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• Feds appealing use of Emergencies Act during ‘Freedom Convoy’ at Supreme Court

  17-03-2026 23:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The federal government is appealing to the Supreme Court a lower court decision that found its use of the Emergencies Act four years ago during "Freedom Convoy" protests was unreasonable and led to the infringement of constitutional rights.
  The government invoked the act to quell protests in the national capital and at key border points.
  "Canada has sought leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada to review of the use of the Emergencies Act during the convoy protests and bloc
  
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• Florida man executed for killing a young mom who had frantically called 911 seeking help

  17-03-2026 23:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man was executed Tuesday evening for the murder of a young mother who had managed to get her attacker's cellphone while tied up in his car and frantically dialed 911. Michael Lee King, 54, was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m. following a lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. He had been convicted of first-degree murder, sexual battery and kidnapping in the 2008 killing of 21-year-old Denise Amber Lee.The curtain to the execution chamber went up at
  
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• Florida man is executed for killing a young mom who called 911 from his car begging for help

  17-03-2026 23:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man was executed Tuesday evening for the rape and murder of a young mother who frantically called 911 on her attacker's cellphone while she was tied up in his car. Michael Lee King, 54, was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m. following a lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke, authorities said. He had been convicted of first-degree murder, sexual battery and kidnapping in the January 2008 killing of 21-year-old Denise Amber Lee.Court records show the wo
  
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• Feds appealing ruling on use of Emergencies Act at Supreme Court

  17-03-2026 23:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The federal government is appealing to the Supreme Court a lower court decision that found its use of the Emergencies Act four years ago unconstitutional.
  The government invoked the act to quell protests in the national capital and at key border points.
  In 2024, a federal court ruling rejected the use of the emergencies law and found its use of the act breached Charter rights.
  A January ruling from the Federal Court of Appeal affirmed that decision.
  Justice Minister Sean Fraser&rs
  
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• Ruling overturns Senegal’s title at Africa Cup of Nations and declares Morocco the champion

  17-03-2026 22:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CAIRO (AP) — Morocco was stunningly awarded the Africa Cup of Nations title on Tuesday by appeals judges that overturned Senegal’s victory in a chaotic final in January.The Confederation of African Football said its appeal board ruled Senegal is “declared to have forfeited the Final” and its 1-0 win in extra time becomes a 3-0 default win for host nation Morocco.In the Jan. 18 final in Rabat, Senegal left the field in protest during stoppage time for 15 minutes, and fans
  
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• Quebec Liberal leader defends party as report casts doubt over vote-buying texts

  17-03-2026 22:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  QUÉBEC — Quebec Liberal Leader Charles Milliard says he wants answers about allegations of fundraising irregularities during the 2025 Liberal leadership race, but insists the party as a whole should not be painted with the same brush.
  "I embrace the history of the Quebec Liberal party, there are elements with which I am less happy, but, for now, we are dealing with allegations," Milliard told reporters in Quebec City on Tuesday.
  The comments came on the heels of a report in La Press
  
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• Doug Armstrong steps down as general manager of Canada’s Olympic hockey team

  17-03-2026 22:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Doug Armstrong is stepping down from his position as general manager of Canada's Olympic hockey team.
  Hockey Canada says Armstrong informed the organization he will be focusing on his position with the St. Louis Blues going forward.
  Armstrong is the general manager of the NHL club.
  His contract with Hockey Canada ended at the conclusion of the Milan Cortina Olympics last month.
  Canada reached the final but lost a 2-1 overtime decision to the United States.The 61-year-old Armstron
  
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• OPP report finds no evidence of wrongdoing for officers in Umar Zameer case

  17-03-2026 22:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — An investigation by Ontario Provincial Police has cleared three Toronto police officers of lying or colluding in the case of a man accused of fatally running over their colleague, challenging some of the evidence and conclusions of a trial that captured national attention two years ago.
  The report released Tuesday said investigators found no evidence that Det. Lisa Forbes, Det. Const. Antonio Correa and Det. Const. Scharnil Pais lied, colluded or committed any criminal offence in
  
