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• A heat wave with triple-digit temps is altering the MLB Cactus League schedule

  16-03-2026 23:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PHOENIX (AP) — Bringing the heat in spring training is supposed to be about hard-throwing pitchers, not triple-digit temperatures like those that will impact Major League Baseball spring training games in Arizona for several days this week.
  Because of a forecasted heat wave in the Phoenix area, at least 10 Cactus League games at six different stadiums that had been scheduled for afternoon starts between Wednesday and Friday will instead begin just after 6 p.m. local time. A game Saturday b
  
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• Lions say Canadian Football Hall of Famer Tom Brown has died at age 89

  16-03-2026 23:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Canadian Football Hall of Famer Tom Brown, a three-time CFL all-star who won a Grey Cup with the B.C. Lions in 1964, has died, the team said Monday. He was 89.
  A two-time winner of the CFL's top lineman award, Brown played in 97 regular-season games with the Lions from 1961 to 1967.
  "In addition to being one of the best defensive players in our team's history, Tom played a major role in helping the B.C. Lions take the next step in becoming champions," Lions director of communit
  
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• Man charged with manslaughter in weekend homicide in Surrey

  16-03-2026 23:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY — Police in Surrey say a 29-year-old man has been arrested and charged in the death of another man in a shooting over the weekend.
  Homicide investigators say the accused faces a manslaughter charge after the death early Sunday morning at a home on Laurel Drive.
  Police say the accused remains in custody pending a bail hearing.
  Few details of the shooting have been released, but police say the victim and the accused were known to each other.
  They say the shooting is believed to be iso
  
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• B.C. heli-ski company says snowboarder died in fall in a tree well

  16-03-2026 23:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  GOLDEN, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — A British Columbia helicopter-ski company says that a snowboarder has died in the Kootenay region after falling in to a tree well.Great Canadian Heli-Skiing, based in Golden, B.C., says in a statement the person was a guest of their company and died on Saturday in the northern Selkirk Mountains in the Kootenay region.When someone falls into the soft, deep snow around a tree, the risk of suffocation can be high.The company says it is working with the BC Co
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP asking everyone to stay away from Promontory after incident - Chilliwack Progress

  16-03-2026 23:18 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack RCMP asking everyone to stay away from Promontory after incident  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• VIDEO: Meteor confirmed in Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley incident - Chilliwack Progress

  16-03-2026 23:03 via news.google.com
  VIDEO: Meteor confirmed in Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley incident  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Last protester in immigration detention after Trump’s campus crackdown has been released

  16-03-2026 22:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — A Palestinian woman who was the last person still in immigration detention after the Trump administration's 2025 crackdown on pro-Palestinian activists was released Monday after a year in custody, according to her lawyers.Leqaa Kordia, a 33-year-old from the West Bank who has lived in New Jersey since 2016, had been held in a U.S. immigration detention center in Texas since last March. Kordia was among roughly 100 people arrested outside Columbia University during protests
  
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• B.C. MLA says Lapu Lapu survivors don’t want festival as anniversary looms

  16-03-2026 22:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — A legislator of Filipino descent who was at the scene of last year's deadly ramming attack at the Lapu Lapu Day festival is calling for this year's event to be cancelled, saying it will trigger some in the still-traumatized community.
  Mable Elmore says she signed a petition calling for a pause on the festival, scheduled for April 19, after listening to survivors of the attack and families of victims.
  Eleven people died and dozens were injured when an SUV ploughed through crowds
  
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• Bombs explode in northeastern Nigeria, leaving scores killed and injured, authorities say

  16-03-2026 22:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Bombs exploded in at least three locations in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno state Monday night, killing and injuring scores of people, the emergency services told The Associated Press, citing possible suicide bombings.Explosions were heard in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, where Nigeria’s homegrown jihadi Boko Haram extremists have waged an insurgency for more than a decade. The blasts occurred at the entrance of the University of Maiduguri Teachin
  
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• Springer homers as Blue Jays beat Marlins 5-4 in Grapefruit League

