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• Longest-serving legislative leader in US history given 7 1/2 years in federal corruption case

  13-06-2025 23:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The stunning downward spiral of Michael Madigan’s political career ended Friday with a 7 1/2-year prison sentence and a $2.5 million fine for the former Illinois House speaker and the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history after he was convicted of trading legislation for the enrichment of his friends and allies.
  U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey sentenced the 83-year-old in U.S. District Court in Chicago.Nicknamed the “Velvet Hammer&rd
  
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• Report on B.C. port strike says right-to-strike should be preserved

  13-06-2025 23:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Labour experts tasked with studying a days-long labour dispute at British Columbia’s ports say the right to strike or be locked out should be preserved for the longshore industry in Canada.
  Vince Ready and Amanda Rogers say laws should be changed to allow the government to bring in a special mediator during disputes, and workers should formalize negotiating collectively rather than allowing the union to have separate conversations with each operator.
  Those are among seven
  
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• Niko Sigur finding footing with Canadian men’s soccer team ahead of Gold Cup

  13-06-2025 23:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Even as a ball boy, Niko Sigur was hungry to learn.From his post on the B.C. Place sidelines, Sigur watched as rising stars Jonathan David and Alphonso Davies sprinted down the field for the Canadian men’s soccer team during a game back in 2018 or 2019, studying and analyzing each player’s movements with an eye to the future.“I wanted to see, ‘How would I play in that situation, in a game like that?’ And it was a good intensity,” he said. &ld
  
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• Columbia protester can remain jailed over claims he lied on green card application, judge says

  13-06-2025 23:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration can continue to detain Columbia University protester Mahmoud Khalil on allegations that he lied on his green card application, a federal judge ruled Friday.
  U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz conceded in a brief filing that the Republican administration could continue to hold the legal U.S. resident on those grounds since they were not addressed in his ruling earlier this week.
  The New Jersey judge ruled Wednesday that Khalil couldn’t contin
  
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• Abbotsford mayor challenges Charlotte mayor ahead of historic Calder Cup Final

  13-06-2025 23:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Spirits are high in Abbotsord as the Canucks head to their historic game against the Charlotte Checkers– and the mayors of both cities are getting in on the action.Abbotsford Mayor Ross Siemens invited Charlotte’s Vi Lyles to a mayor’s challenge in a social media post shared this afternoon (Jun. 13).“If the Charlotte Checkers come out on top, then I will wear a Charlotte Checkers jersey for a day and send you the photos,” Mayor Siemens told Lyles.
  
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• Ottawa’s Pridham nets historic North Super League hat trick with Pops in the crowd

  13-06-2025 23:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Delaney Baie Pridham made Northern Super League history last Saturday, becoming the first player to record a hat trick — but it was who was in the crowd that made it unforgettable.
  The 27-year-old Ottawa Rapid FC forward had more than 30 family and friends in the stands for the 4-0 win over AFC Toronto, including her 94-year-old grandfather, Pops — a rare and cherished sight for the Canadian-American, who grew up in the United States and rarely had the chance to play i
  
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• McManis, Argos look to get back on the winning track at home versus Stampeders

  13-06-2025 23:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — There’s no place like home for Wynton McManis and the Toronto Argonauts.
  Toronto (0-1) hosts the Calgary Stampeders (1-0) on Saturday afternoon in its home opener. After the Argos began their Grey Cup title defence with a 28-10 road loss in Montreal last week, McManis welcomes the return to BMO Field, where the club is 16-2 the last two seasons.
  “Just the love we get from Argos Nation, their energy, their passion,” McManis said in explaining Toronto’s home
  
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• High court overturns B.C. sex assault conviction, clarifies ‘confusion’ over evidence

  13-06-2025 22:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Supreme Court of Canada says a British Columbia man convicted of sexual assault in 2022 should get a new trial because social media messages used as evidence against him were admitted to court without a proper hearing.The court says the ruling confirms that it’s not just evidence about a sexual assault complainant’s history of sexual activity that’s inadmissible at trial without a hearing — but also their history of sexual inactivity.
  The ruling released Friday says D
  
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• Surrey, B.C., police launch team to counter extortions in South Asian community

