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• CP NewsAlert: B.C. asks Health Canada to make drug use in public illegal again

  26-04-2024 22:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government is asking Health Canada to “urgently change” the province’s decriminalization policy to stop drug use in public. 
  Premier David Eby says in a statement the change would make illicit drug use illegal in all public spaces, including inside hospitals, on transit and in parks. 
  The U-turn by the provincial government comes after repeated criticisms about the decriminalization polices from local politicians, health workers
  
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• Bucks’ Patrick Beverley suspended 4 games without pay for actions in season-ending loss to Pacers

  09-05-2024 20:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks guard Patrick Beverley was suspended by the NBA on Thursday for four games without pay to begin next season for his actions during and after the final game of an Eastern Conference first-round playoff series with the Indiana Pacers.
  The league announced the suspension and said Beverley was getting punished for “forcefully throwing a basketball multiple times at spectators and an inappropriate interaction with a reporter during media availability.&rdqu
  
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• Man pleads guilty in hit-and-run that killed 7-year-old Ukrainian girl in Montreal

  09-05-2024 20:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A man who struck and killed a seven-year-old Ukrainian refugee with his car has pleaded guilty to failing to stop after an accident.
  Juan Manuel Becerra Garcia, 46, entered the plea today at the Montreal courthouse.
  Seven-year-old Mariia Legenkovska was walking to school with her brother and sister on Dec. 13, 2022, when she was hit by a car.
  Becerra Garcia drove away from the scene but turned himself in to police later that day.
  Mariia and her family moved to Montreal in 2022 t
  
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• Liberals pledge $1.7M for persecuted LGBTQ+ people abroad

  09-05-2024 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government has announced it will give $1.7 million to groups supporting gender and sexual minorities abroad.
  That follows activists’ criticisms that Ottawa is too slow to follow through with its funding promises, and that it should be more forceful in responding to anti-gay legislation in some countries.
  Liberal MP Anita Vandenbeld made the announcement at a conference of the Dignity Network, a coalition of Canadian groups that support LGBTQ+ people abroad.
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• B.C. court rejects mink farmers’ lawsuits over ban imposed during pandemic

  09-05-2024 20:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Supreme Court has rejected lawsuits by mink farmers challenging a provincial shutdown of the industry over COVID-19 concerns.
  A ruling by Justice Amy Francis says “highly publicized incidences” of COVID-19 outbreaks on mink farms prompted provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry to order the industry to “take various measures to prevent the spread of the virus,” in July 2021.
  The ruling says the province then moved to ban mink farm
  
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• A look at potential candidates to replace Sheldon Keefe as Maple Leafs head coach

  09-05-2024 20:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs fired head coach Sheldon Keefe on Thursday following another disappointing playoff exit.
  The Canadian Press takes a look at some of the potential candidates to take over the Original Six franchise that hasn’t won the Stanley Cup since 1967.
  CRAIG BERUBE
  The 58-year-old from Calahoo, Alta., hoisted the Cup as coach of the St. Louis Blues in 2019, but was fired by the organization in December after missing the playoffs last spring. The no-nonsense Beru
  
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• Business groups walk back claim on share of Canadians hit by capital gains changes

  09-05-2024 20:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prominent business groups are backtracking their claim that one in five Canadians would be affected by the federal government’s proposed changes to capital gains taxation.
  In a letter sent to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland today, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and other groups said the government’s assertion that only the wealthiest Canadians will be affected was misleading.
  The group claimed one in five Canadians would end up paying higher taxes over the next de
  
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• Home sales in Chilliwack area continue upward momentum in April, but so have single-family home prices

  09-05-2024 19:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Despite mortgage interest rates that remain stubbornly high for some people’s liking, home sales in the Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board service area continue their upward ascent.The number of homes sold through the Multiple Listing Service system of the Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board totaled 282 units in April 2024. This increased by 2.2 per cent (six sales) from April 2023.
  “While home sales still aren’t going to be setting records any t
  
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• Suspended quarterback Kelly on field at Toronto Argonauts rookie camp

  09-05-2024 19:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GUELPH, Ont. — Quarterback Chad Kelly, who is under suspension for violating the CFL’s gender-based violence policy, was on the field Thursday at the Toronto Argonauts’ rookie camp.
  Kelly’s appearance at the University of Guelph comes just two days after the CFL suspended its 2023 outstanding player for at least nine regular-season games following its investigation into a lawsuit filed by a former strength-and-conditioning coach against Kelly for sexual harassment and the
  
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• Competition Bureau to launch market study into airline sector

  09-05-2024 19:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s Competition Bureau says it will begin a market study focused on the Canadian airline sector.
  It will look into the state of competition in the airline industry and how governments can make improvements.
  In a market study, the bureau examines barriers to competition, such as regulations or policies, within a specific sector.
  Melissa Fisher, a deputy commissioner with the bureau, made the announcement while testifying in front of a parliamentary committee studying air
  
