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• Alabama governor commutes death row inmate Rocky Myers’ sentence to life in prison

  28-02-2025 23:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday commuted the death sentence of Robin “Rocky” Myers to life in prison after noting questions about his case.
  Ivey said Myers, who was facing execution this spring, will instead spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole. She noted that was the sentence jurors at his 1994 trial had recommended.
  The decision came after ongoing questions about the case that included a lack of physical evidence at th
  
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• Laurie St-Georges’ curling team changes after near miss in Tournament of Hearts

  28-02-2025 23:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAVAL, Que. — Laurie St-Georges’ curling team has partially disbanded after narrowly missing the playoffs at the Canadian women’s curling championship.
  St-Georges, vice Jamie Sinclair, second Emily Riley and lead Lisa Weagle went 5-3 at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Thunder Bay, Ont., to finish just outside the top three teams at 6-2 that advanced out of their pool.
  The team said Thursday in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, that Sinclair and Weagle were stepping a
  
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• Two in critical condition after possible house explosion in Langley (VIDEOS)

  28-02-2025 22:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LANGLEY — Tall smoke towers billowed for miles out this late morning (Feb. 28) as Langley crews battled a house fire.
  At around 10:40 a.m., RCMP responded to reports of a possible explosion in the 7300 block of 196 Street.
  Police worked with first responders from Langley Fire and Emergency Health Services for about an hour into the blaze to close off the area and evacuate residents nearby.
  “The house has collapsed and is gone, the neighbouring house was completely engulfed, and is do
  
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• Joel Embiid will miss the rest of the season for treatment and rehabilitation of his left knee

  28-02-2025 22:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Joel Embiid will miss the rest of the season, with the Philadelphia 76ers saying Friday he will focus on treatment and rehabilitation of his left knee.
  Embiid was already set to miss his 40th game of the season Saturday when the 76ers host Golden State. But the 76ers said there will be no more games for the All-Star center in 2024-25.
  “We are working with medical experts to determine the exact treatment plan and will update media when we have more information,&rdq
  
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• Blue Jays top Tigers 10-7 to snap two-game skid in spring training

  28-02-2025 22:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUNEDIN — The Toronto Blue Jays used an eight-run fourth inning to earn a 10-7 win over the Detroit Tigers on Friday in spring training action.
  It was a split-squad game for the Blue Jays (4-2), who were also scheduled to play the New York Yankees Friday night.
  Starter Chris Bassitt struck out four while surrendering one hit in 2 2/3 innings for the Blue Jays, who bounced back from consecutive losses to Baltimore and Philadelphia.
  Reese Olson got the start for Detroit (2-4) on the mound, a
  
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• Ottawa tells First Nations chiefs committee to sort out child welfare talks with AFN

  28-02-2025 22:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu says Ottawa needs the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and a committee trying to renegotiate a child welfare agreement to decide who’s leading the talks before any progress can be made.
  “There has been confusion regarding the role of the National Children’s Chiefs Committee and whether you and the committee are the body that Canada should be working with,” says a Feb. 25 letter from Hajdu to the chair of the National
  
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• Two in critical condition after possible house explosion in Langley

  28-02-2025 22:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY — Tall smoke towers billowed for miles out this late morning (Feb. 28) as Langley crews battled a house fire.
  At around 10:40 a.m., RCMP responded to reports of a possible explosion in the 7300 block of 196 Street.
  Police worked with first responders from Langley Fire and Emergency Health Services for about an hour into the blaze to close off the area and evacuate residents nearby.
  Four ambulances with primary care paramedics, one ambulance with advanced care paramedics, two advanc
  
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• Joly says Ukraine needs a security guarantee after Trump-Zelenskyy fight

  28-02-2025 21:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says there’s a good chance that Russia could re-invade Ukraine if there are no security guarantees in a peace deal.
  Her statement comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump engaged in a shocking verbal brawl in the White House today.
  The two countries were expected to sign a minerals deal today as part of efforts to end Ukraine’s war with Russia, but after Zelenskyy insisted that the deal in
  
