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• Shooters target homes in Surrey, B.C., with police linking one attack to extortion

  01-01-2026 00:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY — Police in Surrey, B.C., are investigating after two homes were shot at this week, with one believed to be linked to extortion.Surrey Police say officers were called to the Cloverdale area at about 4:25 a.m. on Wednesday after shots were reportedly fired at the residence and a parked vehicle.
  They say several bullet casings were found in front of the home, but no one inside was injured.
  The Surrey Provincial Operations Support Unit is taking over with the investigation into the sho
  
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• Montana’s Supreme Court dismisses misconduct case against the state’s attorney general

  01-01-2026 00:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a misconduct case against the state’s attorney general after he defied court orders in a dispute over a law that gave the governor more power over the judiciary.A court-appointed panel last year found that Attorney General Austin Knudsen repeatedly attacked the integrity of the justices in his defense of a 2021 law permitting the state’s Republican governor to directly fill judicial vacancies. The panel
  
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• Chief Justice says Constitution remains ‘firm and unshaken’ with major Supreme Court rulings ahead

  01-01-2026 00:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday that the Constitution remains a sturdy pillar for the country, a message that comes after a tumultuous year in the nation’s judicial system with pivotal Supreme Court decisions on the horizon.Roberts said the nation’s founding documents remain “firm and unshaken,” a reference to a century-old quote from President Calvin Coolidge. “True then; true now,” Roberts wrote in his annual letter to the j
  
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• Police believe Surrey, B.C., home was targeted after third shooting this month

  31-12-2025 23:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY — Police in Surrey, B.C., are investigating after one home in the Metro Vancouver city was reportedly shot at in three separate shootings this month, including two in the last week.
  Surrey police say the shootings are believed to be targeting a resident of the home located in the 11000-block of 140A Street in the Guildford neighbourhood.
  However, investigators say they are not likely to be linked to gang activity or recent cases of extortion that has targeted the South Asian communi
  
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• Wrong patient sent to Surrey, B.C., home after hospital discharge

  31-12-2025 23:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY — A B.C. man who was shocked when a hospital transfer service delivered a confused stranger to his home, instead of his father, says he doesn't want other seniors to experience the same trauma.Sunny Hundal says his 84-year-old father, who was in Surrey Memorial Hospital after suffering breathing problems, was supposed to be sent back to their home in Surrey on Dec. 22.
  But while he and his father were waiting at the hospital for the transfer, Hundal got a call from his wife saying t
  
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• Kaltounková, Norcross score, Osborne untouchable as Sirens shut out Goldeneyes 2-0

  31-12-2025 22:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Kristýna Kaltounková scored early, Savannah Norcross added an insurance goal late and goaltender Kayle Osborne finished off a shutout as the New York Sirens beat the Vancouver Goldeneyes 2-0 on Wednesday.
  Kaltounková scored for a third straight match and the fourth time this season when she found the net 1:21 into the first period to give New York (4-0-0-5) the lead. Kaltounková, the top pick in this year's draft out of Colgate University and
  
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• Trump says he’s dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for now

  31-12-2025 22:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, a move that comes after legal roadblocks hung up the effort.Trump said in a social media post Wednesday that he’s removing the Guard troops for now. “We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again - Only a question of time!” he wrote.Troops had alr
  
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• Young girl identified as victim who died after shootout involving police in Nunavik

  31-12-2025 22:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Authorities in Quebec's Nunavik region say the person who died 10 days after an exchange of gunfire involving the Nunavik Police Service on Dec. 20 was a young girl.
  Maggie Emudluk, Kativik Regional Government chairperson, says in a statement the girl was an innocent victim of a sad tragedy.
  Quebec's police watchdog confirmed Tuesday that one of two civilians who were seriously injured during the Nunavik Police Service intervention in Inukjuak had died.
  The Bureau des enquê
  
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• Oxfam-Québec surprised to find itself on list of NGOs set to be barred from Gaza

  31-12-2025 22:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canadian non-profit Oxfam-Québec says it was surprised to find itself on a list of 37 organizations set to be barred from Gaza by Israel.
  The country is reportedly moving to suspend more than two dozen humanitarian organizations as of Jan. 1 for failing to comply with new vetting rules for international organizations working in the enclave.
  In a press release, Oxfam-Québec says its registration dates to before 2020 and is no longer active, and Oxfam affiliates are no
  
