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• 'Exceptional': 20 Chilliwack-Hope residents honoured with King Charles III medals - Chilliwack Progress

  19-03-2025 23:51 via news.google.com
  'Exceptional': 20 Chilliwack-Hope residents honoured with King Charles III medals  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Oilers back end looks sharp with addition of Walman, return of Ekholm

  19-03-2025 23:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — With a series of trades, the return of an important player and some moves on the blue line, the Edmonton Oilers might have fixed their back end.Tuesday’s 7-1 blowout over Utah Hockey Club showcased some depth scoring to counteract the end of Leon Draisaitl’s 18-game point streak, but also some stability on a blue line the Oilers have said they will need for the playoffs.“I don’t want to get ahead of myself too early, but after the break we were rock botto
  
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• Canada-wide warrant issued for B.C. man in NWT shootings - Chilliwack Progress

  19-03-2025 23:18 via news.google.com
  Canada-wide warrant issued for B.C. man in NWT shootings  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• RCMP in Northwest Territories charge Surrey man in fatal shooting

  19-03-2025 23:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  YELLOWKNIFE — RCMP say charges have been laid in a shooting that killed one person and injured two others in the Northwest Territories.
  Officers responded to a home early Saturday morning in the hamlet of Fort Providence, where a 31-year-old man was found dead.
  Mounties say two others were found injured, with one person needing to be airlifted to Yellowknife for emergency treatment.
  A 22-year-old man from Surrey has been charged with murder, attempted murder and two counts of aggravated as
  
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• Body of missing Langley, B.C., senior found months after she went missing: RCMP

  19-03-2025 23:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY, B.C. — Mounties in Langley, B.C., say the body of an 82-year-old woman has been found several months after she went missing.Jane Whitehouse was reported missing on Oct. 25 last year.Police said she was last seen that day in the suburb of Aldergrove.
  Her empty grey Dodge Grand Caravan was found a few days later.
  Police said the vehicle had run off the East Harrison forest service road in Agassiz, B.C., about 120 kilometres east of Vancouver.
  An RCMP statement says the woman’s
  
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• RCMP report 82-year-old Langley woman found deceased

  19-03-2025 23:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY — Langley RCMP say an 82-year-old woman who was reported missing in October 2024, has been found dead. Authorities say no foul play is suspected in the matter.
  The woman’s mini-van was located shortly after her disappearance along a remote Harrison-area road. Agassiz RCMP worked with Search and Rescue officials to scour the area.
  Mounties are not releasing any further information on the case, other than to offer condolences to friends and the family of the woman.
  
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• Future of Sport in Canada Commission deadline extended after federal cabinet shakeup

  19-03-2025 22:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Future of Sport in Canada Commission can delay its final recommendations on how to make sport safer after it was granted an extension.
  Steven Guilbeault, who assumed responsibility for sports in last week’s federal cabinet shuffle by new Prime Minister Mark Carney, announced Wednesday an extension to March 31, 2026, for the commission to conclude its work.
  The original 18-month timeline would have ended the commission in late 2025.
  The commission’s job is to give recommendations
  
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• Canadian rider Michael Woods crashes out of Milano-Torino one-day cycling race

  19-03-2025 22:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TURIN — Canadian cyclist Michael Woods, who won the race in 2019, crashed out of the Milano-Torino one-day race Wednesday.
  Israel-Premier Tech, his team, said the 38-year-old from Ottawa suffered “a small non-displaced fracture of the left collarbone which may require surgery.”
  “IPT’s medical team will decide on the next steps in consultation with an orthopedic specialist to determine the best course of action for Mike,” Israel-Premier Tech said in a social me
  
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• Pentagon reviews plans to cut troops handling migrants at Guantánamo by as much as half

  19-03-2025 22:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Military officials are reviewing plans that would cut the number of U.S. troops deployed to the Guantánamo Bay naval base in Cuba to handle detained migrants by as much as half, because there are no detainees there now and the program has stumbled during legal challenges, The Associated Press has learned.
  U.S. officials said the military’s Southern Command was asked to give Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth a plan that would outline how many troops are actually
  
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• B.C. shuts door on secondary-suite incentive program over ‘uncertain financial times’

  19-03-2025 21:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says it is cancelling an incentive program meant to entice more homeowners to build secondary suites, saying the decision is “due to uncertain financial times.”The government says in a statement that the pilot program won’t accept applications after March 31.It says the federal government’s commitment to implement a similar program was also a factor, and B.C. Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon says they didn’t want to dupli
  
