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• Cedric Mullins’s five RBIs leads Orioles past Blue Jays 12-2 in Toronto’s home opener

  27-03-2025 23:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Cedric Mullins had two home runs and singled in another run for a total of five RBIs as the Baltimore Orioles routed the Toronto Blue Jays 12-2 on Thursday in Major League Baseball’s opening day.
  Tyler O’Neill of Burnaby, B.C., hit a three-run homer in the third inning as Baltimore (1-0) built a quick six-run lead. Adley Rutschman had a solo homer in the first and a two-run shot in the eighth that was immediately followed by a Jordan Westburg home run.
  Zach Eflin (1-0
  
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• Davies’ agent takes more conciliatory tone in wake of injury to Canada captain

  27-03-2025 23:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The war of words over Alphonso Davies’ knee injury cooled somewhat Thursday with a conciliatory communique from the Canada captain’s agent.
  In the wake of Bayern Munich’s announcement Wednesday that Davies had torn his anterior cruciate ligament in Canada’s 2-1 weekend win over the U.S. in the CONCACAF Nations League third-place game in Inglewood, Calif., agent Nedal Huoseh turned up the heat by saying Davies “was not 100 per cent after the Mexico game (last Thursda
  
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• Reigning champ Ilia Malinin of US leads Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama at figure skating world championships

  27-03-2025 22:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Reigning world champion Ilia Malinin delivered a season-best short program on Thursday night, giving the young American star a slim lead over Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama in what has quickly become a two-man race to this year’s title.
  The 20-year-old Malinin delivered a pair of quads and a brilliant triple axel to score 110.41 points, just over three points off the world record set by Nathan Chen at the 2022 Winter Olympics. It was enough to keep Malinin in first when Ka
  
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• New CFLPA executive director David Mackie says there’s plenty of work to do

  27-03-2025 22:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  There’s labour harmony through the 2029 season and a search continues for a new CFL commissioner, but David Mackie hasn’t had the luxury of time to settle into his new role as the CFL Players’ Association’s executive director.
  Mackie was hired Feb. 24 to replace Brian Ramsay, who left in August to take on the same post with the Professional Hockey Players’ Association. Former CFL player Peter Dyakowski had served as interim executive director until Mackie’s ap
  
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• Forward Nikolaj Ehlers scoring at a career-best pace for playoff-bound Jets

  27-03-2025 22:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Nikolaj Ehlers knows he’s on the verge of a career-high season for points, but a big celebration isn’t around the corner.
  The speedy Winnipeg Jets forward views it as part of his evolution since joining the NHL club in 2015-16 after being drafted ninth overall in 2014.
  “It would mean a lot, of course, but I also think the reason that I’m at this point is because I don’t think too much about that stuff,” Ehlers said after Thursday’s pract
  
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• Highway 1 lanes in Hope to close for sinkhole repairs Thursday night

  27-03-2025 22:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — The B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Transit says Highway 1 will be reduced to one lane eastbound and one lane westbound at Flood Hope Road (exit 165) starting Thursday night to remediate a rapidly deteriorating sinkhole across e/b lanes.According to a statement from the province, a sinkhole initially surfaced on Highway 1 in November 2024. The government says it was quickly repaired and has been continually monitored while a design was underway for a permanent fix.
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• King Charles III experiences side effects after receiving medical treatment and is in hospital

  27-03-2025 22:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — King Charles III was hospitalized for observation on Thursday after experiencing “temporary side effects,’’ related to a scheduled cancer treatment, Buckingham Palace said in a statement.His engagements for Thursday afternoon and Friday were canceled.
  “His majesty has now returned to Clarence House and as a precautionary measure, acting on medical advice, tomorrow’s diary programme will also be rescheduled,’’ the palace said. “H
  
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• Australia to hold general elections on May 3 with inflation and a housing shortage major issues

