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• Chilliwack had shortest walk-in wait times in 2023 to buck B.C. trend - Abbotsford News

  22-02-2024 23:51
  
  Chilliwack had shortest walk-in wait times in 2023 to buck B.C. trend  Abbotsford News
  
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• A list of quotes in reaction to the 2024 British Columbia budget

  22-02-2024 23:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Here’s what people are saying about the 2024 British Columbia budget:
  “Some look at the challenges ahead and say government should respond with deep cuts, leaving people to fend for themselves. This would only weaken the services we all rely on and drive up costs with added fees and fares.” — Katrine Conroy, minister of finance
  “Right now that was a choice we had to make and it was the right choice.” — Conroy on the increased deficit
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• Ex-FBI source accused of lying about Bidens and having Russian contacts is returned to US custody

  22-02-2024 23:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former FBI informant accused of lying about multimillion-dollar bribery allegations against President Joe Biden and his son Hunter and purportedly having links to Russian intelligence was again taken into custody Thursday, two days after a judge said he could be freed ahead of trial, his attorneys said in court documents.
  The arrest during a meeting Thursday morning with his lawyers comes after prosecutors appealed a ruling allowing 43-year-old Alexander Smirnov, who hol
  
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• Abbotsford Hospital upgrades clinical communication among staff with new technology

  22-02-2024 23:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Patient-centred care embodies the objective among clinical staff at Abbotsford Regional Hospital.During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, it became clear to clinical staff that the hospital needed to expedite communication and facilitate enhanced coordination in order to provide seamless care to patients.According to a news release from the Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation this week, pagers used in years past would enable staff to receive notifications with a tedious nu
  
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• ‘Grey Cup or bust:’ Vernon Adams Jr. talks B.C. Lions goals after re-signing

  22-02-2024 22:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — Vernon Adams Jr. is clear about his and his team’s focus: the Grey Cup.
  Adams signed a two-year extension with the B.C. Lions on Wednesday, affirming his status as the team’s top quarterback.
  “It’s Grey Cup or bust. Everyone needs to be dialed in from day one. I’m saying this at training camp, 18 games, sacrifice what you need to sacrifice,” he said at a media availability Thursday.
  “We’re tired of getting stopped (in the Weste
  
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• Here’s a look at the 2024 B.C. budget, by the numbers

  22-02-2024 22:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia Finance Minister Katrine Conroy has delivered an election-year budget that includes benefits for families and businesses as well as an increased deficit. Here are some of its key numbers and estimates:
  $7.9 billion: 2024/2025 deficit
  34 per cent: Deficit increase
  0.8 per cent: 2024 real GDP growth
  $445: Average BC Family Benefit bonus
  $270 million: Three-year Increase in cancer spending
  $68 million: Cost of providing free in-vitro fertilization over three years
  
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• Free IVF in British Columbia will ‘save marriages,’ says father of two

  22-02-2024 22:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Liam Iliffe says he was almost brought to tears when he heard British Columbia was introducing one free cycle of invitro fertilization treatment for anyone who wants to start a family.
  Finance Minister Katrine Conroy says the measure in the B.C. budget will be available to everyone, regardless of income, “who they love, or whether they have a partner.”
  Victoria resident Iliffe and wife Sheena McConnell have two girls, aged four and one, both conceived as a result of
  
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• B.C. budget highlights, from soaring deficit to family benefit boost and free IVF

  22-02-2024 22:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The 2024 British Columbia budget includes new spending measures designed to ease high costs of living, while significantly boosting the province’s deficit. Here are some highlights:
  THE DEFICIT
  The 2024/2025 deficit is projected to rise to $7.9 billion, up from $5.9 billion in the updated 2023/2024 forecast.
  SPENDING
  Taxpayer-funded three-year capital spending almost doubles compared to the past three years, increasing to $43.3 billion, with big outlays on school, health a
  
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• Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Jose Berrios a student of the game

  22-02-2024 22:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUNEDIN, Fla. — Team officials, reporters and camera operators often gather behind the chain-link fence near the gang mounds at the Blue Jays’ player development complex to watch bullpen sessions during spring training. 
  Right-hander Jose Berrios is usually mixed in among them.
  The veteran starter — a real student of the game — uses the opportunity to study his teammates’ techniques during their throwing sessions.
  “I’m just trying to know them more
  
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• Returner Leake looking to help Edmonton Elks reverse their fortunes in 2024