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• Canada’s Josee Doyon’s mental fortitude moves her up Epson Tour rankings

  19-03-2025 21:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Josee Doyon’s second round at the IOA Golf Classic was off to a rough start.She began the day at Alaqua Country Club in Longwood, Fla., near the top of the leaderboard but a triple bogey on the second hole endangered her position.
  “I was just like ‘all right, there’s 16 more holes and I have two choices: I can either come back strong or give up,'” said Doyon on Wednesday. “And I am not the type of person who gives up so I’m like, ‘all right, we&rsq
  
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• UBC bans Chinese AI DeepSeek from its devices and networks, citing privacy, security

  19-03-2025 21:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The University of British Columbia has banned Chinese AI tool DeepSeek from being used or installed on university-owned devices and networks, citing “a high degree of privacy and security risk.”The university says it reached the decision after a review of public information and third-party assessments of DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence applications.
  It says there are concerns about DeepSeek’s “extensive data collection and sharing,” weak e
  
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• Montreal begins annual effort to clear tonnes of garbage exposed by snowmelt

  19-03-2025 21:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Street cleaning is a rite of spring in Montreal, after receding snow exposes months’ worth of cigarette butts, dog waste, and other garbage.
  The city says its fleet of street sweepers, sidewalk washers and other cleaning staff will need between four and six weeks to pick up what is expected to be at least 50,000 tonnes of trash and gravel.Spokesman Philippe Sabourin told reporters today that because Montreal is a “winter city,” some cleaning operations can&rsqu
  
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• Minnesota jury convicts alleged ringleader of massive pandemic food fraud scheme on all counts

  19-03-2025 21:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A jury found the alleged ringleader of a massive pandemic fraud case in Minnesota guilty on all counts Wednesday for her role in a scheme that federal prosecutors say stole $250 million from a program meant to feed children in need.
  Aimee Bock — the founder of Feeding our Future, the group that prosecutors say was at the heart of the plot — was one of 70 defendants charged in the overall case, said to be one of the country’s largest frauds against COVID
  
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• Free Ferris wheel rides at vibrant tulip festival in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  19-03-2025 21:02 via news.google.com
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• Free Ferris wheel rides at vibrant tulip festival in Chilliwack - Abbotsford News

  19-03-2025 21:02 via news.google.com
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• Gang police allege Vancouver man ran ‘sophisticated’ gun importation scheme

  19-03-2025 20:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — A 24-year-old Vancouver man faces several charges after investigators dismantled what they say was a “sophisticated” gun importation operation.The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit says the charges come after an investigation that began in June 2023 when packages with gun parts were “intercepted at the border.”Investigators say they searched a business in Richmond at the time, and then a home in Vancouver months later, where they found “e
  
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• Ottawa provides $20M for B.C.’s forest sector amid softwood duties, trade war

  19-03-2025 20:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RICHMOND, B.C. — The federal government is providing about $20 million in funding to support British Columbia’s forestry sector, part of Ottawa’s effort to bolster the economy amid the Canada-U. S. trade war.
  Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says it’s more important than ever to support the sector, which is subject to American duties on softwood lumber and now faces the additional threat of steep tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump.
  A statement from Natural Resourc
  
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• Commercial truck hits B.C. highway overpass, losing lumber load and snarling traffic

  19-03-2025 20:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RICHMOND, B.C. — British Columbia’s Highway Patrol says another commercial truck has hit an overpass in Metro Vancouver, causing no visible damage, but snarling traffic on Wednesday.Police say a load of lumber the tractor trailer was hauling along Highway 99 hit the Blundell Road overpass.
  Highway patrol spokesman Cpl. Michael McLaughlin says the trailer’s “over-height” lumber load damaged a pilot vehicle’s windshield after the crash. Commercial Vehicle Safety
  
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• Ottawa condemns China for executing Canadians – Abbotsford native spared

  19-03-2025 20:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — China’s embassy in Ottawa is confirming that Beijing executed Canadian citizens earlier this year.
  It’s not clear how many Canadians were executed, although the Canadian government says they did not include Abbotsford native Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, who was sentenced to death for drug smuggling by a Chinese court in 2019.
  In a media statement, the Chinese embassy says the death penalty cases involving Canadian nationals were based on “solid and sufficient&rdquo
  
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• BCLC highlights gaming revenue impact on Chilliwack in new campaign - Fraser Valley Today

  19-03-2025 20:01 via news.google.com
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• Poilievre says he wants to greenlight Ring of Fire mining permits within six months

