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• Capsule look at 13 countries competing in 2026 women’s world curling championship

  13-03-2026 23:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — A capsule look at the 13 teams competing March 14-22 in the 2026 BKT World Women's Curling Championship at Calgary's WinSport Event Centre:Canada (Einarson)
  Kerri Einarson, third Val Sweeting, second Shannon Birchard and lead Karlee Burgess seek their first world title. Einarson, Sweeting and Birchard were bronze medallists in both 2022 and 2023.
  Australia (Williams)
  Ex-pat component high. Helen Williams is a Scot and third Sara Westman and lead Katherine Titheridge are Canadians
  
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• Canada supplying 23.6 million barrels of oil under IEA release plan

  13-03-2026 23:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada plans to contribute 23.6 million barrels of oil to an International Energy Agency plan to help stabilize energy markets as the war in the Middle East continues to choke off tanker shipments from the Persian Gulf.
  The announcement from Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson's office late Friday comes two days after he said Canada would "do its part" to lower the cost of oil globally.
  The IEA said earlier this week it would make 400 million barrels of oil available to the wor
  
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• B.C. to build undersea fibre-optic internet cable to Haida Gwaii for up to $24M

  13-03-2026 22:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government is spending up to $24 million for the construction of a new subsea fibre-optic cable to Haida Gwaii in a bid to improve the islands' internet access.
  The province says the investment is being made through the Northern Development Initiative Trust, and construction is set to begin in the spring.
  It says the project would significantly strengthen internet access on Haida Gwaii through a "dedicated, high-capacity connection" between the islands and
  
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• Quebec Tories sour on Grapes as caucus members support Don Cherry for Order of Canada

  13-03-2026 22:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Opposition is mounting among Quebec's federal Conservatives to their own party's push to award the Order of Canada to controversial hockey commentator Don Cherry.
  In a social media post late Thursday, the party's Quebec lieutenant Pierre Paul-Hus said he believes appointing Cherry would be "a bad idea" given his "unacceptable remarks toward the Quebec nation and francophones."
  The Order of Canada is awarded in recognition of exceptional achievements, extraordinary contributions to
  
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• Prosecutor drops vehicular homicide charge against teen charged in death of teacher in prank

  13-03-2026 22:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia prosecutor has dropped the charges against a teenager who police say was driving the truck that struck and killed a beloved high school teacher when a prank turned deadly, the teen’s lawyer said. The victim's family had asked authorities to drop the charges.The 40-year-old teacher, Jason Hughes, died after being taken to a hospital late on March 6, the Hall County Sheriff’s Office said. Jayden Ryan Wallace, 18, was arrested on a felony charge o
  
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• Cultus Lake reopens, many still without power in Chilliwack and Hope after windstorm - Fraser Valley Today | Everything Fraser Valley

  13-03-2026 22:34 via news.google.com
  Cultus Lake reopens, many still without power in Chilliwack and Hope after windstorm  Fraser Valley Today | Everything Fraser Valley
  
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• Cultus Lake reopens, many still without power in Chilliwack and Hope after windstorm

  13-03-2026 22:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Communities from Hope to Chilliwack are still cleaning up the remnants of a strong windstorm that struck on Wednesday night.
  At the time of writing, BC Hydro says roughly 234 Chilliwack residents – and over 1,400 in Hope – remain without power due to downed trees, wires and power lines during the storm.
  “Crews continue working to repair damage and restore power to customers affected by Wednesday evening’s windstorm,” wrote BC Hydro. “Based o
  
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• 8 accused of antifa ties convicted on terrorism charges over shooting at Texas immigration facility

  13-03-2026 22:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DALLAS (AP) — A federal jury on Friday convicted eight people on terrorism charges over a shooting at a Texas immigration facility that federal prosecutors tied to antifa, the far-left movement that has become a target of the Trump administration.Jurors also handed down guilty verdicts on other charges, including attempted murder against one member of the group who prosecutors say opened fire last summer outside the Prairieland Detention Center near Dallas, wounding a police officer who wa
  
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• Canada supplying 23.6 million oil barrels under IEA release plan

  13-03-2026 22:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada has committed to supplying 23.6 million barrels of oil as part of a larger International Energy Agency plan to help stabilize energy markets as the war in the Middle East continues.
  The announcement comes two days after Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson said Canada would "do its part" to lower the cost of oil globally.
  A statement from the minister's office says Canada's natural gas exports will also expand in the coming months but provided no further details.
  The stat
  
