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• Connor secures eighth 30-goal season as Jets take down Avalanche 3-1

  14-03-2026 23:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — Kyle Connor had a goal and an assist to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 3-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche at Canada Life Centre Saturday.
  The goal gave Connor his eighth 30-goal campaign, passing Ilya Kovalchuk for the most in Jets/Thrashers franchise history.
  Alex Iafallo and Cole Perfetti, with an empty-netter, also scored for the Jets (27-28-10), who rebounded from back-to-back regulation losses to salvage a critical two points in their pursuit of a playoff spot. Mark Scheifele
  
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• Canada’s Steven Dubois wins 500-metre gold at world short track championships

  14-03-2026 23:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Canada’s Steven Dubois won gold in the 500 metres Saturday at the world short track speedskating championships.
  Dubois topped the podium in the same distance last month at the Milan Cortina Olympic Games and successfully defended his world title in the event.
  Despite being weakened by a cold this week, the 28-year-old from Terrebonne, Que., was dominant on Saturday at Maurice-Richard Arena. He led from start to finish in his heats in the quarterfinals, semifinals and the f
  
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• France wins back-to-back Six Nations titles after beating England 48-46 on last-second penalty

  14-03-2026 23:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PARIS (AP) — France won back-to-back Six Nations titles after beating England 48-46 on a last-second penalty kick by Thomas Ramos in a thriller for the ages on Saturday.England scored its seventh try in the 77th minute and converted for 46-45. If the score held for a few more minutes, Ireland would have been crowned the champion.But France pressed yet again, lost possession, regained it, and earned two penalties after the fulltime siren. Captain Antoine Dupont debated with referee Nika Ama
  
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• Rebecca Leslie nets OT winner to lift Charge past Goldeneyes 3-2

  14-03-2026 23:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Rebecca Leslie scored 2:59 into overtime to lead the Ottawa Charge to a 3-2 win against the Vancouver Goldeneyes on Saturday.
  Leslie’s snipe to win the game was her 11th of the season, tied for first in the PWHL.
  The Charge (5-6-1-8) moved past New York and into fourth place in the standings, with the Sirens having a game in hand.Fanuza Kadirova and Sarah Wozniewicz, with the game-tying goal, also scored for Ottawa. Gwyneth Philips made 34 saves.
  Sarah Nurse and Sophie Ja
  
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• Formula 1 calls off April races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia due to Iran war

  14-03-2026 23:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SHANGHAI (AP) — Formula 1 and its governing body FIA canceled Grand Prix races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia on safety grounds related to the Iran war. Both countries have been struck during Iran’s response after the United States and Israel launched a wave of attacks on Iran.The announcement was made early Sunday morning in Shanghai ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix.F1 was due to race in Bahrain on April 12 and in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah on April 19.The FIA said the two races &
  
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• Mission pilots new biweekly provincial service program

  14-03-2026 23:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MISSION — Residents may not have to travel too far to get select provincial services with the launch of a new pilot program in Mission.
  ServiceBC has partnered with the City of Mission to deliver services such as vital statistics, pathfinding, business registries and more, available by walk-in or appointment at the Mission Leisure Centre.
  “We are thrilled that Service BC is piloting this initiative at our Leisure Centre,” said Mayor Paul Horn. “It’s a big step forwa
  
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• Ullmark feeling good as he continues impressive play since return to Senators

  14-03-2026 22:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Linus Ullmark knows there will be good days and bad days just like there will be good games and bad games. What matters is how he handles them.
  The Ottawa Senators goaltender had a good day Saturday posting a 2-0 shutout against the Anaheim Ducks where he made 23 saves.
  Ullmark took a leave of absence from the Senators earlier this year to deal with mental health issues.
  Since his return to action Jan. 31, he’s played in nine of 12 games and gone 6-1-2.
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• Another 3 members of Iran’s women’s soccer team decide against staying in Australia as refugees

  14-03-2026 22:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Another three members of the Iran's women’s soccer team who accepted refugee visas to stay in Australia have decided to return to their homeland, an Australian government minister said on Sunday.The departure leaves three of an initial seven squad members in Australia.“Overnight, three members of the Iranian Women’s Football Team made the decision to join the rest of the team on their journey back to Iran,” Home Affairs Minister Tony Burk
  
