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• Historic downtown Chilliwack building restored, as new restaurant prepares to open

  11-03-2026 23:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — CEPCO and the City of Chilliwack announced Wednesday that the restoration of the historic 96-year-old Skelton Building is now complete, paving the way for a new restaurant to open in downtown Chilliwack this month.In a statement, the Chilliwack Economic Partners Corporation says it purchased the Skelton Building on Wellington Avenue roughly five years ago to help facilitate downtown revitalization efforts.“Over the past 5 years, CEPCO has made painstaking efforts to pres
  
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• Man gets seven-year sentence for deadly shooting in Prince George, B.C.

  11-03-2026 23:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PRINCE GEORGE — A man has been sentenced to seven years in prison in the shooting death of another man in Prince George, B.C., in 2023.
  Mounties say the shooting happened on March 7 of that year, when officers responded to an altercation in an apartment building and found a male victim dead at the scene.
  Police identified Dakota Rayn Keewatin as a suspect the next month.
  Keewatin was arrested and later charged with second-degree murder in 2024.
  A trial at the B.C. Supreme Court convicted K
  
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• Canada advances to World Baseball Classic quarterfinals for the first time

  11-03-2026 23:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SAN JUAN — Canada has advanced to the World Baseball Classic's playoff round for the first time in the international tournament's 20-year history.
  Bo Naylor had an RBI double and Otto Lopez followed that with a two-run single as Canada scored three in the sixth inning to beat Cuba 7-2 on Wednesday and reach the WBC's quarterfinals.
  Although Canada has participated in all five WBCs (2006, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2023), it has never reached the knockout stage before.

  The Canadians finish th
  
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• VPD officers could have de-escalated encounter ending in Myles Gray’s death: expert

  11-03-2026 23:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — A police use-of-force expert has told a public hearing that Vancouver police officers missed opportunities to de-escalate their encounter with Myles Gray that ended with his death in 2015.
  Michael Massine, a former police officer turned trainer, says that had the officers used de-escalation techniques such as trying to initiate a conversation with Gray, it "might have led the incident down a different path."
  Gray died after a violent arrest that left him with injuries, includin
  
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• Man shot dead in Kamloops, B.C., in possible targeted attack, police say

  11-03-2026 23:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KAMLOOPS — A man has been shot and killed in Kamloops, B.C., in what police are describing as a targeted attack.
  Police say the shooting happened at around 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday in the 600 block of Seymour Street, where one man was found with a gunshot wound and taken to hospital.
  He later died of his injuries, and investigators say early indications show the attack may have been targeted.
  No suspects have been arrested.Police say that in consultation with the family they are identifying
  
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• PWHL in discussions to team up with NHL Senators to keep Charge in Ottawa, league executive tells AP

  11-03-2026 22:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A PWHL official said Wednesday that there have been constructive conversations in potentially teaming with the NHL's Ottawa Senators to secure its women's hockey franchise a long-term future in the Canadian capital.
  The discussions center on the Ottawa Charge playing home games at the Senators' arena, the Canadian Tire Centre, PWHL senior VP of business operations Amy Scheer told The Associated Press. The Charge’s future is in Ottawa is uncertain beyond this season due to the city going ah
  
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• Toronto FC adds storied alumni Jim Brennan and Doneil Henry to its front office

  11-03-2026 22:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Toronto FC has added Jim Brennan, the franchise's first-ever signing and captain, and Doneil Henry, its first homegrown player, to its front office.
  Brennan, 48, joins as special adviser to technical director Sean Rubio in his second go-round in club management. After retiring as a player in 2010, he served as assistant GM, U-17 academy head coach and first-team assistant coach before leaving when Toronto cleaned house in August 2014, firing manager Ryan Nelsen and all but one of
  
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• Ottawa considering reopening embassy in Venezuela, where it already employs locals

  11-03-2026 21:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Global Affairs Canada says it's thinking about reopening its embassy in Venezuela, where it already has locals working on the ground in the capital Caracas.
  "We are looking at the conditions that may allow … to have Canadian diplomats return there," said Wendy Drukier, the department's director general for hemispheric affairs.
  "This is a situation that we will continue to examine under the change in circumstances."
  Drukier was testifying Tuesday to the House foreign affairs
  
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• Canada’s Alphonso Davies has hamstring strain, Bayern Munich says

