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• Abbotsford Police on a tear removing impaired drivers from area roads

  26-02-2025 23:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Nearly two dozen drivers have been removed from Abbotsford-area roadways by the Abbotsford Police Department in the equivalent of two days.
  According to a statement from Sgt. Paul Walker, AbbyPD says impaired driving continues to impact the community, leading to the loss of life and/or serious injuries. In just 56 days alone to start off 2025, AbbyPD has removed 188 impaired drivers.This past week, AbbyPD’s Patrol shift one initiated Project Pegasus, a proactive effort t
  
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• Balance key as Whitecaps host Saprissa in CONCACAF Champions Cup play: coach

  26-02-2025 23:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps are looking to strike a fine balance when they host Deportivo Saprissa on Thursday.Last week, the ‘Caps suffered a rough last-minute 2-1 loss to the Costa Rican side in the first half of their two-game aggregate CONCACAF Champions Cup matchup.“We know we have to win,” Vancouver head coach Jesper Sorensen said of Thursday’s rematch. “That’s actually pretty easy. We have to win the game first and foremost.”
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• Possible human remains found in search for slain women at Winnipeg-area landfill

  26-02-2025 23:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government says potential human remains have been discovered at a landfill where search teams have been working to find two slain First Nations women.
  The province says steps are underway to identify the remains from the site, located north of Winnipeg.
  It’s believed the remains of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran were disposed of and ended up at the landfill in May 2022.
  The women, along with two others, were the victims of serial killer Jeremy Skibicki, who
  
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• Man who was mad about Chinese spy balloon gets 4 years probation for threatening ex-Speaker McCarthy

  26-02-2025 23:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man was sentenced to four years of probation on Wednesday for threatening to assault former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy after becoming upset with the government for not shooting down a Chinese spy balloon that floated over the defendant’s home city.
  Richard Rogers, 45, of Billings, was convicted by a federal jury last year on charges of threatening a member of Congress and making harassing phone calls to the FBI and congressional staff. He routinely
  
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• Israeli official says Hamas has handed to Red Cross 4 bodies of Israelis held hostage in Gaza

  26-02-2025 23:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CAIRO (AP) — An Israeli security official said early Thursday that Hamas has handed to the Red Cross the bodies of 4 Israelis who were held hostage in Gaza
  The official was speaking on condition of anonymity pending a formal announcement.
  At around the same time, a Red Cross convoy carrying dozens of released Palestinian prisoners left Israel’s Ofer prison.
  THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
  CAIRO (AP) — Hamas was set to hand over the bodies
  
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• Court of Appeal upholds ruling that CP Rail was not liable for Lac-Mégantic disaster

  26-02-2025 23:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s Court of Appeal has upheld a 2022 lower court ruling that found Canadian Pacific Railway did not have legal liability for the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster that killed 47 people.
  The province’s high court heard arguments from three joined appeals seeking that the railway company be required to pay into a compensation fund for about 4,000 victims of the 2013 tragedy.
  Canadian Pacific was the only one of 24 companies targeted in a class-action lawsuit that
  
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• B.C. looks at ‘coalition of willing’ to expand trade within Canada, premier says

  26-02-2025 23:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby says provinces and territories “need to start acting like a country” on trade and he’s willing to enter bilateral agreements with other jurisdictions if the federal government can’t get an agreement.Eby says his government could enter a “coalition of the willing” with other provinces to recognize each others regimes for trade and professions, and if a product is good enough to be sold in one area, then it&rsq
  
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• Rough sixth inning sinks Jays in 9-6 spring training loss to Phillies

  26-02-2025 23:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUNEDIN — The Philadelphia Phillies scored five runs in the sixth inning and handed the Toronto Blue Jays their first loss of spring training with a 9-6 victory Wednesday.
  Philadelphia took the lead in what was a rough sixth inning for Jays pitchers Jacob Barnes and Richard Lovelady.
  The Blue Jays turned what appeared to be a rout into a close game with a four-run ninth inning.
  Toronto starter Jose Berrios allowed a run and struck out two in two-and-a-half innings, while Barnes picked up t
  
