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• Anger, chaos and confusion take hold as federal workers face mass layoffs

  14-02-2025 23:54
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Workers all over the country responded with anger and confusion Friday as they grappled with the Trump administration ‘s aggressive effort to shrink the size of the federal workforce by ordering agencies to lay off probationary employees who have yet to qualify for civil service protections.
  While much of the administration’s attention was focused on disrupting bureaucracy in Washington, the broad-based effort to slash the government workforce was impacting a fa
  
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• Quebec businesswoman, author appointed to the Senate

  14-02-2025 23:40
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the appointment of a new independent senator to fill one of the Senate’s few remaining vacancies.
  The Prime Minister’s Office says in a news release that the Governor General has appointed Danièle Henkel as an independent senator to fill a Senate vacancy for Quebec.
  Henkel is a businesswoman, strategic adviser, mentor, coach, speaker and author who immigrated to Quebec in the 1990s, her website says.
  There were 22 vaca
  
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• Fentanyl ‘czar’ isn’t a czar at all, as Brosseau officially named as a commissioner

  14-02-2025 23:40
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s new fentanyl czar, it turns out, isn’t a czar at all.
  The federal government named Kevin Brosseau to the position earlier this week but made it official in an order-in-council published today.
  In that order Brosseau’s official title is not “fentanyl czar” but the “Commissioner of Canada’s Fight Against Fentanyl.”
  It lists his salary range between $243,500 and $286,400.
  Public Safety Minister David McGuinty previously said th
  
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• Canada, U.S. set for next chapter in heated rivalry at 4 Nations: ‘I can’t wait.’

  14-02-2025 23:36
  
  BROSSARD, Que. — Connor McDavid was hanging out with buddies from his Toronto minor hockey team.Nathan MacKinnon was trying to get home to Nova Scotia from the prep school he attended in Minnesota. A cancelled flight due to winter weather forced him to stay behind with a friend’s family.
  It was Feb. 28, 2010, and the teenagers, much like the rest of Canada, were on the edge of their seats as the national team met the United States in the men’s Olympic hockey final.
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• SUV rolls over into a Chilliwack ditch Friday afternoon, but first responders absent from accident scene

  14-02-2025 22:47
  
  CHILLIWACK — An SUV rolled over Friday afternoon and wound up in a Greendale ditch, but no police, fire or ambulance have been dispatched to the scene.
  According to a Greendale resident who wished to remain anonymous and drove by the scene of the crash, the accident happened shortly after 1 p.m. Friday on South Sumas Road at the S-curve in the road, west of Lickman Road.
  The resident took a picture and sent it to Fraser Valley Today.
  All occupants are out of the vehicle that crashed, accor
  
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• Police say deaths of man, woman in their 70s near Montreal likely murder-suicide

  14-02-2025 22:45
  
  MONTREAL — Police say the deaths of two people in their 70s whose bodies were found Thursday in a Montreal suburb are being investigated as a murder-suicide.Longueuil, Que., police initially described the deaths as suspicious and said today the case involves a femicide.
  Officers were called to a home in Boucherville, Que., on Montreal’s South Shore, around 8:45 a.m. Thursday to perform a wellness check.
  Upon arrival they found the bodies of a 73-year-old man and a 71-year-old woman w
  
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• ‘Outfield whisperer’ Kevin Kiermaier embraces special assistant role with Blue Jays

  14-02-2025 22:35
  
  DUNEDIN — Former Toronto outfielder Kevin Kiermaier felt like a rookie again on Friday.After closing out a 12-year big-league career last fall by winning a World Series with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Kiermaier was back in Blue Jays colours for the first time since taking on a part-time role with the team.“I’m a special assistant but an outfield specialist,” he said. “An outfield whisperer as I like to call it. I’ll just do what is needed.”
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• SUV rolls over into a Chilliwack ditch Friday afternoon, but first responders absent at accident scene