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• Canadiens’ St. Louis faces tough lineup decisions as Gallagher’s minutes dwindle

  13-03-2026 21:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BROSSARD — Martin St. Louis has already shown he’s ready to make tough calls.
  The Montreal Canadiens coach made a bold move earlier this week by starting rookie goalie Jacob Fowler and sitting Sam Montembeault. As the team pushes toward a second consecutive playoff berth, scratching his longest-serving player could be next.
  Brendan Gallagher practised in his usual spot on the fourth line Friday at CN Sports Complex, but St. Louis stopped short of guaranteeing the veteran winger &mdas
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Canada supplying 23.6 million oil barrels under IEA release plan

  13-03-2026 21:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada has committed to supplying 23.6 million barrels of oil as part of a larger International Energy Agency plan to help stabilize energy markets as the war in the Middle East continues.The announcement comes two days after Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson said Canada would "do its part" to lower the cost of oil globally.
  More coming.Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press
  
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• Kinew says it’s time to survey Manitobans on changing clocks

  13-03-2026 21:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — Manitobans could soon be consulted on whether it's necessary to continue changing the clocks twice a year in the province.
  Premier Wab Kinew hinted that the province is nearing the end of the practice of moving clocks forward an hour in the spring and "falling" back an hour in autumn.
  "Nobody would design the system this way if we were starting from scratch today," Kinew told reporters on Friday at an unrelated news conference."The challenge just comes from us trying to transiti
  
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• Environment committee engaging in ‘junior high behaviour’: former climate advisers

  13-03-2026 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Two former advisers on Ottawa's climate policies say recent antics by parliamentarians at the House of Commons environment committee demonstrate why they resigned from Canada's independent net-zero advisory body last year.
  Simon Donner and Catherine Abreu were at the centre of some committee fireworks on Thursday, when Conservative and Bloc Québécois MPs tried to move a motion to invite them to speak.
  The committee is studying Canada's 2030 emission reductions plan.
  
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• Canada rejects Iraqi government’s claim that Ottawa will take detainees from ISIL era

  13-03-2026 21:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Global Affairs Canada is rejecting a claim by the Iraqi government that Ottawa will bring home Canadian men detained during the rule of the Islamic State group.
  The Iraqi claim followed a meeting on Tuesday between Canada's ambassador in Baghdad, Christopher Boehm, and Iraq's national security adviser Qasim Al-Araji.
  Al-Araji's office issued a summary in Arabic and English stating that Boehm "indicated his government's readiness to receive its nationals among the detainees who wer
  
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• One hurt in drive-by pellet gun attacks targeting crowds in Nanaimo, B.C.

  13-03-2026 21:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NANAIMO — Police are investigating a pair of airsoft pellet gun attacks against random people in Nanaimo, B.C., that left one injured.
  RCMP say both attacks happened in downtown Nanaimo on Thursday night, when pellets were fired at crowds from passing vehicles.
  Police say the first attack occurred before 9 p.m., when patrons waiting outside the Queens nightclub were fired on from a black van with several passengers.
  About 30 minutes later, officers responded to a bus stop near the Port Pla
  
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• Kerri Einarson returns to Calgary with sights set on women’s world curling gold

  13-03-2026 21:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Kerri Einarson's curling team commences its bid for a women's world title Saturday in an arena where the skip has felt both joy and pain.
  Einarson, vice Val Sweeting, second Shannon Birchard, lead Karlee Burgess and alternate Krysten Karwacki open the 13-country BKT Women's World Curling Championship against Sweden at Calgary's Markin MacPhail Centre.
  Einarson, out of Manitoba's Gimli Curling Club, also wants to keep the world title in Canada after back-to-back gold medals by Rac
  
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• Varsho homers twice, drives in five as Blue Jays defeat Twins 6-1

  13-03-2026 21:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DUNEDIN — Daulton Varsho hit two homers and drove in five runs as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 6-1 in spring training action Friday.
  Varsho hit a two-run homer off Twins starter Mick Abel in the first inning and a three-run shot off Zak Kent in the fifth.
  The centre fielder has driven in eight runs over his past two games.
  Eloy Jiménez provided the rest of Toronto's offence with a solo homer in the seventh.
  Former Blue Jay Alan Roden drove in Minnesota's only run w
  
