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• French President Macron says sending Western troops on the ground in Ukraine is not ‘ruled out’

  26-02-2024 23:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that sending Western troops on the ground in Ukraine is not “ruled out” in the future.
  Macron spoke after a meeting on Ukraine in Paris brought together over 20 European heads of state and government and other Western officials in Paris.
  “There’s no consensus today to send in an official manner troops on the ground. But in terms of dynamics, nothing can be ruled out,” Macron said.
  Macron declined to pro
  
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• Veteran quarterback Matt Shiltz prepared for new challenges with Calgary Stampeders

  26-02-2024 23:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Different team, different city, same approach for Matt Shiltz.
  The 31-year-old quarterback signed a one-year deal this month with Calgary. The Stampeders will be Shiltz’s third team in just his seventh CFL season following stops with Montreal (2017-19, 2021) and Hamilton (2022-23).
  “I think if you talk to any pro, regardless of where they are in their career, what they all strive for is to find a place to call home and settle down,” Shiltz said during a telephone interview. &ld
  
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• José DeLeón, MLB pitcher for 13 seasons, dies at age 63

  26-02-2024 23:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — José DeLeón, a major league pitcher for 13 seasons who led the National League in strikeouts for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1989, has died. He was 63.
  Los Leones del Escogido, DeLeón’s team in the Dominican Winter League, said he died Sunday evening at a hospital in Santo Domingo. The team said DeLeón had health issues without giving further information.
  DeLeón was 86-119 with a 3.76 ERA in 264 starts and 151
  
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• Child poverty rate rises in B.C. after pandemic cash lost, report says

  26-02-2024 22:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A report says more than 126,000 children in British Columbia lived in poverty in 2021 despite decades of policy changes, with some of the worst situations in single-parent families and on First Nation reserves. 
  The First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society has been doing the reports for 27 years and notes a slight rise in the child poverty rate after a sharp decline while families were receiving the Canada Emergency Response Benefit during the pandemic. 
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• Nichushkin cleared to practice with Avalanche after getting care from the player assistance program

  26-02-2024 22:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DENVER (AP) — Valeri Nichushkin resumed practicing with the Colorado Avalanche on Monday after receiving care from the player assistance program.
  The NHL and NHL Players’ Association announced that Nichushkin has entered the follow-up care phase after being away from the team since in mid-January. Colorado coach Jared Bednar said after the practice that Nichushkin’s return to game action remains “to be determined.” He won’t accompany the team on an upcoming tw
  
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• Serven drives in five, Jays thump Pirates 8-4 for first pre-season win

  26-02-2024 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUNEDIN, Fla. — Brian Serven hit a three-run homer and drove in five runs and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-4 Monday for their first win of spring training.
  Serven’s two-out homer in the sixth inning came with Garrett Spain and Spencer Horwitz on base and put the Blue Jays up 6-0. 
  He put Toronto up 8-3 with a two-run double in the eighth that scored Horwitz and John Kasevich. 
  Serven came into the game as a pinch runner after Justin Turner doubled in
  
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• Real estate association economist asks if B.C.’s flipping tax is worth the trouble

  26-02-2024 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The chief economist of the British Columbia Real Estate Association says the incoming tax on flipping houses may not generate as much revenue as the government expects and might only impact a small number of properties. 
  Brendon Ogmundson says about 10 per cent of real estate transactions in Metro Vancouver take place within two years of a purchase, and many of those sales would be exempt from the new tax for reasons such as divorce or job relocation.
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• Five things to know about Canada’s proposed law to guard against online harms

  26-02-2024 21:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has tabled its long awaited legislation to better protect Canadians, and particularly youth, against online harms.
  Here are five things Bill C-63 proposes to do. 
  1. Target specific types of harmful content
  The government is looking to target the non-consensual sharing of intimate images — including deepfakes generated by artificial intelligence and content that “sexually victimizes a child or revictimizes a survivo
  
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• Toronto says World Cup cost estimate now at $380 million, cites additional match

