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• Police take down armed man wearing body armour after shootings in Fort St. John, B.C.

  30-10-2025 23:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  FORT ST. JOHN — Police say a 22-year-old man has been charged over a string of gun-related incidents in Fort St. John, B.C., where he was allegedly found wearing body armour and carrying a loaded gun, prompting a "take-down" arrest.
  Mounties in the city in northeastern B.C. say officers responded to a shots-fired report on 96th Avenue in the early hours of Wednesday, finding one person had been injured by gunfire while another appeared to be unharmed.
  Police issued a statement saying it ma
  
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• Coroner’s report on 6 deaths at Colorado dairy points to toxic gas exposure

  30-10-2025 23:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Six people who died at a Colorado dairy farm this summer were exposed to hydrogen sulfide gas, authorities said Thursday.The Weld County coroner's office drew its conclusions from autopsies and toxicology tests. The deaths of five men and a teenager on Aug. 20 sent shockwaves through the rural communities in and around Keenesburg, 35 miles (55 kilometers) northeast of Denver, where emergency responders entered a confined space to recover the bodies. Authorities had immediately expressed concern
  
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• 2 Mississippi sheriffs and 12 officers charged in drug trafficking bribery scheme, officials say

  30-10-2025 23:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Federal authorities on Thursday announced indictments against 20 people, including 14 current or former Mississippi law enforcement officers, that allege the officers took bribes to provide safe passage to people they believed were drug traffickers.The yearslong investigation swept across multiple law enforcement agencies in the state's Northwestern Delta region. Two Mississippi sheriffs, Washington County Sheriff Milton Gaston and Humphreys County Sheriff Bruce Willi
  
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• Hegseth orders the military to detail dozens of attorneys to the Justice Department, AP learns

  30-10-2025 23:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to provide dozens of lawyers to the Justice Department for temporary assignments in Memphis and near the U.S.-Mexico border that could run through next fall, according to a memo released this week and reviewed by The Associated Press.“I am directing you to collectively identify 48 attorneys and 4 paralegals from within your Military Department who may be suitable for detail” to the Justice Department to a
  
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• B.C. Mountie faces multiple gun charges in case spanning three years

  30-10-2025 23:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — A Merritt, B.C., RCMP officer is facing a series of firearms-related charges including possessing firearms obtained through the commission of a crime.
  A statement from the BC Prosecution Service says charges have been approved against Const. David Paul Feller following events that occurred in Merritt and Kamloops from 2020 to 2023.
  Feller faces one count of breach of trust, two counts of possessing firearms obtained through the commission of an offence, and two counts of storing
  
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• Trigger for new immigration powers ‘intentionally not defined’ in border bill: Diab

  30-10-2025 22:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Lena Diab says the definition of a "public interest" event that would allow her department to pause or revoke immigration applications is "intentionally not defined" in new legislation.
  Diab told the House of Commons immigration committee today the definition was left open-ended in the government's new border security bill, C-12, to allow Ottawa to respond to unforeseen events.
  Diab was asked repeatedly during the committee hearing when the government would be
  
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• B.C. Green Leader Lowan calls Eby ‘greedy’ over early election threat

  30-10-2025 22:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — B.C. Green Leader Emily Lowan says Premier David Eby's threat of an early election if a bill to fast-track a multibillion-dollar northern power line fails is a "cheap trick" that would leave British Columbians "incredibly disgruntled" if it eventuates.
  Jeremy Valeriote, one of the Greens' two MLAs, says Bill 31 will be among the "mix" of issues the party will consider when it comes to renewing an agreement that sees the Greens support the government on certain issues.
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• Canadiens’ Caufield, Suzuki off to hot starts with Olympic spots in sight

  30-10-2025 22:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BROSSARD — Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield watched in disappointment as the 4 Nations Face-Off unfolded on their home ice.
  The talented Montreal Canadiens forwards were left off their respective national team rosters — Suzuki for Canada and Caufield for the United States — when the show-stopping tournament hit the Bell Centre last February.
  Early this NHL season, the two linemates are working in tandem to make sure the Canadian and American general managers don’t overlook t
  