  16-03-2026 22:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  JUPITER — George Springer hit a leadoff home run as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Miami Marlins 5-4 on Monday in a six-inning Grapefruit League game at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.
  Springer also scored on a wild pitch in the third inning before Daulton Varsho hit a two-run double. Myles Straw added an RBI groundout that capped a four-run inning.
  Otto Lopez and Daniel Johnson homered for Miami, with Johnson’s solo shot in the fifth pulling the Marlins within a run.
  Blue Jays relieve
  
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• AI systems use Canadian journalism but seldom cite media sources: report

  16-03-2026 21:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — AI systems depend on Canadian journalism for the information they provide users but don't offer compensation or proper attribution in return, says a new study.
  Researchers at McGill University’s Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy tested 2,267 Canadian news stories on major AI models.
  "All four models showed extensive knowledge of Canadian current events consistent with having ingested Canadian news reporting," the report says.
  The researchers found that when ChatGPT,
  
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• Cost of rebuilding Alberta town’s only ice rinks after explosion in the millions

  16-03-2026 21:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — A hockey-loving town in southern Alberta that lost its only two ice rinks in a Zamboni explosion says it will cost millions to rebuild.
  Derrin Thibault, Taber's chief administrative officer, says council recently agreed to spend about $6 million to rebuild its large ice rink after the December blast shattered the walls around it.
  The town still needs $5 million more to fix the second ice rink and the remaining parts of the community centre. It has also requested $8 million from
  
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• Canadian angler Jeff Gustafson using Bassmaster Classic absence as motivation

  16-03-2026 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Jeff Gustafson returned to his office Monday.
  The Kenora, Ont., angler was back in his Lund 2075 Pro-V bass boat on Alabama's Lake Guntersville for some fun fishing in not-so-fun conditions -- 3 C temperatures with wind and rain. However, it was welcomed after Gustafson spent last week talking to fans at the US$1-million Bassmaster Classic, which ended Sunday on the Tennessee River.
  Three years ago, Gustafson became the first Canadian to win the event, also on the Tennessee River. A six-time Cla
  
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• AI systems use Canadian journalism but don’t attribute sources: report

  16-03-2026 20:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A new report says AI systems depend on Canadian journalism for knowledge but don't offer compensation or proper attribution in return.
  The study, which was conducted by McGill University’s Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy, involved researchers testing 2,267 Canadian news stories on four major AI models.
  They found that when ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Grok were asked about Canadian news events from their training data, they did not provide source attribution about
  
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• Supreme Court to hear arguments over push to end legal protections for migrants from Haiti, Syria

  16-03-2026 20:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear arguments over the Trump administration’s push to end legal protections for people fleeing war and natural disaster from countries around the world, including Haiti and Syria.The high court agreed Monday to hear the case after the Justice Department appealed lower court rulings that delayed the end of protections allowing people with temporary protected status to live and work in the U.S.The justices did not allow the administration to im
  
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• There’s ‘not much’ Canada could contribute militarily to Iran war: expert

  16-03-2026 20:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A Canadian defence expert says there's "not much" Canada could do in the Persian Gulf region right now to protect the critical Strait of Hormuz, even if it wanted to.
  David Perry, president of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, says the Canadian Armed Forces does not have many available assets suited to intercepting Iranian missiles and drones and it's not clear how much the Navy could contribute to mine-sweeping efforts.
  U.S. President Donald Trump says it "will be very bad"
  
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• Nature groups warn federal funding cuts endangering efforts to protect land, water

  16-03-2026 20:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Conservation groups say millions of dollars in federal funding meant to protect endangered land and water is about to run out.
  Canada has committed to protecting 30 per cent of its terrestrial and coastal areas by 2030 and was only about halfway to that target by the end of 2024.
  The promise was reinforced in the Liberal election platform last year.
  In a letter sent to Prime Minister Mark Carney last week, the heads of four environmental advocacy groups criticized the lack of clar
  
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• WNBA and players’ union report progress in CBA talks as key issues remain

