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• Chilliwack RCMP looking for missing teenager, Jayden Stewart

  03-02-2023 22:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack RCMP have received a report of a missing Chilliwack teenager who was last seen on Thursday evening, February 2.Jayden Stewart, 14 years old, is described as 5’7″ tall, 140 pounds, with dark hair. He was last seen at 6 p.m. Thursday night.His mom, Crystal Stewart, says Jayden was last seen wearing a black jacket, black pants, black shoes and a black shirt with purple writing on it.She says Jayden may have been heading to the Walmart area of Chilliwack.Chi
  
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• Kurleigh Gittens Jr. re-signs with Argos, Janarion Grant stays with Blue Bombers

  03-02-2023 22:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A pair of CFL all-stars have re-signed with their teams.
  Wide receiver Kurleigh Gittens Jr. inked a three-year deal with the Toronto Argonauts on Friday and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers re-signed returner Janarion Grant to a one-year extension.
  Gittens, a 25-year-old Canadian, caught 81 passes (fifth best in the CFL) for 1,101 yards (sixth best) and five touchdowns in 2022.
  He led the league in yards after catch (483), en route to being named a CFL All-Star for the first time in his career. 
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• Njegovan disappointed that only five teams allowed to apply for pregnancy exemption

  03-02-2023 22:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  With three members of Team Lawes trying to balance pregnancy with curling at times this season, Selena Njegovan was pleased her squad received an exemption to add an out-of-province replacement player for the national championship.
  What was disappointing, Njegovan said, was that only the top five teams in the national rankings were allowed to apply.
  The Curling Canada decision to limit eligibility for a pregnancy exemption at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts has been a hot topic since the draw
  
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• Hawaii whale dies with fishing nets, plastic bags in stomach - Chilliwack Progress

  03-02-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Elon Musk surprise appearance as Tesla tweet trial wraps up - Chilliwack Progress

  03-02-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl welcomes withdrawal of Liberals’ gun bill

  03-02-2023 22:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl is welcoming today’s announcement that the federal Liberals have withdrawn an amendment to their gun bill designed to codify a definition of banned assault-style firearms, citing “legitimate concerns” about the need for additional consultation on the measure.
  Opposition MPs like Strahl, who was first elected in 2011, embraced the move, saying the proposed gun bill constituted an enormous affront to hunters, farmers, and sportsmen.&l
  
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• Canada adds Russian media personalities, companies in latest round of sanctions

  03-02-2023 22:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada has announced it is imposing a new round of sanctions on Russian media personalities and companies accused of spreading disinformation about Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
  Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly announced the latest sanctions against 38 individuals and 16 entities, saying those affected are propagating Russian President Vladimir Putin’s lies.
  Among those added to Canada’s blacklist are several Russian singers, including former contestants on
  
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• Quebec CEO of Future Electronics resigns, vows to fight sex allegations

  03-02-2023 22:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A prominent Quebec businessman says he’s stepping down from his role as chairman and CEO of electronics parts company Future Electronics to focus on protecting his reputation amid allegations reported this week that he had paid minors for sex.
  Robert G. Miller says that allegations reported by Radio-Canada and CBC on Thursday that he gave girls aged 14 to 17 cash and gifts in exchange for sex between 1994 and 2006 are false.
  A statement released by Future Electronics says
  
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• ‘Hope is disappearing’: Canucks fans frustrated over disappointing season

  03-02-2023 22:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Lopsided losses. A heavily critiqued coaching change. Jerseys on the ice. 
  Vancouver Canucks faithful have seen it all during yet another disappointing season — and several say they’re frustrated not only with the on-ice performance, but with a lack of answers from the team’s front office.
  “We’re stuck in a state of perpetual mediocrity and it’s extremely frustrating because hope is disappearing,” said fan Andrew Melo.
  Ahead of the
  
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• Chilliwack eatery once again makes Yelp list of top 100 in Canada - Chilliwack Progress

  03-02-2023 22:03 via news.google.com
  
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• Liberals withdraw bill’s assault-style firearm definition, promise more ... - Chilliwack Progress

