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• Trudeau says he accepts MP’s choice to leave Liberal caucus amid meddling allegations

  24-03-2023 23:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he accepts Han Dong’s decision to leave the Liberal caucus after an allegation he spoke to a Chinese diplomat about delaying the release of two Canadians.
  Trudeau sidestepped a question Friday about whether he believes the allegation, saying only that Canadians should watch Dong’s “strong” speech for themselves.
  He said at a news conference alongside U.S. President Joe Biden, who is visiting Ottawa, that he fully accepts D
  
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• Run For Mom fundraiser in Chilliwack will support mothers and ... - Chilliwack Progress

  24-03-2023 23:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Run For Mom fundraiser in Chilliwack will support mothers and ... - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  24-03-2023 23:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Winless Vancouver Whitecaps cautious ahead of matchup with undermanned Minnesota

  24-03-2023 23:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps aren’t about to be lulled into a false sense of security as they head to the American Midwest this weekend. 
  The ‘Caps (0-2-2) know seven of Minnesota United’s usual starters will be away on international duty when the two sides take the field in Saint Paul on Saturday, but Vancouver coach Vanni Sartini said victory is far from assured. 
  “Last year, we played against (the Seattle Sounders), it was an international break,
  
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• Cultus Lake’s Reece Howden captures second career Crystal Globe - Chilliwack Progress

  24-03-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
  Cultus Lake’s Reece Howden captures second career Crystal Globe  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Boston forward A.J. Greer suspended one game for cross-checking on Mike Hoffman

  24-03-2023 22:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Boston Bruins winger A.J. Greer has been suspended one game for cross-checking Montreal Canadiens forward Mike Hoffman in the face, the NHL’s department of player safety announced Friday.
  The incident late in Thursday’s first period occurred prior to a faceoff after the players slashed each other’s sticks.
  Greer then proceeded to forcefully cross-check Hoffman up high.
  The Bruins forward was assessed a major penalty and game misconduct.
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• Allow unvaccinated Canadians to cross U.S. border, Poilievre asks President Joe Biden

  24-03-2023 22:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he has asked President Joe Biden to remove the U.S. government’s requirement that Canadians be vaccinated for COVID-19 before crossing the border.
  He told reporters after their meeting that “millions of good, decent, honourable” people are being “discriminated” against at the border, noting that Canada allows unvaccinated Americans to visit.
  Poilievre met with Biden on Parliament Hill Friday during the preside
  
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• Uganda’s legislature passes harsh new anti-LGBT bill - Chilliwack Progress

  24-03-2023 22:15 via news.google.com
  
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• Blue Jackets’ Patrik Laine out 2-4 weeks with triceps injury

  24-03-2023 22:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Columbus Blue Jackets forward Patrik Laine is out 2-4 weeks after straining a triceps muscle in practice, yet another blow to the last-place team in the NHL that has been hampered by injuries all season.
  The Blue Jackets announced Laine’s absence Friday before their home game against the New York Islanders.
  They already have 454 man-games lost to injury, one of the highest numbers in the league, and have a record of 22-41-7.Laine missed two separate stints with
  
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• Yukon residential school site to be searched with ground-penetrating radar in summer

  24-03-2023 21:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WHITEHORSE — A group working to identify Indigenous children who went missing from Yukon residential schools says ground-penetrating radar work will begin this summer at the site of the former Choutla Residential School near Carcross. 
  Adeline Webber, chair of the Yukon Residential Schools Missing Children Working Group, says preliminary research and information from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission has identified 42 children who died at the school. 
  Webber says archival r
  
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• In Dong’s riding, residents want answers on interference but no ‘rush’ to judge

  24-03-2023 21:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — In Han Dong’s Toronto riding on Friday, residents voiced hope that the truth would emerge about China’s alleged interference in Canadian elections, but warned against condemning their newly Independent MP before the facts are clear. 
  Dong has resigned from the Liberal caucus amid what he says are false allegations that he advised a Chinese diplomat on what the Trudeau government considered a high-priority file: the arbitrary and retaliatory detention of two Canad
  
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• Unwelcome spotlight falls on NHL team Pride night events - Chilliwack Progress

  24-03-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Unchecked climate change puts Canada’s West Coast in hot water - Chilliwack Progress

  24-03-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Trump arrested? Putin jailed? Fake AI images spread online - Chilliwack Progress

  24-03-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Federal government, B.C. and Indigenous nation sign care co-ordination deal

  24-03-2023 21:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ENDERBY, B.C. — The delivery of child and family services grounded in Indigenous culture is being celebrated in British Columbia’s north Okanagan with the signing of the province’s first care co-ordination services agreement. 
  The federal, B.C. and Secwepemc Nation governments signed an agreement today that provides funding for the co-ordinated services.
  Federal Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu says over the next 10 years, governments will transfer $136.2 million t
  