  16-03-2026 19:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Both the WNBA and players' union feel progress is being made toward a new collective bargaining agreement, but they both say there's still work to be done to get a deal to the finish line.
  The talks come ahead of the 2026 season, which is scheduled to open May 8 and include the debut of the expansion Toronto Tempo, the league’s first Canadian franchise.
  In-person talks entered a seventh consecutive day Monday afternoon after the previous session ended around 3 a.m. in
  
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• Soccer Canada gets $300K in federal funding for youth initiatives ahead of World Cup

  16-03-2026 19:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Canada Soccer is receiving $300,000 from the federal government to expand youth engagement initiatives across the country.
  Adam van Koeverden, the secretary of state for sport, announced the funding on Monday ahead of the FIFA men's World Cup coming to Canada.
  The money will support two key initiatives: an expanded national school outreach program and a national team match experience.These programs will help bring soccer into classrooms across Canada and give approximately 5,000
  
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• Via Rail ‘needs to improve its service’ despite solid management: auditor general

  16-03-2026 19:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A new report from Canada's auditor general says Via Rail needs to improve its service, even as she gave solid marks to the Crown corporation's management practices.
  Karen Hogan says that over the past decade Via has failed to improve its on-time performance, which sank to a dismal 30 per cent in the first three months of 2025, potentially discouraging passengers from returning to the service.
  The report notes that recent restrictions on train speed and frequency put in place by track owners and
  
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• Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of carrying out strikes in Kabul targeting hospital treating addicts

  16-03-2026 19:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Monday accused Pakistan’s military of targeting a Kabul hospital that treats drug addicts in airstrikes that killed four people and wounded several others.The attack came hours after Afghan officials said the two sides exchanged fire along their common border, killing four people in Afghanistan, as the deadliest fighting between the neighbors in years entered a third week. Government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid cond
  
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• Cuban officials report an island-wide blackout as country struggles with energy crisis

  16-03-2026 19:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HAVANA (AP) — Officials in Cuba report an island-wide blackout in the country of some 11 million people as its energy and economic crises deepen.The Ministry of Energy and Mines on X notes a “complete disconnection” of the country’s electrical system and says it is investigating.President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Friday warned that the island had not received oil shipments in more than three months and that it was operating on solar power, natural gas and thermoelectri
  
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• Seven candidates still in B.C. Conservative leadership race after two MLAs drop out

  16-03-2026 19:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — The number of candidates running for the leadership of the British Columbia Conservatives has shrunk to seven.
  Bruce Banman and Harman Bhangu, both members of the provincial legislature, have dropped out of the race.Banman says he is endorsing candidate Yuri Fulmer because the entrepreneur is the only candidate with a "proven track record" in the private sector, who knows how to kick-start the economy.
  Bhangu has thrown his support behind Caroline Elliott, saying he agrees with
  
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• Switzerland’s Schwaller on a roll in women’s world curling championship

  16-03-2026 19:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Switzerland's Xenia Schwaller has won a third straight game at the women's world curling championship to improve her record to 3-1.
  The 2024 world junior champion's team defeated Scotland's Fay Henderson 9-5 in the morning draw at WinSport Event Centre.Canada's Kerri Einarson, Japan and Turkey were 3-0 heading into the afternoon draw when Einarson was to face Denmark.
  In other games, Sweden dropped to 2-2 following a 9-7 loss to Norway. The United States won its first game with a
  
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• Bottcher returns to skip position on new team with Walker and Horgan brothers

  16-03-2026 18:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Brendan Bottcher is returning to the skip position with a new-look team.The Alberta-based foursome will include third Jacob Horgan, second Tanner Horgan and lead Geoff Walker.
  A Team Bottcher post on social media says the new rink brings together championship pedigree, elite shotmaking and competitive drive.Bottcher and Walker most recently played together with retired skip Brad Gushue. Bottcher played second and was vice-skip while Walker played lead.
  The Horgan brothers, meanwhile, announced t
  
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• Tumbler Ridge gets arena funding through NHL’s Hockeyville after deadly shootings

  16-03-2026 18:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TUMBLER RIDGE — Tumbler Ridge, B.C., is among several communities in Canada awarded funding through the 2026 Kraft Hockeyville program just weeks after a mass shooting attack in the town where eight people were killed and dozens more hurt.Thirteen provincial and territorial winners were announced in the annual competition where Canadian towns demonstrate their dedication to hockey for a cash prize, which also includes Taber, Alta., Haines Junction, Yukon, Blackstock, Ont., and Scott, Que.
  
