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• Judge won’t immediately block Trump administration’s abrupt halt to Catholic refugee funding

  20-02-2025 23:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday refused to block the Trump administration’s abrupt halt to funding of the nation’s largest private refugee resettlement program in a setback to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.Judge Trevor McFadden denied the bishops’ request for a temporary restraining order that would have restored the funding but called his ruling “very tentative.”McFadden, who was appointed by President Donald Trump in 2017, also ordere
  
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• Hockey a Home Run: Blue Jays following 4 Nations Face-Off at spring training

  20-02-2025 23:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUNEDIN — Baseball is top of mind for the Toronto Blue Jays as they prepare for their pre-season opener on Saturday, but the 4 Nations Face-Off hockey tournament has generated plenty of interest in the team’s clubhouse.
  The MLB Network is the usual go-to option on the big screens around the team’s player development complex.That changed Monday afternoon as the Canada-Finland game was on the clubhouse monitors after the athletes finished their morning workouts. Several players p
  
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• B.C. task force aims to grow agriculture, food processing industries

  20-02-2025 23:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  British Columbia is launching a task force focused on growing the agriculture and food processing industries after years of struggle due to climate, labour concerns and now the threat of tariffs from the United States.
  Agriculture Minister Lana Popham says the task force will provide recommendations to government in the next 10 months on topics such as access to water, land and labour, as well as competitiveness and investment.
  Popham says plans for the task force were underway before threats fr
  
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• Two drivers accused of hitting same pedestrian then leaving B.C. crash site

  20-02-2025 23:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COQUITLAM, B.C. — Mounties in Coquitlam, B.C., say charges have been approved against two drivers who are accused of leaving the scene after allegedly running over the same pedestrian.Police say a lone female had the right of way at the intersection of Pinetree Way and Guildford Way in January last year when she was hit by a vehicle.They say a short time later, as she was unconscious on the ground, a second vehicle hit her.Neither driver remained at the scene, but a Good Samaritan was tend
  
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• Fraser Valley teenager reported missing: RCMP

  20-02-2025 23:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY — Mounties in Langley are appealing for help from the public in locating a 14-year-old female who was reported missing Wednesday.According to a statement from Langley RCMP Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, Ella Hansen was last seen on Wednesday, Feb. 19
  Description of Ella:Caucasian female
  14 years
  5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
  113 lbs (51 kg)
  Brown hair
  Brown eyesShe was last seen wearing:Black jacket
  Grey sweat pants
  Grey sweaterPolice are asking anyone who may have seen Ella or have information on her w
  
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• Former Colorado sheriff’s deputy convicted of homicide in shooting death of man in crisis

  20-02-2025 23:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DENVER (AP) — A former Colorado sheriff’s deputy was convicted Thursday in the shooting death of a 22-year-old man in distress who called 911 for help after his car got stuck in a small mountain community.Jurors found Andrew Buen guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the June 2022 death of Christian Glass, whose death drew national attention and led to changes in how officers are trained to respond to people in mental health crises under a $19 million settlement with his family.
  
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• PM speaks with Zelenskyy, repeats call for Ukraine’s involvement in U.S.-Russia talks

  20-02-2025 22:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke today with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Washington and Moscow talk about a possible end to Russia’s war.
  Trudeau says Canada “will always stand in defence of Ukraine” and adds that Europe cannot have sustainable peace without security for Ukraine.
  He is repeating his call for Ukraine to be at the negotiating table as U.S. President Donald Trump’s officials meet with their Russian counterparts to discuss a po
  
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• Chilliwack MLA says drug crisis cost lives of her brothers, niece and nephew - Abbotsford News

  20-02-2025 22:46 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack MLA says drug crisis cost lives of her brothers, niece and nephew  Abbotsford News
  
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• Chilliwack MLA says drug crisis cost lives of her brothers, niece and nephew - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  20-02-2025 22:31 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack MLA says drug crisis cost lives of her brothers, niece and nephew  Agassiz Harrison Observer
  
