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• Seoul: North Korea fires another missile toward sea

  15-03-2023 23:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea launched another ballistic missile toward its eastern waters Thursday, South Korean officials said, the third such weapons test this week.
  South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the launch occurred in the morning but did not immediately give further details, such as how far the missile flew.
  Pyongyang had already staged two launch events this week amid joint military exercises being held by South Korea and the United States.North Korea views su
  
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• With national playdowns complete, expect some tinkering on domestic curling scene

  15-03-2023 23:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Ryan Fry’s decision to step back from the competitive game could be the first domino to fall in what’s shaping up to be an intriguing spring on the domestic curling scene. 
  Changes are coming on the high-performance front as new Curling Canada director David Murdoch aims to strengthen the elite program for this quadrennial and provide a next-gen boost for the ones that follow.
  With the recent provincial and national playdowns essentially ending the campaign for all but a handful
  
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• Death of woman, 24, at Abbotsford apartment complex deemed ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-03-2023 23:27 via news.google.com
  
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• IHIT called to Abbotsford for suspicious death of 24-year-old woman in apt. complex

  15-03-2023 23:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Abbotsford Police Department announced Wednesday (Mar. 15) it is investigating a suspicious, sudden death of a 24-year-old woman whose body was discovered in an apartment complex on McKenzie Road Tuesday evening.In a statement from Sgt. Paul Walker, media relations spokesperson for the Abbotsford Police Department, Abbotsford patrol officers responded at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday night (Mar. 14) to a report of a sudden death inside a residence at an apartment complex in the 2200 block
  
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• Province steps in with $479M to save B.C.’s TransLink from potential ‘death spiral’

  15-03-2023 22:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia is injecting nearly $500 million into the Metro Vancouver transit system to save it from what officials say is a feared “death spiral” sparked in part by the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Premier David Eby says the $479 million in provincial funding for TransLink will keep fares affordable, avoid service cuts and enable future transit expansion plans to continue.
  TransLink CEO Kevin Quinn says losses in ridership revenue because of the pandemic and higher serv
  
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• Canadian ski jumper Alexandria Loutitt claims World Cup silver

  15-03-2023 22:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LILLEHAMMER, Norway — Canadian ski jumper Alexandria Loutitt added to her season’s medal haul with a World Cup silver in large hill competition Wednesday.
  Winner of a world championship in large hill earlier this month in Slovenia, the 19-year-old Calgarian vaulted from fifth after the first round to second in Lillehammer, Norway. 
  Loutitt’s two-jump score of 242.9 points edged bronze medallist Eva Pinkelnig of Austria by just an eighth of a point.
  Germany’s Katharin
  
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• Canada women’s rugby team returns to action after fourth-place finish at World Cup

  15-03-2023 22:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Captain Sophie de Goede and hooker Emily Tuttosi, both named to World Rugby’s 15s Dream Team of the Year in 2022, will lead Canada in test matches against South Africa and the United States.
  The games in Spain are the first for the Canadian women since their fourth-place finish at the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand in November.
  The fourth-ranked Canadians face No. 13 South Africa on March 25 before opening the Pacific Four Series against the seventh-ranked U.S. on April 1. Both matches wil
  
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• Researcher calls for more wild horse protections after 17 shot dead in rural B.C.

  15-03-2023 22:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KAMLOOPS, B.C. — A biologist and wild horse researcher is calling for stronger federal and provincial protections for the animals after 17 carcasses were found in rural British Columbia.
  Wayne McCrory, who has been studying horses in the province for about two decades, says he was shocked to learn the animals had been shot to death. 
  He says wild horses are an important part of Canadian heritage, First Nation culture and the ecosystem, and need legislation to protect them.
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• André Boisclair, former Parti Québécois leader and sex offender, granted parole

  15-03-2023 22:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Former Parti Québécois leader André Boisclair, who pleaded guilty in June to sexually assaulting two young men, has been granted parole.
  Boisclair, 56, was sentenced in July to two years less a day in jail.
  The provincial parole board refused an earlier application from Boisclair in November because of what it called his “arrogant attitude” and his refusal to undergo therapy.
  The board concluded Tuesday that after four additional months in jail,
  
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• B.C. push to end automatic sexual assault publication bans ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-03-2023 22:10 via news.google.com
  
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• Canadiens forward Dvorak out for the season following knee surgery

