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• Heather Maahs to run in Chilliwack North for B.C. Conservatives - Chilliwack Progress

  29-02-2024 23:45
  
  Heather Maahs to run in Chilliwack North for B.C. Conservatives  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Bill delaying expansion of assisted dying eligibility until 2027 poised to become law

  29-02-2024 23:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A Liberal government bill delaying the expansion of medical assistance in dying eligibility until 2027 is poised to become law after passing in the Senate.
  Access to the procedure was set to widen within weeks to include those seeking it solely on the basis of a mental disorder. 
  The government moved to delay that expansion after a parliamentary committee recommended it, saying the country was not ready to move ahead. 
  Health Minister Mark Holland also says most province
  
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• Health, education, disaster planning: Highlights of Alberta’s latest budget

  29-02-2024 23:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Alberta’s budget for 2024-25 foresees a slim $367 million surplus, with slightly lower revenues compared to last year’s estimated top line. 
  Here is where some of the funds in this year’s restrained provincial budget are being spent:
  Health Care 
  Health care is getting one of the biggest spending boosts, with an operating budget of $26.2 billion. That’s an increase of $1.1 billion, or 4.4 per cent, from the previous year’s forecast. As the
  
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• Seven Phillies combine to shut down Blue Jays 5-0 in spring training

  29-02-2024 23:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAKELAND, Fla. — Cristian Pache hit a home run to centre field and seven Philadelphia pitchers combined on a four-hit shutout as the Phillies beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-0 in spring training baseball action Thursday.
  Philadelphia opened the scoring in the fifth when Trea Turner’s single off Connor Cooke scored Matt Kroon from second.
  Pache made it 2-0 in the sixth with a two-out homer off Hayden Juenger.
  The Phillies capped the scoring with three in the seventh. Toronto lefty Jimmy
  
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• Newman aims for new heights in pole vault at world athletics indoor championships

  29-02-2024 23:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Alysha Newman has her sights set on crossing an even higher bar.
  The 29-year-old London, Ont., native is just a week removed from resetting her national record in the women’s pole vault in Rouen, France, at 4.83 metres. She now heads into the world athletics indoor championships in Glasgow, Scotland looking to break it again.
  “That’s in my head. I want to break the Canadian record again and I want to try out that pole,” Newman said. “I’m like itching to jump o
  
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• Iowa star Caitlin Clark declares for WNBA Draft, will skip final season of college eligilbility

  29-02-2024 23:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, who is on the verge of becoming the all-time NCAA scoring leader in college basketball, announced Thursday that she will will leave the Hawkeyes after this season and enter the WNBA Draft.
  “While this season is far from over and we have a lot more goals to achieve, it will be my last one at Iowa,” Clark wrote in a post on the X social media platform. She thanked her teammates, coaches and the thousands of fans who have packed a
  
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• Kent Institution inmate assaulted - Chilliwack Progress

  29-02-2024 23:00
  
  Kent Institution inmate assaulted  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Here’s how politicians and advocates are reacting to Ottawa’s new pharmacare bill

  29-02-2024 22:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Liberal government tabled a bill Thursday that paves the way for a universal drug program.The bill allows the federal government to negotiate with provinces and territories to cover birth control, along with diabetes drugs and supplies, for anyone with a health card.
  Pharmacare is a central pillar of the political pact between the NDP and the Liberals, meaning the bill also secures NDP support in the House of Commons.
  Here’s some of the reaction.
  “Making sure that
  
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• Pirates’ Skenes retires Orioles’ Holliday in Grapefruit League matchup between top draft picks

  29-02-2024 22:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Pittsburgh Pirates starter Paul Skenes retired the Baltimore Orioles’ Jackson Holliday on a grounder to second base Thursday in a spring training matchup of the top overall picks in the last two amateur drafts.
  Skenes, a 6-foot-6 right-hander, was the first pick last year after going 13-2 with a 1.69 ERA and 209 strikeouts while leading LSU to the NCAA title. He agreed to a $9.2 million signing bonus and pitched in five games with Low-A Bradenton and Double-A Altoona.
  “I think the bi
  