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• Chilliwack MLA says drug crisis cost lives of four relatives - Chilliwack Progress

  20-02-2025 22:31 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack MLA says drug crisis cost lives of four relatives  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• A look at outgoing Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King

  20-02-2025 22:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHARLOTTETOWN — Dennis King, Prince Edward Island’s Progressive Conservative premier, has announced he will step down Friday. Here is a look at the 33rd premier of the Island.
  Age: 53
  Early years: King was born Nov. 1, 1971, in Georgetown, P.E.I., to Catherine (Cattie) Rachel Stevens and Lionel MacKenzie King.
  Education: He graduated from Montague Regional High School in 1990, and after studying journalism in Ontario, he returned to P.E.I.
  Career: Before starting his own public relat
  
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• Flood watch up due to possible ice jam on B.C. Interior waterways

  20-02-2025 22:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s River Forecast Centre has posted a flood watch on three Interior waterways because of the chance of a midseason ice jam.
  The centre says temperatures in the first two weeks of February have been between 10 C and 17 C below normal in the Merritt area.
  Warming is expected, and the centre says rain of five to 15 millimetres is forecast for valley bottoms, with rain or snow at higher elevations.The flood watch has been posted for the Nicola and Coldwater riv
  
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• No injuries from explosions on Israeli busses in a suspected militant attack, police say

  20-02-2025 22:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — A series of explosions on three buses in a parking lot rattled central Israel on Thursday in what authorities suspected was a militant attack. No injuries were reported.The explosions happened on a day when Israel was already grieving after Hamas returned the bodies of four hostages from Gaza. The bus explosions were reminiscent of bombings during the Palestinian uprising of the 2000s, but such attacks are now rare.
  Police spokesman Asi Aharoni told Channel 13 TV that expl
  
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• Jays shortstop Bo Bichette looks for bounceback year after injury-plagued 2024 season

  20-02-2025 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUNEDIN — Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette looks and feels like himself again at spring training after an injury-plagued 2024 season.That’s good news for a player entering his walk year and a team that needs him to be in top form as it looks to bounce back from a last-place finish in the American League East.“I think we’re capable of winning a lot of games, I think we’re definitely better,” Bichette said Thursday. “There’s excitement, I think everyb
  
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• Car-Free Chilliwack a new support group for those without a vehicle - Chilliwack Progress

  20-02-2025 22:06 via news.google.com
  Car-Free Chilliwack a new support group for those without a vehicle  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Body cameras to be worn at 2 retail stores in Chilliwack

  20-02-2025 22:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Loblaw announced Thursday (Feb. 20) that it has expanded its body-worn camera pilot program to two retail stores in Chilliwack.
  In a statement from the company, Loblaw says employees at Real Canadian Superstore on Luckakuck Way and Shoppers Drug Mart at Southgate Shopping Centre on Yale Road will begin wearing the cameras to improve safety and address retail crime, effective Wednesday, February 19.
  “This initiative is designed to help create a more secure environment for
  
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• Body cameras to be worn at 2 retail stores in Chilliwack - Fraser Valley Today

  20-02-2025 21:53 via news.google.com
  Body cameras to be worn at 2 retail stores in Chilliwack  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Liberals increase Sudan war refugee quota as Quebec bars relatives from resettlement

  20-02-2025 21:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government is increasing the number of refugees it plans to resettle as a result of Sudan’s civil war, with changes that could see 7,000 more people reach Canada through various programs.
  But Ottawa says it remains impossible for Quebecers to sponsor relatives from Sudan to resettle in that province.
  Instead, Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Quebecers can now apply to resettle their relatives as long as they go to another province.
  The federal policy suggest
  
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• Insigne back in Toronto while TFC wraps up Florida training camp ahead of MLS season

