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• NDP says Alberta premier’s prosecutor review flawed, calls for outside investigation

  26-01-2023 23:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Alberta’s Opposition leader says Premier Danielle Smith’s assurance of a thorough investigation into allegations of interference with Crown prosecutors is “an empty talking point” given new details on the search itself.
  NDP Leader Rachel Notley said that while the Smith-directed email search covered the four-month period in question, any deleted message was erased from the system after just a month, meaning the relevant time period for those emails was li
  
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• Forge FC signs star goalkeeper Triston Henry to new multi-year contract

  26-01-2023 23:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Forge FC has signed Canadian goalkeeper Triston Henry to a new multi-year deal.
  The 29-year-old from Toronto led the Canadian Premier League with 11 shutouts last season and is the league’s all-time leader in clean sheets with 33. Henry won the 2020 CPL Golden Glove as the league’s top ‘keeper.
  “Triston has been a rock for us at the back since Day 1,” Costa Smyrniotis, Forge’s director of football and business, said in a statement. “He is an outstanding
  
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• Maple Leafs captain John Tavares on the cusp of 1,000th NHL game

  26-01-2023 23:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — John Tavares was asked if there’s more for him to give as he inched closer to a career milestone. 
  “Absolutely,” the Toronto Maple Leafs captain replied bluntly. “Absolutely.” 
  It’s not hard to see why he’s so convinced. 
  Set to hit 1,000 regular-season NHL games this weekend, the 32-year-old remains a point-per-night player in his 14th season, thanks to a drive that started on the outdoor rinks of his childhood and continu
  
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• House post returning to First Nation after 138 years, and decades in Harvard storage

  26-01-2023 22:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. — A First Nations house post is being returned to its home in British Columbia after 138 years, including spending the last two decades in storage at Harvard University in Massachusetts. 
  A statement from the Gitxaala Nation on B.C.’s north coast says the house post was acknowledged as the nation’s grizzly bear pole that has been in the care of the Peabody Museum at Harvard. 
  The nation says a transfer agreement has been signed, with the post expec
  
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• Edmonton Elks sign American linebacker Nyles Morgan to two-year contract extension

  26-01-2023 22:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks signed American linebacker Nyles Morgan to a two-year contract extension Thursday.
  Morgan had 41 tackles in just six games last season. He also registered a special-teams tackle and forced fumble.
  He recorded a team-high 66 tackles with the Elks in 2021 and was a unanimous selection as Edmonton’s nominee for the CFL’s top rookie honour.
  This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 26, 2023.The Canadian Press
  
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• American defensive back Brad Muhammad signs with Calgary Stampeders

  26-01-2023 22:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — American defensive back Brad Muhammad re-signed with the Calgary Stampeders on Thursday.
  Muhammad, 27, was slated to become a free agent Feb. 14.
  Muhammad started 16 regular-season games last year, his first with Calgary. He had 50 tackles (one for a loss), five special-teams tackles, two interceptions and a forced fumble.
  Muhammad signed with the Stampeders after playing five games with the Ottawa Redblacks in 2021.
  This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 26,
  
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• What you need to know about Canada’s tank donation to Ukraine

  26-01-2023 22:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Defence Minister Anita Anand says Canada is sending four of its Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine. Here is what you need to know:
  What are Leopard 2s?
  The Leopard 2 is a modern battle tank that first entered service in Germany in the late 1970s and is now used by around 20 countries. Featuring heavy armour and a main gun with good speed, the Leopard is designed to move fast, strike hard and survive on the modern battlefield. The basic design has been upgraded numerous times since
  
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• California storms boost water allocation for cities

  26-01-2023 21:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Weeks of historic rainfall in California mean public agencies that supply 27 million people will get much more water from the state than they were scheduled to get a month ago — enough to supply an estimated 4.4 million households for a year.
  In December, state officials announced public water agencies would get just 5% of what they had asked for because of a severe drought that had depleted the state’s reservoirs to dangerously low levels.
  But startin
  