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• 2 officers shot and wounded in Independence, Missouri, police say

  29-02-2024 22:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — Authorities said two police officers were shot and wounded Thursday in Independence, Missouri.
  Independence Police Department spokesperson Officer Jack Taylor said the two officers were taken to a hospital, and their conditions were not immediately known. One person was arrested, he said.Independence Police Officer Kelley Rupert said a process server — a person who typically helps serve warrants — was also injured.
  Taylor said no details are immediately
  
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• No gloves necessary. A look at the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship

  29-02-2024 22:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A look at the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, which holds its first Canadian show on Saturday at the River Cree Resort and Casino in Enoch, just west of Edmonton:
  ORIGINS: BKFC was founded in 2018 by David Feldman, a former boxer whose father ran a gym in Philadelphia. Feldman has since sold a majority stake to Triller, an American video-sharing social networking service, but remains president.
  WHERE: BKFC has held more than 75 shows with Canada becoming the sixth country to host an event, j
  
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• Bare Knuckle Fighting founder says it’s not for everyone but Canada may like it

  29-02-2024 22:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Quebec City’s Jade Masson-Wong is a self-proclaimed adrenalin junky who isn’t fazed by the sight of blood and likes putting on a show.
  Which makes her the perfect main event fighter for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship’s first-ever show in Canada on Saturday at the River Cree Resort and Casino in Enoch, Alta.
  BKFC founder and president David Feldman says it won’t be the last.
  Feldman says viewership numbers in Canada have been “really good,” with BKFC lo
  
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• Virani says new measures meant to help prevent hate crimes will come with safeguards

  29-02-2024 21:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal justice minister says a series of steps would need to happen before a judge can restrict a person’s movement because of fears they could commit a hate crime.Arif Virani says he listened to calls for Ottawa to better respond to a rise in hate crimes when drafting the new Online Harms Act, which includes a new peace bond provision.The bill seeks to amend the Criminal Code so that someone who fears a person will commit a hate crime can ask a judge to impose conditio
  
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• Nevada county election official in charge of controversial 2022 hand-count plan resigns

  29-02-2024 21:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RENO, Nev. (AP) — The top elections official in a rural Nevada county roiled by false claims of widespread election fraud that led to a partial hand-count in the 2022 midterms is resigning, a county spokesperson confirmed Thursday.
  The reason for Nye County Clerk Mark Kampf’s resignation is not immediately clear. He sent his resignation earlier this week, and his last day will be March 31, county spokesperson Arnold Knightly confirmed.
  Kampf did not immediately respond to calls on hi
  
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• Former US ambassador admits to working for decades as Cuban intelligence agent

  29-02-2024 21:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MIAMI (AP) — A former career U.S. diplomat said in court Thursday that he will plead guilty to charges of serving as a secret agent for communist Cuba going back decades, bringing a lightning fast resolution to a case prosecutors described as one of the most brazen betrayals in the history of the U.S. foreign service.
  Manuel Rocha, 73, told a federal judge he would admit to two federal counts of conspiring to act as an agent of a foreign government, charges that carry a maximum penalty of
  
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• Washington Capitals bracing for changes ahead of the NHL trade deadline

  29-02-2024 21:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Anthony Mantha has been traded before, just not like this.
  Three years ago, he joined the Washington Capitals from the Detroit Red Wings in a surprise deal completed minutes before the deadline. He was in the first season of a new contract and didn’t yet have a daughter.
  No one will be stunned if Mantha is moved this time, and he’s one of several Washington players in that category ahead of the March 8 NHL trade deadline. Just close enough to the playoff r
  
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• Medvedev and Rublev advance to Dubai semifinals. Humbert saves 3 match points to beat Hurkacz

  29-02-2024 21:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev stayed on course toward a potential rematch for the title at the Dubai Championships after the Russians won their quarterfinals Thursday.
  Medvedev, the defending champion and No. 1 seed, defeated eighth-seeded Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-2, 6-3 to set up a semifinal against fifth-seeded Ugo Humbert.
  The second-seeded Rublev advanced when Sebastian Korda retired with an unspecified injury. Rublev was up 6-4, 4-3 at the t
  