  27-03-2025 22:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australians will go to the polls on May 3 for general elections with high costs of living and a shortage of housing likely weighing against the government as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ‘s center-left Labor Party seeks a second three-year term.
  Albanese drove to Governor-General Sam Mostyn’s official residence on Friday to trigger the election and announced the date later at a news conference at Parliament House.
  “Over the last few years, t
  
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• New role, same goal for Maciocia after Alouettes restructure: ‘I’m still the GM here’

  27-03-2025 22:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Danny Maciocia may have new responsibilities with the Montreal Alouettes, but that doesn’t mean we’ll see less of him on the field.
  “The day I start doing paperwork, it’ll be time to move on,” the Alouettes general manager said during a press conference Thursday at Olympic Stadium.
  In an organizational restructuring, Maciocia added senior vice-president of football operations to his job title after the CFL team announced Wednesday that Mark Weightma
  
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• Chilliwack MLAs to hold emergency town hall on Bill 7, which would grant Premier Eby sweeping powers - Fraser Valley Today

  27-03-2025 22:20 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack MLAs to hold emergency town hall on Bill 7, which would grant Premier Eby sweeping powers  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Chilliwack students soak up Canadian politics on trip to Ottawa - The Chilliwack Progress

  27-03-2025 22:18 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack students soak up Canadian politics on trip to Ottawa  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack students soak up Canadian politics on trip to Ottawa - Chilliwack Progress

  27-03-2025 22:18 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack MLAs to hold emergency town hall on Bill 7, which would grant Premier Eby sweeping powers

  27-03-2025 22:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — As business groups begin to push back on a proposed bill that would grant the B.C. government cabinet sweeping powers to respond to tariff threats from foreign governments, Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA Á’a:líya Warbus and Chilliwack North MLA Heather Maahs will hold an emergency town hall tomorrow night about the forthcoming legislation.B.C. Chamber of Commerce President Fiona Famulak has written a letter to Premier David Eby and Attorney General Niki Sharma
  
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• Judge says he will order government to preserve Signal messages about Houthi military strike

  27-03-2025 21:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday said he will order the Trump administration to preserve records of a text message chat in which senior national security officials discussed sensitive details of plans for a U.S. military strike against Yemen’s Houthis.
  U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said during a hearing that he’ll issue a temporary restraining order barring administration officials from destroying messages sent over the encrypted messaging app Signal.A nonprof
  
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• B.C. allows Mount Polley tailings dam to go higher, a decade after massive spill

  27-03-2025 21:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is allowing the height of the Mount Polley tailings dam to be raised an extra four metres, a decade after a similar storage site burst in one of the province’s biggest environmental disasters.
  A statement from the Mining and Environment ministers says the extra height is to ensure that spring runoff can be safely managed.Environment Minister Tamara Davidson and Mines Minister Jagrup Brar say their decision was informed by the Environmental A
  
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• Chilliwack resident to run in federal election as Green Party candidate – in Langley - Fraser Valley Today

  27-03-2025 21:32 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack resident to run in federal election as Green Party candidate – in Langley  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• UBC scientists invent stir stick that detects drugged drinks

  27-03-2025 21:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Researchers at the University of British Columbia say they’re gearing up to start “real-world testing” of a stir stick that can detect if a drink has been spiked with drugs.The university says in a news release that the device called “Spikeless” was developed in its faculty of applied science, and the inventors hope for widespread adoption to combat drugs being added to drinks and to prevent sexual assaults.It says the “seemingly ordinary sti
  
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• Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA welcomes residents to her new constituency office - Fraser Valley Today

  27-03-2025 21:25 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA welcomes residents to her new constituency office  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA welcomes residents to her new constituency office

  27-03-2025 21:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Roughly five months after she captured nearly 55 per cent of the vote in last year’s provincial election, Chilliwack-Cultus Lake Á’a:líya Warbus welcomed the community to her constituency office during an open house yesterday.Warbus held an open house in suite J4, 6640 Vedder Road, on Wednesday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., in Chilliwack.“With so many new MLAs elected last October, it was no small task to get us all into offices,” Warbus said.Ele
  
