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• Ontario Indigenous group criticizes federal government’s unmarked graves contract

  23-02-2023 23:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — An Indigenous political organization representing 39 Ontario First Nations says it is “confounded” by a federal decision to hire an international organization to provide advice on unmarked graves. 
  The Anishinabek Nation released a statement today expressing its leadership’s “bewilderment” over Ottawa’s $2-million contract with the Netherlands-based International Commission on Missing Persons.  
  Travis Boissoneau, a regional deputy gra
  
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• Five ways war in Ukraine has changed the world - Chilliwack Progress

  23-02-2023 23:45
  
  Five ways war in Ukraine has changed the world  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Harvey Weinstein gets 16 years for rape, sexual assault - Chilliwack Progress

  23-02-2023 23:30
  
  Harvey Weinstein gets 16 years for rape, sexual assault  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• VIDEO: B.C. kid among the World Axe Throwing League’s youngest ... - Chilliwack Progress

  23-02-2023 23:10
  
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• B.C. privacy commissioner part of interprovincial, federal TikTok ... - Chilliwack Progress

  23-02-2023 23:10
  
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• FVRD board to consider fireworks ban in Harrison Mills, Lake Errock area

  23-02-2023 22:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Fraser Valley Regional District board of directors, which consists of elected officials from Abbotsford, Mission, Chilliwack, Hope and the surrounding rural areas, will consider discussion on a proposal to ban the sale and discharge of fireworks in two electoral areas at its meeting tonight.
  According to agenda item 8.1 on tonight’s docket, directors Cory Cassel (representing Electoral Area G, Deroche, Hatzic Island, Dewdney, and Nicomen Island east of Mission) and M
  
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• Argos head coach Dinwiddie content with giving Chad Kelly chance to lead offence

  23-02-2023 22:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — McLeod Bethel-Thompson’s decision to play in the fledgling USFL this season didn’t catch Ryan Dinwiddie by surprise.
  The Toronto head coach said Thursday the Argonauts have known for about a month that Bethel-Thompson wouldn’t be helping them defend their Grey Cup title this season. Bethel-Thompson announced on social media Wednesday he’ll play with the USFL’s New Orleans Breakers in 2023, then “continue with considerable NFL interest in the fa
  
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• Review: ‘Cocaine Bear,’ 100% pure, uncut junk with no high - Chilliwack Progress

  23-02-2023 22:30
  
  Review: ‘Cocaine Bear,’ 100% pure, uncut junk with no high  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Survey by seniors advocate says home support satisfaction declined in past five years

  23-02-2023 22:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — A survey by British Columbia’s seniors advocate of people who receive home support has found a decline in satisfaction with the services over the past five years.
  Isobel Mackenzie’s “We Must Do Better” report says the number of people who rate their home support as excellent has declined by 30 per cent in the past five years.
  She says the report also finds more than 33 per cent of home support clients need extra services, including housekeeping, bathing a
  
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• Auger-Aliassime through to semis at Qatar Open, next faces nemesis Medvedev

  23-02-2023 22:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DOHA, Qatar — Canadian tennis star Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-4, 7-6 (5) Thursday at the Qatar Open, setting up a semifinal against nemesis Daniil Medvedev.
  Auger-Aliassime, seeded second at the ATP 250 hard court event, fired eight aces and won 86 per cent of first service points in a win over the seventh-seeded Spaniard that took one hour 48 minutes to complete.
  The 22-year-old from Montreal faced just two break points in the match, with bo
  
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• Class action against Quebec businessman accused of allegedly paying minors for sex

  23-02-2023 21:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Montreal law firm has filed an application for a class-action lawsuit against a prominent Quebec businessman accused of allegedly paying minors for sex.
  Consumer Law Group is representing the lead plaintiff, a Montreal woman who was 17 at the time she allegedly met Robert G. Miller and who saw him about 10 times for sex over a two-year period.
  The lawsuit targets Miller and the Montreal-based company he helped found, Future Electronics, for $1 million in punitive damages for t
  
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• UN approves resolution calling for Russia to leave Ukraine

