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• Victoire acquire forward Willoughby from Sceptres for defender Kjellbin

  13-03-2025 23:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Montreal Victoire have acquired forward Kaitlin Willoughby from the Toronto Sceptres in exchange for defender Anna Kjellbin.It was the lone deal made Thursday before the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s mid-afternoon trade deadline, the league said in a statement.Kjellbin had one assist in 18 games for Montreal this season. Willoughby did not record a point over 20 games with Toronto.
  “Kaitlin’s arrival allows us to add even more depth to our squad
  
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• Columbia University says it expelled some students who seized building last year

  13-03-2025 23:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University says it has expelled or suspended some students who took over a campus building during pro-Palestinian protests last spring, and had temporarily revoked the diplomas of some students who have since graduated.
  In a campus-wide email sent Thursday, the university said its judicial board had issued its sanctions against dozens of students who occupied Hamilton Hall based on its “evaluation of the severity of behaviors.”
  The university did not pr
  
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• City of Chilliwack approves $280K for gym-equipment upgrade at Cheam Leisure Centre - Chilliwack Progress

  13-03-2025 22:59 via news.google.com
  City of Chilliwack approves $280K for gym-equipment upgrade at Cheam Leisure Centre  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Walmart Canada moves to stop machete sales in wake of new Manitoba law

  13-03-2025 22:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Walmart Canada says it will stop selling long-bladed weapons such as machetes across the country, both in-store and online.
  The move came after Manitoba passed a law last year to ban in-store sales of machetes and other long-bladed items to minors, and asked online retailers, who are not covered by the law, to follow the spirit of the legislation.
  A spokesperson for Walmart Canada did not say whether the change is a direct result of Manitoba’s law and issued only a brief w
  
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• Democratic Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva of Arizona dies from complications from cancer treatment

  13-03-2025 22:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva of Arizona, who championed environmental protection during his 12 terms in Congress, died Thursday from complications from cancer treatments, his office said.
  Grijalva, who was 77, had risen to chair the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee and was the top Democrat on the committee until earlier this year. He had been absent from Congress as he underwent cancer treatment in recent months.Grijalva’s office said in a stat
  
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• Canadian Joshua Palmer feeling very much at home after joining Buffalo Bills

  13-03-2025 22:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ORCHARD PARK — It might not be Toronto but it definitely feels like home for Joshua Palmer.
  He signed a three-year, US$36-million contract – $18 million reportedly guaranteed – with the Buffalo Bills on Thursday after agreeing to a deal earlier in the week, shortly after the opening of the NFL’s legal tampering window ahead of the start of free agency.
  The 25-year-old Brampton, Ont., native had 39 catches for 584 yards and one touchdown last season with the Los Angeles Ch
  
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• UPDATE at 1:57 p.m. THURSDAY: Abducted boy believed to be in ‘imminent danger’

  13-03-2025 22:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  UPDATE at 1:57 p.m. THURSDAY: Vancouver PD now says the 2-year-old boy who was allegedly abducted at 10:40 a.m. Thursday morning in East Vancouver is believed to be in “imminent danger.”
  According to a social media post from the department, VPD investigators believe 2-year-old Theodore Lim was abducted by his father, Davis Lim, from outside the West Coast Family Centre on East Broadway at Kaslo Street. They were last seen running west on Broadway from Kaslo Street around 10:40 a.m. T
  
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• B.C.’s Opposition leader proposes bill that would stop changing of the clocks

  13-03-2025 22:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia Opposition Leader John Rustad has introduced legislation that if passed would put a stop residents from having to change their clocks twice a year.The first reading of the Interpretation Uniform Pacific Time Zone Amendment Act passed in the legislature on Thursday.
  Rustad told the house the vast majority of people in the province are tired of the time change that leads to sleep deprivation, health issues, car accidents, and many other problems.The B.C. Conservat
  
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• RCMP code of conduct hearing schedule upended over ‘unresolved’ disclosure issues

