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• UBCM prez warns of 'unintended consequences' from new housing ... - Chilliwack Progress

  03-11-2023 23:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Killer on the loose: Maine mass shooter was alive for most of massive search, autopsy suggests

  03-11-2023 23:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Army reservist who fatally shot 18 people at two locations in Lewiston before disappearing into the night was alive and possibly on the run during a good portion of the huge search that led to community-wide shelter-in-place orders, according to the Maine medical examiner’s office.
  Robert Card died from a self-inflicted gunshot that “likely” happened eight to 12 hours before the discovery of his body, based on a time-of-death analysis. That conc
  
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• Air Canada admits it violated disability regulations in case of B.C. man

  03-11-2023 23:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Air Canada has acknowledged it violated Canadian disability regulations and apologized to a British Columbia man who uses a wheelchair, after he was forced to drag himself off a flight in Las Vegas this summer.
  Prince George resident Rodney Hodgins says he used the strength of his upper body to pull himself down the airplane aisle in August, while his wife, Deanna, held his legs, after no one from the airline’s third-party ground personnel was available to help.
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• Marchers rally in Vancouver to support Drug User Liberation Front - Chilliwack Progress

  03-11-2023 23:11 via news.google.com
  
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• Sidekick Brewing of Chilliwack snags 3rd place in BC Beer Awards - Abbotsford News

  03-11-2023 23:02 via news.google.com
  
  Sidekick Brewing of Chilliwack snags 3rd place in BC Beer Awards  Abbotsford News
  
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• Pushers and flyers: New acrobatic routine gives Canada’s artistic swimmers airtime

  03-11-2023 22:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SANTIAGO, Chile — Raphaelle Plante didn’t have previous experience in gymnastics or diving, but the athlete does both when her Canadian teammates catapult her out of the water and into the air.
  An acrobatic routine making its Olympic debut next year in Paris has been added to artistic swimming’s traditional technical and free routines to inject more wow into the sport.
  “It really draws in the crowd more since we’re throwing people,” Calgary’s Jonnie Newm
  
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• Supporters march in solidarity after arrests of Vancouver safe drug supply advocates

  03-11-2023 22:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Advocates for a safe drug supply gathered in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside to denounce the recent arrests of the founders of the Drug User Liberation Front. 
  The Vancouver Police Department raided the group’s office and arrested its co-founders, Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, last week, saying the organization had publicly admitted to trafficking illegal drugs. 
  Those at the rally and march say the group’s work saved lives by supporting drug users with
  
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• Inmate death reported in Agassiz

  03-11-2023 22:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) is reporting the death of an inmate at theMountain Institution in Agassiz. Darak Andrew More died in custody Wednesday (Nov. 1).More was serving a life sentence with no eligibility for parole until 15 years after entering a guilty plea in the killing of Rob Vicente in 2010 in Saskatchewan. More pleaded guilty to a charge of second-degree murder.
  In a news release, the Correctional Service says the circumstances of More’s death wil
  
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• Canada moves to Pan Continental Curling final in B.C. - Chilliwack Progress

  03-11-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Man grabbed officer’s gun before deadly shooting in Saskatchewan: police watchdog

  03-11-2023 22:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ESTEVAN, Sask. — Saskatchewan’s police watchdog says a 19-year-old man grabbed an officer’s gun while he was getting his arrest photo taken, and an officer was shot and wounded.
  The Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team says another officer then shot the man, who later died.
  Police had responded to a call Wednesday morning and found a woman suffering from serious upper body injuries in a home in Estevan, about 200 kilometres southeast of Regina.
  Karie Ann Guillas, who was
  
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• Vancouver Giants return to Washington State tonight - Chilliwack Progress

  03-11-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
  
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• 81 films from across world at Chilliwack Independent Film Festival - Mission City Record

  03-11-2023 21:51 via news.google.com
  
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• 81 films from across world at Chilliwack Independent Film Festival - Chilliwack Progress