  03-02-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Freeland meets with provincial, territorial finance ministers in Toronto - Chilliwack Progress

  03-02-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Canadian running Chase Brown receives Senior Bowl honour

  03-02-2023 21:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MOBILE, Ala. — Canadian Chase Brown made quite an impression this week at the Senior Bowl.
  Jim Nagy, the  Senior Bowl’s executive director, tweeted Friday that the Illinois star was voted as the National team’s running back practice player of the week. Balloting was conducted by members of the National team’s linebackers group.
  Brown, of London, Ont., was fourth in NCAA rushing with 1,643 yards for Illinois, averaging five yards a carry and registering 10 100-yard ru
  
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• Halifax Wanderers sign former CF Montreal homegrown player Tomas Giraldo

  03-02-2023 21:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Halifax Wanderers have signed teenage midfielder Tomas Giraldo to a one-year contract with club options for 2024 and 2025.
  Giraldo, who signed with Montreal as a homegrown player in June 2020, was sidelined last July after undergoing surgery on his foot following a fracture suffered in training.
  The MLS side opted not to exercise its contract option on the 19-year-old after last season when Giraldo was the inaugural recipient of the Jason Di Tullio Trophy, awarded in recognition of the player wh
  
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• Liberals withdraw bill’s assault-style firearm definition, promise more consultation

  03-02-2023 21:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal Liberals have withdrawn an amendment to their gun bill aimed at enshrining a definition of banned assault-style firearms, citing “legitimate concerns” about the need for more consultation on the measure.
  Opposition MPs and some firearm advocates applauded the move, while a prominent gun-control group called it a victory for misinformation about the now-pulled amendment.
  On behalf of the government, Liberal MP Taleeb Noormohamed asked for and received unanim
  
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• Western Canadian Championships underway at Kimberley Nordic ... - Chilliwack Progress

  03-02-2023 21:35 via news.google.com
  
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• Authorities: 2 arrested in California shooting that killed 6

  03-02-2023 21:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VISALIA, Calif. (AP) — Two gang members were arrested early Friday, one after a gunbattle, in the January massacre of six people including a baby at a central California home associated with a rival gang, the Tulare County sheriff said.
  Sheriff Mike Boudreaux said Noah David Beard, 25, was taken into custody and Angel “Nanu” Uriarte, 35, was wounded in the shootout with federal agents and was undergoing surgery, but was stable and expected to survive.“I’m happy we w
  
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• UPDATE: Mental health patient missing from Chilliwack General ... - Chilliwack Progress

  03-02-2023 20:58 via news.google.com
  
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• Mental health patient missing from Chilliwack General Hospital once ... - Chilliwack Progress

  03-02-2023 20:58 via news.google.com
  
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• Family Day community bingo event coming from Wilma’s Transition ... - Chilliwack Progress

  03-02-2023 20:47 via news.google.com
  
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• Yukon prospecting plan approval is quashed by First Nation court victory

  03-02-2023 20:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WHITEHORSE — A Yukon court has quashed government approval for a mining exploration project, siding with a First Nation that argued there was a failure to properly consult it about the project on its traditional territory.
  The government had approved a plan by Metallic Minerals Corp. to conduct exploration for a gold and silver mine every summer for 10 years in the Beaver River Watershed, moving it to the final stage before regulatory authorization.
  But the Supreme Court of Yukon says in a
  
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• Canadian goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair set to start MLS season as Minnesota’s No. 1

  03-02-2023 20:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  When opportunity knocked, Dayne St. Clair was ready last season.
  The Canadian goalkeeper got his chance in Minnesota United’s third game of the year after starter Tyler Miller was sidelined by the flu. St. Clair responded with an MLS player of the week performance against the New York Red Bulls, making eight saves including stopping a Patryk Klimala penalty kick.
  The 25-year-old from Pickering, Ont., started the rest of the season, finishing with five shutouts, a 1.52 goals-against average
  
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• Metro Vancouver homicide team probes two separate shootings in less than 24 hours

