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• Free luncheon Thursday in downtown Chilliwack to feature Streams Foundation co-founder Zeeshan Khan

  13-03-2024 23:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Voices in Our Community, a public forum underwritten and supported by Chilliwack Community Services through its Local Immigration Partnership program, will host a free luncheon event with keynote speaker Zeeshan Khan Thursday morning, March 14 at 11:15 a.m. at the Coast Hotel in downtown Chilliwack.The forum is designed to highlight the positive elements of the broader Chilliwack community in creating a welcoming place for all individuals. It is open to the public and consists
  
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• Fleury, Team Homan feeling ‘settled in’ as a rink entering women’s curling worlds

  13-03-2024 23:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  It’s been a learning process, but Tracy Fleury believes she’s found the right answers as part of Rachel Homan’s rink. 
  Homan’s squad is representing Canada at the world women’s curling championships that begin Saturday in Sydney, N.S.
  Fleury, one of the country’s top skips, joined Homan’s Ottawa rink in August 2022 after Joanne Courtney decided to step away form the game. She spent her first year with the team as skip and throwing third stones. This
  
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• ‘Lip service’: Saskatchewan chief wants meeting with Ottawa after mass killer report

  13-03-2024 23:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SASKATOON — A First Nations chief in Saskatchewan says his community needs a seat at the table after a probe into the release of a mass killer failed to include members’ input.  
  A joint investigation by the Correctional Service of Canada and the Parole Board of Canada into the statutory release of Myles Sanderson was made public Tuesday. 
  Sanderson was unlawfully at large when he killed 11 people and injured 17 others on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby villag
  
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• Alberta commission finds renewables pose little threat to agriculture, environment

  13-03-2024 23:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Alberta’s utilities regulator has released a report saying the renewables industry poses little threat to agriculture or the environment. 
  The Alberta Utilities Commission also says there’s no consensus on what landscapes should be protected for their scenic value.
  The provincial government called for the report as part of its moratorium on approvals for the renewables industry in Alberta.
  Premier Danielle Smith’s government expressed concern that wind and
  
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• Drever gets last chance to add hardware at U Sports women’s hockey nationals

  13-03-2024 22:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SASKATOON — Camryn Drever has one last shot at adding to her collection of hardware on the U Sports level.
  The 23-year-old fifth-year netminder will suit up for her final games with the host Saskatchewan Huskies at the U Sports women’s hockey championship tournament, which runs at Merlis Belsher Place.
  The eight-team competition starts Thursday with a quarterfinal between the fifth-seeded St. Francis Xavier X-Women and the fourth-seeded Waterloo Warriors. The eighth-seeded Huskies pl
  
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• Death of nonbinary teen Nex Benedict after fight ruled a suicide, Oklahoma medical examiner says

  13-03-2024 22:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OWASSO, Okla. (AP) — The death of a nonbinary student the day after a fight inside an Oklahoma high school restroom has been ruled a suicide, the state medical examiner’s office said Wednesday.
  A summary autopsy report shows 16-year-old Nex Benedict, who used they/them pronouns, had toxic levels of two drugs in their system and died of an overdose.
  A complete autopsy will be released in 10 days in accordance with state law, the medical examiner’s office said.
  “From the be
  
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• PWHL Montreal eager to set women’s attendance record: ‘I don’t want it in Toronto’

  13-03-2024 22:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Ann-Renée Desbiens isn’t comfortable with Toronto holding the attendance record for a women’s hockey game.
  The goalie for Montreal’s Professional Women’s Hockey League team believes the title should belong to her home province.
  And Toronto’s rival city.
  “I want it in Montreal. I don’t want it in Toronto,” Desbiens said without hesitation Wednesday at the Verdun Auditorium. “Any time Montreal can beat Toronto in any are
  
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• Chilliwack firefighters contain townhouse fire in Promontory Wednesday morning with help from neighbours, bystanders

