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• B.C. to probe ‘troubling’ complaints about RCMP in Prince George

  24-02-2023 23:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — British Columbia’s solicitor general says the province will investigate what he calls “troubling complaints” about the RCMP in Prince George, adding that the government is committed to ending “systemic violence” against Indigenous women and other groups.
  Mike Farnworth, who is also minister of public safety, says the complaints were highlighted in a report by the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission, the independent body that looks i
  
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• R. Kelly avoids lengthy add-on to 30-year prison sentence - Chilliwack Progress

  24-02-2023 23:40
  
  R. Kelly avoids lengthy add-on to 30-year prison sentence  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Quebec tables bill to protect rights of children born of sexual assault

  24-02-2023 22:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUEBEC — The Quebec government has tabled a bill that would make it illegal for someone who commits sexual assault to claim parental rights if the rape produces a child.
  Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette tabled Bill 12 on Thursday, permitting a mother who is the victim of sexual assault to refuse parental rights to her aggressor, or to have them revoked.
  The bill would also require the aggressor to meet certain needs of the child and to compensate the mother.
  It would also permit a chi
  
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• Overnight incident in Chilliwack involved possible gunshots, multiple ... - Chilliwack Progress

  24-02-2023 22:49
  
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• OPINION: Retired appraiser says BC Assessment intentionally ... - Chilliwack Progress

  24-02-2023 22:45
  
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• Criminal investigation underway into Chilliwack house fire a family ... - Hope Standard

  24-02-2023 22:35
  
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• TikTok banned from EU Commission phones over cybersecurity - Chilliwack Progress

  24-02-2023 22:30
  
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• B.C. Transit confirms Chilliwack bus service will be impacted by CUPE job action

  24-02-2023 22:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — B.C. Transit confirmed Friday afternoon that bus service in Chilliwack and the surrounding communities will be impacted on Monday and Tuesday due to job action from CUPE Local 561 representing First Transit bus operators.According to a media advisory, B.C. Transit will notify its riders that CUPE Local 561, operating under FirstTransit, has indicated increasing job action and will cease service in the Agassiz-Harrison, Central Fraser Valley, Chilliwack and Hope transit systems
  
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• MP Brad Vis starts online petition to get more federal funding for new Agassiz aquatic centre

  24-02-2023 22:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AGASSIZ — MP Brad Vis, who represents Agassiz in the Mission-Matsqui-Fraser Canyon riding, has started an online petition designed to attract more federal funding for the proposed Lets’emot Regional Aquatic Centre in Agassiz.
  According to an online petition from www.bradvis.ca/petitions, Vis is calling on the federal government to significantly increase what it previously said it would contribute.
  Vis says the federal government announced in April 2022 that it would provide $454,112,
  
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• Chilliwack judge spars with counsel over car thief sentence ... - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  24-02-2023 22:10
  
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• Trudeau says he’s bothered by Google preventing some Canadians from accessing news

  24-02-2023 22:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is bothered that Google is limiting access to news for some Canadians. 
  Trudeau says the tech giant has decided they would rather prevent Canadians from accessing news than pay journalists for the work they do. 
  He added that he thinks it’s a “terrible mistake.”
  Google confirmed earlier this week it is blocking access to online news for less than four per cent of its Canadian users, in what the company says is a sho
  
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• New this week: ‘True Lies,’ Wallen and ‘Creed’ film fest - Chilliwack Progress

  24-02-2023 22:00
  
  New this week: ‘True Lies,’ Wallen and ‘Creed’ film fest  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• CF Montreal sends Kei Kamara to Chicago in cash exchange

  24-02-2023 22:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — CF Montreal granted Kei Kamara’s trade request on Friday by shipping the veteran striker to the Chicago Fire in exchange for up to US$400,000 in general allocation money.
  Kamara asked for trade in January after contract negotiations stalled in Montreal.
  CF Montreal receives at least $250,000 in general allocation money — $125,000 in 2023 and $125,000 in 2024 — from Chicago. The deal also has provisions for an additional $150,000, conditional to Kamara’s p
  