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• Toronto FC makes roster decisions, sets the stage for future player additions

  26-02-2025 23:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto FC completed some roster housekeeping Wednesday, rewarding teenage defender Lazar Stefanovic with a first-team contract as a homegrown player through 2028 with an option for 2029.
  But the bigger project remains, with general manager Jason Hernandez looking to add another piece to the roster.
  After clearing up some past salary cap tangles, Hernandez has opted to start the season with the MLS club adopting the U22 Initiative player roster model, which allows for up to two d
  
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• Three-time men’s amateur winner Scott headlines Canadian Golf Hall of Fame class

  26-02-2025 22:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The last time Richard Scott was at Mississaugua Golf and Country Club he won the 2006 Canadian Amateur Championship. When he returns this August, it will be so he can be enshrined in the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame.
  Scott, Jerry Anderson and Charles Blair Macdonald were named the 2025 induction class for the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame on Wednesday. The trio will be formally enshrined into the hall at a ceremony during the CPKC Women’s Open which runs Aug. 20-24.
  “It was truly remarkab
  
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• Judge embraces being a first-time father and preparing for second time with Argos

  26-02-2025 22:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  It was an eventful start to 2025 for Cameron Judge.
  The veteran CFL linebacker and his wife, Brittany, became first-time parents on Jan. 6 with the birth of their son, Jax.Four days later, the Calgary Stampeders dealt Judge to the Toronto Argonauts for defensive lineman Folarin Orimolade in a move involving impact players.
  Judge was Calgary’s nominee for outstanding defensive player and Canadian after registering 73 tackles (four for loss), one sack, interception, forced fumble and fumble
  
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• Forward Valeri Nichushkin will return to the Avalanche lineup for the 1st time in nearly 2 months

  26-02-2025 22:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DENVER (AP) — Valeri Nichushkin returns to the Colorado Avalanche lineup Wednesday night for the first time in nearly two months after recovering from a lower-body injury.
  The Russian forward will try to spark a sputtering Avalanche offense that’s scored two goals in back-to-back losses since coming back from the break for the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament.
  The game against the New Jersey Devils will be Nichushkin’s first since Dec. 31.
  “You can’t underestimate how
  
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• Brewery proposed for EcoFarm property in Abbotsford - Chilliwack Progress

  26-02-2025 22:15 via news.google.com
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• Argos mourn death of former CFL defensive tackle Baylis, a four-time all-star

  26-02-2025 22:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts say they are saddened to learn of the death of Jearld Baylis Sr., who was a dominant defensive tackle over his 10 CFL seasons.
  Baylis was a CFL all-star in 1987 for the Argos, who offered their condolences in a statement Wednesday.
  Baylis died at age 62 on Dec. 30, though it appears that the Canadian football world is only recently learning of his death.
  It’s also unclear where Baylis was living at the time, but a celebration of his life was held Feb.
  
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• Alaska woman sentenced for laser attack that injured Canadian military aircrew

  26-02-2025 21:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FAIRBANKS — A woman from Delta Junction, Alaska, has been handed three years of probation for using a powerful laser to interfere with a joint military operation, injuring three Canadian aircrew members.A statement from the U.S. District Attorney’s office in Alaska says Canadian military aircrews were flying in two tactical helicopter squadrons on Feb. 11, 2024, as part of an operation with the United States when one of the pilots reported a laser had been pointed at the aircraft.
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• WorkSafeBC levies penalty against Chilliwack farm - Fraser Valley Today

  26-02-2025 21:53 via news.google.com
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• WorkSafeBC levies penalty against Chilliwack farm

  26-02-2025 21:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — WorkSafeBC, an independent provincial agency committed to promoting safe and health workplaces across British Columbia, has levied an administrative penalty against a Chilliwack farm, Shoker Farms Ltd., for unsafe occupational practices.
  According to the text of a penalty on its website, WorkSafeBC inspected the company’s worksite and witnessed two workers on the 4:12 sloped roof of a warehouse. The agency says no fall protection was in place at the time, thereby exposin
  