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• Sculpture artists explore identity and lived experience in upcoming exhibit at UFV

  14-03-2026 22:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — A selection of student and alumni artists is hoping to cut through the noise with an upcoming exhibit on archival silences at the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV).
  Sculptor and UFV associate professor Melanie Jones’ work kick-started the idea by connecting themes of identity, queer lived experience and found objects.
  “Aide-Memoire brings together emerging artists to explore the notion of ‘archival silences,’ specifically how gaps in a body of recor
  
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• Scherzer’s strong showing not enough as Blue Jays fall to Skubal, Tigers 6-1

  14-03-2026 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DUNEDIN — Tarik Skubal struck out seven across 4 2/3 innings as the Detroit Tigers cruised to a 6-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in spring training action on Saturday.
  The back-to-back American League Cy Young winner only gave up three hits, one run and now walks as he picked up the win.
  Meanwhile, Max Scherzer had five strikeouts and only allowed two hits and two walks in 4 2/3 innings of work starting for Toronto. Tommy Nance took the loss giving up two runs in 1 1/3 innings.
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• Canada women dominate Argentina 75-41 in FIBA World Cup qualifying tournament

  14-03-2026 21:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ISTANBUL — Shay Colley led the way with 13 points, while Aaliyah Edwards had 11 points and 15 rebounds as Canada's women's basketball team cruised past Argentina 75-41 in FIBA women's World Cup qualifying action on Saturday.
  Canada seized control early, opening the game with a decisive 19-1 run in the first quarter. The Canadians held a 45-22 lead by halftime.
  Canada outshot Argentina 43.3 per cent to 24.6 per cent from the field and finished with 58 rebounds compared to Argentina’s
  
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• Al-Quds Day rally goes ahead after court tosses out Ontario’s bid to block

  14-03-2026 21:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — A Toronto pro-Palestinian demonstration got underway with waving flags and a large police presence, including officers observing from the top of buildings, Saturday after an Ontario judge tossed out the government's move to pre-emptively block it.
  Some Al-Quds Day rally attendees waved Palestinian and Iranian flags and chanted "Free Palestine" while some counter-protesters waved the flags of Israel and the pre-revolution Iran.
  Less than an hour before the rally began outside the
  
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• Ullmark earns second shutout of the season as Senators blank Ducks 2-0

  14-03-2026 20:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Linus Ullmark made 23 saves for his second shutout of the season as the Ottawa Senators blanked the Anaheim Ducks 2-0 on Saturday afternoon.
  Michael Amadio and Thomas Chabot scored for Ottawa (33-23-9), with Shane Pinto dishing out two assists.
  The lone blemish on the day was the Senators' power play going 0-for-4.
  Ville Husso stopped 27 shots for Anaheim (36-27-3).
  Nick Cousins won a battle along the boards at centre which sprung Pinto down the ice. Pinto fed Amadio on a 2-on-1 a
  
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• PM’s office mum on Conservative Order of Canada petition for Don Cherry

  14-03-2026 20:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney's office wouldn't weigh in on a push by the federal Conservatives to award the Order of Canada to controversial hockey commentator Don Cherry.
  Audrey Champoux, a spokesperson for Carney, declined to say whether the prime minister felt that Cherry had met the requirements for the accolade, which is awarded in recognition of exceptional achievements, extraordinary contributions to the nation, or remarkable dedication to a community.
  Champoux noted those we
  
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• Liberal candidate in Terrebonne byelection hopes to reclaim riding on April 12

  14-03-2026 20:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TERREBONNE — Liberal candidate Tatiana Auguste is hoping to be elected in the April 12 byelection in the Montreal-area riding of Terrebonne, and this time, for good.
  Auguste opened her riding office in the Montreal-area riding today, telling supporters she wants Terrebonne to be part of the solution and have a voice at the decision-making table.
  Elections Canada had declared Auguste the winner over the Bloc Québécois' Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné by a single vote followi
  
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• Late goal lifts Red Bulls to 1-1 draw with Toronto In TFC’s 20th home opener

  14-03-2026 20:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting scored on a goalmouth scramble off a corner in the 98th minute to give New York a 1-1 draw with Toronto FC in its 20th home opener Saturday, securing a point for former captain Michael Bradley in his return to BMO Field as Red Bulls coach.
  Toronto (1-2-1) failed to clear the corner and the veteran forward made them pay. Daniel Salloi, scoring for the second week in a row, had given TFC a first-half lead before an announced crowd of 18,767.
  The Red Bulls (
  
