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• With squash on Olympic program, Eltorgman plots quad hoping to compete at Games

  28-10-2024 23:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — For the first time in his budding squash career, Canada’s Salah Eltorgman can approach the Olympic quadrennial with the goal of playing at the Summer Games.The Western University student is aiming to represent Canada in Los Angeles in 2028 when squash makes its Olympic debut.“It definitely pushes you to train harder,” Eltorgman said of the inclusion, which was confirmed last year. “And not rush the training … it’s in four years, (so) have a go
  
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• Raptors swingman RJ Barrett gets green light to play against Nuggets

  28-10-2024 23:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — RJ Barrett will make his regular-season debut tonight as his Toronto Raptors host the Denver Nuggets.
  The swingman from Mississauga, Ont., missed most of the pre-season and Toronto’s first three games of the regular season with a sprained shoulder.
  Barrett was hurt trying to fight through a screen in the Raptors’ first pre-season game on Oct. 6 in Montreal.
  He averaged 21.8 points, 6.4 rebounds and 4.1 assists over 32 games with the Raptors last season after he was tr
  
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• Spaniards Rodri and Bonmatí win Ballon d’Or award for best men’s and women’s players in world soccer

  28-10-2024 22:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — Spanish midfielders Rodri and Aitana Bonmatí won the men’s and women’s Ballon d’Or award for the world’s best soccer player on Monday.
  The 28-year-old Rodri won the prestigious award for the first time after helping Manchester City win the Premier League and being a key player in Spain’s European Championship triumph. He succeeded eight-time winner Lionel Messi of Argentina.
  The 26-year-old Bonmatí retained her award after helping Ba
  
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• Elvis Stojko, Patrick Chan weigh in on state of Canadian men’s figure skating

  28-10-2024 22:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Elvis Stojko remembers watching Brian Orser spin through the air with a triple axel on his TV screen, inspiring him to one day follow the path carved out by the Canadian figure skating legend.
  “It was a really amazing time for us,” Stojko said. “We had so many great idols and great heroes to look up to.”Orser stacked hardware with two Olympic silver medals, a world championship and eight straight national titles in the 1980s. Next came Kurt Browning, who strutted his way
  
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• Chilliwack car collector warns others after 1980 MGB slashed - Chilliwack Progress

  28-10-2024 22:19 via news.google.com
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• Toxicity and tight race fuel B.C. election integrity doubters, says professor

  28-10-2024 21:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A British Columbia political scientist says social media questioning of the provincial election’s integrity is an “inevitable” result of political “toxicity” and a tight race.
  University of British Columbia professor emeritus Richard Johnston says questions about mail-in votes and the handling of ballots also reflect circumstances south of the border.
  He said other factors include use of more complicated voting apparatus and social media platforms
  
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• Minister to launch consultations on advanced requests for assisted dying

  28-10-2024 21:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Health Minister Mark Holland says the federal government will launch consultations about advanced requests for accessing medical assistance in dying.
  But Holland says such requests are still illegal under the Criminal Code, as Quebec prepares to begin allowing the practice starting Wednesday.
  Quebec announced last week that people who have conditions like dementia or Alzheimer’s disease will be able make a request for assisted dying before their mental capacity declines.
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• Curt Cignetti ‘optimistic’ QB Kurtis Rourke will start for No. 13 Indiana against Michigan State

  28-10-2024 21:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Indiana coach Curt Cignetti said Monday he remains “optimistic” starting quarterback Kurtis Rourke can return to the lineup for Saturday’s game at Michigan State.
  Rourke had surgery on his injured right thumb last Monday and missed last weekend’s 31-17 victory over Washington.
  The 13th-ranked Hoosiers (8-0, 5-0 Big Ten) are tied with No. 1 Oregon for the league lead. No. 3 Penn State also is one of the eight remaining unbeaten teams but has played one fewer conference gam
  
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• Coast guard’s North Pacific patrol uncovers shark finning, dark vessels

