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• Alabama seeks to carry out second execution using controversial nitrogen gas method

  21-02-2024 23:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is seeking to put a second inmate to death using nitrogen gas, a move that comes a month after the state carried out the first execution using the controversial new method.Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office asked the Alabama Supreme Court on Wednesday to set an execution date for Alan Eugene Miller. The state said that Miller’s execution would be carried out by nitrogen hypoxia. Miller, now 59, was convicted of killing three people
  
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• Canada summons Russian ambassador in protest of Alexei Navalny’s death

  21-02-2024 23:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada lambasted the Kremlin’s ambassador in Ottawa today over the reported death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Russian custody. 
  The Canadian government says Ambassador Oleg Stepanov was summoned at the request of Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly.
  Russia’s prison agency said Friday that Navalny, who was serving a 19-year sentence in an Arctic penal colony, lost consciousness after a walk and could not be revived.
  President Vladimir Putin was
  
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• Canada names midfielder Jessie Fleming captain of the women’s soccer team

  21-02-2024 23:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Midfielder Jessie Fleming has been named Canada captain ahead of the CONCACAF W Gold Cup.
  The move has been expected since longtime skipper Christine Sinclair retired from the international game in December. 
  Fleming often served as captain when Sinclair was unavailable, leading the team out 11 times over the the past two years.
  Fleming has won 125 caps for Canada, earning Olympic bronze in 2016 and gold in 2021. 
  Now a member of the Portland Thorns, the 25-year-old from London, Ont.,
  
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• Leafs defenceman Morgan Rielly discusses cross-checking suspension on eve of return

  21-02-2024 23:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. — Morgan Rielly has broken his silence.
  Suspended five games by the NHL’s department of player safety after he delivered a cross-check to the head of Senators forward Ridly Greig in the dying moments of Ottawa’s 5-3 victory on Feb. 10, the Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman addressed the situation for the first time Wednesday.
  Rielly, who was assessed a major penalty and game misconduct, lunged at Greig up high after the centre fired a slapshot into an empty net from c
  
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• Spooner embraces power forward role, net-front play to top of PWHL goal-scoring list

  21-02-2024 22:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Natalie Spooner is continuing to answer the call from head coach Troy Ryan, but this time in the Professional Women’s Hockey League.
  Spooner has embraced the power forward role to the tune of a PWHL-leading 10 goals through 11 games this season. The 33-year-old star has scored in all but one of Toronto’s six wins.
  “That’s where she’s the best,” Ryan said of Spooner’s net-front success after Tuesday’s practice. “I challenged he
  
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• CF Montreal supporters’ groups denounce ticket prices for Messi, Inter Miami’s visit

  21-02-2024 22:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Two CF Montreal supporters’ groups are taking issue with the rise in ticket prices with “Messi Mania” coming to the city this spring.
  Inter Miami and Lionel Messi — the global icon who took North American soccer by storm with his Florida arrival last summer — are scheduled to visit Montreal’s Stade Saputo for a Major League Soccer game on May 11.
  Supporters’ group 1642MTL released a statement Wednesday morning on X platform, formerly kno
  
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• Canada’s Jared Du Toit finds immediate success in Asian Tour debut

  21-02-2024 22:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Jared Du Toit was planning the next phase of his golfing career last summer, casting a wide net by entering qualifying for the Korn Ferry Tour, the DP World Tour, and anything else he could think of. 
  But a friend from his days playing at Arizona State University nudged him toward the Asian Tour.
  Fast forward to now and Du Toit, from Kimberley, B.C., sits seventh on the Asian Tour’s order of merit after earning a top-10 finish in his first-ever tournament on the men’s golf circu
  
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• Man arrested for robbing blind, homeless man in Vancouver, police say

  21-02-2024 22:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver say a 37-year-old man has been charged over accusations he robbed a blind, homeless man of his cane earlier this week.
  They say the victim is a 40-year-old newcomer to Canada who is legally blind and has been sleeping in shelters for the past few weeks.
  Police say the man typically walks around the city’s West End neighbourhood during the day when the shelters are closed, and on Tuesday a stranger walked by and pulled the man’s cane from his hand
  
