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• Pentagon: Chinese spy balloon spotted over Western US

  02-02-2023 23:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is tracking a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been spotted over U.S. airspace for a couple days, but the Pentagon decided not to shoot it down due to risks of harm for people on the ground, officials said Thursday.
  A senior defense official told Pentagon reporters that the U.S. has “very high confidence” it is a Chinese high-altitude balloon and it was flying over sensitive sites to collect information. One of the places the balloon wa
  
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• Teck completes sale of Fort Hills stake to project partners; exits oilsands

  02-02-2023 23:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Teck Resources Ltd. says it has completed the sale of its 21.3 per cent stake in the Fort Hills oilsands mine to Suncor Energy Inc. and TotalEnergies EP Canada Ltd.
  The Vancouver-based mining company announced last year that it would sell its stake in Fort Hills to Suncor, one of two other partners in the project, for about $1 billion.
  But in January, third partner TotalEnergies announced it would exercise its contractual right of first refusal to acquire an additional 6.65 per
  
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• Controversial federal pick to fight Islamophobia perfect for job: former colleague

  02-02-2023 23:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The federal government’s appointment of Amira Elghawaby as its first special representative on combating Islamophobia has caused an uproar in Quebec and raised eyebrows elsewhere in the country.
  But the former head of the Canadian Jewish Congress, who co-wrote an opinion piece with Elghawaby that led to much of the criticism, said she remains a perfect fit for the job.
  On Thursday, the Bloc Québécois added its voice to the calls for Elghawaby to resign, with
  
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• Firefighters discover human remains following trailer fire in Hope - Chilliwack Progress

  02-02-2023 23:16 via news.google.com
  
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• Soccer star Andrea Neil calls for judicial inquiry into sports abuse in Canada

  02-02-2023 23:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A former captain of Canada’s women’s soccer team is calling for the federal government to launch a full judicial inquiry into abuse in sports across the country.Andrea Neil, who made 132 appearances for Canada between 1991 and 2007, spoke to members of Parliament on Thursday, saying “nothing can change until we turn the lights on and reckon with where we are.”
  Neil also spoke out against how Canada Soccer handled allegations of bullying and sexual abuse against Bob Birard
  
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• A timeline of murder and manslaughter cases involving Canadian police

  02-02-2023 22:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Two RCMP officers have been charged with manslaughter in the death of an Indigenous man in Prince George, B.C., while three of their fellow Mounties face attempting to obstruct justice charges. 
  Here is a list of some other Canadian police officers who have faced murder or manslaughter charges related to deaths while on duty: 
  August 1979: Albert Johnson, a 35-year-old Jamaican immigrant who has mental-health issues, is shot to death in his Toronto home. Toronto police officers Walter
  
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• US to send Ukraine longer-range bombs in latest turnaround

  02-02-2023 22:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of agonizing, the U.S has agreed to send longer-range bombs to Ukraine as it prepares to launch a spring offensive to retake territory Russia captured last year, U.S. officials said Thursday, confirming that the new weapons will have roughly double the range of any other offensive weapon provided by America.
  The U.S. will provide ground-launched small diameter bombs as part of a $2.17 billion aid package it is expected to announce Friday, several U.S. officia
  
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• RCMP add 65 charges against 30-year-old woman who stole thousands from Lower Mainland seniors

  02-02-2023 22:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — Surrey RCMP announced Thursday (Feb. 2) that 65 additional charges have been laid in relation to an ongoing investigation into a care aide who was allegedly defrauding elderly victims.
  In June 2022, the Surrey RCMP Financial Crime Unit commenced the investigation and subsequently a media release requesting additional information was disseminated in July of 2022 (media release 2022-07-29).
  Since the initial media release, the Financial Crime Unit has continued to work diligently, i
  
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• Veteran Rebecca Johnston named to Canada’s Rivalry Series final roster

