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• Chilliwack Chiefs ready to pounce on playoff positioning - Chilliwack Progress

  13-03-2023 23:20 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs positioned to pounce for playoff positioning - Hope ... - Hope Standard

  13-03-2023 23:20 via news.google.com
  
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• Abbotsford set to host provincial Job’s Daughters conference and ... - Chilliwack Progress

  13-03-2023 22:55 via news.google.com
  
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• Winnipeg is Jericho: Jericho, Omega to at centre of AEW Dynamite in Winnipeg

  13-03-2023 22:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Chris Jericho wants to author another chapter in the illustrious history of professional wrestling in Winnipeg.
  Jericho will get his chance this Wednesday when he teams with Daniel Garcia and Sammy Guevara in a trios match as All Elite Wrestling makes its Winnipeg debut at the Canada Life Centre for an episode of “Dynamite.” 
  They’re facing the House of Black and the Elite, the latter team featuring Kenny Omega, another Winnipegger, in AEW’s third-ever show in Canada
  
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• Bichette has two homers and four RBIs, leads Jays to 13-3 exhibition rout of Red Sox

  13-03-2023 22:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUNEDIN, Fla. — Bo Bichette hit two homers and drove in four runs, Andres Sosa added a three-run shot and the Toronto Blue Jays thumped the Boston Red Sox 16-3 in spring training baseball action Monday.
  Bichette hit a solo shot in the first inning and then belted a two-run homer in the fourth to put the Blue Jays up 8-3.
  The shortstop had another RBI in the fifth when he reached base on a throwing error by Red Sox second baseman Eddinson Paulino, which scored Rainer Nunez.
  Sosa went deep i
  
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• Injuries reported after vehicle hits pedestrians in eastern Quebec town of Amqui

  13-03-2023 22:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AMQUI, Que. — Police say people have been seriously injured after a vehicle plowed into pedestrians who were walking beside a road in Amqui, in Quebec’s Bas-St-Laurent region.
  The driver is being questioned by provincial police.
  Provincial police Sgt. Claude Doiron did not say how many people were hit but said some are badly hurt and their lives may be in danger.
  Doiron said the incident happened just after 3 p.m. along St-Benoit Boulevard in Amqui, about 350 kilometres northeast of
  
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• Jump Rope BC Provincial Tournament coming to Abbotsford next ... - Chilliwack Progress

  13-03-2023 22:23 via news.google.com
  
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• Auger-Aliassime through to fourth round at Indian Wells with tough win over Cerundolo

  13-03-2023 22:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Felix Auger-Aliassime moved on to the fourth round of the men’s draw while Leylah Fernandez was eliminated in women’s competition on Monday at the B-N-P Paribas Open tennis tournament.
  Auger-Aliassime, the eighth seed from Montreal, advanced with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo.
  The match ended with a final game that took over 12 minutes to complete, with Auger-Aliassime fending off two break points before finally winning on his
  
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• B.C. ‘encouraged’ by Ottawa bail reform, cautious about impact on racialized groups

  13-03-2023 21:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s attorney general says the province is treading carefully to ensure the overincarceration of Indigenous people and other racialized groups is not made worse by proposed federal changes to the bail system. 
  Niki Sharma made the comments at a news conference alongside Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth on Monday, after meetings with federal officials last week.
  Sharma says the proposed changes will ensure repeat offenders are held in custody before
  
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• Ottawa says Kearl leaks harmful to wildlife; issues order to stop seepage

  13-03-2023 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Federal inspectors are confirming that two releases of oilsands tailings water from Imperial Oil’s Kearl mine are harmful to wildlife.
  Environment Canada is issuing an order to Imperial that it must take immediate action to stop the continued seeping of tailings from a containment pond to prevent it from getting into fish-bearing waters.Federal inspectors are to return to the Kearl site in northern Alberta in the coming days to assess the measures Imperial has taken to stop the seeping, wh
  
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• Former CFL commissioner Larry Smith feels local ownership will benefit Alouettes

  13-03-2023 21:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Former CFL commissioner Larry Smith has some friendly advice for Pierre Karl Peladeau, the new owner of the Montreal Alouettes: Expect the unexpected.
  Peladeau took over the Alouettes on Friday, purchasing the franchise from the CFL. The league had assumed ownership of the club Feb. 14.
  The 61-year-old Peladeau, a former leader of the Parti Québécois, ticked two huge boxes for the CFL.
  Firstly, he’s a Montreal businessman — Peladeau is the president/CEO of Quebecor Inc.
  
