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• DeGrom’s deal with Rangers could be worth $222M for 6 years

  03-12-2022 23:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Jacob deGrom’s $185 million, five-year contract with Texas includes a pair of conditional options, one that protects the Rangers against an arm injury and another that would make the deal worth $222 million over six seasons if he is remains a top pitcher at the end of 2027.
  The deal agreed to Friday with the two-time Cy Young Award winner includes salaries of $30 million next year, $40 million each in 2024 and ’25, $38 million in 2026 and $37 million in 2027.DeGrom’s $37 millio
  
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• ‘Messiah in the Valley’ by Chilliwack Symphony Orchestra returns with 4 concerts - Surrey Now Leader

  03-12-2022 22:15
  ‘Messiah in the Valley’ by Chilliwack Symphony Orchestra returns with 4 concerts  Surrey Now Leader
  
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• Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury starts moguls World Cup season with gold

  03-12-2022 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  RUKA, Finland — Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury has started the moguls World Cup season right where he left off.
  Kingsbury won a gold medal at the first moguls World Cup event of the season on Saturday. After earning silver at the Beijing Olympics he finished the last freestyle skiing season with three consecutive World Cup wins.
  The 30-year-old from Deux-Montagne, Que., reached the top of the podium on Saturday with a score of 84.50. Japan’s Ikuma Horishima earned silver with an 80.
  
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• Vancouver Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko to miss six weeks with lower-body injury

  03-12-2022 21:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Vancouver Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko is expected to be out until the new year due to a lower-body injury.General manager Patrik Allvin announced Saturday that the 26-year-old American is expected to miss about six weeks.
  Demko left Thursday’s 5-1 loss to the Florida Panthers at the end of the first period, supported by a trainer and teammate Ilya Mikheyev, and was not putting any weight on his right leg as he went off the ice.It’s been a difficult start to the season for Demko. He
  
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• Arctic chill over north and central coasts of B.C.: Environment Canada

  03-12-2022 21:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Environment Canada is warning people who live on British Columbia’s central and north coasts to dress warmly to avoid frostbite and hypothermia as frigid conditions are expected to persist this weekend.
  Arctic overflow warnings are posted for the north coast, including Kitimat and Terrace, and for the inland sections of the central coast.
  The weather agency says high pressure over the B.C. interior will continue to push arctic air out towards the coast, creating wind chil
  
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• Chilliwack Hospital to lose two OB-GYNs by mid-2023, affecting service levels if add’l docs aren’t hired

  03-12-2022 20:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack General Hospital will be down to only two obstetrician-gynecologists (OB-GYNs) by mid-2023 if Fraser Health does not hire additional doctors, Fraser Valley Today has learned.
  A Chilliwack-area doctor who spoke to Fraser Valley Today on condition of anonymity advised that one of the four OB-GYNs assigned to Chilliwack General Hospital (CGH) has recently retired, and another plans to pursue opportunities outside CGH in May or June 2023.
  A shortage of OB-GYNs at CGH le
  
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• Norway’s Kilde wins Beaver Creek World Cup downhill, Canada’s James Crawford third

  03-12-2022 20:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BEAVER CREEK VILLAGE, Colo. — Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway won a second straight men’s downhill to start the World Cup season, and Canada’s James Crawford was third Saturday.
  Toronto’s Crawford, 25, reached the World Cup podium in downhill for the first time in his career by finishing four-tenths of a second back of Kilde at Beaver Creek Resort.
  Kilde put down a time of one minute 42.09 seconds ahead of runner-up Marco Odermatt of Switzerland in 1:42.15.
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• Abby PD pitches higher salaries than RCMP to recruit experienced police officers

  03-12-2022 18:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — Just a week after the B.C. RCMP posted on social media that it is offering experienced police officers a starting salary of over $106,000, the Abbotsford Police Department responded by rolling out the red carpet for experienced police officers.
  In a Facebook post Friday (Dec. 2), Abby PD sought to recruit experienced police officers by offering a private tour and a 1-on-1 chat with Chief Constable Mike Serr.“Attention Experienced Officers!” Abby PD wrote. “Co
  