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• Fraser Valley transit strike set for Monday; HandyDART not impacted

  24-02-2023 21:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Job action that began in early February with bus drivers refusing to collect fares will escalate this coming Monday and Tuesday (Feb. 27-28) with the full withdrawal of all bus services except for HandyDART.CUPE 561, the union that represents First Transit workers in Chilliwack, Abbotsford and the surrounding region, made the announcement today ahead of plans to hold a noon-hour rally on Monday (Feb. 27) at Abbotsford City Hall to bring attention to the issue of low wages, lac
  
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• Federal disaster aid program being overhauled to include climate ... - Chilliwack Progress

  24-02-2023 21:30
  
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• Toronto FC fills holes in starting lineup but questions remain about the team’s depth

  24-02-2023 20:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto FC filled holes in its starting 11 and added experience in the off-season.
  So the hope is the 2017 champion can return to its winning ways after two seasons mired near the bottom of the Major League Soccer standings. But depth is a question-mark as TFC kicks off the regular season Saturday at D.C. United.
  The schedule-maker has pitted the league’s two worst teams from last year in an Audi Field matchup that likely only devoted fans are looking forward to.
  Toronto (9-18-7) finished
  
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• Medvedev improves to 6-0 against Auger-Aliassime with semifinal win in Qatar

  24-02-2023 20:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DOHA, Qatar — Few obstacles have proven insurmountable to Felix Auger-Aliassime in his young tennis career, but Daniil Medvedev has so far been one of them.
  The former world No. 1 from Russia downed Montreal’s Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 7-6 (7) in semifinal action Friday at the Qatar Open ATP 250 hard-court tournament.
  Medvedev improved his record against Auger-Aliassime to 6-0 with his second victory over the Canadian in as many weeks.
  Auger-Aliassime, who came into the tournament ranked
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs hosting doubleheader this weekend; 89.5 JR Country to broadcast Friday’s game

  24-02-2023 20:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack Chiefs are banking on a home doubleheader today (Friday) and Saturday to elevate them in the standings as they vie for home-ice advantage in the upcoming 2023 playoffs.The Chiefs are in a major standings battle to earn home-ice advantage for the upcoming 2023 playoffs. Chilliwack occupies 5th but is just a handful of points back from 4th and 3rd. The Chiefs are 13-8 this season at the Coliseum.If you can’t make it to tonight’s game, make sure to list
  
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• Netflix cuts prices in some markets to lure more subscribers - Chilliwack Progress

  24-02-2023 20:30
  
  Netflix cuts prices in some markets to lure more subscribers  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Cultus Lake dock repair work nearly done after 2021 flood damage

  24-02-2023 20:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CULTUS LAKE— Reconstruction of 22 Cultus Lake docks following the atmospheric river events of late 2021 has just about wrapped up.Park board chair Kirk Dzaman confirmed in a text message on February 12 that 22 docks damaged in the storms of late 2021 are now repaired. Work was nearing completion on the landings to those same docks, Dzaman said as well on February 12.The Cultus Lake Park Board announced back on September 20 that restoration work had launched in order to rebuild the main bea
  
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• Director of Canada’s drug price regulator resigns same week as colleague steps down

  24-02-2023 19:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — The executive director of Canada’s drug pricing regulator is stepping down — just days after another member resigned because of concerns that the federal government was undermining the independent body’s work.
  Douglas Clark, with the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board, announced Friday he would be leaving his post after almost a decade with the regulator that oversees the prices of medicines sold in Canada.
  A day earlier, Matthew Herder, a professor of health
  
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• Tory leader says German politician who met with MPs holds ‘vile’ and ‘racist’ views

  24-02-2023 19:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is denouncing a German politician after several Tory MPs were criticized for meeting with her while she was in Canada this week.
  Conservative MPs Dean Allison, Colin Carrie and Leslyn Lewis were photographed having dinner with Christine Anderson, a member of the European Parliament.
  She represents the Alternative for Germany party, a right-wing populist party that opposes immigration and was put under surveillance as a suspected extremist group
  