  02-02-2023 22:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Veteran forward Rebecca Johnston returns to the Canadian women’s hockey team for the final two games of a Rivalry Series against the United States.
  The four-time Olympian was among 24 players Hockey Canada announced Thursday to finish out the seven-game series, with the U.S. currently leading 3-2.
  Johnston, who has won three Olympic gold medals (2010, 2014, 2022) with Canada, took a break from hockey last fall to rest a back injury.
  The 33-year-old forward from Sudbury, Ont
  
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• Forward Jared Ulloa returns to Valour FC after spending last season in Peru

  02-02-2023 22:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Forward Jared Ulloa is back with Valour FC after spending last season with Cusco FC in his native Peru.
  The 20-year-old Ulloa, who was born in Peru but holds a Canadian passport, helped Cusco earn promotion to the Peruvian top tier, logging 808 minutes with one goal in 16 appearances.
  Ulloa started his career with Peru’s Club Sporting Cristal.
  In 2021, he was loaned to Valour where he appeared in 23 games in all competitions with one assist in 852 minutes played for the Winnipeg team
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• COVID-19 tests will be mandatory for travellers from China for another two months

  02-02-2023 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada has renewed mandatory COVID-19 testing and screening for travellers from China, Hong Kong and Macao for another two months.
  The government mandated pre-boarding tests for people coming from those places last month after China removed longstanding public-health restrictions, causing a countrywide outbreak of the virus.
  A statement from the Public Health Agency of Canada says the testing requirements are expected to remain in place until April 5.
  The government says it’
  
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• Roughriders Sankey, Lanier will be listening to other CFL free-agent offers

  02-02-2023 22:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Saskatchewan Roughriders Darnell Sankey and Anthony Lanier II will be among the CFL players entering the league’s negotiation window this weekend.
  Sankey, a middle linebacker, and Lanier, a defensive lineman, are both slated to become CFL free agents Feb. 14. They could still re-sign with Saskatchewan but, according to two league sources, neither will before Sunday when the negotiation window opens.
  Sankey, 28, registered a CFL-leading 120 tackles last season, his first wit
  
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• B.C. court acquits man of stabbing his wife, finds he was in state of ‘automatism’

  02-02-2023 21:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A judge in British Columbia has acquitted a man of stabbing his partner with a kitchen knife, agreeing with defence arguments that the accused was in a drug and alcohol-induced state of “automatism” at the time.
  Jean-Luc Perignon, now in his early 60s, admits to the April 2017 stabbing at the home he shared with his then-wife on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast, but argued he should not be convicted of aggravated assault because he had consumed alcohol and powerful presc
  
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• NDP urges Alberta government come clean on long-running dalliance to pull out of CPP

  02-02-2023 21:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Alberta’s Opposition leader says Premier Danielle Smith’s government needs to end its long-running dalliance with pulling the province out of the Canada Pension Plan and come clean on its plans.
  NDP Leader Rachel Notley says her party would not pursue an Alberta Pension Plan, which the United Conservative government has been studying for almost three years without resolution.
  Notley says the idea does not make economic sense and is opposed by a majority of Albertans,
  
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• Canadian featherweight Kyle Nelson looks forward to high-profile UFC fight

  02-02-2023 21:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian featherweight Kyle (The Monster) Nelson is looking forward to welcoming (The Korean Superboy) Doo-ho Choi back to the cage at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night card in Las Vegas.
  Some might think that falls into the ‘Be careful what you wish for” category given Choi has won performance bonuses in his last five UFC outings, including fight of the night recognition for the last three. And his December 2016 brawl in Toronto with American Cub Swanson, which the South Korean lost
  
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• Chilliwack's inaugural Hearts of Gold Gala raising funds for pediatric ... - Chilliwack Progress

  02-02-2023 20:59 via news.google.com
  
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• Quebec says only people at risk who haven’t had COVID-19 should get booster dose

  02-02-2023 20:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s Health Department says only residents who are considered at risk for severe COVID-19 — and who haven’t already been infected — need to get a booster dose.
  Public health director Dr. Luc Boileau announced the change to the province’s vaccination recommendations today in Montreal.
  Boileau says because the vast majority of Quebecers have hybrid immunity — protection through vaccination and through a SARS-CoV-2 infection — regular b
  
