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• Overheight-detection system for trucks coming to Fraser Valley overpass that’s been hit 6x since 2021

  09-03-2026 23:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK/ABBOTSFORD — The province says construction has begun on a new overheight-detection system (OHDS) on a Highway 1 overpass between Chilliwack and Abbotsford that’s been struck six times since 2021.Construction on the OHDS began Monday, March 9, 2026, on Highway 1 westbound at the No. 3 Road Interchange (exit 104). Once installed, the new system will use a combination of beam-break sensors, radar, cameras and flashing beacons to detect vehicles that exceed height limits and
  
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• Derrick Jones and Yaw Yeboah banned for life by Major League Soccer for gambling on games

  09-03-2026 23:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Two players were banned for life Monday by Major League Soccer for gambling on soccer, including bets involving their own matches.Derrick Jones and Yaw Yeboah were both placed on administrative leave in October pending a review of potential violations of league rules.MLS said the investigation concluded the players “engaged in extensive gambling on soccer, including on their own teams, during the 2024 and 2025 seasons.” The league cited one instance where the players bet on Jones to
  
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• Marc Miller says Musqueam deal has ‘nothing to do with’ private property

  09-03-2026 23:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Culture Minister Marc Miller says a rights acknowledgment agreement between the federal government and the Musqueam First Nation has "nothing to do with" private property.
  He says instead that the agreement signed last month is a small step forward for a First Nation that has been fighting for its rights ever since British Columbia was settled.
  The government says the agreement recognizes Musqueam Aboriginal rights "including title within their traditional territory," which the na
  
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• NBA cancels Atlanta Hawks’ plans to celebrate famed Magic City adult entertainment club

  09-03-2026 23:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The NBA has called off the Atlanta Hawks' plans for a night of celebrating the city's famed Magic City adult entertainment club, saying it was responding to “concerns” from many across the league.
  Atlanta announced the plan last month, saying it wanted to pay tribute to an “iconic cultural institution” with food — including the club’s famous lemon pepper wings, a version of which is named for former Hawks guard Lou Williams — along with music and exclusi
  
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• Mentorship program gives veteran Masoli insight into options off football field

  09-03-2026 22:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WATERLOO, ONTARIO — He hasn't closed the door on a 14th CFL season but Jeremiah Masoli is looking at how he can continue chasing a Grey Cup title off the football field.
  The 37-year-old quarterback remains a free agent and is open to playing in 2026. But experience has taught the San Francisco native he's the exception rather than the norm in a game where the average pro career lasts less than four years.
  Last week, Masoli participated in the CFL's mentorship program, a joint initiative be
  
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• Alexander brothers are convicted of sex trafficking in case that shocked real estate world

  09-03-2026 22:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Three brothers, including two of the nation’s most successful luxury real estate brokers, were convicted of sex trafficking charges Monday after a five-week trial over accusations that they used drugs and force to rape scores of women they had dazzled with their wealth and opulent lifestyle.The verdict came after 11 women testified they were sexually assaulted by one or more of the brothers: twins Oren and Alon Alexander, 38, and Tal Alexander, 39.The women described
  
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• Lawyer says no proof of his client was at B.C. double murder scene

  09-03-2026 22:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — One of three men accused of killing an Abbotsford, B.C., couple has conceded that evidence against him shows he knew of the planned home invasion that resulted in the murders, but his lawyer says the prosecution hasn't proven the man was at the crime scene.Andrew Cochrane, a lawyer for Abhijeet Singh, told B.C. Supreme Court Justice Brenda Brown in closing submissions on Monday that the Crown is relying on a "single item" of physical evidence to prove his client's involvement
  
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• Six recipients honoured at Fraser Valley Cultural Diversity Awards - Chilliwack Progress

  09-03-2026 22:05 via news.google.com
  Six recipients honoured at Fraser Valley Cultural Diversity Awards  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• B.C. to bring in safety zones, ban harassment around sites of worship

  09-03-2026 21:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is bringing in legislation to prevent intimidation, mental and physical harassment, and obstruction of people from going to their temples, churches and other places of worship.The 20-metre protection zones for religious sites represent an expansion of rules set up for schools in 2024 to help ensure behaviour in public spaces is safe and respectful.Premier David Eby says there's a disturbing trend across different religious groups where people are
  
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• Overseas trade propels Port of Vancouver to record cargo volumes

  09-03-2026 21:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says a record amount of cargo flowed through its terminals last year as shippers sought to grow overseas markets far from an increasingly protectionist United States.
  Freight volumes at the Port of Vancouver rose eight per cent to 170.4 million tonnes in 2025, according to the federal agency.
  The boost was driven by surging exports of grain, crude oil and potash as well as higher container and auto trade, all of which reached record levels.
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• Submarine company taps former news anchor Peter Mansbridge to voice ad

