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• Carney to meet with King Charles while in United Kingdom

  12-03-2026 23:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to meet with King Charles while he's in the United Kingdom next week.
  Carney is set to arrive in London on Sunday after visiting Norway to observe the NATO Cold Response exercises and participate in a Nordic-Canada Council summit.
  The prime minister is scheduled to meet with the King on Monday, close to a year after he visited Canada to deliver the Speech from the Throne to open the first session of the 45th Parliament.
  While in the U.K., Car
  
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• US military refueling plane goes down in Iraq and rescue is underway

  12-03-2026 23:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — An American military refueling plane went down in Iraq and rescue efforts were underway, U.S. Central Command said Thursday.The KC-135 aircraft was part of the operation against Iran, but the crash was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire, the military said in a statement.U.S. Central Command, which oversees the Middle East, said that two aircraft were involved and that one landed safely and the other went down in western Iraq. It described the latter as “a loss
  
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• Here’s what the Liberals’ new bill on ‘lawful access’ for police and spies would do

  12-03-2026 23:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The federal government has tabled legislation in the House of Commons it says would help law enforcement and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service investigate threats.
  Here's what the new bill proposes:
  Confirmation of service demand: The bill would require internet and phone companies to tell authorities whether they provide a service to a particular person or account number.
  A government background document says this could help police in situations where they suspect a crim
  
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• Carney announces $32B for northern defence and infrastructure projects

  12-03-2026 23:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  YELLOWKNIFE — Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday the government is putting an additional $32 billion into military forward operating locations in Yellowknife, Inuvik and Iqaluit and Deployed Operating Base 5 Wing in Goose Bay, Nfld.
  The prime minister made the announcement in Yellowknife on Thursday before taking off for a planned visit to Norway.
  The $32 billion is part of Canada’s 2022 commitment to Norad's modernization, which at the time included plans to spend $38.6 billio
  
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• Mexican official says Canada is ‘a fundamental’ part of the CUSMA trade bloc

  12-03-2026 23:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — As American officials consider cutting separate deals with both countries, Mexico says Canada is a core partner in the continental trade pact known as CUSMA.
  "The Mexican government is very clear that Canada's participation in our trade agreement is fundamental," Luis Rosendo Gutierrez Romano, Mexico's vice-minister of trade, said in Spanish.
  He spoke Thursday at a news conference announcing a Mexican trade mission to Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto from May 7 to May 9. The trade
  
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• Heated rivalry: Canada-U.S. to meet again, this time at World Baseball Classic

  12-03-2026 22:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canada is set to meet the United States in the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic on Friday. It promises to be the latest chapter in a long multi-sport rivalry between the neighbouring countries.
  Here are some other notable moments in the rivalry's history.
  2002 Salt Lake City Olympics women's hockey gold-medal game — After Canada beat the U.S. 3-2 to win the championship for the first time, Hayley Wickenheiser told Don Cherry "The Americans had our flag on their floor in the dres
  
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• B.C. reaches deal with professional employees in lengthy labour dispute

  12-03-2026 22:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — A tentative agreement has been reached with about 1,900 foresters, engineers, lawyers, geoscientists and other publicly employed professionals in British Columbia.The Finance Ministry says in a statement the deal between the province's Public Service Agency and the Professional Employees Association includes more funding aimed at improving the delivery of critical services.
  The association says in its news release that the agreement will give its members a three per cent wage in
  
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• Fraser Health announces reduced hours at Mission Memorial Hospital lasting over 2 weeks

  12-03-2026 22:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MISSION — The Fraser Health Authority says there will be a service reduction in the emergency department hours at Mission Memorial Hospital that will last over two weeks starting this weekend.
  In a statement, Fraser Health says Mission Hospital’s emergency department will operate from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. starting this Saturday, March 14 through to Tuesday, March 31, to “ensure the community has safe, consistent access to emergency care aligned with available staffing.”
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• Some B.C. appraisers adding land-claims clause after Aboriginal title court case

  12-03-2026 21:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — An organization representing about 1,200 appraisers in British Columbia says some of its members are adding clauses to their reports noting that current, past, and potential future land claims have not been considered in their valuations.
  Allan Beatty, president of the B.C. branch of the Appraisal Institute of Canada, says in a statement that the recent Cowichan Aboriginal title court ruling in B.C. is contributing to speculation that private property rights could be affected.
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• Varsho drives in three but Blue Jays lose 8-5 to Phillies in spring training

