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• Three B.C. school districts to launch fully integrated, daylong child care, says Eby

  14-05-2024 22:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Three school districts in British Columbia will start one-stop child-care programs at local elementary schools this fall.
  Premier David Eby says offering parents before-and-after-school child care at the same location will save families time and money, create less stress for parents and is an efficient use of school space and resources.
  The three school districts that will start the program are Chilliwack, Nanaimo-Ladysmith and Nechako Lakes.
  Eby says early childhood educators a
  
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• Warriors beat Voltigeurs 4-3, advance to Memorial Cup semifinal

  29-05-2024 04:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAGINAW — The Moose Jaw Warriors were thrilled to qualify for their first Memorial Cup tournament.
  The Western Hockey League champions from Saskatchewan were even more excited to record their first win as they defeated the Drummondville Voltigeurs 5-3 on Tuesday night in a must-win battle for both winless teams at Dow Event Center.
  The Warriors, who grabbed an early 3-0 lead on goals by Vojtech Port, Jagger Firkus, Denton Mateychuk, needed an Aiden Ziprick goal at 18:26 of the third period
  
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• Texas runoffs put Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales, state’s GOP House speaker in middle of party feud

  29-05-2024 03:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas is out to save his job Tuesday in a GOP primary runoff that has put rifts within the party on display.Gonzales, who has clashed with some of his hard-right colleagues in Washington and drawn a rebuke from the state party, is in a race against Brandon Herrera, a gun-rights YouTube creator with more than 3 million followers.Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan also faces a tough challenge that could see him ousted from his powerful seat, upend
  
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• 126 children and youth died from toxic drugs in five years, says BC Coroners Service

  29-05-2024 01:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — A report from the BC Coroners Service says 126 children and youth younger than 19 died from toxic drugs between 2019 and 2023.
  That makes unregulated drug toxicity the leading cause of unnatural death for the age group over those five years.
  The report says fentanyl or related drugs were detected in 83 per cent of the deaths, either alone or in combination with other substances.
  It says about two-thirds of those who died were receiving services offered through the Ministry of Ch
  
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• Human smugglers used B.C. freight trains to move people across border, U.S. says

  29-05-2024 01:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The U.S. Department of Justice says two men are facing human smuggling charges in Seattle for their alleged role in what it calls a dangerous scheme to transport people out of British Columbia and across the border on freight trains.U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington Tessa Gorman says Jesus Ortiz-Plata, 45, of Oregon and Juan Pablo Cuellar Medina, 35, of Washington were arrested last week, along with three non-citizens who were allegedly smuggled out of Canada
  
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• Transitional council in Haiti selects new prime minister for a country under siege by gangs

  29-05-2024 00:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Garry Conille was named Haiti’s new prime minister Tuesday evening, nearly a month after a coalition within a fractured transitional council had chosen someone else for the position.
  The long-awaited move comes as gangs continue to terrorize the capital of Port-au-Prince, opening fire in once peaceful neighborhoods and using heavy machinery to demolish several police stations and prisons.
  Council member Louis Gérald Gilles told The Associated Press
  
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• B.C. miners serve strike notice at Gibraltar copper pit in central Interior

  29-05-2024 00:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — A union representing 550 workers at a mine in British Columbia’s central Interior says they’re prepared to go on strike if a new contract is not reached by the end of Friday.
  Unifor Local 3018 says the workers at Taseko’s Gibraltar Mine deserve fair wages, strong safety protocols and equitable treatment on the job.
  A statement from the union says despite several weeks of meetings, the company has failed to make meaningful proposals at the bargaining
  
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• P.E.I. kiteboarder ‘lucky to be alive’ after shark attack in Turks and Caicos

  29-05-2024 00:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PROVIDENCIALES — A professional kiteboarder from P.E.I. says he has been seriously injured in a shark attack that occurred while he was snorkelling in the Turks and Caicos Islands last week.
  In an Instagram post Saturday, Lucas Arsenault shared a photo of himself in a hospital bed with his lower right leg apparently missing and his left leg and forearm heavily bandaged.
  In an accompanying caption, he said the injuries were the result of a shark attack while snorkelling with family and frie
  
