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• ‘Give the guy a break’: Ontario Premier Doug Ford defends Wayne Gretzky

  04-03-2025 23:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Canadians should give Wayne Gretzky a break.
  The hockey legend has come under fire for supporting U.S. President Donald Trump by attending his inauguration in January and visiting him several times in recent months at Mar-a-Lago in Florida.
  Gretzky also attended an election victory party for Trump last November and was seen sporting a Make America Great Again hat.
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• Figure skater Fournier Beaudry talks new partnership after Sorensen suspension

  04-03-2025 23:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Laurence Fournier Beaudry didn’t know what was next.
  The Canadian figure skater was at a career crossroads after Nikolaj Sorensen — her partner on and off the ice — was handed a six-year suspension for sexual maltreatment in October.
  “It was really difficult for me, because skating is my entire life and I was getting into a new season that just got cancelled,” the ice dancer said in a phone interview from Paris. “I got in a place where I was a little bit lost
  
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• Ottawa files notice to intervene in Supreme Court hearing on secularism bill

  04-03-2025 23:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government has officially filed a notice to intervene in the Supreme Court of Canada’s hearing on Quebec’s secularism law.
  The top court announced in January it had granted leave to appeal to several groups that oppose the law, though no date has been set for the hearing.Bill 21 was passed in 2019 and prohibits civil servants in positions of authority, including teachers and police officers, from wearing religious symbols on the job.
  The justice department
  
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• How Canada and provincial governments are fighting back against Trump’s tariff war

  04-03-2025 23:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government and Canada’s provinces and territories answered U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Tuesday with immediate acts of economic retaliation and some supports for their own industries.
  Here’s a look at what they did:
  Canada: The federal government immediately imposed retaliatory tariffs on $30 billion worth of U.S. goods, with another $125 billion in goods to be hit in 21 days if the tariffs remain in place. The initial tariffs took effect
  
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• Groups say B.C.’s tariff budget is defensive, with an economic growth plan needed

  04-03-2025 23:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Industry and labour groups say the British Columbia government is hunkering down in its budget in response to the tariffs from United States, but it should be more clear on how it plans to respond in its economic plan.
  Finance Minister Brenda Bailey presented B.C.’s first $10-billion deficit on the same day as U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariffs against Canadian goods began.
  Former provincial health minister Terry Lake, now the chief executive of the BC Care Pr
  
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• ‘Resilient’ Vancouver Whitecaps prepared for tough test against CF Monterrey

  04-03-2025 23:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Jesper Sorensen likes what he’s seen in his first few months as head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps.Yes, the team is winning. But the Danish coach appreciates the way his players are working hard — and responding to adversity when it comes.After starting 2025 with a painful last-minute 2-1 loss to Costa Rica’s Deportivo Saprissa in CONCACAF Champions Cup play, the ‘Caps rallied.
  And that’s what caught Sorensen’s attention.“I’ve
  
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• By the numbers as British Columbia releases its 2025 budget

  04-03-2025 23:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s Finance Minister Brenda Bailey has handed down a budget she says will defend the province against “unjustified” U.S. tariffs.
  Here’s a look at some of the budget’s key numbers and the tariffs’ projected impacts on B.C.
  $10.9 billion: Estimated 2025/26 deficit, up from $9.1 billion in 2024/25
  $20.2 billion: Estimated 2025/26 capital spending, up from $16 billion in 2024/25
  1.8 per cent: 2025 real GDP growth, up from 1.2 per c
  
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• BUDGET 2025: A look at what British Columbians can expect - Chilliwack Progress

  04-03-2025 23:09 via news.google.com
  BUDGET 2025: A look at what British Columbians can expect  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• From record deficit to ICBC rebate, here are highlights of British Columbia’s budget

  04-03-2025 23:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Here are some highlights of British Columbia’s budget, delivered by Finance Minister Brenda Bailey on the same day that U.S. tariffs on imports from Canada were enacted, setting off a North American trade war.
  A RECORD DEFICIT, AGAIN
  The budget forecasts the province’s first $10-billion deficit, with the gap between revenue and expenditure predicted to hit $10.9 billion in 2025/26.Last year’s budget initially forecast a 2024/25 deficit of $7.9 billion — a
  
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• Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes remains ‘day to day’ with injury: coach

  04-03-2025 22:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks may be without their captain Wednesday when they host the Anaheim Ducks.Quinn Hughes took part in practice with his teammates Tuesday, but left after about 15 minutes in what head coach Rick Tocchet says was a planned departure.Tocchet says the star defenceman is “day to day” with an undisclosed injury and that staff will discuss later on Tuesday whether to “shut him down” for seven days or so to give him time to heal.
  Hughes has de
  