  26-02-2024 21:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The City of Toronto estimates it will cost $380 million to host World Cup matches in the city, an increase of $80 million compared to a 2022 forecast partly because of the addition of another match to the schedule.
  Toronto and Vancouver are the Canadian cities set to host matches during the 2026 World Cup, which will also be played across the United States and Mexico.  
  The city manager and executive director of World Cup hosting say in a report released today that city staff have been revi
  
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• Former Canadian international Rhian Wilkinson to coach Welsh women’s soccer team

  26-02-2024 21:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Former Canadian international Rhian Wilkinson has been named coach of the Wales women’s team.
  Wilkinson, a Canada Soccer Hall of Famer, won 181 caps for Canada in a distinguished playing career that stretched from 2003 to 2017. The defender went on to coach the Canadian under-18 and under-20 teams, served as an assistant coach to Kenneth Heiner-Moller with the senior women’s team and was an assistant coach with England’s Lionesses.
  Wilkinson coached the Portland to the 2022 NWS
  
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• Mission RCMP arrest 17-year-old male suspected of vandalism; youth resisted arrest after getting caught

  26-02-2024 21:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Mounties in Mission say vehicle owners on Dunsmuir Drive to Bannister Drive in Mission were targeted in a series of mischief incidents earlier this month, and a 17-year-old male suspected of being responsible for these incidents has been arrested.According to a statement from Corporal Harrison Mohr, spokesperson for the Mission RCMP detachment, Mounties say about a dozen vehicles were keyed, while others had their tires slashed, one was set on fire, and another was doused in gaso
  
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• Some cellphone plans not as cheap as they were before Rogers-Shaw merger: watchdog

  26-02-2024 21:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Certain cellphone plans in Western Canada are not as cheap as they once were prior to the Rogers-Shaw merger, Canada’s competition watchdog says.
  Jeanne Pratt, the Competition Bureau’s senior deputy commissioner of mergers and monopolistic practices, says the agency hasn’t seen evidence showing Rogers Communications Inc. is offering comparable pricing for bundled wireless plans offered by Shaw Mobile in Alberta and B.C. before the $26-billion takeover closed last
  
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• Toronto FC plans to manage Insigne’s minutes this season to help keep him healthy

  26-02-2024 21:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Lorenzo Insigne saw a little more than an hour’s action in Toronto FC’s season-opening scoreless draw at FC Cincinnati.
  And there is a question mark over what role the Italian star will play Sunday, if any, when TFC faces the New England Revolution on Gillette Stadium’s artificial turf.
  After a 2023 season that saw the 32-year-old Insigne appear in just 20 of Toronto’s 34 league games due to a rash of injuries, Toronto coach John Herdman plans to handle th
  
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• B.C. Highway Patrol confirms fatality in multi-vehicle crash Sunday on Hwy. 3 southeast of Hope

  26-02-2024 21:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ALLISON PASS/MANNING PARK — The B.C. Highway Patrol says a 59-year-old man from Maple Ridge has died following a multi-vehicle collision on Highway 3 approximately 55 kilometres southeast of Hope, amid poor winter driving conditions.According to a statement from Corporal Melissa Jongema of the B.C. Highway Patrol, police say a multi-vehicle collision was reported on Sunday, February 25 at 12:22 p.m. near Allison Pass and Manning Park. Cpl. Jongema said preliminary information indicated wea
  
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• Labour, environment groups make plea for sustainable jobs bill to pass

  26-02-2024 21:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA —  Environmental groups and labour organizations are pleading with the federal government to end a political stalemate over its forthcoming sustainable jobs bill.
  The legislation is supposed to help protect and usher in new jobs in the energy industry as Canada tries to maintain its place in the clean energy transition.
  The bill has been controversial: the Alberta government and federal Conservatives say it is designed to put traditional energy industries out of business.
  The b
  
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• A list of prominent examples of online harms against youth in Canada in recent years

  26-02-2024 20:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The federal government is introducing legislation designed to help protect young people in Canada from the dangers they face online. A look at some recent examples: 
  Feb. 6, 2024 — Police in Surrey, B.C., disclose details of the suicide in February 2023 of an unnamed 14-year-old, tricked into sharing intimate images as part of a sextortion scheme. A man in Nigeria is facing extortion and child pornography charges.
  Oct. 12, 2023 —Carson Cleland, 12, of Prince George, B.C., dies o
  