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• City of Mission, firefighters union agree to 3-year collective bargaining deal

  29-05-2024 00:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — The City of Mission and the union representing career firefighters with Mission Fire Rescue Service have come to terms on a three-year labour pact.According to a statement from the City of Mission and the International Association of Firefighters Local 4768, the 3-year deal takes effect from January 1, 2024 through to December 31, 2026.The agreement, which was duly ratified by the IAFF on May 16, 2024 and by City of Mission council on May 21, 2024, included modest increases to be
  
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• Oilers looking to regroup after Game 3 loss: ‘Nothing to sulk about’

  28-05-2024 23:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Kris Knoblauch needed someone — anyone — to step up.
  The Oilers were taking on water after a flying start to Game 3 of the NHL’s Western Conference final.
  Connor McDavid had been shot out of a cannon, setting up Edmonton’s first goal and scoring another in Monday’s quick-strike opening 20 minutes that saw the home side lead 2-0 and hold the Dallas Stars to just three shots.
  The momentum, however, was resoundingly flipped after the intermission. And
  
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• Humboldt Broncos families fight to keep Saskatchewan government named in lawsuit

  28-05-2024 23:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — Lawyers for several Humboldt Broncos families were in court Tuesday fighting a bid by the government of Saskatchewan to have it removed as a defendant in a lawsuit over the deadly bus crash in 2018.
  The five hockey families are suing over the crash, alleging the province knew the rural intersection where the crash happened had problems with visibility but did nothing to fix it.Sixteen people were killed and 13 were injured when an inexperienced truck driver went through a stop sig
  
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• Trudeau ‘in no way’ supports Israeli offensive in Rafah, but is mum on taking action

  28-05-2024 22:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is “horrified” by Israeli strikes that killed civilians in Rafah earlier this week, but walked away from reporters when asked what he will do about it.His comment comes two days after gruesome images emerged of children injured in airstrikes and fires burning among encampments of displaced people in Rafah.
  Trudeau says Canada “in no way” supports the attacks on Rafah, which had become a safe haven for more t
  
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• US condemns loss of life, but says no policy changes after civilian deaths in Israeli strike

  28-05-2024 22:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Tuesday condemned the loss of life of dozens of civilians as a result of an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, but said it is not planning any policy changes as a result of the Israeli actions.
  National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters that Israel had not violated Biden’s “red line” for withholding future offensive arms transfers because it has not, and itnappears to the U.S. that it will not, launch a full-scale ground in
  
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• A Kentucky family is left homeless for a second time by a tornado that hit the same location

  28-05-2024 22:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BARNSLEY, Ky. (AP) — Devin Johnson’s life was uprooted for a second time when a tornado flattened his home over the Memorial Day weekend — on the same lot in Kentucky where another twister left him homeless in 2021.
  Johnson, 21, watched Tuesday as workers used chain saws to cut into the wreckage of the trailer he called home with his grandparents and girlfriend. It was an all-too-familiar scene for his family.
  Their previous home in the tiny western Kentucky community of Barnsl
  
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• Slumping Vancouver Whitecaps searching for goals, road win in Kansas City

  28-05-2024 22:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps need a win.Heading to a mid-week matchup with Sporting Kansas City, the Whitecaps (5-5-4) are winless in their last six Major League Soccer outings, with three losses and three draws across the stretch.
  A loss to Inter Miami at home on Saturday was especially bruising, as it came in front of more than 51,000 fans who were already disappointed the visiting side left soccer superstar Lionel Messi at home.Wednesday’s game in Kansas City represents a c
  
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• Jessica Campbell could be candidate as an assistant in Seattle, new Kraken coach Dan Bylsma says