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• High streamflow warning in place for Chilliwack, Abbotsford and rest of the Fraser Valley - Fraser Valley Today

  17-03-2026 22:26 via news.google.com
  High streamflow warning in place for Chilliwack, Abbotsford and rest of the Fraser Valley  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• High streamflow warning in place for Chilliwack, Abbotsford and rest of the Fraser Valley

  17-03-2026 22:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The B.C. River Forecast Centre has issued a high streamflow advisory for waterways in the Fraser Valley. It is one of many areas across the western half of the province placed under a flood watch or a high streamflow advisory as an atmospheric river bears down on the province.
  It warns residents to stay clear of unstable banks, which could give way and fall into the water without notice. It says heavy rain combined with saturated ground can lead to sudden erosion along the edg
  
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• Jury sequestered in trial for drive-by shooting that left Montreal teen dead

  17-03-2026 21:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The jury has been sequestered in the case of two men accused of murdering a 15-year-old girl in a drive-by shooting in Montreal in 2021.
  Salim Touaibi and Aymane Bouadi are charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Meriem Boundaoui and the attempted murder of four other people on Feb. 7, 2021.The Superior Court trial at Montreal's courthouse heard that Boundaoui was sitting in the passenger seat of a Volkswagen Jetta in Montreal's St-Léonard borough when a white
  
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• Retired Alberta teacher, 87, challenging extradition to U.K. to face abuse charges

  17-03-2026 21:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — The lawyer for an 87-year-old retired teacher from central Alberta is set to make a pitch this week to stop him from being extradited to Scotland on decades-old abuse charges involving 17 children.
  Lawyer Stacey Purser says there are big gaps in the case and that a decision to send Peter Murray to Scotland at his age would have profound consequences.
  "(In Scotland), cases like this have taken about five years (to complete),” Purser said in an interview.
  “So you surre
  
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• Former Germany coach Joachim Löw voices safety concerns about World Cup

  17-03-2026 21:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Former Germany coach Joachim Löw has raised concerns about safety at the World Cup being hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada.
  “We had debates before the 2018 World Cup in Russia, and calls for a boycott before the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. But playing in a country that is actively at war is even more dangerous,” Löw told the Cologne Express newspaper in comments published Tuesday. “The political situation completely overshadows
  
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• Lytton, B.C., officials ‘immediately overwhelmed’ by wildfire rebuild, auditor says

  17-03-2026 21:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A report from the office of British Columbia's auditor general says the province expected the small Village of Lytton to lead its own recovery from the wildfire that destroyed most of the community and killed two people in June 2021.
  But it says officials with the village in B.C.'s southern Interior were "immediately overwhelmed by the magnitude of devastation" wrought by the fire and lacked the necessary staff and funds, prompting the province to step in.
  Still, the auditor's report released Tu
  
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• Researchers call for supports, coping strategies as youth self-harm rises

  17-03-2026 21:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — A new Canadian study showing a steady increase in youth self-harm highlights the need for more mental health support and proactive teaching of coping strategies to deal with emotional anguish, researchers say.The study, published Monday in the medical journal JAMA Pediatrics, examined research papers from 12 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, including Canada, that presented data for people aged 24 and younger between January 2000 and Decembe
  
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• Republicans are launching a voting bill debate that could last days or even weeks

  17-03-2026 21:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans launched an unprecedented effort on Tuesday to hold the Senate floor and talk for days about a bill that they know won't pass — an attempt to capture public attention on legislation requiring stricter voter registration rules as President Donald Trump pressures Congress to act before November’s midterm elections. The talkathon could last a week or longer, potentially through the weekend, as Senate Majority Leader John Thune tries to navigate Trump&
  
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• Adventures in Wild Sex at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre shifts the narrative on Carin Bondar - Chilliwack Progress