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• Iowa’s governor signs a bill removing gender identity protections from the state’s civil rights code

  28-02-2025 21:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa became the first U.S. state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code on Friday when Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a bill that opponents say will expose transgender people and other Iowans to discrimination in all aspects of daily life.
  The new law, which goes into effect July 1, follows several years of action from Reynolds and Iowa Republicans to restrict transgender students’ use of such spaces as bathrooms and locker rooms,
  
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• Toronto FC captain Jonathan Osorio on the verge of another MLS milestone

  28-02-2025 21:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  One week after scoring in his 13th straight MLS season, Toronto FC captain Jonathan Osorio is on the verge of another milestone.
  The 32-year-old midfielder from Brampton, Ont., is one goal away from joining Major League Soccer’s exclusive 50-goal, 50-assist club.
  Osorio, who currently sits on 49 goals and 52 assists in regular-season play, would become the fourth active player to reach the 50-50 milestone, joining FC Dallas’ Luciano Acosta (72 goals, 97 assists), the Los Angeles Gala
  
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• Police investigate possible explosion, house fire at home in Langley, B.C.

  28-02-2025 21:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY, B.C. — A house fire and possible explosion has closed off a neighbourhood in Langley, B.C.RCMP say the fire was reported on Friday morning, and officers along with firefighters and paramedics responded to the scene in the 7300 block of 196 Street.
  Police say homes in the surrounding area have since been evacuated.
  They say there is also an “indefinite road closure” on 196 Street between 72 and 74 avenues, as well as along several side streets as the investigation conti
  
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• Jury finds Illinois landlord guilty of murder, hate crime in 2023 attack on Palestinian American boy

  28-02-2025 21:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — A jury found an Illinois landlord guilty of murder and hate crime charges Friday for a brutal 2023 attack on a Palestinian American family that left a 6-year-old dead.
  Joseph Czuba, 73, was charged in the fatal stabbing of Wadee Alfayoumi and the wounding of his mother, Hanan Shaheen on Oct. 14, 2023 in Plainfield, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) from Chicago. Authorities alleged the family — who were renting rooms in Czubas house — was targeted because of th
  
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• More ‘Buy BC’ ads coming as Eby touts local food in response to U.S. tariff threat

  28-02-2025 20:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia Premier David Eby says it has been “absolutely inspirational” to see people step up across the province and Canada to support homegrown businesses in response to the tariff threat from U.S. President Donald Trump.
  Eby made the comment during a visit to a Save-On-Foods location in Vancouver, where he highlighted efforts to boost local food production.
  He says Windset Farms based in Delta, B.C., entered into a partnership with BC Hydro last fall to ex
  
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• Canadiens forward Dach set to miss remainder of season after undergoing knee surgery

  28-02-2025 20:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BROSSARD, Que. — Kirby Dach will miss the rest of the NHL season.
  The Montreal Canadiens announced Friday that the forward has undergone successful surgery on his injured right knee and is expected to make a full recovery before the start of next season.
  The 24-year-old last played in Montreal’s 5-2 win over the Ottawa Senators on Feb. 22.
  It’s the second straight season that a knee injury has ended Dach’s campaign, after he tore his ACL and MCL in the same knee in his se
  
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• One injured after SUV drives through Salmon Arm, B.C., medical clinic

  28-02-2025 20:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SALMON ARM, B.C. — A woman who was inside a medical clinic in Salmon Arm, B.C., was injured and brought to hospital after she was struck by a vehicle that drove through the building.
  RCMP say the crash was reported on Thursday.Officers, firefighters and paramedics attended the scene.
  Police say first responders arrived to find a red SUV had “come to a stop against an interior wall, after completely entering the medical clinic.”
  They say the driver was a 78-year-old woman who wa
  
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• Man charged after investigation into B.C. drug trafficking network, police say