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• NYC bike path killer convicted, could face the death penalty

  26-01-2023 21:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — An Islamic extremist who killed eight people with a speeding truck in a 2017 rampage on a popular New York City bike path was convicted Thursday of 28 federal crimes and could face the death penalty.
  Jurors deliberated for about seven hours over two days before finding Sayfullo Saipov guilty in a Halloween attack inspired by his reverence for the Islamic State militant group. The jury announced its verdict in a Manhattan courtroom just a few blocks from where Saipov’s
  
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• Canada’s Devin Gibson looking to make mark in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship

  26-01-2023 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Hurt hands are nothing new to Devin Gibson. It comes with the territory for a bare-knuckle fighter.
  “Fourth and fifth round, it’s just really tough to want to punch the head,” said the 28-year-old from Sarnia, Ont., known as The Canadian Assassin.
  Gibson (2-0-0) takes on American Albert Inclan (0-1-0) on Friday at BKFC 35 in Myrtle Beach, S.C. While the five-foot-six Gibson normally walks around at 145 pounds and cuts weight to compete as a flyweight (125 pounds), he missed wei
  
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• Andrei Kuzmenko signs two-year extension with Vancouver Canucks

  26-01-2023 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Forward Andrei Kuzmenko has signed a two-year contract extension with the Vancouver Canucks with an average annual value of US$5.5 million.
  The 26-year-old Kuzmenko has played in 47 games for the Canucks this season with 21 goals and 22 assists, four penalty minutes and a plus-4 defensive ranking. 
  “Andrei is a player we worked extremely hard to recruit last summer,” said Vancouver general manager Patrik Allvin. “He has been an excellent fit for our forwa
  
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• Liberal MPs begin three-day caucus retreat with a focus on affordability

  26-01-2023 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Liberal members of Parliament began a three-day caucus retreat today, during which they are expected to strategize about their priorities before Parliament returns next week. 
  The federal party’s caucus chair says their first priority is making life more affordable for Canadians, and MPs also want to build a green economy and address climate change. 
  Brenda Shanahan says the retreat is critical because the 158 MPs haven’t gotten together since before the holi
  
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• Former U.S. leaders asked to re-check for classified docs

  26-01-2023 20:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Archives has asked former U.S. presidents and vice presidents to re-check their personal records for any classified documents following the news that President Joe Biden and former Vice President Mike Pence had such documents in their possession, two people familiar with the matter said Thursday.
  The Archives sent a letter Thursday to representatives of former presidents and vice presidents extending back to Ronald Reagan to ensure compliance with the Preside
  
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• Doctor shortage driving people away from Newfoundland town known for growth

  26-01-2023 19:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — The mayor of the Newfoundland town of Bonavista says a doctor shortage is undermining years of his work turning the community into an internationally lauded example of rural growth and development.
  John Norman says that after years of successfully attracting new residents to the town, people are moving away to be closer to reliable health care.
  He says he has found doctors who want to live and work in Bonavista but high patient volumes and long shifts in the local
  
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• Twins Chase and Sydney Brown top winter edition of the CFL scouting bureau

  26-01-2023 19:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Twins Chase and Sydney Brown are making the winter edition of the CFL scouting bureau a family affair.
  Chase Brown, a running back at Illinois, remains atop the list after doing so in the fall edition that was released in September. Sydney Brown, a defensive back with the Fighting Illini, moves into second position after holding down third in September.
  The Browns are natives of London, Ont.
  The scouting bureau consists of league scouts, player-personnel directors and GMs. It com
  
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• Ceremony for Quebec mosque attack to be held in prayer room where shooting occurred

  26-01-2023 19:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUEBEC — A commemoration to mark the sixth anniversary of Quebec’s mosque shooting will be held for the first time inside the prayer room where six men were killed.
  The men were murdered by a lone gunman inside the Quebec City Islamic cultural centre, not long after evening prayers had ended on Jan. 29, 2017.
  Maryam Bessiri, a spokesperson for the citizens’ committee organizing the event, says that moving the commemoration to the prayer room is a significant, emotional and diff
  