  17-03-2026 20:59 via news.google.com
  Adventures in Wild Sex at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre shifts the narrative on Carin Bondar  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Haines Junction arena wins $50,000 from Kraft Hockeyville - Chilliwack Progress

  17-03-2026 20:47 via news.google.com
  Haines Junction arena wins $50,000 from Kraft Hockeyville  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Parti Québécois wants police to wrap up Liberal fundraising probe before election

  17-03-2026 20:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  QUÉBEC — The Parti Québécois is urging the anti-corruption police to release the results of its investigation into alleged Liberal party fundraising irregularities before the October general election.
  PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says releasing that information would help maintain the public's trust in the anti-corruption police force, known as UPAC.
  In November, Le Journal de Montréal published alleged text messages by unnamed people suggesting some Quebe
  
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• French foreign minister suggests Canada could ‘maybe … at some point’ join EU

  17-03-2026 20:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot is openly mulling the idea of Canada seeking membership in the European Union.
  Speaking at the Europe 2026 conference in Berlin today, Barrot said the European Union is attracting more candidate countries, such as Iceland, and suggested "maybe Canada at some point" will sign up.
  Barrot smiled while mentioning Canada and his comments generated some laughter from a panel moderator and applause from the audience.
  The idea of Canada joining the
  
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• Lytton wildfire rebuild lacked legal framework, B.C. auditor says

  17-03-2026 20:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A report from the office of British Columbia's auditor general says the province expected the Village of Lytton to lead its own recovery from the fast-moving wildfire that destroyed most of the community and killed two people in June 2021.
  But it says officials with the village in B.C.'s southern Interior were "immediately overwhelmed by the magnitude of devastation" wrought by the fire and lacked the necessary staff and funds, prompting the province to step in.
  Still, the auditor's report says
  
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• Canada’s Kerri Einarson wins fifth straight in women’s world curling championship

  17-03-2026 20:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Canada's fifth straight win at the women's world curling championship was a lesson in adaptation for Kerri Einarson.
  Struggling early with draw weight, the skip swapped a stubborn stone with a teammate at the fifth-end break en route to a 9-6 win Tuesday over Italy's Stefania Constantini.
  "I knew my rock was maybe a little slow because I came up light in the fourth end and they liked it out of my hand," Einarson explained."It just kind of dug in and then in the fifth, it did the
  
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• UFV grows campus housing levels in Abbotsford

  17-03-2026 20:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — An expanded dining hall and nearly 400 new student housing beds have opened at the Abbotsford campus of the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV). The opening triples the amount of campus housing for students.
  The six-storey mass-timber buildings bring the total residence beds to almost 600 at the Abbotsford campus which has a capacity of about 15,000 students. The residence adds close to 400 beds, bringing the total number of student spaces on campus to almost 600 at the univ
  
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• Edmonton Oilers star Leon Draisaitl out for regular season with lower-body injury

  17-03-2026 19:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers say star forward Leon Draisaitl will miss the rest of the regular season with a lower-body injury.
  Draisaitl was hurt on a hit from Nashville Predators forward Ozzy Wiesblatt during the first period of Edmonton's 3-1 win on Sunday.He went to the locker room, then returned for one shift before the end of the period, but was not on the bench to start the second and did not practice with his teammates on Monday.The 30-year-old German centre has 35 goals and 62 a
  
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• More than 400 U.S. health-care workers have been hired by B.C., Premier Eby says

  17-03-2026 19:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — A recruitment campaign in the United States has allowed British Columbia to hire more than 400 health-care professionals in less than a year.Premier David Eby and Health Minister Josie Osborne made the announcement at a news conference at BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver, saying the province has received more than 2,700 applications as a result of its targeted efforts for more health workers.The premier says 89 doctors, 260 nurses, 42 nurse practitioners and 23 allied health
  
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• One person hospitalized and suspect shot after a shooting at a Georgia VA clinic, police say