  14-02-2025 22:23
  
  CHILLIWACK — An SUV rolled over Friday afternoon and wound up in a Greendale ditch, but no police, fire or ambulance have been dispatched to the scene.
  According to a Greendale resident who wished to remain anonymous, the accident happened at about 1 p.m. Friday on South Sumas Road at the S-curve in the road, west of Lickman Road.
  The resident took a picture and sent it to Fraser Valley Today.
  The occupant or occupants are out of the vehicle. It’s not immediately known if there were
  
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• CAA Centre in Brampton to stage new Canada Super 60 cricket league in July

  14-02-2025 22:19
  
  TORONTO — The new Canada Super 60 cricket league will launch in July at the CAA Centre in Brampton, Ont., organizers said Friday.
  The league features the short-form 10-over version of the game. Matches last about 90 minutes with each team batting for 10 overs (60 balls), making for all-action contests with batsmen swinging for the boundary in search of runs.
  In contrast, the Global T20 Canada tournament, which has taken place at the same Brampton venue since 2018, features the 20-over vers
  
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• B.C. Court of Appeal tosses case alleging Tim Hortons wage suppression conspiracy

  14-02-2025 22:10
  
  VANCOUVER — The B.C. Court of Appeal has dismissed a bid to revive a class-action lawsuit against Tim Hortons parent company TDL Group Corp. over an alleged wage suppression conspiracy with its franchisees.The B.C. Supreme Court dismissed the case last year, finding a “no-hire clause” in franchise contracts was meant to protect Tim Hortons franchisees’ investments in employee training, rather than suppress wages by preventing employee poaching between restaurants.Lead pla
  
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• B.C. artists set to perform Gordon Lightfoot tribute tour in Chilliwack - Fraser Valley Today

  14-02-2025 22:07 via news.google.com
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• B.C. artists set to perform Gordon Lightfoot tribute tour in Chilliwack

  14-02-2025 22:05
  
  CHILLIWACK — Two songwriters are asking you to Sit Down Young Stranger, and listen to a night of Gordon Lightfoot’s legacy at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre this spring.Dylan Stone and Oliver Swain are long-time music colleagues with decades of combined experience and accolades in their respectiveacts at the Junos, Western Canadian Music Awards and Canadian Folk Music Awards.Lightfoot’s music brought them together shortly after his passing in May 2023.
  “We’re both s
  
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• Flu cases continue to rise across Canada, public health agency data shows

  14-02-2025 21:55
  
  TORONTO — Flu cases are continuing to rise across the country, public health data shows, with Quebec, B.C. and the territories particularly hard hit as vulnerable patients seek help at hospitals.The Public Health Agency of Canada’s website says 24 per cent of cases tested positive for influenza during the week ending Feb. 8 — up from the already-high 21 per cent the week before.Only some people get tested when they seek medical care, so positive case rates are “the tip of
  
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• Canadians Loopy Godinez, Diana Belbita set for UFC fights in Mexico City, Las Vegas

  14-02-2025 21:48
  
  The UFC has confirmed upcoming fights for Canadians Loopy Godinez and Diana (Warrior Princess) Belbita.
  Godinez, ranked 11th among strawweight contenders, will take on American Julia (Psycho) Polastri on a March 29 UFC Fight Night card in Mexico City while Belbita faces Brazilian Dione (The Witch) Barbosa on an April 5 Fight Night show in Las Vegas.
  Godinez (12-5-0) adds some more local content to the Mexico City show. She was 14 when the family left Mexico for Vancouver in search of safety afte
  
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• B.C. Labour Relations Board finds Starbucks made threats against pro-union employee

  14-02-2025 21:40
  
  VANCOUVER — The B.C. Labour Relations Board says Starbucks wrongfully made “threats of adverse consequences” against an employee for her unionization activity, but found the company had a “legitimate business reason” to close down its only unionized location in Vancouver.The United Steelworkers Local 2009 made an unfair labour practice complaint against Starbucks for closing the Dunbar Street store less than a year after its workers had been unionized, and for disci
  
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• US Vice President JD Vance’s office says he met German far-right leader Alice Weidel