  28-10-2024 21:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The Canadian Coast Guard ship Sir Wilfrid Laurier is back in its home port in Victoria after its crew swept the North Pacific for unreported and unregulated fishing.The coast guard says in a statement that its officers and support personnel found illegally harvested shark fins, evidence of fishing in closed season, unreported catches and instances of marine pollution.
  It says the ship patrolled about 20,000 kilometres and it was the first opportunity to enforce the new ban on Pa
  
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• NDP takes lead in key riding, putting Eby on track for majority

  28-10-2024 21:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The NDP has overtaken the B.C. Conservatives in the ongoing count of absentee votes in a crucial Metro Vancouver riding, putting Premier David Eby on course to win government with a razor-thin majority.
  An update from Elections BC at 1 p.m. on Monday put the NDP ahead in Surrey-Guildford by nine votes.
  If it hangs on there and in other races, it will have a one-seat majority in the 93-riding legislature.
  Elections BC vote counters were tallying more than 22,000 absentee and sp
  
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• Shohei Ohtani leading off for Dodgers in World Series Game 3, two days after dislocating shoulder

  28-10-2024 21:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani was in the starting lineup as the Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter for Game 3 of the World Series on Monday night, two days after the star partially dislocated his left shoulder.
  Ohtani got hurt sliding into second base when he was caught stealing to end the seventh inning of Saturday night’s 4-2 victory over the New York Yankees in Game 2 at Los Angeles.
  Seeking their eighth title and second in five years, the Dodgers lead 2-0 in the best-of-seven
  
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• Republicans ask U.S. Supreme Court to block counting of some provisional ballots in Pennsylvania

  28-10-2024 21:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court for an emergency order in Pennsylvania that could result in thousands of votes not being counted in this year’s election in the battleground state.
  Just over a week before the election, the court is being asked to step into a dispute over provisional ballots cast by Pennsylvania voters whose mail ballots are rejected for not following technical procedures in state law.
  The state’s high court ruled 4-3 that ele
  
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• CP NewsAlert: CRTC exempts Google from Online News Act for five years

  28-10-2024 21:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has granted Google a five-year exemption from the Online News Act, ordering it to pay $100 million to Canadian news outlets within 60 days.More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Vegas captain Stone, Preds goalie Saros, Stars centre Duchene named NHL three stars

  28-10-2024 20:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Vegas right-wing Mark Stone, Nashville goaltender Juuse Saros and Dallas centre Matt Duchene have been named the NHL’s three stars of the week
  Stone led the league with eight points (two goals, six assists) in three games last week.
  The Golden Knights captain led the league with 17 points (four goals, 13 assists) heading into a game Monday night against visiting Calgary.
  Saros stopped 60 of the 62 shots he faced, picking up two wins with a 1.00 goals-against average, .968
  
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• Halifax Wanderers add experience to front office in Canadian Mark Watson

  28-10-2024 20:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  After a 2024 regular season deemed “simply unacceptable,” Halifax Wanderers FC has brought Canada Soccer Hall of Famer Mark Watson on board as a senior football strategy adviser.
  The 54-year-old Watson is well connected, having most recently spent four seasons as Minnesota United’s technical director in Major League Soccer. He has also served as head coach of the San Jose Earthquakes and assistant coach with Orlando City.
  Halifax finished sixth in the eight-team Canadian Premie
  
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• Police say fires set at ballot boxes in Oregon and Washington are connected; ‘suspect vehicle’ ID’d

  28-10-2024 20:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police say they have identified a “suspect vehicle” connected to incendiary devices that set fires in ballot drop boxes in Oregon and Washington state early Monday.Surveillance images captured a Volvo stopping at a drop box in Portland, Oregon, just before security personnel nearby discovered a fire inside the box.
  That fire damaged three ballots inside, while officials say a fire at a drop box in nearby Vancouver, Washington, early Monday destroyed hundre
  
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• Uncertainty looms over promising finish as Elks head into off-season