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• Khari Jones joins Redblacks as offensive coordinator and assistant head coach

  03-12-2022 18:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks hired Khari Jones as the team’s offensive coordinator on Saturday.
  He’ll also serve as an assistant to head coach Bob Dyce, who had the interim tag removed from his title on Friday.
  “I’m extremely pleased to have Khari join the Redblacks family,” said Dyce. “KJ is a great communicator and teacher who brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and energy to Ottawa.” 
  Jones and Dyce were on the Roughriders coaching st
  
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• Expect DUI road checks tonight in Chilliwack, Metro Vancouver

  03-12-2022 18:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The Christmas season ushers in a number of events, particularly seasonal gatherings, work-related parties, venues hosting Santa, and hustling to get gifts for loved ones.But police often associate December with the time when people make poor choices to drive while impaired, often with tragic consequences.
  According to a news release from the B.C. RCMP, the B.C. Association of Chiefs of Police (BCACP) has partnered with ICBC to support CounterAttack, a month-long Impaired drivi
  
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• Canadian defender Alistair Johnston moves to Celtic after standout World Cup

  03-12-2022 18:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Defender Alistair Johnston, one of Canada’s standout players at the 2022 World Cup, is headed to Scotland’s Glasgow Celtic.
  CF Montreal confirmed the transfer Saturday, saying it will take effect Jan. 1 — the start of the January transfer window.
  Celtic said Johnston has signed a five-year contract and will meet up with the team next weekend when it returns from training camp in Portugal.
  While Celtic and Montreal did not detail the transfer price, Glasgow’s Daily Record
  
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• North Thompson family loses home to fire two days after welcoming newborn daughter

  03-12-2022 16:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PRITCHARD, B.C. — Just more than a day after returning home with their newborn daughter, a Pritchard family has been left with nothing thanks to a house fire.
  Cortnal Kennedy-Gibson and his girlfriend Sara welcomed baby Isla into the world on Tuesday (Nov. 29) at 7:40 a.m. The family of four, with three-year-old Stuart, came home to their rented log house near Pritchard the next day.
  Thursday night, something went wrong.
  “We were just getting ready for bed,” Kennedy-Gibson told
  
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• ‘More American than football’: Retired history professor recounts abortion fight

  03-12-2022 16:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Betsy Jameson found a yellow piece of paper in 2017 when she cleaned out her office after retiring from the history department at the University of Calgary.
  The paper, faded and slightly stained, had the names and phone numbers of three doctors in New York and New Jersey. It was from the summer of 1967 when she was a 20-year-old student training to be a hall adviser at a college residence in Ohio. The names were doctors who would perform abortions at a time when it was illegal in
  
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• Investments in Inuit housing inadequate to address human rights violations: watchdog

  03-12-2022 16:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  From a family living for seven years in a condemned home that was meant to be temporary to people with disabilities having to be carried in and out of their bathrooms, Canada’s housing advocate says during a tour this fall of several Inuit communities she got a glimpse into the dire living conditions many have faced for years. 
  “The current levels of federal investments are not adequate to remedy the human rights violations caused by the housing shortage,” said Marie-Josee
  
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• Antisemitic celebrities stoke fears of normalizing hate

  03-12-2022 15:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
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  A surge of anti-Jewish vitriol, spread by a world-famous rapper, an NBA star and other prominent people, is stoking fears that public figures are normalizing hate and ramping up the risk of violence in a country already experiencing a sharp increase in antisemitism.
  Leaders of the Jewish community in the U.S. and extremism experts have been alarmed to see celebrities wi
  
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• Ministers decline request to testify on Afghan aid blockade as desperation grows