  14-02-2025 21:23
  
  MUNICH (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance’s office says he met the leader of a German far-right party during a trip to Germany.In a speech before the Munich Security Conference he had lectured European leaders about the state of democracy and said there is no place for “firewalls.”Vance met Friday with Alice Weidel, the co-leader and candidate for chancellor of the far-right and anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party.Mainstream German parties say they won’t w
  
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• B.C. forest minister projects U.S. tariffs, duties on softwood lumber could reach 55%

  14-02-2025 21:11
  
  British Columbia’s forests minister says Canadian softwood lumber exported to the United States could soon face additional tariffs and duties of up to 55 per cent.
  Ravi Parmar says the “Trump tariff and increased duties” of 50 to 55 per cent compares to the current 14 per cent duty placed on Canadian softwood lumber that now enters the United States.The minister made his statement while outside the California State capitol building in Sacramento, during a trade mission aimed at
  
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• Rwanda-backed rebels advance into eastern Congo’s 2nd major city of Bukavu, residents say

  14-02-2025 20:57
  
  GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo on Friday entered the region’s second-largest city of Bukavu, local and civil society leaders said, the latest ground gained since a major escalation of their yearslong fighting with government forces.
  The M23 rebels entered the city’s Kazingu and Bagira zone and were advancing towards the center of the city of about 1.3 million people, according to Jean Samy, vice-president of the civil society in South Kivu. He reported
  
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• Helicopter crew in collision with plane may not have heard key instruction from tower, NTSB says

  14-02-2025 20:57
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The crew of the helicopter that collided midair with an American Airlines jet near Washington D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport might not have heard instructions from the air traffic controller to pass behind the plane, investigators said Friday.
  National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said the recording from the Black Hawk helicopter cockpit suggests the crew may have missed the key instruction just before the Jan. 29 collision, in whic
  
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• Homeowner pleads guilty to shooting Black teen Ralph Yarl who rang the wrong doorbell

  14-02-2025 20:48
  
  LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — An 86-year-old Kansas City man pleaded guilty Friday to a lesser charge in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who rang the white man’s doorbell by mistake.
  Andrew Lester was scheduled to stand trial next week on charges of first-degree assault and armed criminal action in the shooting of the then-16-year-old, who survived and has since graduated from high school.
  As part of a plea deal, Lester pleaded guilty to second-degree assault.
  Yarl showe
  
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• Hearing White House aide reinforce Trump’s annexation plans ‘chilling,’ premier says

  14-02-2025 20:41
  
  WASHINGTON — Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey says it was “chilling” to hear a top White House adviser say U.S. President Donald Trump is serious about making Canada the 51st state.
  All 13 premiers travelled to Washington this week for the first time in history for a joint mission to push back on Trump’s escalating tariff threats.
  Speaking to CPAC Friday, Furey says he left the U.S. capital very aware that the president was launching an attack not just on Ca
  
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• Poilievre, Freeland rebuff Trump’s call for Russia to rejoin G7

  14-02-2025 20:28
  
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pushing back on U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Russia be allowed back into the G7.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office hasn’t answered a request for comment on Trump’s call for Russia’s return to the informal assembly of the world’s leading democracies — despite the fact that Canada is chairing the G7 this year.
  Russia used to be part of what was known as the Group of Eight until ot
  
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• Overall crime down in 2024 compared to previous year: Surrey Police

  14-02-2025 20:28
  
  SURREY — Surrey Police Service (SPS) has now released its year-end crime statistics report for 2024.Overall numbers show a city-wide decrease across property and drug crimes, violent crimes and other Criminal Code offences. Homicides notably decreased by a third between 2023 and 2024– from 12 cases to eight.Other significant decreases include drug possession (-44%), disturbance (-31%) and identity theft or fraud (-29%).
  Not all crimes were made equal, though. Shoplifting and theft ov
  
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• Second federal judge pauses Trump’s order against gender-affirming care for youth

  14-02-2025 20:23
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — A second federal judge on Friday paused President Donald Trump’s executive order halting federal support for gender-affirming care for transgender youth under 19.
  U.S. District Court Judge Lauren King granted a temporary restraining order after the Democratic attorneys general of Washington state, Oregon and Minnesota sued the Trump administration last week. Three doctors joined as plaintiffs in the suit, which was filed in the Western District of Washington.
  The decis
  
