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• China-based Canadian man accused of selling trade secrets of electric vehicle company

  20-03-2024 23:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  American prosecutors say a Canadian national living in China stole trade secrets from a leading U.S.-based electric vehicle company to set up a competing battery business. 
  The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn, New York, says Klaus Pflugbeil was arrested March 19 after allegedly transmitting stolen trade secrets to an undercover agent who was posing as a business person. 
  A complaint filed in Federal Court says Pflugbeil and his co-accused Yilong Shao conspired to sell propriet
  
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• Scientists fired from Winnipeg lab over security fears rightly under probe: minister

  20-03-2024 23:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Health Minister Mark Holland says it’s “extremely appropriate” that two scientists who lost their jobs due to dealings with China remain under investigation.
  The National Microbiology Laboratory researchers were fired in early 2021 after their security clearances were revoked over questions about their loyalty and the potential for coercion by Beijing.
  Records tabled in Parliament late last month say the scientists, Xiangguo Qiu and her husband, Keding Cheng, pla
  
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• THE MOJ: Intelligence, lack of ego have Chilliwack's Benson in the NHL at 18 - Kelowna Capital News

  20-03-2024 23:00 via news.google.com
  
  THE MOJ: Intelligence, lack of ego have Chilliwack's Benson in the NHL at 18  Kelowna Capital News
  
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• ‘Stay the hell away from our kids’: Holland warns big tobacco about nicotine pouches

  20-03-2024 22:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Health Minister Mark Holland is promising a major crackdown on nicotine pouches, which he says are being marketed to children.
  Holland accuses Imperial Tobacco of exploiting a loophole to get Health Canada approval for its oral nicotine patch by branding it as an aid to quit smoking. 
  He charges that the product is now being used to hook a new generation on nicotine. 
  Holland has written to provinces about his plans to restrict access to the product, called Zonnic, as we
  
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• City of Abbotsford unveils app to better equip outreach workers who work with homeless people

  20-03-2024 22:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Just days after announcing it would allocate $1.7 million of federal funding to implement homelessness prevention programs, the City of Abbotsford says it has created a new app that will assist community outreach workers in providing timely and effective services to those experiencing homelessness.
  According to a news release dated Wednesday, March 20 from the municipality, the city of Abbotsford says the Community Homelessness Information Application, or CHIA, (CHIA), empower
  
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• Hope, Chilliwack search crews rescue person who had been missing for 48 hours

  20-03-2024 22:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — Hope Volunteer Search and Rescue says a person who had been missing for 48 hours has been rescued with the help of Chilliwack Search and Rescue and Valley Helicopters.
  According to a statement from Hope SAR, volunteer rescue personnel from Hope were tasked with initiating a rescue mission on Tuesday, March 19. The non-profit rescue agency says once it spotted human tracks from a helicopter, its ground search team was able to locate the missing person.Image: Hope Volunteer Search and
  
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• Brazilian high court to decide if Robinho will serve prison sentence for rape

  20-03-2024 21:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAO PAULO (AP) — Judges of a Brazilian high court started voting Wednesday on whether former soccer star Robinho can be jailed in his home nation for his 2017 rape conviction in Italy.
  The 40-year-old Robinho was sentenced in Italy to nine years in prison for his part in a group sexual assault in 2013 when the striker played for AC Milan.
  Brazil doesn’t extradite nationals, which led Italy to seek his imprisonment in his home nation.
  One of the elements to be decided by Brazil’
  
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• Olympic champion Canada drawn with France, Colombia and New Zealand at Paris Games

  20-03-2024 21:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Olympic champion Canada has been drawn with third-ranked France, No. 23 Colombia and No. 28 New Zealand in Group A at the Olympic women’s soccer tournament in Paris this summer.
  The 12-team women’s competition runs July 25 through Aug. 10. Ninth-ranked Canada has made the Olympic podium the last three times, winning gold in Tokyo under coach Bev Priestman and bronze in Rio and London under John Herdman.
  The draw could well have been worse for the Canadian women.
  Group B features the
  
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• ‘Serious errors’ by prison officials who knew about a 4-year water leak at Abbotsford prison: report

