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• Nurses rally to pressure B.C. NDP govt. to make changes at hospital in Merritt; ER was closed 17 times in 2023

  18-04-2024 17:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MERRITT — Nurses concerned with working conditions at Nicola Valley Hospital in Merritt took part in a noontime rally Wednesday (Apr. 17), protesting incessant closures in the emergency department, weekly service disruptions and ongoing patient diversions.
  The rally was held between noon and 1 p.m. Wednesday behind the hospital in the Community Gardens.
  Nicola Valley Hospital in Merritt saw 17 closures of its emergency room due to staff shortages in 2023, and has already closed its emergen
  
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• Hughes, Makar, Josi named finalists for NHL’s defenceman of the year

  01-05-2024 17:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Quinn Hughes of the Vancouver Canucks, Cale Makar of the Colorado Avalanche, and Roman Josi of the Nashville Predators are the three finalists for the Norris Trophy, awarded to the NHL’s best defenceman, the league announced Wednesday.
  The trophy is voted on by members of the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association. 
  Hughes, in his first season as Canucks captain, led all blueliners with a career-high 92 points (17 goals, 75 assists) and set franchise records f
  
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• Conservatives call on Commons Speaker to resign, say he let Trudeau cross the line

  01-05-2024 17:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Conservative MPs want House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus to resign after ejecting their leader — and not Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — during a heated debate Tuesday.
  The Conservatives say Fergus did not apply the rules equally during a tense back and forth between Trudeau and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.
  Poilievre was kicked out of the chamber after he called Trudeau a “wacko prime minister” and refused Fergus’s request to withdraw the r
  
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• Canfor buying lumber mill in Arkansas from Domtar affiliate for US$73 million

  01-05-2024 17:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Canfor Corp. says it has signed a deal with an affiliate of Domtar Corp. to buy its El Dorado lumber manufacturing facility in Arkansas for US$73 million.
  The facility in Union County, Ark., produces dimensional lumber and specialty wood products.Canfor says it expects production capacity at the mill to increase to 175 million board feet per year after planned upgrades.
  The deal came as the forestry company reported a loss of C$64.5 million or 54 cents per diluted share for the
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: NDP’s so-called “safe supply” is endangering communities

  01-05-2024 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  David Eby’s dangerous experiment to decriminalize and normalize hard drug use has devastated lives and shattered communities.
  For the last 15 months, our BC United Caucus has relentlessly pressured the NDP to scrap their reckless decriminalization experiment, calling attention to the rapid increase of open drug use that has occurred. Nurses in every corner of British Columbia have bravely spoken out and shared their stories about daily encounters with open drug use in hospitals that have i
  
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• Rookie goaltender Joseph Woll stands tall, gives Maple Leafs life against Bruins

  01-05-2024 16:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON — Joseph Woll knew he wasn’t getting the nod for Game 1 of the playoffs.
  The Toronto Maple Leafs had clearly been trending towards Ilya Samsonov late in the regular season, including a week of rest for the goaltender ahead of the Stanley Cup chase.
  Woll didn’t pout or show any disappointment at getting passed over. He simply kept his head down and continued on the same regimented path.
  “It was really obvious to me that he was going to just continue to work,”
  
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• Wrexham owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney want to expand stadium capacity to 55,000

  01-05-2024 16:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have given an insight into their long-term ambitions for Welsh soccer team Wrexham, which they hope could eventually see the capacity of its Racecourse Ground stadium increase massively to 55,000.The Hollywood pair have already transformed the fortunes of the historic but down-on-its-luck club through their $2.5 million takeover in 2021 and the fly-on-the-wall documentary series “Welcome to Wrexham” that is streamed around the world.After back-to-back
  
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• Nova Scotia mass shooting: progress report released on response to public inquiry

  01-05-2024 16:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — An independent committee released today its first report on how governments and the RCMP are responding to the inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia that claimed 22 lives.
  The federal-provincial inquiry, known as the Mass Casualty Commission, submitted a final report last year that included 130 non-binding recommendations for change, half of which focus on policing.
  The document released today by the 16-member Progress Monitoring Committee includes a thorough account
  
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• Tennis legend Boris Becker discharged from bankruptcy court in England

  01-05-2024 15:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — German tennis legend Boris Becker was discharged from bankruptcy court in London after a judge found Wednesday he had done “all that he reasonably could do” to repay creditors tens of millions of pounds.
  Becker fell far short of repaying his creditors in full, but Chief Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Nicholas Briggs said it would be “perverse” not to end the case given the efforts Becker made.
  “On the spectrum of bankrupts who range from &l
  
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• Ontario’s police watchdog continues probe of high-speed pursuit involving fatal crash

  01-05-2024 15:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The investigation continues into a collision that killed two grandparents and their infant grandchild during a high-speed police chase on the wrong way of Highway 401 east of Toronto.
  The Monday night crash – which also left the person in the suspect van dead – raised questions about the police pursuit that had been triggered by an alleged liquor store robbery, as Ontario’s police watchdog began its investigation into what happened.
  Monica Hudon of Ontario’s Special Inves
  
