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• N.W.T. says lack of notice on oilsands tailings spill goes against deal with Alberta

  03-03-2023 23:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Alberta didn’t live up to the terms of a deal it has with the Northwest Territories to inform it about threats to its shared watershed after two major oilsands tailings spills, the territory’s environment minister said Friday. 
  Shane Thompson said the lack of communication isn’t encouraging as Alberta and the federal government work out the terms under which tailings will be treated and released into the Athabasca River.
  “The bilateral agreement says Alberta is suppo
  
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• ‘Bittersweet’ gold for Canada in women’s team pursuit at speedskating worlds

  03-03-2023 23:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HEERENVEEN, Netherlands — Canadian speedskaters Isabelle Weidemann, Ivanie Blondin and Valérie Maltais claimed the world title in women’s team pursuit on Friday after the Dutch team was disqualified due to a technicality.
  The hometown favourite trio of Joy Beune, Irene Schouten, Marijke Groenewoud crossed the line first, but were penalized for having bare skin showing during the race.
  The International Skating Union’s rules for mass start and team speedskating events sta
  
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• Oilers ‘pretty close’ to fulfilling wish list ahead of NHL trade deadline

  03-03-2023 23:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Ken Holland thinks the Edmonton Oilers got “pretty close” to fulfilling their trade-deadline wish list, despite being up against the salary cap.
  The Oilers brought in defenceman Mattias Ekholm from the Nashville Predators and centre Nick Bjugstad from the Arizona Coyotes this week. To make it work, the salary-cap strapped Oilers sent underperforming winger Jesse Puljujarvi to Carolina, and had to make defenceman Tyson Barrie part of the package that went to the Preda
  
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• Nunez hits walk-off two-run single, Guerrero hurt in Jays win over Rays

  03-03-2023 23:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUNEDIN, Fla. — Rainer Nunez hit a walk-off two-run single as the Toronto Blue Jays came back to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-6 on Friday in spring training baseball action.Nunez’s hit capped a three-run ninth for the Blue Jays that started with an RBI single from catcher Stevie Berman.
  Star first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. left the game in the second inning with right knee discomfort, but manager John Schneider said after the game he is optimistic the injury isn’t serious.
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• After a major roster retrofit, Leafs make one more move before NHL trade deadline

  03-03-2023 23:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Kyle Dubas got most his shopping done early this year.
  The Toronto Maple Leafs general manager then made one more deal before Friday’s tepid NHL trade deadline passed.
  Dubas swung five trades between Feb. 17 and Tuesday in a roster reconstruction that added six new players to the fold.
  He then nibbled around the edge of the organization’s depth chart ahead of the largely non-event 3 p.m. ET cutoff, snagging Radim Zohorna from the Calgary Flames for fellow AHL forward Dryden Hunt.
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• Redblacks GM Burke keeping an open mind about first overall pick in ’23 CFL draft

  03-03-2023 23:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Ottawa Redblacks general manager Shawn Burke could be swayed into giving up the first pick of the 2023 CFL draft.
  Burke said Friday from the CFL’s regional combine in Kitchener, Ont., that he’s keeping an open mind heading into the May 2 draft.
  “You’re always looking at doing whatever helps your team,” he said. “We’re not going to be tied into anything but the reality is when you pick No. 1, you can control who you get.
  “It would definitely have to
  
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• Two former employees of Algerian Consulate in Montreal sue for workplace harassment

  03-03-2023 23:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Two former cleaning employees of the Algerian Consulate in Montreal are suing the government of Algeria and its Foreign Affairs Department for about $450,000 in damages and unpaid wages.
  Marisa Amaya, 65, and Elida Rivera Lopez, 70, say their experience working at the consulate has left them “psychologically and emotionally broken.”
  “My mental health got so bad that at one point, I thought about jumping in front of a metro …. My psychologist told me I wa
  
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• Up to the gills in goldfish: Large invasive fish a problem in B.C. waters: expert

  03-03-2023 22:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KAMLOOPS, B.C. — A researcher says pet owners who dump their unwanted goldfish into British Columbia’s waterways are putting native fish populations at risk.
  Brian Heise, an associate professor in the department of natural resource sciences at Thompson Rivers University, says thousands of large, invasive goldfish — some as big as footballs — have multiplied in bodies of water around the province.
  He says female goldfish can release 50,000 eggs at a time, three times a sum
  
