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• Police arrest a man after 9 people are stabbed over 2 days in Seattle

  09-11-2024 02:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — A man has been arrested in connection with a spate of random stabbings over two days in Seattle, in which nine people were injured — five of them on Friday afternoon, police said.
  “This incident was apparently one individual over a 38-hour period of time committing random assaults,” Deputy Chief Eric Barden said at the scene Friday.
  The stabbings on Friday afternoon took place in a roughly four-block area in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District.
  
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• Police say 44-year-old man has gone missing after weekend fishing trip north of Agassiz

  12-11-2024 20:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AGASSIZ — Mounties in Agassiz are asking for the public’s help in locating a 44-year-old man who was reported missing over the Remembrance Day long weekend.
  According to a statement from Agassiz RCMP Sgt. Andy Lot, 44-year-old Bradly Werbowski was reported missing on Sunday, November 10. Werbowski had gone fishing with a friend on the Chehalis River near Morris Valley Road. He was reported missing to Agassiz RCMP on Sunday at 6 p.m. when he did not return to his vehicle.
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• O’Shea, Dinwiddie set to square off in second Grey Cup showdown as CFL head coaches

  12-11-2024 20:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Mike O’Shea and Ryan Dinwiddie are together again at the Grey Cup.
  Winnipeg faces Toronto in the CFL championship game Sunday at B.C. Place Stadium, the second meeting in three years between the two teams after the Argonauts edged the Blue Bombers 24-23 in the 2022 game.
  Winnipeg is making its fifth straight Grey Cup appearance under O’Shea and chasing a third victory.
  Dinwiddie is completing his fourth season with Toronto, having led the franchise to three straight
  
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• NHL adds former Red Wings, Oilers GM Holland to hockey ops department as consultant

  12-11-2024 20:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Former Detroit Red Wings and Edmonton Oilers general manager Ken Holland has joined the NHL’s hockey operations department as a consultant.
  The league announced the new role for the Hockey Hall of Famer in a release Tuesday.
  Holland spent 27 years as an NHL general manager, including 22 in Detroit.
  He helped the Red Wings win a Stanley Cup title as an assistant GM in 1997, then three more (1998, 2002, 2008) after being promoted to the GM role.
  He spent the previous five se
  
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• Ambrosie holds final state of the league address as CFL commissioner

  12-11-2024 20:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie has some friendly advice for his successor: Surround yourself with good people and be open-minded.
  Ambrosie held his final state of the league address Tuesday after announcing last month he planned to retire in 2025 once a new commissioner is hired.
  The 61-year-old Winnipeg native was named the CFL’s 14th commissioner July 5, 2017, succeeding Jeffrey Orridge. His seven-plus-year tenure is the second-longest in CFL history, behind the late J
  
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• Trump picks former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to be ambassador to Israel

  12-11-2024 19:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump will nominate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel, Trump announced Tuesday.
  Huckabee is a staunch defender of Israel and his intended nomination comes as Trump has promised to align U.S. foreign policy more closely with Israel’s interests as it wages wars against the Iran-backed Hamas and Hezbollah.
  “Mike has been a great public servant, Governor, and Leader in Faith for many years,” Trump sa
  
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• Canada steadfast on climate plan despite Trump re-election: Guilbeault

  12-11-2024 19:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says Donald Trump’s re-election in the U.S. will not impact Canada’s plan to fight climate change.
  Guilbeault is in Azerbaijan for the annual United Nations climate change conference, which includes discussions about the Paris agreement.
  Trump withdrew the United States from that agreement during his first term and has promised to do so again.
  In a phone call with reporters today, Guilbeault says a Trump administration is familiar
  
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• Report details anti-Black racism in the public service, calls for commissioner

  12-11-2024 19:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A government-funded report says Black executives within the public service are subject to harassment and intimidation, career stagnation, unjust workloads and, as one executive wrote, a “cesspool of racism.”
  Rachel Zellars, a lawyer who authored the report for the Black Executives Network, wrote that the interviews she conducted with 73 participants were the “most distressing” she witnessed and recorded.
  The report says executives were threatened physically
  
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• Federal judge blocks Louisiana law that requires classrooms to display Ten Commandments

  12-11-2024 19:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BATON ROUGE, LA. (AP) — A new Louisiana requirement that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public classroom by Jan. 1 was temporarily blocked Tuesday by a federal judge who said the law is “unconstitutional on its face.”
  U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles in Baton Rouge said the law had an “overtly religious” purpose, and rejected state officials’ claims that the government can mandate the posting of the Ten Commandments because they hold histori
  
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• N.S. Tory campaign staffer resigns after alleged vote-buying with Tim’s gift cards

