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• South Korean law enforcement officials enter presidential compound to detain impeached Yoon

  14-01-2025 23:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Seemingly hundreds of law enforcement officials entered the residential compound of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol in the capital Seoul in their second attempt to detain him over his imposition of martial law last month.
  Following an hourslong standoff at the compound’s gate, anti-corruption investigators and police officers were seen moving up the hilly compound. Police officers were earlier seen using ladders to climb over rows of buses placed by the pr
  
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• Class-action lawsuit accuses Loblaws, Walmart and Sobeys of underweight meat sales

  14-01-2025 23:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A proposed class-action lawsuit launched in British Columbia alleges Loblaws, Walmart Canada and Sobeys “misrepresented” the weight of meat products by including the weight of packaging in calculating prices.Lead plaintiff Carrie Corrall says in a Federal Court lawsuit filed in Vancouver on Jan. 9 that she’s a B.C. mother that regularly spends “hundreds or thousands of dollars” each year on meat products.The lawsuit alleges grocers are using &ldquo
  
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• Hronek expected to rejoin Canucks for tonight’s match with Winnipeg - Chilliwack Progress

  14-01-2025 23:12
  Hronek expected to rejoin Canucks for tonight’s match with Winnipeg  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Top DC prosecutor: Trump pardons couldn’t erase impact of Capitol riot convictions

  14-01-2025 23:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Pardoning rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol four years ago can’t erase the truth about what happened that day, the top federal prosecutor for Washington, D.C., said Tuesday as he prepares to leave office.
  “There is no undoing these prosecutions,” U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves told The Associated Press. “The vindication of the rule of law is something that has already occurred. And no one can take that away.”
  Graves helped lead the largest i
  
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• Watchdog gives B.C. government multiple failing grades on climate change - Chilliwack Progress

  14-01-2025 22:52
  Watchdog gives B.C. government multiple failing grades on climate change  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Sony Open win sets Canadian golfer Taylor up nicely as major tournaments approach

  14-01-2025 22:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Of the many congratulatory messages Nick Taylor received after his fifth PGA Tour win, there was one from Canadian golf legend Mike Weir.
  Weir was the Presidents Cup captain who omitted Taylor from the International Team last September, instead picking fellow Canadians Corey Conners, Mackenzie Hughes and Taylor Pendrith to play at Royal Montreal Golf Club.
  “There’s certainly no ill will there,” Taylor said in a media conference on Tuesday after winning the Sony Open in dramatic
  
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• Jaime Battiste first Indigenous candidate to join Liberal leadership race

  14-01-2025 22:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Jaime Battiste says that if he can’t be the most powerful and wealthy candidate in the race for the Liberal party leadership, he hopes to be the most interesting.
  The MP for Sydney-Victoria is the only First Nations candidate to state his intention to join the leadership race so far.
  Battiste, who serves as chair of the Liberal party’s Indigenous caucus, says reforming the First Nations child welfare system and ensuring adequate funding for First Nations police service
  
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• Chilliwack coffee truck won’t be returning to Vedder Park - Fraser Valley Today

  14-01-2025 22:33
  Chilliwack coffee truck won’t be returning to Vedder Park  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• New coach Jesper Sorensen looking to ‘evolve’ Vancouver Whitecaps - Chilliwack Progress

  14-01-2025 22:30
  New coach Jesper Sorensen looking to ‘evolve’ Vancouver Whitecaps  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Vancouver Canucks set to get defenceman Hronek back vs. Winnipeg Jets

  14-01-2025 22:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Top-pairing defenceman Filip Hronek is expected to return to the lineup when the Vancouver Canucks visit the Winnipeg Jets tonight.
  Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet says the 27-year-old Czech blueliner has been working hard and has tested his body over the last week.
  Hronek has not played since Nov. 27 when he went into the endboards hard late in Vancouver’s 5-4 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins.General manager Patrik Allvin said on Dec. 3 that Hronek had undergone a success
  
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• Argos’ GM Clemons says club continues to talk to Nick Arbuckle about extension

  14-01-2025 22:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  General manager Mike Clemons says the Toronto Argonauts continue to talk to veteran Nick Arbuckle about remaining as their backup quarterback.
  Arbuckle, 31, is scheduled to become a CFL free agent Feb. 11.
  “We are proceeding steadily trying to get Arbuckle back in as our No. 2 and we’ll see where we go from there,” Clemons told reporters during a CFL zoom call Tuesday. “Having a No. 1 quarterback and a solid No. 2, hopefully a guy who’s had a little bit of experienc
  
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• Chilliwack coffee truck won’t be returning to Vedder Park

  14-01-2025 22:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A specialty coffee truck that became a popular venue for coffee lovers sauntering along the nearby Vedder Rotary Trail won’t be returning to Vedder Park this year.Amble Coffee announced on social media this past week that it will cease operating its popular coffee truck at Vedder Park along the river because it was not granted access to its site where it had previously been located.“We have unfortunate news: due to the fact that we were not granted access to our us
  
