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• Florida Supreme Court upholds state’s 15-week ban on most abortions, but voters will soon have a say

  01-04-2024 23:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for a ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant, while also giving voters a chance to remove restrictions in November and restore abortion rights in most cases.
  The court that was reshaped by former presidential candidate and Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis ruled 6-1 to uphold the state’s ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, meaning a ban on six weeks co
  
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• Vives heading into ’24 campaign at Woodbine after strong 2023 season

  01-04-2024 23:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Sofia Vives has a tough act to follow this year.
  The affable American registered 122 wins and over US$3.5 million in earnings in 2023, her first full campaign as an apprentice jockey. She ranked second in victories and fourth in earnings across North America and was nominated for both the Eclipse and Sovereign Awards as the top apprentice in the U.S. and Canada, respectively.
  Vives was a runner-up to Axel Concepcion in Eclipse Award voting. The Sovereign Awards winners will be named April 18, ni
  
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• BC Hydro customers set to receive electricity affordability credit

  01-04-2024 22:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The province says BC Hydro’s residential customers will begin seeing an affordability credit applied to their bills this month.
  The B.C. Ministry of Energy said in a statement that the provincial electricity affordability credit will provide an average customer $100 in annual savings.
  The credits are automatically calculated and applied to each monthly bill, with the first arriving on bills after April 15.
  The province says the credit is calculated based on a customer&rsq
  
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• ‘It just needs to stop’: Carbon price protesters slow traffic on Trans-Canada Highway

  01-04-2024 22:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COCHRANE, Alta. — Horns blared along the Trans-Canada Highway west of Calgary on Monday as a protest against the hike in the federal carbon price slowed traffic to a crawl.
  Hundreds of protesters, many waving Canadian and Alberta flags and holding “axe the tax” signs, blocked the major highway down to a single lane. RCMP officers were on hand to monitor the event.
  “I’m here because our country is falling apart and our government has been running us into the ground a
  
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• Burnaby refinery resumes operations

  01-04-2024 22:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BURNABY — The company that owns the Burnaby refinery that has been shut down since January says the plant has returned to normal operations.
  Parkland Corp. says the refinery restarted operations on March 29 after an unplanned shutdown on January 12 due to extreme cold weather.
  The January shutdown came after an issue at the refinery lead to an acrid odour blanketing parts of Metro Vancouver, although officials say contaminant levels did not breach pollution standards.
  Parkland says the Bur
  
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• Former Dolphins, Colts player Vontae Davis found dead in his South Florida home

  01-04-2024 21:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SOUTHWEST RANCHES, Fla. (AP) — Former Miami Dolphins and Indianapolis Colts cornerback Vontae Davis was found dead in his South Florida home on Monday, but police say no foul play is suspected.
  Police in the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Davie said they responded to a medical emergency at Davis’ home Monday morning, but the 35-year-old was dead when officers arrived. No cause of death has been released pending autopsy results. Police said in a statement that the investigation is still ac
  
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• Nature’s Path acquires majority interest in Chilliwack organic food business - Golden Star

  01-04-2024 21:08 via news.google.com
  
  Nature’s Path acquires majority interest in Chilliwack organic food business  Golden Star
  
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• NCAA says a 3-point line was drawn 9 inches short at Portland women’s regional by court supplier

  01-04-2024 20:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The NCAA said Monday one of the 3-point lines on the court used for the women’s basketball regionals at Moda Center in Portland, Oregon, was 9 inches short of regulation, a mistake made by the contractor that makes the courts used throughout March Madness.
  The line has been corrected, the NCAA said. UConn and USC will play the final Elite Eight game of the tournament Monday night on that court.
  The NCAA uses Connor Sports to supply and install the courts. The NCAA said the marking used to
  
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• Unstable nearby construction site forces evacuation of apartment in Kelowna, B.C.

  01-04-2024 20:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KELOWNA, B.C. — More than 80 residents of a low-income apartment building in Kelowna, B.C., have been told they need to leave over a “significant” risk to life and safety.
  A statement from BC Housing says the 84 people who live in Hadgraft Wilson Place will have to move out by Tuesday due to concerns over construction activity at a nearby University of British Columbia-Okanagan site.
  BC Housing says recent geotechnical and structural engineering reports show a shoring wall is u
  
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• Premiers making ‘political hay’ out of carbon pricing increase, Trudeau says

  01-04-2024 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says premiers would rather complain and “make political hay” out of his federal carbon pricing program than present an alternative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 
  Trudeau made the remarks after Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey wrote a letter urging him to convene an “emergency meeting of leaders” to discuss options. 
  Furey is among seven provincial leaders who wanted Trudeau to forgo a planned $15-p
  
