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• Long-time TSN broadcaster Darren Dutchyshen dead at 57

  16-05-2024 16:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Long-time TSN broadcaster Darren Dutchyshen has died, the network announced Thursday.
  TSN said Dutchyshen died Wednesday at age 57. The cause of death was not provided, but his family said in a statement he was “surrounded by his closest loved ones.”
  Dutchyshen began his TSN career in 1995 and became a mainstay on the network’s flagship SportsDesk and SportsCentre news programs over the next three decades. 
  Born in Regina and raised in Porcupine Plain, Sask., he was part o
  
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• B.C. wildfire risk expected to spike this summer after mild spring mitigates blazes

  13-06-2024 00:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A cool and wet spring in parts of British Columbia has helped suppress fire activity, but an expected turn in the weather will likely renew wildfire risk this summer.
  BC Wildfire Service lead forecaster Matt MacDonald says blazes across the province have burned about 300,000 hectares so far this year.
  MacDonald says while the amount is “not insignificant,” the majority of those fires were in the northeast, and the province had logged close to one million hectares bu
  
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• Court-imposed deadline to pass new citizenship law approaching next week

  13-06-2024 00:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government has just a week left to make key changes to the Citizenship Act in response to a court ruling last year.
  The Ontario Superior Court has not yet agreed to extend the looming deadline, the Immigration Department said Wednesday, and NDP attempts to rush legislation through the House of Commons have failed.If the Liberals’ bill doesn’t pass before next week’s deadline, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said the minister himself has to decide ind
  
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• ‘Celebrate the wins:’ Family of tiny Oilers fan cheers team on from hospital

  12-06-2024 23:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SASKATOON, Sask. — A hospital room in Saskatoon has become a cheering section for perhaps the youngest and tiniest fan of the Edmonton Oilers.
  Baby Mark’s hospital bed at the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital is adorned with orange and blue memorabilia, including a hockey stick, pucks and a sign that reads Baby’s 1st Stanley Cup Playoff.
  The fourth-generation Oilers fan is just shy of three months old and weighs in at five pounds.He’s been in hospital since he was bo
  
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• Rookie Tobias Myers wins back-to-back starts and Brewers beat Blue Jays 5-4

  12-06-2024 23:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Rookie Tobias Myers won back-to-back starts for the first time, allowing one run and three hits over six innings to lead the Milwaukee Brewers over the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Wednesday for their sixth straight home series win.
  Myers (3-2) struck out four and walked one, leaving with a 5-1 lead. The 25-year-old right-hander improved to 3-0 in his last five starts.Milwaukee stranded the potential tying run at third base in a three-run ninth when pinch-hitter Vladimir Guerr
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs Acquire Veteran Forward Dakota MacIntosh

  12-06-2024 23:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The Chilliwack Chiefs are pleased to announce the acquisition of veteran forward, Dakota MacIntosh, from the Blackfalds Bulldogs as a part of a three-team trade.  
  The Langley Rivermen receive the rights to forward Mason Kesselring, from the Chiefs. The Blackfalds Bulldogs receive the rights to defenseman, Rylan Bonkowski. 
  “It’s an exciting time to be able to call myself a Chief. I’m super excited about the opportunity to play in such a prestigious organization as Ch
  
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• President Joe Biden faces first lawsuit over new asylum crackdown at the border

  12-06-2024 23:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of immigrant advocacy groups sued the Biden administration on Wednesday over President Joe Biden’s recent directive that effectively halts asylum claims at the southern border, saying it differs little from a similar move during the Trump administration that was blocked by the courts.
  The lawsuit — filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and others on behalf of Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center and RAICES — is the first test of the l
  
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• NDP bill to criminalize coercive control in intimate partner violence heads to Senate

  12-06-2024 23:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — An NDP private member’s bill that would criminalize a pattern of abuse known as coercive control is heading to the Senate.The legislation from Victoria MP Laurel Collins passed third reading unanimously in the House of Commons today.The bill would amend the Criminal Code to criminalize coercive control, which experts say abusers often use to isolate and instil fear into victims of intimate partner violence.It defines coercive control as behaviour that includes threatening to
  
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• Ottawa Redblacks kick off anniversary season with high hopes against Blue Bombers

  12-06-2024 22:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks hope to have much to celebrate during their 10th anniversary season, starting with a win Thursday night against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  After four years of disappointment and dashed expectations, everyone from the front office to the coaches, players and fans is ready to have something to cheer about.
  The first test comes against a seasoned and ornery Winnipeg Blue Bombers, setting up a showdown between new Ottawa quarterback Dru Brown and his mentor, Zack C
  
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• Oil Country: Newmarket residents proud of homegrown Oilers star Connor McDavid

  12-06-2024 22:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEWMARKET, Ont. — A small trophy in Michaela McKeown’s classroom at Clearmeadow Public School serves as a reminder for students of what’s at stake in the annual floor hockey competition in the facility’s gymnasium.Knowing that a homegrown NHL superstar won it on several occasions only adds to the allure.McKeown, who has organized the event for students in Grades 3-5 at the Newmarket, Ont., school for almost two decades, said former pupil and current Edmonton Oilers forwar
  
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• Barkov back on ice for Panthers, who lead final thanks to scoring from unsung heroes

  12-06-2024 22:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Paul Maurice was in a much better mood Wednesday.
  The Florida Panthers coach admitted the previous day that he was “grumpy” after Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final, despite a dominant victory over the Edmonton Oilers that gave his team a 2-0 series lead.
  That was mostly because of the unknown status of Aleksander Barkov, Florida’s captain who was knocked out of the game midway through the third period after Edmonton forward Leon Draisaitl hit him in the
  
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• Collision organizers to bring North American version of Web Summit conference to B.C.