  23-02-2023 21:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly approved a nonbinding resolution Thursday that calls for Russia to end hostilities in Ukraine and demands the withdrawal of its forces, sending a strong message on the eve of the first anniversary of the invasion that Moscow’s aggression must end.
  The 141-7 vote with 32 abstentions was slightly below the highest vote for the five previous resolutions approved by the 193-member world body since Russia sent troops and tanks across the bor
  
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• Quebec tribunal denies compensation to family of migrant worker who died on farm

  23-02-2023 21:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The family of a Guatemalan farm worker crushed to death trying to replace a flat tire on his employer’s car says they are disappointed Quebec’s labour tribunal denied them compensation.
  María Teresa Lares Macario says she has not recovered from the sudden death of her father, Ottoniel Lares Batzibal, who died July 18, 2021, trapped under a car in the garage of Les Cultures Fortin Inc., a fruit and vegetable farm south of Quebec City.
  She says the Feb. 7 decisi
  
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• Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov among Canadian tennis players on the rise: McEnroe

  23-02-2023 21:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Tennis legend John McEnroe went into last year’s Laver Cup an underdog. 
  He’d captained Team World through the first four iterations of the international tournament, falling each time to a star-studded Team Europe helmed by his longtime rival Bjorn Borg. 
  The losses were beginning to weigh.
  “I was starting to feel like the Washington Generals playing the Globetrotters,” McEnroe told reporters on a video call Thursday. “This was getting to
  
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• Canada to introduce open work permit for Iranians, simplify process to stay

  23-02-2023 21:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government is rolling out special temporary measures to make it easier for Iranians in Canada to stay.
  As of March 1, measures will come into effect to simplify the process for Iranians who are visiting, studying in or working in Canada to extend their stay and switch between temporary streams.
  For Iranians already in Canada, an open work permit pathway will be introduced as well.
  The federal government will waive fees for passports, permanent resident travel documents
  
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• Abbotsford’s Ledgeview Golf Club hosting RBC Canadian Open ... - Chilliwack Progress

  23-02-2023 21:38
  
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• Israel approves over 7,000 settlement homes, groups say

  23-02-2023 21:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s far-right government has granted approval for over 7,000 new homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank, settlement backers and opponents said Thursday. The move defies growing international opposition to construction in the occupied territory.
  The announcement came just days after the U.N. Security Council passed a statement strongly criticizing Israeli settlement construction on occupied lands claimed by the Palestinians. The United States, Israel’
  
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• Streams Canada offering free spring break camp at Great Blue Heron Reserve in Chilliwack

  23-02-2023 21:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack-based Streams Canada Foundation wrote on Facebook Wednesday (Feb. 22) that it will be offering a free four-day spring break camp at the Great Blue Heron Reserve in Chilliwack for ages 10-16.Registration for the “Streams Free Spring Break Day Camp” will be opening soon, the charitable foundation wrote on its Facebook page. It asks parents to please stay tuned as spots will be limited.The free four-day camp, which operates from Monday, March 27 through Thu
  
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• Calgary Stampeders sign veteran Canadian offensive lineman Campbell

  23-02-2023 21:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders signed veteran Canadian offensive lineman Jamal Campbell on Thursday.
  Campbell, 29, became a CFL free agent Feb. 14.
  The six-foot-five, 292-pound Toronto native appeared in 12 regular-season games last season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, starting two.
  Campbell spent his first five CFL seasons with the Toronto Argonauts (2016-19, 2021). 
  He earned a Grey Cup ring with the club in 2017.
  Campbell has appeared in 71 career CFL regular-season game, st
  
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• Accused extremist recruiter Awso Peshdary pleads guilty to terrorism-related charges

  23-02-2023 21:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — An accused recruiter for the Islamic State military group has renounced his previous extremism and pleaded guilty to terrorism offences in an Ottawa courtroom.
  Awso Peshdary’s criminal trial in the Ontario Superior Court resumed today after his lawyers filed a motion saying he was prepared to change his plea to guilty, and the defence has submitted a joint application with the Crown to go directly to sentencing.
  Peshdary was arrested on terrorism-related charges in February
  
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• Injury-riddled Montreal Canadiens claim forward Chris Tierney off waivers

