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• Chilliwack encampment creates crime spike across region in 2023 - Abbotsford News

  11-03-2024 23:32 via news.google.com
  
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• 3 children and 2 adults die after school bus collides with semi in Illinois, authorities say

  11-03-2024 23:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RUSHVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Five people, including three children, were killed Monday after a school bus and semitruck collided on a highway in western Illinois, authorities said.
  The bus was traveling eastbound on Illinois Route 24 when it crossed the center line into the westbound lanes “for an unknown reason” and into the path of a semitruck carrying sand, Illinois State Police Troop 6 Captain Jody Huffman said at a news conference. Both vehicles were set ablaze in the crash. The
  
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• No widespread diversion of B.C. safe-supply drugs, says Farnworth after RCMP briefing

  11-03-2024 23:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  British Columbia’s solicitor general says there’s no evidence of widespread diversion of safe-supply opioids, after a recent drug seizure was cited by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre to criticize the provincial program.
  Mike Farnworth says he’s spoken to the RCMP’s commanding officer in B.C. about the seizure in Prince George and was told that the idea that there is widespread diversion is “simply not true.”
  He says Smith
  
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• Woman dies in ‘serious incident’ at Whistler Blackcomb resort

  11-03-2024 22:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WHISTLER, B.C. — Whistler Blackcomb ski resort says a Vancouver woman has died in a “serious incident” over the weekend.
  The resort says in a statement that the 32-year-old woman died Saturday after becoming separated from her partner while visiting at the resort. 
  It says the partner alerted the ski patrol, who found the woman unresponsive on the Renegade trail, described as an advanced trail. 
  No other details have been released by the resort, and the RCMP in Whistl
  
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• Blue Jays thump Rays 9-2 in pre-season action

  11-03-2024 22:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — Ernie Clement had a home run and three RBIs as the Toronto Blue Jays thumped the Tampa Bay Rays 9-2 in pre-season action on Monday.
  Danny Jansen had a two-run home run and Davis Schneider also hit one over the wall for Toronto (7-9), which scored eight of its runs in the first four innings.
  Jays starter Mitch White (1-0) struck out two batters, walked one and surrendered five hits and two runs in three innings of work.
  Harold Ramirez drove in Yandy Diaz and Rene Pint
  
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• Victims-of-crime ombud to examine how justice system treats sexual assault survivors

  11-03-2024 22:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal advocate for victims of crime is investigating how Canada’s justice system treats sexual assault survivors.
  Benjamin Roebuck, the federal ombudsperson for victims of crime, says the rights of victims are often ignored, and survivors say the system doesn’t make them feel safe.
  Roebuck says the idea that survivors will have a painful experience navigating the justice system has become normalized. 
  His office says it hopes the investigation will result in
  
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• Coco Gauff overcomes shaky start to beat Lucia Bronzetti at Indian Wells

  11-03-2024 22:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Coco Gauff gave herself an early birthday present by beating Lucia Bronzetti 6-2, 7-6 (5) on Monday in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open.
  Gauff, who turns 20 on Wednesday, struggled early but found a way to hold her serve by saving 10 of 11 break points. She closed out the match with a serve into the body that Bronzetti couldn’t return. It extended Gauff’s winning streak in the United States to 18 matches, a run that includes winning the title
  
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• ‘Ultracompetitive’ Edmundson easing in with Leafs; Marner ‘unlikely’ to play Thursday

  11-03-2024 22:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Sheldon Keefe picked apart the tape after every game.
  One thing became abundantly clear to the Maple Leafs head coach in the first round of the 2021 playoffs — if Toronto’s forwards wanted to get to the front of Montreal’s net, defenceman Joel Edmundson was probably there waiting.
  And it wasn’t going to be a pleasant experience.
  “He made it miserable,” Keefe recalled Monday. “I can’t remember how many times you’re watching the
  
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• Sexual orientation, gender ID can be talked about in Florida classrooms under lawsuit settlement

  11-03-2024 21:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Students and teachers will be able to speak freely about sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida classrooms, provided it’s not part of instruction, under a settlement reached Monday between Florida education officials and civil rights attorneys who had challenged a state law which critics dubbed “Don’t Say Gay.”
  The settlement clarifies what is allowed in Florida classrooms following passage two years ago of the law prohibiting instruc
  
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• Ex-Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi joins NDP leadership race to combat “immoral” UCP