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• How (and where) to watch Oscar-winning films (mostly) online - Chilliwack Progress

  13-03-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Eight skunks found dead in Metro Vancouver had avian flu ... - Chilliwack Progress

  13-03-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Eight skunks found dead in Metro Vancouver had avian flu: government

  13-03-2023 21:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Eight skunks found dead last month in Vancouver and nearby Richmond, B.C., tested positive for avian flu. 
  British Columbia’s Ministry of Agriculture says the skunks were infected with the same H5N1 strain that has caused the deaths of millions of domestic poultry since the outbreak began in April last year. 
  The skunks were found in residential areas in both cities and were taken to B.C.’s Animal Health Centre over concerns they may have been deliberately
  
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• Divided jury means no death penalty for NYC bike path killer

  13-03-2023 21:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A split among jurors means there will be no death penalty for an Islamic extremist who maniacally raced a truck along a popular New York City bike path, killing eight people and maiming others.
  The decision means Sayfullo Saipov, 35, an Uzbekistan citizen who lived in New Jersey, gets an automatic sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole in the October 2017 attack. Jurors told the judge Monday that they were unable to reach the unanimous verdict required
  
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• ‘Fosbury Flop’ high jumper Dick Fosbury dies at 76

  13-03-2023 21:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Dick Fosbury, the lanky leaper who completely revamped the technical discipline of high jump and won an Olympic gold medal with his “Fosbury Flop,” has died after a recurrence with lymphoma. He was 76.
  Fosbury died Sunday, according to his publicist, Ray Schulte.
  Before Fosbury, high jumpers cleared their height by running parallel to bar, then leaping over with a scissors kick, with their faces pointed downward. At the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, he took off at an angle, leaped ba
  
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• Rising cost of living, especially food prices, impacts youth sports across Canada

  13-03-2023 21:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  It’s rare for there to be unanimous agreement among the parents of youth athletes, but Canada’s rising cost of living has created a consensus.
  Jeremy Cross, a youth basketball coach in the Greater Toronto Area who is also the executive director of the Coaches Association of Ontario, saw it first hand earlier this month. His teams were planning for a three-day provincial championship tournament an hour’s drive outside of the city when parents were asked about spending the weeken
  
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• Class action lawsuit targets Langley firm at centre of cocaine ... - Chilliwack Progress

  13-03-2023 21:00 via news.google.com
  
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• SkilledTradesBC hosting open house in Abbotsford on Tuesday - Chilliwack Progress

  13-03-2023 20:29 via news.google.com
  
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• Shots fired at occupied Lower Mainland residence - Chilliwack Progress

  13-03-2023 20:12 via news.google.com
  
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• Treasure seekers scour British Columbia for pot of ‘gold’ - Chilliwack Progress

  13-03-2023 20:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Safety board urges caution after B.C. water taxi crashes in thick fog

  13-03-2023 19:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RICHMOND, B.C. — The Transportation Safety Board has issued a warning to small boat operators that they shouldn’t rely on a single electronic navigation aid, after a water taxi rammed a rock in thick fog off Tofino, B.C.
  A report from the board says four of the five people aboard the Rocky Pass were injured when the boat came to an abrupt stop on the rocks on Jan. 25, 2022. 
  The operator, who had 20 years of experience captaining the taxi, was using GPS in very foggy conditions
  
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• Canada on sidelines as U.S., Britain, Australia move ahead on new security deal

  13-03-2023 19:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Experts are warning that Canada’s omission from a military pact involving three of its closest allies is symptomatic of a larger problem in how this country is perceived by its friends.
  U.S. President Joe Biden is scheduled to join the prime ministers of Britain and Australia at a news conference later today to announce the next steps of their AUKUS agreement.
  That will include formalizing American and British plans to help Australia develop a fleet of nuclear-powered submar
  
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• Biden administration lets Ukrainians who fled war stay in US

  13-03-2023 19:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is allowing thousands of Ukrainians who fled their homeland when Russia invaded a year ago to stay in the United States longer, the administration said Monday. The decision provides relief to Ukrainians whose one-year authorization to remain in the U.S. was set to expire soon.
  The Homeland Security Department said the extension is for certain Ukrainian nationals and their immediate family members who were let into the U.S. before the Uniting for U
  
