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• Update: Highway 1 east of Chilliwack still blocked at 9:15 p.m. Sunday due to police incident

  11-11-2024 07:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UPDATE, 9:20 P.M.: Highway 1 remains blocked as of 9:15 p.m. due to an unfolding police incident east of Annis Road (exit 129) in Chilliwack. A Chilliwack resident whose cousin and young daughter are stuck in the incident tells Fraser Valley Today the following: “Okay, they [police] got us turned around but now we’re stopped because they [police] have stopped traffic both ways so emergency can get in and we’re on the wrong side of the highway. They said we will be here until th
  
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• Police, firefighters respond to train derailment near Montreal; no injuries reported

  14-11-2024 16:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONGUEUIL, Que. — Police are responding to a derailment at a train yard in Longueuil, Que., on Montreal’s South Shore.
  Longueuil police say it does not initially appear anyone was hurt, but fire officials are dealing with a spill of hydrogen peroxide.
  The derailment happened at around 9 a.m. in the LeMoyne area, near the intersection of St-Louis and St-Georges streets.
  Police and fire officials are on site, as well as CN railworkers.
  Officers are asking people to avoid the sector, wh
  
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• Raptors unveil Vince Carter-themed alternate jersey with dunking dinosaur logo

  14-11-2024 16:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors unveiled a new jersey this morning honouring the team’s history and Hall of Famer Vince Carter.
  The black uniform has a red dinosaur wearing Carter’s purple No. 15 jersey in the midst of a between-the-legs bounce dunk.
  The acrobatic pose replicates one of Carter’s iconic jams that helped him win the 2000 NBA Slam Dunk contest.
  It will debut on Nov. 21 when the Raptors host the Minnesota Timberwolves at Scotiabank Arena and will be worn in a t
  
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• Highway 1 traffic through Abbotsford clear after single-vehicle crash Thursday morning

  14-11-2024 15:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Abbotsford PD says traffic is flowing once again between Chilliwack and Abbotsford Thursday morning after a vehicle crashed westbound Highway 1 at the No. 3 Road exit (exit 104).
  Police say the driver of the vehicle is not inquired, and the car will remain in the meridian until morning commuter traffic has cleared.Highway 1 is open in both directions, police said.
  DriveBC initially notified commuters at 5:27 a.m. Thursday that a vehicle incident had the left lane westbound blo
  
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• Former Rugby Canada chair Sally Dennis elected to World Rugby executive board

  14-11-2024 15:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBLIN — Former Rugby Canada chair Sally Dennis has been elected to World Rugby’s executive board.
  The Vancouver lawyer received 28 votes from the World Rugby Council, ahead of Uruguay’s Sebastian Pineyrua (18 votes) and Samoa’s Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi (five) for the non-high-performance union position on the panel that essentially acts as the world governing body’s board of directors.
  Canada has not had representation on the board in recent history.
  The board
  
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• Abbotsford man pleads guilty to trafficking in black bear paws

  14-11-2024 15:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PORT COQUITLAM – Conservation officers in British Columbia say an Abbotsford man has pleaded guilty to two counts of trafficking in black bear paws.
  According to a statement from the B.C. Conservation Officer Service, Abbotsford resident Hong Tao Yang entered his pleas in a courtroom in Port Coquitlam on Wednesday (Nov. 13). His guilty plea requires him to pay a penalty and victim surcharge of $8,625.
  B.C. COS says it launched an investigation into the illegal trafficking of wildlife parts
  
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• Chilliwack North MLA cherishes swearing-in ceremony, looks forward to serving the community

  14-11-2024 15:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — It was a moment Chilliwack North MLA Heather Maahs won’t forget.She and Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA Á’a:líya Warbus took the oath of office Tuesday night (Nov. 12) alongside fellow Conservative Party Members of the Legislative Assembly in front of supporters, loved ones and extended family.Maahs and Warbus were required to swear or affirm an oath to His Majesty King Charles III, his heirs and successors, according to law, before they could take their sea
  
