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• Freeride World Tour Pros stop in Golden at Kicking Horse - Chilliwack Progress

  18-02-2023 23:30
  
  Freeride World Tour Pros stop in Golden at Kicking Horse  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Swiss museum returns two artifacts to the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) confederacy

  18-02-2023 23:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Two artifacts sacred to some of Canada’s Indigenous peoples are now back on home territory after a Swiss museum returned them to the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) confederacy this month. 
  The objects, a medicine mask and turtle rattle, had been in the possession of the Geneva Museum of Ethnography (MEG) for nearly 200 years. 
  The museum acknowledged last month that the artifacts were originally acquired without consent, noting in a press release it was taking the unpr
  
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• UFV Cascades eliminated from playoffs after 73-54 loss to Alberta - Chilliwack Progress

  18-02-2023 22:11
  
  UFV Cascades eliminated from playoffs after 73-54 loss to Alberta  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Leafs ‘energized’ by O’Reilly deal as Dubas takes big swing ahead of trade deadline

  18-02-2023 22:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas is in near-constant communication with his head coach.
  When the messages started to dry up Friday afternoon and into the early evening, Sheldon Keefe had an inkling there could be news coming down the pipe.
  “I know Kyle well enough now,” said Keefe, who has been joined at his GM’s hip professionally for more than a decade. “When he gets quiet, I have a pretty good sense some things are happening.”
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• Carter Center: Former President Jimmy Carter in hospice care

  18-02-2023 21:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — The Carter Center said Saturday that former President Jimmy Carter has entered home hospice care.
  The charity created by the 98-year-old former president said on Twitter that after a series of short hospital stays, Carter “decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention.”
  It said he has the full support of his medical team and family, which “asks for privacy at this time and is
  
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• Top US, China diplomats meet amid tensions over balloon

  18-02-2023 21:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MUNICH (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Saturday with China’s top diplomat in the first high-level contact between the two countries since the U.S. shot down an alleged Chinese spy balloon two weeks ago, a senior U.S. official said.
  Blinken and Wang Yi, the Chinese Communist Party’s most senior foreign policy official, held the talks in Munich, where they were attending an international security conference, according to the official, who spoke on condition of a
  
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• South Sumas and Vedder intersection work taking longer than expected

  18-02-2023 21:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — It’s safe to say the improvements to the busy intersection of Vedder Road and South Sumas Road in Chilliwack are taking longer than expected.The City of Chilliwack wrote in its fourth quarter report, which was released online on Tuesday, February 7, that necessary vegetation removals have been completed to allow for road widening and B.C. Hydro, Telus and Shaw utility pole relocations along Vedder Road.Telus poles on the west side of the road were relocated, the city wro
  
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• Struggling Vancouver Canucks hit by more injuries with Ekman-Larsson, Lazar out

  18-02-2023 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Another spate of injuries is plaguing the Vancouver Canucks.Head coach Rick Tocchet said Saturday defenceman Oliver Ekman-Larsson will be out for “some weeks” after suffering an ankle sprain in Vancouver’s 6-4 loss to the New York Rangers on Wednesday.
  The 31-year-old Swede has struggled this season, registering two goals and 20 assists in 54 games.
  Forward Curtis Lazar also left Wednesday’s game with a lower-body injury and is “day to day,”
  
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• Media mogul, former National Arts Centre president Peter Herrndorf dies, Family says

  18-02-2023 21:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Peter Herrndorf, a lawyer, Canadian media mogul and the former president and chief executive officer of the National Arts Centre, has died. He was 82.
  Matthew Herrndorf confirmed the news, saying his father died early this morning “surrounded by family” at Toronto’s Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital, but did not provide his cause of death.
  Peter Herrndorf served as head of the National Arts Centre from 1999 to 2018 after a long career in media, and is credited for es
  
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• Haya Jumaa switches gears to coaching at Canada Games while pregnant

  18-02-2023 20:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Haya Jumaa has always wanted to try her hand at coaching, she just needed a break in her busy karate competition schedule to find the time. Her opportunity has finally arrived as she’s coaching Team Ontario’s karatekas at the Canada Winter Games, even though she is nearly eight months pregnant.
  The 29-year-old Jumaa, from Mississauga, Ont., is the first Canadian ever to reach the World Karate Foundation’s rankings and was No. 1 in the world last year. She stopped competing duri
  
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• Blue Jays starter Berrios working on mechanical adjustments after inconsistent season

