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• Lucius completes hat trick in overtime as U.S. beats Sweden for world junior bronze

  05-01-2023 23:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Chaz Lucius completed a hat trick in overtime as the United States beat Sweden 8-7 in a wild bronze-medal game at the world junior hockey championship.
  The Winnipeg Jets prospect scored into the three-on-three sudden-death period when he flipped a backhand over Swedish goaltender Carl Lindbom. 
  Lindbom had stopped an initial chance from Lane Hutson, but the rebound went unclaimed until Lucius swept in and clinched a game that saw the U.S give up multiple leads before finally
  
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• Canadian government tells travellers in Mexico to shelter in place due to violence

  05-01-2023 23:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The federal government is advising Canadians in Mexico to limit their movements and shelter in place due to violence in the northwestern part of the country.
  The violence is particularly in Culiacan, Mazatlan, Los Mochis and Guasave.
  Ottawa says on Twitter that cars have been lit on fire, guns are being fired and there is a threat to essential infrastructure, including airports.
  It says the Culiacan and Mazatlan airports are closed and all flights have been suspended at the Los Mo
  
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• Man charged with Grand Forks bank robbery arrested in Abbotsford - Chilliwack Progress

  05-01-2023 22:55 via news.google.com
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• Housing Minister visits Chilliwack, says housing projects must be built faster in B.C.

  05-01-2023 22:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Accompanied by local MLA Kelli Paddon, Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon paid a visit to Chilliwack City Hall Thursday afternoon (Jan. 5) to reaffirm his government’s ongoing commitment to providing affordable housing, while stressing the need for more housing projects to materialize.
  Kahlon stopped by municipal headquarters on Young Road as he toured several cities in the Fraser Valley and introduced himself as the new provincial minister of housing.“You’ll see t
  
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• Roster building continues for Toronto FC coach Bob Bradley as players return

  05-01-2023 22:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The process of roster building continues for head coach/sporting director Bob Bradley as Toronto FC players report for medicals Friday ahead of Sunday’s departure for training camp in California.
  TFC is in need of a starting goalkeeper and left back. A centre back is also required after the departure of Chris Mavinga and Bradley has said he wants more options at forward. Depth in midfield is likely also an issue.
  “We’re in the midst of important conversations, n
  
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• Canadian scientists watching for new COVID variants in airplane ... - Chilliwack Progress

  05-01-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
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• ‘Bomb cyclone’ brings damaging winds, rain to California - Chilliwack Progress

  05-01-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
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• No charges for B.C. police officer in 2020 shooting of suspect with beanbag gun

  05-01-2023 22:07 via globalnews.ca
  The BC Prosecution Service could not prove that the officer committed any offence when the man was shot with the impact weapon in Chilliwack, B.C., in March 2020.
  
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• Agassiz RCMP seek public help as maple burl poaching problem ... - Chilliwack Progress

  05-01-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
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• No charges for Abbotsford, B.C., officer in 2020 shooting of suspect with beanbag gun

  05-01-2023 21:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — The BC Prosecution Service says no charges will be laid against an Abbotsford, B.C., police officer whose use of a beanbag shotgun during an arrest seriously injured a suspect.
  A statement from the service says it is not able to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the officer committed any offence when the man was shot with the impact weapon in Chilliwack, B.C., in March 2020.
  An investigation by B.C.’s police watchdog said there were reasonable grounds to believe the o
  
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• Victoria named the world’s 10th-friendliest city by prestigious travel ... - Chilliwack Progress

  05-01-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
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• Composer Joseph Koo, linked to ‘Golden Era’ of Hong Kong culture, dies in Vancouver

  05-01-2023 21:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Renowned composer Joseph Koo, whose music helped form the soundtrack for what his family called the “Golden Era” of Hong Kong culture in the 1970s and ’80s, has died in Vancouver.
  Koo’s family says in a statement that he died of natural causes on Tuesday, six days short of his 92nd birthday.
  The composer is closely associated with the heyday of Cantopop, writing songs for some of the biggest names of the Cantonese music genre as well as scoring movies in
  
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• Former Chilliwack school trustee Barry Neufeld tries to get ... - Hope Standard

  05-01-2023 21:25 via news.google.com
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• Blue Jays claim righty Junior Fernández off waivers from Yankees

  05-01-2023 21:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have claimed right-handed pitcher Junior Fernández off waivers from the New York Yankees.
  The 25-year-old Fernández had a 2.41 earned-run average last season over 13 games with the St. Louis Cardinals and three with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
  The six-foot-three, 215-pound pitcher from Santo Domingo Centro, Dominican Republic, was claimed off waivers by the Yankees in November.He was signed as an international free agent by St. Louis in 2014 and ma
  
