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• Chilliwack CBSA weapons investigation | CityNews Vancouver - CityNews Vancouver

  27-02-2023 23:34 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack man caught importing hundreds of prohibited weapons ... - Hope Standard

  27-02-2023 23:25 via news.google.com
  
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• Niederreiter arrives as Jets struggle to stay in the playoff picture

  27-02-2023 23:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Nino Niederreiter was heading back to a hotel after a practice with the Nashville Predators on Saturday when he got called to the front of the team bus.
  The veteran forward was given the news he’d been traded to the Winnipeg Jets.
  “Telling all the boys on the bus that you get traded was definitely an emotional part, but I’m definitely very excited to be here now,” Niederreiter said Monday after his first practice with the Jets.
  Winnipeg traded a second-ro
  
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• Messi and Putellas voted best players at FIFA awards again

  27-02-2023 23:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — World Cup winner Lionel Messi edged Kylian Mbappé again, this time to take FIFA’s best men’s player award on Monday.
  The best women’s player was Spain’s Alexia Putellas for a second straight year.
  After steering Argentina to World Cup glory in an epic final against Mbappé’s France last year in Qatar, Messi won the best player vote against Mbappé and Karim Benzema to secure the FIFA prize for the seventh time in 14 years.
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• Spain’s Alexia Putellas voted best women’s player again

  27-02-2023 22:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — Spain’s Alexia Putellas won FIFA’s best women’s player award for the second straight time on Monday.
  Putellas won the voting over Alex Morgan of the United States and England’s Beth Mead, who led England to the European Championship title in 2022.
  Barcelona playmaker Putellas made the top three again despite being injured days before the Euro and missing the tournament.
  Mead was the joint top scorer at the Euro, and was named the tournament’s best
  
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• Buyers? Sellers? Neither? Senators’ trade deadline strategy still unclear

  27-02-2023 22:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — For the first time in six years, the Ottawa Senators are playing meaningful games as the trade deadline approaches.
  It’s exactly what the Senators wanted, but it makes for an interesting situation for general manager Pierre Dorion.
  The Senators were seven points behind Pittsburgh, which holds the Eastern Conference’s final wild-card playoff spot, heading into their game Monday against visiting Detroit. 
  While Ottawa has ground to make up, it’s not so far bac
  
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• Finance minister suggests budget deficits on way for B.C. after surplus

  27-02-2023 22:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGFORD, B.C. — British Columbia Finance Minister Katrine Conroy is suggesting budget deficits are in the province’s future as she prepares to present the government’s financial blueprint Tuesday. 
  Premier David Eby’s government has been spending what was projected as an almost $6-billion surplus from last year’s budget on pressing issues like disaster mitigation, addiction treatment and cost-of-living supports.  
  Conroy made her comments today at an elem
  
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• Canada Soccer president Nick Bontis resigns, says change is needed

  27-02-2023 22:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Nick Bontis has resigned as president of Canada Soccer, acknowledging change is needed to achieve labour peace with the Canadian men’s and women’s teams.
  The move comes in the wake of a letter from provincial and territorial soccer leaders asking Bontis to step down given the bitter labour dispute with both the Canadian teams. Bontis resigned during a board meeting Monday, Canada Soccer said.
  “Canada Soccer and both of our national team programs have the real potential to sign
  
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• Canada Soccer president Nick Bontis resigns, says change is needed - Chilliwack Progress

  27-02-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Canadian Cory Johnston looking forward to a break in ’23 Elite Series season

  27-02-2023 22:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The first break of the season comes at an opportune time for Cory Johnston.
  The professional fisherman from Cavan, Ont., finished eighth in the Elite Series event at Lake Seminole on Sunday. The week before, Johnston was a disappointing 91st in the Series-opening competition on Florida’s Lake Okeechobee.
  And after six weeks on the road and three tournaments, Johnston returns home for a couple of weeks before heading out again, this time for the US$1-million Bassmaster Classic on the Tennes
  
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• More than 1350 prohibited weapons linked to Chilliwack, B.C. ... - The Globe and Mail

  27-02-2023 22:16 via news.google.com
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• Fisheries Department scrambled to claw back ‘ill-timed’ lobster tweet ... - Chilliwack Progress

  27-02-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
  
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• More than 1,350 prohibited weapons linked to Chilliwack, B.C., homes seized

  27-02-2023 21:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK, B.C. — Canada Border Services Agency says it has seized more than 1,350 prohibited weapons and firearms linked to residences in Chilliwack, B.C.
  A statement from the agency says parcels imported from China using a false declaration were intercepted at Vancouver International Airport last month. 
  In late January, the agency says an unnamed Chilliwack resident was arrested for suspected offences under the Customs Act and a number of prohibited weapons and firearms were found
  
