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• Analyst: Gusts, landing apparatus may have contributed to Pearson plane crash

  18-02-2025 23:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A veteran aviator and flight instructor of commercial passenger jets says the “variable” gusty winds in Toronto as well as possible mechanical issues with the landing gear may have contributed to the Delta Air Lines crash at Pearson Airport Monday.
  Kit Darby, a U.S.-based consultant with more than 20,000 hours of flight experience, says a review of videos as well as airport data on weather conditions showed a combination of factors that may have caused the plane’s right wing ti
  
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• Source: Toronto FC on the verge of signing young Arsenal defender Zane Monlouis

  18-02-2025 23:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto FC is close to signing Arsenal under-21 captain Zane Monlouis to add to its defence, according to a source.
  The source, granted anonymity because they are not authorized to speak publicly on the matter, said an announcement is imminent.
  The English-born centre back has represented England at the under-15 and under-17 level. He is also eligible to play for Jamaica and was called into camp with the Jamaican under-23 side last March.
  Monlouis, who joined Arsenal in 2012 and signed his first
  
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• Chilliwack ultrarunner earns Best of B.C. athletic award - Victoria News

  18-02-2025 23:39 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack ultrarunner earns Best of B.C. athletic award  Victoria News
  
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• Chilliwack ultrarunner earns Best of B.C. athletic award - Penticton Western News

  18-02-2025 23:36 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack ultrarunner earns Best of B.C. athletic award  Penticton Western News
  
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• Judge rules RCMP remarks racist, but B.C. pipeline protesters’ convictions will stand

  18-02-2025 23:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A B.C. Supreme Court judge says members of the RCMP made “grossly offensive, racist and dehumanizing” remarks about Indigenous women who were arrested in 2021 during a blockade of Coastal GasLink pipeline construction.
  Justice Michael Tammen says the state misconduct findings don’t warrant a stay of proceedings against the women, but they and another protester will get a reduction in their sentences for criminal contempt as an “appropriate” remedy.
  Tammen says the a
  
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• Canadian women start new chapter at Pinatar Cup in Spain under coach Casey Stoney

  18-02-2025 23:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The sixth-ranked Canadian women’s soccer team starts a new chapter in Spain this week with coach Casey Stoney at the helm for the first time.
  Canada opens play at the Pinatar Cup against No. 17 China on Wednesday before facing No. 31 Mexico on Saturday and No. 42 Taiwan next Tuesday. All three games will be played at the Pinatar Arena in Murcia.
  It promises to be a challenging first step, at least logistically, with some players not arriving in camp until Tuesday. But Stoney has set the to
  
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• Bayern advances on late Davies goal and Feyenoord knocks AC Milan out of Champions League

  18-02-2025 23:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  It was Alphonso Davies to the rescue for Bayern Munich.
  The Canadian soccer star scored in the fourth minute of stoppage time as Bayern reached the Champions League last 16 with a 1-1 draw against Celtic on Tuesday in the second half of their playoff.
  Davies bundled the ball over the line after Leon Goretzka’s effort was kept out, saving Bayern the ordeal of extra time after German player Nicolas Kühn had scored against his former club to draw Celtic level on aggregate.
  Davies’
  
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• Fatal pedestrian collision in Chilliwack - Voiceonline.com

  18-02-2025 23:01 via news.google.com
  Fatal pedestrian collision in Chilliwack  Voiceonline.com
  
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• Chilliwack community rallies behind Athletes Lab U19 7-on-7 football program

  18-02-2025 22:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack football coach Ryk Piché says the Chilliwack community is showing strong support for the newly formed Athletes Lab U19 7-on-7 football program.
  Led by Piché, the former G.W. Graham varsity head coach and current Valley Huskers associate coach, the recently established program provides young athletes with high-level training and competitive opportunities in a 7-on-7 football format, preparing them for the next level of play.
  A key supporter of the upsta
  
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• Crosby impressing younger Canadian teammates at 4 Nations: ‘He’s unbelievable’

  18-02-2025 22:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON — Canada started to wobble Monday afternoon.
  Having built a commanding 4-0 lead over Finland, and with a spot in the 4 Nations Face-Off championship game looking certain, the team in red finally surrendered a goal in the third period.
  And then two more as the Finns pressed 6-on-5 in the final two minutes to make the score an uncomfortable 4-3 with 77 seconds left on the TD Garden clock.
  The unthinkable not 10 minutes earlier looked like it could become reality. The Canadians needed
  
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• Chilliwack community rallies behind Athletes Lab U19 7-on-7 football program - Fraser Valley Today

