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• Detroit shoots to boost its bid for PWHL expansion team, drawing record crowd for pro women’s hockey

  17-03-2025 23:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Young women, among those in a record-breaking crowd, held up signs with messages for the Professional Women’s Hockey League.
  “PWHL DETROIT NEEDS A TEAM,” was printed on one side of the signs.
  The six-team PWHL may expand next season — in its third year — and is touring cities potentially on the list to get in the game.
  Detroit tried to improve its chances of landing a team, drawing 14,288 fans Sunday night to break the attendance record for a pr
  
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• B.C. Court of Appeal allows mother to vaccinate kids for HPV against dad’s wishes

  17-03-2025 23:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The B.C. Court of Appeal has denied a father’s bid to prevent his children getting vaccinated against the human papillomavirus.The court ruling says the father applied in court early last year to stop the children’s mother from having them vaccinated, but a judge dismissed the bid and prohibited the father from “speaking to the children about the HPV vaccine.”The father appealed, claiming the lower court judge ignored evidence about the vaccine’s risks, violated his
  
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• B.C. resident returns library book 64 years later, credits it for saving lives

  17-03-2025 23:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — An 83-year-old British Columbia man has returned a book to the University of B.C. Library 64 years late, but he had a good excuse.Librarian Susan Parker received a package from Robert Murray in the mail with the book, a $100 cheque for late fees and an explanation.Murray’s letter says the book, a 1931 edition of “Camping and Woodcraft: Handbook for vacation campers and for travelers in the wilderness,” by Horace Kephart, is a “treasure” and likely
  
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• Empty shelves, idle escalators: Shoppers look for piece of history at the Bay stores

  17-03-2025 23:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Empty shelves and idle escalators greeted shoppers Monday as they poked through Hudson’s Bay stores looking for bargains and perhaps a piece of history.
  In Edmonton, some racks at two Bay locations were picked clean as a mere handful of older men and women took advantage of 40, 50, 60 and even 70 per cent discounts.The company’s wool blankets with green, red, yellow and indigo stripes on a white background were largely sold out. The blankets were first crafted in the mid-19th century
  
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• US Institute of Peace says DOGE has broken into its building

  17-03-2025 23:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Employees of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have entered the U.S. Institute of Peace despite protests from the nonprofit that it is not part of the executive branch and is instead an independent agency.
  The organization’s CEO, George Moose, said, “DOGE has broken into our building.”
  The DOGE workers gained access to the building after several unsuccessful attempts Monday and after having been turned away on Friday, a senior U.S. In
  
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• Langley RCMP appeal for help locating a missing 62-year-old man

  17-03-2025 23:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Mounties in Langley are asking for the public’s help in locating a 62-year-old male who was reported missing last week.
  According to a statement from Langley RCMP Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, Bernard Schon was reported missing on Monday, March 10. However, he was last seen on Friday, February 14, 2025.Description of Mr. Schon:Caucasian male;
  62 years;
  6 ft 0 in (183 cm);
  201 lbs (91 kg);
  Grey hair;
  Blue eyes.Police are asking anyone who may have seen Bernard Schon or have informa
  
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• Ayurvedic medicine tainted with heavy metals in B.C., linked to lead poisoning case

  17-03-2025 22:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Fraser Health says a case of lead poisoning in Surrey, B.C., has been connected to unauthorized Ayurvedic alternative medicine, prompting a warning about the products being sold at a grocery store in the city.
  The health authority says the products that were sold at the All in One Wholesale Cash and Carry on 85th Ave. potentially contain heavy metals including mercury, lead and arsenic.It says an investigation found some of the store’s Ayurvedic products — which are part of an altern
  
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• Canada’s road to the Women’s T20 World Cup end in qualifying loss to the U.S.