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• Jordan Binnington’s body of work keeps him in Canada’s Olympic net

  31-12-2025 21:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Jordan Binnington will be back in Canada’s Olympic goaltending mix despite a difficult NHL season, with two new faces joining him.
  Logan Thompson and Darcy Kuemper were the other two goalies named to Canada's men's hockey roster for the 2026 Milan Cortina Games on Wednesday. That left Adin Hill and Samuel Montembeault — Binnington's crease-mates in the 4 Nations Face-Off — off the roster.
  "When we selected all the players, we look at their recent play, and we look at their resu
  
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• Seven Canadians were injured in Peru train collision: foreign affairs minister

  31-12-2025 21:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canada’s foreign affairs minister says seven Canadians were injured Tuesday in a train crash near the Machu Picchu archaeological site in Peru.
  Anita Anand says on social media that Global Affairs officials are providing consular assistance to those affected and are in close contact with local authorities.
  She says Canada stands by the people of Peru and extends its sympathies to all those affected.
  Two trains taking tourists to Machu Picchu crashed on Tuesday, killing at least one person
  
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• Connor McDavid says Olympics ‘finally feel real’ after Team Canada roster reveal

  31-12-2025 21:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Connor McDavid says the Olympic experience finally feels real after the Edmonton Oilers centre was named Wednesday to Canada’s roster for the 2026 Milan Cortina Games.“As a player, I’m just excited about the fact it’s becoming more real, coming together, the team’s announced, the Olympics are getting closer, gets more and more real by the day,” said McDavid, who missed out on the 2022 Olympics after the NHL elected not to take part.
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• Man arrested after alleged attempted home invasion in Fort St. John, B.C.

  31-12-2025 21:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  FORT ST. JOHN — Police say a man is likely facing charges in relation to an alleged attempted home invasion in northeastern British Columbia.
  RCMP say they were called to the scene at a home near the intersection of Peace River Road and 111th Avenue in Fort St. John on Dec. 20 at around 6 p.m.
  Police say the call was from someone reporting a man allegedly trying to get into the home, and officers immediately set up a "containment," which led to the suspect surrendering.They say one victim
  
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• Order of Canada appointees include notable B.C. educators

  31-12-2025 20:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Governor General Mary Simon has appointed several notable British Columbia educators to the Order of Canada.They include a number of University of British Columbia academics, including neuroscientist Adele Diamond, neurologist Janice Eng and animal welfare researcher Marina von Keyserlingk, while neurologist Judy Illes was promoted within the order.
  Forensic nursing pioneer Sheila Dawn Early is also among the appointees, hailed for her work developing B.C.'s first forensic nurs
  
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• Over 120 personnel join search for missing man in remote Mission backcountry, but no outcome yet

  31-12-2025 20:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MISSION — Over 120 trained personnel from across the Fraser Valley and B.C.’s Lower Mainland have joined forces to search for a missing 62-year-old whose vehicle was located on a logging road north of Mission.The Ridge Meadows RCMP detachment, which serves Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows and Katzie First Nation, reported last week that they were appealing to the public for help in locating Timothy Eyolfson, a 62-year-old man whose vehicle was found near Florence and Sayers Lake in Mission.
  
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• Fact File: Claim Rogers collects biometric data from store cameras unfounded

  31-12-2025 19:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The claim Rogers retail stores used facial recognition on customers through its surveillance cameras appeared on social media in December. Rogers says it does not use the technology at its storefronts and its door screening policy at some locations is meant to ensure staff and customer safety. Stores must follow privacy laws that dictate the responsible collection, storage and use of personal information, including video recordings.
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  "I went to ROGERS in Nepean Ontario. The door was loc
  
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• Alberta, Quebec referendums likely would fail due to Canadians’ anxiety: pollster

  31-12-2025 19:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A pollster says separatist movements in Alberta and Quebec are unlikely to succeed as long as Canadians feel a persistent sense of insecurity and anxiety about the future.
  David Coletto, whose polling firm Abacus Data has been studying what it calls the "precarity mindset" in Canada for the last year, says that uncertainty would need to ease in order for a "yes" vote to succeed in either province.
  Alberta’s election agency recently announced it has approved a proposed refere
  
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• Chilliwack man arrested after police use spike belt to stop vehicle; handguns, drugs and cash found inside

