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• Jim Sabraw - Obituary - - Chilliwack Progress

  20-04-2024 02:13 via news.google.com
  
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• Here’s a list of January inflation rates for selected Canadian cities

  17-02-2026 14:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada's annual inflation rate was 2.3 per cent in January, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated widely because they are based on small statistical samples (previous month in brackets):
  — St. John's, N.L.: 2.6 per cent (3.1)
  — Charlottetown-Summerside: 1.9 per cent (2.9)
  — Halifax: 2.8 per cent (3.1)
  — Saint John, N.B.: 2.9 per cent (3.1)
  — Quebec City: 3.0 per cent (3.
  
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• Here’s a list of January inflation rates for Canadian provinces

  17-02-2026 14:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada's annual inflation rate was 2.3 per cent in January, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets):
  — Newfoundland and Labrador: 2.4 per cent (3.0)
  — Prince Edward Island: 1.8 per cent (2.8)
  — Nova Scotia: 2.7 per cent (3.1)
  — New Brunswick: 2.9 per cent (3.1)
  — Quebec: 3.0 per cent (3.2)
  — Ontario: 2.0 per cent (2.1)
  — Manitoba: 2.6 per cent (3.7)
  — Saskatchewan: 1.8 per cent (2.2)
  
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• Iran temporarily closed the Strait of Hormuz as it held latest round of indirect talks with US

  17-02-2026 14:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  GENEVA (AP) — Iran announced the temporary closure of the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday for live fire military drills in a rare show of force as its negotiators held another round of indirect talks with the United States in Geneva over its disputed nuclear program.It was the first time Iran has announced the closure of the key international waterway, through which 20% of the world’s oil passes, since the U.S. began threatening Iran and rushing military assets to the region. It marks a
  
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• Iran temporarily closing Strait of Hormuz for live fire drills as new talks with US start

  17-02-2026 13:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  GENEVA (AP) — The U.S. and Iran held their second round of talks about Iran’s nuclear program on Tuesday in Geneva as Iran said it will close the Strait of Hormuz for several hours for live fire military exercises and the United States ramps up its military forces in the region. As the talks began, Iranian media announced that Iran had fired live missiles toward the Strait of Hormuz, and said it will close the Strait for several hours for “safety and maritime concerns.”Th
  
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• Iran temporarily closing Strait of Hormuz for live fire drills as nuclear talks with US begin

  17-02-2026 13:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  GENEVA (AP) — The U.S. and Iran are holding their second round of talks about Iran’s nuclear program Tuesday in Geneva as Iran said it will close the Strait of Hormuz for several hours as it holds live fire military exercises and the United States ramps up its military forces in the region. As the talks began, Iranian media announced that Iran had fired live missiles toward the Strait of Hormuz, and said it will close the Strait for several hours for “safety and maritime concer
  
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• The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King, has died at 84

  17-02-2026 11:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader's assassination, died Tuesday. He was 84. His daughter, Santita Jackson, confirmed that her father died at home, surrounded by family.As a young organizer in Chicago, Jackson was called to meet with King at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis shortly before King was killed and he publicly positioned himse
  
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• Iran fires live missiles into Strait of Hormuz in drill as a new round of nuclear talks begins

  17-02-2026 11:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  GENEVA (AP) — The U.S. and Iran are holding their second round of talks about Iran’s nuclear program Tuesday in Geneva as the United States ramps up its military presence in the Middle East and Iran holds large-scale maritime exercises.As the talks began, Iranian media announced that Iran had fired live missiles towards the Strait of Hormuz. Iran had announced a maritime military exercise on Monday in waterways that are crucial international trade routes through which 20% of the worl
  
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• Suicide bomber and gunmen kill 11 soldiers and a child in northwestern Pakistan

  17-02-2026 11:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — A suicide bomber backed by a group of gunmen rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the wall of a security post after troops signaled for it to stop in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold in northwestern Pakistan, causing part of the compound to collapse and killing 11 soldiers and a child, the military and police said Tuesday.The military said in a statement that the attackers overnight had sought to breach the checkpoint but were thwarted by security forces. It said t
  
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• Bangladesh’s new prime minister is sworn in after his party’s landslide election win

  17-02-2026 11:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’ s new prime minister was sworn in on Tuesday after his party’s landslide win in last week’s parliamentary elections, the country’s first since the massive 2024 uprising. The vote was billed as key to Bangladesh’s future political landscape after years of intense rivalry and disputed polls.Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, whose term will last the next five years, is the son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and former Presi
  
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• In the news today: Carney defence strategy, Tumbler Ridge, Ottawa called to help Cuba