  19-03-2025 19:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SUDBURY, Ont. — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Wednesday he’ll “set a deadline” to approve all federal permits for mining in northwestern Ontario’s Ring of Fire region within six months.
  Poilievre said that a Conservative government would also commit $1 billion over three years to building a road network to link the mining sites to Ontario’s highway network and First Nations communities in the area.
  “We will make this money available by cuttin
  
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• BCLC highlights gaming revenue impact on Chilliwack in new campaign

  19-03-2025 19:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The BC Lottery Corporation (BCLC) is reminding all residents of the benefits provided to British Columbians through gaming revenue. It has launched a campaign called “What’s played here stays here” to raise awareness of the fact that all net profit from BCLC operations funds B.C. services such as education, health care and community programs.
  According to BCLC, more than $2.6 million was generated by Elements Casino Chilliwack to fund local initiatives in Chi
  
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• Quebec effort to ease internal trade means less red tape for racehorses, undertakers

  19-03-2025 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec is taking some halting steps toward scrapping interprovincial trade barriers with measures that will reduce red tape for funeral directors, real estate brokers and racehorse owners.
  The government announced today it is planning to withdraw at least five of its exemptions to the Canadian Free Trade Agreement as part of a countrywide effort to boost internal trade.
  Once the changes are made, people who want to register racehorses or become funeral directors will no longer h
  
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• Ottawa condemns China for executing Canadians

  19-03-2025 19:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — China’s embassy in Ottawa is confirming that Beijing executed Canadian citizens earlier this year.
  It’s not clear how many Canadians were executed, although the Canadian government says they did not include Abbotsford, B.C. native Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, who was sentenced to death for drug smuggling by a Chinese court in 2019.
  In a media statement, the Chinese embassy says the death penalty cases involving Canadian nationals were based on “solid and sufficient
  
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• Arizona executes a man who murdered his girlfriend’s ex-husband

  19-03-2025 19:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FLORENCE, Arizona (AP) — An Arizona man who kidnapped and murdered his girlfriend’s ex-husband was executed Wednesday, the second of four prisoners scheduled to be put to death this week in the U.S.
  Aaron Brian Gunches, 53, was lethally injected with pentobarbital at the Arizona State Prison Complex in the town of Florence, John Barcello, deputy director of the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, told news outlets. Gunches fatally shot Ted Price in the dese
  
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• Canadian teen Mboko through to second round of Miami Open with win over Osorio

  19-03-2025 19:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MIAMI — Canadian teen Victoria Mboko continued her impressive start to the 2025 tennis season Wednesday with her first main-draw win at the WTA level.
  Mboko advanced to the second round of the Miami Open with a 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 victory over world No. 54 Camila Osorio of Colombia.
  After a close opening two sets, Mboko converted 68.4 per cent of her first-service points and broke Osorio three times on nine chances to wrap up the milestone win in two hours 32 minutes.
  She will face 10th seed Pau
  
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• Vatican says Pope Francis is improving and no longer needs mechanical help to breathe

  19-03-2025 19:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’s condition continued to improve Wednesday and he no longer needs to use noninvasive mechanical ventilation to help him breathe at night, the Vatican said.
  The 88-year-old pontiff is also reducing his reliance on high-flow supplemental oxygen during the day, the Vatican said in a medical bulletin.Nicole Winfield, The Associated Press
  
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• Investigation underway following overpass strike in Richmond

  19-03-2025 19:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RICHMOND — There has been another overpass struck by a commercial truck in the Lower Mainland.
  According to the BC Highway Patrol, the Blundell Road overpass along Highway 99 in Richmond was struck Wednesday (Mar. 19) morning at 9:45.
  BC Highway Patrol RCMP officers are working withCommercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement (CVSE) officials to investigate the collision, which has led to major traffic disruptions.
  Authorities say the commercial tractor-trailer unit involved in the collision
  
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• 4 Nations Face-Off success has NHL rethinking 2026 All-Star plans at the New York Islanders’ arena

  19-03-2025 18:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MANALAPAN, Fla. (AP) — The smashing success of the 4 Nations Face-Off replacing All-Star festivities with a compelling, competitive international tournament has the NHL rethinking what to do next February before players go to the Milan Olympics.
  The league announced 13 months ago that the New York Islanders would host All-Star Weekend in early February 2026, and Commissioner Gary Bettman envisioned it as the ideal jumping off point for the Olympians to board planes for Italy. What that loo
  
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• Trump administration suspends $175 million in federal funding for Penn over transgender swimmer