  15-03-2023 22:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens are down another body after forward Christian Dvorak underwent season-ending knee surgery Wednesday. 
  Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes said in a statement that the procedure was performed in New York and Dvorak is expected to make a full recovery before the start of next season. 
  The 27-year-old hasn’t played since Montreal’s 4-3 shootout loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on March 7. 
  Dvorak put up 10 goals and 18 assists in 6
  
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• Senior military officer acquitted of sexual assault sues government, PM for $6M

  15-03-2023 22:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, a senior military officer who was acquitted of a sexual assault charge late last year, has filed a $6 million lawsuit against the Canadian government. 
  Fortin is also suing 16 high-ranking officials, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and chief of the defence staff Gen. Wayne Eyre, alleging defamation, misfeasance in public office, negligent investigation, public disclosure of private facts, breach of confidence and conspiracy to cause damages.&nbs
  
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• SD33 appoints assistant superintendent

  15-03-2023 22:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack School District has named David Manuel Assistant Superintendent for SD33.The Chilliwack school board made the appointment official at its monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 14.Manuel has been with SD33 since 2004 in an array of educational leadership roles. According to his SD33 bio, “Dave is passionate about an education system where we ensure learning for all! With wife Kathleen and their five children, they enjoy summers filled with hiking, kayaking, cam
  
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• Canadians Creighton, Savoie ready to make quick impact on Latinoamerica Tour

  15-03-2023 21:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Myles Creighton is happy to be back playing golf on the PGA Tour Latinoamerica, but he hopes it’s his last stop on his way up to a higher-tier tour.
  Creighton, from Digby, N.S., is the top ranked Canadian golfer at this week’s Termas de Rio Hondo Invitational in Argentina, the first Latinoamerica event of 2023 and fourth of its season. The 27-year-old has been on the third-tier South American circuit for three seasons: 2020, 2022 and 2023.
  “Hopefully not long, hopefully three m
  
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• B.C. govt. to fund new school buses for SD33, roofing upgrades at McCammon, Strathcona

  15-03-2023 21:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The B.C. government says it will cover the cost of three new school buses for Chilliwack School District as part of its 2023 budget, and fund roofing upgrades at two elementary schools in Chilliwack.In a news release Wednesday, the province says it will allocate $261.1 million in 2023-24 for school maintenance projects, including $41 million to upgrade heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems at 101 schools throughout the province.As part of the school maintena
  
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• Conservative party criticized for disqualifying candidate in nomination race battle

  15-03-2023 21:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal Conservative party is defending its decision to oust a candidate from a local nomination race, as an anti-abortion organization alleges that the move was unfair. 
  Party spokeswoman Sarah Fischer confirmed that Gerrit Van Dorland has been disqualified from running to become the party’s candidate in Oxford, a reliably Conservative riding in southern Ontario. 
  She said he was barred for failing to provide information such as a list of social media accounts
  
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• Former governor general David Johnston named special rapporteur on foreign meddling

  15-03-2023 21:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has named former governor general David Johnston as the special rapporteur on foreign interference.
  Johnston has been asked to look into allegations of foreign meddling in Canada’s last two federal elections and recommend what the Liberal government should do about it.
  That could include a public inquiry, which opposition parties have been calling for, or some other form of investigation.Johnston was appointed to the viceregal role on the advice
  
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• Unity Christian falls to King David in Single A provincial championship

  15-03-2023 21:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY — After three decisive wins and a margin of victory averaging over 50 points in the provincial tournament, the Unity Christian senior boys basketball team had every reason to believe momentum was on its side heading into Saturday night’s Single A B.C. senior boys championship game.Unity had been looking to achieve a third straight Single A title, a feat not achieved for nearly 30 years in B.C. St. Thomas Aquinas was the last Single A team to engineer that level of success.Lit
  
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• Gausman strikes out seven over three-plus innings, Jays down Pirates 7-1

  15-03-2023 21:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUNEDIN, Fla. — Starter Kevin Gausman pitched 3 1/3 sharp innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-1 Wednesday in spring training baseball action.
  Gausman surrendered just two hits and two walks while striking out seven in picking up the win. 
  Whit Merrifield and Phil Clarke each drove in two runs and L.J. Talley had a solo homer for the Jays.
  Pirates starter J.T. Brubaker gave up four runs on four hits and struck out five over 4 1/3 innings to get tagged with t
  