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• Final Brier: Lead Colin Hodgson to retire from four-player game at end of season

  03-03-2023 22:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON, Ont. — Mixed emotions were at play in recent weeks as Colin Hodgson considered retirement from competitive four-player curling.
  The 32-year-old lead has a lot to look forward to away from the pebbled ice. Hodgson, who owns and operates the Dynasty Curling apparel company, is getting married this summer and is now a volunteer firefighter.
  He recently enjoyed one of the highlights of his career, teaming with Darren Moulding to help Tanner and Jacob Horgan qualify for their first Tim
  
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• Province halts old-growth logging in at-risk owl territory another two years

  03-03-2023 22:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says it’s extending an old-growth logging ban for part of the Fraser Canyon for another two years to help with the recovery of the endangered spotted owl.
  The province says deferring logging activity in two watersheds in the canyon is part of its plan to bring back a “sustained breeding population” of the owl.The province says it has extended the suspension of old-growth logging activity in the Spuzzum and Utzilus watersheds unti
  
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• Source: Winnipeg Blue Bombers to be awarded 2025 Grey Cup game

  03-03-2023 22:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Grey Cup game is returning to Winnipeg.
  According to a source, the league will award the 2025 Grey Cup to the Manitoba capital later this month. The source spoke on the condition of anonymity as the CFL hasn’t formally unveiled the host city for the contest.
  The move would come after the CFL awarded the ’24 Grey Cup game to Vancouver. Both the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and B.C. Lions had bid to host the contest.
  As a result, the prevailing sentiment was Winnipeg would
  
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• Flames swap Ritchie brothers and get Stecher from Arizona at trade deadline

  03-03-2023 22:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The Calgary Flames’ trade deadline deals included a swap of brothers.
  The Flames got Nick Ritchie from the Arizona Coyotes and sent his older brother Brett to the desert in a four-player deal that included defencemen Troy Stecher to Calgary and Connor Mackey to the Coyotes.
  Calgary also picked up winger Dryden Hunt from the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Radim Zohorna.
  In the Ritchie-for-Ritchie deal, the younger sibling from Orangeville, Ont., arrived with nine goals
  
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• Ottawa Senators trade get centre Patrick Brown in trade with Philadelphia Flyers

  03-03-2023 21:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators got centre Patrick Brown in a trade with the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday.
  Ottawa sent its sixth-round pick in this year’s NHL draft to Philadelphia for Brown.
  Brown tallied two goals and five assists with a minus-6 rating in 43 games with the Flyers this season.
  The six-foot-one, 210-pound Brown has eight goals and 11 assists over 120 games with the Carolina Hurricanes, Vegas Golden Knights and Philadelphia.
  He was signed as an undrafted free agent by C
  
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• Doctor: Lesion removed from Biden’s chest was cancerous

  03-03-2023 21:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A skin lesion removed from President Joe Biden’s chest last month was a basal cell carcinoma — a common form of skin cancer — his doctor said Friday, adding that no further treatment was required.
  Dr. Kevin O’Connor, the White House doctor who has served as Biden’s longtime physician, said “all cancerous tissue was successfully removed” during the president’s routine physical on Feb. 16. Biden, 80, was deemed by O’Conn
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP officer awaiting trial for shooting a suspect now ... - Chilliwack Progress

  03-03-2023 21:42 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack Jets stun Langley Trappers in PJHL playoff upset - Chilliwack Progress

  03-03-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack Jets stun Langley Trappers in PJHL playoff upset  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Abbotsford Police chief donates 67% of liver to his brother - Chilliwack Progress

  03-03-2023 21:15 via news.google.com
  
  Abbotsford Police chief donates 67% of liver to his brother  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Some California mountain residents could be snowed in a week

  03-03-2023 21:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Some residents stranded in Southern California mountain communities by a huge snowfall could be stuck for another week, an official said Friday.
  A late-February blast of arctic air produced a rare blizzard east of Los Angeles in the San Bernardino Mountains, where thousands of people live at high elevations in forest communities or visit for year-round recreation.
  Extraordinary snowfall buried homes and businesses, overwhelming the capability of snowplowing equipment gea
  
