  08-05-2025 19:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates fired manager Derek Shelton following a rocky opening month to the season that saw Pittsburgh quickly slip into last place in the NL Central.
  General manager Ben Cherington made the announcement Thursday. Bench coach Don Kelly will take over for Shelton, who is the first manager fired across Major League Baseball this season.
  The decision comes with Pittsburgh riding a seven-game losing streak that saw its record fall to 12-26. Shelton, hired by Che
  
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• Canadian Gabriel Diallo suffers loss at Italian Open tennis tournament

  08-05-2025 19:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ROME — Canadian Gabriel Diallo lost his opening men’s singles match Thursday at the Italian Open tennis tournament.
  Diallo, of Montreal, dropped a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 decision to American Marcos Giron.
  Diallo had more aces (four to two) and a better first-serve percentage (70 per cent to 58 per cent) than his opponent. But Giron converted on two-of-three break attempts while Diallo was one-for-two.
  Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., the 27th seed, is slated to face Lithuania’s
  
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• Cottonwood Centre in Chilliwack under new ownership - The Chilliwack Progress

  08-05-2025 19:12
  Cottonwood Centre in Chilliwack under new ownership  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Quebecor CEO warns of grim future for TVA Sports amid rising cost of broadcast rights

  08-05-2025 19:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The chief executive of Quebecor Inc. warned Thursday that the company’s French-language sports television programming could be in jeopardy amid rising costs for broadcasting rights.
  Speaking at the company’s annual general meeting, Quebecor president and CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau said that TVA Sports, a specialty channel operated by Quebecor Media-subsidiary TVA Group, continues to lose money.
  “No one should be surprised if TVA Sports goes out of business,” he said
  
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• Max Pacioretty turning back the clock for Maple Leafs: ‘He’s played a pivotal role’

  08-05-2025 19:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Max Pacioretty started the playoffs in the press box.
  Now it’s hard to imagine the Maple Leafs without their veteran winger punishing opposition defencemen, hounding pucks in the offensive zone and scoring important goals.
  Pacioretty has found a home on Toronto’s second line alongside John Tavares and William Nylander this spring after watching his team’s first two post-season games in a suit.
  The 36-year-old winger, who came into 2024-25 with a well-documented
  
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• Volunteer in missing children search urges caution against speculation on their fate

  08-05-2025 18:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — A police investigation is continuing into the disappearance of two young children reported missing last week from their home in northeastern Nova Scotia.
  On Wednesday, RCMP Staff Sgt. Robert McCamon, a senior major crime investigator, confirmed detectives have been involved in the case since last Saturday, a day after six-year-old Lily Sullivan and four-year-old Jack Sullivan are believed to have wandered from their rural home in Lansdowne Station, N.S.
  McCamon said detectives ar
  
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• Published report suggests Cottonwood Centre mall in Chilliwack has been sold

  08-05-2025 18:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A published report suggests three companies with ownership interests in Chilliwack’s largest shopping centre have sold the Cottonwood Centre mall to a holdings company.Storeys, which claims to be Canada’s most-read real estate news website, reported Wednesday (May 7) that the Vancouver-based trio of PCI Developments, Northland Properties, and Nicola Wealth sold Cottonwood to Finix Holdings in a transaction that reportedly finalized last month in April.The sale was
  
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• Fraser Canyon First Nation to conduct cultural burn of up to 10 hectares next week

  08-05-2025 18:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRASER CANYON — A Fraser Canyon First Nation band plans to conduct a cultural burn next week with help from BC Wildfire Service crews that could encompass as many as 10 hectares.
  According to a statement from BCWS, the Boothroyd Indian Band north of Boston Bar has a goal of restoring and improving the productivity of plants used for traditional food and medicinal activities, and reducing the risk of future wildfires in the wildland urban interface. BCWS says the cultural burn will minimize
  
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• Cottonwood Centre mall in Chilliwack has been sold to new ownership - Fraser Valley Today

  08-05-2025 18:18
  Cottonwood Centre mall in Chilliwack has been sold to new ownership  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Jose Aldo still going, 14 years after epic UFC 129 battle with Canadian Mark Hominick