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• Political parties should list fundraising venue locations, Elections Canada suggests

  05-01-2023 20:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Elections Canada suggests that venue names should be listed for fundraising events after a political party asked whether it had to disclose the specific location in light of safety concerns. 
  Elections Canada says parties are obligated under political financing law to publicly list the venue name, but adds the government could change the law. 
  The Liberal party removed public venue locations from online notices of fundraising events attended by the prime minister after o
  
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• Chilliwack artist's hand-painted gumboots walk back into her life ... - Chilliwack Progress

  05-01-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack artist's hand-painted gumboots walk back into her life ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Levonte Johnson looks to add to blue-chip soccer resume with MAC Hermann Trophy

  05-01-2023 20:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canadian forward Levonte Johnson has won wherever he’s gone.
  As a freshman, he helped Eastern Florida State College reach the first National Junior College Athletic Association championship game. Following the cancellation of the Titans’ 2020 season due to COVID-19 and the departure of the coach, Johnson transferred to Salt Lake Community College and led the Bruins to their first NJCAA title. 
  He transferred to Seattle University and helped the Redhawks beat Grand Canyon in a pe
  
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• B.C. Court of Appeal knocks one year off Chilliwack man's stabbing ... - Hope Standard

  05-01-2023 20:00 via news.google.com
  B.C. Court of Appeal knocks one year off Chilliwack man's stabbing ...  Hope Standard
  
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• B.C. Court of Appeal knocks one year off Chilliwack man's stabbing ... - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  05-01-2023 20:00 via news.google.com
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• New parkspace coming to Chilliwack's Promontory neighbourhood - Chilliwack Progress

  05-01-2023 19:45 via news.google.com
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• US to send Ukraine dozens of Bradleys in $2.85B aid package

  05-01-2023 19:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will send Ukraine nearly $3 billion in military aid, in a massive new package that will for the first time include several dozen Bradley fighting vehicles, U.S. officials said Thursday, in the Biden administration’s latest step to send increasingly lethal and powerful weapons to help Ukraine beat back Russian forces.
  The aid — totaling about $2.85 billion — is the largest in a series of packages of military equipment that the Pentagon has pulled
  
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• Mystery surrounds maple burls being taken from private property owned by Chilliwack resident

  05-01-2023 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  AGASSIZ — Agassiz RCMP are seeking the public’s assistance after a Chilliwack resident reported that maple burls were being illegally harvested from trees on private property.According to a press release from Sgt. Michael Sargent of the Agassiz RCMP, authorities began investigating after incidents of maple burl thefts being illegally harvested on private property were reported on Tuesday, January 3 earlier this week.The thefts and tree damage occurred on rural properties along the no
  
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• Environmental groups welcome Parks Canada buyout of Jasper Park backcountry lodges

  05-01-2023 19:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Environmental groups are welcoming Parks Canada’s buyout of two businesses in Jasper National Park’s Tonquin Valley, a scenic destination also used by vanishing caribou herds.
  Carolyn Campbell of the Alberta Wilderness Association says buying out the backcountry lodges is unfortunate but needed to protect the herds, which are on the edge of disappearing. 
  She says the two lodges were on habitat used by caribou for calving, rearing and rutting, and added to pressures the animals
  
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• Unsightly homeless encampment documented near Borden Creek east of Chilliwack

  05-01-2023 18:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — It’s an uphill battle in every sense of the word for Chilliwack-area volunteers who are simply trying to retain the natural beauty of the Chilliwack River Valley, its picturesque terrain, its panoramic trails, and the pristine creeks that traverse swaths of remote land.
  According to pictures released from Wayne Furness and Ross Aikenhead Thursday morning (Jan. 5), disturbing images have emerged showing yet another abandoned homeless encampment containing a trailer with e
  
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• House stalemate still holds back choice of a new speaker

  05-01-2023 18:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Pressure mounting, the House opened with the prime speaker’s chair empty for a third day Thursday, as Republican leader Kevin McCarthy failed repeatedly to win enough votes from his party to become House speaker.McCarthy emerged from a morning meeting with colleagues at the Capitol determined to persuade Republican holdouts to end the stalemate that has blighted his new GOP majority.But despite endless talks, signs of concessions and a public spectacle unlike any ot
  
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• New Brunswick man who killed three Mounties in 2014 files appeal of stiff sentence

  05-01-2023 18:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  FREDERICTON — A New Brunswick man who fatally shot three Mounties in 2014 has applied to the province’s highest court to have his precedent-setting 75-year parole ineligibility period reduced to 25 years.
  The notice of appeal for Justin Bourque cites the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in May to strike down a 2011 law that made it possible for judges to extend parole ineligibility periods beyond 25 years for multiple murderers.
  In its decision last year, the Supreme Court sa
  
