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• B.C. RCMP officer didn’t apologize to insulted colleague as claimed, lawyer says

  11-03-2025 23:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A British Columbia Mountie who made derogatory comments about a female colleague’s weight testified this week that he apologized to her and they “laughed it off,” but an RCMP lawyer said Tuesday that the officer “outright lied.”
  Constables Ian Solven, Mersad Mesbah and Philip Dick, all stationed at the Coquitlam RCMP detachment, are facing possible dismissal over alleged discreditable conduct and workplace harassment for comments made in private group chats and on p
  
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• B.C.’s legislature could get a new party. Here’s what that would mean

  11-03-2025 23:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Cracks in the Opposition B.C. Conservative Party became cavernous last week when one MLA was kicked out of caucus and another two followed in solidarity.
  Dallas Brodie, Tara Armstrong and Jordan Kealy say they will sit in the legislature as Independents for now, but will “explore” the idea of forming a new political party, since the threshold for party status in the B.C. legislature is two members.
  Here’s what party status could mean for the former Conservativ
  
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• Toronto’s Fast fined, Minnesota’s Curl-Salemme suspended by PWHL

  11-03-2025 23:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Professional Women’s Hockey League has fined Toronto Sceptres defender Renata Fast US$250, the league announced Tuesday.
  The PWHL also suspended Minnesota Frost forward Britta Curl-Salemme for one game, with both stemming from Toronto’s 2-1 overtime loss to Minnesota on Sunday.
  The player safety committee determined that Fast, at 3:23 of the first period, struck Frost forward Kendall Coyne Schofield in the head with the shaft of her stick, which went unpenalized during play.
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• Canadian para biathlete Mark Arendz captures season World Cup crown

  11-03-2025 23:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORSBY — Canada’s Mark Arendz captured the men’s overall World Cup crown in standing para biathlon with a victory in Tuesday’s final race of the season.
  The 35-year-old from Hartsville, P.E.I., beat runner-up Alexandr Gerlitz of Kazakhstan by six seconds in the standing men’s pursuit final.In pursuit, athletes ski penalty loops for shooting mistakes. Gerlitz missed twice, while Arendz shot clean.
  The Canadian, who was second in the sprint and third in the 12.5-kilom
  
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• Federal judge halts Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution, state says it will appeal

  11-03-2025 23:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A federal judge halted Louisiana’s first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was scheduled to take place next week.
  U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday, stopping the state from immediately moving forward with the execution — which would have been Louisiana’s first execution in 15 years. Attorney General Liz Murrill said the state will immediately appeal the decision.Last month, Jessie Hoffman J
  
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• Education Department plans to lay off 1,300 employees as Trump vows to wind the agency down

  11-03-2025 23:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department plans to lay off over 1,300 of its more than 4,000 employees as part of a reorganization that’s seen as a prelude to President Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle the agency.
  Department officials announced the cuts Tuesday, raising questions about the agency’s ability to continue usual operations.The layoffs are part of a dramatic downsizing directed by Trump as he moves to reduce the footprint of the federal government. Thousands o
  
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• B.C. says U.S. has paused Columbia River Treaty talks as trade tensions grow

  11-03-2025 23:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s Energy Ministry says the United States has paused negotiations with Canada on the wide-reaching Columbia River Treaty that regulates everything from flood control and power generation to water supply and salmon restoration in the region.
  The ministry says in a news release that U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration “is conducting a broad review of its international engagement.”
  The two countries reached an in-principle deal on a
  
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• Recreational golf continued growth in Canada in 2024 thanks to youth, female programs

  11-03-2025 22:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Playing recreational golf became one of the go-to activities during the COVID-19 pandemic as the nature of the game made it safe under Canada’s public health measures.
  Golf Canada’s 2024 annual report, released on March 6, shows that the pandemic bubble growth wasn’t just a passing fad. Nearly six million Canadians played golf last year, including more than 360,000 Golf Canada members who posted nearly 11 million rounds to the national sport body’s scoring centre.
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• MacDonald feels, at her best, filly Chantilly could battle colts in North America Cup