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• Saskatchewan Roughriders sign receiver Emilus to one-year contract extension

  01-04-2024 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed Canadian receiver Samuel Emilus to a one-year contract extension Monday.
  The deal keeps Emilus with the Riders through the 2025 season.
  The six-foot-one 200-pound Montreal native registered 70 catches for 1,097 yards and six TDs last season, just his second in the CFL. Saskatchewan selected Emilus, 26, in the first round, No. 7 overall, in the 2022 CFL draft.
  Emilus became the fastest Canadian in team history to register a 1,000-yard season &nda
  
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• Edmonton Oilers forward Connor McDavid named NHL’s first star of the week

  01-04-2024 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Edmonton Oilers forward Connor McDavid was named the NHL’s first star of the week Monday after leading all players with eight points over three games last week.
  McDavid had three goals and five assists over the stretch to help the Oilers win three straight games. 
  Entering Monday’s games, the five-time Art Ross Trophy winner was third in the NHL with 125 points (29-96) this season. Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon leads with 127 points (47-80).
  Vegas Golden Kni
  
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• Raptors guards RJ Barrett, Immanuel Quickley upgraded to probable vs. Lakers

  01-04-2024 19:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Immanuel Quickley and RJ Barrett of Mississauga, Ont., will likely return to the Toronto Raptors lineup on Tuesday.
  Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic says they will both be listed as probable against the Los Angeles Lakers.
  Both Quickley and Barrett missed time as they grieved the loss of loved ones.
  Quickley took a leave following the death of his uncle Shawn Hamilton on March 20.
  Barrett’s 19-year-old brother Nathan Barrett died on March 14.
  Toronto is mired in a 13-game
  
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• Trudeau announces national school food program to feed 400,000 more kids per year

  01-04-2024 19:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the upcoming federal budget will include a national school food program.
  Trudeau made the announcement in Toronto today with Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and Families Minister Jenna Sudds as part of the Liberal government’s pre-budget tour. 
  The program is expected to provide meals to 400,000 more kids per year.
  Ottawa plans to spend $1 billion over the next five years on the national food program.
  While education doesn’t f
  
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• Canada’s Haiti airlift expands to include relatives, residents and charter flight

  01-04-2024 19:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada is expanding its evacuation of citizens from Haiti to include relatives and Canadian permanent residents.
  The government has also arranged for a charter flight for Canadians who pay a market rate to fly between the Dominican Republic and Montreal.
  Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced a week ago that Canada was airlifting people with valid Canadian passports from Haiti to the Dominican Republic.
  At the time, Joly said Ottawa was pressing the Dominican Repub
  
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• Petapan Treaty: Innu accuse Quebec of bad faith on talks for innovative agreement

  01-04-2024 19:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUEBEC — Three Innu communities in Quebec are accusing the provincial government of acting in bad faith a year after the deadline passed to conclude a treaty that has been under negotiation for more than 40 years.
  The chiefs of Essipit, Pekuakamiulnuatsh, and Nutashkuan say the Quebec government reneged on a commitment to finalize the Petapan Treaty before the deadline set for March 31, 2023.
  A year later the chiefs, who represent about 12,000 people in the North Shore and Saguenay-Lac-St-
  
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• Syria says an Israeli airstrike has destroyed Iran’s consulate building in Damascus, with deaths

  01-04-2024 18:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — An Israeli airstrike has destroyed the consular section of Iran’s embassy in Damascus, killing or wounding everyone inside, Syrian state media said Monday.
  The Iranian Arabic-language state television Al-Alam and pan-Arab television station Al-Mayadeen, which has reporters in Syria, said the strike killed Iranian military adviser Gen. Ali Reza Zahdi, who led the elite Quds Force in Lebanon and Syria until 2016.
  Iranian Ambassador Hossein Akbari condemned Israel
  
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• Ballard shares up after signing largest order ever with European bus maker Solaris

  01-04-2024 18:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Shares of Ballard Power Systems were up more than 10 per cent after it announced a long-term supply agreement with European bus manufacturer Solaris Bus & Coach that it called its largest order ever for fuel cell engines.
  Ballard shares were up 59 cents at $4.36 in late-morning trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
  The deal consolidates existing orders for about 300 fuel cell engines, while adding aftermarket and extended warranty services, along with a new commitment for
  
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• Dump fees going up at the Bailey landfill, green depot in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  01-04-2024 18:17 via news.google.com
  
