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• B.C. Court of Appeal quashes conviction of babysitter in toddler’s drowning

  12-04-2023 23:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — An appeal court has quashed the conviction of a British Columbia woman in the drowning death of a toddler she was babysitting, saying the original outcome was “the product of a miscarriage of justice.”
  Tammy Bouvette was originally charged with second-degree murder but pleaded guilty in 2013 to the lesser charge of criminal negligence in the death of 19-month-old Iyanna Teeple in Cranbrook, B.C.
  The toddler was found unconscious and not breathing in a bathtub on May
  
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• Abbotsford Police seize drugs, guns and cash from known offender during traffic stop Tuesday

  12-04-2023 23:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Given the amount of times they patrol neighbourhoods and the faces they encounter, police just seem to know where the trouble spots are in town and the unsavoury individuals who traffic in crime.During routine patrols Tuesday night (Apr. 11) around 7 p.m., Abbotsford Police caught up to a brown Jeep owned by a known offender who left what Sgt. Paul Walker called a “problem residence” near the 32000 block of Mt. Waddington Avenue. Police initiated a traffic stop a s
  
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• Suspect facing more charges stemming from violent Montreal mosque break-in

  12-04-2023 23:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Montreal police say a suspect accused in a violent break-in at a downtown mosque is facing more charges.
  Cory Anderson, 32, is charged with assault with a weapon, unlawful confinement and mischief stemming from an incident early Sunday at the Al-Omah Al-Islamiah mosque.
  A national Muslim group released surveillance videos that appear to show someone trying to strike a young worshipper before using a rock to break through the mosque’s front door and entering the prayer room.
  The Canadian Mu
  
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• ‘Lurking and ready to strike’: Fillier starring for Canada at women’s worlds

  12-04-2023 23:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BRAMPTON, Ont. — Sarah Fillier remembers the first time she walked into Canada’s locker room.
  The 18-year-old did what any fan would do.
  She immediately whipped out her smartphone in front of women’s hockey superstar Marie-Philip Poulin’s empty stall.
  “I took a picture and sent it to my friends,” Fillier, now 22, recalled with a wide smile. “I was like, ‘This is the craziest moment of my life.’ I still get that feeling sometimes. All my frien
  
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• Firearms, drugs and cash seized during traffic stop in Abbotsford - Chilliwack Progress

  12-04-2023 23:41
  
  Firearms, drugs and cash seized during traffic stop in Abbotsford  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Pet arrives home, dog-tired, after Alaskan sea-ice odyssey

  12-04-2023 23:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 1-year-old Australian shepherd took an epic trek across 150 miles (241 kilometers) of frozen Bering Sea ice that included being bitten by a seal or polar bear before he was safely returned to his home in Alaska.
  Mandy Iworrigan, Nanuq’s owner who lives in Gambell, Alaska, and her family were visiting Savoogna, another St. Lawrence Island community in the Bering Strait, last month when Nanuq disappeared with their other family dog, Starlight, the Anchorage D
  
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• ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel and ‘Harry Potter’ series are a go - Chilliwack Progress

  12-04-2023 23:30
  
  ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel and ‘Harry Potter’ series are a go  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Defensive lineman wants to do his part to help Redblacks earn more wins in 2023

  12-04-2023 23:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Lorenzo Mauldin IV has a very tough act to follow this season.
  His own.
  The six-foot-four, 259-pound Sacramento, Calif., native was a bright spot last year for the Ottawa Redblacks (4-14). He posted a CFL-high 17 sacks, becoming the first Ottawa player to lead the league in sacks since Angelo Snipes (20 in ’92).
  Mauldin also had 43 tackles and two forced fumbles en route to being named the CFL’s top defensive player. Heady stuff considering the defensive lineman had 13 tackles and fo
  
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• Engineering firm fined $1M over B.C. spill linked to 85 trout deaths

  12-04-2023 23:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A British Columbia court has ordered an international engineering firm to pay a $1-million fine for releasing a harmful substance that flowed into a Metro Vancouver creek, after an investigation into the deaths of dozens of fish.
  A statement from Environment and Climate Change Canada says Keller Foundations Ltd. was ordered to pay the penalty last month, after the company pleaded guilty in B.C. provincial court to one charge over violations of the federal Fisheries Act. 
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• Canada’s Adam Svensson taken to new heights on PGA Tour thanks to self-discipline