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• Questions linger about duties of incoming national security and intelligence adviser

  13-03-2026 20:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — As Canada's national security and intelligence adviser prepares to leave her post, there are questions about the exact role her successor will play.
  Early this month, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that David Morrison, currently deputy minister of foreign affairs, would become his senior diplomatic and international affairs adviser and his representative for the G7 and G20 summits.
  Carney said Dominic Rochon, now chief information officer of Canada, would be deputy secretary
  
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• Investigation ongoing after police pull over suspected drug traffickers in Mission

  13-03-2026 20:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MISSION — Mounties helped prevent an apparent drug trafficking last week after conducting a traffic stop in Mission.
  Mission RCMP’s Crime Reduction Unit pulled over a grey Hyundai Elantra after spotting the incident on the afternoon of March 4.
  The 25-year-old driver and 21-year-old passenger were then arrested for possession of a controlled substance for trafficking.
  Police searched their car and found suspected crack cocaine, Fentanyl, pills, cash and other drug trafficking-related
  
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• Justice Department charges man accused of selling gun to Old Dominion University shooter

  13-03-2026 20:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The Justice Department on Friday charged a man who authorities say sold a gun to the Old Dominion University shooter despite the gunman’s previous conviction in a terrorism case.Kenya Chapman is facing federal charges in connection to the sale of the the weapon to Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, a former Army National Guard member who yelled “Allahu akbar” before opening fire at the Virginia school on Thursday, according to authorities. One person was killed an
  
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• Shooting at business in Delta, B.C., believed linked to extortion: police

  13-03-2026 19:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DELTA — Police say shots that were fired at a business in Metro Vancouver are believed to be linked to an extortion case.
  The Delta Police Department says the attack happened early Friday in the Tilbury Industrial Park.Officers confirmed bullet casings were found around the site, but no one was inside at the time.Investigators say surveillance footage shows people inside a white sedan firing multiple shots into the business before taking off.The department's extortion task force has taken
  
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• Unions, MPs warn funding cuts could affect services for veterans

  13-03-2026 19:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Unions and MPs say a bureau at Veterans Affairs Canada which provides free legal advice to veterans who have been denied disability benefits is about to have its workforce cut almost in half.
  Toufic El-Daher, national president of the Union of Veterans’ Affairs Employees, told a House of Commons committee this week that the Bureau of Pension Advocates is eliminating almost 100 temporary positions, including 24 lawyers.
  The overall cuts amount to reduction of 44 per cent.
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• Fraser Health team receives research award to expand Indigenous caregiver program in Chilliwack

  13-03-2026 19:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Two Fraser Health teams have received new provincial grants to support the care of the region’s eldest members.
  The Chilliwack-based Indigenous Caregiver Support Model is a home-based program that supports Indigenous Elders with complex needs to age safely in their community. 
  “This model is an example of what is possible when care is built on relationships, trust and community,” said Amanda LaBoucane, interim vice president for Indigenous Health and Cul
  
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• Old Dominion shooter was released from prison early after completing drug program

  13-03-2026 19:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — A man who opened fire in a classroom at Virginia’s Old Dominion University was granted an early release from federal prison in 2024 after completing a drug treatment program, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The person was not authorized to speak publicly and did so on the condition of anonymity.Mohamed Bailor Jalloh was sentenced to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty in 2017 to providing material support to a designated foreign terro
  
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• Canadiens sign Mittelstadt to entry-level deal, make minor trade with Senators

  13-03-2026 19:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BROSSARD — The Montreal Canadiens have signed defenceman Luke Mittelstadt to a two-year, entry-level contract, the NHL club announced Friday.
  Mittelstadt also signed a one-year, one-way American Hockey League contract and will join the Canadiens' affiliate, the Laval Rocket, for the remainder of the 2025-26 season.
  The 23-year-old had 21 points (two goals, 19 assists) in 36 games for the University of Minnesota Gophers in the NCAA this season.
  His goals, assists and points led all Gophers
  
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• Trucker caught at B.C. border crossing smuggling bricks of opium from U.S.: CBSA

  13-03-2026 19:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Border agents in Metro Vancouver have intercepted an attempt to smuggle more than 100 bricks of opium into the country.The Canada Border Services Agency said on Friday that the seizure happened on Jan. 9 at the Pacific Highway truck crossing on the U.S. border south of Vancouver.
  Agents say they began examining a driver of a commercial truck returning to Canada after noticing an anomaly in the truck's trailer during entry.
  The search then turned up cardboard boxes that differed
  