  18-02-2025 22:47 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack community rallies behind Athletes Lab U19 7-on-7 football program  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Judge declines to immediately block Elon Musk or DOGE from federal data or layoffs

  18-02-2025 22:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge declined Tuesday to immediately block billionaire Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing government data systems or participating in worker layoffs.U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan found that there are legitimate questions about Musk’s authority, but said there isn’t evidence of the kind of grave legal harm that would justify a temporary restraining order.The decision came in a lawsuit filed by 14 states challengi
  
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• Judge rejects sexsomnia defence, finds Manitoba man guilty of child sex assault

  18-02-2025 22:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — A judge has rejected the defence of a Manitoba man who claimed he was suffering from sexsomnia, a rare sleep disorder, when he sexually assaulted an 11-year-old boy.
  Provincial court Judge Mary Kate Harvie found Clinton Muskego guilty of sexual assault and sexual interference for touching the boy at a Winnipeg apartment in 2020.
  A defence lawyer argued Muskego, then 28, had undiagnosed sexsomnia. People who have the disorder exhibit sexual behaviours in their sleep.
  “While
  
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• Vancouver police Chief Adam Palmer will retire in April after a decade at the helm

  18-02-2025 22:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Vancouver Chief Const. Adam Palmer says he will retire at the end of April after 37 years with the department.Palmer announced his decision while standing next to Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim a police headquarters on Tuesday, saying the decision and timing is “100 per cent” on his terms.The chief started his career in the Vancouver department in 1987 and spent the next 13 years as a patrol officer, then worked his way up to the top job in May 2015.He says that his career
  
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• Russia and US agree to work toward ending Ukraine war in a remarkable diplomatic shift

  18-02-2025 22:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Russia and the U.S. agreed Tuesday to start working toward ending the war in Ukraine and improving their diplomatic and economic ties, the two countries’ top diplomats said after talks that reflected an extraordinary about-face in U.S. foreign policy under President Donald Trump.
  In an interview with The Associated Press after the meeting, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the two sides agreed broadly to pursue three goals: to restore staffing at th
  
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• Chilliwack ultrarunner earns Best of B.C. athletic award - Chilliwack Progress

  18-02-2025 22:21 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack ultrarunner earns Best of B.C. athletic award  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Inuit call on PM to step in as child funding program approaches March end date

  18-02-2025 22:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The head of Canada’s national Inuit organization is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step in to save a program that helps fund services for Inuit kids.
  In a letter sent to Trudeau last week, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami President Natan Obed called on the prime minister to “clearly signal” his “government’s commitment” to continue funding for the Inuit Child First Initiative (ICFI), which is set to end on March 31.
  “We are alarmed by
  
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• Ottawa Redblacks re-sign veteran players Nigel Romick and Tyron Vrede

  18-02-2025 21:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian Nigel Romick will remain the Ottawa Redblacks’ longest-tenured player.
  The defensive lineman from Thunder Bay, Ont., signed a one-year deal with the CFL club Tuesday. Ottawa selected Romick, 33, in the third round, No. 23 overall, out of Saint Mary’s in the 2014 CFL draft ahead of the team’s inaugural season.
  Romick has appeared in 109 regular-season games with Ottawa, registering 130 total tackles and a sack. He has helped the Redblacks make three Grey Cup appearances
  
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• Canadian Championship first round now set with dates added to matchups

  18-02-2025 21:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto FC will host CF Montreal on April 30 in the first round of the Telus Canadian Championship in a battle of MLS rivals who have combined to win 13 of the last 17 editions of the cup competition.
  The tournament draw was held in December with Canada Soccer confirming the tournament dates on Tuesday.
  The 2025 edition features its biggest-ever field with 15 teams, boosted by the addition of semi-pro League1 Alberta and its inaugural champion Edmonton Scottish United FC. The last team standing
  
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• US GM Bill Guerin says he would welcome Trump when Americans play Canada for 4 Nations title

  18-02-2025 21:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The general manager of the U.S. team in the 4 Nations Face-Off hockey tournament said he would welcome a visit from President Donald Trump to the championship game between the United States and Canada on Thursday night.
  Bill Guerin, who played 18 years in the NHL for eight teams, said on Fox News that Trump’s presence would give a boost to the rivalry between the North American hockey powers.He credited Trump’s tariff threats and talk of making Canada the 51st U.S
  
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• Johnston brothers look to build on successful ’24 Elite Series bass fishing season

  18-02-2025 21:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Chris and Cory Johnston have tough acts to follow this season.
  Their own.
  The brothers open the Elite Series bass fishing season Thursday on the St. Johns River in Palatka, Fla., following significant ’24 campaigns.Chris Johnston became the first Canadian to capture the overall championship while Cory Johnston won two tournaments, which were not only his first on the circuit but the most in a season by a Canuck.
  Cory Johnston, of Cavan, Ont., also has the most career Series wins by a Canad
  