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• Wilkie, Ideson named Canada’s flag bearers for Paralympics closing ceremony

  14-03-2026 20:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CORTINA D'AMPEZZO — Para nordic skier Natalie Wilkie and wheelchair curler Mark Ideson have been named Canada’s closing ceremony flag bearers for the Milan Cortina Paralympics, the Canadian Paralympic Committee announced Saturday.
  Wilkie, from Salmon Arm, B.C., has earned four medals (two gold, one silver, one bronze) in her third Paralympics. She still has one race remaining on Sunday morning, the Para cross-country 20 kilometres.
  The 25-year-old now has 11 Paralympic medals to her
  
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• Court tosses out Ontario’s bid to pre-emptively block Al-Quds Day rally

  14-03-2026 19:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — A Toronto pro-Palestinian demonstration can go ahead as planned after an Ontario judge tossed out the government's move to pre-emptively block it.The court's dismissal of the 11th hour request by Premier Doug Ford's government arrived less than an hour before the scheduled Al-Quds Day rally outside the U.S. Consulate in downtown Toronto.The request was swiftly condemned by civil liberty groups, and organizers called it an attempt to silence Palestinian solidarity and criticism of
  
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• Traffic slow following rollover crash on Highway 1 east of Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  14-03-2026 18:58 via news.google.com
  Traffic slow following rollover crash on Highway 1 east of Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Safe Haven hires Chilliwack-based consultant to support ‘difficult’ transition period - Fraser Valley Today | Everything Fraser Valley

  14-03-2026 18:34 via news.google.com
  Safe Haven hires Chilliwack-based consultant to support ‘difficult’ transition period  Fraser Valley Today | Everything Fraser Valley
  
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• Safe Haven hires Chilliwack-based consultant to support ‘difficult’ transition period

  14-03-2026 18:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — An animal shelter at the center of controversy over the past few weeks has now hired a consultant to support its transition process.
  The Chilliwack Animal Safe Haven Society’s board of directors has hired Kelli Paddon from Equiiti Strategic Ltd. to take charge on a number of initiatives, including listening to staff, volunteers, community members, and stakeholders to pinpoint the organization’s key needs and opportunities during a “difficult period of transit
  
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• Two charged with murder after body of missing mathematician found in Mission, B.C.

  14-03-2026 18:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Police say first-degree murder charges have been laid against two people in relation to the death of missing B.C. mathematician Masood Masjoody.The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says Masjoody's remains were found in Mission, B.C., on March 6.Police say 48-year-old Mehdi Ahmadzadeh Razavi of Maple Ridge and 45-year-old Arezou Soltani of North Vancouver have now been charged with first-degree murder
  The homicide team says in a statement that Razavi and Soltani were arrested Friday.Burnaby
  
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• Canadian sit-skier Kurt Oatway goes for one medal after long road back to Paralympics

  14-03-2026 18:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  It's simply competition. And Kurt Oatway's desire is just to win and improve.
  "It is a bigger race, it's a more important race, but at the end of the day it's just a race," he said of the Paralympics.
  But the journey to being a two-time Paralympic medallist in Para alpine sit-skiing started from a place of nostalgia for the 42-year-old from Calgary.
  "Just sitting at home watching the 2010 Vancouver Games and watching the alpine events and getting a little nostalgic about skiing," he said. "... A
  
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• 2 charged after missing B.C. mathematician found dead in Mission

  14-03-2026 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MISSION — Two people are now facing charges in relation to a B.C. mathematician’s death– over one month after he went missing.
  On the evening of February 2, Burnaby RCMP investigated the whereabouts of 45-year-old Masood Masjoody after reports from concerned neighbours.
  Police deemed Masjoody’s disappearance as out of character and criminally involved.
  Prior to his disappearance, Masjoody was known online as a former academic who was vocal about Iran’s ruling regime
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Police charge two with murder after body found in Mission, B.C.

