Chilliwack news

• Canada’s Gushue drops opener to Switzerland at world men’s curling championship

  01-04-2023 22:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s Brad Gushue opened the world men’s curling championship with a loss to Switzerland. 
  He dropped a 8-3 decision to Yannick Schwaller in the round-robin opener for both teams at TD Place.
  Gushue will meet Italy’s Joel Retornaz in the evening draw.
  Competition continues through April 9.
  Gushue, from St. John’s, N.L., won silver at last year’s world championship in Las Vegas.
  His lone world title came in 2017 at Edmonton.
  This report by The
  
  Read more

• City Council to vote on addition to enclose Jolly Miller Pub patio

  01-04-2023 22:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack City Council will review at its meeting this coming week a request from the Jolly Miller Pub on Vedder Road to build an addition to enclose the patio of its pub at 5865 Vedder Road in Sardis.According to items 11.4.2 and 13.3 on this Tuesday’s council meeting agenda, the applicant, Graeme Elliot, is seeking to reduce the minimum front lot line setback from 10 metres to 0.8 metres within a C5 liquor zone and construct an addition to enclose the patio of the exi
  
  Read more

• Purdue’s Zach Edey named AP men’s player of the year

  01-04-2023 22:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  In the days after Purdue’s historic NCAA Tournament loss, Zach Edey kept to himself. He turned his phone turned off, along with the rest of the outside world.
  It was a disappointing finish to an award-winning season for the big man with the Boilermakers
  Dominating at both ends of the floor, Edey was a runaway winner for The Associated Press men’s college basketball player of the year. Edey received all but one vote from a 58-person media panel, with Indiana’s Trayce Jackson-Dav
  
  Read more

• Turkish team no-shows opening ceremony at world men’s curling championship

  01-04-2023 20:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Turkey’s first appearance at a world men’s curling championship is off to an inauspicious start.
  The team no-showed the event’s opening ceremony on Saturday afternoon at TD Place.
  Curlers from the rest of the 13-team field were on hand for introductions to kick off the nine-day competition. 
  With no Turkish players present, the in-arena host simply announced the name of the country and the flag-bearer walked out alone. 
  In an email, a World Curling Fede
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• McDavid, Draisaitl, Keller named NHL’s three stars of the month

  01-04-2023 20:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Edmonton Oilers stars Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, and Arizona Coyotes right-winger Clayton Keller are the NHL’s three stars of the month for March.
  McDavid is the first star for the second month in row, and third time this season. He led the league with 29 points (11 goals, 18 assists) in 15 games, while the Oilers had a league-best 12-2-1 record and set franchise records for wins and points in a month.
  The 26-year-old set numerous marks throughout the month. He hit
  
  Read more

• B.C. nurses reach tentative labour agreement with provincial government

  01-04-2023 20:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — More than 51,000 registered, psychiatric and licensed practical nurses in British Columbia have reached a tentative contract with the provincial government.
  The province’s Health Employers Association issued a statement on Friday saying it reached the agreement with members of the Nurses’ Bargaining Association.
  The nurses in the bargaining association are represented by the BC Nurses’ Union, the Health Sciences Association, the Union of Psychiatric Nurses, the
  
  Read more

• Stampeders sign veteran defensive lineman Mike Moore

  01-04-2023 19:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders have signed defensive lineman Mike Moore, the team announced Saturday.
  The length of the contract was not specified.
  Moore, 29, had 31 tackles, six sacks and a forced fumble for the Montreal Alouettes last season.
  The six-foot-four, 269-pound American previously spent four years in Edmonton from (2017-2021) and played for the Ottawa Redblacks in 2016.
  He was a West Division all-star in 2019 with the Elks after recording a career-best nine sacks.
  Moore has 1
  
  Read more

• Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner named NHL rookie of the month

  01-04-2023 19:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Edmonton Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner has been named the NHL’s rookie of the month for March.
  The 24-year-old led the league with 10 wins in 12 games (10-1-1), while posting a .908 save percentage and a 2.83 goals against average. 
  One of those wins included a 43-save shutout in Edmonton’s 2-0 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday. It was the Oilers’ first shutout of the season.
  In the process, Skinner set a franchise record for most wins in a
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Canadian women have little trouble dispatching the U.S. in Pacific Four Series opener