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• Lifetime teaching ban for former B.C. school counsellor after child porn conviction

  26-02-2025 21:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A former high-school counsellor has been given a lifetime ban from teaching in British Columbia after he was convicted of possessing child pornography.
  A document outlining an agreement between the B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulation and Joseph Scott William McLeod says they have agreed McLeod will never apply for any provincial K-12 teaching authorization in the future.
  The agreement also says authorization will never again be issued to McLeod, who was a couns
  
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• Canada coach tells Trump to lay off ‘ridiculous rhetoric’ of Canada as a 51st state

  26-02-2025 21:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada soccer coach Jesse Marsch waded into politics Wednesday, telling United States President Donald Trump to “lay off the ridiculous rhetoric about Canada being a 51st state.”
  The 51-year-old Marsch, a former U.S. international who was born in Racine, Wisc., made his comments at a CONCACAF news conference at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., the site of next month’s CONCACAF Nations League Finals featuring Canada, the U.S., Mexico and Panama.
  He was asked about the recent F
  
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• Oilers reclaim defenceman Travis Dermott off waivers from Wild

  26-02-2025 21:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Travis Dermott is back with the Edmonton Oilers.
  The club plucked the defenceman off waivers from the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday after having him claimed earlier this season.
  The 28-year-old attended Edmonton’s training camp on a professional tryout contract before inking a deal for the 2024-25 campaign at US$775,000 in October.
  Dermott had zero points and two penalty minutes in 10 games with the Oilers before getting scooped up by the Wild off waivers Dec. 13.
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• FVRD to consider Chilliwack River Valley earthquake warning station - Fraser Valley Today

  26-02-2025 21:18 via news.google.com
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• FVRD to consider Chilliwack River Valley earthquake warning station

  26-02-2025 21:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Fraser Valley Regional District board will consider a motion at its meeting Thursday that could see an earthquake early warning station installed at a fire station in the Chilliwack River Valley.
  According to a staff report dated Feb. 13 and authored by FVRD Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Stacey Barker, district staff are recommending that the FVRD board direct its signatories to enter into a license agreement with Natural Resources Canada for an earthquake early warn
  
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• Quebec caps international students but is hazy on numbers

  26-02-2025 20:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec is taking steps to cut the number of international students in the province, but can’t say by how many.
  The government will issue a maximum of around 124,000 acceptance certificates to foreign students this year, down from more than 156,000 last year.The measure targets private colleges that the government has said are using education as a business model to sell citizenship.But not everyone who receives a certificate ends up enrolling, and Higher Education Minister
  
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• District of Hope councillor resigns, prompting by-election

  26-02-2025 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — The District of Hope has declared an upcoming by-election after Councillor Zachary Wells submitted his resignation.
  In a notice posted to social media Wednesday (Feb. 26), the district says the upcoming by-election will fill the remainder of Wells’ four-year term ending in October 2026. The nomination period will open Tuesday, March 11 and close Friday, March 21.
  According to a published report in a Hope newspaper, Wells resigned due to business and/or work requirements taking
  
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• ‘Beautiful Violence:’ champs Muhammad, Shevchenko excited for UFC’s Montreal return

  26-02-2025 20:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Ultimate Fighting Championship stars Belal Muhammad and Valentina Shevchenko prepared for their trip to Montreal by watching a 4 Nations Face-Off matchup at the Bell Centre between Canada and the United States that featured three fights in the first nine seconds.
  While they weren’t treated to the same fireworks while taking in the Montreal Canadiens’ game against Carolina on Tuesday, they got a taste of what the atmosphere will be like when the Bell Centre hosts UFC
  
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• Crown says accused in Quebec daycare deaths not criminally responsible

