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• Police take a suspect into custody after killing of nursing student at University of Georgia

  23-02-2024 23:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Police say they’ve taken a suspect into custody in after the killing of a nursing student whose body was found on the University of Georgia campus in Athens.
  University of Georgia Police said Friday that they’ve arrested an unnamed suspect in the death of 22-year-old Laken Hope Riley. The body of the student at the Augusta University College of Nursing’s Athens campus was found near running trails Thursday after she didn’t return from a run.
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• National Rifle Association and Wayne LaPierre are found liable in lawsuit over lavish spending

  23-02-2024 23:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The National Rifle Association and its former longtime leader were found liable Friday in a lawsuit centered on the organization’s lavish spending.
  The New York jury found that Wayne LaPierre, who was the NRA’s CEO for three decades, misspent millions of dollars of the group’s money on pricey perks for themselves.
  LaPierre sat stone-faced in the front row of the courtroom as the verdict was read aloud.
  The verdict is a win for New York Attorney General Let
  
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• Former employee sues Argos for wrongful dismissal, accuses QB Kelly of harassment

  23-02-2024 23:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — A former strength and conditioning coach with the Toronto Argonauts is suing the CFL club for wrongful dismissal and star quarterback Chad Kelly for alleged violations of the Ontario Human Rights Code.
  In a statement of claim filed Wednesday with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the complainant alleges she was continually harassed by Kelly, starting with unwanted romantic overtures and escalating into incidents where Kelly used threatening language.
  She said the Argonauts d
  
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• Canada thumps outmatched Dominica 8-0 in CONCACAF U-20 qualifying play

  23-02-2024 23:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad And Tobago — Myles Morgan scored three goals and Santiago Lopez and 15-year-old Sergei Kozlovskiy had two apiece as Canada thumped Dominica 8-0 at the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship Qualifiers on Friday.
  Kevaughn Tavernier also scored for Canada, which led 4-0 at the half.
  Kozlovskiy, a defender in the CF Montreal system, made it 7-0 in the 87th minute when goalkeeper Ronny Lockhart fumbled his Olimpico-style corner and the ball bounced in off a defender. Kozlovskiy
  
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• Police respond to war over drug territory in Quebec City and surrounding areas

  23-02-2024 23:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUEBEC — Provincial police say they have launched an operation in response to rising violence between independent drug dealers and criminal biker gangs.
  About 100 officers from specialized units were deployed on Friday across the province in connection to what they say is a war over drug-selling territory in the Quebec City area, the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region, the Lower St-Lawrence and the North Shore.
  In one violent incident, one man was killed and three others were injured in a hostage
  
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• Homan, Jones each one win away from Hearts final after playoff victories

  23-02-2024 23:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Ontario’s Rachel Homan and Manitoba’s Jennifer Jones won their playoff games Friday at the Canadian women’s curling championship to accelerate their bids for a title.
  Homan extended her run at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Calgary to 9-0 with an 8-4 win over defending champion Kerri Einarson. Homan and Jones clash in Saturday’s Page playoff between the top two seeds.
  The winner banks an express ticket to Sunday evening’s final. The loser must
  
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• Two Abbotsford men among those charged with conspiring to commit murder

  23-02-2024 22:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police department has announced the arrests of three men who investigators allege, were planning to kill rival gang members as part of the brutal gang battles taking place through the B.C. Lower Mainland.A news release from Abbotsford police alleges 34-year-old Gavinder Siekham of Surrey, was conspiring with 26-year-old Anmol Sandhu of Abbotsford and 26-year-old Navdeep Dhaliwal of Abbotsford, to murder rival gang members.
  The arrests came about through a drug t
  
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• Blue Bombers sign veteran kicker Sergio Castillo to one-year contract