  19-03-2025 18:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has suspended approximately $175 million in federal funding for the University of Pennsylvania over the participation of a transgender athlete in its swimming program, the White House said Wednesday.
  The Ivy League school has been facing an Education Department investigation focusing on in its swimming program. That inquiry was announced last month immediately after President Donald Trump signed an executive order intended to ban transgender athle
  
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• Prairie canola producers brace for 100 per cent tariffs from China

  19-03-2025 18:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Canola farmers on the Prairies are bracing for impact as China prepares to impose hefty tariffs on the industry.
  China is expected to enact a 100 per cent levy on Canadian canola oil and meal starting Thursday.
  The tariffs are a response to Canada’s 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles and 25 per cent tax on aluminum and steel products.
  In response, governments in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba want action from Ottawa to support farmers.
  The federal go
  
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• Tories, NDP won’t say how they’re vetting Indigenous candidates

  19-03-2025 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal Conservatives and NDP won’t say how or if they’re vetting the their candidates’ claims to Indigenous identity — even though both parties went after a Liberal MP last year over his shifting statements about his background.
  MP Randy Boissonnault — who served as employment minister in Justin Trudeau’s cabinet — quit the post late last year after weeks of questions about his claims of Indigenous identity and his business dealings.
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Attracting doctors and nurses to B.C.

  19-03-2025 18:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  I know healthcare is top of mind for many people in B.C.As our province grows and ages, we, like many parts of Canada and the world, are facing challenges in our healthcare system.B.C.’s healthcare workforce is expanding, and more people are being connected to family doctors, but there’s more to do. That’s why our government is taking action to ensure our healthcare system is prepared today, and for years to come.One way we’re doing this is by breaking down barriers for A
  
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• Mobile MRI unit to service Surrey Memorial Hospital

  19-03-2025 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Surrey Memorial Hospital has received a new $3.3-million mobile magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) unit, allowing patients to continue to have access to diagnostic services while two new MRI scanners are installed in the hospital.
  The mobile MRI is housed in a 15-metre trailer behind the Critical Care Tower at the hospital’s north end. A new structure will connect the unit to the hospital, sheltering patients and staff from the elements during transfers. The unit is expect
  
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• DOGE official is taking a leadership role at USAID, an email obtained by AP says

  19-03-2025 17:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior official at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is taking a leadership role at the U.S. Agency for International Development, giving DOGE direct authority over an agency that it has worked to dismantle, according to an email obtained by The Associated Press.
  Pete Marocco, a Trump administration political appointee who was serving as deputy head of USAID, disclosed the change in the email to State Department staff. It comes after Marocco and DOGE
  
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• Quebec says it will allow restaurants to charge people for no-shows

  19-03-2025 17:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Quebec government says it’s drafting a bill to allow restaurants to charge people who reserve a table but don’t show up and don’t cancel ahead of time.
  Restaurants would be able to charge up to $10 a person for no-shows, but only if the reservation is for five people or more.
  However, restaurateurs would not be allowed to charge the fee if at least one member of the group shows up to eat.
  The proposal is in response to complaints by restaurant owners, who f
  
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• Kingsbury’s golden streak comes to an end with moguls world championship silver

  19-03-2025 17:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAINT MORITZ — Canadian freestyle skiing star Mikael Kingsbury saw his moguls world championship winning streak come to an end Wednesday.
  Kingsbury, from Deux-Montagnes, Que., finished second in the final with 82.86 points, well behind winner Ikuma Horishima of Japan (89.03).
  Daeyoon Jung of South Korea (81.76) was third.
  Maia Schwinghammer of Saskatoon took third in the women’s event.
  Kingsbury had won the last three men’s moguls world championships. His medal count in the eve
  
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• Commissioner Gary Bettman says the NHL and NHLPA will begin CBA talks in early April

  19-03-2025 17:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MANALAPAN, Fla. (AP) — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said the league and the Players’ Association will sit down to begin negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement the week of April 1.
  At his news conference wrapping up the general managers’ annual spring meeting, Bettman said he did not expect either side to be pushing for fundamental changes and hopes to get a deal done quickly and quietly.
  NHLPA executive director Marty Walsh said last month he was going into talk
  
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• Poilievre says Trump is right to say a Liberal PM would be easier to deal with

  19-03-2025 17:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says U.S. President Donald Trump is right to think he would have an easier time dealing with a Liberal prime minister in Canada.
  On Fox News on Tuesday evening, Trump was asked about the upcoming election and the fact that polls now suggest the Liberals are in the lead.
  Trump said he doesn’t care who wins the election — but added he thinks it’s easier to deal with a Liberal and took aim at Poilievre, saying he’s “s
  