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• Maple Leafs recall goaltender Woll after successful conditioning stint with Marlies

  26-02-2024 20:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have recalled goaltender Joseph Woll from his conditioning stint with the American Hockey League’s Toronto Marlies, the NHL club announced Monday.
  Woll stopped 36 of 37 shots in the Marlies’ 4-1 win at Laval on Friday.
  It was the 25-year-old’s first game action since he sustained a high ankle sprain in the Maple Leafs’ 4-3 win at Ottawa on Dec. 7.
  Woll had an 8-5-1 record with a 2.80 goals-against average and .916 save percentage be
  
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• New name, attractions at 're-imagined' tulip festival in Chilliwack - Maple Ridge News

  26-02-2024 20:45 via news.google.com
  
  New name, attractions at 're-imagined' tulip festival in Chilliwack  Maple Ridge News
  
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• Canada’s Christopher Morales Williams sets world indoor 400m record over weekend

  26-02-2024 20:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Christopher Morales Williams continued raising his profile on the U.S. university track scene this weekend.
  The 19-year-old Vaughan, Ont., native set a world indoor record in the men’s 400 metres with a time of 44.49 seconds to win the NCAA Southeastern Conference indoor championships on Saturday in Fayetteville, Ark. If ratified, he tops the mark of 44.57 from American Kerron Clement in 2005.
  The time also resets Morales Williams’s Canadian record in the event.The University of Geor
  
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• Boutique smoothie shop coming to Chilliwack this spring

  26-02-2024 20:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The newest smoothie bar coming to Chilliwack doesn’t look or feel exactly like walking into a typical Booster Juice store.
  Heal Wellness, a boutique outfit offering acai (pronounced aa-saa-ee) bowls and smoothies, will reportedly open in May in the former Olive Junction retail store site of Garrison Village, located at Keith Wilson Road and Vedder Road.A post on X/Twitter from the company dated Friday, February 23 states, “Chilliwack, BC….Here we come. We wi
  
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• With trial starting next month, Manhattan DA asks judge for a gag order in Trump’s hush-money case

  26-02-2024 20:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors in Donald Trump’s New York hush-money criminal case asked a judge Monday to impose a gag order on the former president, citing his “long history of making public and inflammatory remarks” about people involved in his legal cases.
  The Manhattan district attorney’s office asked that Trump be barred from making or directing others to make public statements about potential witnesses, prospective jurors and members of the prosecution team and
  
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• Liberal government wants voting health breaks for MPs after Opposition ‘obstruction’

  26-02-2024 19:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Liberal government says it wants to bring in health breaks that would eliminate overnight voting in the House of Commons for this parliamentary session.
  Government House leader Steve MacKinnon introduced the motion today, and the New Democrats voiced their immediate support for it.MacKinnon says his motion would address the “obstruction” of the Opposition Conservatives, and he’s accusing them of using procedural tactics to stall government work.In December, t
  
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• Canadian cities ‘not gatekeepers’: Head of mayors’ group pushes back on Poilievre

  26-02-2024 19:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities says his members are community builders and not gatekeepers, a term Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has commonly used to attack municipal bureaucrats. 
  Scott Pearce made the comment at a news conference the federation held in Ottawa ahead of the spring budget, as the group calls for more federal infrastructure spending. 
  In response to a question on Poilievre’s proposed housing plan, Pearce appeared to
  
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• Kaprizov, Marner, Shesterkin named NHL’s three stars of the week

  26-02-2024 19:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Minnesota left-wing Kirill Kaprizov, Toronto right-wing Mitch Marner and New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin are the NHL’s three stars of the week.
  Kaprizov led the NHL with six goals and 12 points in four games.
  He opened the week with a career-high six points (three goals, three assists) in the Wild’s 10-7 win over top-ranked Vancouver on Feb. 19.
  The 26-year-old Kaprizov has seven goals and 11 assists over an eight-game point streak dating to Feb. 9.
  Marne
  