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• Two hospitalized after two-alarm blaze damages remote Chilliwack home

  14-11-2024 15:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Over two dozen firefighters from five different halls were paged Wednesday afternoon for a structure fire at a home in the 5100 block of Sherlaw Road on a 40-acre property in Ryder Lake.According to a dispatch recording provided by Chilliwack resident Julie Hiscock, Engines 1, 4, and 5-2, and the Chilliwack duty officer were first dispatched at 3:06 p.m. to 5180 Sherlaw Road for a structure fire. The home itself is located quite a ways off Sherlaw Road and is not visible from
  
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• McIlroy tied for lead at World Tour Championship and strengthens Race to Dubai title bid

  14-11-2024 15:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Rory McIlroy was already an overwhelming favorite to win the European tour’s season-long Race to Dubai title.
  He made his chances even better on Thursday.
  McIlroy shot 5-under 67 and was tied for the lead with Tyrrell Hatton after the first round of the season-ending World Tour Championship.
  A top-10 finish will guarantee McIlroy wins the year-long points race — formerly known as the Order of Merit — for the sixth time, tying with the la
  
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• Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn is ending her retirement at age 40 to make a skiing comeback

  14-11-2024 14:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Lindsey Vonn is coming out of retirement to rejoin the U.S. Ski Team, she announced Thursday, intending to race again at age 40 — and six years after her last Olympics.
  Vonn is a three-time Olympic medalist, including a downhill gold and super-G bronze at the 2010 Vancouver Games, and a bronze in the downhill at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. She is also a four-time overall World Cup champion and owns eight world championships medals.
  Her 82 World Cup race victori
  
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• Veteran skip John Epping leading young team that’s enjoying some early success

  14-11-2024 13:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Two early-season titles have quietly helped the new-look Team John Epping emerge as one of the more interesting storylines this curling season.
  Epping joined forces with the Horgan brothers — Jacob and Tanner — and lead Ian McMillan to create a foursome with an intriguing combination of experience, youth and potential.After missing the playoffs in their first two events, they ran the table at bonspiels in Waterloo, Ont., and Toronto to help fuel a rather quiet rise to No. 10 in the y
  
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• A look at McDavid’s magic moments as the Oilers captain closes in on 1,000 points

  14-11-2024 13:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Edmonton superstar Connor McDavid enters the Oilers’ game Thursday night against Nashville with 999 points.
  The 27-year-old could reach 1,000 in his 659th game, becoming the fourth-fastest player in NHL history to hit the milestone behind Wayne Gretzky (424 games), Mario Lemieux (513) and Mike Bossy (656).
  Here’s a look at some of the standout performances that got him to this point.
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  Feb. 13, 2024 — McDavid had a career-high six assists as the Oilers th
  
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• Veteran QB Zach Collaros leading ‘special’ Blue Bombers team into Grey Cup

  14-11-2024 12:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Zach Collaros always sees room for improvement.Even after putting up a career-high 4,336 passing yards in regular-season action, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback thought he could have done better.“I don’t think you’ve ever arrived and I’m the kind of person that’s never really satisfied with the way I play,” he said Wednesday.Whether he was satisfied or not, Collaros’ performance powered the Bombers to the Grey Cup. Winnipeg will f
  
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• Superstar Connor McDavid could reach 1,000 points tonight as Oilers host Predators

  14-11-2024 12:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Connor McDavid could make history tonight as the Edmonton Oilers host the Nashville Predators.
  A single point will put the 27-year-old McDavid at 1,000 in his career, the fourth fastest NHLer to ever reach the milestone.
  It will be his 659th game in the NHL.
  McDavid had a goal and three assists in Edmonton’s 4-3 overtime win against the visiting New York Islanders on Tuesday to reach 999 career points.
  Hall of Famers Wayne Gretzky (424 games), Mario Lemieux (513) and Mike
  