  12-04-2023 22:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Losing his PGA Tour card in 2020 was a wake-up call for Adam Svensson.
  After that disappointing experience the native of Surrey, B.C., realized he had to become a more disciplined golfer, working harder and being more diligent in his preparation. That new approach has paid dividends this season, with Svensson winning on the PGA Tour for the first time and rocketing up the FedEx Cup standings.
  “There’s a fear that I have of, you know, what would I do if I didn’t play golf?&rdquo
  
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• Canadian parliamentarians visit Taiwan in united show of support against China

  12-04-2023 22:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A delegation of senior parliamentarians from all four of Canada’s main federal parties is in Taiwan this week to show support for the island as it faces the threat of a Chinese invasion.
  Led by Liberal MP John McKay in his role as chair of the House of Commons defence committee, the delegation includes members of Parliament from the Conservatives, Bloc Québécois and NDP.
  In an interview, McKay said Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen expressed gratitude for the vi
  
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• Juror: Texas governor’s rush to pardon shooter a ‘travesty’

  12-04-2023 22:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An alternate juror in the trial of a U.S. Army sergeant convicted of murder said Wednesday that Gov. Greg Abbott’s rush for a pardon is an “egregious overreach” to wipe aside the jury’s unanimous decision over a 2020 shooting during a Black Lives Matter protest.In an interview with The Associated Press, Jere Dowell said prosecutors put on a convincing case against Daniel Perry, who at the time of the shooting was working as a ride-share driver i
  
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• Conservatives ask Twitter to label CBC accounts as ‘government ... - Chilliwack Progress

  12-04-2023 22:30
  
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• Canadian singer Celine Dion announces new music is coming on ... - Chilliwack Progress

  12-04-2023 22:30
  
  Canadian singer Celine Dion announces new music is coming on ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Man arrested after SkyTrain passengers assaulted, police officer ... - Chilliwack Progress

  12-04-2023 22:15
  
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• Aide: Jailed Russian opposition leader ill, perhaps poisoned

  12-04-2023 22:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is in failing health because of a new suspected poisoning and is back in a punishment cell after a few days in regular confinement, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.
  Anna Veduta, a Washington, DC-based vice president of Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation, told The Associated Press the 46-year-old Navalny fell ill last Friday when he was let out of the punishment cell and put in a conventional cell. He had lost about 18 p
  
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• City of Toronto, MLSE draft deal protecting company from 2026 World Cup losses

  12-04-2023 21:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The City of Toronto and Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment have drafted an agreement detailing their proposed partnership surrounding the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which aims to shield the company from suffering any losses related to matches in Toronto.  
  Canada is co-hosting the tournament along with Mexico and the United States. In June, Toronto was named as one of the host cities.  
  The city’s Feb. 10 letter of intent addressed to MLSE states that the company will
  
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• B.C. creates enforcement teams in 12 communities to tackle repeat violent offenders

  12-04-2023 21:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NANAIMO, B.C. — Teams of police, prosecutors and probation officers are being enlisted to tackle repeat violent offenders in a dozen British Columbia communities.
  Premier David Eby says the government will create 12 law enforcement hubs in communities across the province from Nanaimo to Terrace dedicated to enforcement and investigation.
  He says the new regional hubs are part of the government’s Repeat Violent Offending Intervention Initiative and will help prosecutors, police and co
  
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• Teacher’s pest: NYC hires former educator to slaughter rats

  12-04-2023 21:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Every New York City mayor has waged war — and mostly lost — against one of humanity’s most cunning and enduring foe: rattus norvegicus. But has the city’s vilest enemy, better known as the common brown rat, finally met its match?Mayor Eric Adams introduced a former elementary school teacher and anti-rat activist as his new “rat czar” on Wednesday. Officially, Kathleen Corradi, the mayor’s new hire, will be known as the director of r
  
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• AbbyPD arrests man, 38, for robbing a 62-year-old woman at her home

