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• Late-season rise in flu cases 'significant' Fraser Health says - Chilliwack Progress

  10-03-2025 23:59 via news.google.com
  Late-season rise in flu cases 'significant' Fraser Health says  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole to have Tommy John surgery on Tuesday

  10-03-2025 23:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Yankees ace Gerrit Cole will have season-ending Tommy John surgery on his right elbow on Tuesday.
  The Yankees said the 34-year-old right-hander was examined Monday by Dr. Neal ElAttrache at the Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute in Los Angeles. ElAttrache, the Dodgers’ head team physician, will operate.
  Cole experienced discomfort following his second spring training outing Thursday.
  New York also is missing AL Rookie of the Year Luis Gil, who will be sidelined for
  
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• New York State fires 2,000 prison guards who refuse to return to work after wildcat strike

  10-03-2025 23:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York fired more than 2,000 prison guards Monday for failing to return to work after a weekslong wildcat strike that crippled the state’s correctional system, but said enough officers had come back on the job to declare the illegal work stoppage over.
  “After 22 days of an illegal strike, the governor and I are happy to report it is now ended,” Commissioner Daniel Martuscello said during a virtual press briefing.
  The state and the guards’ union
  
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• Panthers’ Aaron Ekblad suspended 20 games for violating NHL’s performance-enhancing drug policy

  10-03-2025 23:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad has been suspended 20 games without pay for violating the NHL and NHL Players Association’s policy on performance-enhancing drugs.
  The league announced the ban Monday, adding that Ekblad’s suspension comes with a mandatory referral for evaluation and possible treatment under a league and players union program for substance abuse and behavioral health.
  The defending Stanley Cup champion Panthers have 18 games left in the r
  
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• Mark Carney is the new Liberal leader. What happens now?

  10-03-2025 23:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Mark Carney was elected to lead the Liberal party on Sunday and will soon become Canada’s next prime minister.
  Carney captured 85.9 per cent of the Liberal vote – far ahead of opponents Chrystia Freeland (who got eight per cent), Karina Gould (3.2 per cent) and Frank Baylis, who came in last with three per cent.Carney has promised a speedy transition of power and an early election call is widely expected in the coming days or weeks.
  The transition
  Trudeau needs to form
  
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• Trump warns that arrest of Palestinian activist at Columbia will be ‘first of many’

  10-03-2025 22:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump warned Monday that the arrest and possible deportation of a Palestinian activist who helped lead protests at Columbia University will be the first “of many to come” as his administration cracks down on campus demonstrations against Israel and the war in Gaza.
  Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful U.S. resident who was a graduate student at Columbia until December, was detained Saturday by federal immigration agents in New York and flown to an immigrati
  
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• Laurie Throness to take oath of office as Chilliwack school trustee - Chilliwack Progress

  10-03-2025 22:39 via news.google.com
  Laurie Throness to take oath of office as Chilliwack school trustee  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Unbeaten filly Chantilly among 69 horses nominated for $1-million North America Cup.

  10-03-2025 22:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CAMPBELLVILLE, Ont. — Unbeaten filly Chantilly was among 69 three-year-old pacers nominated Monday for the $1-million North America Cup, one of the premier events in harness racing.
  The Grade 1 race is slated for June 14 at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Chantilly was the lone filly nominated.
  The 69 nominations are up from 67 last year. Chantilly, Canada’s reigning horse of the year, is believed to be the first filly ever nominated for the North America Cup.
  She won all nine of her races as
  
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• Knight, Stacey, Rooney named PWHL’s three stars of the week

  10-03-2025 22:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Boston Fleet forward Hilary Knight, Montréal Victoire forward Laura Stacey and Minnesota Frost goaltender Maddie Rooney are the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s three stars of the week.
  Knight collected her first career PWHL hat trick and added an assist in Wednesday’s 5-2 victory over New York.It was the 35-year-old’s second multi-goal game in five contests after having none in her first 48 PWHL outings between regular season and post-season pl
  
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• Gondola falls near base of lift at Kicking Horse ski resort near Golden, B.C.

