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• Suspect in throat slashing on Surrey bus faces four terrorism charges

  03-04-2023 23:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — A suspect accused of slashing a person’s throat on a bus in Surrey, B.C., over the weekend has been charged with four terrorism-related offences in the attack, which left a man with life-threatening injuries.
  Court documents show that Abdul Aziz Kawam, born in 1995, faces four counts of committing an offence “for the benefit of a terrorist group” linked to the attack on Saturday.
  The terror charges carry a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
  Kawam, who wa
  
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• Suspect in throat slashing on Surrey, B.C., bus faces four terrorism charges

  03-04-2023 23:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — A suspect accused of slashing a person’s throat on a bus in Surrey, B.C., over the weekend has been charged with four terrorism-related offences in the attack, which left a man with life-threatening injuries.
  Court documents show that Abdul Aziz Kawam, born in 1995, faces four counts of committing an offence “for the benefit of a terrorist group” linked to the attack on Saturday.
  The terror charges carry a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
  Kawam, who wa
  
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• ‘How Can They Cripple The City This Way?’ Chilliwack Senior Asks ... - Abbotsford News

  03-04-2023 23:45 via news.google.com
  
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• Governor General wants Indigenous leaders to meet King Charles to ‘reset’ ties: AFN

  03-04-2023 23:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald says the Governor General wants Indigenous leaders to meet with King Charles to reset their relationship with the Crown. 
  Archibald spoke of Mary Simon’s plans in a speech to chiefs gathered today for a special assembly in Ottawa.  
  The national chief says she has been working to bring her message about the needs of First Nations to the international stage. 
  Archibald says she frequently meets with Si
  
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• Winnipeg Jets to wear rainbow-themed warm-up jerseys for annual Pride night

  03-04-2023 23:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets will wear rainbow-themed warm-up jerseys for their annual Pride night celebration when they host the Calgary Flames on Wednesday.
  The jersey features the Jets logo in rainbow colours, multicoloured numbers and “Hockey Is For Everyone” patches on the shoulders. Players will also use sticks with rainbow-coloured hockey tape during warm-up.
  Both the jerseys and sticks will be auctioned off during Pride month in June, with proceeds going to the You Can
  
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• Canada’s Gushue defeats Japan’s Yanagisawa at world men’s curling championship

  03-04-2023 23:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s Brad Gushue defeated Japan’s Riku Yanagisawa 6-3 on Monday afternoon at the world men’s curling championship.
  Gushue made a tap for two points in the third end and added another deuce in the seventh end. Japan forced Canada to a single in the ninth but was run out of rocks in the 10th.
  The Canadian side of Gushue, Mark Nichols, E.J. Harnden and Geoff Walker improved to 3-2 after splitting their games over the opening weekend at TD Place.
  Canada will next
  
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• Vancouver Whitecaps forward Simon Becher named MLS player of the matchday

  03-04-2023 22:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Vancouver Whitecaps forward Simon Becher has been named the Major League Soccer player of the matchday.
  Becher, 23, scored two goals and added an assist in his first MLS start in Vancouver’s 5-0 rout of CF Montreal last Saturday.
  With the two goals, Becher also became the fastest player in MLS history to record four goals to start his career — doing so in just 87 minutes of play.
  Becher leads the Whitecaps in goals this season with four across all competitions.
  He’s the first W
  
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• Golf Canada launches National Golf League for recreational players

  03-04-2023 22:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Golf Canada has a two-prong plan to make golf more enjoyable for recreational players.
  The national sports body announced its National Golf League on Monday, a countrywide network of existing recreational golf leagues meant to enhance the league experience for participants. On top of that, the NGL will generate charitable support for First Tee Canada, a youth development organization that introduces the game of golf and its values to children and teens. 
  “We think that given the signi
  
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• Vancouver Whitecaps forward Simon Becher named MLS player of ... - Chilliwack Progress

  03-04-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Trump returns to New York to face charges in criminal probe - Chilliwack Progress