  11-03-2024 21:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Former Calgary Naheed Nenshi came out of political retirement on Monday, announcing a run for Alberta’s NDP leadership to challenge what he termed an “immoral” United Conservative government.
  “This government is like nothing I’ve ever seen before,” Nenshi told The Canadian Press in an interview prior to the announcement.
  “They’re not only incompetent. They’re dangerous and they’re immoral.”
  Nenshi, 52, was elected
  
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• Deepsea eruption expected off Vancouver Island after 200 earthquakes in an hour

  11-03-2024 20:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Scientists believe hot magma will erupt under the Pacific Ocean floor in deep waters off Vancouver Island after they detected up to 200 small earthquakes per hour in the area. 
  They say the expected rupture about five kilometres deep and 260 kilometres off the coast of Tofino, B.C., will be too distant and small to be cause for concern, but offers a unique opportunity to learn more about how the Earth’s crust is formed.
  Martin Scherwath, a senior scientist with Oceans Networks Canada,
  
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• Chris Jones, Shawn Burke open to talking about their early ’24 CFL draft picks

  11-03-2024 20:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Chris Jones and Shawn Burke are both keeping an open mind about the 2024 CFL draft.
  Jones, the Edmonton Elks head coach/GM, currently holds the top selection of the April 30 draft with Burke, the GM of the Ottawa Redblacks, slated to pick second. Both teams posted 4-14 records last year and split their season series 1-1 with the Redblacks finishing ahead on point differential.
  Ottawa and Edmonton picked 1-2 in last year’s draft, with Burke taking Dontae Bull, an offensive lineman from Fres
  
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• Cousins agrees to 4-year contract with Falcons, leaving Vikings to look for new QB

  11-03-2024 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Kirk Cousins is leaving Minnesota for Atlanta, landing another big contract with a well-timed foray into free agency.Cousins agreed Monday to a four-year deal with the Falcons, his agent Mike McCartney announced on social media. Atlanta had a glaring need at quarterback after cycling through Tyler Heinicke and Desmond Ridder last season, and Cousins’ wife, Julie, grew up in the metro area.
  Working his way back from a torn Achilles tendon in his right foot that sidelined him because of an i
  
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• Commanders are signing center Tyler Biadasz and D-lineman Dorance Armstrong, AP sources say

  11-03-2024 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The first forays into free agency for the Washington Commanders are players new coach Dan Quinn is plenty familiar with.
  The team has agreed to deals with center Tyler Biadasz and defensive lineman Dorance Armstrong, according to two people familiar with the agreements. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Monday because the contracts cannot be made official until the new league year opens Wednesday.
  Quinn, hired last month by new general man
  
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• A list of candidates vying to lead the Alberta NDP

  11-03-2024 20:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Six contenders are competing for the helm of the Alberta New Democrats, with the successor to long-time party leader Rachel Notley to be chosen in June. 
  Here are the candidates: 
  Naheed Nenshi was mayor of Calgary from 2010 to 2021 and has made the colour purple — a mix of Liberal red and Conservative blue — a big part of his non-partisan political brand. 
  Kathleen Ganley is the legislature member for Calgary-Mountain View. She served as justice minist
  
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• Purple politician goes orange: Former mayor Nenshi vying for Alberta NDP leadership

  11-03-2024 20:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Naheed Nenshi cloaked himself in purple — a mix of Liberal red and Conservative blue — during his dark-horse bid to become Calgary’s mayor in 2010, for the 11 years he stayed in the job and in much of his post-city hall life. 
  The hue of the ties and shirts he donned for work was meant to symbolize his non-partisan approach to getting things done in public office. 
  But on Monday, the purple ex-mayor entered the arena of ideological fisticuffs, running
  
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• Quickley, Trent, and Boucher out for Toronto Raptors vs. Denver Nuggets

  11-03-2024 19:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DENVER — Injuries continue to pile up for the Toronto Raptors going into their visit of the NBA champion Denver Nuggets.
  Immanuel Quickley, Gary Trent Jr., and Chris Boucher will all miss tonight’s game.
  Quickley, who became the Raptors starting point guard after getting traded to the team on Dec. 30, is out with a left-hip flexor strain.
  Trent, Toronto’s starting shooting guard, is dealing with a right groin strain.
  Boucher, a reserve forward from Montreal, has a right knee co
  
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• ‘Catastrophic’: Quebecers worry about family as they watch crisis unfold in Haiti

