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• McDavid calls three-game suspension ‘harsh’ but understands league’s decision

  22-01-2025 23:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Connor McDavid admitted that he’s not proud of cross-checking an opponent on the face. But, the Edmonton Oilers captain and three-time Hart Trophy winner said that NHL officials need to be more consistent in the way that they call games.
  McDavid spoke to the media Tuesday at Rogers Place, after serving the first of a three-game suspension for his cross-check on Canucks forward Conor Garland late in the third period of Saturday’s 3-2 loss in Vancouver.Canucks defencem
  
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• Poilievre ‘not aware’ of more than two genders; says there are other priorities

  22-01-2025 23:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he is only aware of two genders — male and female — and that the government should leave people alone.
  In an interview with CP24 news channel, Poilievre was asked about President Donald Trump signing an executive order declaring the U.S. will only recognize two sexes and that they are unchangeable.
  Asked whether or not he would ask the U.S. to recognize the gender-neutral “X” marker available on Canadian passports,
  
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• Mistrial declared after New Hampshire jury deadlocks in youth detention center rape case

  22-01-2025 23:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday after jurors said they were deadlocked in the case of a former worker at New Hampshire’s youth detention center charged with raping a 14-year-old boy in 1998.
  Jurors were unable to reach a verdict in the trial of Stephen Murphy, 55, of Danvers, Massachusetts, marking the second mistrial connected to abuse allegations at state-run youth facilities. Jurors first indicated they were at an impasse Wednesday morning, their second
  
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• Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes visits Capitol Hill after Trump clemency

  22-01-2025 22:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, the far-right extremist group leader convicted of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, visited Capitol Hill on Wednesday after President Donald Trump commuted his 18-year prison sentence.Rhodes’ appearance came the day after he was released from prison as a result of Trump’s order of clemency benefitting the more than 1,500 people charged with federal crimes in the Jan. 6 attack. Rhodes was convicted in one of
  
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• Avs forward Valeri Nichushkin suffers setback in return from lower-body injury, status week-to-week

  22-01-2025 22:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Forward Valeri Nichushkin suffered a setback in his return from a lower-body injury and doesn’t figure to be back in the Colorado Avalanche lineup anytime soon.
  Colorado coach Jared Bednar described Nichushkin’s status on Wednesday as “week-to-week.”
  “Any time without Val is worrisome. Now we don’t have a solid timeline on his return,” Bednar said after the morning skate as the Avalanche prepared to host the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday night. “Whene
  
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• Canadian Darren Owen looks to shake up MMA world with the Global Fight League

  22-01-2025 22:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian Darren Owen is no stranger to thinking big.
  In 2011, he and fellow Victoria entrepreneur Jason Heit appeared on “Dragon’s Den” to pitch for help to grow their regional mixed martial arts promotion.
  Fourteen years later, Owen is dreaming even bigger with the Global Fight League.Owen is the founder and acting commissioner of the new promotion, which is set to hold its inaugural draft Friday with each of the six teams — Dubai, London, Los Angeles, Miami, New York an
  
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• B.C. First Nation leader apologizes, walks back on Northern Gateway pipeline support

  22-01-2025 21:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The president of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs is apologizing and walking back comments suggesting he supported reviving the Northern Gateway pipeline project, and now says he doesn’t support “resuscitating dead projects.”In a statement released by the union, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip says the pipeline rejected in 2016 “would have been an absolute disaster” for British Columbia’s land and waters, and his participation in opposition to the project was “
  
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• Fewer black bears killed by conservation officers in B.C. last year

  22-01-2025 21:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — There were 303 black bears killed by conservation officers in British Columbia last year, a low not seen since predator statistics were first published online in 2011.The Conservation Officer Service says in a statement there were 603 black bears culled in 2023, and the drop last year represents a 49.7 per cent decrease.
  The service says there were also 10,000 fewer calls to officers about black bear conflicts.Cam Schley, chief conservation officer with the service, says that wh
  
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• Evacuations ordered as new fast-moving wildfire threatens mountain homes north of Los Angeles

  22-01-2025 21:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Evacuations were ordered on Wednesday for remote communities near a new wind-driven wildfire in mountains north of Los Angeles, as Southern California endured more dangerous winds ahead of possible rain over the weekend.The Hughes Fire broke out late Wednesday morning and quickly burned through hundreds of acres of trees and brush, sending up a huge plume of dark smoke near the Lake Castaic area of northern Los Angeles County.Los Angeles officials were preparing for pote
  
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• Abbotsford Int’l Airport surpasses million passenger park for 2nd year in a row – without charging exorbitant fees

