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• William 'Bill' Schofield - Obituary - - Chilliwack Progress

  05-04-2024 22:07 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack Jets face Langley Trappers in Hope - Chilliwack Progress

  12-02-2026 14:34 via news.google.com
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• Kingsbury wins silver in moguls; Crosby leads Canada into men’s hockey opener

  12-02-2026 14:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MILAN — Canada has hit the podium for its fifth medal at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Day 6, as freestyle skiing star Mikael Kingsbury missed out on gold in the narrowest of fashions while claiming silver in men's moguls.
  Kingsbury, 33, from Deux-Montagnes, Que., matched the exact score of Australia's Cooper Woods of 83.71 in the final run but lost out on a tiebreaker with Woods who scored higher marks for turns.
  It is Kingsbury's fourth medal after gold in Pyeongchang 2018 as well as bro
  
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• Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe says he’s sorry if some offended by anti-immigrant comments

  12-02-2026 13:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON (AP) — Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said Thursday that he’s sorry if some have been offended by anti-immigrant comments.The billionaire co-owner of Manchester United faced criticism by both political leaders and fans after he said the U.K. had been “colonized’’ by immigrants.Ratcliffe, the founder and chairman of chemicals maker Ineos, is one of Britain’s richest people and an influential voice on politics and the economy.Prime Minister Keir
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury wins Olympic silver in men’s moguls

  12-02-2026 13:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LIVIGNO — Canadian freestyle ski star Mikael Kingsbury has won a silver medal in the men's moguls event at the Milan Cortina Olympics. The 33-year-old from Deux-Montagnes, Que. sailed to his fourth Olympic medal, just behind Australia's Cooper Woods.
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• Republicans’ edge on immigration shrinks as independents balk at Trump’s tactics, AP-NORC poll shows

  12-02-2026 13:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — About 6 in 10 U.S. adults say President Donald Trump has “gone too far” in sending federal immigration agents into American cities, according to a new AP-NORC poll that suggests political independents are increasingly uncomfortable with his tactics.Views of Trump's handling of immigration — which fell over the course of his first year — remained steady over the past month, with about 4 in 10 saying they approve of the president's approach. But the
  
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• Crosby leads Canada into men’s hockey opener with gold in play beyond the rink

  12-02-2026 12:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MILAN — Canadian hockey commands the spotlight on Day 6 at the Milan Cortina Olympics, as the men open their tournament and the women look to regroup on a day that could also see Canada strike gold on the slopes and short-track oval.
  The men's hockey team opens against Czechia in Milan as NHL players compete at the Games for the first time since 2014, with Sidney Crosby chasing a third gold medal and Connor McDavid stepping onto the Olympic stage for the first time.
  The Canadian women face
  
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• Ottawa needs more data to probe claims of unpaid work at airlines: minister

  12-02-2026 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu says her department needs more information from air carriers and unions to settle recent allegations of unpaid work in the airline sector.
  On Thursday, the federal government published the initial findings of a probe it launched six months earlier into allegations made during collective bargaining between Air Canada and the union representing its flight attendants.
  More than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants went on strike in August 2025, disrupting tra
  
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• Chilliwack hospital brings more diagnostic services closer to home - Fraser Valley Current

  12-02-2026 11:17 via news.google.com
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• In the news: B.C. community still reeling, Stronach trial begins, and the G.G. awards

  12-02-2026 10:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed …
  Tumbler Ridge 'one big family,' mayor tells vigil
  A memorial of flowers, lights and stuffed animals grows in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., as the community grapples with the fallout of a mass shooting that killed nine people, mostly children, along with the 18-year-old shooter who police say took her own life.
  Young children, teenagers, parents and grandparents huddled against the cold and the grief at a vigil
  
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• Tumbler Ridge ‘one big family,’ mayor tells vigil as community reels from shootings

  12-02-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TUMBLER RIDGE — A memorial of flowers, lights and stuffed animals grows in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., as the community grapples with the fallout of a mass shooting that killed nine people, mostly children, along with the 18-year-old shooter who police say took her own life.
  Young children, teenagers, parents and grandparents huddled against the cold and the grief at a vigil the day after Tuesday's killing spree, with the mayor telling mourners, "It's OK to cry."
  District of Tumbler Ridge Mayor D
  
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• History of Tumbler Ridge, a mining boom town with a wounded heart