  28-10-2024 20:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — While an optimist may point out that the Edmonton Elks went 7-4 to close out the season after a dreadful 0-7 start, the team heads into the CFL off-season with plenty of questions.
  Will interim general manager Geroy Simon and interim head coach Jarious Jackson, who replaced former coach and GM Chris Jones five games into the regular season, keep their jobs in 2025?
  With McLeod Bethel-Thompson’s one-year deal now expired, and Tre Ford not under contract for 2025, who will p
  
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• Pacific’s Gazdov, Vancouver’s Irving, York’s Vincensini up for CPL’s top goalie award

  28-10-2024 19:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Pacific FC’s Emil Gazdov, Vancouver FC’s Callum Irving and York United FC’s Thomas Vincensini are the finalists for the Canadian Premier League’s Golden Glove award, honouring the best goalkeeper during the 2024 regular season.
  The winner, to be decided in a vote by technical leadership from all eight CPL clubs as well as select media, will be announced Nov. 7 in Calgary as part of the CPL championship game festivities.
  Irving started all 28 matches for Vancouver in his s
  
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• Calgary’s Drew Fischer honoured as Major League Soccer’s Referee of the Year

  28-10-2024 19:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian Drew Fischer has been honoured as MLS Referee of the Year.
  The 44-year-old from Calgary took charge of 16 regular-season games this season, including the 200th of his career when the Vancouver Whitecaps hosted Los Angeles FC on Oct. 13.Fischer also worked as a referee and fourth official at the 2024 Summer Olympics. He previously served as a video match official at the FIFA Women’s World Cup (2019 and 2023), the FIFA Club World Cup (2020 and 2021) and the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
  He m
  
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• Search and Rescue saves dog stranded on Agassiz-area river - Chilliwack Progress

  28-10-2024 19:46 via news.google.com
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• Secularism: Montreal City Hall to remove welcome poster that includes veiled woman

  28-10-2024 19:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal’s mayor says a welcome sign depicting a woman wearing a veil that adorns a lobby at city hall will be taken down in the name of secularism.
  Valérie Plante said during a talk show that aired Sunday night that the image of the woman wearing a hijab will be removed because of the “discomfort” it causes but also because institutions must strive to be secular.
  The welcome sign, as well as a photo in a public library of a young girl wearing a headscar
  
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• Nearly 200,000 cubic metres of sediment removed from Vedder River as trails fully reopen

  28-10-2024 19:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The City of Chilliwack says nearly 200,000 cubic metres of sentiment have been extracted from the Vedder River amid confirmation that the Vedder Rotary Trail Loop and surrounding pathways have fully reopened.In a social media post Monday, the municipality says residents will be happy to hear that all trails and parking lots are now completely open again.The city also thanked residents for their patience as the provincial government removed sediment to improve flood protection
  
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• Canada thumps Taiwan 13-0 in women’s action at Pan Continental Curling Championships

  28-10-2024 19:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LACOMBE, Alta. — Canada’s Rachel Homan improved to 2-0 at the Pan Continental Curling Championships with a 13-0 rout of Taiwan in Monday’s early draw.
  Homan’s Ottawa-based squad opened with the hammer and scored five in the first end, then stole points in five consecutive ends before the teams shook hands.
  Canada was scheduled to face China in Monday’s late draw.
  Taiwan fell to 0-2.
  In other scores from Monday morning, South Korea downed New Zealand 13-3, Japan defe
  
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• Langley RCMP confirm minivan found on remote Harrison road belongs to missing woman

  28-10-2024 18:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AGASSIZ — A Langley RCMP spokesperson has confirmed that a minivan found on a remote Harrison-area road Sunday (Oct. 27) belongs to an 82-year-old woman who was reported missing over the weekend.Mounties in Langley appealed to the public Saturday for help in locating Jane Whitehouse, who was reported missing Friday. She was last seen at approximately 10:10 a.m. Friday morning in Aldergrove. She is described as Caucasian, 5’1″, 140 pounds, medium build, with grey-blonde hair, an
  
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• RCMP seize 73 kilograms of cocaine during traffic stop east of Sicamous, B.C.

