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• Canada’s Marino cruises to first-round win over Navarro Oliva at Puerto Vallarta Open

  20-02-2024 23:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico — Vancouver’s Rebecca Marino cruised to a 6-4, 6-2 win over Mexico’s Maria Fernanda Navarro Oliva in the first round of the Puerto Vallarta Open on Tuesday.
  Marino hit eight aces and won 73.5 per cent of her first service points en route to winning the match in 90 minutes.
  The 33-year-old also saved two of three breakpoint opportunities while converting on four of five.
  Marino will play the winner of a match between France’s Leolia Jeanjean and No.
  
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• Campbell heating up in net amidst Toronto’s run up PWHL standings

  20-02-2024 23:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — It was always about keeping it simple for Kristen Campbell.
  The starting goaltender for the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s Toronto squad has turned a corner along with the team, over the past month. Toronto has won five of its last six games, with Campbell winning five straight outings with two shutouts and only seven goals allowed.
  “Obviously it wasn’t the start that we wanted but it was less than a handful of games, so I think just sticking with th
  
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• New names, boundaries for Chilliwack ridings set for next election - Mission City Record

  20-02-2024 23:33 via news.google.com
  
  New names, boundaries for Chilliwack ridings set for next election  Mission City Record
  
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• New names, boundaries for Chilliwack ridings set for next election - Chilliwack Progress

  20-02-2024 23:33 via news.google.com
  
  New names, boundaries for Chilliwack ridings set for next election  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Texas authorities find body of Audrii Cunningham, 11, who had been missing since last week

  20-02-2024 23:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LIVINGSTON, Texas (AP) — Divers have recovered the body of an 11-year-old girl from a Texas river days after she went missing last week and authorities are preparing to charge a man who lived on her family’s property with murder, a sheriff announced Tuesday afternoon.
  Polk County Sheriff Byron Lyons said that the the body of Audrii Cunningham was found during a search of the Trinity River and that he was canceling an Amber alert in connection with her disappearance late last week.
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• Saskatchewan Premier Moe in India amid country’s diplomatic tensions with Ottawa

  20-02-2024 23:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is in India to promote trade despite heightened tensions between Canada and the overseas country.
  Moe says he wants to maintain and expand markets that thousands of Saskatchewan jobs rely upon.
  Tensions hit a boiling point last year, after India was accused of being involved in the killing of a Sikh community leader in British Columbia and meddling in Canada’s affairs. 
  The accusations led to India forcing most of Canada’s diplomats
  
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• Telus says landline, cell service currently unavailable in parts of the Fraser Canyon

  20-02-2024 22:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRASER CANYON — Telus reported Tuesday afternoon that there is currently no landline and cell service in small Fraser Canyon communities north of Hope.
  According to a Facebook post on the Fraser Valley Regional District, Telus has advised E-Comm that landline and cell service is currently unavailable in Boston Bar, Yale and Spuzzum. The three communities combined have over 700 residents.In case of a life-threatening emergency, authorities suggest calling 9-1-1 in case phone service has bee
  
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• Mission RCMP needs help locating a 49-year-old woman who has gone missing

  20-02-2024 22:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Mounties in Mission are asking for the public’s help in locating a 49-year-old woman who was last seen on Saturday, February 17.According to a news release from the detachment, Mission RCMP is seeking assistance in finding Kristen Gillespie, who was reported missing on Monday, Feb. 19.Gillespie is described as the following:
  • Caucasian female• 49 years• 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)• Brown and red hair• Brown eyes
  She was last seen wearing:
  • Black coat
  
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• Forward Michael Rasmussen signs a four-year contract extension with the Red Wings

  20-02-2024 21:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Red Wings have signed forward Michael Rasmussen to a four-year, $12.8 million contract extension.
  The Red Wings, who have not made the playoffs since the 2015-16 season, announced the deal Tuesday.
  The 24-year-old Rasmussen has skated in 55 games this season, recording 11 goals and 12 assists. He has a plus 11 rating. He has reached double-digits in goals in each of the last three seasons. Rasmussen set career highs in assists (19) and points (29) in 56 games wit
  