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• Two Chilliwack teams off to girls basketball provincials - Chilliwack Progress

  26-02-2024 19:28 via news.google.com
  
  Two Chilliwack teams off to girls basketball provincials  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Mission RCMP investigating a stolen boat from an area lake

  26-02-2024 19:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Thieves have become so brazen and unashamed these days, not even boats are immune from their mischief.
  According to a news release Monday (Feb. 26) from the Mission RCMP detachment, Mounties say a Hewescraft aluminum boat was stolen out of Stave Lake sometime during a five-day stretch between Saturday, February 17 and Wednesday, Feb. 21. The boat in question had been tied up to a dock near the Rocky Point Forest Service Road.
  Police say the boat is 21 feet long, has a fully enclo
  
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• Have your say on active transportation in Chilliwack River Valley - Chilliwack Progress

  26-02-2024 19:09 via news.google.com
  
  Have your say on active transportation in Chilliwack River Valley  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Military ombudsman calls on MPs to fix ‘obvious’ conflict, make office independent

  26-02-2024 19:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Canadian Armed Forces and national defence ombudsman is calling on MPs to fix an obvious conflict of interest and make his office independent. 
  Gregory Lick told the House of Commons defence committee today that his office reports to the defence minister, even though it’s supposed to oversee that department.
  Lick told the committee it makes no sense that Canada doesn’t have legislated independent military oversight like the rest of its Five Eyes allies.
  Lick a
  
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• Have your say on active transportation in Chilliwack River Valley - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  26-02-2024 19:02 via news.google.com
  
  Have your say on active transportation in Chilliwack River Valley  Agassiz Harrison Observer
  
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• Canadian cyclist Derek Gee sidelined after crashing in Belgium one-day race

  26-02-2024 19:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian cyclist Derek Gee is recovering from a broken collarbone and other injuries after crashing on the weekend in the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad one-day race in Belgium.
  Israel-Premier Tech, Gee’s team, said the 26-year-old from Ottawa was forced out of Saturday’s 202-kilometre race after suffering a non-displaced left collarbone fracture. Gee also sustained a left-hand contusion and “light concussion.”
  The cycling team said a decision on whether surgery is needed would co
  
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• Ex-FBI informant charged with lying about Bidens to remain jailed while he awaits trial, judge rules

  26-02-2024 18:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former FBI informant charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden’s family must remain behind bars while he awaits trial, a judge ruled Monday, reversing an earlier order releasing the man.U.S. District Judge Otis Wright II in Los Angeles ordered Alexander Smirnov’s detention after prosecutors raised concerns that the man who claims to have ties to Russian intelligence could flee the country.A different judge h
  
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• Abbotsford Rona+ to celebrate its grand opening of converted Lowe’s store this week

  26-02-2024 18:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Rona, one of Canada’s leading home improvement retailers operating or servicing some 425 corporate and affiliated stores under different banners, will open its newest Rona+ store in Abbotsford this week in the former Lowe’s store near Costco.
  Rona will hold a board cutting ceremony this Thursday, February 29 at 1225 Sumas Way in Abbotsford to mark the opening of the new Rona+ store, marking the end of the Lowe’s banner in Canada and the reinforcement of the R
  
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• Veteran Canadian linebacker Muamba announces CFL retirement

  26-02-2024 18:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Canadian linebacker Henoc Muamba has called it a career.
  The 35-year-old made the announcement Sunday on his Instagram account. Muamba played in the CFL with Winnipeg (2011-13), Montreal (2015, 2018-19), Saskatchewan (2016-17) and Toronto (2021-23) while also spending time in the NFL with Indianapolis (2014-15) and Dallas (2016).
  “I’m forever grateful to God for endowing me with the skills and the ability to play football at a professional level,” Muamba wrote.
  