  12-11-2024 19:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative constituency campaign manager has resigned amid accusations of “vote-buying” with Tim Hortons gift cards.
  Peter Zwicker, the Tory campaign manager for the constituency of Lunenburg, N.S., resigned this morning after the Nova Scotia Liberals lodged a complaint with the provincial elections agency, alleging a campaign worker had handed out gift cards to people in line at a Tim Hortons drive-thru on Saturday morning.
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• Nearly 100 Fraser Valley Walmart truck drivers become unionized

  12-11-2024 18:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRASER VALLEY — Unifor, Canada’s largest private sector union, says nearly 100 drivers at Walmart in Surrey have joined them after the Canada Industrial Relations Board granted interim certification.According to a news release dated Friday, November 8, the interim certification enables the 95 truck drivers to form a bargaining committee and work with Unifor representatives to negotiate with Walmart towards its first collective agreement.“Walmart workers are sending a powerful m
  
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• Chilliwack School District hires new communication manager

  12-11-2024 18:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack School District announced Tuesday (Nov. 12) that it has hired Amy Dhanjal as its manager of communication.According to a news release from SD33, Dhanjal will step into the role starting next week Wednesday, November 20.SD33 says Dhanjal is expected to assume a critical role in instituting and executing communication strategies in support of the Board of Education’s strategic plan and facilitate the understanding and the achievement of the District’s prio
  
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• Rain, wind warnings issued along B.C. south coast

  12-11-2024 18:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Environment Canada has issued a rainfall warning along northern sections of east Vancouver Island, with downpours expected to begin this evening as a “vigorous Pacific frontal system” moves over the coast.
  It says steady rain will begin in the afternoon, intensifying in the evening and is expected to continue into Wednesday.
  Total rainfall near 50 millimetres are expected in that region, and the weather office is cautioning drivers about potential washouts, flash fl
  
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• Sq’éwqel (Seabird Island) leadership disputes rumors that singing and drumming will end at band school

  12-11-2024 17:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AGASSIZ — Sq’éwqel (Seabird Island) plans to convene an informal but critical meeting Tuesday morning (Nov. 12) after concerns were raised about singing, drumming and cultural activities being terminated at Seabird Island Community School.
  According to a social media post from Sq’éwqel leadership, the First Nation band northeast of Agassiz says it will open its main boardroom to band members and residents Tuesday morning. It issued an urgent community notice on it
  
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• PWHL MVP Spooner set to miss start of season for Toronto Sceptres due to knee injury

  12-11-2024 17:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Reigning PWHL MVP and scoring champ Natalie Spooner will miss the start of the regular season for the Toronto Sceptres, general manager Gina Kingsbury announced Tuesday on the first day of training camp.
  The 33-year-old Spooner had knee surgery on her left anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) after she was checked into the boards by Minnesota’s Grace Zumwinkle in Game 3 of their best-of-five semifinal series on May 13.
  She had a goal and an assist in three playoff games but did
  
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• Judge extends the time to indict the driver accused of killing Johnny Gaudreau and his brother

  12-11-2024 17:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SALEM, N.J. (AP) — The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, as they were cycling on a rural New Jersey road briefly appeared in court Tuesday, where the judge extended the window for prosecutors to seek an indictment.
  The brief hearing, in which the judge granted prosecutors 30 additional days in which to seek formal charges in the Gaudreaus’ Aug. 29 deaths, marked the first time the Gaudreau family and the 44-year-old defendant, Sea
  
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• Highway 1 in Burnaby closed after early morning crash sends five to hospital

  12-11-2024 17:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BURNABY, B.C. — Mounties in Burnaby say westbound lanes of Highway 1 near the city have been shut after a multi-vehicle crash.
  They say just before 3 a.m., officers responded to reports of a five-car collision on the highway, just east of the Kensington Avenue off-ramp.
  Police say five people were transported to hospital, three with minor injuries and two in serious condition, and the road was immediately closed.
  They say it is expected to be shut down for the rest of the morning and poten
  
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• Man waives jury trial in killing of Georgia nursing student

  12-11-2024 16:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A man on Tuesday waived his right to a jury trial in the killing of a Georgia nursing student, a case that became a flashpoint in the national immigration debate.
  Jose Ibarra was charged in the February killing of Laken Hope Riley, whose body was found on the University of Georgia campus. A 10-count indictment accused Ibarra of hitting the 22-year-old Augusta University College of Nursing student in the head, asphyxiating her and intending to sexually assault her.
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• Congress returns to unfinished business and a new Trump era

  12-11-2024 16:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that Republicans are “ready to deliver” on President-elect Donald Trump’s mandate, ensuring they are more prepared for a second-term agenda.
  Standing on the steps of the U.S. Capitol with the House GOP leadership team, the Republican speaker said there would be no time wasted on Trump’s “America First” agenda of securing the southern border and other priorities in what he expects will be unified g
  