  28-10-2024 18:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SICAMOUS, B.C. — RCMP say a traffic stop in British Columbia’s southern Interior led to the discovery of about 73 kilograms of cocaine in a vehicle.Insp. Lori Orstad with B.C. Highway Patrol says their preliminary investigation suggests the discovery earlier this month has “all the earmarks of organized crime.”
  Police say officers arrested the 28-year-old man from Surrey who was driving the vehicle, and he’s since been released with conditions and a scheduled court
  
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• Louisiana trooper avoids jail time in deadly arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene

  28-10-2024 18:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FARMERVILLE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana state trooper pleaded no contest Monday to significantly reduced charges that spare him jail time in the deadly 2019 arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene, the first conviction of any kind in a prolonged police brutality case that once prompted national outrage.Kory York had faced the most serious charges of five officers indicted in the case two years ago after body-camera video captured him dragging Greene by his ankle shackles and forcing him to lie
  
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• Chilliwack residents asked for input on 2050 official community plan - Chilliwack Progress

  28-10-2024 18:29 via news.google.com
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• Lawsuit alleging anti-Black racism in federal public service heads to Federal Court

  28-10-2024 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A Federal Court hearing is underway today to determine whether a group of Black public servants can proceed with a class-action lawsuit against Canada for discrimination.
  The certification hearing began this morning in Toronto and could last up to 12 days.
  The class-action is made up of some 45,000 Black workers and applicants who worked for the government, dating back to 1970.
  The plaintiffs allege widespread discrimination in the public service, citing reports of anti-Black raci
  
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• Chilliwack lawyer recipient of Forty Under 40 honour

  28-10-2024 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Jessie Ramsay, an integral member of an Indigenous Law group at Chilliwack law firm Baker Newby LLP, has been recognized by Business in Vancouver with the Forty Under 40 hononur for her leadership and dedication to the legal field and the community.
  The Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce posted on Facebook Monday morning (Oct. 28) about Ramsay’s honour.“Congratulations to Jessie Ramsay from Baker Newby LLP on being named one of BIV’s 2024 Forty Under 40 recipient
  
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• Dave Dickenson to return as Stampeders’ coach and general manager next season

  28-10-2024 18:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Dave Dickenson will be back as the head coach and general manager of the Calgary Stampeders next season.
  Despite a disappointing 2024 season in Calgary, Stampeders president and Jay McNeil said Monday that Dickenson has earned another season guiding the CFL club.
  Calgary (5-12) finished at the bottom of the West Division with the worst record in the CFL after 18 consecutive seasons of reaching the playoffs.
  Dickenson will enter a ninth year as head coach and third as GM. He has s
  
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• Chilliwack lawyer recipient of Forty Under 40 honour - Fraser Valley Today

  28-10-2024 18:14 via news.google.com
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• Iranian-German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd, who lived in US, executed in Iran over terror conviction

  28-10-2024 18:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian-German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd, who was kidnapped in Dubai in 2020 by Iranian security forces, has been executed in Iran after being convicted on terror charges disputed by his family, the country’s judiciary reported Monday.The judiciary’s Mizan news agency reported his execution took place Monday morning.Iran accused Sharmahd, who lived in Glendora, California, of planning a 2008 attack on a mosque that killed 14 people and wounded
  
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• Parti Québécois wants robots, automation to replace temporary immigrants

  28-10-2024 18:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Parti Québécois says it would lean on robots and automation to replace temporary workers as part of a detailed proposal to cut immigration to Quebec.Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says it’s a lie that immigration can fix labour shortages, adding that Quebec should instead follow the lead of countries like Japan and China that have invested heavily in robotics and artificial intelligence.
  The sovereigntist opposition party wants to cut the number of non-p
  
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• Former senator recalls being told Canada asked Sudan to hold Abdelrazik in detention

  28-10-2024 17:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Former senator Mobina Jaffer says she was told by the Sudanese intelligence director that he felt Canadian officials had asked him to detain Montreal man Abousfian Abdelrazik.
  Jaffer, who retired from the Senate earlier this year, testified today in Federal Court in Abdelrazik’s lawsuit against Ottawa over his detention and alleged torture in Sudanese custody two decades ago.
  She recalled her September 2004 meeting in Sudan with Salah Gosh, who was then the director of the c
  