  03-04-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Snoop Dogg steps in at last second during WrestleMania - Chilliwack Progress

  03-04-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Abortion clinic ban in Utah challenged by lawsuit

  03-04-2023 22:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Planned Parenthood and ACLU of Utah filed a lawsuit Monday challenging a new Utah law that would ban abortion clinics in the deeply conservative state.
  The law signed by Republican Gov. Spencer Cox last month would take effect May 3, at which time abortion clinics will not be able to apply to be licensed. It institutes a full ban Jan. 1, 2024.In addition to banning abortion clinics from operating, the law also clarifies the definition of abortion to address liability
  
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• UFV men’s soccer team adds eight recruits - Chilliwack Progress

  03-04-2023 22:20 via news.google.com
  
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• Alberta premier says she will no longer comment on Crown prosecutor controversy

  03-04-2023 22:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she will no longer speak about her involvement in how COVID-19 court cases are being prosecuted.
  Smith has told a news conference that her government is considering launching a defamation lawsuit and because of that she has been advised by counsel to not comment. 
  Smith did not specify who she might be suing but has asked for an apology from the CBC for its coverage, while the CBC has said it stands by its reporting.
  The news conference wa
  
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• Fire alarm blamed for 10 minutes of beeping during remote Blue Jays radio broadcast

  03-04-2023 22:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A fire alarm was to blame for 10 minutes of beeping noises that could be heard during Sportsnet’s remote call of the Toronto Blue Jays-St. Louis Cardinals radio broadcast over the weekend.
  Blue Jays voice Ben Wagner, who describes the action by watching TV screens when the team is on the road, paused briefly when the alarm started before resuming his call.
  “We had a fire alarm at the studio,” Jason Jackson, Rogers Sports & Media’s senior manager of communications, sai
  
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• Ottawa may have to adjust future help for Ukrainian refugees: immigration minister

  03-04-2023 22:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Canada may have to consider updating future supports for Ukrainians seeking refuge from war, federal Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said Monday.
  “I’ve been hearing from provinces and from municipalities across the country who have seen large numbers of people arrive that they are struggling to keep up,” Fraser told a news conference in Calgary.
  “It’s something we’re going to have to better understand before we develop the next steps in suppor
  
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• VIDEO: Premier takes walking tour of small businesses - Chilliwack Progress

  03-04-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Olympian, former Canada basketball player Greg Francis dead at 48

  03-04-2023 21:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Former Canadian men’s basketball national team member and Olympian Greg Francis has died at the age of 48.Canada Basketball confirmed the news on Monday.
  Francis competed for Canada at both the 1998 FIBA men’s world championship and 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
  Following his playing career, the Toronto native moved into coaching. He served as the men’s basketball head coach for the University of Alberta Golden Bears (2009-12), University of Waterloo Warriors (2013
  
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• Veto stands: Transgender pronouns OK in North Dakota schools

  03-04-2023 21:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Teachers in North Dakota can still refer to transgender students by the personal pronouns they use, after lawmakers on Monday failed to override the governor’s veto of a controversial bill to place restrictions on educators.
  House lawmakers fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to block the veto. This happened days after Republican Gov. Doug Burgum’s office announced the veto and the Senate overrode it.
  The bill would have prohibited public school teachers and employees from a
  
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• Autopsy finds cause of death for Irvo Otieno was asphyxia

  03-04-2023 21:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Irvo Otieno, a 28-year-old Black man whose death last month at a Virginia mental hospital has led to second-degree murder charges against 10 deputies and hospital employees, died of “positional and mechanical asphyxia with restraints,” a medical examiner’s office said Monday.Arkuie Williams, the administrative deputy in the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, confirmed the findings to The Associated Press after attorneys for Otieno’s fam
  
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• Maine ice disk on frozen lake measures 541 meters across

