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• Highway closure through Fraser Canyon on Monday

  28-04-2024 23:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is reminding residents of a major road closure Monday through the Fraser Canyon.
  Highway 1 will be closed Monday (Apr. 29) from 7 a.m. until Tuesday, April 30, at 7 a.m. The closure will allow crews to lift a new permanent bridge and slide it into place over Falls Creek in the Jackass Mountain area.
  The highway was closed because of the damage caused by an atmospheric river event that swept through the region in November 2021.
  
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• Bethel-Thompson, Ford forging QB partnership at Elks training camp

  15-05-2024 13:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — It has all the ingredients of an awkward partnership. But, so far, the Edmonton Elks’ quarterbacking tandem of McLeod Bethel-Thompson and Tre Ford are doing and saying all the right things.
  Ford emerged as one of the most exciting players in the CFL last year. His scrambles and scampers made more than a few highlight reels through the year. And, by the end of the 2023 season, the Niagara Falls, Ont. product looked to have the inside track to be the Elks’ starting qua
  
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• Swiss court convicts a former interior minister of Gambia for crimes against humanity

  15-05-2024 12:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s top criminal court on Wednesday convicted a former interior minister of Gambia for crimes against humanity over his role in repression committed by the west African country’s security forces under its longtime dictator, a legal advocacy group said.
  Ousman Sonko, Gambia’s interior minister from 2006 to 2016 under then-President Yahya Jammeh, was sentenced to 20 years in prison, TRIAL International said on the social media platform X, formerly Tw
  
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• French president convenes top ministers to discuss spiraling violence in territory of New Caledonia

  15-05-2024 11:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — At least two people were killed and three were seriously injured overnight in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, French media reported Wednesday, as President Emmanuel Macron convened a meeting of top ministers to discuss the spiraling violence.It was the third day of violent unrest over a constitutional reform pushed by Paris that has roiled the archipelago, which has long sought independence.The special defense and security council meeting called by Macron on Wed
  
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• In the news today: Wildfires rage in Western Canada, Manitoba murder trial continues

  15-05-2024 10:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed tobring you up to speed on what you need to know today…
  Wildfires force thousands of Canadians to flee
  Thousands of people in Western Canada remain displaced from their homes as wildfires threaten their communities, triggering evacuation orders and alerts.
  In British Columbia, a widening area around the northeastern community of Fort Nelson is under evacuation, with the Parker Lake wildfire burning close by and the larger Patry
  
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• Author Alice Munro’s death ‘bittersweet’ at Victoria bookstore that carries her name

  15-05-2024 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Justina Elias says she didn’t know about the connection legendary Canadian writer Alice Munro had to the Victoria, B.C., bookstore that bears her name, but she quickly found out.
  Elias, who runs the fiction section at Munro’s Books, said the “serendipity” of ending up working at a book store founded by the writer she idolized “never ceases to amaze me.”
  Munro, whose short stories of small-town Ontario earned her an international fan base and t
  
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• Winnipeg murder trial expected to hear from neighbours of admitted serial killer

  15-05-2024 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Three people who lived in the same apartment building where Jeremy Skibicki killed four women are expected to testify in a Winnipeg courtroom today. 
  Skibicki told police he strangled or drowned the women in his home and then disposed of their bodies in garbage bins. 
  He has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder for the slayings of Rebecca Contois, Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran and an unidentified woman Indigenous leaders have named Buffalo Woman. 
  His lawyers
  
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• Jokic scores 40, Nuggets beat Wolves 112-97 to grab 3-2 series lead

  15-05-2024 07:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic celebrated his third NBA MVP award by scoring 40 points and the Denver Nuggets shut down Anthony Edwards in a 112-97 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night. That put the reigning NBA champions one win away from the Western Conference finals.
  Jokic also had 13 assists and seven rebounds with no turnovers as the home team won for the first time this semifinal series. Aaron Gordon added 18 points and 10 boards, and Jamal Murray scored 16. 
  Edwards
  