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• No cuts to people or services, but B.C. budget deficit to rise, finance minister says

  21-02-2024 22:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia Finance Minister Katrine Conroy says the budget she tables on Thursday will protect services and won’t
  raise taxes for ordinary residents, but she also forecasts an increased deficit because “it’s the right thing to do.” 
  The minister says the time is not right for the NDP government to bring cuts when most people are facing rising costs for housing, food and other daily staples.
  She says the budget will address health care, middle-c
  
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• Cooper Gallant, Jeff Gustafson both anxious for start of 2024 Elite Series season

  21-02-2024 22:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Fishing for a living hasn’t grown old for Cooper Gallant.
  The Bowmanville, Ont., native begins his second Elite Series campaign Thursday in the season-opening tournament at Toledo Bend Reservoir. Gallant, 26, was the circuits’ top Canadian in 2023 but is keen to become the country’s third champion.
  “I pinch myself every day, I realize how lucky I am,” Gallant said. “I honestly think the hunger has become even crazier, I’d say this is the hungriest I&rsqu
  
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• RCMP Indigenous Policing to host Chilliwack rugby camp for Indigenous youth in March

  21-02-2024 21:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Rugby Canada is partnering with RCMP Indigenous Policing Services to conduct an Indigenous Rugby Camp next month in Chilliwack.The initiative is meant to showcase talent and promote leadership among Indigenous youth. The camp will be held on Friday, March 29 during spring break at G.W. Graham Secondary School in Chilliwack. The Thunder Rugby Camp & Celebration event runs from 10 a.m. to noon, followed by dinner and speakers at 6 p.m. at Tzeachten Hall at 6 p.m.According to
  
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• Alabama hospital puts pause on IVF in wake of ruling saying frozen embryos are children

  21-02-2024 21:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A large Alabama hospital has paused in vitro fertilization treatments as health care providers weigh the impact of a state court ruling that frozen embryos are the legal equivalent of children.
  The University of Alabama Birmingham said in a statement Wednesday that its UAB Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility has paused the treatments “as it evaluates the Alabama Supreme Court’s decision that a cryopreserved embryo is a human being.&rdq
  
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• Federal government announces $15 million to combat car thefts across Canada

  21-02-2024 21:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The federal government is committing an additional $15 million over three years to fight the rise in vehicle thefts across the country.
  Minister of Public Safety Dominic LeBlanc made the announcement today in Montreal.
  LeBlanc says $9 million will go toward provincial, territorial and municipal police services to increase their capacity to take custody of stolen vehicles identified by the Canada Border Services Agency.
  Another $3.5 million will help officers co-ordinate with int
  
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• Chilliwack's Conquer the Vedder growing into two-day event - Chilliwack Progress

  21-02-2024 21:37 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack's Conquer the Vedder growing into two-day event  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Marine area bigger than Lake Superior could soon be protected off Ontario’s shores

  21-02-2024 21:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A vast marine area home to beluga whales and threatened polar bears off Ontario’s northern shores is a step closer to protected status.Officials with the federal government and nine First Nations say they have cleared a hurdle on the path to protecting a large stretch of southern Hudson Bay and western James Bay as a national marine conservation area.After studying the feasibility of the project – covering an area bigger than Lake Superior – representatives for both Ottawa and
  
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• Quebec turns to Supreme Court to stop asylum seekers’ access to subsidized daycare

  21-02-2024 20:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Quebec is heading to the country’s highest court to prevent children of asylum seekers from accessing the province’s coveted subsidized daycare spaces.
  Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette says the government will seek leave at the Supreme Court of Canada to appeal a Feb. 7 decision that found the province’s daycare rules are discriminatory.
  The Quebec Court of Appeal ruled that asylum seekers who hold a valid work permit are entitled to register their children in Quebec&rsquo
  
