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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of March 19, 2023

  19-03-2023 20:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers.
  Name: Alexander SladeczekAge: 24
  Height: 5’1”
  Weight: 102lbs
  Hair: BlondeEyes: Blue
  Wanted: Fail to Comply With Probation Order
  Warrant in effect: March 14, 2023
  Parole Jurisdiction: Chilliwack
  Name: Dennis BaxterAge: 42
  Height: 6’1”
  Weight: 220lbs
  Hair: Shaved Head and brown beard Eyes: Brown
  Wanted: Robbery, Forcible Confinement, Assault with a wea
  
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• Arrest made in fire at planned Wyoming abortion clinic

  23-03-2023 02:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A woman was arrested on charges of setting fire to a building in Wyoming that was being renovated to house the state’s only full-service abortion clinic, authorities said Wednesday, hours after a judge temporarily blocked a ban on abortion that went into effect a few days ago.Lorna Roxanne Green, 22, of Casper, was arrested on Tuesday by Casper police and agents from the FBI and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Wyoming U.S. Attorney
  
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• Henderson, Leblanc at LPGA Drive On Championship, first full-field event of 2023

  23-03-2023 01:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada’s Brooke Henderson is in one of the featured groups at the LPGA’s Drive On Championship.
  The native of Smiths Falls, Ont., is paired with American star Nelly Korda and South Korea’s Jin Young Ko, currently ranked No. 1 on the LPGA Tour.
  Maude-Aimee Leblanc of Sherbrooke, Que., is also in the field at Superstition Mountain Golf & Country Club in Gold Canyon, Ariz.
  She is paired with China’s Ruoning Yin and Caroline Inglis of the United States.
  It’s the fir
  
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• More nurses resign from Manitoba sexual assault program

  23-03-2023 01:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Two more nurses who helped examine sexual assault victims in Manitoba have resigned a day after one-third of the program’s nurses stepped down, leaving one community health centre concerned about access to care.
  The provincial agency that delivers health care said Wednesday that the two nurses, who work on a casual basis, had resigned from the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program at Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre.
  On Tuesday, four of the program’s 13 casual
  
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• Pierre Poilievre to get face time with U.S. President Joe Biden in Ottawa

  23-03-2023 00:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Official Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre is expected to meet U.S. President Joe Biden when he visits Canada this week.
  Senior U.S. administration officials confirmed in a briefing given on the condition they not be named that Biden plans to have what is known as a “pull-aside” conversation with Poilievre.
  They say the president, who is scheduled to arrive in Ottawa with first lady Jill Biden on Thursday, also plans to exchange pleasantries with other party leaders.&
  
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• Former prime minister Stephen Harper says Canada needs a ‘Conservative renaissance ‘

  23-03-2023 00:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Former prime minister Stephen Harper says Canada badly needs a “Conservative renaissance.” 
  Harper was speaking to a room of party faithful gathered in Ottawa for an annual networking conference staged by the Canada Strong and Free Network, formerly called the Manning Centre. 
  Wednesday’s public appearance is a rare one for Harper, who exited political life after losing the 2015 election to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals. 
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• ‘Nobody’s perfect,’ Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly says as MPs chide Afghan evacuation

  22-03-2023 23:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says it was “a messy situation” trying to airlift Afghans who helped Canadian soldiers out of the country when the Taliban took over in August 2021.
  Joly told the House of Commons immigration committee that she “can’t turn back the clock” on the government’s chaotic attempts to bring thousands of people from Kabul to safety.
  But a senior Global Affairs Canada official, Weldon Epp, told the committee t
  
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• ‘He’s a unicorn’: Canucks star defenceman Hughes continues to grow his game

  22-03-2023 23:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — There’s little Quinn Hughes does on the ice that shocks his Vancouver Canucks teammates anymore.
  At 23 years old, the American defenceman has already smashed records, and he appears poised to continue elevating his game. 
  “Everything that he does, from the way that he plays in a game to practice, he’s one of a kind,” said fellow blue liner Kyle Burroughs. “He’s a unicorn in a sense.
  “How he sees the ice, how he uses his edges &mdas
  
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• Judge halts Wyoming abortion ban days after it took effect

  22-03-2023 23:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Abortion will again be legal in Wyoming — at least for now — after a judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a ban that took effect a few days earlier.
  Teton County District Court Judge Melissa Owens’ decision halts the ban amid a challenge in her court to a law that took effect Sunday. The Republican-controlled Legislature approved the law despite earlier rulings by Owens that had blocked a previous ban since shortly after it took effect last summer.
  