  18-02-2023 20:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUNEDIN, Fla. — Coming off a season where inconsistency was the norm, Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Jose Berrios has been working on a number of mechanical changes in recent weeks to get back on track.
  Berrios was remarkably steady over his first five full-time seasons in the big leagues. He showed flashes of brilliance last year but was also shelled on a few occasions.
  He posted a 12-7 record with 149 strikeouts but his earned-run average (5.23) was his highest since his rookie season in
  
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• Union fears robots will kill jobs in controversial B.C. port expansion - Chilliwack Progress

  18-02-2023 20:33
  
  Union fears robots will kill jobs in controversial B.C. port expansion  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canada’s Cyle Larin scores third goal in four appearances for Spain’s Real Valladolid

  18-02-2023 20:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEVILLE, Spain — Canadian international Cyle Larin marked his first start for Real Valladolid with a goal, albeit in a 2-1 loss at Real Betis on Saturday in Spanish league play.
  It marked the third goal in four appearances for Larin, who had previously come on as a substitute for his new club.
  The goal came in the 30th minute with Valladolid trailing 1-0. Larin bodied a Betis player off the ball at midfield and flicked it to nearby teammate Kiki Perez. The midfielder charged unchallenged t
  
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• Brazil’s Carnival finally reborn in full form after pandemic - Chilliwack Progress

  18-02-2023 19:30
  
  Brazil’s Carnival finally reborn in full form after pandemic  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• B.C. govt. contributing $62.3 million toward UFV student housing project

  18-02-2023 19:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The B.C. government will contribute $62.3 million toward a six-storey student housing project that is expected to break ground this fall on the University of the Fraser Valley campus in Abbotsford.According to a news release from UFV this past week, the new student housing structure carries a price tag of $73.7 million and will include 398 beds, increasing the on-campus student accommodations to 598 beds. Completion is scheduled for fall 2025.“The selection of these part
  
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• Chilliwack senior defrauded out of $8,800 in bail scam phone call

  18-02-2023 18:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — No less than two days after the Chilliwack RCMP said it was investigating multiple reports about local seniors who have fallen prey to bail scam phone calls, Chilliwack resident Sandra Dukelow says she got the same type of phone call this past week.
  Dukelow was certainly aware of the bail scam circulating in the community in which fraudsters phone unassuming people, often seniors, and advise them that a loved one is in custody and requires bail money in order to be released fr
  
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• Canadian lightweight Anthony Romero impresses in win but misses out on PFL contract

  18-02-2023 17:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian lightweight Anthony (The Genius) Romero looked impressive in winning a unanimous decision over Australian Antonio (The Spartan) Caruso but fell just short of earning a contract with the Professional Fighters League.
  Instead, the one 155-pound contract up for grabs on Friday night’s PFL Challenger Series card in Orlando went to Elvin (The Prodigy) Espinoza.
  Espinoza showed off his grappling skills in the main event at Universal Studios, choking out American Damir (The Bosnian Barn
  
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• International organization says Indigenous families will lead ... - Chilliwack Progress

  18-02-2023 17:30
  
  International organization says Indigenous families will lead ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Halifax jury deliberating for third day in murder trial of William Sandeson

  18-02-2023 17:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — A jury is in its third day of deliberations today in the trial of a former Halifax medical student charged with first-degree murder in the 2015 shooting death of a fellow student.
  During the trial, William Sandeson told Nova Scotia Supreme Court that he killed Dalhousie University physics student Taylor Samson in self-defence during a drug deal.
  This was the second time the 30-year-old was put on trial for the Aug. 15, 2015 killing.
  He was convicted of first-degree murder in 2017
  
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• Toronto’s Cynthia Appiah wins bronze medal in final World Cup monobob race

  18-02-2023 17:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SIGULDA, Latvia — Toronto’s Cynthia Appiah captured a bronze medal Saturday in the final World Cup monobob race of the season.
  Appiah, 32, finished tied with China’s Qing Ying with a two-run time of one minute 47.10 seconds. American Kaillie Humphries finished first in 1:46.52 while Germany’s Kim Kalicki was second in 1:46.96.
  “I missed out on racing here last year due to the COVID outbreak on our team,” Appiah said. “So I came in with some trepidation a
  
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• Ghana soccer player Christian Atsu dies in Turkey earthquake

  18-02-2023 17:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Christian Atsu, the Ghana international forward who played for Premier League clubs Chelsea and Newcastle, has died in the earthquake in Turkey. He was 31.
  Search teams recovered Atsu’s body in the ruins of a luxury 12-story building where he had been living in the city of Antakya, Hatay province, his manager said Saturday.
  “Atsu’s lifeless body was found under the rubble. At the moment, his belongings are still being removed,” manager Murat Uzunmehmet told private news a
  
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• EDITORIAL: Pink shirts alone won’t end bullying - Chilliwack Progress