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• In the news today: Rent inflation to slow, Desjardins predicts

  14-11-2024 10:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Rent inflation to slow, Desjardins predicts
  The rate at which Canadian rental prices are increasing should slow in the coming years as the government’s plan to cut back immigration numbers takes hold, a new report from Desjardins says.
  “Our outlook is for a slowdown in the pace of rent inflation over the next few years, in line with a rising unemployment rate and weaker population growth,&r
  
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• Trudeau off to APEC in Peru, G20 summit in Brazil as peer nations brace for Trump

  14-11-2024 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to leave this afternoon for the APEC summit in Lima, Peru, followed by the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  Both summits aim to improve the multilateral institutions that have drawn skepticism from U.S. president-elect Donald Trump.
  In Peru, Trudeau will take part in meetings of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group, which largely involve resolving barriers to trade and forming better links across the Pacific Rim.
  On Saturday, the pr
  
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• Rent inflation to slow in the next few years, Desjardins predicts

  14-11-2024 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The rate at which Canadian rental prices are increasing should slow in the coming years as the government’s plan to cut back immigration numbers takes hold, a new report from Desjardins says.
  “Our outlook is for a slowdown in the pace of rent inflation over the next few years, in line with a rising unemployment rate and weaker population growth,” it predicted.
  Rents have been rising fast and rent inflation is “much higher” than increases in the price
  
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• Energy experts think Donald Trump will make tariff exemptions for Canadian oil

  14-11-2024 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to slap an across-the-board tariff of at least 10 per cent on all imports including from Canada is unlikely to apply to Canadian oil, energy experts are predicting.
  The threat of the tariff is causing a lot of concern north of the border, where the Canadian Chamber of Commerce said such a tariff could take a $30-billion bite out of the Canadian economy.
  Rory Johnston, a Toronto-based oil market researcher and founder of Commodity Co
  
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• Class-action alleges abuse, cultural devastation at Canadian Indigenous group homes

  14-11-2024 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A proposed class-action lawsuit against the Canadian government says Indigenous people removed from their communities and placed in group homes beginning in the 1950s suffered physical, sexual and psychological abuse that “was commonplace, condoned and, arguably, encouraged.”
  The Federal Court lawsuit filed this month in Vancouver says Indigenous children across the country were forcibly removed from their homes and taken “to live with strangers — someti
  
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• NHL roundup: Maple Leafs rally to beat Capitals 4-3 in OT

  14-11-2024 07:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch Marner tied it in the final minute of the third period, John Tavares scored the overtime winner and the Toronto Maple Leafs rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 on Wednesday night.
  William Nylander sparked the comeback with his goal with 4:09 left and set up Marner’s 6-on-4 power-play goal with 47.8 seconds left in regulation with goaltender Joseph Woll pulled for an extra attacker and Washington’s Nic Dowd in the penalty b
  
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• Tavares scores in OT as Maple Leafs rally to clip Capitals 4-3

  14-11-2024 04:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch Marner tied it in the final minute of the third period, John Tavares scored the overtime winner and the Toronto Maple Leafs rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 on Wednesday night.
  William Nylander sparked the comeback with his goal with 4:09 left and set up Marner’s 6-on-4 power-play goal with 47.8 seconds left in regulation with goaltender Joseph Woll pulled for an extra attacker and Washington’s Nic Dowd in the penalty b
  
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• Republicans win 218 US House seats, giving Donald Trump and the party control of government

  14-11-2024 04:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party’s sweep into power and securing their hold on U.S. government alongside President-elect Donald Trump.
  A House Republican victory in Arizona, alongside a win in slow-counting California earlier Wednesday, gave the GOP the 218 House victories that make up the majority. Republicans earlier gained control of the Senate from Democrats.
  With hard-fought yet thin majorities, Republican leader
  
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• Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani wins reelection to Arizona US House seat

