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• Indigenous art unveiled at Chilliwack City Hall

  15-05-2024 20:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The City of Chilliwack says two new welcome figures, carved by Yeqwyeqwí:ws First Nation Chief Terry Horne, were unveiled in front Chilliwack City Hall with Mayor and Council earlier this week.According to a news release from the city, the two posts feature a stunning depiction of Chilliwack accompanied by mountains and the river. There is a figure on each post: a male on the right and female on the left, each with their hands raised in a welcoming gesture. The base con
  
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• Fire breaks out near Fraser Canyon Hospital in Hope

  11-06-2024 00:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — Hope Fire Department says it responded Sunday evening (June 9) to a brush fire close to an outbuilding at Fraser Canyon Hospital.According to a brief Facebook post from the fire agency, nine Hope firefighters attended and were able to quickly down the fire.The cause remains unknown and is being investigated by Hope RCMP personnel.“This fire demonstrates the risk a brush fire presents to nearby structures and why District of Hope FireSmart is so important,” Hope Fire wrot
  
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• Rare white grizzly bear Nakoda and her cubs die in separate crashes in B.C. park

  11-06-2024 00:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FIELD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — Parks Canada says a rare white grizzly bear has died of injuries that happened when she was struck by a car on the Trans-Canada Highway in British Columbia’s Yoho National Park, on the same day her cubs were killed in an earlier crash.
  It says the crash that killed the adult bear, nicknamed Nakoda, happened on Thursday about 12 hours after the two cubs were struck and killed on the highway in southeast B.C. that morning.
  The agency says wildlife mana
  
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• B.C. Coroners Service investigating deceased person found in a small car along Chilliwack Lake Road

  11-06-2024 00:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The B.C. Coroners Service has confirmed that it is investigating the discovery of a body in the Chilliwack River Valley over the weekend.
  According to a brief email confirmation Monday afternoon, Amber Schinkel from the B.C. Coroners Service says there is an open investigation about a person that was located deceased.
  “I can confirm the B.C. Coroners Service is investigating, but because it’s an open investigation, I cannot provide any more details,” said Sch
  
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• Donald Trump completes mandatory presentencing interview after less than 30 minutes of questioning

  11-06-2024 00:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump ‘s mandatory presentencing interview Monday ended after less than a half-hour of routine and uneventful questions and answers, a person familiar with the matter told the Associated Press. The person was not authorized to speak publicly and did so on condition of anonymity.The former president was quizzed by a New York City probation officer for a report that will be compiled and presented to trial judge Juan M. Merchan prior to Trump’s July 11 sente
  
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• ‘Time for another title’: Cadence Weapon reworks Oilers anthem for Stanley Cup finals

  10-06-2024 23:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Cadence Weapon has put a new Stanley Cup twist on his rap anthem “Connor McDavid.”
  As the Edmonton Oilers head into the second game of the NHL final tonight, the hometown rapper and self-professed fan has issued a revised take on his 2017 tribute to the rookie player, now turned team captain.
  “Connor McDavid – 2024 Stanley Cup Version” updates the original lyrics to include current players on the Oilers roster and a wink to the last time the Oilers w
  
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• Doneil Henry adds sideline duties to his sporting director role at Simcoe County

  10-06-2024 23:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BARRIE, Ont. — Canadian international defender Doneil Henry is adding sideline duties to his role as sporting director of League1 Ontario’s Simcoe County Rovers.
  The semi-pro side, currently 10th in the 12-team League1 Ontario standings at 1-4-2, announced Monday that it has fired head coach Zico Mahrady and assistant coach Arta Mohasses.
  While Zack Wilson has been named interim head coach and Carli Tingstad assistant coach, Simcoe says Henry will lead the technical staff, including
  
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• Union representing Canadian border agents moves strike deadline to Friday at midnight