  12-03-2026 21:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CLEARWATER — Toronto starter CJ Van Eyk gave up six runs in 2 1/3 innings as the Blue Jays fell 8-5 to the Philadelphia Phillies in spring training baseball action Friday.
  Trea Turner's double drove in a pair in Philadelphia's three-run second inning.
  The Phillies tacked four more on Van Eyk and reliever Angel Bastardo in the third, including a solo home run by Alec Bohm.
  Centre fielder Daulton Varsho drove in three of Toronto's four runs over the fourth and fifth innings with a groundout
  
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• Staff injured at Williams Lake, B.C., school placed into hold and secure

  12-03-2026 21:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WILLIAMS LAKE — A middle school in the B.C. Interior was placed in a hold and secure after a teen allegedly injured a staff member before being stopped by others.
  Williams Lake RCMP say they responded to Columneetza Junior Secondary School on Thursday when a 15-year-old reportedly hurt a staff member.
  The teen was then apprehended by other staff, and police say they later took the suspect into custody.
  Police say the school was also placed into a hold and secure temporarily as a precaution
  
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• Ottawa rushing hate crimes bill without addressing concerns: civil liberties’ group

  12-03-2026 21:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association says the government is rushing its hate crimes bill through without dealing with concerns from faith groups and civil society organizations.
  The House of Commons justice committee finished its work on Bill C-9 Wednesday, after the government passed a motion setting deadlines to move the bill through Parliament faster.
  The civil liberties’ group says the committee process made the bill worse by removing a Criminal Code religious exempt
  
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• Canada’s Mboko out of Indian Wells after quarterfinal loss to Sabalenka

  12-03-2026 21:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  INDIAN WELLS — Canada's Victoria Mboko was eliminated from the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday following a 7-6 (0), 6-4 quarterfinal loss to world No. 1 Aryna Sabalanka.
  Sabalenka scored the only break of the match in the second set and defended all five break points she faced.
  It was the second meeting of the season between Sabalenka and Mboko, a rising star from Burlington, Ont., who was seeded 10th at the WTA 1000 event.
  The Belarusian star beat Mboko in straight sets in the fourth round o
  
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• Twice-delayed Artemis II mission now set for April with Canadian Jeremy Hansen

  12-03-2026 21:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NASA's planned launch of a moon rocket with Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen aboard is set for early April.
  The Artemis II mission has been delayed twice since February because of hydrogen fuel leaks and helium flow problems with the Space Launch System.
  But officials with the American space agency told a news conference today those issues have been fixed and plans are to roll out the rocket to the launch pad in Florida on March 19.
  Lori Glaze, a senior NASA official, says the launch window is t
  
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• Canada faces United States in first-ever World Baseball Classic playoff appearance

  12-03-2026 21:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canada's first-ever appearance in the World Baseball Classic's playoffs won't be easy.
  The Canadians will be the underdogs when they take on the United States in Friday's quarterfinal at Daikin Park, home of Major League Baseball's Houston Astros. The U.S. are the betting favourites to win the entire 30-team international tournament.
  Although Canada has participated in all five WBCs (2006, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2023), it has never reached the knockout stage before. Canada clinched its quarterfinal b
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: A Mayor’s experience with mental-health disclosure and stigma

  12-03-2026 20:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  As a former Mayor of Harrison Hot Springs, I have always believed that leadership requires honesty — especially when it comes to mental health. In November 2023, I made the decision to publicly disclose a historical mental‑health condition from the 1990s. I did so because I wanted to lead by example. I wanted to show that transparency is not a weakness, and that public officials should not have to hide past challenges to serve their communities with integrity.
  Unfortunately, what fol
  
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• Ottawa’s ‘failure’ to disclose attack on military in Kuwait ‘shameful’: Tory MP

  12-03-2026 20:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Conservative defence critic James Bezan says it's "really shameful" the federal government did not tell the public that the airbase in Kuwait where the Canadian Armed Forces have a camp, was hit by an Iranian missile attack on March 1.
  The newspaper La Presse reported today that the Canadian camp at the Ali Al-salem Air Base appeared to be damaged by the attack, although no Canadian military members were injured.
  Canada has an operational support hub at the airbase, which also hos
  