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• Vancouver Rise sell Canadian forward Holly Ward to NWSL’s Seattle Reign

  13-03-2026 19:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Forward Holly Ward, who scored the winning goal for the Vancouver Rise in the inaugural Northern Super League championship game, has been sold to the NWSL's Seattle Reign.
  It's been a rapid rise for the 22-year-old from Vancouver, who made her senior debut for Canada last April against Argentina and now has nine caps to her credit. Ward only wrapped up her collegiate career with the University of Texas in November 2024.
  "I almost living day by day because new things are happening and they're all
  
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• Old Dominion shooter convicted of Islamic State group ties freed from prison 2 years before attack

  13-03-2026 19:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Court documents show less than two years after Mohamed Bailor Jalloh was released from prison for attempting to aid the Islamic State group, he opened fire in a classroom at Virginia's Old Dominion University on Thursday before ROTC students subdued and killed him.The shooting that left one person dead and another two injured has raised questions about why Jalloh, who the FBI identified as the gunman, was imprisoned and the conditions of his release — with some electe
  
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• Man charged in murder of Montreal store owner had stabbed to death B.C. woman in 2012

  13-03-2026 18:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL —
  A man charged with first-degree murder in the death on Thursday of a Montreal convenience store owner has a lengthy criminal record, which includes a conviction in 2015 for stabbing to death a woman in British Columbia.
  Xavier Gellatly, 35, was formally charged on Friday at the Montreal courthouse for allegedly murdering 55-year-old Chong Woo Kim.
  The brief court appearance came a day after police found Kim unresponsive inside the store around 7:30 a.m. A manhunt ensued, during
  
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• Jury finds ex-NY trooper guilty of manslaughter in 2020 chase that killed 11-year-old

  13-03-2026 18:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) — A former New York state trooper accused of ramming his vehicle into an SUV during a high-speed chase leading to the death of an 11-year-old girl was convicted of manslaughter Friday at his second trial.Prosecutors say Christopher Baldner rammed the SUV twice on the New York State Thruway, causing it to lose control and flip over. Eleven-year-old Monica Goods, who was in the SUV, was killed in the December 2020 crash. Baldner’s attorneys said the accident occurre
  
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• Former Toronto captain Michael Bradley returns to BMO Field at Red Bulls’ helm

  13-03-2026 17:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Former Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley returns to BMO Field on Saturday, this time as coach of the New York Red Bulls.
  For the 38-year-old Bradley, it's familiar ground having made 308 appearances across 10 seasons with Toronto before retiring after the 2023 campaign. Only current captain Jonathan Osorio, at 398, had made more appearances for the franchise.
  "I'm excited to come back to Toronto," Bradley said. "A lot of good people there, a lot of good people in and around the
  
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• Canadiens sign defenceman Luke Mittelstadt to two-year, entry-level contract

  13-03-2026 17:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BROSSARD — The Montreal Canadiens have signed defenceman Luke Mittelstadt to a two-year, entry-level contract, the NHL club announced Friday.
  Mittelstadt also signed a one-year, one-way American Hockey League contract and will join the Canadiens' affiliate, the Laval Rocket, for the remainder of the 2025-26 season.
  The 23-year-old had 21 points (two goals, 19 assists) in 36 games for the University of Minnesota Gophers in the NCAA this season.
  His goals, assists and points led all Gophers
  
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• Burnaby RCMP respond to two threats in local high school this week

  13-03-2026 17:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BURNABY — Police in Burnaby have been kept busy with unfounded threats at a local school this week.
  Frontline officers responded to a report at Burnaby North Secondary School just after 1 p.m. on Monday, March 9.
  RCMP cleared the school and did not believe the threat was credible.
  A second report of a threat reached police on Thursday, just before 1 p.m. 
  The school was temporarily placed on lockdown again, and police determined that the threat was not credible after clearing the buil
  
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• Chilliwack Animal Safe Haven Society hires local governance consultant to ease transition - Chilliwack Progress

  13-03-2026 17:34 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack Animal Safe Haven Society hires local governance consultant to ease transition  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Quebec minister says he’s open to making police watchdog reports public