  17-03-2025 22:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BUENOS AIRES — The United States dominated Canada in a 78-run win Monday at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Americas Region Qualifier to advance to the final stage of T20 World Cup qualifying, once again barring the Canadians from moving on.
  The American women scored runs late to beef up their total, finishing at 131 for seven in their allotted 20 overs. The Canadian batters were unable to respond, digging an early hole as one wicket after another fell.
  And it got worse. The Canadians
  
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• NHL general managers zero in on goaltender interference and other coach’s challenges

  17-03-2025 22:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MANALAPAN, Fla. (AP) — Coaches are challenging goals one way or the other for goaltender interference at the highest rate in six seasons, playoff races across the NHL are tight and the chase for the Stanley Cup is a month away.
  Because of all that, video review — and particularly coach’s challenges for goalie interference — took center stage Monday to kick off the general managers’ annual spring meeting.
  GMs were shown roughly 70 clips of goals challenged this seaso
  
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• Roden and Straw show their mettle in push for outfielder jobs with Toronto Blue Jays

  17-03-2025 21:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Alan Roden is proving he’s up for the challenge. Myles Straw is showing he can also hang at the big-league level.The Toronto Blue Jays outfielders have been in the spotlight for different reasons in recent weeks and their strong pre-season play has left team brass with some tough decisions to make ahead of the club’s season opener.Roden and Straw, both non-roster invitees, have posted impressive numbers in Grapefruit League play and have made the battle for the fourth outfielder spot
  
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• Jays split squads beat Yankees, fall to Phillies in spring training

  17-03-2025 21:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUNEDIN — Carter Cunningham homered in the bottom of the ninth as a Toronto Blue Jays split-squad beat the New York Yankees 6-5 in spring training action Monday.
  Cunningham’s homer was one of six hits in the game.
  The Blue Jays took a 4-0 lead with Bo Bichette’s two-run homer in the second inning.New York’s Trent Grisham hit a two-run shot in the third to cut Toronto’s lead to cut Toronto’s lead to 4-3.
  The Yankees took a 5-4 lead on solo homers from Ben Rice
  
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• Court denies certification of $2.5-million Black class action lawsuit

  17-03-2025 21:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A Federal Court judge has dismissed a motion to certify a proposed class action lawsuit that was launched by Black public servants in 2020 who alleged there was systemic racism within the public service.
  In an “order and reasons” document, Justice Jocelyne Gagné says the case doesn’t sufficiently meet the class action requirement that the claims raise common enough issues.
  Gagné also says the scope of the plaintiffs’ claim “simply makes
  
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• Canadian forward Tani Oluwaseyi voted MLS Player of the Matchday after scoring twice

  17-03-2025 21:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian forward Tani Oluwaseyi has been voted Major League Soccer’s Player of the Matchday after scoring twice in Minnesota United’s 3-3 draw Saturday at Sporting Kansas City.
  The 24-year-old Oluwaseyi, taken in the first round (17th overall) of the 2022 MLS SuperDraft, has scored 10 goals and added eight assists in 31 career regular-season appearances.
  Minnesota is 18-6-7 when Oluwaseyi plays, with the Canadian contributing three game-winning goals and six game-winning assists.Oluw
  
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• Former prime minister Brian Mulroney to be featured on Canada Post stamp

  17-03-2025 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Former prime minister Brian Mulroney will be featured on a stamp as part of Canada Post’s 2025 lineup.
  Mulroney, who died last year, served as prime minister from 1984 to 1993.
  Canada Post says the stamp will pay tribute to Canada’s 18th prime minister, who they say is heralded as one of the country’s most “consequential.”
  It will be unveiled at a ceremony in Montreal Thursday.
  Canada Post says the stamp continues its tradition of honouring the accomp
  
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• B.C. hydro rates to increase in 2025, 2026 but remain among lowest in North America

  17-03-2025 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s energy minister says the province is setting annual rate increases for electricity for the next two years in response to rising demand for power and economic uncertainty.Adrian Dix says the government will be submitting a “rate stability direction” to the B.C. Utilities Commission for approval of a BC Hydro rate increase of 3.75 per cent on April 1 and for the same bump next year.
  He says power costs in B.C. remain among the lowest in North
  
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• Second set of remains found at Manitoba landfill confirmed as Marcedes Myran