  20-02-2025 21:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Lorenzo Insigne’s future with Toronto FC remains murky with news that the high-priced Italian designated player is not with the team, two days before the MLS season opener at D.C. United.
  “He is in Toronto at the moment,” coach Robin Fraser said Thursday from Palm Beach, Fla., where TFC is wrapping up its pre-season training camp before flying to Washington.
  Asked about Insigne’s future, Fraser offered little.
  “I really can’t say too much about it. I think a l
  
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• Service slower, more costly after IT overhaul at Quebec auto insurance board: auditor

  20-02-2025 21:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUÉBEC — Service is slower and more costly after a $1.1-billion overhaul of the information technology system at Quebec’s auto insurance board.
  That’s the conclusion of the province’s auditor general in a report released today.
  The provincial board, which enforces the Highway Safety Code, thought it would save hundreds of millions of dollars with the new online portal, called SAAQclic.
  But auditor Guylaine Leclerc says that two years after it was implemented, the c
  
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• As Trump flags timber tariffs soon, B.C. minister says impact would be ‘devastating’

  20-02-2025 21:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — B.C.’s Forests Minister Ravi Parmar says the expectation of more duties and additional tariffs piled onto Canadian softwood lumber would “absolutely be devastating” for the country’s industry.
  Parmar says they expect the U.S. Commerce Department will issue anti-dumping duties by Friday of as much as 14 per cent, on top of the current 14.4 per cent duty.It comes after U.S. President Donald Trump told media on Air Force 1 that his administration was eyeing
  
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• Poilievre’s proposed incentives for First Nations water, resource projects draw fire

  20-02-2025 21:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he would incentivize First Nations to support natural-resource projects through industry taxes and revisiting how much sway Indigenous Peoples and environmental considerations have over approving projects.The proposals drew some swift criticism from experts and researchers.
  Speaking at a rally in Ottawa on Saturday, Poilievre said he would encourage Indigenous leaders to support natural resource projects by “letting companies pay a s
  
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• B.C. Conservative MLA says drug crisis cost lives of her brothers, niece and nephew

  20-02-2025 21:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The House Leader of the Opposition B.C. Conservatives has described the “unsurmountable” personal impact of the toxic drug crisis, which she says claimed the lives of two of her brothers, a niece and a nephew.
  A’aliya Warbus says that just last week she attended a memorial for one brother who died from “a lethal dose of drugs” a year ago.
  She says a niece “died alone in a tent,” while her 13-year-old nephew died last fall after overdosin
  
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• Pakistani national accused in NYC terror plot against Jews agrees to extradition

  20-02-2025 21:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Pakistani national from Ontario wanted in the U.S. on terror-related charges for allegedly targeting Jewish institutions in New York City has agreed to be extradited.
  During a brief Superior Court hearing today in Montreal, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 20, consented to being sent to the U.S. to stand trial.
  Khan has been jailed since his arrest on Sept. 4 in Ormstown, Que., at the behest of U.S. authorities.
  U.S. officials have charged Khan with one count of attempting to provide ma
  
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• B.C. Highway Patrol investigating 2 overpass strikes on Hwy. 1 in Langley; trucking firm is known to police

  20-02-2025 20:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRASER VALLEY — Officers with the B.C. Highway Patrol are investigating after a commercial big rig struck reportedly struck two overpasses along Highway 1 in Langley.
  According to a statement from BC Highway Patrol spokesperson Corporal Michael McLaughlin, the overpass strike happened Thursday morning, February 20 at 9:17 a.m. An initial investigation shows that a tractor-trailer towing a large vertical load struck both the 264 Street overpass and the CP Rail overpass on Highway 1 westboun
  
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• Frank Baylis says Trudeau, premiers made ‘mistakes’ dealing with Trump