  13-03-2026 17:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTRÉAL — Quebec's public security minister says he's open to publicly releasing the reports by the province's independent police watchdog, as is the case with police oversight bodies in other provinces.
  Ian Lafrenière, himself a former police officer, was questioned on the matter Thursday, the day after Quebec's watchdog submitted its report to the prosecutor's office about the police shooting of a 15-year-old boy last September on Montreal's South Shore.
  Lafrenière
  
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• Conservative leader says his plan is ‘the only hope’ for Canada’s auto industry

  13-03-2026 17:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he's planning to pitch a "realistic proposal" to end U.S. tariffs on the Canadian auto industry this weekend.
  He says his proposed auto pact would align regulations between Canada and the U.S. and remove the GST from Canadian-made vehicles.
  He told reporters his plan, which he intends to roll out on Sunday, is "literally the only hope of keeping our auto sector in Canada."
  The Tory leader says he hasn't brought his specific proposals to an
  
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• Man charged with first-degree murder in killing of Montreal convenience store owner

  13-03-2026 17:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A 35-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the killing on Thursday of a Montreal convenience store owner.
  Xavier Gellatly was formally charged today at the Montreal courthouse in the killing of Chong Woo Kim.
  Provincial business records indicate Kim is the owner of the Fleur Bleue convenience store on Berri Street where the murder occurred.Montreal police were called to the scene at 7:30 a.m. Thursday where they found Kim unresponsive inside the store.
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• Canada’s Wilkie wins biathlon gold, wheelchair curling team moves to gold-medal game

  13-03-2026 16:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LAGO — Canadian nordic ski star Natalie Wilkie earned her second gold and fourth medal of the Milan Cortina Paralympics with a win in the women's biathlon standing sprint pursuit on Friday.
  Both of Wilkie's gold medals in Italy have come in the biathlon. She came into the Games with seven Paralympic medals in Para nordic skiing but none in biathlon.
  The Salmon Arm, B.C., native finished with a time of 12 minutes 18.0 seconds. Ukraine's Iryna Bui (12:35.7) and Oleksandra Kononova (12:49.0)
  
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• Unemployment rate holds steady in B.C., Fraser Valley in February: StatCan

  13-03-2026 16:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — B.C. may have suffered some job losses in February, but the unemployment rate remains either unmoved – or improved – in the Fraser Valley, according to the latest data from Statistics Canada.
  Abbotsford-Mission added 2,100 jobs and decreased its unemployment rate from 6.3 per cent in January to 5.7 per cent last month, down by only 0.1 points from February last year.
  Chilliwack lost 1,300 jobs, but maintained its monthly joblessness rate of 7.2 per cent from Januar
  
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• ‘Overwhelmed’ mom of Tumbler Ridge victim Maya Gebala wants no more mail

  13-03-2026 16:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The mother of Tumbler Ridge shooting victim Maya Gebala says they have been "overwhelmed" by letters and packages from well wishers and she's asking them to stop sending any more.
  Cia Edmonds says in a social media post that her gravely ill 12-year-old daughter is "deteriorating mentally and physically" and the family cannot handle the volume of mail.
  She says they have received more than 1,500 pieces of mail since posting an address on social media, and while they are "extreme
  
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• Canada will maintain Russian oil sanctions, despite 30-day U.S. pause: Carney

  13-03-2026 16:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will maintain its sanctions on Russia and its shadow fleet of oil transports, despite U.S. President Donald Trump easing sanctions.
  The United States placed a 30-day waiver on its Russian oil sanctions today in response to oil price shocks caused by the war in Iran.
  Carney made the comments at a news conference in Bardufoss, Norway, alongside the leaders of Norway and Germany.
  The three leaders all agreed that sanctions are necessary to maint
  
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• Maple Ridge senior in mobility scooter struck by car dies in hospital

  13-03-2026 16:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MAPLE RIDGE — The victim of a serious pedestrian collision early this week has since passed away in hospital, according to police in Maple Ridge.On Monday afternoon, March 9, Ridge Meadows RCMP was dispatched after a senior on a mobility scooter was struck by a car at the intersection of 119 Avenue and 228 Street.
  The 91-year-old was then taken to hospital in serious condition.
  Police reported on Thursday that he had succumbed to his injuries, marking the second fatal pedestrian collision
  
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• Conservatives nominate candidate in Scarborough byelection