  11-03-2026 21:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich left back Alphonso Davies strained his right hamstring in a Champions League win over Atalanta, the Bundesliga club said Wednesday.
  Bayern didn't specify a timeline for the Canada international's return, but a similar injury during a Feb. 21 game had kept Davies out for just over two weeks.
  Canada co-hosts the World Cup with the United States and Mexico from June 11 to July 19.
  The 25-year-old Davies had returned in December from a torn ACL sustained one year ag
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP nab speed demon clocked at nearly 3x the speed limit on country road

  11-03-2026 21:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — A Fraser Valley motorist is facing fines and a steep spike in driver premiums after being clocked at nearly three times the speed limit on a country road in Chilliwack.
  And while it’s not uncommon for motorists to speed on this stretch of road south of Highway 1 in Chilliwack, police say speeding like this puts lives at risk, among other things.
  One of the Chilliwack RCMP’s officers recently stopped a vehicle traveling at over 170 km/h in a posted 60 km/h zone on P
  
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• Idlout one of more than 300 MPs who have crossed the floor in Parliament’s history

  11-03-2026 21:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — When Nunavut MP Lori Idlout left the NDP to join the Liberals on Wednesday, she became the fourth member of Parliament to do so in the last four months.
  But she is one of more than 300 members of Parliament to cross the floor since Confederation.
  The move pushes Prime Minister Mark Carney's government to within two seats of a majority, with three crucial byelections still to come on April 13.
  Idlout said she decided to cross the floor after receiving feedback from constituents and
  
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• Owner Brad Grant feels hosting Hambletonian Stakes would boost Canadian racing

  11-03-2026 21:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Owner Brad Grant has won just about every major harness-racing title there is, but his two Hambletonian Stakes victories stand above the rest.
  The Milton, Ont., trucking magnate reached the Hambletonian winner's circle for the first time with filly Atlanta in 2018 at The Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, N.J. He returned two years later with Ramona Hill, another filly."I always enjoyed watching the Hambletonian but I was lucky enough the first time I raced in it, I won,"
  
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• Spy agency won’t release its TikTok advice to Ottawa, urges caution online

  11-03-2026 21:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Canadian Security Intelligence Service won’t specify the advice it gave the federal government before Ottawa decided to allow TikTok to keep its Canadian operations.
  But the spy agency says Canadians should be cautious about their online presence.
  The Liberal government said Monday it will allow TikTok to continue operating in Canada now that it has more security guarantees from the social media company to protect Canadians' data.
  The government said the decision followe
  
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• Conservative Leader Poilievre plans trip to U.S. that doesn’t include stop in D.C.

  11-03-2026 21:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is heading to the United States for several days of meetings, but his itinerary does not include a stop in Washington, D.C.
  Poilievre's office says he's spending Friday and Saturday in Windsor, Ont., and Detroit.
  He is set to travel to Houston and Austin in Texas early next week to meet with people in the energy industry.
  He will wrap the trip with a stop in New York, where he's scheduled to speak about his vision for Canada-U.S. relations at a
  
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• B.C. police say murder suspect may have fled overseas as Canada-wide warrant issued

  11-03-2026 21:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY — Police in British Columbia say a suspect in the killing of a 28-year-old woman two years ago may have fled the country, as they issued a Canada-wide warrant for his arrest.
  The province's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says 24-year-old Amarbir Singh was in a relationship with the victim, Navdeep Kaur, when her disappearance was reported by her family on Feb. 23, 2024.
  Kaur was last seen in Surrey, and police say her remains were found five months later on July 23.
  Police s
  
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• Young Canadian Epson Tour golfers learning in every tournament round

  11-03-2026 21:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The golf course continues to be a classroom for Brigitte Thibault and Brooke Rivers, two of Canada's up-and-coming players.
  Thibault and Rivers were two of the 20 players named to Golf Canada's men's and women's teams last week. Both of them are growing on the second-tier Epson Tour and will play in this week's IOA Golf Classic.The 27-year-old Thibault, who turned pro in 2022, said that if she could give her younger self advice, it would be to trust her own judgement.
  "This game is really about
  
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• Premier Moe hits back at Ottawa’s gun buyback program through certificate exemptions