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• Montreal police have been asked by McGill to dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment

  01-05-2024 14:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Officials at McGill University are awaiting word from Montreal police, following a request to help clear a pro-Palestinian encampment on the school grounds.
  The call for assistance comes after efforts to persuade the protesters to end what the school has called an illegal action failed.
  The demonstrators say they have no intention of dismantling their tents until McGill, as well as nearby Concordia University, divests from all companies that are “profiting from genocide.”
  A spokeswom
  
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• Hurricanes’ depth proves critical to secure 2nd-round playoff matchup against the Rangers

  01-05-2024 14:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes are getting production throughout their lineup to start the NHL playoffs. They’ll need it going forward if they’re going to take down the Presidents’ Trophy-winning New York Rangers.
  The Hurricanes closed out the New York Islanders in a first-round series on Tuesday night. The win came with a healthy output from the supporting forwards behind top threats like Sebastian Aho, Andrei Svechnikov, Seth Jarvis and Jake Guentzel in wh
  
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• 1 person dead, homes destroyed after tornado rips through northeastern Kansas

  01-05-2024 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WESTMORELAND, Kan. (AP) — One person died Tuesday when a tornado ripped through the small city of Westmoreland in northeastern Kansas, destroying houses, RVs and outbuildings, authorities said.
  Pottawatomie County officials said on Facebook that a tornado struck the city of about 700 people Tuesday evening, destroying 22 homes, three RVs and five outbuildings and damaging another 13 homes and one commercial building. First responders were conducting grid searches in Westmoreland to survey
  
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• In the news today: McGill asks police for help, Trans Mountain expansion starts up

  01-05-2024 10:17 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…
  Montreal police asked to clear McGill protestors
  Officials at McGill University are awaiting word from Montreal police, following a request to help clear a pro-Palestinian encampment on the school grounds.
  The call for assistance comes after efforts to persuade the protesters to end what the school has called an illegal action failed.
  The demonstrators say they have no int
  
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• Police set to begin search of Saskatoon landfill for woman missing since 2020

  01-05-2024 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SASKATOON — Police and specialized dogs are set to start searching Saskatoon’s landfill for a woman who has been missing for more than three years. 
  Mackenzie Lee Trottier was 22 when last seen in December 2020.
  Police have said that during their investigation devices were seized and information has pointed officers to a specific part of the landfill.
  The area is about 930 cubic metres in size and one metre deep. 
  The multi-agency search, which is to include help from Calga
  
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• NHL roundup: Maple Leafs avoid elimination with 2-1 OT win over Bruins

  01-05-2024 08:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Matthew Knies scored less than three minutes into overtime off a feed from John Tavares and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 on Tuesday night to stave off elimination in their first-round NHL playoffs matchup. 
  Jack McCabe added a goal and Joseph Woll finished with 28 saves to help Toronto cut Boston’s lead in the best-of-seven series to 3-2. Game 6 is set for Thursday in Toronto. 
  Ilya Lyubushkin, Max Domi, Mitch Marner had assists for the M
  
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• Police clear pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall

  01-05-2024 07:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The pro-Palestinian demonstration that paralyzed Columbia University ended in dramatic fashion late Tuesday, with police carrying riot shields swarming the Ivy League campus, bursting into an administration building protesters took over the previous night and making dozens of arrests.A statement released by a Columbia spokesperson said New York City officers entered the campus after the university requested help. A tent encampment on the school’s grounds to protest th
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Jets eliminated from NHL playoffs with loss to Avalanche

  01-05-2024 06:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets have been eliminated from the NHL playoffs with a 6-3 loss in Game 5 of their first-round series with the Colorado Avalanche.
  The teams were tied 3-3 in the third period but a pair of goals from Colorado’s Mikko Rantanen and an empty-netter from Josh Manson provided the winning margin.
  The Avalanche won the best-of-seven matchup in five games after losing the series opener 7-6.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Chinese scientist who published COVID-19 virus sequence allowed back in his lab after sit-in protest

  01-05-2024 06:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China said he was allowed back into his lab after he spent days locked outside, sitting in protest.
  Zhang Yongzhen wrote in an online post early Wednesday that authorities had “tentatively agreed” to allow him and his team to return to his laboratory and continue their research for the time being.
  Zhang had been staging a sit-in protest outside his lab since the weekend after he and his team were
  
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• Drury, Noesen help Hurricanes beat Islanders 6-3, win series in 5 games

  01-05-2024 05:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jack Drury scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and Stefan Noesen cleaned up a fluky puck bounce off the boards for another goal eight seconds later as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Islanders 6-3 on Tuesday night, clinching their first-round NHL playoff series in five games.
  The Hurricanes twice blew two-goal leads and entered the final 20 minutes in a 3-3 tie before Drury struck for his first career post-season goal, controlling a dribbling p
  
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• Knies scores in OT, Leafs top Bruins 2-1 to stay alive