  13-03-2026 16:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Conservatives have now named candidates for all three upcoming byelections.
  The party announced that middle school teacher Diana Filipova will run in Scarborough Southwest.
  That seat was left vacant after former Liberal cabinet minister Bill Blair resigned to take over as Canada's high commissioner in the U.K.
  Three votes are set for April 13, including one in a Liberal stronghold in the Toronto riding of University—Rosedale, formerly held by Chrystia Freeland.
  Voters in
  
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• Ducks defenceman Gudas to have hearing for knee-on-knee hit to Leafs’ Matthews

  13-03-2026 15:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Anaheim Ducks defenceman Radko Gudas is scheduled to have a hearing with the NHL's department of player safety on Friday for his hit that injured Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews.
  The knee-on-knee hit occurred at 15:47 of the second period of the Ducks' 6-4 loss Thursday night in Toronto.Gudas received a major penalty and game misconduct on the play, which resulted in Matthews exiting the game with a lower-body injury.
  The 35-year-old has had previous run-ins with the
  
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• Montreal’s mayor heading to South Korea for ‘economic and cultural mission’

  13-03-2026 15:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada is heading to South Korea for a five-day trip aimed at strengthening economic and cultural ties.
  Martinez Ferrada and about 50 other delegates will visit the cities of Seoul and Busan between March 16 and 20.
  The city says in a press release that the delegation will promote Montreal's expertise in creative and technological fields.
  It will also explore different solutions aimed at improving citizen services, urban planning and the use of ar
  
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• Canadian women’s rugby sevens team forced to make changes ahead of New Jersey stop

  13-03-2026 15:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Injuries and club commitments have forced Canadian women rugby sevens coach Jocelyn Barrieau to make five changes to her roster ahead of this weekend's HSBC SVNS stop in Harrison, N.J.Captain Carissa Norsten, Keyara Wardley and Piper Logan are out injured, with Norsten sidelined by a torn anterior cruciate ligament suffered in Canada's final game Sunday at the Vancouver Sevens.
  "BC Place turf: 1. My ACL: 0," Norsten said in a social media post.
  Chloe Daniels and Claire Gallagher, meanwhile, have
  
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• Trump administration expands trade investigations to more countries, including Canada

  13-03-2026 14:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has expanded it's trade investigations to 60 countries, including Canada, in an effort to solidify the president's tariff policies.
  The United States Trade Representative announced earlier this week that it was launching investigations under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 on the European Union and a handful of other countries.
  A Wednesday evening news release from the department expanded the list of countries targeted by the investigations.
  It sa
  
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• National employment numbers for February from Statistics Canada, at a glance

  13-03-2026 14:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A quick look at Canada's February employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets):
  Unemployment rate: 6.7 per cent (6.5)
  Employment rate: 60.6 per cent (60.8)
  Participation rate: 64.9 per cent (65.0)
  Number unemployed: 1,514,200 (1,457,500)
  Number working: 21,037,300 (21,121,200)
  Youth (15-24 years) unemployment rate: 14.1 per cent (12.8)
  Men (25 plus) unemployment rate: 5.6 per cent (5.4)
  Women (25 plus) unemployment rate: 5.5 per cent (5.5)
  This report by The Ca
  
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• Here’s a quick glance at unemployment rates for February, by province

  13-03-2026 14:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.7 per cent in February. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets):
  _ Newfoundland and Labrador 9.2 per cent (9.2)
  _ Prince Edward Island 7.2 per cent (7.6)
  _ Nova Scotia 7.1 per cent (6.9)
  _ New Brunswick 7.0 per cent (6.7)
  _ Quebec 5.9 per cent (5.2)
  _ Ontario 7.6 per cent (7.3)
  _ Manitoba 5.7 per cent (6.3)
  _ Saskatchewan 5.6 per cent (5.3)
  _ Alberta 6.3 per cent (6.4)
  _ British Colum
  
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• Here’s a quick glance at unemployment rates for February, by Canadian city

  13-03-2026 14:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The national unemployment rate was 6.7 per cent in February. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, however, that the figures may fluctuate widely because they are based on small statistical samples.Here are the jobless rates last month by city (numbers from the previous month in brackets):
  _ St. John's, N.L. 7.3 per cent (7.7)
  _ Halifax 6.1 per cent (5.8)
  _ Moncton, N.B. 6.1 per cent (5.6)
  
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