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• UFV looks to develop campus land for community-building, revenue sources

  21-03-2026 23:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) is looking ahead to a future of bustling campus environments by building on its existing, underused land.
  UFV Properties Trust, or the aptly named Campus Communities, is eyeing possible projects on its properties on Canada Education Park in Chilliwack and the UDistrict in Abbotsford.
  The Trust was established in 2023 to develop UFV-owned land through 99-year ground leases with developers who would then lease the sites to customers.
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• Mboko earns another straight-sets victory at Miami Open tennis tournament

  21-03-2026 23:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MIAMI — Canada's Victoria Mboko is off to the third round of women's singles at the Miami Open.
  Mboko, the No. 10 seed from Burlington, Ont., defeated Russian Anastasia Zakharova 6-1, 7-5 on Saturday. On Friday, Mboko, who won the National Bank Open in Montreal last year, needed only 59 minutes to register 6-2, 6-0 victory over Russia's Anna Blinkova.
  On Saturday, Mboko had four aces with five double-faults. However, she converted on three-of-six break opportunities.
  In a first-round match
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP seek 40-year-old missing for over a week

  21-03-2026 23:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Police in Chilliwack are asking the public for help in finding a man who has been missing since last week.
  RCMP say 40-year-old Jordan Boyle was reported missing on Friday, March 13, and has still not been found despite police efforts on several leads and possible sightings.
  Boyle is described as Caucasian, standing at 6’3” and 210 pounds, with blue eyes and short brown hair. 
  Chilliwack RCMP adds that there is nothing to indicate foul play at this time.
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• Rooney stops 19 shots to lead Minnesota Frost to 3-1 win over Vancouver Goldeneyes

  21-03-2026 23:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Maddie Rooney stopped 19 shots to lead the Minnesota Frost to a 3-1 win over the Vancouver Goldeneyes in Professional Women's Hockey League action Saturday.
  Rooney entered the game with a 1.98 goals-against average, the league's fourth-best mark.
  The Frost (11-3-3-4, 42 points) has won five straight and moved atop the PWHL standings, three points ahead of Boston and the Montreal Victoire. But the Fleet takes on Seattle also Saturday.
  Natalie Buchbinder’s first goal of the
  
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• B.C. River Forecast Centre says rivers receding after multi-day deluge

  21-03-2026 21:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Residents of British Columbia's south coast are breathing easier with the return of blue skies after several days of heavy rains that triggered flood advisories.
  The B.C. River Forecast Centre issued a bulletin Saturday saying rivers across the region continue to recede following peaks that mostly reached "modest" levels.
  The multi-day atmospheric river weather system prompted a state of local emergency in the Fraser Valley Regional District as waters rose in the Chilliwack River, where an evacu
  
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• Pittsburgh Pirates capture 8-3 exhibition victory over Toronto Blue Jays

  21-03-2026 21:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BRADENTON — Oneil Cruz and Spencer Horwitz homered to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to an 8-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in spring-training action Saturday.
  Horwitz belted a solo homer against his former team off Toronto starter Kevin Gausman in the fourth inning. Cruz added a two-run shot in the sixth for Pittsburgh (16-11).
  Gausman, tabbed as Toronto's opening-day starter, went five innings. He allowed six hits and three earned runs while fanning two and walking three.
  Shortstop Andres
  
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• Toronto FC keeps points streak alive with 2-1 comeback victory over Columbus

  21-03-2026 20:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — It was a day of firsts for Toronto FC on Saturday afternoon at BMO Field.
  The Reds extended their points streak to three straight games with a 2-1 comeback victory over the Columbus Crew. Midfielder Jose Cifuentes and centre back Walker Zimmerman both scored their first-ever goals for TFC.
  Wessam Abou Ali of Columbus, in the fourth minute, opened the scoring for the visiting side, but Cifuentes got TFC on the board in the 56th minute. It was Ecuadorean international’s first
  
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• B.C. River Forecast Centre downgrades flood watch for south coast

  21-03-2026 20:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  British Columbia's river forecaster has downgraded the flood watch advisory that had spanned the province's south coast as rain deluged the region last week.
  A bulletin from the B.C. River Forecast Centre says the multi-day atmospheric river system brought a range of 40 to 300 millimetres of precipitation to the region.It says the heaviest rainfall was recorded around Howe Sound, the North Shore and Coast mountains and the Fraser Valley.
  While snow initially fell in mid- and high-elevation areas
  