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• Chilliwack Secondary principal says Glow Up dance and creative showcase was a huge success

  24-02-2023 19:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Despite a vocal contingent of protesters opposed to certain elements of the show, Chilliwack Secondary principal Danielle Wicker says the Chilliwack Glow Up event on Thursday, February 16 at the school was a huge success.
  In an email obtained by Fraser Valley Today, Chilliwack Secondary principal Danielle Wicker applauded the efforts of a specific teacher as well as numerous staff in making the event possible.
  “Please join us in thanking Christina Billingham plus the ple
  
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• 10-year cancer care plan in B.C. to improve detection and treatment: premier

  24-02-2023 19:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government is investing $440 million to better detect, prevent and treat cancer.Premier David Eby says nearly everyone in the province has been affected by cancer in some way, through their own diagnosis or that of a family member or friend.He says the 10-year plan will save lives and improve the quality of life of B.C. residents now and in the future.The money will support research, technology and innovation, improve access to cancer care for rural and rem
  
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• Federal disaster aid program being overhauled to include climate adaptation

  24-02-2023 19:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s overworked disaster assistance program is being overhauled so that future projects would only be eligible for aid if they take into account the need to adapt to climate change.
  Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair says the program’s costs are soaring as climate change increases both the frequency and severity of extreme weather events.
  He says the federal Disaster Financial Assistance program spent about $7 billion helping provinces recover following maj
  
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• Another Fraser Valley driver clocked at absurdly high speed, gets car impounded

  24-02-2023 19:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — A 19-year-old driver with only a learner’s license will live to regret driving at over 160 kilometres an hour in a 60-km zone and passing an unmarked police car earlier this week.Abbotsford Police tweeted Friday morning (Feb. 24) that they observed a vehicle driving at 165 km an hour in a 60-km zone on Thursday along Zero Avenue, located south of Abbotsford Airport and generally southwest of Abbotsford.Once police pulled over the vehicle, they learned the 19-year-old dri
  
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• ‘The weather got the best of us:’ Ottawa’s Rideau Canal Skateway to stay closed

  24-02-2023 19:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The National Capital Commission says Ottawa’s Rideau Canal Skateway, the world’s largest outdoor skating rink, will not open this season due to warm temperatures.
  The commission says it has been both assessing and getting ready for the affects of climate change on the internationally renowned winter tourist attraction for several years.
  But this is the first time the weather has prevented the 7.8-kilometre stretch through Canada’s capital city from opening at all
  
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• B.C. announces $440 million towards a ‘cancer-free future’ - Chilliwack Progress

  24-02-2023 19:10
  
  B.C. announces $440 million towards a ‘cancer-free future’  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Malott, Lainesse square off in all-Canadian matchup on UFC Fight Night card

  24-02-2023 19:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  With only 14 Canadian-born fighters on an active roster that numbers more than 600, an all-Canadian UFC matchup is rare these days.
  But Canadian welterweights (Proper) Mike Malott and Yohan (White Lion) Lainesse will face off Saturday on the main card of a UFC Fight Night show in Las Vegas.
  The main event at the UFC’s Apex production facility sees Ukraine light-heavyweight Nikita (The Miner) Krylov, ranked sixth among 205-pound contenders, take on No. 8 American Ryan (Superman) Spann.
  Flyw
  
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• Former SFU player Hartnagle continuing his father’s passion with company

  24-02-2023 19:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Matt Hartnagle is continuing his father’s passion.
  In 2001, Steven Hartnagle began Blackfly Lures, a company that produces handmade fishing products. Matt Hartnagle, a former offensive lineman at Simon Fraser University, took over the business in 2019 after his father died following a yearlong battle with cancer.
  “I don’t need a reminder of my dad because for 16 hours a day I’m working on what he was most proud of,” Hartnagle said during a recent telephone interview
  
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• Canadian Jeremy Kennedy looks to beat Pedro Carvalho and earn Bellator title shot