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• Dump truck driver fined substantially for excessive speed: Langley RCMP

  18-02-2025 21:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY — A dump truck driver blazing through the Fraser Valley is facing a steep fine after driving recklessly through a 60 km/h zone last week.
  Mounties in Langley say their traffic enforcement team was monitoring speeds near Labonté Ave and 79 Ave last Friday, February 14, when one of its officers stopped a dump truck towing a trailer at an excessive speed of 103 km/h.
  Police say the driver was issued a substantial fine for excessive speeding, $368, the amount for that tier of ex
  
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• AC Milan exits Champions League in 1-1 draw that sends Feyenoord to round of 16

  18-02-2025 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MILAN (AP) — AC Milan was to left rue Theo Hernandez’s sending off for diving as Feyenoord advanced to the Champions League last 16 at the former European champion’s expense with a 1-1 draw in the second leg of their playoff on Tuesday.
  Hernandez earned his second yellow card for a dive in the 51st minute when Milan was dominating after forward Santiago Giménez’s first-minute goal had leveled the tie against his former team. Feyenoord had won the first leg of the p
  
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• Chilliwack CPA earns prestigious CPA distinction

  18-02-2025 20:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — One of the partners at a Chilliwack accounting firm has been honoured by an advocacy group representing chartered professional accountants in British Columbia.
  Matt Stam, a chartered professional accountant, has been recognized by the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (CPA BC) in its annual awards celebration. Stam was one of eight individuals in the province who earned the CPA BC Early Achievement Award in 2025.
  CPABC says Stam’s contributions to th
  
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• Virtue, Moir, Chan among Skate Canada Hall of Fame’s elite class of 2025

  18-02-2025 19:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Skate Canada announced an elite class of 2025 to its Hall of Fame on Tuesday led by two-time Olympic ice dance champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir and three-time men’s world champion Patrick Chan.
  Kaetlyn Osmond, a women’s world champion in 2018, and two-time pairs world champions Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford were also among the inductees.
  Virtue, of London, Ont., and Moir, of Ilderton, Ont., won ice dance gold at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics and the 2018 Pyeongcha
  
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• The pope has bilateral pneumonia but remains in good spirits, the Vatican says

  18-02-2025 19:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has developed bilateral pneumonia, the Vatican said Tuesday, after new tests showed a further complication in the condition of the 88-year-old pope.
  The Vatican said Francis’ respiratory infection also involves asthmatic bronchitis, which required the use of cortisone antibiotic treatment. “Laboratory tests, chest X-ray, and the Holy Father’s clinical condition continue to present a complex picture,” the Vatican said.
  Nevertheless the pope i
  
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• District of Hope appoints co-founder of Hope brewery as its new communications advisor

  18-02-2025 19:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — The District of Hope has welcomed Danielle Laporte as its new communications and systems analysis advisor.In a statement posted to social media Tuesday (Feb. 18), the municipality says Laporte maintains a deep connection to the greater Hope community due to her extensive career in marketing, business communications and her role in co-founding Mountainview Brewing, a popular venue in Hope along Old Hope-Princeton Way.“With her expertise and passion for storytelling, she’l
  
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• Man dead after he is found in snow-covered car with engine running in Montreal

  18-02-2025 19:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec coroner will investigate the death of a 57-year-old man found inside a snow-covered vehicle with its engine running, after two major snowstorms hit the city over four days.
  Montreal police Const. Florence Stafford says a 911 call came in at about 8:15 a.m. for someone unconscious inside a parked vehicle in the city’s Villeray—St-Michel—Parc-Extension borough.
  The engine was running and the vehicle was covered with snow after more than 74 centimetres fe
  
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• Chilliwack accounting firm partner honored

  18-02-2025 19:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — LLT LLP, a Chilliwack-based accounting and advisory business, says one of its firm’s partners has been honored by an advocacy group representing chartered professional accountants in British Columbia.Matt Stam, a chartered professional accountant, has been recognized by the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (CPA BC) in its annual awards celebration. Stam was one of eight individuals in the province who earned the CPA BC Early Achievement Award in 202
  
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• Rugby Canada names men’s sevens roster for invitational tournament in Vancouver

  18-02-2025 19:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada has named a 16-man rugby sevens roster for a three-team invitational tournament taking place alongside HSBC SVNS Vancouver, which runs Friday through Sunday at B.C. Place Stadium.
  The Canadian men were relegated from the HSBC SVNS elite circuit last June in Madrid and are using the invitational tournament to prepare for the second-tier World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger Series.
  After Vancouver, Canada’s men head to Cape Town for the opening two Challenger events before the April 11-
  
