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• No charges to be filed in fight involving Oklahoma nonbinary teen Nex Benedict

  21-03-2024 23:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma district attorney said Thursday he doesn’t plan to file any charges in the case of Nex Benedict, the 16-year-old Owasso teenager whose death following a fight in a high school bathroom was ruled a suicide.
  Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler said in a statement that after reviewing the investigation by the Owasso Police Department, he agreed with an assessment from detectives that the fight between Nex and three girls was an “instance
  
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• Man who chased people with a knife was just out of prison: Vancouver police chief

  21-03-2024 23:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Vancouver police say a suspect who was armed with a knife and chasing people on a city street had only been released from prison five days before his arrest.
  Police say the 46-year-old man may also have been responsible for five other violent attacks in the downtown core on Wednesday. 
  Chief Adam Palmer says the man had been serving a sentence in Fraser Regional Correctional Centre for uttering threats against his family and federal politicians before he was released on parole March 15.&nbs
  
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• New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez says he won’t run in Democratic primary

  21-03-2024 23:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey said Thursday that he will not run in the Democratic primary as he faces federal corruption charges, but he left open the possibility that he would reenter the race as an independent later this year if he is exonerated at a trial.
  Menendez made the announcement in a video released Thursday afternoon.
  The decision comes as Menendez fights federal bribery charges, along with his wife, Nadine, and three business associates.Menendez and
  
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• Key recommendations from the government’s review of the Cannabis Act

  21-03-2024 23:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — More than five years after cannabis was legalized in Canada, the government has released its final report of the legislative review of the Cannabis Act.
  The report is the result of 18 months of work by a panel of industry experts to assess the progress of cannabis legalization and make recommendations to improve upon cannabis legislation.
  Here are some of the key recommendations made by the report. 
  Public health 
  The report makes a number of public health recommendation
  
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• B.C. inmates with addiction issues at high risk of reincarceration: study

  21-03-2024 23:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A new study led by a B.C. criminology professor says people jailed in the province who have addiction and mental health issues are at high risk of being reincarcerated within a few years of being released. 
  Amanda Butler, a criminologist at Simon Fraser University, says former inmates with substance use disorders and mental health issues are more likely to end up back in jail than those without addiction or “mental health needs” on their own. 
  The study published in the jou
  
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• Appeals court orders judge to probe claims of juror bias in Boston Marathon bomber’s case

  21-03-2024 23:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday ordered Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s case to be returned to a lower court to probe claims of juror bias and determine whether his death sentence should stand.The ruling from the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals keeps intact Tsarnaev’s death sentence for now. But the judges found that further investigation is needed to determine whether two jurors should have been stricken for biases.If the lower court
  
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• Lululemon earnings rise to US$669.5 million in the fourth quarter

  21-03-2024 23:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Lululemon Athletica Inc. says it earned US$669.5 million in its fourth quarter, up from US$119.8 million a year earlier.The Vancouver-based clothing company’s revenues for the fourth quarter were US$3.2 billion, up from US$2.8 billion a year earlier.Diluted earnings per share for the quarter ended Jan. 28 were US$5.29, up from 94 cents US.Earnings for the full fiscal year rose to US$1.6 billion, from US$854.8 million the year before.The company, which trades in the U.S. o
  
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• Federal cannabis review calls for look at excise taxes charged to pot producers

  21-03-2024 23:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A group convened by the federal government to study the act that legalized cannabis is recommending the country review the excise taxes it charges pot companies.
  A report released by the five-person expert panel labelled the excise tax a “substantial burden,” noting it was originally designed when the average price of dried cannabis was significantly higher than it is today. 
  The excise tax amounts to the higher of $1 per gram or a 10 per cent per gram fee for dri
  
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• House of Commons rejects Conservative non-confidence motion over carbon pricing

  21-03-2024 23:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government will not be forced into an election over carbon pricing — at least not today.
  The Liberals, NDP and Bloc Québécois all voted against a Conservative motion calling for a confidence vote in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for refusing to call off a planned April increase in Canada’s carbon price.
  The price will go up by $15 a tonne next month as scheduled, adding another 3.3 cents to the price of a litre of gasoline and 2.86 cen
  
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• Pink car that once welcomed Highway 1 motorists to Chilliwack is on the auction block

  21-03-2024 23:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A colourful, visible landmark that withstood the test of time and bylaw compliance in Chilliwack and was once the subject of a fundraising appeal in 2023 has been sent to auction.According to a posting on an online auction site Thursday afternoon (Mar. 21), the famous 1972 Plymouth Gold Duster is currently posted on Beekman Auctions with an asking price of $2,750. Roughly 40 bids have been registered for the vehicle.The vehicle had been placed on Beekman’s website on Feb
  