  22-01-2025 21:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The nearest airport in the Fraser Valley hasn’t just emerged as a viable alternative to YVR for Chilliwack-area residents who prefer cheaper parking rates and a quicker connection to Calgary and other Canadian destinations.
  For the second year in a row, Abbotsford International Airport (YXX), roughly a 30-minute drive for many Chilliwack residents, has surpassed the one million passenger mark for the second year in a row – a first in the airport’s history.
  In
  
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• Chilliwack long-term care community - Fraser Health Authority

  22-01-2025 21:29
  Chilliwack long-term care community  Fraser Health Authority
  
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• Chilliwack long-term care community - Fraser Health

  22-01-2025 21:29
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• Carney, Arya file paperwork, officially entering Liberal leadership race

  22-01-2025 21:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Liberal leadership candidates Mark Carney and Chandra Arya have submitted their paperwork to enter the race ahead of tomorrow’s deadline.
  The two appear to be the first through that gate, submitting the required signatures and a $50,000 deposit.
  Candidates have until Thursday at 5 p.m. to get their deposit in, along with a written nomination with signatures of 300 registered Liberals.
  Karina Gould is planning on getting her papers and deposit in by the deadline, while Chryst
  
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• Trudeau to attend events marking the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland

  22-01-2025 20:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will fly to Poland next week for events marking 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
  Trudeau’s office says he’ll be travelling Sunday to Tuesday and visiting the site of the Nazi regime’s largest camp, where more than one million people were murdered during the Holocaust.
  He will be travelling with Canadian Holocaust survivors and Deborah Lyons, the federal envoy for preserving Holocaust remembr
  
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• Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn agrees to terms with Jets to be head coach, AP source says

  22-01-2025 20:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The New York Jets and Aaron Glenn agreed to terms on making the Detroit Lions defensive coordinator their head coach on Wednesday, according to a person with knowledge of the hiring.
  Glenn, who oversaw the Lions’ defense the past four years, beat out 15 other candidates for the job as the Jets went through an extensive search to find their next coach.
  And they ended up choosing one of their former players — a first-round draft pick in 1994 who now gets the chance to try to turn aroun
  
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• Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan says he won’t run in next election

  22-01-2025 19:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Another member of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s front bench has decided to step away from federal politics at the next election.
  Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan says his name will not be on the ballot when the next election is held, though he says he will remain a dedicated member of the Liberal party.
  Sajjan was first elected in Vancouver South in 2015 when the Trudeau Liberals swept to power and has served a variety of roles in cabinet including defence, ve
  
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• At least 2 students have been shot and wounded at a Nashville high school, police say

  22-01-2025 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — At least two students were wounded by gunfire at a Nashville high school Wednesday but the situation has been contained, police said.
  Metro Nashville Police spokesperson April Weatherly could not immediately provide details of the conditions of those who were shot at Antioch High School.
  The shooter is believed to have shot two students before shooting themself, according to Weatherly, who could not immediately say if the shooter was a student.
  School officials are
  
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• CFIA says inspectors could be sent to Italy to investigate salmonella outbreak

  22-01-2025 19:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said it’s possible that investigators will be sent to Italy to determine the source of a salmonella outbreak that’s sickened at least 61 people in Canada.
  On Saturday, the agency recalled an imported brand of Italian mini-pastries distributed at catered events, hospitals and retirement homes in several provinces. Earlier this week the Public Health Agency of Canada told the Canadian Press it’s possible more people will become ill, as there&rs
  
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• Nearly 500 B.C. residents received an organ transplant in 2024

  22-01-2025 19:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Health authorities in British Columbia say nearly 500 people in the province received a life-saving organ transplant last year.
  The Provincial Health Services Authority, BC Transplant and the Ministry of Health say in a joint news release that 481 transplants in 2024 came from more than 200 donors.
  It says 118 of those donors had died, while 90 living donors contributed to transplants involving 309 kidneys, 92 livers, 47 lungs, 25 hearts, and 13 pancreas and islet transplants.
  