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• 5 Memphis cops charged with murder in Tyre Nichols’ death

  26-01-2023 19:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn.. (AP) — Five former Memphis police officers have been charged with second-degree murder and other crimes in the arrest and death of Tyre Nichols, a Black motorist who died three days after a confrontation with the officers during a traffic stop, records showed Thursday.
  Shelby County Sheriff’s Office online records show that Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills, Jr., Emmitt Martin III and Justin Smith were in custody. All five are charged with second-degree m
  
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• B.C. govt. announces new Plant and Animal Health Centre to be built in the Fraser Valley

  26-01-2023 19:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The B.C. government announced Thursday (Jan. 26) it is identifying locations in the Fraser Valley to build a new Plant and Animal Health Centre to provide diagnostic services that support agricultural producers, food safety and the growth of a resilient food system in the province.
  According to a news release from the provincial government, the new facility will be based in the Fraser Valley and designed to offer laboratory services to B.C.’s agricultural and veterinary
  
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• Latest Canfor restructuring affects nearly 500 mill workers in northern B.C.

  26-01-2023 18:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Canfor Corporation says as many as 157 employees face layoffs in one northern British Columbia town, but the company says it’s too early to estimate job losses in a second community as the forest products firm restructures its B.C. operations.
  Canfor announced Wednesday that it is permanently closing its sawmill and pellet plant in Chetwynd, west of Dawson Creek, and shuttering its sawmill in the Bulkley Valley town of Houston for an unspecified period while it builds a n
  
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• Former Liberal minister Kirsty Duncan taking medical leave, will stay on as MP

  26-01-2023 18:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Liberal member of Parliament and former cabinet minister Kirsty Duncan has announced that she is taking an immediate medical leave due to a “physical health challenge.”
  Duncan posted a statement on Twitter that says she will remain the MP for Etobicoke North and looks forward to returning to work. 
  Duncan has served in the House of Commons since 2008, winning five consecutive elections in the Greater Toronto Area riding. 
  She was science minister for the firs
  
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• Canadian Premier League unveils new look ahead of fifth season kickoff

  26-01-2023 18:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Canadian Premier League is offering up a new look as it heads into its fifth season.
  On Thursday, the Canadian men’s league today unveiled a new logo ahead of its 2023 schedule release.
  The CPL says the five-year anniversary logo is inspired by “the pentagon shape associated with classic soccer balls” and “pulls elements from the emblem that has become synonymous with the Canadian Premier League over the first four years of its history, through a consi
  
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• Canadian linebacker Bo Lokombo signs contract extension with B.C. Lions.

  26-01-2023 18:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Canadian linebacker Bo Lokombo is remaining with the B.C. Lions.
  Lokombo signed a two-year extension with B.C. on Thursday. He was slated to become a free agent Feb. 14.
  Lokombo is entering his eighth CFL season and seventh with B.C. Last year he had 52 tackles (42 defence, 10 special teams), two sacks and one pass knockdown in 13 regular-season games.
  The six-foot-two, 225-pound Lokombo was the CFL’s top Canadian in 2021.
  “This franchise means so much to me and it&
  
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• Ottawa appoints special representative to combat Islamophobia

  26-01-2023 18:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO, Australia — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the appointment of Canada’s first special representative to combat Islamophobia.Amira Elghawaby, a journalist and human rights advocate, will serve as an advisor and expert as the federal government works to fight religious intolerance and systemic racism.In a news release today, Trudeau says he is looking forward to working with Elghawaby, and calls her appointment an “important step” to combat Islamophobia
  
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• Canada donating four Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine

  26-01-2023 18:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Defence Minister Anita Anand says Canada will send four of its German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine “in the coming weeks.”
  Anand announced the move this afternoon, making Canada the latest country to promise the heavy weapons to Ukraine.
  Canada is also providing trainers, spare parts and ammunition, while Anand left open the possibility of sending more Leopards in the future.
  Ukraine has implored Western allies to send such weapons for weeks as its forces struggle to
  