  13-06-2025 22:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — A series of reports of extortion from people and businesses in the South Asian community has prompted a wider investigation by police in Surrey, B.C.The Surrey Police Service says in a statement that it is working with provincial and national RCMP to help in their investigations, as numerous Canadian police agencies have reported similar crimes.Police say they’ve had 10 complaints over the last six months of people getting letters, phone calls or social media messages demand
  
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• Women’s Football Alliance looking to expand into Canada next season

  13-06-2025 22:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Commissioner Lisa King wants to bring the Women’s Football Alliance to Canada.
  The WFA has partnered with Cosmos Sports & Entertainment, a sports-marketing firm based in Mississauga, Ont., to search for ownership groups in Canada for teams to play in the league’s pro division starting next season.“The WFA has spent over 15 years building the strongest foundation in women’s tackle football,” said King. “Our franchise model is designed to support long-term s
  
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• Deaths in San Antonio flooding rise to 10 and some are still missing, officials say

  13-06-2025 22:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Authorities in San Antonion on Friday said the number of people who died in heavy storms has risen to 10 and that some remain missing.Rescue crews were searching for missing people following Thursday’s downpour, as the flooding recedes, San Antonio Fire Department spokesperson Joe Arrington said.
  More than a dozen cars were found stuck and overturned in a creek after over 7 inches (18 centimeters) of rainfall fell in the area Thursday.Several vehicles were likely q
  
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• Thousands of B.C. reservations at risk due to short-term rental regulations: Airbnb

  13-06-2025 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Short-term vacation rental platform Airbnb says “thousands” of reservations in British Columbia are at risk of being cancelled due to the province’s crackdown on the industry amid a housing crisis.
  Alex Howell, Airbnb’s Canadian policy lead, says the rules that require short-term rental hosts to confirm their listings are legal under the changes have already led to some bookings being cancelled.
  The government says platforms such as Airbnb can’t post B.C. listings w
  
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• Langley RCMP seek 16-year-old reported missing Thursday

  13-06-2025 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY — Police are seeking the public’s help in finding a missing teenager in Langley.
  The RCMP reports Elissa Rose Shabaquay, 16, was reported missing on June 12. She is described as a 5’6” Indigenous girl, 141 lbs, with brown hair and brown eyes. Elissa was last seen wearing a black hoodie, as well as pants, a t-shirt and a backpack in all-pink.
  Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call the Langley RCMP at 604-532-3200 and quote file number 2025-1835
  
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• New Hampshire jury acquits consultant behind AI robocalls mimicking Biden on all charges

  13-06-2025 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A political consultant who sent artificial intelligence-generated robocalls mimicking former President Joe Biden to New Hampshire Democrats last year was acquitted Friday of voter suppression and impersonating a candidate.
  Steven Kramer, 56, of New Orleans, admitted orchestrating a message sent to thousands of voters two days before the state’s Jan. 23, 2024, presidential primary. Recipients heard an AI-generated voice similar to the Democratic president’s that used his catchphrase &
  
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• Anishinabek Nation chief says he briefed OPP on protests against fast-track bills

  13-06-2025 21:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A regional chief for Anishinabek Nation says he briefed Ontario Provincial Police yesterday on what to expect when First Nations take to the streets to protest provincial and federal legislation aimed at fast-tracking major projects.
  Scott McLeod says he was invited by an Indigenous relations coordinator to brief officers at the OPP’s Orillia headquarters on why First Nations oppose the legislation and why they see the bills as a violation of treaties with the Crown.
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• Public service shrinks by nearly 10,000, with tax, immigration hit the hardest

  13-06-2025 21:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal public service shed almost 10,000 people last year, with the Canada Revenue Agency and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada losing the most employees.
  The last time the public service contracted was in 2015, when the number of people employed dropped just slightly from 257,138 to 257,034.
  The number of public servants employed by the federal government fell from 367,772 to 357,965 over the last year.
  The CRA lost 6,656 employees between 2024 and 2025, dropping
  
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• Police issue warning after two close wildlife encounters in Maple Ridge area