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• Woman files $3.75m lawsuit against Spitfires, OHL, CHL for alleged 1984 sex assault

  27-03-2025 21:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINDSOR, Ont. — A woman has filed a lawsuit in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, alleging a 1984 sexual assault by former Windsor Spitfires players at a team party.The plaintiff, identified in court documents as “Jane Doe,” claims she was incapacitated and assaulted at the home of a billet family and is suing the Spitfires, the Ontario Hockey League, the Canadian Hockey League and four unnamed former Windsor players for damages totalling $3.75 million.
  The lawsuit, filed T
  
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• Chilliwack resident to run in federal election as Green Party candidate – in Langley

  27-03-2025 21:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack resident and retired professional forester Debra Soutar will run for the Green Party more than 30 kilometers away from her home riding.
  According to her biography on the Green Party of Canada website, Soutar says the Langley Township-Fraser Heights riding, which she hopes to represent, has a significant ag industry and a stellar array of parks and trails, forming part of the reason she’s running.
  “Agriculture and outdoor recreation dominate the local eco
  
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• B.C.’s ombudsperson wants code-of-conduct laws, integrity tools for local politicians

  27-03-2025 20:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — B.C.’s ombudsperson says the lack of provincial standards guiding ethics of local politicians opens the door to interference and erodes public trust.Jay Chalke has issued a letter to the province urging it to bring in legislation after two recent reports out of Vancouver, saying current codes of conduct for local elected officials “remain entirely optional.”In the first report, the park board’s integrity commissioner found six of the seven board members v
  
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• Fans boo U.S. anthem before Blue Jays home opener at Toronto’s Rogers Centre

  27-03-2025 20:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Some Blue Jays fans booed the United States’ national anthem at Toronto’s home opener against the Baltimore Orioles.
  There were scattered but audible boos from the sold-out crowd at Rogers Centre as the “The Star-Spangled Banner” was sung by the 40-person ensemble from the local stage production of “the Lion King.”Those jeers turned to cheers and singing as the crowd joined in with the musical’s cast for “O Canada” as members
  
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• Mayor Ken Popove not keen on WHL’s decision to come to Chilliwack, says it’s not ‘a done deal’

  27-03-2025 20:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Mayor Ken Popove isn’t necessarily on board with the Western Hockey League’s decision to initiate a franchise application process with the City of Chilliwack.
  According to remarks made during Thursday morning’s “Ask the Mayor” segment with 89.5 JR Country host Glen Slingerland, Mayor Popove said he could not in good conscience attend Tuesday morning’s news conference announcing the return of a Western Hockey League franchise to Ch
  
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• Ex-President Martinelli gets Panama’s permission to take asylum in Nicaragua

  27-03-2025 20:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PANAMA CITY (AP) — Ex-Panama President Ricardo Martinelli will be allowed to leave the Nicaraguan embassy where he’s been holed up for more than a year to travel to Nicaragua for humanitarian reasons, Panama Foreign Affairs Minister Javier Martínez-Acha Vásquez said Thursday.
  Martinelli has been inside Nicaragua’s embassy in Panama since Panama moved to arrest him after his appeals ran out on his money laundering conviction. The 73-year-old former leader maintains
  
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• ‘Wrong direction’: B.C. Chamber of Commerce latest group to decry tariff bill

  27-03-2025 20:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Proposed legislation in British Columbia to give the cabinet sweeping powers to respond to threats from foreign governments amid Canada’s tariff fight is getting more pushback from businesses as the Greens meet with the government about their concerns.
  BC Chamber of Commerce President Fiona Famulak says in a letter to Premier David Eby and Attorney General Niki Sharma that the legislation known as Bill 7 lacks “guardrails” and allows the government to make nearly any change it
  