  13-03-2024 21:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Swift action by Chilliwack firefighters combined with vigilance from neighbours and timely updates from bystanders were instrumental in keeping a fire from spreading throughout a townhouse and the neighbouring strata complex in Promontory Wednesday morning (Mar. 13).
  According to a news release from the Chilliwack Fire Department, firefighters were dispatched at 7:40 a.m. Wednesday for the report of smoke in a townhouse in the 46900 block of Russell Road in Promontory. Thanks
  
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• Blue Jays top Pirates 10-3 to earn third straight Grapefruit League season win

  13-03-2024 21:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUNEDIN, Fla. — Justin Turner kicked things off with a three-run homer in the opening inning and the Toronto Blue Jays cruised to their third straight victory, topping the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-3 in pre-season action on Wednesday.
  Eduardo Escobar added another three-run shot in the seventh inning, with Rafael Lantigua scoring another two runners with a single in the same frame.
  Chris Bassitt (1-1) struck out nine batters, walked one and surrendered one hit and one run in 5 1/3 innings of w
  
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• Chilliwack townhome saved when neighbours spotted smoke inside - Chilliwack Progress

  13-03-2024 21:34 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack townhome saved when neighbours spotted smoke inside  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• B.C. orchards and vineyards to get $70M to replant after disastrous weather

  13-03-2024 21:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PENTICTON, B.C. — The British Columbia government says farmers will get an extra $70 million to replant and strengthen fruit orchards and vineyards after two years of weather-related disasters.
  Premier David Eby says the funding will boost the province’s existing $15 million Perennial Crop Renewal Program, launched last spring to help more than 200 farmers replace diseased and unproductive plants.
  Speaking at a wine industry conference in Penticton, Eby says the new funding will help
  
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• B.C. philanthropists donate $92 million, plan for the future of the Tula Foundation

  13-03-2024 21:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — A pair of British Columbia philanthropists are donating the last $92 million from a “windfall” sale of their medical imaging company to the charitable foundation they founded.
  Eric Peterson says the donation with his wife Christina Munck to the Tula Foundation is the beginning of “handing off the baton” and planning for the future of the organization.
  The Tula Foundation, named after one of the couple’s dogs, supports several charitable initiatives,
  
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• WorkBC in Chilliwack to host Dairy Queen hiring event next week

  13-03-2024 20:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — It might be an ideal job for someone in high school or university, or people with flexible schedules, looking to earn some extra cash.WorkBC in Chilliwack will host a hiring event for the new Dairy Queen in Popkum next Wednesday, March 20 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at their Yale Road office near Shoppers Drug Mart.According to an email from a spokesperson dated Monday, March 4, Dairy Queen International has confirmed with the franchise owner that they plan to open the DQ restaurant
  
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• UNB Reds look to seal perfect hockey season with University Cup title

  13-03-2024 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Hockey championships follow Camaryn Baber and his family.
  His father Brad, helped his hometown Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds win the 1991-92 Ontario Hockey League title and the 1992-93 Memorial Cup. Camaryn hopes to win his second University Cup championship with the University of New Brunswick Reds this weekend.
  “It’s been an awesome ride,” said the 22-year-old Baber, whose Reds enter the eight-team University Cup on a 44-game win streak. “You couldn’
  
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• Chilliwack's 5-pin bowling team wins gold at Special Olympics - Chilliwack Progress

  13-03-2024 20:18 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack's 5-pin bowling team wins gold at Special Olympics  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Toronto Maple Leafs sign forward McMann to two-year contract extension

  13-03-2024 20:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed centre Bobby McMann to a two-year contract extension.
  The average annual value of the contract is US$1.35 million. McMann was set to become an unrestricted free agent this summer.
  He has 18 points (10 goals, eight assists) in 40 games this season.
  McMann, 27, went undrafted after his four-year career at Colgate University concluded in 2019-20. 
  The six-foot-two, 210-pound forward originally joined the Maple Leafs organization as a free age
  
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• Geert Wilders says he doesn’t have support of likely coalition partners to become Dutch premier

  13-03-2024 19:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders said Wednesday he doesn’t have the support of his prospective coalition partners to become the next Dutch prime minister.
  Wilders took to X, formerly Twitter, to say that “I can only become premier if ALL parties in the coalition support that. That wasn’t the case.”
  His comment came after Dutch media reported that a breakthrough in coalition talks announced Tuesday night was that the leaders of all fou
  