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• More than 1,350 prohibited weapons linked to Chilliwack homes seized

  27-02-2023 21:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK, B.C. — Canada Border Services Agency says it has seized more than 1,350 prohibited weapons and firearms linked to residences in Chilliwack, B.C.
  A statement from the agency says parcels imported from China using a false declaration were intercepted at Vancouver International Airport last month. 
  In late January, the agency says an unnamed Chilliwack resident was arrested for suspected offences under the Customs Act and a number of prohibited weapons and firearms were found
  
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• Abbotsford fire sends four to hospital

  27-02-2023 21:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Four people were taken to hospital following a Sunday afternoon fire in Abbotsford.
  Abbotsford Fire Rescue Service were called out to the fire in the 2600 block of Tessaro Crescent. When crews arrived, they found the main floor of the building fully involved.
  BC Emergency Services says six ambulances were sent to the fire at 1:41 p.m. Paramedics cared for and transported four people to hospital. However, the condition of the injured individuals has not been released.
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• Chilliwack's Zach Benson wins Player of the Week award in WHL - Chilliwack Progress

  27-02-2023 21:35 via news.google.com
  
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• Icy roads blamed as two women killed in two-vehicle crash near Castlegar, B.C.

  27-02-2023 21:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CASTLEGAR, B.C. — Two women have died in a crash near Castlegar, B.C., that investigators are blaming on slippery roads.
  A statement from the B.C. Highway Patrol collision unit says a Toyota Corolla lost control on Highway 3A on Saturday and veered into the path of an oncoming Ford F350 pickup truck.
  The two Nelson residents, aged 68 and 79, were in the back seat of the Toyota and died at the scene.
  Police say the driver and front-seat passenger were taken to hospital while the driver of t
  
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• Upgrades might prove too costly for cap-strapped Oilers as trade deadline approaches

  27-02-2023 21:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — There’s a small section of the West Edmonton Mall reserved for luxury, high-end retailers, where you can look at Rolex watches, Tiffany jewelry or Louis Vuitton bags. 
  Imagine walking through there with a credit card in your wallet that’s so maxed out, it will get declined if you tried to buy a pack of gum.
  That’s how Oilers president and general manager Ken Holland has got to be feeling approaching the NHL’s trade deadline.
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• Quebec’s social housing stock is crumbling as repair costs rise, tenant group says

  27-02-2023 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A tenant group is speaking out about the decrepit state of social housing in Quebec, which continues to deteriorate as the cost of repairs rise.
  The Fédération des locataires d’habitations à loyer modique du Québec, which represents social housing residents, said today that the number of housing units in poor or very poor condition has risen 39 per cent in the last two years. 
  The number of units earning a D or E grade, indicating they need
  
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• Oilpatch funds balloon for pro-Smith political group after she supports royalty break

  27-02-2023 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Oilpatch support for Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s agenda ballooned after she won her party’s leadership and put the so-called RStar program — a plan to give tax breaks to energy companies for fulfilling cleanup work they are already obliged to do — high on the government agenda. 
  Elections Alberta records and an analysis by The Canadian Press suggest donations to the Alberta First Initiative, a pro-Smith advocacy group, increased eightfold from c
  
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• Underdog Chilliwack squad makes run to Grade 9 provincial ... - Chilliwack Progress

  27-02-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Maple Leafs answer Lightning by making trade with Blackhawks - Chilliwack Progress

  27-02-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Dilbert distributor severs ties to creator over race remarks - Chilliwack Progress

  27-02-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Canada-China trade breaks record, as imports hit $100 billion - Chilliwack Progress

  27-02-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Victoria Vergos ‘excited’ for new opportunity to box at Canada Winter Games

  27-02-2023 20:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Shock, then excitement.
  Those were the feelings of 16-year-old Victoria Vergos when finding out female boxing was being held at the 2023 Canada Winter Games for the first time.
  The former gymnast turned boxer, and the reigning Ontario Provincial Golden Gloves winner, looks forward to the opportunity to further stamp herself on the national scene when the competition begins Tuesday in Summerside, P.E.I.
  “It’s such a privilege and I’m really excited that I’m able to go,&rdq
  
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• Leafs acquire defenceman McCabe, forward Lafferty from Blackhawks