  01-04-2023 19:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADRID — Fullback Sabrina Poulin scored two of Canada’s eight tries in a 50-17 rugby romp over the U.S. in the opening match of the Pacific Four Series on Saturday.
  Emily Tuttosi, Fancy Bermudez, Sarah-Maude Lachance, Tyson Beukeboom, Emma Taylor and Gillian Boag also scored tries for fourth-ranked Canada, which led 26-3 at the break on a sunny, breezy afternoon at Estadio Nacional de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Captain Sophie de Goede added five conversions.
  De Goede was a
  
  Read more

• Abbotsford Police need help to stuff a cruiser for Salvation Army

  01-04-2023 18:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — When they’re not stopping prolific offenders or excessive teenagers speeding throughout Abbotsford, the Abbotsford Police Department is trying to improve the community in other ways like elevating the needs of those less fortunate.The Abbotsford Police Department will be on location at Superstore, 2855 Gladwin Road, collecting items on behalf of the Salvation Army this coming Wednesday, April 5 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.The Abbotsford Police Department conducted a similar eve
  
  Read more

• Chilliwack Fire Dept. paid on-call firefighters graduate, get assigned Monday

  01-04-2023 18:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Twenty graduates of the Chilliwack Fire Department’s Recruit Training Program filed into the Chilliwack Cultural Centre Wednesday night (Mar. 29) for a final opportunity to jointly celebrate their completion of a rigorous six-month program that enables them to become fully assigned paid on-call firefighters.
  Several speakers, including Mayor Ken Popove, Fire Chief Ian Josephson, and trainer Jon Van Huigenbos, lauded the graduates for their commitment and perseverance.
  &l
  
  Read more

• Pop, Gasol, Hammon, Parker, Nowitzki, Wade heading to Hall

  01-04-2023 18:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Tony Parker and Pau Gasol played for him. Becky Hammon coached alongside him. Dirk Nowitzki and Dwyane Wade waged battles against him.
  He is Gregg Popovich.
  And he, finally, is a Hall of Famer.
  The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame made it official Saturday, with three of the NBA’s all-time international greats — Nowitzki, Parker and Gasol — joining Wade, Hammon and Popovich as the headliners of the 2023 class that will be enshrined on Aug. 11 and 12 at ceremonies in Co
  
  Read more

• Despite tough day at Hong Kong Sevens, Canada women’s road to Olympics gets clearer

  01-04-2023 17:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HONG KONG — The Australian and the U.S. women’s rugby sevens teams secured qualification for the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday by reaching the quarterfinals of the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens.
  The two teams now have enough points to ensure they cannot fall out of the top four places in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series overall standings, which carry automatic Olympic qualification. The women have one more tournament left this season — May 12-14 in Toulouse, France — a
  
  Read more

• Ryder Lake gets its own Little Free Library, will update noticeboard on Elk View Rd.

  01-04-2023 16:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — They’re a nice addition to any neighbourhood, especially when volunteers and users alike replenish or donate materials to keep them afloat.
  Ryder Lake Farmers’ Institute wrote on Facebook this week that a Little Free Library book-sharing box has been installed next to the noticeboard on Elk View Road as part of a City of Chilliwack Grass Roots grant.The goal of the Grass Roots grant is to reinvigorate neighbourhoods or make public areas more usable and aesthetic. T
  
  Read more

• B.C. Transit says it’s “not at liberty to discuss” ongoing bus strike

  01-04-2023 16:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A B.C. Transit spokesperson says the provincial Crown agency is not in a position to comment on the ongoing bus strike that has stretched into its second week and shows no signs of any progress.
  According to an emailed statement on Friday (Mar. 31) from Erin Moore, senior communications and engagement advisor with B.C. Transit, the provincial Crown agency tasked with providing transit services outside Metro Vancouver, says it is closely monitoring the situation.
  “As this
  
  Read more

• Tornadoes kill at least 10 across US Midwest and South

  01-04-2023 14:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Unrelenting tornadoes that tore through parts of the South and Midwest killed at least 10 people, shredded homes and shopping centers, and collapsed a theater roof during a heavy metal concert in Illinois.
  Emergency responders across the region counted the dead and surveyed the damage Saturday morning after tornadoes touched down into the night, part of a sprawling storm system that also brought wildfires to the southern Plains and blizzard conditions to the Upper
  