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• Kent-Harrison Search and Rescue 'giant' Neil Brewer dies - Chilliwack Progress

  04-03-2025 22:42 via news.google.com
  Kent-Harrison Search and Rescue 'giant' Neil Brewer dies  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Gang-related homicide investigators deployed to Surrey, B.C., after shooting

  04-03-2025 22:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — British Columbia’s Homicide Investigation Team has been deployed to Surrey after a fatal “targeted, brazen shooting” earlier this week.
  Police say officers with the Surrey Police Service responded to reports of a shooting near the 7900 block of 120 Street around 5:25 p.m. Monday and found the driver of a vehicle suffering from life-threatening injuries.
  The team says in a statement that the man died at the scene, and about 10 minutes later Delta police resp
  
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• Raptors’ Dick out at least two weeks with bone bruises

  04-03-2025 22:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto Raptors guard-forward Gradey Dick will be out for at least two weeks with bone bruises, the team announced Tuesday.
  Dick sustained a hyperextended knee in Sunday’s 104-102 win over the Magic in Orlando.
  He is set to begin rehab once the team returns to Toronto following the conclusion of its four-game road trip on Tuesday in Orlando.
  The six-foot-seven, 208-pound wing is averaging 14.4 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 29.4 minutes in his sophomore season.
  The 21-year-old was t
  
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• Montreal’s Stacey and Tabin, Ottawa’s Hughes named PWHL’s three stars of the week

  04-03-2025 22:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Montréal Victoire forward Laura Stacey, Ottawa Charge forward Gabbie Hughes and Victoire defender Kati Tabin have been named the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s three stars of the week.Stacey had two goals and two assists to claim first-star honours as Montreal swept its two games last week.
  She had a goal and an assist in a 3-1 win over Toronto on Feb. 25 and repeated that scoring line, including the game winner, in a 3-2 overtime victory over Boston on S
  
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• Two speeding sedans clocked going over 190 km/h in Chilliwack, B.C. - CTV News

  04-03-2025 21:45 via news.google.com
  Two speeding sedans clocked going over 190 km/h in Chilliwack, B.C.  CTV News
  
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• Surrey man, male foreign national busted for excessive speed on Hwy. 1 east of Chilliwack

  04-03-2025 21:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — BC Highway Patrol says it impounded two vehicles after the drivers, a Surrey man and a male foreign national, were clocked going up to 92 km/hr over the speed limit on Highway 1 east of Chilliwack last week.
  According to a statement BC Highway Patrol spokesperson Corporal Michael McLaughlin, authorities think some motorists wrongly believe that police can only stop one vehicle at a time when in fact, police have advanced technology that allows them to capture the speeds of mul
  
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• Municipalities, rights groups concerned about Quebec bill on integrating immigrants

  04-03-2025 21:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec municipalities and human rights groups are voicing concerns about proposed legislation that would require newcomers to abide by a set of common values.They say the new bill on cultural integration could foster anti-immigrant sentiment and impose a heavy administrative burden on communities.The bill, tabled in January by Quebec’s right-leaning Coalition Avenir Québec government, would have immigrants adhere to shared values including gender equality, secularis
  
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• Trump administration is set to drop lawsuit pushing Idaho to allow emergency abortions, filing shows

  04-03-2025 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is expected to drop a federal lawsuit pushing for emergency abortions in Idaho, which has a strict ban on the procedure, according to court documents filed Tuesday.The Justice Department outlined its plans to move for dismissal of the lawsuit originally filed by the Biden administration, according to the court papers filed by St. Luke’s Health System, the state’s largest hospital network.Dropping the case would represent a dramatic rev
  
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• Analyst calls on Canada’s military to fix white supremacy problem before it starts

  04-03-2025 21:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — An Alberta-based analyst asked by the military to study white supremacy in its ranks says if it doesn’t want the problem to take root, it should take action against a culture that gives it room to grow.
  Political scientist Andy Knight says his research suggests current attitudes within the Armed Forces favour white, male and Christian cultures and put groups like women, people of colour, newcomers and the LGBTQ+ community at a disadvantage.
  “It’s a long-standin
  
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• Jacobs and McEwen post victories to remain unbeaten at Montana’s Brier

