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• Injured Raonic withdraws from Rotterdam quarterfinal against Sinner

  16-02-2024 23:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — Canada’s Milos Raonic withdrew from his quarterfinal against top seed Jannik Sinner with an injury Friday at the ABN Amro Open tennis tournament.
  Raonic was tralining 7-6 (4), 1-1 when he left the match after securing a hold to even the second set.
  The 33-year-old Raonic, from Thornhill, Ont., returned to the ATP Tour last year after an extended injury absence
  The former world No. 3 was seeking to advance to his first semifinal since the 2020 Paris Masters.
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• RCMP in Ontario make arrest for alleged communication of safeguarded information

  16-02-2024 23:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The RCMP in Ontario say they have arrested one person who allegedly communicated safeguarded information to a foreign entity or terrorist group with the intent to put critical infrastructure at risk.The accused is alleged to have violated the Security of Information Act, a key national security law.The Mounties say there are currently no known risks to the public or the environment.The RCMP’s Friday news release offers limited details and does not identify the accused, the
  
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• Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Manoah feeling confident again after a down year

  16-02-2024 23:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUNEDIN, Fla. — With face aglow and a spring in his step, right-hander Alek Manoah was a distinct presence in the Blue Jays’ locker room Friday as players milled about before their daily workout. 
  Gone was the sullen look — a common appearance during a down year in 2023 — of a pitcher who couldn’t find his groove. 
  In its place was the smile that was so prevalent in his first two seasons with the team along with the fist-bumping, backslapping gregarious pe
  
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• Tiger Woods withdraws after playing only 6 holes at Riviera

  16-02-2024 23:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tiger Woods returned to the PGA Tour and lasted only 24 holes, withdrawing Friday at the Genesis Invitational after hitting his tee shot on the seventh hole.
  PGA Tour rules official Mark Dusbabek said on the telecast that Woods had an illness, and that it was not related to his ankle or back.
  Wood was 1-over par for the round and projected just outside the cut when he asked for a cart and was driven off the course by a rules official.
  Woods had not played an official eve
  
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• Ottawa youth accused in alleged terror plot faces new charges, second person arrested

  16-02-2024 23:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — An Ottawa youth facing several charges for an alleged plot against the Jewish community is now accused of conspiracy to commit murder through involvement with a terrorist group.
  In addition, the RCMP has arrested and charged a second young person with terrorism offences as a co-conspirator.
  In a news release today, the Mounties announced two new charges against the first youth and three charges against the second one.
  Neither of the young people can be identified due to publicatio
  
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• Team Canada without lead Harris as it looks for fifth straight Scotties title

  16-02-2024 23:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Kerri Einarson will be without lead Briane Harris as she tries for a fifth straight Canadian women’s curling title.
  Curling Canada said in a statement Friday that Harris is ineligible to play at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. A reason for Harris not being able to play was not provided and Curling Canada said no further comment would be forthcoming.
  The announcement came hours before Einarson’s Team Canada rink was set to face Quebec’s Laurie St-Georges in th
  
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• Judge declares a mistrial in a former Ohio deputy’s murder trial

  16-02-2024 22:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former Ohio sheriff’s deputy charged in the killing of a Black man remained free Friday, after a jury couldn’t agree on a verdict and the judge twice declared a mistrial, ending tumultuous proceedings that saw four jurors dismissed.
  Jason Meade was charged with murder and reckless homicide in the December 2020 killing of Casey Goodson Jr. in Columbus. Meade, who is white, shot Goodson six times, including five times in the back, as the 23-year-old man tr
  
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• Canadian Press NewsAlert: Loblaw, Walmart urged to sign grocery code or risk mandate, MPs say

  16-02-2024 22:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The House of Commons committee studying food prices is urging Loblaw and Walmart to sign on to the grocery code of conduct or risk having it made law.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  <!– Photo: 20240216160236-65cfd5d273190731ee8f95eajpeg.jpg, Caption:The House of Commons committee studying food prices is urging Loblaw and Walmart to sign on to the grocery code of conduct or risk having it made law. The Loblaws flagship location on Carlton Street in Toronto on Thursday May
  