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• Quebec provincial police arrest 21 allegedly connected to eastern Quebec drug war

  26-02-2024 18:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Quebec provincial police say they’ve so far arrested 21 people allegedly connected to a war over drug territory in eastern Quebec between a street gang and the Hells Angels.
  Sgt. Hélène St-Pierre said more arrests are possible in the crackdown on the running conflict between drug dealers tied to the Hells Angels and the Blood Family Mafia.
  Police say the war between the two groups has led to a series of violent incidents, including at least one murder, in the Quebec City area
  
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• Groups bring allegations of racism at Canadian Human Rights Commission to global body

  26-02-2024 18:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A coalition of federal unions and organizations representing Black workers has filed an international complaint against the Canadian Human Rights Commission. 
  The eight organizations say the body that handles human-rights complaints against the federal government is violating global law because of its treatment of Black employees. 
  Nicholas Marcus Thompson, executive director of the Black Class Action Secretariat, says evidence of systemic discrimination within the commi
  
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• US couple whose catamaran was hijacked were likely thrown overboard and died, Grenada police say

  26-02-2024 18:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An older U.S. couple whose catamaran was hijacked last week in the Caribbean by three escaped prisoners were likely thrown into the ocean and died, police in Grenada said Monday.The announcement is a blow to those who were independently helping search for Ralph Hendry and Kathy Brandel and had hoped they were still alive.
  Don McKenzie, police commissioner of the Royal Grenada Police Force, said at a news conference that the three prisoners escaped on Feb. 18 fr
  
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• Rare case containing coveted Wayne Gretzky rookie cards sells for $3.7M

  26-02-2024 17:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — A case of old hockey cards containing the game’s Great One has fetched more than $3.7 million after it was uncovered in a Regina home.
  Heritage Auctions says the winning bidder bought the case of 16 sealed boxes of O-Pee-Chee’s 1979 hockey card collection, amounting to more than 10,000 cards. 
  The auctioneer says the case could include 25 or more highly coveted Wayne Gretzky rookie cards. 
  A man in Regina had kept the case in a packed storage room.
  The auctio
  
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• Canada’s Shapovalov falls to Andy Murray in first round at Dubai Open

  26-02-2024 17:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI CITY, United Arab Emirates — Canada’s Denis Shapovalov has been ousted from the first round of the Dubai Tennis Championships, falling 6-4, 7-6 (5), 3-6 to Great Britain’s Andy Murray.
  The Richmond Hill, Ont., native had 15 aces but committed 10 double faults in the two-hour 32-minute match.
  Shapovalov also had 44 winners compared to Murray’s eight but committed 18 unforced errors to his opponent’s five.
  It marks the third consecutive tournament that Shapovalo
  
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• More than 70 per cent of people in jails awaiting bail or trial, report says

  26-02-2024 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — A new report says the crisis in Canada’s bail system has worsened over the last decade, with more people in pre-trial custody and some spending weeks in detention before being released.
  A report released today by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association says that by 2021-2022, the proportion of people in provincial and territorial jails who were awaiting bail or trial was more than 70 per cent – and nearly 79 per cent in Ontario.
  That’s compared with just over 5
  
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• Hungary’s parliament ratifies Sweden’s NATO accession, clearing the final obstacle to membership

  26-02-2024 16:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s parliament voted Monday to ratify Sweden’s bid to join NATO, bringing an end to more than 18 months of delays that have frustrated the alliance as it seeks to expand in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
  The vote, which passed with 188 votes for and six against, came as a culmination of months of wrangling by Hungary’s allies to convince its nationalist government to lift its block on Sweden’s membership. The government of
  
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• Shelter spaces to open in Chilliwack as late-winter storm moves in - Chilliwack Progress

  26-02-2024 16:45 via news.google.com
  
  Shelter spaces to open in Chilliwack as late-winter storm moves in  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Cargojet rolls back expansion plans after recording loss amid consumer pullback

  26-02-2024 16:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Cargojet Inc. swung to a loss last quarter as it felt the pinch of falling consumer demand along with rising inflation, leading the firm to cut back on growth plans.
  The air freight and plane leasing company reported a net loss of $34.9 million in its fourth quarter versus a profit of $2.6 million in the last three months of 2022, marking Cargojet’s first quarterly loss in nearly two years.
  “To say that 2023 was a challenging year for Cargojet would probably be an understatement,&rdq
  