  11-03-2025 22:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  It’s just a dream right now but James MacDonald believes, at her best, filly Chantilly could challenge the colts in the $1-million North America Cup.
  On Monday, Canada’s reigning horse of the year was among 69 nominated for the June 14 race at Woodbine Mohawk Park. It’s believed Chantilly was the first filly ever nominated for the North America Cup.
  “She has passed every test with flying colours so far so why not,” said MacDonald, Canada’s top driver the last
  
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• Federal Liberals and Tories now in a dead heat, new poll indicates

  11-03-2025 22:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal Liberals and the Conservatives are running neck-and-neck in voter support, a new Leger online poll suggests.
  The poll of Canadians’ voting intentions has both parties sitting at 37 per cent.
  It shows a drop of six points for the Conservatives and a seven per cent jump for Liberals since Feb. 24, while the NDP is down two per cent to 11 per cent.
  Leger surveyed 1,548 Canadians between March 7 and March 10 — which means the poll wrapped up just after Liberals
  
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• B.C. shop fined $1m for selling ‘natural’ health products containing Cialis, Viagra

  11-03-2025 22:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RICHMOND, B.C. — A Metro Vancouver adult store operator has been fined $1.07 million for selling sexual enhancement products advertised as natural but that actually contained prescription drugs.
  Health Canada says MFH International Enterprise Inc. has also been ordered by a B.C. provincial court to stop selling natural health products for two years.
  Court documents say MFH operated a chain of adult product stores in Vancouver, Richmond and Burnaby and received a Health Canada licence to se
  
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• Longtime Ottawa Senators executive Erin Crowe joins Canada Soccer as COO, CFO

  11-03-2025 22:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Longtime Ottawa Senators executive Erin Crowe is joining Canada Soccer as its chief operating officer and chief financial officer.
  Crowe, an Ottawa native who is currently the Senators executive vice-president, COO and CFO, is expected to start her new job in April.
  Mathieu Chamberland, Canada Soccer’s former COO, is moving to the role of chief of soccer operations and associate general secretary, where he will oversee the ‘soccer operations and soccer administration portfolio,&rsquo
  
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• Missing 32-year-old Chilliwack woman last seen in Vancouver - Chilliwack Progress

  11-03-2025 22:00 via news.google.com
  Missing 32-year-old Chilliwack woman last seen in Vancouver  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP seek help in locating a missing 32-year-old woman

  11-03-2025 21:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Mounties in Chilliwack are appealing to the public for help in locating a 32-year-old woman who was last seen in Vancouver on Monday.
  According to a statement from Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Deborah Sargent, Alysha Archie was last seen on Monday, March 10.
  She is described as:Indigenous female
  32 years
  5’1″
  150 lbs.
  Brown hair
  Brown eyesShe was last seen wearing:White hoodie
  Beige bootsPolice and family are concerned for Alysha’s well-being. Anyone with inf
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP seek help in locating a missing 32-year-old woman - Fraser Valley Today

  11-03-2025 21:50 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack RCMP seek help in locating a missing 32-year-old woman  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• B.C. takes advantage of U.S. ‘chaos,’ trade war to attract more doctors and nurses

  11-03-2025 21:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  British Columbia’s health minister says “now is the time” for American doctors and nurses to move to the province as it fast tracks recognition of their credentials during an escalating trade war between Canada and the United States.
  Josie Osborne says the “chaos” happening south of the border is an opportunity for B.C. to attract skilled health-care workers interested in moving to Canada.
  She says the province is working with the College of Physicians and Surgeons
  
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• Tiger Woods says he ruptured his Achilles tendon, an injury likely to keep him out of the Masters

  11-03-2025 21:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods announced he had a less invasive surgery for a ruptured Achilles tendon on Tuesday, yet another injury that would seem likely to keep him out of the Masters and perhaps other major championships this year.
  Woods posted the development on his social media accounts without detailing how long he expected to be out.
  “As I began to ramp up my own training and practice at home, I felt a sharp pain in my left Achilles, which was deemed to be ruptur
  
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• B.C. RCMP conduct hearing delayed over new evidence alleging officer ‘lied’ on stand