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• George Springer likely to return to Blue Jays’ lineup for Game 6 of World Series

  30-10-2025 22:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  George Springer will likely be back in the Toronto Blue Jays starting lineup for Game 6 of the World Series.
  Toronto leads the best-of-seven series against the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2.
  The veteran designated hitter was kept out of the Blue Jays' batting order for Game 5 after hurting himself with a swing in Game 3.
  Toronto manager John Schneider says that it was right on the line if Springer would have started Wednesday's 6-1 win in Los Angeles.
  Both teams held optional workouts at Rogers Centre
  
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• Ontario-bred horse Gas Me Up faces stiff challenge in Breeders’ Cup Mile event

  30-10-2025 22:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Kevin Attard fully understands the monumental task at hand.
  Canada's champion trainer last year will send Gas Me Up, a five-year-old Ontario-bred postward Saturday in the Breeders' Cup Mile at Del Mar. The five-year-old gelding, which was third in last month's $1-million Woodbine Mile turf event, will break from the No. 12 post in the 13-horse field and is an early 30-1 pick.
  The field includes Woodbine Mile winner Notable Speech, the four-year-old colt who finished third in last year's Breeder'
  
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• Justice Department investigating fraud allegations in Black Lives Matter movement, AP sources say

  30-10-2025 22:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is investigating whether leaders in the Black Lives Matter movement defrauded donors who contributed tens of millions of dollars during racial justice protests in 2020, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.In recent weeks, federal law enforcement officials have issued subpoenas and at least one search warrant as part of an investigation into the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, Inc. and other Black-led organizations tha
  
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• Elections BC seeks to lengthen campaigns by three days, warns about child donors

  30-10-2025 22:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — Elections BC says British Columbia should extend the campaign period for fixed-date elections and byelections by having "writ day" and the close of nominations occur on Wednesdays instead of Saturdays.
  It's among six priority recommendations in the election agency's final report on the 2024 provincial election.
  The report also includes a series of "public policy considerations," including possible minimum age limits for political donors, saying Elections BC saw cases of "very yo
  
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• Quebec government adopts secularism bill forcing students to uncover faces

  30-10-2025 21:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  QUÉBEC — The Quebec government has passed a law extending the province's ban on religious symbols to everyone who interacts with students in schools.The law also prohibits students from wearing face coverings in a bid to strengthen secularism in schools.The new legislation expands on a secularism law from 2019 that banned religious symbols for public employees deemed to be in positions of authority, including teachers, judges and police officers.
  The new legislation extends that ban
  
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• Five things you may not know about the 1995 Quebec referendum

  30-10-2025 21:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The 1995 referendum on independence took place 30 years ago on Thursday, when a razor-thin majority of Quebecers voted to stay in Canada. After a dramatic campaign during which the sovereigntist side came from behind to take a lead in the polls in the final weeks before the vote, 50.58 per cent of voters chose "no."
  Here are five things you may not know — or may have forgotten — about the 1995 referendum.Foreign influence
  International leaders played a role in the fe
  
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• Montreal transit strike to disrupt metro, bus service during municipal election day

  30-10-2025 21:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Metro and bus service in Montreal is expected to be disrupted nearly every day this November because of a transit strike involving about 2,400 maintenance workers, and municipal election day this Sunday is no exception.
  Between Oct. 31 and Nov. 28, buses and metros will operate only during morning and afternoon rush hours, and late at night. The scheduled was decided by a labour tribunal mandated to determine the minimal level of service required for public health and safety.
  Th
  
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• Chilliwack families invited to attend free container gardening event to learn to grow food

  30-10-2025 21:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack resident Debbie Walker hasn’t given up on her goal of getting more families interested in container gardening as a way of keeping food insecurity at bay.
  In fact, she and Gary Moran of Fantasy Farms plan to ramp up their efforts to see families supplement their food sources through container gardening.After hosting their first successful event in March, which saw 60 people register in less than 48 hours, they plan to hold another event on container gardening o
  
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• First Nation buying two more B.C. casinos, including Richmond’s River Rock