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• Four new appeals go to sports court chasing Olympic medals in Russian skater Valieva’s doping case

  26-02-2024 16:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GENEVA (AP) — Four appeals filed at sport’s highest court in fallout from the doping case of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva are set to delay awarding medals from the 2022 Beijing Olympics yet again.
  The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Monday it registered three appeals from Russia and one from Canada, to challenge how the International Skating Union amended the result of the team event held two years ago in Beijing because the court disqualified Valieva one month ago.
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• Donald Trump appeals $454 million judgment in New York civil fraud case

  26-02-2024 16:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has appealed his $454 million New York civil fraud judgment, challenging a judge’s finding that Trump lied about his wealth as he grew the real estate empire that launched him to stardom and the presidency.
  The former president’s lawyers filed a notice of appeal Monday asking the state’s mid-level appeals court to overturn Judge Arthur Engoron’s Feb. 16 verdict in Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit.
  Trump’s lawyers wrote
  
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• Toronto Argonauts sign veteran American receiver Rasheed Bailey

  26-02-2024 15:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts signed free-agent receiver Rasheed Bailey on Monday.
  The 30-year-old American joins the Argos after four CFL seasons with Winnipeg. The six-foot-one, 217-pound Bailey had 46 catches for 508 yards and six TDs in 18 regular-season games with the Blue Bombers.
  Bailey had 180 catches for 2,072 yards and 20 TDs in 58 regular-season games with Winnipeg. He also helped Winnipeg make four straight Grey Cup appearances, winning two.
  Before coming to Canada, Bailey sp
  
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• Everton’s points deduction for breaching financial rules reduced from 10 to 6 after an appeal

  26-02-2024 14:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — Everton’s points deduction for a breach of the Premier League’s financial rules has been reduced from 10 to six following an appeal, the competition said Monday.
  Everton appealed against the initial decision of an independent commission that was made in November last year.
  The league says an independent appeals board upheld two of Everton’s nine grounds for appeal, leading to the points deduction being trimmed by four.
  It means Everton moves up two places to
  
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• Freezing rain could hit Fraser Valley this week

  26-02-2024 14:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Mother Nature isn’t done with winter yet. Environment Canada has issued a weather statement for a large area of southeastern British Columbia, warning of wintry impacts through the middle of the week.
  The weather statement includes the Howe Sound region, through metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. Snow is expected in higher elevation areas such as Whistle and the Sea to Sky Highway. A mix of rain and snow is expected elsewhere.
  The weather system is expected to hit th
  
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• RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel will leave post on March 8 as Trump moves to install new loyalists

  26-02-2024 13:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel will leave her post on March 8, having been forced out of the GOP’s national leadership as Donald Trump moves toward another presidential nomination and asserts control over the party.
  McDaniel announced her decision in a statement on Monday morning.
  “I have decided to step aside at our Spring Training on March 8 in Houston to allow our nominee to select a Chair of their choosing,” McDaniel said in the sta
  
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• Jones bids bittersweet farewell in her last Canadian women’s curling championship

  26-02-2024 12:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Jennifer Jones bid a reluctant goodbye to a curling stage where she’s performed brilliantly in her career.
  Her Manitoba team’s exit in Sunday’s 5-4 loss to Rachel Homan in the Scotties Tournament of Hearts final marked the end of an era in women’s curling.
  The 49-year-old from Winnipeg declared before the Canadian women’s championship in Calgary that her 18th appearance was her last.
  Jones intends to retire from team curling after this season, althou
  
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• Denmark closes probe into Nord Stream blasts saying there’s not enough grounds for a criminal case

  26-02-2024 11:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark on Monday joined Sweden in closing its investigation into the 2022 explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines, saying that “authorities can conclude that there was deliberate sabotage.”
  “However, the assessment is that there is not the sufficient grounds to pursue a criminal case in Denmark,” Copenhagen police and the Danish security service, who carried out the investigation together, said in a joint statement.
  The unde
  
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