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• Japan downs Turkey in playoff to advance to semifinal showdown versus Canada

  21-03-2026 20:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Canada's Kerri Einarson will face Japan in semifinal action Saturday at the women's world curling championship.
  The Japanese rink advanced to the semifinal round with a 7-5 playoff win over Turkey earlier Saturday.
  Meanwhile, Switzerland will take on Sweden in the other semifinal. The Swedes dispatched South Korea 9-5 in the second playoff contest.
  Switzerland (11-1) and Canada (10-2) claimed the first two spots in the overall standings after pool play to to gain direct entry int
  
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• Canadian Christopher Morales Williams wins 400-metre gold at world indoor event

  21-03-2026 19:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KUJAWY — Canada's Christopher Morales Williams won the men's 400-metre event Saturday at the world indoor track and field championships.
  Morales Williams. of Vaughan., Ont., won the men's final in a championship record time of 44.76 seconds, finishing ahead of American Khaleb McRae (45.03) and Trinidad's Jareem Richards (45.39).
  Morales Williams' victory comes after Sarah Mitton earned a silver medal Friday in the women's shot put.
  On Friday, Morales Williams had the fastest time in the 40
  
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• Chilliwack flower festival to return after two years of weather-related closures

  21-03-2026 19:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Spring is set to bloom with vivid flora in Chilliwack as the Botanica Flower Festival returns for its 2026 season.
  The farm is gearing up to showcase roughly 1.4 million tulips across its 14-acre grounds, including more than 250,000 hand-planted bulbs and over 90 types of tulips and spring flowers.
  Its reopening follows two years of abrupt closures due to weather-related damages, and the festival is looking to return with a bouquet of new experiences. 
  “We love crea
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Christopher Morales-Williams wins 400-metre gold at world indoor event

  21-03-2026 19:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KUJAWY — Canada's Christopher Morales-Williams wins the men's 400-metre event at the world indoor track and field championships.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Canadians plan to sail to Gaza despite detention risks

  21-03-2026 18:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canadians are planning to sail to Gaza again as part of a flotilla that aims to deliver aid and break a nearly 20-year naval blockade months after six Canadians were detained by Israel for attempting a similar mission.
  Safa Chebbi, spokesperson for the Canadian arm of the Global Sumud Flotilla, said more than 100 boats and 3,000 participants from around the globe are set to depart from Spanish and Italian ports on April 12, bound for Gaza.Chebbi said health-care workers, journalists and builders
  
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• Fréchette and Drainville face off in first CAQ leadership debate

  21-03-2026 18:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  QUÉBEC — The first debate in the race to succeed Quebec Premier François Legault as leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec took place in Quebec City, with candidates Christine Fréchette and Bernard Drainville facing off.
  Saturday's discussion touched on the economy, public finances, infrastructure, transport, regional development and relations between Canada and the U.S.
  Tensions flared over the proposed “third link,” a new St. Lawrence River bridge m
  
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• Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who investigated Russia-Trump campaign ties, dies

  21-03-2026 18:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert S. Mueller III, the FBI director who transformed the nation's premier law enforcement agency into a terrorism-fighting force after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and who later became special counsel in charge of investigating ties between Russia and Donald Trump's presidential campaign, has died. He was 81.“With deep sadness, we are sharing the news that Bob passed away” on Friday night, his family said in a statement Saturday. “His family asks that
  
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• Three Quebec maritime students who were stranded in Persian Gulf in good spirits

  21-03-2026 18:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Three students who were stranded aboard ships in the Persian Gulf for more than two weeks arrived back home in good spirits. the director of Quebec’s maritime institute said.
  All three students arrived in Quebec on Friday after flying from Saudi Arabia to London, then on to Canada.Mélanie Leblanc, director of the institute, said in an interview that she had received an email earlier in the day from one of the students confirming their safe arrival. She also spoke wi
  
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• Nova Scotia man who fatally strangled partner dies in Abbotsford prison

  21-03-2026 17:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — A Cape Breton man who was convicted of murdering his roommate and partner has died in a medium-security federal prison of what officials say were natural causes.
  Correctional Services Canada (CSC) says Charles Wheeliker, an inmate at Matsqui Institution, died on Tuesday, March 17, while in custody.
  The 59-year-old inmate had been serving a life sentence that began on December 17, 2013, after he pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Sydney man Troy Francis Johnston.
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• No risk to the public after shots fired at Surrey park: SPS