  20-03-2024 21:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal Public Sector Integrity Commissioner says the Correctional Service of Canada committed “gross mismanagement” when it took nearly four years to fix pipes at a B.C. prison that were leaking chemically treated water into the ground.
  Harriet Solloway says millions of litres of water from the building’s heating system seeped into the ground surrounding the Matsqui Institution in Abbotsford, B.C., which is on top of three aquifers, including one that flows
  
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• ‘Serious errors’ by Abbotsford prison officials who knew about a 4-year water leak: report

  20-03-2024 21:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal Public Sector Integrity Commissioner says the Correctional Service of Canada committed “gross mismanagement” when it took nearly four years to fix pipes at a B.C. prison that were leaking chemically treated water into the ground.
  Harriet Solloway says millions of litres of water from the building’s heating system seeped into the ground surrounding the Matsqui Institution in Abbotsford, B.C., which is on top of three aquifers, including one that flows
  
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• Longtime NHL critic and diversity advocate Akim Aliu gets a tryout with the Sharks’ AHL team

  20-03-2024 21:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  After years of feeling alienated by the NHL and campaigning to diversify the sport, Akim Aliu is getting another shot at playing pro hockey, this time with the San Jose Sharks’ minor league affiliate.
  Sharks general manager Mike Grier informed reporters at the league’s GM meetings in Florida on Wednesday that he offered Aliu a tryout contract with the American Hockey League’s San Jose Barracuda for the remainder of the season.
  The 34-year-old Aliu, who plays defence, confirmed
  
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• Canada’s Stellato-Dudek, Deschamps in first place after short program at worlds

  20-03-2024 21:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Canadian pair Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps put forth an electrifying performance to place first in the short program at the world figure skating championships Wednesday afternoon.
  Stellato-Dudek of Chicago and Deschamps of Vaudreuil-Dorion, Que., shattered their season-best with a 77.48 score while skating to Cirque du Soleil’s “Oxygène.” The duo received a standing ovation from a mostly full lower bowl at the Bell Centre.
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• Chilliwack Chiefs mourn beloved Ross 'Rosco' Beebe - Chilliwack Progress

  20-03-2024 20:59 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack Chiefs mourn beloved Ross 'Rosco' Beebe  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• B.C. to add 500 public electric vehicle charging stations to fill gaps in network

  20-03-2024 20:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Drivers of electric vehicles in British Columbia can expect another 500 public charging stations to come online, adding to more than 5,000 available across the province. 
  A statement from the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation says it’s providing $30 million from this year’s budget to expand B.C.’s “electric highway.”
  Energy Minister Josie Osborne says officials know that EV drivers want to have confidence they will be able to
  
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• NFL competition committee proposes a ban on hip-drop tackles and a radical change to kickoffs

  20-03-2024 20:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The NFL competition committee is proposing a rule to penalize so-called “hip-drop” tackles and a radical change to kickoffs to add more returns without compromising safety.
  The proposals will be presented to owners at the league meetings later this month, with 24 out of 32 votes needed for approval.
  The committee didn’t propose any rule changes to limit the use of the “tush push” quarterback sneak that has been so successful for the Philadelphia Eagles the past few
  
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• Detroit Lions’ defensive back Cameron Sutton sought in Florida domestic violence warrant

  20-03-2024 20:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Detroit Lions defensive back Cameron Sutton is wanted on a domestic violence warrant in Florida, where authorities on Wednesday asked for tips to help find him.The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, which includes Tampa, said on the X social media platform that the warrant is for domestic battery by strangulation, a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in prison. Sutton may be driving a Jeep Grand Wagoneer with a Florida license plate, the sheriff&
  
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• Antetokounmpo to miss second straight game when Bucks face Celtics on Wednesday

  20-03-2024 20:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo will miss his second straight game Wednesday night when the Milwaukee Bucks visit the NBA-leading Boston Celtics.
  The Bucks released an injury report Wednesday afternoon that ruled the two-time MVP out due to an issue with his left hamstring. Antetokounmpo also didn’t play Sunday in the Bucks’ 140-129 home victory over the Phoenix Suns.
  This will be the fifth game Antetokounmpo has missed this season. The Bucks have gone 3-1 without him so fa
  