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• Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions edge down in 2023, among lowest totals since 1990s

  27-03-2025 19:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A national tally of Canada’s climate progress indicates greenhouse gas emissions fell slightly in 2023 and are now about eight per cent lower than they were in 2005.Canada’s official greenhouse gas inventory indicates emissions dropped by one per cent from 2022 to 2023, with emissions largely flat across major industrial sectors.Excluding 2020, when emissions dropped drastically due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s tied with 2021 as the lowest annual total since 1996 but still we
  
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• White House withdraws Rep. Elise Stefanik’s nomination for UN ambassador over tight GOP House margin

  27-03-2025 19:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The White House has withdrawn Rep. Elise Stefanik’s nomination to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, a stunning turnaround for President Donald Trump’s Cabinet pick after her confirmation had been stalled over concerns about Republicans’ tight margins in the House.Trump confirmed the decision in a Truth Social post on Thursday, saying that it was “essential that we maintain EVERY Republican Seat in Congress.”
  “We must be unif
  
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• Mixed verdict for 3 Philadelphia detectives in perjury trial involving a 2016 murder exoneration

  27-03-2025 19:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The trial of three long-retired Philadelphia detectives accused of lying about evidence in a homicide case that later ended with an exoneration wrapped up with a mixed verdict Thursday.
  Martin Devlin was acquitted on all charges, while Frank Jastrzembski was acquitted on all but one count and Manuel Santiago was acquitted of two charges but convicted on two others.
  The trial was a highly unusual prosecution since few public officials are ever charged with crimes over th
  
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• Vehicle crashes into a ditch near Chilliwack railroad tracks Wednesday night - Fraser Valley Today

  27-03-2025 19:00 via news.google.com
  Vehicle crashes into a ditch near Chilliwack railroad tracks Wednesday night  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Chilliwack mayor on WHL: 'I don't think it's the right move' - Penticton Western News

  27-03-2025 18:49 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack mayor on WHL: 'I don't think it's the right move'  Penticton Western News
  
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• Chilliwack mayor on WHL: 'I don't think it's the right move' - Hope Standard

  27-03-2025 18:49 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack mayor on WHL: 'I don't think it's the right move'  Hope Standard
  
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• Oilers recall goaltender Rodrigue on emergency basis after injury to Skinner

  27-03-2025 18:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have recalled goaltender Olivier Rodrigue from the American Hockey League on an emergency basis, the NHL team announced Thursday.
  The move comes after starting goaltender Stuart Skinner sustained an injury in the third period of Edmonton’s 4-3 loss to visiting Dallas on Wednesday.
  Skinner collided with Dallas forward Mikko Rantanen and laid on the ice before skating to the dressing room unassisted.
  Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch said after the game that Sk
  
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• Jays have aggressive home opener lineup with Bichette, Guerrero, Santander up first

  27-03-2025 18:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have put out an aggressive but unorthodox lineup for their home opener against the Baltimore Orioles.
  Shortstop Bo Bichette, first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr., and left-fielder Anthony Santander will be the first three up in Toronto’s batting order in the matinee.
  Andres Gimenez will bat cleanup, an unusual spot for the defensively oriented second baseman.
  The move was partly necessary as outfielder Daulton Varsho was placed on the 10-day injured lis
  
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• Carney detours federal election campaign to deal with Trump’s auto tariffs

  27-03-2025 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Mark Carney is back in Ottawa today to deal with the fallout from new auto tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, as the Conservatives continue campaigning in British Columbia.
  Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Carney said he was suspending his campaign plans for the day and would return to Ottawa to hold a meeting of the Canada-U.S. cabinet committee.
  On Wednesday, Trump signed an executive order to impose 25 per cent tariffs on all automobile imports
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: More families benefitting from child care investments in B.C.