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• Federal government moves to end port strikes, orders binding arbitration

  12-11-2024 16:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon says he is intervening to end the work stoppages at ports in both British Columbia and Montreal.He says the negotiations have reached an impasse and he is directing the Canada Industrial Relations Board to order the resumption of all operations at the ports and move the talks to binding arbitration.
  He says the work stoppages at the ports of British Columbia and the Port of Montreal are significantly impacting supply chains, thousands of jobs, and
  
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• Judge delays ruling on whether to scrap Trump’s conviction in hush money case

  12-11-2024 16:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A judge postponed a decision on whether to undo President-elect Donald Trump’s conviction in his hush money case, after his lawyers called for freezing and ultimately dismissing the case so he can run the country.New York Judge Juan M. Merchan had been set to rule Tuesday on their earlier request to throw out his conviction because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling this summer on presidential immunity. Instead, he told Trump’s lawyers Tuesday he’d delay the r
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Feds move to end port strikes, order binding arbitration

  12-11-2024 16:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Labour Minister Steven Mackinnon says he is intervening to end the port strikes in both Vancouver and Montreal.He says the negotiations have reached an impasse and he is directing the Canada Industrial Relations Board to order the resumption of all operations at the ports and move the talks to binding arbitration.
  This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 12, 2024.Canadian Press Staff, The Canadian Press
  
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• Highway 1 westbound near Burnaby closed due to serious multi-vehicle incident

  12-11-2024 16:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BURNABY — DriveBC says westbound Highway 1 is closed between Gaglardi Way (exit 37) to Kensington Avenue (exit 33) due to a vehicle incident.
  According to a post on X/Twitter at 5:03 a.m., DriveBC says RCMP have told them an investigation is taking place, and this stretch of Highway 1 will not be open in time for rush-hour traffic. Motorists should expect major delays.
  Corporal Dave Noon of Lower Mainland ICARS (Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service) said at 6:01 a.m. Tu
  
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• Supreme Court rejects push to move Georgia case against ex-Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows

  12-11-2024 15:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court refused Tuesday to let former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows move the election interference case against him in Georgia to federal court.
  Meadows was one of 19 people indicted in Georgia and accused of participating in an illegal scheme to keep then-president Donald Trump in power after he lost the 2020 election. Trump was also charged, though after he won reelection last week to a second term any trial appears unlikely, at least while he
  
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• Church of England head Justin Welby resigns over handling of sex abuse scandal

  12-11-2024 15:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — Justin Welby, the head of the Church of England and spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion, has resigned after an investigation found that he failed to inform police about serial physical and sexual abuse by a volunteer at Christian summer camps as soon as he became aware of it.
  Pressure had been building on the Archbishop of Canterbury after release of the finding kindled anger about a lack of accountability at the highest reaches of the church. Some members of th
  
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• Former CFL commissioner Mark Cohon joins Northern Super League as board chair

  12-11-2024 15:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Former CFL commissioner Mark Cohon is joining the new Northern Super League as chair of its board of directors.
  Cohon succeeded Tom Wright as CFL commissioner in 2007, signing a three-year contract extension in 2012. He stepped down in January 2015 ahead of his contract expiration in April 2015.
  “Mark brings a lot to this role,” said NSL president Christina Litz. “Obviously an all-Canadian league is quite rare. So having that experience with the CFL and being able to bring that
  
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• 35 dead as a driver hits a crowd in a Chinese city

  12-11-2024 12:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BANGKOK (AP) — Police in China say 35 people were killed and another 43 injured when a driver rammed his car into people exercising at a sports center in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai.The 62-year-old driver was detained, police said earlier Monday. It was not immediately clear whether it was an attack or an accident. No motive was mentioned, and police said investigations continued.
  THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
  BANGKOK (AP) — A 62-year
  
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• NewsAlert: Postal union issues 72 hour strike notice to Canada Post

  12-11-2024 11:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Canada Union of Postal Workers has issued 72 hour strike notice to Canada Post.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• In the news today: Ottawa urges more talks in B.C. port dispute

  12-11-2024 10:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Ottawa urges more talks in B.C. port dispute
  The federal government is urging both sides in the British Columbia port dispute to return to the table after Saturday’s collapse of mediated talks to end the lockout at container terminals that has entered its second week.
  A statement issued by the office of federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon on Monday said both the port employers and the union
  
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• Business advocacy group says Ottawa shouldn’t tax carbon rebates

  12-11-2024 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A small business advocacy group is re-upping calls to eliminate the carbon tax, after it says members learned the Canada carbon rebate for small businesses is a taxable benefit.
  In a letter to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland last week, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says it’s unfair to Canada’s small firms.
  The federation’s president and CEO, Dan Kelly, says the decision to tax the rebates is “deeply offensive to small businesses.”
  
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