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• Chilliwack's long-awaited Paramount housing revealed at ribbon-cutting ceremony - Chilliwack Progress

  20-03-2024 20:14 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack's long-awaited Paramount housing revealed at ribbon-cutting ceremony  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Former police board member claims Victoria police face ‘crisis of integrity’

  20-03-2024 20:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The Victoria and Esquimalt Police Board says a complaint filed against the Victoria department by a former board member will be handled by investigators from Surrey and Delta. 
  Former member Paul Schachter told the board last night that policing in Victoria is facing a “crisis of integrity” as he laid out concerns over how a B.C. Supreme Court judge called out officers for “intentionally lying” to prosecutors and the court, derailing a major drug inv
  
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• Canada’s Selena Costabile learns from former NFLers during Epson Tour pro-am round

  20-03-2024 19:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Pro-am rounds can be a fun opportunity for serious golf fans to meet their favourite players and for the golfers to get some extra practice in ahead of that week’s tournament.
  But for Canadian golfer Selena Costabile and former NFL players Josh Scobee and Marcus Pollard it was a chance to get into the intricacies of the athlete’s mindset. The trio were grouped together for the pro-am on Tuesday ahead of the Epson Tour’s Atlantic Beach Classic and got into a lengthy discussion a
  
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• Montreal public health optimistic that measles outbreak can be brought under control

  20-03-2024 19:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — One of the doctors leading Montreal public health’s response to the measles outbreak in the city says he’s optimistic officials can gain control of the virus despite the rising number of cases.
  Dr. Paul Le Guerrier says health workers are aware that measles is spreading in Montreal, and are looking for new cases of the highly transmissible disease.
  But Le Guerrier says the city is doing a good job of identifying people who may have been exposed and providing preventi
  
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• Quebec newspaper La Presse removes cartoon denounced as antisemitic

  20-03-2024 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec newspaper La Presse has removed a cartoon depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the vampire from the film “Nosferatu” after criticism that the caricature used antisemitic imagery.
  The image published online this morning portrayed Netanyahu with pointed ears and long sharp fingers, evoking a sequence in the 1922 silent film in which the vampire Count Orlok hides away on a ship in pursuit of his human prey.
  Text overlaying the cartoon identified
  
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• ‘Possibly the end.’ Quebec shrimp fishery facing climate change, tough economy

  20-03-2024 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — For years, the northern shrimp fished in the Quebec waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence have been known as “crevettes de Matane,” named after the town where much of the province’s harvest has been processed since the 1960s. 
  But after the owners of the town’s processing plant announced its closure this week, there’s fear that it’s not only the Matane shrimp that are on their way out, but the Quebec shrimp fishery as a whole.
  Patrice Elemen
  
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• Manitoba premier to apologize to two men switched at birth in 1955

  20-03-2024 19:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is set to apologize on behalf of the government to two men who were switched at birth in 1955 in a hospital north of Winnipeg.
  The premier’s office says Kinew will apologize Thursday in the legislature to Edward Ambrose and Richard Beauvais, who were born in a municipally-run hospital in Arborg, Man.
  The men’s lawyer, Bill Gange, says his clients feel relieved and grateful after a long wait.
  As newborns, Ambrose and Beauvais were sent home
  
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• Chilliwack councillors OK seasonal booze in city park despite Fraser Health concerns, but wonder why FHA was silent on hard drug use in parks

  20-03-2024 19:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Two Chilliwack councillors expressed bewilderment at Tuesday’s council meeting as to why Fraser Health has apparent concerns over the city’s plan to allow seasonal alcohol consumption in one city park, but hasn’t said much about hard drug use within various city parks.
  Like it has in years past, Chilliwack council approved an agenda item Tuesday (Mar. 19) that permits alcohol consumption at one city park, Vedder Park, between May 15 and October 31. The park i
  
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• Chilliwack councillors OK seasonal booze in city park, but wonder why Fraser Health was silent on hard drug use in parks