  24-02-2023 19:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Jeremy (JBC) Kennedy has been chasing Pedro (The Game) Carvalho for a while. On Saturday the Canadian featherweight finally gets his crack at him.
  The 30-year-old from Surrey, B.C., who is now based out of Las Vegas, faces the Ireland-based Portuguese fighter in the co-main event of Bellator 291 in Dublin.
  Carvalho is ranked third among Bellator 145-pound contenders while Kennedy, a veteran of both the UFC and PFL, is No. 5. Both Kennedy and Carvalho see their fight as a title eliminator with th
  
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• The AP Interview: Biden ready to run, US first lady says

  24-02-2023 19:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — U.S. first lady Jill Biden gave one of the clearest indications yet that President Joe Biden will run for a second term, telling The Associated Press in an exclusive interview on Friday that there’s “pretty much” nothing left to do but figure out the time and place for the announcement.
  Although Biden has long said that it’s his intention to seek reelection, he has yet to make it official, and he’s struggled to dispel questions about whet
  
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• Vancouver port authority suspends Rolling Truck Age Program for at least nine months

  24-02-2023 18:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is suspending a controversial program to replace older trucks servicing the port for at least another nine months while it reassesses its plans.
  It is the third time the port is postponing the Rolling Truck Program which was supposed to begin April 3 to phase out trucks more than 12 years old to improve air quality and community health.
  Truckers that use the port say the onus is on owners and operators to replace the older vehicles at a steep co
  
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• Canada’s Thompson first entering ski cross quarterfinals at freestyle worlds

  24-02-2023 18:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BAKURIANI, Georgia — Marielle Thompson of Whistler, B.C., finished first in women’s ski cross qualifying Friday at the world freestyle skiing championships.
  Thompson led the way in a time of one minute 25.52 seconds, followed by Sweden’s Sandra Naeslund (1:25.76) and Germany’s Daniela Maier (1:26.60).
  Thompson, the 2014 Olympic gold medallist will ski against three Austrians — Sonja Gigler, Katrin Ofner and Andrea Limbacher — in Saturday’s quarterfinals
  
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• Penguin to publish ‘classic’ Roald Dahl books after backlash - Chilliwack Progress

  24-02-2023 18:45
  
  Penguin to publish ‘classic’ Roald Dahl books after backlash  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Summerland to represent Earth Day Canada campaign - Chilliwack Progress

  24-02-2023 18:37
  
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• Man accused of crashing bus into Quebec daycare and killing 2 kids fit to stand trial

  24-02-2023 18:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAVAL, Que. — The Quebec man accused of killing two young children when the city bus he was driving slammed into a Montreal-area daycare has been judged fit to stand trial.
  Pierre Ny St-Amand made an appearance today in a courtroom in Laval, Que., where his lawyer said that a psychiatric evaluation requested last week found the accused mentally able to participate in the criminal case.
  Defence lawyer Julien L’Esperance Hudon today requested an evaluation of his client’s crimina
  
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• Frigid conditions should lift in B.C., but incoming system to bring heavy snow

  24-02-2023 18:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Extreme cold, Arctic outflow or snowfall warnings cover most of northern and central British Columbia as an icy and powerful storm sweeps over the province.
  Environment Canada says the accompanying wind chill has made conditions in those areas and along the length of the Rockies feel as cold as -40 or -45 C.
  The weather office says the deep freeze will ease through the day but will be replaced by heavy snow, beginning late Friday in the northwest and dumping 10 to 30 centimetre
  
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• Lack of funds force April closure of Quest University in Squamish, B.C.

  24-02-2023 18:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SQUAMISH, B.C. — A private university based in Squamish, B.C., is shutting down at the end of April.
  A statement on the Quest University website says the suspension of academic programming will allow the board and executive to “focus on restructuring finances and operations.”
  The statement says Quest is exploring financing options and “remains hopeful,” but has not yet found funding to support operations beyond the end of the spring term.
  It says students will be gi
  
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• OPINION: Eby government faces clear choice in first budget - Chilliwack Progress

  24-02-2023 18:00
  
  OPINION: Eby government faces clear choice in first budget  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canada sending another $30M in aid to Turkey, Syria, as rebuild begins