  18-02-2023 16:30
  
  EDITORIAL: Pink shirts alone won’t end bullying  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Toronto FC’s new home kit comes straight from the heart of longtime supporter

  18-02-2023 16:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — While no stranger to Toronto FC home openers, this season’s kickoff at BMO Field will be extra special for Mark Hinkley.
  Hinkley, a Day 1 TFC season ticket-holder, helped come up with the MLS team’s new home kit.
  It all started in 2017 when Toronto president Bill Manning was a guest on The Vocal Minority, a podcast Hinkley has long been involved with.
  “Bill was super-candid, a lovely guest,” said Hinkley. “It really was like ‘You can ask me any
  
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• New this week: Hanks, Lambert, ‘Bruiser’ and ‘Snowfall’ - Chilliwack Progress

  18-02-2023 16:05
  
  New this week: Hanks, Lambert, ‘Bruiser’ and ‘Snowfall’  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canadian skier St-Germain beats Shiffrin to slalom gold

  18-02-2023 14:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MERIBEL, France (AP) — Canadian skier Laurence St-Germain won gold in the women’s slalom at the world championships Saturday and Mikaela Shiffrin took silver.
  The American skier led after the first run but finished 0.57 seconds behind St-Germain after the final run.
  Lena Duerr of Germany was 0.69 behind and won bronze.
  Shiffrin won gold in the giant slalom Thursday and silver in the super-G last week.
  Saturday’s race was the last women’s event of the world championships.
  
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• Time in Canada to debate whether notwithstanding clause should exist, says Liberal MP

  18-02-2023 14:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A Liberal MP from Montreal says it is for the country to debate whether the notwithstanding clause should be on the books.
  Sameer Zuberi’s comments come after a week where the Bloc Québécois forced parties in the House of Commons to vote on whether they felt provinces had the legitimate right to use the constitutional power however they wanted, including pre-emptively. 
  Both the Liberals and federal New Democrats voted down the motion to defeat it, while t
  
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• CSIS failed to fully consider human toll when disrupting threats, watchdog says

  18-02-2023 12:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A new report from the federal spy watchdog says the Canadian Security Intelligence Service failed to adequately consider the potentially serious adverse effects on people and their families when using its powers to disrupt potential threats.
  The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency report also finds the spy service takes an “overly narrow” approach when determining whether a judicial warrant is required for a particular threat disruption measure.
  Eight year
  
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• South Korea says North Korea fired missile into sea

  18-02-2023 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile into the sea.
  The Joint Chiefs of Staff on Saturday didn’t immediately say what type of missile was launched or how far it flew.
  The launch came a day after North Korea’s Foreign Ministry threatened to take “unprecedently” strong action against its rivals after South Korea announced a series of planned military exercises with the United States aimed at sh
  
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• B.C.’s Grandy recruits Olympic champ Niklas Edin to coach in Hearts

  18-02-2023 06:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Canadians coaching curling teams from other countries is a common sight at tournaments, but Clancy Grandy recruited a Swedish heavyweight for the national women’s championships.
  Six-time world and reigning Olympic men’s champion skip Niklas Edin is coaching the host B.C. team at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Kamloops.
  “He’s the best at what he does in the game, in my opinion,” Grandy said Friday before opening the Hearts with a 10-6 win
  
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• Lafreniere nets SO winner, Rangers top Oilers 5-4 to extend win streak to seven games

  18-02-2023 06:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Alexis Lafreniere scored the shootout winner and added a goal in regulation as the red-hot New York Rangers earned a 5-4 comeback victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday night.
  Chris Kreider had a pair of goals and Mika Zibanejad also scored for the Rangers (33-14-8), who have won seven straight and improved to 14-2-2 in their last 18 contests.
  Igor Shesterkin made 25 saves between regulation and overtime.
  Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Tyson Barrie, Derek Ryan and Leon Draisaitl repli
  
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• Maple Leafs acquire O’Reilly, Acciari in three-team trade with Blues, Wild

  18-02-2023 05:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired forwards Ryan O’Reilly and Noel Acciari in a three-team trade, the club announced Friday night.
  Toronto sent forwards Mikhail Abramov and Adam Gaudette along with a 2023 first-round draft pick, Ottawa’s 2023 third-round selection and the Leafs’ 2024 second-round choice to St. Louis.
  Minnesota, meanwhile, receives Toronto’s 2025 fourth-round selection. The Blues will retain 50 per cent of O’Reilly’s salary,
  
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• Toronto Arrows score 10 late points but lose 17-10 to Rugby ATL in MLR season opener