  10-06-2024 22:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The union representing more than 9,000 Canada Border Services Agency employees says workers are set to strike on Friday if a deal is not reached with the federal government by then.The Public Service Alliance of Canada says it has moved its strike deadline to Friday at midnight after extending negotiations with the Treasury Board last week.Border workers were set to strike as early as 4 p.m. last Friday, but shortly after that deadline, a spokesperson for the union said negotiatio
  
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• As F1 grid tightens up, drivers fear new regulations could widen gap again

  10-06-2024 22:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — McLaren driver Lando Norris believes Formula One is more exciting than it has been in a long time, but fears that may change with the sport’s governing body set to implement new regulations.
  The F1 grid is tightening after years of undisputed Red Bull supremacy and it’s making for great entertainment, as seen last weekend at the Canadian Grand Prix.
  Although Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won out at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, the result was far from a foregone concl
  
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• Shania Twain, Our Lady Peace to perform in Edmonton ahead of Stanley Cup games

  10-06-2024 22:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Two of the biggest musical acts in Canadian history will be backing the Edmonton Oilers and entertaining their fans during the Stanley Cup Final.
  The Florida Panthers lead the Oilers in the best-of-seven series 1-0 and will host Game 2 on Monday night.
  Five-time Grammy winner Shania Twain and four-time Juno Award-winning rock band Our Lady Peace will headline free musical performances as part of the Rogers Festival at the Final outside Edmonton’s Rogers Place for Games 3 a
  
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• Hamilton Tiger-Cats sign quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa to their practice roster

  10-06-2024 22:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats signed American quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa to the practice roster Monday.
  Tagovailoa’s older brother, Tua, is the starting quarterback with the NFL’s Miami Dolphins.
  Taulia Tagovailoa, 24, played collegiately at Maryland. The five-foot-11, 200-pound Hawaiian appeared in 41 games over four seasons, completing 955-of-1,424 passes (67.1 per cent) for 11,256 yards and 76 touchdowns while rushing for 13 TDs.
  He began his collegiate career at Ala
  
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• Canada Soccer reveals Canadian Championship semifinal dates. And there’s a wait

  10-06-2024 22:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Fans will have to wait to see who makes it to the final of the Canadian Championship.
  That’s because there will be an almost seven-week delay between the first and second legs of the soccer cup semifinals.
  The semifinal draw was held May 29 at halftime of Pacific FC’s 2-1 aggregate win over Atletico Ottawa in the second leg of their quarterfinal in Langford, B.C. But the dates for the semifinals — July 10 and Aug. 27 — were not released until Monday.
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• Marquette University President Michael Lovell dies in Rome

  10-06-2024 22:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Marquette University President Michael Lovell has died in Rome after a three-year battle with cancer. He was 57.
  Lovell had been suffering from sarcoma, a rare form of cancer that develops in the bones and soft tissues, when he died Sunday, university officials said in a news release posted on X, the social medial platform formerly known as Twitter. Lovell and his wife, Amy, were in Rome on a Jesuit formation pilgrimage when he fell ill and was taken to a hospital, accordi
  
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• Federal government to give Quebec $750 million for surge in temporary immigrants

  10-06-2024 22:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUÉBEC — Quebec Premier François Legault say Ottawa is offering $750 million to help pay for a surge in temporary immigrants to the province.
  Legault had been asking Ottawa for $1 billion to cover costs incurred from 2021 to 2023.
  The news comes as the two leaders met today in Quebec City following Legault’s demands that Ottawa reduce the number of temporary immigrants in the province and pay the costs linked to housing and caring for them and their children.
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• UN Security Council adopts a cease-fire resolution aimed at ending Israel-Hamas war in Gaza

  10-06-2024 21:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Monday approved its first resolution endorsing a cease-fire plan aimed at ending the eight-month Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
  The vote on the U.S.-sponsored resolution was 14-0, with Russia abstaining.
  The resolution welcomes a cease-fire proposal announced by President Joe Biden that the United States says Israel has accepted. It calls on Hamas, which initially said it viewed the proposal “positively,” to accept the three-phase p
  
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• The Rev. James Lawson Jr. has died at 95, civil rights leader’s family says