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• Canada commits $420 million for Great Lakes environmental work during Biden visit

  24-03-2023 21:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government says it will commit $420 million to preserve and restore waters of the Great Lakes.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement during the visit of United States President Joe Biden, whose country has also committed money to protect those shared waters.
  The funding is intended improve water and restore ecosystems in 10 areas — seven in Canadian waters and three shared by the two countries.
  The goals include stopping the spread of harmful algae
  
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• US-Canada migration deal aims to end walk-around crossings

  24-03-2023 21:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. JOHNSBURY, Vermont (AP) — The immigration deal announced Friday by U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau aims to shut down a process that has enabled tens of thousands of immigrants from across the world to move between the two countries along a back road between New York state and Quebec.
  Since early 2017, so many migrants entered Canada via Roxham Road outside Champlain, New York that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police staffed a reception center to proces
  
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• Abbotsford’s Ledgeview Golf Club hosting PGA Seniors ... - Chilliwack Progress

  24-03-2023 20:38 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs alum makes NHL debut with Anaheim Ducks ... - Hope Standard

  24-03-2023 20:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs alum makes NHL debut with Anaheim Ducks - Chilliwack Progress

  24-03-2023 20:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs alum makes NHL debut with Anaheim Ducks ... - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  24-03-2023 20:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Two blind skiers take on Rogers Pass west of Golden - Chilliwack Progress

  24-03-2023 19:45 via news.google.com
  
  Two blind skiers take on Rogers Pass west of Golden  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Former BC Liberal John Rustad turned Independent now seeks Conservative leadership

  24-03-2023 19:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANDERHOOF, B.C. — A former BC Liberal cabinet minister turfed from the party caucus last year for his climate change views says he’s running for the leadership of the Conservative Party of British Columbia.
  John Rustad, who has been sitting as an Independent in B.C.’s legislature, says he wants to build a grassroots coalition of supporters under the Conservative banner to offer an alternative to the current New Democrat government and Opposition Liberals.
  A Conservative leader
  
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• Shapovalov advances to third round of Miami Open with win over Pella

  24-03-2023 19:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MIAMI — Canada’s Denis Shapovalov has advanced to the third round of the Miami Open tennis tournament with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 win over Argentina’s Guido Pella.
  Shapovalov scored his third break of the match in the eighth game of the third set when Pella double-faulted on break point.
  The Canadian then served to love in the deciding game to set up a third-round match between either ninth-seed Taylor Fritz or American wild-card Emilio Nava.
  The 25th-seeded Shapovalov, from Richmond
  
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• RCMP vehicle damaged in Shuswap by ‘homemade tire deflation ... - Chilliwack Progress

  24-03-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
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• King Charles’ state visit deflated as France leg canceled - Chilliwack Progress

  24-03-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Toronto FC missing players through injury and international duty for game in San Jose

  24-03-2023 18:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Depleted by injuries and players away on international duty, Toronto FC coach Bob Bradley has dipped into his reserve team to make up numbers Saturday in San Jose.
  Bradley has summoned a pair of midfielders — 18-year-old Markus Cimermancic and 23-year-old Alonso Coello Camarero — on short-term loans from Toronto FC II. TFC will be missing eight players, including five starters, for the game against the Earthquakes.
  Toronto (1-1-2) has five players on international duty, with fullback
  
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• Michigan 1st state in decades to repeal ‘right-to-work’ law

  24-03-2023 18:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan, long known as a mainstay of organized labor, on Friday became the first state in decades to repeal a union-restricting law known as “right-to-work” that was passed over a decade ago by a Republican-controlled Legislature.
  The state’s “right-to-work” law had allowed those in unionized workplaces to opt out of paying union dues and fees. Its repeal is seen as a major victory for organized labor with union membership reaching an al
  
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• California ends some water limits after storms ease drought

  24-03-2023 18:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUNNIGAN, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom ended some of the state’s water restrictions on Friday because a winter of relentless rain and snow has replenished the state’s reservoirs and eased fears of a shortage after three years of severe drought.
  He also announced local agencies that supply water to 27 million people and many farmers would get much more from state supplies than originally planned. But Newsom did not declare an end to the drought, warning much of the
  
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• Bayern hires Tuchel to replace Nagelsmann as coach

  24-03-2023 18:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich hired Thomas Tuchel as coach on Friday to replace Julian Nagelsmann after losing the lead of the Bundesliga.
  Bayern chief executive Oliver Kahn blamed “big fluctuations in performance” and said the squad wasn’t showing its true potential under Nagelsmann.
  Tuchel will take over training from Monday with a contract until the end of the 2024-25 season.
  The decision came after the team lost at Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Sunday.Bayern
  