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• Myles Gray death shows police need regional training centres on use of force: expert

  12-03-2026 20:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — An export on police use of force is recommending regional training centres for departments in light of the violent encounter between Vancouver officers and Myles Gray that ended in his death in 2015.
  Former officer Michael Massine, testifying at a public hearing into Gray's death, says police departments should have full-time training units regionalized under the same structure so everyone is "on the same page."
  Gray died after suffering injuries including a fractured eye socke
  
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• ‘I wish I could go back in time’: Man apologizes for fatal Vancouver café stabbing

  12-03-2026 20:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — A man accused of a fatal stabbing on a Vancouver café patio nearly three years ago has addressed the victim's family directly at his B.C. Supreme Court trial, saying he is "really sorry" and wishes he could "go back in time."
  Inderdeep Singh Gosal pleaded not guilty last month to second-degree murder in the death of Paul Schmidt on March 26, 2023, that was captured on video and widely shared on social media.
  Gosal, who appeared in court Thursday wearing a blue sweater ov
  
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• What will the carbon price cost the oilsands? A Timbit per barrel, one analysis says

  12-03-2026 20:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The industrial carbon price will cost Alberta's oilsands producers on average the equivalent of about a Timbit per barrel of oil, according to a climate think tank's new analysis intended to serve as a reality check on provincial-federal pipeline talks.The analysis published by the Canadian Climate Institute indicates oilsands producers will pay an average of about 50 cents per oil barrel, if the minimum carbon price rises to $130 per tonne. That's compared to about nine cents per barrel in toda
  
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• Armed man rammed vehicle into Michigan synagogue and was fatally shot by security, AP source says

  12-03-2026 19:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) — A man armed with a rifle rammed a vehicle into the nation’s largest Reform synagogue, in a Detroit suburb, and was fatally shot by security, The Associated Press has learned.That’s according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday. The vehicle caught on fire after crashing into the Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, the person said.Investigators were still working to identify the man and
  
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• TSB finds maintenance, pilot inexperience played role in fatal B.C. plane crash

  12-03-2026 19:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  RICHMOND — Investigators say improper maintenance and the pilot's lack of emergency procedural training may have contributed to a fatal plane crash at a Vancouver Island airport in 2024.
  The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says in its report that the crash happened at Tofino/Long Beach Airport on July 18 that year, when a Cessna suffered an engine-area fire upon takeoff then crashed as it tried to return to the airport.
  The pilot and a passenger died in the crash landing, while a sec
  
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• Conservatives introduce bill to create ‘stand your ground’ law for home invasions

  12-03-2026 19:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Conservatives are pushing for changes to the Criminal Code they say would offer new protections to people who use force to defend themselves during a home invasion.Ontario MP Sandra Cobena introduced a private member's bill today that would change the Criminal Code so that use of force against an illegal intruder is presumed to be justified.
  She says this would keep people from being charged for acting in self-defence, forcing them to go through long and costly legal proceedin
  
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• 2 men arrested after allegedly robbing Abbotsford bank: AbbyPD

  12-03-2026 19:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — Police in Abbotsford say two men have been arrested after they allegedly robbed an Abbotsford bank on Sumas Way in early February.Abbotsford PD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker told Fraser Vallley Today via email that AbbyPD patrol officers were called to the 2100 block of Sumas Way on Friday, Feb. 6 at approximately 5:23 p.m. A man entered the bank, demanded money and fled in a getaway truck after getting cash.No injuries were reported as a result of the robbery.
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• CP News Alert: Canada promises $37M in humanitarian aid for civilians in Lebanon

  12-03-2026 19:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Carney government is promising more than $37 million in humanitarian aid for civilians in Lebanon caught in the crossfire between Israel and Hezbollah.
  Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand announced the aid today alongside Randeep Sarai, secretary of state for international development.
  The funding will go through United Nations agencies and the Red Cross to provide food, medical services, shelter and clean water.
  The UN says nearly 700,000 people in Lebanon have been displace
  
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• Citizen’s tip leads to drug seizure at Chilliwack home