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• Changes coming to Cottonwood mall in Chilliwack - Fraser Valley Today

  14-01-2025 22:03
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• Changes coming to Cottonwood mall in Chilliwack

  14-01-2025 22:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The general manager of the company that manages Cottonwood Centre mall in Chilliwack says one business is set to close later this month but another will replace it.Mark Davis, general manager of Warrington PCI, says West 49 is set to close in January. The specialty retailer of fashion, footwear, accessories and other apparel will close in about a week. On Saturday, signs on its exterior-facing windows said it had eight days left.Image: Mike Vanden Bosch / Pattison Media
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• Redblacks sign Canadian defensive lineman Cleyon Laing to one-year extension

  14-01-2025 21:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks have signed Canadian veteran defensive lineman Cleyon Laing to a one-year contract extension, the CFL club announced Tuesday.
  The 34-year-old from Edmonton was set to become a free agent after the 2025 season.
  Laing had 25 tackles and four sacks — including the 50th of his career — in 18 games for Ottawa last season.He helped anchor a Redblacks defensive line that finished second in the CFL with 39 sacks, third in tackles for loss, and second in fo
  
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• Jacobs tops Epping in opening men’s draw at Grand Slam of Curling’s WFG Masters

  14-01-2025 21:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GUELPH, Ont. — Brad Jacobs defeated John Epping 5-3 in a battle of Canadian rinks Tuesday afternoon at the Grand Slam of Curling’s WFG Masters.Jacobs and his Calgary-based side opened with a deuce and went ahead to stay with a single in the fifth end.It’s the first Grand Slam of the season for Epping and his new Sudbury, Ont.-based team, which has risen to fifth in the national men’s rankings.
  Phillipp Hoesli of Switzerland dumped Sweden’s Niklas Edin 10-2 and Ameri
  
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• L.A. firefighting deployment demonstrates Canadian sovereignty, close ties: Sajjan

  14-01-2025 21:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan says Canadian crews are being put to use in the battle against the Los Angeles wildfires, in a deployment that is a demonstration of Canadian sovereignty.
  Sajjan says there was “no hesitation” to answer the call for help, with more than 60 Canadian front line firefighters and other resources heading to Los Angeles in recent days.
  He says Canadian support for Los Angeles is a reminder of the close ties between the two countries despite U.S
  
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• After joining Cavalry FC on loan, Jay Herdman makes move to CPL champion permanent

  14-01-2025 20:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Jay Herdman, who joined Cavalry FC last season on loan from the Vancouver Whitecaps’ MLS Next Pro side, has made his move to the Canadian Premier League champions permanent.
  The signing comes after Whitecaps 2 declined the 2025 contract option on the 20-year-old New Zealand youth international midfielder, who is the son of former Canada and Toronto FC coach John Herdman
  Herdman made eight appearances for Cavalry after arriving in September, scoring one goal and adding an assist.
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• Quebec school criticized for making kids choose between sports and advanced academics

  14-01-2025 20:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s education minister is asking a school in the Charlevoix region to reconsider its decision to force students to choose between sports-oriented programs and advanced math and science.
  Bernard Drainville’s office says he wants École secondaire du Plateau in La Malbaie, Que., to look for another solution, after the minister heard complaints from parents and citizens.
  The president of the school’s governing council resigned after the body voted on Mo
  
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• Free agent receiver Eugene Lewis embraces challenge of CFL record pursuit

  14-01-2025 20:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Eugene Lewis will have plenty riding on the start of the 2025 CFL season.
  The veteran receiver heads into the campaign needing touchdown catches in his first two games to tie Hall of Famer Terry Evanshen’s CFL mark for consecutive matches with a TD grab (10). Lewis had touchdown receptions in Edmonton’s final eight contests last year, breaking the club record of seven and tying the franchise mark for consecutive games with any type of TD.
  “It’s definitely important but I
  
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• Toronto FC acquires Canadian winger Theo Corbeanu on loan with option to buy

  14-01-2025 20:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto FC has acquired Canadian international winger Theo Corbeanu on loan from Spain’s Granada CF.
  The loan covers the 2025 MLS season with an option to buy the 22-year-old from Hamilton who has won seven caps for Canada.
  Corbeanu, a former member of the TFC academy, made 22 appearances across all competitions the last two seasons with Granada, which plays in the second-tier Spanish league. He made his Granada debut against UD Las Palmas in February 2024 and scored his on
  
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• Franklin the tortoise moving out of refrigerator after chilling since October

  14-01-2025 19:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  It’s a big day for Franklin the marginated tortoise who is being brought out of his slumber after spending 15 weeks chilling out in a refrigerator.
  The tortoise, rescued from the shores of Shuswap Lake in the British Columbia Interior in 2022, has been in the refrigerator at the BC Wildlife Park in Kamloops since Oct. 1, in a hibernation-like state known as brumation.
  The park’s animal care manager Tracy Reynolds says marginated tortoises are more at home in a warm and dry Mediterran
  