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• Toronto Blue Jays star right-hander Alek Manoah named opening-day starter

  24-03-2023 17:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUNEDIN, Fla. — The Toronto Blue Jays have named ace right-hander Alek Manoah as their opening-day starting pitcher for the upcoming Major League Baseball season.
  Manoah, 25, was a finalist for the American League Cy Young Award last season after posting a 16-7 record with a 2.24 earned-run average and 180 strikeouts over 31 starts.
  The six-foot-six, 285-pound native of Homestead, Fla., was scheduled to start in the Blue Jays’ pre-season game against visiting Philadelphia on Friday.
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Airbnb to pull listings that don’t have proper permits in Quebec

  24-03-2023 17:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Short-term rental company Airbnb says it will pull listings that don’t have a proper permit from the Quebec government.
  The San Francisco-based company made the announcement eight days after a fatal fire destroyed an Old Montreal building that housed illegal rentals.
  Four bodies have so far been pulled from the rubble and three people remain missing.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Departments didn’t consistently follow rules with McKinsey contracts: Treasury Board

  24-03-2023 17:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Treasury Board says internal audits of contracts with McKinsey & Company show federal government departments did not consistently follow certain administrative rules and procedures.
  But the Treasury Board also says the audits found no signs of political interference and that there was “broad compliance with values and ethics commitments.”
  The Treasury Board says these are preliminary observations of the audits, which were conducted as part of its review of fede
  
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• New Brunswick police investigating after cyclist hits wire at head level across trail

  24-03-2023 17:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Police in Saint John, N.B., say they are investigating after a cyclist rode into a wire strung between trees in Rockwood Park.
  They say a cyclist hit the thin wire at head level while riding downhill on a trail mid-morning Saturday.
  Police say the cyclist’s helmet and face guard kept the person safe and uninjured.
  On its social media page, the Saint John Cycling group warned people about the “booby trap,” describing it as a wire or rope tied to trees.
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• 7th straight win earns Shooting Eagles top spot - Chilliwack Progress

  24-03-2023 17:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Canada-U.S. deal on migration will limit safe options for asylum seekers: advocates

  24-03-2023 16:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Immigration advocates say they are disappointed that Canada and the U.S. have agreed to restrict the flow of asylum seekers across their shared border.
  The deal to be announced today is described in U.S. documents as a “supplement” to the 2004 treaty known as the Safe Third Country Agreement. 
  That treaty prevents asylum seekers from outside either country from crossing the Canada-U.S. border to make their claim — but until now, it only covered official
  
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• Canadian women’s rugby team returns to action against South Africa in Spain

  24-03-2023 16:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Four months after finishing fourth at the Women’s Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, Canada returns to action Saturday.
  The fourth-ranked Canadians face No. 13 South Africa before opening the Pacific Four Series against the seventh-ranked U.S. on April 1. Both matches will be played at Estadio Nacional de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
  The Americans are using a match Saturday against No. 11 Spain to prepare for Canada.
  While the Canadian women beat South Africa 53-15 the last time they
  
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• Kentucky governor vetoes sweeping GOP transgender measure

  24-03-2023 15:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s Democratic governor issued an election-year veto Friday of a Republican bill aimed at regulating the lives of transgender youths that includes banning access to gender-affirming health care and restricting the bathrooms they can use.
  The bill also bans discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in schools and allows teachers to refuse to refer to transgender students by the pronouns they use. It easily passed the GOP-led legislature with vet
  
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• Rwanda says Rusesabagina of ‘Hotel Rwanda’ fame to be freed

  24-03-2023 15:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda’s government has commuted the sentence of Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” for saving hundreds of countrymen from genocide but was convicted of terrorism offenses years later in a widely criticized trial.
  Government spokeswoman Yolande Makolo told The Associated Press on Friday that the 25-year sentence was commuted by presidential order after a request for clemency.
  Rusesabagina, a 68-year-old U.S. resident and Belgian
  
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• 4 ex-officers in Tyre Nichols case barred from police work

  24-03-2023 15:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Four of five former Memphis police officers charged with murder in the beating death of Tyre Nichols cannot work as law enforcement officers again in Tennessee, a state panel decided Friday.
  The Peace Officer Standards & Training Commission, or P.O.S.T., voted to decertify Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin and Justin Smith during a meeting Friday morning. It also approved the decision by Desmond Mills to surrender his certification.
  The former officers have 30 days
  
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• The latest developments on U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit to Ottawa

  24-03-2023 15:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The latest developments on U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit to Ottawa with first lady Jill Biden on Friday. All times eastern.
  10:30 a.m. The two Canadians who were imprisoned in China for nearly three years will be in attendance today as Biden addresses Parliament. 
  Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig will also attend the gala dinner tonight.
  It will be the first public appearance for the two since they were released by China in September 2021, after spending more than a
  