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• Joel Embiid vows to play again this year, for the Philadelphia 76ers and US Olympic team

  29-02-2024 21:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid wants to play again this year — for the Philadelphia 76ers, yes, even as they fade without the injured All-Star in the playoff hunt but also this summer for the U.S. Olympic team.
  The reigning NBA MVP, Embiid has been sidelined since early February when he underwent meniscus surgery on his left knee after he was hurt when a player fell on him. Embiid had already been hampered by knee injuries this season that cost him multiple games — and cost th
  
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• Wild turkey that chased residents of small Quebec town killed by slingshot

  29-02-2024 21:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The mayor of a small Quebec town about 95 kilometres northeast of Montreal says a wild turkey that for weeks sowed terror among his citizens was killed this morning by a man armed with a slingshot.
  The turkey’s death followed Louiseville Mayor Yvon Deshaies’ public call this week for someone to take down the aggressive bird, which he says attacked a man in a wheelchair and led families to fear bringing their kids to school.
  Deshaies says he issued the call after an a
  
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• Special avalanche warning issued for most of backcountry B.C., western Alberta

  29-02-2024 21:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Avalanche Canada has partnered with Parks Canada and the provincial government of British Columbia to issue a special public avalanche warning for recreational backcountry users across most forecast regions of B.C. and Alberta.According to a news release from the agency dated Thursday, February 29, this special warning takes effect immediately and will apply through the end of the day on Monday, March 4.Avalanche Canada says recent storms have produced a significant amount of
  
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• Chilliwack school trustee to run in this year’s provincial election

  29-02-2024 21:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack school trustee Heather Maahs, the longest current serving member of the Chilliwack Board of Education, has been selected as the Conservative Party of B.C. candidate for the newly named Chilliwack North riding in this year’s provincial election.According to a news release from the Conservative Party of B.C., Maahs has consistently pressed for foundational reading skills and literacy in her 15 years on the Chilliwack school board. First elected in 2008, Maahs ha
  
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• Pornhub operator broke federal privacy law, federal watchdog finds

  29-02-2024 20:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal privacy watchdog says the operator behind Pornhub and other pornographic sites broke the law by enabling intimate images to be shared on its websites without direct knowledge or consent.
  The privacy commissioner’s investigation into Aylo, formerly known as MindGeek, followed a complaint from a woman whose ex-boyfriend had uploaded an intimate video and other images of her to Aylo websites without her permission.
  Commissioner Philippe Dufresne says inadequate priv
  
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• Bill 21: Five things about the province’s contentious secularism law

  29-02-2024 20:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s secularism law, known as Bill 21, has faced numerous court challenges since it was adopted nearly five years ago, with the Quebec Court of Appeal the latest to weigh in. Here’s a look at the law.
  What is Bill 21?
  Bill 21 was passed in June 2019 and confirmed the province’s secular status. Formally called “An Act Respecting the Laicity of the State,” it sets out four principles of Quebec secularism: separation of state and religion, the stat
  
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• Abbotsford Canucks struggling against top teams in Pacific Division - Chilliwack Progress

  29-02-2024 20:26
  
  Abbotsford Canucks struggling against top teams in Pacific Division  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• The House approves another short-term extension to avoid a shutdown. Senators are up next to vote

  29-02-2024 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed another short-term spending measure Thursday that would keep one set of federal agencies operating through March 8 and another set through March 22, avoiding a shutdown for parts of the federal government that would otherwise kick in Saturday. The Senate is expected to vote on the bill later in the day.
  The short-term extension is the fourth in recent months, and many lawmakers expect it to be the last for the current fiscal year, including House Speaker
  
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• NHL fines Leafs head coach Keefe $25,000 after disagreement with refs

  29-02-2024 19:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — The NHL has fined Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe US$25,000 for “unprofessional conduct directed at the officials.”
  Keefe was given a game misconduct and ejected by officials with 2:14 left to play in the Maple Leafs’ 6-2 loss to the visiting Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday.
  Keefe declined to explain what led to his dismissal when talking to reporters after the game.
  Asked where the exchange ranked in terms of what he’s said to officials in t
  