  28-02-2025 20:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — Police in British Columbia say a 31-year-old man has been charged following investigation into a drug trafficking network operating in the Lower Mainland and Interior.
  The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of B.C. says in a release that their investigation began in the Lower Mainland last July, but the team soon uncovered the network reached as far as Kamloops.
  It says officers from the unit and the Kamloops RCMP served three search warrants in the city in December, w
  
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• Transport Minister Anand says she’s seeking re-election in face of Trump’s threats

  28-02-2025 20:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Anita Anand, minister of transport and internal trade, says she’s changed her mind and will run in the upcoming federal election.
  In January, Anand said she would not run for the Liberal party leadership and would not seek re-election as she considered returning to her former life as an academic.
  But she now says U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade threats are pushing her to stay on as she rallies the provinces to drop internal trade barriers.
  She says that when she ma
  
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• Canada-only Saturday playlists coming to multiple radio stations Saturday - Chilliwack Progress

  28-02-2025 20:40
  Canada-only Saturday playlists coming to multiple radio stations Saturday  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Anand meets with provincial counterparts to discuss boosting interprovincial trade

  28-02-2025 20:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Transport and Internal Trade Minister Anita Anand says she wants to boost internal trade by getting the provinces to recognize out-of-province labour certifications and regulations.
  Anand is meeting in Toronto today with the Committee on Internal Trade, made of provincial and territorial trade ministers.
  The federal government has eliminated 20 of 39 federal exemptions in the Canada Free Trade Agreement.
  Anand says removing these exemptions will make it easier for Canadian compani
  
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• Time running out for Canadians seeking visas for family in Gaza

  28-02-2025 20:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Time is running out for Canadians hoping a federal visa program will provide an escape route for Palestinian family members trapped in Gaza, leaving some still grappling with the complex application process and worried their loved ones won’t get out.
  Damey Lee is part of a group of immigration lawyers who launched a Federal Court lawsuit representing 53 family members of Palestinian Canadians still stuck at the first stage of the application process. The suit
  
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• Vancouver FC sells 20-year-old midfielder James Cameron to MLS’s Colorado Rapids

  28-02-2025 20:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Vancouver FC has sold 20-year-old midfielder James Cameron to the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer.
  It’s the Canadian Premier League side’s second major off-season transfer following the Jan. 31 sale of then 16-year-old midfielder Grady McDonnell to Club Brugge of the Belgian Pro League last month.
  That sale involved a Vancouver club-record fee of 350,000 euros ($525,810), according to a source granted anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.
  
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• Canada’s wheelchair curling team seeks world championship as Paralympic Games loom

  28-02-2025 20:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Douglas Dean will wear the Maple Leaf for the first time at the world wheelchair curling championship.
  The 60-year-old from Thunder Bay, Ont., is also the first curler from Northern Ontario to play for Canada in the event.
  “It means a lot, especially at 60 years old. I thought my athletic career was over until the sport of curling came about,” Dean said.
  “What means even more to me is that I am proudly wearing the Maple Leaf, not only representing Cana
  
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• Fraser Valley Agritech projects receive $4 million in provincial funding

  28-02-2025 20:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Seven Agritech projects across the Fraser Valley will be getting $4 million in provincial funds as the B.C. government continues to till the soil of its own agricultural industry.Aldergrove’s Foxy Produce and the C&T Mushroom Farm in Langley yield the largest share of the investment– with each producer receiving more than $1 million due to the scale and complexity of their projects.C&T Mushroom Farm will test automated cow manure processing to create organi
  
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• Chilliwack mall kiosk closes amid 2 pending store closures - Fraser Valley Today

  28-02-2025 20:07
  Chilliwack mall kiosk closes amid 2 pending store closures  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Chilliwack mall kiosk closes