  08-05-2025 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Fourteen years after defending his featherweight title against Canadian Mark (The Machine) Hominick before 55,724 fans at UFC 129 at Toronto’s Rogers Centre, UFC Hall of Famer Jose Aldo is still going strong.
  Now 38 and campaigning as a bantamweight, Aldo (32-9-0) faces Canadian Aiemann Zahabi (12-2-0) on Saturday at UFC 315 in Montreal. And Hominick who retired in 2012, will be in the Bell Centre crowd as a guest of the UFC.
  Hominick, who came back from the brink to give Aldo an anxious f
  
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• India and Pakistan trade fire and accusations as fears of a wider military confrontation rise

  08-05-2025 18:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — India fired attack drones into Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least two civilians, the Pakistani military said. India, meanwhile, accused its neighbor of attempting its own attack, as tensions soared between the nuclear-armed rivals.
  India acknowledged that it targeted Pakistan’s air defense system, and Islamabad said it shot down several of the drones. India said it “neutralized” Pakistan’s attempts to hit military targets. It was not poss
  
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• Chilliwack's Great Blue Heron Reserve divided by crumbling bridge, nesting herons - Fraser Valley Current

  08-05-2025 18:07
  Chilliwack's Great Blue Heron Reserve divided by crumbling bridge, nesting herons  Fraser Valley Current
  
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• Trump says he’ll pull the nomination of Ed Martin, who defended Jan. 6 rioters, for DC US Attorney

  08-05-2025 18:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would pull the nomination of conservative activist Ed Martin Jr. to be the top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital, after a key Republican senator said he could not support him for the job due to his defense of Jan. 6 rioters.“We have somebody else that will be great,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked about the status of Martin’s confirmation. He said it was disappointing, but &
  
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• B.C. farmers asked to register animal locations ahead of fire season

  08-05-2025 17:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s Agriculture Ministry is urging ranchers and farmers to register the location of their livestock ahead of wildfire season.
  It says registering with Premises ID will ensure emergency responders have access to accurate information on livestock locations in the event of an emergency.
  That would allow emergency responders to act quickly during events such as evacuations or disease outbreaks.
  The ministry says registering for Premises ID is mandatory in B.C.,
  
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• Victory in Europe Day commemorations underway in Toronto, Ottawa

  08-05-2025 17:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Veterans, members of the Armed Forces and political leaders are gathering at events commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe.
  Veterans Affairs Canada says Canadians and Allied soldiers accepted the surrender of the German forces in the Netherlands on May 5, 1945.
  Remaining German forces then surrendered across Europe and May 8, 1945, was declared Victory in Europe Day.
  Veterans Affairs is hosting a wreath-laying ceremony today at the Victory-
  
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• Fraser Valley non-profit appoints new CEO

  08-05-2025 17:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — A Fraser Valley non-profit committed to providing care for those living with developmental disabilities, mental health challenges and acquired brain injury has appointed its next CEO.Communitas Supportive Care Society, a faith-based registered charity with services throughout British Columbia but headquartered in Abbotsford, says its board of directors has announced Matt Dirks will be its next chief executive officer effective June 1, 2025.This appointment comes after a compre
  
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• Bodycam footage relinquished in fatal officer-involved shooting in northern Quebec

  08-05-2025 17:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KANGIQSUALUJJUAQ — The Nunavik Police Service in Quebec’s Far North says officers involved in a fatal shooting on Tuesday night were wearing body cameras.
  Quebec’s police oversight agency announced Wednesday it was investigating the shooting in Kangiqsualujjuaq, and the police service confirmed bodycam video had been shared with the agency.
  The police watchdog — Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes — says members of the Nunavik Police Service had planned t
  
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• Quebec reports high immigration, record low fertility in 2024

  08-05-2025 17:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec is reporting a near-record rate of immigration in 2024, with the province’s population increasing to more than 9.1 million at the start of this year.A new report from Quebec’s statistics institute says nearly 160,000 immigrants arrived in Quebec last year, the second-highest number recorded after 2023.The majority of the newcomers were non-permanent residents, including temporary foreign workers, international students and asylum seekers.The institute says the
  
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• Mistrial for Michigan police officer charged in fatal shooting of Congolese immigrant