  11-03-2024 19:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Wedne Colin says he feels like he’s leading a “double life,” living in Montreal but constantly worrying for his family in Haiti.
  Colin says his family members have had to flee their homes several times to find a place that’s safe from the armed gangs he says have seized control of the capital city of Port-au-Prince.
  Colin and Orlando Ceide, who both work at the Maison d’Haiti community centre, are two of the many Haitian Montrealers who are worried
  
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• MacKinnon, Zacha and Demko named NHL three stars of the week

  11-03-2024 19:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Colorado Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon, Boston Bruins centre Pavel Zacha and Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko have been named the NHL’s three stars of the week.
  MacKinnon paced the league in assists (seven) and points (10) as the Avalanche went 3-0-0 on the week. He also extended his home point streak to 32 games and took the lead in the Art Ross Trophy scoring race with 111 points (40 goals, 71 assists) on the season. 
  MacKinnon became the fourth player in Avalanche/No
  
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• UPDATE: Family of missing man says he was headed to Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  11-03-2024 19:35 via news.google.com
  
  UPDATE: Family of missing man says he was headed to Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• UPDATE: Family of missing man says he was headed to Chilliwack - Abbotsford News

  11-03-2024 19:35 via news.google.com
  
  UPDATE: Family of missing man says he was headed to Chilliwack  Abbotsford News
  
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• RCMP looking for missing man in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  11-03-2024 19:35 via news.google.com
  
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• RCMP looking for missing man in Chilliwack - Abbotsford News

  11-03-2024 19:35 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP asks for help in locating missing 40-year-old man

  11-03-2024 19:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Mounties in Chilliwack are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 40-year-old man who was last seen on February 12.According to a news release from Corporal Carmen Kiener, police say Kent Mantler was reported missing on Thursday, March 8. He was last seen in February driving a grey 2005 Suzuki Grand Vitara SUV.Police provided the following description of Kent Mantler:Caucasian male
  40 years
  6 ft 3 in.
  230 lbs.
  brown hair
  blue eyesAs RCMP investigators continu
  
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• Western Canada’s cold snap in January causes $180 million in insurance damages

  11-03-2024 19:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Extreme cold near the start of this year in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan has led to a damage bill that the Insurance Bureau of Canada says is more than $180 million. 
  The bureau says about 70 per cent of the insurance claims related to the extreme cold were for personal property and damage caused by frozen and burst water pipes. 
  The cold moved in Jan. 12, breaking dozens of daily minimum records, including in Edmonton where there were four straight days
  
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• Donald Trump wants New York hush-money trial delayed until Supreme Court rules on immunity claims

  11-03-2024 19:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is seeking to delay his March 25 hush money trial until the Supreme Court rules on the presidential immunity claims he raised in another of his criminal cases.
  The Republican former president’s lawyers on Monday asked Manhattan Judge Juan Manuel Merchan to adjourn the New York criminal trial indefinitely until Trump’s immunity claim in his Washington, D.C., election interference case is resolved. Merchan did not immediately rule.
  Trump contends he i
  
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• Chilliwack's Unity Christian boys basketball team wins provincial championship - Chilliwack Progress

  11-03-2024 19:11 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack's Unity Christian boys basketball team wins provincial championship  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole to get MRI on right elbow

  11-03-2024 19:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole will have an MRI of his right elbow after experiencing issues in bouncing back following spring training starts.
  The 2023 AL Cy Young Award winner has been durable in career, making at least 30 starts in each of the last six full regular seasons.
  “He described it as his recovery, leading into his next start, has been more akin to what he feels in the season when he’s making 100 pitches,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone
  
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• Chilliwack Board of Education to consider two motions on academic performance from trustee Heather Maahs

  11-03-2024 19:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack Board of Education will consider two motions from trustee Heather Maahs at its meeting this week that call for detailed reports on academic, reading and math skills of Chilliwack elementary and middle school students.
  According to the text of two motions that appear on page 41 of the 44-page board package for Tuesday’s school board meeting, Maahs is asking Superintendent Rohan Arul-pragasam to provide two information reports to the board that offer greater
  
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• Surrey, B.C., hospital to get critical care tower with acute, specialized services

  11-03-2024 18:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — Premier David Eby says the B.C. government has plans underway to build a new critical care tower at Surrey Memorial Hospital, adding capacity for surgical, pediatric, perinatal, women’s health, mental health and stroke care.
  Eby says Surrey’s health-care services need to grow along with its population.
  The premier says the province is at stage where it will soon start asking for feedback from health professionals who work at the hospital.
  The announcement comes a
  
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• The Titans replacing Derrick Henry with Tony Pollard, AP source says