  12-02-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TUMBLER RIDGE — Tumbler Ridge in the remote Peace region of northeast British Columbia was once best known as a coal mining boom town that was built from scratch in the 1980s, then faced challenges from shifts in its economic fortunes.
  Now it is grappling with the greatest tragedy in its 45-year history, which has put the tiny community under an international spotlight.
  The community was trying to make sense of the "incomprehensible and devastating" events of Tuesday, when an 18-year-old s
  
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• Father of Alberta school shooting victim talks grieving and forgiveness

  12-02-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TABER — The father of a student killed in a school shooting in southern Alberta almost 27 years ago says forgiveness was at the heart of how he tackled the tragedy. 

  Retired reverend Dale Lang lost his 17-year-old son, Jason, after the teen was shot by a fellow student in a hallway at W.R. Myers High School in Taber, Alta., about 300 kilometres southeast of Calgary, in 1999.
  The 14-year-old shooter, who also wounded another student, was convicted of first-degree murder and attempted
  
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• Businessman Frank Stronach’s Toronto sex assault trial set to begin after delay

  12-02-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The sexual assault trial of Canadian auto parts magnate Frank Stronach is set to begin in Toronto today after more than a week of delay.
  The judge-alone trial was initially scheduled to begin early last week but Stronach’s lawyer asked for more time to prepare after receiving what she described as a large volume of disclosure "at the 11th hour."
  When court reconvened for an update days later, defence lawyer Leora Shemesh indicated she would apply for a stay of proceedings o
  
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• Orioles add veteran right-hander Chris Bassitt to rotation, AP source says

  12-02-2026 07:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Chris Bassitt is staying in the AL East.
  The Baltimore Orioles agreed to an $18.5 million, one-year contract with the right-hander Wednesday, according to a person familiar with the deal. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the agreement was pending a physical. The deal includes a $3 million signing bonus, and Bassitt can earn $500,000 in performance bonuses if he starts at least 27 games.
  Bassitt, who turns 37 on Feb. 22, has reached that number of starts
  
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• Bangladesh votes in its first election since the 2024 Gen Z uprising that ousted Hasina

  12-02-2026 07:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Voters cast ballots across Bangladesh on Thursday in a parliamentary election seen as a critical test of the country’s democracy after years of political turmoil.After a slow start, crowds came to polling stations in the capital, Dhaka, and elsewhere by midmorning. Balloting will continue through Thursday with results expected Friday.More than 127 million people are eligible to vote in Bangladesh’s first election since former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasin
  
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• Big man Jakob Poeltl feeling ‘pretty good’ after return to Toronto Raptors lineup

  12-02-2026 05:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO —Jakob Poeltl’s return didn’t exactly go to plan.
  The Austrian big man played his first game Wednesday after missing 24 with nagging back pain against the Detroit Pistons, but his Toronto Raptors struggled in a 113-95 loss against the Eastern Conference leaders.
  Toronto’s loss marked its seventh in as many attempts against the top three seeds in the East, also including the Boston Celtics and New York Knicks.The Raptors are also now 4-13 against the 10 best teams
  
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• Cunningham puts up 28 points, Detroit Pistons trounce Toronto Raptors 113-95

  12-02-2026 04:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors will enter the all-star break on a sour note.
  Toronto hardly came close in a 113-95 loss to the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night at Scotiabank Arena in both teams’ final contest ahead of the annual midseason event.
  The Raptors remain fifth in the East at 32-23 after the loss, while the Pistons improved to 40-13.
  The Pistons, missing all-star Jalen Duren and fellow big man Isaiah Stewart due to suspensions, dominated the Rapto
  
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• Polls open for Bangladesh’s first election since the 2024 uprising that ousted Hasina

  12-02-2026 03:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Polls opened across Bangladesh on Thursday for voters to cast ballots in a parliamentary election seen as a critical test of the country’s democracy after years of political turmoil.More than 127 million people are eligible to vote, and security was tight at the tens of thousands of polling stations around the country. Balloting will continue through Thursday with results expected Friday.The election is Bangladesh’s first since former Prime Minister She
  
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• Baltimore Orioles sign former Blue Jays pitcher Bassitt to one-year deal