  10-03-2025 21:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GOLDEN ROCK — Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in southeastern British Columbia says it has closed for the day after a gondola cabin fell to the ground.
  Photos online show the cabin on its side near the base of a lift.
  A notice posted online by the ski resort outside Golden, B.C., says the incident occurred at the base of the Golden Eagle Express gondola, and members of the ski patrol along with first responders were quickly dispatched to the scene.
  The notice says maintenance and mountain sa
  
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• Eby: B.C. will remove consumer carbon tax as promised once federal barrier is down

  10-03-2025 21:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government will move as quickly as it can to remove the consumer-based carbon tax once the federal law upholding it is removed.
  Eby’s response comes after Mark Carney won the federal Liberal leadership race and reiterated during his speech Sunday that he will reverse the consumer carbon price.The premier says he feels it is “unfortunate” that the policy — which has been in place since 2008 — was “pol
  
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• Abbotsford Board of Education reprimands 2 trustees for misconduct

  10-03-2025 21:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Board of Education has officially reprimanded two of its elected board members for breaching its trustee code of ethics.
  In a statement, the board found that Jared White’s social media post dated February 5, 2025, in regards to gender identity violated the district’s trustee code of ethics and contravened the district’s efforts to maintain a safe and welcoming environment for all staff, students and school community members.
  Jared White wrote t
  
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• B.C. Mountie tells hearing that ‘dark humour’ in group chats was to relieve stress

  10-03-2025 21:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A B.C. RCMP officer says he showed a “lack of judgment” and regrets comments he made in police group chats, but using “dark humour” was a way to vent frustrations about the stressful job of policing.Port Coquitlam RCMP Const. Ian Solven is one of three officers from the detachment facing allegations of discreditable conduct and workplace harassment over comments made in group chats on officers’ personal phones and on police messaging terminals.His comments included
  
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• Blue Jays topple Astros 8-3 in spring training action

  10-03-2025 21:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUNEDIN — Bo Bichette and Addison Barger both homered as the Toronto Blue Jays scored eight unanswered runs to defeat the Houston Astros 8-3 on Monday in spring training action.
  Jake Meyers opened the scoring for Houston with a solo shot in the third. Victor Caratini followed with a sacrifice fly that scored Cesar Salazar, and Jon Singleton added another to bring Cooper Hummel home.
  Bichette trimmed the deficit to two in the bottom of the third.Will Wagner’s double in the sixth score
  
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• Report: Canadian receiver Josh Palmer agrees to three-year deal with Buffalo Bills

  10-03-2025 21:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  It appears Canadian receiver Josh Palmer will be playing football a lot closer to home.Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reported Monday that Palmer, of Brampton, Ont., and the Buffalo Bills have agreed to a three-year, $36-million US deal.The six-foot-one, 210-pound Palmer had 39 catches for 584 yards and a touchdown last season with the Los Angeles Chargers.
  Los Angeles selected Palmer in the third round, No. 77 overall, in the 2021 NFL draft out of Tennessee.He has registered 182 career catches for
  
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• Second-year defensive back Jackson looking forward to competitive Elks camp

  10-03-2025 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Kordell Jackson isn’t standing pat.
  The 25-year-old American defensive back started 16 games as a rookie last season with the Edmonton Elks. But with the franchise’s deep dive into free agency — and adding an abundance of defensive talent — the competition for jobs during training camp will be stiff.
  And that’s just fine with Jackson.
  “That’s the only way to get better,” he said. “That’s how you create a great environment and standard.&
  
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• Prosecutor’s office says case of a California judge charged in wife’s death has ended in a mistrial

  10-03-2025 20:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The case of a Southern California judge charged with murder for fatally shooting his wife has ended in a mistrial, the prosecutor’s office said.Jurors in a Santa Ana courtroom could not reach a unanimous verdict in the case against now-74-year-old Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson, said Kimberly Edds, a spokesperson for the county District Attorney’s office.She said 11 of the 12 jurors had wanted to declare Ferguson guilty of second-de
  