  14-11-2024 04:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani won reelection to a U.S. House seat in southeastern Arizona in a rematch that pitted him against the Democrat he narrowly beat two years ago.
  Ciscomani defeated Democrat Kirsten Engel in the race for Arizona’s 6th Congressional District, which runs from Tucson east to the New Mexico state line and includes a stretch of the Arizona-Mexico border.
  With Ciscomani’s win, Republicans have enough seats to control the U.S. House, completin
  
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• Mike Miller making first Grey Cup appearance as Bombers special-teams coach

  14-11-2024 02:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Mike Miller is back in the Grey Cup but with a different twist.
  Miller helped Winnipeg make three straight appearances — winning twice — before being sidelined last year with a neck injury that ultimately ended his CFL career. On Sunday, the 35-year-old native of Riverview, N.B., will be on the field as the Bombers’ special-teams coordinator when they meet the Toronto Argonauts at B.C. Place Stadium.
  “It’s certainly different,” Miller said du
  
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• Sri Lanka votes in a parliamentary election that’s key for its new Marxist-leaning president

  14-11-2024 02:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election Thursday that is key for the country’s new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his party’s power and follow through on promises of economic recovery.
  President Anura Kumara Dissanayake won the presidential election on Sept. 21 in a victory that marked a rejection of the traditional political parties, which have governed the island nation since its independence from British rule in 1948.
  However,
  
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• Abbotsford, B.C., man pleads guilty to trafficking in black bear paws

  14-11-2024 02:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. — British Columbia’s Conservation Officer Service says a man from Abbotsford, B.C., has pleaded guilty to two counts of trafficking in black bear paws.
  A statement from the service says Hong Tao Yang entered his pleas in a Port Coquitlam, B.C., courtroom on Wednesday, where he was ordered to pay a penalty and victim surcharge worth a total of $8,625.
  The service says it began an investigation into the illegal trafficking of wildlife parts after receiving a tip fr
  
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• Clearbrook Waterworks rescinds boil water notice in Abbotsford

  14-11-2024 01:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Clearbrook Waterworks District says it has terminated the boil water notice that was issued last week, in consultation with Fraser Health Authority.
  In a statement from the company, Clearbrook Waterworks says it has taken the necessary steps to remedy the situation. The company says Fraser Health has confirmed through extensive sampling that there are no signs of contamination in the water supply, meaning it is safe to drink.Residents within the Clearbrook Waterworks service a
  
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• RCMP warn against vigilantism in Squamish, B.C., as concerns circulate online

  14-11-2024 01:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SQUAMISH, B.C. — Police in Squamish, B.C., have issued a warning against vigilante action over safety concerns they say are circulating on social media.
  The statement from Sea to Sky RCMP says police want to “reassure” residents of the community about 60 kilometres north of Vancouver that “there is no current threat to public safety.”
  The Mounties’ statement doesn’t provide details, but there has been a flurry of posts and comments on social media making
  
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• At least 1 explosion outside Brazil’s Supreme Court leaves 1 dead, forces evacuation

  14-11-2024 01:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAO PAULO (AP) — At least one explosion outside Brazil’s Supreme Court killed one person and forced the justices and staff to evacuate the building in the capital of Brasilia, police and firefighters said.
  A police statement said an artifact exploded outside the court without providing more details. Local firefighters confirmed that one person died at the scene, but did not identify the victim.The court’s justices and staff safely left the building after the incident, which too
  
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• Update: Report of assault with a weapon prompted hold and secure at AD Rundle Wednesday

  14-11-2024 00:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UPDATE 3:55 P.M. WEDNESDAY: A Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson says RCMP members responded to an assault with a weapon call in the area of AD Rundle. Members attended the area and out of precaution, advised school staff to hold and secure. Police quickly determined that the assault occurred at another location nowhere near the school. School staff were advised the hold and secure was not required. Third party reporting had provided the wrong location of the occurrence, according to RCMP spokesperson
  
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