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• Quebec’s Abitibi region buried by March storm forecast to bring up to 50 cm of snow

  16-03-2026 18:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Schools are closed and many municipal services are suspended in Quebec's Abitibi-Témiscamingue region because of a storm forecast to bring up to 50 centimetres of snow and freezing rain.
  The city of Rouyn-Noranda, about 500 kilometres northwest of Montreal, said its offices are closed, garbage pickup is suspended and buses aren't running because of the heavy snow.
  Val d'Or has closed several municipal buildings, while schools and businesses across the area have also said
  
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• UPDATE – Police reopen road in Promontory following conclusion of incident

  16-03-2026 18:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  UPDATE at 10:20 a.m. — RCMP say the incident they are investigating on Rockwood Drive has ended and the area has been reopened to the public. No further details have been released.
  CHILLIWACK — Promontory residents are being asked to avoid the area around Rockwood Drive on Monday morning while Chilliwack RCMP deal with an incident.
  Police are releasing few details but say there is no immediate danger to residents or schools in the area.Local social media posts report a number of emer
  
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• New York Rangers forward Lafrenière named NHL first star of the week

  16-03-2026 18:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — New York Rangers forward Alexis Lafrenière was named NHL first star of the week on Monday.He led all NHL players with seven points (five goals, two assists) last week. Lafrenière had two game-winning goals to help the Rangers win all four games over the stretch.Dallas Stars goalie Jake Oettinger was the second star. He was 3-0-0 last week with a 1.65 goals-against average and .940 save percentage.
  St. Louis Blues forward Jimmy Snuggerud took the third star. He had
  
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• No charges three years after Old Montreal building fire kills seven people

  16-03-2026 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — It's the three-year anniversary of a building fire in Old Montreal that killed seven people — and there are still no charges.
  Both the prosecutor’s office and Montreal police say the criminal investigation is ongoing and they are working to have information for the public as soon as possible.The fire ripped through a heritage building on March 16, 2023, killing seven people, six of whom had been staying in illegal short-term rentals.
  Police have said that traces of a
  
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• Teen who set girl on fire at Saskatoon high school gets 3-year sentence

  16-03-2026 18:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SASKATOON — A judge has sentenced a teen girl to three years for setting a fellow student on fire in the hallway of a Saskatoon high school.
  The 16-year-old must serve two years in intensive rehabilitative custody followed by one year in the community with supervision.
  "The toll of these offences is immense. The ripples are wide and still widening," Court of King's Bench Justice Krista Zerr said Monday.
  Three years is the maximum sentence for attempted murder under the Youth Criminal Justi
  
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• LETTER: New Chilliwack garbage cans are trash, says resident - Chilliwack Progress

  16-03-2026 17:57 via news.google.com
  LETTER: New Chilliwack garbage cans are trash, says resident  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Edmonton, Calgary and Prague to co-host the 2028 World Cup of Hockey tournament

  16-03-2026 17:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — The World Cup of Hockey will be held in Canada and Czechia in 2028.
  The NHL and NHLPA say that Edmonton, Calgary and Prague will serve as co-hosts of the eight-team tournament in February of that year.The tournament made its debut in 1996 and was last played in 2016 in Toronto.The World Cup's return comes after NHL players competed at the Winter Olympics last month for the first time since 2014.The new 4 Nations Faceoff tournament last winter also featured a best-on-best setup.T
  
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• Man who drove bus into Quebec daycare, killing 2 children, labelled high-risk accused