  04-03-2025 20:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KELOWNA, B.C. — Alberta’s Brad Jacobs and Saskatchewan’s Mike McEwen posted victories Tuesday to remain unbeaten at the Montana’s Brier.McEwen led the Pool B standings at 5-0 after a 7-5 win over Yukon’s Thomas Scoffin in the early draw at Prospera Place.Jacobs scored a third-end deuce and never trailed in a 6-3 victory over Saskatchewan’s Rylan Kleiter that improved his record to 4-0.Nova Scotia’s Owen Purcell scored four points in the ninth end for a 1
  
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• ‘Team Rustad’ prevails at B.C. Conservative AGM, leader says difference is strength

  04-03-2025 20:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NANAIMO, B.C. — “Team Rustad” has prevailed at the B.C. Conservatives’ first annual general meeting since storming into the province’s mainstream political scene in last year’s election and becoming the official Opposition.
  Saturday’s meeting came amid divisions within the party that Leader John Rustad depicted as a strength not a weakness, in his speech to about 800 delegates.
  “So I have our MLAs being able to stand up and speak, you know, even if
  
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• Energy, trade investments ‘imperative’ in rocky times: Canada Infrastructure Bank CEO

  04-03-2025 20:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The head of the Canada Infrastructure Bank says the power and export-enabling projects the Crown corporation backs are more crucial than ever as trade tumult intensifies with the United States.“In the face of lots of uncertainty, the one thing you can know is that we’re going to need that electricity, energy and trade infrastructure in the future even more,” said Ehren Cory.“It’s an imperative and it’s been an imperative for a while.”
  Cory’s commen
  
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• Disrupting the Peace: On a B.C. ranch, fracking earthquakes rattle a way of life

  04-03-2025 20:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Bo Hedges’ parents have lived on their ranch north of Fort St. John, B.C., for close to 50 years, running the Dead Horse Creek Cattle Company on the property where a natural spring bubbles up near their log home.
  It sounds peaceful — but Hedges said earthquakes triggered by natural gas industry operations are “stressing them out completely” as the couple in their 80s wonders “when’s the big one going to hit.”
  Hedges lives in Fort St. John, but he was vis
  
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• City of Chilliwack seeks paid photographers for Canada Day 2025

  04-03-2025 20:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The City of Chilliwack has extended a photographer call-out as it prepares for this year’s Canada Day festivities in Chilliwack.According to a social media post from the municipality, the city says it is now accepting submissions from photographers who are interested in capturing some of the activities surrounding Canada Day festivities on July 1, 2025 from 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.The City of Chilliwack says it will retain ownership of the photos for future marketing purpose
  
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• City of Chilliwack seeks paid photographers for Canada Day 2025 - Fraser Valley Today

  04-03-2025 20:08 via news.google.com
  City of Chilliwack seeks paid photographers for Canada Day 2025  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Mission 'dial-a-dope' operation busted by Chilliwack RCMP - Mission City Record

  04-03-2025 20:02 via news.google.com
  Mission 'dial-a-dope' operation busted by Chilliwack RCMP  Mission City Record
  
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• A closer look at Canadian efforts to address U.S. concerns about border security

  04-03-2025 20:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The United States imposed sweeping tariffs Tuesday on Canadian products, claiming Canada has failed to adequately address the southbound flow of contraband drugs like fentanyl.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dismissed the U.S. rationale as “completely bogus, completely unjustified, completely false.”
  “Our border is already safe and secure,” Trudeau told a news conference Tuesday.
  He said Canada accounts for well under one per cent of fentanyl seized at the n
  
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• Canada, other countries struggling to come up with new rules for AI and copyright

  04-03-2025 19:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The battle between AI companies and copyright holders notched an early win for publishers in the U.S. in mid-February when a court ruled that a legal research firm didn’t have the right to use a rival’s content.
  But even as the number of legal cases grows, a definite answer to the question of whether artificial intelligence companies can use copyrighted content to train their AI products is still a long way off.
  “We’ve been having this conversation for quit
  
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• B.C. Finance Minister Brenda Bailey on track to deliver budget as Trump slaps tariffs

  04-03-2025 19:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — One day before delivering her first budget, British Columbia’s finance minister said she knows that everyone is wondering how it can be done in the face of unprecedented tariffs from the United States.It is not time to make “deep cuts,” Brenda Bailey told reporters on Monday, but a time to plan for uncertainty and ensure programs and services are protected.
  Experts and economists say the impact from U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods will make Bailey’s budget
  
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• Raptors convert Robinson to standard NBA contract, sign Rhoden to two-way deal