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• South Carolina Supreme Court strikes down state abortion ban

  05-01-2023 18:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court struck down Thursday a ban on abortion after cardiac activity is detected — typically around six weeks — ruling the restriction violates the state constitution’s right to privacy.
  The decision comes nearly two years after Republican Gov. Henry McMaster signed the measure into law. The ban, which included exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest or pregnancies that endangered the patient’s life, drew l
  
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• Police: Idaho slaying suspect’s DNA found at crime scene

  05-01-2023 18:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The DNA of the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students was found on a knife sheath at the crime scene, an investigator said in court documents unsealed Thursday.
  The affidavit written by Moscow, Idaho Police Cpl. Brett Payne was made public just minutes before a court hearing began for the man accused in the Nov. 13 deaths, 28-year-old Bryan Kohberger. Kohberger arrived in Idaho late Wednesday on a law enforcement jet and was handed over to local author
  
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• Defender Chris Mavinga joins Los Angeles Galaxy after six seasons with Toronto FC

  05-01-2023 18:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Veteran centre back Chris Mavinga, who spent the last six seasons with Toronto FC, has signed with the Los Angeles Galaxy.
  Mavinga has signed a two-year contract through the end of the 2024 MLS season.
  Toronto announced in mid-November that it had declined the 2023 contract option on the 31-year-old defender, but said at the time that contract talks were continuing.
  Mavinga, a French-born Congolese international, ranks eighth in all-time appearances for Toronto with 153.
  The move to Los Angeles
  
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• Sony unveils prototype EV, Afeela, to be made with Honda - Chilliwack Progress

  05-01-2023 18:00 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack RCMP nab 10 impaired drivers on New Year’s Eve

  05-01-2023 17:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Nearly a dozen motorists could be on the hook for ticketing costs, vehicle towing fees, license suspension, and likely higher ICBC rates after they senselessly drove impaired on New Year’s Eve.According to statistics released Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 4) by Chilliwack RCMP Sgt. Krista Vrolyk, media spokesperson for the Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment, Mounties removed ten high-risk drivers off the road on the night of Saturday, Dec. 31.
  Mounties issued eight 90-d
  
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• Family of Montreal man killed while unlawfully jailed wants systemic racism inquiry

  05-01-2023 17:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The family of a man who died after an altercation with guards at a Montreal jail while he was being unlawfully detained is demanding an inquiry.
  Nicous D’Andre Spring, 21, died after being fitted with a spit hood and pepper-sprayed twice by jail guards the day after he should have been released from detention at the Bordeaux jail.
  The Red Coalition, a non-profit organization assisting Spring’s family, says it will file a complaint with the Quebec ombudsman on the fam
  
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• Veteran tackle Stanley Bryant signs extension with Blue Bombers

  05-01-2023 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — Stanley Bryant is staying put.
  The CFL’s outstanding lineman last season signed a one-year extension with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Thursday. The six-foot-five, 313-pound Bryant was slated to become a free agent next month.
  Bryant will return for his eighth season in Winnipeg and 13th in the CFL. He began his tenure in Canada with the Calgary Stampeders (2010-14).
  Bryant was named the CFL’s top lineman last year a record fourth time (2017, ’18, ’21, &r
  
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• IIHF president Luc Tardif optimistic about Hockey Canada’s future with new board

  05-01-2023 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — International Ice Hockey Federation president Luc Tardif says Hockey Canada’s new board of directors should be given a chance to fix the scandal-plagued organization.
  Speaking ahead of the bronze- and gold-medal games at the world junior hockey championship, Tardif said he met face-to-face with chair Hugh Fraser, who was elected along with eight directors last month, and came away optimistic about the future.
  The previous board resigned in October — president and CEO
  
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• UPDATE: Doctors: Damar Hamlin communicating, showing ... - Chilliwack Progress

  05-01-2023 17:30 via news.google.com
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• In The Rings: Formative steps underway for curling players’ association

  05-01-2023 17:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A new quadrennial has done little to improve the often perplexing elite curling scene. A sport that still clings to amateur roots despite a growing shift to professional status seems stunted by a lack of unity among the various power brokers.
  Many elite domestic and international curlers have had issues for years with scheduling, convoluted ranking point setups, rule changes and in many cases, a general lack of communication. 
  “There’s not a whole lot of working together with th
  
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• Man’s body found near Roxham Road unofficial border crossing in Quebec