  30-10-2025 21:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NANAIMO — The Snuneymuxw First Nation has announced it is buying two British Columbia casinos, including the River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond.
  A statement from the Nanaimo-area nation says the deal to buy the River Rock and Chances Maple Ridge will make its wholly-owned Petroglyph Development Group the largest Indigenous gaming operator by revenue in Canada.
  It says the nation has entered into definitive agreements with current operator Great Canadian Entertainment to purchase the two
  
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• Thousands lose power in Langley during lunch hour on Thursday

  30-10-2025 20:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LANGLEY — On a day when it’s sunny and pleasant across the Fraser Valley, over 2,100 customers in Langley have lost power during the lunch hour Thursday for an unknown reason.
  According to BC Hydro’s online dashboard, exactly 2,128 customers in Langley Township saw their electricity go out at 12:08 p.m.
  There’s no possible cause identified as of 12:25 p.m.
  Crews have been assigned and should arrive by 1:20 p.m.
  There’s currently no expected time when power might ret
  
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• Canadian yellow peas hit with India’s new 30 per cent tariff on all imports

  30-10-2025 20:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canadian yellow pea producers will now face tariffs in both of their major export markets after India announced a new 30 per cent tariff on all imported yellow peas beginning Nov. 1.
  China imposed a 100 per cent tariff on Canadian yellow peas in March, believed to be in retaliation for Canada's imposition of tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.
  In a letter to federal ministers of agriculture and international trade today, Saskatchewan's Agriculture Minister Daryl Harrison says Ot
  
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• B.C. Wildfire Service announces crew member hiring campaign

  30-10-2025 20:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The B.C. Wildfire Service has rolled out a recruiting campaign with a goal of hiring around 200 people to work across the province.
  In a statement, the provincial wildfire agency says it employs approximately 1,300 wildfire fighters each year, working on one of four crew types spread across the province.To become a wildfire fighter with the BCWS, applicants must show motivation, have a relevant skill set, complete the WFX-FIT fitness test and attend the BC Wildfire Service&rsq
  
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• Gilles, Poirier open what could be their final season at Skate Canada International

  30-10-2025 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  This could be Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier's final year on the ice, but they're not treating it like a farewell tour.
  As the Canadian ice dance veterans open their season this weekend at Skate Canada International in Saskatoon, their focus is fixed on one goal — bringing home a medal from the Milan-Cortina Games in February.
  "This is an Olympic season, and this is an Olympics where we want to be on the podium,” Poirier said. “I don't think we're trying to contextualize it in o
  
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• Canada’s Cyber Centre warns of hacktivists targeting water, energy systems

  30-10-2025 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security warns that hacktivists have been tampering with online systems that control water, energy and agricultural facilities.
  An alert sent to information security officers says the Cyber Centre and the RCMP have received multiple reports in recent weeks of incidents involving internet-accessible information control systems.
  The centre's alert says interference with water pressure at an unnamed facility affected service to a community.
  In another in
  
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• Chief of defence staff offers apology for military’s history of discrimination

  30-10-2025 20:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The head of Canada's military formally apologized today to members of the Canadian Armed Forces for the service's history of racism and discrimination.
  Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jennie Carignan teared up as she delivered a rare, emotional speech to the rank and file in Ottawa this afternoon apologizing to every armed forces member who has experienced discrimination.
  Carignan called the apology a milestone on a difficult and much longer journey toward ridding the military of
  
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• Federal government has spent more than $15M fighting Black class-action lawsuit

  30-10-2025 20:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The federal government has spent more than $15 million fighting a class-action lawsuit filed by Black public servants, documents filed in Parliament show.
  A document prepared by the Department of Justice says the government's legal costs amounted to approximately $15,024,452 as of September.
  The proposed class action lawsuit was launched by Black public servants in 2020 who alleged systemic racism within the public service.
  A Federal Court judge earlier this year dismissed a motio
  
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• B.C. festival attack case adjourned to January amid thousands of pages of evidence