  14-03-2026 18:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Police say first-degree murder charges have been laid against two people in relation to the death of missing B.C. mathematician Masood Masjoody.More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Canadian wheelchair curling team wins gold with 4-3 triumph over China at Paralympics

  14-03-2026 17:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CORTINA D'AMPEZZO — Canada's wheelchair curling team defeated China 4-3 to win gold at the Milan Cortina Paralympics on Saturday.
  It's the first gold medal in the event for Canada since 2014.Canada won three straight gold medals since the event's inception at the Games in 2006 before settling for bronze at the last two Paralympics. China had won gold in the event at those two Games.
  The Canadian rink of skip Mark Ideson, third/vice-skip Jon Thurston, second Ina Forrest, lead Collinda Josep
  
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• Canada to face U.S. with sights set on first Paralympic ice hockey gold in 20 years

  14-03-2026 17:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Tyler McGregor has experienced all the team success there is to gain in para ice hockey.
  Except for one thing: a Paralympic gold medal.
  Canada's captain, from Forest, Ont., has been a fixture on the team since 2012. In that time, he has won three world championships (2013, 2017, 2024), two Paralympic silver medals (2018, 2022) and a Paralympic bronze (2014).
  "I wouldn't even know how to properly define that," he said of the possibility of Canada winning gold in Italy. "It would mean the world to
  
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• Surrey police arrest 61, seize over 300 grams of drugs in three-month transit station crackdown

  14-03-2026 16:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY — Transit police had been chasing an enforcement dragon at the Surrey Central Station over the past three months, leading to dozens of arrests and a garden variety of drugs being seized.
  On November 22, 2025, the RCMP, the Surrey Police Service and CFSEU-BC tackled crime and safety concerns at the station and adjacent businesses, including the Central City complex, as part of a Metro Vancouver Transit Police-led project.
  Efforts yielded 61 arrests ranging from outstanding warrants a
  
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• Canadiens winger Brendan Gallagher a healthy scratch Saturday against Sharks

  14-03-2026 16:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Brendan Gallagher, the longest-serving player on the Montreal Canadiens, will be a healthy scratch Saturday against the San Jose Sharks.
  Head coach Martin St. Louis announced following the team's morning skate that Gallagher would sit out with winger Cole Caufield, who missed Wednesday's 3-2 win in Ottawa with an illness, returning to the lineup.
  Alexandre Texier drew in for Caufield after five games as a healthy scratch and scored a goal Wednesday. He'll line up in Gallagher's
  
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• High streamflow advisory issued for Lower Fraser ahead of rainy week

  14-03-2026 16:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The BC River Forecast Centre is issuing caution on river levels ahead of forecast rain in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley for most of the upcoming week.
  A high streamflow advisory is in place for the Lower Fraser and its tributaries along the Fraser Valley.
  A strong atmospheric river is set to impact B.C.’s south coast starting mid-day on Sunday, bringing between 60 and 120 millimetres of rain to the region. 
  Flows are expected to rise locally due to both heav
  
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• Jürgen Habermas, influential German philosopher, dies at 96

  14-03-2026 15:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BERLIN (AP) — Jürgen Habermas, whose work on communication, rationality and sociology made him one of the world’s most influential philosophers and a key intellectual figure in his native Germany, has died. He was 96.Habermas’ publisher, Suhrkamp, said he died on Saturday in Starnberg, near Munich.Habermas frequently weighed in on political matters over several decades.Habermas’ extensive writing crossed the boundaries of academic and philosophical disciplines, provi
  
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• N.S. First Nation tells government and RCMP to stay out of cannabis and tobacco sales

  14-03-2026 15:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — An Indigenous government in Nova Scotia has passed a new resolution saying the provincial government and RCMP have no right to carry out enforcement on its lands as police and provincial officials step up raids on what they claim are illegal cannabis operations.The council of Cape Breton’s Membertou First Nation, led by Chief Terry Paul, released the resolution Friday saying it has a treaty right to self-governance, recognized by the Constitution.The document says the commu
  
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• Carney says Canada a reliable oil exporter with moves to increase production

  14-03-2026 14:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OSLO — Prime Minister Mark Carney says that countries like Canada do not need to have oil reserves as a net exporter, after the energy minister announced Canada will contribute 23.6 million barrels to help stabilize international energy markets.The 32 member countries of the International Energy Agency, including Canada, have agreed to a co-ordinated release of oil stocks as the war in Iran destabilizes oil supply chains."The rules are you should have at least 90 days reserves for those im
  