  23-02-2023 20:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens have claimed veteran forward Chris Tierney off waivers as they look to plug holes in their injury-riddled lineup.
  Tierney had two goals and an assist in 13 games with the Florida Panthers this season before being put on waivers Wednesday.
  He comes to Montreal as a reasonably priced Band-Aid for a team with three players on long-term injured reserve and six on injured reserve. Tierney comes with a cap hit of US$750,000 and will be an unrestricted free agent
  
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• 8 impaired drivers caught by police in Abbotsford over 4 hours - Chilliwack Progress

  23-02-2023 20:45
  
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• Ontario’s Rachel Homan wins way into Tournament of Hearts playoffs

  23-02-2023 20:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Ontario’s Rachel Homan reached the championship round at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts with a 5-3 win Thursday over New Brunswick’s Andrea Kelly.
  Homan’s 5-2 record with a game to play secured the third and final playoff spot in Pool B behind Northern Ontario’s Krista McCarville (7-1) and Manitoba’s Jennifer Jones (6-1).
  The top three teams in each pool of nine teams advance to Friday’s championship round. Tiebreaker games will solve
  
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• Former goalkeeper Alex Bono set to welcome Toronto to Audi Field in MLS season opener

  23-02-2023 20:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto FC fans will see a familiar face Saturday when Toronto opens the MLS regular season at D.C. United.
  Alex Bono, who holds TFC records for goalkeeper wins (67) and shutouts (35), will be wearing opposition colours.  
  “What are the odds?” said Bono, referencing hosting his former team in the season opener at Audi Field. “Obviously it’s exciting. I’m happy to see some old friends and compete against them.”
  The 28-year-old from Baldwinsville, N.Y., sta
  
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• Nurse practitioners in B.C. can now assess crisis patients for involuntary admissions

  23-02-2023 20:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Nurse practitioners in British Columbia now have expanded authority to assess people in crisis for involuntary admission to a treatment facility under the Mental Health Act.
  The New Democrat government says it changed the Mental Health Act last spring to help people get care during a mental health crisis, while respecting their legal rights.
  Jennifer Whiteside, B.C.’s mental health and addictions minister, says giving nurse practitioners authority to approve involuntary ad
  
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• Ian Moss out as Gymnastics Canada CEO after athletes call for his resignation

  23-02-2023 19:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Ian Moss is out as chief executive officer of Gymnastics Canada, a move that comes amid calls for leadership change at the embattled sports organization.
  The governing body said in a release that is moving forward “today” with “substantive changes in leadership” after months of calls for Moss’s resignation from Gymnasts for Change Canada, an advocacy group made up of hundreds of former and current gymnasts.
  The gymnasts wrote an open letter to Sport C
  
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• Federal protection proposed for critically at-risk spotted owls in B.C., groups say

  23-02-2023 19:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Two environmental groups and a British Columbia First Nation say the federal government is recommending an order to protect the critically at-risk northern spotted owl.
  Just three of the tiny owls are known to be in the wild in B.C., with a fourth recovering at a rehabilitation centre after it was suspected to have been hit by a train.
  A statement from the Wilderness Committee, Ecojustice and Spuzzum Nation says they have learned federal Minister of Environment and Climate Chan
  
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• Richmond RCMP make urgent plea for witnesses of 2 random assaults - Chilliwack Progress

  23-02-2023 19:00
  
  Richmond RCMP make urgent plea for witnesses of 2 random assaults  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Onyshko to replace Pivetta on Canadian roster for upcoming World Baseball Classic

  23-02-2023 18:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Reliever Ben Onyshko was added to the Canadian roster for the World Baseball Classic on Thursday as a replacement for right-hander Nick Pivetta. 
  Onyshko, who has spent four seasons in the Seattle Mariners organization, was 3-2 with a 4.36 earned-run average over 43 appearances for Double-A Arkansas last year. 
  The Winnipeg left-hander represented Canada at the 2021 WBSC Baseball Americas Olympic Qualifier.
  Pivetta, from Victoria, was expected to be a key starter for the
  
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• No foreign interference report more than one year after Liberal government re-elected

  23-02-2023 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A panel tasked with flagging incidents of foreign interference in Canada’s elections has still not released a report evaluating its own work in the 2021 election, more than a year after the Liberals won a second minority government.
  The Critical Election Incident Public Protocol was created to monitor and report on threats to the 2019 election with a mandate to continue its work during future elections.
  It’s also supposed to do a postelection assessment of how it commu
  