  31-12-2025 19:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Two men have been arrested, including a 27-year-old from Chilliwack, after police used a spike belt to stop a vehicle in Chilliwack whose driver refused to stop for several driving violations last week.
  According to a statement from Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Alexandra Greenley, a member of the Hope RCMP detachment attempted to stop a vehicle on Tuesday evening, Dec. 23 in relation to several driving violations. Police say the vehicle did not stop, and no pursuit was in
  
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• Canadian men’s and women’s soccer teams in different states of mind going into 2026

  31-12-2025 19:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The Canadian men's and women's soccer teams enter 2026 in vastly different moods.
  While the Canadian men eagerly look for their first-ever win at the FIFA World Cup, the Canadian women will be happy with any victory.
  The 10th-ranked women end the year on a five-game losing streak, mired in a 454-minute goal drought.
  "The women are in a transition moment, for sure, in the sense of the player pool and some other changes that have occurred over the last little while," said Canada Soccer CEO Kevin B
  
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• Canada’s dream of hosting a men’s World Cup dates back to 1976 Montreal Olympics

  31-12-2025 19:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The quest for Canada to host a men's FIFA World Cup dates back some 50 years for Walter Sieber.
  Sieber, then director general of sports for the Montreal Olympics, was sitting next to then-FIFA president João Havelange at the men's football final at Olympic Stadium on July 31, 1976. Despite the rain, an enthusiastic crowd of 71,617 took in East Germany's 3-1 win over Poland.
  "At a certain time, (Havelange) turned to me and said, 'Hey, by the way, you have done such a famous organization, o
  
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• Bedard, Scheifele, 4 Nations winners left off Canada’s Olympic men’s hockey roster

  31-12-2025 18:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MINNEAPOLIS — Chicago Blackhawks star Connor Bedard, Winnipeg Jets centre Mark Scheifele and several players who helped Canada win the 4 Nations Face-Off were left off the country's team for February’s Milan Cortina Olympics.
  Hockey Canada unveiled its 25-player men's hockey roster Wednesday in Minneapolis — one of the host cities for the world junior hockey championship — ahead of the Winter Games in Italy.
  Bedard, the 20-year-old No. 1 overall draft pick in 2023, shot o
  
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• CRA says it’s owed more than $10 billion in COVID-19 benefit payments

  31-12-2025 18:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency says it's owed $10.35 billion in COVID-19 benefits.
  Nina Ioussoupova, a spokesperson for the agency, says that as of Nov. 30, it had disbursed $83.5 billion in COVID benefits to Canadians, including $45.3 billion for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit, the financial support program known as CERB.
  Ioussoupova says the CRA began sending recovery letters to individuals with debts related to COVID-19 benefits in 2023.
  Those debts, she says, arose from over
  
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• Hockey Canada announces 25-player Olympic men’s hockey roster

  31-12-2025 18:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MINNEAPOLIS — Hockey Canada unveiled its 25-player Olympic men’s hockey roster for February’s Milan Cortina Games on Wednesday.
  Forwards: Macklin Celebrini (San Jose Sharks); Anthony Cirelli (Tampa Bay Lightning); Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins); Brandon Hagel (Tampa Bay); Bo Horvat (New York Islanders); Nathan MacKinnon (Colorado Avalanche); Brad Marchand (Florida Panthers); Mitch Marner (Vegas Golden Knights); Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers); Brayden Point (Tampa Bay); S
  
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• Montreal polar plunge fans want access to beach along St. Lawrence River

  31-12-2025 18:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTRÉAL — Montrealers who brave frigid temperatures for weekly polar plunges in the St. Lawrence River are worried that they're being barred winter access to a popular beach.
  The temperature hovered around -13 C with a strong wind chill this morning as Mark Nikiforov and about a dozen others lowered themselves into a hole they had sawed in the ice for a New Year's Eve plunge.
  Nikiforov says members of Montreal's Polar Bear Club have been doing their winter plunges for years at Verd
  
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• Chiefs Trade Ryan Small to Alberni Valley

  31-12-2025 18:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Chilliwack, B.C. – The Chilliwack Chiefs have traded forward Ryan Small to the Alberni Valley Bulldogs for future considerations.
  Small was a model teammate during his time in Chilliwack, earning respect throughout the organization for his work ethic, commitment, and team-first attitude.
  “Ryan was a player who was one hundred per cent committed, both on and off the ice,” said Chiefs Head Coach and General Manager Brian Maloney. “He never complained about his role. He came
  
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• List of Order of Canada appointees announced New Year’s Eve