  30-10-2025 20:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Hearings for the man accused of murdering 11 people at Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day festival have been adjourned until January to give his lawyer time to assess thousands of pages of documents disclosed by the Crown.
  Adam Kai-Ji Lo appeared by video in Vancouver provincial court today, wearing a blue sweatshirt and sitting mostly motionless in a chair as he waited for proceedings to begin.Prosecutors and Lo's lawyer, Mark Swartz, agreed on Jan. 12 as the next hearing date.
  Lo face
  
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• Saskatchewan introduces bill that would allow tailgating outside Roughrider games

  30-10-2025 20:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  REGINA — Fans of the CFL’s Saskatchewan Roughriders could soon be allowed to do some pre-game drinking and barbecuing in the parking lot outside Regina's Mosaic stadium.
  Premier Scot Moe's government has introduced a bill that would permit tailgating.
  Liquor and Gaming Minister Alana Ross says if passed, the Tailgating Act would allow the province to develop the rules.She says tailgating must be done safely and a permit would be required.
  Tailgating is allowed outside stadiums in oth
  
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• Rugby Canada says “Mission: Win World Cup” fundraising campaign exceeded its target

  30-10-2025 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Rugby Canada says its "Mission: Win Rugby World Cup 2025" fundraising campaign exceeded its goal, bringing in just over $1 million.
  The money, which was added to $2.6 million from the governing body, made up the shortfall in Canada coach Kevin Rouet's preparation plan. The second-ranked Canadian women made it to the Sept. 27 final, losing 33-13 to top-ranked England at Twickenham's Allianz Stadium.
  Rugby Canada says the campaign to raise $1 million actually brought in proceeds and pledges totall
  
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• Twilight Vigil on Little Mountain to advocate for tree protection in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  30-10-2025 19:29 via news.google.com
  Twilight Vigil on Little Mountain to advocate for tree protection in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Traffic slow through Vedder Road in Chilliwack Thursday morning after T-bone accident - Fraser Valley Today

  30-10-2025 19:29 via news.google.com
  Traffic slow through Vedder Road in Chilliwack Thursday morning after T-bone accident  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Coquihalla Highway briefly closed Thursday morning after motor vehicle incident

  30-10-2025 19:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  COQUIHALLA HIGHWAY — Details are limited at this point, but DriveBC reported in the past hour that traffic on the Coquihalla Highway was blocked in both directions due to an unspecified motor vehicle incident.
  DriveBC reported at 9:51 a.m. Thursday morning that traffic was blocked in both directions of Highway 5 (Coq Highway) between exits 238 and 250 due to an air ambulance that landed on the highway.
  DriveBC said the highway would reopen once the helicopter landed.
  A Facebook user report
  
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• Traffic slow through Vedder Road in Chilliwack Thursday morning after T-bone accident

  30-10-2025 19:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack first responders were dispatched to Vedder Road in Sardis Thursday morning after a car T-boned another vehicle at an intersection.According to scanner traffic, Chilliwack Fire, B.C. EHS paramedics and Chilliwack RCMP were notified about a motor vehicle incident at Vedder Road and Spruce Road.
  A Chilliwack firefighter radioed dispatch to say there were two vehicles involved, and said two people requested to be checked out by paramedics.Traffic is heavily backed up on
  
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• Rugby World Cup final still generates a mix of emotions for Canada coach, captain

  30-10-2025 19:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  It's been a little more than a month since the Women's Rugby World Cup final, and Canada captain Sophie de Goede is back playing for England's Saracens and coach Kevin Rouet is planning ahead.But both have yet to get put their 33-13 loss to England's Red Roses in the championship game behind them.
  "I certainly don't think I'm over it, especially being here in England," said de Goede, who plays her club rugby for Saracens. "There's a lot of reminders."
  "I think it's a mix of two emotions, two rea
  
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• Ottawa announces $7 million for Hurricane Melissa relief in Caribbean countries

  30-10-2025 19:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The MP overseeing Canada's foreign aid is announcing $7 million in humanitarian relief for Caribbean states hit by Hurricane Melissa.
  Randeep Sarai, secretary of state for international development, says $5 million will go to life-saving help through emergency response agencies and health providers.
  The other $2 million will go to the World Food Programme to support its efforts to distribute food and other supplies to Jamaica.
  Sarai says Canada is prepared to deploy relief supplie
  