  03-11-2023 21:51 via news.google.com
  
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• 81 films from across world at Chilliwack Independent Film Festival - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  03-11-2023 21:51 via news.google.com
  
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• Familiar foes Alouettes, Ticats ready for ‘cat-and-mouse’ game in East semifinal

  03-11-2023 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes and Hamilton Tiger-Cats should know each other inside and out by now.
  Montreal hosts Hamilton in the CFL East Division semifinal on Saturday at Molson Stadium in a fourth game between the two teams this year — fifth if you include the pre-season. It’s also the third straight year they’ve met at this stage of the playoffs, with Montreal winning at home last time out.
  The Alouettes came out on top on each occasion this season, too. Anticipa
  
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• Canada’s Gushue through to men’s Pan Continental Curling final with win over U.S.

  03-11-2023 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KELOWNA, B.C. — Defending champion Brad Gushue of Canada advanced to the men’s final at the 2023 Pan Continental Curling Championships with an 8-3 win over Andrew Stopera of the United States on Friday.
  Gushue’s team from St. John’s, N.L., broke open a close game with three points in the ninth end and stole two more in the 10th to seal the win.
  Canada will face South Korea for gold on Saturday.
  South Korea’s Team Park defeated Japan’s Riku Yanagisawa 8-7 in th
  
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• Order of Canada drops Turpel-Lafond at her own request - Chilliwack Progress

  03-11-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Minimum child luring sentences unconstitutional says Canada's ... - Chilliwack Progress

  03-11-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
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• RCMP appealing for tips to solve Princeton homicide

  03-11-2023 21:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PRINCETON — the BC RCMP Southeast District Major Crime Unit is leading the investigation into the discovery of a man’s body in a rural area near Princeton this week.
  In a news release, RCMP have identified Joshua James Bronk, a resident of the Princeton area, as the victim of foul play.While investigators believe his death came as a result of a criminal act, they believe the incident was isolated and don’t believe there is an ongoing threat to members of the community.
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• Supreme Court rules mandatory minimum sentences for child luring are unconstitutional

  03-11-2023 21:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s top court has ruled that applying mandatory minimum sentences to the offence of child luring is unconstitutional.
  The Supreme Court of Canada found in a six-to-one decision released today that such sentences violate the Charter-protected right that guards against “cruel and unusual treatment or punishment.”
  A summary of the decision says the court ruled that mandatory minimum sentences for the offence of child luring apply to “an exceptionally wide
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Mary Ellen Turpel-Laford removed from Order of Canada

  03-11-2023 20:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, a high-profile lawyer and child-rights advocate embroiled in a controversy surrounding her claims to Indigeneity, has been removed from the Order of Canada at her own request.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• New emergency legislation for B.C. passes largely along partisan lines - Chilliwack Progress

  03-11-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Ottawa’s Dabrowski, partner Routliffe finish group stage unbeaten at WTA Finals

  03-11-2023 20:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CANCÚN, Mexico — Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand finished the women’s doubles group stage at the WTA Finals with a perfect record after defeating the Czech duo of Katerina Siniakova and Barbora Krejcikova 6-4, 7-5 on Friday.
  The reigning U.S. Open champions took one hour 34 minutes to defeat the reigning Olympic champions, who won this event in 2021.
  Dabrowski picked up a crucial break with the second set tied 5-5 when she fired a ba
  
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• State of local emergency lifts in Harrison Hot Springs as pumps at water plant fixed

  03-11-2023 20:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HARRISON HOT SPRINGS, B.C. — A state of local emergency has lifted in the Village of Harrison Hot Springs, east of Vancouver, just days after it was issued when problems at the local water treatment facility put water availability at risk.
  A statement from Mayor Ed Wood says two pumps are now in full working order at the plant and an external backup pump is also available, if needed.
  The treatment plant relies on three working pumps but Wood said two of the pumps failed on Wednesday.
  Altho
  