  03-12-2022 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Three Liberal ministers have declined invitations to testify at the Senate as the upper chamber probes why Canada still won’t allow humanitarian workers to help in Afghanistan.
  The Senate’s human rights committee is expected to begin hearings Monday on federal anti-terrorism rules that bar aid groups from working in Afghanistan.
  The Taliban took over Kabul in August 2021, and humanitarian groups say that Canadian officials advised them not to pay people in Afghanistan
  
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• Impaired-driving campaign: Road checks open from Chilliwack to ... - Global News

  03-12-2022 09:00
  Impaired-driving campaign: Road checks open from Chilliwack to ...  Global News
  
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• Brady Tkachuk lifts Senators past Rangers, 3-2 in OT

  03-12-2022 05:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Brady Tkachuk scored the tying goal for Ottawa in the final minute of regulation and won it with a backhander with 17.4 seconds remaining in overtime as the Senators beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Friday night.
  Tim Stutzle also scored for the Senators, who rebounded from a 3-1 loss at home to the Rangers on Wednesday night to win for third time in four games. Cam Talbot had 25 saves, including a stop on Mika Zibanejad on a breakaway with 1:34 left in the extra period.
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• Former Jet Laine scores two and the Columbus Blue Jackets upset Winnipeg Jets 4-1

  03-12-2022 05:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — Patrik Laine scored twice and Johnny Gaudreau contributed a trio of assists as the Columbus Blue Jackets upset the Winnipeg Jets 4-1 on Friday.
  Laine was back in action after missing the past seven games with an ankle injury. It was also his second game in Winnipeg since the Jets traded him to Columbus in January 2021.
  Erik Gudbranson was credited with a goal after the puck went in off a Jets player. Gustav Nyquist also scored for Columbus (8-12-2), which snapped a three-game lo
  
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• Nets build huge lead, beat Raptors 114-105 for 4th straight

  03-12-2022 04:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Kyrie Irving scored 27 points and the Brooklyn Nets built a huge lead before beating the Toronto Raptors 114-105 on Friday night.
  Kevin Durant had 17 points and Nic Claxton chipped in 15 for the Nets, who have won four consecutive games.
  Pascal Siakam scored 24 points and O.G. Anunoby added 21 for the Raptors, losers of two straight games. 
  Brooklyn led by 36 points midway through the second quarter and held a 93-72 advantage at the start of the fourth. 
  The Rapto
  
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• Tkachuk scores 2 late as Senators beat Rangers 3-2 in OT

  03-12-2022 04:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Brady Tkachuk scored the tying goal for Ottawa in the final minute of regulation and won it with a backhander with 17.4 seconds remaining in overtime as the Senators beat the New York Rangers 3-2 Friday night.
  Tim Stutzle also scored for the Senators, who rebounded from a 3-1 loss at home to the Rangers on Wednesday and won for third time in four games. Cam Talbot had 25 saves, including a stop on Mika Zibanejad on a breakaway with 1:34 left in the extra period.
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• GOP’s Duarte takes California Central Valley US House seat

  03-12-2022 04:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Republican John Duarte defeated Democrat Adam Gray on Friday in a new California U.S. House district in the Central Valley farm belt that produced the closest congressional contest in the state this year.
  With virtually all of the ballots counted, Duarte has just over 50% of the vote. Gray conceded in a statement, saying, “I accept the results and have called to congratulate my opponent.”
  “This was one of the closest races in the country. More than 130,
  
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• ‘Forever hold onto that memory:’ Family members remember victims in Winnipeg

  03-12-2022 03:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Winnipeg police say they have charged Jeremy Skibicki, 35, with four counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of four women.One of the women has not been identified but police say they believe she is Indigenous.The family members of the other three women, who are all First Nations, say they were loved and will be missed. They include:Rebecca Contois
  The family of Rebecca Contois, 24, said in a statement Friday that the last few months since her remains were found have been incredibly difficul
  
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• Another Canadian and world junior record for swimmer Summer McIntosh

