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• Canada Nick Taylor has a cure for the mid-winter blues: winning

  05-02-2025 23:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The mid-winter blahs are something Nick Taylor has only heard about.
  Taylor has won four of his five career PGA Tour titles in the winter months, most recently winning the Sony Open in Hawaii on Jan. 12 in a playoff with Colombia’s Nico Echavarría. He’ll defend his WM Phoenix Open championship this week, which he also won in a playoff, besting Charley Hoffman of the United States last year.
  “It’s a combination of recharging, getting some rest, getting a bunch of fa
  
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• Nunavut MP calls on Liberals to extend Inuit child funding program

  05-02-2025 23:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Nunavut MP Lori Idlout is repeating her calls for Ottawa to extend a funding program for Inuit children, saying the situation is dire.
  The Inuit Child First Initiative was introduced in 2019 to ensure Inuit kids have access to health and social services without having to leave their communities.
  But the program is slated to sunset at the end of March.
  Idlout says more than 13,000 kids in Nunavut are enrolled in the program, which gives families $500 per child to help buy food, plu
  
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• Women win lawsuit against B.C. man acquitted of their sex assaults

  05-02-2025 23:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A man who spent 27 years in prison before he was found wrongfully convicted has been ordered by a British Columbia Supreme Court judge to pay $375,000 each to five women who sued him for sexual assault.
  Ivan Henry was convicted of 10 counts of sexual assault in 1983, but he was released after the B.C. Court of Appeal determined he was wrongfully convicted and acquitted him in 2010.Five women filed a civil lawsuit against Henry alleging he sexually assaulted them in their Vancou
  
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• Trudeau travelling to Paris, Brussels for AI summit, meetings with European allies

  05-02-2025 23:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet European leaders and the head of NATO next week as Canada reaches out to allies reeling under the impact of the new Trump administration in the United States.
  Trudeau also plans to attend an artificial intelligence global summit in Paris, where he will deliver a keynote speech.
  Trudeau’s office says he will be in Paris and Brussels for five days starting Saturday.
  The statement says that in Brussels, the prime minister will meet &ldquo
  
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• Attrition is the ‘worst way’ to shrink federal public service, says former clerk

  05-02-2025 23:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s federal public service grew by more than 100,000 people over the past 10 years, and both the Liberals and Conservatives are looking to trim it by not filling jobs when they are left vacant.
  But a former Privy Council clerk says that might be the least efficient way to trim the public service and could cause long-term damage to its productivity.
  “I think attrition is the worst way to get to a smaller, leaner public service, and that applies to the current Liber
  
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• Police arrest 50 in Fraser Valley blitz against organized crime: RCMP

  05-02-2025 22:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRASER VALLEY — Officers with a multi-agency task force in the Fraser Valley teamed up in late January to target drug trafficking, gang activities and organized crime during a 48-hour blitz in Langley.
  According to a statement from Langley RCMP Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, Langley RCMP’s Special Response Team joined forces with the Community Response Unit and Gang Enforcement Team of Surrey Police, Metro Vancouver Transit Police and Integrated Police Dog Services as part of a joint enforcemen
  
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• ‘Nothing new:’ Police officials say fentanyl crackdown existed before tariff threats

  05-02-2025 22:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Canadian investigators were effectively cracking down on fentanyl trafficking and production well before U.S. President Donald Trump threatened devastating tariffs if Canada didn’t do more to stop the drug from flowing south, police officials in Western Canada said Wednesday.“I don’t profess to underline all the words coming out of the president’s office, but certainly it’s nothing new to us that fentanyl is a priority,” said Supt. Marc Cochli
  
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• Trump signs executive order intended to bar transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports

  05-02-2025 22:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday intended to ban transgender athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports.
  The order, titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” gives federal agencies, including the Justice and Education departments, wide latitude to ensure entities that receive federal funding abide by Title IX in alignment with the Trump administration’s view, which interprets “sex” as the gender someone
  