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• Emergency contraceptives like morning-after pill must be covered by pharmacare: NDP

  16-02-2024 22:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he wants every Canadian with a health card to be able to get free birth control and morning-after pills. 
  He says this is to ensure that people have the right to do what they want with their body. 
  Singh says the New Democrats are using their deal with the Liberals to try and get the federal government to pay for contraception including intrauterine devices or IUDs.
  He promises the deal will fall apart if the federal government doesn
  
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• Seniors lose thousands in three ‘grandparent’ scams in one day in Port Moody, B.C.

  16-02-2024 22:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PORT MOODY, B.C. — Police in Port Moody, B.C., say three separate seniors were targeted on the same day by a well-known “grandparent” scam, getting swindled out of thousands of dollars.
  Const. Sam Zacharias says in two of the three cases on Thursday fraudsters successfully obtained money from the victims, totalling $12,000 in cash.
  In each case, a scammer calls an elderly person claiming to be a grandchild in need of cash due to a legal matter relating to incidents such as a ca
  
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• Rangers’ Blake Wheeler is out for the rest of the regular season because of injury, AP source says

  16-02-2024 22:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  New York Rangers forward Blake Wheeler will miss the rest of the NHL regular season because of injury, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
  The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Friday because the team had not provided an update on Wheeler’s status.
  Wheeler, who will be placed on long-term injured reserve later in the day, went down in pain 11 minutes into New York’s game against Montreal on Thursday night. He was unable to put weight on
  
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• Canadian speedskaters take silver and bronze in world championship team pursuit

  16-02-2024 22:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Canada has claimed silver and bronze medals in team pursuit at the world speedskating championship.
  Italy won men’s gold ahead of Norway and Canada, while the Dutch beat Canada to reclaim the women’s world title at Calgary’s Olympic Oval.
  The Dutch women were the fastest in last year’s world championship, but were disqualified because of an equipment violation.
  The gold went to Ottawa’s Isabelle Weidemann, Ivanie Blondin and Valerie Maltais of Saguen
  
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• City of Chilliwack offering Family Day activities like free ice skating or discounted swimming

  16-02-2024 21:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The City of Chilliwack will provide free ice skating at two municipal ice rinks and discounted swimming at two rec centres as part of the Family Day long weekend.The city says it will offer two free ice skating sessions this weekend, the first of which will happen Sunday, February 18 from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Chilliwack Coliseum. Skate rentals are $5.The second ice skating session, which is free, happens Monday, Feb. 19 from 1:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. at Sardis Sports Comple
  
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• Jamie Drysdale settling in with Flyers after shock trade from Ducks

  16-02-2024 21:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Jamie Drysdale was in a daze as he listened to the voice on the other end of the line. 
  California dreaming with a franchise he thought would be home for a long time, the defenceman — an offensive talent taken No. 6 at the 2020 NHL draft, but hampered by injury early in his career — had just been shipped across the continent by the Anaheim Ducks in a high-profile trade with the Philadelphia Flyers. 
  “I didn’t see it coming at all,” said the
  
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• Donald Trump fraud verdict: $364 million penalty in civil fraud case

  16-02-2024 21:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge ruled Friday against Donald Trump, imposing a $364 million penalty over what the judge ruled was a yearslong scheme to dupe banks and others with financial statements that inflated the former president’s wealth.
  Judge Arthur Engoron issued his decision after a 2 1/2-month trial that saw the Republican presidential front-runner bristling under oath that he was the victim of a rigged legal system.
  The stiff penalty was a victory for New York Attorney Ge
  
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• Top UN court rejects South African request for urgent measures to safeguard Rafah