  13-06-2025 21:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MAPLE RIDGE — Ridge Meadows RCMP are urging residents to stay bear – and generally wildlife – aware after two recent encounters left a person and a pet injured.Yesterday, June 12, police responded to an incident involving a resident and a bear, which resulted in the individual sustaining minor injuries. On June 10, an incident between an aggressive coyote and a resident led to the person’s dog getting bitten.To protect wildlife and the community, police are reminding the
  
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• Red Bull’s Verstappen posts fastest lap in first practice session at Canadian GP

  13-06-2025 21:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Red Bull’s Max Verstappen posted the fastest lap in the first free practice session Friday at the Canadian Grand Prix.
  The four-time reigning world champion drove around Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in one minute 13.193 seconds on a sunny, 19 C day in Montreal.
  Williams drivers Alex Albon (1:13.232) and Carlos Sainz (1:13.275) posted the second and third fastest laps. Formula One leader Oscar Piastri of McLaren was 14th, while Montreal native Lance Stroll of Aston Martin plac
  
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• Longtime Maple Leafs broadcaster Joe Bowen to retire after 2025-26 season

  13-06-2025 21:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Longtime Toronto Maple Leafs broadcaster Joe Bowen is calling it a career after the 2025-26 NHL season.
  The 74-year-old from Sudbury, Ont., made the announcement on social media Friday.Bowen has handled radio play-by-play duties for the Leafs for more than 40 years and is famous for his booming voice, enthusiasm and catchphrase “Holy Mackinaw!”
  He was also honoured by the Hockey Hall of Fame with the Foster Merritt Memorial Award in 2018 for outstanding contributions
  
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• Independent MLA Kealy doubts prospects of new B.C. party, but won’t rule out joining

  13-06-2025 20:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Independent British Columbia legislator Jordan Kealy says he isn’t ruling out joining a new political party formed by two fellow former B.C. Conservatives, but he also questions their electoral prospects.
  The new One BC party went public on Thursday, with Dallas Brodie announcing herself as interim leader and Tara Armstrong house leader as they unveiled plans to combat what Brodie called “the globalist assault” on B.C.’s history, culture and families
  Keal
  
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• Panthers power play could be an edge in tight Stanley Cup final against the Oilers

  13-06-2025 20:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Staying out of the penalty box is a good place to start for all the players involved in the Stanley Cup final.
  After talking all week about being more disciplined, the Edmonton Oilers were whistled for high-sticking a couple of times and tripping once in the first 16 minutes of Game 4 on Thursday night. Naturally, Matthew Tkachuk scored twice for the Florida Panthers, and then a slashing call put the Oilers on the power play, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins’ goal
  
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• Police warn of hundreds of Hells Angels in Surrey, B.C., this weekend

  13-06-2025 20:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Police in Surrey, B.C., are warning residents about hundreds of Hells Angels who have arrived in the city, saying they have a history as “perpetrators and attractors of violence.”
  Surrey Police say officers monitored a large motorcycle procession Thursday from Coquitlam to Surrey, with no incidents or disturbances to report.
  The police service says more than 700 members of the motorcycle gang are expected in the city and nearby communities as they gather to pay respects to Rick Ciarn
  
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• Ex-NFL star wide receiver Antonio Brown facing attempted murder charges in Miami shooting

  13-06-2025 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Former NFL player Antonio Brown is facing an attempted murder charge stemming from a shooting that took place during an altercation outside an amateur boxing event in Miami, according to an arrest warrant.
  Brown, 36, is accused of grabbing a handgun from a security staffer and firing two shots at a man he had gotten into a fistfight with earlier. The victim, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, told investigators one of the bullets grazed his neck.
  The warrant does not list an attorney for Brown, an All-
  
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• Reinforcements coming as recovering Vancouver Whitecaps hit the road

  13-06-2025 20:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Tristan Blackmon’s pre-game meal included some unusual sides on Sunday — pickle juice, caffeine pills and Red Bull.
  After battling a gastrointestinal illness that took out about half of the Vancouver Whitecaps squad earlier in the week, the veteran defender was ready to ingest whatever it took to get his energy levels back ahead of a matchup with his team’s regional rivals, the Seattle Sounders.
  The additions worked. Blackmon was a force as the ‘Caps (10
  