  31-12-2025 17:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The Governor General made 80 appointments to the Order of Canada, including six promotions within in the Order and one honorary appointment.
  Companions
  Rosalie Abella, Toronto
  Simon Brault, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Que. (promotion within the Order)
  Raffi Cavoukian, Salt Spring Island, B.C. (promotion within the Order)
  Shaf Keshavjee, Toronto, (promotion within the Order)Michael James Moldaver, Ottawa
  Lorne Tyrrell, Edmonton (promotion within the Order)Officers
  John Cameron Bell, Ottawa
  Janice Charet
  
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• AbbyPD says extra officers will be on patrol tonight on New Year’s Eve

  31-12-2025 17:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — As Fraser Valley residents prepare to usher in the new year tonight, the Abbotsford Police Department says it will step up with a more visible presence to ensure a safe and enjoyable celebration for everyone in the community.The Abbotsford PD says additional officers will be on duty across the city tonight with an emphasis on high-traffic areas, community events, and impaired driving enforcement.“Our priority is your safety—whether you’re celebrating at home,
  
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• Nardwuar becomes first ‘human serviette’ appointed to Order of Canada

  31-12-2025 16:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — When Nardwuar rhymes off a list of fellow members of the Order of Canada, he includes baseball player Fergie Jenkins, filmmaker Guy Maddin and singer Avril Lavigne – twice.
  It’s not surprising that the Tartan-clad celebrity interviewer seems to hold the Canadian pop princess in particular esteem, since he's yet to interrogate her in one of his colourful and unpredictable viral video chats.
  "I am now beside those people, I cannot believe it," he exclaimed during a rece
  
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• Jobs, economy top voters’ priorities at the end of a turbulent 2025: Nanos poll

  31-12-2025 16:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A year-end poll from Nanos suggests jobs and the economy are the top issues on voters' minds heading into 2026.
  Just over one in five respondents to the poll published this week said those economic concerns were the most important national issues — more than double the 10 per cent who listed relations with the United States and President Donald Trump as their top priority.
  Inflation, health care and immigration rounded out the top five concerns for Canadians.
  A separate Nano
  
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• Chilliwack cat still looking for a new home after approximately 1,300 days at local animal care centre

  31-12-2025 16:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — She’s easy on the eyes and is just looking for a new home after being taken care of at the Chilliwack Animal Safe Haven for the past 1,300 days.
  Chilliwack Animal Safe Haven, located at 49843 Chilliwack Central Road, posted on social media Tuesday evening that Lizzy the cat is one of their longest residents there, having been there for about 1,300 days, or a little over 3.5 years.“Let’s get this beautiful girl adopted! These soulful eyes show a sweet, playful
  
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• Carney reflects on 2025’s ‘challenges’ in New Year’s Eve message

  31-12-2025 16:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says in his New Year's Eve message that Canada faced "challenges" in 2025 but the country is strongest when it's united.
  As Canadians prepare to ring in the new year, Carney says it's a time to reflect on the moments that brought us joy in 2025 and the people who made our lives special.
  But he also acknowledges the past year brought "more than its share of challenges" for Canada.
  Carney says that despite the year's trials, 2025 reminded Canadians that "w
  
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• Abbotsford-Langley MLA could run to be the next leader of the B.C. Conservatives

  31-12-2025 15:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD-LANGLEY – B.C. Conservative MLA Harman Bhangu says he will “most likely” run for the leadership of the provincial Opposition party, if the yet-to-be-released rules for the race are to his liking.
  Bhangu, a former trucker who was elected as MLA for Abbotsford-Langley in 2024, says he will make his final decision once the party has released the rules, which he expects in the second or third week of the new year.
  “If I like the way it is, transparent, then I feel
  
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• B.C. paramedics could go on strike amid push for better mental health supports for frontline workers

  31-12-2025 15:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The union representing thousands of paramedics, dispatchers, and call takers in British Columbia is warning about potential job action after it says contract negotiations broke down before Christmas.
  A statement from Ambulance Paramedics of British Columbia says that it has been in collective agreement negotiations with the employer, BC Emergency Health Services, since September.
  It says it is now engaging its membership about possible job action, including the possibility of a
  
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• Gov. Gen. Mary Simon’s new year’s message to Canadians