  21-03-2026 16:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY — Investigators are looking into a shots-fired incident that sent one man to hospital on Friday morning.
  At around 6 a.m., the Surrey Police Service (SPS) responded and searched around Bear Creek Park and nearby homes near the 13700 block of 88 Avenue.
  It wasn’t until 6:30 a.m. that hospital staff called police about a man arriving in emergency with a gunshot wound believed to be non-life-threatening.
  The SPS will be interviewing the apparent victim while frontline officers ga
  
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• Traffic delayed after semi fire on Coquihalla Highway Friday evening

  21-03-2026 16:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  COQUIHALLA HIGHWAY — Traffic is still reduced for more than 12 hours since a big rig lit ablaze on a section of the Coquihalla Highway, near the Great Bear Snowshed’s summit.
  Just before 7 p.m. on Friday, March 21, drivers shared that a semi-trailer was on fire on Highway 5 just past Mine Creek Road, heading from Hope to Merritt.
  DriveBC posted about a closure on the northbound right lane between Mine Creek and Juliet Road at 8 p.m. due to a vehicle fire, and video from social media
  
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• Three Quebec maritime students return home after being stranded in the Persian Gulf

  21-03-2026 16:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The director of Quebec's maritime institute says three students who were stuck in the Persian Gulf for more than two weeks are in good spirits after returning home.The students arrived yesterday in Quebec after flying from Saudi Arabia to London, then on to Canada.The trainees from the maritime institute were part of a program with Quebec-based shipping company Desgagnés and were stationed on two vessels in the region.
  The ships have been stuck since Feb. 28, when Iran bl
  
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• Flames’ Olofsson making most of opportunity after ‘shocking’ trade from Avalanche

  21-03-2026 11:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — 
Going from first to nearly worst has been an adjustment for Victor Olofsson, but he's handled it like a pro.
  Olofsson's first goal for Calgary was the winner on Friday as the former Colorado Avalanche winger led the Flames to a 4-1 victory over the Florida Panthers.
  “It was a little bit shocking,” admitted Olofsson, reflecting on the trade. “I woke up after a nap. I was gonna get ready to play that night for Colorado, and then I had a few missed calls, an
  
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• Most NDP leadership candidates say they’re in no hurry to become MPs

  21-03-2026 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA —
  Four of the five federal NDP leadership candidates say they won't be in a hurry to enter the House of Commons if they win — a position the only MP in the race calls "a little bit odd."
  Filmmaker Avi Lewis said if he is chosen as the new NDP leader next week, his main priority will be to prepare the party's grassroots for an election.
  "The race has been a great way to get into communities and really get on the ground with people and witness the daily struggles of Canadians an
  
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• Federal departments, agencies to shed 12,000 full-time equivalent positions

  21-03-2026 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Federal departments and agencies are looking to cut more than 12,000 full-time equivalent jobs over the next three years as part of the Carney government's spending review.
  That figure comes from plans released by federal departments and agencies for 2026-27 outlining how they'll shed billions of dollars to meet the government's cost-cutting targets. Multiple part-time positions can make up one full-time equivalent position.
  Rola Salem, spokesperson for the Treasury Board of Canad
  
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• ‘A learning experience’: Woll looking to finish strong with Maple Leafs

  21-03-2026 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Joseph Woll didn't expect to be in this position.
  The Maple Leafs goaltender — like the rest of his teammates — thought the Original Six club would be in the thick of a playoff race down the stretch.
  Toronto's season all but lost after a disastrous stretch coming out of the Olympic break, Woll is doing what he can to build his game over the final weeks of a season that went completely off the rails.
  Woll made 32 saves in Friday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Carolina Hurr
  
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• Sports scores and schedule for March 20, 2026

  21-03-2026 06:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Friday's Scoreboard
  NHL
  Carolina 4 Toronto 3 (OT)
  Washington 2 New Jersey 1
  Colorado 4 Chicago 1
  Calgary 4 Florida 1
  Anaheim 4 Utah 1
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  AHL
  Laval 4 Springfield 1
  WB/Scranton 2 Belleville 1
  Providence 4 Utica 3
  Syracuse 5 Rochester 3
  Grand Rapids 4 Rockford 2
  Iowa 4 Ontario 1
  San Diego 7 Bakersfield 4
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  OHL
  Brantford 6 North Bay 5
  Sarnia 4 Kitchener 3
  London 3 Windsor 2 (SO)
  Peterborough 4 Kingston 2
  Oshawa 4 Ottawa 3
  Sudbury 3 Brampton 2 (SO)
  Guelph 6 Owen Sound 3
  Sault Ste. Marie 5 Saginaw
  