  17-03-2025 20:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — A second set of remains found in a Winnipeg-area landfill have been identified as Marcedes Myran, who died at the hands of a serial killer in 2022, RCMP said Monday.
  The news came after one set of remains found during a search of the Prairie Green landfill was confirmed earlier this month to belong to another victim, Morgan Harris.
  Myran’s family has been notified, the government said in a news release announcing the findings.
  “Marcedes Myran we honour you,” Pr
  
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• Ten Canadians to watch in NCAA’s men’s and women’s March Madness

  17-03-2025 20:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  March Madness is here, and with a number of Canadians looking to leave their mark.
  The NCAA men’s basketball tournament begins Tuesday with the First Four, followed by 32 first-round contests on Thursday and Friday. The Final Four will be April 5, with the title game on April 7 in San Antonio, Texas.
  The NCAA women’s tournament commences Wednesday with the First Four, and the first round taking place Friday and Saturday. The Final Four will be April 4 and the title game on April 6 in
  
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• FVRD embraces 'Team Canada' response to tariffs - Chilliwack Progress

  17-03-2025 20:09 via news.google.com
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• Canadian teenage surfer Erin Brooks upsets world No. 1 in Portugal surfing event

  17-03-2025 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PENICHE — Canadian teenage surfer Erin Brooks upset American Caitlin Simmers, the world No. 1 and defending World Surf League champion, on Monday to advance to the semifinals of MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal.
  Brooks, 17, posted a quarterfinal score of 12.67 to defeat the 19-year-old American who scored 12.40. She will face 22-year-old Hawaiian Gabriela Bryan in Tuesday’s semifinal.
  “I made a lot of mistakes in that heat,” Brooks said. “Going up against Caity is always n
  
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• Hope firefighters contain commercial vehicle fire before it spreads

  17-03-2025 19:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — Hope Fire Department says two of its engines were dispatched Friday afternoon for a commercial vehicle trailer on fire.
  According to a social media post, Hope fire crews were dispatched at 4:49 p.m. Friday, March 14 after a semi trailer caught fire on Corbett Street between 4th and 5th Avenues.Once they arrived, firefighters discovered thick black smoke emanating from a trailer loaded with plywood. Hope Fire says a team of eight firefighters and officers worked quickly to contain th
  
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• First Nation gets village site back from pulp company on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast

  17-03-2025 19:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  POWELL RIVER, B.C. — The Tla’amin First Nation and forestry giant Domtar have reached an agreement for the nation to reacquire a large portion of a historic village site along the B.C. Sunshine Coast.The nation and Domtar issued a joint statement saying the two sides took part in a ceremony to sign the agreement that was the result of years of work.
  The nation says the village, called tiskwat, holds both historical and current significance to its people.
  The agreement involves a larg
  
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• Langley RCMP arrest 37-year-old man for alleged assault of a nurse, suspect already released

  17-03-2025 19:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY — Mounties in Langley say they’re investigating an alleged assault on a nurse at Langley Memorial Hospital that happened earlier this month.According to a statement from Langley RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, police responded to the report of an assault in progress on Saturday, March 8 at about 12:15 a.m.On March 8, 2025 at approximately 12:15 am, Langley RCMP responded to a report of an assault in progress at the Langley Memorial Hospital. Responding officers arrived
  
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• Kings’ Kuemper, Devils’ Bratt, Kraken’s Montour named NHL’s three stars of the week

  17-03-2025 19:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Los Angeles goaltender Darcy Kuemper, New Jersey left-wing Jesper Bratt and Seattle defenceman Brandon Montour have been named the NHL’s three stars of the week.
  Kuemper was named first star after surrendering just one goal over three wins last week, posting a 0.33 goals-against average and a .987 save percentage.
  He earned consecutive shutouts for the fifth time in his career in leading the Kings to a 3-0 win over league-leading Washington on Thursday and a 1-0 overtime v
  
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• Chilliwack council approves new proposal for emergency housing for seniors - Chilliwack Progress