  31-12-2025 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Gov. Gen. Mary Simon says she witnessed extraordinary solidarity across the country in the last year in response to wildfires, economic challenges and in advancing Indigenous reconciliation.In a recorded message to Canadians, released by Rideau Hall, Simon says the nation is courageous, inclusive and committed to building peace.
  She also thanked Canadians for their support when she was hospitalized with a respiratory illness in the fall.Simon was unable to take part in national Re
  
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• Canadian sprint star Andre De Grasse honoured with Order of Canada

  31-12-2025 14:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  It was surprising for Andre De Grasse at first.
  The seven-time Olympic medallist from Markham, Ont., got a call in late October from the Governor General’s office informing him he would receive the Order of Canada on Wednesday.
  De Grasse, who turned 31 on Nov. 10, didn’t expect to be recognized while still active in his track career.
  "Usually you don't receive this award until you're older — you're in the second phase of your life or third phase of your life, I would say like 5
  
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• In The Rings: Change coming to curling scene with lineup moves and Rock League

  31-12-2025 13:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The Montana's Canadian Curling Trials did more than just determine this country's representatives for the Winter Olympics.It also served as a valuable opportunity for up-and-coming players to get a taste of what it's like to compete at curling's biggest domestic competition of the quadrennial.Rachel Homan and Brad Jacobs skipped their teams to victory last November in Halifax and will wear the Maple Leaf at the upcoming Milan Cortina Games. For younger skips like Jordon McDonald, Kayla Skrlik, R
  
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• New Zealand’s Auckland kicks off 2026 celebrations with fireworks

  31-12-2025 12:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Auckland rang in 2026 with a downtown fireworks display launched from New Zealand’s tallest structure, Sky Tower, making it the first major city to greet the new year at a celebration dampened by rain.South Pacific countries are the first to bid farewell to 2025. Clocks strike midnight in Auckland, a population of 1.7 million, 18 hours before the famous ball drops in New York’s Times Square.The five-minute display involved 3,500 fireworks launched
  
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• Woll stands tall as short-handed Maple Leafs dump Devils 4-0

  31-12-2025 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The odds were stacked against the Toronto Maple Leafs, who on Tuesday were playing their third game in four nights since the Christmas break and were without key injured players Auston Matthews, William Nylander and Chris Tanev.
  But the Maple Leafs hunkered down and benefited from a superb performance from netminder Joseph Woll in the 4-0 victory against the New Jersey Devils before 18,923 at Scotiabank Arena.
  Woll made 33 saves to earn his first shutout of the season and first r
  
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• Sceptres left looking for adjustments after being unable to solve Nicole Hensley

  31-12-2025 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Toronto Sceptres tilted the ice for much of the final two periods, but just could not figure out Nicole Hensley.
  The Minnesota Frost goaltender put on a clinic in her 31-save outing to lead her Professional Women's Hockey League team to a 5-1 victory over Toronto on Tuesday. On the other hand, Sceptres starter Elaine Chuli, who suffered her first loss of the season, was chased after giving up four goals on 18 shots in two periods.
  "Never an easy decision to make," Toronto hea
  
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• ‘I wish I had an answer’: Home ice woes haunt struggling Vancouver Canucks

  31-12-2025 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Most NHL teams would be excited for an upcoming homestand.That may not be the case for the Vancouver Canucks.The team has struggled mightily at Rogers Arena this season, falling to 4-12-1 at home with an ugly 6-3 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday. They've now lost four straight games in their own building.With 10 home matchups in January, the Canucks (16-20-3) are searching for solutions.
  “I don't know. I wish I had an answer," winger Drew O'Connor said after Tue
  
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• In the news: Sask. shooting suspects still at large, major watermain break in Calgary

  31-12-2025 10:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed …
  RCMP still looking for suspects in Sask. shooting
  The search continues this morning for a pair of suspects wanted in connection with a deadly shooting on a Saskatchewan First Nation.
  The RCMP says the shooting happened early Tuesday morning in Big Island Lake Cree Nation, about 400 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon, which left one person dead and three others injured.
  No arrests have been made.
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• Northern lights inspire recovery in Telegraph Cove, B.C., year after devastating fire

  31-12-2025 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Mary Borrowman says she'll never forget the moment she and her husband, Jim, watched the northern lights shimmer across the sky on the morning of Jan. 1, 2025, from their home in Telegraph Cove, B.C.
  "When we looked out our window, and we looked over the water, everywhere you could see in the sky were the most beautiful dancing red and green, and purple northern lights that we have ever seen," said Borrowman.A day earlier, a massive New Year's Eve fire in the quaint tourist resort on northeaster
  