  20-02-2025 20:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Liberal leadership hopeful Frank Baylis says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canada’s premiers have been dealing with President Donald Trump’s trade threats all wrong.
  He says they have made “mistake after mistake,” starting with Trudeau rushing to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Florida resort in November soon after he threatened Canada with tariffs.
  Baylis says the only way to deal with a bully like Trump is to dig in your heels and refuse to offer him anythin
  
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• B.C. Indigenous Relations Minister denounces racist graffiti on Treaty 8 building

  20-02-2025 20:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s Indigenous relations minister is condemning “racist vandalism” of a Treaty 8 Tribal Association office in Fort St. John last weekend.
  Christine Boyle says it is important to stand against acts of hate, adding that Treaty 8 is a “critical part of B.C.’s work to advance reconciliation.”
  Videos from local media show swastikas and profanities spray painted on the walls of the First Nation building in the city.
  Fort St. John Mayo
  
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• Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King announces he will resign on Friday

  20-02-2025 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King says he will resign as premier and leader of the Progressive Conservative party effective Friday at noon.
  King, 53, told reporters today that his decision is in the best interest of his family, the government and the people of P.E.I., adding that he is in good health.
  The premier says a new leader will be chosen “in the hours ahead,” and that person will become premier when he steps down.
  King says he knows today’s
  
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• Trump loyalist Kash Patel is confirmed as FBI director by the Senate despite deep Democratic doubts

  20-02-2025 20:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday narrowly voted to confirm Kash Patel as director of the FBI, moving to place him atop the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency despite doubts from Democrats about his qualifications and concerns he will do Donald Trump’s bidding and go after the Republican president’s adversaries.
  “I cannot imagine a worse choice,” Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., told colleagues before the 51-49 vote by the GOP-controlled Senate. S
  
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• Abbotsford man charged in hit and run collision that seriously injured a 25-year-old female pedestrian: RCMP

  20-02-2025 20:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Following an exhaustive investigation by police, an Abbotsford man has been charged for his alleged role in a multi-vehicle hit and run collision that sent a 25-year-old female pedestrian to hospital with serious injuries.
  According to a statement from Coquitlam RCMP, two charges have been approved by the B.C. Prosecution Service against Gurdeep Singh Dhanoaa of Abbotsford and Chin Tung Cheung of Coquitlam for one count of fail to stop after accident causing bodily harm, under section 320.16(2)
  
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• Jill Alice Sache - Chilliwack Progress

  20-02-2025 19:52 via news.google.com
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• New York governor won’t remove NYC mayor, for now, but plans to increase oversight of City Hall

  20-02-2025 19:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. Kathy Hochul will not immediately remove New York City Mayor Eric Adams from office, but will instead push for increased oversight of City Hall as he faces intense scrutiny over his relationship with the Trump administration.Hochul will announce Thursday that she has, for now, decided against removing Adams from office, according to two sources familiar with the governor’s plan but who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to disclo
  
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• Vatican says Pope Francis is ‘improving slightly’ and working from the hospital

  20-02-2025 19:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ clinical condition is “improving slightly,” the Vatican said Thursday, adding that he went about his work activities from the hospital where he is recovering from pneumonia.
  In a late update, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said Francis has no fever and that his key parameters “continue to be stable.”
  The 88-yearold pope was admitted to the hospital on Feb. 14 after a case of bronchitis worsened; doctors later diagnosed the onset of pn
  
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• No damages reported after earthquake shakes parts of Alberta, B.C.

  20-02-2025 19:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GRANDE CACHE, Alta. — Earthquakes Canada says some Alberta and B.C. residents may have felt the ground shake Thursday morning.
  A 5.2 magnitude earthquake was detected roughly 63 kilometres northeast of Grande Cache, Alta., but it isn’t believed to have caused any damage.
  The agency says the quake would have been lightly felt in the surrounding communities of Edson, Grand Prairie and Whitecourt, as well as in Prince George, B.C.
  Its magnitude scale says quakes between 3.5 and 5.4 are
  
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• Rachel Homan, Bruce Mouat teams to clash in curling’s battle of the sexes in Toronto