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• Hurricanes make change in net. Go to Pytor Kochetkov for Game 3 against the Rangers

  09-05-2024 19:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Pyotr Kochetkov is set to start in goal for the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 3 against the New York Rangers on Thursday night, as they make a change in net trailing the second-round series 2-0.
  Coach Rod Brind’Amour announced the decision roughly seven hours before puck drop, citing Andersen’s workload as the reason for the move.
  “Freddy’s played really well, but he’s also played a lot,” Brind’Amour said. “I think giving h
  
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• Qualtrough picks former Ontario chief justice to lead sport commissioner

  09-05-2024 19:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canadian sports minister Carla Qualtrough has announced former Ontario chief justice Lise Maisonneuve will lead the Future of Sport in Canada Commission.
  The commission’s mandate is to delve into problems amid what Qualtrough and her predecessor Pascale St-Onge have called a safe-sport crisis in Canada.
  Qualtrough also said Noni Classen and Andrew Pipe will be Maisonneuve’s advisers.
  The commission will consult with sport bodies and survivors of abuse on how to improve
  
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• Advocates, executives gather for summit on airline accessibility

  09-05-2024 18:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s airline industry will work to create a streamlined intake form for travellers with disabilities, the federal government says.
  Disability advocates, government officials and representatives of the airline industry are talking about how to improve accessibility at a summit in Ottawa today. 
  The summit was announced in March after airline executives testified at the House transport committee, where MPs shared shocking stories from people with disabilities about th
  
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• Councillor with RCMP background calls drug decriminalization a ‘failure’, challenges Chilliwack MLAs on their silence

  09-05-2024 18:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Councillor Bud Mercer needed only two minutes towards the end of Tuesday afternoon’s council meeting to dismantle the narrative behind the B.C. NDP government’s drug decriminalization experiment and challengeChilliwack’s two MLAs for their apparent silence on the issue.During the councillor’s reports portion of the meeting Tuesday (May 7), Mercer, a retired 34-year member of the RCMP, made the remarks just hours after the federal government g
  
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• London Drugs president doesn’t know why cyber attackers struck

  09-05-2024 18:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RICHMOND, B.C. — The president of London Drugs says he doesn’t know why the company was targeted in a cyber attack that forced it to close its stores for more than week, but hackers with sophisticated methods are “constantly probing for weaknesses” in online systems.
  Clint Mahlman says the Richmond, B.C.-based pharmacy and retailer had been preparing for such a situation for years, and they shut down immediately after the cybersecurity breach was discovered on April 28 in
  
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• Man accused of killing two children at Quebec daycare to stand trial in April 2025

  09-05-2024 18:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAVAL, Que. — The man accused of murdering two children and injuring six others after a city bus crashed into a Montreal-area daycare is scheduled to stand trial over five weeks beginning in April 2025.
  Superior Court Justice Lyne Décarie today set Pierre Ny St-Amand’s trial for next April 7 to May 9, but suggested the dates could be moved forward if the schedules of the lawyers in the case open up.
  St-Amand was arrested after a transit bus crashed into the front of a daycare
  
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• Breast cancer screening should start at age 40, Canadian Cancer Society says

  09-05-2024 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Canadian Cancer Society says all provinces and territories should lower the starting age for breast cancer screening to 40.  
  The current guideline set by a national task force says screening for people at average risk for breast cancer should start at age 50. 
  The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care is expected to revise that advice later this month, but the cancer society says it’s ultimately up to the provinces and territories. 
  Some provinces already pay fo
  
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• UFV selects new director of communications

  09-05-2024 17:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — University of the Fraser Valley has named Vancouver Island native Jeboah M. Godron as its new director of communications effective Monday, May 6.Originally from Victoria, Godron joins UFV from Toronto where she worked as the communications manager for the Métis Nation of Ontario. She previously worked as a marketing and communications consultant, associate manager of brand management at Newell Brands, and marketing manager at Kerr’s Candy, among her portfolio.She
  
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• Top court won’t review case sparked by justice of the peace’s critique of bail system

  09-05-2024 17:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not review a ruling that allowed a justice of the peace to remain on the bench after she wrote a column critical of the bail system and the conduct of some Crown prosecutors.
  A hearing panel established by the Justices of the Peace Review Council recommended Julie Lauzon be removed from her position after the National Post column prompted complaints from several senior Crown attorneys.
  The panel concluded that Lauzon showed “a reasonable appr
  
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• Start of wildfire season better than last year, but risk is high as drought continues

  09-05-2024 17:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The risk of wildfires is high in Western Canada but officials say the situation is better than it was at this time last year.
  The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre says there are 90 fires burning right now, and seven are out of control.
  Almost half of the fires are in Alberta and one-third are in British Columbia.
  Julienne Morissette, the director of wildland fire research for Natural Resources Canada, says the number and severity of the fires so far in 2024 are lower than a
  