  13-03-2025 21:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  An RCMP code of conduct hearing in Surrey, B.C., has been delayed indefinitely due to “unresolved issues” over evidence disclosure and an unspecified “situation” involving an officer who is alleged to have lied during his testimony.RCMP Constables Ian Solven, Mersad Mesbah and Philip Dick are stationed in Port Coquitlam, B.C., and face possible dismissal for comments made in private group chats on their personal cellphones and on police data terminals.Solven admitted unde
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Heath Minister Mark Holland not running in coming election

  13-03-2025 21:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Health Minister Mark Holland says he will not run again in the coming federal election.
  Prime minister-designate Mark Carney and his new cabinet will be sworn in Friday.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Amber Alert issued for abducted 2-year-old boy in Vancouver; suspect car may have B.C. license plate 325VCH

  13-03-2025 21:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  METRO VANCOUVER — An Amber Alert has been issued by the Vancouver Police Department for all of British Columbia Thursday (Mar. 13) as authorities search for an abducted 2-year-old male who was last seen in Vancouver Thursday morning.
  According to the province-wide alert, the abducted male is Theodore Lim. He is described as 2 years old, 2 feet tall and 35 pounds, and has short brown hair. He is wearing all grey clothing, black shoes with white shoes, on a ventilator.
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• Columbine victim’s death from health problems related to 1999 school shooting ruled a homicide

  13-03-2025 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DENVER (AP) — The death of a woman who was partially paralyzed in the Columbine High School shooting has been ruled a homicide, raising the death toll of the 1999 attack to 14.
  Anne Marie Hochhalter died Feb. 16 of sepsis — a reaction to infection — and complications from her paralysis were a “significant contributing factor” in her death, the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office said in an autopsy report obtained Thursday. She was 43.
  At the time, her family and
  
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• Varsho hits two-run homer as Blue Jays top Orioles 6-4 in pre-season play

  13-03-2025 21:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUNEDIN — Daulton Varsho hit a two-run homer to power the Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-4 win over the Baltimore Orioles in pre-season play Thursday at TD Ballpark.
  Varsho, who batted in the cleanup spot as the designated hitter, also had an RBI single to boost his average to .350 and his OPS to a whopping 1.491.
  Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had two hits for Toronto (12-6) and reliever Ryan Yarbrough (2-0) threw two scoreless innings for the victory.
  Zach Pop of Brampton, Ont., worked the ninth inning
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Vancouver police issue an Amber Alert for a 2-year-old boy

  13-03-2025 21:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Vancouver police have issued an Amber Alert for two-year-old Theodore Lim.Police say the boy is believed to have been abducted at a location on East Broadway by Davis Lim, but don’t say what the relationship is between the two.
  They say Theodore is two feet tall and weighs about 35 pounds.Police say the boy was wearing all grey and is on a ventilator.The suspect is five-foot-nine inches tall with black hair and was seen wearing a green T-shirt with a white logo and black
  
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• Amber Alert issued for abducted 2-year-old boy in Vancouver

  13-03-2025 21:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  METRO VANCOUVER — An Amber Alert has been issued by the Vancouver Police Department for all of British Columbia Thursday (Mar. 13) as authorities search for an abducted 2-year-old male who was last seen in Vancouver Thursday morning.
  According to the province-wide alert, the abducted male is Theodore Lim. He is described as 2 years old, 2 feet tall and 35 pounds, and has short brown hair. He is wearing all grey clothing, black shoes with white shoes, on a ventilator.
  His last known locatio
  
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• BMO Field playing surface ‘looking good’ ahead of Toronto FC home opener Saturday

  13-03-2025 21:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Two days before Toronto FC’s home opener Saturday against the Chicago Fire, BMO Field was very much a work in progress.
  Construction workers continued work on upgrading the stadium ahead of the 2025 World Cup, renovating suites and building frames for the four new video screens that will eventually adorn each corner.Another new addition was a giant metal statue of a hawk, now standing guard atop the south stand.
  The hawk has been part of the MLS club since its 2007 inceptio
  
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• Abbotsford mom says her daughter is in an ‘inhumane’ U.S. detention, Global Affairs can’t intervene