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• Former Whitecaps coach Carl Robinson joins D.C. United’s coaching staff

  15-03-2023 21:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Former Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Carl Robinson is back in Major League Soccer, this time as an assistant coach with D.C. United.
  The 46-year-old Welshman spent the last two seasons in Australia in charge of the Western Sydney Wanderers and Newcastle United Jets.
  “Carl is an experienced MLS coach who has a great understanding of the league, both as a player and coach,” D.C. United head coach Wayne Rooney said in a statement. “He’s already added a lo
  
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• Honda recalling 500,000 vehicles to fix seat belt problem - Chilliwack Progress

  15-03-2023 21:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Swoop announces new summer service from Abbotsford to London ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-03-2023 20:55 via news.google.com
  
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• What can ChatGPT maker’s new AI model GPT-4 do? - Chilliwack Progress

  15-03-2023 20:45 via news.google.com
  
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• Stormy Daniels meets with prosecutors investigating Trump

  15-03-2023 20:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stormy Daniels’ lawyer said the porn actor met Wednesday with prosecutors who are investigating hush money paid to her on behalf of former President Donald Trump.
  Clark Brewster tweeted that Daniels met and answered questions from Manhattan prosecutors.They have convened a grand jury that is looking into the 2016 payment. Brewster tweeted that Daniels would make herself available as a witness or for further questions, if needed.
  A message seeking comment was sent to t
  
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• NBA suspends Ja Morant 8 games for having gun in video

  15-03-2023 20:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MIAMI (AP) — The NBA has suspended Memphis Grizzilies guard Ja Morant eight games without pay, after determining that his holding a firearm at a club in suburban Denver earlier this month was “conduct detrimental to the league.”
  Morant will miss his sixth game on Wednesday when the Grizzlies play in Miami. He will miss the next two games and be eligible to return on Monday when Memphis plays Dallas.
  The games already missed will count toward the suspension, and Morant will forf
  
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• Competition Bureau recommends merger review reforms in submission to Ottawa

  15-03-2023 20:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s competition regulator is urging Ottawa to enact safeguards with respect to large-scale mergers by shifting the burden to the merging companies to prove why their deals are unlikely to substantially reduce market competition.
  The recommendation is one of 50 submitted by the Competition Bureau in response to the federal government’s consultation on the future of competition policy.
  The bureau says Canada’s Competition Act should be amended to allow for &ld
  
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• Alberta’s plan to mandate police body cameras could be expensive: criminologist

  15-03-2023 20:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — A Calgary criminologist says Alberta’s plan to make all police services in the province use body cameras could come with prohibitive costs and take a long time to put in place.
  Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis announced the plan Tuesday and said it would provide both officers and the public with protection, as well as transparency when police are required to make split-second decisions.
  Alberta will be working with the Alberta Association of Chiefs of Police on funding, lo
  
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• Washroom sensor trial underway on Vancouver Island to reduce ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-03-2023 20:10 via news.google.com
  
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• Five of eight Canadian Premier League teams set to make playoffs this season

  15-03-2023 20:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Canadian Premier League is expanding its playoffs to include a fifth team.
  Previously the top four clubs in the eight-team league made the post-season, with No. 1 facing No. 4 and Nov. 2 taking on No. 3 in the semifinals.
  Starting this season, which kicks off April 15, the top two in the regular-season standings will get a more direct path to hosting the CPL final.
  The playoffs will start Oct. 11 with the fifth-place team visiting the fourth-place club. The winner will face the third-place f
  
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• US, Russian military chiefs resume contact to discuss drone

  15-03-2023 19:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he spoke to his Russian counterpart on Wednesday about the destruction of a U.S. drone over the Black Sea, which had brought the two countries closest to direct conflict since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine a year ago. It was the first call between Austin and Defense Secretary Sergei Shoigu since October.“I just got off the phone with my Russian counterpart, Minister Shoigu,” Austin said at a Pentagon press briefing. &ld
  
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• Rodgers plans to play for Jets in 2023, awaits Packers’ move

  15-03-2023 19:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Aaron Rodgers said Wednesday he intends to play for the New York Jets in 2023 after 18 seasons in Green Bay as the four-time NFL MVP quarterback waits for the Packers to trade him.
  Rodgers made his comments during an appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show” on YouTube and Sirius XM. The 39-year-old Rodgers said he believes the Packers want to move on and make 2020 first-round pick Jordan Love their starting quarterback.“At this point, as I sit here, I think since Friday I’ve m
  