  11-03-2026 20:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  REGINA — Saskatchewan’s government is fighting back against Ottawa’s gun buyback program through measures it says aim to protect firearm owners.The province says it’s proposing legislative changes that would allow owners to apply for exemption certificates on guns prohibited by the federal government.
  It says the certificates would allow owners to continue to possess and store their guns until Ottawa provides fair compensation for them.Saskatchewan says the certificates w
  
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• Man found dead on B.C.’s Whistler Mountain a week after going missing

  11-03-2026 20:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WHISTLER — RCMP in Whistler, B.C., says a man reported missing late last month has been found dead in an out-of-bounds area of the ski resort.Police say the body of a 78-year-old man was found on March 5 on Whistler Mountain after a search effort involving police, the ski patrol and search-and-rescue teams from Whistler, Squamish and the North Shore.
  They say the man, who is not a Whistler resident, was first reported missing on Feb. 28.Police say a multi-jurisdictional investigation whitt
  
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• Ottawa earmarks $10 million to help protect Jewish institutions after gunfire attacks

  11-03-2026 20:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The federal government is earmarking $10 million to help Jewish communities bolster security at their gathering places after two Toronto-area synagogues were struck with gunfire.
  The money dispensed through the federal Canada Community Security Program is meant to help protect Jewish places of worship, schools, child care centres, overnight camps and other institutions.
  The program offers organizations at risk of hate-motivated crimes money for security equipment and hardware, suc
  
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• Tumbler Ridge MP backs mother’s lawsuit against OpenAI, blaming it for shooting role

  11-03-2026 19:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The MP for Tumbler Ridge, B.C., says he supports a lawsuit against artificial intelligence firm OpenAI by the mother of a girl critically wounded in the mass shooting in the community last month.
  Cia Edmonds, whose 12-year-old daughter Maya Gebala was shot three times, filed the lawsuit Monday, and Bob Zimmer says the legal action is "justified" based on his reading of recent news coverage.The lawsuit alleges that the company's ChatGPT bot provided "information, guidance and assistance" to carry
  
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• Nat’l warrant issued for B.C. man wanted for second-degree murder of B.C. woman, but he may have fled Canada

  11-03-2026 19:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY — Homicide investigators in B.C. now say a Canada-wide warrant has been issued for a 24-year-old man accused of second-degree murder in the death of a 28-year-old woman from Surrey.
  According to a statement from IHIT spokesperson Sgt. Freda Fong, 28-year-old Navdeep Kaur was reported missing by her family to the police on February 23, 2024.
  Kaur was last seen on February 22, 2024, at 10:30 p.m. in the 7800-block of 123 Street in Surrey.
  Following an extensive investigation from the
  
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• Stanley Park’s stagnant Lost Lagoon closer to being reconnected to ocean

  11-03-2026 19:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Vancouver Board of Parks says Lost Lagoon at the entrance to the city's famed Stanley Park has become a swamp of green algae and stagnant water but a plan is moving forward to reconnect the lagoon to the ocean after more than a century of being marooned.Board members endorsed exploratory work in a motion on Tuesday that would reconnect the lagoon to Coal Harbour and Second Beach to improve its ecological health.After a century of infilling, the board says the lagoon has experie
  
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• Deal reached with StubHub on ticketing practices for Vancouver Taylor Swift concerts

  11-03-2026 19:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — People who purchased tickets for Taylor Swift's concerts in Vancouver through a resale platform may be eligible for a refund.
  Consumer Protection BC has reached a deal with StubHub Canada after a complaint and subsequent investigation into the company's ticket sales practices.Under the agreement, StubHub will improve how it reveals ticketing information, including the face value of the ticket, its fees, service charges and refund guarantees.A statement from Consumer Protection B
  
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• Toronto Maple Leafs struggling following resumption of NHL play after Winter Games

  11-03-2026 19:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Life after the Milan Cortina Olympics has been tough for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
  Toronto is a dismal 0-6-2 since the NHL resumed play following the Winter Games. The Leafs' latest setback was a 3-1 decision in Montreal on Tuesday night.
  Toronto did gain a point with a 4-3 shootout loss to New Jersey on March 4 but followed that up with a 6-2 loss to the New York Rangers.
  According to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., 45 per cent of Proline players backed New Jersey's win. Thirty-nine per ce
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Springing forward, one last time

  11-03-2026 18:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Yes, you heard that right. No more changing our clocks back and forth.
  Your voices have been heard, and we couldn’t agree more, changing the clocks, especially our internal ones is a hassle, and we’ve taken that to heart.
  In 2019, the province asked British Columbians for their views, and most people overwhelmingly supported discontinuing this practice.
  At the time we wanted to wait for pacific northwest states south of the border, to align ourselves with our trading partners in Oreg
  