  16-03-2026 17:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The Quebec man found not criminally responsible for killing two children after he drove a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare has been labelled a high-risk accused, a designation that will restrict his movements while he is detained at a psychiatric hospital.
  On Monday, Superior Court Justice Éric Downs also upheld the constitutionality of a section of the Criminal Code that permits offenders found not criminally responsible because of a mental disorder to be labelled "
  
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• Flood risks rise as atmospheric river hits B.C., bringing rain, snow and wind

  16-03-2026 17:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Parts of British Columbia are now under flood watches as an atmospheric river arrives along the coast, triggering a string of weather warnings and watches.
  The B.C. River Forecast Centre says northern and western Vancouver Island and the central coast are now under flood watch, with rising temperatures expected to create snowmelt that will add to the heavy rain.
  High-streamflow advisories are in place for the southern B.C. coast, including Metro Vancouver, Greater Victoria, eas
  
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• Chilliwack, B.C., neighbourhood reopens to traffic after police incident - CTV News

  16-03-2026 17:14 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack, B.C., neighbourhood reopens to traffic after police incident  CTV News
  
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• Road closure in Promintory as RCMP deal with incident

  16-03-2026 16:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Promontory residents are being asked to avoid the area around Rockwood Drive on Monday morning while Chilliwack RCMP deal with an incident.
  Police are releasing few details but say there is no immediate danger to residents or schools in the area.Local social media posts report a number of emergency vehicles, including police, ambulance and fire trucks headed to the area around 8 a.m. Monday morning.
  This story will be updated when more information becomes available.
  
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• Abbotsford police make arrest in domestic violence investigation during busy weekend of calls

  16-03-2026 16:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — Abbotsford police had a busy Sunday that including a domestic violence complaint at a home on Hawthorne Avenue.In a release, AbbyPD says a man was arrested as part of an Intimate Partner Violence investigation on Hawthorne Avenue. The victim in the case did not suffer serious injuries.Social media posts appear to show one suspect being taken into custody around 2 p.m. without incident.It was one of six Intimate Partner Violence reports received by Abbotsford Police over the we
  
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• Ottawa puts $200M into space launch pad in Nova Scotia

  16-03-2026 16:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The federal government is putting $200 million toward a Canadian-owned launch pad to send satellites into orbit.
  Ottawa will use the funds over the next decade to lease a space launch pad near Canso, Nova Scotia, which will serve as the foundation for a future spaceport.
  Defence Minister David McGuinty announced the project today at a Canadian Space Agency lab in the nation's capital.
  Canada does not currently have the ability to launch space projects on its own and has relied on
  
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• Accused in fatal Quebec daycare bus crash declared high-risk offender

  16-03-2026 16:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The Quebec man found not criminally responsible for killing two children after he drove a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare has been labelled a high-risk offender.
  Superior Court Justice Éric Downs issued the ruling on Monday for Pierre Ny St-Amand, who killed a four-year-old boy and five-year-old girl and injured six other children on Feb. 8, 2023.
  "The court grants the prosecutor's request: it designates the accused as high-risk under the Criminal Code," Downs said
  
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• Five impaired drivers arrested in Abbotsford while slow driver blames fuel prices

  16-03-2026 16:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — Proactive traffic enforcement along streets in Abbotsford continues to lead to a number of tickets being issued.
  Abbotsford Police say they pulled five impaired drivers off city streets over the weekend and issued 12 violation tickets.
  By the end of the weekend, they had held five individuals in custody.
  However, the oddest incident of the weekend may have taken place along South Fraser Way. An Abbotsford Police officer pulled over a driver who was travelling 35 km/h  in
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Accused in fatal Quebec daycare bus crash declared high-risk offender

  16-03-2026 15:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LAVAL — A Superior Court judge has declared a man a high-risk offender after he was found not criminally responsible for killing two children when he drove a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare.
  Justice Éric Downs ruled today in the case of Pierre Ny St-Amand, who killed a four-year-old boy and five-year-old girl and injured six other children on Feb. 8, 2023.
  Last April, Downs ruled that St-Amand was not criminally responsible for the attack because he had likely been in psychosi
  
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• Asian Football Confederation says Iran is still set to play at the World Cup