  13-03-2025 20:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Global Affairs says it can’t intervene on behalf of a Canadian being held in an Arizona immigration detention centre, where the woman’s mother says conditions are “inhumane and deeply concerning.”
  Alexis Eagles of Abbotsford says Vancouver businesswoman and former actress Jasmine Mooney is being detained at the San Luis Regional Detention Center with about 30 people in a single concrete cell.
  Eagles says in a social media post that the cell’
  
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• Father gets 13 years for shooting youth football coach over son’s playing time

  13-03-2025 20:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A father in Missouri was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Thursday for shooting and wounding a St. Louis youth football coach over his son’s playing time while 9- and 10-year-olds practiced nearby.A jury found Daryl Clemmons, 45, guilty last month of assault and armed criminal action in the October 2023 shooting of Shaquille Latimore, a volunteer coach for the City Rec Legends Football League. He was hospitalized in critical condition but survived.
  Both men were ar
  
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• Sts'ailes artist to open exhibit at Chilliwack Cultural Centre - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  13-03-2025 20:19 via news.google.com
  Sts'ailes artist to open exhibit at Chilliwack Cultural Centre  Agassiz Harrison Observer
  
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• Trump administration asks Supreme Court to partly allow birthright citizenship restrictions

  13-03-2025 20:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow restrictions on birthright citizenship to partly take effect while legal fights play out.
  In emergency applications filed at the high court on Thursday, the administration asked the justices to narrow court orders entered by district judges in Maryland, Massachusetts and Washington that blocked the order President Donald Trump signed shortly after beginning his second term.
  Three federal appeals courts have rej
  
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• Health groups urge shielding medical supplies, devices from counter-tariffs

  13-03-2025 19:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Health associations are urging governments to ensure Canadian patients don’t get caught in the crossfire of the ongoing trade war with the U.S.
  The Ontario Hospital Association says it is concerned the tariffs and counter-tariffs “will likely bring significant risks to Ontario’s health care system, including the disruption of access to vital equipment and supplies.”
  The association says it is talking with the federal and provincial governments to try to &l
  
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• Mom says Canadian woman in ‘inhumane’ U.S. detention, Global Affairs can’t intervene

  13-03-2025 19:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Global Affairs says it can’t intervene on behalf of a Canadian being held in an Arizona immigration detention centre, where the woman’s mother says conditions are “inhumane and deeply concerning.”
  Alexis Eagles says Vancouver businesswoman and former actress Jasmine Mooney is being detained at the San Luis Regional Detention Center with about 30 people in a single concrete cell.
  Eagles says in a social media post that the cell’s fluorescent
  
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• B.C. woman identified in Lytton homicide

  13-03-2025 19:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LYTTON — Police have identified the victim of a suspicious death in Lytton three years ago as a 27-year-old B.C. woman.According to a statement from police Wednesday (Mar. 12), the RCMP Southeast District Major Crime Unit (SED MCU) continues to investigate the February 19, 2022, suspicious death of a 27-year-old woman in Lytton, who has been identified as Shenita Myers of Williams Lake.
  On Feb. 19, 2022, RCMP frontline officers from the Lytton and Lillooet detachments responded to a compla
  
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• Ottawa to provide $156.8 million for eight BC Hydro projects

  13-03-2025 19:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The federal government is providing nearly $157 million for eight electrical infrastructure projects across British Columbia.
  It says in a news release that the funding is being provided to Crown utility BC Hydro through the green stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and expand clean energy.
  The government says the money will go to help with the province’s North Coast Electrification initiative, which incl
  
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• Trudeau calls for plan to build a new official prime minister’s residence

  13-03-2025 18:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — With one foot out the door, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is asking one of his ministers to help develop a plan for a new official residence to replace the vacant 24 Sussex.
  In a letter addressed to Minister of Public Services and Procurement Jean-Yves Duclos and obtained by The Canadian Press, Trudeau asks that a proposal exploring new options for the prime minister’s official residence be drafted by January 2026.
  The official residence at 24 Sussex Drive in Ottawa was clos
  