  23-02-2024 22:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed Sergio Castillo to a one-year contract as the veteran kicker looks to build on an outstanding 2023 CFL campaign.
  Castillo joined the Bombers for a third stint in May after being released by the Edmonton Elks.
  He went on to set a club record by converting 90.2 per cent (46 of 51) of his field goal attempts last year.
  Castillo was 31 of 31 inside the 40-yard line, 15 of 20 in 40-plus yard attempts and four of six from 50 yards-plus, including
  
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• Survey shows appetite for curbside collection changes in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  23-02-2024 22:31
  
  Survey shows appetite for curbside collection changes in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Announcing this year's Chilliwack Progress A-List - Chilliwack Progress

  23-02-2024 22:00
  
  Announcing this year's Chilliwack Progress A-List  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• LETTER: Chilliwack emergency staff go above and beyond - Chilliwack Progress

  23-02-2024 21:56
  
  LETTER: Chilliwack emergency staff go above and beyond  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Toronto FC has many questions to answer as it gears up for new MLS season

  23-02-2024 21:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Heading into the MLS regular season, Toronto FC is akin to a restaurant undergoing a makeover with time running out before the reveal.
  There’s a lot going on behind the scenes and no guarantee it will be ready in time.
  Last year’s league-worst team at 4-20-10, TFC has been slow to bring in new talent due in part to the fickle nature of football’s transfer window and difficulties in trimming the existing roster due to salary cap issues.
  The pace picked up Friday
  
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• CF Montreal enters MLS season with some new faces, and a new play style

  23-02-2024 21:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CF Montreal is heading into the Major League Soccer season with plenty of intrigue.
  With new faces on the team sheet and a new head coach working to implement an exciting play style, Laurent Courtois’s squad hopes to give fans more to cheer about after Montreal missed the playoffs in an offensively challenged past season under Hernan Losada.
  Montreal opens the campaign on the road Saturday against Orlando City SC. The club won’t play at home until April 13 against FC Cincinnati, its
  
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• LETTER: Chilliwack ER is a place for everyone - Chilliwack Progress

  23-02-2024 21:51
  
  LETTER: Chilliwack ER is a place for everyone  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• P.E.I. councillor accused of posting anti-Indigenous sign seeking judicial review

  23-02-2024 21:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHARLOTTETOWN — A village councillor in Prince Edward Island is asking a court to quash sanctions imposed on him after he displayed a sign on his property questioning the existence of unmarked graves at former residential schools.
  In documents filed last week with the P.E.I. Supreme Court, Murray Harbour Coun. John Robertson claims fellow councillors exceeded their authority and violated his rights on Nov. 18, 2023, when they decided he had breached the council’s code of conduct.
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• Trump says he ‘strongly supports’ IVF and calls on Alabama lawmakers to protect access

  23-02-2024 20:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump said Friday that he would “strongly support the availability of IVF” and called on lawmakers in Alabama to preserve access to the procedure. It was his first comments after an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that led some providers to suspend in vitro fertilization treatments and has divided many Republicans nationally over the issue.Trump, in a post on his Truth Social network, said: “Under my leadership, the Republican Pa
  
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• NDP says it has reached deal with Liberals on pharmacare bill as deadline looms

  23-02-2024 20:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The NDP says it has reached a deal with the governing Liberals to introduce the first piece of a national pharmacare program that includes coverage for birth control and diabetes medication. 
  The deal is a critical piece of the supply-and-confidence pact between the two parties and comes ahead of a March 1 deadline to table legislation.
  An NDP spokesperson confirms the deal but says some final details may still be worked out over the weekend.
  The deal includes full coverage f
  
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• Quebec’s common front unionized workers vote to accept deal with province

  23-02-2024 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Some 420,000 unionized public sector workers have voted 74.8 per cent in favour of accepting an agreement in principle reached with the Quebec government.
  The workers, who are part of the “common front” of four major unions representing education and health-care workers, announced today that the contentious negotiations that led to one of the province’s biggest public-sector strikes have officially come to an end.
  Union president Éric Gingras, of the Cen
  
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• Road closures coming to Chilliwack rail crossings

