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• Conestoga is a foreign student mecca. Is its climb to riches leading it off a cliff?

  30-04-2024 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KITCHENER, Ont. — The smell of South Asian spices wafts from the “Blends and Curries” food counter. 
  Conversations in Hindi and Gujurati flood the bustling hallways, which quickly get packed as students pour in and out of classes.
  Cliques of Indian youth, who appear to make up a majority of the student population, take full advantage of common areas to study, lounge around or wait for class to begin.
  Everywhere you look at the main campus of Conestoga College, there’
  
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• Australia and New Zealand sending planes to evacuate nationals from New Caledonia’s unrest

  21-05-2024 03:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SYDNEY (AP) — The Australian and New Zealand governments announced Tuesday they were sending planes to evacuate their nationals from violence-scorched New Caledonia.
  Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong confirmed Australia had received clearance for two flights to evacuate citizens and other tourists from New Caledonia amid violent unrest that has beset the French Pacific archipelago where indigenous people have long sought independence from France.
  “We continue to work on further
  
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• Stars coach Pete DeBoer enters third round for fifth time in six years

  21-05-2024 02:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Pete DeBoer has gotten used to deep runs in the NHL playoffs, even though he never takes them for granted. The only thing that could make that any better for the veteran coach would be to win it all. 
  With the Dallas Stars in the Western Conference Final for the second year in a row since he became their coach, this is the seventh time that DeBoer has advanced past the first two rounds. This is his fifth time in six seasons, with three different teams. 
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• B.C. mayor says drones endangering wildfire helicopter pilots, pleads for patience

  21-05-2024 01:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FORT NELSON, B.C. — The mayor of the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality in British Columbia says drones are endangering helicopters being used to fight wildfires near Fort Nelson, which was ordered evacuated earlier this month. 
  In a video posted on Facebook, Rob Fraser says drones can be an excellent tool, but under the circumstances where 20 helicopters are flying around, he says drones are “nothing but hazards.”
  Fraser says helicopter pilots fighting wildfires are u
  
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• Roughriders roll past Blue Bombers 25-12 in pre-season tilt

  21-05-2024 00:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — It may have only been a pre-season game, but the Corey Mace era in Saskatchewan started on a positive note Monday with a 25-12 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
  Mace, hired as the Roughriders’ head coach on Nov. 30, 2023 after assistant coaching stints with the Calgary Stampeders and Toronto Argonauts, used a number of starters in the first quarter while the Bombers elected to leave many of their starters in Winnipeg.
  Veteran quarterback Trevor Harris saw his first act
  
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• Vancouver Whitecaps look to finish off Cavalry FC, continue quest for cup three-peat

  21-05-2024 00:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Vancouver Whitecaps coach Vanni Sartini isn’t expecting any of his players to look past Tuesday’s cup tie against visiting Cavalry FC, even with a crowd of more than 50,000 expected Saturday for a high-profile league date with Inter Miami at B.C. Place Stadium.
  For one, the Canadian Championship comes with good memories for the two-time defending champion Whitecaps.
  “The mentality is pretty simple,” said the Italian coach. “It’s showing (them) the picture of t
  
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• Maddie Rooney, Taylor Heise, Susanna Tapani named PWHL’s three stars of the week

  21-05-2024 00:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Minnesota goalie Maddie Rooney, Minnesota forward Taylor Heise and Boston forward Susanna Tapani were named the Professional Women’s Hockey League three stars of the week.
  First star Rooney backstopped Minnesota to three straight wins over Toronto in their PWHL semifinal series, helping her team reach the final.
  With Minnesota trailing 2-0 in the series, the 26-year-old American posted shutouts in Games 3 and 4 before stopping 27 of 28 shots in the winner-take-all fifth Gam
  
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• Danny Jansen leads Blue Jays to 9-3 win over White Sox in series opener