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• Tigers’ Gavin McKenna third-youngest recipient of CHL player of the year award

  13-06-2025 19:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Gavin McKenna has etched his name into the history books.
  The Medicine Hat Tigers’ superstar forward was named the David Branch Player of the Year at the Canadian Hockey League Awards on Friday.
  McKenna is the third-youngest player to ever win the award at 17 years, five months, 24 days old. Only Sidney Crosby in 2003-04 (16 years, nine months, 11 days) and John Tavares in 2006-07 (16 years, eight months, seven days) were younger.
  The player from Whitehorse, Yukon, had 129
  
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• Cancer society warns internal trade bill could weaken health standards

  13-06-2025 19:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Canadian Cancer Society is warning the Carney government that its legislation to eliminate interprovincial trade barriers could undermine health standards unless it’s amended to add new safeguards.
  The legislation, which the government will try to push quickly through the House of Commons next week, looks to do two things — break down interprovincial barriers to trade and labour mobility and speed up approvals for major projects.
  The bill would allow provincial sta
  
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• From rink to racetrack, London Knights coach Dale Hunter eyes cup sweep at Woodbine

  13-06-2025 19:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MILTON — Dale Hunter has a shot at a rare championship double.
  Two weeks ago, the former NHL star coached the OHL’s London Knights to a Memorial Cup title. On Saturday night, he’ll look to add the $1-million Pepsi North America Cup to his impressive sports resume.
  Hunter is the co-owner of Crack Shot, an Ontario-sired three-year-old pacing colt that will run Saturday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park in one of harness racing’s richest events. Owning a piece of a champion race
  
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• AFN says wildfires are forcing it to postpone annual general assembly to September

  13-06-2025 19:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Assembly of First Nations is pushing its annual general assembly from July to September due to ongoing wildfire emergencies across the country.
  The decision to postpone comes as First Nations mount opposition to federal and provincial plans to fast-track major infrastructure projects as a way to shore up an economy under tariff attack by the United States.
  The AFN uses its annual general and special assemblies to receive mandates from chiefs on how to proceed with lobbying eff
  
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• Mission RCMP seeks DoorDash driver riding in car during vehicle theft

  13-06-2025 19:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Police are hoping to speak with a DoorDash driver who was possibly taken for a ride in his own car while it was being stolen.Just before 7:30 p.m. on May 30, Mission RCMP went to assist a road crew near Stave Lake Street and Dewdney Trunk Road after a man allegedly tried to steal a flagging truck from them. The suspect tried to run off after getting into the truck, but police found and arrested him shortly afterwards.Witnesses reported that he arrived in a grey sedan with a passe
  
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• Health screening task force to re-launch next spring after report calls for reform

  13-06-2025 19:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A panel of experts is calling on the Public Health Agency of Canada to modernize and reform the task force responsible for preventive health guidelines for things like cancer screening.
  The Task Force for Preventive Health Care provides clinical guidelines for family doctors about screening and prevention measures for cancer and other diseases.
  The federal government launched an expert review after the task force came under fire last spring for rejecting expert advice to lower the
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam leaving position on June 20

  13-06-2025 18:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, is leaving when her term ends next Friday June 20.More coming.Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press
  
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• Merritt hotel catches fire overnight, deemed suspicious: RCMP

  13-06-2025 18:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MERRITT — A hotel in Merritt caught fire overnight.
  At around 1:30 a.m. Friday (June 13), Merritt RCMP and Merritt Fire Rescue responded to the Comfort Inn and Suites on De Wolf Way where a large portion of the building was engulfed in flames.
  In a news release, RCMP say the hotel was extensively damaged, but all guests were safely evacuated. No injuries were reported.
  RCMP and fire investigations will remain on scene Friday gathering evidence and determining the cause of the hotel fire.
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• Lance Stroll fights through wrist injury to race at home Grand Prix in Montreal

  13-06-2025 18:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Lance Stroll is gaining a reputation for fighting through pain.
  The lone Canadian driver in Formula One will race for Aston Martin at this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix, two weeks after missing the Spanish GP and undergoing surgery on his right wrist.
  Aston Martin said the issue dated back to 2023, when Stroll famously broke both his wrists in a bike accident but returned to the track ahead of schedule for the season-opening Bahrain GP.
  “It gives me a lot of confiden
  
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• 4 detainees have escaped from an immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, DHS says

  13-06-2025 18:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Authorities are looking for four detainees who escaped from an immigration detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
  More “law enforcement partners” have been brought in to find the detainees missing from Delaney Hall, according to an emailed statement attributed to a senior DHS official whom the department did not identify. The statement also didn’t specify which law enforcement agencies are involved.
  