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• UPDATE: Highway 1 westbound has cleared west of the Vedder Canal bridge in Chilliwack

  29-02-2024 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  **UPDATE at 11:15: DriveBC says the westbound vehicle incident just west of the Vedder Canal bridge has been cleared.**
  Original story below:
  CHILLIWACK — Highway 1 is a commuter’s nightmare between Chilliwack and Abbotsford Thursday morning (Feb. 29).
  DriveBC reported at 9:46 a.m. Thursday that Highway 1 is closed eastbound at Cole Road in Abbotsford due to a vehicle incident. Emergency crews are on scene. Motorists should expect delays in the area.
  For westbound travelers, Highway
  
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• UPDATE: Highway 1 westbound clear, but Hwy. 1 eastbound closed at Cole Road between Abbotsford and Chilliwack

  29-02-2024 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  **UPDATE at 12:15 p.m. Thursday: Highway 1 eastbound traffic before Cole Road (exit 99) is still being blocked after an earlier vehicle incident. Drive BC says motorists are being detoured via Cole Road to No. 3 Rd. Expect heavy delays.**
  **UPDATE at 11:15: DriveBC says the westbound vehicle incident just west of the Vedder Canal bridge has been cleared. A Chilliwack resident posted on Facebook at 11:26 a.m. Thursday stating that motorists trying to get to Abbotsford today need to leave with ext
  
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• Highway 1 closed between Chilliwack and Abbotsford due to vehicle incidents Thursday morning

  29-02-2024 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Highway 1 is a commuter’s nightmare between Chilliwack and Abbotsford Thursday morning (Feb. 29).DriveBC reported at 9:46 a.m. Thursday that Highway 1 is closed eastbound at Cole Road in Abbotsford due to a vehicle incident. Emergency crews are on scene. Motorists should expect delays in the area.
  For westbound travelers, Highway 1 is closed due to a vehicle incident between Dyke Crest Road and exit 104 (No. 3 Road. The next update is 11 a.m.
  
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• Chilliwack firefighters respond to massive farm shop fire Thursday morning

  29-02-2024 19:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — At least eight fire engines and over two dozen firefighters were deployed Thursday morning (Feb. 29) to a massive farm shop that erupted in flames, sending columns of smoke that could be seen all across Chilliwack.Firefighters from Engine 1, 1-2, Tower 4, Tower 6, Tender 2, Tender 4, and Tender 6, and possibly others, were dispatched at 9:19 a.m. to 7465 Upper Prairie Road for the report of a massive barn fire.Smoke billowed from the scene as multiple spectators watched from t
  
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• Toronto FC signs former England youth international Matty Longstaff

  29-02-2024 19:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto FC has signed former England youth international Matty Longstaff to a two-year contract with an option for 2026.
  The 23-year-old midfielder spent the last four seasons with Newcastle United, where his older brother Sean also plays, but only made 20 appearances including 14 Premier League matches. He went out on loan three times. 
  Matty Longstaff scored on debut in October 2019, giving the Magpies a 1-0 win over Manchester United. At 19 years 199 days, he became the youngest player t
  
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• Senators centre Norris out ‘extended period of time’ with upper-body injury

  29-02-2024 19:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators will be without Josh Norris yet again.
  Senators interim head coach Jacques Martin confirmed Thursday that Norris would be out for an extended period of time with an upper-body injury, and that more information would be forthcoming.
  Norris was injured Tuesday night in the second period of a game against the Predators when he was hit into the centre back post of the Nashville net by Cole Smith while chasing the puck.
  Norris went down immediately and was favouring
  
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• Ottawa repurposing $10.5B to hike spending on health care, housing over three years

  29-02-2024 19:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Treasury Board President Anita Anand says the federal government will repurpose $10.5 billion from the budgets of 69 departments, agencies and Crown corporations in order to hike investments in health care and housing. 
  The details are contained in the government’s main spending estimates, tabled in the House of Commons this morning.
  The main estimates outline how much money departments and agencies are being allocated for the coming fiscal year, not including new spend
  