  26-02-2025 19:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAVAL, Que. — The man accused of killing two children and injuring six others when the transit bus he was driving crashed into a Montreal-area daycare two years ago should be found not criminally responsible on account of a mental disorder, a Crown prosecutor said Friday.
  Prosecutor Karine Dalphond told Superior Court Justice Eric Downs that the Crown and defence will now present the facts of the case jointly when Pierre Ny St-Amand’s murder trial is back in court on April 7. Dalphon
  
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• Canada, Germany working on diversifying trade in face of U.S. threats

  26-02-2025 19:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canadian companies and diplomats are working with their European colleagues to find ways to diversify trade as the U.S. threatens to impose steep tariffs.
  Germany’s Ambassador to Canada Tjorven Bellmann says European ambassadors in Ottawa have been in touch with corporations on both sides of the Atlantic to discuss how they can boost trade.
  She says that while there’s a lot of interest in capitalizing on a trade deal that Canada and the European Union signed in 2017, b
  
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• Polls suggest a close race as federal election approaches

  26-02-2025 19:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Multiple polls now suggest the next federal election — which could begin in a matter of weeks — will be a tight race.
  At least one major pollster has the Liberals in the lead and ahead of the Conservatives for the first time in nearly four years.
  A new survey from Ipsos released this week suggests that if an election were held today, 38 per cent of Canadians would support the Liberals and 36 per cent would back the Conservatives.
  That’s a major shift from just si
  
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• Justice minister orders new trial for Alberta man convicted of murder in 1991

  26-02-2025 19:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal justice minister has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of second-degree murder in Alberta more than three decades ago.
  Roy Allan Sobotiak was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Susan Kaminsky, who disappeared in 1987.
  The office of Justice Minister Arif Virani says the minister found reasonable grounds to conclude there was a miscarriage of justice in the case.
  Virani’s office says new information has been identified which wasn’t conside
  
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• Alberta man spearheads parliamentary petition to keep Trump out of Canada

  26-02-2025 19:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — More than 28,000 people have signed a parliamentary petition urging Ottawa to bar U.S. President Donald Trump from Canada for persistently threatening the country’s sovereignty.
  Alberta resident Gerard Aldridge, who recently initiated the electronic petition, says he’s a fiercely proud Canadian who sees an opportunity to make a difference on an issue of grave concern.
  Trump has threatened to impose widespread tariffs on Canadian products and has openly suggested that C
  
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• Olympic and world championship medallist Rebecca Smith retires from swimming

  26-02-2025 19:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Rebecca Smith, who helped Canada to a silver medal in the women’s 4×100 freestyle relay at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, announced her retirement from competitive swimming Wednesday.
  Smith, from Red Deer, Alta., teamed with Maggie Mac Neil, Penny Oleksiak and Kayla Sanchez to finish the event in three minutes 32.78 seconds, ahead of the United States and behind Australia’s world-record time of 3:29.69.
  The 24-year-old won nine career world championship short-course
  
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• Fraser Valley high school students to showcase their trade, skill sets at UFV Chilliwack competition

  26-02-2025 18:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Roughly 100 students from the Fraser Valley are rolling up their sleeves as they prepare to compete and showcase their core competencies at the regional competitions of Skills Canada British Columbia, happening this week at the UFV Chilliwack campus.These same secondary students will be vying for a chance to represent Canada at WorldSkills 2026, the Olympic-caliber skills competition held every two years. Their journey begins Thursday, February 27 at UFV.Students who are adept
  
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• The pope’s health shows further slight improvement, the Vatican says

  26-02-2025 18:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ROME (AP) — The Vatican said Wednesday that Pope Francis has shown further slight improvement as he battles double pneumonia, but doctors still say his prognosis is still guarded.
  A CT chest scan taken Tuesday evening showed the “normal evolution” of an infection as it is being treated. Blood tests have confirmed an improvement, according to the Vatican’s late update.
  The slight kidney insufficiency detected a few days ago has receded, and Francis is continuing to receive
  
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• CF Montréal signs fullback Aleksandr Guboglo to homegrown contract