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• Sturmay qualifies for Tournament of Hearts playoff with extra-end win over McCarville

  21-02-2024 20:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Alberta’s Selena Sturmay improved to 6-0 and clinched a playoff spot at the Canadian women’s curling championship with a 10-9 extra-end win over Northern Ontario’s Krista McCarville in Wednesday’s opening draw.
  Sturmay came back from a 6-1 deficit after four ends, and a steal of three in the ninth end put the Albertans up 9-7.
  McCarville (3-3) responded with two in the 10th to force the extra end, but Sturmay made the most of having the hammer in the 11th
  
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• Former 4-term Chilliwack councillor selected as B.C. United candidate in Chilliwack-Cultus Lake riding

  21-02-2024 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Former four-term Chilliwack Councillor Sue Attrill Knott has been acclaimed as the B.C. United candidate for the newly named Chilliwack-Cultus Lake riding in this fall’s provincial election.According to a bio on the B.C. United website, Attrill Knott, the executive director of Chilliwack Hospice Society, carries an impressive slate of business experience spanning four decades in the business world. She began her career at B.C. Telephone and attained the role of senior ma
  
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• The stretch run of the NBA season has arrived. It’s time for the playoff push

  21-02-2024 20:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  There’s no NBA player who is a bigger fan of harness racing than Denver’s Nikola Jokic. He owns horses, goes to tracks whenever he can and even accepted one of his MVP awards while riding around at his farm in Serbia.
  He knows the stretch run often decides races.
  And the same holds true in the NBA, which is entering its stretch run.
  The All-Star break is over, games resume on Thursday and the defending champion Nuggets — along with a slew of other contenders — are hoping
  
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• Many players from the 2022 Beijing Olympics are making an impact in the NHL

  21-02-2024 20:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Just two years ago, hockey at the 2022 Beijing Olympics went ahead without NHL players because of COVID-19 pandemic-related scheduling issues.
  “Gosh, that feels like so long ago,” said Matthew Knies, who played for the United States. “It’s crazy.”
  Crazy that since then, more than two dozen of those Olympic participants already have played in the NHL — including Knies and several others making a big impact. Seattle’s Matty Beniers, Minnesota’s Brock
  
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• Raptors get pep talk from Canadian MMA legend Georges St-Pierre

  21-02-2024 20:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors want to make sure they fight until the end of the NBA season, so they brought in MMA great Georges St-Pierre to give them a pep talk.
  St-Pierre spoke to the team for 30 minutes and then took questions before the Raptors practised today.
  He was also courtside after practice at the OVO Athletic Centre, chatting with Toronto head coach Darko Rajakovic, all-star Scottie Barnes, and team staff.
  Barnes says that he learned a lot from St-Pierre about mental toughness
  
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• Bobcat and cougar tussle in Chilliwack tree - Global News

  21-02-2024 20:09 via news.google.com
  Bobcat and cougar tussle in Chilliwack tree  Global News
  
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• Residents, animals safe after overnight house fire in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  21-02-2024 19:56 via news.google.com
  
  Residents, animals safe after overnight house fire in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Federal government reaches $59M settlement with B.C. First Nation over land seizure

  21-02-2024 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — The federal government has reached a $59-million settlement with a First Nation in British Columbia for compensation over allowing a right-of-way to be built through its reserve more than 110 years ago. 
  Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree and Matsqui First Nation Chief Alice McKay jointly announced the settlement, compensating for the federal government’s taking of land in 1908 for the Vancouver Power Company right-of-way. 
  The federa
  
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• Federal government reaches $59M settlement with Abbotsford-area First Nation over land seizure

  21-02-2024 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — The federal government has reached a $59-million settlement with a First Nation in British Columbia for compensation over allowing a right-of-way to be built through its reserve more than 110 years ago. 
  Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree and Matsqui First Nation Chief Alice McKay jointly announced the settlement, compensating for the federal government’s taking of land in 1908 for the Vancouver Power Company right-of-way. 
  The federa
  