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• Montreal adds police patrols, limits loitering to boost sense of security in metro

  13-03-2025 18:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal is increasing police patrols and cracking down on loitering in the metro system in response to a massive rise in the number of people struggling with drug addiction and mental illness in the transit network.
  Officials with the city’s transit agency — Société de transport de Montréal — said today they’ll fence off problematic gathering places in metro stations and implement an “obligation of movement” policy until
  
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• UFV Science Café event to focus on impacts of wildfire smoke in the Fraser Valley

  13-03-2025 18:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The University of the Fraser Valley will host a Science Café event next week that examines the health impacts of wildfire smoke in the Fraser Valley and beyond.The public is invited to this event on Tuesday, March 18 from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Chilliwack campus library. The panel discussion will examine the respiratory impacts from wildfire smoke and feature ways to protect yourself from smoke-filled skies.Panel speakers include Dr. Luisa Giles, assistant professor i
  
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• ‘Lost Canadians’ can receive citizenship through interim rules as legislation delayed

  13-03-2025 18:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Marc Miller is giving so-called “lost Canadians” a chance to receive Canadian citizenship, now that court-mandated legislation will not be passed by the deadline.
  “Lost Canadians” is a term applied to people who were born outside of the country to Canadian parents who were also born in another country.
  In 2009, the Conservative federal government changed the law so that people who were born abroad could not pass down their citizenship u
  
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• Devils defenseman Dougie Hamilton out for the rest of the regular season because of injury

  13-03-2025 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Devils defenseman Dougie Hamilton is expected to miss the rest of the NHL regular season with an undisclosed lower-body injury, the team said Thursday.
  Hamilton has been out since getting hurt March 4 at Dallas. He left after skating just seven shifts.
  The Devils won’t have No. 1 center Jack Hughes for the rest of the season and the playoffs after he underwent shoulder surgery. New Jersey is solidly in third place in the Metropolitan Division and on tra
  
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• BC Hydro bans Tesla from charger rebate program as part of tariff fight

  13-03-2025 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — BC Hydro says Tesla products have been removed from its electric vehicle rebate program as part of the province’s fight back against U.S. tariff threats.
  It says on its website that the move is part of the government’s move to give preference to Canadian goods and exclude U.S. goods from rebates if practical.
  A message on its website says the exclusion became effective on Wednesday, but Tesla products that were purchased or received pre-approval for rebates before t
  
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• Trudeau says he’s ‘proud of Canadians’ in video posted on his last day in office

  13-03-2025 18:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a farewell message to Canadians today as he marks his last full day in office.
  In a video posted to X, Trudeau says he’s proud to have served a country full of people who stand up for what’s right, rise to every occasion and “always have each others’ backs when it matters most.”
  Liberal Leader Mark Carney will be sworn in as Canada’s 24th prime minister at a ceremony at Rideau Hall Friday after Trudeau’
  
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• Flexible plastics, recycling collection frequency part of City of Chilliwack survey - Chilliwack Progress

  13-03-2025 17:57 via news.google.com
  Flexible plastics, recycling collection frequency part of City of Chilliwack survey  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Judge orders Trump to reinstate probationary workers let go in mass firings across multiple agencies

  13-03-2025 17:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to reinstate probationary workers let go in mass firings across multiple agencies.
  U.S. District Judge William Alsup on Thursday found the firings didn’t follow federal law and required immediate offers of reinstatement be sent.
  The agencies include the departments of Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Defense, Energy, the Interior and the Treasury.
  The order from the San Francisco-based judge came in a lawsuit filed by a coalition of labor
  
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• Tampa Bay Rays withdraw from planned $1.3 billion ballpark in St. Petersburg, citing storms, delays

  13-03-2025 17:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday withdrew from a $1.3 billion ballpark project, citing hurricanes and delays that likely will drive up the proposal’s cost.
  The team issued a statement by principal owner Stuart Sternberg saying that “a series of events” in October, which included severe damage to the existing Tropicana Field and financing delays, led to what he called “this difficult decision.”
  “After careful deliberation, we hav
  