  26-02-2025 18:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — CF Montréal has signed fullback Aleksandr Guboglo to a homegrown contract, the Major League Soccer club announced Wednesday.
  The 17-year-old is under contract through 2026, with options for the next three seasons.
  Guboglo, from Ottawa, joined Montreal’s academy in 2019 and scored nine goals with its under-18 team in the 2024-25 MLS Next season.
  Internationally, Guboglo has earned three caps for Haiti’s U17 team.
  Guboglo joins goalkeeper Jonathan Sirois, midfie
  
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• Chiefs in Ontario to vote on federal child welfare reform deal

  26-02-2025 18:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — First Nations chiefs in Ontario are voting today on whether to accept a child welfare reform deal with the federal government as an election approaches.
  A national $47.8 billion deal proposed by the federal government to reform the First Nations child welfare system was voted down on two occasions last year, when chiefs across the country said it didn’t go far enough on eliminating discrimination.
  Chiefs in Ontario, who were interveners in the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
  
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• Fraser Valley woman reported missing

  26-02-2025 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRASER VALLEY — Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 44-year-old Fraser Valley woman who went missing earlier this week.According to a statement from Surrey Police Service Staff Sgt. Lindsey Houghton, Jinghua Xu was last seen at approximately 1:50 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 23, in the 2500 block of 161A Street in Surrey. She has not been seen or heard from since that day and time.Jinghua is described as a 44-year-old Asian female, approximately 5’2” tall with a me
  
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• Agassiz-area search and rescue manager earns highest award from District of Kent

  26-02-2025 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AGASSIZ — Neil Brewer has practically seen it all and done it all in his 35 years as a manager with Kent Harrison Search and Rescue.
  Brewer has been involved in more than 600 search and rescue tasks and logged countless hours helping to secure funding for essential equipment for search and rescue groups across the province.In light of his his hard work and dedication towards constructing a new Kent-Harrison Search and Rescue building in 2017, Brewer was recently recognized with the Freedom
  
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• NHL trade deadline: A look at some of the players potentially on the move

  26-02-2025 17:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The 4 Nations Face-Off dust now settled, NHL general managers have fully pivoted to the league’s fast-approaching March 7 trade deadline.Executives are either looking to ship out veterans and gather assets for the future — or bolster current rosters with established talent in hopes of a long, memorable playoff spring.Players set to become unrestricted free agents July 1 are always the most likely to be moved before the bell sounds and GMs put down their pencils.
  The Canadian Press ta
  
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• Assembly of First Nations vote Francis Verreault-Paul as Quebec-Labrador grand chief

  26-02-2025 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Francis Verreault-Paul has been elected the new regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations for Quebec and Labrador.
  Verreault-Paul takes over from Ghislain Picard, who decided not to run again after 33 years in the role.
  The 37-year-old beat out three other candidates in a vote held during a meeting in Lac-Beauport, Que., on Tuesday.
  The chiefs of the 43 communities represented by the assembly were eligible to vote.
  Verreault-Paul is from the Innu community of Mashteuiatsh
  
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• The Trump administration sets the stage for large-scale federal worker layoffs in a new memo

  26-02-2025 17:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agencies must develop plans to eliminate employee positions, according to a memo distributed by President Donald Trump ‘s administration that sets in motion what could become a sweeping realignment of American government.The memo expands the Republican president’s effort to downsize the federal workforce, which he has described as bloated and impediment to his agenda. Thousands of probationary employees have already been fired, and now his administrati
  
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• More LGBTQ+ Americans are looking to come to Canada since Trump was elected

  26-02-2025 17:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A LGBTQ+ aid organization says there was a massive spike in the number of Americans looking to leave the country immediately after U.S. President Donald Trump was re-elected.
  Rainbow Railroad reports it received nearly 1,200 inquires from LGBTQ+ Americans on Nov. 6, 2024 alone, after getting about 700 U.S.-based inquiries up to that point in 2024.
  The organization, which works to help LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution in their home countries, says that in the vast majority of case
  
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• UNBC WSOC sign Chilliwack goalkeeper - My PG Now