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• Lower Mainland potters share their passion with clay in Chilliwack show - Peace Arch News

  21-03-2024 23:09 via news.google.com
  
  Lower Mainland potters share their passion with clay in Chilliwack show  Peace Arch News
  
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• Lower Mainland potters share their passion with clay in Chilliwack show - Cloverdale Reporter

  21-03-2024 23:09 via news.google.com
  
  Lower Mainland potters share their passion with clay in Chilliwack show  Cloverdale Reporter
  
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• Japan’s Shoma Uno places first in men’s short program at world figure skating event

  21-03-2024 22:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Japan’s Shoma Uno placed first in the men’s short program Thursday at the world figure skating championships.
  Uno, the two-time defending champion, led the pack with a 107.72 score at the Bell Centre.
  Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama — the 2022 Olympic silver medallist — was second (106.35) ahead of American Ilia Malinin (105.97).
  “I could have performed a lot better, and a few minor things here and there I could have really done them a lot better,&rdquo
  
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• Data transfer issue may have kept thousands of veterans from being hired: officials

  21-03-2024 22:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A technical problem may have kept thousands of veterans and Canadian Armed Forces members from being hired or having the opportunity to apply for public service jobs.Officials say the issue began in November 2020 continued through January 2024.The Public Service Commission of Canada says the issue affected veterans who should have been identified and given preference in hiring for federal public service jobs open to the public.
  It also affected some military members and veterans w
  
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• Idaho prison gang member and accomplice sought after ambush and escape are in custody, police say

  21-03-2024 22:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A white supremacist Idaho prison gang member and an accomplice were in custody Thursday after a brazen attack to free the inmate as he was being transported from a Boise hospital, authorities said.
  Escaped inmate Skylar Meade, a 31-year-old member of the Aryan Knights gang, and his accomplice Nicholas Umphenour fled the scene early Wednesday morning and were arrested 2 p.m. Thursday in Twin Falls, authorities said.
  Police throughout the region were looking for both men. Meade was sentenced to 20
  
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• Vancouver police officer won’t face charge over use of force: prosecution service

  21-03-2024 21:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The British Columbia Prosecution Service says no charges have been approved against a Vancouver Police officer over an altercation that left a suspect with broken bones and bruises. 
  The Independent Investigations Office, B.C.’s police watchdog, filed a report  to the prosecution service to consider charging the officer, saying reasonable grounds exist to believe that they may have committed an offence. 
  The notice from the prosecution service says police we
  
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• Canadian ski jumper Alexandria Loutitt wins World Cup silver in Slovenia

  21-03-2024 21:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PLANICA, Slovenia — Canada’s Alexandria Loutitt clinched World Cup silver in women’s ski jumping Thursday, marking her seventh podium finish of the season in the year’s final competition.
  The 20-year-old from Calgary posted a two-jump total of 242.1 points in the normal hill competition. She finished behind gold medallist Eva Pinkelnig of Austria (244.9) and ahead of Nika Prevc of Slovenia (235.6).
  The second-place showing lifted Louttit into third place overall in the fi
  
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• B.C. funds studies aimed at net-zero airports, sustainable fuel options

  21-03-2024 21:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RICHMOND, B.C. — A new study will collect carbon emissions data from British Columbia’s regional airports with the goal of getting all airports in the province to net-zero by 2030.
  The study is part of the $875,000 announced by the government for research aimed at making the airline industry more environmentally sustainable after the province signed a memorandum of understanding with Vancouver’s airport.
  A second study will look at accelerating the development of sustainable lo
  
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• EU leaders agree on opening membership talks with Bosnia, but with many strings are attached

  21-03-2024 21:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders agreed in principle Thursday to open membership negotiations with Bosnia-Herzegovina, even though the Western Balkan country must still do a lot of work before talks can begin.
  The 27 leaders gave the political green light at a summit in Brussels after the European Commission — the EU’s executive arm — last week agreed to start talks in spite of deep lingering ethnic divisions in the nation with 3.2 million inhabitants.
  “The Eu
  
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• The Paramount will be pet-friendly for Chilliwack youth, seniors - Chilliwack Progress

  21-03-2024 21:12 via news.google.com
  
  The Paramount will be pet-friendly for Chilliwack youth, seniors  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Alberta health minister says non-profit that shipped stroke patient to motel off list