  03-12-2022 03:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  GREENSBORO, N.C. — Canadian swim star Summer McIntosh continues to rewrite the record book.
  The 16-year-old from Toronto eclipsed her own Canadian and world junior records in the women’s 400-metre individual medley on Friday at the U.S. Open swimming competition.
  McIntosh touched the wall in four minutes 28.61 seconds — fourth fastest in history in the event — to lower her previous mark of 4:29.01 set at the Commonwealth Games this past summer. A month before the Commonwe
  
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• Cupcake Day in Chilliwack: Senior's sweet idea spreads cheer | CTV News - CTV News Vancouver

  03-12-2022 02:44
  Cupcake Day in Chilliwack: Senior's sweet idea spreads cheer | CTV News  CTV News Vancouver
  
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• Canada wins six medals as international long-track speedskating returns to Quebec

  03-12-2022 02:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  QUEBEC — The Canadian team captured six medals, including three gold, to open the ISU Four Continents Speed Skating Championships on Friday.Laurent Dubreuil of Levis, Que., kicked things off with a victory in the 500 metres at the new Centre de glace Intact Assurance, in Quebec City’s first international long-track speedskating competition in 30 years.
  Valérie Maltais of La Baie, Que., won gold in the women’s 3,000 metres, while Dubreuil, and Montreal’s Christopher
  
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• Alberta premier says she’s open to sovereignty bill amendments to add clarity

  03-12-2022 01:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her sovereignty bill that grants her cabinet unfettered power to rewrite laws behind closed doors without legislature approval was never intended to do that. 
  Smith told CBC Newsworld in an interview Friday she is open to making amendments to Bill 1 to clarify that any laws her cabinet changes or drafts will come back to the legislature for debate and a vote.
  “I think maybe we have a little lack of clarity,” Smith said when pr
  
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• ‘End this ongoing genocide:’ Indigenous advocates call for change after women killed

  03-12-2022 00:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — The arrest of a man accused of killing four women, all believed to be Indigenous, shows vulnerable women and girls are subject to dangerous outcomes if governments don’t work together to end gender and race-based violence, Indigenous advocates say.  
  Several Indigenous groups are urging governments and other institutions to fulfil the 231 Calls for Justice outlined in the final report from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls relea
  
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• Emergencies Act hearings end with final words on transparency, accountability - Chilliwack Progress

  03-12-2022 00:30
  Emergencies Act hearings end with final words on transparency, accountability  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• B.C. to benefit as Parkland doubles western Canada EV charging network - Chilliwack Progress

  03-12-2022 00:30
  B.C. to benefit as Parkland doubles western Canada EV charging network  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• B.C. children’s representative urges immediate help for children with special needs - Chilliwack Progress

  03-12-2022 00:30
  B.C. children’s representative urges immediate help for children with special needs  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• B.C.’s COVID response praised for ‘nimbleness,’ calls to bolster public trust

  03-12-2022 00:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — A review of British Columbia’s COVID-19 response says despite being unprepared for the pandemic, the province showed “resilience, balance and nimbleness” during the emergency.
  That’s despite nearly 75 per cent of the people surveyed as part of the independent review reporting they didn’t trust information coming from the government. 
  However, both the report’s authors and Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth say the online survey was not
  
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• AP source: Mariners close to acquiring Brewers’ Kolten Wong

  03-12-2022 00:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Mariners are close to completing a deal to acquire second baseman Kolten Wong from the Milwaukee Brewers for outfielder Jesse Winker and Canadian infielder Abraham Toro, according to a person familiar with the situation.
  The person confirmed to The Associated Press an agreement was reached Friday pending a medical review. The person spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because the deal hadn’t been officially announced by either team.
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• Scheffler makes a late bid to return to No. 1 in the world

  03-12-2022 00:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — The degree Masters champion Scottie Scheffler earned from the McCombs School of Business at Texas did not equip him with the skills to figure out the new formula for the Official World Golf Ranking.
  He is No. 2 in the world. He can go back to No. 1 if he wins the Hero World Challenge, simple as that.
  “I don’t like being No. 2,” he said. “I don’t like finishing second.”
  Scheffler took a step in that direction in the relentless wind
  
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