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• Sharp increase in use of forward-facing sonar units expected on Elite Series in 2024

  20-02-2024 21:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  He’s already a marked man but technology will present Canadian Jeff Gustafson with a formidable challenge this season.
  Last year, the Kenora, Ont., angler became the first Canadian to capture the US$1-million Bassmaster Classic — pro bass fishing’s premier event — on the Tennessee River. But many Elite Series competitors this season will have significantly beefed-up electronics on their boats, running anywhere from three to six forward-facing sonar units.
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• City of Chilliwack to outsource 2024 Canada Day festivities

  20-02-2024 21:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack council is set to vote today (Feb. 20) on a request by city staff to outsource some of the Canada Day festivities involving community engagement, MC duties and food truck coordination.According to a staff report from Carol Marleau, manager of recreation services and corporate wellness for the the City of Chilliwack, the municipality has examined a number of ways to deliver a successful Canada Day celebration to the community.In 2022 and 2023, Marleau wrote, city sta
  
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• 2 adults are charged with murder in the deadly shooting at Kansas City’s Super Bowl celebration

  20-02-2024 21:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri prosecutors said Tuesday that two adults have been charged with murder in last week’s shooting that killed one person and injured 22 others after the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade.
  The new charges come after two juveniles were detained last week on gun-related and resisting arrest charges.
  Police have said a dispute among several people led to the shooting, which happened even as 800 police officers patrolled the celebration.
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• It’s ‘obvious’ that rules weren’t followed with ArriveCan development, Trudeau says

  20-02-2024 21:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it’s “obvious” contracting rules weren’t followed during the development of the controversial ArriveCan app.
  Trudeau says the app was developed at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic when everything was in question, but there is still a need to follow rules even in difficult times.
  He says investigations are ongoing and there will be consequences for instances in which public servants did not abide by the rules.
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• RCMP see no foreign interference as two teenagers charged over Surrey shooting

  20-02-2024 20:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — RCMP say two teenagers have been charged over a shooting at a home in Surrey, B.C., and investigators have found no links to foreign interference.
  A group advocating for Sikh independence had said the target of the Feb. 1 shooting was a member of their movement, and the group believed India was involved.
  But a statement from Surrey RCMP says investigators “have not established any links to foreign interference” in the shots being fired at a home on 154th Street.
  
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• Two people shot in north Toronto were attacked ‘indiscriminately’: police

  20-02-2024 20:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Two people who were shot at the same intersection in a northwest Toronto neighbourhood in less than a day were innocent victims who were attacked “indiscriminately,” police said Tuesday.
  Investigators said that while they can’t rule out the possibility that the attacks last Friday and Saturday were related to gang violence, there is no evidence that the two people shot – one of them fatally – were in any way affiliated with gangs or “anything o
  
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• LETTER: Chilliwack ER a 'terrible place to be' - Chilliwack Progress

  20-02-2024 20:54 via news.google.com
  
  LETTER: Chilliwack ER a 'terrible place to be'  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canada nixes oral argument at world court over Israel’s occupation of West Bank, Gaza

  20-02-2024 20:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada has nixed plans to make oral arguments at the International Court of Justice about Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories. 
  The UN General Assembly has asked the court for a non-binding opinion on the potential legal consequences of Israel’s policies and practices in the region. 
  With the case playing out this week against the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war, Canada is falling back on the position it has held since July of last year. 
  