  21-03-2024 20:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Alberta’s health minister says a non-profit that shipped a stroke patient to a motel for his long-term recovery will be taken off a roster of agencies offered to provide support after a hospital discharge.  
  Adriana LaGrange says she doesn’t know who compiled the list nor who was responsible for it, when Blair Canniff was discharged from an Edmonton hospital and taken to a Travelodge south of the city.
  Canniff told CBC he thought it was a joke when his cab pulle
  
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• Canadian mixed doubles curling championship down to final eight

  21-03-2024 20:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FREDERICTON — The Canadian mixed doubles curling championship quarterfinal matchups were set after play-in games Thursday.
  Nancy Martin and Steve Laycock, Ryan and Madison Kleiter, Aaron and Amanda Sluchinski and Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant all advanced after victories in the play-in round Thursday morning.The duos of Laura Walker and Kirk Muyres, Kadriana and Colton Lott, Taylor Reese-Hansen and Corey Chester and Paige Papley and Evan Van Amsterdam earned byes to the quarterfinals
  
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• Former Quebec junior hockey players to be sentenced in July for sex assault of teen

  21-03-2024 20:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUEBEC — A Quebec judge will deliver sentences in July for two former Quebec major junior hockey players who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a minor in June 2021 at a hotel as their team celebrated a championship win.
  Nicolas Daigle and Massimo Siciliano, both 21, pleaded guilty last October to sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in the early hours of June 6, 2021, while Daigle also pleaded guilty to two charges of filming and exhibiting a video of the act.
  At the time of the assa
  
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• Put up your Dukes! No. 11 seed Duquesne provides some March Madness with NCAA upset of BYU

  21-03-2024 20:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Dae Dae Grant scored 19 points, including four clinching free throws in the final 10 seconds, and No. 11 seed Duquesne kept retiring coach Keith Dambrot working for a little bit longer with a 71-67 victory against sixth-seeded BYU in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday.
  Jakub Necas added 12 points and Jimmy Clark III had 11 as the Atlantic 10 tourney champs celebrated their return to the dance after 47 years with their first win there since 1969. The Dukes
  
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• In Japan, Ohtani’s ‘perfect person’ image could take a hit with firing of interpreter over gambling

  21-03-2024 20:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Shohei Ohtani is referred to in Japan as “kanpeki no hito” — the perfect person — because of his manners and impeccable behavior.
  That image may have taken a hit when the Dodgers fired his good friend and interpreter Ippei Mizuhara on Wednesday over allegations he gambled illegally and stole Ohtani’s money to pay off debts.
  The law firm representing Ohtani called it a “massive theft” in a statement.
  The Seoul Series &mdash
  
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• Canadians in NCAA Women’s Frozen Four focused on national title, eye PWHL future

  21-03-2024 20:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Jennifer Gardiner used to get asked about plans for the future. 
  Her answer was simple — become a professional hockey player. 
  “But that wasn’t really an option,” she recalled. “So it became, ‘What do you want to be on the side while you’re playing hockey?'”
  Without a sustainable North American women’s circuit and the accompanying competitive salaries, there would have to be a second career to support Gardiner’s passion. That&
  
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• Chilliwack ultra runner Ihor Verys leading the pack at Barkley Marathons - Chilliwack Progress

  21-03-2024 20:13 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack ultra runner Ihor Verys leading the pack at Barkley Marathons  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Quebec Court of Appeal upholds requirement for minors seeking sex designation change

  21-03-2024 20:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Quebec Court of Appeal has upheld a rule that requires minors applying to change their official sex designation to obtain a letter from a health professional or social worker declaring the change “appropriate.”
  The ruling overturns a 2021 decision by a lower court judge who concluded the requirement violates the dignity and equality rights of transgender and non-binary teenagers in the province.
  But the Court of Appeal in its ruling published this morning says re
  
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• ‘She was always laughing’: Friend remembers Canadian killed in Mexico robbery

  21-03-2024 20:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The friend of a Canadian killed in Mexico says she spoke to Gabriele Schart on the phone just moments before the woman was shot in a gas station robbery.
  Raquel Shulman says Schart was making the long journey by road back to Canada with a friend when they made a stop outside of Queretaro City, Mexico to fuel up. 
  She says that’s when the pair were robbed at gunpoint – Mexican police said Schart received a fatal shot in the face. 
  Shulman says she’s trying to process w
  
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• Canadian Auger-Aliassime advances to second round of men’s singles at Miami Open.