  05-01-2023 17:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A man has been found dead near an unofficial border crossing south of Montreal that is used by thousands of asylum seekers each year to cross into Canada from the United States.
  Quebec provincial police say the man’s body was found at about 2:45 p.m. on Wednesday in a wooded area in St-Bernard-de-Lacolle, near Roxham Road.
  Sûreté du Québec spokesman Louis-Philippe Ruel says police can’t confirm the person’s identity or nationality and do not
  
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• Biden restricting Nicaraguans, Cubans and Haitians at border

  05-01-2023 17:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday said it would immediately begin turning away Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, a major expansion of an existing effort to stop Venezuelans attempting to enter the U.S.Instead, the administration will accept 30,000 people per month from the four nations for two years and offer the ability to legally work, as long as they come legally, have eligible sponsors and pass vetting and background check
  
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• Putin orders 36-hour weekend cease-fire in Ukraine

  05-01-2023 16:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered Moscow’s armed forces to hold a 36-hour cease-fire in Ukraine this weekend for the Russian Orthodox Christmas holiday, the Kremlin said.The order follows a proposal by the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, earlier in the day day.“Based on the fact that a large number of citizens professing Orthodoxy live in the combat areas, we call on the Ukrainian side to declare a cease-fire and gi
  
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• Rule requiring negative COVID test before Chinese flights takes effect - Chilliwack Progress

  05-01-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
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• Report: Prince Harry says William attacked him during row - Chilliwack Progress

  05-01-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
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• Putin orders 36-hour weekend cease-fire in Ukraine - Chilliwack Progress

  05-01-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
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• Faithful mourn Benedict XVI at funeral presided over by pope - Chilliwack Progress

  05-01-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
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• Democratic Sen. Stabenow of Michigan won’t run again in 2024

  05-01-2023 15:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow, a member of the Democratic leadership, announced Thursday that she will not run for a fifth term in 2024, opening up a seat in the key battleground state.
  The news likely comes as a shock to many Democrats in the state because Stabenow had not previously indicated that she would not seek reelection.
  “Inspired by a new generation of leaders, I have decided to pass the torch in the U.S. Senate. I am announcing today that I will not s
  
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• Djokovic, Shapovalov to meet in Adelaide quarterfinals

  05-01-2023 15:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Top-seeded Novak Djokovic has reached the quarterfinals of the Adelaide International where he will face Canadian Denis Shapovalov.
  Djokovic defeated Quentin Halys 7-6 (3) 7-6 (5) on Thursday, and Canadian Shapovalov beat Roman Safiullin 6-4, 6-3 to advance. 
  Djokovic and other top players are using this event as a warm-up for the Australian Open beginning Jan. 16. Djokovic missed the Australian Open last year because he was unvaccinated. He’s been all
  
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• Ex-Chilliwack school trustee wants defamation suit dismissed - Vancouver Is Awesome

  05-01-2023 10:36 via news.google.com
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• In The News for Jan. 5: Canadian parents are saving how much in child-care fees?

  05-01-2023 10:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023 …
  What we are watching in Canada …
  Parents across Canada are seeing their child-care fees reduced by 50 per cent, on average, as part of the federal government’s early learning and childcare agreements with provinces and territories.The Liberal government earmarked $30 billion over five years in
  
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• Hockey fans say world juniors are a success despite recent scandals

  05-01-2023 10:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Capping off a year that saw Hockey Canada mired in scandal over its handling of sexual assault allegations, the world junior hockey championship in Halifax and Moncton, N.B., opened last month under a cloud.
  But as it comes to an end Thursday night with a final pitting Canada against Czechia, fans and businesses in both cities say the tournament has been a resounding success, with packed stands, thrilling on-ice performances and an influx of visitors.
  Fans interviewed before Wedn
  
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• Halifax Mooseheads rolling behind powerhouse offence led by Doucet and Dumais

  05-01-2023 10:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Alexandre Doucet had conflicting emotions when he learned he was being traded to the Mooseheads. He was happy to join Halifax but sad to be leaving the Val-d’Or Foreurs, where he had been since 2018.
  But the 20-year-old’s arrival in Halifax has undoubtedly made the Mooseheads offence one of the most potent in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Doucet’s 60 points are the second most in the league behind only new teammate Jordan Dumais, who has 68.
  “I think we all work
  
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• As parents celebrate lower child-care fees, will provinces keep up with demand?

  05-01-2023 10:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Nour Alideeb and her partner are trying to decide what to do with the hundreds of dollars they’re now saving on child care for their two-year-old son.
  Parents are seeing their child-care fees reduced by 50 per cent, on average, as part of the federal government’s early learning and childcare agreements with provinces and territories. 
  For Alideeb and her family in Mississauga, Ont., that means about $700 in savings each month. 
  “Seeing the fees come dow
  
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