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• Premier Eby defends budget after credit drop, but opposition says B.C. is going broke

  19-03-2026 23:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia's credit rating has been downgraded, but Premier David Eby says government made a "very clear choice" between making cuts to "meet a credit rating" and "prioritizing British Columbians."Moody's Ratings says Thursday it has lowered B.C.'s baseline credit rating to Aa1 from Aa2 among other changes in creditworthiness because of "large, structural deficits."The agency says it has seen a "marked deterioration in the province's credit fundamentals" and expects "sizab
  
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• Nisga’a Nation members allege ‘heightened financial risk’ of B.C. LNG projects

  19-03-2026 22:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Two members of the Nisga'a Nation have filed a lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court alleging the First Nation failed to adequately consult its citizens before partnering with Western LNG on the development of the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project.Cecil Mercer and Stephen Nyce say in their lawsuit that the pipeline project is interconnected with the Ksi Lisims floating natural-gas facility and marine export terminal near Prince Rupert, B.C., which has been dubbed a nation-building
  
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• Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews undergoes knee surgery

  19-03-2026 22:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews underwent successful knee surgery on Thursday in New York, the NHL team said.He was expected to need about 12 weeks of recovery time, the Maple Leafs said in a post on social media.Matthews tore the medial collateral ligament in his left knee during a game against the Anaheim Ducks on March 12. Ducks captain Radko Gudas received a five-game suspension for the knee-on-knee hit.
  Matthews recorded 53 points (27-26) this season for the Mapl
  
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• US Mint can begin producing Trump commemorative gold coin after arts commission approves design

  19-03-2026 22:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal arts commission on Thursday approved the final design for a 24-karat gold commemorative coin bearing President Donald Trump's image to help celebrate America's 250th birthday on July 4.The vote by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, whose members are supporters of the Republican president and were appointed by him earlier this year, was without objection. It clears the way for the U.S. Mint to begin production on the coin, whose size and denomination are still und
  
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• New trial ordered in ex-Quebec junior hockey player’s sexual assault case

  19-03-2026 22:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec's Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial in a sexual assault case involving ex-Quebec junior hockey player Noah Corson.
  The victim, 15, was allegedly assaulted in 2016 in Drummondville during group sex involving Corson and two other minors accused in the case.A Quebec court judge found Corson, now 28, guilty, ruling he did not take all reasonable measures to verify the age of the victim, whose identity is protected by a publication ban.In a ruling Thursday, the province'
  
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• Families of teens confronted by Longueuil police launch $1.9-million lawsuit

  19-03-2026 22:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The families of the five teenagers who were with 15-year-old Nooran Rezayi when he was shot dead by Longueuil police are suing the city and the police force for $1.9 million.Rezayi was killed Sept. 21, 2025, after police responded to a 911 call about a group of youth wearing masks in a residential neighbourhood.
  The statement of claim filed at Quebec Superior Court criticizes the actions of officers, alleging racial profiling played a key role in Rezayi’s avoidable death.
  The allegations i
  
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• MSU defensive back Cromwell looking forward to auditioning for pro football scouts

  19-03-2026 22:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Devynn Cromwell's speed and athleticism will be on full display for the next week.
  The six-foot 200-pound defensive back was scheduled to participate in Michigan State's pro day Thursday and will head to Edmonton for the CFL's national combine March 27-29.
  It's a condensed schedule but the Toronto native is embracing the opportunity to audition before pro scouts on both sides of the border.
  "I want to show scouts my athleticism, that's a big part," Cromwell said. "Showcasing my speed, explosiven
  
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• ‘Maxed out’: Yukon budget includes record $81.8M deficit

  19-03-2026 22:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WHITEHORSE — Yukon Premier Currie Dixon hopes the budget he tabled Thursday is the worst the territory ever sees, as he warned of "tough decisions" needed to get its finances in order.
  The budget for this year is Dixon's first as premier and forecasts a record $81.8-million deficit — the largest recorded in the territory's history — along with growing debt.
  Dixon placed the fiscal situation squarely at the feet of the territory's former Liberal government.
  "This needs to be the
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Yukon budget includes record $81.8M deficit