  21-03-2024 20:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MIAMI — Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime is through to the second round of men’s singles at the Miami Open.
  Auger-Aliassime, of Montreal, dispatched Australian qualifier Adam Walton 7-5, 6-4 in a first-round match Thursday. Auger-Aliassime joins Denis Shapovalov, of Richmond Hill, Ont., in the second round.
  Shapovalov won his opening-round match on Wednesday
  The unseeded Auger-Aliassime, currently No. 36 in the ATP rankings, will next face fourth-seeded Alexander Zverev of Germa
  
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• IIO says a male passenger has died in a crash after Langley RCMP attempted a traffic stop

  21-03-2024 19:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY — The civilian watchdog agency tasked with investigating all police-related incidents that result in serious harm or death says a male passenger has died following a collision on Highway 13 earlier this week.According to a news release from the Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO), a black Mazda was involved in a collision near the intersection of 16 Avenue and 264 Street, also known as Highway 13, in the early morning of Monday, Mar. 18.Information provided by the Langley
  
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• Canadian forward Liam Millar rejuvenated by loan move back to England with Preston

  21-03-2024 19:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  On loan from Switzerland’s FC Basel to England’s Preston North End, Canadian forward Liam Millar is back on familiar turf.
  Preston is a 50-kilometre drive from Liverpool, where a teenage Millar started in the academy in 2016.
  His game has also flourished with five goals and five assists since arriving in September, sparking hope among Preston supporters the move might be made permanent. The 24-year-old from Brampton, Ont., likely won over a few more fans last Saturday when his well-e
  
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• UPDATE: Power outage affecting 5500 Chilliwack customers resolved - Chilliwack Progress

  21-03-2024 19:20 via news.google.com
  
  UPDATE: Power outage affecting 5500 Chilliwack customers resolved  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Halt defence counter-intelligence searches of workplace computers, spy watchdog urges

  21-03-2024 19:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The national spy watchdog is calling on the military’s counter-intelligence unit to suspend investigative searches of a workplace computer system over concerns about employee privacy.
  A National Security and Intelligence Review Agency report released today says Defence employees and Armed Forces members have a reasonable expectation of privacy when making personal use of work computers.
  Acceptable personal use can include communicating with family and friends, online shoppin
  
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• Algeria sets election for September, when military-backed president will vie for 2nd term

  21-03-2024 19:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria will hold its next presidential election on Sept. 7, giving first-term President Abdelmajid Tebboune more than five months to campaign for a second term to lead the oil-rich north African nation.
  Tebboune’s office announced the date in a statement on Thursday after meeting with high-ranking members of Parliament and the constitutional court as well as its independent election authority.
  No candidate has come forth to challenge him in his quest to lead
  
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• Highlights of Newfoundland and Labrador’s 2024-25 budget

  21-03-2024 18:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador Finance Minister Siobhan Coady tabled the province’s 2024-25 budget Thursday. Here are some highlights:
  – Projected GDP is $33.2 billion, which is a five per cent increase from $31.6 billion the year before.
  – Total spending of $10.4 billion, with a projected deficit of $152 million.
  – $4.1 billion for health care, which the government touts as the biggest commitment in the province’s history.
  – Net debt
  
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• B.C. unveils flood strategy, adds $39 million in funding for flood mitigation

  21-03-2024 18:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia has released a comprehensive flood strategy to help communities reduce risk and respond to extreme events. 
  Nathan Cullen, minister of water, land and resource stewardship, says the province worked alongside local governments and First Nations to draft the B.C. Flood Strategy, which will be a road map to navigate climate events. 
  Consultations for the plan began after the historic floods in November 2021 that swamped southwestern British Columbia.
  Cul
  
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• Large power outage affecting 5500 customers in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  21-03-2024 18:16 via news.google.com
  
  Large power outage affecting 5500 customers in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• UPDATE: Power has been restored following 2 outages in Chilliwack

  21-03-2024 18:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  **Update at 11:18 a.m.: Power has now been fully restored following two power outages in Chilliwack.**
  **Update at 10:25: BC Hydro says crews are on their way to a power outage affecting customers in Chilliwack Thursday morning.**
  Original story below:
  CHILLIWACK — Residents Hydro customers are without power Thursday morning (Mar. 21) in Chilliwack.
  The affected areas include much of downtown Chilliwack, Little Mountain and Rosedale in what appears to be two separate outages.
  According to
  
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• UPDATE: Crews are on their way to power outage in Chilliwack