  28-05-2024 22:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — New Seattle Kraken coach Dan Bylsma said current Coachella Valley assistant coach Jessica Campbell could be a candidate for a similar position with the NHL club.
  Bylsma has been the head coach at Coachella Valley for the past two seasons with Campbell, a former Canadian national team player, as one of his assistants. Bylsma said Campbell and fellow Coachella Valley assistant Stu Bickell will be among a group in consideration for a role with the Kraken.
  Bylsma said Tuesday he
  
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• Di Stasio, Dhesi lead Canada’s wrestling team into Olympic Games

  28-05-2024 21:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — World champion Justina Di Stasio and veteran Amar Dhesi will lead Canada’s wrestling team into the Olympic Games in Paris.
  Ana Godinez Gonzalez of Burnaby, B.C., Montreal’s Alex Moore, Linda Morais of Tecumseh, Ont., and Hannah Taylor of Summerside, P.E.I. join Dhesi of Surrey, B.C., and Di Stasio of Coquitlam, B.C., on the team announced Tuesday by the Canadian Olympic Committee.
  Di Stasio captured a world title in the women’s 72-kilogram division in 2018, as w
  
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• Learn how to make clean air filters at free workshop Wednesday in Chilliwack

  28-05-2024 21:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Given the likelihood that Fraser Valley air will be impacted by wildfire smoke at some point this summer, Chilliwack residents have the opportunity to make their own air filters for use in their homes at a workshop this week in Chilliwack.The free workshop happens Wednesday, May 29 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Fraser Valley Regional District, 45950 Cheam Avenue, in Chilliwack.The workshop will feature specific instructions on how to make their own air filters, free of charge,
  
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• CF Montreal look to raise their standard against D.C. United

  28-05-2024 21:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — CF Montreal’s 0-0 draw Saturday against Nashville SC wasn’t celebrated with confetti and streamers, but the team’s soul-searching amid a difficult stretch appears to be over.
  The challenge now is for Montreal (3-7-4) to raise the bar when D.C United (4-5-6) visits Saputo Stadium in Major League Soccer play Wednesday night.
  Montreal has had intensity issues during a nine-game winless streak (0-5-4) across all competitions.Against Nashville, however, Montreal pre
  
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• ‘Let’s call it for what it is’: Tory bid to focus pharmacare bill fails at committee

  28-05-2024 21:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Conservative MP Todd Doherty says the federal government is offering “false hope” to Canadians with a national pharmacare bill that will not initially apply to a broad range of medications.
  The Liberals and NDP, who collaborated on the program, say the bill is a “framework legislation” that will guide a future universal and single-payer plan.
  But to start, the bill includes a program that will cover only diabetes medication and contraceptives.
  Doherty and o
  
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• Motor vehicle accident leaves hundreds in Agassiz without power

  28-05-2024 20:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AGASSIZ — As if the dreary weather hasn’t made things miserable enough Tuesday morning, a motor vehicle accident has left hundreds of customers in Agassiz without power Tuesday morning.
  According to a social media post on X/Twitter, BC Hydro says 580 customers in Agassiz saw their electricity go out Tuesday at 10:21 a.m. due to a motor vehicle accident.Crews are on their way. As of 11:52 a.m., there’s currently no estimate for when power might be restored. The BC Hydro website
  
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• Blue Jackets hire Waddell as president of hockey ops and GM, with Davidson shifting to advisory role

  28-05-2024 20:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Columbus Blue Jackets named Don Waddell as their general manager and president of hockey operations on Tuesday, bringing in an experienced NHL executive to try to help turn around the franchise.
  Waddell joins the club days after stepping down as GM of the Carolina Hurricanes with his contract set to expire. His move to Columbus also coincides with John Davidson shifting into an advisory role after running the front office for 10 of the past 12 years.
  “Don Waddell is one of the most exp
  
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• Single-family home across from Chilliwack City Hall to be bulldozed