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• Doctors declare Pope Francis no longer in imminent danger due to pneumonia, but remains hospitalized

  10-03-2025 20:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ROME (AP) — Doctors said Monday that Pope Francis is no longer in imminent danger of death as a result of pneumonia but have decided to keep him hospitalized for several more days to receive treatment.
  In a late update, the doctors said the 88-year-old pope remains stable and has consolidated improvements in recent days, as determined by blood tests and positive responses to drug treatments.
  “However, in view of the complexity of the clinical picture and the important infectious pict
  
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• Conservative candidate drops out of race for Ontario seat as election looms

  10-03-2025 19:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Conservative candidate for a northern Ontario riding has dropped out just weeks ahead of an expected election, citing issues with the local electoral district board.
  Cassidy Villeneuve, who was nominated to run for the Tories in Nipissing-Timiskaming, says in a letter posted to social media that she’s been working tirelessly on the campaign for the past 18 months.
  Villeneuve says the challenges in politics are magnified for women and that she received pushback from some
  
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• B.C. expands alcohol ban in its liquor stores to all U.S. booze

  10-03-2025 19:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby says Americans can “keep their watery beer” as he announces an expansion of the U.S. alcohol ban from provincial liquor stores.The province had removed alcohol from Republican states in reaction to President Donald Trump’s tariff threats against Canada, but Eby says the latest news from the United States prompted this action.He says Trump’s threats of additional tariffs on the dairy industry, an investigation into Canada
  
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• Syria’s government signs a breakthrough deal with Kurdish-led authorities in the northeast

  10-03-2025 19:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s central government has reached a deal with the Kurdish-led authority that controls the country’s northeast, including a ceasefire and the merging of the main U.S.-backed force there into the Syrian army.
  The deal was signed Monday by interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa and Mazloum Abdi, the commander of the U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.
  The deal marks a major breakthrough that would bring most of Syria under the control of the g
  
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• Garbage truck strikes overpass on Highway 99 in Lower Mainland: BCHP

  10-03-2025 19:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DELTA — A spokesperson for the BC Highway Patrol has confirmed that a Lower Mainland overpass was struck by a garbage truck Monday morning on Highway 99.
  According to a statement from BC Highway Patrol spokesperson Corporal Michael McLaughlin, BCHP investigators are working with Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement (CVSE) personnel after reports of an overpass strike on Highway 99.
  The strike happened at 7:32 a.m. Monday morning on northbound Hwy. 99 at the 112 Street overpass in Delt
  
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• LA district attorney says he won’t support resentencing the Menendez brothers because they lied

  10-03-2025 18:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The district attorney of Los Angeles County said Monday that he does not support the resentencing of Lyle and Erik Menendez, the brothers who admitted to killing their parents at their Beverly Hills home in 1989.
  District Attorney Nathan Hochman, who took office in December, said last month that he opposed a new trial for the Menendez brothers. The siblings were convicted in 1996 and sentenced to life in prison without parole.Speaking at a news conference Monday, Hochman
  
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• Reality is setting in for new Florida Panther Brad Marchand, who’s excited for a potential Cup run

  10-03-2025 18:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Brad Marchand wore something with his new team’s logo on it for the first time Sunday night.
  He was FaceTiming his kids. There was a Florida Panthers hat on the table in front of him.
  “We were about to hang up … and I was like, ‘before you go, look at this,’” Marchand said. “And I put it on. It was a weird feeling.”
  Marchand still felt a little strange fully dressed in Panthers gear Monday morning: a red jacket w
  
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• Former big league slugger Mo Vaughn confirms HGH use late in his career, report says

  10-03-2025 18:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Former big league slugger Mo Vaughn has confirmed he used human growth hormone to recover from a nagging knee injury late in his career.
  The 1995 American League MVP told The Athletic in a recent interview that he had HGH injected in his knee to extend his career.
  “I was trying to do everything I could,” Vaughn told The Athletic. “I knew I had a bad, degenerative knee. I was shooting HGH in my knee. Whatever I could do to help the process.”
  Vaughn was one of baseball&rsqu
  