  Dump fees going up at the Bailey landfill, green depot in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Italy’s Retornaz beats Canada’s Gushue 7-6 at world men’s curling championship

  01-04-2024 17:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland — Italy’s Joel Retornaz drew the four-foot ring in an extra end for a 7-6 victory over Canada’s Brad Gushue on Monday at the world men’s curling championship. 
  It was the first round-robin loss for the veteran skip from St. John’s, N.L., and his team of Mark Nichols, E.J. Harnden and Geoff Walker. 
  Canada shot 90 per cent on the day and forced the extra end with a deuce in the 10th. Italy shot 87 per cent overall.
  Both teams were
  
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• Gosling cousins make women’s world hockey championship debuts together

  01-04-2024 17:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Julia and Nicole Gosling agree they like playing with each other a lot more than playing against each other.
  The cousins from London, Ont., have done both in their hockey careers. They’ve gone head to head in high school and college. 
  Since winning a 2019 provincial club title together with the London Devilettes, the national women’s program has occasionally reunited them. 
  Julia, a forward, and Nicole, a defender, will make their world championship debuts together in Utica
  
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• Firms, consumers more optimistic about economy amid expected rate cuts: BoC surveys

  01-04-2024 16:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada says business and consumer sentiment improved during the first quarter of the year, despite higher interest rates still putting a drag on the economy.
  The central bank released its business outlook and consumer expectations surveys Monday, which showed increased optimism as people expect interest rate cuts are nearing.
  Although firms still reported weak demand, indicators of business conditions, sales outlook and employment intentions improved after several quar
  
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• Tall Final Four task: Beating reigning champion UConn will not be an easy task in the desert

  01-04-2024 16:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The 2024 version of March Madness has apexed with a trio of streak busters in the desert.
  N.C. State is in the Final Four for the first time since Jim Valvano ran around trying to find someone to hug after the 1983 national championship. Purdue and big man Zach Edey will make their first Final Four appearance since Joe Barry Carroll dominated the paint in 1980.
  Alabama? Never been.
  An angry pack of Huskies awaits them in the Valley of the Sun.
  Dominating on its way to a fifth national championsh
  
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• Former Quebec Liberal cabinet minister Benoît Pelletier dies at 64

  01-04-2024 16:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Former Quebec Liberal cabinet minister Benoît Pelletier has died in Mexico at age 64.
  In a statement announcing his death, his family described him as an attentive husband and devoted father who was deeply committed to Quebec and the French language.
  Pelletier was a well-known University of Ottawa law professor when he made the leap into provincial politics in 1998 by winning a seat in the western Quebec Chapleau riding for Jean Charest’s Liberals.
  He presided over the Liberal party&
  
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• Welcome, newcomers: Soto, Burnes and Chapman have made strong impressions after switching teams

  01-04-2024 15:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Corbin Burnes threw six one-hit innings in his Baltimore debut, and Matt Chapman homered twice in his second game with San Francisco.
  That all paled in comparison to what Juan Soto did in his first series for the New York Yankees.
  The Yankees opened with a four-game sweep at Houston, with their new star outfielder making big plays the whole way. He threw the tying run out at the plate in the ninth inning of the opener, had three hits and a bases-loaded walk the following day, then homered Saturd
  
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• Surrey hit-and-runs send two to hospital

  01-04-2024 14:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — Two people were injured in separate hit-and-run crashes early Sunday in Surrey.
  Police say the first crash involved a Dodge Challenger and a Tesla and the occupants of the Challenger fled the scene on foot.The driver of the Tesla was transported to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
  Police say the second crash involved three vehicles, caused life-threatening injuries to one of the drivers, and the occupants of one of the vehicles ran off.
  
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• CPP Investments and Bridgepoint sell Dorna Sports to Liberty Media

  01-04-2024 14:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and investment manager Bridgepoint have signed a deal to sell Dorna Sports to Liberty Media, the company behind Formula One auto racing.
  The transaction puts an enterprise value of 4.2 billion euros on Dorna, which holds the rights to the MotoGP World Championship.
  MotoGP will host 21 motorcycle races across 17 countries for the 2024 season.CPP Investments holds a 39 per cent stake in Dorna.
  The Canadian pension fund manager says its net p
  
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• In the news for today: Carbon price increase today and Biz boost from solar eclipse

  01-04-2024 10:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed tobring you up to speed on what you need to know today…
  What to know about today’s carbon price increase
  The national price on pollution is going up another $15 per tonne today.
  The price change means filling a 50 litre tank with gas will cost another $1.65.
  A natural gas heating bill will rise about $5.40 a month, while filling a propane tank for your barbecue this summer will cost an extra 55 cents.
  The federal governme
  