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• Mark Carney set to name cabinet ministers at Friday morning ceremony

  13-03-2025 17:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Mark Carney will reveal the makeup of his cabinet on Friday morning, a collection of Liberal ministers who will see Canada through the next election.The swearing-in ceremony for Carney’s government is set for 11 a.m. at Rideau Hall.It is widely expected that the new cabinet table will have fewer seats than the 37 under Justin Trudeau.Seven ministers in the current cabinet have said they won’t run in the next election, including Justice Minister Arif Virani and Agricult
  
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• Ogden City, Utah, to host 2026 world men’s curling championship

  13-03-2025 17:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PERTH — The 2026 LGT world men’s curling championship will be held in Ogden City, Utah, at the Weber County Ice Sheet, World Curling said Thursday.The 2,300-seat venue, located on the campus of Weber State University, hosted curling at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.The March 28-April 5 competition will be held just over a month after the 2026 Milan Winter Games.Brad Jacobs will skip the Canadian team at the 2025 world men’s playdowns starting March 29 in Moose Jaw, Sask.The
  
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• Tools, electronics, sports equipment from the U.S. hit with Canadian counter-tariffs

  13-03-2025 17:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Many consumer goods could be up to 25 per cent more expensive in Canada due to retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. — including the kitchen sink.
  Matching 25 per cent tariffs on $29.8 billion worth of American goods took effect just after midnight in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.
  Canada’s extensive counter-tariff list focuses on American steel and aluminum products, including a wide variety of industrial material
  
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• Environment Canada issues snowfall warnings for B.C. mountain passes

  13-03-2025 17:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Environment Canada says a low-pressure system passing through southeastern British Columbia will bring snow to some mountain passes.It says the Trans-Canada Highway between Eagle Pass and Rogers Pass will see snowfall intensify, before the weather system moves away from the region later on Thursday.Amounts up to 15 centimetres are expected for the region, and the weather office is warning that driving conditions may be hazardous.
  Another snowfall warning is up for the Coquihall
  
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• Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira pleads guilty to obstructing justice

  13-03-2025 17:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Pentagon secrets leaker Jack Teixeira pleaded guilty to military charges of obstructing justice at his court-martial Thursday.The plea agreement calls for dishonorable discharge and no confinement. The judge approved the plea agreement, but it’s not clear whether she will accept the plea agreement. His sentencing was expected to occur later Thursday afternoon.
  The Massachusetts Air National Guard member was already sentenced last year to 15 years in prison after
  
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• Three more Norwegian ski jumpers suspended in cheating scandal

  13-03-2025 17:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Three more Norwegian ski jumpers were suspended on Thursday in a widening cheating scandal that has shocked the sport.
  World championships medalists Robin Pederson and Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal were provisionally suspended along with Robert Johansson over suspicion of illegal manipulation of jump suits, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation said.They follow the suspensions on Wednesday of Olympic gold medalists Marius Lindvik and Johann André Forfang in a scandal that came to lig
  
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• District of Kent’s 2025 draft financial plan includes tax increase of nearly 7%

  13-03-2025 16:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AGASSIZ — The District of Kent is projecting a possible property tax revenue increase of nearly seven per cent in conjunction with its proposed 2025-2029 Financial Plan.
  According to a summary of its meeting held Monday, March 10, mayor and council received the draft five-year financial plan. Councillor Stan Watchorn noted that staff have secured grants amounting to $16 million, of which $2 million will fund riverbank armouring.
  The draft financial plan includes a 2025 property tax revenue
  
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• Flames’ Zary to have hearing with NHL Department of Player Safety for Pettersson hit

  13-03-2025 16:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Calgary Flames forward Connor Zary is set to have a hearing Thursday for a hit against Vancouver Canucks defenceman Elias Pettersson, the NHL Department of Player Safety announced.
  The incident took place in the first period of Vancouver’s 4-3 shootout win over Calgary on Wednesday night.
  The rookie blueliner caught Flames forward Nazem Kadri with an open-ice hit as Kadri was driving into the Canucks’ zone.
  Zary, in immediate response, hit Pettersson high in the side
  