  26-02-2025 17:25 via news.google.com
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• Vancouver Whitecaps signed top scorer Brian White to contract extension

  26-02-2025 17:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Striker Brian White has signed a contract extension with the Vancouver Whitecaps, keeping him with the club through 2027, the team announced Wednesday.
  Financial details of the extension were not released, but White made US$754,500 in 2024.
  White, the franchise’s all-time leading scorer in the Major League Soccer era with 55 goals across all competitions, is coming off a 2024 season in which he tallied 16 goals and three assists.
  The 29-year-old also became the first Whit
  
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• A capsule look at the 18 teams set to participate in the Montana’s Brier

  26-02-2025 17:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KELOWNA, B.C. — A capsule look at the 18 teams competing in the Feb. 28-March 9 Canadian men’s curling championship in Kelowna, B.C.
  Teams listed by seeding in their pools, athletes from skip to lead, followed by hometown.
  POOL A
  CANADA
  Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brendan Bottcher, Geoff Walker (St. John’s, N.L.)
  Three-time defending champions hold the top seed but have posted middling results since adding Bottcher at second in November.MANITOBA-DUNSTONE
  Matt Dunstone, Colton Lo
  
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• White House says tariffs moving forward but there’s still room for negotiation

  26-02-2025 16:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to hit Canada and Mexico with devastating duties is set to take effect next week — but a White House official confirmed on background that the tariff plans could change through negotiations.
  Trump’s executive order to implement 25 per cent tariffs on all Canadian imports, with a lower 10 per cent levy on energy, was delayed until March 4 after Canada agreed to introduce new security measures at the border.
  The president said
  
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• Supreme Court of Canada moving away from social media platform X

  26-02-2025 16:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says it’s moving away from the social media platform X.
  In an apparent farewell post to its more than 45,000 subscribers, the top court says it will focus its communication efforts on other platforms.
  It invites people to follow the court on its LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube accounts for updates.
  The Supreme Court had no immediate response when The Canadian Press asked it why it is distancing itself from the social media platform.
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• First measles death is reported in the West Texas outbreak that’s infected more than 120 people

  26-02-2025 16:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — A person who was hospitalized with measles has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that began late last month.
  Lubbock city spokesperson Lauren Adams confirmed the death Wednesday. It wasn’t clear the age of the patient, who died overnight.
  Covenant Children’s Hospital in Lubbock didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.The measles outbreak in rural West Texas has grown to 124 cases across nine counties, the sta
  
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• UN food agency pauses aid to famine-hit Sudan displacement camp of a half-million people

  26-02-2025 15:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations’ food agency says it has temporarily paused aid distribution in Sudan’s famine-hit Zamzam displacement camp of a half-million people as fighting intensifies between the country’s warring sides.
  The World Food Program said in a statement Wednesday that fighting over the past two weeks between the military and a paramilitary group forced its partners to leave the camp in western Darfur for safety.
  “Without immediate assistance, thousand
  
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• Canada’s Auger-Aliassime reaches quarterfinal at Dubai Tennis Championships

  26-02-2025 14:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI — Montreal’s Félix Auger-Aliassime rallied past Portugal’s Nuno Borges 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals at the Dubai Tennis Championships.
  Auger-Aliassime broke Borges late in the third set before sealing the win with his ninth ace.
  The world No. 21 converted three of 10 break chances while saving four of six against him.
  It was Auger-Aliassime’s first career meeting with Borges, the world No. 38, on the ATP Tour.
  Auger-Aliassime will nex
  
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• Iran accelerates production of near weapons-grade uranium, IAEA says, as tensions with US ratchet up

  26-02-2025 14:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VIENNA (AP) — Iran has accelerated its production of near weapons-grade uranium as tensions between Tehran and Washington rise after the election of U.S. President Donald Trump, a report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog seen by The Associated Press on Wednesday showed.
  The report by the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency said that as of Feb. 8, Iran has 274.8 kilograms (605.8 pounds) of uranium enriched up to 60%. That’s an increase of 92.5 kilograms (203.9
  
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