  09-03-2026 21:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — South Korean firm Hanwha Oceans has tapped former TV news anchor Peter Mansbridge to voice an ad as it looks to secure a multi-billion-dollar procurement contract from Ottawa.
  Peter Mansbridge, the former voice of CBC’s The National, can be heard in a video posted to Hanwha's YouTube page last week pitching the submarines as proven and reliable.
  Hanwha Oceans is competing with German submarine manufacturer TKMS for a contract to supply Canada with up to 12 new submarines.
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• CF Montréal midfielder Wiki Carmona honoured named MLS Player of the Matchday

  09-03-2026 21:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — CF Montréal midfielder Wiki Carmona has been voted the Major League Soccer Player of the Matchday, the league announced Monday.
  Carmona scored two goals in Montréal’s 3-0 road victory on Sunday over the previously unbeaten New York Red Bulls.It was Carmona’s first multi-goal game in his 105th regular-season appearance.
  The Venezuelan midfielder was acquired by in an off-season trade with the Red Bulls that sent Canadian defender Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty
  
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• Australia grants asylum to 5 members of the Iranian women’s soccer team, official says

  09-03-2026 21:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Australia has granted asylum to five members of the Iranian women’s soccer team who were visiting the country for a tournament, Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said Tuesday.The women were transported from their hotel in Gold Coast, Australia “to a safe location” by Australian federal police officers in the early hours of Tuesday morning local time. There, they met with Burke and the processing of their humanitarian visas final
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Carney heading to Norway to watch NATO exercises, meet with PM

  09-03-2026 20:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to travel to Norway on Friday to observe the Norwegian-led NATO Cold Response exercise above the Arctic Circle.
  Cold Response is run by NATO every two years and involves about 25,000 troops from 14 nations training together to perform land, air and sea operations in Arctic conditions.
  Canada, the United States, the U.K., Germany, Netherlands, France, Sweden and Finland are among the countries taking part in the exercise.
  While in Oslo, Carney is ex
  
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• Alexander Butterfield, the Nixon aide who disclosed Watergate tapes, dies at 99

  09-03-2026 20:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Alexander Butterfield, the White House aide who inadvertently hastened Richard Nixon’s resignation over the Watergate scandal when he revealed that the president had bugged the Oval Office and Cabinet Room and routinely recorded his conversations, has died. He was 99. His death was confirmed to The Associated Press by his wife, Kim, and John Dean, who served as White House counsel to Nixon during the Watergate scandal and went on to, along with Butterfield, help exp
  
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• Lawyer says no proof of his client’s presence at B.C. double murder scene

  09-03-2026 20:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — A lawyer for one of three men accused of murdering an Abbotsford, B.C., couple during a home invasion says the prosecution hasn't proved his client was at the crime scene.Andrew Cochrane, the lawyer for Abhijeet Singh, says his client admits to a "degree of moral culpability," with evidence showing Singh had advance knowledge of the home invasion and received stolen property afterwards.While evidence presented in the weeks-long trial may establish involvement in the break-in a
  
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• City of Mission experiences significant profit from 2025 timber sales

  09-03-2026 20:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MISSION — The City of Mission says sales from its municipal forestry operation saw a significant profit, one that more than doubled its initial expectations.According to a statement from the municipality, despite ongoing uncertainty around tariffs on softwood lumber, the City of Mission’s forestry operation reported a profit exceeding $1.1 million in 2025 from timber sales.
  The city says that by leveraging temporary market upticks throughout the year, the city’s forestry depart
  
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• Newly acquired forward Curtis Douglas eager to make an impact with Vancouver Canucks

  09-03-2026 20:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Curtis Douglas knows what people expect of him when he steps on to the ice.The six-foot-nine, 242-pound centre says he's more than just a big body and some dangerous fists, though, as he joins the Vancouver Canucks.“I'm really excited to be able to go out there and show that I can actually play and that I can do more than just go out there and be mean, and add some other aspects to my game," Douglas said Monday.Vancouver plucked the 26-year-old forward off the waiver wire
  
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• Gray likely died of cardiac arrest, complicated by police actions: pathologist

  09-03-2026 20:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The forensic pathologist who performed an autopsy on Myles Gray in the days after he died following a beating by Vancouver police officers says there was no single, definitive cause of death.
  Rather, Dr. Matthew Orde says he identified multiple factors that probably contributed to Gray's death in August 2015, and the context in which the 33-year-old died was crucial to informing his conclusions.
  Orde told the public hearing into Gray's death that he found it was most likely exp
  