  28-02-2025 20:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — In the midst of two pending store closures, another store has closed at Cottonwood Centre mall in Chilliwack.Virgin Mobile, which had operated a kiosk near Coles and Bootlegger, has permanently closed its location, according to multiple signs encircling the retail counter.Virgin Mobile customers can head to the Bell store in the mall for assistance, or visit the Bell store at 8249 Eagle Landing Parkway.Ricki’s and Bootlegger are set to close soon. However, Bootlegger is
  
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• Pope had a bronchial spasm and his prognosis remains guarded, Vatican says

  28-02-2025 19:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ROME (AP) — Pope Francis suffered a bronchial spasm Friday that resulted in him breathing in vomit, requiring non-invasive mechanical ventilation, but he responded well and remained conscious and alert at all times, the Vatican said.
  The episode, reported late Friday by the Vatican, resulted in doctors keeping his prognosis from a two-week battle with double pneumonia as guarded.
  THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
  ROME (AP) — Pope Francis reached
  
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• Canada rugby sevens captain Piper Logan out for season with knee injury

  28-02-2025 19:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada rugby sevens captain Piper Logan will miss the rest of the HSBC SVNS season after tearing the posterior and medial cruciate ligaments in her knee on the weekend in Vancouver
  The 23-year-old from Calgary was hurt when she fell awkwardly in a collision early in Canada’s 34-12 loss to New Zealand on Saturday in the Cup quarterfinal at the HSBC SVNS Vancouver.
  “I’ve torn my PCL and MCL over the weekend,” Logan said in a social media post. “Thank you to those who
  
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• Pembina Pipeline boss: tariff threats making Canadians more open to energy projects

  28-02-2025 19:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — U.S. tariff threats are making politicians and the general public more receptive to Canadian energy infrastructure projects, the chief executive of Pembina Pipeline Corp. says.“Hopefully with what’s happening, it will be obvious to the country that these projects need to get built and so we think that there’s definitely positive tailwinds,” Scott Burrows said Friday on a conference call with analysts to discuss his company’s latest results.
  “Yo
  
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• Quebec replaces digital technology minister who resigned over auto board scandal

  28-02-2025 19:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUÉBEC — Quebec’s premier has replaced his cybersecurity and digital technology minister after a scandal with the auto insurance board’s online platform forced the resignation of Éric Caire.
  Premier François Legault today named backbencher Gilles Bélanger as Caire’s replacement, after an explosive report last week revealed cost overruns of at least $500 million in the creation of the online platform.
  Bélanger, first elected in the Orford
  
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• Small-scale community project grant reopens in Abbotsford

  28-02-2025 18:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — No community project is too small to fund, as the City of Abbotsford returns with the $20,000 Neighbourhood Small Grants (NSG) program.The grant offers up to $1,000 in initiatives that build vibrant communities and form friendships among residents. Projects are split into three categories:
  Neighbourhood Connection, e.g. block parties, workshops and events
  Neighbourhood Beautification, e.g. gardening, park clean-up and community improvement initiativesNeighbourhood Safety, e.g.
  
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• Captain Nicholas Kirton leads the way as Canada beats Zimbabwe ‘A’ in one-day cricket

  28-02-2025 18:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HARARE — Captain Nicholas Kirton scored 84 runs and opener Yuvraj Samra added 80 to help Canada beat Zimbabwe ‘A’ by four wickets in a one-day cricket international Friday.
  Zimbabwe “A’ won the first ODI Wednesday by four wickets.
  Zimbabwe won the toss Friday and elected to bat first. The Canadian bowlers struck quickly with openers Matthew Welsh and Tanunurwa Makoni removed for three and two runs, respectively.
  But captain Dion Myers, batting third, steadied the sh
  
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• Zelenskyy meets Trump at White House and seeks security assurances against future Russian aggression

  28-02-2025 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Friday with President Donald Trump at a pivotal moment for his country, as he tries to persuade the White House to provide some form of U.S. backing for Ukraine’s security against any future Russian aggression.
  Zelenskyy flashed a thumb’s up but didn’t speak to reporters as he arrived at the White House. He wore a more formal black top rather than his usual military green T-shirt, prompting Trump to quip, &ldqu
  