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• Hot-handed Homan team on a heater heading into Scotties Tournament of Hearts

  14-02-2025 20:16
  
  THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Rachel Homan’s curling team was built to win. They’ve been doing a lot of that.
  The top-ranked women’s team in Canada and the world arrived at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts the heavy favourite to defend its national title and represent the country in the world championship again.
  Homan’s season record heading into Friday evening’s opening draw against Prince Edward Island was 45-4, including victories in the PointsBet Invitational and G
  
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• Contaminated water to be released from Yukon mine site before spring snow melt

  14-02-2025 19:56
  
  WHITEHORSE — The Yukon government says contaminated water from the Eagle Gold Mine, the site of a catastrophic mine failure last June, is now being discharged ahead of the spring snow melt.The government says in an update on the failure in the heap leach storage facility that the receiver appointed to oversee the site believes it’s “critical” to start the release to prevent cyanide-tainted water leaking out in an uncontrolled way.The update says the water’s copper l
  
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• Champion New England kicks off Major League Rugby season with Canadians galore

  14-02-2025 19:30
  
  Major League Rugby lost its lone Canadian franchise when the Toronto Arrows folded after the 2023 season.
  But with some 45 Canadians playing in the 11-team league, including 15 at the two-time defending champion New England Free Jacks, Canada is well represented as MLR kicks off its eighth season this weekend.
  Canadians on the Free Jacks, who open play Saturday at RFC Los Angeles, are forwards Josh Larsen, Kyle Steeves, Andrew Quattrin, Kyle Baillie, Foster DeWitt, Conor Keys, Piers von Dadelsze
  
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• Vatican says Pope Francis is in ‘fair condition’ at a hospital with a mild fever

  14-02-2025 18:59
  
  ROME (AP) — The Vatican said Friday that Pope Francis is in “fair condition” at a hospital with a respiratory tract infection and is running a mild fever.
  An evening update said Francis had begun drug therapy at Rome’s Gemelli hospital. Francis was admitted earlier Friday after his weeklong bout of bronchitis worsened.
  THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis was hospitalized Friday for the fourth time
  
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• Tiger-Cats sign star lineman Casey Sayles to extension through 2026 CFL season

  14-02-2025 18:59
  
  HAMILTON — American defensive lineman Casey Sayles has signed a contract extension with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats through the 2026 CFL season, the team announced Friday.
  The 29-year-old suited up in 17 games for the Tiger-Cats last season, leading the team with seven quarterback sacks while adding 37 defensive tackles, two tackles for loss, three pass knockdowns, and one fumble recovery.
  He was a CFL all-star in 2023 after registering 50 defensive tackles, seven sacks and five tackles for lo
  
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• Skaters flock to Ottawa’s Rideau Canal to kick off Flag Day

  14-02-2025 18:59
  
  OTTAWA — A group of young skaters carried a gigantic Canadian flag down Ottawa’s Rideau Canal Friday morning to help kick off events marking the 60th anniversary of Canada’s world-famous banner.
  The National Flag of Canada Day event includes speeches and the singing of the national anthem and is being attended by dozens of skaters, top athletes and a woman who helped to assemble the first-ever modern Maple Leaf flag.
  Young skaters from local sport clubs carried the flag down a
  
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• Major storm moves into N.L., another one on its way to Ontario and Quebec

  14-02-2025 18:39
  
  ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — As one storm slams into Newfoundland and Labrador today, another is rearing up to hit Ontario and Quebec on the weekend.
  Valentine’s Day brought winter storm warnings to Eastern Canada, forecasting snowfalls up to 45 and 55 centimetres for central, western and southern Newfoundland and the north coast of Labrador.
  Jim Prime with Environment Canada says the back end of the slow-moving system that hit Ontario and Quebec earlier this week is making a mess of New
  
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• B.C. minimum wage increases by 45 cents per hour starting June 1