  12-06-2024 22:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Global technology conference Web Summit is headed to Vancouver next May with a new North American iteration of the event.Other versions of Web Summit have taken place in Portugal, Brazil and Qatar and the same organizers are behind the Rise conference in Asia and the Collision event Toronto has hosted since 2019.
  Organizers say Web Summit Vancouver will take the place of Collision, which is being held in Toronto next week.They did not immediately respond to a request for commen
  
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• House votes to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for withholding Biden audio

  12-06-2024 22:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Wednesday to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio of President Joe Biden’s interview in his classified documents case, Republicans’ latest and strongest rebuke of the Justice Department as partisan conflict over the rule of law animates the 2024 presidential campaign.The 216-207 vote fell along party lines, with Republicans coalescing behind the contempt effort despite reservations among
  
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• Farnworth ‘glad’ Surrey joins completion of transition from RCMP to municipal force

  12-06-2024 22:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — B.C. Solicitor General Mike Farnworth says he is pleased the City of Surrey will join in on the transition from the RCMP to a municipal police service following a council address by Mayor Brenda Locke accepting a court ruling.Farnworth says in a statement that the people of Surrey want the policing issue to be over and he’s looking forward to working with all parties to ensure a successful, safe and quick transition.
  The status of policing in Surrey has been a divisive iss
  
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• B.C. motorcyclist dies after crashing into car, falling onto highway

  12-06-2024 22:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DELTA, B.C. — Police say a motorcyclist is dead in a crash Wednesday that snarled morning traffic for Metro Vancouver commuters.
  A statement from the RCMP says the rider drove into a car then fell onto the roadway and was critically injured by the rear wheels of a semi-truck.Police say the truck driver didn’t remain at the scene of the crash on Highway 99 near the George Massey Tunnel in Delta, B.C.They say patrol officers were searching for the truck driver who may not have been awa
  
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• Oilers want more shots on Panthers goalie Bobrovsky as Stanley Cup shifts to Edmonton

  12-06-2024 22:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Florida Panthers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky has turned away 50 of 51 shots through the first two games of the Stanley Cup final.The vaunted Edmonton Oilers’ power-play hasn’t scored in seven opportunities.
  If these trends continue, it will be an awfully short final series that could end as early as Saturday night.
  But as the scene shifts to Edmonton for Thursday’s Game 3, the Oilers don’t feel Bobrovsky is in their heads — or that they have to make a l
  
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• Canadian women’s under-20 rugby team to play in four-country tournament in Wales

  12-06-2024 22:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada’s under-20 women’s rugby team will play host Wales, England and the United States next month in the inaugural Women’s U20 Transatlantic Quad Series in Cardiff.
  Head coach Dean Murten has summoned 32 players to a July 3-9 camp in Smiths Falls, Ont., before selecting the 30 — woman tour roster.
  Canada will open against the U.S. on July 14 at Cardiff Metropolitan University before facing England on July 19 and Wales on July 24 with both games at Cardiff Arms Park.&ldq
  
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• Quebec police arrest three in $9-million fraud, data theft case involving Desjardins

  12-06-2024 22:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal-area police have arrested three people in connection with a major data theft and $8.9-million fraud involving the co-operative financial group Desjardins.
  Police in Laval, Que., say one of the suspects was caught with a list of personal data for 1.6 million Quebecers.
  The arrests are tied to a 2019 data theft that targeted more than 9.7 million Desjardins clients in Canada and internationally, including almost seven million Quebecers.
  Police say the three suspects used
  
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• Undercover officer says accused at Coutts blockade spoke of killing police

  12-06-2024 21:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — An undercover officer at the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., says an accused confided in her that he expected to die in the standoff and planned to slit the throats of police.
  The officer testified that Anthony Olienick told her the blockade represented the war he was meant to fight in and he called it his destiny.
  The officer, who can’t be identified, is testifying at the trial of Olienick and Chris Carbert.
  The two are charged with conspiracy to commit murder.
  