  11-03-2025 21:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A B.C. RCMP code of conduct hearing over derogatory and offensive comments made in police group chats was delayed Tuesday when one of the targets of the remarks disputed the testimony of an accused Mountie.
  John MacLaughlan, a lawyer for the RCMP conduct authority representative, said “unprompted” evidence that Coquitlam RCMP Const. Ian Solven lied came to light after his testimony a day earlier.
  The hearing that began last month in Surrey, B.C., involves allegations of discreditable
  
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• U Sports changes rule, removing one-year wait for former pro hockey players

  11-03-2025 21:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RICHMOND HILL, Ont. — U Sports will allow incoming student-athletes who have played professional hockey to participate immediately in men’s hockey without a waiting period.
  The change starts with the 2025-26 season, U Sports announced Tuesday.
  The previous rule required former pro players to wait 365 days before becoming eligible to play university men’s hockey.In addition, any professional participation before August 15 of the year a player turns 22 will not count toward their
  
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• Blue Jays win fourth straight with 3-2 victory over Twins in spring training

  11-03-2025 21:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUNEDIN — Josh Rivera hit the game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Minnesota Twins 3-2 in spring training action on Tuesday.
  Rivera’s RBI capped three unanswered runs by Toronto, which has won four straight in Grapefruit League play.
  Bo Bichette put the Jays on the board in the sixth with a sacrifice fly that scored Myles Straw, and Daulton Varsho homered to centre field in the seventh to tie the game.
  Jose Miranda’s t
  
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• Portugal’s minority government loses confidence vote in parliament triggering early general election

  11-03-2025 21:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s minority government lost a confidence vote in parliament Tuesday, forcing its resignation and bringing the European Union country’s third general election in three years.
  The exact vote count wasn’t immediately available, but the speaker of parliament Jose Pedro Aguiar-Branco said the center-right government was defeated.
  The government, a two-party alliance led by the Social Democratic Party and in power for less than a year, had just 8
  
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• Vancouver Whitecaps face another tough test against CF Monterrey in Mexico

  11-03-2025 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps know they’re headed for hostile territory this week.CF Monterrey isn’t hosting the ‘Caps in their home stadium when the two sides face off on Wednesday, but the volume and intensity of the crowd at Estadio Corona in Torreon, Mexico, will still favour the LIGA MX side.That’s just fine by the Whitecaps, said Pedro Vite.“If I’m at a stadium full of people and all the fans are shouting at us, then it’s better for us.
  
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• Responsibility for safe sport flips to Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport

  11-03-2025 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The shifting of safe sport onto the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport and the shuttering of the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner is underway.
  The CCES is the country’s doping watchdog and monitor of manipulation around sports betting.
  As of April 1, the centre will also be in charge of managing and investigating complaints and reports of abuse and maltreatment in sport.
  That task was previously handled by the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner (OSIC), which was establis
  
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• Barcelona reaches quarterfinals of Champions League with 3-1 win over Benfica

  11-03-2025 20:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Raphinha scored twice and Lamine Yamal once as Barcelona advanced to the quarterfinals of the Champions League with a 3-1 win over Benfica on Tuesday.
  The Catalan club advanced 4-1 on aggregate score after last week’s 1-0 victory — with a goal by Raphinha. Barcelona will play either Borussia Dortmund or Lille in the quarterfinals.
  Raphinha’s double makes him the leading scorer in the Champions League this season with 11 goals.
  The Brazil forward pu
  
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• Rookie guard Jamal Shead growing into leadership role on Toronto Raptors

  11-03-2025 20:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — It was a hot debate in the Toronto Raptors’ locker-room. Was that Jamal Shead’s first dunk of the season?
  The rookie guard cleared the Raptors bench as they rushed to congratulate his rim-rattler in Toronto’s 119-104 win over the Washington Wizards on Monday. But once the game was over, the team’s leaders were giving Shead a playfully hard time about his leaping ability.
  Statistically, it was his second dunk of the season, but only Shead and veteran forwar
  
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• Lower Mainland manufacturer to close and lay off over 170, citing tariff uncertainty: Unifor

  11-03-2025 20:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DELTA — Canada’s largest private sector union claims a furniture manufacturer south of Vancouver is prepared to lay off more than 170 people and shift Canadian operations to the U.S.
  According to a statement from Unifor, the ready-to-assemble furniture manufacturer Prepac is poised to terminate more than 170 jobs and move industrial operations to its North Carolina facility.
  “Our union has been warning about lost investment and production since Trump began his economic war on C
  