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• Squamish, B.C., reports progress in fire fight, as northeast hopes for rain

  13-06-2025 18:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  There’s optimism from firefighters and local authorities as crews battle blazes in opposite corners of British Columbia heading into the weekend.
  The District of Squamish is reporting minimal overnight growth in the Dryden Creek fire that triggered a local state of emergency this week, while the BC Wildfire Service expects rain to help suppress the Pocket Knife Creek wildfire in the northeast.
  That fire is the biggest in the province at more than 1,500 square kilometres, and the wildfire s
  
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• Popular Chilliwack boutique shutting doors after 20 years as owner retires

  13-06-2025 18:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A much-loved clothing and gift shop in the heart of the city is soon closing its doors after 20 years in business.
  The Button Box owner Jeanie Blecker looked back at the shop’s journey in a social media post Thursday night (Jun. 13), including her personal health challenges and the loss of her husband to cancer less than a year ago.
  “It has been an incredible journey as we navigated through the many ups and downs of owning a small retail store,” wrote Blecker
  
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• Military commander says 200 Marines moved into Los Angeles to protect federal property and personnel

  13-06-2025 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — About 200 Marines have moved into Los Angeles and will protect federal property, personnel, the commander in charge says.
  Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman, commander of Task Force 51 who is overseeing the 4,700 troops deployed, said Friday that the Marines have finished training on civil disturbance.
  Sherman said the Marines would take over their operations at noon local time in downtown Los Angeles.
  The development comes a day after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporar
  
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• Evidence closed at Quebec truck attack trial, jury to hear final arguments next week

  13-06-2025 17:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RIMOUSKI — The defence has finished presenting evidence in the murder trial of a Quebec man accused of using his truck to kill three pedestrians and injure nine others.
  Forty-year-old Steeve Gagnon has pleaded not guilty to five charges including three counts of first-degree murder.
  Gagnon is accused of accelerating his truck onto the sidewalk in Amqui, Que., about 350 kilometres northeast of Quebec City, on March 13, 2023, killing three men and injuring nine other people.
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• Fraser Valley man charged in crash that killed 2, injured 3 last year

  13-06-2025 17:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRASER VALLEY — A 35-year-old Fraser Valley man has been formally charged with 15 criminal counts for a motor vehicle incident that killed two women in their 20s and injured three others last year.According to a statement from BC Highway Patrol A/Sgt. Patrick Davies, following a BCHP investigation of just over a year, the B.C. Prosecution Service approved 15 charges against Chi Sun Park of Surrey for a crash on February 18, 2024 in which a minivan and Tesla collided on Highway 1 eastbound
  
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• Men who stole $6 million golden toilet from English mansion sentenced to prison terms

  13-06-2025 17:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — Two men who stole a $6.4 million golden toilet from an English mansion were sentenced Friday to more than two years in prison.
  The 18-carat fully functioning toilet was on display as a piece of contemporary art at Blenheim Palace — the country mansion where British wartime leader Winston Churchill was born — when five burglars smashed a window and yanked it from its plumbing in a brazen early morning raid in September 2019. It was never recovered and was believed
  
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• Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleads not guilty to human smuggling charges in Tennessee federal court

  13-06-2025 17:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garci pleaded not guilty to human smuggling charges during an arraignment in federal court in Tennessee on Friday.Abrego Garcia is a citizen of El Salvador who had been living legally in the United States before he was wrongfully deported in March. His case has become a rallying point for opposition to President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda.Facing mounting pressure to return Abrego Garcia to the U.S., the Trump administration brought hi
  
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• Middle East de-escalation must be priority after Israel attacks Iran: Anand