  03-04-2023 21:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADAWASKA, Maine (AP) — Volunteers cut a big ol’ circle in a frozen lake and set it in motion, reclaiming a world record in a category that few people know exists: The biggest ice carousel.
  With a diameter of 1,776 feet — or 541 meters — the giant piece of ice estimated at 146,000 tons moved slowly like a Lazy Susan to hoots, hollers and high fives on Saturday.
  Northern Maine Ice Busters had to cut through ice nearly 30 inches thick on a path painstakingly measured by sur
  
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• Downtown Vancouver office vacancy breaks 10% for first time since 2004: Avison Young

  03-04-2023 20:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Avison Young says Vancouver’s downtown office vacancy rate has hit 10 per cent for the first time in almost 20 years.
  The real estate firm says the first quarter of this year brought Vancouver’s downtown office vacancy rate to 10.8 per cent, up from 9.6 per cent at the end of 2022.
  The last time that vacancy rate broke the 10 per cent threshold was in the last quarter of 2004.
  Avison Young attributed the increase to more subleased properties being available as compa
  
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• B.C. Lions donate over $300,000 to amateur football in the province

  03-04-2023 20:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The B.C. Lions made a donation of $309,435.07 to amateur football in the province Monday.
  The donation is the result of 50/50 proceeds from last season. The amount is a single-season record for the program.
  “With two guaranteed draws and a home playoff game, the 2022 B.C. Lions 50/50 draw was a great success,” said Jamie Taras, the Lions director of community partnerships. “The Lions organization is proud of our continued commitment to grow football at all lev
  
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• B.C. to spend billions on plan to build more homes to ease housing crisis

  03-04-2023 20:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has introduced a multibillion-dollar plan to construct more homes as quickly as possible in an attempt to build its way out of the housing crisis. 
  The so-called Homes for People plan starts with a $4-billion investment over three years and commits to $12 billion over a decade with incentives to build, laws to curb speculation and financial help for renters and homeowners. 
  This is in addition to the plan the NDP government introduced in
  
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• AFN says it secured extra $3 billion from Ottawa for child-welfare compensation

  03-04-2023 20:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Assembly of First Nations says it has secured an extra $3 billion from the federal government in a historic child-welfare compensation case. 
  The assembly, along with the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, announced the money today as part of a revised compensation package now totalling $23 billion, which it plans to present to chiefs gathered this week in Ottawa. 
  Last year the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal rejected the $20-billion compensation package
  
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• Trudeau says orderly immigration system is needed, after deaths of eight migrants

  03-04-2023 20:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is reiterating the importance of an orderly immigration system as police investigate the deaths of eight migrants, including two children, in the Mohawk Territory of Akwesasne last week.Last month, Canada negotiated a deal with the United States to turn away asylum seekers at unofficial border crossings like Roxham Road, closing a long-standing loophole in the Safe Third Country Agreement.
  Migrant advocates have warned the new rules would push people
  
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• Cyle Larin, Vanessa Gilles named Canada Soccer’s players of the month for March

  03-04-2023 20:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Forward Cyle Larin and defender Vanessa Gilles have been named Canada Soccer’s players of the month for March.
  Larin scored three goals in two games for Canada while Gilles helped Olympique Lyonnais advance to the Coupe de France Féminine Finals.
  Larin scored once against Curaçao and twice against Honduras in CONCACAF Nations League wins, upping his Canadian men’s record goal title to 28. The 27-year-old from Brampton, Ont., also scored four goals in three games for Spa
  
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• Angela James among three new Hockey Canada Foundation board of directors members

  03-04-2023 20:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The Hockey Canada Foundation has brought on three new members to its board of directors.
  Women’s hockey great and Hall of Famer Angela James, Steven Albiani and Brad Morris were appointed, the organization announced Monday.
  James led Canada to four world championship titles (1990, 1992, 1994, 1997). She was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2010, appointed to the Order of Hockey in Canada in 2021 and made an officer of the Order of Canada in 2022.The Toronto native i
  
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• UBC encourages students to uninstall TikTok app, citing ‘unproven’ security risks