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• Auditor general’s office fires two workers who made extra cash with federal contracts

  13-03-2024 19:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The office of Canada’s auditor general confirms it fired two employees after discovering they were making extra money from federal contracts on the side.
  Karen Hogan’s office says a third person is being investigated after they failed to disclose such information to their managers. 
  It isn’t providing details about the contracts or what departments issued them. 
  The office initiated internal investigations of the workers in June of last year and conclud
  
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• Ford looking forward to returning to Blue Bombers following NFL tryout

  13-03-2024 19:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Tyrell Ford can see coaching in his football future but is gladly hanging up his whistle for the next little while.
  The 25-year-old defensive back will resume his CFL career with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers after missing last season to pursue NFL opportunities. During that time, Ford worked with the coaching staff at his alma mater, the University of Waterloo, before ultimately deciding to return to Manitoba.
  “Oh, 100 per cent. I want to be a coach … but I’m super excited about
  
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• Anonymous Art Show to raise funds for Chilliwack arts council - Chilliwack Progress

  13-03-2024 19:31 via news.google.com
  
  Anonymous Art Show to raise funds for Chilliwack arts council  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Texas man who used an iron lung for decades after contracting polio as a child dies at 78

  13-03-2024 19:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS (AP) — A Texas man who spent most of his 78 years using an iron lung chamber and built a large following on social media, recounting his life from contracting polio in the 1940s to earning a law degree, has died.
  Paul Alexander died Monday at a Dallas hospital, said Daniel Spinks, a longtime friend. He said Alexander had recently been hospitalized after being diagnosed with COVID-19 but did not know the cause of death.
  Alexander was 6 when he began using an iron lung, a cylinder tha
  
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• Texas man who used an iron long for decades after contracting polio as a child dies at 78

  13-03-2024 19:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS (AP) — A Texas man who spent most of his 78 years using an iron lung chamber and built a large following on social media, recounting his life from contracting polio in the 1940s to earning a law degree, has died.
  Paul Alexander died Monday at a Dallas hospital, said Daniel Spinks, a longtime friend. He said Alexander had recently been hospitalized after being diagnosed with COVID-19 but did not know the cause of death.Alexander was 6 when he began using an iron lung, a cylinder that
  
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• Manitoba RCMP investigating report of hazing involving a rural hockey team

  13-03-2024 18:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Manitoba RCMP are investigating after receiving a report of hazing involving a rural hockey team earlier this year.Police say Pembina Valley RCMP received a report stemming for an alleged hazing incident that occurred in Winnipeg in January.RCMP would not confirm or deny that the hazing reported took place, but only that they are investigating.Winnipeg police say the investigation was initiated by RCMP and they have assisted with some local issues.A francophone school division t
  
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• End of Quebec electric vehicle rebate will slow shift to cleaner cars: auto dealers

  13-03-2024 18:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The head of Quebec’s automobile dealers association says the government’s decision to end a rebate for the purchase of electric vehicles will slow the province’s shift to cleaner cars. 
  Ian Sam Yue Chi of the Corporation des concessionnaires d’automobiles says the rebate, currently worth up to $7,000, makes a big difference for consumers. 
  In his budget tabled Tuesday, Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard said the government will phase out subsid
  
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• Scheffler is chasing history in The Players Championship. No one has ever repeated as champion

  13-03-2024 18:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods never did it. Neither did Jack Nicklaus, even before The Players Championship found its home in a former swamp now known as the TPC Sawgrass.
  This is the 50th edition of the PGA Tour’s premier championship, and no one has ever defended his title. Next up is Scottie Scheffler, and the odds are as much in his favor as any of the previous winners.
  That includes Woods, who only got one crack at it in 2002, didn’t break 70 and tied for 14th
  
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• Former UFC champion Mark Coleman in the hospital after saving his parents from a house fire in Ohio