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• Jamal Murray scores 31 points to help lift Nuggets past Raptors 121-115

  21-03-2026 05:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DENVER (AP) — Jamal Murray of Kitchener, Ont., scored 31 points, Nikola Jokic made a go-ahead jumper with 45 seconds left and the Denver Nuggets held on for a 121-115 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night.
  Jokic finished with 22 points and nine rebounds, Tim Hardaway Jr. had 23 points and shot 7 of 10 from 3-point range and Aaron Gordon added 16 points for the Nuggets, who improved to 8-8 since the All-Star break.
  Jakob Poeltl scored 23 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for the Rap
  
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• Victor Olofsson scores first with Flames in 4-1 win over Panthers

  21-03-2026 04:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Victor Olofsson's first goal as a Flame was the winner as Calgary defeated the Florida Panthers 4-1 in NHL action on Friday.
  Joel Farabee, Morgan Frost and Matt Coronato also scored for Calgary (28-34-7). All three forwards reached 16 goals on the season, moving them into a tie for the team lead with Blake Coleman.
  A.J. Greer replied with the lone goal for Florida (34-32-3), scoring his 13th goal to more than double his previous career high of six.
  Dustin Wolf made 24 saves for t
  
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• Hyo Joo Kim doubles lead to 4 strokes in the Founders Cup

  21-03-2026 04:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Hyo Joo Kim doubled her lead to four strokes Friday in the Fortinet Founders Cup, capping a late afternoon rally with a 6-foot birdie putt on the par-3 eighth.
  A day after holing out for eagle on the par-5 18th hole for a 9-under 63 and a two-shot lead, Kim shot 70 in her afternoon round at tree-lined Sharon Heights.
  Gabby Lopez was second at 7 under after a 70 in the morning session, with top-ranked Jeeno Thitikul and Nelly Korda in the group another shot back.
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• Thompson makes 30 stops in Capitals win over Devils

  21-03-2026 04:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Logan Thompson made 30 saves, losing his shutout bid with just 43 seconds remaining, and the Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 2-1 on Friday night.
  Ryan Leonard scored midway through the first period, and Aliaksei Protas added an empty-netter with 1:43 remaining.
  Jesper Bratt scored for the Devils, extending his point streak with three goals and four assists over his last seven games. Jake Allen stopped 26 shots.
  It was the third meeting between the teams and
  
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• Federal government announces safe sport funding

  21-03-2026 03:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The federal government is giving $5 million to Sport Integrity Canada to continue administering the Canadian Safe Sport Program in 2026-27.
  Sport Integrity Canada, formerly the Canadian Centre For Ethics in Sport, has taken over the handling of complaints and reports of abuse and maltreatment in sport from the defunct Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner (OSIC).
  SIC announced Thursday an expansion of the public registry of people sanctioned or provisionally sanctioned in the
  
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• Nikishin scores in overtime, Hurricanes down Maple Leafs 4-3

  21-03-2026 02:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Alexander Nikishin scored 41 seconds into overtime as the Carolina Hurricanes downed the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 on Friday.
  Eric Robinson, on a penalty shot, K'Andre Miller and Jordan Staal had the other goals for Carolina (44-19-6). Brandon Bussi made 23 saves. Seth Jarvis and Sebastian Aho had two assists apiece.
  John Tavares, William Nylander and Dakota Joshua replied for Toronto (29-28-13), which got 32 stops from Joseph Woll. Matias Maccelli added two assists.
  Nikishin score
  
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• Sungjae Im takes lead into the weekend on the firm and fast Copperhead course

  21-03-2026 02:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — Sungjae Im held onto the lead on a breezy Friday afternoon in the Valspar Championship, rallying on the back nine to edge ahead of David Lipsky in firm and fast conditions on the Copperhead course at Innisbrook.
  After missing two straight cuts in his return from a wrist injury, Im shot a 2-under 69 to get to 9-under 133 — a stroke ahead of Lipsky. On Thursday morning, Im had two eagles in a 64 for a one-shot advantage over Brandt Snedeker.
  “The importan
  