  10-06-2024 21:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the Civil Rights Movement gained traction, has died, his family said Monday. He was 95.
  His family said Monday that Lawson died on Sunday after a short illness in Los Angeles, where he spent decades working as a pastor, labor movement organizer and university professor.
  Lawson was a close adviser to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., wh
  
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• Harrison Hot Springs mayor says farewell to public office

  10-06-2024 21:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HARRISON HOT SPRINGS — The contentious drama afflicting the Village of Harrison Hot Springs mayor and council just took another bizarre turn Monday morning (June 10).Mayor Ed Wood announced Monday morning that he has submitted his resignation effective at the end of today (June 10).“Please accept this as my official notice of resignation effective end of today,” a message on the village website stated. “I personally would like to thank both the Corporate Officer and the C
  
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• B.C. police seek witnesses, video of 93-year-old woman being pushed in front of bus

  10-06-2024 21:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PENTICTON, B.C. — Mounties in Penticton, B.C., are looking for witnesses after they say a 93-year-old woman was pushed in front of a moving city bus.
  Police received a report around 11 a.m. on Wednesday that a woman pushing a cart full of belongings “forcefully pushed” the elderly woman into the path of the bus as it left a stop near Calgary Avenue and Main Street.
  They say the bus driver was able to stop in time and bystanders helped the victim, but were unable to stop the sus
  
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• Man airlifted to hospital after suffering injuries from possible stabbing in Chilliwack Friday

  10-06-2024 21:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — B.C. Emergency Health Services says a man was airlifted to hospital after a “police incident” Friday (June 7) near the Vedder Bridge.
  According to combined statements from both the Chilliwack RCMP and B.C. Emergency Health Services, first responders received a call at 11:26 a.m. on Friday, June 7 about a police incident near Vedder Road and Chilliwack Lake Road.“An air ambulance, an advanced care paramedic response unit, and an ambulance with primary care par
  
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• Agassiz RCMP says a man has died after ATV crash sent him down an embankment on Harrison East FSR

  10-06-2024 20:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AGASSIZ — The Agassiz RCMP detachment says it is investigating a fatal collision on Harrison East Forest Service Road last week.
  According to a statement from Sgt. Andy Lot, detachment commander for the Agassiz RCMP, Mounties in Agassiz were dispatched on Tuesday, June 4 at approximately 10:40 p.m. for the report of an ATV collision at the 4-kilometer mark of Harrison East Forest Service Road in Agassiz. Police officers attended the scene and located two men down an embankment with signifi
  
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• Canada captain says ‘anything is possible’ in T20 World Cup match against Pakistan

  10-06-2024 20:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada can expect a motivated Pakistan when they meet Tuesday at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in suburban New York.
  Winless after two games at the 20-country cricket tournament, the sixth-ranked Pakistanis need to beat No. 23 Canada and No. 11 Ireland and get help elsewhere if they are to progress to the Super-8 stage.
  Canada, meanwhile, is buoyed by its first-ever T20 World Cup win — a 12-run victory over Ireland on Friday that followed a seven-wicket loss to the 18th-ranked U.S. in
  
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• As Oilers chase Stanley Cup rings, former Oiler Esa Tikkanen sheds some of his

  10-06-2024 20:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Several Edmonton Oilers are trying to win the first Stanley Cup rings of their careers. Esa Tikkanen is getting rid of his.
  The 59-year-old from Helsinki won four Stanley Cups with the Edmonton Oilers between 1985 and 1990, and another with the New York Rangers in 1994.
  The current Oilers are trying to win the Stanley Cup for the franchise’s first time since Tikkanen, Mark Messier, Jari Kurri and company hoisted Lord Stanley’s trophy in 1990.Wayne Gretzky was Tikkanen’s teammat
  
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• Montreal facing questions on sudden patio closing during busy Grand Prix night