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• Ontario’s sports-betting market experienced boost in third fiscal quarter

  26-01-2023 18:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ontario’s sports-betting market experienced a 71 cent increase in total gaming revenue in the third fiscal quarter, according to figures released Thursday by iGaming Ontario.
  From Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, total gaming revenue was $457 million compared to $267 million in the second quarter (July to September). And that figure is up 182 per cent from the opening quarter ($162 million).
  Ontario’s sports-betting industry opened fully April 4 and has surpassed $21.6 billion
  
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• Abbotsford Police issue huge fines, impound van after man drives 95 kms over the speed limit

  26-01-2023 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — A Fraser Valley motorist with a lead foot and an impatient disposition is significantly lighter in the wallet after an incredibly reckless display of speeding earlier this week.The Abbotsford Police Department tweeted Tuesday afternoon (Jan. 24) that plainclothes officers with the department observed a driver operating his vehicle at speeds almost matching the Autobahn in Germany, but in a municipal setting.“Yesterday afternoon our AbbyPD plainclothes officers observed a
  
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• No more expensing home internet bills to taxpayers, Pierre Poilievre’s caucus told

  26-01-2023 18:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Members of Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative caucus have been told they are no longer allowed to charge taxpayers for home internet services. 
  As first reported by the National Post, a breakdown of recent expenses shows 31 Tory MPs have charged taxpayers for home internet services for either themselves or staff. 
  A spokeswoman for the House of Commons says that is allowed under existing rules for members of Parliament, who can expense the fees through their office bu
  
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• Council to ask province to do its own curfew checks, not RCMP as Chilliwack Mounties do now

  26-01-2023 18:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Councillor Bud Mercer minced no words when it comes to the provincial government expecting the RCMP, a federal police force, to conduct curfew checks in Chilliwack.Mercer, a 34-year member of the RCMP who worked his way up to assistant commissioner and chief operating officer for the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Vancouver, said the provincial government should stop abdicating its responsibility concerning curfew checks.RCMP Superintendent Davy Lee, Of
  
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• Home Depot gave personal data to Meta without valid customer consent: watchdog

  26-01-2023 17:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Retailer Home Depot shared details from electronic receipts with Meta, which operates the Facebook social media platform, without the knowledge or consent of customers, the federal privacy watchdog has found.
  In a report released Thursday, privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne said the data included encoded email addresses and in-store purchase information.
  The commissioner’s investigation discovered that the information sent to Meta was used to see whether a customer had a
  
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• Ex-PQ legislator Harold LeBel sentenced to eight months in jail for sex assault

  26-01-2023 17:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RIMOUSKI, Que. — Former Parti Québécois legislator Harold LeBel has been sentenced to eight months in jail for sexually assaulting a woman at his residence in 2017.
  Quebec Superior Court Justice Serge Francoeur accepted the joint sentence recommendation made today by the prosecution and defence at the courthouse in Rimouski, Que.
  LeBel will also serve two years probation, be banned from contacting the victim and be registered as a sex offender for 20 years.
  His victim, whose
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Prioritizing housing in British Columbia

  26-01-2023 16:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  It’s no secret that available and affordable housing are a priority for British Columbians. I hear about it in my office everyday, as do my colleagues, and that’s why it’s a priority for our government, too.Our recently sworn in Premier, David Eby, has hit the ground running on many issues that are important to British Columbians including housing.In fact, he recently named our Province’s first ever stand-alone Ministry for Housing led by the Honourable Ravi Kahlon.We kno
  
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• Blinken will travel to Mideast amid US concern over violence

  26-01-2023 16:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Egypt, Israel and the West Bank this weekend in his first trip to the Middle East this year, amid an escalation in Israeli-Palestinian violence, U.S. concerns over the direction of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government and ongoing issues with Egypt’s human rights record.
  The State Department said Thursday that Blinken would leave Washington on Saturday for stops in Cairo, Jerusalem and Ramal
  