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• Rodgers says he intends to play for Jets this coming season

  15-03-2023 18:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Aaron Rodgers says his intention is to play for the New York Jets in the coming season as the four-time NFL MVP quarterback waits for the Green Bay Packers to trade him.
  Rodgers made his comments Wednesday during an appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show” on YouTube and Sirius XM. The 39-year-old Rodgers said he believes the Packers want to move on and make 2020 first-round pick Jordan Love their starting quarterback.“At this point, as I sit here, I think since Friday I’ve ma
  
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• Federal and Alberta governments to study oilsands tailings leak communication

  15-03-2023 18:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Alberta and federal governments say they will work together to understand what happened around public notifications of toxic seepage at an oilsands tailings pond.
  Alberta environment minister Sonya Savage and her federal counterpart Steven Guilbeault discussed on Tuesday night the seepage and leak from the Kearl oilsands mine.
  The seepage was discovered in May, but neither politician was told about it until nine months later.
  Area First Nations were also not updated after in
  
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• Victoria group lends a helping hand to Ukraine, setting up prosthetic clinics

  15-03-2023 18:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Nick Dechev was startled when an air raid siren blared across a medical site in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv last month.
  The resident of Victoria, B.C., was in Lviv setting up one of two prosthetic clinics he hoped would soon help the growing number of amputees across the country.
  But what surprised him the most was how the people working alongside him in the clinic who heard the alert, glanced at their phones and then carried on as if nothing had happened. 
  Their indifference eased h
  
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• Garcetti India nomination wins critical test vote in Senate

  15-03-2023 18:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti appeared headed for confirmation Wednesday as the next U.S. ambassador to India, 20 months after he was initially selected for the post and amid fallout from a sexual harassment scandal involving a onetime top adviser.
  The nomination cleared a key test vote in the Democratic-controlled Senate, 52-42. The vote unfolded with some suspense, as it wasn’t clear the progressive Democrat would have enough support to advance. But he wa
  
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• Court temporarily stays order to repatriate four Canadians from Syria, pending appeal

  15-03-2023 18:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A Federal Court ruling that ordered the government to repatriate four Canadian men being held in Syrian camps has been put on temporary hold until an appeal process plays out. 
  The Federal Court of Appeal has agreed to grant a stay, at the government’s request, until the appeal is heard less than two weeks from now.
  The government has argued that it does not have an obligation to repatriate the Canadians, but it has agreed to bring home six women and 13 children who wer
  
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• Toronto Six need to sink Connecticut Whale in semifinal series to pursue Isobel Cup

  15-03-2023 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Becoming the first Canadian team to win an Isobel Cup requires clearing a hurdle that’s tripped the Toronto Six in back-to-back years.
  The Six open a best-of-three Premier Hockey Federation semifinal Friday against the visiting Connecticut Whale in Toronto’s Mattamy Athletic Centre. 
  The winner advances to a one-game championship March 26 in Tempe, Ariz., to determine which PHF team hoists the Isobel Cup in 2023.
  Toronto was the higher seed in its 2021 and 2022 semifinal —
  
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• Hall of Famer Carmelina Moscato enjoying Mexican soccer adventure with Tigres

  15-03-2023 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Soccer has led Carmelina Moscato to jobs in Australia, Italy, Sweden, the U.S., Denmark and Mexico. And now the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame. 
  The former defender, who won 94 caps for Canada between 2002 and 2015 as well as a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics, joins 2000 Gold Cup hero Richard Hastings in the Class of 2023.
  Moscato never expected Hall of Fame recognition but is grateful.
  “It’s cool to be acknowledged for the Canadian aspect of my journey,” she said. &l
  
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• Beloved and debated, French bulldog becomes top US dog breed - Chilliwack Progress

  15-03-2023 18:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Not to be outdone, Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre increases its hours as well

  15-03-2023 17:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Just hours after the Cheam Leisure Centre in Garrison announced expanded service on Tuesday (Mar. 14), including expanded hours on Saturday and Sunday, the Chilliwack Leisure Landing Centre is also adding more hours to better serve its patrons.The Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre wrote on Facebook that it will be open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, starting Monday, March 20.The Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre was previously
  