  Read more

• Liberals’ political will on pharmacare questioned as minister promises progress

  01-04-2023 12:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says the government’s plans for pharmacare are moving forward, but experts who study government drug plans suggest the Liberals may have lost the political will to take bold steps toward a national program.
  People like Marc-André Gagnon were still holding out hope that spending would be set aside in Tuesday’s federal budget to create a national, single-payer drug plan.But though the Carleton University health policy professor sai
  
  Read more

• Ottawa is going all in on ‘friendshoring.’ Here’s what that could mean.

  01-04-2023 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — This year’s budget reveals the federal Liberals envision Canada relying more on its allies for trade in the future, economists and geopolitical experts say — even if that could result in higher prices or missed opportunities.
  “It’s a reframing,” University of British Columbia professor Vina Nadjibulla said after the budget’s release this week. “It’s essentially saying what we’ve been doing for the last 30 years of engagement is
  
  Read more

• As economy slows, Liberals push off EI reform over worries it could drive up premiums

  01-04-2023 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Liberal government left employment insurance reform out of the federal budget this week over concern that reforming the program amid a slowing economy could drive up premiums for workers and employers.
  That’s according to a spokesperson for Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough, who said the federal government “remains committed to modernizing the EI system.”
  “However, the current and near-term economic context caution against measures that could put pre
  
  Read more

• Pope Francis leaves hospital after bronchitis treatment

  01-04-2023 10:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has been discharged from the Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis.The 86-year-old Francis was hospitalized on Wednesday at Gemelli Polyclinic where he received antibiotics intravenously.He left the hospital three days after he was admitted.Francis sat in the front seat of a white Fiat 500 car, waving to a group of journalists outside of Gemelli Polyclinic on Saturday morning.
  The Vatican has said the pope will be St. Peter’s Square for Palm Sunda
  
  Read more

• Authorities work to identify eight bodies pulled from St. Lawrence River this week

  01-04-2023 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUEBEC — Akwesasne Mohawk Police say they are working with Immigration Canada and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to confirm the identities of the eight migrants whose bodies were pulled from the St. Lawrence River this week.
  On Thursday, police discovered the bodies of five adults and one child in a marshy area, and recovered the body of a second child and an adult woman on Friday.
  One of the children was a Canadian citizen, and the victims are believed to be of Romanian and Indi
  
  Read more

• Toffoli scores twice, Flames complete comeback in 5-4 OT win against Canucks

  01-04-2023 07:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Tyler Toffoli scored his second goal of the game 3:27 into overtime and the Calgary Flames came all the way back for a 5-4 win against the Vancouver Canucks on Friday.
  Troy Stecher scored and contributed an assist for the Flames (35-26-15) in regulation, while Blake Coleman and Jonathan Huberdeau also had goals. Mikael Backlund chipped in with two helpers.
  Elias Pettersson, Conor Garland, Anthony Beauvillier and Aidan McDonough — with his first NHL goal — all found
  
  Read more

• Party for first-timers: Clark, Iowa will play LSU for title

  01-04-2023 06:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Caitlin Clark and Iowa completed the party of first-timers in the women’s NCAA championship game.
  Clark’s Hawkeyes will face LSU and flamboyant coach Kim Mulkey on Sunday after knocking off undefeated defending national champion South Carolina 77-73 in the semifinals Friday night. 
  The Tigers rallied for a 79-72 victory over Virginia Tech in the early game.
  Clark, The Associated Press Player of the Year, scored 41 points for Iowa (31-6). The Hawkeyes lost 73-
  
  Read more

• Clark, Iowa end perfect South Carolina season in Final Four

  01-04-2023 06:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Caitlin Clark had another sensational game with 41 points to help Iowa spoil South Carolina’s perfect season with a 77-73 victory on Friday night in the Final Four.
  The spectacular junior guard, who has back-to-back 40-point games, now has the Hawkeyes in a spot they’ve never been in before — one victory away from a national championship.
  They’ll have to beat another SEC team to do that as Iowa (31-6) will face LSU in the title game on Sunday afternoon
  