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• NTSB urges ban on some helicopter flights at Washington airport where 67 people died

  11-03-2025 19:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Federal investigators looking for the cause of the January collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people recommended a ban on some helicopter flights Tuesday to improve safety.
  A military helicopter collided with the American Airlines jet as it was approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport over the Potomac River on Jan. 29. Among the victims were 28 members of the figure skating community.
  National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Je
  
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• Poilievre wants to impose 50 per cent metal tariffs on U.S. after latest Trump threat

  11-03-2025 19:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Canada should hit the U.S. with matching 50 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum in reply to U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest trade war escalation.
  Trump says he will double the steel and aluminum tariffs he promised to deploy on Canadian products tomorrow — to 50 per cent — in response to Ontario’s 25 per cent surcharge on electricity exports to the U.S.
  Trump originally vowed to impose 25 per cent tariffs on
  
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• Slower B.C. real estate sales blamed on U.S. tariff uncertainty, association says

  11-03-2025 19:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Real Estate Association says tariff uncertainty has slowed housing activity.A board report says there were 4,947 residential sales in the province last month, down 9.7 per cent from the same time last year.Prices also fell 2.4 per cent during that same period, with an average home costing just over $964,000 this year when it was $987,811 in 2024.The association’s chief economist, Brendon Ogmundson, says there had been several months of momentum before
  
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• Trump administration to resume military aid to Ukraine and intelligence sharing

  11-03-2025 19:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it would immediately lift its suspension of military aid to Ukraine and its intelligence sharing with Kyiv, more than a week after imposing the measures to push Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to enter talks to end the war with invading Russian forces.
  The announcement came at talks between Ukraine and the United States in Saudi Arabia. Ukraine also said it was open to a 30-day cease-fire in the war with Russia,
  
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• Inclusive playground equipment unveiled in Chilliwack

  11-03-2025 19:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The City of Chilliwack says a community celebration will be held this week to mark the addition of inclusive swing equipment at a downtown Chilliwack park.
  According to a news release Tuesday, members of the public are cordially invited to “Hot Dog Day in the Park” this Friday, March 14 at noon. Mayor Ken Popove and council members will join Bill Kelly for a celebration featuring free hot dogs and refreshments, courtesy of Habitat Systems Inc.City staff say the lat
  
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• From South Africa to Canada, Alan Koch looks to make a difference as a soccer coach

  11-03-2025 18:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  New Zealand to Guelph, Ont., is quite the commute, especially when the family home is in B.C. But for veteran soccer coach Alan Koch, it’s normal.
  Koch, whose resume includes stops in Major League Soccer and the Canadian Premier League, as well as coaching a young Alphonso Davies, has made the University of Guelph men’s team his latest challenge since being appointed in late January.
  Koch, 49, continues his role in New Zealand as academy technical director/head coach of Western Subur
  
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• SD33 trustee removes online video containing crude hand gesture inside a classroom

  11-03-2025 18:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A Chilliwack trustee who works as a teacher in SD78 has removed an obscenity-laden video from her social media page in which she exhibited a crude hand gesture inside a classroom.
  Dr. Carin Bondar had posted a video in late February in which she appears inside a classroom, likely Hope Secondary School, where she works as a science and math teacher. As lyrics blare from an unknown speaker or recording in the background, Dr. Bondar looks around, makes several facial expressions,
  
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• A top Romanian court upholds the ban on far-right Georgescu’s presidential bid

  11-03-2025 18:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A top Romanian court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by far-right politician Calin Georgescu to lift a ban on his candidacy in the presidential rerun. He won the first round of last year’s race before the same court annulled the election.
  The ruling by the Constitutional Court in the capital Bucharest, which was unanimous, came two days after the Central Election Bureau rejected Georgescu’s candidacy for the May election.It wasn’t immediately clear
  
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• Confused about tariff deadlines? Here’s what we know right now