  13-03-2024 18:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — UFC Hall of Famer and former champion Mark Coleman was airlifted to a hospital and was “battling for his life” after saving his parents from a house fire in Ohio this week, his daughter said on Instagram.
  Morgan Coleman posted that her father went into the burning house several times and was able to bring out his mother and father.
  Coleman said her 59-year-old father was at the hospital “battling for his life after this heroic act.”
  “Our fa
  
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• Quebec coroner hears from cops involved in failed arrest that led to officer’s death

  13-03-2024 18:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec coroner’s inquiry into the deaths of a provincial police sergeant and the man who killed her is hearing today from police officers who took part in the fatal operation.
  William Berrouard, a Quebec provincial police patrol officer, testified he was taken by surprise when Isaac Brouillard Lessard attacked him with a knife as he tried to arrest him for uttering threats and breaching probation.
  On March 27, 2023, Brouillard Lessard seriously injured Berrouard and stab
  
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• Canada pledges help for Palestinian sex-crime victims, angering Israeli envoy

  13-03-2024 18:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly has announced funding for Palestinian women who have survived sexual violence, drawing an immediate rebuke from a senior Israeli official.
  Joly pledged $1 million for women from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip whom her office described as “survivors of sexual violence, no matter the circumstance.”
  Joly’s office would not say whether Canada believes Israeli forces are perpetrating sexual violence on women in Gaza, nor
  
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• Canadian QB Nathan Rourke officially returns to the New England Patriots

  13-03-2024 17:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Canadian Nathan Rourke is officially back with the New England Patriots.
  The NFL club formally announced Rourke had signed a one-year deal Tuesday. Reports earlier this month had the former B.C. Lions star signing an exclusive rights free agent deal with the Patriots.
  New England claimed the six-foot-one, 210-pound Rourke off waivers in December from the Jacksonville Jaguars.
  Exactly where Rourke fits in with the Patriots is a mystery. New England has reportedly agreed
  
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• Case of former Quebec judge accused of killing wife to end with guilty plea

  13-03-2024 17:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUEBEC — A retired Quebec judge who was facing a second murder trial in his wife’s 2009 shooting death will enter a guilty plea.
  Crown prosecutor François Godin made the announcement in a hearing today at the courthouse in Quebec City, but he did not disclose what charge Jacques Delisle would admit to.
  Delisle’s lawyer could not immediately be reached for comment, but Patricia Johnson, a spokesperson for the Quebec prosecution service, confirmed that a guilty plea will b
  
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• Night once brought firefighting reprieve, but no longer, Canadian study shows

  13-03-2024 17:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The darkness of night has traditionally signalled reprieve for wildland firefighters, but a new Canadian study shows that’s changing, and drought is the driving force.
  The availability of bone-dry fuels is the key mechanism promoting extreme fire behaviour and growth at night, the study says, though warming temperatures are also eroding the “climatological barrier” that has typically limited overnight burning.
  Uncovering the role of drought led the researchers to further show t
  
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• Paramount housing project in downtown Chilliwack still accepting tenancy applications

  13-03-2024 16:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Community Services says its sparkling new 64-unit housing complex on Yale Road is still accepting and processing applications.
  Chilliwack Community Services (CCS) wrote on Facebook Tuesday (Mar. 12) that the Paramount Building at 46187 Yale Road in downtown Chilliwack is inching closer to completion.
  “We are nearly at the finish line of the Paramount Building! The residential suites have moved into the final cleaning stage of this huge and massive process. We
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: A plan for prosperity over the NDP’s legacy of debt

  13-03-2024 16:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Unprecedented deficits, soaring debt, and nothing to show for it — this is the alarming reality of life in B.C. under the NDP.
  The 2024 budget unveiled by British Columbia’s NDP government is a clear illustration of their misguided priorities and fiscal mismanagement. Under the guise of addressing the cost of living, the NDP is driving the province into record-breaking debt, burdening future generations and failing to deliver real economic growth. Affordability is at top of mind for
  
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• Canadian rugby league international Megan Pakulis off on Australian adventure