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• Shop fire breaks out on farm property in east Chilliwack - Abbotsford News

  29-02-2024 18:59
  
  Shop fire breaks out on farm property in east Chilliwack  Abbotsford News
  
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• 2022 killing spree: Quebec coroner makes call for specialized mental health tribunal

  29-02-2024 18:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec coroner has issued a final report into the violent deaths of three people who were shot at random in the Montreal area by a mentally ill man, recommending the province create a dedicated court to deal with mental health cases.
  Coroner Géhane Kamel makes several recommendations including transforming the province’s mental health review board into a specialized tribunal as is the case in Ontario, which would allow different actors including police, medical pr
  
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• Canada’s Pamela Ware advances to 3m final at diving World Cup in Montreal

  29-02-2024 18:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Canada’s Pamela Ware put forth a solid performance and advanced to the women’s three-metre springboard final at the World Aquatics Diving World Cup on Thursday.
  The 31-year-old Ware, who won silver in Montreal last year, was coming off a disappointing 25th-place finish at the world championship in Doha earlier this month. She also missed her final dive in the synchronized event alongside partner Mia Vallee as Canada failed to secure a quota spot for this summer&rsquo
  
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• Wintry weather, heavy snow shut down two major highways in B.C.’s Interior

  29-02-2024 18:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE, B.C. — Heavy snowfall and winter storm conditions have shut down high-elevation stretches of a pair of major highways in the British Columbia Interior.
  The Ministry of Transportation’s DriveBC information system says the Coquihalla Highway between Merritt and Hope is closed until further notice.
  Webcam photos and images on social media show the highway blanketed by heavy snow accumulation near Coquihalla Summit.
  DriveBC says Highway 1 between Revelstoke and Golden also remains
  
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• Coquihalla Highway remains closed between Hope and Merritt Thursday

  29-02-2024 18:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MERRITT — The Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt is nearing a 24-hour closure.
  After a vehicle incident closed the stretch of Highway 5 at around 2:40 p.m. Wednesday (Feb. 28), DriveBC says crews are now working to manage road conditions.
  Another update is due at 10:00 a.m. Thursday but DriveBC says the estimated time of reopening is at noon.
  A detour for travellers between Kamloops and area and the lower mainland is available via Highway 1 through the Fraser Canyon. However, no d
  
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• Mission firefighters battle early morning garage fire, multiple vehicles on fire

  29-02-2024 18:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Despite poor road conditions and downed BC Hydro power lines, Mission Fire Rescue Service still managed to contain a fire that burned a detached garage and multiple cars early Wednesday morning (Feb. 28)
  According to a social media post from the agency, Mission firefighters were dispatched to a garage fire on Ainsworth Road shortly before 2 a.m. Mission fire personnel say poor road conditions due to snow slowed their initial response. Once crews arrived on scene, they witnessed a
  
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• Son of Blue Jays pitcher Swanson out of intensive care after being hit by car

  29-02-2024 17:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAKELAND, Fla. — Toronto Blue Jays reliever Erik Swanson’s son Toby has been discharged from the pediatric intensive care unit.
  The four-year-old boy was hit by a car Sunday in Clearwater Beach, Fla., and was airlifted in critical condition to Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla.
  Swanson’s wife Madison shared the update on her son’s recovery in an Instagram story Wednesday night. 
  Police and fire crews responded to a vehicle-versus-pede
  
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• Sluchinski brings new Alberta team to deep Canadian men’s curling championship field

  29-02-2024 17:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A curling team bearing a name other than Bottcher, Koe, Martin or Ferbey will represent Alberta at the Canadian men’s championship for the first time in 26 years.
  Aaron Sluchinski upset Kevin Koe in Alberta’s men’s final. Sluchinski’s Airdrie Curling Club team is among 18 battling for a national title in the Montana’s Brier starting Friday in Regina.
  “It was huge for me and the guys,” Sluchinski said. “Ever since I started curling I just wanted to
  