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• Woman found dead after firefighters douse blaze at Vancouver tent ... - Chilliwack Progress

  13-03-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Seizure of Flair airplanes points to stiff competition in aviation - Chilliwack Progress

  13-03-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
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• New this week: ‘Ted Lasso,’ U2 and ‘The Boston Strangler’ - Chilliwack Progress

  13-03-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
  New this week: ‘Ted Lasso,’ U2 and ‘The Boston Strangler’  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canucks sign forward Aidan McDonough to two-year entry-level ... - Chilliwack Progress

  13-03-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Forwards Keller, Crosby, Marner named NHL’s three stars of the week

  13-03-2023 19:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Arizona right-wing Clayton Keller, Pittsburgh centre Sidney Crosby and Toronto right-wing Mitch Marner have been named the NHL three stars of the week.
  Keller led the NHL with nine points (four goals, five assists) in four games to power the Coyotes to a 3‑0-1 week.
  He opened and ended the week with a pair of three-point performances. He had a goal and two assists in a 6-2 win over St. Louis on Tuesday and two goals, including the winner, and an assist in a 5-4 overtime wi
  
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• Woman found dead after firefighters douse blaze at Vancouver tent encampment

  13-03-2023 18:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Police say a body has been found inside the remains of a burned tent at an encampment on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
  A statement from Const. Tania Visintin says the woman’s body was found at about 5:30 p.m. Sunday.
  Visintin says firefighters had just put out a fire at the encampment on Hastings Street when they discovered the remains.
  A cause of death is under investigation.
  Visintin says it appears the woman died before the fire started.
  Police are working with
  
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• Jesuits of Canada releases list of 27 members ‘credibly’ accused of child sex abuse

  13-03-2023 18:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Jesuits of Canada have released a list of priests and brothers they say were credibly accused of sexually abusing minors over the past 70 years.
  The Jesuits, a religious order of the Roman Catholic Church, released the list of 27 names today following an audit that began in 2020 that looked at documents going back to the 1950s.
  Of the men named, all but three are dead.
  The order says in a statement that the release of the names is part of the Jesuits’ effort to promote
  
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• Canucks sign forward Aidan McDonough to two-year entry-level contract

  13-03-2023 18:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks have signed forward Aidan McDonough to a two-year entry-level contract.
  The 23-year-old led the Northeastern University Huskies with 20 goals and 38 points in 34 games in his fourth and final NCAA season.
  McDonough helped lead Northeastern win this year’s Beanpot championship, which features the four major college teams in the Boston area. He scored the only shootout goal in a 3-2 win over Harvard in the tournament final.
  The Milton, Mass., native al
  
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• How coconuts protect the Jersey Shore, other eroding coasts - Chilliwack Progress

  13-03-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Quebec hockey referee arrested for allegedly assaulting young player at end of match

  13-03-2023 18:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUEBEC — A 42-year-old hockey referee was arrested on Sunday for allegedly assaulting a young player at the end of a game in the Quebec City area.
  Quebec City police spokeswoman Sandra Dion says officers were called to the arena in Ste-Foy at about 9:25 a.m. to respond to the incident, which happened as the teams were heading back to the locker room.
  Dion did not say what led to the alleged altercation, but she said the man was arrested after police met with parents and witnesses.
  She said
  
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• Professors begin indefinite general strike at Université Laval

  13-03-2023 17:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUEBEC — An indefinite general strike is underway at Quebec City’s Université Laval, where nearly 1,300 professors are off the job.
  The unionized professors went on strike today after a negotiation blitz between management and their union did not result in a new contract.
  The most recent collective agreement expired on Dec. 1, and the union has made a number of demands including equitable distribution of positions, better administrative supports, better work-life balance and w
  
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• Biden angers climate activists by approving controversial oil, gas project in Alaska

  13-03-2023 17:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden, a vocal champion of combating climate change, is angering environmental allies by approving a controversial oil and gas project in Alaska. 
  The Willow project, as it’s known, will allow energy giant ConocoPhillips to develop three drill sites in Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope region. 
  The Department of the Interior is framing today’s announcement as “substantially” reducing the scope of the project, which o
  
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• Several Canadians to play key roles in NCAA March Madness tournaments