  22-02-2024 21:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  It certainly would be fitting if Javon Leake broke the CFL single-season record for punt-return touchdowns in 2024.
  The CFL’s top special-teams player last season signed a one-year deal with the Edmonton Elks as a free agent. Leake registered a league-best four punt-return scores in 2023, one off the record set in 1991 by former Edmonton standout Henry (Gizmo) Williams and tied in 2012 by Hamilton’s Chris Williams.
  “Come on, it doesn’t sound any better than that,” L
  
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• Man charged with 19 offences in violent robbery at Vancouver nightclub

  22-02-2024 21:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver say 19 charges have been approved against a 27-year-old man who is accused of robbing and tying up workers at a nightclub in the city’s Yaletown neighbourhood last year. 
  They say two people entered the club after it closed in April last year, threatened workers with a gun and a knife and stole $25,000.
  Police say six people were “forcibly confined” and had their hands strapped together.
  They say one of the victims was assaulted and le
  
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• Canada pledges $80.5M for Kenya-led mission to improve security in Haiti

  22-02-2024 21:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada is putting $80.5 million toward a mission to improve security conditions in Haiti, where rampant gang violence has caused an ongoing crisis.
  Global Affairs Canada says the money will go towards a multinational security mission led by Kenya to support efforts by the Haitian National Police.
  It’s expected to support training, communications and logistics for police deployed to the mission and expertise in areas like human rights due diligence.
  The international mission
  
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• Cirstea saves 6 match points in Dubai quarterfinals win over Vondrousova

  22-02-2024 21:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova lost from 6-2, 5-1 ahead against Sorana Cirstea in the Dubai Championships quarterfinals on Thursday.
  Vondrousova blew six match points in losing 2-6, 7-6 (1), 6-2.
  World No. 3 Coco Gauff also lost from a set up when she was run down by qualifier Anna Kalinskaya 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.
  That left No. 1 Iga Swiatek as the only seed in the semifinals from 16 that started the tournament. Swiatek will play 40th-ranked Kalinskaya o
  
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• Mayor of Gatineau resigns citing difficult climate for municipal politicians

  22-02-2024 21:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The mayor of Gatineau, Que., has abruptly resigned her post, citing a difficult climate for municipal politicians in the province.
  France Bélisle says her resignation takes effect immediately, adding that she made the decision to preserve her health and her integrity.
  Bélisle says she has been witness to personal attacks that go beyond normal political criticism, including death threats.
  She also told a brief news conference today that she does not want to be assoc
  
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• Trudeau jabs Poilievre over bill that could usher in digital ID for porn browsing

  22-02-2024 20:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau took an unprompted jab at his main political rival today over a Senate porn bill that the prime minister says could usher in a digital ID for adults who want to browse certain websites.
  Trudeau made the comments after a press conference in Nova Scotia, accusing Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre of spreading “lies” about the Liberal government’s upcoming online harms legislation.The bill, which Trudeau says is centred around protecting children f
  
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• Young Canadians start qualifying road, looking to advance to 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup

  22-02-2024 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  With club connections from Croatia, England, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico and the Netherlands as well as Canada and the United States, the current edition of the Canadian under-20 men’s soccer team has no shortage of pedigree.
  But getting to the FIFA U-20 World Cup has been a difficult road for Canada, which has made the soccer showcase eight times but not since it hosted the event back in 2007.
  The young Canadians start their journey towards the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup on Friday when t
  
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• Fundraiser starts for Chilliwack family who 'lost everything' in fire - Chilliwack Progress

  22-02-2024 20:39
  
  Fundraiser starts for Chilliwack family who 'lost everything' in fire  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Fundraiser starts for Chilliwack family who 'lost everything' in fire - Abbotsford News

  22-02-2024 20:37
  
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• Four injured in shooting in residential neighbourhood in White Rock, B.C.

  22-02-2024 20:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WHITE ROCK, B.C. — Police say four men have been hospitalized with “serious” injuries after an overnight shooting in a residential neighbourhood in Metro Vancouver.
  RCMP in White Rock, B.C., say they received multiple calls reporting shots fired as well as a vehicle collision on along Roper Avenue shortly after midnight.
  Const. Chantal Sears says officers found the four men suffering from gunshot wounds and all of them were taken to hospital for treatment.
  A statement from the
  
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• Safety is priority following worker’s death in Vancouver crane incident: mayor

  22-02-2024 20:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The mayor of Vancouver says he is “deeply saddened” by the death of a worker when the load from a crane fell on a building under construction in the city’s Oakridge neighbourhood, and worksite safety must remain a top priority.
  A statement from Ken Sim says officials are committed to ensuring the safety of everyone working on construction projects in the city, and they will “continue to work diligently to prevent such tragedies in the future.”
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• Canadiens claim forward Colin White off waivers from Penguins