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• Canadian wingback Mo Farsi signs contract extension with Columbus Crew

  21-02-2024 19:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Crew have signed Canadian wingback Mohamed Farsi to a contract extension through the 2027 season with a club option for 2028.
  The 24-year-old from Montreal, who started the Crew’s MLS Cup final win over Los Angeles FC in December, is going into his third season with the MLS champions.
  Farsi started with Cavalry FC in the Canadian Premier League at the 2020 Island Games. He was named the league’s Best Canadian U-21 Player that year.
  He left Cavalry
  
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• Mission RCMP locate loaded 3D gun, machete inside a chip bag during risky late-night traffic stop

  21-02-2024 19:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Mounties in Mission are contemplating whether to file charges against the occupants of a vehicle after a loaded 3D-printed gun, machete and bear spray were located during a risky late-night traffic stop last week.
  According to Corporal Harrison Mohr of the Mission RCMP detachment, police executed a traffic stop just after midnight on the evening of Thursday, February 15 after a vehicle failed to stop at a stop sign. Cpl. Mohr said police have a duty to ensure people are operating
  
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• Mission RCMP locate loaded 3D gun inside chip bag during risky late-night traffic stop

  21-02-2024 19:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Mounties in Mission are contemplating whether to file charges against the occupants of a vehicle after a loaded 3D-printed gun, machete and bear spray were located during a risky late-night traffic stop last week.
  According to Corporal Harrison Mohr of the Mission RCMP detachment, police executed a traffic stop just after midnight on the evening of Thursday, February 15 after a vehicle failed to stop at a stop sign. Cpl. Mohr said police have a duty to ensure people are operating
  
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• Toronto FC adds international spot via allocation money trade with CF Montreal

  21-02-2024 19:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto FC acquired an international roster slot for this season from CF Montreal on Wednesday in exchange for US$175,000 in general allocation money.
  TFC, which acquired Irish defender Kevin Long this week, is sending Montreal US$50,000 in 2024 allocation money and US$125,000 in 2025.
  For 2024, MLS has 233 international roster slots divided among the 29 clubs. With slots able to be traded, there is no limit on the number of international roster slots on each club’s roster.
  Allocation mone
  
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• B.C. Lions sign veteran starter Vernon Adams Jr. to contract extension

  21-02-2024 19:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The B.C. Lions signed starter Vernon Adams Jr. to a contract extension Wednesday that will keep him with the CFL club through the 2026 season.
  Adams, 31, was slated to become a free agent following the 2024 campaign.
  The five-foot-11, 200-pound Adams completed 333-of-488 passes (68.2 per cent) for a CFL-best 4,769 and 31 TDs (second only to Winnipeg’s Zach Collaros, who had 33). He won 11-of-16 starts in guiding B.C. (12-6) to second in the West Division behind the Blue B
  
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• Dabrowski, Routliffe advance to women’s doubles quarterfinals in Dubai

  21-02-2024 18:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI CITY, United Arab Emirates — The second-seeded team of Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe advanced to the women’s doubles quarterfinals of the Dubai Tennis Championships with a 5-7, 6-2, 10-6 second-round win over China’s Zhang Shuai and Kazakhstan’s Anna Danilina on Wednesday.
  After losing a close first set, Dabrowski and Routliffe responded with a dominant second set. They saved the only break point they faced while breaking t
  
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• More humanitarian aid needed for Gaza, minister says during Egypt border visit

  21-02-2024 18:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The flow of humanitarian aid shipments for Palestinians in Gaza is at its lowest ebb since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, Canada’s international development minister said following a visit to the Egyptian border.
  The movement of aid is nowhere near what’s needed, Ahmed Hussen said he learned during his recent trip to the Rafah border crossing, where he discussed the crisis with humanitarian workers. 
  ‘The feedback they gave me is that the levels of aid a
  
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• 3rd school-board censure for Chilliwack trustee Heather Maahs - Chilliwack Progress