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• Maple Ridge vet volunteers to help animal fire victims - Chilliwack Progress

  02-02-2023 20:45 via news.google.com
  
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• Surrey care aide faces 65 more criminal charges - Chilliwack Progress

  02-02-2023 20:40 via news.google.com
  
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• Final arguments at trial of Quebec man accused in abduction of elderly U.S. couple

  02-02-2023 20:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Closing arguments are underway at the trial of a Quebec man charged in connection with the kidnapping of a couple from Upstate New York who were smuggled into the province and held captive.
  Gary Arnold has told the jury that he was threatened by a man known simply as “Big” to do various jobs in September 2020, but he says he never met the kidnapping victims and knew nothing of the plot.
  Arnold’s lawyer, John T. Pepper, insisted today his client feared for the s
  
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• YMCA looking to double the number of lifeguards at Chilliwack rec centres

  02-02-2023 20:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Three municipalities in the Fraser Valley along with the YMCA of Greater Vancouver are all recruiting lifeguards to work in Chilliwack and the surrounding cities ahead of a busy summer season.The YMCA of Greater Vancouver, which now operates the Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre and Cheam Leisure Center, says it has 26 lifeguards currently working at the two rec centres, a number it hopes to double sometime in the future.“Across both facilities we currently have 26 lifeg
  
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• Police: ‘High chance’ of Hollywood mass shooting prevented - Chilliwack Progress

  02-02-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Militant who killed 101 at Pakistan mosque wore uniform - Chilliwack Progress

  02-02-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Liberals table bill delaying medically assisted dying expansion to ... - Chilliwack Progress

  02-02-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Liberals appoint former broadcaster Tom Clark as Canada’s envoy in New York City

  02-02-2023 20:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly has appointed former television journalist Tom Clark as Canada’s envoy in New York City.
  Clark will be Canada’s consul general in New York, putting him in charge of Ottawa’s efforts to sow cultural and economic ties in the Big Apple, as well as in neighboring American states and in Bermuda.
  Clark comes to the role after serving as chair of public-relations firm Global Public Affairs, and he moderated the Conservative party&rsq
  
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• January home sales down 55% from year earlier, 21% from Dec: Vancouver board

  02-02-2023 19:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says January home sales were more than halved from the year before and down 21 per cent from December.
  The board says sales for the month totalled 1,022, a 55 per cent drop from the prior January.
  The number of homes that changed hands last month was also 42.9 per cent below the 10-year January sales average.
  The board attributed the quiet month to mortgage rates, which have risen rapidly over the last year and weighed on homebuyer int
  
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• CFL all-star defensive back Garry Peters signs extension with B.C. Lions

  02-02-2023 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The B.C. Lions signed American defensive back Garry Peters to a two-year contract extension Thursday.
  Peters was slated to become a free agent Feb. 14.
  Peters was a CFL all-star last season after registering a team and career high of five interceptions. He also had 44 tackles and three special-teams tackles.
  Peters joined the Lions as a free agent in 2018 after starting his CFL career with Edmonton (2016-17). He has appeared in 87 regular-season games, recording 285 tackles, 17
  
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• Canada’s Auger-Aliassime named to Team World for Laver Cup

  02-02-2023 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Felix Auger-Aliassime will look to help Team World defend its Laver Cup title when the tournament comes to Canada this fall.
  The 22-year-old from Montreal became the first player named to captain John McEnroe’s six-man team Thursday.
  Last year, he helped Team World down Team Europe in London to capture its first win in the annual tournament.
  Auger-Aliassime is currently ranked No. 7 in the world, and is coming off a 2022 campaign where he won his first four career ATP Tou
  
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• Salvation Army garage sale this Saturday in Chilliwack