  24-02-2023 17:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government is sending another $20 million in aid for people affected by the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria, and matching millions more in private donations. 
  International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan says Canada will match $10 million in donations to members of the Humanitarian Coalition, on top of the $10 million in matching donations to the Canadian Red Cross.
  The announcement comes after the United Nations asked for more help and a group of C
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP investigating early morning fire in Soowahlie First Nation

  24-02-2023 17:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack RCMP are investigating after a fire broke out early Thursday morning on Soowahlie First Nation land near Cultus Lake.According to Jamie Leggatt, director of communications for the City of Chilliwack, Chilliwack Fire Department and Chilliwack River Valley Fire Department responded to a structure fire on Soowahlie First Nation land at about 1 a.m. early Thursday morning, February 23.The fire was contained to one building there on Soowahlie land and there were no injur
  
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• Chilliwack boy shares story in Variety Show of Hearts telethon ... - Hope Standard

  24-02-2023 17:55
  
  Chilliwack boy shares story in Variety Show of Hearts telethon ...  Hope Standard
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario Métis sign self-government deal

  24-02-2023 17:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Three Métis groups have signed a deal with Ottawa that recognizes them as Indigenous governments.
  The deal between the federal government and the Métis nations of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario gives them powers that include control over citizenship and the right to negotiate further agreements, such as compensation for land lost due to the notorious Métis scrip program.
  It builds on a previous document signed in 2019 that recognized Métis people h
  
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• Hootsuite to ditch free plan, begin charging users for social media tool

  24-02-2023 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Hootsuite says it will eliminate the free tier of its social media management tool next month.
  The Vancouver-based technology company says the tool, which allows  users to browse, manage and schedule social media posts, will come with a fee beginning March 31.
  After that date, anyone who used the Hootsuite Free plan will have to stop using the service or switch to one of four new, paid plans starting at $99 per month for its Professional tier.
  That plan offers allows one u
  
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• Manitoba, federal government reach $6.7B health-care deal

  24-02-2023 16:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — The federal government says in a news release that it has signed an agreement in principle with Manitoba to invest more than $6.7 billion in the province’s health-care system over 10 years. 
  That includes more than $1.2 billion for a new bilateral agreement focusing on shared health-care priorities.
  It also includes $72 million in an immediate, one-time top up to the Canada Health Transfer paid to Manitoba to address urgent needs, especially in pediatric hospitals and
  
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• Canadians ‘Stand with Ukraine’ on one-year anniversary of Russian invasion

  24-02-2023 16:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  From coast to coast, thousands of Canadians are expected to take part today in a series of rallies in support of Ukraine on the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion.
  Spearheaded by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, some 40 “Stand With Ukraine” events are planned for major cities across the country, from St.John’s, Newfoundland to Whitehorse. The events are scheduled for various times throughout the day, however, the bulk of them will be candlelight vigils in the early
  
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• Seniors advocate says B.C. should eliminate home support fees - Chilliwack Progress

  24-02-2023 16:30
  
  Seniors advocate says B.C. should eliminate home support fees  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Purdue’s Zach Edey makes strong case to be player of year

  24-02-2023 15:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Brian Nash vividly remembers the first impression Zach Edey made at IMG Academy.
  The school’s coaches were fascinated with the basketball newcomer’s size, his potential. They liked his hands, the footwork he developed playing other sports. They thought he could be college basketball’s next big thing.
  Five years later, the transformation seems almost complete — to the surprise of Nash, IMG’s director of basketball operations. Edey, t
  
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• Live updates | Russia Ukraine War Anniversary

  24-02-2023 14:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KYIV, Ukraine – Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki says his country has delivered four advanced Leopard tanks to Ukraine.Morawiecki told a news conference in Kyiv Friday that the tanks have actually arrived and aren’t just pledges on paper.The prime minister said Poland will provide more Leopard tanks soon, as well as a number of upgraded, Soviet-era T-72 tanks.
  Polish President Andrzej Duda told a National Security Council earlier Friday he was happy that Poland was th
  
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