  17-03-2025 19:10 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack council approves new proposal for emergency housing for seniors  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Abandoned motor home found junked in the Chilliwack River Valley

  17-03-2025 19:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Exasperated by the presence of unsightly vehicles that get dumped along Chilliwack Lake Road or nearby forest service roads, Chilliwack cleanup volunteer Ross Aikenhead says yet another abandoned motor home has been located in the Chilliwack River Valley.
  Aikenhead, who devotes several hours each week to pinpointing and cleaning up messes in Chilliwack or Hope, says the motor home was recently discovered dumped.There is unfettered access to the inside of the motorhome where ju
  
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• M23 rebels withdraw from planned talks with Congo government, citing international sanctions

  17-03-2025 19:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured key areas of Congo’s mineral-rich east said Monday they were withdrawing peace talks this week with the Congolese government, saying that international sanctions that have been imposed on the group’s members undermine such dialogue.
  The talks scheduled to start in the Angolan capital, Luanda, on Tuesday “have become impracticable” as a result of the sanctions announced by the European Union against some of
  
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• Chilliwack band orders unhoused campers off its land - Fraser Valley Today

  17-03-2025 18:38 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack band orders unhoused campers off its land

  17-03-2025 17:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A Chilliwack First Nation band has issued an eviction notice that effectively orders all unhoused campers off its sovereign land.According to a picture sent to Fraser Valley Today by longtime Chilliwack resident Ross Aikenhead, who goes by Nikita Aikenhead on Facebook, Soowahlie First Nation has installed signs ordering all unhoused campers on its land to leave by April 4, 2025, or face consequences.“I write on behalf of Soowahlie First Nation Chief and Council to inform
  
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• Rainy, warm weather leads to flooding, school closures in parts of Quebec

  17-03-2025 17:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Record warm weather has sent several Quebec rivers spilling over their banks, leading to school and road closures and voluntary evacuation notices in some parts of the province.
  In Beauceville, Que., south of Quebec City, officials cancelled classes and opened an evacuation centre at the local arena after an ice jam caused the Chaudière river to surge into nearby streets.
  Municipal officials in Drummondville, Que., partway between Montreal and Quebec City, are recommendin
  
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• Marathon Vancouver airport hotel strike ends after 1,411 days

  17-03-2025 17:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RICHMOND, B.C. — The union representing workers at the Radisson Blu Vancouver Airport Hotel says staff have ratified a new collective agreement, ending a nearly four-year-long strike.
  Unite Here Local 40 says the 1,411-day strike was the longest in Canadian history and the agreement provides a pathway back to work for 143 workers terminated during the COVID-19 pandemic, when the hotel was called Pacific Gateway.
  The union says in a statement the deal also provides job security protections
  
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• Berrios named Blue Jays’ opening-day starter for second straight year

  17-03-2025 17:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays announced Monday that right-hander José Berrios will be their 2025 season-opening starting pitcher.
  Berrios will kick off the Blue Jays’ season for the second year in a row and the third time in the last four campaigns when he takes the mound March 27 against the visiting Baltimore Orioles.
  He earned the win in an 8-2 road victory over the Tampa Bay Rays to open 2024. He gave up two runs on six hits while striking out six over six innings.
  His o
  
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• Court finds stabbing at UWaterloo was not terrorism but was hate crime

  17-03-2025 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  An Ontario court has found that a stabbing at a University of Waterloo gender studies class was not terrorism but constituted a “particularly grave” hate crime.
  The judge sentencing Geovanny Villalba-Aleman says the evidence does not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that his hatred toward the LGBTQ+ community had crystallized into an ideology, which is one of the requirements for a finding of terrorism.
  However, she says that hatred was “the primary motivation” for the Jun
  
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• Canada coach Jesse Marsch calls in Zorhan Bassong to replace injured Richie Laryea

  17-03-2025 16:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Sporting Kansas City’s Zorhan Bassong has replaced the injured fullback/wingback Richie Laryea on Canada’s roster ahead of the CONCACAF Nations League Finals.
  The 31st-ranked Canadians face No. 19 Mexico on Thursday in semifinal action at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., with the winner moving on to take on either the 16th-ranked U.S. or No. 36 Panama in Sunday’s final.
  Laryea was always a longshot to regain his fitness in time after suffering a hamstring injury March 1 in To
  