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• After Trump pitches idea, Russian ambassador says Moscow not rejoining G7

  18-02-2025 19:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada disagrees with U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Russia rejoin the G7 — but Moscow says the idea is a non-starter anyway.
  Moscow’s Ambassador to Canada Oleg Stepanov says “Russia has no interest” in joining the Group of Seven, which he calls an “outdated structure.”
  Russia used to be part of what was known as the Group of Eight until other members suspended it in 2014 following the invasion of Ukraine.
  Trump says that wa
  
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• Police investigating after pedestrian killed in Chilliwack, B.C. - CTV News

  18-02-2025 19:16 via news.google.com
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• Vancouver Canucks ink winger Drew O’Connor to two-year extension

  18-02-2025 19:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks have signed winger Drew O’Connor to a two-year, US$5-million extension.The Canucks announced the deal Tuesday, less than three weeks after Vancouver acquired O’Connor from the Pittsburgh Penguins.
  The 26-year-old forward from Chatham, N.J., has eight goals and 10 assists across 57 games for the Canucks and Penguins this season.
  O’Connor put up a career-highs in goals (16), assists (17) and points (33) points for Pittsburgh during the 2023
  
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• Auger-Aliassime advances to second round at Qatar Open with win over Halys

  18-02-2025 19:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DOHA — Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the second round of the Qatar Open tennis tournament with a 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2) win over French qualifier Quentin Halys on Tuesday.
  After both players held serve throughout the deciding set, Auger Aliassime pulled away in the tiebreaker and converted match point on return.
  Halys took the first set when he broke Auger-Aliassime in the final game, but the Canadian scored a key break of his own early in the second set before coming back
  
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• Pedestrian dies after being struck on Boundary Road Monday night: Chilliwack RCMP

  18-02-2025 19:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Mounties in Chilliwack are investigating a fatal motor vehicle incident Monday night that claimed the life of a pedestrian.
  According to a statement from police, Chilliwack RCMP frontline officers and members of the General Investigative Support Unit responded Monday night (Feb. 17) at 9:10 p.m. for a report of a pedestrian struck in the 3500 block of Boundary Road. Abbotsford PD responded to assist as well. Despite lifesaving efforts, a male pedestrian was pronounced deceased
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP seeking witnesses in fatal pedestrian collision - Chilliwack Progress

  18-02-2025 18:59 via news.google.com
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• Pedestrian dies after being struck on Boundary Road Monday night: Chilliwack RCMP - Fraser Valley Today

  18-02-2025 18:54 via news.google.com
  Pedestrian dies after being struck on Boundary Road Monday night: Chilliwack RCMP  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Task force police arrest Abbotsford man for possessing a loaded gun, breaching conditions

  18-02-2025 18:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A Vancouver police task force entrusted with maintaining peace and ushering in greater safety in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside has arrested a 33-year-old Abbotsford man who was in possession of a loaded gun.According to a statement from police, VPD officers working in the DTES area of Vancouver responded to a report of a man with a gun near Main Street and Powell Avenue Friday afternoon (Feb. 14). A witness had called 9-1-1 to alert police. VPD personnel responded immedia
  
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• Singh says pipelines would not be first priority for NDP energy policy

  18-02-2025 18:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he sees an east-west clean electricity corridor as his first priority for expanding the Canadian energy market — not new pipelines.
  While Singh isn’t shutting the door entirely to pipelines, he says pipeline projects must be accepted by the communities through which they’re routed, must not hurt the environment, must provide good jobs and must meet Indigenous consultation requirements.
  Most Canadian energy exports currently go to t
  
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• One-handed Calgary Muay Thai fighter sees himself as ‘a puzzle with missing pieces’

  18-02-2025 18:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The wait is over for Calgary Muay Thai fighter Jake (The One) Peacock.
  Peacock looks for his second straight win in One Championship action when he takes on Japan’s Shinji Suzuki on Thursday at One 171: Qatar in Lusail.Peacock, who was born without a right hand, has been waiting for a fight since winning a unanimous decision over Japanese bantamweight Kohei (Samurai Warrior) Shinjo in his debut in the promotion last April in Bangkok.
  “I was ready to fight April 6, the day after my de
  
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• Galusha upsets Einarson 9-6 in extra ends at Scotties Tournament of Hearts