  21-03-2024 18:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  **Update at 10:25: BC Hydro says crews are on their way to a power outage affecting customers in Chilliwack Thursday morning.**
  Original story below:
  CHILLIWACK — Residents Hydro customers are without power Thursday morning (Mar. 21) in Chilliwack.
  The affected areas include much of downtown Chilliwack, Little Mountain and Rosedale in what appears to be two separate outages.
  According to a power outage map on its website, BC Hydro says 3,154 customers west of Young Road and north of McKee
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Ottawa to set targets for temporary resident arrivals

  21-03-2024 18:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Marc Miller says for the first time, Canada will set targets for the number of new temporary resident arrivals.
  More coming.
  Laura Osman, The Canadian Press
  
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• Commission releases interim report into unmarked graves at residential schools

  21-03-2024 18:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — An interim report from an international group hired to provide advice on identifying and locating the unmarked graves of children who attended residential schools says Canada can should continue funding searches beyond 2025.
  The report from the International Commission on Missing Persons, based in The Hague, covers the work it has done so far and suggests next steps.
  The report also recommends Ottawa ratify the United Nations International Convention for the Protection of All Pers
  
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• Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris healing from kneeing himself in the face, surgery

  21-03-2024 18:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris is sporting a look these days courtesy of taking his knee to his face.
  The 30-year-old from Regina posted on Instagram earlier this week a video of himself spinning and twisting high above a snowy slope. 
  Upon landing, the video immediately cut to the snowboarder in a Revelstoke, B.C., hospital bed with a bruised eye swollen shut, crooked nose and facial cuts.
  McMorris didn’t quite stick the landing of a double backflip backside 180 with a nose grab.
  
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• Liberal MP decries ‘political games’ over criticism of Conservatives on Ukraine

  21-03-2024 18:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — One of the Liberals’ point people on foreign policy says framing the Tories as soft on Ukraine isn’t helping the country fend off Russia’s invasion.
  Toronto MP Rob Oliphant is parliamentary secretary to Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, a job that has him travel on her behalf to events at home and abroad.
  Oliphant told a House of Commons committee Wednesday that he has no doubt the Conservatives support Ukraine, and “political games” do no
  
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• City of Chilliwack extends water restrictions by 1 month

  21-03-2024 18:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack council voted Tuesday (Mar. 19) to approve changes to the city’s annual water conservation plan that would see restrictions moved up by an entire month to align with what’s happening throughout other regions in British Columbia.Instead of implementing water restrictions on June 1 as had been done previously, the City of Chilliwack will now begin its water restriction period on May 1 as a proactive measure that better aligns with efforts to mitigate the i
  
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• Early ban on open burning across northeastern B.C., starting March 28

  21-03-2024 17:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Open burning will be banned across much of northern British Columbia starting next week after officials warned dry conditions could mean early wildfire activity this spring. 
  The ban in the Prince George Fire Centre is earlier than usual, a move the BC Wildfire Service says is aimed at preventing human-caused wildfires, while protecting public safety from a “high grass fire hazard.”
  An update posted to the service’s web page says the ban will st
  
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• Canadian middleweight Aaron Jeffery hopes win in Belfast will leads to title shot

  21-03-2024 17:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The first question Canadian middleweight Aaron Jeffery fielded at media day ahead of Friday’s Bellator Champions Series card in Belfast was about his trademark mullet.
  Was he the only man in Ireland with one?
  “I’ve probably seen two or three mullets maybe,” replied the 31-year-old from Tillsonburg, Ont.
  Jeffery’s mullet is money, prompting Bellator to run a clip of his August 2022 finish of American Austin (The Gentleman) Vanderford with the headline “Fear the
  
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• Gerry Plouffe - Obituary - - Chilliwack Progress

  21-03-2024 17:22 via news.google.com
  
  Gerry Plouffe - Obituary -  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Edgar 'Ted' Clark - Obituary - - Chilliwack Progress

  21-03-2024 17:10 via news.google.com
  
  Edgar 'Ted' Clark - Obituary -  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack’s LED drone light show a go for Canada Day, unless high winds derail it

  21-03-2024 17:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack council voted Tuesday (Mar. 19) to utilize Vancouver-based Pixel Sky Animations for an LED drone light show performance on Canada Day this year in lieu of traditional fireworks.According to a staff presentation from Darrell Lindhout, director of recreation and culture for the City of Chilliwack, the drone light show would last approximately 18-20 minutes. The city held initial discussions with Pixel Sky ahead of Tuesday’s vote so that staff could be prepared i
  
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