  19-03-2026 22:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WHITEHORSE — Yukon Premier Currie Dixon has delivered a budget with an $81.8-million deficit, the largest recorded in the territory's history.
  Dixon says his Yukon Party government, which was elected in November, inherited the results of "unsustainable spending for years" from the previous government.
  He also says he'll be launching a review looking for efficiencies.
  The $2.46-billion budget for this year includes net financial debt forecasted to increase to $804 million.
  Dixon says he's a
  
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• Canada has deported only one Iran official — here’s what we know about those efforts

  19-03-2026 21:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The presence in Canada of people who played roles in the Iranian regime has come under increased scrutiny ever since Washington launched a war against Iran last month.
  Diaspora groups have long called on Ottawa to deport people who have served as regime officials in Iran. MPs have been ramping up the pressure on the Liberals to do more, particularly after the Canada Border Services Agency confirmed it has only sent one Iranian official home.The government has faced questions in Pa
  
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• Four, including three youths, charged in Metro Vancouver stabbing

  19-03-2026 21:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW WESTMINSTER — Police in Metro Vancouver say four people — including three youths — have been arrested and charged in connection with a stabbing after a multi-month investigation.
  New Westminster police say the case began on Aug. 1, 2025, when officers responding to a 911 call about a fight in the Queensborough neighbourhood found a man who was stabbed but survived.
  Police say major crimes investigations looked into the case for several months and made the arrests in Februar
  
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• New York Islanders planning to move AHL affiliate to Hamilton

  19-03-2026 21:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — Hamilton is set to get another American Hockey League team.The New York Islanders announced Thursday they plan to relocate their AHL affiliate from Bridgeport, Conn., to Hamilton's TD Coliseum for the 2026-27 season.The move requires approval from the league's board of governors.The team would play at the newly renovated 18,000-seat arena, which underwent a $300-million upgrade.The Islanders said Hamilton will serve as the club's primary development affiliate. Bridgeport has bee
  
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• State of Emergency declared in FVRD

  19-03-2026 21:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) has declared a state of local emergency to deal with the potential damage created by the atmospheric river pouring rain into the Fraser Valley.
  Board Chair Patricia Ross signed the declaration on Thursday (March 19). It will remain in effect until April 2, 2026 unless it is cancelled earlier by the FVRD.
  The move will make it easier for local government to react to any flooding, landslides, or debris flows that occur as a result of th
  
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• Treasury Department begins taking over student loans as the Education Department gets dismantled

  19-03-2026 21:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Education Department is handing off a portion of its student loan portfolio to the Treasury Department, a first step toward shedding management of all student loans as Trump administration officials dismantle the federal education agency.Under an agreement announced Thursday, the Treasury Department will take over management of student loans whose borrowers are in default, meaning they are months behind on payments. Those loans add up to about $180 billion, or 11
  
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• Treasury Department taking over some student loans as the Education Department gets dismantled

  19-03-2026 21:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Education Department is handing off a portion of its student loan portfolio to the Treasury Department, a first step toward shedding management of all student loans as Trump administration officials dismantle the federal education agency.Under an agreement announced Thursday, the Treasury Department will take over management of student loans whose borrowers are in default, meaning they are months behind on payments. Those loans add up to about $180 billion, or 11
  
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• Missing US student’s body found in Barcelona

  19-03-2026 20:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BARCELONA (AP) — Spanish authorities have found the body of missing college student from Illinois.The body of 20-year-old James “Jimmy” Gracey was found Thursday evening in the water off a Barcelona beach, near where he was last seen outside a nightclub with his friends early Tuesday morning. He never returned to the room he was renting with friends. Police recovered his phone soon after he went missing. Gracey was a student at the University of Alabama, and was visiting friend
  