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• NHL roundup: Bruins edge Panthers 2-1 to stave off playoff elimination

  15-05-2024 07:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Jeremy Swayman backed up his victory vow with 28 saves, Charlie McAvoy added to the list of disputed goals in this matchup with the go-ahead marker and the Boston Bruins staved off elimination by beating the Florida Panthers 2-1 in Game 5 of their NHL playoff series on Tuesday night.
  Morgan Geekie also scored for the Bruins, who improved to 2-0 in elimination games this season — they also won a Game 7 over Toronto in Round 1 — and finally found a way to hol
  
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• Incumbent Brandon Scott prevails in Baltimore mayor’s race primary

  15-05-2024 05:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Incumbent Brandon Scott beat out one of his predecessors in Baltimore’s Democratic primary for mayor on Tuesday, all but ensuring a second term in office.
  Scott was originally elected in 2020, when he also campaigned against former Mayor Sheila Dixon and won by a narrow margin. This was Dixon’s third attempt at returning to the mayor’s office after her tenure was cut short in 2010 after she took a plea deal for misappropriating gift cards meant for poor f
  
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• Miniature poodle named Sage wins Westminster Kennel Club dog show

  15-05-2024 05:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — It was a Sage bet.
  A miniature poodle named Sage won the top prize Tuesday night at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, an event that often has proven to be a poodle’s realm.
  It was the 11th triumph for poodles of various sizes in the United States’ most prestigious canine event — only wire fox terriers have won more. And it was the second best in show win for handler Kaz Hosaka. He led another miniature poodle, Spice, to the trophy in 2002 and said this
  
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• Tapani scores another OT winner, Boston sweeps Montreal in PWHL semifinal

  15-05-2024 04:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — Susanna Tapani scored her second overtime winner of the series to help Boston rally past Montreal 3-2 on Tuesday night and advance to the Professional Women’s Hockey League championship series.
  Boston, which swept Montreal in the best-of-five series, will play for the inaugural Walter Cup against either Minnesota or Toronto.
  Boston has won five consecutive games, while Montreal ended the season on a four-game losing skid.
  Marie-Philip Poulin and Maureen Murphy sc
  
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• Host Brazil bounces Canada in Volleyball Nations League opener

  15-05-2024 04:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO — Canada opened Volleyball Nations League play on Tuesday night with a four-set loss to host Brazil.
  The Canadian women dropped the opening set 26-24, won the second 25-23, then lost the next two 26-24 and 25-12.
  With the women’s team still in contention to qualify for Paris 2024, Canadian coach Shannon Winzer stressed the importance of VNL in the big picture.
  “This year’s VNL has the additional importance of achieving our goal of qualifying for Paris 2024,
  
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• Brunson scores 44, Knicks beat Pacers 121-91 to move a win away from conference final

  15-05-2024 04:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson scored 44 points, reaching 40 for the fifth time in this post-season, and the New York Knicks moved a win away from their first Eastern Conference final trip since 2000 by beating the Indiana Pacers 121-91 on Tuesday night in Game 5.
  The Knicks rebounded from a blowout loss on Sunday and guaranteed themselves at least one more game at Madison Square Garden in front of their roaring fans who have been aching to see big games in late spring again. Josh Hart had
  
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• Maryland State Sen. Sarah Elfreth wins Maryland Democratic congressional primary

  15-05-2024 04:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland State Sen. Sarah Elfreth has defeated former U.S. Capitol police officer Harry Dunn in a crowded congressional Democratic primary.
  Elfreth prevailed in a primary with 22 candidates to replace outgoing Rep. John Sarbanes, who announced in October he would not seek a 10th term. The heavily Democratic 3rd Congressional District runs between Baltimore and the nation’s capital.
  During the campaign, Elfreth highlighted her work as a state legislator, getting
  
