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

    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.
    For
  • Mboko earns another straight-sets victory at Miami Open tennis tournament

    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
  • Chilliwack RCMP seek 40-year-old missing for over a week

    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.
    Anyon
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  • Rooney stops 19 shots to lead Minnesota Frost to 3-1 win over Vancouver Goldeneyes

    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
  • B.C. River Forecast Centre says rivers receding after multi-day deluge

    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
  • Pittsburgh Pirates capture 8-3 exhibition victory over Toronto Blue Jays

    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
  • Toronto FC keeps points streak alive with 2-1 comeback victory over Columbus

    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

    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
  • Japan downs Turkey in playoff to advance to semifinal showdown versus Canada

    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
  • Canadian Christopher Morales Williams wins 400-metre gold at world indoor event

    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
  • Chilliwack flower festival to return after two years of weather-related closures

    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
  • CP NewsAlert: Christopher Morales-Williams wins 400-metre gold at world indoor event

    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
  • Canadians plan to sail to Gaza despite detention risks

    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
  • Fréchette and Drainville face off in first CAQ leadership debate

    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
  • Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who investigated Russia-Trump campaign ties, dies

    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
  • Three Quebec maritime students who were stranded in Persian Gulf in good spirits

    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
  • Nova Scotia man who fatally strangled partner dies in Abbotsford prison

    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.
    Cou
  • No risk to the public after shots fired at Surrey park: SPS

    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
  • Traffic delayed after semi fire on Coquihalla Highway Friday evening

    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
  • Three Quebec maritime students return home after being stranded in the Persian Gulf

    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
  • Flames’ Olofsson making most of opportunity after ‘shocking’ trade from Avalanche

    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
  • Most NDP leadership candidates say they’re in no hurry to become MPs

    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
  • Federal departments, agencies to shed 12,000 full-time equivalent positions

    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
  • ‘A learning experience’: Woll looking to finish strong with Maple Leafs

    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
  • Sports scores and schedule for March 20, 2026

    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
  • Jamal Murray scores 31 points to help lift Nuggets past Raptors 121-115

    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
  • Victor Olofsson scores first with Flames in 4-1 win over Panthers

    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
  • Hyo Joo Kim doubles lead to 4 strokes in the Founders Cup

    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.
    P
  • Thompson makes 30 stops in Capitals win over Devils

    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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