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• Springer Slam: Blue Jays slugger goes deep as Toronto wallops New York split squad

  19-03-2026 20:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUNEDIN — George Springer hit a grand slam to power the Toronto Blue Jays to an 11-0 rout of a New York Yankees split squad on Thursday at TD Ballpark.Springer, who had three hits, scored twice on the afternoon.Daulton Varsho and Andres Gimenez also went deep for the Blue Jays (10-13), who outhit the Yankees 14-3.Varsho scored twice and had three hits to boost his pre-season batting average to .442.Blue Jays starter Cody Ponce allowed one hit over 5 2/3 innings. He had five strikeouts and
  
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• Canada’s Denis Shapovalov drops opener to Botic van de Zandschulp at Miami Open

  19-03-2026 20:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MIAMI — Canada’s Denis Shapovalov dropped a 7-5, 6-3 decision to Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands in the opening round of the Miami Open on Thursday.
  Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., fought off four match points before finally falling in one hour 31 minutes.Qualifier Liam Draxl of Newmarket, Ont., was scheduled to play Quentin Halys of France later in the day at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens.
  Felix Auger-Aliassime and Gabriel Diallo, both from Montreal, were also
  
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• Report released on Chilliwack drunk-driving arrest that led to woman’s broken jaw - Summerland Review

  19-03-2026 20:04 via news.google.com
  Report released on Chilliwack drunk-driving arrest that led to woman’s broken jaw  Summerland Review
  
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• Canada, allies say they’re ready to help stop Iran’s shipping blockade

  19-03-2026 20:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has endorsed a statement from Canada and its allies expressing their willingness to contribute to efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz more than two weeks into the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
  The statement does not say how they propose to help, although Defence Minister David McGuinty says Canada is "considering" aiding Iran's neighbours if they seek assistance from the NATO alliance.
  In response to the U.S.-Israeli airstrikes launched on its territory l
  
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• FIFA wants Iran to fulfill World Cup schedule and won’t act on Palestinian complaint about Israel

  19-03-2026 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ZURICH (AP) — In a statement Thursday that did not mention Iran, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said soccer has a key role to “promote peace,” though the sport's governing body took no action on its Palestinian member federation’s complaints against Israel.
  Infantino reiterated after FIFA’s ruling council met that it will not grant Iranian requests to move the team’s three World Cup group games in June from the United States to Mexico.
  Iranian government and
  
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• Canada’s Einarson improves to 8-1, nears playoffs at world curling championship

  19-03-2026 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Canada's Kerri Einarson closed in on a playoff berth at the women's world curling championship with an 8-3 win Thursday morning over South Korea.
  Einarson kept pace with Switzerland's Xenia Schwaller atop the standings. Both countries were 8-1.
  The top six teams in the 13-country field at the conclusion of pool play Friday advance to the playoffs.The top two gain direct entry to Saturday's semifinals. The remaining four square off earlier that day to join them. The medal games ar
  
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• Chilliwack music teacher sentenced for harassment of 2 students - Chilliwack Progress

  19-03-2026 19:40 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack music teacher sentenced for harassment of 2 students  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canadian DL Akheem Mesidor projected 15th overall in NFL mock draft

  19-03-2026 19:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian Akheem Mesidor is moving up in Daniel Jeremiah's latest mock NFL draft projection.
  Jeremiah still sees Ottawa's Mesidor as a solid first-round prospect, projecting the Miami Hurricanes defensive lineman to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at No. 15 overall.
  Jeremiah had Mesidor, 24, going 17th overall to the Detroit Lions in his first mock draft. In his second, he slotted Mesidor to the Dallas Cowboys at No. 20.
  The NFL draft gets underway April 24 with the first round, followed by rounds two a
  
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• Shocking results reported from recent commercial vehicle check in lower mainland