  23-02-2024 20:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The City of Chilliwack is advising the public of a series of road closures in the area to allow work crews to conduct maintenance work at CN Rail crossings.
  Yale Road will be fully closed at the intersection with the CN Rail tracks from Saturday (Feb. 24) morning at 8 a.m. until Monday at 1 p.m.
  Another closure is planned Wednesday from 8 a.m. to Thursday at 8 p.m. at Lickman Road.Image: City of Chilliwack / Lickman Road between Industrial Way and Progress Way.
  Officials say t
  
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• Sei Young Kim is among three tied for the lead after two rounds of the LPGA Thailand tournament

  23-02-2024 20:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHONBURI, Thailand (AP) — Former Women’s PGA Championship winner Sei Young Kim moved from second place into a three-way tie for the lead after two rounds of the LPGA Thailand tournament on Friday.
  After sailing through the first 11 holes with four birdies and an eagle, Kim had two bogeys on Nos. 13 and 17 to finish with a 4-under 68.
  “I think I lost my focus when I was putting, so I missed the short putt, especially 17. I have to forget about it,” Kim said.
  Kim, who won t
  
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• Jen Pawol to make big league spring training debut, on verge of becoming first MLB woman umpire

  23-02-2024 20:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jen Pawol will take a big step toward breaking the gender barrier for Major League Baseball umpires on Saturday when she becomes the first woman to work a big league spring training game in 17 years.
  The 47-year-old from New Jersey will work the bases during Houston’s exhibition against Washington in West Palm Beach, Florida. She is among 24 minor league umpires assigned full-time as fill-ins at big league spring training.
  Last year, 21 of the 26 umps ass
  
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• Dabrowski, Routliffe lose semifinal match to Siniakova, Hunter in Dubai

  23-02-2024 20:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI CITY, United Arab Emirates — Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand lost their women’s doubles semifinal match at the Dubai Tennis Championships 6-4, 6-4 to Czechia’s Katerina Siniakova and Australia’s Storm Hunter on Friday.
  Dabrowski and Routliffe, seeded second at the WTA 1000 event, were broken five times by the fourth-seeded tandem of Siniakova and Hunter and were outclassed on first serves by their opponent.
  Siniakova and H
  
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• In Quebec’s strawberry fields, a tiny insect may forecast big climate impacts: study

  23-02-2024 20:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A bug encroaching on Quebec’s strawberry fields could help forecast climate change’s impact on agriculture, a new study suggests, the latest to consider what the authors called the “colossal task” of sustainable farming on a warming planet. 
  Researchers out of Laval University say migratory leafhoppers – small cicada-like insects that benefit from temperature increases – appear to be arriving earlier in the season and dominating fields around Quebec City.
  
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• Officers build trust with Chilliwack teens at 'Donut with a Cop' - Chilliwack Progress

  23-02-2024 20:08
  
  Officers build trust with Chilliwack teens at 'Donut with a Cop'  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• B.C. police announce dismantling of drug-making and distribution ring with 8 arrests

  23-02-2024 20:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — Police in British Columbia say they have dismantled a “significant, sophisticated” criminal organization involved in manufacturing and distributing fentanyl-laced counterfeit pharmaceuticals.
  Mounties in B.C. say the operation has led to the arrest of eight men in the Metro Vancouver communities of Surrey, Richmond and Delta, with several suspects having links to organized crime.
  Police say one of the suspects was later found by federal authorities to have been l
  
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• Canadian Championship draw produces local matchups in preliminary round

  23-02-2024 19:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Friday’s Canadian Championship draw produced a slew of local matchups with the defending champion Vancouver Whitecaps and 2023 runner-up CF Montreal watching from the sidelines at the start.
  Both MLS teams get byes to the quarterfinals of the 14-team, five-round competition that runs through September with the winner hoisting the Voyageurs Cup and qualifying for the CONCACAF Champions Cup.
  Toronto FC will host semi-pro Simcoe County Rovers of League1 Ontario in the preliminary round while
  
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• Police announce the dismantling of major organized crime group operating in B.C., including Abbotsford