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• Virginia teacher shot by 6-year-old can proceed with $40 million lawsuit, judge rules

  03-11-2023 19:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in Virginia can press forward with her $40 million against a school system over claims of negligence by school administrators, a judge ruled Friday.
  The surprise decision by Newport News Circuit Court Judge Matthew Hoffman means that Abby Zwerner could get much more than just workers compensation for the serious injuries caused by January’s classroom shooting.Lawyers for Newport News Public Schools had tried to
  
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• NHL suspension sparks call for gambling as mental health concern

  03-11-2023 19:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Some experts are calling on the NHL to treat gambling as a mental health disorder, rather than a harmless pastime, in the wake of the suspension of Ottawa Senators forward Shane Pinto.
  The NHL suspended Pinto 41 games last week for violating its rules on sports wagering. The league said it has found no evidence the American forward made any bets on its games and considers the matter closed.
  But the issue has raised concerns among researchers about the support provided for young athletes when it
  
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• Fraser Valley property sales and listings continue to decline amid rising interest rates

  03-11-2023 19:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY —The Fraser Valley real estate market witnessed a further slowdown in property sales and new listings as consumers grappled with elevated interest rates in October. The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board (FVREB) reported 970 transactions on its Multiple Listing Service (MLS) for the month, marking a 12 per cent drop from the previous month and continuing a four-month streak of decreasing sales since the peak of 1,935 in June.
  In a news release, the FVREB says new listings also dwindled
  
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• MATCHDAY: ‘Klassiker’ in Germany as Bayern visits Dortmund. Newcastle vs. Arsenal in Premier League

  03-11-2023 19:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Saturday:
  ENGLAND
  Arsenal’s trip to Newcastle in the Premier League should give an indication of which team has taken the biggest step forward since both exceeded expectations last season. Arsenal is back in second place — where it finished the previous campaign — and can provisionally climb above leader Tottenham with a win at St. James’ Park, while Newcastle is already six points outside the top four and can’t
  
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• First Quantum shares stage partial rebound after Panama’s congress backtracks

  03-11-2023 18:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Shares of Vancouver-based mining company First Quantum bounced back almost nine per cent in midday trading Friday after falling by nearly half this week.
  The rally comes after Panama’s National Assembly on Thursday scrapped a provision to revoke a controversial mining contract that had sparked nationwide protests over the past two weeks.
  An indefinite moratorium on new mining activities passed a second vote in the chamber, but not before the article nixing the government&
  
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• Stellar women’s field takes aim at New York City Marathon record on Sunday

  03-11-2023 18:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City Marathon women’s record, which has stood for 20 years, could go down Sunday with one of the strongest fields assembled in the history of the race.
  Reigning champion Sharon Lokedi looks to defend her title against a stellar group of female runners that includes Boston Marathon champion Hellen Obiri, Olympic gold medalist and 2021 New York champion Peres Jepchirchir and former marathon world-record holder Brigid Kosgei.
  “It was very life-changing
  
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• Man killed, 1-year-old boy suffers fatal injuries in Montana shooting, suspects identified

  03-11-2023 17:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A man was shot to death and a 1-year-old boy suffered fatal injuries after gunfire was sprayed into a residence in Montana’s largest city. Several suspects have been identified as the investigation is ongoing, Billings Police said Thursday.
  Wednesday’s shooting, coming just four days after a Rocky Mountain College football player was shot and killed near campus, led police Chief Rich St. John and other officials to hold a news conference to talk about the
  
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• Texas Rangers and their fans celebrate World Series title with parade in Arlington

  03-11-2023 17:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas — Thousands of Texas Rangers fans were already lined up along a 2-mile stretch near the team’s ballpark hours before a parade Friday to celebrate the franchise’s first World Series championship.
  The parade comes two days after the Rangers wrapped up the World Series with a 5-0 win on the road in Game 5 against the Arizona Diamondbacks. It came a week after Texas won the series opener on an 11th-inning homer by Adolis García after Corey Seager hit a two-r
  
