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• CPP premiums are getting a bigger bump than planned, here's why – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  30-12-2021 18:00
  
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• Trump fires Homeland Security Secretary Noem after mounting criticism over her leadership

  05-03-2026 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday fired his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, after mounting criticism over her leadership of the department, including the handling of the administration’s immigration crackdown and disaster response.Trump, who said he would nominate in her place Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin, made the announcement on social media two days after Noem faced a grilling on Capitol Hill from GOP members as well as Democrats.
  
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• Saskatchewan Roughriders seek someone who is energetic, keen to dress like rodent

  05-03-2026 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  If you are young, energetic and willing to dress like a football-obsessed rodent, there may be a job for you with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
  The defending CFL champions are hosting auditions for the next person to embody their beloved, furry mascot Gainer the Gopher.
  The team's online job posting says they're looking for someone who can dance, hug, give high fives, and also improvise — all while staying in character.
  Applicants submitting video auditions must be at least 18 years-old an
  
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• Surrey officer cleared in shooting death of machete-wielding man

  05-03-2026 20:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY — British Columbia's police watchdog agency has cleared a Surrey RCMP officer in the shooting death of a man who threw a machete at police after killing his spouse.
  The Independent Investigations Office says the shooting happened on July 7 last year, when a team of officers were called to investigate a possible domestic assault at the home.
  Officers arriving at the back door were met by the man covered in blood and holding a machete, who then threw the weapon in the direction of pol
  
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• Chilliwack pet food society steps up for appreciative local senior who needed a little help

  05-03-2026 20:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK – Moments like these remind Zoey’s Pawsome Pet Society executive director Jackie Smith exactly why they exist and the people they serve who could use a little help.
  The Chilliwack pet food society is being lauded by Colleen Frank, a local senior, after volunteers unexpectedly dropped off a generous helping of pet food, kitty litter, cat toys and other goodies at her home last weekend, doing what they can to assist pensioners and others in need.
  “To Zoey, Julie and ev
  
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• Canada’s Mackie races to gold, McKeever takes bronze at U23 cross-country worlds

  05-03-2026 20:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LILLEHAMMER — Alison Mackie won gold in the women’s 20‑kilometre mass start and fellow Canadian Xavier McKeever took bronze in the men's event Thursday at the 2026 under-23 cross-country skiing championships.
  Mackie, from Edmonton, finished her race in 49 minutes 41 seconds, with Norway’s Eva Ingebrigtsen finishing second and France’s Léonie Perry third.The 20-year-old was coming off an impressive Olympic debut at last month's Milan Cortina Games, where she f
  
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• What those different versions of the Iranian flag appearing at protests mean

  05-03-2026 20:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — As protests ramp up around the world in response to the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, different versions of the country's flag are appearing on the streets.
  Both Iran's official state flag and the historic "Lion and Sun" flag have become common sights at rallies.
  The official flag, which represents the current regime, features a red emblem meaning "Allah" in the centre. It was adopted in 1980, the year after the Islamic Revolution led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini toppled the monarch
  
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• More than 20 states sue over Trump’s worldwide tariffs

  05-03-2026 20:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — More than 20 states have filed a lawsuit challenging U.S. President Donald Trump's latest worldwide tariffs.
  Trump implemented the 10 per cent global duty last week after the United States Supreme Court struck down his previous tariff tool.
  The president has threatened to increase those tariffs to 15 per cent but he has not yet signed an executive order putting that change in place.
  These latest duties do not apply to goods compliant under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on t
  
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• Trump says he’s replacing Homeland Security Secretary Noem with GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin

  05-03-2026 19:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’s replacing his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and will nominate in her place Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin.Trump made the announcement on social media on Thursday, two days after Noem faced a grilling on Capitol Hill from GOP members as well as Democrats.Trump says he’ll make Noem a "Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas,” a new security initiative that he said would focus on the Weste
  
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• B.C. teachers ratify new four-year agreement for 3% annual wage boost

  05-03-2026 19:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia's teachers' union says its members have ratified a new four-year collective agreement, covering 52,000 educators in the province.The B.C. Teachers' Federation says in a statement released Thursday that its members voted 91 per cent in favour of the agreement that gives them a three per cent wage increase in each of the four years.The union said the contract follows a year of negotiations where it raised priorities such as improved classroom conditions, stronger
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: The B.C. Strategic Investment Fund

  05-03-2026 19:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  We’re creating a path for a prosperous future for British Columbians with a plan to secure $200 billion in new private sector investments in B.C.
  To support that plan, our government has announced a $400 million Strategic Investment Fund to ensure that if B.C.’s support is needed for the success of a project, people in our province will see a greater financial benefit. 
  Currently, when we co-invest in major private sector projects, it happens through grants, and that means there
  
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• CP NewsAlert: B.C. teachers ratify new four-year agreement for 12% wage boost