  12-04-2023 21:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Major Crime detectives with the Abbotsford Police Department have arrested a 38-year-old man for his alleged role in the robbery of a 62-year-old woman at her Ross Road home earlier this month.
  Abbotsford PD patrol officers were dispatched to a home in the 300 block of Ross Road on Saturday, April 1 at 8:06 p.m. A 62-year-old female victim reported being robbed by five unknown males who were wearing face masks while outside on her property.According to a Wednesday press releas
  
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• Space race! Meteorites hit Maine, museum offers $25K reward

  12-04-2023 21:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Somewhere in a remote stretch of forest near Maine’s border with Canada, rocks from space crashed to Earth and may be scattered across the ground — just waiting to be picked up.
  If you’re the first person to find a big one, a museum says it’ll pay out a $25,000 reward.The unusually bright fireball could be seen in broad daylight around noon Saturday, said Darryl Pitt, chair of the meteorite division at the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum in Bethe
  
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• BREAKING: 1 dead, 3 injured in avalanche in northwestern B.C. - Chilliwack Progress

  12-04-2023 21:22
  
  BREAKING: 1 dead, 3 injured in avalanche in northwestern B.C.  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• 911 calls show chaotic moments during Kentucky bank shooting

  12-04-2023 21:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Frantic calls from witnesses reporting a mass shooting at a Louisville bank were released Wednesday by police — including from a woman who was on a virtual meeting and saw the shooter, as well as one from the man’s mother, who told a 911 operator that her son “currently has a gun and is heading toward” the bank.
  “I need your help. He’s never hurt anyone, he’s a good kid,” said the woman, who identified herself as the gu
  
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• Saskatchewan Roughriders sign Canadian receiver Schaffer-Baker to two-year extension

  12-04-2023 21:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed Canadian receiver Kian Schaffer-Baker to a two-year contract extension through the 2025 season on Wednesday.
  Schaffer-Baker, of Mississauga, Ont., broke out as a sophomore last season with career-highs in receptions (68), receiving yards (960) and touchdowns (five). He ranked second among all Canadian wideouts in receiving yards.
  The six-foot-four, 205-pound Schaffer-Baker also ranked 11th in the CFL with 412 yards gained after catch.
  The 24-yea
  
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• Chilliwack Tulip Festival opens next week

  12-04-2023 21:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A cornucopia of spring colour will summon thousands of visitors to the fields of Chilliwack when the 17th annual Chilliwack Tulip Festival returns for its opening day on Wednesday, April 19.Founded in 2006, the event was the first of its kind locally and a pioneer in promoting agritourism and the Fraser Valley’s integral role in BC farming, according to a press release from the festival.
  The flower farm experience invites guests to smell, admire and photograph a vibrant
  
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• UPDATE: Lunchtime rally in Chilliwack saw striking transit drivers ... - Hope Standard

  12-04-2023 21:04
  
  UPDATE: Lunchtime rally in Chilliwack saw striking transit drivers ...  Hope Standard
  
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• UPDATE: Lunchtime rally in Chilliwack saw striking transit drivers ... - Chilliwack Progress

  12-04-2023 21:04
  
  UPDATE: Lunchtime rally in Chilliwack saw striking transit drivers ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Expelled Black lawmaker Pearson to return to Tennessee House

  12-04-2023 20:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — One of two Black Democrats expelled from the Republican-led Tennessee House will return to the Legislature after a Memphis commission voted to reinstate him Wednesday, nearly a week after his banishment for supporting gun control protesters propelled him into the national spotlight.
  The Shelby County Board of Commissioners voted 7-0 to reinstate Justin Pearson as a state representative.
  “I will continue to fight with and for our people, whether in or out of offi
  
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• Former players Arthur, Bucknor among participants in Diversity in Football Program

  12-04-2023 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Former CFL players Jabari Arthur and Matt Bucknor will be among nine participants in the league’s Diversity in Football Program.
  The nine participants will join a CFL team’s football operations department to acquire work experience over four weeks. The program includes taking part in training camps from May 14 to June 3.
  Arthur, 40, of Montreal, is currently the offensive co-ordinator at the University of Calgary. Arthur was a receiver in the CFL with the Stampeders (
  
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• CF Montreal trades Canadian Miller, $1.3 million to Inter Miami for Duke, Lassiter