  27-03-2025 18:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Families in B.C. deserve a break. With the economic uncertainty of Trump’s unjustified tariffs coming on top of rising global inflation, it’s getting harder to get by. That’s why the provincial government is finding ways to help put money back in people’s pockets.For parents, and especially mothers, child care is one of the biggest expenses they have. Creating more affordable and accessible child care is one of the best ways to help British Columbians save money so they c
  
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• Heading South: Grand Slam of Curling to include a stop in Lake Tahoe next season

  27-03-2025 18:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Grand Slam of Curling will hold an event outside of Canada for the first time next season.Organizers say the series will make a stop in Lake Tahoe, Nev., as part of a five-event schedule for the 2025-26 campaign.
  The 4,200-seat Tahoe Blue Event Center will host the GSOC Tahoe event from Nov. 4-9.The Sept. 23-28 Masters in London, Ont., will be the first of four Canadian events. The Tour Challenge will be held in Nisku, Alta., from Oct. 14-19, and the Canadian Open will be hel
  
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• Former Toronto FC young guns Nelson, Priso return to BMO Field as Vancouver Whitecaps

  27-03-2025 17:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Jayden Nelson and Ralph Priso, two young Canadians deemed surplus to requirements by Toronto FC, return to BMO Field on Saturday as members of the Vancouver Whitecaps.
  With the Whitecaps (4-1-0) atop the Western Conference and Toronto (0-4-1) second-from-last in the East, both will likely arrive with a smile on their face.
  “Before I left for Europe, TFC was all I knew,” said Nelson, who was 12 when he joined Toronto’s academy. “So now actually going back,
  
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• Parents of slain Manitoba woman hope search for remains in landfill can start soon

  27-03-2025 17:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — The parents of a slain Manitoba woman say they hope the search for their daughter’s remains can begin soon.
  Albert and Theresa Shingoose say they’re pleased that police have identified their daughter, Ashlee Shingoose, and have determined that her remains are likely in the Brady Road landfill in Winnipeg.
  She was previously unidentified as one of four victims of serial killer Jeremy Skibicki, who was sentenced to life in prison last year.
  Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew a
  
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• Trial begins for two people accused in shooting death of OPP officer near Brantford

  27-03-2025 17:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CAYUGA, Ont. — Opening arguments are underway in the trial of two people accused of murder in the shooting death of a provincial police officer more than two years ago.
  Ontario Provincial Police Const. Grzegorz Pierzchala was shot on Dec. 27, 2022 while responding to a vehicle in a ditch west of Hagersville, Ont., near Brantford.Randall McKenzie and Brandi Stewart-Sperry were each charged with first-degree murder in the 28-year-old officer’s death.
  Both of the accused have pleaded no
  
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• Grade 1 E.P. Taylor Stakes turf race added to Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series

  27-03-2025 17:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The winner of the 2025 Grade 1 E.P. Taylor Stakes will earn a direct entry into the Breeders’ Cup.
  Woodbine Entertainment announced Thursday the $750,000 turf race has been added to the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series as an official “Win and You’re In” race.The new designation offers the winner an automatic, fees-paid berth into the US$2 million Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf event at the ’25 Breeders’ Cup, which will be held Oc
  
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• Semi truck flips and catches fire on Highway 1 in Abbotsford, B.C.

  27-03-2025 16:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Police in Abbotsford, B.C., say a semi truck flipped over and caught fire along Highway 1 near the city, temporarily closing a section of the road.Police say one passenger vehicle was also involved in the incident in the eastbound lanes, but no injuries have been reported.
  Photos supplied by the Abbotsford Police Department show the semi truck and trailer flipped on their side in the median of the separated highway, with the cabin completely burnt out.
  The photos depict
  
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• 5 wounded in stabbing in Amsterdam, 1 person arrested

  27-03-2025 16:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — At least five people have been wounded in a stabbing in Amsterdam, police in the Dutch city said on Thursday.
  The stabbing happened near Dam Square in central Amsterdam. One person has been arrested.Police have cordoned off the area and multiple ambulances have responded to the event. A trauma helicopter called to the scene has landed on the square.
  “A motive is currently still unclear, but part of our investigation,” the police said in a post on s
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Ontario measles case count hits 572, up by more than 100 in past week