  05-03-2026 19:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia's teachers' union says its members have ratified a new four-year collective agreement, covering 52,000 educators in the province.The B.C. Teachers' Federation says its members voted 91 per cent in favour of the agreement that gives them a three per cent wage increase per year for four years.More coming.
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• House Republican leaders urge Gonzales to end reelection bid after he admitted to affair with aide

  05-03-2026 19:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson and the GOP leadership are calling for Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas to withdraw from his reelection race after he admitted having an affair with a former staff member who later died by suicide.The Republican leadership announced its decision Thursday, a day after Gonzales acknowledged a relationship that has upturned the political world in his home state and in Washington, and after the House Ethics Committee announced an investigation
  
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• Toronto Maple Leafs trade centre Nicolas Roy to Colorado Avalanche for picks

  05-03-2026 18:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Maple Leafs have made a move ahead of the NHL trade deadline.
  Toronto dealt centre Nicolas Roy to the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday for a conditional first-round pick at the 2027 draft along with a fifth-rounder in June.
  In the event the first-round selection falls inside the top-10, the Avalanche would instead send the Maple Leafs their unprotected first-rounder in 2028. Toronto also gets the lowest of Colorado's three picks in the fifth round of the 2026 draft as part of t
  
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• Hope retreat centre trying to figure who dropped off a mysterious trailer on its property

  05-03-2026 18:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HOPE – A retreat centre west of Hope is trying to figure out who had a trailer towed onto its property on New Year’s Eve and has yet to take ownership of it more than two months later.
  Camp Hope, located just off Lougheed Highway west of Hope, is appealing to the public for help in identifying the owner of the trailer.The retreat centre says the trailer was towed into the camp and parked in the camp’s storage area. A couple who resides on the property from the Lytton fire witne
  
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• Teens charged in Vancouver school stabbing after basketball game

  05-03-2026 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver say two teens have been charged for a stabbing last month after a basketball game at a local secondary school.
  They say the accused are a 16-year-old and a 15-year-old, who have not been otherwise identified.
  The 16-year-old faces charges of aggravated assault and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, while the 15-year-old was charged with assault with a weapon.
  Both have been released on conditions.
  The attack happened on Feb. 2, when police say a
  
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• Vancouver artist one of three creative minds behind official FIFA World Cup poster

  05-03-2026 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  This summer's FIFA World Cup is already a hit with Vancouver's Carson Ting.Ting is one of three artists behind the official World Cup poster, unveiled this week to mark 100 days to go before the June 11 kickoff of the 48-team tournament in Canada, Mexico and the U.S.
  Ting, 50, collaborated with Mexico's Minerva GM and American Hank Willis Thomas on the poster, the final piece of World Cup art. Organizers released 16 official host city posters last year, including ones for Vancouver and Tor
  
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• Woman who accused Quebec cardinal of sexual misconduct testifies at defamation trial

  05-03-2026 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The woman being sued for defamation by Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet has taken the stand at the Montreal courthouse to repeat her misconduct allegations against him.
  Paméla Groleau testified in Superior Court today that she felt like she was under a spotlight that drew Ouellet to her every time they attended an event together.
  She accused Ouellet of several touching incidents between 2008 and 2010, including one where he allegedly slid his hand down her back to the top of
  
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• Koe wins group, Dunstone into playoffs at Canadian men’s curling championship

  05-03-2026 18:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ST. JOHN'S — Alberta's Kevin Koe wrapped up top spot in Pool B in Thursday's early draw at the Montana's Brier, while Manitoba's Matt Dunstone clinched a playoff spot.
  Koe, a four-time Canadian men's curling champion, improved to 7-0 with an 11-4 win over B.C.'s Cody Tanaka in the morning.
  Dunstone assured himself a playoff spot with a 9-3 win over Northern Ontario's Sandy MacEwan. He improved to 6-1, but can't catch Koe after losing to the Alberta skip earlier in the tournament.It sets up
  
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• LeBlanc heading to Washington after Carney says CUSMA ‘broken’ by U.S. tariffs

  05-03-2026 18:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc will head to Washington, D.C., for meetings tomorrow, his office confirms.
  LeBlanc's visit lands with the review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico agreement on trade in full swing.
  Prime Minister Mark Carney said during a media availability in Australia yesterday that Canada's free trade pact with the United States "effectively has been broken in the short-term by U.S. actions."
  He said certain protocols under CUSMA weren't followed when the Unit
  
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• Suspect in custody in Colorado in the case of 3 women found dead in Utah

  05-03-2026 17:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORREY, Utah (AP) — A man sought in the deaths of three women in Utah has been taken into custody in Colorado, officials announced Thursday.There is no indication that the suspect had any connection to the victims, said Lt. Cameron Roden, a spokesman for the Utah Highway Patrol.Investigators tracked the suspect in one of the victims’ vehicles into northern Arizona and Colorado, where it was found abandoned in Pagosa Springs, the Utah Department of Public Safety said in a statement on
  
