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• Man, youth arrested in quadruple homicide on First Nation in Saskatchewan

  19-02-2025 23:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — RCMP say they have arrested a man and a boy in the shooting deaths of four people on a First Nation in southern Saskatchewan.
  Mounties say 18-year-old Darrius Racette faces four counts of first-degree murder after two men and two women were found dead in a home on Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation, east of Regina.
  The boy is to be charged later on Wednesday.
  Mounties had previously identified the victims as 34-year-old Tracey Hotomani, 51-year-old Terry Jack, 44-year-old Sheldon Quew
  
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• Health Canada warns of unauthorized sex enhancement products seized from stores

  19-02-2025 23:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Health Canada is warning people in at least three provinces against using unauthorized sexual enhancement products that may pose serious health risks.The agency says it has seized various products from stores in New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario that have been found to contain “dangerous ingredients.”
  Many of those products were found to contain sildenafil, a prescription drug for erectile dysfunction that Health Canada says should be used only under the supervision of a health-care
  
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• Mbappé hat trick for Real Madrid dumps Man City out of Champions League. PSG, Dortmund advance

  19-02-2025 23:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Kylian Mbappé scored a hat trick, Erling Haaland stayed on the bench injured and Real Madrid dumped Manchester City out of the Champions League on Wednesday.
  Mbappé’s stellar trio of goals in the fourth, 33rd and 61st minutes in a 3-1 win padded Madrid’s lead to 6-3 on aggregate score over the 2023 champion in their two-leg knockout playoff.
  One superstar striker was watched by another from the sidelines. Haaland was not fit to start for a
  
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• Second case of measles confirmed in B.C.’s Lower Mainland, linked to Thailand flight

  19-02-2025 23:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Health authorities in British Columbia have confirmed a second case of measles in the Lower Mainland, this time in the Vancouver Coastal Health region.
  Vancouver Coastal Health says in a release that the infected person travelled to Southeast Asia in the same party as a Fraser Health region resident who tested positive earlier this month.
  Measles is a highly infectious disease transmitted by airborne spread that can cause brain inflammation, and health authorities say one out o
  
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• Former BC Liberal MLA Abbott named to province’s First Nations treaty commission

  19-02-2025 22:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — A former longtime British Columbia legislator has been appointed to the province’s independent facilitating body for treaty negotiations on First Nations rights and title.
  George Abbott, who represented the Shuswap riding for 17 years, has been named as a new commissioner at the BC Treaty Commission.
  Abbott was first elected in 1996 and held several cabinet positions under former BC Liberal premiers Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark, including as minister of Aboriginal rel
  
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• B.C. tree fruit growers get new $10M fund from the province

  19-02-2025 22:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia has launched a new $10 million fund to help tree fruit farmers facing proposed U.S. tariffs on the heels of years of devastatingly low crop yields.
  A statement from the Ministry of Agriculture says the money will be handed out as one-time payments to farmers and can be used to help with needs like tools, training, capital for farm improvement, farm debt repayment and farm wages.
  The ministry says approximately 720 tree fruit growers will be eligible for a payme
  
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• African Children's Choir to bring 'powerful' music to Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  19-02-2025 22:38
  African Children's Choir to bring 'powerful' music to Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Old-growth logging was ‘goal’ of Interfor: B.C. Forest Appeals Commission decision

  19-02-2025 22:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  British Columbia’s Forest Appeals Commission has upheld a finding that forestry giant Interfor violated provincial legislation when it harvested cut blocks that overlapped with proposed old-growth management areas meant to be preserved.The commission’s panel found Interfor committed eight contraventions of the Forest and Range Practices Act by logging between 2012 and 2016 in the Arrow Lakes area of southeastern B.C.
  However, in its decision issued Feb. 13, the panel set the fine at
  
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• John (Jack) Kimm - Chilliwack Progress

  19-02-2025 22:04
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• The white man who pleaded guilty to shooting a Black teen who rang a wrong doorbell dies