  20-05-2024 23:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Danny Jansen enjoyed a three-hit, five-RBI outing that included a two-run homer, and starter Jose Berrios won for the first time in a month as the Toronto Blue Jays hammered the Chicago White Sox 9-3 in the three-game series opener on Monday.
  Daulton Varsho also smacked a two-run homer as the Blue Jays (21-25) won back-to-back games for the first time since Apr. 28-29 but remained in last place in the American League East Division.
  The White Sox (14-34), last in the AL Central Di
  
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• Quebec inmate injured in ‘major assault’ at Port-Cartier Institution

  20-05-2024 23:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Correctional Service Canada says an inmate has been injured in what it’s calling a major assault at the Port-Cartier Institution located on Quebec’s north shore.
  The federal agency says the injured inmate was taken to hospital to receive treatment.
  It says the assailant has been identified and the appropriate actions have been taken, but did not further specify. 
  Quebec provincial police are also investigating the alleged assault, which took place Sunday. 
  
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• Scottie Scheffler’s Louisville court date postponed after arrest during PGA Championship

  20-05-2024 22:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky court has postponed pro golfer Scottie Scheffler’s appearance on charges he injured a police officer and disobeyed commands outside the gates of Valhalla Golf Club as the venue hosted this year’s PGA Championship.
  Scheffler, who was handcuffed and briefly jailed on Friday, had been due in court Tuesday, two days after finishing in the top ten at the PGA. But a judge postponed the court date until June 3, according to a statement Monday from Jef
  
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• Feds unveil national plan to tackle auto theft, including Criminal Code changes

  20-05-2024 22:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Ramped-up intelligence sharing among police forces and a working group involving all levels of government are among the measures Ottawa unveiled Monday as part of a broader national strategy to combat auto theft.
  A slue of senior federal cabinet ministers, including Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, released details of the National Action Plan at a rare holiday Monday news conference in Brampton, Ont. The joint announcement came months after Ottawa co
  
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• Canada’s Deguchi wins silver, Klimkait takes bronze at judo world championship

  20-05-2024 22:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Defending champion Christa Deguchi settled for silver at the world judo championships Monday.
  The 28-year-old from Lethbridge, Alta., fell to Mimi Huh of South Korea in the women’s 57-kilogram division final.
  Ranked No. 1 in the world, Deguchi earned her fourth career medal at the worlds.
  Teammate Jessica Klimkait of Whitby, Ont., earned bronze in the discipline. The 27-year-old Klimkait, who’s ranked second in the world, lost to Huh in the sem
  
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• Toronto FC expects spirited cup rematch with semi-pro CS Saint-Laurent

  20-05-2024 22:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Semi-pro CS Saint-Laurent won Toronto FC’s respect in the first leg of their Canadian Championship quarterfinal despite the 3-0 score in the MLS club’s favour.
  And Toronto coach John Herdman expects the Ligue1 Quebec champion to “play with no fear” Tuesday in the return game at BMO Field. 
  “They’ve experienced it once before. They know we’re only human and they’ve seen that in the first leg,” said Herdman. “So I imagine they’
  
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• The Latest | Prosecution rests its case in Donald Trump’s hush money trial

  20-05-2024 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s hush money trial entered its final stretch as the prosecution’s star witness Michael Cohen returned to the stand Monday.
  In his testimony last week, Cohen placed the former president directly at the center of the alleged scheme to stifle negative stories to fend off damage to his White House bid. Among other things, Cohen told jurors that Trump promised to reimburse him for the money he fronted and was constantly updated about efforts to silence w
  
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• Prosecution rests in Donald Trump’s hush money case, and defense now gets its turn to call witnesses

  20-05-2024 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors rested their hush money case against Donald Trump on Monday, turning it over to the former president’s lawyers for a chance to call witnesses.The defense has said it plans to call a campaign finance expert, a lawyer who offered to represent Cohen after the FBI raided his property in 2018 and a paralegal.By law, prosecutors bear the burden of proving their case beyond a reasonable doubt. Trump’s defense doesn’t have to prove anything.
  The prosec
  