  22-02-2024 20:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens claimed forward Colin White off waivers from the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday.
  White went without a point through 11 games in Pittsburgh while producing five goals and five assists in 21 games with American Hockey League affiliate Wilkes-Barre/Scranton this season.
  The 27-year-old is on a one-year, US$775,000 contract. He joins his fourth NHL team after previous stints with the Ottawa Senators — who drafted him 21st overall in 2015 — and the
  
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• Foreign interference inquiry tries to allay diaspora community concerns

  22-02-2024 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A federal inquiry into foreign interference is trying to allay concerns that participating in the commission’s work could put members of diaspora communities at risk. 
  Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue says some community members fear reprisals if they provide information to the commission, or worry that all the information they submit will be shared with other participants.
  In a statement, Hogue says no participant, including those with standing, will have access t
  
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• Lawyer for victims’ family members doubts Pickton will ever be granted parole

  22-02-2024 20:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Serial killer Robert Pickton is now eligible to apply for day parole, but a lawyer representing family members of some of his victims says there’s no chance of it being granted. 
  The Parole Board of Canada confirmed Pickton can ask for parole, and Leyla Mavaddat, a spokeswoman for the board’s Quebec regional office, says that if it was approved, it would allow the killer to be moved to a transitional home.
  Mavaddat says such requests can take months before a he
  
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• Ohio mom who left toddler alone when she went on vacation pleads guilty to aggravated murder

  22-02-2024 20:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  An Ohio mother who left her 16-month-old daughter home alone in a playpen for 10 days last summer while she went on vacation pleaded guilty on Thursday to aggravated murder.
  Kristel Candelario, 32, also pleaded guilty to child endangerment as part of a plea deal with Cuyahoga County prosecutors, who agreed to dismiss two murder counts and a felonious assault charge. Candelario now faces a life term when she’s sentenced March 18.
  Authorities have said Candelario left her daughter, Jailyn, i
  
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• Sts’ailes, frustrated with the feds, signs and funds its own child welfare agreement

  22-02-2024 20:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A British Columbia First Nation has taken matters into its own hands after what leaders say has been a lack of commitment from the federal government to help them take full jurisdiction over child and family services.Sts’ailes, a Coast Salish First Nation, has been working with Ottawa for years to implement its own child welfare practices after the government passed a law in 2019 that allowed it to do so.A co-ordination agreement between the nation, Ottawa and B.C. was set t
  
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• Cameron stays alive in Scotties playoff hunt with close win over Smith

  22-02-2024 20:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Manitoba’s Kate Cameron scored one in the 10th end for a crucial 5-4 win over Nova Scotia’s Heather Smith in Thursday’s opening draw at the Canadian women’s curling championship.
  Cameron improved to 4-3 with the win and will face British Columbia’s Clancy Grandy (5-2) in Thursday’s evening draw for the third and final Pool B playoff spot.
  Tiebreak games have been eliminated at this year’s Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Head-to-head record
  
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• Indigenous leaders say B.C. opposition members derailed changes to Land Act

  22-02-2024 20:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Indigenous leaders say political opposition in British Columbia derailed a plan that would have cleared the way for shared decision-making between the province and First Nations over the use of public land in their territories.
  The NDP government announced Wednesday that it would not proceed with proposed amendments to the Land Act after holding a series of meetings with stakeholders, saying officials heard that they need to take time for further engagement and to demonstrate the “benefits
  
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• AC/DC tribute band to shake Chilliwack all night long - Chilliwack Progress

  22-02-2024 20:00
  
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• AC/DC tribute band to shake Chilliwack all night long - Hope Standard

  22-02-2024 19:56
  
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• OPINION: Chilliwack doctor speaks for the voiceless - Chilliwack Progress

  22-02-2024 19:41
  
  OPINION: Chilliwack doctor speaks for the voiceless  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Claws come out for federal minister who shared picture of lobster lunch in Asia

  22-02-2024 19:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FREDERICTON — A photo of federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay eating lobster in Malaysia during an official trip has some people seeing red.
  Shared Sunday on the minister’s profile on the X platform, formerly known as Twitter, the photo shows a sun-dappled MacAulay looking relaxed, wearing a T-shirt and sunglasses, and holding a lobster claw in his right hand with the rest of the crustacean on a plate before him.
  “Touched down in Malaysia! I’m looking forward to
  
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• New Hampshire man convicted of killing daughter, 5, whose body has not been found