  02-02-2023 19:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Salvation Army is known for a lot of things, including the ubiquitous red kettles around Christmas, shelter for those experiencing homelessness, or the Chilliwack Community Food Bank, which serves thousands of residents each year who could use a little help.It was also known for operating a thrift store at one time on Hocking Avenue just west of Yale Road, but has since closed this retail storefront. In its place, the Salvation Army puts on garage sales every so often.Barg
  
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• Mini documentary shows impact of 2021 floods on Sumas Prairie ... - Chilliwack Progress

  02-02-2023 19:15 via news.google.com
  
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• Here's what's coming up at the 3 libraries in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  02-02-2023 19:13 via news.google.com
  
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• B.C. govt. expanding mental health supports to students in Hope, Harrison and Agassiz

  02-02-2023 19:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AGASSIZ/HARRISON— The B.C. government announced Thursday (Feb. 2) it will expand mental health and substance-use services to seven more school districts throughout the province, including SD78 Fraser Cascade, which serves Hope, Harrison, and Agassiz.In a news release, the government says more children, youth and families will benefit from seamless mental-health and substance-use services as B.C. expands Integrated Child and Youth (ICY) teams to seven additional school districts.
  The new mu
  
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• Lucia Stafford finding success on the track back in Toronto with longtime coach

  02-02-2023 18:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Lucia Stafford says the key to her early-season track and field success is simple. She’s happy. Life is good.
  The 24-year-old from Toronto crushed the Canadian indoor record in the 1,000 metres last week and is aiming for another solid result at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix on Saturday in Boston.
  “I think (happiness) is really important . . . I’m happy in my running life and happy outside of my running life. I’m someone who definitely needs balance in
  
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• House GOP votes to oust Democrat Omar from major committee

  02-02-2023 18:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House voted after raucous debate Thursday to oust Democrat Ilhan Omar from the chamber’s Foreign Affairs Committee, citing her anti-Israel comments, in a dramatic escalation after Democrats last session booted far-right GOP lawmakers over incendiary remarks.
  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was able to solidify Republican support against the Somali-born Muslim woman in the new Congress although some GOP lawmakers had expressed reservations. Removal of
  
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• Top court won’t hear Muslim charity’s appeal over suspension freeze refusal

  02-02-2023 18:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not look at whether the suspension of a Muslim charity should have been put on hold while an administrative challenge of the penalty played out.
  The Canada Revenue Agency levied a one-year suspension against Human Concern International in July 2021 following an audit by the revenue agency’s charities directorate that flagged concerns about six initiatives.
  Ottawa-based HCI objected to the suspension through the revenue agency’s internal
  
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• Mackenzie Top Peak ski community contest launches 2023 version - Chilliwack Progress

  02-02-2023 18:45 via news.google.com
  
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• QUIZ: How much do you know about groundhogs and weather ... - Chilliwack Progress

  02-02-2023 18:37 via news.google.com
  
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• Iran blames Israel for drone attack, threatens retaliation - Chilliwack Progress

  02-02-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Lametti says Tories exploiting tragedies ‘to score political points’ on bail reform

  02-02-2023 18:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s justice minister is accusing Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives of using tragedies such as the killing of a young Ontario Provincial Police officer “to try to score political points.”
  Lametti made the remark today in the House of Commons while debating a motion put forward by the Conservatives, which calls on members of Parliament to push Ottawa to enact various bail reforms.
  Raquel Dancho, the party’s public safety critic, says Prime Minister
  
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• Canada’s Andreescu through to quarterfinals in Thailand with win over Zakharova

  02-02-2023 18:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HUA HIN, Thailand — Top-seed Bianca Andreescu advanced to the quarterfinals of the Thailand Open tennis tournament with a 6-2, 7-5 win over Russia’s Anastasia Zakharova on Thursday.
  The native of Mississauga, Ont., wrapped up the match on her first match point when Zakharova returned the Andreescu’s serve into the net.
  Andreescu, the world No. 42, had four aces while allowing none, and was perfect on four break point chances in her first WTA Tour match against Zakharova.
  Zakhar
  
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• As sexual assault rates rise, provinces face shortages of specially trained nurses