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• Conservative Party of B.C. experiencing 'growing pains', house leader says - Chilliwack Progress

  10-03-2025 18:25 via news.google.com
  Conservative Party of B.C. experiencing 'growing pains', house leader says  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• MacKinnon, Stamkos, Wilson named NHL’s three stars of the week

  10-03-2025 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Colorado Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon, Nashville Predators centre Steven Stamkos and Washington Capitals right-wing Tom Wilson were named the NHL’s three stars of the week.
  MacKinnon topped the NHL with nine points (four goals, five assists), posting multiple points in each of his three appearances to lift the Avalanche into third place in the Central Division.
  The 29-year-old had his 10th career five-point performance, and third of the season, with two goals and thre
  
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• Quebec’s Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean haunted by looming U.S. tariffs on aluminum, lumber

  10-03-2025 17:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAGUENAY, Que. — The threat of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods looms large in Quebec’s Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region, where aluminum and wood are economic drivers.
  In the region north of Quebec City, it’s hard to drive along the snow-covered roads without coming across trucks transporting freshly cut logs.
  As well, one-third of Canada’s aluminum is produced in Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean and the region exports 85 per cent of it to the United States.
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• Newest SD33 trustee to be sworn in as fellow board member extends olive branch

  10-03-2025 17:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack’s newest school board member will be sworn in this week, as one fellow trustee has extended a warm welcome to the winner of the by-election held earlier this month.
  After winning the by-election with nearly 55 per cent of the vote, Laurie Throness will be sworn in at a special meeting this Wednesday, March 12 at 4 p.m. at Chilliwack School District’s administrative building on Cessna Drive. This allows him to begin participating in all school district bu
  
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• CP NewsAlert: 3 B.C. Conservatives kicked from the party will sit as Independents

  10-03-2025 17:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — A group of three former B.C. Conservative legislators have announced they will sit as Independents in the provincial legislature.Dallas Brodie was kicked out of the party on Friday over her comments about residential schools, and Jordan Kealy and Tara Armstrong left the party saying Leader John Rustad had abandoned the truth.Armstrong told reporters outside the legislature today that Rustad “caved to the woke liberals who have infiltrated the party.”
  She says no one
  
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• Utah defenseman Juuso Valimaki out 8-9 months after surgery to repair a torn ACL

  10-03-2025 17:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Juuso Valimaki is expected to be out 8-9 months after undergoing surgery to repair a torn ACL, Utah Hockey Club general manager Bill Armstrong said Monday.
  The 26-year-old defenseman from Finland recently cleared waivers and was assigned to the Tucson Roadrunners of the American Hockey League. He played one game for them on Feb. 28.
  Valimaki’s extended absence means he will miss training camp and at least the first month of the 2025-26 NHL season. He has one mor
  
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• Olympic cross-country ski champion Beckie Scott new CEO of Nordiq Canada

  10-03-2025 17:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CANMORE, Alta. — Olympic cross-country ski champion Beckie Scott has taken on the job of chief executive officer of Nordiq Canada.
  The organization is the governing body of cross-country skiing and para Nordic skiing in Canada.
  Scott was the first Canadian and first woman from North America to win an Olympic medal in cross-country skiing in 2002.
  It took two and a half years for her bronze medal to be upgraded to gold as two competitors ahead of her were eventually disqualified from the ra
  
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• Quebec creates new committee to study whether secularism rules are being followed

  10-03-2025 16:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Quebec government is creating a committee to make recommendations on how to strengthen secularism in the province.Announced this morning, the committee will study whether Quebec’s secularism law, Bill 21, is being respected.The government says it will also document alleged religious infiltration of Quebec institutions.The committee will analyze measures in place elsewhere in the world to reinforce state secularism, and will deliver a report by Aug. 20.Quebec has alread
  
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• Ukraine’s Zelenskyy arrives in Saudi Arabia to meet prince ahead of summit with US