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• Swayman helps Bruins edge Panthers 2-1 to stave off playoff elimination

  15-05-2024 04:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Jeremy Swayman backed up his victory vow with 28 saves, Charlie McAvoy added to the list of disputed goals in this matchup with the go-ahead marker and the Boston Bruins staved off elimination by beating the Florida Panthers 2-1 in Game 5 of their NHL playoff series on Tuesday night.
  Morgan Geekie also scored for the Bruins, who improved to 2-0 in elimination games this season — they also won a Game 7 over Toronto in Round 1 — and finally found a way to hol
  
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• US Rep. Carol Miller defeats Jan. 6 rioter Derrick Evans for GOP nomination in West Virginia

  15-05-2024 03:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Congresswoman Carol Miller has held off a challenge from convicted Jan. 6 riot participant Derrick Evans to win the Republican primary for her U.S. House seat in West Virginia.
  Miller defeated Evans in the 1st Congressional District and will try to capture her fourth term in November.
  Miller focused on her own accomplishments and endorsements during her campaign, paying little attention to Evans. Not that it was easy.
  Evans verbally attacked Miller with nearly ever
  
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• Biden administration is moving ahead on $1 billion arms package for Israel, AP sources say

  15-05-2024 02:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it is sending a new package of more than $1 billion in arms and ammunition to Israel, two congressional aides said Tuesday.It’s the first arms shipment to Israel to be announced by the administration since it put another arms transfer — consisting of 3,500 bombs — on hold earlier in the month. The administration has said it paused that earlier transfer to keep Israel from using the bombs in its growing offe
  
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• Brad Knott, backed by Trump, wins Republican runoff for North Carolina congressional district

  15-05-2024 01:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Brad Knott has won the Republican primary runoff for the 13th Congressional District in North Carolina. Knott won the nomination over Kelly Daughtry on Tuesday. Daughtry had received the most votes among 14 candidates in the initial March 5 primary, but she didn’t reach the threshold needed to avoid a runoff. Former President Donald Trump backed Knott in early April. Weeks later, Daughtry suspended her campaign, but it was too late to remove her name from the bal
  
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• Rangers’ captain Jacob Trouba earns NHL’s Mark Messier Leadership Award

  15-05-2024 01:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — From one former New York Rangers to a current one, Jacob Trouba was selected as the winner of the Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award, the league announced on Tuesday.
  The award winner is selected personally by Messier and presented since 2007 to a player who “exemplifies great leadership qualities to his team, on and off the ice, during the regular season and who plays a leading role in his community growing the game of hockey.”
  Trouba is the first Rangers’
  
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• Canadian swimmers McIntosh, Harvey finish 1-2 in women’s 200 free at Olympic Trials

  15-05-2024 00:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Canadian teenage swimming sensation Summer McIntosh has her second straight victory at the Olympic & Paralympic Trials.
  She finished first in the women’s 200-metre freestyle at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre. 
  The 17-year-old McIntosh, from Toronto, had a time of one minute 53.69 seconds. 
  Mary-Sophie Harvey of Trois-Rivieres, Que., also finished inside the Olympic qualifying time in 1:55.44 to book her ticket for Paris.
  McIntosh secured a return trip to the
  
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• B.C. needs dedicated, cross-government wildfire strategy: former minister

  15-05-2024 00:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A former British Columbia forests minister says the province is on the right track as it responds to worsening wildfires, but the scale of the challenge is so great, it’s falling behind and needs to prioritize a “whole-of-society” approach.
  Doug Donaldson says the place to start should be a dedicated provincial wildfire strategy that lays out responsibilities for each government ministry, while supporting the participation of local communities, civil society and the forest indu
  
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• Colorado Avalanche try to forge ahead after losing Valeri Nichushkin to six-month suspension