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• Automaker allowed more tariff-free U.S. imports due to higher Canadian production

  09-03-2026 19:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Ottawa is letting an unnamed automaker import a higher quota of U.S.-made vehicles without tariffs because the company is selling and making more cars in Canada than first expected.
  While the Liberal government dropped the bulk of its counter-tariffs on the United States in September, Canada still maintains import duties of 25 per cent on U.S. autos that are not compliant with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico agreement on trade.
  Ottawa allows automakers to import a certain quota of vehicles
  
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• VIDEO: KHSAR honours legacy of Neil Brewer in documentary - Chilliwack Progress

  09-03-2026 19:23 via news.google.com
  VIDEO: KHSAR honours legacy of Neil Brewer in documentary  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Sweet Spring at Greendale Acres in Chilliwack - miss604.com

  09-03-2026 19:15 via news.google.com
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• Ottawa Senators defenceman Jake Sanderson out week to week with upper-body injury

  09-03-2026 19:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The Ottawa Senators will be without defenceman Jake Sanderson when they line up against the Canucks in Vancouver on Monday.Head coach Travis Green says the 23-year-old blue liner is out week to week with an upper-body injury.Sanderson left Ottawa's 7-4 win over the Kraken in Seattle on Saturday after getting hit along the boards by Brandon Montour midway through the second period. He did not return.The American has 11 goals and 48 points over 62 games this season and is averagi
  
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• Hope resident reaches 200th blood-donation milestone - Chilliwack Progress

  09-03-2026 18:53 via news.google.com
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• Man accused of killing B.C. Mountie Shaelyn Yang testifies at fitness hearing

  09-03-2026 18:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The man accused of killing RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang in a Burnaby, B.C., park is testifying in Vancouver to determine whether he is fit to stand trial.
  Jongwon Ham, appearing in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver on Monday, is charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Yang in October 2022.
  An interim publication ban temporarily prevents reporting what Ham, wearing a black shirt under a grey suit, is saying at the fitness hearing.
  The hearing was ordered by Justice M
  
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• Liberals nominate Fintrac official Annette Ryan as new budget watchdog

  09-03-2026 18:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Liberal government has nominated a senior official from the national financial intelligence agency as Ottawa's next fiscal watchdog.
  Wayne Long, secretary of state for financial institutions, tabled a nomination Monday asking MPs to approve Annette Ryan to take on the currently vacant role of parliamentary budget officer.
  The nomination is for a seven-year term.
  Ryan has worked in the public service for more than a decade and currently serves as a deputy director at the Financ
  
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• Chilliwack to play farewell show at CN Centre - CKPG Today

  09-03-2026 18:31 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack to play farewell show at CN Centre  CKPG Today
  
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• Winnipeg Jets centre Mark Scheifele named NHL first star of the week

  09-03-2026 18:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Winnipeg Jets forward Mark Scheifele was named NHL first star of the week Monday after recording eight points over a three-game stretch.Scheifele scored his 18th career overtime goal in a 3-2 comeback win over the Chicago Blackhawks last Tuesday.He had the game-winning goal in a 4-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday and scored his 30th goal of the season in a 3-2 OT win over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday.
  Scheifele also had five assists on the week.
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• Lawyer for Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet says accuser’s testimony lacks credibility

  09-03-2026 18:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Final arguments have begun at the Montreal courthouse in a defamation lawsuit filed by Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet against a woman who has accused him of sexual misconduct.
  Paméla Groleau alleges Ouellet touched her without consent on three occasions between 2008 and 2010 while she was training or working as a lay pastoral agent for the Catholic Church.
  Ouellet denies the accusations and launched a $100,000 defamation suit against Groleau, alleging she damaged his reputa
  
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• Major ice storm headed to southern Quebec, up to 35 mm of freezing rain over 24 hours

  09-03-2026 17:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Environment Canada says a major ice storm is headed to southern Quebec starting Wednesday.
  Multiple regions including Montreal and Quebec City could receive between 20 to 30 millimetres of freezing rain over a period of up to 24 hours.
  The weather agency says the storm risks triggering power outages and creating traffic headaches.
  It says the accumulation of ice increases the risk of trees cracking and falling on power lines.
  The weather is expected to remain cold in the following days, which co
  
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• Kerri Einarson’s curling team gears up for world championship in Calgary