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• Cuba refuses to let US Embassy in Havana import diesel for its generators

  21-03-2026 01:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Cuban government has refused a request by the U.S. Embassy in Havana to allow it to import diesel for its generators while the Trump administration continues to impose a fuel blockade on the island, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the matter.The Cuban government turned down the request as the U.S. State Department has been weighing a reduction in staffing at the embassy in Havana because of the lack of diesel. Such a move would likely lead to a U.S. dema
  
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• Rodger Brulotte, beloved voice of baseball in Quebec, dies at 79

  21-03-2026 01:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Rodger Brulotte, a beloved voice of baseball in Quebec, has died. He was 79.
  Brulotte had undergone surgery last September to remove a cancerous tumour from his back, but the disease returned in recent months.
  The Montreal native was a renowned analyst and columnist who could still be heard calling MLB games last summer on TVA Sports. He was also writing columns for Le Journal de Montréal until very recently.
  Known for his famous catchphrase “Bonsoir, elle est parti
  
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• Vancouver Canucks ink defenceman Victor Mancini to two-year extension

  21-03-2026 00:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks have locked up Victor Mancini, signing the American defenceman to a two-year extension.The NHL club announced the deal Friday, saying it carries an average-annual value of US$1 million.Mancini has averaged 13:50 in ice time over 18 games with the Canucks this season, and logged five penalty minutes.The 23-year-old from Hancock, Mich., has also played 33 games for the Abbotsford Canucks in the American Hockey League this season where he tallied four goals a
  
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• ‘The most important thing is three points’: White aims to keep Whitecaps atop MLS

  21-03-2026 00:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — It was a frustrating start to the season for Vancouver Whitecaps striker Brian White.The American attacker was getting plenty of prime chances, but they weren't going in.A goal against Toronto FC on Feb. 28 opened the floodgates. He added a brace against the Portland Timbers the following week, then tallied two more against Minnesota United.Now White has five goals on the season, tied with Petar Musa of FC Dallas for the most in Major League Soccer through the first four games
  
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• Canada’s Einarson thumps Australia 11-2, preps to face Japan in high-stakes game

  21-03-2026 00:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Krysten Karwacki made her women's world curling championship debut Friday when Canada thumped Australia 11-2.
  Kerri Einarson's alternate drew into the lineup in the fifth end for lead Karlee Burgess.Karwacki threw four stones and got a few sweeping reps in before the Aussies shook hands after six ends in Calgary's WinSport Event Centre.
  "It was so much fun. I loved it. I know we have back-to-back games but I would have loved to play even more," said Karwacki."The crowd has been a
  
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• Canada should ‘absolutely’ match Poland’s Chinese EV ban at military bases: expert

  21-03-2026 00:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Intelligence and cybersecurity experts are warning the Liberal government about national security risks posed by allowing Chinese electric vehicles onto Canadian military bases.
  Critics and some experts are even calling on Ottawa to ban the cars from Canadian Armed Forces bases and other sensitive sites due to onboard sensors they say could collect and transmit sensitive information to the Chinese government.
  Their warning comes after Poland and Israel instituted similar banson EV
  
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• Carabins upset top-seeded Thunderbirds in U Sports women’s hockey quarterfinals

  21-03-2026 00:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ELMIRA — The Montreal Carabins upset the top-seeded UBC Thunderbirds 4-3 in quarterfinal play Friday at the U Sports women's hockey championship at the Woolwich Memorial Centre.Jade Picard and Audrey-Anne Veillette scored in the shootout for the eighth-seeded Carabins. Karine Sandilands was the lone UBC player to beat netminder Maude Desroches in the extra session.
  Janelle Mentor, Chloe Duchesneau and Juliette Rolland tallied in regulation for Montreal.Sandilands, Grace Elliott and Jaylyn
  
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• Officials say at least 10 people were killed in a South Korean factory fire

  21-03-2026 00:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean rescue workers on Saturday recovered 10 bodies from the charred wreckage of an auto parts factory in the central city of Daejeon, where a blaze, likely triggered by an explosion, injured at least 59 people and left four others missing.The Ministry of the Interior and Safety said 25 people were seriously injured but officials didn’t immediately confirm whether any were in life-threatening condition. More than 500 firefighters, police and emergenc
  
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