  11-03-2025 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The trade war between the U.S. and Canada took another turn Tuesday as U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to double the tariff on steel and aluminum imports coming from Canada in response to Ontario’s surcharge on electricity exports.
  Trump said 50 per cent tariffs will be placed on Canadian steel and aluminum starting Wednesday, up from the 25 per cent tariffs that had been expected to apply to those materials.
  The latest escalation comes amid the backdrop of a larger fight
  
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• Prince of Wales Stakes race set to go Sept. 9 at Fort Erie Racetrack

  11-03-2025 18:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FORT ERIE, Ont. — The $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes, the second jewel of the OLG Canadian Triple Crown, will be held Sept. 9 at Fort Erie Racetrack.
  The racetrack made the announcement Tuesday.
  The 1 3/16-mile dirt race will follow the $1-million King’s Plate, which will be held Aug. 16 at Toronto’s Woodbine Racetrack.
  The final leg of the Triple Crown is the $400,000 Breeders’ Stakes and it will be run Sept. 28 at Woodbine.
  Fort Erie will begin its 2025 racing schedule
  
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• Canada’s dairy industry says tariffs less scary than threats to supply management

  11-03-2025 18:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Members of Canada’s dairy industry say they’re less worried about the threat of steep U.S. tariffs than about a looming battle over supply management.
  U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to impose what he calls “reciprocal” tariffs on Canadian dairy, saying they’re a response to Canada’s 250 per cent duty on U.S. dairy imports.
  Quebec farmer Markus Schnegg says nearly all the dairy produced in Canada is sold for domestic consumption, me
  
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• Regional septage facility being considered in Chilliwack

  11-03-2025 17:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A regional septage facility could be constructed on reserve land just north of Highway 1 in Chilliwack.According to a PowerPoint slide presentation from Monday night’s District of Hope council meeting, Leq’á:mel Development Corporation and YieldBridge Industries Ltd. provided an overview outlining the proposed septage and biosolids processing facility.Two locations are being envisioned for the project, including Lackaway Indian Reserve No. 2, located west of
  
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• Resort confirms Kicking Horse gondola fell one metre to ground, 8 on board

  11-03-2025 17:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GOLDEN, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — The owner of Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Golden, B.C., has confirmed eight people were aboard a gondola that fell to the ground Monday morning.
  Resorts of the Canadian Rockies says its patrol team and first responders were immediately dispatched after it happened around 9:20 a.m., but no one was seriously injured in the incident.
  It says its preliminary investigation suggest that a lift hanger broke while the cabin was leaving the bottom station, cau
  
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• DNA analysis confirms remains as Mission, B.C., teen, missing since 2007

  11-03-2025 17:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION, B.C. — Mounties says DNA testing has confirmed remains that washed ashore in Washington State almost 17 years ago are those of a teenager who went missing from Mission, B.C., more than a year earlier.
  Police say that 17-year-old Jeffrey Surtel was reported missing by his family on April 29, 2007, and despite search efforts and several tips of possible sightings, he was not found.
  They say that in August 2008, human remains washed up on Olympic Peninsula of Washington State.
  The RC
  
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• Incoming prime minister Mark Carney says he has put his assets in a blind trust

  11-03-2025 17:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Mark Carney’s leadership campaign says he has given a “full and robust conflict of interest management plan” to the country’s ethics commissioner.
  In a media statement, the campaign says that as part of that plan, Carney has divested all of his assets other than personal real estate into a blind trust.
  The campaign spokesperson says this happened four months before it was required by law.
  Carney will become subject to Canada’s conflict of interest law
  
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• Measles exposure at Montreal Canadiens game at the Bell Centre: public health

  11-03-2025 16:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal public health officials say someone contagious with the measles virus who was not vaccinated attended an NHL game at the Bell Centre on March 3 between the Canadiens and the Buffalo Sabres.
  Officials say people are considered measles contacts if they were a spectator or concession worker in the red area of seats in sections 111 to 117 between 5:30 p.m. to midnight.
  Workers at the Tim Hortons and Pizza Pizza inside the arena are also considered measles contacts.
  Health o
  
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• Police confirm remains found in Washington state are those of Mission, B.C. teen