  Read more

• Fernandez, Townsend advance to Miami Open women’s doubles final

  01-04-2023 06:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MIAMI — Leylah Fernandez of Montreal will be playing in the Miami Open women’s doubles final.
  Fernandez and her partner Taylor Townsend of Chicago edged past Magda Linette of Poland and American Bernarda Pera in a 70-minute Friday night semifinal thriller, losing the first set 6-1, then bouncing back with 6-2 and 14-12 victories.
  Townsend and Fernandez only had one ace in the tight match, but did a great job controlling unforced errors and saving break points (4-of-6).
  Townsend and F
  
  Read more

• American John Salter defeats Canadian Aaron Jeffery at Bellator 293, then retires

  01-04-2023 05:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TEMECULA, Calif. — American John Salter used his grappling skills to win a unanimous decision over Canadian middleweight Aaron Jeffery and then announced his retirement Friday night at Bellator 293.
  The judges scored it 30-27 for the 38-year-old Salter, a former NAIA wrestling champion who laid his gloves on the canvas after the bout.
  “This is my last fight. It’s been an absolute honour and I’ve been so blessed,” said an emotional Salter, who made his pro debut 14 y
  
  Read more

• Up to 25 cms of snow to fall on Coquihalla until Saturday night

  01-04-2023 04:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Environment Canada is issuing a winter storm warning for the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt, saying up to 25 centimetres of snow could fall by Saturday evening.In an alert posted on its website, Environment Canada says a strong frontal system sliding down the coast will begin to spread moderate snow to the Coquihalla between Hope and Merritt starting Friday afternoon.Freezing levels are expected to remain below summit level, but snowfall rates should intensify Fri
  
  Read more

• Jets’ top guns connect in 6-2 win over Red Wings

  01-04-2023 04:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Blake Wheeler snapped a 21-game goal drought and added an assist as the Winnipeg Jets showed a rare explosion of offence to earn a much-needed 6-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Friday.
  The Jets went into the match scoring three or less goals in nine consecutive games, including being shut out three times.
  Mark Scheifele, Kyle Connor, Dylan DeMelo and Nikolaj Ehlers also had a goal and assist for Winnipeg, which snapped a two-game losing skid and recorded the fourth win i
  
  Read more

• B.C. senior in legal battle over property - Chilliwack Progress

  01-04-2023 04:00 via news.google.com
  
  B.C. senior in legal battle over property  Chilliwack Progress
  
  Read more

• Harden, Embiid lead 76ers to 117-110 win over Raptors

  01-04-2023 03:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid had 25 points and 12 rebounds, James Harden had 23 points and 11 assists and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Toronto Raptors 117-110 on Friday night.
  The Sixers made 30 of 39 shots (77 per cent) in the first half and raced to a 24-point lead that nearly evaporated. Fred VanVleet, who scored 16 points, buried a 3-pointer late in the fourth quarter that pulled the Raptors to within 103-101 and silenced the sellout crowd.
  Embiid, though, steadied the 76ers with
  
  Read more

• Spring Fling market happens Saturday, Sunday in Chilliwack

  01-04-2023 02:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Over 80 vendors and a host of activities, coupled with free admission, are sure to appeal to families when the Chilliwack Landing Sports Centre on Spadina Avenue hosts the “Spring Fling & Easter Things” event all weekend.
  The “Spring Fling & Easter Things” event happens Saturday and Sunday, April 1-2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Chilliwack Landing Sports Centre, 45530 Spadina Avenue.Admission is free, and the Easter bunny will be on scene from
  
  Read more

• Vancouver Police nab arson suspect for lighting four fires in downtown core

  01-04-2023 02:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A 51-year-old man has been charged with four counts of arson causing property damage and remanded into custody after he allegedly lit fires in the downtown Vancouver core earlier this week.In a statement from the Vancouver PD Friday, Curtis Rabochenko, 51, has been charged with four counts of arson causing damage to property.
  Charges against the suspected arsonist were approved following a Vancouver Police investigation into a series of fires that were deliberately set earlier
  
  Read more

• Former premier John Horgan officially resigns B.C. seat of Langford-Juan de Fuca