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• Rybakina tops Azarenka to make Australian Open women’s final

  26-01-2023 11:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina reached her second final in the past three Grand Slam tournaments by beating Victoria Azarenka 7-6 (4), 6-3 at the Australian Open on Thursday.
  Rybakina added to what already was an impressive run through a string of top opponents. Azarenka, the champion at Melbourne Park in 2012 and 2013, joined a list of players eliminated by Rybakina over the past two weeks that includes No. 1 Iga Swiatek and No. 17 Jelena Ostapenko — b
  
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• Palestinians say Israeli troops kill 9 in West Bank raid

  26-01-2023 11:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces killed at least nine Palestinians, including a 60-year-old woman, and wounded several others during a raid in a flashpoint area of the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Palestinian health officials said, in the deadliest day in years in the territory.
  The violence occurred during what Palestinian health officials described as a fierce operation in the Jenin refugee camp, a militant stronghold of the West Bank that has been a focus of nearly
  
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• In The News for Jan. 26 : Economists watching labour market as BoC pauses rate hikes

  26-01-2023 10:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 26 …
  What we are watching in Canada …
  As the Bank of Canada takes a pause from raising interest rates to assess the effects of higher borrowing costs on the economy, economists will be paying close attention to how the labour market is affected. 
  On Wednesday, the central bank raised its key interest rate for the e
  
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• Via Rail executives to address parliamentary committee on holiday travel mess

  26-01-2023 10:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Via Rail executives are set to address a federal committee today about the delays that plagued travellers over the holidays.
  Earlier this month, the Crown corporation apologized for the widespread delays passengers saw between Dec. 23 and 26 as a winter storm swept across Ontario and Quebec.
  The railway has said that the derailment of a CN Rail freight train caused further delays to trains on its east-west corridor between Quebec City and Windsor, Ont.
  Some passengers found themse
  
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• Impersonators posing as homeowners linked to 32 fraud cases in Ontario and B.C.

  26-01-2023 10:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Mortgage and title fraudsters who impersonate homeowners and tenants have targeted at least 32 properties in Ontario and British Columbia, investigators and official warnings suggest.
  Insurance investigator Brian King, president and CEO of King International Advisory Group, said his firm had received 30 such claims in Ontario.
  They include six instances of “total title fraud” in which con artists pose as homeowners to list properties for sale.
  In B.C., the Land Title and Survey Autho
  
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• First Nations say Alberta’s oilsands mine security reform unlikely to fix problems

  26-01-2023 10:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Alberta is preparing to change how it ensures oilsands companies are able to pay for the mammoth job of cleaning up their operations, but critics fear a year of consultations hasn’t been enough to avoid repeating past mistakes.
  “There’s no signal to me from this government that they are going to hold industry accountable for clean-up costs,” said Melody Lepine of the Mikisew Cree First Nation, one of the Indigenous groups consulted.
  Official estimates pri
  
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• Canada sharing Haiti sanctions evidence, in bid to convince UN peers to freeze elites

  26-01-2023 10:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Ottawa is sharing confidential dossiers in a bid to convince countries like France to join its efforts to sanction Haiti’s elites, says Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations.
  “We continue to share whatever information we can — with respect to the decisions that we have made — with other countries,” Bob Rae said in an interview.
  “Canada still maintains the right to make its own decisions as well, which is what we’re doing.”
  Rae visited Hai
  
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• 'Where are people going to go?' Agassiz-Harrison bemoans ... - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  26-01-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  'Where are people going to go?' Agassiz-Harrison bemoans ...  Agassiz Harrison Observer
  
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• Development permits for 6-storey apartment buildings on Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  26-01-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Development permits for 6-storey apartment buildings on Chilliwack ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack mom disheartened with no result after 18 months ... - Hope Standard

  26-01-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack mom disheartened with no result after 18 months ...  Hope Standard
  