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• Surrey senior pleads guilty to child luring - Chilliwack Progress

  23-02-2023 17:35
  
  Surrey senior pleads guilty to child luring  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Turpel-Lafond’s honorary degree under review at TRU - Chilliwack Progress

  23-02-2023 17:30
  
  Turpel-Lafond’s honorary degree under review at TRU  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Singers Molly Johnson, k.d. lang given Canada’s highest performing ... - Chilliwack Progress

  23-02-2023 17:30
  
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• Dr. Seuss’ ‘How the Grinch stole Christmas!’ gets a sequel - Chilliwack Progress

  23-02-2023 17:30
  
  Dr. Seuss’ ‘How the Grinch stole Christmas!’ gets a sequel  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Spring fair carnival returns to Chilliwack Coliseum March 16-19

  23-02-2023 17:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — On the weekend in which SD33 students are released for the start of a two-week spring break, the Chilliwack Spring Fair will be returning to the grounds of the Chilliwack Coliseum for a four-day carnival run.The Chilliwack Coliseum announced Wednesday that it it will welcome the return of West Coast Amusements Thursday, March 16 through Sunday, March 19 for the annual instalment of Chilliwack Spring Fair.The festivities feature rides, treats and good times for the whole family
  
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• Media advocate calls Google’s move to block news content disrespectful to Canadians

  23-02-2023 17:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Advocates for the print and digital media industry say Google is disrespecting Canadian readers by temporarily blocking news to some of its users. 
  News Media Canada president Paul Deegan says the action is unbecoming of the leading global company.
  Google confirmed on Wednesday that it’s blocking less than four per cent of Canadian users from viewing news content in a five-week test run of a potential response to the Liberal government’s online news bill.
  Bill C-1
  
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• Five golfers tied for lead after opening round of LPGA Thailand, Henderson four shots back

  23-02-2023 17:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PATTAYA, Thailand — Jennifer Kupcho of the United States fired a bogey-free 7-under 65 to share the lead alongside four other golfers after the opening round of the LPGA Thailand on Thursday.
  The crowded leaderboard was no surprise on the Pattaya Old Course: The average winning score over the past 10 years is 21 under par.
  Kupcho’s round was highlighted by a birdie-birdie finish and an eagle on the par-5 10th hole at Siam Country Club.
  Of her eagle, she said, “I hit a really go
  
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• Federal housing advocate reviewing ‘human rights crisis’ of homeless encampments

  23-02-2023 17:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal housing advocate is launching a review of homeless encampments in Canada, calling the situation a human rights crisis fuelled in part by the failure of all levels of government to provide adequate housing. 
  Marie-Josée Houle says the review will collect testimony from people living in encampments along with experts in housing and human rights.  
  The advocate says she is “very concerned” some governments are not taking necessary steps to pro
  
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• Judge grants motion by state of Michigan to appeal key decision in Line 5 dispute

  23-02-2023 17:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — The U.S. judge presiding over Michigan’s bid to shut down the Line 5 pipeline has agreed to let the state appeal a key ruling even though the case remains unresolved. 
  District Court Judge Janet Neff has granted a motion from Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, clearing the way for what’s known as an interlocutory appeal.
  Nessel is challenging the August 2022 decision by Neff to keep the case in federal court, a critical blow to Michigan’s effort to s
  
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• Quebec finance minister to table budget March 21, says it will include tax cuts

  23-02-2023 17:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUEBEC — The Coalition Avenir Québec government will table the first budget of the party’s second mandate on March 21.
  Finance Minister Eric Girard made the announcement today at the province’s legislature.
  He says the budget will keep all the commitments his party made during the fall election.
  Those promises included an income tax cut starting this year of one percentage point on the first two tax brackets.
  Girard says that despite the rise in interest rates, Quebec&rs
  
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• VIDEO: Canadian grain storage arrived just in time for Ukrainian ... - Chilliwack Progress

  23-02-2023 17:05
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Supporting our favourite local events