  04-03-2025 19:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors announced Tuesday they have converted centre Orlando Robinson to a standard NBA contract and signed guard Jared Rhoden to a two-way contract.
  The six-foot-10, 235-pound Robinson is averaging 4.3 points, 3.3 rebounds and 12.5 minutes in 26 games with the Raptors and the Sacramento Kings this season.
  He signed a two-way contract with Toronto on Feb. 7 following two 10-day contracts earlier this year.
  Robinson, from Las Vegas, has averaged 3.5 points, 3.2 rebound
  
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• Oilers acquire forward Trent Frederic from Bruins in three-team deal

  04-03-2025 19:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have added some size up front ahead of the NHL trade deadline.
  The club acquired forward Trent Frederic from the Boston Bruins on Tuesday in a complicated three-team deal that also included the New Jersey Devils.
  The six-foot-three, 221-pound pending unrestricted free agent has eight goals and seven assists for 15 points in 57 games this season.Edmonton also acquired depth winger Max Jones in the deal along with the rights to unsigned prospect Petr Hauser. Ne
  
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• Portion of Chilliwack road blocked after semi loses load - Chilliwack Progress

  04-03-2025 19:47 via news.google.com
  Portion of Chilliwack road blocked after semi loses load  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP Drug Unit executes 5 search warrants as part of drug trafficking sting

  04-03-2025 19:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Upper Fraser Valley RCMP detachment in Chilliwack announced Tuesday morning that the Chilliwack RCMP Drug Unit carried out five search warrants to intercept the drug supply for a street-level drug trafficking network.
  According to a statement, police say that the Chilliwack RCMP Drug Unit launched an investigation in October 2024 into a drug trafficking group suspected of operating in Mission, B.C. Police say that over the course of several months, investigators gathered e
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP Drug Unit executes 5 search warrants as part of drug trafficking sting - Fraser Valley Today

  04-03-2025 19:43 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack RCMP Drug Unit executes 5 search warrants as part of drug trafficking sting  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Montreal Canadiens sign centre Jake Evans to four-year contract extension

  04-03-2025 19:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens signed centre Jake Evans to a four-year contract extension on Tuesday.
  The deal, which kicks in next season and runs through 2028-29, will pay Evans an average annual value of US$2.85 million, for a total of $11.4 million.
  Evans was set to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1, leading to rumours he might be dealt before Friday’s trade deadline.
  In 61 games this season, the 28-year-old from Toronto has 12 goals and 16 assists for 28 points, one
  
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• ‘All bets are off’: B.C. pulls liquor, changes procurement after U.S. tariffs

  04-03-2025 19:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  British Columbia Premier David Eby says the province and the country is strong enough to weather the storm in the threat to Canada’s sovereignty coming from a former friend.
  Eby took the unusual step of interrupting B.C.’s budget lockup to address how the province will respond after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canadian goods.
  He says B.C. will again be pulling liquor off store shelves from “red” Republican states and that the government will prioritize
  
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• IHIT deployed to the Fraser Valley after man dies following a reported shooting

  04-03-2025 19:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRASER VALLEY — Surrey Police Service says a man has died after a reported shooting on 120 Street in Surrey.
  According to a statement from SPS Staff Sgt. Lindsey Houghton, SPS frontline officers were dispatched on Monday evening, Mar. 3 at 5:25 p.m. for a reported shooting near the 7900 block of 120 Street in Surrey. SPS officers attended the area and found the driver of a vehicle who had suffered life-threatening injuries. Life-saving measures were initiated but the man died of his injuri
  
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• Germany’s likely next governing parties seek looser debt rules for more defense spending

  04-03-2025 19:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BERLIN (AP) — The prospective partners in Germany’s next government said Tuesday that they will seek to loosen the nation’s rules on running up debt to allow for higher defense spending.
  They said they also will seek to set up a huge 500 billion euro ($533 billion) fund to finance spending on Germany’s infrastructure over the next 10 years.
  Center-right election winner Friedrich Merz, who is trying to put together a coalition government with the center-left Social Democra
  
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• The trade war is on between Canada and the U.S. Here’s what you need to know

  04-03-2025 19:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — A trade war between Canada and its largest trading partner has begun, with tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump now in effect and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responding with a package of retaliatory tariffs.
  Stocks are tumbling, businesses are warning of impending layoffs and further measures from both countries are likely in the coming days.
  What does this all mean for you? Here’s a look at some of the key questions.
  What is a tariff?
  Tariffs are a tax on impor
  
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• Key dates in the Canada-U.S. trade dispute as Trump launches trade war

  04-03-2025 19:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order hitting Canada and Mexico with 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs, with a lower 10 per cent levy on Canadian energy, took effect at 12:01 a.m. ET on Tuesday.
  Canada has responded with retaliatory tariffs, and markets are falling as investors brace for the economic impact that the duties will have on economies on both sides of the border.Canadians confused about Trump’s plans aren’t alone, with the U.S. president at
  