  01-05-2024 04:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON — Matthew Knies scored at 2:26 of overtime as the Toronto Maple Leafs topped the Boston Bruins 2-1 on Tuesday to avoid elimination in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series.
  The rookie winger scored after captain John Tavares took the puck hard to the net in the extra period to give the Leafs life.
  Jake McCabe had the other goal for Toronto. Joseph Woll, who got the start ahead of llya Samsonov, made 28 saves.
  Game 6 goes Thursday in Toronto. Game 7, if necessary, would be back
  
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• Canucks to start rookie Arturs Silovs in pivotal Game 5

  01-05-2024 04:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks will start rookie goalie Arturs Silovs as they look to eliminate the Nashville Predators in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series on Tuesday night.
  The 23-year-old Latvian led the Canucks out for warm-ups after head coach Rick Tocchet said earlier in the day that his choice of netminder would be a “game-time decision.”
  The Canucks have started three different goalies in the series and each has earned a win, giving Vancouver a 3-1 lead in t
  
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• Louisiana won’t immediately get a new majority-Black House district after judges reject it

  01-05-2024 03:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A new congressional map giving Louisiana a second majority-Black House district was rejected Tuesday by a panel of three federal judges, fueling new uncertainty about district boundaries as the state prepares for fall congressional elections.
  The 2-1 ruling forbids the use of a map drawn up in January by the Legislature after a different federal judge blocked a map from 2022. The earlier map maintained a single Black-majority district and five mostly white districts, in
  
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• Democrats retain upstate New York congressional seat in special election

  01-05-2024 03:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Democratic state Sen. Timothy Kennedy won a special election Tuesday for the New York congressional seat vacated by Democrat Brian Higgins.
  Kennedy defeated Republican Gary Dickson for the upstate New York seat, helped by a 2-to-1 Democratic registration advantage in the district, which includes Buffalo, Niagara Falls and several suburbs.
  Kennedy has been in the state Senate since 2011. Describing Washington as “chaotic and dysfunctional,” he said he would
  
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• Michael Massey lifts Royals over Blue Jays 4-1; Toronto’s two-game win streak ends

  01-05-2024 03:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Michael Massey’s two-run homer gave Kansas City a lead it never relinquished as the Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-1 on Tuesday.
  Bobby Witt Jr., and Vinnie Pasquantino had back-to-back RBI doubles in the eighth inning to give Kansas City (18-13) some insurance. The Royals snapped a three-game losing skid.
  Cole Ragans (2-2) struck out nine, allowing a run on four hits and walks over 6 2/3 innings. Reliever John Schreiber finished the seventh and eighth, and James McArth
  
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• Edmonton Elks take linebacker Dublanko first overall in CFL draft

  01-05-2024 02:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Edmonton Elks selected linebacker Joel Dublanko first overall in the CFL draft Tuesday night.
  Edmonton had the first selection after finishing last in the West Division with a 4-14 record.
  The six-foot-three, 240-pound Dublanko was regarded as the most pro-ready draft prospect. After his college career at Cincinnati, he spent time in the NFL with the New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks before playing in 2023 with the USFL’s Philadelphia Stars.
  An American, Dublanko
  
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• Metro train collides with bus in downtown Los Angeles, injuring more than 50, 2 seriously

  01-05-2024 01:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — At least 55 people were hurt, two seriously, when a Metro light rail train and a University of Southern California shuttle bus collided Tuesday along a busy thoroughfare in downtown Los Angeles, officials said.The crash happened shortly before noon along Exposition Boulevard, near the USC campus and Natural History Museum, according to the LA Fire Department.Two victims were hospitalized with serious injuries and 16 others were transported in fair condition, the departme
  
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• Don Callis reluctantly returns to Winnipeg with All Elite Wrestling

  01-05-2024 00:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Don Callis is considered one of the four greatest professional wrestlers to ever come out of Winnipeg, much to his chagrin.
  Callis will be representing his stable of wrestlers on Wednesday night when Winnipeg’s Canada Life Centre hosts All Elite Wrestling’s Dynamite. Chris Jericho and Kenny Omega, two of the other legends of Manitoba wrestling, will also be on the card.
  The 60-year-old Callis is not particularly eager to reconnect with old friends from his days growing up in Winnipeg
  
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• Oilers look to get back on the attack with chance to eliminate Kings in Game 5

  01-05-2024 00:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have made the case they can rely on their defending to win games. 
  That doesn’t mean it’s their preferred way of getting the job done.
  Edmonton leads the Los Angeles Kings 3-1 in their first-round series after a defensively sound 1-0 victory in Game 4. But the Kings suffocated the Oilers’ offence and limited a team with some of the league’s top stars to a paltry 13 shots.
  With a chance to advance to the second round Wednesday nigh
  
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• Man charged with aggravated assault in one of two White Rock, B.C., stabbings: RCMP

  01-05-2024 00:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — British Columbia homicide investigators say a man from Surrey has been charged with aggravated assault in relation to one of two stabbings in White Rock, B.C.
  A statement from the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says 28-year-old Dimitri Nelson Hyacinth has been charged over the alleged assault of another 28-year-old man along the White Rock pier and promenade on April 21.
  It’s the same area where 26-year-old Kulwinder Singh Sohi was fatally stabbed two days late
  
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