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• Chilliwack mom disheartened with no result after 18 months ... - Chilliwack Progress

  26-01-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack mom disheartened with no result after 18 months ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Sirens across Ukraine as authorities report Russian attacks

  26-01-2023 08:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials said Thursday that Russia has launched a wave of missile and self-exploding drone attacks on the country.
  Air raid sirens wailed nationwide, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or of the missiles and drones striking targets.
  The attacks came after Germany and the United States announced Wednesday that they will send advanced battle tanks to Ukraine, offering what one expert called an “armored punching force” to help Kyiv brea
  
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• Kraken finally topple Canucks with convincing 6-1 victory

  26-01-2023 07:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Oliver Bjorkstrand had his first multigoal game of the season to lead the Seattle Kraken past the Vancouver Canucks 6-1 on Wednesday night for their first win in franchise history over their Pacific Northwest rivals. 
  Seattle picked up its 28th victory and 61st point in its 47th game of the NHL season, surpassing the win and point totals from the Kraken’s expansion season last year when they managed just 27 victories and 60 points. 
  And they did it in convinc
  
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• Ritchie, Rehkopf lift White to win in CHL’s top prospects game

  26-01-2023 06:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY, B.C. — Carson Rehkopft had a goal and an assist and Team White took a 4-2 win over Team Red at the Kubota CHL/NHL top prospects game in Langley, B.C.
  Callum Ritchie (Ontario Hockey League’s Oshawa Generals) scored into an empty net and contributed a helper, while Colby Barlow (OHL’s Owen Sound Attack) and Luca Pinelli (OHL’s Ottawa 67’s) also scored for White in the annual showcase of 40 of the Canadian Hockey League’s top draft-eligible talents.
  The
  
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• Blue Jackets snap Oilers’ six-game win streak with 3-2 victory in OT

  26-01-2023 06:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Kent Johnson scored the overtime winner as the Columbus Blue Jackets came away with a surprise 3-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday.
  Johnson’s shot from the top of the circle went in off Oilers’ goalie Stuart Skinner’s glove and into the net 2:29 into the extra session.
  Boone Jenner and Kirill Marchenko also scored for the Blue Jackets (15-30-3) who have managed to win two of their last three and get five points out of their last possible six.
  Dere
  
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• Siakam scores 26 as road Raptors knock off Kings 113-95

  26-01-2023 06:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Pascal Siakam had 26 points and 11 rebounds as the Toronto Raptors beat the Pacific Division-leading Sacramento Kings 113-95 on Wednesday night.
  Fred VanVleet scored 17 points and O.G. Anunoby added 11 for the Raptors, who had lost four of their last six games entering the contest. Precious Achiuwa added 19 points and Chris Boucher came off the bench to score 16.
  Kevin Huerter scored 21 points to lead the Kings (27-20), who entered the game with seven wins in thei
  
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• Marner scores in OT, Leafs down Rangers 3-2

  26-01-2023 04:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Mitch Marner scored 19 seconds into overtime as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the New York Rangers 3-2 on Wednesday night.
  Pontus Holmberg and Timothy Liljegren had the goals in regulation for Toronto (30-11-8). Ilya Samsonov stopped 26 shots.
  Filip Chytil had both goals for New York (26-14-8). Igor Shesterkin made 31 saves.
  Marner wove his way past all three Rangers skaters in the 3-on-3 extra period after Toronto won the faceoff at centre before tucking his 18th goal of the
  
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• Giroux lifts Senators to 2-1 win over struggling Islanders

  26-01-2023 04:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Claude Giroux’s second-period power-play goal proved to be the winner as the Ottawa Senators tripped the New York Islanders 2-1 Wednesday night.
  Shane Pinto also scored for the Senators (21-23-3), who snapped a two-game losing streak with the victory. Anton Forsberg, who stopped 22 shots, was called into action in the second period after Cam Talbot, who made 14 saves, left the game with an injury.
  The Islanders (23-22-5) continue to struggle as their winless streak reached s
  
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