  27-02-2023 20:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired defenceman Jake McCabe and forward Sam Lafferty in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks.
  The Maple Leafs also get conditional fifth-round draft picks in 2024 and 2025.
  The Blackhawks receive forwards Joey Anderson and Pavel Gogolev, a conditional first-round selection in 2025 (top ten protected) and a second-round selection in 2026.
  The Blackhawks will retain 50 per cent of McCabe’s salary. He is in the second year of a four-year, US$16-
  
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• Quebec Appeal Court rejects Fortnite creator’s challenge of class-action lawsuit

  27-02-2023 19:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Quebec Court of Appeal has upheld a decision authorizing a class-action lawsuit by parents who claim their children became addicted to the popular online video game Fortnite.
  Lawyers for Fortnite creator Epic Games had sought permission to appeal the decision, arguing that a Superior Court judge never should have authorized the class action because the plaintiffs didn’t present enough evidence about children being addicted.
  Epic Games also argued that a second claim &m
  
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• PHOTOS: Gallery of Chilliwack people and animals enjoying ... - Chilliwack Progress

  27-02-2023 19:49 via news.google.com
  
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• Canada-China trade breaks record, as imports hit $100 billion

  27-02-2023 19:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Trade between China and Canada hit record levels in 2022, with imports breaking the $100-billion mark for the first time, Statistics Canada data show.
  Economists and others say businesses are looking beyond political tensions between the two countries, as demand ramps up and established supply chains reassert themselves in a post-pandemic world.
  James Brander, an economics professor at the University of British Columbia’s Sauder school of business, said in the absence of
  
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• McDavid, Ullmark, Gibson named NHL’s three stars of the week

  27-02-2023 19:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Edmonton Oilers centre Connor McDavid, Boston Bruins goaltender Linus Ullmark and Anaheim Ducks goaltender John Gibson have been named the NHL three stars of the week.
  McDavid led the league with six goals and 11 points in three games as the Oilers posted a 2-1 week and moved into third place in the Pacific Division.
  He had two goals and an assist in the third period and his eighth game-winning goal of the season as the Oilers posted a 4-2 comeback victory over Philadelphia on T
  
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• Fisheries Department scrambled to claw back ‘ill-timed’ lobster tweet: documents

  27-02-2023 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — An “ill-timed” tweet warning it is illegal to take lobsters that have washed up on a beach was approved by no fewer than seven people even after one of them warned it might not be well received in the middle of a hurricane.
  The tweet and a nearly identical Facebook post were issued on the morning of Sept. 24, five hours after the post-tropical cyclone Fiona slammed into Atlantic Canada.
  Documents obtained by The Canadian Press through an access-to-information request s
  
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• Canada banning video app TikTok on government-issued mobile devices

  27-02-2023 19:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government is banning TikTok from its mobile devices days after federal and provincial privacy commissioners launched an investigation into the social media platform.
  A statement from Treasury Board President Mona Fortier says the application will be removed from government-issued mobile devices on Tuesday. 
  The statement says the decision follows a review by the chief information officer of Canada, who determined that TikTok “presents an unacceptable level
  
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• 31-year-old Chilliwack man charged with trafficking meth, fentanyl ... - Chilliwack Progress

  27-02-2023 19:16 via news.google.com
  
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• Canucks forward J.T. Miller out week-to-week with lower-body injury

  27-02-2023 19:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS — Vancouver Canucks forward J.T. Miller is out week-to-week with a lower-body injury, the team announced Monday.
  The 29-year-old sits tied for second on the club in scoring with 20 goals and 54 points in 59 games in 2022-23.
  Miller played close to 19 minutes in Saturday’s 3-1 home loss to the Boston Bruins.
  The native of East Palestine, Ohio, signed a seven-year, US$56-million contract extension that begins next season with Vancouver back in September.
  Drafted by the New York
  
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• U.S. producers sue Anne of Green Gables licensing body for right to put on musical

  27-02-2023 19:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHARLOTTETOWN — The Unites States-based producers of a musical about Anne of Green Gables have filed a lawsuit in New York claiming that their show does not infringe on Prince Edward Island’s most famous export.
  The lawsuit filed last week in the Southern District of New York court by producers of the show alleges that the novel by L.M. Montgomery is no longer subject to copyright and is as much in the public domain as Shakespeare’s plays.The producers say the Anne of Green Gab
  
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• Chilliwack's Ben Hagkull helps B.C. win Canada Games gold - Chilliwack Progress

  27-02-2023 19:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Selling Canadiens in position to add picks and prospects ahead of NHL trade deadline

