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• Chicago Fire rallies in final minutes to burn CF Montreal 4-3

  16-03-2024 23:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Kellyn Acosta scored from beyond midfield in the 99th minute on a misplayed ball by the goalkeeper and Chicago Fire FC completed a stunning 4-3 comeback win over CF Montreal for its first win of the Major League Soccer season on Saturday.
  With a strong wind off Lake Michigan, Acosta — a recent free-agent pickup — lofted the ball following a Montreal clear. Jonathan Sirois ran to cover but came in too far under it and his desperate attempt to haul it in bounced of
  
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• Venezuela ruling party officially makes Maduro its candidate in the July presidential election

  16-03-2024 23:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Saturday became his party’s official nominee for July’s highly anticipated presidential election, which would allow him to stroll into a third consecutive term with no real competition on the horizon.
  Not unusual to Venezuela, the election has been plagued with controversy since Maduro’s main opponent, María Corina Machado — who swept an opposition coalition’s primary election with
  
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• Brady Tkachuk scores hat trick, lifts Senators past Islanders 4-3 in overtime

  16-03-2024 22:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Brady Tkachuk scored on the power play in overtime to complete a hat trick and Joonas Korpisalo made 30 saves to help the Ottawa Senators beat the New York Islanders 4-3 on Saturday.
  Ridly Greig also scored for Ottawa, which won its third straight game after losing seven in a row.
  Bo Horvat tied the contest for the Islanders on the power play with 38 seconds left in regulation to send it into overtime. Horvat was called for holding at 3:05 in overtime and Tkachuk scored his
  
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• PWHL GMs not expecting a hectic trade deadline: ‘It’s going to take the right trade’

  16-03-2024 21:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Professional Women’s Hockey League trade deadline is imminent, but the mood around the league is relatively calm.
  The NHL is usually rife with suspense, urgency and rumours of last-minute deals flying around as its annual deadline approaches.
  Things can always change, but for now Professional Women’s Hockey League general managers say their phones aren’t exactly ringing off the hook.
  Many GMs are using words like “quiet” and “manageable” to describe
  
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• PHOTOS: Chilliwack fire chief gets final callout at retirement ceremony - Chilliwack Progress

  16-03-2024 21:25 via news.google.com
  
  PHOTOS: Chilliwack fire chief gets final callout at retirement ceremony  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canadian Janine Beckie scores twice for Portland in return from knee surgery

  16-03-2024 21:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (CP-AP) — Canadian international Janine Beckie, returning from knee surgery, scored twice in a losing cause Saturday as the Portland Thorns were beaten 5-4 by Kansas City in the regular-season opener for the National Women’s Soccer League.
  The game was the first in Kansas City’s new CPKC Stadium.
  Beckie came in at halftime, nearly a year to the day that she tore her anterior cruciate ligament. She opened her account in the 71st minute, when she slotted a ball f
  
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• Police arrest two at protest that delayed Trudeau event, including Rebel News host

  16-03-2024 20:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto Police say they arrested two people at a pro-Palestinian protest that delayed the start of an event featuring the prime minister, and those facing charges include a reporter for online media outlet Rebel News.
  Police say two men were arrested Friday at the rally outside the King Edward Hotel, where Justin Trudeau appeared as the guest of honour at a Liberal Party fundraiser. 
  Protest organizers issued a statement ahead of the event saying the demonstration was meant to send a messag
  
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• Series of costly losses in 2023 contributed to Just for Laughs insolvency: report

  16-03-2024 20:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A report filed in Quebec Superior Court details the reasons behind the financial troubles that led the parent company of the Just for Laughs comedy festivals to cancel its flagship event and seek protection from its creditors.
  The Thursday court filing from an insolvency trustee shows Groupe Juste pour rire inc. posted a net loss of more $7.9 million in the first 10 months of 2023.
  Among the factors the trustee says tanked its revenue was a March comedy festival in London that l
  
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• B.C. 911 dispatch service ‘functioning as normal’ following unplanned outage