  19-03-2026 19:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BURNABY — A commercial vehicle check in South Burnaby late last month found dozens of violations, including many that left authorities shaking their heads. Remarkably more than half of the trucks that were inspected were immediately pulled off the road because of safety concerns.
  According to an RCMP news release, the Lower Mainland Commercial Vehicle Enforcement group staged the inspection on February 25 along Marine Way near Roseberry Avenue in South Burnaby. .
  Officers inspected 67 comm
  
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• State of local emergency declared for FVRD’s area E in the Chilliwack River Valley - Chilliwack Progress

  19-03-2026 19:20 via news.google.com
  State of local emergency declared for FVRD’s area E in the Chilliwack River Valley  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Tennis Canada names Martin Laurendeau head of men’s tennis program

  19-03-2026 19:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Longtime coach Martin Laurendeau has been appointed Tennis Canada's head of men's tennis, the organization said Thursday.The former ATP Tour player will shift from mentoring select athletes to advancing high-performance tennis across the country.“I’m incredibly honoured to take on this new position as head of men’s tennis at Tennis Canada,” Laurendeau said in a statement. "Having been part of this organization for over 30 years and seeing Canadian tennis e
  
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• Report released on Chilliwack drunk-driving arrest that led to woman’s broken jaw - Chilliwack Progress

  19-03-2026 19:05 via news.google.com
  Report released on Chilliwack drunk-driving arrest that led to woman’s broken jaw  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Major League Soccer announces plans for transitional 2027 ‘sprint season’

  19-03-2026 19:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Major League Soccer has unveiled plans for the truncated season that will transition the league to a permanent summer-spring schedule, starting in July 2027.
  The "sprint season" will see each of the league's 30 teams play 14 regular-season games between February and April 2027, with seven matches at home and seven away.
  Each club will face its 14 conference opponents once and, at the end of the regular season, the top eight teams in each conference will qualify for playoffs. A s
  
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• Local TV stations ask regulator to force Meta to pay for posting some news content

  19-03-2026 18:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Some local and independent TV stations are asking the federal broadcast regulator to start a process to force Meta to pay for allowing some news content on Facebook and Instagram.
  They say despite Meta’s move in 2023 to pull news from its platforms in response to the Online News Act, some content remains available.
  They point to examples of online posts that included news content, such as text and screenshots of stories and video clips.
  The stations also say that in some cas
  
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• Stamps, Ticats, Riders named finalists for inaugural Goveia football operations award

  19-03-2026 18:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Calgary Stampeders, Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Saskatchewan Roughriders were named finalists for the inaugural Ted Goveia football operations award, the CFL said Thursday.The winner will be recognized as part of the league's coach of the year celebration on March 25 in Edmonton.The award recognizes a team's football operations department for outstanding achievement in scouting, player identification, roster building and leadership.It is voted on by the football operations depart
  
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• Artificial turf in Metro Vancouver releases chemical deadly to coho salmon: UBC study

  19-03-2026 18:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The artificial turf lining fields across Metro Vancouver is leaching a chemical that's deadly to coho salmon into municipal stormwater systems, says a study by researchers at the University of British Columbia.
  The study, published this month in the journal "Environmental Science Processes & Impacts," found the fields release a tire chemical known as 6PPD-quinone, which researchers traced to the turf's crumb rubber infill made from recycled tires.Researchers collected sampl
  
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• Vancouver Island First Nations gain control of three Clayoquot Sound forestry areas

  19-03-2026 18:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Tyson Atleo, a hereditary leader of the Ahousaht First Nation, says the creation of three new forestry areas to be managed by his community and two others on the west coast of Vancouver Island marks the realization of a long-standing promise.
  Atleo recalls assuring the community more than 15 years ago that "we would find a pathway forward to regaining control over some of our forest resources."
  The vision is to manage the forests of Clayoquot Sound, a globally recognized biosphere that includes
  
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• Canada’s Einarson defeats South Korea 8-3 at women’s world curling championship