  23-02-2024 19:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Law enforcement authorities have announced a major advancement in the fight against organized crime in British Columbia. Through collaborative efforts of the B.C. RCMP’s Federal Serious and Organized Crime Program, the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT), and the Abbotsford Police Department, police officials say they have dismantled a dangerous B.C.-based organized crime group.
  In a statement, Mike Farnworth, the Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General
  
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• Intense snow system coming to B.C.’s major highways this weekend, weather office says

  23-02-2024 19:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — It will be a dicey weekend to be on several of British Columbia’s mountain highways with a forecast of significant snowfall. 
  Environment Canada says B.C.’s mountain passes will see large snowfall accumulations, blowing snow and rapidly changing conditions as a cold front arrives. 
  The snow is expected to start Saturday, intensify on Sunday and then ease off by Monday.
  The weather office warns that drivers need to be cautious on the Coquihalla Highway, Hig
  
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• Man fined $250,000 for illegal prawn fishing in B.C. glass sponge refuge

  23-02-2024 19:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SECHELT, B.C. — The captain of a commercial fishing vessel has been fined $250,000 by a provincial court judge and ordered to forfeit $80,000 worth of equipment after being caught setting prawn traps in a glass sponge marine refuge near Sechelt, B.C.
  Fisheries and Oceans Canada says the unnamed vessel master received the sentence on Jan. 31, resulting in the forfeiture of 553 commercial prawn traps and 450 pounds of live prawns.
  Fisheries officers seized the prawn traps in the Strait of Ge
  
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• A judge convicts former Austrian leader Sebastian Kurz of making false statements

  23-02-2024 19:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VIENNA (AP) — Former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz was convicted Friday of making false statements to a parliamentary inquiry into alleged corruption in his first government. He was given an eight-month suspended sentence.
  The verdict at the Vienna criminal court followed a four-month trial. The case marked the first time in more than 30 years that a former Austrian chancellor had stood trial.
  The case centered on Kurz’s testimony to an inquiry that focused on the coalition he l
  
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• Quebec bar slams Legault for questioning independence of federally appointed judges

  23-02-2024 19:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUEBEC — The Quebec bar association is denouncing what it calls an “attack” on the independence of federally appointed judges from Premier François Legault.
  The comments from the Barreau du Québec follow Legault’s statements Thursday accusing the Parti Québécois leader of prostrating himself before Ottawa regarding a Court of Appeal decision.
  In a unanimous ruling on Feb. 7, the Court of Appeal granted access to Quebec’s subsidized daycar
  
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• Student charged with murder in fatal shooting of 2 in Colorado college dorm

  23-02-2024 19:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DENVER (AP) — A college student charged in the Feb. 16 killing of his roommate and another person told his roommate he would “kill him” if he was asked to take out the trash again, according to a court document released Friday.
  The dispute in January was recounted by a third roommate in the dormitory pod where Nicholas Jordan and Samuel Knopp lived, Jordan’s arrest affidavit said. Police and housing records confirmed the interactions, the document said.
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• Lineup of legends at Louisiana Hayride tribute show in Chilliwack - Hope Standard

  23-02-2024 18:50
  
  Lineup of legends at Louisiana Hayride tribute show in Chilliwack  Hope Standard
  
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• Lineup of legends at Louisiana Hayride tribute show in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  23-02-2024 18:50
  
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• No. 1 Swiatek loses to Kalinskaya in Dubai semifinals. Paolini awaits in final

  23-02-2024 18:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iga Swiatek was upset by qualifier Anna Kalinskaya 6-4, 6-4 in the semifinals of the Dubai Championships after the world No. 1 squandered an early lead on Friday.
  Swiatek was up 4-2 when Kalinskaya rattled off four straight games to take the first set en route to her third consecutive victory over a top 10 opponent.
  Kalinskaya eliminated No. 3 Coco Gauff in the quarterfinals and No. 9 Jelena Ostapenko in the last 16.
  She will face Jasmine Paolini on Satur
  