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• Police say YouTuber caught speeding on Vancouver Island loses car for a week

  05-02-2025 21:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANTZVILLE, B.C. — Mounties on Vancouver Island say a man who described himself as a YouTube influencer had his vehicle impounded and was fined $368 for speeding.Police say an unmarked BC Highway Patrol officer was working Sunday in Lantzville when he heard an “excessively loud” vehicle accelerate from a stoplight on Highway 19.
  They say the driver of the “highly modified” yellow Nissan GT-R was clocked going 150 km/h in a 90 km/h zone.Cpl. Michael McLaughlin says t
  
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• Canadian teenage surfer Erin Brooks drops into elimination round at Lexus Pipe Pro

  05-02-2025 21:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PUPUKEA — Canadian surfer Erin Brooks finished third Wednesday in her opening heat of the Lexus Pipe Pro, forcing the teenager to progress via the elimination round.
  The 17-year-old finished behind Americans Gabriele Bryan, who finished seventh on tour last season, and Sawyer Lindblad, last year’s rookie of the year.
  Brooks became the first Canadian to earn full-time status on the World Surf League’s elite Championship Tour by finishing in the top five of the second-tier Challe
  
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• Fentanyl has killed thousands. Here are some facts about the powerful opioid

  05-02-2025 21:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Fentanyl has emerged as the primary cause of illicit drug deaths in Canada and the United States, and its trafficking has been cited by U.S. President Donald Trump to justify his threat of steep tariffs on goods from Canada.
  But the potent opioid also has a decades long history and is extensively used as a medical pain management tool. Here’s a look at the drug and how it’s used:
  — Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid used to help relieve severe pain.
  — Health Canada says fenta
  
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• CPL champion Cavalry FC ready for CONCACAF Champions Cup challenge in Mexico’s Pumas

  05-02-2025 21:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Cavalry FC coach and general manager Tommy Wheeldon Jr. concedes the Canadian Premier League champions will have to punch above their weight against Mexico’s Pumas UNAM in CONCACAF Champions Cup play Thursday.
  But he has faith his players can step up at Starlight Stadium.
  “We’ve got to be mentally prepared. We’ve got to be tactically prepared,” Wheeldon said. “And I think the boys are in a really good mindset to take on the Pumas.”While the opening leg o
  
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• Honolulu records 6th death from massive explosion of illegal fireworks over New Year’s

  05-02-2025 21:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — A sixth person has died as a result of a massive explosion of illegal fireworks over New Year’s in Honolulu, police said Wednesday.
  A 30-year-old woman died at a local hospital at about 5:59 a.m., the Honolulu Police Department said in a statement.Last week, a 29-year-old man died in Arizona where he had been flown for treatment of severe injuries suffered in the blast.The explosion also killed a 3-year-old boy and three women and injured more than 20 people.
  The blas
  
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• Talk of changing Vancouver’s supportive housing policy has organizations on edge

  05-02-2025 20:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A proposal by Vancouver’s mayor to halt new supportive housing projects in the city has organizations with plans in various stages of completion worried about the projects they’ve spent years trying to get off the ground.
  Mayor Ken Sim announced last month that he would be putting forward a proposal to pause construction of net new supportive housing units in Vancouver, arguing that the city needs to focus on updating its current stock, while supply in other parts o
  
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• Amid U.S. tariff threats, a fight may be brewing over Canadian supply management

  05-02-2025 20:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The federal government and the Canadian dairy industry are vowing to protect the country’s supply management system in the face of threats from the United States.But some observers, and even some who work in the industry, say Canada will have to consider changes to the decades-old system that controls the supply of dairy products to appease a combative Trump administration.Earlier this week, U.S. President Donald Trump voiced discontent about American access to Canadian da
  
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• Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby is being evaluated for upper-body injury

  05-02-2025 20:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby is being evaluated for an upper-body injury.
  Crosby did not practice on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after he got caught between a pair of New Jersey Devils in the third period of what became a 3-2 shootout loss.
  The Penguins superstar missed several shifts in the third period after colliding with New Jersey’s Luke Hughes and Erik Haula. Crosby skated to the bench favoring his left arm/hand but returned after b
  