  19-03-2026 18:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Kerri Einarson's curling team has defeated South Korea 8-3 at the women's world curling championship.
  Canada improved to 8-1 and was to face Norway later in the day at Winsport Event Centre.
  The top six teams at the conclusion of pool play Friday advance to playoffs.
  The top two gain direct entry into Saturday's semifinals.The remaining four square off earlier that day in elimination playoff games.
  The medal games are Sunday.
  This report by The Canadian Press was first published
  
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• Cost of federal IT project explodes to up to $6.6 billion

  19-03-2026 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government says it could end up spending up to $6.6 billion to update the systems it uses to deliver benefits to Canadians — more than three times what was budgeted at the project's launch.
  The initiative involves migrating Old Age Security, the Canada Pension Plan and Employment Insurance benefit programs to a cloud-based platform.
  The modernization project is led by Employment and Social Development Canada and the government initially set aside $1.75 billion fo
  
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• Tennis Canada names Martin Laurendeau as organization’s head of men’s tennis

  19-03-2026 18:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Tennis Canada says longtime coach Martin Laurendeau will serve as the head of men's tennis for the organization.Laurendeau will shift from mentoring select athletes to advancing high-performance tennis across the country.He succeeds Frank Dancevic in the position.
  Laurendeau is a former ATP Tour player who has worked as a coach since 1994. He has spent over 30 years with Tennis Canada in a variety of roles.
  Laurendeau served as Canada's tennis coach at four Olympic Games from 200
  
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• Minister says he learned from newspaper Iranian strike may have hit Canadian assets

  19-03-2026 17:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Defence Minister David McGuinty said he did not learn about a report of potential damage to Canadian assets from an Iranian airstrike on an airbase in Kuwait until a Quebec newspaper reported on it.
  The minister still refuses to confirm if the attack struck or damaged any Canadian assets at the base.
  "I didn't know about it until La Presse reported on it," McGuinty said in response to a reporter's question at a news conference in Kitchener, Ont. on Thursday. "I saw the La Presse s
  
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• TC Energy CEO urges quicker timelines as globe clamours for stable energy supplies

  19-03-2026 17:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Canada risks missing out on opportunities to provide global markets with a secure supply of energy if permitting timelines aren't significantly shortened, said the chief executive of natural gas pipeline operator TC Energy Corp.
  There's been heightened demand for more liquefied natural gas exports off the West Coast of North America — especially to Asia — since the U.S. and Israel launched their war on Iran about three weeks ago, François Poirier said in an int
  
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• Apartment building to go up along Keith Wilson Road

  19-03-2026 17:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Construction could begin soon on a six-storey, 80-unit apartment building at 44490 Keith Wilson Road in Chilliwack. City Council voted in favour of supporting the rezoning of the land to allow for the project to go ahead, along with a series of townhouses.
  The project had received the blessing of the city’s Design Review Committee in December with no changes requested for the apartment building.
  The structure will include 106 spaces for underground parking along with an
  
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• Belarus releases 250 political prisoners in a deal with the US to lift some sanctions

  19-03-2026 17:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday ordered the release of 250 political prisoners as part of a deal with Washington that lifted some U.S. sanctions, the latest step in the isolated leader’s effort to improve ties with the West.Lukashenko pardoned the prisoners after meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Belarus, John Coale, in the Belarus capital of Minsk. Coale hailed the release as a “si
  
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• Steady rainfall in Chilliwack at more than 100 mm over several days, says stormwatcher - Chilliwack Progress

  19-03-2026 17:35 via news.google.com
  Steady rainfall in Chilliwack at more than 100 mm over several days, says stormwatcher  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Man could face fraud charges after disruptions at Montreal-Trudeau airport

  19-03-2026 17:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police say a man arrested at the Montreal-Trudeau International Airport could face fraud charges following an incident that caused flight delays on Wednesday afternoon.
  Police initially said two men, one in his 20s and one in his 30s, had been arrested on flights to Montreal.
  But they later explained that only one of them could face charges at a later date.
  A spokesperson for Norad said that CF-18 and F-16 fighter jets and KC-135 refuelling aircraft in undisclo
  