  21-02-2024 18:26 via news.google.com
  
  3rd school-board censure for Chilliwack trustee Heather Maahs  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack firefighters quickly knock down house fire in Fairfield Island Tuesday night

  21-02-2024 18:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Quick work by the Chilliwack Fire Department was instrumental in limiting the spread of a house fire on Hymar Drive Tuesday night in Chilliwack.
  According to a news release from Assistant Fire Chief Chris Wilson, the Chilliwack Fire Department was dispatched for a report of a structure fire in the 10100 block of Hymar Drive. Approximately 31 firefighters from Halls 1 (Cheam Avenue fire hall), 2 (Rosedale fire hall), 4 (South Sumas fire hall) and 6 (Yarrow fire hall) responded
  
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• Just 23 per cent of Proline bettors predicted Eastern Conference’s NBA all-star win

  21-02-2024 18:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Most Proline bettors didn’t see the Eastern Conference winning the NBA’s annual all-star game.
  The East defeated the Western Conference 211-186 on Sunday, the first time one team has cracked the 200-point plateau.
  According to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., just 23 per cent of Proline players picked the East to win while only 16 per cent had the squad +3.5 points. But 66 per cent expected a high-scoring affair, correctly taking the total over 355.5 points.
  On Saturday night, D
  
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• All oil and gas permits in B.C. waters are relinquished, say feds

  21-02-2024 18:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The federal government says the final offshore oil and gas permits for Canada’s west coast region have been relinquished.
  Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is speaking in Victoria today and expected to announce the relinquishment of the last permits in British Columbia waters.
  Ottawa says the relinquishment of all oil and gas permits in Pacific waters will fulfil a condition in the federal government’s commitment to an Indigenous-led conservati
  
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• Canada’s war crimes program hasn’t publicly updated its activities in eight years

  21-02-2024 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A federal government unit tasked with keeping war criminals out of Canada has not published a report on its activities in more than eight years.The War Crimes Program is a joint partnership involving the federal departments of justice and immigration, the Canada Border Services Agency and the RCMP.
  The idea of a joint government effort on war criminals arose in 1987 after the Deschênes Commission on war criminals confirmed that Canada allowed former Nazis into the country fo
  
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• Chilliwack sisters will be counted on as UFV hosts Canada West basketball championships

  21-02-2024 18:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Twelve of the top women’s basketball teams from across Canada will converge on the UFV Athletic Centre in Abbotsford this week for the Canada West women’s basketball championships, making it the biggest sporting event the university has ever held.UFV athletic director Steve Tuckwood says it’s a great opportunity to showcase the very best university basketball in Canada.“We know the history of great teams and players at the high school level,” Tuck
  
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• Quebec adopts bill restricting lease transfers, often used to limit rent increases

  21-02-2024 18:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Quebec’s legislature adopted a housing bill today that restricts a popular tool tenants have used for years to limit rent increases.
  The new law allows landlords to reject lease transfers for any reason, whereas previously they had to show they had serious concerns about the new tenant.
  The transfer of leases allows new tenants to benefit from the existing rent and prevents landlords from jacking up the price.
  Housing Minister France-Élaine Duranceau has said lease transfers aren&rs
  
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• Rangers and forward Jonny Brodzinski agree on a 2-year contract extension

  21-02-2024 17:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Rangers and forward Jonny Brodzinski have reached an agreement on a two-year contract extension.
  General manager Chris Drury announced the deal on Wednesday. The contract is a one-way deal, with Brodzinski earning $787,500 annually whether he stays in the NHL or is sent down to the minor leagues.
  Brodzinski has been a regular in the Rangers’ lineup since being called up from Hartford of the AHL in late November because of injuries to Filip Chytil and Kaap
  
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• NLL’s New York team to move to Ottawa and be renamed Black Bears starting next season

  21-02-2024 17:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Ottawa has a new professional sports team coming to town.
  The National Lacrosse League is returning to the nation’s capital, with the New York Riptide moving north of the border starting next season.
  The team will be named the Ottawa Black Bears and will play out of the Canadian Tire Centre, home of the NHL’s Senators.
  NLL Commissioner Brett Frood made the announcement Wednesday.
  New York is seventh among 15 NLL teams this season with a 5-5 record.
  The Black Bears will be the sixth C
  