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• Immigration minister says U.S. is still safe for refugees despite Trump’s rhetoric

  22-01-2025 19:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Refugee advocacy groups are pushing back as the federal immigration minister says Ottawa still regards the U.S. as a safe country for transgender refugees under President Donald Trump.
  Trump signed executive orders on the first day of his new term to make recognizing gender based on biological characteristics U.S. government policy, and to pause the refugee program.
  In an interview with CTV’s ‘Power Play,’ Immigration Minister Marc Miller says that despite the rh
  
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• Canadian Savannah Bauder injured in training, will miss Perth rugby sevens event

  22-01-2025 19:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PERTH — Canada’s Savannah Bauder will miss this week’s HSBC SVNS Perth tournament after sustaining an injury in training.
  Rugby Canada declined to elaborate on the injury when asked for more details.
  Bauder, from North Vancouver, helped UBC to the U-Sports women’s rugby championship with an 8-3 win over the Victoria Vikes in Charlottetown in early November.
  The Canadian women open Pool B play Thursday night against Britain before facing Fiji on Friday and U.S. on Saturday
  
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• Premiers, prime minister meet to talk Trump tariffs after cabinet retreat

  22-01-2025 18:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s premiers are meeting virtually with the prime minister today to talk about Donald Trump’s early moves as president and the looming threat of tariffs.
  The first ministers have committed to weekly meetings now that Trump has been installed in the White House.
  Trump signed an executive order on Monday directing his government to study alleged unfair trade practices by Canada and Mexico and to file a report by April 1.
  Later that day, he mused about imposing 25 pe
  
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• Pentagon to send up to 1,500 active duty troops to help secure US-Mexico border, officials say

  22-01-2025 18:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will begin deploying as many as 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the southern border in the coming days, U.S. officials said Wednesday, putting in motion plans President Donald Trump laid out in executive orders shortly after he took office to crack down on immigration.
  Acting Defense Secretary Robert Salesses was expected to sign the deployment orders on Wednesday, but it wasn’t yet clear which troops or units will go, and the total could fluctu
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs players shine individually at BCHL all-star weekend - Chilliwack Progress

  22-01-2025 18:40
  Chilliwack Chiefs players shine individually at BCHL all-star weekend  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• NBA postpones Bucks-Pelicans game after historic snow storm in New Orleans

  22-01-2025 18:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The NBA has postponed Wednesday night’s game in New Orleans between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Pelicans after a historic winter storm dumped about a foot of snow in the Big Easy.
  Tuesday’s winter storm made road travel treacherous in a subtropical city with minimal snow-clearing equipment on hand.
  The Milwaukee Bucks beat the weather by flying in Monday, a day earlier than usual, in the event that road conditions became safe enough to hold the game at the 18
  
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• Carey remains quiet after Burgess departure, coach Howard confirms team has disbanded

  22-01-2025 18:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Team Chelsea Carey started the curling season as one of the top rinks in the country with a berth in the national championship seemingly secure.The team has since tumbled down the rankings, no longer qualifies for the sport’s top events and the playing future for its three remaining players is unclear.In just four months, a campaign that started with such optimism is essentially over.“There’s nothing left to play in,” said coach Glenn Howard. “So it’s really u
  
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• No new arrests in two months since Montreal anti-NATO protest turned violent

  22-01-2025 18:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal police have made no new arrests in the two months since a November anti-NATO protest turned violent, making national headlines.At the time, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned the violence outside a convention centre in downtown Montreal, and Quebec Premier François Legault said it was urgent that those responsible be arrested.Montreal police Chief Fady Dagher said he was “very confident” there would be more arrests in the days and weeks following
  
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• Quebec coroner says man found near U.S. border in 2023 died of drowning, hypothermia

  22-01-2025 18:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec coroner says a 44-year-old Haitian man who was found dead in 2023 after trying to cross into the United States likely experienced hypothermia before drowning in shallow water.
  Coroner André-H. Dandavino says Fritznel Richard was found on Jan. 4, 2023 in a ditch containing 45 centimetres of water near the U.S. border in St-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Que.
  The report says Richard had been living in Montreal for two years but wanted to join his wife in the United States, an
  
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• White House sidelines staffers detailed to National Security Council, aligning team to Trump agenda

  22-01-2025 18:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s national security adviser is sidelining roughly 160 career government employees on temporary duty at the White House National Security Council, telling them to work from home for the time-being as the administration reviews staffing for the White House arm that provides national security and foreign policy advice to the president, Trump administration officials told The Associated Press
  The career employees, commonly referred to as detailees
  
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• Indiana QB Kurtis Rourke still atop CFL Scouting Bureau’s top-20 list

  22-01-2025 17:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Indiana quarterback Kurtis Rourke remains atop the winter edition of the CFL Scouting Bureau’s top-20 list of eligible prospects for the league’s 2025 draft.Rourke, of Oakville, Ont., topped the fall list, which was released in August.
  The CFL scouting bureau consists of scouts, player-personnel directors and GMs from the league’s nine clubs. The top-20 rankings are released each fall, winter and spring.
  Six players from the fall list — No. 2 Damien Alford
  