  11-03-2025 16:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OLYMPIC PENINSULA, WASHINGTON STATE — Authorities have now confirmed that human remains that washed up on the shore of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state in 2008 are those of a Mission, B.C. teen.
  In a joint statement released Tuesday by Mission RCMP and Clallam County Sheriff’s Office in Washington, the family of 17-year-old Jeffrey Surtel reported on April 29, 2007 that he was missing from their home in Mission, B.C. They suspected that Surtel left the home on his bike while
  
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• Carney’s win kills Liberals’ much-delayed plan to change capital gains tax

  11-03-2025 16:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Mark Carney’s victory in the Liberal leadership race puts the final nail in the coffin of Ottawa’s controversial plan to hike the inclusion rate on capital gains.
  When they tabled their budget last spring, the federal Liberals presented the plan to change capital gains as a way to get wealthy Canadians and corporations to pay more — but the plan has faced a series of delays ever since.
  Tax expert Jamie Golombek of CIBC says the capital gains changes are still cau
  
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• Senators minority owners join others in expanded Ottawa Rapid ownership group

  11-03-2025 16:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Ottawa Rapid FC, whose owners include Northern Super League co-founders Diana Matheson and Thomas Gilbert, has fleshed out its ownership group.
  Investors include Ottawa Senators minority owners Seth Boro and Jen Hamilton, Rapid chief sport officer Heidi Bloomfield and local business leaders David Renfroe, Chris Riddoch and Kyle Braatz (also a member of Ottawa Senators ownership).
  Boro, an Ottawa native, is the California-based managing partner at Thoma Bravo, a software-focused in
  
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• Jennifer Heil named Canada’s chef de mission for 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics

  11-03-2025 16:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Jennifer Heil set the bar for Canada at the 2006 Turin Olympics.
  The decorated skier captured the country’s first medal — and its attention — with a gold in moguls on the opening day of competition. Now two decades later, she’s poised to lead the Canadian team back under the same spotlight in Northern Italy.
  The Canadian Olympic Committee named Heil its chef de mission for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games on Tuesday.
  “I was kind of like, ‘Holy, 20 years have passe
  
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• Canada’s Kingsbury claims silver in World Cup moguls in Livigno, remains at 98 wins

  11-03-2025 15:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LIVIGNO — Canadian freestyle skiing star Mikael Kingsbury won silver at a World Cup moguls event Tuesday.
  Kingsbury scored 82.90 points on the same course that will be used at next year’s Milan-Cortina Olympics to finish behind Japan’s Ikuma Horishima, who had 85.37.
  Charlie Mickel of the United States took bronze (80.14).
  The 32-year-old Kingsbury from Deux-Montagnes, Que., remains at 98 career wins on the World Cup stage.
  He’ll have an opportunity to claim his 99th in a
  
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• Officials say separatists attack a train in Pakistan and the fate of hundreds on board is not clear

  11-03-2025 15:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani insurgents attacked a passenger train in a tunnel and claimed to take over 100 hostages on Tuesday, as authorities struggled to reach the remote area. The fate of the estimated 500 people aboard was not immediately clear.
  Officials said the attackers blew up the railroad track in restive southwestern Balochistan province and exchanged fire with security guards aboard the train.
  The train was traveling from the provincial capital of Quetta to the northern c
  
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• Polls open in Greenland for parliamentary elections as Trump seeks control of the strategic island

  11-03-2025 12:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Polls have opened in Greenland for early parliamentary elections Tuesday as U.S. President Donald Trump seeks control of the strategic Arctic island.
  The self-governing region of Denmark is home to 56,000 people, most from Indigenous Inuit backgrounds, and occupies a strategic North Atlantic location. It also contains rare earth minerals key to driving the global economy.
  Unofficial election results should be available soon after polls close at 2200 GMT Tuesday, but they won’t be certified
  
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• Tory MPs beat Liberals, NDP on online engagement, study finds

  11-03-2025 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A new study from McGill University has found Conservative MPs far outpace their Liberal and NDP counterparts in online engagement.In 2024, online posts from federal Conservative MPs garnered 61 per cent more engagement—likes, shares and comments—than both Liberal and NDP MPs combined.
  The report says part of what’s driving that is that Conservative voices are being amplified on X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, a key ally of U.S. President Donald T
  
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