  17-03-2026 19:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  JASPER, Ga. (AP) — Police in Georgia said they were responding to a shooting Tuesday at a VA clinic, and at least one person was airlifted to the hospital.Jasper police were sent to the VA clinic around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, the city said in a statement on its Facebook page. The officers located the suspected shooter and confronted the suspect, who was shot, the statement said. One victim was found at the scene and airlifted to a hospital.Calls to the Pickens County VA clinic Tuesday afternoo
  
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• Rookie centre Collin Murray-Boyles could return on Raptors road trip

  17-03-2026 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — A day later, and Collin Murray-Boyles was still salty that the veteran players on the Toronto Raptors had filled his car with popcorn.
  And yes, it was buttered.
  The rookie centre had his first full practice in three weeks on Tuesday, upgrading his status on the Raptors' personnel report to day to day before a five-game road trip out west. Murray-Boyles said that despite the claims of his older teammates, he'd be doing his rookie duties.
  "Done everything. They complain I was being
  
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• Man dead, homicide police investigating after fight at Metro Vancouver home

  17-03-2026 19:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MAPLE RIDGE — Homicide investigators are looking into the death of a man in Maple Ridge, B.C., after a reported altercation with another person in a home.Police say they responded Monday night to a call of a fight at the home located on 110 Avenue, where officers found a man in medical distress.The victim was treated at the scene by emergency responders but died of his injuries.
  Police say one person has been arrested, but no further details on the individual were released.
  Investigators s
  
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• B.C. man killed in logging truck, pickup crash on Highway 97 near Prince George

  17-03-2026 19:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PRINCE GEORGE — British Columbia's Highway Patrol is urging drivers in the northern Interior to use extra caution amid wintry conditions after two deadly crashes within 24 hours.
  Officers were called to a crash on Monday afternoon between a logging truck and a pickup on Highway 97 north of Prince George.
  The 67-year-old man driving the pickup died, while a 29-year-old man from Alberta driving the logging truck had minor injuries.
  Police say it happened on the same day as another fatal cras
  
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• Rubio calls for new Cuban leaders as latest blackout underscores deepening economic crisis

  17-03-2026 19:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HAVANA (AP) — The Trump administration made clear Tuesday that it sees Cuba as the next country where the U.S. can play out its desires on the world stage. A day after Cuba's third nationwide blackout in four months as the socialist island's economy suffers under U.S. sanctions, President Donald Trump said, “Cuba right now is in very bad shape.” “And we’ll be doing something with Cuba very soon,” the president added.The Trump administration is looking for Pres
  
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• Republic of Congo’s president reelected to fifth term, provisional results show

  17-03-2026 19:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) — The Republic of Congo ’s President Denis Sassou N’Guesso has been reelected for a fifth consecutive term, according to provisional results announced Tuesday by the authorities. Sassou N’Guesso won 94,82% of the vote, Interior Minister Raymond Zephirin Mboulou announced on state television.Six other candidates challenged the 82-year-old for the top job in the Central African country that boasts one of the largest oil reserves in sub-Sa
  
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• Toronto FC agrees to contract extension with winger Daniel Salloi through 2027 season

  17-03-2026 19:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Toronto FC agreed to a one-year contract extension with winger Daniel Salloi that includes an option for the 2028 campaign, the Major League Soccer team said Tuesday.Salloi, 29, has scored twice over four MLS games since joining TFC in the off-season. He notched the game-winner in a victory over FC Cincinnati on March 8.
  “We are happy to formally announce the extension of Daniel at this time," general manager Jason Hernandez said in a statement. "Prior to joining our club,
  
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• Canada’s Kerri Einarson wins fifth straight game at women’s world curling playdowns

  17-03-2026 19:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Kerri Einarson's curling team has won a fifth straight game at the women's world championship with a 9-6 victory over Italy's Stefania Constantini.