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• 3 University of Wyoming swimmers killed in highway crash in Colorado

  23-02-2024 18:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Three members of the University of Wyoming swimming and diving team were killed in a highway crash in northern Colorado.
  The crash happened Thursday afternoon on U.S. 287 about 10 miles (16 kilometers) south of the Wyoming-Colorado line between Laramie and Fort Collins, Colo.
  The crash injured two other team members who were expected to survive, according to a University of Wyoming statement.
  The crash happened when the driver of the Toyota RAV4 sport utility vehicle
  
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• Jets chairman Chipman says current state of Jets attendance is not sustainable

  23-02-2024 18:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Winnipeg Jets chairman Mark Chipman says the NHL team’s future could be in jeopardy if attendance doesn’t improve.
  In an interview with The Athletic, Chipman said the Jets need to get back to a season ticket base of 13,000, and current attendance numbers are “not going to work over the long haul.”
  The Jets are struggling to draw fans to Canada Life Centre, the NHL’s smallest permanent arena with a capacity of 15,225 for hockey games.
  Despite icing a competitive team
  
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• Jays left-hander Ricky Tiedemann scratched from start due to hamstring discomfort

  23-02-2024 18:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUNEDIN, Fla. — Blue Jays left-hander Ricky Tiedemann has been scratched from starting Saturday’s pre-season opener against Philadelphia due to left hamstring discomfort.
  Manager John Schneider says it’s a precautionary move and the team expects to have more details once imaging results are complete.
  Tiedemann experienced discomfort while doing conditioning work this morning at the team’s player development complex.
  He’ll likely start the season in the minor leagues
  
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• Canada sanctions 10 more people in Russia over war with Ukraine ahead of anniversary

  23-02-2024 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada is adding 10 people and 153 entities to its sanctions list, with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine set to pass the second-year mark this weekend.
  Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced the new sanctions against Russia in co-ordination with the United States and the United Kingdom this morning.
  Earlier today, the U.S. announced sanctions targeting more than 500 people and entities and the U.K. added 50 to its own list.
  Russia launched its military
  
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• Former Montreal Canadiens defenceman Jean-Guy Talbot dead at 91

  23-02-2024 17:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Jean-Guy Talbot, one of the 12 Montreal Canadiens players to win five consecutive Stanley Cups between 1956 and 1960, has died. He was 91 years old.
  The Canadiens announced Talbot’s death Friday morning after multiple media outlets reported the news. A cause of death was not given.
  Born in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Que., on July 11, 1932, Talbot played 17 NHL seasons with five teams between 1954 and 1971.
  Talbot also served as head coach of the St. Louis Blues from 1972 to 1974
  
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• Alberta town bans Pride flags, rainbow crosswalks after plebiscite

  23-02-2024 17:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WESTLOCK, Alta. — A town north of Edmonton has voted in favour of a bylaw that bans Pride flags and rainbow crosswalks on municipal property.
  A slim majority of Westlock residents who took part in a plebiscite Thursday voted in favour of the town only flying government flags and painting crosswalks in a white striped pattern. 
  Those in favour won by 24 votes, as 49 per cent voted against the ban.
  Westlock Mayor Jon Kramer says councillors didn’t support the move, as they felt it
  
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• CP NewsAlert: McGill, Concordia universities sue Quebec government over tuition hikes

  23-02-2024 16:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — McGill University and Concordia University are suing the Quebec government over its decision to hike tuition for out-of-province students by about 30 per cent.
  In separate lawsuits, the two Montreal universities say the government’s decision constitutes discrimination under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and that the hikes have damaged the schools’ reputations.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Check you’re fully immunized against measles, Public Health Agency of Canada urges

  23-02-2024 16:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Public Health Agency of Canada is strongly advising everyone in Canada to check that they’re fully immunized against measles, especially before travelling
  Amid a global rise in measles, the agency says it’s concerned the upcoming March break travel season could lead to more cases of the highly contagious disease coming into this country.
  To be fully protected, both adults and children need to have received two doses of measles vaccine.
  The first dose of measles, mumps and rubella
  