  20-02-2025 19:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Canada’s Rachel Homan and Scotland’s Bruce Mouat will clash in curling’s battle of the sexes in Toronto.
  The top-ranked women’s and men’s teams in the world square off in the Rio Mare Battle of the Sexes on April 7 at the Mattamy Athletic Centre a day before the final Grand Slam of the season.
  The AMJ Players’ Championship is in the same arena April -13.
  The eight-end skins game will feature celebrity coaches, guest appearances and unique rule
  
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• New York governor says prison guards arrested, charged in death of handcuffed man beaten by them

  20-02-2025 19:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s governor says prison workers are being arrested today on murder charges in the death of an inmate who was beaten while handcuffed.
  The beating of Robert Brooks by multiple officers at Marcy Correctional Facility in December was caught on body cameras, triggering widespread outrage and calls for justice.Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the murder charges Thursday afternoon in a statement.
  “Robert Brooks should be alive today. The brutal attack on Mr. Bro
  
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• Fraser Valley farm frustrated with theft of golf cart that provided a senior with freedom, independence

  20-02-2025 19:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRASER VALLEY — A farm in the Fraser Valley has been left reeling after someone inexplicably stole a golf cart from a carport on the farm’s property last week, leaving a senior without vital transportation around the farm.The farm in question, Aldor Acres, is located east of Fort Langley. Open year-round for seasonal events, it houses a fall pumpkin patch and seasonal market with fresh picked corn, u-pick sunflowers, pumpkins, farm sausages, local artisan products, and farm animals.
  
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• Victor Wembanyama expected to miss remainder of season after blood clot diagnosis, Spurs announce

  20-02-2025 19:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  San Antonio star Victor Wembanyama is expected to miss the remainder of the regular season after being diagnosed with a blood clot in his right shoulder, the Spurs announced Thursday.
  It is a massive blow to the Spurs, who are contending for a playoff spot in the Western Conference.
  The condition was diagnosed this week after Wembanyama returned from the All-Star Game, the Spurs said.
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  AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBATim Reynolds, The Associated Press
  
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• Youth performing-arts festival takes stage in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  20-02-2025 18:55 via news.google.com
  Youth performing-arts festival takes stage in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Gilles, Poirier one point ahead of American world champions at Four Continents

  20-02-2025 18:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Defending champions Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Canada were one point ahead of world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States after Thursday’s rhythm dance at the figure skating Four Continents.
  Toronto’s Gilles and Poirier of Unionville, Ont., scored 87.22 points for their upbeat routine to a medley of songs including “I Get Around” and “California Girls” by The Beach Boys and “Wipeout” by The Surfaris. The pair is looking
  
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• WNBA expansion Toronto Temp introduces Wright Rogers as inaugural GM

  20-02-2025 18:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The WNBA expansion Toronto Tempo officially introduced Monica Wright Rogers as its first general manager.
  The Tempo, Canada’s first WNBA franchise, made the announcement Thursday after hiring Wright Rogers, 36, in January.
  Wright Rogers, a two-time WNBA champion as a guard with the Minnesota Lynx, joins the Tempo after spending the past two seasons as the Phoenix Mercury’s assistant GM.
  Wright Rogers will oversee basketball operations, including hiring a head coach an
  
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• New race without gender rules coming to 207-year-old rowing event in Newfoundland

  20-02-2025 18:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — A centuries-old rowing race in the heart of St. John’s, N.L., is introducing a new category this year that doesn’t separate athletes by gender.
  The Royal St. John’s Regatta’s open category will instead sort rowers only by age, allowing athletes of any gender to form a six-person team.
  Course captain Keith White says the new category will allow transgender and non-binary athletes to compete, as well as teams of friends or co-workers of mixed
  
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• Manitoba’s Einarson, Nova Scotia’s Black keep playoff race tight at Hearts