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• FortisBC won’t immediately raise gas rates for many of its customers

  17-03-2025 16:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — FortisBC Energy Inc. says it has received regulatory approval to maintain the current cost of gas rate for many of its customers.According to a statement from the company, the British Columbia Utilities Commission has approved FortisBC’s request to maintain the gas rate cost for its customers at $2.230 per gigajoule (GJ).The company acknowledges that some customers subscribed to the voluntary Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) program will see a rate increase, which will be off
  
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• Vehicle crashes into Chilliwack roundabout late Saturday, damages signs

  17-03-2025 15:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Fire Department and Chilliwack RCMP personnel were dispatched late Saturday night (Mar. 15) after a vehicle incident at the roundabout at Tyson Road and Watson Road in Chilliwack.
  According to scanner traffic, Chilliwack Fire Engines 1 and 4 were called for the report of an accident at about 11:35 p.m. at the Tyson Road roundabout near the 5900 block of Tyson Road. Firefighters were there within minutes.
  A picture taken by Jordann O’Byrne showed multiple first
  
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• Vehicle crashes into Chilliwack roundabout late Saturday, damages signs - Fraser Valley Today

  17-03-2025 15:49 via news.google.com
  Vehicle crashes into Chilliwack roundabout late Saturday, damages signs  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Rory McIlroy takes drama out of playoff to win The Players and build momentum to the Masters

  17-03-2025 15:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Turns out Rory McIlroy needed only three good swings to win The Players Championship on Monday in a playoff over J.J. Spaun.
  McIlroy blasted his opening tee shot and hit a pitching wedge to the par-5 16th to set up birdie, and then he found the island green at the par-3 17th with a 9-iron into a cold, crackling wind that effectively gave him a second title at golf’s richest event at TPC Sawgrass.
  Spaun posed over his 8-iron until he heard the groans of
  
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• Zimbabwean man caught smuggling drugs between area southeast of Hope, B.C., and Washington

  17-03-2025 15:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ROSS LAKE/NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK — A Zimbabwean citizen has pleaded guilty to gun and drug crimes after he illegally crossed into the U.S. from Canada, between an area southeast of Hope, B.C., and Western Washington, on two occasions with the intent to distribute narcotics.
  According to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Washington, 30-year-old Tatenda Banga was observed twice in 2024 on surveillance cameras near Hozomeen, Washington, south o
  
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• A judge ordered a Brown University professor not be deported. She was sent back to Lebanon anyway.

  17-03-2025 15:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge wants to know why a doctor from Lebanon with a U.S. visa was deported, after he ordered that she not be removed until he could hear her case.
  Dr. Rasha Alawieh, 34, had been granted the visa on March 11 and arrived at Boston Logan International Airport on Thursday, according to a complaint filed on her behalf by a cousin in federal court.Alawiech, who had worked and lived in Rhode Island previously, was detained at least 36 hours, through Friday, and was going
  
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• Canada’s Homan beats Denmark’s Dupont at world women’s curling championship

  17-03-2025 14:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UIJEONGBU-SI — Canada’s Rachel Homan defeated Denmark’s Madeleine Dupont 9-3 in round-robin play at the LGT world women’s curling championship on Monday.Homan and her Ottawa-based team of Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew and Sarah Wilkes controlled the second half of the game to improve to 3-1.
  Canada scored a deuce in the sixth and added steals in the next two ends to wrap up the victory.
  South Korea’s Eunji Gim and Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni lead the standings
  
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• Poilievre says he’ll repeal carbon price law, including the industrial charge

  17-03-2025 13:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says that he will repeal the entire carbon price law if elected, including on businesses and the industrial charge.On Friday, Prime Minister Mark Carney began the process to end the consumer carbon price on things like gasoline.The order-in-council says the fee will be removed after March 31.
  Poilievre says that if the Liberals are serious about ending the charge, they would recall Parliament and do it through legislation, in a video posted on
  