  28-05-2024 20:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A single-family home across from Chilliwack City Hall that was recently vacated by a family after an eviction order was issued can now be demolished.
  According to a statement from a spokesperson for the City of Chilliwack, the property at 46039 Southlands Drive just north of City Hall will undergo demolition to make way for a parking lot.
  “This property is now vacant and staff are working to have the home demolished in a timely manner,” city communications manager
  
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• Could a Senate bill cause age verification laws to apply to Netflix? Experts say yes

  28-05-2024 20:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s privacy czar and a government official warn that a Senate bill proposing to block minors from “sexually explicit material” online could apply to streaming services such as Netflix.Philippe Dufresne, the country’s privacy commissioner, and Owen Ripley, a deputy minister at Canadian Heritage, say legislators should dramatically narrow the bill’s scope.
  They were the first to testify at a parliamentary committee tasked with studying the bill pro
  
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• Democrats plan to nominate Biden by virtual roll call to meet Ohio ballot deadline

  28-05-2024 20:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will be formally nominated as the Democratic presidential nominee through a virtual roll call ahead of the party’s official convention in Chicago in August — a maneuver that will allow Biden to appear on the November ballot in Ohio.
  The issue is because the Democratic National Convention, where the president would otherwise be formally be nominated, comes after Ohio’s ballot deadline of Aug. 7. The party’s convention is schedule
  
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• New coach Sheldon Keefe embraces Stanley Cup expectations with the Devils

  28-05-2024 20:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Driving past the Prudential Center for a news conference at which he would be introduced at the New Jersey Devils coach, Sheldon Keefe noticed a statue of Hall of Fame goaltender Martin Brodeur in front of the building.
  It was an instant reminder that the expectations of coaching the Devils in the New York City metropolitan area are no different than what was expected in Toronto for the Maple Leafs.
  Winning a Stanley Cup is all that matters, and that’s the goal Ke
  
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• New Canadian women’s pro soccer league to be called Northern Super League

  28-05-2024 20:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The idea of a Canadian women’s professional league was simple, albeit rife with challenges. Including coming up with the right name.
  On Tuesday, Project 8 turned into the Northern Super League with Ottawa and Montreal joining Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Halifax as the founding franchises slated to kick off in April 2025.
  Former Canadian international Diana Matheson, chief executive officer and co-founder of Project 8 along with Thomas Gilbert, unveiled the name and othe
  
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• Vancouver Island man charged with child luring and making sexual abuse material: RCMP

  28-05-2024 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGFORD, B.C. — Police in British Columbia say a man from Vancouver Island has been arrested and charged with child exploitation offences following a tip from American authorities.
  RCMP say in a statement that the B.C. Integrated Child Exploitation Unit received information from U.S. Homeland Security Investigations last September about a suspect who was allegedly exploiting children using a social media application.The Mounties say they identified a suspect in Langford, B.C., just outsid
  
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• Seattle Kraken name Dan Bylsma second head coach in franchise history

  28-05-2024 19:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Kraken named Dan Bylsma their coach on Tuesday, putting the 2009 Stanley Cup winner with Pittsburgh back in charge of an NHL team for the first time since 2017.
  Bylsma has spent the past two seasons as the head coach of the Coachella Valley Firebirds in the American Hockey League, the top affiliate of the Kraken, and has them back in the Calder Cup semifinals. He has worked extensively with several top prospects who the franchise hopes will be making their way to
  
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• Casper Ruud and Aryna Sabalenka advance to the second round of the French Open

  28-05-2024 19:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — Two-time finalist Casper Ruud began his French Open with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 win against Felipe Meligeni Alves on Tuesday.
  “I think I am having a pretty good clay season,” the No. 7 seed said.
  Ruud, who leads the ATP with 36 wins this season, won clay-court titles at the Geneva Open and the Barcelona Open and was the runner-up at Monte Carlo, where he lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas.
  Ruud made it to the final at Roland Garros each of the last two years, losing to Rafael Nad
  
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