  23-02-2023 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Whether it is spring, summer, winter or fall in British Columbia you can always find a fair, festival, or community event to attend. These events are always buzzing with energy and full of smiling faces. If you are in your home community or visiting another town in our beautiful province, these gatherings are often the highlight of a week, trip, or season.While we have seen a return to in-person activities, the tourism, arts and culture sectors are still struggling in wake of the pandemic. In pa
  
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• Alex Murdaugh testifies in his own defense at murder trial

  23-02-2023 16:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh took the stand in his own defense at his double murder trial Thursday to present his version of events.
  Murdaugh, 54, is charged with fatally shooting his wife, Maggie, 52, and their 22-year-old son, Paul, who were killed near kennels on their property on June 7, 2021. He faces 30 years to life in prison if convicted. Murdaugh, whose family dominated the legal system in tiny Hampton County for generations, has denied any role in the killings.
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• High Court won’t hear appeal from media outlet in Jake Virtanen sex assault case

  23-02-2023 16:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s highest court has refused to hear an appeal from Glacier Media related to a ruling made during the sexual assault trial of former NHL Vancouver Canucks forward Jake Virtanen.
  A B.C. Supreme Court jury acquitted the 26-year-old hockey player of one count of sexual assault in July 2022.
  In an online post one year earlier, Virtanen’s accuser alleged she was assaulted in a Vancouver hotel room in 2017 and, in a separate newspaper interview, told a Glacier Media re
  
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• Fraser Valley man, 72, convicted of child exploitation: B.C. RCMP

  23-02-2023 16:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — A Fraser Valley man has been convicted of a child exploitation offence following a proactive investigation by the B.C. RCMP Integrated Child Exploitation Unit (BC ICE), according to a news release from RCMP E Division in Surrey.On January 20, 2023, Sant Mangat of Surrey, pled guilty and was sentenced to a 15-month conditional sentence order for the offence of telecommunicating to lure a child under 16. Mangat was also sentenced to 12 months probation, and must abide by multiple co
  
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• Woman, 91 years old, prevents man from stealing her purse in Abbotsford church parking lot

  23-02-2023 16:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Abbotsford Police said Wednesday (Feb. 22) they are investigating an attempted purse snatching that happened in a church parking lot last week.According to Sgt. Paul Walker, media relations spokesperson for the Abbotsford Police Department, patrol officers responded to the 2700 block of Clearbrook Road on Tuesday, February 14 at 3:13 p.m. for the report of an attempted purse snatching.A 91-year-old female victim was walking through a church parking lot utilizing her walker whe
  
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• Canada’s Fernandez and U.S. partner Mattek-Sands ousted from doubles play in Dubai

  23-02-2023 16:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI CITY, United Arab Emirates — Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., and American partner Bethany Mattek-Sands lost 7-5, 7-5 to Russians Veronika Kudermetova and Liudmila Samsonova in the quarterfinals of the Dubai Tennis Championship on Thursday.
  The Russians won 68 per cent of their first serves, compared to 58 per cent for Fernandez and Mattek-Sands.
  Kudermetova and Samsonova will meet the team of Ukraine’s Lyudmyla Kichenok and Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko in the semifinals.
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• Ontario, federal government reach agreement in principle on health care

  23-02-2023 15:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The federal government says it has reached an agreement in principle with Ontario on health care.
  No further details were immediately available after the government made the announcement Thursday morning in a tweet.
  Canada’s premiers agreed earlier this month to accept Ottawa’s offer of more than $46 billion to augment the Canada Health Transfer. 
  The federal government was working out separate bilateral deals with the provinces and territories to address needs specific to each
  
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• Buttigieg visits East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment site

  23-02-2023 14:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited East Palestine, Ohio, on Thursday to tour the site where a train wrecked nearly three weeks ago as the government faces growing criticism over the federal response to the derailment.
  The Feb. 3 derailment led to evacuations and fears of air and water contamination after a controlled burn of toxic chemicals aimed at preventing an explosion.
  The Biden White House has defended its response to the derailment, saying of
  
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• Chilliwack high school student finalist for $100000 Loran Award - Chilliwack Progress

  23-02-2023 14:35
  
  Chilliwack high school student finalist for $100000 Loran Award  Chilliwack Progress
  
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