  16-02-2024 21:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top UN court on Friday rejected a South African request to impose urgent measures to safeguard Rafah in the Gaza Strip, but also stressed that Israel must respect earlier measures imposed late last month at a preliminary stage in a landmark genocide case.
  The International Court of Justice said in a statement that the “perilous situation” in Rafah “demands immediate and effective implementation of the provisional measures indicated by the
  
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• Chiefs on home ice for 3 games this Family Day weekend

  16-02-2024 21:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  By Jessica Peters : The Chilliwack Progress
  The Chilliwack Chiefs will hit the home ice for three games this Family Day weekend, with games on Feb. 16, 17 and 19.
  The team has won six of their last seven games and now battling for second place in the Coastal Conference.This weekend’s games start at 7 p.m. Friday (Feb. 16) against Coquitlam Express. Last weekend, the Chiefs and Coquitlam met twice, with one win and one loss.
  Saturday night at 6 p.m., the team will face off against Powell Ri
  
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• Salvation Army Chilliwack invites backyard growers to 'Plant a Row For Us' - Chilliwack Progress

  16-02-2024 20:54 via news.google.com
  
  Salvation Army Chilliwack invites backyard growers to 'Plant a Row For Us'  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Top-ranked Canadian judoka Christa Deguchi wins Grand Slam event

  16-02-2024 20:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BAKU, Azerbaijan — Canadian judoka Christa Deguchi won gold in the under-57 kilogram category Friday at a judo Grand Slam event.
  Deguchi won the gold medal in a walkover when her opponent, Nora Gjakova of Kosovo, had to withdraw due to an injury.
  The judoka from Lethbridge, Alta., advanced to the final with a semifinal win over Eteri Liparteliani of Georgia.
  She started with quick wins against Altantsetseg Batsukh of the United Arab Emirates and Julia Kowalczyk of Poland, but needed overti
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs on home ice for 3 games this Family Day weekend - Chilliwack Progress

  16-02-2024 20:38 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack Chiefs on home ice for 3 games this Family Day weekend  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Veteran forward Meghan Agosta retires from Canadian women’s hockey team

  16-02-2024 20:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Triple Olympic gold medallist Meghan Agosta has announced her retirement from the Canadian women’s hockey team.
  The 37-year-old forward from Ruthven, Ont., ranks sixth all-time in goals (85) and points (176) and seventh in assists (91) in 178 career games with the Canadian team.
  Agosta played for Canadian teams that won Olympic gold in 2006, 2010 and 2014 and a silver medal in 2018.
  She was named tournament MVP in 2010 after leading Canada in scoring in Vancouver with nin
  
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• Highway 1 widening through Langley moving ahead

  16-02-2024 19:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY — In a bid to alleviate transit congestion, the provincial government has put a major highway-widening project through Langley out to tender.The project includes the widening of Highway 1 between 216 and 264 streets and when complete, will include high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) and electric vehicle (EV) lanes, along with the introduction of a reconfigured 232 Street Interchange.
  Rob Fleming, B.C.’s Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, says the government is committed
  
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• Prosecutors drop domestic violence charge against Boston Bruins’ Milan Lucic

  16-02-2024 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors dropped a domestic violence charge against Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic on Friday, saying the decision by his wife to invoke marital privilege made it impossible for them to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt.
  After his wife opted not to testify, the motion by prosecutors to admit 911 call information into evidence was denied, effectively ending their court case, they said.
  “This situation is something prosecutors encounter quite often in matter
  
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• 2 juveniles charged in mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade

  16-02-2024 19:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two juveniles have been charged with crimes connected to the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl rally, authorities said Friday.
  A news release from the Jackson County Family Court said the juveniles are being detained in the county’s Juvenile Detention Center “on gun-related and resisting arrest charges.” The release said it is “anticipated that additional charges are expected in the future as the investigation by the Kansas
  
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• Canada’s Pickrem takes bronze in 200 breaststroke at world aquatics championships