  16-03-2026 14:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A leading soccer official in Asia says Iran is still set to play at the World Cup which kicks off in June in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
  In a social media post last week in reaction to comments from U.S. President Donald Trump, Iran’s national soccer team said “no one can exclude” it from playing in the global tournament.
  On Monday, Asian Football Confederation general secretary Windsor John said the sport's continental governing bo
  
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• Here’s a list of February inflation rates for selected Canadian cities

  16-03-2026 14:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada's annual inflation rate was 1.8 per cent in February, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated widely because they are based on small statistical samples (previous month in brackets):
  — St. John's, N.L.: 1.9 per cent (2.6)
  — Charlottetown-Summerside: 1.0 per cent (1.9)
  — Halifax: 1.8 per cent (2.8)
  — Saint John, N.B.: 2.5 per cent (2.9)
  — Quebec City: 2.9 per cent (3
  
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• Here’s a list of February inflation rates for Canadian provinces

  16-03-2026 14:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada's annual inflation rate was 1.8 per cent in February, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets):
  — Newfoundland and Labrador: 1.8 per cent (2.4)
  — Prince Edward Island: 0.8 per cent (1.8)
  — Nova Scotia: 1.7 per cent (2.7)
  — New Brunswick: 2.2 per cent (2.9)
  — Quebec: 2.8 per cent (3.0)
  — Ontario: 1.3 per cent (2.0)
  — Manitoba: 2.0 per cent (2.6)
  — Saskatchewan: 1.6 per cent (1.8
  
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• Annual inflation cools to 1.8% in February, StatCan says

  16-03-2026 13:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the annual rate of inflation dipped below two per cent in February as the end of last year’s federal “tax holiday” helped take some steam out of the yearly price comparisons.
  The agency said Monday that February’s inflation reading came in at 1.8 per cent year-over-year, half a percentage point lower than January’s figures and just under economists’ expectations for the month.
  The main factor driving the headline number lo
  
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• The PWHL is riding a post-Olympic boost in ticket sales and marketing opportunities

  16-03-2026 13:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Sarah Fillier spent her first two seasons with the New York Sirens accustomed to staring at empty blocks of seats across the bench during home games.
  Due to poor turnouts, the PWHL team — for practical and visual purposes — limited ticket sales for seats in Sections 2-11 located behind the benches at the Prudential Center, home of the NHL New Jersey Devils.
  All that changed for New York’s game against Ottawa on March 8, when the entire lower bowl was filled. Fans even populated
  
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• Carney meets Keir Starmer in London as war in Iran disrupts shipping routes

  16-03-2026 12:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON — Prime Minister Mark Carney met with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday, and while both remarked the world has become a more challenging place since their first meeting a year ago, neither named a specific issue in their public remarks.
  A readout issued by Carney's office after the meeting in London said the two leaders condemned Iran's missile and drone attacks on civilian and energy infrastructure.
  The readout said Carney and Starmer also shared "deep concern" about th
  
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• Parts of B.C. to see wet, windy start to week as atmospheric river approaches

  16-03-2026 10:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Residents in parts of British Columbia can expect a cold, wet and windy commute this morning as an atmospheric river approaches the coast.
  Environment Canada issued a host of weather warnings for much of British Columbia over the weekend.
  The weather office says an atmospheric river is expected to bring up to 150 millimetres of rain to some areas of the province by Wednesday.
  It says Metro Vancouver, the Sunshine Coast, Howe Sound and elsewhere are in for prolonged heavy rain that could mix with
  
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• Oilers optimistic injured Draisaitl will return soon for playoff pursuit

  16-03-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — It was both a big win and hopefully not too big of a loss for the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday.
  Connor McDavid had three assists as the Edmonton Oilers picked up a pair of valuable points with a 3-1 victory over the Nashville Predators in a game that star forward Leon Draisaitl left with an undisclosed injury.
  Draisaitl took a hard hit early in the first period from Ozzy Wiesblatt and suffered an injury, coming back for a couple of shifts before opting not to return for the start o
  
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