  01-04-2023 01:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Former premier John Horgan has officially resigned his Victoria-area seat in the British Columbia legislature.
  The Office of the Speaker says in a social media post Horgan formally stepped down as member for Langford-Juan de Fuca in writing on Friday.
  Horgan, who has twice battled cancer, said last month he was speeding up his retirement plans after announcing last June that health reasons were forcing him to end a 30-year political career.
  That included five years as premier, e
  
  Read more

• LETTER: B.C. agriculture minister is not helping flood victims - Chilliwack Progress

  01-04-2023 01:30 via news.google.com
  
  LETTER: B.C. agriculture minister is not helping flood victims  Chilliwack Progress
  
  Read more

• Rodgers moves into 3-shot lead over Canadian Conners at Valero Texas Open

  01-04-2023 01:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Patrick Rodgers took a step toward his first PGA Tour victory — and his first Masters appearance — on Friday, shooting a 5-under 67 to take a three-stroke lead midway through the second round of the weather-delayed Valero Texas Open.
  Rodgers, who finished his opening-round 66 on Friday morning, birdied four of the final five holes in his second round at TPC San Antonio to post 11-under 133.
  “It’s something I’ve always dreamt of,” said
  
  Read more

• Hit TV series ‘The Last of Us’ to film Season 2 in Vancouver, mayor says

  01-04-2023 01:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim says he’s looking forward to seeing a post-apocalyptic version of city hall after announcing that hit HBO TV series “The Last of Us” will film Season 2 in the city, moving from Alberta.
  Sim says the filming will provide Vancouver with more “swagger,” as well as hundreds of jobs and significant contributions to the local economy.
  Sim told a news conference that he and Vancouver film commissioner Geoff Teoli were in Los Angeles a few weeks ago
  
  Read more

• McIntosh breaks world junior, national records in 200-metre butterfly at swim trials

  01-04-2023 01:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Summer McIntosh broke another of her world junior and national records in winning the women’s 200-metre butterfly on Friday at the Canadian swimming trials.The Toronto native finished with a time of two minutes 4.70 seconds. Her previous record was 2:05.05.
  McIntosh’s performance only added to what’s already been an eye-opening trials entering Friday.
  The 16-year-old set the world record in the 400 freestyle on Tuesday, clocking in at 3:56.08.
  McIntosh followed
  
  Read more

• New downtown parking lot proposed by Chilliwack officials in wake ... - Chilliwack Progress

  01-04-2023 00:30 via news.google.com
  
  New downtown parking lot proposed by Chilliwack officials in wake ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
  Read more

• LETTER: Tolerance needed on all sides of school board issues - Chilliwack Progress

  01-04-2023 00:30 via news.google.com
  
  LETTER: Tolerance needed on all sides of school board issues  Chilliwack Progress
  
  Read more

• BC Ferry commissioner OKs annual fare hike of 9.2%, minister says it will be 3%

  01-04-2023 00:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The British Columbia Ferry Commission has set a price cap on ferry fare increases of 9.2 per cent for each of the next four years. 
  However, both the transportation minister and BC Ferries say the commissioner didn’t factor in the recent $500-million provincial government contribution meant to keep rates more affordable. 
  Commissioner Eva Hage says in a statement that her preliminary decision considers BC Ferries’ labour difficulties, high inflation includi
  
  Read more

• Alberta premier’s phone call to accused raises questions about court case

  01-04-2023 00:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — A phone call between Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and a Calgary pastor where they discussed his criminal trial raises questions about whether she has compromised the case, the Opposition NDP said Friday. 
  Smith is heard on a leaked cellphone video telling Artur Pawlowski that charges such as those he was facing were politically motivated. 
  “I think it actually probably compromises the case itself,” said NDP Leader Rachel Notley, who is also a lawyer. &ldq
  
  Read more

• MP Han Dong serves Global News with libel notice over foreign interference report

  01-04-2023 00:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A lawyer for Han Dong has served Global News and its parent company Corus Entertainment with a libel notice after the media outlet published an allegation the Toronto MP spoke to a Chinese diplomat about delaying the release of two Canadians.
  Lawyer Mark Polley says he is demanding that Global News make a “full apology and retraction” for publishing what he describes as “false, malicious, irresponsible and defamatory statements” about Dong, now an Independe
  
  Read more

Follow @NewsChilliwack on Twitter!