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• Toronto FC continues to work on roster, waiving Canadian forward Jordan Perruzza

  20-05-2024 21:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto FC, continuing to winnow its roster, has waived forward Jordan Perruzza.
  The move comes 13 days after the MLS team parted ways with fellow Canadian striker Au Akinola via a mutual termination of his contract. Toronto also waived veteran forward Adama Diomande in late February.
  According to the MLS Players Association, Perruzza was making US$139,000 this season.
  The 23-year-old Perruzza joined the Toronto academy in January 2013 and signed a homegrown contract with the first team in Augus
  
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• Status of wildfire that threatened Fort McMurray changed to ‘being held’

  20-05-2024 20:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — A wildfire that forced thousands of people to evacuate several Fort McMurray neighbourhoods last week is no longer classified as out-of-control.
  Alberta Wildfire says the blaze, which is still burning south of the city and is close to 2,000 square kilometres in size, was re-classified to “being held” as of late Sunday.
  In announcing the change on social media, Alberta Wildfire says recent rain allowed firefighters and heavy equipment operators to make exc
  
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• Sweden beats France, Britain relegated after losing to Norway at hockey worlds

  20-05-2024 19:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PRAGUE (AP) — Sweden beat France 3-1 to preserve a perfect record at the ice hockey world championship and clinch a group top spot on Monday.
  Lucas Raymond scored and added an assist, defenseman Erik Karlsson scored his fourth goal of the tournament on a power play, and Andre Burakovsky had an empty net goal for Sweden to record a sixth win in six Group B matches.
  Lucas Raymond scored the lone goal for France, which is sixth.
  In Group A, Norway beat last-placed Britain 5-2 and was sixth.
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• Canada’s Gabriel Diallo advances to second round in French Open qualifying

  20-05-2024 19:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Canada’s Gabriel Diallo advanced to the second round of French Open qualifying by defeating Genaro Alberto Olivieri of Argentina 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-1 in men’s singles action Monday.
  Ranked 166th in the world, Diallo hit five aces, won 65 per cent of his points on second serve and converted 6-of-11 breakpoint chances en route to winning the match in two hours 32 minutes.
  The 22-year-old from Montreal is scheduled to meet Marco Trungelliti of Argentina on Wednesday in the se
  
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• Haiti’s main international airport reopens nearly three months after gang violence forced it closed

  20-05-2024 19:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s main international airport reopened Monday for the first time in nearly three months after relentless gang violence forced authorities to close it to all traffic in early March.
  The reopening of the Toussaint-Louverture airport in the capital of Port-au-Prince is expected to help ease a critical shortage of medications and other basic supplies since the country’s main seaport remains paralyzed.
  However, only Sunrise Airways, a local carrier,
  
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• Canucks star winger Brock Boeser out for Game 7 vs. Oilers: coach

  20-05-2024 19:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks will be without star winger Brock Boeser for the decisive Game 7 against the Edmonton Oilers tonight. 
  Head coach Rick Tocchet says the 27-year-old right-winger is being evaluated and won’t be available for the final game of the second-round Stanley Cup playoff series.
  Tocchet declined to speak about the nature of Boeser’s injury, but reports emerged Sunday that he would miss the game due to a non-life-threatening blood clotting issue.
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• Crime numbers falling in Chilliwack

  20-05-2024 18:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack crime statistics are down over the first three months of 2024 according to a report that will go before Chilliwack City Council Tuesday (May 21). Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment Superintendent Davy Lee is scheduled to present the report to elected officials.
  The report reveals overall property crimes are down 22 per cent from 424 in 2023 to 330 in 2024. Auto-related crimes make up the largest area of property crimes. Vehicle thefts dropped 27 per cent over t
  
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• Canadian international midfielder Julia Grosso set to leave Italy’s Juventus