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• Hamilton Tiger-Cats re-sign veteran receiver White to two-year deal

  20-02-2024 20:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — Tim White is remaining with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
  Hamilton re-signed the veteran receiver to a two-year deal Tuesday. White became a free agent Feb. 13.
  The five-foot-10, 185-pound American had 75 catches for a CFL-best 1,269 yards and eight touchdowns in 2023 to earn league all-star honours for a second straight season.
  In 2022, White recorded 94 receptions for 1,265 yards and eight TDs. 
  White is entering his fourth season with Hamilton. He has started 47 regular-seaso
  
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• Blue Jays slugger Guerrero Jr. says he has ‘no hard feelings’ after arbitration case

  20-02-2024 20:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUNEDIN, Fla. — Toronto Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. says he has “no hard feelings” with the team after going through the arbitration process earlier this month.Guerrero was awarded US$19.9 million by a three-person panel, which picked his request over the Blue Jays’ offer of $18.05 million.
  Speaking publicly today at spring training for the first time since the decision, Guerrero says he understands arbitration can be part of the business.
  He says he has turne
  
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• Northwest Territories stages historic comeback at Scotties, Homan stays undefeated

  20-02-2024 20:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Northwest Territories’ Kerry Galusha staged the largest comeback in Scotties Tournament of Hearts history on Tuesday morning.
  Northwest Territories (1-3) came back from 7-0 down through three ends to beat Ontario’s Danielle Inglis (2-3) by a score of 10-9 and earn its first victory. Galusha’s rink also trailed 9-6 through eight ends before scoring three in the ninth and one in the 10th to win.
  Curling Canada says it’s the largest comeback at a national cha
  
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• PHOTOS: Chilliwack woman witnesses bobcat attacked by cougar in tree - Chilliwack Progress

  20-02-2024 19:56 via news.google.com
  
  PHOTOS: Chilliwack woman witnesses bobcat attacked by cougar in tree  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• PHOTOS: Chilliwack woman witnesses bobcat attacked by cougar in tree - Abbotsford News

  20-02-2024 19:56 via news.google.com
  
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• RCMP ask prosecutors to consider charge in B.C. crane collapse that killed 5

  20-02-2024 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KELOWNA, B.C. — Mounties say they have asked prosecutors to consider charges in the collapse of a construction crane that killed five people in Kelowna, B.C., in June 2021.Police say a report has been submitted to the BC Prosecution Service for charge assessment of criminal negligence causing death.The crane was being dismantled when it fell, killing four men on the site and a fifth man in a neighbouring building.Construction workers Cailen Vilness, Jared Zook, and brothers Patrick and Eri
  
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• Federal government scales back carbon price rebates for small businesses

  20-02-2024 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government is cutting the amount of money small- and medium-sized businesses will be given from carbon pricing revenues so it can increase the amount of money rebated to rural families.
  That’s happening even as the government still owes businesses $2.5 billion in carbon pricing revenues from the first five years of the program.
  Dan Kelly, the president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, says businesses were already getting far less back from carb
  
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• Jury begins deliberating fate of man charged with murdering Quebec student in 2000

  20-02-2024 19:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAGUENAY, Que. — Jurors have started deliberating in the trial of a Quebec man charged with the first-degree murder and sexual assault of 19-year-old junior college student Guylaine Potvin in 2000.
  Superior Court Justice François Huot finished delivering his instructions today in the Saguenay, Que., trial of Marc-André Grenon.
  Grenon, 49, is charged with murdering and assaulting Potvin in her basement apartment in April 2000 in Jonquière, Que., now a part of Saguenay,
  
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• Quebec calls out Ottawa for ‘inaction’ on asylum seekers, demands $1B compensation

  20-02-2024 18:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUEBEC — The Quebec government is ramping up pressure on Ottawa to do more to ease the strain on its services caused by an influx of asylum seekers.
  Three provincial ministers held a news conference today demanding that the federal government stop the arrival of would-be refugees in Quebec and transfer those already in the province more equally across the country.
  They say Quebec, which has less than a quarter of the Canadian population, receives 55 per cent of all asylum seekers.
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• Chilliwack superintendent’s report says parental views, while important, can’t override diversity, tolerance