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• Canadian rider Derek Gee wins O Gran Camino time trial, moves into first overall

  28-02-2025 18:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PEREIRO DE AGUIAR — Canadian Derek Gee won Friday’s individual time trial to move into first place overall at the O Gran Camino cycling race in Spain.The 27-year-old from Ottawa, riding for the Israel-Premier Tech team, finished the 15.5-kilometre third stage in 23 minutes 17 seconds. Danish rider Magnus Cort dropped out of the lead after finishing fourth on the stage and now sits second overall, five seconds behind Gee.
  Israel-Premier Tech teammate Hugo Houle is 36th overall after f
  
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• Saturday, March 22, 2025 - Prince George Spruce Kings

  28-02-2025 18:02
  Saturday, March 22, 2025  Prince George Spruce Kings
  
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• Gilles Villeneuve museum to shut temporarily amid lawsuit by late driver’s family

  28-02-2025 17:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The museum named in honour of Canadian racing legend Gilles Villeneuve is temporarily shutting down amid a legal battle with the late driver’s family over his memorabilia.The museum’s general manger, Alain Bellehumeur, accused the Villeneuve family of squandering the Formula One driver’s heritage in a statement announcing the closure of the museum in Berthierville, Que., about 70 kilometres northeast of Montreal.
  On Thursday, the driver’s widow and two ad
  
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• Canada’s Auger-Aliassime advances to Dubai final, chance for third title of 2025

  28-02-2025 17:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI — Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime will play for his third title of 2025 after downing French qualifier Quentin Halys 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 in the semifinal at the Dubai Tennis Championships on Friday.The 24-year-old, who already claimed titles in Adelaide and Montpellier this season, saved three set points in the opening set before taking control in the second, breaking Halys’s serve at a crucial moment.
  It was one of his four break-point conversions out of seven chances in the
  
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• Quebec could extend religious symbols ban to school staff other than teachers

  28-02-2025 17:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Quebec government might extend its ban on religious symbols to members of school staff other than teachers.
  Education Minister Bernard Drainville says he wants to strengthen secularism in schools by passing legislation on gender equality and on expanding the scope of the religious symbol ban for public employees.
  A report published this morning on 17 schools accused of not abiding by the province’s secularism rules notes that employees including school daycare workers
  
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• Ottawa posts $21.7 billion deficit for April-to-December period

  28-02-2025 17:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $21.7 billion for the April-to-December period of its 2024-25 fiscal year.
  The result compared with a deficit of $23.6 billion for the same period a year earlier.
  According to the Finance Department’s monthly fiscal monitor, revenue for the nine-month period totalled $355.6 billion, up from nearly $318.1 billion a year earlier, boosted by gains in all categories.
  Program expenses excluding net actuarial losses amounted to
  
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• Trump calls Freeland ‘a whack’ and Poilievre ‘not a MAGA guy’ as tariff threat looms

  28-02-2025 17:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump is weighing in on domestic Canadian politics as his deadline to impose steep tariffs on Canada inches closer.
  In an interview with The Spectator, Trump called Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland terrible and “a whack” — and claimed credit for her resignation as finance minister.
  Trump also remarked on Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, saying that “his biggest problem is he’s not a MAGA guy.”
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• Supreme Court dismisses appeal from Saskatchewan government involving Métis group

  28-02-2025 17:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an appeal from the Saskatchewan government over a lawsuit alleging a Métis organization wasn’t consulted over uranium exploration permits.
  The unanimous ruling lets Métis Nation Saskatchewan proceed with its legal action against the province, after permits were granted three years ago in northwest Saskatchewan near Patterson Lake.
  The court says it was not an abuse of process for Métis Nation Saskatchewan to sue
  
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• CF Montreal acquires Pacific’s Emil Gazdov, named the CPL’s top goalkeeper in 2024