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• California looks to Canadian timber to help in fire rebuild, despite tariff threat

  05-02-2025 20:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SACRAMENTO — California homebuilders say they will have few options but to keep buying Canadian lumber even if it’s hit with 25 per cent tariffs as they rebuild thousands of homes destroyed by devastating wildfires in Los Angeles.
  Dan Dunmoyer, president of the California Building Industry Association, says “there aren’t really alternatives” to Canadian lumber used for homebuilding in the state because about 80 per cent of Californian land is owned by federal or sta
  
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• Police ask for help in probe of B.C. woman’s death in fall from a truck

  05-02-2025 20:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TRAIL, B.C. — The RCMP’s major crime unit is asking for the public’s help in investigating the death of a woman almost a month ago in Trial, B.C.Police say 38-year-old Laura Morrison was the front passenger in a 2023 white Ford F-150 late on Jan. 9 when she reportedly fell from the moving vehicle.They say a man from the pickup was observed at the scene before driving away.Morrison’s injuries were serious and police say she was taken to hospital but later died.Police say t
  
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• Luge world championships an Olympic ‘dress rehearsal’ for young Canadian team

  05-02-2025 20:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WHISTLER, B.C. — It’s been nearly 15 years since Caitlin Nash stood on the sidelines, watching wide-eyed as luge sleds flew by at stunning speeds, all in pursuit of Olympic glory.
  Now it’s her turn to wow spectators on the very same track as the luge world championships return to her hometown of Whistler, B.C., starting on Thursday.
  “I can’t wait,” she said. “Honestly, I remember being around for the Olympics here in 2010 and going to watch some of the t
  
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• Final phase of Prest Road widening to see tree removal in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  05-02-2025 20:02
  Final phase of Prest Road widening to see tree removal in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chiefs Sign Dustin Renas

  05-02-2025 19:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
   The Chilliwack Chiefs proudly announce the signing of Saskatoon product Dustin Renas. A 6’1 right-hand shot forward, Renas has played most recently for the SJHL’s Yorkton Terriers where he has put up 45 points in 41 games, including 18 goals. Renas has also spent time in the Western Hockey League with the Lethbridge Hurricanes and the Prince Albert Raiders. He will be counted upon for his pace, offensive instincts, and competitiveness.“As a staff, we feel that Dustin is e
  
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• Fraser Valley football club parts ways with coach, names new leader

  05-02-2025 19:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY — A former football player who led the Langley Rams to a Canadian Bowl appearance over a decade ago and rose through the ranks to become its head coach has left the junior football organization after two years at the helm.
  According to a statement from the board of directors, the Langley Rams announced Tuesday (Feb. 4) that it has parted ways with Coach Jordan McCarty.
  The Rams acknowledged McCarty’s extensive time with the club in its statement of gratitude.
  “The Rams
  
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• Fraser Valley football club parts ways with coach

  05-02-2025 19:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY — A former football player who led the Langley Rams to a Canadian Bowl appearance over a decade ago and rose through the ranks to become its head coach has left the junior football organization after two years at the helm.According to a statement from the board of directors, the Langley Rams announced Tuesday (Feb. 4) that it has parted ways with Coach Jordan McCarty.The Rams acknowledged McCarty’s extensive time with the club in its statement of gratitude.“The Rams wou
  
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• Guatemala strikes deal with Rubio to accept migrants from other countries deported from the US

  05-02-2025 19:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s president said Wednesday after meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio that his country will accept migrants from other countries being deported from the United States.Under the “safe third country” agreement announced by President Bernardo Arevalo, the deportees would then be returned to their home countries at U.S. expense.
  Immigration, a Trump administration priority, has been the major focus of Rubio’s first foreign tri
  
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• Don’t take out anger at Trump by booing U.S. peewee hockey players: Quebec officials