  20-03-2024 19:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Two Chilliwack councillors expressed bewilderment at Tuesday’s council meeting as to why Fraser Health has apparent concerns over the city’s plan to allow seasonal alcohol consumption in one city park, but hasn’t said much about hard drug use within various city parks.Like it has in years past, Chilliwack council approved an agenda item Tuesday (Mar. 19) that permits alcohol consumption at one city park, Vedder Park, between May 15 and October 31. The park is
  
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• Shapovalov downs Darderi to advance to second round of Miami Open

  20-03-2024 18:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MIAMI — Canada’s Denis Shapovalov downed Italy’s Luciano Darderiin three sets Wednesday to advance to the second round of the Miami Open.
  Shapovalov, of Richmond Hill, Ont., fired 16 aces and won 77 per cent of first serves en route to a 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-4 winin the ATP 1000 tournament.
  Shapovalov next meets fifth-seeded Andrey Rublev of Russia in the Round of 64.
  Fellow Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime, of Montreal, will play his first match Thursday against Australia&rsqu
  
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• Canadian featherweight Jeremy (JBC) Kennedy finally gets Bellator title shot

  20-03-2024 18:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  After stints in the UFC and PFL, and with four wins in his five Bellator outings, Canadian featherweight Jeremy (JBC) Kennedy is finally getting his title shot.
  The 31-year-old from Surrey, B.C., last fought in February 2023, defeating Portugal’s Pedro (The Game) Carvalho in what was billed as a title challenger eliminator. But champion Patricio (Pitbull) Freire’s dance card was full, until now.
  “It’s my opportunity … And it’s a changing of the guard, I feel
  
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• B.C. funds project to extract minerals, metals while reducing environmental impacts

  20-03-2024 18:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government is funding a pilot project that it says offers the mining industry a path to significantly reduce the environmental impacts of extracting critical minerals.
  A statement from the province says Vancouver-based PH7 Technologies Inc. has developed a “closed-loop” process using chemistry to extract and refine critical minerals and help the industry transition to renewable energy.
  It says the process also enables the extraction of metals fr
  
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• Husband of slain Quebec provincial police sergeant testifies at coroner’s inquest

  20-03-2024 18:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The husband of a provincial police sergeant killed in the line of duty in March 2023 told a coroner’s inquest today that he is still haunted by her murder.
  In a letter read during the hearing, Daniel Sanscartier said the coroner’s recommendations will have a profound affect on how mental health cases are dealt with in the future.
  The inquest is looking into the March 27, 2023 deaths of Sgt. Maureen Breau and Isaac Brouillard Lessard, a 35-year-old man with mental ill
  
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• BoC expects to cut rates this year, governing council split on timing: deliberations

  20-03-2024 18:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada expects it will be able to cut interest rates sometime this year, but officials are split on timing.
  That’s according to the central bank’s summary of deliberations which details the discussions governing council members had ahead of the March 6 interest rate announcement.
  The summary says governing council members agreed rate cuts can begin this year if the economy and inflation evolve in line with the Bank of Canada’s projections.
  And while m
  
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• Federal government refers three cases of suspected contractor fraud to RCMP

  20-03-2024 18:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s federal procurement department says it has referred three cases of suspected invoicing fraud by IT sub-contractors to police. 
  Procurement Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says a recent review uncovered fraudulent billing schemes that were being used between 2018 and 2022. 
  Duclos says the department has revoked the security clearance of those contractors and is taking action to recover an estimated $5 million. 
  The government is not naming the individuals i
  
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• Fraser Valley prison awash in contraband as CSC announces huge seizure

  20-03-2024 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Correctional staff at a Fraser Valley prison hit the jackpot this past week, seizing contraband and other items valued at nearly $300,000.On Sunday, March 17, thanks to the alert vigilance of staff members, contraband and unauthorized items were seized in the medium security unit at Mission Institution, according to a news release from Correctional Service Canada.
  The illicit seizure consisted of two smartphones and accessories, methamphetamine, and other drugs. The total estimat
  
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• Fraser Valley prison announces huge seizure of contraband

  20-03-2024 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Correctional staff at a Fraser Valley prison hit the jackpot this past week, seizing contraband and other items valued at nearly $300,000.
  On Sunday, March 17, thanks to the alert vigilance of staff members, contraband and unauthorized items were seized in the medium security unit at Mission Institution, according to a news release from Correctional Service Canada dated Tuesday, Mar. 19.
  The illicit seizure consisted of two smartphones and accessories, methamphetamine, and other
  