  12-03-2026 19:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Police in Chilliwack say a citizen’s tip about unusual foot traffic at a home on Cleveland Avenue has led to a multi-day investigation culminating in a significant drug seizure of meth, fentanyl and more earlier this month.
  Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener says frontline members were called to a home on Cleveland Avenue on Wednesday, Feb. 25 following a report from a concerned citizen of abnormally high volume of foot traffic to and from the property.W
  
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• Police respond to a report of an active shooter at a Detroit-area synagogue

  12-03-2026 18:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) — Security at a synagogue near Detroit engaged in gunfire with at least one person Thursday, a sheriff said.WDIV-TV reports that a truck crashed into the Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan.Oakland County Sheriff Sheriff Mike Bouchard says no one is in custody yet. Smoke could be seen billowing from the synagogue's roof. Footage from the scene shows dozens of police vehicles surrounding the building. FBI Director Kash Patel said agents
  
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• Calgary Flames sign centre Tyson Gross to two-year entry-level contract

  12-03-2026 18:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The Calgary Flames have signed free agent centre Tyson Gross to a two-year, two-way entry-level contract, the NHL club announced Thursday.
  The contract carries an average annual value of US$975,000 at the NHL level.
  Gross, from Calgary, spent last season as captain of St. Cloud State University in the NCAA. He led the team with 41 points (18 goals, 23 assists) and led the NCHC conference with 489 faceoff wins.
  The 23-year-old is a finalist for NCHC Player of the Year, Forward of the Year and Def
  
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• Canadian alpine skier Alexis Guimond aims to showcase best work at Paralympics

  12-03-2026 18:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Alexis Guimond views himself as an artist of sorts.
  Many hours of work behind the scenes, a short moment to put his work on display for all to see.
  On Friday, the Para alpine skier from Gatineau, Que., gets one more chance to showcase his work in the men's standing giant slalom at the Milan Cortina Paralympics. He earned bronze at the 2018 Pyeongchang Paralympics in the event.
  "It's the pursuit of excellence. For me, to be the best in the world means something," Guimond said. "I see myself like
  
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• Vancouver Lapu Lapu festival set for April 19, a year after deadly attack

  12-03-2026 18:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Filipino BC has announced that it will host its annual Lapu Lapu Day festival in Vancouver on April 19 to "reflect on shared healing" a year after a vehicle ramming attack at the last festival killed 11 people.The Italian Cultural Centre is donating space for the festival, instead of holding the event on community streets, in a move organizers say is about prioritizing safety.On April 26 last year, a vehicle plowed down a crowded street of festival goers, resulting in Adam Kai-
  
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• Teen drive-by shooting trial: lawyer for second defendant seeks acquittal

  12-03-2026 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The lawyer for one of the men charged in the drive-by shooting of a 15-year-old girl in Montreal has told a jury his client was a passive presence on the night of her death.
  Martin Latour said during closing arguments that his client Aymane Bouadi was riding along in a rental car driven by his friend when Meriem Boundaoui was killed on Feb. 7, 2021.
  Boundaoui was in the passenger seat of a different vehicle that was struck by bullets in Montreal's St-Léonard borough.
  Both
  
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• Details of federal spending review to be released in ‘coming days’

  12-03-2026 18:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canadians are expected to learn soon which programs will be affected by the federal government's cost-cutting review.
  Appearing before the House committee on government operations Tuesday, Secretary of the Treasury Board of Canada Bill Matthews said departmental plans for programs affected by cuts should be tabled "in the coming days."
  The government's Comprehensive Expenditure Review was launched in July 2025, and most ministers have been asked to find ways to cut their departmen
  
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• Seattle Reign sell Canadian international forward Jordyn Huitema to the Chicago Stars

  12-03-2026 17:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHICAGO — The Chicago Stars have acquired Canadian international Jordyn Huitema from Seattle Reign FC in exchange for US$200,000 in allocation money and a US$300,000 transfer fee.
  The 24-year-old from Chilliwack, B.C., has signed a three-year contract with Chicago.
  "We’re very excited to welcome Jordyn to Chicago," Chicago GM Richard Feuz said in a statement. "Over the past few months, together with our coaching staff, we spent a lot of time identifying the right profile to strengthe
  
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• Métis National Council signs agreement with Northwest Territory Métis Nation