  05-02-2025 19:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec City officials are reminding the public not to boo the 11- and 12-year-old American hockey players who will be in town for a prestigious international peewee tournament that begins next week.
  Mayor Bruno Marchand noted that some fans have been booing the American anthem at NHL and NBA games ever since U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose crippling tariffs against Canada.
  He told a news conference that he understands the desire to send a message to the United S
  
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• U.S. tariff threat: Quebec furniture company lays off 115 workers after sales drop

  05-02-2025 19:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec furniture manufacturer says the threat of U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods has forced it to lay off 115 people in the province.
  South Shore Furniture says it’s laying off 97 people at its headquarters and factory in Ste-Croix, Que., southwest of Quebec City, and another 18 people at its operations in the Eastern Townships.
  Earlier this week U.S. President Donald Trump said he would hold off on his threatened tariffs against Canada for at least a month.
  But in a news
  
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• Vernon Vipers Acquire Defenseman Price Grimes from Chilliwack Chiefs - Vernon Vipers

  05-02-2025 19:00
  Vernon Vipers Acquire Defenseman Price Grimes from Chilliwack Chiefs  Vernon Vipers
  
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• Veteran linebacker Pickett says he’s ahead of schedule in off-season injury recovery

  05-02-2025 18:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Adarius Pickett has started taking significant steps forward in his preparation for the 2025 CFL season.
  The veteran linebacker started sprinting this week as part of his off-season workouts. That’s usually not a big deal for a professional athlete, but Pickett is coming off a torn Achilles that abruptly ended a solid ’24 campaign.
  And the good news for the 28-year-old says he’s ahead of schedule in his recovery.
  “When I originally got out there, they told me I’d be
  
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• Rahim Al-Hussaini is named the new Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims

  05-02-2025 18:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Rahim Al-Hussaini was named Wednesday as the new Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims, following the death of his father.The 53-year-old was designated as the Aga Khan V, the 50th hereditary imam of the Shiite Ismaili Muslims, in his father’s will. His father died Tuesday in Portugal.
  The Aga Khan is considered by his followers to be a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad and is treated as a head of state.
  The Aga Kh
  
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• Vehicle nearly strikes Chilliwack pharmacy as police issue roadside prohibition ban to driver - Fraser Valley Today

  05-02-2025 18:43
  Vehicle nearly strikes Chilliwack pharmacy as police issue roadside prohibition ban to driver  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Chilliwack resident says B.C. govt. cancelled the RFP he won to manage Chilliwack River Valley recreation sites

  05-02-2025 18:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Recent changes to the campsite system in the Chilliwack River Valley and the hosts who manage them aren’t sitting well with Chilliwack resident Jason Walters.
  Walters, who managed the Tamihi campsite east of the Vedder Bridge for three years and other rec sites for an additional four years, says he followed all the necessary protocol when he applied to operate Chilliwack River Valley East and West recreation sites ahead of the 2025 camping season for the B.C. government.
  
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• Vehicle nearly strikes Chilliwack pharmacy as police issue roadside prohibition ban to driver

  05-02-2025 18:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A spokesperson for the Upper Fraser Valley RCMP Detachment says the driver of a vehicle that nearly struck a Rosedale pharmacy has been located and issued a roadside prohibition ban.
  According to a statement from Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener, police were called to Modern Pharmacy at 51296 Yale Road at 2:23 a.m. Wednesday morning (Feb. 5) after receiving a report of a vehicle that crashed in the parking lot. Police say there was significant damage to the
  
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• Chilliwack resident says B.C. govt. cancelled the RFP he won to manage Chilliwack River Valley recreation sites - Fraser Valley Today

  05-02-2025 18:32
  Chilliwack resident says B.C. govt. cancelled the RFP he won to manage Chilliwack River Valley recreation sites  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Scott Turner confirmed as Trump’s HUD secretary after pledging to address housing shortages