  03-04-2023 20:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The University of British Columbia is encouraging students to uninstall the TikTok app from their mobile phones, citing concerns about data sharing with the social media platform’s Chinese parent company.
  Instead, the school recommends students use a web browser to access TikTok content.
  The school says in a statement issued last week that the app is one of UBC’s fastest-growing social media platforms, used by students, staff and faculty for entertainment, research,
  
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• Vasilevskiy, Draisaitl, Pastrnak named NHL three stars of the week

  03-04-2023 19:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy, Edmonton Oilers centre Leon Draisaitl and Boston Bruins winger David Pastrnak are the NHL’s three stars of the week.
  Vasilevskiy posted a 3-0-0 record with two shutouts and a .990 save percentage after stopping 99 of the 100 shots he faced.
  The 2021 Conn Smythe trophy winner is tied for fifth in the league with a .918 save percentage this season.
  Draisaitl shared the league lead with five goals and eight points as the Oilers went 4-0-0 and cli
  
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• Muslim charity alleges systemic bias in bid to halt revenue agency’s ‘tainted’ audit

  03-04-2023 19:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A grassroots Muslim charity is pointing to internal Canada Revenue Agency documents in a bid to persuade an Ontario court that a long-running federal audit is fundamentally tainted by systemic bias and Islamophobia.
  The Muslim Association of Canada wants the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to halt the revenue agency’s audit of the association on the grounds it violates Charter of Rights guarantees of equality and freedom of religion, expression and association.
  Lawyers for
  
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• Red dress sculpture honouring MMIWG damaged by vandals on ... - Chilliwack Progress

  03-04-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
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• New this week: Brooke Shields, ‘Grease’ prequel and NF album - Chilliwack Progress

  03-04-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Egyptian asylum seekers decry ‘Islamophobia’ by Canada’s border agency

  03-04-2023 19:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Attia Elserfy was expecting a second lease on life when he escaped Egypt with his family, landing in Vancouver in October 2018.
  But the Elserfys say their lives are in limbo because the Canada Border Services Agency challenged both Attia and his wife’s admissibility as refugees over their ties to a political party outlawed by the Egyptian government.
  The Elserfys took part in a hearing in November 2021, but have not heard from immigration officials since, unable to work,
  
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• First Nations police services say Ottawa’s underfunding amounts to discrimination

  03-04-2023 19:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Nine First Nations police services say Ottawa’s “deliberate and wilful underfunding” of policing in their communities amounts to discrimination. 
  The services, represented by the Indigenous Police Chiefs of Ontario, recently launched a complaint over the matter with Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. 
  The complaint, filed last week and first reported by the Globe and Mail newspaper, details its concerns with the First Nations Inuit Policing Program, which
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs captain Abram Wiebe a finalist for BCHL D-man of ... - Hope Standard

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• Chilliwack Chiefs captain Abram Wiebe a finalist for BCHL D-man of ... - Agassiz Harrison Observer

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• Trump heads to NY amid tight security ahead of his surrender

  03-04-2023 19:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump boarded his private plane Monday and flew from Florida towardNew York ahead of his expected booking and arraignment, as the nation’s largest city bolstered security and warned potential agitators that it is “not a playground for your misplaced anger.”
  Trump’s ground journey from his Mar-a-Lago club to his red, white and blue Boeing 757, emblazoned with “TRUMP” in gold letters was carried live on
  
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• Teenage Canadian forward Amanda Allen signs with NWSL’s Orlando Pride

  03-04-2023 19:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Amanda Allen has always dreamed of playing soccer professionally. And the teenager isn’t wasting any time making it a reality.
  The forward from Mississauga, Ont., who turned 18 on Feb. 21, has signed a three-year contract with the Orlando Pride of the National Women’s Soccer League.
  “I really did just want to get going,” said Allen. “I’ve been wanting to go pro since I was young … It was a pretty difficult decision, yes, but I think I made the right one
  
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• Supply chain shortage impacts Calgary and Cranbrook food banks - Chilliwack Progress

  03-04-2023 18:50 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs add forward Tyler Pretty and defenceman Zach ... - Agassiz Harrison Observer

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• Atlantic hydrogen projects tracking well for 2025 production start: Wilkinson