  19-02-2025 21:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — An 86-year-old Kansas City man has died just days after pleading guilty to a lesser charge in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who rang the white man’s doorbell by mistake, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
  Andrew Lester was charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action in the shooting of the then-16-year-old, who survived and is now a freshman at Texas A&M. Before his trial was scheduled to begin, he pleaded guilty Frida
  
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• NewsAlert: B.C. ends take-home safer supply for drug users to stop diversion

  19-02-2025 21:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s health minister has announced that the province is changing its safer-supply anti-addiction program to a witnessed model, in which users will be watched as they consume the drugs.Josie Osborne says the “significant” change to end the take-home model will be difficult for some, but is designed to reduce the criminal diversion of prescribed alternatives.
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• Montreal pleads with residents as it struggles to clear record-breaking snowfall

  19-02-2025 21:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante is pleading for patience and urging caution as the city’s snow removal trucks and plows struggle to clear the record-shattering snowfall that has blanketed Montreal.Plante says the city’s snow removal crews are working around the clock to clear streets and sidewalks, and as of this morning they had cleared about 15 per cent of the city’s streets.
  Plante says residents should avoid going outside as much as possible as snow cr
  
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• Fire-ravaged Lytton, B.C., getting ‘community hub’ with museum, pool, market space

  19-02-2025 21:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LYTTON, B.C. — The federal government is promising more than $25 million to help build a new “community hub” in the Village of Lytton years after much of the B.C. town was wiped out by fire.
  A statement from the Ministry of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities says the new building is expected to include a community-sized pool and fire reservoir, a museum, a market space, multi-purpose rooms and accessible washrooms.
  The $25.9 million in federal funding announced Wednesday i
  
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• Downtown Chilliwack clothing store to officially close next week - Fraser Valley Today

  19-02-2025 21:17
  Downtown Chilliwack clothing store to officially close next week  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Veteran Rugamba welcomes opportunity to help Elks return to CFL playoffs

  19-02-2025 21:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Emmanuel Rugamba embraces the challenge of helping the Edmonton Elks return to the CFL playoffs.
  The veteran linebacker/defensive back was part of Edmonton general manager Ed Hervey’s deep dive into CFL free agency earlier this month.Rugamba was among several veterans Hervey, in his second tenure with the Elks, added to his roster, including: defensive backs Royce Metchie and Tyrell Ford, defensive linemen Robbie Smith, Jake Ceresna, Jared Brinkman and Brandon Barlow, punter Cody Grace and
  
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• Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney plans ‘small’ deficits for capital projects

  19-02-2025 21:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney is vowing to split the federal budget between capital and operating spending, and to balance the operating side while running small capital deficits.
  Carney made the comments at a press conference in Scarborough, Ont., where he also promised he would reduce the debt-to-GDP ratio over time.
  He did not specify what kind of fiscal anchor he has in mind but said that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has been spending “too
  
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• Downtown Chilliwack clothing store to officially close next week

  19-02-2025 21:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The clock is ticking on the remaining days of operation for a women’s boutique clothing store in downtown Chilliwack.
  Lolly’s Fashion Lounge, a fixture in Chilliwack for 24 years, wrote on Facebook this past week that its final day in business will be Wednesday, February 26. It announced in January that it would be closing its doors for good.While new arrival clothing is 30 per cent off, everything else is discounted 50 to 80 per cent.The store, located at 45891 We
  
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• Curling Canada, Kruger insist Hearts relationship strong as curlers ponder changes

  19-02-2025 21:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  THUNDER BAY, Ont. — The title sponsor of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts and Curling Canada insist their relationship is rock solid as some curlers wonder about changes they’ve seen this year.
  Kruger Products, formerly known as Scott Paper, is in its 44th year of sponsoring the Canadian women’s curling championship.
  The company, which ceased its sponsorship of provincial and territorial women’s championship to back a Girls Rock program, has curtailed a jewelry program b
  