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• Iran hits back after the US bombs a key island as the war enters its third week

  14-03-2026 13:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A missile struck a helipad inside the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad and debris from an intercepted Iranian drone hit an oil facility in the United Arab Emirates as the U.S.-Israel war with Iran entered its third week Saturday.Associated Press images showed a column of smoke rising over the embassy compound in the Iraqi capital and a fire in the Fujairah port in the UAE that broke out after what authorities said was a drone interception.A day earlier, P
  
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• Weatheradio going off the air as Environment Canada moves emphasis to online and apps

  14-03-2026 13:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ROB DRINKWATER — A cross-Canada radio service that for decades has delivered the latest local forecasts as well as critical alerts about severe weather 24 hours a day is signing off, with listeners being advised to switch to online or cellphone-based services.
  Environment and Climate Change Canada says on its website that effective Monday, Weatheradio will be permanently disconnected. The announcement says anyone who wants local weather forecasts and alerts should consult the agency's inte
  
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• Iran strikes back after US bombs an oil-critical Iranian island as Mideast war enters third week

  14-03-2026 12:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A missile struck a helipad inside the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad and debris from an intercepted Iranian drone hit an oil facility in the United Arab Emirates as the U.S.-Israel war with Iran entered its third week Saturday.Associated Press images showed a column of smoke rising over the embassy compound in the Iraqi capital and a fire in the Fujairah port in the UAE that broke out after what authorities said was a drone interception.A day earlier, P
  
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• Why Canada is helping Canadians flee the Middle East — and what it costs

  14-03-2026 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Ever since the U.S. launched its war against Iran on Feb. 28, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand has said her top priority is helping Canadians who want to leave the Middle East.
  As of Friday, nearly 8,500 Canadians and permanent residents have made it home to Canada from the region, while more than a thousand have left the Middle East for safe third countries, her department says.
  Here's a look at how and why Ottawa helps people leave dangerous places, and what it costs.
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• ‘One elbow up, one down’: The Carney government after its first year

  14-03-2026 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — If one thing is clear a year into his tenure, it's that Mark Carney is running the federal government very differently from the way Justin Trudeau did it.
  Much of Ottawa's chattering class has settled on describing the former central banker as a CEO-style leader who wants to run the country like a Fortune 500 company, and makes little time for consulting while he races to implement his economic agenda.
  Still, when The Canadian Press asked the prime minister on his way into cabinet
  
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• Iran war adds new uncertainty to the Bank of Canada’s already clouded lens

  14-03-2026 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada will be balancing a last-minute flood of economic data with uncertainty around trade and war in the Middle East as it prepares to make its second interest rate decision of 2026 this week.
  Economists say the central bank faces choppy waters in setting monetary policy this year, as a surprise spike in unemployment and weakness elsewhere in the economy weigh against fresh inflation risks from a global oil price shock.
  The Bank of Canada's policy rate stands at 2.25
  
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• Carney’s trip shifts from defence to Nordic skiing before meeting with Norway’s PM

  14-03-2026 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OSLO — Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to spend part of today taking in Norway's national sport before a working dinner in Oslo with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store.
  Carney will travel to Holmenkollen, Norway, just north of Oslo, where he will meet with some Canadian athletes competing in the International Ski Federation Nordic World Cup.
  After a day of watching cross-country skiing, Carney will return to Oslo for his meeting with Store.
  Senior government officials briefin
  
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• A new café in Montreal is offering its patrons a taste of Quebec independence

  14-03-2026 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — When you walk into the Club Pays coffee shop in Montreal, the first thing you see are the posters with Quebec sovereignty slogans plastered on every wall.
  Complete with comfortable couches, a polished-wood espresso bar, a small stage and even a conference room, Club Pays — country club in English — opened its doors to the public on Friday and is ready to become a hub in Montreal for the Quebec independence movement.
  "Some countries are born out of celebration," reads
  
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• Barnes, Barrett help Raptors find footing in big 122-115 win over Suns

  14-03-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Jalen Green drove to the net with 45 seconds left to play, going for a layup that would pull his Phoenix Suns to within two points of the Toronto Raptors.
  But Scottie Barnes, making his case for NBA Defensive Player of the Year, followed Green to the rim and swatted the ball off the backboard. The block led to an RJ Barrett dunk at the other end of the court to put Toronto up 116-110.
  Barrett had 22 points, including nine in the fourth quarter, as the Raptors rallied past Phoenix
  