  16-02-2024 19:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DOHA, Qatar — Canada’s Sydney Pickrem picked up her second medal of the world aquatics championships with a bronze in Friday’s women’s 200-metre breaststroke.
  Pickrem finished in a time of two minutes 22.94 seconds behind winner Tes Schouten of the Netherlands (2:19.81) and American Kate Douglass (2:20.91). 
  Pickrem, who was born in Florida but is a dual citizen of the United States and Canada through her family from Halifax, won silver in the women’s 200 indiv
  
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• Vancouver police officer is directed to remove Star of David patch from uniform

  16-02-2024 19:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Vancouver police say an officer has been told to remove from his uniform a patch that shows the Star of David.
  An image of the officer wearing the black patch that includes the star and white bars, similar to the Israeli flag, had been posted on social media on Thursday.
  The Vancouver Police Department replied to the posting on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, on Friday.
  It says the patch “is not an approved part of the VPD uniform” and the officer has been dir
  
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• Taylor Swift gives $100,000 to the family of the woman killed in the Chiefs parade shooting

  16-02-2024 18:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Taylor Swift donated $100,000 to the family of Lisa Lopez-Galvan, the woman killed in the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade.
  Two $50,000 donations were posted Friday under the singer’s name on a GoFundMe page. Swift’s representative confirmed the donations to Variety, the trade publication reported, and The Associated Press independently verified the posts.
  “Sending my deepest sympathies and condolences in the wake
  
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• Canadian women’s water polo team qualifies for Paris Games after South Africa forfeit

  16-02-2024 18:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DOHA, Qatar — The Canadian women’s water polo team qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics after South Africa forfeited its allocated spot.
  Water Polo Canada made the announcement Friday after Canada was seemingly denied qualification for the Games following an 18-12 loss to Italy at the world aquatics championships.
  The loss relegated Canada to eighth in the competition while Italy picked up the final of two qualification spots available at the tournament.
  Details of what led South Af
  
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• Fraser Valley Regional District pushes province to fund radon mitigation - Chilliwack Progress

  16-02-2024 18:12 via news.google.com
  
  Fraser Valley Regional District pushes province to fund radon mitigation  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Skate Canada says ISU decision on 2022 figure skating team bronze will be appealed

  16-02-2024 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Skate Canada has announced a formal appeal of the International Skating Union’s decision to award the bronze medal in the team figure skating event from the 2022 Beijing Olympics to Russia despite one of its skaters being sanctioned for doping.
  Skate Canada said in a release Friday that it is making the appeal along with the Canadian Olympic Committee and the athletes from Canada’s 2022 figure skating team, which finished fourth in the event.
  The Russian team skated to gold in Beijin
  
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• B2Gold says three employees killed in bus attack in Mali, several others wounded

  16-02-2024 17:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — B2Gold Corp. says three employees have died after an attack on a bus transporting workers in Mali.
  The company says the bus, which was travelling under Malian gendarme escort, was going from its Fekola mine to Bamako, the capital of Mali.
  It says initial reports indicate several other employees travelling on the bus were also wounded.
  B2Gold says the attack occurred over 300 kilometers northeast of the Fekola mine, along a route that has been the focus of an increased security
  
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• Truck firm involved in multiple B.C. overpass strikes loses licence to operate

  16-02-2024 17:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has cancelled the operation licence of the trucking company involved in multiple highway overpass strikes since 2021.
  Transportation Minister Rob Fleming says in a statement that the province has sent a formal cancellation notice to Chohan Freight Forwarders Ltd. for the company’s operations in B.C.
  The province says Chohan trucks have been involved in six overpass or bridge strikes on B.C. highways since 2021, the latest happening last Dece
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Judge rules challenge of Saskatchewan’s pronoun law can proceed

  16-02-2024 17:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — A judge has ruled a court challenge can proceed over the Saskatchewan government’s law requiring parental consent for children under the age of 16 who want to change their names or pronouns at school.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Veteran Canadian Junior Hoilett joins Scotland’s Aberdeen on short-term deal