  10-03-2025 16:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Saudi Arabia to visit the oil-rich kingdom’s crown prince ahead of his official meeting with America’s top diplomat and others.
  Saudi state television reported Zelenskyy’s arrival Monday in Jeddah, a port city on the Red Sea where the Ukraine-U.S. summit will be held Tuesday.
  U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was en route to Jeddah as well.The Associated Press
  
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• U.S. commerce secretary says steel and aluminum tariffs coming this week

  10-03-2025 16:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Canada remains in the crosshairs of U.S. President Donald Trump’s enormous tariff agenda, with steel and aluminum duties set to come into force on Wednesday.
  U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday that Trump will follow through on his threat to impose 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports into the U.S.
  Lutnick also told NBC’s Meet the Press that the tariffs Trump has threatened to impose on Canadian dairy and lumber would not take effect unt
  
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• Canada to host Argentina for pair of women’s soccer friendlies in B.C. in April

  10-03-2025 16:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada will host Argentina in a pair of women’s international soccer friendlies in B.C. during the April FIFA international window.
  The seventh-ranked Canadians will play No. 33 Argentina at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver on April 4 and at Starlight Stadium in Langford, B.C., on April 8.
  The games will be the first at home for Casey Stoney, who was named Canada coach on Jan. 13.
  “I’m really looking forward to playing in Canada and experiencing the support of our fans,” S
  
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• Port of Vancouver reaches record cargo volumes in 2024 as crude oil exports soar

  10-03-2025 15:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Port of Vancouver moved a record amount of goods through its gates last year, an increase fuelled largely by surging oil exports enabled by the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
  Total freight at the country’s biggest port grew five per cent year-over-year to reach 158 million tonnes in 2024, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority said Monday.
  Crude oil exports climbed 527 per cent thanks to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion that began operations last spring.
  The project twinned the e
  
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• Cultus Lake fire crews called to encampment fire Sunday night

  10-03-2025 15:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — With nearby homes not far away, Cultus Lake Fire Department crews were called to an encampment fire roughly 20 feet by 20 feet Sunday night.According to scanner traffic, firefighters got the call at about 6:52 p.m. Sunday night for the report of an encampment fire near Sleepy Hollow Road and Vance Road.Firefighters knocked down the fire by about 7:14 p.m. and went into overhaul mode. There were no injuries to any firefighters or civilians, as an ambulance had been on stand by
  
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• 3 Abbotsford PD officers assaulted amid yet another busy weekend for police

  10-03-2025 14:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department says three of its officers were assaulted over the weekend in a 3-day span that saw over 300 police files ranging from break-ins to domestic violence calls and more.AbbyPD said its frontline teams handled 306 police files between 5 p.m. Friday and 6 a.m. Monday morning, consisting of break and enters, assaults, domestics, mischiefs, bylaw infractions, traffic issues, weapons-related calls and a serious pedestrian collision.Three of its officers
  
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• More than 30 nations will participate in Paris planning talks on a security force for Ukraine

  10-03-2025 14:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — Military officials from more than 30 nations will take part in Paris talks on the creation of an international security force for Ukraine, a French military official said Monday.
  Such an international force would aim to dissuade Russia from launching another offensive after any ceasefire in Ukraine comes into effect.The long list of participants in Tuesday’s discussions will also include Asian and Oceania nations that will join remotely, the French official said. The int
  
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• Supreme Court will take up state bans on conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children, in a Colorado case

  10-03-2025 14:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday in a case from Colorado to decide whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children.
  The conservative-led court is taking up the case amid aggressive actions by President Donald Trump targeting transgender people, including a ban on military service and an end to federal funding for gender-affirming care for transgender minors.
  The justices also have heard arguments in a Tennessee case over
  
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• In the news today: Mark Carney succeeds Trudeau as Liberal leader

  10-03-2025 09:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Mark Carney succeeds Trudeau as Liberal leader
  Federal Liberals elected Mark Carney to lead their party into the next election in a resounding first-ballot victory on Sunday, putting him on track to soon become the next prime minister of Canada.
  This brings an end to an unusually short, two-month long leadership race called to replace outgoing leader Justin Trudeau and clears the path for an expected e
  