  13-03-2024 15:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Manly Sea Eagles and Sydney Roosters weren’t the only winners when Australia’s National Rugby League kicked off its 2024 season with a Las Vegas doubleheader earlier this month
  Canadian Megan Pakulis was one of four participants at a NRL combine in Vegas chosen to train with an elite rugby league team in Australia on an all-expenses-paid trip.
  Pakulis is scheduled to leave Thursday, with a tentative return date of March 31.
  “I’m excited. It’s surreal still,&rdqu
  
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• Teen defender finds way in soccer after fateful Christmas gift for CPL open tryout

  13-03-2024 15:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  You could say a Christmas gift, combined with a lot of hard work, changed James Cameron’s life.
  For Christmas 2022, Cameron’s father gifted him a ticket to a Vancouver FC open tryout. Cameron went on to earn first a developmental contact and then a first pro deal with the Canadian Premier League expansion club under the league’s exceptional young talent rule.
  The 19-year-old from North Vancouver made 19 appearances, including 17 starts, and logged 1,504 minutes playing time to
  
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• Sebastian Szirmak’s Mexican Tour win prepares him for European Challenge Tour

  13-03-2024 15:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Sebastian Szirmak won’t be coming home to Toronto this summer for the best possible reason — he’ll be playing golf in Europe.
  Szirmak won the Wipa’s Open in a three-way playoff on Sunday for his first victory on the Gira de Golf Professional Mexicana. That victory helps set him up on the Challenge Tour, the second-tier circuit for the European-based DP World Tour, by earning him valuable points on the Official World Golf Ranking and gaining experience at the professional
  
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• ‘Look out for yourself’: How some NHLers have taken more ownership over their careers

  13-03-2024 15:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Jack Eichel needed a change of scenery. Matthew Tkachuk felt the same.
  Auston Matthews, meanwhile, was happy to sign on the dotted line for the next four seasons, just not seven or eight.
  Unlike the other major North American sports — the NBA, NFL and MLB — where athletes have historically been more vocal in pushing their own interests, hockey players have, in general, toed more of the company line. 
  Get drafted, sign a contract, sign another contract, maybe one more, and spend
  
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• Judge overseeing Georgia election interference case dismisses some of charges against Trump

  13-03-2024 15:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case has dismissed some of the charges against former President Donald Trump, but others remain.
  Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee wrote Wednesday in an order that six of the charges in the indictment must be quashed, including three against Trump. But the order leave intact many other charges in the indictment and the judge wrote that prosecutors could seek a new indictment on the charges he dismissed.The
  
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• Canadian wrestler Erica Wiebe, an Olympic gold medallist, announces retirement

  13-03-2024 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Wrestler Erica Wiebe, who won a gold medal for Canada at the 2016 Olympics, announced her retirement from competition on Wednesday.Wiebe claimed Olympic gold in the women’s 75-kilogram weight class, defeating Kazakhstan’s Guzel Manyurova in the final, at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  The 34-year-old from Stittsville, Ont., also won the bronze medal at the 2018 world championships and was a two-time Commonwealth Games champion.
  Wiebe will remain active in the sport
  
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• Chilliwack Hospice Society invites the community to its 6th annual Fashionista Fashion Show

  13-03-2024 14:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Organizers of an upcoming fashion show in Chilliwack say the runway for the 6th annual Fashionista Fashion Show will be both “classy and a little bit sassy” in support of Chilliwack Hospice Society.The fun happens Friday, May 10 at Evergreen Hall (9291 Corbould Street), featuring 50-plus original thrifted outfits shown by volunteer models. The fundraising event has emerged as a favorite among the local thrifting community.According to a news release from marketing
  
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• Chilliwack school trustee denounces censures, says Board of Education did not follow protocol

  13-03-2024 14:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The ongoing battle between an outspoken school board member and the Chilliwack Board of Education just ascended to new heights.Chilliwack school board member Heather Maahs denounced the Board of Education on which she sits Tuesday night (Mar. 12) for censuring her on three occasions over the past year, alleging they did not follow established protocol around proper communication.
  In a statement released Tuesday night, Maahs says she was improperly notified about the three cens
  
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• Returns from Tommy John surgery may seem routine. Recovery can be full of grief, angst and isolation