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• FVRD gets millions in infrastructure funding through provincial ... - Chilliwack Progress

  03-03-2023 20:50 via news.google.com
  
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• Vancouver dumps ‘living wage’ policy, effectively cutting wage for lowest-paid staff

  03-03-2023 20:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Nearly six years after Vancouver became the largest city in Canada to commit to a living wage, councillors voted to end the initiative.
  In a closed-door meeting in January, council approved the action and directed staff to implement what it calls a “fair wage,” by calculating the average of five years of living wages.
  The city says in a statement that the living wage rate for 2023 would have gone up more than 17 per cent to just above $24 per hour, immediately influ
  
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• Riders, spectators invited to Lower Mainland Motocross Club’s Tuesday night practices

  03-03-2023 20:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — After the pandemic limited its ability to fully open, the Lower Mainland Motocross Club says it’s excited to welcome back riders and spectators join Tuesday night practices at the Mission Raceway motocross track.In a news release this week, the motocross club wants to welcome back existing riders as well as new riders to join them starting Tuesday, March 28.Riders of all levels and ages are invited to come and practice their motocross skills in sessions that will run from 4
  
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• Winnipeg Jets acquire centre Vladislav Namestnikov from San Jose Sharks

  03-03-2023 20:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets acquired Vladislav Namestnikov from the San Jose Sharks on Friday for a fifth-round pick in the 2025 NHL draft.
  The 30-year-old centre had six goals and 15 points in 57 games with Tampa Bay this season before the Lightning dealt him to San Jose on Wednesday.
  Namestnikov has registered 113 goals and 251 points in 610 career games with the New York Rangers, Ottawa Senators, Colorado Avalanche, Detroit Red Wings, Dallas Stars and Lightning.
  The Russian forward and
  
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• Trudeau says appointing Indigenous RCMP commissioner is an ‘excellent idea’

  03-03-2023 20:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says having an Indigenous person serve as the next commissioner of the RCMP is “an excellent idea.”
  He made the comment in response to questions from reporters in Winnipeg today about a call from some First Nations leadership for the government to ensure the next top Mountie is Indigenous.
  RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki is set to retire from her post this month, slightly before the end of her five-year term. 
  She was appointed in Apri
  
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• Chilliwack Search and Rescue sets $1 million fundraising goal towards new facility

  03-03-2023 20:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — What began decades ago as an informal group of outdoor enthusiasts willing to surrender their own time to lend critical assistance to those in need has grown to become an important component of Chilliwack’s emergency response network.In 1986, Chilliwack Search and Rescue (CSAR) fielded eight members, utilized three vehicles, and responded to 12 incidents requiring service.Fast forward to 2021 and the times have changed considerably. CSAR now has 45 members, 14 vehicles,
  
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• Chilliwack Chief Brady Milburn commits to Lake Superior State - Chilliwack Progress

  03-03-2023 20:15 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack Chief Brady Milburn commits to Lake Superior State ... - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  03-03-2023 20:15 via news.google.com
  
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• Hobbs vows not to carry out execution scheduled by court

  03-03-2023 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vowed Friday that her administration won’t carry out an execution even though the state Supreme Court scheduled it over the objections of the state’s new attorney general.
  The Democratic governor’s vow not to execute Aaron Gunches on April 6 for his murder conviction in a 2002 killing came a day after the state Supreme Court said it must grant an execution warrant if certain appellate proceedings have concluded — and that thos
  
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• Three senators face criticism over trip to Israel, meeting with right-wing politician

  03-03-2023 19:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Three Canadian senators are facing criticism after visiting Israel and inviting a right-wing politician to Canada.
  Senate Speaker George Furey joined Conservative Senate Leader Don Plett and unaffiliated Sen. Patti LaBoucane-Benson on a trip to Israel this week.
  They met with local officials including Amir Ohana, the speaker of the Israeli parliament, which announced the senators had invited him to visit Canada.
  Ohana has previously caused controversy by claiming in media intervie
  
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• Surrey RCMP looking for missing 14-year-old male