  03-02-2023 20:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Two people have died in separate shootings around Greater Vancouver and while homicide investigators are not linking the attacks, they say both appear targeted.
  A release from the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says the first shooting happened at about 9 a.m. Thursday in the parking area of a housing complex in Burnaby.
  A 17-year-old male who lived at the complex was found dead in a vehicle and the statement says police are trying to determine if his slaying is tied to
  
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• Chilliwack MLA Dan Coulter contributed $1,800 to school board candidates in 2022 election

  03-02-2023 20:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack MLA Dan Coulter, recently named Minister of State for Infrastructure and Transit, opened his wallet to support four candidates who won election to the Chilliwack school board in the October 2022 municipal election.According to campaign disclosure forms released Thursday (Feb. 2) by Elections B.C., Coulter, who previously served on the Chilliwack school board for approximately seven years before being elected as MLA for Chilliwack in 2020, Coulter gave $1,000 to Will
  
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• Swimmer Markus Thormeyer banned 12 months after doping violation

  03-02-2023 19:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canadian swimmer Marks Thormeyer has been banned from competition for 12 months following a doping violation.
  However, because Thormeyer accepted a voluntary provisional suspension on Feb. 15, 2022, his period of ineligibility will end on Feb. 14.
  The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport made the announcement on Friday.
  It says Thormeyer tested positive for a prohibited anabolic agent during an out-of-competition doping control in January 2022.
  SARM LGD-4033, a drug designed to tre
  
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• Man dies following shots fired at Abbotsford drug lab, home invasion

  03-02-2023 19:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department has handed over an investigation to IHIT after a home invasion in the 7000 block of Nicholson Avenue in Abbotsford left one man dead.According to a news release from the Abbotsford Police Department, patrol officers responded early Friday morning, February 3 at 4:11 a.m. to a report of shots fired. Upon arrival, police located one man deceased and discovered a drug lab at the residence.Sgt. Paul Walker, media relations spokesperson, said the Ab
  
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• Plunging wind chill values prompt extreme cold warnings across Eastern Canada

  03-02-2023 18:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — As an immense Arctic air mass settled over the eastern half of Canada today, Environment Canada issued an unusually long list of extreme cold warnings that covered six provinces and communities in both territories.
  In scores of cities and towns, government and private agencies were scrambling to provide shelter for vulnerable people as the wind was expected to make the temperature feel like -40 C to -50 C in many areas.
  In Nova Scotia, Environment Canada meteorologist Ian Hubbard
  
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• Elderly pedestrian killed after jaywalking in Maple Ridge

  03-02-2023 18:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MAPLE RIDGE — Mounties in Maple Ridge are investigating a collision that resulted in the death of an elderly pedestrian Thursday night, February 2.Ridge Meadows RCMP announced Friday that frontline RCMP officers responded to a report that a man had been struck in the area of Lougheed Highway and 216 Street at 8:15 p.m. on Thursday night.Police say a 69-year-old man was attempting to cross Lougheed Highway in an unmarked area at the time of the collision and wearing dark clothing.B.C. Emerg
  
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• Prominent Quebecers plead for federal anti-Islamophobia rep to be given a chance

  03-02-2023 18:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A letter of support signed by 30 prominent Quebecers, including academics, activists, and community leaders, is asking that Amira Elghawaby be given the chance to fulfil her mandate as Canada’s first special representative on combating Islamophobia.
  Provincial politicians in Quebec and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet have called for Elghawaby’s resignation for a 2019 article she co-wrote criticizing Quebec’s Bill 21 and saying
  
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• Video released of man robbing Abbotsford vape store at gunpoint - Chilliwack Progress

  03-02-2023 18:27 via news.google.com
  
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• Mayor Ken Popove spent less than $10,000 in 2022 municipal election, but still won in a landslide