  18-02-2025 18:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Kerry Galusha of the Northwest Territories upset Manitoba’s Kerri Einarson 9-6 in extra ends in Pool B action on Tuesday at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
  Tied 4-4, Galusha scored two in the eighth to put Einarson on the ropes. However, Einarson scored once in the ninth and tenth ends to force extras before eventually falling. The result puts both Einarson and Galusha at 2-2, with the latter ahead in the standings in fifth.
  Meanwhile, Ontario’s Danielle
  
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• Canucks defenceman Hughes set to join US ahead of 4 Nations final against Canada

  18-02-2025 18:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON — Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes is heading to Boston to join the United States as a potential injury replacement, head coach Mike Sullivan told reporters Tuesday.
  The U.S. announced earlier that defenceman Charlie McAvoy has been ruled out of Thursday’s tournament final against Canada.
  That reduced the U.S. roster to 12 forwards and six defencemen.
  Tournament rules state that teams can apply to bring in a player on emergency relief if they drop below six healthy defen
  
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• Mark Carney trouncing Liberal leadership rivals at fundraising

  18-02-2025 18:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Former central banker Mark Carney is dominating the fundraising field in the race for the federal Liberal leadership.
  And his main rival appears to be trailing at the back of the pack.
  Financial data published by Elections Canada shows Carney raised $1.9 million for his leadership bid — more than eight times the sum collected by his nearest fundraising competitor.
  Former Liberal House leader Karina Gould raised about $236,000 from more than 600 donors, while Montreal busines
  
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• Leader of cultlike Zizians linked to 6 killings ordered held without bail in Maryland

  18-02-2025 18:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — A Maryland court on Tuesday ordered a blogger known as Ziz who leads a cultlike group connected to six killings held without bail.
  The blogger, Jack LaSota, 34, of Berkeley, California, was arrested Sunday along with Michelle Zajko, 32, of Media, Pennsylvania, and Daniel Blank, 26, of Sacramento, California. They face charges including trespassing, obstructing and hindering and possession of a handgun in a vehicle.
  The Zizians have been tied to the killing of U.S. Bo
  
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• Green Party says it will run full slate of candidates in coming federal election

  18-02-2025 18:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Green Party’s leaders say they will have a full slate of candidates for the next election, which could be called as soon as Mar. 10.
  Party co-leader Elizabeth May says the party is still vetting potential candidates but it expects to run someone in every federal riding.
  Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney has not ruled out the possibility of calling a snap election if he becomes prime minister on Mar. 9.
  May says the party’s preparations for a spring election
  
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• First responders dispatched Monday after multiple people fall through ice at Harrison lagoon

  18-02-2025 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HARRISON HOT SPRINGS — Harrison Hot Springs Fire Department crews and B.C. Ambulance Service paramedics were dispatched on Family Day to Harrison Hot Springs after multiple people reportedly fell through through the ice at the beachside lagoon.
  According to witness Tyler Man of Agassiz, Harrison Fire, Upper Fraser Valley RCMP members and paramedics attended 299 Esplanade Avenue in the lakeside community Monday afternoon after approximately four people fell through the ice.
  A helicopter was
  
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• Market building destroyed in overnight fire at Cultus Lake - Chilliwack Progress

  18-02-2025 17:47 via news.google.com
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• Poland’s president says US assures him it won’t reduce troops in that part of Europe

  18-02-2025 17:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s President Andrzej Duda said Tuesday that he has received U.S. assurances that Washington will not reduce its troop presence in Poland and elsewhere along NATO’s eastern flank.
  The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has not announced any plans to pull forces out of the region, but has said Europe must do more to provide for its own security. His administration’s stance has raised questions in the region about whether Washington wil
  
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• Canada and Romania men to meet for first time in September friendly in Bucharest

  18-02-2025 17:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada will face Romania in Bucharest in an international friendly during the FIFA September international window.
  The Sept. 5 game will mark the first-ever meeting between the two sides. The Canadian men rank 31st compared to No. 38 for Romania.
  “Romania are a really strong team that finished top of a difficult group at Euro 2024,” Canada coach Jesse Marsch said in a statement. “It will be yet another important challenge for our team on the road to the 2026 FIFA World Cup.&rdq
  
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• Overnight fire destroys Cultus Lake artisan market

  18-02-2025 16:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CULTUS LAKE — An overnight fire broke out on Columbia Valley Road, destroying an artisan market in Cultus Lake.
  Cultus Lake Fire Department crews were dispatched at about 12:30 a.m. early Tuesday (Feb. 18) for the report of a structure fire in the 4100 block of Columbia Valley Road. Cultus Lake personnel requested mutual aid from Chilliwack Fire Department, whose firefighters from Engine 4 responded.
  According to a social media post early Tuesday morning, the Feral Bee Artisan Store &
  
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