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• Safety board to release preliminary report on Delta plane crash in Toronto

  19-03-2025 17:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it will release a preliminary report Thursday on a crash landing at Toronto’s Pearson airport that sent 21 people to hospital last month.
  The Delta Air Lines flight arriving from Minneapolis crashed on Feb. 17, leading to days of travel disruptions at Canada’s busiest airport.
  All 76 passengers and four crew members survived when the plane burst into flames after flipping over and skidding on the tarmac.All of those who were hospitalized
  
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• Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce makes national top-10 list for growth - Chilliwack Progress

  19-03-2025 17:00 via news.google.com
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• Camping reservations being accepted once again for Golden Ears Park

  19-03-2025 16:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Campers eager to visit Golden Ears Park can begin booking campsites this week as storm repair work nears completion.
  Reservations for the park’s three front-country campgrounds opened this morning for stays beginning later this month.Gold Creek will be available for arrivals starting March 28, while Alouette and North Beach will open April 16. Reservations will follow a four-month rolling window, meaning campers can book stays up to July 19 today.
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• ‘I feel more like myself’: Huberdeau finally comfortable, producing in Calgary

  19-03-2025 15:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Jonathan Huberdeau was completely blindsided.Coming off a 115-point performance for the Florida Panthers in 2021-22 — a career-best campaign that included the organization’s first trip to the second round of the playoffs since an unlikely run to the 1995 Stanley Cup final — the star forward couldn’t believe what was happening.
  The team that selected Huberdeau with the No. 3 overall pick at the 2011 NHL draft and anointed him a franchise cornerstone had just made a jaw-dro
  
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• VIDEO: B.C. ocean observatory dives into Antarctic's unknown depths - Chilliwack Progress

  19-03-2025 15:34 via news.google.com
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• Statistics Canada says population rose to 41,528,680 at Jan. 1 as growth slowed

  19-03-2025 15:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the population grew to 41,528,680 people as of Jan. 1 as the pace of growth continued to slow after peaking in the third quarter of 2023.
  The total number of people was up 63,382 compared with Oct. 1, 2024, for a quarterly growth rate of 0.2 per cent.
  The agency says it was the slowest growth rate since the fourth quarter of 2020, when border restrictions related to the pandemic were in place.
  It says the result came as the number of non-permanent residents
  
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• Federal government promises $2.55B in low-cost loans to build Toronto rental homes

  19-03-2025 14:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The federal government is promising billions in low-cost financing to help build thousands of rental homes in Toronto, including more than a thousand affordable units.
  Ottawa says it will provide $2.55 billion in financing through its Apartment Construction Loan Program, to be administered by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
  The city says the money will go toward building more than 4,800 rental homes, of which at least 1,075 will be affordable housing.
  Toronto, meanwh
  
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• UN says an international staffer was killed and 5 others wounded in a strike in the Gaza Strip

  19-03-2025 14:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An international United Nations staffer was killed and five others were wounded in a strike on a U.N. guesthouse in the Gaza Strip, a U.N. official said Wednesday.Jorge Moreira da Silva, head of the U.N. Office for Project Services, declined to say who carried out the strike but said the explosive ordnance was “dropped or fired” and the blast was not accidental or related to demining activity.
  He did not provide the nationalities of those killed
  
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• Ottawa caps non-sufficient fund fees and places other limits starting March 2026

  19-03-2025 14:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Ottawa is limiting the fees that banks can charge customers who don’t have enough in their accounts to cover a cheque or other pre-authorized charge.
  The changes included in an order-in-council last week will take effect starting March 12, 2026.
  The new rules cap non-sufficient funds fees at $10 for personal deposit accounts and prohibit charging more than one NSF fee in a period of two business days.
  The changes also prohibit charging an NSF fee when an account shortfall is
  
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• Canada men to play Ukraine and Ivory Coast at Canadian Shield tournament in Toronto

  19-03-2025 14:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Canada will play Ukraine and the Ivory Coast in June at Toronto’s BMO Field in a new four-team men’s soccer tournament called the Canadian Shield.
  New Zealand is the other team taking part in the event, which consists of doubleheaders June 7 and June 10.
  Canada will open the tournament June 7 against Ukraine, with New Zealand taking on the Ivory Coast in the nightcap. On June 10, it’s New Zealand versus Ukraine followed by Canada versus the Ivory Coast.
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