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• Police-reported hate crimes rise again, as pandemic worsens discrimination: StatCan

  22-03-2023 22:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — New figures released by Statistics Canada show hate crimes reported to police continued to spike across the country in the second year of the pandemic as people were targeted by race, religion and sexual orientation.
  The agency says in a news release that all provinces and territories experienced increases in hate crime reports in 2021 except Yukon, where they were unchanged.
  Incidents motivated by religion were up 67 per cent across Canada, while reports to police involving sexua
  
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• Alberta information commissioner to investigate Kearl tailings leak notifications

  22-03-2023 22:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Alberta’s information commissioner has started an investigation into how the province’s energy regulator notified the public about tailings pond releases at Imperial Oil’s Kearl mine.
  “Information and Privacy Commissioner Diane McLeod has launched an investigation into the Alberta Energy Regulator concerning AER’s consideration of the public interest override,” said a news release Wednesday from the commissioner.
  In the release, McLeod said th
  
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• Liberals introduce legislation to create a corporate ownership registry

  22-03-2023 22:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are moving ahead with plans to create an ownership registry after promising to increase transparency about who owns and controls corporations.
  Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne has tabled legislation that would create a corporate beneficial ownership registry. 
  The prospective registry is expected to have the goal of making it easier to identify owners of corporations who launder money, commit financial crimes or evade taxes. 
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• Bichette, Varsho homer and Berrios pitches five solid innings as Jays beat Orioles

  22-03-2023 21:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUNEDIN, Fla. — Bo Bichette and Daulton Varsho hit solo homers, Jose Berrios pitched five solid innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 in spring training baseball action Wednesday.
  Bichette hit his third homer of the spring in the first inning to open the scoring, and Varsho followed with his first in the fifth inning to put the Blue Jays up 2-0.
  Orioles second baseman Terrin Vavra went deep off Berrios to lead off the sixth. Kyle Stowers followed with a single, p
  
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• Andreescu defeats Raducanu, moves on to second round of Miami Open

  22-03-2023 20:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MIAMI — Canada’s Bianca Andreescu won a matchup of former U.S. Open champions and moved on to the second round of the Miami Open tennis tournament with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 win over Britain’s Emma Raducanu on Wednesday,
  Andreescu, from Mississauga, Ont., improved to 2-0 against Raducanu. She had seven aces to Raducanu’s two and won 67.2 per cent of first serve points.
  The Canadian, who won the U.S. Open in 2019, faced 12 break points, but defended all but one. She broke Raduca
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP execute search warrants for drugs, guns

  22-03-2023 20:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack RCMP announced Wednesday (Mar. 21) it has executed recent search warrants that have resulted in the seizure of guns, drugs, and other evidence of suspected drug trafficking.On Tuesday, March 14, the Chilliwack RCMP Drug Section executed two search warrants as part of a complex drug trafficking investigation, according to a press release from RCMP Sgt. Krista Vrolyk. These warrants, pursuant to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, were executed at a residence loc
  
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• Police: 2 school administrators shot at Denver high school

  22-03-2023 20:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DENVER (AP) — Two school administrators were shot on Wednesday morning at a Denver high school after a handgun was found on a student subjected to daily searches, authorities said.
  The male, juvenile suspect remained at large and the gun was not immediately recovered following the shooting at East High School, Police Chief Ron Thomas said.
  The shooting happened just before 10 a.m. in an area away from classrooms as the student was undergoing a daily search as part of a “safety plan,&
  
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• CFL’s annual Canadian combine has come a long way since O’Shea participated

  22-03-2023 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The CFL combine has come a long way since Mike O’Shea auditioned for league officials.
  In 1993, O’Shea was a top pro prospect at the University of Guelph. After participating in the combine in Winnipeg, O’Shea was taken in the first round, fourth overall, of the CFL draft by Edmonton.
  O’Shea never made it to Edmonton. He was dealt shortly afterwards to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, where he spent his first three CFL seasons before signing with the Toronto Argonauts as a free a
  
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• Anholt tabbed to lead Canada’s world junior squad after success with U18 team

  22-03-2023 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Peter Anholt has been tasked with helping Canada win a third straight world junior hockey championship after two successful seasons leading the country’s under-18 program. 
  Anholt, who heads the front office of the Western Hockey League’s Lethbridge Hurricanes, is one of three Canadian Hockey League general managers tabbed by Hockey Canada to oversee its men’s under-17, under-18 and under-20 programs in 2023-24.
  He takes over the world junior program from O
  
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• Saskatchewan First Nation says B.C. willing to keep talking to resolve concerns

  22-03-2023 19:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Leaders of Saskatchewan’s Key First Nation say they held a “productive discussion” with senior officials from British Columbia and have agreed to keep talking about critical outstanding issues.
  The First Nation released a statement one day after a news conference in Vancouver that outlined its first steps to control its own child welfare services.
  Vancouver was selected because the First Nation is still waiting for answers from B.C. about 13-year-old Noelle O&
  
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• DeSantis to expand law critics call ‘Don’t Say Gay’ into HS

  22-03-2023 19:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The administration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is moving to forbid classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in all grades, expanding the controversial law critics call “Don’t Say Gay” as the Republican governor continues a focus on cultural issues ahead of his expected presidential run.The proposal, which would not require legislative approval, is scheduled for a vote next month before the state Board of Education and has b
  