  12-04-2023 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — CF Montreal traded Canadian international Kamal Miller and $1.3 million in general allocation money in 2023 to Inter Miami for midfielder Bryce Duke and winger Ariel Lassiter on Wednesday.
  Miller, a defender with 32 senior men’s appearances for Canada, played in 60 regular season games for Montreal over three seasons, contributing three goals, six assists and 11 clean sheets.
  The 25-year-old from Scarborough, Ont., made Canada’s starting XI for all three games at the
  
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• Sardis Secondary to undergo $40 million expansion of 400 seats

  12-04-2023 20:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — B.C. Education Minister Rachna Singh visited Sardis Secondary Wednesday (Apr. 12) to announce a $40 million expansion that will see a 400-seat, two-storey addition to the school and an increased capacity to 1,600 seats.“Students deserve engaging, supportive learning environments that help them thrive and reach their full potential,” said Rachna Singh, Minister of Education and Child Care. “We’re making investments in Chilliwack and other fast-growing co
  
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• New dental care program should give First Nations benefits more teeth: NDP

  12-04-2023 20:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — NDP health critic Don Davies says dental benefits for Indigenous people should be improved if the new national dental insurance plan offers better or more accessible services.
  The Liberals have dedicated $13 billion over the next five years to phase in a new dental insurance program for low- and middle-income Canadians as part of a confidence-and-supply agreement with the NDP.
  The government already provides dental benefits as part of a federal health-insurance plan for people wit
  
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• Beware risk of ‘mutually sabotaging competition’ on corporate subsidies: Freeland

  12-04-2023 20:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is warning of the dangers of a global “race to the bottom” as government spending fuels the growth of the new green economy. 
  Freeland issued the “polite reminder” today during a speech hosted by the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, D.C. 
  She prefaced her warning by heaping praise on the Biden administration and its “transformative” Inflation Reduction Act, a climate s
  
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• Prairie premiers’ fears about Lametti comments have ‘no grounding in truth’: Trudeau

  12-04-2023 19:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing Prairie premiers of distorting the words of his justice minister after comments David Lametti made at a meeting of Assembly of First Nations chiefs last week.
  Lametti told the meeting he would commit to “looking at” federal-provincial natural resource transfer agreements, after some chiefs called for Ottawa to repeal the law that gives the four western provinces control over resource development.The premiers of Alberta, Saskatc
  
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• Folk-blues musician Kimberley MacGregor takes Chilliwack stage ... - Chilliwack Progress

  12-04-2023 19:52
  
  Folk-blues musician Kimberley MacGregor takes Chilliwack stage ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Proposed 2 new Chilliwack ridings could have dramatically different ... - Hope Standard

  12-04-2023 19:46
  
  Proposed 2 new Chilliwack ridings could have dramatically different ...  Hope Standard
  
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• Proposed 2 new Chilliwack ridings could have dramatically different ... - Chilliwack Progress

  12-04-2023 19:46
  
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• Hope resident, residential school survivor wins $1 million Lotto 6/49 prize draw

  12-04-2023 19:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — Of all the days to win a lottery prize, it was no prank when Thelma Florence of Hope won the $1 million Lotto 6/49 draw on April Fools’ Day on April 1.In a news release from the B.C. Lottery Corporation, Thelma Florence said her hometown of Hope was buzzing with the news of a local winner. When she checked her winning ticket on the BCLC Lotto app the next morning, she was in utter shock.“I thought, ‘Is this real? Me? Really?’’’ said Florence. &ldq
  
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• Chilliwack Independent Film Festival once again recognized on ... - Hope Standard

  12-04-2023 19:41
  
  Chilliwack Independent Film Festival once again recognized on ...  Hope Standard
  
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• Winnipeg Jets defenceman Neal Pionk fined $5K for cross-checking

  12-04-2023 19:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Winnipeg Jets defenceman Neal Pionk was fined $5,000 on Wednesday for cross-checking Minnesota Wild forward Marcus Johansson.
  The incident occurred at 19:10 of the third period of Tuesday night’s game between the Jets and Wild, when Pionk cross-checked Johansson from behind along the boards. Johansson fell to the ice in noticeable pain and was slow to get up.
  Pionk received a major penalty for his actions.
  The $5,000 fine, the maximum allowable under the NHL’s collec
  