  16-02-2024 17:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABERDEEN, United Kingdom — Veteran Canadian international Junior Hoilett has joined Scotland’s Aberdeen until the end of the season.
  The 33-year-old from Brampton, Ont., has been without a club since his contract with the Vancouver Whitecaps expired at the end of the year.
  Hoilett previously had stints with Reading, Cardiff City, Queens Park Rangers and Blackburn Rovers in Britain and St. Pauli FC in Germany.
  “Junior is a player I know well; he’s played for me three times
  
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• Ottawa considers changes to clean electricity rules after consultations

  16-02-2024 16:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA, Ill. — Ottawa is considering alterations to its proposed clean electricity regulations.
  The possible changes come after consultations with industry.
  The government says the changes would give power generators more flexibility while still reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
  They would tailor emission reduction requirements and performance standards to individual facilities.
  The changes would also allow power producers to pool the emission limits of more than one generator and to purc
  
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• Jays agree to terms with veteran infielder Eduardo Escobar on minor-league contract

  16-02-2024 16:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUNEDIN, Fla. — The Toronto Blue Jays agreed to terms with veteran infielder Eduardo Escobar on a minor-league contract Friday with an invite to spring training.
  He hit .226 with six homers and 31 RBIs over 100 games last season with the New York Mets and Los Angeles Angels.
  The five-foot-10 193-pound switch-hitter is expected to be in the mix for the backup infielder job with the Blue Jays. 
  Escobar, 35, made his big-league debut with the Chicago White Sox in 2011. 
  He has a .25
  
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• Canadian Marcus Haber leads all goal-scorers in Cambodian Premier League

  16-02-2024 16:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Some 11,800 kilometres away from home, Canadian Marcus Haber is doing what he does best. Score goals.
  The 35-year-old forward from Vancouver, who plays for Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng FC, leads the Cambodian Premier League in goals with 23 this season, eight more than his nearest rival, and has 11 more in cup play.
  At six foot four, Haber is an archetypal target man. He’s been dubbed “king of the header” in Cambodia.
  Haber, who has won 27 caps for Canada, is on his second team
  
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• Reports of Alexei Navalny’s death reminder of Putin’s oppressive regime: Joly

  16-02-2024 16:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada’s foreign affairs minister says the reported death of Alexei Navalny, who crusaded against corruption in Russia, is a “painful reminder” of Vladimir Putin’s “continued oppressive regime.”
  In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Melanie Joly says Navalny “gave his freedom in the hopes of a better, more democratic future for the Russian people.”
  NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh also weighed in on the reports, saying Navalny’s work “exposed corru
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs looking to move up to second place over Family Day long weekend

  16-02-2024 16:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack Chiefs are preparing for what could be the biggest weekend of their season. The BCHL club will be in action three times over the B.C. Family Day weekend.
  They’ll host the Coquitlam Express Friday night at 7 p.m. at the Chilliwack Coliseum. Saturday night the Powell River Kings roll into the Coliseum for a 6 p.m. contest and then Monday afternoon at 2 p.m., the Chiefs will host Cowichan Valley.
  After winning six of their last seven games, Chilliwack enters
  
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• ‘Freedom Convoy’ members returning to Ottawa two years after demonstrations ended

  16-02-2024 16:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Representatives of the so-called Freedom Convoy are planning to hold a press conference in Ottawa this afternoon, two years after the police action that ended the occupation of downtown Ottawa streets. 
  The group plans to talk about its vision for the future and a recent Federal Court ruling that found the Liberal government violated some Charter rights by invoking the Emergencies Act to end the protests. 
  Thousands of demonstrators took over streets around Parliament Hi
  
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• Gut-Behrami wins downhill to extend lead over Shiffrin in World Cup overall standings

  16-02-2024 15:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Fresh from overtaking the absent Mikaela Shiffrin in the women’s World Cup overall standings, Lara Gut-Behrami won a shortened downhill on Friday to close in on the injured Sofia Goggia in the discipline standings.
  Gut-Behrami, who is on a four-race winning streak, was 0.21 seconds faster than Swiss teammate Jasmine Flury on the Mont Lachaux course — much to the delight of the home fans — for her first downhill victory in more than two ye
  