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• Canada women settle for 1-1 draw with China in Casey Stoney’s first outing as coach

  19-02-2025 21:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MURCIA — China rallied in the second half to draw Canada 1-1 at the Pinatar Cup on Wednesday in Casey Stoney’s debut as Canadian coach.
  Trailing 1-0 after a goal by Julia Grosso in the 16th minute, 17th-ranked China rebounded from a slow start to tie the game in the 58th minute. Goalkeeper Sabrina D’Angelo made a stellar diving save in stoppage time to preserve the tie after a China corner.
  It was a somewhat choppy performance by the sixth-ranked Canadian women as Stoney, a for
  
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• Train delayed: A timeline of high-speed rail projects in Canada

  19-02-2025 21:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Bold plans and promises for high-speed rail lines in Canada stretch as far back as Pierre Trudeau’s government. So far, none have come to pass.
  Some two dozen studies, market assessments, special reports and task force papers have been carried out since 1984, according to the High Speed Rail Canada platform, an online resource on the subject.
  Now, the Liberal government’s announcement of a high-speed project set to connect Toronto and Quebec City — complete wit
  
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• Supreme Court dismisses appeal for Alberta man convicted in Métis hunter killings

  19-02-2025 21:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s top court has dismissed the appeal of an Alberta man convicted of manslaughter for aiding his son in the killings of two Métis hunters.
  Roger and Anthony Bilodeau confronted Maurice Cardinal and Jacob Sansom in 2020, shot them and left them on the side of a road near Glendon, Alta.
  The pair were found guilty of manslaughter, and Anthony Bilodeau was also convicted of second-degree murder.
  Roger Bilodeau was sentenced to 10 years.
  The Supreme Court of Canada s
  
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• 2 people are dead after a small plane collision in southern Arizona, authorities say

  19-02-2025 20:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MARANA, Ariz. (AP) — A midair collision involving two small planes in southern Arizona killed at least two people Wednesday morning, authorities said.Federal air-safety investigators said two people were on board each plane as they collided near Marana Regional Airport on the outskirts of Tucson.One plane landed uneventfully with the other hit the ground near a runway and catching fire, the National Transportation Safety Board said, based on preliminary information before its investigators
  
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• Small business carbon rebate will be taxed for now despite government promise

  19-02-2025 20:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government has confirmed that small businesses will have to pay tax on their carbon rebate, despite government promises otherwise, because Parliament can’t currently pass legislation to make the payment exempt from income taxes.
  But if legislation passes to do that the government says the businesses can apply for a rebate for the taxes paid on their rebate.
  Dan Kelly, president and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says the situation is a &ld
  
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• Two fatal pedestrian crashes in Chilliwack in less than a day: RCMP - Vancouver Sun

  19-02-2025 20:52
  Two fatal pedestrian crashes in Chilliwack in less than a day: RCMP  Vancouver Sun
  
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• Climate groups push for transparency in alleged fossil fuel education influence

  19-02-2025 20:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Climate advocacy groups are calling on officials to crack down on the fossil fuel industry’s role in K-12 education, suggesting its alleged influence has gone largely unchecked in the absence of robust climate change education.A report released Tuesday by the groups For Our Kids and Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment suggests at least 39 oil and gas companies exercised some measure of education influence, from sponsoring public school science fairs to supplying lessons
  
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• RCMP conduct authority lawyer calls move to replace board ‘desperate’ legal manoeuvre

  19-02-2025 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A lawyer for three British Columbia RCMP officers facing dismissal over alleged racist group chats says a conduct board panel should be replaced over “real or perceived” bias against the officers.Wes Dutcher-Walls, a defence lawyer for Coquitlam RCMP constables Mersad Mesbah, Ian Solven and Philip Dick, says emails between board members and staff referred to his clients as the “three amigos.”
  Dutcher-Walls says the use of the term “amigos,” which means male fr
  