  28-02-2025 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CF Montreal has acquired Canadian goalkeeper Emil Gazdov from Pacific FC in a record transfer for the Canadian Premier League team.
  The fee is close to $300,000, with Pacific to get 20 per cent of a subsequent sell-on fee, according to a source granted anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the sale.
  Gazdov, whose contract runs through 2026 with option years for 2027 and 2028, joins ‘keepers Jonathan Sirois and Sebastian Breza on the Montreal first-team roster. Sir
  
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• Canada’s Sherret takes over World Cup ski cross standings lead with bronze medal

  28-02-2025 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GUDAURI — India Sherret, of Cranbrook, B.C., won the bronze medal in the World Cup ski cross competition on Friday.Switzerland’s Fanny Smith claimed gold, while Italy’s Jole Galli took silver.
  It was Sherret’s sixth podium finish of the season, and she now leads the World Cup standings with 750 points, ahead of teammate Marielle Thompson, of Whistler, B.C., who has 727.Thompson, who was first in qualifying, finished 16th.
  Courtney Hoffos, from Windermere, B.C., won the sm
  
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• Trump to sign order Friday designating English as the official language of the US

  28-02-2025 16:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Friday designating English as the official language of the United States, according to the White House.
  The order will allow government agencies and organizations that receive federal funding to choose whether to continue to offer documents and services in language other than English, according to a fact sheet about the impending order.
  The executive order will rescind a mandate from former President Bill Cl
  
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• Chilliwack man found guilty of Mission murder - Mission City Record

  28-02-2025 16:26
  Chilliwack man found guilty of Mission murder  Mission City Record
  
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• Chilliwack man found guilty of Mission murder - Abbotsford News

  28-02-2025 16:26
  Chilliwack man found guilty of Mission murder  Abbotsford News
  
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• Canada’s Kingsbury claims his 97th World Cup victory in moguls

  28-02-2025 15:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ALMATY — Mikaël Kingsbury, of Deux-Montagnes, Que., claimed his 97th World Cup moguls victory despite the final being cancelled due to fog.
  The Canadian’s score of 81.7 points in qualifying earned him the gold, edging out South Korea’s Jung Dae-yoon and Japan’s Ikuma Horishima.
  The win guarantees Kingsbury the Crystal Globe for single moguls, his 27th World Cup season title.
  In the women’s event, Tess Johnson claimed gold with 77.68 points, narrowly defeating A
  
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• Canada extends temporary visa application window for Ukrainians

  28-02-2025 14:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government is extending the timeline for Ukrainians in Canada who fled Russia’s invasion to apply for new or renewed temporary visas by one year.The new deadline to apply for new or renewed work and study permits under the Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel program is March 31, 2026.
  Nearly 300,000 Ukrainians came to Canada under the program, which said they had to arrive by March 31, 2024.The temporary program is intended to help interested Ukrain
  
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• Agassiz, Chilliwack Girl Guides celebrate World Thinking Day - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  28-02-2025 14:06
  Agassiz, Chilliwack Girl Guides celebrate World Thinking Day  Agassiz Harrison Observer
  
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• Violent protests in Athens on rail crash anniversary as frustration over system failures boils over

  28-02-2025 12:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Protesters hurling Molotov cocktails and smashing paving stones clashed with riot police firing volleys of tear gas and stun grenades in central Athens Friday, as tens of thousands of people took to the streets of cities across Greece to mark the second anniversary of a devastating train crash that has become a symbol of institutional failure.
  Paramedics were seen carrying at least one protester away from the scene of violent clashes near the capital’s central S
  
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• Suicide bomb at a seminary in northwest Pakistan kills top cleric and 4 others ahead of Ramadan

  28-02-2025 12:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up after walking into a mosque within a pro-Taliban seminary in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing a top cleric and four other worshippers and wounding dozens of others ahead of the fasting month of Ramadan, according to local police.
  The blast occurred in Akora Khattak, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, district police chief Abdul Rashid said.He said Hamidul Haq, who is the head of a faction of the Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam
  
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