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• French midfielder Lorenzo Callegari signs new contract with CPL’s Halifax Wanderers

  22-01-2025 17:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Influential French midfielder Lorenzo Callegari has signed a new contract with the Halifax Wanderers that keeps him with the Canadian Premier League team through the 2026 season.
  The former French youth international joined Halifax in January 2023 from French fourth-tier side FC Chambly. But he grew up in the Paris Saint-Germain system and played for the Ligue 1 powerhouse’s youth and reserve sides from 2011 to 2018.
  The 26-year-old, whose previous deal expired at the end of 2024, has made
  
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• Ottawa signs deals to house homeless in 11 municipalities in Ontario, Saskatchewan

  22-01-2025 17:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government has signed deals with nine additional municipalities in Ontario and two in Saskatchewan to address homelessness.
  The agreements are worth a combined $91 million over two years and are meant to support the municipalities’ encampment response plans.
  Those plans include creating new shelter spaces and increasing transitional housing options.
  Toronto, Durham, Peel, York, Hamilton, Niagara, Waterloo, Ottawa and Sudbury in Ontario signed deals, as did Saskat
  
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• ‘What John would want’: Blue Jackets pushing for a playoff spot with heavy hearts

  22-01-2025 17:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Zach Werenski was slightly annoyed. The Columbus Blue Jackets were in a tailspin and on the way to another playoff-less spring.
  The defenceman was spending hour after hour at the team’s practice facility searching for answers.
  Star forward Johnny Gaudreau? He was doing the opposite.
  “Used to drive me nuts,” Werenski recalled. “He was always the last one at the rink and he was one of the first ones to leave. We weren’t playing well and I was like, ‘Why is John
  
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• Ottawa Redblacks re-sign veteran American receiver Bralon Addison

  22-01-2025 17:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks signed veteran American receiver Bralon Addison to a one-year contract extension Wednesday.
  Addison, 31, was scheduled to become a free agent Feb. 11.
  He had 41 catches for 433 yards and three TDs in 10 regular-season games last year. He also made two starts at running back, rushing for 151 yards on 27 carries (5.6-yard average).
  The five-foot-nine, 197-pound Addison enters his third season with Ottawa and seventh in the CFL. He began his career in Canada with
  
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• Teenage winger/forward April Lantaigne signs with NSL’s AFC Toronto

  22-01-2025 16:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Teenage winger/forward April Lantaigne, leaving the University of South Alabama after a successful freshman year, has signed with AFC Toronto of the new Northern Super League.
  The 18-year-old from Whitby, Ont., playing for NDC Ontario, was a finalist for League1 Ontario Player of the Year in 2024 along with fellow AFC Toronto player Jade Kovacevic, then with North Toronto. The award eventually went to Samantha Murphy of the Woodbridge Strikers.
  Lantaigne was also a second-team al
  
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• Poilievre says he wants to cut the federal public service, doesn’t mind remote work

  22-01-2025 16:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says a government led by him would cut the number of federal public servants — but he doesn’t mind if they work from home.
  When asked by Radio-Canada on Tuesday if U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order sending federal workers back to the office five days a week is a good idea, Poilievre said that what matters is whether public servants do the work.
  He said that work is not getting done now within the federal government
  
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• Ottawa dragging its feet on protecting endangered caribou: B.C. conservation groups

  22-01-2025 16:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Conservation groups in British Columbia say the federal government has dragged its feet for 10 years on fulfilling its duty to complete critical habitat mapping for endangered caribou herds, and without urgent action, the animals will disappear.
  A letter sent to Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault by Ecojustice on behalf of the Wilderness Committee, Wildsight and Stand.earth says three populations of southern mountain caribou are in steep decline as logging and other industrial development cu
  
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• Trump administration cancels travel for refugees already cleared to resettle in the US

  22-01-2025 15:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Refugees who had been approved to travel to the United States before a Jan. 27 deadline suspending America’s refugee resettlement program have had their travel plans canceled by the Trump administration.
  Thousands of refugees are now stranded at various locations around the globe.
  The suspension was in an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Monday. It left open the possibility that people who had undergone the lengthy process to be approved as refuge
  
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• Taylor Swift, Morgan Wallen top 2025 iHeartRadio Music Award nominations - Chilliwack Progress

  22-01-2025 15:30
  Taylor Swift, Morgan Wallen top 2025 iHeartRadio Music Award nominations  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP, bylaw attend derelict Tyson Road home as cleanup efforts near completion - Fraser Valley Today