  09-03-2026 17:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Curling doesn't stop in Canada. The women's world championship opens Saturday in Calgary.
  On the heels of Matt Dunstone's Manitoba team winning a national men's championship in St. John's, N.L., Kerri Einarson's foursome out of Gimli, Man., will represent the host country in Alberta.
  Einarson is a two-time bronze medallist in world championships after finishing third in both 2022 and 2023.Her team also competed in a world championship in Calgary in 2021, which was held in a strict COVID-19 pande
  
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• Foreign national convicted of trying to enter B.C. with 6 undeclared guns, CBSA says man ‘may be’ removed from Canada

  09-03-2026 17:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — The Canada Border Services Agency says a 44-year-old foreign national has been sentenced to four years in prison after he tried to enter British Columbia with six undeclared firearms in his vehicle.
  However, the CBSA can’t say the man whether the foreign national will be definitively removed from Canada once he’s done serving his prison term.
  According to a statement from the federal agency, 44-year-old Reuben Velasquez sought entry into Canada at the Belleville Ferr
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Liberals nominate Fintrac official Annette Ryan as budget watchdog

  09-03-2026 17:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Liberal government has nominated a senior official at the national financial intelligence agency as Ottawa's next fiscal watchdog.
  Wayne Long, the secretary of state for financial institutions, tabled the certificate of nomination to ask for MPs to approve Annette Ryan to take on the currently vacant role of the parliamentary budget officer for a seven-year term.
  Ryan has served in the public service for over a decade and currently works as a deputy director at the Financial T
  
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• $30M settlement offer in Vancouver-area Catholic school abuse class-action lawsuit

  09-03-2026 17:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Lawyers representing the plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit over alleged abuse say former students at two Vancouver-area Catholic schools have received a $30 million settlement offer.
  Vancouver-based CFM Lawyers says in a statement that Vancouver College, St. Thomas More Collegiate and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver and the plaintiffs have come to a settlement that is awaiting court approval.
  The hearing for approval process starts April 30 in B.C. Supreme Court i
  
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• NRC to acquire Bombardier jet as feds earmark nearly $1B for defence research

  09-03-2026 17:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The federal government is putting nearly a billion dollars into the National Research Council for defence initiatives, including the purchase of a Bombardier jet for research.
  Ottawa says the $900 million funding envelope is part of its Defence Industrial Strategy, a blueprint released in late February for building out the domestic defence sector.
  The funding includes support for drone and aerospace technology and for a new "drone innovation hub" that will operate in the Ottawa an
  
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• CP NewsAlert: $30M settlement offer in Vancouver-area Catholic school abuse case

  09-03-2026 17:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Lawyers say former students at two Vancouver-area Catholic schools have received a $30 million settlement offer in a class-action lawsuit over alleged abuse.
  More to come.
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• Vancouver’s snow-free run could end as late-winter warnings issued in southwest B.C.

  09-03-2026 17:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — Snow is expected to make a late-winter visit to southwestern British Columbia, with Environment Canada issuing a snowfall warning for much of western and southern Vancouver Island.
  The weather agency has also issued a special weather statement for Metro Vancouver, warning of possible snow disrupting the commute later in the week.
  Vancouver has yet to record a measurable snowfall involving at least one centimetre of accumulation at the city's airport this winter.
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• Finnish pair wins a barrel of ale in annual ‘wife-carrying’ contest in England

  09-03-2026 17:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON (AP) — To have and to hold took on a new meaning for about two dozen couples who put their relationships to the test on a grassy hill in southern England.
  Wives and girlfriends clung on for dear life as their partners carried them up and down a hillside for the U.K. Wife Carrying Race, one of the country's quirkiest annual sports events.
  On Sunday, Teemu Touvinen and Jatta Leinonen from Finland were crowned the winners at 1 minute and 45 seconds. Their prize? A barrel of local ale.
  
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• 39-year-old Mission man arrested, drugs and weapons seized in search warrant: RCMP

  09-03-2026 17:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MISSION — Mounties in Mission say a 39-year-old man has been arrested and remains in custody for possession of firearms, multiple IDs in other people’s names and other items consistent with drug trafficking.According to a statement from Mission RCMP spokesperson Corporal Harrison Mohr, officers pulled over a vehicle the 39-year-old man was travelling in on Tuesday, February 24 and arrested him without incident.
  Corporal Mohr says a search warrant under the Controlled Drugs and Substa
  
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• Alberni Valley Bulldogs @ Chilliwack Chiefs Saturday, March 21, 2026 - BCHL

  09-03-2026 17:01 via news.google.com
  Alberni Valley Bulldogs @ Chilliwack Chiefs Saturday, March 21, 2026  BCHL
  
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• Patient airlifted to hospital Sunday after motor vehicle incident near Eastern Hillsides