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• Conservatives accuse PM Carney of flip-flopping on Iran military campaign

  05-03-2026 17:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Conservatives are accusing Mark Carney of flip-flopping on Iran after the prime minister said he would be leaving the door open to a Canadian military deployment.
  Carney originally expressed unequivocal support for the U.S. commencing strikes on Iran last weekend — then said later he did so with regret because the bombing campaign seems inconsistent with international law.
  While the prime minister has said Ottawa has no plans to join the military campaign, he added Wedne
  
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• 18-wheeler crashes on Highway 1 in Chilliwack, knocks out light standard

  05-03-2026 16:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK – Chilliwack first responders were called to Highway 1 in Chilliwack Thursday morning after an 18-wheeler wound up in the ditch near the westbound Annis Road off-ramp (exit 129) and struck a light standard.
  According to the Pulse Point emergency app, B.C. Ambulance Service paramedics were notified about a motor vehicle incident near the Annis Road off-ramp at 7:17 a.m.
  At least three Chilliwack Fire engines were paged per scanner traffic.
  Firefighters radioed dispatch to say the
  
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• Toronto FC bolsters defence by signing Chilean international Benjamin Kuscevic

  05-03-2026 16:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — One day after introducing star striker Josh Sargent, Toronto FC looked to its defence Thursday by signing Chilean international Benjamin Kuscevic.
  The 29-year-old centre back from Santiago arrives on loan from Brazil's Fortaleza for the 2026 MLS season, with an option to purchase.
  "Benjamín has established himself as a strong defender and steady presence in prominent leagues in South America and in international competition," Toronto general manager Jason Hernandez said in
  
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• Secretary of state says Canada not looking to split submarine contract

  05-03-2026 16:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada's secretary of state for defence procurement says the government is planning to choose just one company to build the country's next fleet of submarines.
  Stephen Fuhr says the Canadian position has not changed, despite media reports this week suggesting the government might split the contract.
  Two companies are in the final stages of a heated competition for a multi-billion dollar deal to build up to 12 submarines.
  Germany's TKMS and South Korea's Hanwha Oceans submitted fin
  
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• AbbyPD hails conviction of 29-year-old man who rammed 2 police vehicles, found with loaded handgun

  05-03-2026 15:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD – The Abbotsford Police Department is hailing the recent conviction of a dangerous 29-year-old man who previously rammed two police vehicles during a high-risk traffic stop and was later found to be have a loaded handgun in his possession.In a statement, AbbyPD says holding people involved in criminal activity accountable often requires extensive behind the scenes work that most people never get to see. As an example, the Abbotsford PD’s Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) is one o
  
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• PWHL’s Ottawa Charge set out on crucial road trip after win over Seattle Torrent

  05-03-2026 12:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Charge find themselves in a playoff spot with less than half the season to go in the Professional Women's Hockey League.
  Whether they'll still be there with their next six games away from home is the question.
  Ottawa (5-5-1-7) has yet to win a game in regulation on the road this season. Players say they need to simplify their game.
  “I really think it’s important that we sort of buy in as a team to take it in increments,” said forward Alexa Vasko. &ldqu
  
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• E.J. Harnden soaks in last Brier hurrah with brother Ryan

  05-03-2026 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ST. JOHN'S — The Harnden brothers expect there will be tears, whenever it ends.
  E.J. Harnden's impending retirement makes the 2026 Montana's Brier the last of 14 he's played with younger brother Ryan.
  "I'm trying really hard to just stay in the moment for myself, but there'll be a lot of tears when it all ends at the end of this ride," said E.J.
  E.J. and Ryan Harnden from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., won a Brier in 2013 and an Olympic gold medal in 2014 playing second and lead respectively for
  
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• Canadian remake of ’80s classic ‘Youngblood’ aims to rewrite hockey’s dated playbook

  05-03-2026 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — During the 2020 world junior hockey championship, as teen phenoms tore up the ice, Ashton James was on his couch feeling exposed.
  He had just begun training to star in a Black-led Canadian remake of the 1986 cult hockey drama “Youngblood,” and every highlight reel only magnified how far he still had to go.
  “All I felt was dread over how bad I was,” James says. “I was like, 'I can’t engage with this until I get better because every time I watch
  
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• Beleaguered Vancouver Canucks show fight in loss to high-powered Carolina Hurricanes

  05-03-2026 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Patrik Allvin knows the Vancouver Canucks will lose more games this season.As the team begins its rebuild, though, the general manager wants to see his players battle out on the ice."I want to see more fight in the group," he said. "It's their job, the players' job, and our job to prepare every night for the fans and play for the crest. And you can lose games, but you're going to play the right way, and you're going to compete."
  The Canucks (18-36-7) responded to Allvin's call
  
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