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• Fraser-Cascade School District teacher reprimanded for improper conduct

  21-02-2024 17:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — A secondary school teacher employed by the Fraser-Cascade School District has been reprimanded by the B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulation for unprofessional conduct in the classroom.Fraser-Cascade School District encompasses schools in Agassiz, Hope, Harrison Hot Springs and Boston Bar.According to a ruling published on the commissioner’s website dated Tuesday, February 20, Justin Ray Arnesto was employed by SD78 at a school in the district. Arnesto was issued a teaching
  
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• Hellebuyck on decision to re-up with Jets: ‘I’ve got it really good in Winnipeg’

  21-02-2024 17:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Connor Hellebuyck was content to let the process unfold organically. 
  Coming off a season that featured personal success coupled with uneven results for his Winnipeg Jets — including a memorable, candid public dressing down from head coach Rick Bowness following a meek playoff exit — there were plenty of moving parts for the star goaltender to consider. 
  With one year remaining on Hellebuyck’s own contract, what was the organization going to do about centre Pierre-Luc
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: NDP budget will maintain status quo

  21-02-2024 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  From housing to healthcare to crime, no matter where you look, the past seven years have seen life get worse for everyday British Columbians. Unfortunately, it appears this NDP government has no plans to change direction anytime soon.
  This week, David Eby and the NDP make their Speech from the Throne and announce their budget for the coming year — I fear they will bring little relief to British Columbians who are barely scraping by.In 2017, the NDP promised to build 140,000 affordable home
  
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• Residents, animals safe after overnight house fire in Chilliwack - Abbotsford News

  21-02-2024 16:53 via news.google.com
  
  Residents, animals safe after overnight house fire in Chilliwack  Abbotsford News
  
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• Residents, animals safe after overnight house fire in Chilliwack - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  21-02-2024 16:41 via news.google.com
  
  Residents, animals safe after overnight house fire in Chilliwack  Agassiz Harrison Observer
  
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• Conservative government would require ID to watch porn: Poilievre

  21-02-2024 16:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre says a future Conservative government would change the law to require that porn websites verify the age of users to prevent minors from accessing the content. 
  The Tories currently back a Senate bill that promises to do just that.
  Bill S-210 passed the Senate in the spring and is set to be studied by a House committee, but no meetings have been scheduled yet.
  The law would require adult websites to verify users’ ages, but does not spec
  
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• Pierre Poilievre against transwomen in female bathrooms, changing rooms, sports

  21-02-2024 16:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he believes “biological males” have no place in sports or change rooms that are labelled female.
  Poilievre was asked at a news conference about his position on whether transgender women should be allowed in spaces that are labelled for women and whether he would introduce any legislation to stop it.
  Poilievre told reporters he believes “female spaces should be exclusively for females, not for biological males.” 
  
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• Millennials outnumber baby boomers for first time: Statistics Canada

  21-02-2024 15:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says there are now more millennials than baby boomers in the country, ending the 65-year rein of the post-Second World War generation as the largest cohort in the population.
  The federal agency noted the change in its population estimate for July 1, 2023, broken down by age and gender released today.
  The average age in Canada dropped slightly between July 1, 2022 and July 1, 2023 for the first time since 1958.
  However, Statistics Canada says the number and propor
  
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• Ex-Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Hyun Jin Ryu likely to return to South Korea’s Hanwha Eagles

  21-02-2024 15:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Hyun Jin Ryu looks set to return to South Korea after 10 years in Major League Baseball, South Korean media reported.
  The 36-year-old Ryu, nicknamed “Korean Monster,” is expected to come back to his former club Hanwha Eagles. The Eagles offered him a four-year contract worth at least 17 billion won ($12.7 million), which would make him the highest-paid player in the Korean Baseball Organization league, Yonhap news agenc
  
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