  03-02-2023 18:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Mayor Ken Popove didn’t need an avalanche of campaign contributions to cruise to a landslide win over challenger Ian Carmichael in the October 2022 municipal election, according to campaign finance disclosure forms released Thursday by Elections B.C.
  Popove, who was first elected to Chilliwack City Council in 2011 and then mayor in October 2018, recorded 18 contributions of $100 or more totaling $9,250, campaign documents show. His biggest contributions were a
  
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• Iranian director freed on bail after going on hunger strike

  03-02-2023 18:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi was released on bail Friday, two days after going on hunger strike to protest his imprisonment last summer, his supporters said.
  Panahi was arrested last July and later ordered to serve six years on charges of propagandizing against the government, a sentence dating back to 2011 that had never been enforced.
  He is among a number of Iranian artists, sports figures and other celebrities who have been detained after sp
  
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• Former employee at Chilliwack's Jolly Miller liquor store wins ... - Chilliwack Progress

  03-02-2023 18:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Abbotsford Police investigate armed robbery at vape store

  03-02-2023 17:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Major Crime Unit from the Abbotsford Police Department is investigating after a Caucasian male suspect produced a firearm, pointed it towards an employee, and robbed a vape shop in the 31700 block of South Fraser Way in mid-January.According to a press release Friday morning from Sgt. Paul Walker, media relations spokesperson with the department, Abbotsford Police patrol officers responded to a robbery in progress on Saturday night, January 14 at 9:31 p.m.Police said a lon
  
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• Reforms needed for transgender people to access justice: Canadian Bar Association

  03-02-2023 17:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A new study says Canada’s justice system features “significant and pervasive” barriers for transgender people who encounter legal issues. 
  The Canadian Bar Association and the HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario found that transgender people are more likely to have coexisting legal issues and are less likely to interact with the justice system.
  People who took part in the study say they are reluctant to seek legal help over fears of discrimination, inadequat
  
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• Chiefs and Warriors Game Preview

  03-02-2023 17:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  This Saturday, the Chilliwack Chiefs and West Kelowna Warriors will be facing off for the first and only time this season. 
  The Chiefs started 2023 off as one of the BCHL’s hottest teams. In January, the Chiefs went 5-2 and scored 22 goals. 
  The Warriors currently sit third in the Interior with a record of 21-12-4 and 46 points. The game will be the 4th straight road game for West Kelowna, who are currently on a stretch of seven consecutive games away from the Royal LePage Place.
  
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• Canada summons Chinese ambassador over high-altitude surveillance balloon

  03-02-2023 17:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — China’s ambassador to Canada has been called onto the carpet to explain a high-altitude surveillance balloon that is hovering over the U.S.
  Global Affairs Canada says Ambassador Cong Peiwu was summoned on Thursday after the balloon was spotted over U.S. airspace.
  The Department of National Defence says the balloon’s movements are being tracked by the North American Aerospace Defence Command.
  Officials have not said whether the balloon flew over Canadian airspace.
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• Andreescu through to semifinals at Thailand Open with win over Kostyuk

  03-02-2023 17:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HUA HIN, Thailand — Canada’s Bianca Andreescu advanced to the semifinal of the Thailand Open tennis tournament with a 6-0, 7-6 (3) win over Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk on Friday.
  Andreescu, the tournament’s top seed, has yet to drop a set at the event.
  She dominated the first set, winning 73.7 per cent of service points and 72.2 per cent of return points while breaking the fifth-seeded Kostyuk three times on four chances.
  The native of Mississauga, Ont., seemed poised for ano
  
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• Japanese chemical company to close Quebec COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer Medicago

  03-02-2023 16:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Quebec-based biopharmaceutical firm that produced a COVID-19 vaccine is being shut down by parent company Mitsubishi Chemical.
  The Japanese chemical company said Thursday it would stop marketing the Medicago-produced Covifenz vaccine, which is plant-based and was approved by Health Canada one year ago for adults aged 18 to 64.
  Mitsubishi Chemical said it had been preparing to commercially produce the Covifenz vaccine but decided against doing so because of the “signifi
  
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• US may lift protections for Yellowstone, Glacier grizzlies