  12-03-2026 17:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Métis National Council has signed an agreement with the Northwest Territory Métis Nation it says will increase collaboration between the two groups to advance Métis interests at the federal level.
  If the partnership is successful, the Northwest Territory Métis Nation could join the Métis National Council on a permanent basis.
  The agreement comes after years of turmoil inside the Métis National Council and the departure of three provinc
  
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• Gusts reaching 139 km/h blow over southern B.C., leaving thousands without power

  12-03-2026 17:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The cold front moving across British Columbia's south coast generated strong wind gusts, knocking out power to thousands of BC Hydro customers.
  Environment Canada says peak wind gusts of 139 km/h were reported in Hope, while Abbotsford recorded gusts at speeds up to 85 km/h.
  High winds were also reported across southern Vancouver Island, where Victoria's Gonzales Point recorded a peak gust of 106 km/h.DriveBC says the gusts knocked down trees along parts of Highway 1 through th
  
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• B.C. chiefs tell MP Aaron Gunn to ‘chillax’ about land acknowledgments

  12-03-2026 17:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The chiefs of four British Columbia First Nations are telling Conservative MP Aaron Gunn to "chillax" after he criticized land acknowledgments spoken before public events.
  In a joint statement, the chiefs from the Tla'amin, Homalco, K'omoks and Klahoose nations say "harmless" land acknowledgments only recognize "the history of the place" where people are holding events.
  The nations say land acknowledgments "have never seized private property, cancelled a mortgage, repossessed a
  
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• Delierre and Berg among 2026 inductees for Canadian Squash Hall of Fame

  12-03-2026 17:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO —
  Two-time Canadian squash champion Shawn Delierre will be inducted into the Canadian Squash Hall of Fame this spring.He won 17 titles on the Professional Squash Association tour over his 24-year pro career. Delierre also holds the record for the longest professional men's singles squash match at 170 minutes.
  He won men's team gold at the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto and also represented Canada at three Commonwealth Games and six world team championships.Squash Canada says the Clas
  
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• Gunman who injured 2 people at Old Dominion University in Virginia is dead, college says

  12-03-2026 17:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A gunman is dead and two people are hurt after a shooting at Old Dominion University on Thursday, the Virginia school said.ODU said a gunman opened fire in its business school building, injuring two people who were sent to the hospital. It wasn’t immediately clear how the shooter died.The university in Norfolk canceled classes and suspended all operations on its main campus for the rest of Thursday and urged people to avoid the area in and around Constant Hall while emergency officials con
  
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• City of Chilliwack announces multiple road closures after powerful windstorm

  12-03-2026 17:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The City of Chilliwack says multiple roads throughout the city are closed due to downed power lines stemming from Wednesday night’s powerful windstorm.
  The city is asking motorists and residents to stay away from these areas and respect the signage on site.
  The following roads are closed as of 8:30 a.m. Thursday morning:
  Vedder Road between Manuel Road and Stevenson RoadNixon Road and Allan RoadCastleman Road and Chapman RoadUpper Prairie Road at Patterson RoadLarson Roa
  
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• Canada’s wheelchair curling team continues winning at Milan Cortina Paralympics

  12-03-2026 16:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CORTINA D'AMPEZZO — Canada's wheelchair curling team moved to 8-0 with a 6-3 win over South Korea on Thursday at the Milan Cortina Paralympics.
  Canada's rink of Mark Ideson, Jon Thurston, Ina Forrest, Collinda Joseph and alternate Gilbert Dash, jumped out to a 4-1 edge after four ends before the Koreans closed the gap to a one-point deficit following the sixth.
  But Canada scored a point in each of the final two ends to secure the win.
  Canada, which already clinched a semifinal spot on Wedn
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP investigating 49-year-old man’s suspicious death

  12-03-2026 16:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Mounties in Chilliwack are seeking assistance from the public after a 49-year-old Chilliwack man who was assaulted last month near Young Road and Railway Avenue later died in hospital.According to a statement from Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener, Chilliwack RCMP’s Serious Crime Unit is working to better understand the circumstances surrounding a reported assault that may be linked to the death of a Chilliwack man.
  On March 7, 2026, Chilliwack RCMP wer
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Bill would ease police, spy service access to online subscriber info