  27-03-2025 16:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Measles cases keep climbing in Ontario, as the province counts more than 100 new cases in the past week. Public Health Ontario is now reporting 572 confirmed and suspected cases since the outbreak began in October.More coming.Hannah Alberga, The Canadian Press
  
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• Former Abbotsford MLA will still run after being denied as Conservative Party candidate

  27-03-2025 16:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — After being told that he could not run as a Conservative Party of Canada candidate in the Fraser Valley, former Abbotsford-West MLA Michael de Jong isn’t giving up.
  De Jong’s name now appears as a confirmed candidate on the Elections Canada website for the Abbotsford-South Langley riding.
  In early March, the former B.C. Liberal cabinet minister and longtime MLA said he had been told by the Conservative Party of Canada that he is no longer in the running to be a can
  
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• Vehicle crashes into a ditch near Chilliwack railroad tracks Wednesday night

  27-03-2025 16:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Four Chilliwack Fire Department engines were paged at just after 10 p.m. Wednesday evening when a vehicle veered off the road and crashed into a ditch near railroad tracks.
  According to scanner traffic, Chilliwack Fire Department Engines 1, 4 and 6 and Tender 6 were paged at about 10:03 p.m. for the report of a motor vehicle incident near Yale Road and Highway 1.
  Firefighters eventually located what appeared to be a Honda Civic in a ditch just off Industrial Way, near Langley
  
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• Midfielder Quinn healthy again and back in the Canada fold for Argentina friendlies

  27-03-2025 16:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Quinn, who has not played for Canada since the Paris Olympics, returns from injury for a pair of international friendlies against Argentina in B.C. during the April FIFA window.
  The return of the influential 29-year-old midfielder from Toronto is good news for Casey Stoney ahead of her first games on Canadian soil as coach. The seventh-ranked Canadians host No. 33 Argentina on April 4 at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver and April 8 at Starlight Stadium in Langford.
  “We’re all excited
  
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• Canadian men’s rugby team to face Spain and Belgium in Edmonton in July

  27-03-2025 16:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Canadian men’s rugby team will host Belgium and Spain in Edmonton in July.
  The test matches, the first since Canada’s tour of Romania in November, will mark the Canadian coaching debut of Australian Steve Meehan.
  Canada, currently ranked 24th by World Rugby, will face No. 22 Belgium on July 12 and No. 16 Spain on July 18 with both games at the 4,500-capacity Clarke Stadium.
  The Edmonton games mark the first time Alberta has staged international test rugby since 2018.
  “We ha
  
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• US wins team aerials gold at freestyle world championships

  27-03-2025 15:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — The United States retained the aerials team title at the world freestyle and snowboard championships on Thursday.
  The team of Kaila Khun, Quinn Dehlinger and Christopher Lillis scored 344.63 points, finished 32 points better than second-placed Ukraine. Switzerland was third (281.43).The Canadian team of Lewis Irving and Alexandre Duchaine from Quebec City and Marion Thenault from Sherbrooke, Que., finished fifth with 274.89 points.
  Dehlinger and Lillis helped
  
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• Update 7:40 a.m. Thursday: Highway 1 reopens through Langley after semi truck flips, catches fire

  27-03-2025 15:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UPDATE: AbbyPD has advised news media at 7:27 a.m. this morning that Highway 1 eastbound has reopened to single-lane traffic. Crews will remain on site throughout the morning to investigate and clear the scene following the early morning accident.
  Original story from 7:12 a.m.:FRASER VALLEY — Highway 1 in Langley was closed eastbound at 264 Street for at least two hours early Thursday morning after a semi truck flipped.
  According to a post at 4:17 a.m., AbbyPD said emergency crews were dea
  
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