  18-02-2023 04:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA — Trailing 17-0, the Toronto Arrows scored 10 late points but could not catch Rugby ATL and lost their Major League Rugby season opener 17-10 Friday.
  Atlanta led 12-0 at the break on tries by Alex Maughan and Austin White, plus a Kurt Coleman conversion. Maughan bulled his way over the line on a pick-and-go in the 13th minute and White scored on an overlap in the 24th.
  Rewita Biddle added to the lead in the second half, outpacing the Arrows defenders to touch down in the corner for
  
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• Athanasiou, Kane lead Blackhawks to 4-3 OT win over Senators

  18-02-2023 04:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Andreas Athanasiou scored the game-winning goal 2:52 into overtime to lift the Chicago Blackhawks to a 4-3 victory over Ottawa on a celebratory Friday night for the Senators.
  Patrick Kane scored twice, including the game-tying marker, for Chicago (17-32-5) to send the contest to extra time. Sam Lafferty also scored for the Blackhawks, who snapped a three-game skid.
  Petr Mrazek stopped 28 shots.
  Brady Tkachuk, Claude Giroux and Shane Pinto each scored for Ottawa (26-24-4), while Ma
  
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• Homa feeling at home and leads at Riviera as Tiger makes cut

  18-02-2023 04:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Max Homa in the lead at his hometown PGA Tour event used to give him chills. Now he’s playing so well it almost feels normal.
  Homa, a winner last month down the coast at Torrey Pines, ran off three birdies around the turn at Riviera and tossed in a few big par saves Friday for a 3-under 68, giving him a one-shot lead over Jon Rahm, Keith Mitchell and Lee Hodges at the Genesis Invitational.
  Tiger Woods will be part of the weekend, even with a sloppy finish and more
  
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• 40 years later, RCMP say the search continues for missing ... - Hope Standard

  18-02-2023 01:20
  
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• LETTER: Chilliwack school trustees who want books banned should ... - Chilliwack Progress

  18-02-2023 01:04
  
  LETTER: Chilliwack school trustees who want books banned should ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• LETTER: Former Chilliwack school trustee insists there is illegal ... - Chilliwack Progress

  18-02-2023 01:03
  
  LETTER: Former Chilliwack school trustee insists there is illegal ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canadian rookie Cooper Gallant showing well at first Elite Series event

  18-02-2023 00:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OKEECHOBEE, Fla. — It’s becoming quite an Elite Series debut for Canadian Cooper Gallant.
  The 25-year-old from Bowmanville, Ont., will advance to the second round of his first-ever Elite Series event on Florida’s Lake Okeechobee. Gallant stands ninth overall with a 10-fish weight of 40 pounds, 13 ounces.
  American Brandon Cobb leads with 55 pounds, eight ounces. He also has the biggest fish of the tournament thus far at eight pounds, 12 ounces.
  Gallant opened Thursday with a fiv
  
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• Chilliwack chiropractor turns his clinic into pop-up art gallery - Chilliwack Progress

  18-02-2023 00:39
  
  Chilliwack chiropractor turns his clinic into pop-up art gallery  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Judge lifts limit on number of workers who can picket in Yellowknife

  18-02-2023 00:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  YELLOWKNIFE — The Union of Northern Workers says it is pleased with a ruling by a Northwest Territories Supreme Court judge to lift restrictions on the number of people who can picket outside city facilities in Yellowknife.
  Unionized workers with the City of Yellowknife have been locked out and on strike since Feb. 8, after bargaining teams failed to reach a deal on a new collective agreement. 
  Justice Andrew Mahar amended an order he made earlier this weeklimiting their strike action
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP haven’t lost hope of finding Joanne Pedersen 40 years after she disappeared

  18-02-2023 00:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — It’s a grim milestone in every sense of the word.Sunday, February 19, 2023 marks the 40th anniversary of Joanne Pedersen’s disappearance, and yet the Chilliwack RCMP have not lost hope that they will find out what happened to Joanne.
  According to a news release Friday (Feb. 17), Corporal Carmen Kiener of the Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment in Chilliwack said Joanne Pederson disappeared from a phone booth at the Penny Pinchers store near the corner of Vedder
  
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• 6 fatally shot in small Mississippi town, suspect in custody

  18-02-2023 00:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ARKABUTLA, Miss. (AP) — Six people were fatally shot Friday at multiple locations in a small town in rural Mississippi near the Tennessee state line, and authorities blamed a lone suspect who was taken into custody.Mississippi Department of Public Safety spokesperson Bailey Martin confirmed the killings in Arkabutla, in Tate County, to The Associated Press.
  Gov. Tate Reeves’ office said he had been briefed on the shootings and a male suspect was in custody.“At this time, we bel
  
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