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• Country superstar Shania Twain returning to Calgary Stampede

  28-10-2024 17:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Canadian music star Shania Twain is set to perform at next year’s Calgary Stampede, her first show during the 10-day western festival in more than a decade.The 59-year-old has sold more than 100 million records, making her one of the top-selling country artists of all time.
  She has released six albums, and her hits include “Any Man of Mine,” “That Don’t Impress Me Much,” “You’re Still the One” and “Man! I Feel Like A Wom
  
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• Abbotsford woman, 37, allegedly hops curb of fast food drive-through, flees from police in DUI incident

  28-10-2024 17:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Mounties in Mission say a 37-year-old Abbotsford woman was arrested for alleged impairment earlier this month after she drove over the curb of a fast-food restaurant drive-through in Mission and unsuccessfully fled from police after striking a tree with her SUV.Mission RCMP say officers patrolling in downtown Mission on Wednesday, October 16, at approximately 1 a.m., observed a black 2022 Jeep Wagoneer SUV that had driven over a curb of a fast food drive through lane. The RCMP me
  
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• Kamloops RCMP officer charged with mischief and uttering threats: BC Prosecution Service

  28-10-2024 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KAMLOOPS — A Kamloops RCMP officer has been charged with one count each of mischief and uttering threats.In a brief news release issued Friday (Oct. 25), the BC Prosecution Service (BCPS) announced the charges were approved against Cst. Adrian Griffith in relation to an incident that occurred in Kamloops on March 20, 2024. The prosecutors did not specify what transpired in the incident mentioned.“The charge was approved by an experienced Crown Counsel with no prior or current connect
  
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• Fraser Valley man charged after police locate 73 kgs of coke in his vehicle

  28-10-2024 16:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY – Provincial Mounties say a traffic stop by BC Highway Patrol officers has resulted in the arrest of a 28-year-old man from Surrey after approximately 73 kilograms of cocaine was located in his vehicle earlier this month.
  According to a statement from BCHP spokesperson Corporal Michael McLaughlin, the traffic stop coincided with a joint enforcement roadblock between the BC Highway Patrol’s Traffic Safety Unit (Police Dog Service) and the Sicamous RCMP on Highway #1 near Malakw
  
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• Veteran broadcast journalists tapped to moderate future leaders’ debates

  28-10-2024 16:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Leaders’ Debate Commission announced two seasoned broadcast journalists to moderate the French and English leaders’ debates in the next federal election.
  TVO host Steve Paikin will moderate the English debate, while Patrice Roy, a host at Radio-Canada will handle proceedings for the French debate.
  Between the two of them, they have moderated a combined 12 televised leaders’ debates at the federal and provincial levels.
  Debate commissioner Michel Cormier said
  
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• Quebec’s head of youth protection resigns after sex scandal at detention facility

  28-10-2024 16:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s national director of youth protection has resigned, days after a media report claimed that educators at a Montreal detention centre for troubled minors had sexual relations with detainees.
  Social Services Minister Lionel Carmant confirmed to Radio-Canada today that he’d asked Catherine Lemay to resign and she had done so.
  Her departure comes days after La Presse reported that nine female employees at the Cité-des-Prairies rehabilitation centre alleged
  
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• Virginia asks US Supreme Court to reinstate removals of 1,600 voter registrations

  28-10-2024 16:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Virginia on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene to allow the state to remove roughly 1,600 voters from its rolls that it believes are noncitizens.
  The request comes after a federal appeals court on Sunday unanimously upheld a federal judge’s order restoring the registrations of those 1,600 voters, whom the judge said were illegally purged under an executive order by the state’s Republican governor.Gov. Glenn Youngkin says he ordered the daily remo
  
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• Toronto FC takes first steps on ‘total rebuild,’ leaves forward Prince Owusu in limbo