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• A team-by-team look at the field for the 2024 Canadian men’s curling championship

  29-02-2024 17:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A team-by-team look at the field for the Canadian men’s curling championship March 1-10 in Regina. Teams listed according to seeding in pools, and team members from skip to lead
  POOL A
  Brendan Bottcher – Alberta
  Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant, Ben Hebert
  The Glencoe Club, Calgary
  Earned early entry to 2024 Brier under new Curling Canada entry criteria. Ranked No. 2 among Canadian men’s teams behind defending Brier champion and No. 1 Brad Gushue at the end of the 2022-23 season.
  Ma
  
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• Judge blocks Texas law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants who illegally enter US

  29-02-2024 17:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday blocked a new Texas law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S., dealing a victory to the Biden administration in its feud with Republican Gov. Greg Abbott over immigration enforcement.The preliminary injunction granted by U.S. District Judge David Ezra pauses a law that was set to take effect March 5 and comes as President Joe Biden and his likely Republican challenger in November, Donald T
  
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• Rugby league road a learning journey for coach Aaron Zimmerle and Canada Wolverines

  29-02-2024 17:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Aaron Zimmerle’s sporting journey has taken him from Australia to Las Vegas this week, wearing Canadian colours.
  The Canadian-born, Australia-based Zimmerle will coach the Canada Wolverines in a rugby league international against the USA Hawks on Friday in Sin City.
  The game is part of the festivities surrounding the kickoff of Australia’s National Rugby League (NRL) season on U.S. soil Saturday. The Manley Sea Eagles take on the South Sydney Rabbitohs before the Sydney Roosters face
  
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• Ottawa adds funding to CBC, despite executives’ claims it was asked to cut its budget

  29-02-2024 17:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s public broadcaster is getting an increase in funding, despite executives’ claims that they were asked to cut its budget for the next fiscal year. 
  Documents from the Heritage Department show CBC will get a $1.4-billion budget in 2024-25, an increase from the $1.3 billion it spent in the previous fiscal year.
  The broadcaster announced in December it would cut 800 jobs and $40 million from its production budget because of a $125-million projected shortfall
  
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• Golf Canada chief sport officer Kevin Blue named Canada Soccer general secretary, CEO

  29-02-2024 17:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada Soccer has turned to the world of golf to find its new general secretary and CEO.
  Kevin Blue comes from Golf Canada, where he has served as chief sport officer since December 2020. 
  Previously Blue was athletics director at the University of California, Davis, a job he started in May 2016 when he was just 33. Prior to that he was senior associate director of athletics at Stanford University, his alma mater.
  At UC Davis, Blue oversaw a $42-million athletic department featuring 25 coll
  
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• Tydel Foods ready to open second Chilliwack shop in District 1881 - Chilliwack Progress

  29-02-2024 17:14
  
  Tydel Foods ready to open second Chilliwack shop in District 1881  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of February 25, 2024

  29-02-2024 17:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Our Crime Stoppers Most Wanted feature will return next week.
  Crime Stoppers “MOST WANTED” is a weekly service based on information provided by police investigators who need public assistance in making our communities safer by identifying individuals involved in committing crimes.
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Government bringing more housing to B.C. in new budget

  29-02-2024 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Last week, my colleagues and I returned to Victoria for our first week back in the legislature. Our government presented our Throne Speech and Budget 2024, which lays out our priorities for a stronger British Columbia that focuses on the things that matter most to British Columbians.
  My colleagues and I know that housing is a top priority, and we are taking action.We’ve already taken action to address the housing crisis by getting more British Columbians into homes, faster, with our Homes
  
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• Competition Bureau gets court order for investigation into Google’s ad practices

  29-02-2024 16:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GATINEAU, Que. — The Competition Bureau says it’s obtained a court order in an ongoing investigation into Google’s advertising practices in Canada.
  The order requires Google to produce records and written information relevant to the investigation. 
  The bureau says in a press release it’s investigating whether the tech giant has engaged in practices that harm competition.
  The probe launched in 2020 and surrounds the online display advertising industry, or the technolo
  
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