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• At least 49 die and 140 are missing after migrant boat sinks off Yemen’s coast, UN agency says

  12-06-2024 21:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CAIRO (AP) — A boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Yemen, killing at least 49 people and leaving another 140 missing, the U.N. agency said Tuesday.The boat was carrying about 260 Somalis and Ethiopians from the northern coast of Somalia on the 320-kilometer (200-mile) journey across the Gulf of Aden when it sank Monday off of Yemen’s southern coast, the International Organization for Migration said in a statement.
  Seventy-one people have been rescued and the search is ongoin
  
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• Argentine riot police disperse protesters with water cannons ahead of key Senate vote

  12-06-2024 21:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine riot police blasted protesters with water cannons to disperse crowds outside of Congress on Wednesday, escalating tensions before lawmakers were expected to vote on state overhaul and tax bills proposed by President Javier Milei.Libertarian Milei’s political opponents, powerful trade unions and thousands of demonstrators began converging around Congress early Wednesday when the Senate opened debate on the key legislation.The demonstrators urge
  
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• Golf Canada executive and former Argos RB Bryan Crawford named OHL commissioner

  12-06-2024 21:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Sports executive and former CFL player Bryan Crawford has been named the next commissioner of the Ontario Hockey League.
  The major junior league announced in a release Wednesday that Crawford will begin his tenure on Aug. 6.
  The 42-year-old Crawford has spent the last six years with Golf Canada as the tournament director for the RBC Canadian Open.
  Before that, he held executive roles with Basketball Canada and Ontario University Athletics.
  Crawford spent seven seasons (2005-11) a
  
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• B.C. driver dies from injuries days after windshield crash on highway

  12-06-2024 21:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — The driver injured when a rock crashed through her vehicle’s windshield last week on a Metro Vancouver highway has died.
  BC Highway Patrol Cpl. Melissa Jongema confirmed that the vehicle’s 34-year-old female driver has died of her injuries after the crash on June 6.Police said a day after the crash on Highway 1 that a “large rock” had been recovered from the scene.
  Jongema said police are still investigating where the rock may have come from and no ad
  
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• Man charged with murder in stabbing death of Vancouver restaurant chef

  12-06-2024 21:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Vancouver police have arrested and charged a 32-year-old man in the stabbing death of a Japanese restaurant chef near the city’s Chinatown last week.
  Police say Timothy Isborn faces a second-degree murder charge following their six-day investigation.
  The stabbing happened in the early hours of June 5, when 32-year-old chef Wataru Kakiuchi was found injured and died before he could be taken to hospital.
  Police say the suspect and the victim did not know each other before t
  
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• Market rental units available in new Paramount building in downtown Chilliwack

  12-06-2024 21:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The operator of the new six-storey building in downtown Chilliwack says there are market rental apartments available for rent for seniors inside the new Paramount building on Yale Road, but all subsidized units have been taken.
  According to a Facebook post, Chilliwack Community Services notified the community Friday (June 7) about the availability of market rental units for people ages 55 and up in the Paramount. Prices are $1,170 per month for people who have lived in Chilliw
  
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• Construction underway on downtown Chilliwack breezeway project, Yale Road beautification

  12-06-2024 20:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The City of Chilliwack says construction has begun on a downtown breezeway project that will connect Yale Road in downtown Chilliwack to the Victoria Avenue parking lot just north of the Paramount Building.On its website, the city says Marex Constructors initiated construction at the end of May and is expected to finish by the end of the summer.“The breezeway may need to be closed at times to facilitate a safe work area,” the city wrote on its website. “The C
  
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• Canadian media a target for foreign interference: national security committee chair

  12-06-2024 20:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Foreign actors are trying to interfere with the Canadian media, and journalists and their bosses need to be aware of it, the chairman of Parliament’s national security committee warned on Wednesday.All forms of media, including mainstream media, are being subjected to interference by bad actors, Liberal MP David McGuinty said.McGuinty said he can’t divulge specifics because the information is classified.The media was singled out in a recent review by the National Secur
  
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• Andreescu advances to Libema Open quarterfinals with win over Yuan

  12-06-2024 20:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada’s Bianca Andreescu advanced to her first quarterfinal of the tennis season Wednesday with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Yue Yuan in second-round action at the Libema Open.
  Andreescu hit 22 winners to 19 unforced errors and saved five of six break points in the win over the sixth seed from China.
  The 23-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., put the match away when Yuan’s return of Andreescu’s match-point serve went long.
  Andreescu is playing in her second event of the year. She returned
  
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• Wildfire forecast anticipates high risk for new wildfires in Prairies, N.W.T.

  12-06-2024 20:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The wildfire season has been less dire so far this year than 2023, but the risk is high across most of the country for new fires to erupt this summer.
  The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre says there were 120 active fires burning on Tuesday, including 46 that were out of control.
  About 5,200 square kilometres of land has burned so far this year — almost two-thirds of it in British Columbia.
  By this time last year more than 46,000 square kilometres had already burned, h
  
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• LeBlanc stops short of directing inquiry to name meddling MPs, at least for now

  12-06-2024 20:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Democratic Institutions Minister Dominic LeBlanc is affirming a plan to have an ongoing commission of inquiry delve into allegations about MPs colluding with foreign meddlers.
  But LeBlanc is stopping short, at least for now, of accepting a demand from one senator to give commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue the power to publicly name MPs involved in interference.
  The National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians said in a public report last week that some MPs w
  
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