  17-02-2026 10:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...
  Carney set to announce defence industrial strategy today
  Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to publicly release today his new Buy Canadian plan for supplying the military and growing Canada's domestic defence industry.
  The $6.6-billion plan promises to prioritize building military equipment at home, hike the share of defence contracts awarded to Canadian firms and add up to 125,000 new jobs over the nex
  
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• 11 soldiers and 1 child killed as suicide bomber hits security post in restive northwest Pakistan

  17-02-2026 10:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — A suicide bomber backed by a group of gunmen rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the wall of a security post after troops signaled him to stop in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold in northwestern Pakistan, causing part of the compound to collapse and killing 11 soldiers and a child, the military and police said Tuesday.In a statement, the military said the attackers overnight had sought to breach the checkpoint but were thwarted by security forces. It said troops l
  
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• Plummeting temperatures, heavy snow forecast as winter returns to Prairies

  17-02-2026 10:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Winter is making a comeback on the Prairies, with cold temperatures and heavy snow in the forecast.
  Environment Canada says parts of southern Saskatchewan are under an orange snowfall warning, with an area stretching from Prince Albert to Estevan expecting up to 35 centimetres of snow by Thursday morning.
  The weather office also says a blowing snow advisory is in effect for much of southern Saskatchewan, with wind gusts forecast to reach up to 70 kilometres an hour.
  Southern and
  
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• Health, education, public safety to be protected in B.C. budget, Minister Bailey says

  17-02-2026 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — British Columbia's finance minister describes the government's budget being unveiled today as disciplined, focused and serious.Brenda Bailey says the government will protect the core services of health and education, while there will also be money for public safety in response to numerous shootings connected to extortion threats.The NDP government has been criticized for a deficit forecast to reach $11.2 billion this year, and Bailey says the plan is to bring that down year over
  
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• Road to ruin: Montreal’s pothole problems have solutions — but city lacks money

  17-02-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Montrealer Marianick Baril says she's had eight flat tires since Christmas. Now, she plans her daily commute less on travel time and more by choosing the streets that have the fewest craters that threaten to send her vehicle back to the mechanic.
  This winter has been particularly perilous for Baril and other Montreal drivers, with officials reporting 3,824 pothole-related complaints between Jan. 1-27, nearly five times the 796 logged over the same period last year.''This isn't n
  
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• Ottawa faces calls to send essential fuel to Cuba as U.S. widens oil blockade

  17-02-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is facing mounting calls to speak out against the United States for widening its restrictions on fuel reaching Cuba, or to send aid to the country.
  For more than a year, Global Affairs Canada has warned travellers of "shortages of basic necessities, including food, medicine and fuel" across most of Cuba. In January, the island lost its main source of fuel when the U.S. took control of Venezuela's oil reserves.
  Canadian airlines have suspended flights to
  
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• Canada’s speedskating champions ready to defend Olympic team pursuit title

  17-02-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MILAN — Canada’s reigning Olympic champion women’s speedskating team returns to defend its title in the team pursuit semifinals Tuesday at the Milan Cortina Olympics.
  Valérie Maltais of La Baie, Que., and Ottawa’s Ivanie Blondin and Isabelle Weidemann posted the fastest quarterfinal time at two minutes 55.03 seconds and will face the United States in the semifinal. The medal races are scheduled for later in the day.
  Canada's men's hockey team will learn its quarter
  
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• As portables arrive in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., expert says feeling safe a priority

  17-02-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The co-founder of a group that supports victims and their families after mass shootings says a top priority when bringing students back to school in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., is to make them feel safe again.
  "No kid can learn in fear," said Anita Busch, with the U.S.-based organization Victims First.
  The British Columbia government has announced that a series of portable facilities will arrive throughout the week, so students at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School don't have to learn in a place were six p
  
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• ‘Dodgy burger’ rules Santner out against Canada as New Zealand targets T20 World Cup Super 8s

  17-02-2026 07:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHENNAI, India (AP) — Canada won the toss Tuesday and elected to bat against a New Zealand lineup targeting a spot in the Super 8s at the T20 World Cup.
  Stand-in captain Daryl Mitchell said regular skipper Mitchell Santner is ill and will miss the game because he “had a dodgy burger last night.”Cole McConchie replaced Santner as a like-for-like replacement in the XI.
  New Zealand was forced into another change with Kyle Jamieson coming in for pace bowler Lockie Ferguson, who ret
  
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• Special Team Made a Difference in Chiefs 3-1 Family Day Win

  17-02-2026 04:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  By Shaelee Dombrowski
   
  Chilliwack, B.C. – Family Day at the Chilliwack Coliseum saw the Chilliwack Chiefs face the Alberni Valley Bulldogs for just the second time this season. Going into the game, the teams were just one point apart in the standings, with the Chiefs ahead with forty-four. Through the last ten games, Chilliwack has had more success with seven wins, while Alberni Valley has had just four. To add to the fun of the Chiefs Family Day game, the Cheam Mountain Golf Course
  
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• Police identify man killed in Chilliwack shooting - CBC

  17-02-2026 00:00 via news.google.com
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• Youth charged in shooting that sent 15-year-old to hospital in Nanaimo, B.C.