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• Cricket Canada looks to Boundaries North partnership to build on on-field success

  23-02-2024 15:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada Cricket looks to make some noise this year, or at least some headlines.
  For the first time, Canada is headed to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in June in the West Indies and U.S. And the Canadian men return to one-day international play later this year for the first time in almost a decade after regaining their ODI status last year.
  That helped earn Cricket Canada a marquee new partnership with Coca-Cola Canada, a one-year deal with an option for two more.
  Coca-Cola brands will be prom
  
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• Canadian teenager Hallie Clarke wins skeleton world championship

  23-02-2024 15:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINTERBERG, Germany — Canada’s Hallie Clarke won the women’s skeleton competition at the bobsled and skeleton world championships on Friday.
  The 19-year-old from Brighton, Ont., clocked a four-run time of three minutes 51.27 seconds to become the youngest skeleton world champion in history.
  She was tied with Germany’s Hannah Neise after three runs but pulled away from the pack with a final run of 56.93 seconds, the fastest time of the competition.
  Kim Meylemans of Belgium
  
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• Langley RCMP, multiple police agencies nab suspects with guns, radio jammer who fled from police

  23-02-2024 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY — Multiple police agencies provided some timely assistance to the Langley RCMP’s Special Respose Team when three suspects armed with guns, a radio jammer and a large amount of stolen property tried unsuccessfully to evade police earlier this month in Langley.On Friday, February 9, just before 10 p.m., Langley RCMP SRT personnel were conducting proactive patrols when they observed a black Ford Explorer driving slowly around the loading dock area of the Langley Walmart, located
  
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• Toronto FC reacquires fullback Richie Laryea in transfer from Nottingham Forest

  23-02-2024 14:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto FC has reacquired Canadian international fullback Richie Laryea from England’s Nottingham Forest.
  The 29-year-old from Toronto moved to Forest in January 2022, but was loaned back to Toronto seven months later.Laryea returns to Toronto via transfer on a contract through 2026 with an option for 2027.
  He joined the Vancouver Whitecaps last August on loan from Forest.
  Prior to his move to England, Laryea played three seasons (2019, 2020 and 2021) with Toronto after signing with the cl
  
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• Weather alert issued for highways east of Chilliwack

  23-02-2024 14:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Environment Canada has issued a pair of highway alerts for high-altitude highways leading from the Fraser Valley to the B.C. Interior.The alerts were issued for the Coquihalla Highway and Highway 3 through the Allison Pass and warn of significant snowfall Sunday and Monday.
  According to forecasters. a large low-pressure system will move into the region Saturday, bringing with it cooler temperatures and the threat of snow. The national weather agency says snow levels will dip d
  
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• Kerri Einarson chases curling history in Tournament of Hearts with substitute lead

  23-02-2024 13:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Krysten Karwacki is in a spotlight not of her own making at the Canadian women’s curling championship.
  Kerri Einarson’s alternate, or fifth, has played every end for four-time champion Einarson at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Calgary.
  Regular lead Briane Harris was declared ineligible just hours before the team’s opening draw on Feb. 16 at WinSport Event Centre. 
  Curling Canada said in a statement that day it had been “made aware” of Har
  
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• Canadian competitors set for final Olympic surfing qualifier in Puerto Rico

  23-02-2024 13:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Having won her Canadian citizenship battle, teenage surfer Erin Brooks now looks to book her ticket to the Paris Olympics.
  Brooks is one of six Canadians competing at the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games, the final Olympic qualifier which opens Saturday and runs through March 3 in Puerto Rico.
  Brooks is joined by Tofino, B.C. sisters Sanoa and Mathea Dempfle-Olin. 
  The Canadian men competing are brothers Cody and Levi Young and Wheeler Hasburgh.
  The competitors will surf the reef breaks of Marg
  
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