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• How Canadians are reacting to Donald Trump’s tariffs

  04-03-2025 19:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada and Mexico kicked in at midnight, triggering a North American trade war.
  The president’s executive order to impose 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs, with a lower 10 per cent levy on Canadian energy, is now in effect.Canada is immediately imposing 25 per cent retaliatory tariffs on $30 billion worth of American products, and will expand that to cover another $125 billion in U.S. goods in 21 days.
  Here’s how polit
  
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• Fraser Valley teen reported missing: RCMP

  04-03-2025 18:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRASER VALLEY — Mounties in Langley say a 13-year-old girl has been reported missing.
  According to a statement Langley RCMP Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, Averi Lang was reported missing on Sunday, March 2. She last seen on Sunday.
  Description of Averi Lang:Caucasian female
  13 years
  5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
  119 lbs (54 kg)
  Black hair
  Brown eyesShe was last seen wearing:Black sweater
  Grey sweat pantsPolice are asking anyone who may have seen Averi or have information on her whereabouts to call the Langley R
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Ottawa pauses preventive health care task force amid review over breast cancer screening recommendations

  04-03-2025 18:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Federal Health Minister Mark Holland has paused the work of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, which has come under fire for not recommending breast cancer screening for women under 50.More coming.Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press
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• Canadians say they will stop buying U.S. products as Trump’s tariffs take effect

  04-03-2025 18:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — Canadians say they are ready to use their wallets to fight the trade war with the United States, which began today as President Donald Trump imposed 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods.
  Haligonians interviewed today said they are focused on buying Canadian whenever possible, and many said they had already stopped purchasing American products, as Trump had been threatening tariffs for months.
  In downtown Halifax, Darcy Comeau said there is nothing Canadians can do about tariffs
  
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• Minister says he hopes Metis boarding school settlement will help the community heal

  04-03-2025 18:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree says he hopes a federal settlement with Métis who attended a boarding school in Saskatchewan will help them heal.
  The Île-à-la-Crosse boarding school operated for more than 100 years and was attended by Métis and First Nations people who reported being banned from speaking their language and being abused by staff.
  The Métis Nation of Saskatchewan announced Monday it had reached an agreement i
  
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• Driver flees after striking utility pole, road sign Saturday night: Chilliwack RCMP - Fraser Valley Today

  04-03-2025 18:33 via news.google.com
  Driver flees after striking utility pole, road sign Saturday night: Chilliwack RCMP  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Driver flees after striking utility pole, road sign Saturday night: Chilliwack RCMP

  04-03-2025 18:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson has confirmed that a motorist struck a utility pole and road sign Saturday night in Greendale and fled the scene.According to scanner traffic, Chilliwack Fire Department Engines 1, 3, 4 and 6 were dispatched at about 11:05 p.m. Saturday night for the report of a vehicle versus telephone pole.One resident told Fraser Valley Today the accident happened on Yale Road east of Sumas Prairie Road.A witness wrote on social media that multiple Chilliwack
  
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• Trudeau says he and the new Liberal leader will decide on his last day in office

  04-03-2025 18:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — With the Liberal party set to announce its new leader within days, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his last day in office will be determined by himself and his replacement.
  Responding to questions about U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs at a press conference today, Trudeau says a conversation will take place to decide how long of a transition the government needs.
  Trudeau, who announced his plan to resign as prime minister on Jan. 6, says the transition should happen
  
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• U.S. tariffs set to slow pace of homebuilding in Canada: CHBA

  04-03-2025 17:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s building industry says a trade war with the United States will slow down the pace of home construction.
  Canadian Home Builders’ Association CEO Kevin Lee says the U.S. tariffs levied against Canada today will have a “muted” impact on the industry on their own.
  But he says an expected slowdown in the economy tied to tariff impacts could hold the housing market back, dragging down housing starts.
  Canada has responded to U.S. President Donald Trump&rs
  
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• As Trump’s trade war begins, his team links his tariff agenda to drug trafficking

  04-03-2025 17:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Lawmakers and senior advisers in Washington are scrambling to react after U.S. President Donald Trump’s economywide tariffs on Canada and Mexico came into force.
  Key members of Trump’s team fanned out to TV news programs today to link the damaging duties to the flow of deadly fentanyl into the United States.
  Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says it’s a drug war, not a trade war.
  Soon after, the president was on social media claiming there would be no tariffs
  
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