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• Rivers predicted stardom for Gilgeous-Alexander, but says Thunder star has exceeded expectations

  17-03-2025 13:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Doc Rivers says he saw star potential in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander while coaching him as a rookie before the Los Angeles Clippers traded him to Oklahoma City.
  But the veteran coach concedes that Gilgeous-Alexander, of Hamilton, Ont., has drastically outperformed those expectations.
  “I don’t think anybody in the world saw this in him,” said Rivers, who coached the Clippers from 2013-20. “We did think he was going to be really, really good. I thought he
  
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• IOC board puts boxing back on the Olympic program for LA in 2028

  17-03-2025 13:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COSTA NAVARINO, Greece (AP) — Boxing is set to be on the program for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles after years of disputes over how the sport is run.International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said Monday that the IOC’s executive board approved including boxing on the 2028 program.It still needs a full IOC session to sign off on the decision later this week, but that’s usually a formality.The IOC organized the boxing tournaments at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and th
  
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• Prime Minister Carney kicks off international trip in France

  17-03-2025 12:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada must strengthen ties with France and other allies in the face of geopolitical and economic crises.
  Making opening remarks in Paris before a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, Carney stressed both countries’ shared values of sovereignty, solidarity and sustainability.
  He said France and Canada have been reliable partners for centuries, and are now committed to “unwavering support” for Ukraine.
  This in Carney’
  
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• In the news today: Mark Carney’s move to kill carbon price now official

  17-03-2025 09:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…Carney’s move to kill carbon price now official but debate over it not dead
  Prime Minister Mark Carney’s theatrical document signing to eliminate the consumer carbon price on Friday has done little to end the political furor over the policy. Some Conservatives accused Carney of signing a fake document because only an order-in-council signed by the governor general could adjust the regulation
  
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• Quebec byelection: electors head to polls in Terrebonne riding northeast of Montreal

  17-03-2025 09:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Voters will go to the polls today in a riding northeast of Montreal to replace former economy minister Pierre Fitzgibbon.
  The former high-profile cabinet minister in François Legault’s Coalition Avenir Québec quit politics in September 2024.
  The Terrebonne riding had been held by Fitzgibbon since the Coalition Avenir Québec formed government in 2018, but it had previously been a stronghold of the sovereigntist Parti Québécois going back t
  
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• Polytechnique Montréal receives $50 million gift to create disruptive innovation hub

  17-03-2025 09:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec-born businessman and philanthropist who is donating $50 million to a Montreal university to establish an institute dedicated to “disruptive innovation” says it has never been more important to invest in homegrown talent.Pierre Lassonde’s donation to Polytechnique Montréal, to be officially announced at an event Monday, comes as Canada finds itself in the midst of a tariff war with the United States, its largest trading partner and ally.
  Lassonde
  
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• Chilliwack council approves new proposal for emergency housing for seniors - The Chilliwack Progress

  17-03-2025 08:00 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack council approves new proposal for emergency housing for seniors  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Vancouver Canucks staying focused, even keel amid tight playoff push

  17-03-2025 05:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — As the NHL’s regular season winds down, the Vancouver Canucks are watching their margin for error disappear.The club’s race for a playoff spot grew increasingly urgent Sunday as Vancouver dropped a 3-1 decision to the Utah Hockey Club — one of the three teams battling the Canucks for the Western Conference’s final post-season berth.“Obviously we could have separated ourselves today, and I think that was something that everyone knew how big that wou
  
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• Trump says he will talk to Putin on Tuesday as he pushes for end to Ukraine war

  17-03-2025 05:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he would speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday as he pushes to end the war in Ukraine.The U.S. leader disclosed the upcoming conversation to reporters while flying from Florida to Washington on Air Force One on Sunday evening.
  “We will see if we have something to announce maybe by Tuesday. I will be speaking to President Putin on Tuesday,” Trump said. “A lot of work’s been done over the weekend. We want to
  
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