  03-03-2023 19:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — Surrey RCMP is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a missing 14-year-old boy who was last seen on Thursday afternoon, March 2.According to Cst. Sarbjit Sangha, media relations officer for the Surrey RCMP,Joseph Chen was last seen at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 2 in the 16200 block of 88 Ave in Surrey. He has not been seen or heard from since.
  Joseph Chen is described as a 14-year-old Asian male, 5′6″, 123 lbs., with shoulder length black hair and brow
  
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• ‘I want an edge:’ Canada’s Alysha Newman finding form in a different mental space

  03-03-2023 19:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Alysha Newman is seeing things in a different light — and more specifically, looking for an edge.
  The London, Ont., native won the World Indoor Tour in Birmingham, England last Saturday, closing with a 4.78-metre performance in the pole vault — 0.04 shy of both her indoor and outdoor bests, and national records, of 4.82.
  Newman has dealt with a series of lows over the last three years but feels the work she’s done mentally has gone a long way in finding her form in what’s
  
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• Canadian middleweight looks to make impression on high-profile UFC 285 card

  03-03-2023 19:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian middleweight Marc-Andre (Powerbar) Barriault looks to take advantage of a marquee stage Saturday when he takes on Julian (The Cuban Missile Crisis) Marquez on the undercard of UFC 285.
  Former light-heavyweight champion Jon (Bones) Jones, returning to action for the first time since February 2020, goes after the heavyweight title in a main event matchup with France’s Ciryl (Bon Gamin) Gane, the No. 1 heavyweight contender.
  Kyrgyzstan’s Valentina (Bullet) Shevchenko defends he
  
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• Canada gets its first hands-free vertical farming facility - Chilliwack Progress

  03-03-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Brown replaces Yerzy on Canada’s World Baseball Classic roster

  03-03-2023 19:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Outfielder Dasan Brown has been added to Canada’s World Baseball Classic roster.
  Brown, from Oakville, Ont., replaces first baseman and catcher Andy Yerzy, who withdrew from competition at the international tournament.
  Brown was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 3rd round of the 2019 Major League Baseball amateur draft.
  He has spent three seasons in the Blue Jays organization and was named a MiLB organizational all-star in 2022 after hitting .283 with six home runs an
  
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• Ottawa on hook for software problem that caused deadly military helicopter crash

  03-03-2023 19:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A software problem that caused a Canadian military helicopter to crash off the coast of Greece in 2020 will be fixed on the federal government’s dime.
  The Department of National Defence and Sikorsky Aircraft, which built the military’s Cyclone helicopters, say they have reached agreement to address the software issue on the rest of the fleet.
  But Defence Department spokeswoman Jessica Lamirande says Canada will end up paying for the upgrades because they fall outside t
  
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• Noah the cat came back 5 days after fire destroyed Chilliwack ... - Hope Standard

  03-03-2023 19:23 via news.google.com
  
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• Noah the cat came back 5 days after fire destroyed Chilliwack ... - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  03-03-2023 19:23 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack Search and Rescue raising funds for new building - Hope ... - Hope Standard

  03-03-2023 19:20 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack Search and Rescue raising funds for new building ... - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  03-03-2023 19:20 via news.google.com
  
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• Canadiens get defenceman Frédéric Allard from Kings for forward Nate Schnarr

  03-03-2023 19:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens acquired defenceman Frédéric Allard from the Los Angeles Kings on Friday.
  Forward Nate Schnarr goes to L.A. in return.
  Allard, 25, scored two goals and added five assists in 35 games with the American Hockey League’s Ontario Reign this season.
  The native of Saint-Sauveur, Que., was selected by the Nashville Predators in the third round, 78th overall, of the 2016 draft.
  Schnarr, 24, has three goals and four assists in 27 games with the A
  
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• Canadian snowboarder Hosking takes halfpipe silver at world championships

  03-03-2023 19:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BAKURIANI, Georgia — Canadian snowboarder Elizabeth Hosking took the silver medal in the women’s halfpipe event Friday at the world championships.
  Hosking, from Longueuil, Que., finished with a score of 88.50, two points behind gold medallist Cai Xuetong of China.
  Hosking is the first Canadian woman to claim a world championship medal in halfpipe, and the first Canadian overall since Jeff Batchelor earned silver in 2009.
  Mitsuki Ono of Japan took bronze with a score of 83.00.
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• B.C. govt. gives City of Chilliwack $16.3 million to prioritize local infrastructure, amenities