  13-06-2025 16:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says de-escalation “must be the priority” after Israel attacked Iranian missile and nuclear sites Friday and Iran warned of “severe punishment” in retaliation.The Israeli strike involved more than 200 aircraft and about 100 targets, according to Israel’s military.Iran confirmed the deaths of three of its top military leaders and launched more than 100 drones at Israel in response, but Israel said the drones were be
  
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• Trump administration gives personal data of immigrant Medicaid enrollees to deportation officials

  13-06-2025 16:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration this week provided deportation officials with personal data — including the immigration status — on millions of Medicaid enrollees, a move that could make it easier to locate people as part of his sweeping immigration crackdown.
  An internal memo and emails obtained by The Associated Press show that Medicaid officials unsuccessfully sought to block the data transfer, citing legal and ethical concerns.Nevertheless, t
  
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• ‘As clutch as it gets’: Record-setting Leon Draisaitl keeps stepping up for Oilers

  13-06-2025 16:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SUNRISE — Leon Draisaitl keeps leaving it late. That’s working out just fine for the Oilers.
  The big centre’s overtime goal Thursday — his record-setting fourth extra-time winner this spring — pushed Edmonton past Florida 5-4 to even the Stanley Cup final at two games apiece.
  Draisaitl’s breakthrough against Panthers netminder Sergei Bobrovsky on an attempted pass that glanced in off defenceman Niko Mikkola came after the Oilers battled back from a 3-0 first-p
  
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• Attorneys close Karen Read’s murder trial by arguing if it was love gone wrong or a police cover-up

  13-06-2025 15:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — Lawyers in the murder trial of Karen Read began giving their closing arguments Friday after weeks of testimony in a highly divisive case in which the prosecution’s theory of jaded love turned deadly is countered by a defense claim that a cast of tight-knit Boston area law enforcement killed a fellow police officer.
  Read, 45, is accused of fatally striking her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, 46, with her SUV and leaving him to die in the snow
  
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• US shifts military resources in Mideast in response to Israel strikes and possible Iran attack

  13-06-2025 15:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is shifting military resources, including ships, in the Middle East in response to Israel’s strikes on Iran and a possible retaliatory attack by Tehran, two U.S. officials said Friday.
  The Navy has directed the destroyer USS Thomas Hudner to begin sailing toward the Eastern Mediterranean and has directed a second destroyer to begin moving forward, so it can be available if requested by the White House.
  President Donald Trump is meeting with his Nat
  
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• Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo serves up quarterfinal upset in the Netherlands

  13-06-2025 15:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ‘S-HERTOGENBOSCH — Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo fired 19 aces to beat No. 3 seed Karen Khachanov of Russia 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-3 on Friday at the grass-court Libema Open.
  The Canadian won 74 per cent of his first-serve points and saved four of five break chances.
  He took the opening set in a tight tiebreak before Khachanov responded with a single break in the second.
  Diallo broke early in the third and never faced another break point.
  The 23-year-old is projected to rise to No.&
  
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• Judge blocks Trump’s election executive order, siding with Democrats who called it overreach

  13-06-2025 15:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s attempt to overhaul elections in the U.S., siding with a group of Democratic state attorneys general who challenged the effort as unconstitutional.
  The Republican president’s March 25 executive order sought to compel officials to require documentary proof of citizenship for everyone registering to vote for federal elections, accept only mailed ballots received by Election Day and condition federal electio
  
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• German teenager Engel’s historic run ends in straight-set loss to Auger-Aliassime

  13-06-2025 14:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — A day after Justin Engel became the youngest tennis player in 40 years to reach a men’s tour quarterfinal on grass, his run at the Stuttgart Open ended with a loss to Felix Auger-Aliassime on Friday.
  The 17-year-old German gave former U.S. Open semifinalist Auger-Aliassime a tough fight in the first set before the Canadian took a 7-6 (3), 6-3 win.
  Auger-Aliassime next plays second-seeded Taylor Fritz in the semifinals. The Montreal native’s victory kee
  
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• What's happening Chilliwack: List of events from June 13 onward - The Chilliwack Progress

  13-06-2025 14:35 via news.google.com
  What's happening Chilliwack: List of events from June 13 onward  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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