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• Yankees slugger Aaron Judge back in posted lineup after sitting out 9 days with abdominal injury

  20-03-2024 18:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge was in the posted lineup for Wednesday night’s game against Pittsburgh after sitting out nine days with an abdominal injury.
  Judge hadn’t played since March 10, when he struck out in both at-bats against Atlanta. He had an MRI the following day.
  Judge started feeling discomfort with his abdomen during his swing’s follow-through a couple weeks ago.
  Judge missed 42 games last season with a torn ligament in his right bi
  
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• Joly pushed for even softer arms exports language in motion on Israel-Hamas war: NDP

  20-03-2024 17:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The consequences of a symbolic House of Commons vote Monday that called on Canada to cease future arms exports to Israel are still reverberating as Liberals face criticism from Israel and within their own caucus. 
  Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly held a closed-door meeting with some Liberals late Tuesday after three MPs voted against the motion, saying they were blindsided by the details of the last-minute amendments. 
  New Democrats say they negotiated those
  
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• 3 Idaho corrections officers shot as gunman breaks an inmate out of Boise hospital, police say

  20-03-2024 17:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A suspect staged a brazen attack to break a prison inmate out of a Boise hospital overnight, shooting and seriously wounding two Idaho corrections officers, police said. A third was also shot and wounded when arriving police mistook the officer for the suspect and opened fire.
  One officer was in critical but stable condition, another has serious but non-life-threatening injuries and the third was not seriously injured when mistakenly shot by an arriving Boise police off
  
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• Toronto mayor lays out FIFA oversight and advisory groups amid cost overrun concerns

  20-03-2024 17:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow is outlining new oversight and advisory groups for the city’s efforts to co-host the 2026 FIFA World Cup. 
  The city is set to host six matches as part of the international tournament that will also see games in Vancouver as well as across the United States and Mexico. 
  Toronto has estimated the event will cost the city $380 million, an increase of $80 million compared to a 2022 forecast.
  In a letter sent to city council, Chow says Toronto must strengthen
  
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• Simon’s family says ex-enforcer died by suicide, ‘strongly believes’ CTE played role

  20-03-2024 17:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Chris Simon’s family says the late NHL enforcer died by suicide.
  And it “strongly believes” a progressive and fatal disease associated with repeated traumatic brain injuries is to blame.
  Simon killed himself Monday night at age 52, his family confirmed in a statement provided by the player’s former agent, Paul Theofanous.
  Once one of hockey’s most feared tough guys, the six-foot-three, 232-pound forward from Wawa, Ont., compiled 1,824 penalty minutes — includi
  
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• 3rd ex-deputy in Mississippi is sentenced to 17.5 years for racist torture of 2 Black men

  20-03-2024 17:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A third former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy has each been sentenced for his part in the racist torture of two Black men by a group of white officers who called themselves the “Goon Squad.” Daniel Opdyke was sentenced Wednesday to 17.5 years in federal prison.Opdyke, 28, cried profusely as he spoke in court before the judge announced his sentence. Turning to look at the two victims, he said his isolation behind bars has given him time to reflect on &l
  
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• Motion on Israel-Hamas war will have consequences for asylum seekers in Gaza: Miller

  20-03-2024 16:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Marc Miller says the amended motion on the Israel-Hamas war the House of Commons passed Monday could make it harder for people seeking asylum in Canada to get out of Gaza.
  He says it could make the situation worse for a Canadian program that has already been, in his words, a “failure.”
  Miller says he thinks the motion was fair and principled after it was altered to reflect 14 amendments proposed by the Liberals.
  The final motion eliminated a standa
  
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• Protest against ‘unabated slaughter’ in Gaza coming to Abbotsford this weekend

  20-03-2024 16:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — A Fraser Valley human rights group will conduct what it calls a “family-friendly” protest this weekend in Abbotsford as it draws attention to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza.According to a news release from Philip Sherwood, one of the organizers behind the event, “All Eyes on Gaza” happens this Saturday, March 23 at 3 p.m. in Jubilee Park on McCallum Road.“This weekend, residents of the Fraser Valley can voice their support for a ceasefire
  