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• Rescuers look for improved tides this week in effort to save orphaned B.C. whale

  01-04-2024 10:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ZEBALLOS, B.C. — The tides are expected to be more promising this week in the northern Vancouver Island lagoon where an orphaned orca so far can’t be convinced to leave.
  Work to coax the two-year-old Bigg’s killer whale over a sandbar and into the open ocean started after its mother died more than a week ago when she beached at the lagoon and could not be saved.
  Low tide in the remote location off the northwest tip of Vancouver Island forced rescuers to pause their efforts over
  
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• Carbon pricing 101: What today’s increase could mean for you

  01-04-2024 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The national price on pollution will rise by $15 per tonne today. Here’s some questions answered about what this could mean for you.
  Who pays the carbon price?
  Canada has two different carbon pricing programs — one for big industry where companies pay the price on a share of their actual emissions, and a consumer carbon levy which is applied to fossil fuel purchases. The consumer levy affects individuals, small and medium-sized businesses, First Nations, as well as pub
  
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• Palestinians say Israeli troops have withdrawn from Gaza’s main hospital after 2-week raid

  01-04-2024 08:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian residents say the Israeli military has withdrawn from Gaza’s main hospital after a two-week raid, leaving behind a vast swath of destruction.
  Hundreds of people returned to Shifa Hospital and the surrounding area after the withdrawal early Monday, where they found bodies inside and outside of the facility.
  The military has described the raid as one of the most successful operations of the nearly six-month war, saying it killed scores of Ha
  
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• Oubre’s 32 points lead 76ers past Raptors 135-120; Toronto’s losing streak at 13

  01-04-2024 02:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Kelly Oubre Jr. scored 32 points, including six three-pointers, with seven rebounds as the Philadelphia 76ers downed the Toronto Raptors 135-120 on Sunday.
  Cameron Payne finished with 24 points and Tobias Harris had 21 points as Philadelphia (40-35) ended a three-game losing skid. 
  Former Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry had a double-double with 11 points and 10 assists.
  Gary Trent Jr. scored 23 points as Toronto (23-51) lost its 13th game in a row. The Raptors dropped 17 cons
  
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• Nelly Korda rallies to win 3rd straight LPGA Tour start at Ford Championship

  01-04-2024 02:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GILBERT, Ariz. (AP) — Nelly Korda won her hometown event in a playoff after closing eagle-birdie. She withstood brutal wind in Southern California to win in another playoff last week.
  The world No. 1 made it three straight by staying steady through a soggy Sunday in the desert.Korda became the first LPGA Tour player in eight years to win three straight starts, shooting a 7-under 65 to rally for for a two-stroke victory in the Ford Championship.
  “It’s very hard mentally to be 10
  
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• Vehicle accident on Yale Road in Chilliwack sends 2 to hospital on Easter Sunday

  01-04-2024 01:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Yale Road north of Hocking Avenue has been closed for several hours on Easter Sunday after a vehicle rolled over.
  According to two witnesses, Yale Road remains closed as of 4:30 p.m. Sunday due to a rollover incident. Pictures shared by these witnesses, both of whom live in Chilliwack, told Fraser Valley Today that police remain on scene.
  Pictures shared by these same two Chilliwack residents shows what appears to be a burgundy SUV upside down.
  A BC Emergency Health Services s
  
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• Steady Jaeger outlasts Scheffler to win Houston Open

  01-04-2024 01:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Stephan Jaeger won his first PGA Tour event in his 135th attempt, closing with nine straight pars for a 3-under 67 and avoiding a playoff when Scottie Scheffler missed a five-foot birdie putt on the final hole Sunday.
  Scheffler was trying to become the first player in seven years to win three straight starts on the PGA Tour, and he was right there with a chance. He two-putted for birdie from 20 feet on the par-5 16th and missed from 12 feet for birdie on the 17th.
  His five-f
  
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• Joshua scores twice as Canucks claw out 3-2 win over slumping Ducks

  01-04-2024 00:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Dakota Joshua scored twice and his Vancouver Canucks held on for a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday. 
  Brock Boeser added a first-period power-play goal for the Canucks (46-20-8) and J.T. Miller contributed a pair of assists.
  The Ducks (24-47-4) got third-period tallies from Olen Zellweger and Mason McTavish.
  Vancouver goaltender Arturs Silovs made 20 saves in his first NHL action since March 6, 2023. 
  Lukas Dostal stopped 27 of 30 for the Ducks, who were c
  
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