  20-05-2024 18:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TURIN, Italy — Canadian international midfielder Julia Grosso is leaving Italy’s Juventus.
  The 23-year-old from Vancouver signed with the Serie A women’s club in December 2021 after playing collegiate soccer at the University of Texas and scoring the decisive spot kick in the penalty shootout win over Sweden in the Tokyo Olympic final in August 2021.
  Grosso, whose contract expires in June, leaves Juve after 76 appearances and 10 goals, as well as one league title, two Italian C
  
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• Liverpool confirms appointment of Arne Slot as Jurgen Klopp’s replacement

  20-05-2024 18:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Liverpool has hired Arne Slot as its new manager to replace the departing Jurgen Klopp, the Premier League club confirmed Monday.
  Slot is taking on one of the biggest jobs in soccer after signing a long-term contract with the six-time European Cup winner and 19-time English champion.And his task is made even more difficult by following in the footsteps of Klopp, who ended Liverpool’s 30-year wait for the Premier League title in 2020 and won a full set of major trophies in his time at Anfie
  
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• Britain slammed in inquiry for infecting thousands with tainted blood and covering up the scandal

  20-05-2024 15:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — British authorities and the country’s public health service knowingly exposed tens of thousands of patients to deadly infections through contaminated blood and blood products, and hid the truth about the disaster for decades, an inquiry into the U.K.’s infected blood scandal found Monday.An estimated 3,000 people in the United Kingdom are believed to have died and many others were left with lifelong illnesses after receiving blood or blood products tainted with HI
  
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• Maple Ridge RCMP recover stolen equipment

  20-05-2024 14:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MAPLE RIDGE — Mounties in Maple Ridge say they’ve recovered more than $200 thousand worth of stolen property after tracking a GPS locator last week.
  Police say they received a report on May 9 about stolen commercial equipment.“The prompt response and combined effort of the various units involved not only helped recover the property of this complainant but also yielded a positive outcome for additional property representatives,” said Sergeant Joe Whalley with the Specializ
  
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• ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Netanyahu

  20-05-2024 13:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Monday he is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in connection with their actions during the seven-month war between Israel and Hamas.
  Karim Khan said that he believes Netanyahu, his defense minister Yoav Gallant and three Hamas leaders — Yehia Sinwar, Mohammed Deif and Ismail Haniyeh — are responsible for war crimes and crimes a
  
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• Ship that caused deadly Baltimore bridge collapse has been refloated and is moving back to port

  20-05-2024 13:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The container ship that caused the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge was refloated Monday and has begun moving back to port.
  The Dali has remained at the collapse site since it lost power and crashed into one of the bridge’s supporting columns on March 26, killing six construction workers and snarling traffic into Baltimore Harbor.
  Monday morning’s high tide was expected to bring the best conditions for crews to refloat and start mov
  
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• How to check the Air Quality Health Index and assess your health risks

  20-05-2024 12:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  As we enter another wildfire season, Environment and Climate Change Canada is advising people to pay attention to air pollution levels and check the Air Quality Health Index – especially on smoky days. 
  HOW CAN I CHECK THE AIR QUALITY READING IN MY AREA?
  The Air Quality Health Index is at: https://weather.gc.ca/airquality/pages/index_e.html 
  You can take a look at the ratings in communities across your province or territory.
  A rating of 1-3 is low risk, 4-6 is moderate risk, 7-10
  
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• This wildfire season, changes are coming to better inform people about smoke hazards

  20-05-2024 12:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Last year’s record-breaking wildfire season forced Canadians to become familiar with the scale of air pollution as hazardous smoke drifted across the country.
  Environment Canada’s colour-coded Air Quality Health Index, designed to help people understand health risks associated with contaminated air, was closely watched under hazy, orange skies that stretched beyond the Canada-U.S. border.
  But the AQHI, measured on a scale from one to 10+, was not calculated the same way in all provin
  
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