  13-03-2023 17:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  March Madness, the highly anticipated conclusion to the NCAA basketball season, has arrived with several Canadians looking to make an impact.
  The Canadian Press takes a look at eight players to watch across the men’s and women’s tournaments.
  Zach Edey, Purdue
  The Toronto native is among the top names in the Player of the Year conversation in what has been a sensational junior season. The seven-foot-four, 305-pound centre is tied for seventh in scoring and is third in rebounding (22.1
  
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• Pfizer buys Seagen for $43B, boosts access to cancer drugs - Chilliwack Progress

  13-03-2023 17:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Manitoba opens access to death certificates of children at residential schools

  13-03-2023 17:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government has signed an agreement to open access to death certificates of Indigenous children who died at residential schools. 
  The agreement allows the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation to request the documents from the provincial Vital Statistics Branch and build a fuller understanding of what happened at the schools.
  Stephanie Scoot, the centre’s executive director, says every bit of information about former students helps show the truth.&n
  
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• MPs want annual national-security reports, aid for businesses to thwart cyber threats

  13-03-2023 17:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A committee of MPs is calling on the federal government to issue an overarching annual national-security threat assessment.
  The House committee on public safety says the various bodies that handle national security sometimes operate in silos, and a patchwork of reports come from different agencies.
  The MPs suggest someone should gather the recommendations and create an annual priority list.
  The committee wants the Communications Security Establishment to better inform smaller busi
  
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• “One last ride:’ Canada’s Carr eyes NCAA title with Longhorns in final season

  13-03-2023 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Marcus Carr’s goal this season has never shifted, and that’s cutting down the nets on April 3 after a win in the NCAA men’s basketball final.
  The Texas Longhorns star guard has been the leading scorer and facilitator (15.9 points, 4.1 assists per game) for the seventh-ranked Longhorns in his fifth and final college season. 
  The disappointment of falling to Purdue in the second round of last year’s tournament hasn’t sat well with the Toronto native.
  “Kind
  
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• Karin Harjo leaves Canada’s alpine team to coach Mikaela Shiffrin

  13-03-2023 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARK CITY, Utah — Fresh off breaking the record for most World Cup race wins, U.S. ski star Mikaela Shiffrin has recruited Karin Harjo from Canada’s alpine women’s ski team to coach her next season.
  U.S. Ski & Snowboard announced Harjo’s hiring Monday and stated she will join Shiffrin in April.Harjo has worked with Shiffrin as an assistant coach for the American team in the past.
  Canada’s women posted top results in Harjo’s one season as head coach.
  Lauren
  
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• Firefighter falls from roof battling suspected arson at Golden Law ... - Chilliwack Progress

  13-03-2023 17:00 via news.google.com
  
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• ‘Welcome to Lviv’: Ukrainian city ready for ‘brave’ Canadian tourists - Chilliwack Progress

  13-03-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Poilievre calls for spending cap, tax cuts in coming federal budget - Chilliwack Progress

  13-03-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
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• ‘Everything’ wins best picture, is everywhere at Oscars - Chilliwack Progress

  13-03-2023 15:30 via news.google.com
  
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• South B.C. highway passes see more snow, Avalanche Canada urges caution as storm hits

  13-03-2023 14:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The first day of spring is exactly one week away, but extreme winter conditions still persist on British Columbia’s southern and southeastern mountain passes as snowfall warnings are posted for most routes.
  Environment Canada says anywhere from 15 to 25 centimetres is expected at higher elevations of the passes north and east of Hope by Tuesday morning.
  Up to 15 centimetres of snow is forecast along the Sea-to-Sky Highway between Squamish and Whistler, but the weather off
  
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• You manage your business. Let this Canadian company handle the ... - Chilliwack Progress

  13-03-2023 14:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Up Up and Away! - Chilliwack Progress

  13-03-2023 14:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Fraser Valley farmland values see strong increase in 2022

  13-03-2023 13:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Farm Credit Canada (FCC) has released some optimistic news for owners of farmland in the Fraser Valley and across British Columbia. According to its latest Farmland Values Report, the average value of Canadian farmland increased by 12.8% in 2022.
  The report found the increase was driven by strong farm income, elevated input prices, and rising interest rates. Despite challenging economic conditions, the demand for farmland remained robust, and the supply of farmland available f
  
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