  16-03-2024 20:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The dispatch service that handles most of British Columbia’s 911 calls says its lines are again operating as normal after an “unplanned outage” Saturday morning.A spokeswoman with E-Comm 911 says one of its servers malfunctioned around 6 a.m.
  Carly Paice says that while calls were still getting through to dispatchers, they were experiencing longer wait times.
  She says the system gradually began improving and resumed “functioning as normal” around 1
  
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• Red Wings beat Sabres 4-1, ending 7-game losing streak to boost chance at a wild-card spot

  16-03-2024 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Patrick Kane scored a tiebreaking goal late in the second period and James Reimer stopped 25 shots, lifting the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday in a matchup of teams vying for a wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
  Detroit earned a desperately needed win after losing seven straight games in regulation for the first time since early in the 2019-20 season. The slump dropped the Red Wings out of a favorable position to end a post
  
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• School expansion announcements for Langley

  16-03-2024 19:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY — B.C.’s Ministry of Education says the fast-growing community of Langley is getting a new middle school to meet growing enrolment demands.Education Minister Rachna Singh says the new school will serve students in the township’s Willoughby area.The province says R.E. Mountain Secondary will also be getting an addition under this year’s budget, which it says is the largest school capital budget in B.C.’s history.Township of Langley Mayor Eric Woodward says sc
  
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• Marielle Thompson leads Canadian sweep of medals in women’s World Cup ski-cross event

  16-03-2024 18:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VEYSONNAZ, Switzerland — Marielle Thompson led a Canadian sweep of the medals in a women’s World Cup ski-cross event Saturday.
  Thompson, of Whistler, B.C., registered the victory. Brittany Phelan, of Mont-Tremblant, Que., was second ahead of India Sherret, of Cranbrook, B.C.
  It marked the second-ever Canadian sweep of a women’s ski-cross World Cup event but first since December 2010.
  Edmonton’s Carson Cook was seventh in the men’s event while Reece Howden of Chilliw
  
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• Canadian Kim Boutin wins women’s 500-metre short-track gold medal

  16-03-2024 18:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — Canada’s Kim Boutin won gold in the women’s 500-metre final Saturday at the ISU world short-track speedskating championships.
  Boutin, of Sherbrooke, Que., posted a winning time of 42.626 seconds. Dutch skater Xandra Velzeboer, the defending champion, was second (42.833) ahead of American Kristen Santos-Griswold (42.929).
  The gold medal was Boutin’s first at a world championship, having finished second six times and third on seven other occasions.
  
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• PHOTOS: Amusement fair kicks off spring break in Chilliwack - Hope Standard

  16-03-2024 18:38 via news.google.com
  
  PHOTOS: Amusement fair kicks off spring break in Chilliwack  Hope Standard
  
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• PHOTOS: Amusement fair kicks off spring break in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  16-03-2024 18:38 via news.google.com
  
  PHOTOS: Amusement fair kicks off spring break in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Abbotsford, B.C., police arrest 50-year-old man for woman’s death

  16-03-2024 18:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Police in Abbotsford say a man has been arrested in the death of a woman after officers responded to a report of an assault at a home in the city Friday night.
  They say that patrol officers received the call around 10:50 p.m. and found a 41-year-old woman suffering from life threatening injuries.
  They say she died of those injuries despite officers’ best efforts to save her life.
  Police say the 50-year-old man, who was known to the victim, was arrested at the scene
  
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• Authorities order residents to shelter in place after 3 killed in suburban Philadelphia shootings

  16-03-2024 18:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FAIRLESS HILLS, Pa. (AP) — Three people were killed after gunfire erupted early Saturday in a suburban Philadelphia township, forcing cancellation of a St. Patrick’s Day parade and shutting down a children’s theme park, authorities said.
  Middletown Township police said there were “confirmed shootings” in neighboring Falls Township in Eastern Pennsylvania that resulted in “several gunshot victims.” Authorities in Bucks County issued a shelter-in-place ord
  
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• Trudeau says job of prime minister “crazy,” but he’s determined to continue

  16-03-2024 17:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed to continue on as head of government in an interview with Radio-Canada on Friday despite what he described as the personal challenges that come with the position.
  Trudeau playfully told radio host Alec Castonguay during a lively portion of the program “Midi info” that he thinks every day about quitting his “crazy,” “super tough” and at times even “boring” job.
  But Trudeau said significant domesti
  