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• Majority of Proline players behind Canada downing U.S. in 4 Nations Face-Off final

  19-02-2025 20:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  An overwhelming majority of Proline bettors see Canada earning redemption in the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament final.
  According to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., 87 per cent of bettors have their money on Canada defeating the United States on Thursday night at TD Garden in Boston. The Americans defeated the Canadians 3-1 on Saturday night in Montreal.
  A solid 74 per cent of wagers are on the over 5.5 goals with Canada’s Connor McDavid being the most popular player prop over 0.5 goal
  
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• Former fullback Steven Beitashour returns to Toronto to join coaching staff

  19-02-2025 20:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto FC coach Robin Fraser has added former TFC fullback Steven Beitashour and former Colorado Rapids assistant Wolde Harris to his coaching staff.
  While general manager Jason Hernandez first revealed the coaching additions Feb. 7 at a reception for season ticket-holders, the MLS club did not officially announce the news until Wednesday.
  The two join Neil Emblen, Jase Kim, Simon Eaddy, Cesar Meylan and Peter Galindo on Fraser’s staff in Toronto. Fraser, who was an assistant coach in Tor
  
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• Tyson, Keith Wilson Road projects progressing as 1-year anniversary start date nears, but delays have occurred

  19-02-2025 20:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — As the dual projects near their one-year anniversary start date, the City of Chilliwack says the Tyson-Keith Wilson design-build projects are well on their way towards completion, though some delays have occurred.
  According to a statement from City of Chilliwack spokesperson Jamie Leggatt, the ongoing Keith Wilson Road project between the Tyson Road and Garrison Boulevard is nearing completion as final boulevard restorations and tree installations begin shortly.
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• City of Mission to consider allowing shipping containers in residential areas

  19-02-2025 20:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — The City of Mission is soliciting feedback from its constituents as it considers allowing shipping containers for the use of enclosed storage within residential zones in the community.
  According to a statement from the municipality Wednesday (Feb. 19), the city says it’s eager to hear from as many residents in different neighbourhoods within the community about shipping containers.“We know that people have very different opinions on the utility of shipping containers
  
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• Judge questions NYC Mayor Eric Adams in hearing on Justice Department’s fight to end corruption case

  19-02-2025 20:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A judge questioned New York City Mayor Eric Adams at the start of a hearing Wednesday to ensure he agreed with the Justice Department’s request to drop corruption charges against him weeks before an April trial.
  Judge Dale E. Ho said he wanted to confirm that the mayor had agreed that the charges would be dropped with the possibility they could be reinstated at a later date.
  “Yes, your honor,” the Democrat said.
  Ho, who was nominated by Democratic Presiden
  
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• Pounding rain, damaging winds battering parts of B.C. through Wednesday

  19-02-2025 20:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Heavy rain and strong winds are pummeling parts of British Columbia.Environment Canada has issued warnings for much of Vancouver Island, Howe Sound, the Sunshine Coast and eastern and northern sections of Metro Vancouver.The forecaster warns of strong winds that may cause damage for much of western Vancouver Island, Victoria the Sunshine Coast and eastern Vancouver Island from Sayward to Nanoose Bay.It says winds could reach 100 kilometres per hour on the west side of Vancouver
  
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• Springer likely to share leadoff spot, will see some time in left field this season

  19-02-2025 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUNEDIN — His spot at the top of the batting order no longer secure and his statistics trending downward, George Springer has plenty to prove as he enters the penultimate season of his six-year deal with the Toronto Blue Jays.Manager John Schneider plans to give the veteran right-fielder some reps in left field this season and says the leadoff spot will likely be “a fluid situation.”“He’s open to anything and everything, which is awesome,” Schneider said. &ldq
  
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• Group wants to revive 'culture of agriculture' at Chilliwack Heritage Park - Chilliwack Progress

  19-02-2025 20:18
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• Quebec tables bill to limit strikes; union says it’s a ‘declaration of war’