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• Councillor says Cowichan title ruling saw bank deny financing for $100M B.C. project

  30-10-2025 18:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A Richmond, B.C., councillor says a company based in the city has been refused financing for what she says is a $100 million project because of the Cowichan Tribes case.
  Coun. Alexa Loo says the company, which she isn't naming, is currently working with the provincial government to get the certainty it needs to go ahead with what she describes as a manufacturing facility.Loo spoke of the company's situation with residents before a meeting with landowners on Tuesday about the impact of the landma
  
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• Coquihalla Highway briefly closed Thursday morning after incident

  30-10-2025 18:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  COQUIHALLA HIGHWAY — Details are limited at this point, but DriveBC reported in the past hour that traffic on the Coquihalla Highway was blocked in both directions due to an unspecified incident.
  DriveBC reported at 9:51 a.m. Thursday morning that traffic was blocked in both directions of Highway 5 (Coq Highway) between exits 238 and 250 due to an air ambulance that landed on the highway.
  DriveBC said the highway would reopen once the helicopter landed.
  A Facebook user reported at 10:42 a.
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP to have extra manpower, patrols on Halloween night

  30-10-2025 18:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — A spokesperson for the Chilliwack RCMP says there will be additional manpower on patrol as thousands of kids and youth around Chilliwack go trick-or-treating on Halloween tomorrow.Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Alexandra Mulvihill says the detachment will have extra frontline patrol, traffic unit personnel and plainclothes officers out Friday evening. Sgt. Mulvihill, who primarily works as an Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment media relations officer, says she plans to
  
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• Struggling Juventus hires former Napoli and Italy coach Luciano Spalletti

  30-10-2025 18:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TURIN, Italy (AP) — Former Napoli and Italy coach Luciano Spalletti was hired to manage struggling Juventus on Thursday and tasked with making the record 36-time Serie A champion a title contender again.Juventus announced it had signed Spalletti to an eight-month contract — to the end of June. Italian media reports that the contract will be automatically renewed if the club qualifies for the Champions League.The move comes three days after Igor Tudor was fired following three straigh
  
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• Alberta students cut class, rally at legislature for teachers in strike-bill dispute

  30-10-2025 18:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Hundreds of students rallied at the Alberta legislature Thursday to protest the province's decision to order striking teachers back to work.
  They streamed into the plaza in front of the sandstone building, carrying signs and wearing red, a colour that has come to symbolize unity with educators.
  Social media platforms shared among students are urging walkouts in schools across the province.
  Students also rallied in other parts of the city.
  One of those students, Josh Plamondon, s
  
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• Seven things to watch for as PM Mark Carney meets Chinese President Xi Jinping

  30-10-2025 18:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday at a summit in South Korea, where he intends to talk about "a much broader set of issues than trade."
  The leaders of Canada and China haven't met formally since former minister Justin Trudeau visited China in 2017. One year later, the Canada-China relationship fell apart after Canada arrested a Chinese telecom executive at the request of the United States, and China responded by detaining tw
  
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• Churchill portrait thief loses appeal, heads to Supreme Court

  30-10-2025 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The man who stole the "Roaring Lion" portrait of Winston Churchill from the Château Laurier in Ottawa in January 2022 has lost his sentence appeal.
  Jeffrey Wood, who pleaded guilty to stealing the iconic portrait earlier this year, was sentenced to two years less a day in jail.
  On Thursday, the Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed his sentence appeal in a two-to-one ruling.
  Lawrence Greenspon, Wood’s lawyer, says he is seeking leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canad
  
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• Senator tries again to put limits on prisons’ use of solitary confinement

  30-10-2025 18:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Sen. Kim Pate has been fighting against prisons' use of solitary confinement since 2018, when the federal government committed to curbing the practice.
  She told The Canadian Press the situation has only worsened since.
  Public Safety Canada reports a 36 per cent increase in solitary confinement stays of 61 days or more between 2021 and 2024.
  "We've seen the proliferation, the increased use of isolation with prisoners, especially Indigenous prisoners, especially those with mental he
  
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• Ottawa’s new climate strategy being developed ‘behind closed doors,’ AFN says