  14-02-2025 18:14
  
  VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says the province’s lowest-paid workers are getting a wage boost to keep pace with inflation.
  The Ministry of Labour says the minimum wage will increase from $17.40 to $17.85 per hour starting in June.
  It says the 2.6 per cent increase follows changes made last spring to the Employment Standards Act, which mandated yearly wage rises.
  Labour Minister Jennifer Whiteside says those adjustments were made last year because minimum-wage workers ar
  
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• Vancouver Whitecaps sign veteran goalkeeper Adrían Zendejas to contract

  14-02-2025 18:13
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have free agent goalkeeper Adrían Zendejas to a contract, the Major League Soccer club announced Friday.
  The contract runs through 2025 with a club option for 2026 pending receipt of his international transfer certificate.
  The 29-year-old from Chula Vista, Calif., spent last season with Swedish side Skovde AIK, starting 27 matches and keeping seven clean sheets.
  He has made 136 career professional appearances in the United States and Sweden with 4
  
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• Swim club president steps down after allegedly throwing child in Chilliwack pool - Chilliwack Progress

  14-02-2025 18:10 via news.google.com
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• Swim club president steps down after allegedly throwing child in Chilliwack pool - Abbotsford News

  14-02-2025 18:10 via news.google.com
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• ‘The flag flies for all.’ Facing threats, Canada sees renewed sense of pride in flag

  14-02-2025 18:09
  
  FREDERICTON — Graydon Miles was driving down Highway 7 in Ontario last year when he saw an upside down Maple Leaf flying from a pickup truck, along with one flag directing an obscenity at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and another supporting Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential bid.
  For Miles, a high school teacher who lives in Ottawa, the truck brought back memories of the “Freedom Convoy” that took over the city in 2022. The noisy protest attracted thousands of demonstrators
  
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• B.C. government increasing minimum wage by 2.6 per cent in summer

  14-02-2025 18:00
  
  VICTORIA — The lowest-paid workers across B.C. are getting higher paychecks in June as the province raises the minimum wage from $17.40 to $17.85.“Minimum wage earners are vulnerable to jumps in the price of groceries, rent and gas,” said Jennifer Whiteside, Minister of Labour. “That’s why we took action last year to ensure the minimum wage keeps up with the cost of living so workers don’t fall further behind.”
  The change will also apply to residential c
  
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• Several hurt after bus carrying young swimmers collides with heavy truck in Quebec

  14-02-2025 17:51
  
  MONTREAL — Several people are recovering in hospital after a bus carrying a junior swim team collided with a heavy truck in Quebec’s Laurentians region on Thursday.Quebec provincial police say they were called to the crash in Mont-Laurier, Que., on Thursday afternoon, as a winter storm brought heavy snow across the province.Police say six people were taken to hospital out of about 30 on board, and that their injuries are not life-threatening. The investigation into the crash is ongoi
  
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• Quebec teachers should be evaluated every two years, new plan says after Bedford saga

  14-02-2025 17:46
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec teachers should undergo evaluations every two years and all religious activities should be banned in schools, including after hours.
  Those recommendations are part of an action plan released today by two independent advisers appointed by the province after a controversy at a Montreal elementary school.
  The 12-page document contains 24 recommendations for staff at Bedford school and 10 broader changes that would affect schools across the province.It comes following a gover
  
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• Earthquake felt on southern Vancouver Island is latest B.C. tremor

  14-02-2025 17:42
  
  VANCOUVER — Residents across southern Vancouver Island reported feeling a 3.8 magnitude earthquake that struck off the southern coast, the latest in a string of tremors in British Columbia this week.
  Earthquakes Canada says it happened around 10 p.m. on Thursday.
  It was lightly felt in Victoria, Sidney and across southern Vancouver Island.
  The agency says nearly 300 people reported feeling the quake, but no one said any damage had occurred.
  It follows three other earthquakes earlier this w
  
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• Singh says NDP expects snap election call if Carney wins Liberal leadership