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• North Korea fires about 10 missiles toward sea in show of force, Seoul says

  14-03-2026 07:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Saturday fired about 10 ballistic missiles toward the eastern sea, South Korea’s military said, staging its own show of force as the rival South conducts a joint military exercise with the United States.South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles were fired from an area near the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, but didn’t immediately say how far they flew. Japan’s Defense Ministry said the weapons landed in waters
  
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• North Korea fires unidentified projectile toward sea, Seoul says

  14-03-2026 06:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military said Saturday it detected North Korea firing at least one projectile toward its eastern sea.South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff didn’t immediately say whether the weapon was ballistic or how far it flew.The launch came as the United States and South Korea conduct their annual springtime joint military exercises.The North has long described the allies’ drills as invasion rehearsals and often uses them as a pretext to d
  
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• US bombs military sites on Iranian island as Trump threatens its oil infrastructure

  14-03-2026 05:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump said the U.S. destroyed military sites on an island vital to Iran’s oil network and warned that its oil infrastructure could be next if Iran continues to interfere with the passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz.Trump said U.S. forces on Friday “obliterated” targets on Iran’s Kharg Island, which is home to the primary terminal that handles the country’s oil exports. The speaker of the Iranian Par
  
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• Missile strikes a helipad inside the US Embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraqi security officials say

  14-03-2026 05:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BAGHDAD (AP) — A missile struck a helipad inside the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad, two Iraqi security officials said.Associated Press footage showed a column of smoke rising Saturday morning over the embassy compound.The sprawling embassy complex, one of the largest U.S. diplomatic facilities in the world, has been repeatedly targeted by rockets and drones fired by Iran-aligned militias.There was no immediate comment from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. On Friday, the embassy renewed its
  
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• Blues rally from 2-0, beat Oilers 3-2 on Robert Thomas’ OT goal with 9 seconds left

  14-03-2026 04:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Robert Thomas scored on a wrist shot with nine seconds left in overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 3-2 come-from-behind win over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday night.
  The Blues trailed 2-0 midway through the third period but goals by Pius Suter with 7:38 to play and Cam Fowler with 3:46 left in regulation tied it at 2-all.
  Fowler also had an assist and Joel Hofer made 36 saves to help St. Louis win for the sixth time in their last seven games. With the win the Blues pull
  
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• U.S. beats Canada 5-3, advances to the World Baseball Classic semifinals

  14-03-2026 04:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HOUSTON (AP) — Aaron Judge doubled and Pete Crow-Armstrong and Brice Turang each had two hits as the United States beat Canada 5-3 on Friday night to reach the World Baseball Classic semifinals.
  The U.S. squad rebounded after an 8-6 loss to Italy in pool play left them needing help to advance to this round.
  The Americans move on to face the Dominican Republic in a semifinal on Sunday in Miami. It will be the team’s third straight appearance in the semifinals and the fourth overall.
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• Robert Thomas scores with 9 seconds left in OT as the Blues beat the Oilers 3-2

  14-03-2026 04:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Robert Thomas scored on a wrist shot with nine seconds left in overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 3-2 come-from-behind win over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday night.
  The Blues trailed 2-0 midway through the third period but goals by Pius Suter with 7:38 to play and Cam Fowler with 3:46 left in regulation tied it at 2-all.
  Fowler also had an assist and Joel Hofer made 36 saves to help St. Louis win for the sixth time in their last seven games. With the win the Blues pull
  
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• RJ Barrett’s late surge powers Raptors to 122-115 win over Suns

  14-03-2026 03:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Canadian RJ Barrett had 22 points, including nine in the fourth quarter, as the Toronto Raptors rallied past the Phoenix Suns 122-115 on Friday.
  Barrett, from Mississauga, Ont., also had six rebounds and five assists as Toronto (37-29) earned a critical win in the Eastern Conference standings.
  All-star forward Brandon Ingram led all scorers with 36 points and pulled down seven boards.
  Scottie Barnes, the Raptors' other all-star, finished with 14 points and six rebounds.
  Jalen Gre
  
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