  28-10-2024 15:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto FC, taking the first steps in what has been billed as a “total rebuild,” has declined 2025 contract options on defenders Aimé Mabika and Shane O’Neill, midfielder Brandon Servania and goalkeeper Greg Ranjitsingh.
  The fate of German forward Prince Owusu, the team’s leading scorer with nine goals, remains to be decided.
  TFC says it has until the MLS deadline of Nov. 27 to exercise or decline the 2025 contract options for Owusu and defender Luk
  
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• Maple Leafs re-sign defenceman McCabe to five-year contract

  28-10-2024 15:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have re-signed defenceman Jake McCabe to a five-year contract, the club announced Monday.
  The deal carries an average annual value of US$4.51 million.
  McCabe has three assists in nine games in his second full season with the Leafs. He had 28 points (eight goals, 20 assists) in 73 games in 2023-24.
  The 31-year-old was acquired by Toronto in a trade with Chicago in February 2023.
  McCabe was a second-round pick (44th overall) in 2012 by Buffalo.The six-foot-o
  
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• Poilievre promises to abolish federal sales tax on new homes under $1 million

  28-10-2024 14:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says if his party forms government, it will scrap the federal sales tax on new homes sold for less than $1 million and push provinces do to the same.
  Poilievre makes the case for the cut in a six-minute video published online today, arguing governments are partly to blame for high home prices because they’re charging too much in sales taxes.
  The Conservatives estimate the new measure will reduce the cost of an $800,000 home by $40,000 and
  
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• At least 40 soldiers are killed in an attack on a military base, Chad’s president says

  28-10-2024 14:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Unidentified assailants killed at least 40 soldiers during an overnight attack on a military base in the country’s west, Chad’s presidency said Monday.President Mahamat Deby Itno visited the base in Barkaram, an island in Chad’s Lake region, early morning and announced the launch of a military operation to track the assailants, according to a statement from the presidency.
  Chad has long battled with an insurgency in the country’s west, near the
  
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• Founder of far-right English Defense League gets 18 months in prison for court contempt

  28-10-2024 14:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — The founder of the far-right English Defense League was sentenced Monday to a year and a half in prison for violating a court order barring him from repeating libelous allegations against a Syrian refugee.Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson, admitted in Woolwich Crown Court that he was in contempt of court for violating a 2021 court injunction by giving interviews broadcast on YouTube, a podcast and in a documentary he presented during a rally in London&rsqu
  
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• Manslaughter probe continues 1 year after hockey player Adam Johnson’s death in England

  28-10-2024 14:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — It’s been one year since the death of American hockey player Adam Johnson, whose neck was fatally cut by an opponent’s skate during a game in Sheffield, England.
  A man remains under investigation after being arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. Thousands of fans witnessed the grisly collision last Oct. 28 and there’s video of it but authorities have not announced a decision about whether they will bring charges.
  There could be a variety of explanations, fr
  
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• Young Chilliwack filmmakers added to lineup at independent film fest - Chilliwack Progress

  28-10-2024 13:35 via news.google.com
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• Man United fires manager Erik ten Hag after troubled start to the season

  28-10-2024 13:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United fired Erik ten Hag on Monday after a troubled start to the season left the 20-time English champions in 14th place in the Premier League and the club’s new leadership unimpressed with the pace of change under the Dutchman.
  Ten Hag, who was hired in 2022, paid the price for leading United to just three wins in nine league games in the opening months of the campaign. There have been four defeats, the 2-1 loss at West Ham on Sunday being his
  
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• More than 43,000 Palestinians killed in yearlong war in Gaza, Palestinian Health Ministry says

  28-10-2024 13:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CAIRO (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza says more than 43,000 people have been killed in the yearlong war with Israel, more than half of them were women and children.
  The tally includes 96 dead who arrived at hospitals in Gaza over the past two days, it said Monday.
  The ministry says at least 43,020 people have been killed and 101,110 others wounded since the war started on Oct. 7, 2023. It did not differentiate between militants and civilians.
  The Associated Press
  
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