  12-02-2026 03:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BALTIMORE — Free-agent right-hander Chris Bassitt is joining the Baltimore Orioles on a one-year deal, leaving the Toronto Blue Jays after three seasons, according to multiple reports Wednesday.
  ESPN’s Jeff Passan was first to report the agreement, which is valued at US$18.5 million.
  The contract is pending a physical and includes a signing bonus and incentives.
  Bassitt went 11-9 with a 3.96 ERA over 170 1/3 innings for Toronto last season.
  He also moved to the bullpen during the pla
  
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• Deaths in Iran’s crackdown on protests reach at least 7,000, activists say

  12-02-2026 01:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The death toll from a crackdown over Iran’s nationwide protests last month has reached at least 7,002 people killed with many more still feared dead, activists said Thursday.The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, which offered the latest figures, has been accurate in counting deaths during previous rounds of unrest in Iran and relies on a network of activists in Iran to verify deaths. The slow rise in the death toll has come as the agenc
  
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• 3 arrested amid heavy police presence outside Chilliwack apartment complex (VIDEO)

  12-02-2026 01:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK – Details are limited at this early stage of the investigation, but an RCMP spokesperson has confirmed the arrest of three people Wednesday morning following a police incident near downtown Chilliwack.
  According to a statement from Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener, police were called to Fletcher Street, just east of downtown Chilliwack, Wednesday morning for a call involving a weapon.
  “I can confirm that Chilliwack RCMP officers attended a report of a we
  
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• Deaths from Iran’s crackdown on protests has surpassed 7,000, activists say

  12-02-2026 01:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The death toll from a crackdown over Iran’s nationwide protests has reached at least 7,002 people killed with many more still feared dead, activists said Thursday.The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, which offered the latest figures, has been accurate in previous rounds of unrest in Iran and relies on a network of activists in Iran to verify deaths.Iran’s government offered its only death toll on Jan. 21, saying 3,117 people were
  
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• Two men charged in cross-border human smuggling case

  12-02-2026 01:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A man from the Dominican Republic and a man from the United States have been charged with conspiring to smuggle foreign nationals into the United States via the Canada-U.S. border.
  The U.S. Department of Justice says in a press release that 27-year-old Francisco Antonio Luna Rosado and 37-year-old Jesus Hernandez Ortiz planned to smuggle people from Mexico and Central and South America into the United States.
  The news release says the pair has been charged with one count of conspi
  
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• Chilliwack School District offers coping resources, support in the wake of Tumbler Ridge shooting - Chilliwack Progress

  12-02-2026 01:02 via news.google.com
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• U.S. House passes symbolic vote to end Trump’s fentanyl-related tariffs on Canada

  12-02-2026 00:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump called Canada "among the worst in the World to deal with" as the U.S. House of Representatives voted against his tariffs on America's northern neighbour — a largely symbolic move that shows some wavering Republican support for the president's massive trade agenda.
  "Canada has taken advantage of the United States on Trade for many years. They are among the worst in the World to deal with, especially as it relates to our Northern Border," Trump poste
  
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• 3 arrested amid heavy police presence outside Chilliwack apartment complex (VIDEO) - Fraser Valley Today

  12-02-2026 00:34 via news.google.com
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• 3 arrested amid heavy police presence outside Chilliwack apartment complex

  12-02-2026 00:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK – Details are limited at this early stage of the investigation, but an RCMP spokesperson has confirmed the arrest of three people Wednesday morning following a police incident near downtown Chilliwack.
  According to a statement from Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener, police were called to Fletcher Street, just east of downtown Chilliwack, Wednesday morning for a call involving a weapon.
  “I can confirm that Chilliwack RCMP officers attended a report of a we
  
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• Report into Quebec Liberal scandals finds ex-leader Pablo Rodriguez was unaware

  12-02-2026 00:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  QUÉBEC — A retired Superior Court judge who investigated a text message scandal that helped bring down former Quebec Liberal leader Pablo Rodriguez has reached few firm conclusions.
  Jacques R. Fournier says it's impossible to say whether the messages, purportedly about the 2025 Quebec Liberal leadership race, are real or fabricated.
  The Liberals mandated Fournier to investigate shortly after Le Journal de Montréal published text messages in November suggesting some party memb
  
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• Celebrate Mother’s Day in Chilliwack by taking part in the 2026 Run for Mom - Chilliwack Progress

  12-02-2026 00:12 via news.google.com
  Celebrate Mother’s Day in Chilliwack by taking part in the 2026 Run for Mom  Chilliwack Progress
  
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