  03-02-2023 16:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration took a first step Friday toward ending federal protections for grizzly bears in the northern Rocky Mountains, which would open the door to future hunting in several states.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said the governors of Montana, Idaho and Wyoming provided “substantial” information that grizzlies have recovered from the threat of extinction in the regions surrounding Yellowstone and Glacier national parks.Friday’s de
  
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• Police: Man arrested in taking of monkeys from Dallas Zoo

  03-02-2023 16:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS (AP) — A 24-year-old man has been arrested in the case of the two monkeys taken from the Dallas Zoo after he was spotted near the animal exhibits at an aquarium in the city, police said Friday.
  Davion Irvin was arrested Thursday and was charged with six counts of animal cruelty, Dallas police said. Jail records, which don’t list an attorney for him, indicate that he faces five charges of animal cruelty and that his bail was set at $25,000.The reason for the discrepancy between
  
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• Senate passes Liberals’ controversial online streaming act with a ... - Chilliwack Progress

  03-02-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Psychedelic churches in US pushing boundaries of religion - Chilliwack Progress

  03-02-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Montreal shelters prepare as extreme cold warnings hit Eastern ... - Chilliwack Progress

  03-02-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Freeland meets with provincial, territorial finance ministers in Toronto

  03-02-2023 15:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is hosting an in-person meeting today with the provincial and territorial finance ministers in Toronto to discuss issues including the transition to a clean economy, challenges in healthcare systems across the country, and the current economic environment.The meeting comes at a tense time for many Canadian consumers, with inflation still running hot and interest rates much higher than they were a year ago.
  The Bank of C
  
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• Taseko in talks regarding potential deal to up stake in Gibraltar copper mine

  03-02-2023 15:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Taseko Mines Ltd. says it is in talks regarding a potential deal to increase its stake in its Gibraltar copper mine in B.C.
  The company says it has been in confidential discussions with Sojitz Corp. regarding the potential purchase of its 12.5 per cent effective interest in the mine.
  Taseko owns 75 per cent cent of the joint venture that operates Gibraltar, while Cariboo Copper Corp. owns the other 25 per cent. Sojitz Corp. owns a 50 per cent stake in Cariboo.
  The company says
  
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• Pope lands in South Sudan to urge peace as fighting kills 27

  03-02-2023 14:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Pope Francis has landed in South Sudan, opening the second and final leg of his African pilgrimage with plans to encourage the young country’s stalled peace process.
  The pope, who was using his wheelchair, was greeted Friday at the international airport in Juba by South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir, as a crowd of thousands nearby undulated and sang in 96-degree Fahrenheit (35.5-degree Celsius) heat.
  “The long, long expected moment has come,&rdquo
  
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• Star Canadian centre Zach Edey starring in NCAA with mother supporting nearby

  03-02-2023 12:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Zach Edey has been a driving force for the top-ranked Purdue Boilermakers, but it’s been his mother’s presence that has helped carve out his journey to NCAA basketball stardom.
  The seven-foot-four, 305-pound centre is having a breakout junior season as the fourth-leading scorer and third-leading rebounder in the country (22.0 points and 13.0 rebounds per game), while deeply entrenched in the Player of the Year conversation.
  It wasn’t always like this for him, however. His mothe
  
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• In The News for Feb. 3 : Canada’s finance ministers to meet today

  03-02-2023 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. 3 …
  What we are watching in Canada …
  Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is hosting an in-person meeting today with the provincial and territorial finance ministers in Toronto. 
  The meeting comes at a tense time for many Canadian consumers, with inflation still running hot and interest rate
  
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• Toronto Six player founds hockey club in Canada to inspire, support young Black girls

  03-02-2023 10:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Growing up in Oshawa, Ont., professional hockey player Saroya Tinker was often the only Black player on the ice.
  “I was always a little bit of an outsider in hockey in regards to the comments I would receive and experiencing racism in the game,” said the 24-year-old defender for the Toronto Six of the Premier Hockey Federation.
  Tinker began skating when she was around four years old and began playing hockey at age six.
  At 17, Tinker was accepted to Yale University and played hockey f
  
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