  20-02-2024 18:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A report penned by Chilliwack School District Superintendent Rohan Arul-pragasam suggests the principles of community diversity and societal tolerance are more important in a school setting than parental views.According to Arul-pragasam’s report to the Chilliwack Board of Education attached to its February board meeting package, law firm Harris and Company equipped the Chilliwack school board with information about parental rights and gender identity in January 2024. Lat
  
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• NHL commissioner Gary Bettman upholds Morgan Rielly’s five-game suspension

  20-02-2024 18:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has upheldMorgan Rielly’s five-game suspension for cross-checking after the NHL Players’ Association filed for an appeal.
  The league’s department of player safety banned the Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman last week for his cross-check to the head of Senators forward Ridly Greig in the dying moments of Ottawa’s 5-3 victory on Feb. 10.
  Rielly, who was assessed a major penalty and game misconduct, lunged at Greig up high after t
  
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• Feds fund legal advice for Ukrainians in Canada as immigration questions linger

  20-02-2024 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Justice Minister Arif Virani says the government will expand a legal advice hotline for war-displaced Ukrainians in Canada to help them understand their rights and navigate the immigration system.
  The news comes as many Ukrainians anxiously wait to find out whether Canada will offer them a permanent stay after their emergency visas expire. 
  This weekend marks the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which sparked a massive refugee crisis as million of Ukrain
  
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• NBA Notebook: Gilgeous-Alexander shows to be good for business, future face of league

  20-02-2024 18:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s impact on the court extends beyond just praise from his basketball peers. 
  The Oklahoma City Thunder superstar guard from Hamilton, Ont. has blossomed into an MVP candidate this season. He made his first career start in the NBA All-Star game in his second ever appearance this past weekend.
  “Shai is incredible. He is just an incredible talent, he is fun to watch,” NBA deputy commissioner Mark Tatum said on a Zoom conference call last week. “A
  
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• Canada’s Fernandez falls to Paolini in second round at Dubai Open

  20-02-2024 18:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI CITY, United Arab Emirates — Canada’s Leylah Fernandez is out of the Dubai Tennis Championship after losing 6-3, 6-4 to Italy’s Jasmine Paolini in the second round Tuesday.
  Fernandez, of Laval, Que., won just 53.8 per cent of her first serves and was successful on only three of 11 breakpoint opportunities.
  Meanwhile, Paolini converted on five of seven break points.
  It was the 26th-ranked Paolini’s first win in four meetings against Fernandez, who entered the WTA 100
  
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• Toronto FC adds experience to backline by signing veteran Irish defender Kevin Long

  20-02-2024 17:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto FC added experience to its backline Tuesday by signing veteran Irish defender Kevin Long.
  The 33-year-old comes from Birmingham City, which he joined in January 2023. He has signed with Toronto through 2024 with a 2025 option.
  Long started his soccer career in Cork City’s system before moving to Burnley in June 2010. He was a Burnley player for the next 13 years, albeit with loan stints with Accrington, Rochdale, Portsmouth, Barnsley and MK Dons.
  Long, who has played both centre ba
  
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• Lisa Beare fills B.C. portfolio vacated by Selina Robinson, who quit over Gaza remark

  20-02-2024 17:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby has named a new post-secondary education minister to replace Selina Robinson, who recently resigned over comments about the Middle East.
  Eby says in a statement that Lisa Beare, previously the minister of citizens’ services, will fill the post-secondary education and future skills portfolio.
  George Chow moves into the citizens’ services position left open by Beare’s appointment.
  Robinson stepped down as a minister on Feb. 5 am
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP officers ready to brave Cultus Lake’s chilly waters next week

  20-02-2024 17:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilly temperatures in Cultus Lake are no deterrent for a group of determined constables from the Chilliwack RCMP detachment who are set to take the plunge for a great cause next week.
  Members of the RCMP, staff and other local supporters will brave the cold waters of Cultus Lake next week Tuesday, February 27 at noon at Main Beach as they work to raise money and awareness for the exceptional athletes of Special Olympics B.C.
  In a social media post from the detachment, Chilliw
  