  03-04-2023 18:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says he expects to know the final investment decisions on at least two new hydrogen projects in Atlantic Canada before the end of the year.
  However Wilkinson says there are still a lot of financial uncertainties, and a lot depends on new government supports.
  Canada and Germany signed a pact last August to create a new hydrogen supply chain from by 2025.
  Wilkinson says progress has been steady in the last seven months and he believes th
  
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• EU disinformation head: Canada can counter interference by boosting media literacy

  03-04-2023 18:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The European Union’s head of combating foreign interference in communications says allegations that Beijing is meddling in Canada’s elections can be an opportunity to improve the public’s understanding of disinformation.
  Lutz Guellner, who leads the EU foreign ministry’s work on strategic communications, was visiting Ottawa last week as part of collaboration on a G7 working group that tries to counter threats to democracy.
  Guellner says the Europeans are tr
  
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• NASA’s 1st moon crew in 50 years includes 1 woman, 3 men

  03-04-2023 18:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NASA on Monday named the four astronauts who will fly to the moon by the end of next year, including one woman and three men.
  The three Americans and one Canadian were introduced during a ceremony in Houston, home to the nation’s astronauts as well as Mission Control.
  “This is humanity’s crew,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
  The four astronauts will be the first to fly NASA’s Orion capsule, launching atop a Space Launch System rocket from Kennedy Space Center
  
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• It’s been a busy opening year for Ontario’s fledgling sports-betting industry

  03-04-2023 18:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The first year of legal single-game sports betting in Ontario has been a whirlwind for NorthStar Gaming CEO Michael Moskowitz.
  The province’s fledgling market celebrates its first anniversary Tuesday. Northstar Gaming became a legal operator in May and it’s been full speed ahead ever since.
  “It’s hard to believe it’s been a year,” said Moskowitz, also a founding partner of the company. “It’s incredible how fast this market has expan
  
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• Canada first to develop medical standards to keep kids from suffering pain in silence

  03-04-2023 18:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Health Standards Organization has released a new set of guidelines to help hospital workers manage children’s pain — particularly for those who can’t communicate when they’re hurt.
  It’s the first national standard in the world focused on pediatric pain. 
  Emergency physician and pediatric pain researcher Dr. Samina Ali says for a long time, doctors believed young children’s nervous systems were so underdeveloped they couldn’t feel
  
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• Langley parents want answers after death of son in UBC dorm - Chilliwack Progress

  03-04-2023 18:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Canadiens centre Sean Monahan undergoes season-ending groin surgery

  03-04-2023 17:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens announced Monday that veteran centre Sean Monahan has undergone season-ending groin surgery.
  Monahan of Brampton, Ont., has not played since Dec. 5.
  The 28-year-old pending unrestricted free agent had six goals and 11 assists in 25 games with the Canadiens this season after Montreal acquired him from the Calgary Flames last off-season.
  The Canadiens also announced forward Alex Belzile will miss the remainder of the season with a fractured leg.
  Monahan and
  
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• Police probe suspicious deaths north of Montreal of two people who knew each other

  03-04-2023 17:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAINTE-JULIENNE, Que. — Quebec provincial police are investigating after the bodies of two people in their 40s were discovered in separate locations in a community 80 kilometres north of Montreal.
  Police are not releasing details about the relationship between the two victims but say they knew each other and that their deaths are suspicious.
  They say police received a call Friday night from a resident of Ste-Julienne, Que., who expressed concern about a male friend whom they hadn’t h
  
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• QMJHL says it is investigating 1990s sexual hazing allegations

  03-04-2023 17:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League says it is already investigating sexual allegations detailed in an article reported by La Presse on Monday.
  In the article, former player Carl Latulippe described his experience as a rookie who was hazed by veterans with the Chicoutimi Sagueneens during the 1994-95 season.
  Latulippe recounted incidents of veterans using towels wrapped around soap bars to hit rookies, and of veterans allegedly demanding rookies to undress and masturbate on th
  
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