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• Former Toronto FC GM Ali Curtis earns promotion at Major League Soccer

  09-05-2024 17:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Former Toronto FC general manager Ali Curtis has earned a promotion as Major League Soccer revamps the leadership of MLS Next, its academy and youth development program.
  Curtis left his post of Toronto GM and senior vice-president of soccer operations in November 2021. Some two weeks later he was named senior vice-president of competition and operations of MLS Next Pro, a developmental league that currently has 29 teams including Toronto FC 2 and Whitecaps FC 2.
  On Thursday, MLS announced that C
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Celebrating Child Care month

  09-05-2024 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  May marks Child Care month in British Columbia, a time to honor and celebrate the invaluable contributions of child care providers who offer care, connection, and education to children in B.C.It’s also a reminder that for far too long, access to affordable child care was either overlooked or deemed a luxury. That’s why over the last seven years, our government has made historic investments in child care. We are working towards a future where affordable, quality, and inclusive child c
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Toronto Maple Leafs fire head coach Sheldon Keefe

  09-05-2024 16:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have fired head coach Sheldon Keefe.
  The team made the announcement Thursday after the Original Six franchise lost to the Boston Bruins in seven games in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Canadian riders Michael Woods, Riley Pickrell crash out of Giro d’Italia

  09-05-2024 16:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian riders Michael Woods and Riley Pickrell are out of the Giro d’Italia.
  The two Canadians and Israel-Premier Tech teammate Nadav Raisberg were involved in the same crash Wednesday on the fifth stage of the Giro, which precedes the Tour de France and Spanish Vuelta on the Grand Tour calendar.
  Israel-Premier Tech said Woods was ruled out after showing symptoms of a mild concussion overnight while Pickrell, whose face bore the brunt of the crash, was held out of the race in the wake of
  
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• What will Utah’s NHL team be called? Here are 20 options

  09-05-2024 14:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Ownership of the NHL’s team in Utah has given fans 20 choices to vote on for the franchise’s new name, according to a survey sent out Wednesday by Smith Entertainment Group.
  Owner Ryan Smith has told The Associated Press the team will have a name starting with Utah. The inaugural season will feature jerseys with the name of the state on them, with a name, logo and colors to debut for 2025-26 after work done by the branding company Doubleday & Cartwright.
  “Utah’s NHL t
  
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• Telus reports Q1 profit down from year ago, raises quarterly dividend

  09-05-2024 14:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Telus Corp. raised its quarterly dividend as it reported its first-quarter profit fell compared with a year ago.
  The telecommunications company says it will now make a quarterly payment to shareholders of 38.91 cents per share, up from its previous rate of 37.61 cents per share.
  The increased payment to shareholders came as Telus reported net income attributable to common shares of $127 million or nine cents per share.
  The result was down from a profit of $217 million or 15 cen
  
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• First shipment of aid to the US-built floating pier in Gaza departs from Cyprus

  09-05-2024 13:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A shipment of humanitarian aid has left a port in Cyprus and is on its way to the U.S-built pier in Gaza, the first delivery to the newly built ramp, Cyprus’ foreign minister said Thursday.The U.S. vessel, loaded with much needed humanitarian assistance, departed from the Larnaca port with the aim of transferring as much aid to Gaza as possible through the maritime corridor, said Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos.
  The trip comes some two months after U.S. Pr
  
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• Canada’s Weir sets sights on solid showing at rebranded Rogers Charity Classic

  09-05-2024 11:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Although Canada’s lone PGA Tour Champions event will have a different name, the goal will still be the same for Mike Weir.
  Like he did during his three previous appearances at the Shaw Charity Classic, Weir will do his best to finish at the top of the leaderboard this August at the tournament – now called the Rogers Charity Classic – at Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club.
  Weir had a ninth-place finish in 2021 before finishing well back of the leaders the past
  
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• In the news today: Documents revealed Canada praised sanctioned Haitian

  09-05-2024 10:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today…
  Embassy praised sanctioned Haitian, emails suggest
  A Canadian Embassy official and an RCMP liaison officer in Haiti praised and thanked a sanctioned Haitian businessman after he allowed the use of his golf course for helicopter evacuations and police training last month. The interactions are contained in emails provided to The Canadian Press by lawyers for Haitian executi
  
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• Rivers recede as B.C. faces prospect of ‘unfamiliar territory’ for drought

  09-05-2024 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Parts of British Columbia will likely enter “unfamiliar territory” with drought if they see another hot, dry summer, says the head of the province’s River Forecast Centre.
  Dave Campbell says persistent drought conditions in B.C. stretch back to 2022, so the province is heading into this summer with “multi-year” precipitation deficits.
  Satellite photos show rivers across the province running narrower and shallower than the same time in 2023, which went on to be one o
  
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