  Canada was alone atop the standings at 5-0 ahead of Switzerland, Japan and Turkey at 4-1.
  Einarson was to face Switzerland's Xenia Schwaller in the evening session at WinSport Event Centre.
  The Canadians took control against the Italians with a four-point eighth end for a 9-5 lead. Italy shook hands after nine ends.
  The top six
  
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• CAF ‘not engaged’ in ‘prosecution’ of Iran war: defence minister

  17-03-2026 18:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BRAMPTON — Defence Minister David McGuinty says Canadian Armed Forces members are "not engaged" in the "prosecution" of the war against Iran.
  McGuinty was asked today at a news conference whether the Canadian military is involved in the war — and whether Royal Canadian Air Force members are taking part in joint airborne radar operations with the U.S. air force in the region.
  McGuinty says while CAF members are working in the region, Canada has "not participated" in the armed conflict
  
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• Privacy commissioner says WADA agrees to limit use of athletes’ personal information

  17-03-2026 18:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  GATINEAU — The World Anti-Doping Agency has agreed to limit the use of athletes' highly sensitive personal information, Canada's privacy commissioner's office said Tuesday.In a statement, the office said WADA has committed to implementing measures to help ensure that international sport federations and other anti-doping organizations do not use information collected from athletes that is under agency control for purposes other than those related to anti-doping.
  “The World Anti-Doping
  
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• Longest ballot protest group returns, targets byelection in Terrebonne

  17-03-2026 18:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The group that recruited hundreds of people to run against Pierre Poilievre in last spring's election and last summer's byelection says it's now targeting the vote in Terrebonne.
  The Longest Ballot Committee says it's signing up candidates for the April 13 byelection in the Quebec riding the Liberals won by a single vote last spring.
  The Supreme Court of Canada invalidated that result because Elections Canada sent mail-in ballots with an incorrect postal code to some voters.
  The l
  
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• CRA worker arrested for identity theft and trafficking information in Vancouver

  17-03-2026 18:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — A worker with the Canada Revenue Agency in Vancouver has been arrested and charged with identity theft and trafficking private information after a four-year investigation.
  The RCMP's federal policing unit in the Pacific region says in a statement that the 35-year-old man was arrested on Jan. 29 in Vancouver.
  He is facing charges including breach of trust, trafficking identity information, identity theft and fraudulent personation among other offences.
  Police say they began inve
  
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• Cuba’s latest blackout underscores its deepening economic crisis as Rubio calls for new leadership

  17-03-2026 17:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HAVANA (AP) — Large parts of Cuba were without power on Tuesday after its third blackout in four months underscored the island's deepening energy and economic crises and rising political tensions with U.S. President Donald Trump.Electricity was slowly being restored to hospitals and some of the island's 11 million residents, but officials warned that its crumbling power network could fail again.Cuba's aging grid has drastically eroded in recent years, leading to daily outages and an increa
  
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• Surrey council endorses 2026 agritech strategy - Chilliwack Progress

  17-03-2026 17:33 via news.google.com
  Surrey council endorses 2026 agritech strategy  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Surrey crossing guard marks 40 years of service - Chilliwack Progress

  17-03-2026 17:28 via news.google.com
  Surrey crossing guard marks 40 years of service  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Trump delays China trip until next month to focus on the war in Iran

  17-03-2026 17:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is delaying a diplomatic trip to China that had been planned for months but began to unravel as he pressured Beijing and other world powers to use military might to protect the Strait of Hormuz.Trump said Tuesday while meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin in the Oval Office that he would be going to China in five or six weeks’ time instead of at the end of the month. He said he would be “resetting” his visit with
  
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• Driver killed in Abbotsford, B.C., after crashing into tree while fleeing from police

  17-03-2026 17:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — Authorities in Abbotsford, B.C., have notified the provincial police watchdog after a person was killed when a vehicle fleeing from police crashed into a tree.
  Abbotsford police say it happened late Monday on Maclure Road, when an officer spotted a speeding Dodge Ram pickup and tried to make a traffic stop.
  Police say the driver sped off, then lost control and crashed into the tree moments later.The driver was declared dead at the scene.Investigators say a crash analysis team
  