  11-03-2024 18:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans are replacing four-time Pro Bowl running back Derrick Henry with Tony Pollard.Pollard and the Titans agreed Monday to a $24 million, three-year contract, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because free agents can’t officially sign with new teams until Wednesday when the NFL’s new league year begins.
  The Titans drafted Tyjae Spears last season. Spears was the
  
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• Stricter drug testing before Paris Olympics ordered for track and field athletes from 4 countries

  11-03-2024 18:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONACO (AP) — Track and field athletes from Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Portugal will be tested more often ahead of the Paris Olympics because of sub-standard anti-doping programs at home, the sport’s investigators said Monday.
  Each country failed to heed warnings after the 2022 world championships held in Eugene, Oregon, to improve no-notice testing ahead of the 2023 edition, the Athletics Integrity Unit said, calling the targeted testing by nation “unprecedented.”
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• Open House event gives members opportunity to shape Chawathil's future - Chilliwack Progress

  11-03-2024 18:15 via news.google.com
  
  Open House event gives members opportunity to shape Chawathil's future  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• FBI again searches California federal women’s prison plagued by sexual abuse

  11-03-2024 18:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Federal investigators on Monday were again searching a troubled women’s prison in California, seizing computers and documents in an apparent escalation of a yearslong sexual abuse investigation that led to previous charges against a former warden and other employees.
  More than a dozen FBI agents were at the Federal Correctional Institution at Dublin, a person familiar with the matter told the Associated Press. The warden, an associate warden and a captain were removed from the facility, th
  
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• HUD Secretary Fudge announces resignation in late March

  11-03-2024 18:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge announced Monday that she would resign her post, effective March 22, saying she was leaving “with mixed emotions.”
  A former mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio, and later an Ohio representative in Congress, Fudge, 71, served as HUD secretary since the start of President Joe Biden’s administration.
  “As a dedicated public servant for nearly five decades, I have been devoted to improving the quality
  
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• U.S., Canada agree to work together on reducing B.C. coal mine pollution

  11-03-2024 18:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The United States and Canada have agreed to launch a probe into a long-running cross-border dispute involving pollution from coal mines in British Columbia flowing into American waters.
  The two governments are to look for ways to reduce contamination from the Elk Valley in B.C. that flows into a reservoir straddling the border and into U.S. rivers, an issue that has festered for a decade. 
  The agreement involves both national governments, the states of Montana and Idaho, British Columbia an
  
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• Woman survives being buried 20 minutes upside down in avalanche near Metro Vancouver

  11-03-2024 17:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Rescuers say a woman is lucky to be alive after being caught in an avalanche on Metro Vancouver’s North Shore and being completely buried upside down for up to 20 minutes.
  North Shore Rescue says the incident happened Sunday at the south face of Pump Peak, about 24 kilometres northeast of downtown Vancouver.
  The rescue group says in a Facebook post that the woman was snowshoeing with a companion in the Mount Seymour backcountry when the avalanche struck and buried both.
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• City of Chilliwack improving Lickman Road, 1 of 3 major city projects happening now

  11-03-2024 17:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Motorists who frequently travel throughout Sardis will inevitably notice the amount of public works improvement projects happening on three major thoroughfares south of Highway 1.
  Those three primary arterials include Tyson Road between Watson Road and Stevenson Road, Keith Wilson Road near Garrison, and Lickman Road between École La Vérendrye and Chevron near Heritage Park. Traffic flagging personnel have been present on all three roads the past week and are out
  
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• Police testify at coroner’s inquiry into murder of sergeant by mentally ill man

  11-03-2024 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec coroner’s inquiry is hearing today from police officers who had interacted with a mentally ill man in the months before he murdered a provincial police sergeant.
  Provincial police officer Charles Côté says he encountered 35-year-old Isaac Brouillard Lessard on Dec. 30, 2022, days after the man moved to an apartment in Louiseville, Que., about 100 kilometres northeast of Montreal.
  Côté says police were called to the apartment building afte
  
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• After criticism, Ottawa pledges $1 million to support Hamas sexual-violence victims

  11-03-2024 16:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada is pledging $1 million to support victims of sexual violence by Hamas in Israel during last October’s attacks.
  The funding comes with an offer of RCMP support for investigations three months after a group of women who hold political office in Canada called on Ottawa to provide this type of support.
  Last week, a UN envoy said there are “reasonable grounds” to believe Hamas committed rape and “sexualize
  
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• Former Chilliwack quarterback gets a 2nd chance, commits to play university football in Alberta

  11-03-2024 15:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Former G.W. Graham quarterback Lucas Feaver from the class of 2023 had a bright, promising future ahead of him when he received an athletic scholarship to play football at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby.Feaver, who racked up 2,458 passing yards and 28 passing TDs during a memorable 2022 season in which the Grizzlies won 11 games en route to the provincial championship game, had even been accepted into the Beedie School of Business at SFU.But that all changed when the unive
  
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• Belgium’s change kit at Euro 2024 has been leaked. Is it a tribute to comic-strip hero Tintin?