  16-02-2026 23:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NANAIMO — Police on Vancouver Island say a 17-year-old boy has been charged after a shooting last week sent a 15-year-old victim to hospital.Nanaimo RCMP say the victim was treated in hospital and is recovering after being released.Mounties say the shooting occurred on Feb. 11 and the suspect was arrested two days later by the Victoria Police Department and the emergency response team.Police say the charges were approved the day of the arrest and include discharge of a firearm with intent,
  
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• Canada into Olympic women’s hockey final, Poulin breaks record in 2-1 win over Swiss

  16-02-2026 23:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MILAN — Canada will play for women's Olympic hockey gold again.
  The defending champions are a win away from repeating, but will be the underdogs Thursday against a talented, relentless United States team that has outscored its opposition 31-1 in the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
  Canadian captain Marie-Philip Poulin scored twice in a 2-1 semifinal win over Switzerland on Monday to break the Olympic women's scoring record.
  She became the first woman to score 20 career goals in the women's t
  
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• Boy who moved from Africa to Tumbler Ridge, B.C., adapted well, family friend says

  16-02-2026 23:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  It only took about three months for Abel Mwansa Jr. to lose his Zambian accent when he moved to Tumbler Ridge, B.C., an accomplishment that a family friend would tease him about for abandoning his promise.Christopher Bwalya, a pastor with the Burning Bush Ministries in Solwezi, Zambia, is a close friend to the Mwansa family and watched Abel grow from a "sometimes mischievous" boy in kindergarten to a "respectful" and "responsible" leader at the church's Sunday school.The Mwansa family moved from
  
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• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. says Blue Jays ‘very capable’ after World Series heartbreak

  16-02-2026 23:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DUNEDIN — When the Toronto Blue Jays lost Game 7 of the World Series in a heartbreaking 11th inning, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was the last person to leave the home dugout at Rogers Centre.
  Sitting in that moment was how he moved on from Toronto's disappointing 5-4 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
  "When I left, I felt like I had faced reality, and the only thing I had left to say to myself was just thank God for the year I had, for the year the team had had," said Guerrero.
  "Right then, I just
  
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• Environment Canada warns of snow and cold for parts of B.C.

  16-02-2026 23:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Winter storm and snowfall warnings have been posted for some areas of B.C. and parts of the southern coast could also be in for some snow after weeks of springlike conditions.A special weather statement issued by Environment Canada says the Fraser Valley, Howe Sound, the Sunshine Coast and higher elevations of Metro Vancouver will get some snow into Monday night.The winter storm warning has been posted for B.C.’s North and South Peace River areas, with heavy and blowing s
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Canada will meet the U.S. in Olympic women’s hockey final

  16-02-2026 23:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MILAN — Canada has defeated Switzerland 2-1 in the women’s hockey semifinal at the Milan Cortina Olympics to set up a gold-medal rematch with the United States on Thursday.
  More to come.
  The Canadian Press
  
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• 3 killed, including suspect, in shooting during Rhode Island youth hockey game

  16-02-2026 23:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — Three people, including the suspect, were fatally shot during a Rhode Island youth hockey game Monday, authorities said.Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves told reporters that three other victims are hospitalized in critical condition. “It appears that this was a targeted event, that it may be a family dispute,” she said. Goncalves did not provide details about the suspect or the ages of those who were killed, though she said it appeared that both victi
  
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• Homicide investigation team identifies man killed in Chilliwack shooting - Chilliwack Progress

  16-02-2026 22:52 via news.google.com
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• Canadian freestyle skier Megan Oldham wins gold in big air

  16-02-2026 22:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Megan Oldham delivered Canada’s second gold medal of the Milan Cortina Olympics on Monday, winning the women’s freestyle skiing big air competition with a two-run combined score of 180.75.
  The 24-year-old from Parry Sound, Ont., topped China’s Eileen Gu, who scored 179.00 for silver, while Italy’s Flora Tabanelli took bronze at 178.25.
  Naomi Urness of Mont-Tremblant, Que., finished sixth.
  Oldham, who also won bronze in slopestyle last week, pushed Canada’s overall m
  
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