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• Western Conference race for players well underway before the NHL trade deadline

  16-02-2024 15:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Rick Tocchet and Rick Bowness were together at NHL All-Star Weekend when news broke that the Winnipeg Jets traded for Sean Monahan.
  Bowness’ team made a big addition less than 48 hours after Tocchet’s Vancouver Canucks acquired Elias Lindholm, considered the top centre on the market.
  “It’s a great trade for them,” Tocchet said. “It’s a great move by Winnipeg, great move by Vancouver getting our guy.”
  Toss in the Colorado Avalanche signing veteran w
  
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• Russia’s prison service says that imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died

  16-02-2024 12:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Alexei Navalny, the fiercest foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests, died in prison Friday, Russia’s prison agency said. He was 47.
  The Federal Prison Service said in a statement that Navalny felt unwell after a walk on Friday and lost consciousness. An ambulance arrived to try to rehabilitate him, but he died.Navalny’s spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said on X, the platform formerly known
  
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• In the news today: Ontario police force under review for trip to Dubai competition

  16-02-2024 10:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today…
  Dubai trip by Police in London, Ontario, under review
  A southwestern Ontario police force is facing scrutiny for its decision to send a team to an international competition in Dubai, an event that saw its members training with and competing against a Russian special unit whose members are accused of committing atrocities in Ukraine.
  The London Police Services Board has la
  
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• Prince Harry and Meghan in Vancouver for third day of Invictus Games training camp

  16-02-2024 10:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, are in Vancouver today to meet with Invictus Games athletes at a local curling rink, one year ahead of the competition. 
  The pair spent the past two days at an Invictus Games training camp in Whistler, where Harry, who founded the Games for wounded, injured or sick service personnel and veterans about a decade ago, tried out sit-skiing and skeleton sledding alongside competitors. 
  Rasmus Penno is an Invictus Ga
  
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• Investigation continues after two women killed, one hurt in stabbings near Montreal

  16-02-2024 10:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VAUDREUIL-DORION, Que. — Quebec provincial police continue to investigate after a stabbing attack west of Montreal that left two women dead and a third critically injured.
  Police have not released the ages of the women who were killed on Thursday in a condo tower in Vaudreuil-Dorion, Que.
  Sgt. Catherine Bernard says a 70-year-old woman was sent to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
  Bernard says a 44-year-old man was arrested and sent to hospital.
  She says the suspect is known to poli
  
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• Ottawa promised Canadians two billion new trees, Quebec wants to cut some down

  16-02-2024 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The federal government committed to planting two billion trees across the country to restore natural habitats and fight climate change, and now Quebec wants to harvest some of them.
  The provincial government is asking Ottawa to allow the local forestry industry to chop down trees in areas of the province hardest hit by last year’s forest fires.
  Ottawa has committed more than $3 billion to help provinces, territories and organizations plant a total of two billion trees by t
  
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• Police looking for driver of truck after man found dead in Chilliwack ditch - Chilliwack Progress

  16-02-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Police looking for driver of truck after man found dead in Chilliwack ditch  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Police looking for driver of truck after man found dead in Chilliwack ditch - Abbotsford News

  16-02-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Police looking for driver of truck after man found dead in Chilliwack ditch  Abbotsford News
  
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• Lindholm, Canucks extend winning streak to three games with 4-1 win over Red Wings

  16-02-2024 07:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Elias Lindholm led the way with two goals and the Vancouver Canucks extended their winning streak to three games with a4-1victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday.
  Nikita Zadorov scored his first goal with Vancouver (37-12-6), while J.T. Miller added one of his own. Elias Pettersson dished out three assists.
  Thatcher Demko made 27 saves.
  J.T. Compher had the lone goal for Detroit (27-20-6), which dropped its second straight game.
  Alex Lyon stopped 17 shots.
  Miller opened
  
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