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• Fact File: As Iran war escalates, fake videos and images proliferate online

  11-03-2026 18:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  As the U.S.-Israel war on Iran escalates, a flood of fake and misleading content is muddying the waters online. People are turning to social media for news of the war, but experts in artificial intelligence say bad actors, unchecked tech companies — and an internet where we can no longer trust that everything we see is real — make getting that news much harder.
  Fake and misleading videos and images about the conflict are getting millions of views online.On the X platform, a video of
  
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• South Africa summons new US ambassador over criticism as rift deepens

  11-03-2026 18:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The new U.S. ambassador to South Africa has been summoned to explain his criticism, the country's foreign minister said Wednesday, as a diplomatic rift continues over foreign policy that the Trump administration describes as anti-American and domestic policies it calls anti-white.Ambassador Leo Brent Bozell III was summoned after speaking at a meeting of business leaders on Tuesday, where he challenged the South African government over its diplomatic ties with Iran and
  
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• Canada will ‘do its part’ to help IEA release of oil reserves: Hodgson

  11-03-2026 18:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson said Wednesday Canada will "do its part" to lower the cost of oil globally as a bloc of nations looks to tame the surge in energy prices triggered by the war in the Middle East.
  The International Energy Agency — an intergovernmental organization representing dozens of countries, including Canada — announced Wednesday it has agreed to release 400 million barrels of oil from member nations' stockpiles.
  Hodgson said Wednesday Canada
  
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• Vancouver Police ID’s 28-year-old man charged with multiple counts of assault against women

  11-03-2026 18:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver have released a photo of a 28-year-old man who is now facing multiple charges for stranger assaults against women in downtown Vancouver.
  According to a statement, the Vancouver PD says they initiated an investigation on January 29, 2025, after a 44-year-old woman was assaulted by a man she didn’t know while walking near Granville and Dunsmuir Street in downtown Vancouver.Vancouver Police say that over the course of several months, at least three other
  
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• ‘The message has to be real’: NHL coaches on the art of delivering pre-game speeches

  11-03-2026 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Mike Sullivan has delivered plenty of speeches in the locker room.
  Playoff games. Stanley Cup finals. A gold-medal showdown at the Olympics.
  The New York Rangers bench boss has also addressed teams in the dog days of a professional hockey schedule that might stretch from September to late June.
  "You can play over 100 times a year as an NHL hockey player," Sullivan said. "I feel like the Knute Rockne speeches get old."
  That's in reference to the famed University of Notre Dame football coach's leg
  
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• South Africa summons new US ambassador over criticism

  11-03-2026 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The new U.S. ambassador to South Africa was summoned to explain his criticism of the country’s policies, the South African foreign minister said Wednesday, as a diplomatic rift continues.Ambassador Leo Brent Bozell III made the comments at a meeting of business leaders on Tuesday. He challenged the South African government over its diplomatic ties with Iran and its affirmative action laws that advance opportunities for Black people ahead of other races.A rift has
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Canada will ‘do its part’ to help IEA release of oil reserves: Hodgson

  11-03-2026 17:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson says Canada will "do its part" to lower the cost of oil globally as a bloc of nations looks to tame the surge in energy prices triggered by the war in the Middle East.
  The International Energy Agency says it has agreed to release 400 million barrels of oil from member nations' stockpiles — the largest release of reserves in the organization's history.
  Hodgson says Canada will contribute to that release but hasn't said what form that wou
  
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• Chilliwack energy analyst says B.C. drivers increasingly prefer hybrids over fully electric cars

  11-03-2026 17:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — A Chilliwack-based energy analyst says new data shows that British Columbia consumers are increasingly opting for hybrid vehicles over fully electric vehicles, citing sales figures from StatsCan.Former Chilliwack MLA Barry Penner, now with Energy Futures Institute, says customers are voting with their feet in favour of hybrids over EV, even as the B.C. governmentmoves forward with plans to revise — but retain — its own EV sales mandate to pressure manufacturers to
  
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• National housing supply made strides in 2025 amid weak demand, condo struggles: CMHC