  15-05-2024 00:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DENVER (AP) — The nameplate above the locker for Valeri Nichushkin has already been removed at the Colorado Avalanche’s practice facility.
  It could be just for now — or possibly for good.
  For a second consecutive year, the Avalanche are on the brink of elimination from the playoffs with Nichushkin, one of their top players, unavailable due to circumstances away from the ice.This may be the last straw for the Avs when it comes to the talented 29-year-old Russian forward.Nichushk
  
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• Orioles-Blue Jays game is rained out, to be made up as part of a July 29 doubleheader

  15-05-2024 00:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Toronto manager John Schneider was encouraged by his team’s improved health.
  But a rainout probably wasn’t the worst thing.
  The Blue Jays’ game against the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night was postponed because of rain. It was called about an hour before the scheduled start time and is set to be made up as part of a July 29 doubleheader in Baltimore.
  The teams have a game scheduled Wednesday at 12:35 p.m., although rain is expected that day as well. The
  
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• Jesse Marsch takes the long road to coaching the Canadian men’s soccer team

  15-05-2024 00:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Jesse Marsch’s roots are in Racine, Wis., on the shore of Lake Michigan between Milwaukee and Chicago.
  Thanks to a pilot project, the city’s public schools were organized so kids from different socio-economic and racial backgrounds were evenly distributed. 
  “What it meant was growing up I had friends from all kinds of different places and different kinds of backgrounds,” said Marsch, Canada’s newly appointed men’s soccer coach.
  “We played all kinds
  
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• B.C. First Nation surveys school site as it hosts meeting on unmarked graves

  14-05-2024 23:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — A First Nations community in B.C.’s northern Interior that is hosting a gathering of Indigenous groups involved in the search for unmarked graves says it’s conducting a geophysical survey for such sites on the grounds of a former residential school.
  The Nadleh Whut’en Indian Band, whose territory is about 900 kilometres north of Vancouver, says surveyors are using ground-penetrating radar and magnetometry to detect anomalies at the site of the former
  
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• Whitehorse bans online voting for local elections over risk of foreign interference

  14-05-2024 23:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WHITEHORSE — There will be no internet voting for Whitehorse council this year, after a concern of foreign interference prompted a 6-to-1 vote to remove the idea from the city’s proposed election bylaw. 
  Whitehorse Coun. Ted Laking proposed the change on Monday and says he’s relieved to see the motion passed, because it will protect the integrity of the upcoming municipal election this October. 
  Laking says the city has been a “very strong” proponent of Uk
  
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• Tavares scores in OT, rescues Canada from potential upset in 7-6 win over Austria

  14-05-2024 23:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PRAGUE, Czechia — Captain John Tavares scored 15 seconds into overtime and saved his teammates some embarrassment as Canada held on for a 6-5 win over Austria on Tuesday at the world hockey championship.
  Tavares ended the extra session quickly, taking the puck from behind centre ice, then skating into the Austrian zone and ripping a shot past goaltender David Madlener.
  It was unlikely anyone on the Canadian bench would have thought such heroics would have been necessary after 40 minutes of
  
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• Ippei Mizuhara, ex-interpreter for MLB star Shohei Ohtani, pleads not guilty as a formality

  14-05-2024 23:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani pleaded not guilty Tuesday to bank and tax fraud, a formality ahead of a plea deal he’s negotiated with federal prosecutors in a wide-ranging sports betting case.
  Prosecutors say Ippei Mizuhara stole nearly $17 million from Ohtani to pay off sports gambling debts during a yearslong scheme, at times impersonating Ohtani to bankers, and exploited his personal and professional relationship with the two-
  
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• Spy agency CSIS reveals 24 harassment investigations in annual report

  14-05-2024 22:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s spy agency says in its annual public report that it dealt with 24 harassment investigations last year involving complaints by its staff.
  But the chief human resources officer for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service says the number of investigations shouldn’t be used to criticise the agency, and they instead show more employees are placing “faith and confidence in CSIS’ internal grievance process.”
  Renée de Bellefeuille says in t
  
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