  19-02-2025 20:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUÉBEC — The Quebec government has tabled a new bill to limit the duration of strikes and lockouts.Tabled today by Labour Minister Jean Boulet, the bill aims to protect services required to maintain “social, economic and environmental security,” especially of vulnerable people.
  Boulet says his bill would cover sectors that aren’t already subject to the province’s essential services act, which regulates labour relations in areas such as health care and the civ
  
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• Pizza business in Sardis replaces Korean fried chicken restaurant

  19-02-2025 19:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Another pizza joint has opened in Chilliwack, joining the rather crowded arena of pizza establishments across Chilliwack.Pizza 24 has opened in the home of the former Kim’s Fried Chicken at unit 4-5725 Vedder Road. According to signs inside and outside its business, patrons can buy pizzas for $2/slice, or opt for vegetarian and specialty pizzas. It also sells wings, salads and pasta dishes. Its posted hours are 11:30 a.m. to midnight seven days a week.Image: Mike Vanden
  
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• Dabrowski, Routliffe eliminated in Dubai with loss to Noskova, Putintseva

  19-02-2025 19:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI — Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand were eliminated from women’s doubles competition at the Dubai Tennis Championships with a 4-6, 6-3, 10-2 loss to Czechia’s Linda Noskova and Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva in second-round action Wednesday.
  Noskova and Putintseva dominated the tiebreak after winning the second set against the second-seeded team to even the match.
  Dabrowski and Routliffe won just one of six service points and one of
  
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• Advance voting underway for Chilliwack trustee by-election - Fraser Valley Today

  19-02-2025 19:08
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• Advance voting underway for Chilliwack trustee by-election

  19-02-2025 19:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Advance voting is now underway in Chilliwack for the vacant seat on the Chilliwack Board of Education.
  The Chilliwack Landing Sports Centre, a cavernous facility at 45530 Spadina Avenue with plenty of indoor space to host multiple voting tables and booths, has opened its doors today for advance voting.
  Advance voting hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. both today (Wednesday, Feb. 19) and next week Wednesday, Feb. 26, at the Chilliwack Landing Sports Centre.
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• Homan secures playoff berth in Tournament of Hearts with win over B.C.

  19-02-2025 18:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  THUNDER BAY — Rachel Homan’s curling team secured a playoff spot at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts with a 7-5 win over B.C.’s Corryn Brown.
  Homan improved to 6-0 at the Canadian women’s curling championships. The defending champions had two games remaining in Pool A’s preliminary round.
  The top three teams in each pool of nine advance and Homan was chased by three teams at 4-2 — B.C.’s Brown and Alberta’s Kayla Skrlik and Selena Sturmay.
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• Canadian Armed Forces says it’s on track to meet this year’s recruitment goal

  19-02-2025 18:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — More Canadians have expressed an interest in joining the military since U.S. President Donald Trump took office — but the Canadian Armed Forces isn’t attributing that spike to Trump and his talk of annexing Canada.
  The Canadian Armed Forces received roughly 1,000 more applications over the last month than it did in the same month in 2024.
  Military officials say they won’t have data explaining why the numbers are up for some time.
  The military has been working to
  
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• Ottawa purchases 500,000 bird flu vaccine doses to help protect people most at risk

  19-02-2025 18:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The federal government says it has purchased 500,000 doses of bird flu vaccine to ensure Canada is ready for potential health threats.
  The Public Health Agency of Canada says it secured supplies of GSK’s human vaccine against avian influenza.PHAC says 60 per cent of available doses will go to provinces and territories while 40 per cent will be kept in a federal stockpile.
  It does not recommend broad vaccine deployment, noting the shot is meant for people who may be at increased risk, such
  
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• Alberta Premier Smith to give update on response to health corruption allegations