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• Swift excitement sweeps B.C. as fans celebrate Taylor's impending ... - Chilliwack Progress

  03-11-2023 17:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Vancouver Whitecaps face elimination in home playoff game against LAFC

  03-11-2023 16:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps say they’ve learned from their mistakes ahead of a do-or-die home playoff game against Los Angeles F.C. on Sunday.
  Head coach Vanni Sartini said his team has analyzed its mistakes in the 5-2 loss against LAFC last week, including allowing Golden Boot Award-winner Dennis Bouanga time and space to bury his chance past goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka.
  “You pay very, very, very immediately for the mistakes you do in the playoffs,” Sartini said. &l
  
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• Ticats to start Matt Shiltz at quarterback versus Alouettes

  03-11-2023 16:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — Veteran Matt Shiltz will start at quarterback for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the East Division semifinal Saturday.
  Shiltz’s name appeared atop the depth chart released Friday by the Ticats.
  Hamilton will visit the Montreal Alouettes in the conference semifinal at Molson Stadium.
  The move wasn’t overly surprising as Shiltz took the bulk of first-team reps during practice Thursday at Tim Hortons Field.
  Bo Levi Mitchell, who started Hamilton’s final three regular-
  
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• Raided B.C. magic mushroom stores quickly reopening for business - Chilliwack Progress

  03-11-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
  Raided B.C. magic mushroom stores quickly reopening for business  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• CP NewsAlert: New Brunswick Premier Higgs says he won’t call an election this year

  03-11-2023 16:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says he won’t call an election this year, ending weeks of speculation that the governing Progressive Conservatives would go to the polls almost a year early.
  The premier had repeatedly said he needed a new mandate to quell the political drama that has gripped the province for months, but he squelched election speculation today, saying there would no vote in 2023.
  In June of this year, two of Higgs’s cabinet ministers quit, citing
  
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• Conservation deal aims to protect 30 per cent of B.C. land by 2030

  03-11-2023 16:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — An environmental agreement to protect 30 per cent of British Columbia’s land by 2030 was signed today between the federal and British Columbia governments and the Indigenous-led First Nations Leadership Council.
  The target of the framework agreement means another 100,000 square kilometres of land must be designated, adding to the 20 per cent of B.C. that’s already protected, the most of any province or territory.
  A federal government statement says it’s the fi
  
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• Woman reported missing in Mission

  03-11-2023 16:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Mission RCMP are seeking the public’s help in locating Yauheniya Lishtvan, a 38-year-old Caucasian woman who was last seen on November 2, 2023.
  Yauheniya Lishtvan, described as 5 feet 7 inches (170cm) tall, weighing 130 lbs (59 kg), with reddish-brown hair and striking green eyes, was last seen wearing a blue sweater, black pants, and a long black jacket. Her friends and family have reported that it is entirely out of character for her to be out of contact for such an exten
  
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• McGill says Quebec tuition hike threatens future of Schulich School of Music

  03-11-2023 16:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — McGill University says Quebec’s $8,000 tuition increase for out-of-province students threatens the future of the renowned Schulich School of Music.
  Principal Deep Saini said Thursday that enrolment of Canadian students from outside Quebec could drop by between 20 and 80 per cent after the new $17,000 tuition takes effect next fall.
  He says such a loss would be “devastating” for the Schulich School, where nearly 40 per cent of students come from other provinces
  
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• Canadian paddlers strike triple gold at Pan American Games

  03-11-2023 16:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SANTIAGO, Chile — Canada’s sprint canoe and kayak team produced five medals, including three gold, on the first day of finals at the Pan American Games.
  Michelle Russell was victorious in women’s 500-metre kayak in the San Pedro de la Paz lagoon southwest of Santiago.
  Alix Plomteux and Craig Spence won the men’s C2 500.Ian Gaudet and Simon McTavish were first in the men’s K2 500.
  Courtney Stott, Natalie Davison, Riley Melanson and Toshka Besharah were silver medalli
  