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• Marino, Stakusic to lead Canada into Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers in April

  13-03-2025 16:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Canadian team headed for the Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers has been set.
  Vancouver’s Rebecca Marino, Marina Stakusic of Mississauga, Ont., Toronto’s Victoria Mboko, Kayla Cross of London, Ont., and Ariana Arseneault of Richmond Hill, Ont., will compete for Canada from April 11-13 in Tokyo.
  Mboko, Cross, and Arseneault are all first-time selections, while Marino, a member of Canada’s 2023 championship team, is making her 13th appearance and holds a 7-10 record at the compe
  
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• Three more ski jumpers suspended in cheating scandal

  13-03-2025 15:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Three more ski jumpers were suspended on Thursday in a widening cheating scandal that has shocked the sport.
  World championships medalists Robin Pederson, Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal, and Robert Johansson were all provisionally suspended due to suspicion of manipulation of equipment following investigations, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation said.They follow the suspensions on Wednesday of Olympic gold medalists Marius Lindvik and Johann André Forfang.
  It is the latest developm
  
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• Canada’s Rachel Homan on a roll as she looks to defend world women’s curling title

  13-03-2025 15:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Rachel Homan and her juggernaut Canadian championship team know their No. 1 world ranking doesn’t guarantee success at the 2025 world women’s curling championship.
  But that doesn’t mean Homan, vice-skip Tracy Fleury, second Emma Miskew and lead Sarah Wilkes won’t be full of confidence when they begin their title defence when the 13-country championship begins Saturday in Uijeongbu, South Korea.
  The Homan team has been together for three years and has been dominant over th
  
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• U.S. tariffs push Ottawa to invest more in Canadian steel, aluminum projects

  13-03-2025 15:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Industry Minister Francois Philippe Champagne says he’s telling his department to prioritize investments in projects that primarily use Canadian steel and aluminum — part of Ottawa’s reply to the Trump administration’s trade war.
  Champagne says the move is in response to the “unfair and unjustified” 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum levied by U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday.
  Canada responded to Trump’s steel and aluminum l
  
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• Two people dead after overnight crash in Abbotsford

  13-03-2025 15:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — AbbyPD says two people have died after a truck crashed and flipped over early Thursday morning on King Road in Abbotsford.
  According to a statement from AbbyPD Sgt. Paul Walker, emergency services were dispatched for a single-vehicle collision in the 32200 block of King Road at 12:36 a.m. Thursday morning, Mar. 13. On arrival, first responders located a heavily damaged pickup truck that had struck a telephone pole and flipped over. The two occupants of the truck were found suf
  
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• District of Kent could raise property taxes by nearly 7%

  13-03-2025 15:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AGASSIZ — The District of Kent is projecting a possible property tax increase of nearly seven per cent in conjunction with its proposed 2025-2029 Financial Plan.
  According to a summary of its meeting held Monday, March 10, mayor and council received the draft five-year financial plan. Councillor Stan Watchorn noted that staff have secured grants amounting to $16 million, of which $2 million will fund riverbank armouring.The draft financial plan includes a 2025 property tax revenue increase
  
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• The Thunder swept Boston in the season series. Their next meeting would be in the NBA Finals

  13-03-2025 14:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The Oklahoma City Thunder clinched a spot in the playoffs, and they did it against the team they could face when the NBA postseason reaches its peak.
  Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, of Hamilton, Ont., scored 34 and Chet Holmgren added 23 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Thunder to a 118-112 victory over Boston on Wednesday night in a much-anticipated potential NBA Finals matchup.
  “We’re in March, not June,” Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said after the Thunder swe
  
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• Trump administration withdraws nomination of David Weldon for CDC director

  13-03-2025 14:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has withdrawn the nomination of Dr. David Weldon, a former Florida congressman, to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The Senate health committee announced Thursday morning that it was canceling a planned hearing on Weldon’s nomination because of the withdrawal.A person familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations, said the White House pulled the nomination because it became clea
  
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