  11-03-2024 14:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — Some of the Belgium soccer players taking part in the European Championship this summer could well resemble a world-famous reporter.
  According to leaks on various specialized websites, the team’s Euro 2024 change kit is a tribute to Tintin, the intrepid Belgian reporter and comic-book legend.
  The Belgian federation is set to unveil the new kit on Thursday during a press conference at the Hergé Museum, which celebrates the career of Tintin’s creator.Coach
  
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• India conducts first test flight of domestically developed missile that can carry multiple warheads

  11-03-2024 13:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — India has successfully conducted its first test flight of a domestically developed missile that can carry multiple warheads, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday.
  The missile is equipped with multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles, Modi said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
  India has been developing its medium- and long-range missile systems since the 1990s as its strategic competition with China grows.The Associated Press
  
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• Community associations attempt to save Vancouver Park Board

  11-03-2024 13:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — An organization representing 17 community centre associations in Vancouver has written to Premier David Eby asking him to stop the city’s plan to end the park board.The group says city council’s decision to abolish the elected board is undemocratic and should be left up to citizens.
  Vancouver’s council passed a motion in December to eliminate the park board and Mayor Ken Sim has said the current system is broken.
  Eby says he expects the changes, requested by t
  
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• Flag of Sweden is raised at NATO headquarters, cementing its place as the 32nd alliance member

  11-03-2024 12:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — Sweden’s national flag was raised at NATO headquarters on Monday, cementing the Nordic country’s place as the 32nd member of the alliance two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine persuaded its reluctant public to seek safety under NATO’s security umbrella.
  Under a steady rain, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg looked on as two soldiers raised the blue banner emblazoned with a yellow cross among the
  
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• 50 people are injured by a ‘strong movement’ on a plane traveling from Australia to New Zealand

  11-03-2024 09:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SYDNEY (AP) — At least 50 people were injured Monday by what officials described as a “strong movement” on a Chilean plane traveling from Sydney to Auckland, New Zealand.LATAM Airlines said in a statement that there was “a technical event during the flight which caused a strong movement.” It did not elaborate on what happened.Passengers were met by paramedics when the flight touched down in Auckland.
  About 50 people were treated at the scene for mostly mild injuries
  
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• In the news today: Canada sending official to emergency meeting on Haiti crisis

  11-03-2024 09:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today…
  Canada to attend emergency meeting on Haiti
  Canada is sending an official to attend an emergency meeting in Jamaica on Monday, following an invite from Caribbean leaders who want to discuss escalating gang violence in Haiti.
  A spokesperson for the office of Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Bob Rae, Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations, will att
  
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• Families who rescued loved ones from Gaza feel ‘scammed’ by Canadian government

  11-03-2024 09:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The young woman’s first real hope that she might survive the nightmare she endured in the Gaza Strip came on the same night she was sure that she and her family would be killed.
  Late last year, Canada promised it would help bring extended family members of citizens out of the besieged territory. But by last month, delays robbed the 20-year-old woman of any faith the Canadian government would help her family leave.
  As the weeks went on, she and her relatives lived under near constant bombar
  
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• ‘Clean slate’ to reshape B.C. wine industry, after climate-related catastrophes

  11-03-2024 09:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The heart of British Columbia’s wine industry is reeling after suffering a litany of climate-related hits, resulting in two years of crop losses in the southern Interior. 
  Record-breaking heat. Wildfires and smoke that repeatedly contaminated grapes. A destructive cold snap in 2022. Then, the hammer blow — another deep freeze this January that is estimated to have inflicted up to 99 per cent crop loss across the province, wiping out this year’s vintage.
  While vineyards nee
  
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• Margaret Mayo Obituary - Chilliwack, BC - Dignity Memorial

  11-03-2024 08:00 via news.google.com
  
  Margaret Mayo Obituary - Chilliwack, BC  Dignity Memorial
  
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