  13-03-2024 13:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — One August morning in 2022 while all alone at the Oakland Coliseum, Daulton Jefferies plopped down in the grass and wept.
  The pitcher cried for a good 45 minutes. Six years after becoming a first-round draft pick and days after his 27th birthday, he contemplated giving up baseball altogether — a first for him, in spite of multiple injury roadblocks.
  Jefferies made eight starts for the Athletics that season and knew his right elbow had something seriously wrong
  
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• 50 years later, Tommy John surgery remains a game-changer

  13-03-2024 13:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — There is a bridge that runs from Tommy John and Dr. Frank Jobe in 1974, all the way to Shohei Ohtani, Justin Verlander and Bryce Harper. A thread that connects an increasing number of baseball’s biggest stars. Mostly on the mound, but at the plate, too.
  An operation that changed everything.
  Almost 50 years ago, on Sept. 25, 1974, Jobe reconstructed a torn ulnar collateral ligament in John’s left arm. It was a pioneering achievement for Jobe and a lifeline
  
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• In the news today: Canadians wary of online regulation, according to new poll

  13-03-2024 09:16 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…
  Canadians wary of online regulation: poll
  A new survey suggests fewer than half of Canadians believe Ottawa’s plan to regulate social media sites will make platforms safer.Polling firm Leger asked just over 1,500 Canadians about the Liberal government’s proposal to enact a suite of measures meant to make social media platforms safer, particularly for children.
  
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• ‘Old MacDonald went broke’: Technology helps grain farmers confront weather woes

  13-03-2024 09:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  British Columbia grain farmer Malcolm Odermatt says all he can do is pray for rain this spring after repeated droughts sabotaged his harvest last year.
  Odermatt, who is also the president of the BC Grain Growers Association, has been working with his father since 2012 to farm about 2,000 acres of land in the Peace region of B.C.’s northeast. He said seeding typically begins in May and although he’s worried, he hasn’t yet lost hope the weather will turn around.
  “We’r
  
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• MPs to question main contractor on ArriveCan app at House committee

  13-03-2024 09:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — MPs will have another chance to question the people behind the main contract for the ArriveCan app at a House committee meeting today.
  This will mark the third time GC Strategies partner Kristian Firth testifies before MPs, with his business partner Darren Anthony set to meet the committee on Thursday. 
  The two IT recruiters did not build the app, but were tasked by the federal government with assembling a team to complete certain parts of the project, which had an overall co
  
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• Poll: Canadians unsure online harms bill will make social media safer

  13-03-2024 09:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Fewer than half of Canadians believe the federal government’s plan to regulate social media sites will make platforms safer, a new survey suggests. 
  Polling firm Leger recently asked Canadians about the Liberal government’s proposed Online Harms Act, which contains a suite of measures meant to make social media platforms safer, particularly for children. 
  Half of respondents said they are wary of the government’s ability to protect free speech, and a ma
  
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• Alberta Premier Smith says face-to-face meeting today with Prime Minister Trudeau

  13-03-2024 09:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet up face-to-face in Calgary today.
  Smith’s office says the two will meet in the morning, and Smith will head to Edmonton to speak to reporters at a subsequent news conference.
  The two leaders have not met in person since last summer at the Calgary Stampede festival.
  Smith’s office did not say what is on the agenda for the meeting.
  However, her government has taken issue with Ottawa on a range of
  
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• Politicians want more competition but supply management still a ‘sacred cow’

  13-03-2024 09:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — There aren’t many issues that garner support across party lines in Ottawa these days. 
  But when it comes to the supply management system for egg, poultry and dairy products — the mechanism that sets prices for producers — all of Canada’s federal parties seem to see eye-to-eye.
  Political support for the controversial agricultural framework has endured, despite the country’s ongoing affordability crisis and critics who persistently warn that it&rsq
  
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• Jim Rowley Obituary - Chilliwack, BC - Dignity Memorial

  13-03-2024 08:00 via news.google.com
  
  Jim Rowley Obituary - Chilliwack, BC  Dignity Memorial
  
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