  22-01-2025 15:10
  Chilliwack RCMP, bylaw attend derelict Tyson Road home as cleanup efforts near completion  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• School board candidate concerned by academic performance of Chilliwack elementary schools in latest rankings

  22-01-2025 14:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Former Chilliwack-Kent MLA Laurie Throness, a candidate for the Chilliwack Board of Education in the upcoming by-election, says he’s concerned by the latest rankings from the Fraser Institute that show Chilliwack elementary schools lagging behind area independent schools.
  According to a news release sent to Fraser Valley Today, Throness cited a report from the Fraser Institute’s Report Card on British Columbian Elementary Schools in which the academic performance o
  
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• Changes coming to 2025 Yarrow Farm Market, including new fee from the City of Chilliwack for food trucks

  22-01-2025 14:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Yarrow Farm Market says food trucks who participate in the seasonal farmers market in Yarrow this year will be facing additional fees beyond its control from the City of Chilliwack.
  According to a Facebook post dated Tuesday (Jan. 21), Yarrow Farm Market is advising its food truck vendors that their vendor fee will increase by $10 this coming season.
  The biggest change, however, is a new charge of $25 per food truck per event, or $35 per month, from the City of Chilliwack. Foo
  
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• School board candidate concerned by academic performance of Chilliwack elementary schools in latest rankings - Fraser Valley Today

  22-01-2025 14:40
  School board candidate concerned by academic performance of Chilliwack elementary schools in latest rankings  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP, bylaw attend derelict Tyson Road home as cleanup efforts near completion

  22-01-2025 14:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Two Chilliwack RCMP units and at least two City of Chilliwack bylaw officers attended a derelict home on Tyson Road in Chilliwack Monday as cleanup efforts near completion.
  According to an email from Jamie Leggatt, director of communications and legislative services for the City of Chilliwack, bylaw enforcement staff, having received several quotes from contractors, are currently in the process of fulfilling the remedial action requirements imposed by Chilliwack City Council o
  
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• Justice Department directs prosecutors to probe local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement

  22-01-2025 14:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration, according to a memo to the entire workforce obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday.
  Written by Emil Bove, the acting deputy attorney general, the memo also says the department will return to the principle of charging defendants with the most serious crime it can prov
  
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• Border Patrol agent killed in Vermont worked at the Pentagon during 9/11, family says

  22-01-2025 14:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A U.S. Border Patrol agent who was killed in Vermont during a traffic stop near the Canadian border was a military veteran who worked security duty at the Pentagon during the time of the Sept. 11 attacks, his family said.
  “He was a devoted agent who served with honor and bravery,” a family statement provided to The Associated Press late Wednesday said. “He had a tremendous respect and pride for the work he did; he truly embodied service over self.”
  Agent David Maland was
  
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• Former El Salvador President Mauricio Funes who lived in exile in Nicaragua dies at 65

  22-01-2025 13:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Former El Salvador President Mauricio Funes, who spent the final years of his life in Nicaragua to avoid various criminal sentences, died late Tuesday. He was 65.
  Nicaragua’s Health Ministry said in a statement that Funes had died of a serious chronic illness.
  Funes governed El Salvador from 2009 to 2014. He lived his final nine years under the protection of Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega, whose government had given him citizenship, allowing him to
  
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• US adults want border security action but mostly oppose arrests in schools, churches: AP-NORC poll

  22-01-2025 13:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Many U.S. adults are on board with the idea of beefing up security at the southern border and undertaking some targeted deportations, according to a poll. But as President Donald Trump begins his second term with a series of sweeping executive orders on immigration, the findings suggest his actions may quickly push the country beyond the limited consensus that exists on the issue.
  There is a clear desire for some kind of action on U.S.-Mexico border security, according to
  
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• Prince Harry settles lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch’s Sun tabloid

  22-01-2025 11:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry settled his privacy invasion lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. tabloids as his trial was about to begin, his lawyer said Wednesday.
  The announcement in London’s High Court came despite the Duke of Sussex’s vow that he was the one person who could hold the publishers of The Sun and now-defunct News of the World accountable at trial for unlawfully snooping on him, other famous figures and average citizens in the news because of tragedies.
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• In the news today: Ottawa fails Afghan interpreters, CAF updates medical standards

  22-01-2025 10:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Afghan interpreters failed by Ottawa: report
  A military watchdog says Ottawa should financially compensate Afghan Canadians who served as interpreters for the Canadian Armed Forces in Afghanistan and later suffered mental distress.
  A report by the ombudsperson for the Department of National Defence says the language and cultural advisers who worked during Canada’s involvement in the Afghanistan c
  
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