  02-02-2023 17:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — An assistant nursing professor at the University of New Brunswick says there is a crisis-level shortage of sexual assault nurse examiners in the country.
  Martha Paynter, who is also an author and well-known advocate for health equity, says most sexual assault nurse examiners are casual employees who work on-call hours on top of full-time nursing jobs.
  Paynter says in an interview that many nurses would love to do the work but are grappling with burnout and inflexib
  
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• Supreme Court agrees to rule on independence of Canadian military’s judges

  02-02-2023 17:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s top court has agreed to rule on whether the military’s judges are truly independent.
  The Supreme Court of Canada announced its decision this morning in response to an appeal from several service members whose criminal cases are on hold.
  As is customary, the court did provide any reasons or explanation for its decision to hear the case, whose genesis dates back to 2018, when the military’s top judge was charged with fraud.
  While the case against Col. Mari
  
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• VIDEO: Netflix to end free password sharing - Chilliwack Progress

  02-02-2023 17:45 via news.google.com
  
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• January real estate sales in the Fraser Valley lowest in 10 years

  02-02-2023 17:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — The downward slide in Fraser Valley real estate sales between Surrey and Abbotsford maintained its steady decrease in January as repeated interest rate hikes continue to sideline prospective buyers.According to data released Wednesday morning by the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board, an area encompassing White Rock to Abbotsford,626 MLS transactions were processed in January 2023, meaning sales were off by 12.6 per cent compared to the previous month.Sales fell by 52.2 per cent comp
  
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• China accuses Canada of ‘politically manipulating’ with Uyghur refugee vote

  02-02-2023 17:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Chinese government says a motion MPs passed Wednesday to provide asylum to persecuted Uyghurs amounts to political manipulation by Canada.
  MPs including Prime Mister Justin Trudeau unanimously called on Ottawa to design a program that would bring 10,000 people of Turkic origin, including Uyghurs, to Canada from countries other than China.
  They passed a motion that acknowledges reports that Uyghurs outside China have been sent back to their country of birth, where they have fac
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Decriminalizing people and breaking down stigma

  02-02-2023 17:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  When it comes to tackling the tragic drug overdose crisis, our government believes we need to recognize it for what it is: a public health matter – not a criminal justice one.When people who are using drugs are afraid of being criminally charged, they are less likely to reach out for support and health care, and more likely to hide their drug use and use alone. Given the increasingly toxic drug supply circulating, using alone can all too often mean dying alone.People who are using drugs of
  
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• Tax on share buybacks to raise $3 billion in government revenue over five years: PBO

  02-02-2023 16:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget officer says the federal Liberals’ planned tax on corporate share buybacks will raise $3 billion in government revenue over the next five years.A new report prepared by Yves Giroux’s office assesses the projected impact of the tax on government finances between the 2023-24 and 2027-28 fiscal years.The Liberals committed in their fall fiscal update to imposing a two per cent tax on stock buybacks that would go into effect in 2024.The mid-year bu
  
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• Two-time world champion David Murdoch named Curling Canada high-performance director

  02-02-2023 15:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Two-time world champion David Murdoch has been named Curling Canada’s new high-performance director.
  He succeeds the retiring Gerry Peckham, who spent over three decades with the organization.
  Murdoch will officially take on his new duties at the end of this season.
  The 44-year-old plans to move to Canada after completing his duties as national and Olympic coach for British Curling, a role he has held for over four years.
  Peckham oversaw an Olympic/Paralympic program that ex
  
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• 'There's no rivalry': 2 Chilliwack high school bands join forces to ... - Chilliwack Progress

  02-02-2023 14:30 via news.google.com
  
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• In The News for Feb. 2 : Delay expected for MAID eligibility extension

  02-02-2023 10:18 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 Feb. 2 …
  What we are watching in Canada …
  The Liberal government is expected to introduce a law today to delay the extension of eligibility for medically assisted dying to people whose sole condition is a mental disorder.
  Justice Minister David Lametti has said the delay is needed after the federal government heard concerns
  
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