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• Canada Selects name roster for game with Major League Rugby’s Seattle Seawolves

  20-02-2024 17:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian international Siaki Vikilani will captain the Canada Selects developmental side Wednesday against Major League Rugby’s Seattle Seawolves.
  The former Toronto Arrows backrower is joined on the Selects roster by fellow Canadian internationals Kainoa Lloyd, Izzak Kelly, Josh Thiel and Matt Klimchuk. The roster also includes speedy back D’Shawn Bowen, who has played for Canada A and the Canadian sevens squad, and fellow sevens players Jake Thiel, Liam Bowman, Kobe Faust and Jack
  
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• The US vetoes an Arab-backed UN resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza

  20-02-2024 16:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States vetoed an Arab-backed U.N. resolution Tuesday demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in the embattled Gaza Strip.
  The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 13-1 with the United Kingdom abstaining, reflecting the wide global support for ending the more than four-month war that started with Hamas’ surprise invasion of southern Israel that killed about 1,200 people and saw 250 others taken hostage. Since then,
  
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• She’s not quitting. Takeaways from Nikki Haley’s push to stay in the GOP contest against Trump

  20-02-2024 16:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley’s team is bracing for a home state embarrassment in South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary on Saturday. Conventional wisdom suggests she’ll be forced to drop out. But that may not apply in 2024.Ahead of a major speech on Tuesday, Haley told The Associated Press that she’s staying in the race no matter what at least until after another 20 states vote through Super Tuesday on March 5. That’s even as Donald Trump&r
  
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• Nikki Haley hasn’t yet won a GOP contest. But she’s vowing to keep fighting Donald Trump

  20-02-2024 16:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — There are no wins on the horizon for Nikki Haley.
  Those close to the former United Nations ambassador, the last major Republican candidate standing in Donald Trump’s path to the GOP’s 2024 presidential nomination, are privately bracing for a blowout loss in her home state’s primary election in South Carolina on Saturday. And they cannot name a state where she is likely to beat Trump in the coming weeks.
  But ahead of a major address on Tuesday, H
  
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• Trout says he wants to stay with Angels. Rendon discusses where baseball ranks on his priority list

  20-02-2024 16:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Mike Trout discussed his future and Anthony Rendon talked about his priorities as the Los Angeles Angels stars spoke Monday when position players started workouts at spring training camps across Arizona and Florida.
  Trout, a three-time MVP and 11-time All-Star who has played in only one postseason series, said he has no interest in requesting a trade as the Angels retool following two-time MVP Shohei Ohtani’s move to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
  The 32-year-old Trout has spent his entire 13-ye
  
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• French teenager dies after dog sled crash northwest of Montreal

  20-02-2024 16:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAINT-MICHEL-DES-SAINTS, Que. — A 13-year-old French tourist has died after he crashed into a tree during a dog sled ride northwest of Montreal.
  Quebec provincial police say they were called to a property just before noon on Monday in St-Michel-des-Saints, Que., about 130 kilometres from Montreal in the Lanaudière region.
  Sgt. Frédéric Deshaies says the preliminary investigation indicates the teen was on a dog sled ride and hit a tree after the driver lost control.
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• Things to know about the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration

  20-02-2024 15:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Members of the Kansas City community gathered Saturday afternoon to “demand a future free from gun violence” a day after authorities announced that two juveniles had been detained on gun-related and resisting arrest charges in the shooting after the Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration.
  The shooting Wednesday outside the city’s historic Union Station was a tragic end to the happy occasion that brought an estimated 1 million people to the city. One
  
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• Apartment fire in Chilliwack displaces six families - CityNews Vancouver

  20-02-2024 15:32 via news.google.com
  
  Apartment fire in Chilliwack displaces six families  CityNews Vancouver
  
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• Chilliwack Pride Society seeks council approval for annual festival funding