  22-02-2024 19:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man was convicted of second-degree murder by a jury Thursday in the death of his 5-year-old daughter, who police believe was killed nearly two years before she was reported missing in 2021 and whose body was never found.Adam Montgomery, 34, did not attend the trial and wasn’t present when jurors returned their verdict. He had proclaimed his innocence, saying in court last year in an unrelated case that he loves Harmony Montgomery “uncondi
  
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• Quebec triple stabbing suspect not fit to stand trial for now, ordered into treatment

  22-02-2024 19:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A court-ordered psychiatric evaluation has concluded the man charged with killing two women and seriously injuring a third in a stabbing attack west of Montreal is not currently fit to stand trial.
  A Quebec court judge today ordered Fabio Puglisi to spend 30 days in treatment at a psychiatric hospital before another decision is made on his fitness to appear in court.
  The 44-year-old Puglisi was charged last week with two counts of second-degree murder in the killing of his 68-ye
  
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• GST, HST on carbon price could raise billions over next seven years: budget watchdog

  22-02-2024 18:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government’s carbon price could generate more than $5 billion from the federal sales tax over the next seven years, but none of that is directly earmarked for climate programs.The latest figures come from the parliamentary budget officer, based on a private member’s bill introduced last fall by Conservative MP Alex Ruff to eliminate the sales tax from carbon pricing completely.
  The revenues from the carbon price itself are required by law to be returned to
  
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• LETTER: Consider yourself blessed to not need urgent care - Chilliwack Progress

  22-02-2024 18:57
  
  LETTER: Consider yourself blessed to not need urgent care  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Texas school legally punished Black student over hairstyle, judge says

  22-02-2024 18:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ANAHUAC, Texas (AP) — A Black high school student’s monthslong punishment by his Texas school district for refusing to change his hairstyle does not violate a new state law that prohibits race-based hair discrimination, a judge ruled on Thursday.
  Darryl George, 18, is a junior and has not been in his regular classes at his Houston-area high school since Aug. 31 because his school district, Barbers Hill, says he is violating its policy limiting the length of boys’ hair.
  The dist
  
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• Chilliwack-Cultus Lake riding candidate drops out from this year’s provincial election

  22-02-2024 18:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Conservative Party of British Columbia says its MLA candidate for the newly named Chilliwack-Cultus Lake candidate has dropped out.Angelo Isidorou, executive director of the up and coming Conservative Party of B.C., confirmed in an email Thursday morning that Michael Geoghegan has encountered some health issues that led to his withdrawal from this year’s provincial election.“This is correct. Michael has had some health issues arise that meant he could no longer
  
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• ‘Seagrass’ allowed filmmaker to explore Japanese Canadian stories, family fractures

  22-02-2024 18:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — As Meredith Hama-Brown’s debut feature film “Seagrass” made waves during its festival run last fall, the Vancouver writer-director says she heard from many Japanese Canadians who thanked her for exploring a side of their experience rarely depicted on screen.
  Ally Maki stars as Judith, a Japanese Canadian woman grieving the recent loss of her mother and struggling with her cultural identity as she brings her family to a couples’ therapy retreat on a Briti
  
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• Father of man who killed Quebec officer says mentally ill son fell through the cracks

  22-02-2024 18:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The father of a Quebec man who killed a provincial police officer last year says he had hoped his son would have been arrested and hospitalized before he could hurt someone.
  Serge Brouillard told a coroner’s inquest today he had expected a complaint filed with police by another family member would have gotten his son the help he needed.
  On March 27, provincial police Sgt. Maureen Breau and three other officers showed up to Isaac Brouillard Lessard’s apartment to arre
  
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• Supreme Court of Canada to review Good Samaritan drug overdose case

  22-02-2024 18:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will review the case of a man who was arrested for drug and firearm offences after police encountered him at the scene of an overdose.
  The top court’s examination is expected to clarify application of the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act, passed to help reduce deaths from substance use.
  Under the law, no one who seeks emergency medical or police assistance can be charged or convicted of simple drug possession if the evidence was discovered because
  
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• Fourteen clubs from five leagues to contest Canadian Championship soccer tournament

  22-02-2024 18:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Fourteen clubs, including three newcomers, will take part in the 2024 Canadian Championship, a four-round competition set to kick off in April.
  The winner hoists the Voyageurs Cup and advances to the CONCACAF Champions Cup, the region’s elite men’s club competition. 
  The 19-game tournament features clubs from five different leagues: Major League Soccer, Canadian Premier League, League1 BC, League1 Ontario and Ligue1 Quebec.
  The defending champion Vancouver Whitec
  