  14-02-2025 17:24
  
  OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he doesn’t think he’ll have to chose between voting on tariff relief or bringing down the government because he expects a snap election call if Mark Carney wins the Liberal leadership.
  Singh says that if the government was serious about introducing a relief package for workers who might lose their jobs due to U.S. tariffs, it would have recalled Parliament by now.
  At a news conference in Vancouver yesterday, Carney would not rule out calli
  
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• ‘Human nature to think ahead’: NHL stars focused on 4 Nations with Olympics looming

  14-02-2025 16:56
  
  MONTREAL — Jon Cooper hasn’t heard any Olympic chatter from his players.
  Canada’s head coach is confident the team’s focus is solely on the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament.
  “It has never been mentioned in the room,” Cooper said of the 2026 Games. “It’s never been talked about.”
  That might indeed be the case. NHL players, however, are human. And they also know what’s just over the horizon.
  The league will return to the global sporting spec
  
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• Friday - Feb. 14, 2025 - By-elections on the way in Chilliwack, Hope - Fraser Valley Current

  14-02-2025 16:45 via news.google.com
  Friday - Feb. 14, 2025 - By-elections on the way in Chilliwack, Hope  Fraser Valley Current
  
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• Toronto FC back in the red and loving it with unveiling of new home jersey

  14-02-2025 16:10
  
  TORONTO — The Reds will be living up to their name this season.
  Toronto FC unveiled its new home kit Friday, bringing the Major League Soccer team back into the red. The club’s last home jersey, unveiled in February 2023, was a combination of red, black and grey — prompting some supporters to complain there wasn’t red in it.
  That has been taken care of this time around. The new kit is dubbed the “Red of All Reds.”
  As often happens, the jersey designers have du
  
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• Vance uses speech before security conference to deride Europe for squelching free speech

  14-02-2025 15:03
  
  MUNICH (AP) — Vice President JD Vance used his speech before the Munich Security Conference on Friday to deride Europe for squelching free speech, saying freedom is in danger.The vice president also hammered home the U.S. demand that the NATO alliance step up defense spending, speaking ahead of a security meeting in Europe at a time of intense concern and uncertainty over the Trump administration’s foreign policy.
  The future of Ukraine is the top item on the agenda following a phone
  
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• Austrian skier Raphael Haaser wins gold in men’s giant slalom at the Alpine world championships

  14-02-2025 14:38
  
  SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) — Raphael Haaser won the men’s giant slalom Friday for his second medal at the Alpine skiing world championships.
  The Austrian skier beat silver medalist Thomas Tumler by 0.23 seconds.
  Tumler’s Swiss teammate Loic Meillard was 0.51 behind and took bronze.
  Haaser won silver in the super-G last week. His gold is the third medal for host nation Austria after Vincent Kriechmayr placed second in the downhill.
  First-run leader Timon Haugan of Norway
  
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• Reece Howden captures third win of the season - Chilliwack Progress

  14-02-2025 14:30 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack school board byelection candidates respond to teacher Q&A - Chilliwack Progress

  14-02-2025 14:30 via news.google.com
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• Prosecutors see Islamic extremist motive in Munich car-ramming attack

  14-02-2025 12:06
  
  MUNICH (AP) — The suspect in the car-ramming attack in Munich that left more than 30 people injured appears to have had an Islamic extremist motive, but there’s no evidence that he was involved with any radical network, authorities said Friday.
  The 24-year-old Afghan, who arrived in Germany as an asylum-seeker in 2016 and lived in Munich, was arrested after driving his Mini Cooper into the back of a labor union demonstration in the Bavarian city on Thursday. Police officers pulled hi
  
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• Pope Francis being hospitalized for medical tests and to treat bronchitis, Vatican says

  14-02-2025 11:32
  
  ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is being hospitalized to treat his bronchitis and undergo some necessary diagnostic tests, the Vatican said Friday in confirming the latest threat to the 88-year-old’s pontiff’s health.
  Francis was diagnosed with bronchitis last Thursday, but he has continued to hold daily audiences in his Vatican hotel suite and preside over general audiences and even presided at an outdoor Mass last Sunday. He has however handed off his speeches for an aide to read al
  
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