  11-03-2026 17:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canada's housing agency says the country made "meaningful" supply gains last year thanks to record rental construction and more “missing middle” type housing, however short-term imbalances remain for several markets.
  Housing construction rose six per cent year-over-year in 2025 to 259,000 units, with activity exceeding the 10-year average across most major markets, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.'s spring housing supply report.
  The report, released Wednesday, said Toro
  
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• Police were ‘limited’ in investigating allegations against Stronach, officer says

  11-03-2026 17:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The lead investigator in Frank Stronach's sexual assault case says police were limited in what they could do to look into the allegations against the billionaire businessman.
  Peel Regional Police Sgt. Gabe Di Nardo is facing questions from the defence regarding the investigation that led police to charge Stronach with multiple sexual offences in 2024.
  Defence lawyer Leora Shemesh asked the sergeant this morning whether he had simply taken the complainants' allegations at face val
  
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• Canadiens recall goalie Jacob Fowler from AHL, will start against Senators

  11-03-2026 17:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Montreal Canadiens have recalled goaltender Jacob Fowler from the American Hockey League's Laval Rocket and named him the starter for their game Wednesday night against the Senators in Ottawa.
  The move comes with the Canadiens appearing ready to move on from Sam Montembeault, who began the season as Montreal's starter.
  Montembeault has a 10-8-4 record this season with a 3.43 goals-against average and .872 save percentage. He has given up nine goals over his two starts since th
  
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• Iran war supply jolt underscores importance of emergency oil reserves: expert

  11-03-2026 17:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — An oil market expert says the supply jolt triggered by war raging in the Middle East underscores why it's important for countries — including Canada — to keep energy stored in reserve in case of emergency.Rory Johnston, author of the Commodity Context newsletter, says the International Energy Agency's stipulation that only net importers need to hold supplies in reserves is an "old school view" that doesn't fit the current state of the world.The International Energy Ag
  
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• Pacific storm moves over B.C. in latest wintry blast, bringing snow and wind warnings

  11-03-2026 16:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — There's another slight chance of sea-level snow in Metro Vancouver as a new weather system makes landfall in southwestern British Columbia, a day after flurries across much of the region.
  But Environment Canada says in a special weather statement that any wet, low-level snowfall will only be brief.
  Flurries on Tuesday failed to accumulate at Vancouver's airport, keeping the city on track for its first official snow-free winter in 43 years.
  The new Pacific storm system is expect
  
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• Conservatives nominate candidates for two coming byelections

  11-03-2026 16:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The federal Conservatives have nominated candidates in two of the three byelections set for April 13.
  Adrienne Charles, who ran for the Tories in last spring's election, will once again be on the ballot in Terrebonne, Que.
  That byelection was ordered after the Supreme Court annulled the Liberals' single-vote win over the Bloc Québécois candidate.
  Don Hodgson will carry the Conservative banner in Toronto's University-Rosedale.
  That seat was left vacant when Liberal MP
  
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• Murder charge in 2024 killing of 84-year-old man on Vancouver Island

  11-03-2026 16:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PORT HARDY — A Prince Rupert, B.C., man has been arrested and charged with murder in the killing of an 84-year-old man who was found gravely injured on Vancouver Island almost two years ago.
  Port Hardy RCMP say the 54-year-old suspect was arrested in Prince Rupert last Friday without incident.
  Police in the Port Hardy in the far north of Vancouver Island had received a report of an injured man on a path on Oct. 6, 2024, and the victim was taken to hospital where he died.
  The victim was ide
  
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• A drone strike hits school and medical center in southern Sudan, killing 17, mostly schoolgirls

  11-03-2026 16:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CAIRO (AP) — An explosive-laden drone blamed on Sudanese paramilitaries struck a secondary school and a health care center in southern Sudan Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, mostly schoolgirls, a hospital official and a medical group said.At least 10 people were wounded in the strike in the village of Shukeiri in the White Nile province, according to Dr. Musa al-Majeri, director of the Douiem Hospital, the nearest major medical facility to the village.Al-Majeri told The Associated Pr
  
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• Kast takes office as Chile marks its sharpest shift to the right since dictatorship

  11-03-2026 16:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Far-right leader José Antonio Kast was sworn in Wednesday as Chile’s new president, marking the Latin American nation’s most pronounced shift to the right since the return of democracy in 1990.In a ceremony at the National Congress in the coastal city of Valparaíso and attended by dozens of heads of state, Kast and his future Cabinet took their oaths of office months after the conservative’s landslide victory in the 2025 elections.Amon
  