  05-02-2025 18:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Scott Turner was confirmed Wednesday as the housing secretary, a role central to President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda at a time when most Americans say the cost of living around necessities are a top concern.The former NFL player, Texas state representative and White House senior aide was confirmed in a 55-44 vote.The Department of Housing and Urban Development is tasked with enforcing and coordinating federal housing law. The vast majority of HUD’s budget
  
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• FBI agents who ‘simply followed orders’ in Jan. 6 probes won’t be fired, a Justice official says

  05-02-2025 18:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI agents “who simply followed orders and carried out their duties in an ethical manner” while investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol are not at risk of being fired, a top Justice Department official said in a memo to the bureau workforce obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday.
  But the memo from acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove also provides no reassurances for any agents found to have “acted with corrupt or partisan intent&rdq
  
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• Environment Canada cautions of frostbite as frigid temperatures linger in B.C.

  05-02-2025 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Environment Canada is warning that frostbite and hypothermia that can occur within minutes as frigid conditions linger over much of British Columbia.Extreme cold and arctic outflow warnings are in place for much of the interior as well as the north and central coasts and the agency is suggesting people limit outdoor activities and ensure pets and outdoor animals are sheltered.
  The weather office says an arctic air mass over central B.C. is bringing wind chills near -40 to the n
  
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• VIDEO: Roadside prohibition for driver outside Rosedale pharmacy - Chilliwack Progress

  05-02-2025 18:05
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• Two Fraser Valley females face multiple charges for alleged catalytic converter theft

  05-02-2025 17:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOWER MAINLAND — Mounties in Burnaby say two women from the Fraser Valley have been arrested after they allegedly stole a catalytic converter from a van but were later apprehended by police.According to a statement from Burnaby RCMP Corporal Mike Kalanj, Burnaby RCMP frontline officers received a report of two suspects underneath a van in the parking lot near Brighton Avenue and Lougheed Highway on Wednesday, January 22 at about 4:30 a.m. Police say the suspects fled the scene with the veh
  
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• Canada’s Fernandez through to Abu Dhabi quarterfinals with convincing win over Sun

  05-02-2025 17:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABU DHABI — Canada’s Leylah Fernandez cruised into the quarterfinals of the Abu Dhabi Open tennis tournament with a convincing 6-0, 6-3 win over New Zealand’s Lulu Sun on Wednesday.
  Fernandez, seeded eighth at the tournament, won 70.8 per cent of her service points and saved all three break points she faced in a match that took one hour 12 minutes to complete.
  Sun had seven aces but won just 47.1 per cent of service points and was broken four times on 12 chances.
  Fernandez, ran
  
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• Trump’s birthright citizenship order gets put on hold by 2nd federal judge

  05-02-2025 17:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a second temporary pause on President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for anyone born in the U.S. to someone in the country illegally.U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman said no court in the country has endorsed the Trump administration’s interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
  “This court will not be the first,” she said.
  Trump’s inauguration week order had al
  
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• Canadian women’s under-20 rugby team to play two games against Ireland in May

  05-02-2025 17:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada’s under-20 women’s rugby team will face its Irish counterpart in Dublin in May,
  The May 10 and 17 games at the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) High Performance Centre will mark the first time that the two countries have met in under-20 women’s competition, with Ireland having launched its youth program in 2023.
  “Last summer’s U20 women’s tour to Wales was a valuable experience for our next generation of rugby players in Canada, and we look to build up
  
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• Argentina says it will withdraw from the World Health Organization, echoing Trump

  05-02-2025 16:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BUENOS AIRES (AP) — President Javier Milei has ordered Argentina’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization due to profound differences with the U.N. agency, a presidential spokesperson said Wednesday.
  Milei’s action echoes that of his ally, U.S. President Donald Trump, who began the process of pulling the United States out of WHO with an executive order on his first day back in office on Jan. 21.
  Argentina’s decision is based on “profound differences in health
  
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• CFL boosts salary cap to over $6.06 million in 2025