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• Finding Canadian talent at national combine is crucial for success in CFL

  20-03-2024 16:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Mike O’Shea and his CFL colleagues don’t need convincing about the value of Canadian players.
  Their actions back up their words.
  Seventy per cent of players selected in CFL drafts since 2000 have played at least one game in the league, according to head statistician Steve Daniel.
  The rosters in the final week of the ’23 regular season (active and injured list) featured 552 players, including 289 Americans, 247 nationals and 16 global competitors.
  “One of
  
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• Poilievre dangles ‘carbon tax election,’ as Liberal MPs ask critics for a better idea

  20-03-2024 16:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is threatening to try and plunge the country into a “carbon tax election,” as Liberal MPs continue to defend the government’s signature climate policy.
  Poilievre’s plan to move a motion of no confidence in the House of Commons is just his latest manoeuvre to keep the pressure on as backlash to the policy grows. 
  The Opposition leader has ratcheted up his attacks before the consumer carbon levy rises to $80 per tonne
  
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• Liberals to introduce legislation updating Elections Act, in keeping with NDP pact

  20-03-2024 16:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Liberal government is poised to table legislation today that updates the federal Elections Act — part of its political pact with the NDP.
  Details have not been released, but the agreement between the two parties calls for a three-day voting period rather than a single election day.
  It also stipulates that people should be able to vote at any polling place within their riding, and calls for streamlining the process for mail-in voting. 
  Under the agreement, the New De
  
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• Judge clears way for Trump to appeal ruling keeping Fani Willis on Georgia 2020 election case

  20-03-2024 16:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case is allowing Donald Trump to appeal a ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to remain on the prosecution.
  Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee on Wednesday granted a request by defense attorneys to ask the Georgia Court of Appeals to review the judge’s decision. It’s now up to the appeals court to decide whether the court will hear it.
  McAfee in a ruling last week denied the defense&rsq
  
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• Ohtani and Dodgers rally to beat Padres 5-2 in season opener, first MLB game in South Korea

  20-03-2024 16:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s RBI single capped a four-run eighth-inning rally in his Dodgers debut, and Los Angeles beat the San Diego Padres 5-2 in Wednesday night’s major league opener, the sport’s first game in South Korea.
  The game turned when a routine grounder went through the webbing of the glove of first baseman Jake Cronenworth as the go-ahead run scored.
  Ohtani went 2 for 5 in his first game since leaving the Los Angeles Angels for a record $700 mil
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: British Columbians need relief from soaring gas prices

  20-03-2024 16:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Over the last seven years, the cost of living in British Columbia has been skyrocketing under the NDP, pushing families to the brink. From housing to groceries, every expense has become a significant burden that weighs heavily on the minds of British Columbians every day. Despite the need for help, the current NDP government continues to implement harmful policies that only deepen the cost of living crisis.A recurring concern I hear from constituents and people across the province is the consist
  
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• Canada’s Homan beats Japan’s Ueno at world women’s curling championship

  20-03-2024 15:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SYDNEY, N.S. — Canada’s Rachel Homan defeated Japan’s Miyu Ueno 7-2 to remain unbeaten at the world women’s curling championship. 
  Homan and her team of Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew and Sarah Wilkes scored three in the eighth end en route to their seventh straight round-robin victory.
  The Ottawa-based foursome has won 23 games in a row overall.
  Canada will next play Turkey’s Dilsat Yildiz in the evening draw at Centre 200.
  The top six teams at the end of round-rob
  
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• Prabowo Subianto, ex-general tied to a past dictatorship, is confirmed as Indonesia’s next president

  20-03-2024 15:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Prabowo Subianto, a former special forces general with ties to Indonesia’s current president and past dictatorship, was confirmed the victor of last month’s presidential election over two former governors who have vowed to contest the result in court.
  Subianto won 58.6% of the votes, while former Jakarta Gov. Anies Baswedan received 24.9% and former Central Java Gov. Ganjar Pranowo got 16.5%, the General Election Commission said Wednesday after the off
  
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