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• Furless raccoon, dubbed ‘Rufus’, rescued and given refuge in Nova Scotia shelter

  16-03-2024 17:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — A rare bald raccoon is in the care of a Nova Scotia shelter, where staff hope she’ll grow her fur coat – including a bandit-like, black streak across her eyes.
  Hope Swinimer, the director of Hope for Wildlife, says the furless mammal has been named Rufus after a naked, squeaky mole-rat character in the children’s television show “Kim Possible.”
  It turned out after closer examination Rufus is in fact female, but the name has remained as the pink-hued
  
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• Despite hours of negotiations, armed man killed by police in eastend Calgary standoff

  16-03-2024 17:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A 30-hour armed standoff with Calgary police that forced some residents of a southeast neighbourhood out of their homes came to an end on Friday night after officers shot a man dead. 
  Police had been stationed outside a home in the Penbrooke Meadows neighbourhood since Thursday afternoon trying to negotiate with a man who had allegedly barricaded himself inside and was firing shots at officers. 
  Investigators estimated about 100 shots were fired from within the home before “the s
  
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• Popkum Fire douses dome structure fire at gravel pit east of Chilliwack early Saturday

  16-03-2024 16:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Multiple fire crews from the rural Popkum Fire Department were dispatched around midnight Saturday (Mar. 16) for what was later determined to be a working fire inside a dome structure at a sand and gravel pit near Highway 9 and Cheam First Nation.
  According to scanner transmission overnight, Popkum firefighters were called to the area of Highway 9 and Victor Drive near Cheam First Nation for a possible structure fire after a single caller contacted dispatch, saying the fire wa
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP Officer in Charge Awards recognize exceptional service and bravery

  16-03-2024 14:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The RCMP’s annual Officer in Charge Awards Ceremony recognized deserving individuals for acts of bravery, exceptional performance, innovative contributions, leadership, and community service. The event was held Wednesday (Mar. 13) at the Chilliwack Arts & Cultural Centre, and celebrated the remarkable achievements and contributions of forty-six individuals within the Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment.Nineteen awards were presented, including service medals and
  
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• Chilliwack scores early and often in win over Nanaimo

  16-03-2024 13:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack Chiefs struck for three goals in the first eight minutes and cruised to a 5 – 2 victory over the Nanaimo Clippers Friday (Mar. 15) at the Chilliwack Coliseum.
  Jack Sparkes opened the scoring at the 58 second mark of the game. At 4:23, Caleb Elfering gave the Chiefs a two – nothing lead and then at 7:44, Matt Argentina scored Chilliwack’s third goal.
  Brady Milburn and Parker Murray also scored goals for the Chiefs who outshot Nanaimo 38 –
  
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• One woman killed in Abbotsford homicide

  16-03-2024 13:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — A 41-year-old woman is dead and a 50-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an incident in the 3400 block of Wagner Drive Friday (Mar. 15) night in Abbotsford.Police were called to the home around 10:50 p.m. and discovered the woman who was suffering from life-threatening injuries. Despite their best efforts to save her, she succumbed to her injuries.
  Police have confirmed the victim and the suspect were known to each other. The suspect remains in police custody.
  Th
  
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• Paydora Tango Ensemble on tap for matinee performance - Chilliwack Progress

  16-03-2024 13:00 via news.google.com
  
  Paydora Tango Ensemble on tap for matinee performance  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Some doctors sneak education into their online content to drown out misinformation

  16-03-2024 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — When Dr. Siobhan Deshauer makes online videos, her primary goal is to demystify medicine. Her secondary goal?
  “I call it ‘smuggling in education,'” said the physician and YouTuber, who boasts nearly a million subscribers on the platform. “You’re coming for this mystery and this excitement, but I’m smuggling in some topics that I think are really important and that I’m passionate about.”
  Some experts say one of the best ways to fight
  
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• India announces multi-phase general elections starting April 19 with results expected on June 4

  16-03-2024 11:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — India on Saturday announced its general elections will start on April 19 and results are expected on June 4.The voting will stretch over six weeks and seven phases, with different states voting at different times. Almost 1 billion voters — over 10% of the world’s population — will elect 543 members for the lower house of Parliament for a term of five years.
  Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party seek a third consecut
  