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• Kings’ Lyles suspended 1 game; Bucks’ Lopez fined $25,000

  15-03-2023 17:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Sacramento Kings forward Trey Lyles was suspended one game without pay and Milwaukee Bucks center Brook Lopez was fined $25,000 for their involvement in an altercation at the end of a game Monday night, the NBA announced Wednesday.
  Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo was dribbling out the clock in the final minute of the Bucks’ 133-124 victory over the Kings when he was fouled by the Saskatoon-born Lyles, who then pushed the two-time MVP. Lopez then confronted Lyles.
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• Abbotsford Police arrest man for gun possession at Abbotsford hospital

  15-03-2023 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department arrested a 50-year-old man late Monday night (Mar. 13) for possessing a gun at Abbotsford Regional Hospital while he was waiting in the emergency department as a patient.In a statement from Sgt. Paul Walker, media relations spokesperson for the Abbotsford Police Department, patrol officers responded to Abbotsford Regional Hospital on Monday at 11:05 p.m. for the report of a patient seated in the waiting room of the emergency department believed
  
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• Canadian dairy plant becomes unlikely symbol of defiance for ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-03-2023 17:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Yarrow Farm Market introduces new market organizers

  15-03-2023 17:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — After countless hours of dedication, investing, and working to maintain the Yarrow Farm Market as a community staple over the past seven years, Shannon Murphy has handed the primary organizing duties of the seasonal market over to Lyndsay and Aaron Edward ahead of the start of the 2023 season.In a Facebook post earlier this week, Yarrow Farm Market paid tribute to the incredible work done by Murphy the past seven seasons.“Shannon has done an amazing job growing the Yarro
  
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• Vancouver Folk Festival revival is music to the ears of B.C.’s dedicated fans

  15-03-2023 17:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The long-running Vancouver Folk Festival is back for another year, less than two months after funding issues threatened to permanently cancel the event. 
  A statement on the festival’s website says it will be held July 14 to 16 at its usual location in Vancouver’s Jericho Beach Park.
  Last year’s scaled back festival will be used as a template to plan this year’s program, with fewer stages and amenities than were offered before the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Three victims remain in critical condition after Monday’s crash in small Quebec town

  15-03-2023 17:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AMQUI — Three people are still fighting for their lives, two days after a pickup truck plowed into almost a dozen pedestrians walking down a street in the Quebec town of Amqui.
  A Quebec City hospital confirmed today that three of the victims who were airlifted to the centre after Monday’s crash remain in critical condition, and a fourth is in stable condition.
  Two men were killed and nine people were injured when a man allegedly drove a truck down one of the eastern Quebec town&rsquo
  
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• Texas announces takeover of Houston schools, stirring anger

  15-03-2023 17:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Texas officials on Wednesday announced a state takeover of Houston’s nearly 200,000-student public school district, the eighth-largest in the country, acting on years of threats and angering Democrats who assailed the move as political.The announcement, made by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s education commissioner, amounts to one of the largest school takeovers ever in the U.S.
  It also deepens a high-stakes rift between Texas’ largest city, where Democrats w
  
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• Avalanche finding their groove as defending champs prep for playoff push

  15-03-2023 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Nathan MacKinnon collected a pass just inside his own blue line and started to gather speed.
  In the blink of an eye, the lightning-quick Colorado Avalanche sniper blew past four penalty killers before beating Montreal Canadiens goaltender Sam Montembeault.
  The highlight-reel effort in an emphatic 8-4 victory earlier this week made the expected rounds on social media.
  It could have also served as another warning — the defending Stanley Cup champions are still here.
  Following a gruelling pla
  
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• Man charged for having gun on him at Abbotsford Regional Hospital - Chilliwack Progress

  15-03-2023 16:55 via news.google.com
  
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• Haiti claims delayed Canadian armoured vehicles hinder plan to control gangs

  15-03-2023 16:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA, Ill. — Haiti’s troubled government is accusing Canada of stalling in its promised delivery of armoured vehicles, and argues the delay is hindering a plan to clear violent gangs from Port-au-Prince.
  In an interview with Haitian radio, the country’s acting justice minister, Emmelie Prophète-Milcé, says in French that the company supplying the tanks “did not keep its word.”
  Violent gangs have held control over most of Haiti’s capital for mon
  
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