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• Man attempting to drive into Chilliwack pedestrians arrested - Fraser Valley Today

  17-03-2026 17:03 via news.google.com
  Man attempting to drive into Chilliwack pedestrians arrested  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• More rain for B.C. in latest atmospheric river event after more than 100mm dumped

  17-03-2026 17:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — More heavy rain is in the forecast for British Columbia's coastal regions as a series of atmospheric rivers rolls in after the first deluge dropped more than 100 millimetres.Environment Canada has upgraded its rainfall warnings to orange for B.C.'s central coast and the west coast of Vancouver Island, with up to 200 millimetres of rain still possible by Wednesday.A lower-level rainfall warning is also in place for Whistler, Howe Sound, the Fraser Valley and the North Shore of M
  
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• Man attempting to drive into Chilliwack pedestrians arrested

  17-03-2026 16:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack RCMP are recommending charges against a man after a series of incidents along Luckakuck Way last week that prompted multiple calls to police.
  Mounties were called after reports that a man was attempting to hit pedestrians. Police say the suspect then stopped, jumped out of the vehicle and ran into a nearby store, where he tried to pick fights with several people.
  The man then fled on foot but was located and arrested a short distance away by the officers. Mounties s
  
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• Canada Energy Regulator projects power generation surge, with wind a major new source

  17-03-2026 16:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — A new report from the Canada Energy Regulator is projecting significant growth in electrical generation between now and 2050, in part due to new artificial intelligence data centres' thirst for power.The federal agency gamed out four supply and demand scenarios for Canada's oil, gas and electricity markets: current measures, higher, lower and net-zero.In all cases, power generation is projected to balloon — by 30 per cent at the low end to double today's level at the high e
  
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• Vatican appeals court declares mistrial in the ‘trial of the century’ against a cardinal

  17-03-2026 16:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ROME (AP) — The Vatican appeals tribunal declared a mistrial Tuesday in the Holy See’s big “trial of the century,” a stunning blow to both Pope Francis’ legacy and Vatican prosecutors who had put a cardinal and several other people on trial over alleged financial crimes.In a 16-page ruling, the appeals court ruled that Francis and Vatican prosecutors both made procedural errors that nullified the original indictment against Cardinal Angelo Becciu and the others and
  
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• WADA is weighing a rule to bar Trump and US officials from major events. Can it really do that?

  17-03-2026 16:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The idea sounds outlandish, if not downright impossible.Leaders at the World Anti-Doping Agency are considering adopting a rule that could bar President Donald Trump and all U.S. government officials from attending major international events — even if they take place on American soil.A few coming up are as big as they get: this summer’s World Cup; the LA Olympics in 2028; the Winter Games in Utah in 2034.
  This is not a fight of Trump’s choosing, but rather one being pursued by
  
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• Strong winds leave thousands in the dark in Central Canada, Maritimes

  17-03-2026 16:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Strong winds are putting electrical grids to the test across Central Canada and the Maritimes.
  Nearly 310,000 customers were knocked off the grid in Quebec this morning, with environment Canada forecasting winds as strong as 90 kilometres an hour in parts of the province.
  The largest outages were in the Laurentians, Lanaudière and Montérégie regions.
  Hydro-Québec says about 1,100 workers have been deployed to reconnect customers in nearly every corner
  
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• Anand says Canada’s focus in Iran war is on unblocking Strait of Hormuz

  17-03-2026 15:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA —Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says she agrees with Prime Minister Mark Carney that the U.S. attack on Iran violates international law — and so does Iran's blockade of the crucial Strait of Hormuz shipping route.
  Anand says Canada is looking at how it can support Gulf countries being attacked by Iran as Tehran pushes back on the war launched by the U.S.
  Roughly one-fifth of the world's oil and gas exports transit through the Strait of Hormuz and the blockade is causing
  
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