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• PHOTOS: Chilliwack fire chief gets final callout at retirement ceremony - Abbotsford News

  16-03-2024 08:00 via news.google.com
  
  PHOTOS: Chilliwack fire chief gets final callout at retirement ceremony  Abbotsford News
  
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• Fast start by Chiefs sinks Clippers in 5-2 loss at Chilliwack - Nanaimo News NOW

  16-03-2024 07:53 via news.google.com
  
  Fast start by Chiefs sinks Clippers in 5-2 loss at Chilliwack  Nanaimo News NOW
  
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• NHL roundup: Jets, Kings post shutouts in one-sided wins

  16-03-2024 05:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG, Man. (AP) — Tyler Toffoli scored his first two goals since being traded to Winnipeg and Laurent Brossoit stopped 21 shots for his second shutout of the season for the Jets in a 6-0 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night.
  Jets defenceman Dylan DeMelo snapped a 63-game goal-scoring drought and added an assist, and Kyle Connor, Nate Schmidt and Mason Appleton also scored for Winnipeg. Josh Morrissey had three assists and Nikolaj Ehlers added two for the Jets, who’ve altern
  
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• Toffoli, Brossoit help Jets soar past struggling Ducks 6-0

  16-03-2024 03:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Tyler Toffoli scored his first two goals since being traded to the Winnipeg Jets and Laurent Brossoit made 21 saves for his second shutout of the season in a 6-0 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday.
  Jets defenceman Dylan DeMelo snapped a 63-game goal drought and added an assist in front of Winnipeg’s fifth sellout crowd of 15,225 fans at Canada Life Centre.
  Kyle Connor, Nate Schmidt and Mason Appleton also scored. Josh Morrissey chipped in with three assists and Nikol
  
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• Paolo Banchero leads red-hot Orlando Magic past undermanned Toronto Raptors 113-103

  16-03-2024 03:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Paolo Banchero flirted with a triple-double as the Orlando Magic routed the undermanned Toronto Raptors 113-103 on Friday.
  Banchero finished with 17 points, nine rebounds and eight assists as Orlando (39-28) won for the seventh time in nine games. Franz Wagner added 19 points and seven boards.
  Gary Trent Jr. scored a season-high 31 points and matched a season-high of seven three-pointers as Toronto (23-44) lost its sixth straight game.
  Immanuel Quickley had a double-double with 1
  
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• Toronto police make arrest as pro-Palestinian protesters rally outside Trudeau event

  16-03-2024 02:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto police made an arrest on Friday as a large crowd of pro-Palestinian demonstrators rallied outside a downtown hotel where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was appearing at a Liberal party fundraiser. 
  Protest organizers had earlier promised to disrupt the event at the King Edward Hotel, insisting in a statement that the Liberal Party of Canada could not proceed with “business as usual” amid the Israel-Hamas war. 
  In Toronto earlier this month, a weekend reception at the
  
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• Christina Morrison Obituary - Chilliwack, BC - Dignity Memorial

  16-03-2024 01:36 via news.google.com
  
  Christina Morrison Obituary - Chilliwack, BC  Dignity Memorial
  
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• Canada, B.C. legislation would tackle ‘toxic’ online products: Facebook whistleblower

  16-03-2024 01:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A woman who blew the whistle about Facebook ignoring potential harms to users of the social media platform says proposed laws by Canada and B.C. have promise to hold tech companies to account for profiting off harmful content. 
  Frances Haugen, a former Facebook product manager, says big tech companies such as Facebook’s parent company Meta need to be held accountable for the harms their products cause while profiting at handsome margins of up to 30 per cent. 
  Haugen, who testifie
  
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• Judge appoints special master to oversee California federal women’s prison after rampant abuse

  16-03-2024 00:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A judge on Friday appointed a special master to oversee a troubled federal women’s prison in California known for rampant sexual abuse against inmates, marking the first time the federal Bureau of Prisons has been subject to such oversight.
  The judge’s scathing order encompasses the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, located about 21 miles (34 kilometers) east of Oakland.A 2021 Associated Press investigation that found a culture of abuse and cove
  
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