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• Police say it’s ‘improbable’ there are more than seven missing in Old Montreal fire

  24-03-2023 15:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Montreal police say they don’t think they’ll find more than seven bodies in the rubble of an Old Montreal building that caught fire eight days ago.
  Police told reporters today they don’t have reports of more people missing, adding that it’s “improbable” there are more than seven victims.
  Searchers have pulled four bodies from the rubble, and only one victim has been identified: a 76-year-old woman who had lived in the building for decades.
  Insp. David Shane sa
  
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• Canada facing fresh U.S. pressure to agree to review cross-border mining toxins

  24-03-2023 15:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is expected to add today to the pressure on Canada for a bilateral investigation into toxic mining runoff in a key cross-border watershed. 
  Activists, experts and Indigenous leaders in both Canada and the U.S. want an investigation into toxins from B.C. mining operations they say have been polluting the Kootenay River basin for decades. 
  The “reference,” as it’s known, would be overseen by the International Joint Commission, a bi
  
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• Sakamoto defends women’s title at figure skating worlds

  24-03-2023 15:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — Kaori Sakamoto fended off a challenge from South Korea’s Lee Hae-in on Friday to become the first Japanese woman to defend her title at the figure skating world championships.
  Sakamoto, who led after the short program, made only one mistake in Friday’s free skate at Saitama Super Arena when she singled a triple flip. She landed the rest of her jumps cleanly to finish with a total of 224.61 points.
  Skating to music from “Phantom of The Opera,” L
  
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• No early morning crowds as President Biden prepares for day on Parliament Hill

  24-03-2023 14:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The streets in front of Parliament were quiet early Friday morning as police prepared for a spectacle big enough to draw celebrities to the city, but disruptive enough to keep morning commuters at home.
  U.S. President Joe Biden is set to spend his day on Parliament Hill during his first official visit to Canada, and will deliver a speech in the House this afternoon. 
  Some workers in the downtown core were asked to work from home if they could, and the few people roaming the s
  
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• Toronto Six face Minnesota Whitecaps in PHF final, seek first Isobel Cup

  24-03-2023 14:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  One win is required for the Toronto Six to become the first Canadian team to hoist the Isobel Cup.
  The Six face the surprising Minnesota Whitecaps in the Premier Hockey League’s championship game Sunday in Tempe, Ariz.
  Toronto reached the final for the first time in its third year in the women’s league. The Six advanced by beating the Connecticut Whale in a best-of-three semifinal in Toronto. 
  After dropping the first game of the series, the Six staved off elimination by winning
  
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• Naughton a headliner at Canadian Women’s Open as top-flight squash returns to Toronto

  24-03-2023 14:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Canada’s Hollie Naughton was a young fan the last time a Professional Squash Association international tournament was played on an all-glass showcourt in downtown Toronto.   
  This time around she’s one of the headliners. 
  Naughton, who grew up in nearby Oakville, Ont., is seeded fifth at the Canadian Women’s Open starting Sunday at Brookfield Place. The field includes fellow top-20 players Salma Hany of Egypt and Americans Amanda Sobhy, Olivia Cly
  
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• Unwelcome spotlight falls on NHL team Pride night events

  24-03-2023 13:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Pride nights, held annually for several years by National Hockey League teams to show support for the LGBTQ community, are in the spotlight following several high-profile incidents this season.
  A handful of players have objected to participating in pregame warmups that included Pride-themed jerseys, most recently Florida’s Eric and Marc Staal on Thursday night. On Wednesday, the Chicago Blackhawks decided against having players wear Pride-themed warmup jerseys for their upcoming Pride nigh
  
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• Canada women remain unchanged at No. 6 in latest FIFA world rankings

  24-03-2023 13:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada remains unchanged at No. 6 in the latest FIFA women’s rankings that see Cabo Verde and Saudi Arabia included for the first time.
  The top five is also the same with the U.S. on top, ahead of Germany, Sweden, England and France.
  Some 112 international matches were played, including the playoff tournament for this summer’s FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, since the last rankings were released in December.
  The new rankings features 188 teams, which is 10
  
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• Canada’s Einarson tops Turkey 10-4 at women’s world curling championship

  24-03-2023 13:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SANDVIKEN, Sweden — Canada’s Kerri Einarson scored a 10-4 decision over Turkey’s Dilsat Yildiz to move one step closer to the playoff round at the women’s world curling championship on Friday. 
  The Manitoba-based team of Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard and Briane Harris ended the match against Turkey (5-6) with a double takeout that scored four in the eighth end.
  Canada improved to 7-4 with the victory and moved into a third place tied with Norway at the 13-
  
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