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• Former Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart wins $100,000 costs in NPA defamation case

  22-03-2023 19:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A B.C. judge says former Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart can recover more than $100,000 in legal costs related to a failed defamation case launched by political rivals in the once-dominant Non-Partisan Association. 
  B.C. Supreme Court Justice Wendy Baker says in her March 20 ruling that the defamation case against Stewart by current and former members of the NPA’s board of directors was a “strategic lawsuit against public participation.”
  They sued Stewart
  
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• GM to stop making the Camaro but a successor may be in works

  22-03-2023 19:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DETROIT (AP) — The Chevrolet Camaro, for decades the dream car of many teenage American males, is going out of production.
  General Motors, which sells the brawny muscle car, said Wednesday it will stop making the current generation early next year.
  The future of the car, which is raced on NASCAR and other circuits, is a bit murky. GM says another generation may be in the works.
  “While we are not announcing an immediate successor today, rest assured, this is not the end of Camaro&rsqu
  
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• First presidential visit since 2016 brings heavy security presence to Ottawa

  22-03-2023 18:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — At least seven different police and military units will be patrolling Ottawa’s skies and streets this week as the city braces for the arrival of U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden.
  They are set to arrive Thursday for the first official visit to Canada since Biden took office as president in 2021 and will stay overnight until Friday. 
  The last time the country hosted a president was in 2016, when former president Barack Obama came to Ottawa for the North
  
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• Abbotsford Police say offenders are evading justice by not showing up for court

  22-03-2023 18:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Abbotsford Police say they’ve apprehended several offenders on outstanding warrants this week before bringing them to court.In a tweet Wednesday morning (Mar. 21), Abbotsford Police say they located and arrested six offenders on outstanding warrants before bringing them to justice.
  Charges range from break and enter, uttering threats, mischief, breach, and driving while prohibited. Unfortunately, many individuals facing charges aren’t coming to court on their desig
  
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• Liberal MP Gary Anandasangaree calls Sri Lanka a ‘failed and bankrupt state’

  22-03-2023 18:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A government MP and parliamentary secretary to a cabinet minister is calling Sri Lanka “a failed and bankrupt state” as the country receives another international bailout.
  Liberal MP Gary Anandasangaree said at a press conference Tuesday that the International Monetary Fund should have called for more autonomy for that country’s Tamil minority.
  Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly was not immediately available to respond to questions about whether his com
  
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• Canada extends emergency visa applications for Ukrainians fleeing war until July

  22-03-2023 18:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says Canada will extend the emergency visa application period for Ukrainians looking for a safe haven until July 15.
  The deadline to apply for the three-year visa was originally March 31.
  Ukrainians will still be able to apply for traditional work, study and visitor permits to come to Canada after the application period expires, but they will be charged the usual fees associated with those applications.
  Ukrainians who have received an emergency vis
  
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• Russia, Belarus barred from next season’s ice hockey worlds

  22-03-2023 18:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ZURICH (AP) — Russia and Belarus teams were excluded by the International Ice Hockey Federation on Wednesday from all its world championships next season.
  The IIHF cited security concerns for players, competition staff and fans — because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — to extend the exclusion that will stretch beyond two years when the 2023-24 season is over.
  “It is too soon,” IIHF president Luc Tardif said about letting Russia return. “Too many risks.
  
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• Biden visit puts Canadian defence spending back under microscope

  22-03-2023 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — U.S. President Joe Biden’s long-anticipated first trip to Ottawa this week is expected to put Canada’s defence spending back under the microscope.
  American presidents have a long history of pushing Canada to spend more on its military, including Barack Obama in a speech to Parliament in 2016.
  Such pressure has come as Canada consistently lags most of its allies in terms of defence spending as a percentage of its national GDP.
  Experts say they fully expect Biden to foll
  
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• AP sources: Trump probe grand jury not meeting for the day

  22-03-2023 17:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Manhattan grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump over hush money payments during his 2016 presidential campaign will not meet Wednesday despite that being one of the days each week when the panel ordinarily convenes, according to four people familiar with the matter.
  The grand jurors were told to be on standby for Thursday, another day when the panel has been meeting, three of the people said. The reason for the postponement was not immediately clear, bu
  
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• No end in sight as bus strike enters 3rd day in Chilliwack

  22-03-2023 17:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — There’s no end in sight for the ongoing bus strike that has entered its third day and suspended all regular bus service in Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Agassiz-Harrison, Hope, Mission, and customers using the Fraser Valley Express.Unionized bus operators walked off the job indefinitely starting Monday, March 20, affecting the following Chilliwack bus service: route 51 (Vedder), route 52 (Evans), route 53 (Chilliwack), route 54 (Promontory), route 55 (Yarrow-Greendale), route
  
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