  08-05-2025 16:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial Thursday after the jury couldn’t reached a unanimous verdict in the second-degree murder trial of a Michigan police officer who shot Patrick Lyoya, a Black man, following a traffic stop in 2022.
  The judge declared a mistrial and ended the proceedings, a partial victory for Christopher Schurr, who still could face another trial. Lyoya’s death had sparked weeks of protest in Grand Rapids, especially after the city’s pol
  
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• Itoje picked as British and Irish Lions captain for rugby tour of Australia

  08-05-2025 15:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Maro Itoje will captain the British and Irish Lions squad for the upcoming rugby tour of Australia.
  The 30-year-old lock is the first Englishman to captain the Lions since Martin Johnson in 2001 and will be heading on his third tour, after 2017 and 2021.
  Itoje is England captain but only since January. He has just led his country to a second-place finish in the Six Nations and has made 93 caps for England across nine years.
  Itoje’s path to the Lions captaincy might have been cleared by Cae
  
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• Homes destroyed, people fleeing as wildfires rage in eastern Newfoundland

  08-05-2025 14:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. JOHN’S — More people are fleeing their homes this morning as wildfires rage in Newfoundland along the western shore of Conception Bay, about about 45 kilometres northeast of St. John’s.
  Local resident Gerry Roger says about a dozen homes have been destroyed since the fire broke out yesterday afternoon.
  Rogers was emotional this morning as she quickly packed her belongings in her home in the amalgamated town of Small Point-Adam’s Cove-Blackhead-Broad Cove, N.L.
  She sai
  
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• Sardis students raising money, selling plants to buy greenhouse in Chilliwack - The Chilliwack Progress

  08-05-2025 14:35
  Sardis students raising money, selling plants to buy greenhouse in Chilliwack  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Ukraine’s parliament ratifies a minerals deal with the US

  08-05-2025 13:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s Parliament unanimously voted in favor of ratifying of a landmark minerals deal with the U.S. on Thursday afternoon, a lawmaker said.The ratification is a key step in setting the deal in motion. It calls for the creation of a joint investment fund with the U.S.
  Parliament approved the agreement with 338 members voting in favor out of the required 226 votes, Ukrainian lawmaker Yaroslav Zheleznyak wrote on his Telegram account. No lawmaker voted against it
  
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• Canadian Blood Services says it needs 1 million new blood donors over next 5 years

  08-05-2025 13:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Marc Parravano has donated blood 146 times.He remembers regularly going to the blood collection centre with his mother when he was a kid and followed in her footsteps after he turned 17 and was able to donate himself.
  “I get a sense of accomplishment and reward because I’m helping others,” Parravano, now 40, said in an interview.Just as his mom did for him, he’s teaching his three sons that giving blood saves lives. His 11-year-old, Christian, proudly went
  
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• No new pope elected yet after black smoke pours out of Sistine Chapel’s chimney

  08-05-2025 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke is again pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating that no pope was elected on second or third ballots of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church.
  The smoke billowed out at 11:50 a.m. on Thursday after the morning voting session to elect a successor to Pope Francis to lead the 1.4 billion-member church.
  With no one securing the necessary two-thirds majority, or 89 votes, the 133 cardinals will return to the Vatican residences w
  
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• In the news today: Former NDP MP warns: tough times ahead in parliament for the party

  08-05-2025 10:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  NDP faces ‘Parliament from hell,’ says ex-MP
  The NDP will return to the House of Commons without official party status at the end of May. The last time this happened was after the 1993 election — a time one former New Democrat MP remembers as “the Parliament from hell.”
  Svend Robinson represented Burnaby, B.C., in the House of Commons from 1979 to 2004. He said the party&r
  
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• This pilot is honoured every year in a U.K. town. Will Canada recognize his bravery?

  08-05-2025 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  There is a street named after him in a British town.A plaque at the local hospital tells the story of how the 29-year-old pilot saved many lives while sacrificing his own during the Second World War.
  There are even talks of building a statue of Darlington’s “Gallant Airman” to honour his life and death.But William Stuart McMullen, a Canadian pilot officer from Ontario, is little known in his own country.The Scarborough native hasn’t received widespread recognition for the
  
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