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• Sport Integrity Canada expands public safe sport registry

  19-03-2026 17:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Sport Integrity Canada has expanded its public registry of people sanctioned under the Canadian Safe Sport Program.
  The agency, formerly the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, has taken over the management of complaints and reports of maltreatment in sport from the shuttered Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner (OSIC).
  The registry expansion has been realigned to include people under sanction whose cases were handled by OSIC before the handover, and also those whose cases
  
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• Belarus is releasing 250 prisoners in a deal with the US to lift some sanctions

  19-03-2026 16:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday ordered the release of 250 political prisoners as part of a deal with Washington to lift some U.S. sanctions, the latest step in the isolated leader’s effort to improve ties with the West.Lukashenko pardoned the prisoners after meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Belarus, John Coale, in the Belarus capital of Minsk. Coale hailed the release as a “signif
  
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• Blue Jays pitcher Yesavage to start season on IL with right shoulder impingement

  19-03-2026 16:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUNEDIN — Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Trey Yesavage will start the regular season on the injured list.A team spokesperson says it's due to a right shoulder impingement.
  The 22-year-old made his big-league debut with the Blue Jays last September.
  He posted a 3-1 record and 3.58 earned-run average over six appearances in the post-season.
  The team says Yesavage is scheduled to continue his spring buildup by throwing again on Wednesday.The Blue Jays were planning to ease him into the campai
  
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• Defence minister learned from newspaper Iranian strike may have hit Canadian assets

  19-03-2026 16:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Defence Minister David McGuinty says he "didn't know about" potential damage to Canadian assets from an Iranian airstrike on an airbase in Kuwait until a Quebec newspaper reported on it.
  The minister still refuses to say whether the attack struck or damaged any Canadian assets at the base.
  La Presse reported on March 12 that an analysis of satellite imagery suggests the small Canadian section of the Ali Al-Salem airbase sustained damage in an attack on March 1.
  McGuinty told repor
  
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• B.C. temperature records fall as heavy rain from atmospheric river lingers

  19-03-2026 16:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — An ongoing atmospheric river soaking British Columbia's coastal regions is also bringing unseasonable warmth, breaking century-old daily temperature records in several Interior communities.
  Environment Canada says seven communities reported record high daily temperatures on Wednesday.
  Those include Kamloops, where the temperature reached 21.8 C, breaking the record set in 1910, as well as in Quesnel and Salmon Arm, where records set in 1901 and 1915 were broken.
  Salmon Arm's hi
  
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• Blue Jays to honour Buck Martinez with induction into new Hall of Excellence

  19-03-2026 16:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Longtime Toronto Blue Jays broadcaster Buck Martinez will be inducted into the club’s new Hall of Excellence during an Aug. 29 unveiling ceremony at Rogers Centre.
  Martinez, who retired earlier this year after calling more than 4,000 games, spent nearly four decades with the organization as a player, manager and broadcaster.
  The Hall of Excellence, part of the Jays' 50th season celebrations, will open on the 100 Level concourse behind right field.
  The exhibit will honour pl
  
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• Heavy rain expected for Fraser Valley until midday Friday: Environment Canada - Chilliwack Progress

  19-03-2026 16:05 via news.google.com
  Heavy rain expected for Fraser Valley until midday Friday: Environment Canada  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Gov. Gen. Mary Simon honours broadcaster, sex worker champion at Rideau Hall

  19-03-2026 16:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Gov. Gen. Mary Simon will honour a former Supreme Court justice, a medical pioneer, a broadcaster and a champion for sex trade workers during a ceremony at Rideau Hall today.
  Rosalie Silberman Abella is to be invested as a companion of the Order of Canada for her work in the Supreme Court on constitutional law, and for shaping equality and human rights around the world.
  Lee Edward Errett, a global leader in cardiac care who worked with St. Michael's Hospital, is to be invested as
  
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