  09-03-2026 16:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — A patient was airlifted to hospital after a motor vehicle incident near Eastern Hillsides in Chilliwack Sunday afternoon.
  According to an emailed statement from B.C. Emergency Health Services spokesperson Diana Stepczuk, paramedics responded to a call about a vehicle incident at Upper Prairie Road and Hinckley Road Sunday afternoon at 1:45 p.m.“Four ambulances and a helicopter were dispatched. One patient was treated at the scene and was transported to hospital by helico
  
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• Eriksson wins second Para alpine medal; Canada wins big in wheelchair curling

  09-03-2026 16:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MILAN — Para skier Kalle Eriksson picked up his second medal of the Milan Cortina Paralympics on Monday while Canada's wheelchair curling team remained undefeated.
  Eriksson and guide Sierra Smith raced to bronze in the men's visually impaired super G in a time of one minute 13.29 seconds.
  Johannes Aigner of Austria won gold in 1:11.99, followed by Italy's Giacomo Bertagnolli in 1:12.15.
  Eriksson, from Kimberley, B.C., and Smith, from Ottawa, won silver in their Paralympic debut in Saturday
  
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• Carney expected to be a no-show as MPs debate Iran war in House of Commons

  09-03-2026 16:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — MPs are expected to square off tonight in a debate about Canada's approach to the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, although the prime minister won't be taking part.
  Liberal House leader Steven MacKinnon said Sunday the government is proposing a take-note debate in the House of Commons this evening over the conflict and its impact on Canadians abroad.
  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he is demanding an emergency debate in Parliament on the war in the Middle East and how it is affe
  
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• Authorities investigate explosives thrown near NYC mayor’s residence as ‘ISIS-related terrorism’

  09-03-2026 16:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Two men suspected of bringing explosives to a protest outside New York City's mayoral mansion were in custody Monday, as authorities probed whether the suspects were inspired by the Islamic State extremist group, the police commissioner said.No charges had yet been brought against the men, Emir Balat and Ibrahim Nikk, but federal prosecutors and police planned a news conference later in the day. In the meantime, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a morning news confe
  
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• One man arrested, stolen ATM recovered after Sunday night break and enter: Abbotsford PD

  09-03-2026 15:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — A spokesperson for the Abbotsford PD says a man has been arrested and remains in custody for his alleged role in a break and enter at a business on Auguston Parkway.
  Sgt. Paul Walker tells Fraser Valley Today that AbbyPD officers were called to a reported break and enter at a business in the 36300 block of Auguston Parkway at 9:09 p.m. Sunday night, where an ATM had been stolen.
  On arrival, the suspects had already fled the area where the crime occurred. The business sustained
  
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• Monday - Mar 9 - Chilliwack Animal Safe Haven - Fraser Valley Current

  09-03-2026 15:01 via news.google.com
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• Voting begins in NDP leadership race, Singh’s successor to be named March 29

  09-03-2026 14:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Voting began today in the NDP leadership race, with a March 28 deadline for party members to cast their votes.
  A party official says 100,000 members are eligible to vote in the election.
  In the 2017 leadership race, which was won by Jagmeet Singh on the first ballot, the party had just under 125,000 members eligible to vote.
  During the 2012 leadership contest, won by Tom Mulcair, the party had more than 128,000 members eligible to vote.
  There are five candidates in the current rac
  
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• Explosives thrown near New York City mayor’s residence investigated as ‘ISIS-related terrorism’

  09-03-2026 14:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s police commissioner said Monday that authorities are investigating whether men who brought improvised explosive devices to a protest outside New York City’s mayoral residence were inspired by ISIS.The devices, which did not explode, were hurled during raucous counterprotests Saturday near Gracie Mansion during a “Stop the Islamic Takeover of New York City” event led by the far right activist Jake Lang. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisc
  
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• Snowfall warning issued for the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt

  09-03-2026 14:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HOPE – A snowfall warning is in effect for the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt following a night of snowy chaos.
  Environment Canada says around 15 to 20 centimetres of snow is expected for the stretch of Highway 5 Monday (March 9), with periods of heavy snow at times.
  The weather agency says flurries are expected to taper off Monday night, although travel on the Coquihalla Highway will be challenging throughout the day. The snowfall is due to an upper low.
  Meantime, southbound traf
  
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• First responders search for missing man approximately 37 kms up Chilliwack Lake Road: RCMP - Fraser Valley Today

  09-03-2026 14:40 via news.google.com
  First responders search for missing man approximately 37 kms up Chilliwack Lake Road: RCMP  Fraser Valley Today
  
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