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• Watson installed as Chief of Abbotsford Police Department

  03-11-2023 16:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Colin Watson has officially taken over as the Chief Constable of the Abbotsford Police Department. Watson was named to the post in August with the retirement of Mike Serr this month.
  In an official ceremony Thursday (Nov. 2) in Abbotsford, Mayor Ross Siemens signed the paperwork to make the change official. In his first speech in the position, the new chief highlighted his commitment to honour the past while working hard in the present, believing it will pave the way to a brig
  
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• Some 65,000 Quebec teachers to begin unlimited general strike Nov. 23

  03-11-2023 16:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec union representing 65,000 elementary and high school teachers is launching an unlimited general strike as of Nov. 23.
  Sixty delegates with the Fédération autonome de l’enseignement — known as the FAE — made the decision Thursday after they voted to reject the province’s latest contract offer.
  In September the union voted for a general strike but didn’t set a date, and its leadership says there are about three weeks left to rea
  
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• UPDATE: 38-year-old woman reported missing found safe - Chilliwack Progress

  03-11-2023 15:32 via news.google.com
  
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• Mission RCMP search for missing 38-year-old woman - Chilliwack Progress

  03-11-2023 15:32 via news.google.com
  
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• US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says ‘we need to do more to protect Palestinian civilians’

  03-11-2023 15:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said more needs to be done to “protect Palestinian civilians” in Gaza and that, without that, there will be “no partners for peace.”
  Speaking to reporters in Tel Aviv on Friday, Blinken also said, “we need to substantially and immediately increase the sustainable humanitarian assistance” into Gaza.
  He also said it was critical to restore the path toward a two-state solution to the Isra
  
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• Telus profits plunge 75 per cent despite record customer growth

  03-11-2023 15:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Telus Corp. is reporting a 75 per cent year-over-year drop in profits in its latest quarter, despite a solid revenue boost and record customer growth.
  The telecommunications company says net income fell to $137 million in the quarter ended Sept. 30 from $551 million in the same period the year before.
  Telus attributes the plunge to costs related to restructuring after it announced in August it would cut 6,000 jobs due to issues around regulation and competition.
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• Ottawa Redblacks part ways with offensive co-ordinator Khari Jones

  03-11-2023 15:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks parted ways with assistant head coach/offensive co-ordinator Khari Jones on Friday.
  Ottawa hired Jones on Dec. 3, 2022 and he served as the team’s offensive playcaller this past season.
  Ottawa (4-14) finished fourth in the East Division and missed the CFL playoffs. The Redblacks ended their season with three straight losses.
  Even more disappointing, though, was at one point this year Ottawa had a 3-3 record.
  Ottawa endured injuries at quarterback, first
  
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• Foreign affairs minister says Canadians will soon be cleared to leave Gaza

  03-11-2023 14:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canadians remained off the list of approved foreign citizens to exit the Gaza Strip as Canada’s minister of foreign affairs reconfirmed that Canadians and their families will be able to leave in the coming days.
  Melanie Joly issued a late Thursday update on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, saying she has spoken with her counterpart in Israel, Eli Cohen, about the matter.
  She says she also received confirmation of Egypt’s co-operation.
  While the f
  
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• Japanese golfers Shiho Kuwaki and Nasa Hataoka hold second-round lead in Japan Classic

  03-11-2023 13:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OMITAMA, Japan (AP) — Japanese golfers Shiho Kuwaki and Nasa Hataoka shared the top of the leaderboard with a two-stroke lead after the second round of the LPGA’s Japan Classic on Friday.
  Kuwaki carded her second straight round of 7-under 65, and Hataoka came in with a 66, putting them both at 14-under 130 for the two rounds.Three players were two shots back — Xiyu Lin of China, Japanese players Mone Inami and Akie Iwai. Lin had a 67, Inami shot 68 and Iwai, after an opening ro
  
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