  05-02-2025 16:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — CFL teams will have more money to spend on bolstering their rosters in 2025.
  The league announced Wednesday that its salary cap this season has been set at just over $6.06 million.That’s up significantly from last year’s limit of $5.525 million and represents an increase of $412,365 from the proposed $5.650 million cap this year as per the league’s 2022 collective bargaining agreement with the CFL Players’ Association.
  According to a CFL source, a reported
  
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• 4 Nations players, coaches face quick turnaround ahead of tournament

  05-02-2025 16:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Sidney Crosby knows the formula.
  The Canadian hockey icon has suited up for his country at all levels throughout his decorated career. He usually ends up with a gold medal hanging from his neck, arms-wrapped-around-shoulders with teammates belting out the national anthem.
  The 2005 world junior hockey championship. The 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics. The 2015 world championship. The 2016 World Cup.
  Crosby, of Cole Harbour, N.S., will be back at it soon, leading Canada into the 4 Nations Face-Off t
  
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• Canada’s Auger-Aliassime loses in Rotterdam, retires from play after second set

  05-02-2025 16:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ROTTERDAM — Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime retired from his first-round match against Italian qualifier Andrea Vavassori at the ABN Amro Open on Wednesday.Auger-Aliassime, from Montreal, stopped playing after dropping a 6-4 decision in the second set. He had taken the opener 7-6 (3).
  It wasn’t clear why the Canadian chose to retire. A message left with Tennis Canada was not immediately returned.The 23rd-ranked Auger-Aliassime was coming off a title last week In Montpellier, Fra
  
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• Gun suspect arrested in Regina after four found dead on Saskatchewan First Nation

  05-02-2025 16:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — Police have arrested a man accused of pointing a gun at people on a First Nation in southern Saskatchewan a few hours after four people were found dead in a home on another reserve.
  RCMP say Keagan Panipekeesick was arrested early this morning in Regina.
  Officers were searching for the 29-year-old after they received reports Tuesday about a man pointing a gun at people on Zagime Anishinabek, formerly known as the Sakimay First Nation.
  Earlier in the day, police found the bodies of
  
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• Mark Carney pledges to beat Trudeau’s target date for meeting NATO spending benchmark

  05-02-2025 16:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Liberal leadership contender Mark Carney says he would reach Canada’s NATO defence spending target by the end of the decade — two years ahead of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s schedule.
  Carney made the commitment this morning at a campaign event in Windsor, Ont., where he also promised a tax cut for the middle class.
  Ottawa formally committed in 2023 to spending the equivalent of two per cent of its GDP on national defence but has failed to come close to that ta
  
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• International grads more likely to hold jobs below their education levels: StatCan

  05-02-2025 15:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — International students who graduated from Canadian schools are more likely to be underemployed than their Canadian peers and many are living with lower incomes as a result.
  Statistics Canada’s national graduates survey looked at the employment rate of more than 83,000 international students who graduated in 2020, remained in Canada and did not pursue further education.
  The survey says slightly more than one-third of the international graduates with bachelor’s degrees h
  
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• Ex-prosecutor’s trial ends as judge throws out her felony indictment in Ahmaud Arbery death case

  05-02-2025 15:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A judge has thrown out a felony indictment against a former Georgia prosecutor, ending her trial on charges that she abused her power to protect the men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in 2020.District Attorney Jackie Johnson was coastal Glynn County’s top prosecutor when Arbery was fatally shot nearly five years ago.Senior Judge John R. Turner on Wednesday dismissed the 2021 indictment charging Johnson with violating her oath of office, citing technical err
  
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• Prime Minister Trudeau will host a Canada-U.S. summit amid threat of Trump tariffs

  05-02-2025 15:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will host a Canada-U.S. economic summit in Toronto on Friday, days after President Donald Trump said he would hold off on his threatened tariffs against Canada for a month.
  The Prime Minister’s Office says the event will assemble Canadian trade and business leaders, along with organized labour, to discuss strategies to grow the economy, break down internal trade barriers and diversify exports.
  It will also feature members of the Council on Canad
  
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