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• ‘Very difficult position’: Bank of Canada expected to cut rate amid trade uncertainty

  10-03-2025 09:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada’s interest rate announcement arrives on Wednesday in a cloud of uncertainty thanks to a shifting trade war with the United States.
  Most economists expect the central bank will deliver another quarter-point rate cut while it waits to see how long the dispute with Canada’s largest trading partner lasts.
  The Bank of Canada faces a difficult task: setting monetary policy at a time when inflation has shown signs of stubbornness and the economy picks up st
  
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• Liberals turn to transition plans after Mark Carney installed as new leader

  10-03-2025 09:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Liberal MPs are gathering on Parliament Hill this afternoon to huddle after the party selected its new leader, former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney.
  Carney is heading into a day full of briefings and in the coming days will need to be sworn in as prime minister, tap his cabinet and sort out his party’s battle plans for the coming federal election — but the exact timeline for all these things remains unclear.
  An early election call is widely expected to follow in
  
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• ‘How did we survive?’ What Canadians recall — and don’t — about the COVID-19 pandemic

  10-03-2025 09:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — There had been warning signs for months.
  There were the reports of dangerous flu-like symptoms in Asia. News of the lockdown that kept tens of millions of people inside their homes in China. Here at home, the growing ubiquity of blue surgical masks. The advice to sing “Happy Birthday” while washing your hands.
  In March 2020, Ren Navarro recalled seeing large bottles of hand sanitizer at a beer event in Guelph, Ont., where she was a panellist. The Queen of Craft crowd
  
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• Dabrowski, Routliffe upset in Indian Wells doubles opener

  10-03-2025 07:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Gabriela Dabrowski’s stay at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells was short and unsuccessful.
  The Ottawa doubles player, who with partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand, were seeded No. 2 in the California outdoor tournament, were upset 7-6 (5), 7-5 by wild cards Caty McNally of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Russian Anna Kalinskaya.
  Dabrowski and Routliffe committed 44 unforced errors in the one hour, 49-minute match. They finished with two aces and nine double faults.
  McNally and Kalinskaya won 36
  
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• North Korea fires several ballistic missiles into sea after US, South Korea began military drills

  10-03-2025 06:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired several ballistic missiles off the North’s west coast.
  The South’s military said the launches were detected on Monday but gave no further details about them.
  The launches came hours after the South Korean and U.S. militaries began their annual drills that North Korea views an invasion rehearsal.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
  South Korea and the United State
  
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• ‘We need some desperation’: Scoring woes haunt struggling Vancouver Canucks

  10-03-2025 06:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A persistent predicament proved problematic for the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday — the team simply struggled to score.It’s an issue that’s growing increasingly troublesome as the Canucks (29-23-11) continue to battle three other teams for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.“We’re in the thick of the race. We need some desperation, like to grab a puck and do something,” head coach Rick Tocchet said after his side dropped a 4-1 dec
  
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• Capitals beat Kraken 4-2, Ovechkin scores 886th career goal

  10-03-2025 05:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored his 886th career goal into an empty net to seal the Washington Capitals’ 4-2 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Sunday, moving nine back of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record and helping the Eastern Conference leaders win their fourth game in a row.
  Ovechkin backhanded the puck in from center ice with 1:31 left, sending the crowd into jubilation and chants of “Ovi! Ovi!” His 33rd goal of the season was also his 1,600th career
  
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• NHL roundup: Capitals beat Kraken 4-2, Ovechkin scores 886th career goal

  10-03-2025 05:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored his 886th career goal into an empty net to seal the Washington Capitals’ 4-2 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Sunday, moving nine back of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record and helping the Eastern Conference leaders win their fourth game in a row.
  Ovechkin backhanded the puck in from centre ice with 1:31 left, sending the crowd into jubilation and chants of “Ovi! Ovi!” His 33rd goal of the season was also his 1,600th c
  
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