  03-03-2023 18:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The City of Chilliwack will receive $16,392,000 from the B.C. government to prioritize local infrastructure and amenities projects through the Growing Communities Fund.In a news release Friday (Mar. 3), the provincial government announced a $1 billion funding allocation to local governments throughout B.C. to fund critical projects like upgrading water management facilities, building recreation centres, or supporting affordable housing. The funding is a one-time boost.Local go
  
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• Officials split on when to report interference allegations to public, Rosenberg says

  03-03-2023 18:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The man who wrote a report that recommends a lower threshold for notifying Canadians about foreign interference says there’s no consensus about what that threshold should be.Former civil servant Morris Rosenberg urged further study on lowering the bar so the public gets more information about potential threats.
  The level of disclosure provided by security officials about election meddling is under more scrutiny after recent media reports detailing alleged interference by Chi
  
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• Black Vietnam vet finally honored with Medal of Honor

  03-03-2023 18:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 60 years after he was first recommended for the nation’s highest military award for his bravery during the Vietnam War, retired Col. Paris Davis, one of the first Black officers to lead a Special Forces team in combat, received the Medal of Honor on Friday.The belated recognition for the 83-year-old Virginia resident came after the recommendation for the medal was lost, resubmitted — and then lost again.It wasn’t until 2016 — half a century
  
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• Injury bug hits hard as CF Montreal looks to bounce back from opening day loss

  03-03-2023 18:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — CF Montreal experienced the growing pains that come with a new coach in its Major League Soccer opener, dropping the first game of the Hernan Losada era in a 2-0 on the road to Inter Miami.
  Losada now heads into a road match against Austin FC looking to correct course and begin picking up points all while navigating a slew of injuries to the team’s defensive corps.
  Defenders Joel Waterman, George Campbell, Robert Thorkelsson, and Jojea Kwizera all picked up injuries in pre
  
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• Trudeau ‘surprised’ that B.C. firm talks about selling cocaine

  03-03-2023 18:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is “as surprised as” British Columbia Premier David Eby after a firm received Health Canada licence amendments to produce and sell cocaine.
  Trudeau says the federal government is talking to Adastra Labs of Langley, B.C., about changing the language of its statements, after the company said it is looking for ways to incorporate cocaine into its business plan.
  This comes as a second B.C. company says it is now licensed to produce, se
  
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• Mission RCMP say 86-year-old Mission man lost thousands of dollars in grandparent bail scam

  03-03-2023 18:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Mission RCMP reported Friday morning (Mar. 3) that an 86-year-old man from Mission has fallen prey to the grandparent scam currently circulating throughout the Fraser Valley.According to Constable Harrison Mohr, media relations spokesperson for the Mission RCMP detachment, an 86-year-old male residing in Mission told police on Saturday, February 18 that he had been tricked into paying thousands of dollars to help his grandson get out of jail.According to Constable Mohr, the victi
  
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• Fire at Indonesian oil depot kills 14; thousands evacuated

  03-03-2023 18:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A large fire broke out at a fuel storage depot in Indonesia’s capital on Friday, killing at least 16 people, injuring dozens of others and forcing the evacuation of thousands of nearby residents after spreading to their neighborhood, officials said.
  The fuel storage station, operated by state-run oil and gas company Pertamina, is near a densely populated area in the 0Tanah Merah neighborhood in North Jakarta. It supplies 25% of Indonesia’s fuel needs.
  
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• Everything you need to know about the 2023 Academy Awards - Chilliwack Progress

  03-03-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Baby’s death tied to contaminated breast pump, CDC says - Chilliwack Progress

  03-03-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
  Baby’s death tied to contaminated breast pump, CDC says  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Vancouver Canucks deal Curtis Lazar to New Jersey Devils for 2024 fourth-round pick

  03-03-2023 18:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks dealt forward Curtis Lazar to the New Jersey Devils for a fourth-round pick at the 2024 draft on Friday.
  The deal announced ahead of the league’s 3 p.m. ET trade deadline sees the 28-year-old head to a contender as a depth option.
  Lazar had three goals and two assists in 45 games with the Canucks in 2022-23.
  Selected by the Senators with the 17th overall pick in 2013, Lazar has registered 38 goals and 95 points in 449 regular-season games with Ottawa
  
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