  12-03-2026 16:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Newly proposed legislation would make it easier for police and Canada's spy service to investigate online activities.
  The bill tabled in the House of Commons today would require internet and phone companies to tell authorities whether they provide service to a particular person or account number.
  The legislation would also allow authorities to obtain subscriber information from telecommunications companies, such as names, addresses, phone numbers and services provided.
  The bill al
  
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• Mounties need help locating a missing 61-year-old man who was dropped off 37 kms up Chilliwack Lake Road

  12-03-2026 16:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Mounties in Chilliwack are appealing to the public for help in locating a 61-year-old man who was dropped off last week approximately 37 kms up Chilliwack Lake Road, east of the Vedder Bridge.
  According to a statement from Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener, Clifford Caron was last seen at approximately 11:30 a.m. on March 6, 2026.Corporal Kiener says Caron was dropped off by a vehicle up Chilliwack Lake Road in an area without a designated trailhead, and has
  
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• NHL opts not to make Senators forfeit a 1st round pick for nullified 2021 trade

  12-03-2026 15:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL has decided not to make the Ottawa Senators forfeit a first-round draft pick for their role in a 2021 trade that was later nullified.
  The Senators instead will get the 32nd and final pick in the first round after the league decided their change of ownership affected what the appropriate punishment should be. The team will also pay a fine of 1 million dollars to NHL Foundation Canada.
  If Ottawa misses the playoffs and happens to win the draft lottery for one of the f
  
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• 10,000+ customers in Chilliwack still without power as of Thursday morning

  12-03-2026 15:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — While BC Hydro crews are working around the clock to restore power to the eastern Fraser Valley, over 10,000 customers are still without power Thursday morning at 7:45 a.m.
  According to the latest figures from BC Hydro’s online dashboard, there are 17 outages impacting 10,522 customers in Chilliwack.
  There are at three outages in the District of Kent affecting 3,574 customers there, and additional outages in the outerlying areas affecting hundreds more.
  Harrison Hot Spri
  
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• Israeli military drops charges against soldiers accused of sexually assaulting Palestinian detainee

  12-03-2026 15:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says it is dropping charges against five soldiers who were accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee in a purported assault partially caught on camera.It's a bombshell development in a case that has divided Israel ever since the country moved to arrest the soldiers at the Sde Teiman military prison, which was set up to hold Palestinians rounded up in Gaza during Israel’s war against the Hamas militant group, in 2024. The alleged assault
  
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• Israeli military drops charges against soldiers charged in abusing Palestinian prisoner

  12-03-2026 15:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says it is dropping charges against five soldiers who were accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee in an encounter partially caught on camera.The army announced the decision in the high-profile case at a time when much of the country’s attention is focused on the war with Iran.The Associated Press
  
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• Niagara chair resigns after accusations of owning signed copy of Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’

  12-03-2026 15:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  An Ontario government appointee has resigned as chair of the Niagara Region after being accused of owning an autographed copy of Adolf Hitler's manifesto.
  Bob Gale submitted his resignation Wednesday to Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Rob Flack, who accepted it.
  A press release earlier Wednesday from the Niagara Region Anti-Racism Association said Gale purchased and owns a copy of "Mein Kampf" signed by Hitler, attaching documents that purport to back up the claims, including one appearin
  
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• Coquihalla Highway closed between Hope and Merritt Thursday morning

  12-03-2026 15:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  COQUIHALLA HIGHWAY — The Coquihalla Highway remains closed Thursday morning at Othello Road just outside Hope due to an unspecified vehicle incident.DriveBC first reported of a vehicle incident on the Coquihalla Highway at Othello Road between Hope and Merritt at around 10 p.m. Wednesday (March 11), while hydro lines were reportedly down on the Trans Canada Highway from Hope to Boston Bar shortly after midnight Thursday (March 12).Highway 1 is now open between Hope and Boston Bar in both d
  
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• Canada not a target for Trump administration’s new tariff investigations

  12-03-2026 15:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration launched trade investigations Wednesday of multiple countries in an effort to solidify the president's tariff policies after the Supreme Court struck down his previous efforts to realign global trade.
  Canada was not included in the list of countries targeted by President Donald Trump's investigations under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, despite Mexico being on the list.
  China, the European Union, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Indonesia, Malays
  
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