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• Increasing AI use in Canadian courtrooms carries risk of errors, penalties: lawyers

  31-12-2025 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — In the past, if a client who usually preferred to communicate via short emails suddenly sent a lengthy message akin to a legal memo, Ron Shulman would suspect they’d received help from a family member or partner.
  Now, the Toronto family lawyer asks clients if they’ve used artificial intelligence. And most of the time, he says, the answer is yes.
  Almost every week, his firm receives messages written or driven by AI, a shift Shulman says he noticed in the last several m
  
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• Canada set to announce men’s Olympic hockey roster ahead of NHL’s return to the Games

  31-12-2025 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MINNEAPOLIS — Canadian hockey fans will learn the full list of NHL players set to compete for men's gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics later today.
  Hockey Canada is holding a press conference at 12 p.m. ET in Minneapolis — one of the world junior hockey championship host cities — to unveil its roster for February's Milan Cortina Games in Italy.
  Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Brayden Point and Sam Reinhart were already named to the squad back in June.
  
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• RCMP still looking for two suspects in Saskatchewan First Nation shooting

  31-12-2025 09:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The search continues this morning for a pair of suspects wanted in connection with a deadly shooting on a Saskatchewan First Nation.
  The RCMP says the shooting happened early Tuesday morning in Big Island Lake Cree Nation, about 400 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon, which left one person dead and three others injured.
  No arrests have been made.
  Tuesday night, Mounties issued a statement advising the public they were lifting a dangerous-person alert for two suspects, as they believed there was n
  
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• Suzuki scores in OT as Canadiens rally to beat Panthers 3-2

  31-12-2025 08:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Nick Suzuki got a power-play goal 3:24 into overtime, and the Montreal Canadiens rallied from a two-goal deficit in the final five minutes of regulation to stun the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Tuesday night.Suzuki also scored late in regulation to tie the game for the Canadiens, who improved to 6-1-3 in their last 10 games. Cole Caufield also scored for Montreal.Brad Marchand and Sam Reinhart scored for Florida, but Marchand was called for roughing 1:27 into overtime &mdas
  
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• Thailand releases 18 Cambodian prisoners of war as part of ceasefire agreement

  31-12-2025 07:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand on Wednesday released 18 Cambodian prisoners of war held for five months, fulfilling the terms of a ceasefire agreement the two countries signed to end bitter fighting along their border.The release was stipulated in the ceasefire agreement signed Saturday by the defense ministers of the two countries at the same border checkpoint between Thailand’s Chanthaburi province and Cambodia’s Pailin province where the soldiers were released.“The repatriati
  
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• Flyers top Canucks 6-3 in head coach Rick Tocchet’s return to Vancouver

  31-12-2025 06:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Flyers head coach Rick Tocchet guided Philadelphia to a 6-3 victory over his former team, the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday.
  Tocchet, who walked away from the same position with the Canucks in late April, was recognized on the big screen midway through the first period and was met by both boisterous boos and a smattering of cheers.
  Bobby Brick, Noah Cates and Travis Konecny each registered a goal and an assist, while Carl Grundstrom, Owen Tippet and Christian Dvorak also scored
  
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• NHL roundup: Suzuki scores in OT as Canadiens rally to stun Panthers 3-2

  31-12-2025 05:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Nick Suzuki got a power-play goal 3:24 into overtime, and the Montreal Canadiens rallied from a two-goal deficit in the final five minutes of regulation to stun the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Tuesday night.
  Suzuki also scored late in regulation to tie the game for the Canadiens, who improved to 6-1-3 in their last 10 games. Cole Caufield also scored for Montreal.
  Brad Marchand and Sam Reinhart scored for Florida, but Marchand was called for roughing 1:27 into overtime &md
  
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• Canadiens’ rally spoils Marchand’s night with 3-2 overtime win over Panthers

  31-12-2025 04:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Nick Suzuki scored a power-play goal 3:24 into overtime, and the Montreal Canadiens rallied from a two-goal deficit in the final five minutes of regulation to stun the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Tuesday night.
  Suzuki also scored late in regulation to tie the game for the Canadiens, who improved to 6-1-3 in their last 10 games. Cole Caufield also scored for Montreal.
  Brad Marchand and Sam Reinhart scored for Florida, but Marchand was called for roughing 1:27 into overtime
  
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