  20-02-2025 18:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  THUNDER BAY, Ont. — The race for playoff spots at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts was a fight to the finish.
  While defending champion Rachel Homan, Alberta’s Kayla Skrlik and B.C.’s Corryn Brown secured spots early in Pool A, the three playoff teams from Pool B remained in flux heading into the final draw of that pool.
  Ontario’s Danielle Inglis falling 8-6 in an extra end to Manitoba’s Kerri Einarson and Quebec’s Laurie St-Georges dropping a 7-6 decision to
  
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• Montreal police open homicide investigation after man, 20, shot in upper body

  20-02-2025 18:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal police say a 20-year-old man is the city’s latest homicide victim.
  The man was shot Wednesday night and was discovered around 9 p.m. when police received a 911 call about a man lying on the ground near a vehicle.
  At the scene, paramedics discovered that the man had been struck by at least one bullet to his upper body, and he was taken to hospital in critical condition.
  Const. Raphaël Bergeron says the 20-year-old died in hospital.
  No suspect has been identifi
  
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• The federal government must revisit its approval of a popular weed-killer, court says

  20-02-2025 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government has been ordered to reassess its 2022 approval of a popular weed-killer after a Federal Court judge ruled ­this week the original approval was unreasonable.
  In a decision issued Tuesday, Justice Russell Zinn gave Health Canada six months to reassess the health risks of glyphosate — the most heavily-used pesticide ingredient in Canada — after the agency failed to show it considered new scientific evidence identifying new or elevated risks asso
  
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• Police looking to ID persons of interest in connection with playground arson

  20-02-2025 18:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOWER MAINLAND — Mounties with the Ridge Meadows Detachment are looking to identify three individuals in connection with a playground structure fire in late January.
  According to a statement from Constable Tisha Parsons, Maple Ridge Fire Department crews responded to a playground structure fire on January 29 at approximately 7:53 p.m. The playground fire incurred significant damage estimated at approximately $70,000.The Ridge Meadows RCMP are investigating an arson that occurred on January
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Federal government lists criminal organizations as terrorist entities

  20-02-2025 18:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government says several transnational criminal organizations are being listed as terrorist entities under the Criminal Code to fight fentanyl trafficking.
  More coming.Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press
  
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• Calgary fighter Jake Peacock scores dominant win on One Championship card in Qatar

  20-02-2025 18:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DOHA — Calgary Muay Thai fighter Jake (the One) Peacock stopped Japanese bantamweight Shinji Suzuki in the third round Thursday at One 171: Qatar to record his second win in as many One Championship outings.
  Peacock, who was born without a right hand, kept coming forward and doing damage at Lusail Sports Arena. Suzuki went down three times in the third round, prompting referee Olivier Coste to stop the fight at one minute 31 seconds.
  Peacock and Suzuki were originally due to meet Nov. 8 on
  
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• Auger-Aliassime advances to Qatar Open semifinals after Medvedev retires with illness

  20-02-2025 18:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DOHA — Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the semifinals of the Qatar Open tennis tournament after Russia’s Daniil Medvedev retired from their quarterfinal with an illness.
  Auger-Aliassime won the first set of Thursday’s match 6-3 before Medvedev, who was seeded fourth at the ATP 500 tournament, left the court.
  The 24-year-old Canadian won 89 per cent of his service points and had four aces in a dominant first set on which he didn’t face break point.
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• Multi-day encampment cleanup underway on Soowahlie First Nation in Chilliwack

  20-02-2025 17:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A multi-day cleanup effort intended to clear out multiple encampments on Soowahlie First Nation land and private property just south of Chilliwack Lake Road got underway Wednesday morning in Chilliwack.
  Contractor Jason Walters, Wayne Furness of F.H. Forestry Ltd. and a third individual worked all day Wednesday (Feb. 19) to clear out roughly three camps. While that number may seem low, it’s due to the staggering amount of rubbish that has accumulated over months, if not
  
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