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• Sophomore receiver Tyson Philpot sees opportunity to excel in 2023 with Alouettes

  12-04-2023 19:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Once again, Tyson Philpot will play football minus a brother.
  The Montreal Alouettes receiver spent his rookie campaign without his twin brother, Jalen, a receiver with the Calgary Stampeders. The two played together at the University of Calgary.
  This season, Philpot won’t have veteran receiver Eugene Lewis to lean on. The East Division’s outstanding player in 2022 signed with the Edmonton Elks this off-season as a free agent.
  “Yeah, that leadership role from (Lewis) definitely
  
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• How Abbotsford became and remained a jump rope hot spot - Chilliwack Progress

  12-04-2023 19:19
  
  How Abbotsford became and remained a jump rope hot spot  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Teenager dies after being stabbed on transit bus in Surrey, B.C.

  12-04-2023 19:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — RCMP in Surrey, B.C., say a teenager has died from his injuries after he was stabbed while aboard a transit bus in the city.
  Police say it happened just before 9:30 Tuesday night.
  Investigators say the 17-year-old victim and his attacker had some sort of altercation while on the bus, not far from the King George SkyTrain station.
  — More ComingThe Canadian Press
  
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• Chilliwack families will benefit from 400-seat school expansion | BC ... - BC Gov News

  12-04-2023 19:16
  
  Chilliwack families will benefit from 400-seat school expansion | BC ...  BC Gov News
  
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• Canada’s Wickenheiser, Virtue, Hughes among 42 former Olympians banned from Russia

  12-04-2023 19:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Hayley Wickenheiser, Tessa Virtue and Clara Hughes are among dozens of former Canadian Olympians banned from entering Russia for signing a statement encouraging the removal of Russian athletes from next year’s Paris Olympics amid the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
  The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement it was closing its borders to 333 Canadians, most of whom are politicians, in response to the Canadian government periodically imposing sanctions against Russia. 
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• Extended power outages raise questions about resilience of Quebec’s power grid

  12-04-2023 18:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The weeklong power outages across Quebec after the April 5 ice storm are raising questions about the resilience of the province’s electrical grid. 
  François Bouffard, an electrical engineering professor at McGill University, says elected leaders need to consider how to strengthen the grid — and how to pay for doing it.
  Bouffard says many of the areas most affected by outages have power lines in backyards, making electrical wires difficult to access.
  He sa
  
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• Forge FC executive Costa Smyrniotis joins Canadian Premier League front office

  12-04-2023 18:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Costa Smyrniotis, who helped build Forge FC into a championship franchise, is joining the Canadian Premier League as executive vice-president, soccer.
  Smyrniotis, who served as director of football and business at Forge, and his brother Bobby Smyrniotis, Forge’s head coach and technical director, built the CPL club from the ground up.
  Forge won the CPL championship in 2019, ’20 and ’22 and was runner-up to Pacific FC in 2021. Forge was the first CPL team to reac
  
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• Round 2 Preview – Chiefs vs Clippers

  12-04-2023 18:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Chilliwack Chiefs are on to round two of the Shaw BCHL Playoffs after kicking off their Easter weekend with a massive 6-5 win in overtime against the Express in Coquitlam to clinch the series on Friday. The Chiefs won the series four games to one against a team they struggled with during the regular season.“We are proud of how our players trusted our coaching staff. As a staff, we came up with a game plan on how to beat Coquitlam after going through our previous games against them, hav
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: NDP housing figures fail to reflect reality

  12-04-2023 18:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  For six years, this NDP government has been promising to build the housing people in B.C. desperately need. Not only did they commit to construct more units, but they also promised to address the housing crisis and deliver affordability.Unfortunately, we have watched prices skyrocket and people pushed out of the communities in which they grew up — simply because they cannot afford to live in their hometowns anymore.Recognizing their failure to deliver on housing, the NDP government, led by
  
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• Brittney Griner working on memoir about Russian captivity - Chilliwack Progress

  12-04-2023 18:30
  
  Brittney Griner working on memoir about Russian captivity  Chilliwack Progress
  
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