  19-02-2025 18:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is scheduled to provide an update today on the government’s response to allegations of government interference in lucrative medical contracts.
  Health Minister Adriana LaGrange is also set to appear at the news conference in Calgary.
  The former head of Alberta Health Services alleges in a lawsuit that she was fired for probing questionable contracts pushed by government officials as high up as the premier’s office.Smith has bucked calls f
  
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• Trump administration labels 8 Latin American cartels as ‘foreign terrorist organizations’

  19-02-2025 18:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is formally designating eight Latin American crime organizations as “foreign terrorist organizations,” upping its pressure on cartels operating in the U.S. and on anyone aiding them.
  The move, carrying out a Jan. 20 executive order by President Donald Trump, names Tren de Aragua in Venezuela, MS-13 in El Salvador and others. The designation will be published in Thursday’s edition of the Federal Register, according to a notice Wed
  
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• Toronto Raptors sign shooting guard Jared Rhoden to 10-day contract

  19-02-2025 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors have signed Jared Rhoden to a 10-day contract, the NBA team announced Wednesday.
  The six-foot-five, 210-pound shooting guard appeared in four NBA games with Charlotte this season.He has also played in 20 Tip-Off Tournament and regular-season games with Greensboro and Raptors 905 in the NBA G League, averaging 16.6 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 29.5 minutes.He is shooting .504 (133-264) from the field and .396 (40-101) from three-point range. He had a s
  
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• In good news for J-pod, killer whale calf is a female

  19-02-2025 18:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Centre for Whale Research says it has confirmed a new killer whale calf in a pod of endangered orcas that live off southwest British Columbia is female.It’s a piece of good news for J-pod, after the recent death of another calf whose mother pushed the carcass for days in what researchers said was a display of grief.
  The Washington state-based organization says on social media that the new calf known as J62 was seen on Feb. 8 off the San Juan Island, and researchers we
  
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• UFC confirms first two fights for return to Montreal in May with UFC 315

  19-02-2025 17:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Former flyweight champion Alexa Grasso and Canadian middleweight Marc-Andre (Power-Bar) Barriault will both fight Brazilians on the UFC 315 card in Montreal in May.
  Grasso takes on Natalia Silva while Barriault faces Bruno (Blindado) Silva in the first two bouts confirmed by the UFC for the May 10 show at the Bell Centre.
  Grasso (16-4-1) lost her title last time out to Kyrgyz-Peruvian Valentina (Bullet) Shevchenko at UFC 306 in September in the third fight of a trilogy that saw Mexican win the t
  
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• Canada’s Auger-Aliassime into Qatar Open quarterfinals, will face Russia’s Medvedev

  19-02-2025 17:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DOHA — Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the quarterfinals of the Qatar Open tennis tournament Wednesday when second-round opponent Hamad Medjedovic withdrew with a right leg injury.
  Auger-Aliassime will next face Russia’s Daniil Medvedev on Thursday.Medjedovic had advanced with a 7-6 (6), 5-7, 7-6 (5) upset of sixth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in first-round action Tuesday. The Serbian was in clear discomfort as he fought through the third-set tiebreak.
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• Trump calls Zelenskyy a ‘dictator’ as tensions rise between the leaders over the Russia-Ukraine war

  19-02-2025 17:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MIAMI (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday called Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “dictator without elections,” lashing out after the Ukrainian president said Trump was being influenced by Russian disinformation as he moves to end the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine on terms that Kyiv says are too favorable to Moscow.
  “Think of it, a modestly successful comedian, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, talked the United States of America into spending $350 Billion Dollars, to go into a War
  
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• Trudeau says democracy at stake as Ukraine kept away from peace talks

  19-02-2025 17:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ukraine must have a seat at the table in any peace talks, as Washington and Moscow discuss ways to end the war.
  Trudeau says Canada and most of its allies insist that Ukraine must be part of any discussions on ending Russia’s war, which started three years ago.
  The prime minister will be speaking later today with European leaders as they try to strategize — and as U.S. President Donald Trump suggests that Ukraine somehow started the w
  
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