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• Blizzard-like conditions forecast for the Coquihalla from Hope to Merritt later today

  11-03-2026 16:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  COQUIHALLA HIGHWAY — Environment Canada is forecasting heavy snow, reduced visibility and “blizzard-like” conditions due to high winds the next 24 hours on the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt.According to a statement at 5:19 a.m. Wednesday morning, Environment Canada expects heavy snowfall of up to 60 cm between Hope and the Coquihalla Sumit by Thursday morning, in addition to near-zero visibility due to strong southwest wind gusts of up to 100 km/h.
  The national we
  
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• Winter storm bringing freezing rain, heavy snow sweeping into Ontario, Quebec

  11-03-2026 16:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A winter storm is sweeping across Central Canada and headed toward the Atlantic region, bringing a mix of heavy rain, freezing rain or significant snowfall depending on the region.
  In Toronto, police said flooding had been reported in North York, East York, and Scarborough, and officers warned motorists to exercise caution while driving. Environment Canada said water will likely pool on roads and low-lying areas and asked residents to watch for washouts near rivers, creeks, and
  
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• Files show British prime minister was warned of ‘reputational risk’ in appointing Mandelson

  11-03-2026 16:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON (AP) — Documents released Wednesday by the British government show officials believed there was a “reputational risk” to appointing Peter Mandelson as the U.S. ambassador because of his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Prime Minister Keir Starmer gave Mandelson the job anyway, only to fire him nine months later when new details of the relationship with Epstein emerged. Starmer now faces a political storm over the decision.Concerns were raised in a
  
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• A drone strike has hit a Sudan school and medical center, killing 17, mostly schoolgirls

  11-03-2026 16:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CAIRO (AP) — An explosive-laden drone blamed on Sudanese paramilitaries struck a secondary school and a health care center in southern Sudan Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, mostly schoolgirls, a hospital official and a medical group said.At least 10 people were wounded in the strike in the village of Shukeiri in the White Nile province, according to Dr. Musa al-Majeri, director of the Douiem Hospital, the nearest major medical facility to the village.Al-Majeri told The Associated Pr
  
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• Quebec watchdog submits report into police shooting of 15-year-old Nooran Rezayi

  11-03-2026 15:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Quebec's police watchdog says it has submitted its report to the prosecutor's office into the killing of a 15-year-old boy by Longueuil police last September.
  Nooran Rezayi was shot dead by police on Montreal's South Shore after officers responded to a 911 call about a group of allegedly armed youth in a residential neighbourhood.
  The Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes — known as the BEI — says its report includes statements from police officers and witne
  
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• Killing of Abbotsford couple was a botched robbery, not first-degree murder, lawyers argue

  11-03-2026 15:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — A weeks-long trial of three men accused of murdering an Abbotsford, B.C., couple came to a close in B.C. Supreme Court on Tuesday, with defence lawyers painting a picture of a robbery gone wrong leading to the killings, rather than a premeditated case of first-degree murder.
  Abhijeet Singh, Gurkaran Singh and Khushveer Toor were arrested in December 2022, after the bodies of Arnold and Joanne De Jong were found in their Abbotsford home in May 2022.
  The men, all in their 20s, p
  
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• Killing of Abbotsford couple was a botched robbery, not first-degree murder, lawyer argues

  11-03-2026 15:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — A weeks-long trial of three men accused of murdering an Abbotsford, B.C., couple came to a close in B.C. Supreme Court on Tuesday, with defence lawyers painting a picture of a robbery gone wrong leading to the killings, rather than a premeditated case of first-degree murder.
  Abhijeet Singh, Gurkaran Singh and Khushveer Toor were arrested in December 2022, after the bodies of Arnold and Joanne De Jong were found in their Abbotsford home in May 2022.
  The men, all in their 20s, p
  
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• Documents show that UK’s Starmer was warned of ‘reputational risk’ in appointing Peter Mandelson

  11-03-2026 15:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON (AP) — Documents released Wednesday by the British government show officials believed there was a “reputational risk” to appointing Peter Mandelson as the U.S. ambassador because of his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The concerns were raised in a document sent to Prime Minister Keir Starmer in December 2024 before he appointed Mandelson to the role, seen as vital to establish a good relationship with the administration of President Donald Trump.
  
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