  27-02-2023 18:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — General Manager Kent Hughes has stayed in Montreal as his Canadiens begin a four-game road trip through the NHL’s Western Conference.
  Hughes has presumably stayed home to better make deals ahead of Friday’s trade deadline as the Habs will likely once again be sellers. Defenceman Joel Edmundson, who missed 20 games this season with a lower-body injury, travelled with the Canadiens was scheduled to practice with his teammates on Monday in San Jose.
  Centre Sean Monahan,
  
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• Rogue raccoon recesses class at Kelowna school - Chilliwack Progress

  27-02-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
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• UN chief points to ‘massive’ rights violations in Ukraine - Chilliwack Progress

  27-02-2023 18:15 via news.google.com
  
  UN chief points to ‘massive’ rights violations in Ukraine  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• GOP shifts focus of attacks on Biden’s immigration policy to Canada-U.S. border

  27-02-2023 18:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — A group of Republicans on Capitol Hill is turning its gaze towards Canada as it ramps up political criticism of President Joe Biden’s immigration strategy.
  Rep. Mike Kelly from Pennsylvania and Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke are launching a new congressional caucus focused on immigration, crime and national security at the Canada-U.S. border.
  The “Northern Border Security Caucus,” to be officially announced Tuesday, is being billed as bipartisan, although it’s
  
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• Liberal MP denies report that alleges China helped him win his seat

  27-02-2023 18:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A Liberal member of Parliament is denying a report that alleges China helped him win his seat in the 2019 federal election.
  Global News reported Friday evening that Han Dong was allegedly helped by the Chinese consulate while running in the Toronto-area riding of Don Valley North during the 2019 election.
  The report cites anonymous sources that alleged the Canadian Security Intelligence Service urged senior Liberal party staff to rescind his nomination, but party leader Justin Tru
  
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• AI learns to outsmart humans in video games - and real life - Chilliwack Progress

  27-02-2023 18:00 via news.google.com
  
  AI learns to outsmart humans in video games - and real life  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Beyond Kane, much uncertainty ahead of NHL trade deadline - Chilliwack Progress

  27-02-2023 17:45 via news.google.com
  
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• ‘An absurdity’: Experts slam WHO excusal of sex misconduct - Chilliwack Progress

  27-02-2023 17:15 via news.google.com
  
  ‘An absurdity’: Experts slam WHO excusal of sex misconduct  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Shuswap, Squamish, hit by weekend snow as dusting, or more, still due on south coast

  27-02-2023 17:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Environment Canada says the snow is not yet done with parts of British Columbia’s south coast.
  Snowfall warnings are posted for eastern Vancouver Island north and south of Nanaimo, the Malahat Highway just north of Victoria, and for the southern Gulf Islands.
  The weather office says 10 to 15 centimetres could cover those areas by Tuesday morning and much of the inner south coast could see a dusting at the same time.
  Most models call for two to three centimetres from Squam
  
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• Four people die in three days on Quebec snowmobile trails

  27-02-2023 17:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Four Quebec snowmobilers have died in separate crashes since Friday.
  Provincial police say a man in his 60s died in St-Cuthbert, Que., around 90 kilometres northeast of Montreal, after his snowmobile collided with a tree yesterday morning.
  A day earlier, a man in his 50s died in Saguenay, Que., from injuries he suffered after his vehicle hit a tree.
  On Friday, a snowmobiler in his 40s died after colliding with another snowmobile in Quebec’s Beauce-Centre region, south of Q
  
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• ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ dominates at SAG Awards - Chilliwack Progress

  27-02-2023 17:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Israel beefs up troops after unprecedented settler rampage

  27-02-2023 16:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAWARA, West Bank (AP) — Israeli medics say a man has been seriously wounded in a shooting on a West Bank highway.
  The shooting on Monday comes a day after two Israelis were killed by a Palestinian gunman elsewhere in the West Bank, and Israeli settlers rampaged through a Palestinian village in revenge.
  Monday’s shooting took place on a main highway near the Dead Sea and the Palestinian town of Jericho. There were no further details available immediately.
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• Alberta signs $24B, 10-year health-care funding deal with Ottawa

  27-02-2023 16:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Alberta has become the latest province to sign an agreement in principle with Ottawa on health-care funding. 
  The federal government says in a news release that more than $24 billion is to be invested in Alberta’s health-care system over the next 10 years. 
  That includes $2.9 billion for a new bilateral agreement focused on shared health priorities and $233 million in an immediate, one-time top up to the Canada Health Transfer to address urgent needs. 
  Those
  
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• New quake hits Turkey, toppling more buildings: 1 killed - Chilliwack Progress

  27-02-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
  New quake hits Turkey, toppling more buildings: 1 killed  Chilliwack Progress
  
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