  10-06-2024 20:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal’s administration is facing questions after fire prevention officers ordered a number of restaurants to shut their packed outdoor seating areas during the busy Grand Prix weekend.
  City hall opposition group Ensemble Montreal is joining its voice to those calling on the administration and the fire department to explain why shocked customers were ordered off the patios on Peel Street at around 9 p.m. on Friday during one of the busiest nights of the year.
  Sandra Ferr
  
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• Chilliwack company gives up on Portage Park little library after it was vandalized and later burned

  10-06-2024 20:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Tony Gore of the Gore Brothers development company has cherished the opportunity to build little book houses at various parks across Chilliwack as a way of instilling literacy and a love of books into the hearts of young kids.
  Gore, a longtime Chilliwack resident who is the father of two young kids himself, says Gore Brothers teamed up with the Rotary Club of Chilliwack to install five little book houses across Chilliwack.
  “Overall, the five books have had an amazing res
  
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• Plouffe twins headline Canada’s Olympic 3×3 women’s basketball roster

  10-06-2024 20:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Twin sisters Katherine and Michelle Plouffe headline Canada’s 3×3 women’s basketball roster for the upcoming Paris Olympics.
  Paige Crozon of Humboldt, Sask., and Kacie Bosch of Lethbridge, Alta., join Edmonton’s Plouffe sisters on the roster announced Monday by Canada Basketball and the Canadian Olympic Committee.
  The 3×3 team qualified for Paris by finishing third at an Olympic qualifying tournament last month.
  Canada defeated host Hungary 21-10 in
  
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• Rightward shift in European elections could impact Canada trade, climate policy

  10-06-2024 20:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A lurch to the far-right in this past weekend’s Europe-wide elections could have implications for Canada’s trade and climate policy.
  Far-right parties have surged in voting for the European Parliament, taking the share of mainstream parties.
  French President Emmanuel Macron made a surprise call for early legislative elections after his party suffered a heavy loss to the far-right National Rally party.
  The extreme-right Alternative for Germany reached second place despi
  
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• Wildfire that forced thousands from Fort Nelson, B.C., now listed as under control

  10-06-2024 20:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FORT NELSON, B.C. — The wildfire that forced 4,700 people to leave their homes in Fort Nelson, B.C., is now listed as under control.The BC Wildfire Service says in a social media statement that the 123-square-kilometre fire in northeastern B.C. is not expected to grow beyond its current boundary.All evacuation alerts connected to the fire have been lifted.The Parker Lake blaze came within a few kilometres of Fort Nelson on May 10, prompting the evacuation of most of the town.
  The fire dest
  
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• Freeland challenges Tories to take stand on capital gains changes with House motion

  10-06-2024 19:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland laid down a tax gauntlet for her Conservative opponents today with a motion to make the promised changes to capital gains taxes a reality.
  The adjustment will mean higher tax bills for most Canadians who make more than $250,000 in profits in a single year from capital income like the sale of secondary properties or stock options.
  Freeland is billing the change as a matter of fairness to ensure millionaires aren’t paying a smaller tax rate t
  
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• Veteran running back Carey enjoys solid debut in Argos win over Lions

  10-06-2024 19:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — It didn’t take Ka’Deem Carey long to fit into the Toronto Argonauts’ offence.
  The veteran running back accumulated 105 yards from scrimmage Sunday night in Toronto’s season-opening 35-27 home win over B.C. Carey rushed for 65 yards on 16 carries (4.1-yard average) and added four catches for 40 yards and a touchdown as the Argos ran for 120 yard overall on 26 carries.
  It was a solid debut for Carey, who signed with Toronto this off-season after being releas
  
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• RCMP, B.C. Securities Commission deliver warnings to 10 suspected ‘money mules’

  10-06-2024 19:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — Police and the British Columbia Securities Commission say they have delivered warnings to 10 suspected “money mules” in an effort to fight investment fraud aimed at people in the province.
  A joint statement issued by the commission and RCMP says investigators have hand-delivered warning letters to people in Metro Vancouver who were suspected of transferring funds on behalf of criminals.
  They say the use of the so-called mules is a common tactic in money launderin
  
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