  20-02-2024 14:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack Pride Society is seeking financial support from the city council. In a funding application submitted to the council, the society has requested $5 thousand to help cover event expenses. Alongside the application, a support letter from Liv Bartel and the Downtown Chilliwack Business Improvement Association advocates for the positive impact the festival has on the community.
  The Chilliwack Pride Festival is scheduled for July 21. The event, held on Mill Street, Wel
  
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• Sabres’ season-opening high aspirations are but a faint glimmer in falling further out of contention

  20-02-2024 14:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A week ago, after the Sabres dropped consecutive 3-1 losses coming out of their bye week break, defenceman Rasmus Dahlin refused to consider his team’s season-long inconsistencies by insisting Buffalo still had time to climb into the playoff picture.
  “In my head, I can’t be thinking like you guys,” Dahlin said, referring to reporters, while noting there were still 31 games left in the season. “We can’t look at the big picture. I know
  
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• Hundreds are set to descend on Tahiti for Olympic surfing. Can locals protect their way of life?

  20-02-2024 14:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TEAHUPO’O, French Polynesia (AP) — Peva Levy said he felt a powerful, natural energy known as “mana” when he surfed Teahupo’o’s waves on a piece of plywood for the first time, rushing down a crumbling white surf in front of an untouched volcanic beach several years before the steady streams of surfers started arriving when the village got its first asphalt road over fifty years ago.“It was a secret spot,” the surfer and Tahitian native remembered,
  
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• Commercial production at new Methanex plant in Louisiana delayed after problems

  20-02-2024 14:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Methanex Corp. says commercial production at its new methanol plant in Louisiana has been delayed due to complications during the late stages of its initial startup process.
  The company says there was significant damage to a large number of supporting refractory bricks at the Geismar 3 plant that will need to be replaced.
  Methanex says the specialty bricks will require time to procure and, as a result, management believes commercial production could be delayed up to the end of
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs shut out Cowichan Valley

  20-02-2024 14:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Austin McNicholas stopped 21 shots while Mateo Mrsic had a goal and an assist to lead the Chilliwack Chiefs to a 3 – 0 shutout of the Cowichan Valley Capitals Monday (Feb. 20) afternoon at the Chilliwack Coliseum.
  Mrsic’s goal came on a powerplay in the late stages of the first period. It stood up as the difference until the final minute of the third period when Brady Milburn and Brendan Ruskowski added singles.
  The win leaves the Chiefs alone in second place in th
  
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• Getting a handle on curling stones not easy at Tournament of Hearts

  20-02-2024 12:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The honour system is in play at the Canadian women’s curling championship when it comes to hog-line violations.
  A curler delivering a stone must release it before it reaches the hog line. Sensors in each stone’s handle determine whether the rock is released in time because of a magnetic strip embedded in the ice under the hog line.
  A green light in the handle indicates a legal delivery, while a red light indicates a violation and the stone gets pulled.
  But handle sens
  
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• In the news today: Canada to send drones to Ukraine as part of military aid package

  20-02-2024 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…
  Canada sending 800 drones to Ukraine
  The Liberal government will dispatch more than 800 drones to Ukraine starting as early as this spring.
  Defence Minister Bill Blair said at a press conference in Toronto that Ukraine had made “extraordinary progress” in the use of drone technologies over the past two years.The SkyRanger R70 multi-mission Unmanned Aerial Syst
  
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• Prime Minister in Vancouver Tuesday to make housing announcement alongside Eby, Sim

  20-02-2024 10:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Vancouver today, set to make a housing-related announcement alongside Premier David Eby and Mayor Ken Sim. 
  Trudeau’s public itinerary says he’ll make the announcement this morning, and then head to a local high school to meet with students before an event at a community centre with seniors in the afternoon. 
  Eby said last week at a housing-related news conference he recently spoke with Trudeau about B.C.’s housing
  
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