  30-10-2025 18:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Assembly of First Nations says Ottawa's climate competitiveness strategy is being developed "behind closed doors," without input from First Nations.
  Speaking at a House of Commons environment committee hearing Thursday, P.E.I. regional chief Wendell LaBobe said the government's renewed focus on economic security could see it backslide on its climate commitments.
  LaBobe told the committee this isn't the first time the government has developed climate policy without First Nation
  
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• Trump sets 7,500 annual limit for refugees entering US. It’ll be mostly white South Africans

  30-10-2025 18:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees it admits annually into the country to 7,500 and they will mostly be white South Africans, a dramatic drop after the United States previously allowed in hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and persecution from around the world. The Republican administration published the news Thursday in a notice on the Federal Registry. No reason was given for the numbers, which are a dramatic decrease from last year&
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Winnipeg high school football player injured in game dies

  30-10-2025 17:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg School Division says a high school football player injured in a game earlier this month has died in hospital.
  It says Darius Hartshorne, a Grade 12 student and lineman for the Sisler Spartans, succumbed to his injuries Wednesday night.
  An online fundraising page says Hartshorne sustained a severe spinal injury while being tackled during a game two weeks ago and underwent emergency surgery.
  The school division says support services are available at the school to supp
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP to have extra manpower, patrols on Halloween night - Fraser Valley Today

  30-10-2025 17:34 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack RCMP to have extra manpower, patrols on Halloween night  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Atletico Ottawa, Forge FC make up seven of 10 nominees for CPL Players’ Player Award

  30-10-2025 17:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Four Atletico Ottawa players and three from Forge FC are among the 10 finalists for the Canadian Premier League's Players’ Player of the Year award.
  The award is the only one decided by the players, as opposed to others voted on by the technical leadership of the eight CPL clubs and select media. The winner will be announced Nov. 7 in Ottawa as part of the championship game festivities.
  The Ottawa nominees are Manuel Aparicio, David Rodríguez, Sam Salter and Ballou T
  
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• Cultus Lake Community Dinner to benefit local kids

  30-10-2025 17:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CULTUS LAKE — Tickets will go on sale next month for the annual Cultus Lake Community Dinner event at Legends Bistro in Cultus Lake, as a way of supporting local kids in the community.This year’s dinner on Monday, Dec. 15 will help local kids, with all proceeds benefitting the Cultus Lake Swilhcha Community School Parent Advisory Council.Tickets will go on sale on Friday, November 14 at the Cultus Lake Golf Club pro shop. Please note, only cash is accepted for ticket purchases. After
  
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• City of Abbotsford warns people not to put propane tanks in curbside bins

  30-10-2025 17:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — It’s not rocket science for most people, but the City of Abbotsford has issued a reminder asking the community not to place propane tanks in curbside bins.
  The city wrote in a social media post that two propane tanks were recently located in a compost cart and made it through an industrial shredder at Pacific Coast Renewables.
  The city says the situation could have resulted in equipment damage and bodily harm.As a friendly reminder, only green waste belongs in compost ca
  
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• Lise Bacon, former Quebec cabinet minister, senator, dead at 91

  30-10-2025 16:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Lise Bacon, a former senator and Quebec cabinet minister who was the first woman to hold the post of deputy premier, has died at the age of 91.Her death on Wednesday was confirmed by national assembly.
  Bacon was born in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield in 1934 and became the second woman elected to the Quebec legislature in 1973, after Claire Kirkland-Casgrain.
  Bacon had previously been the first woman president of a political party in Canada, the Quebec Liberal Party, from 1970 to 1973
  
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• Palestinian militants hand over 2 coffins with remains of hostages to Red Cross in Gaza

  30-10-2025 16:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military said Thursday that Palestinian militants handed over two coffins containing the remains of dead hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza.Militants had previously returned the remains of 15 hostages since the start of the ceasefire, with 13 more still to be recovered.The latest handover is an indication that the fragile ceasefire agreement is moving forward despite Israeli strikes on Gaza overnight.Officials in southern Gaza said Thursday that at least 40 p
  
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