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• Canada’s Clarke leads halfway through women’s world skeleton championship

  22-02-2024 18:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINTERBERG, Germany — Canada’s Hallie Clarke was the leader at the halfway point of the women’s skeleton competition at the bobsled and skeleton world championships.
  The 19-year-old from Brighton, Ont., once again representing Canada after switching allegiances to the United States after the 2022 Olympics, posted a two-run time of one minute 57.17 seconds on Thursday.
  The final two runs are scheduled for Friday.
  “I’ve only had two races before here in Winterberg,&rd
  
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• Business investment per worker fell 20% between 2006 and 2021, StatCan says

  22-02-2024 17:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A new Statistics Canada study says Canadian businesses invested 20 per cent less per employee between 2006 and 2021.
  That means for every worker, businesses invested $628.80 less in their companies in 2021 than they did in 2006.
  The report says the decline was more significant in large and medium-sized companies and foreign-controlled businesses.
  The slowdown in investment is attributed in part to lower competition and a shift toward intangible assets, such as brand equity and pat
  
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• Mother of Kremlin critic Navalny says she’s resisting pressure to agree to a secret burial

  22-02-2024 17:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — The mother of Russia’s top opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Thursday that she has seen her son’s body and that she is resisting strong pressure by authorities to agree to a secret burial outside the public eye.
  Speaking in a video statement from the Arctic city of Salekhard, Lyudmila Navalnaya said investigators have allowed her to see her son’s body in the city morgue.
  She reaffirmed the demand to give Navalny’s body to her and protested what she
  
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• Dabrowski, Routliffe move on to women’s doubles semifinals in Dubai

  22-02-2024 17:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI CITY, United Arab Emirates — The second-seeded team of Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe moved on to the semifinals of the Dubai Tennis Championships with a 6-4, 6-4 quarterfinal victory over Ukraine’s Lyudmyla Kichenok and Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia on Thursday.
  Routliffe, who resides in Montreal, and Dabrowski won 76 per cent of their first serves and were successful on three of five breakpoint opportunities in a match that took 84 minut
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: BC Builds helps bring more housing to British Columbians

  22-02-2024 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  I hear all the time in my office about how too many rental homes are out of reach for people, even if they make a decent, middle-class wage, and how people are feeling forced to spend more than half of their income on housing alone. Global inflation, high interest rates, rising construction costs and their effect on the housing market are pushing people out of their communities and making labour shortages worse across B.C.
  That’s why through BC Builds, we’re taking action to deliver
  
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• Quebec to table budget on March 12 amid warnings of larger deficit

  22-02-2024 16:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUEBEC — The Quebec government will present a budget on March 12 that is expected to have a larger deficit than originally estimated.
  Quebec’s Finance Minister Eric Girard said today the government’s priorities for the 2024-25 fiscal year will be health care and education.
  Earlier this week, Premier François Legault said collective agreements recently signed with workers in those two sectors mean it will take longer for the government to balance the books.
  Legault said t
  
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• Depending on Mother Nature, Sasquatch Mountain Resort plans to reopen next week

  22-02-2024 15:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HEMLOCK VALLEY — Grappling with a winter without much snow that has shuttered most of its operations, Sasquatch Mountain Resort north of Agassiz says it has tentative plans to reopen next week.
  According to the company’s latest update, the resort intends to reopen as soon as next week Thursday, February 29.“As we navigate through the whims of winter, we’re committed to keeping you informed every step of the way. After careful consideration of the current conditions and th
  
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• Soccer star Dani Alves found guilty of rape, sentenced to four and a half years in prison

  22-02-2024 15:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Dani Alves, one of the most successful soccer players of his generation, was found guilty of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub and sentenced to four years and six months in prison on Thursday.
  The former Brazil and Barcelona right back was convicted in Spain under a new sexual liberty law that emphasizes the lack of consent of the victim as key to determining sex crimes.
  A three-judge panel at the Barcelona Provincial Court convicted the 40-year-old Alves of s
  
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• Tydel Foods, doing tremendous good in the community, to open 2nd location in Chilliwack

  22-02-2024 15:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Tydel Foods, a small business that extends a helping hand to vulnerable residents of Chilliwack with free and discounted food products, announced Thursday morning (Feb. 22) that it will open a second location in Chilliwack.Brigida Crosbie and Tony Pitzoff say they have signed papers to open their second shop in Chilliwack in unit 104 at 45922 Thunderbird Lane in District 1881.“As always, our commitment to putting people over profit remains steadfast and this shop will co
  
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