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• Biden administration will announce it’s lifting state sponsor of terrorism designation for Cuba

  14-01-2025 19:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Tuesday is expected to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, according to U.S. officials familiar with matter. The officials were not authorized to comment and insisted on anonymity to discuss the yet to be publicly announced move.
  White House National Security Council officials declined to comment on the matter.
  The determination is likely to be reversed as early as next week after President-elect Donald Trump take
  
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• House Democrats boycott opening day of Minnesota’s legislative session to thwart narrow GOP majority

  14-01-2025 19:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — House Democrats boycotted the opening day of Minnesota’s 2025 legislative session Tuesday in an effort to stop Republicans from exploiting a temporary majority to advance their agenda.
  The House came out of the November election tied 67-67, and top leaders from both parties started to work out a power-sharing agreement that presumed a tie. But a judge late last month declared that a newly elected Democrat didn’t live in his heavily Democratic district.
  Th
  
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• Southern California faces new wildfire warnings as near hurricane-force winds regain strength

  14-01-2025 19:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Weary and anxious from a week of massive blazes burning around Los Angeles, Southern California residents faced dire new wildfire warnings and power shutoffs Tuesday while they prepared to flee at a moment’s notice as fire-fueling winds blasted across the scarred landscape.
  The winds, predicted to reach near hurricane-force in some areas, were expected to peak Tuesday morning before easing and then regaining strength later in the day. A beefed-up firefighting force
  
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• Liberals prefer Mark Carney over Chrystia Freeland as next leader, poll suggests

  14-01-2025 19:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A new poll suggests that Liberal supporters prefer Mark Carney as their next leader over a field of potential candidates.
  Polling firm Leger surveyed around 1,500 people over the weekend, asking who they think should replace Justin Trudeau as leader of the governing party.
  The survey included a number of people who have dropped out of the race or decided not to run, including Anita Anand, Steve MacKinnon, Christy Clark and François-Philippe Champagne.
  Carney had the support
  
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• Advocate criticizes B.C.’s lack of support for families needing Down syndrome care

  14-01-2025 19:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BURNABY, B.C. — The president of a Down syndrome advocacy group in British Columbia says more funding support is needed for parents and caretakers to avoid tragedies such as the starvation death of a woman in 2018.Tamara Taggart told an inquest into Florence Girard’s death that parents and caretakers are under heavy financial pressure to provide services such as speech therapy, which can be life-altering for people with Down syndrome.
  Taggart, whose organization was launched in 2021
  
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• Chilliwack River Valley resident thrilled to see progress on wildfire risk reduction plan surrounding Post Creek

  14-01-2025 19:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack River Valley resident Derrick Kramer says he and his fellow neighbours are thrilled to see progress on a plan by the provincial government to reduce wildfire risks in and around Post Creek, a subdivision located west of Chilliwack Lake.According to a statement from the province, the B.C. Ministry of Forests has been working on two projects in the Chilliwack River Valley. One consists of operational fuel reduction treatment around Post Creek, and a wildland urban int
  
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• Canadian fullback Jayde Riviere signs new contract at Manchester United

  14-01-2025 18:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MANCHESTER — Canadian fullback Jayde Riviere has signed a new contract with Manchester United that runs through June 2028, with an option of an additional year.
  The 23-year-old from Pickering, Ont., has made 32 appearances for United since joining the Women’s Super League club in 2023.
  Riviere has won 47 caps for Canada.
  “Jayde is a talented young player who is ambitious and determined with the potential to be world-class,” Matt Johnson, interim head of Manchester United
  
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• Chilliwack Players Guild donates $10,000 for theatre seating upgrades - Hope Standard

  14-01-2025 18:29
  Chilliwack Players Guild donates $10,000 for theatre seating upgrades  Hope Standard
  
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• Chilliwack Players Guild donates $10,000 for theatre seating upgrades - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  14-01-2025 18:29
  Chilliwack Players Guild donates $10,000 for theatre seating upgrades  Agassiz Harrison Observer
  
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• Quebec ready to deploy 300 officers at border if illegal crossings into U.S. rise

  14-01-2025 18:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUÉBEC — The Quebec government says it is worried about migrants crossing illegally into the United States from Canada, and is calling on the RCMP to deploy the necessary resources at the border.
  François Bonnardel, Quebec’s public security minister, made the comments today in the provincial capital, one week before the inauguration of Donald Trump as U.S. president.
  For weeks, Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on Canada’s exports if the federal government do
  
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• Federal prosecutors won’t seek charges in deadly arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene

  14-01-2025 18:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Federal prosecutors told family members Tuesday they will not bring charges in the deadly 2019 arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene, closing the books on a lengthy FBI investigation into the white troopers who stunned, punched and dragged Greene on a roadside and allegations of an attempted cover-up by the Louisiana State Police.The U.S. Justice Department informed Greene’s family of the decision as officials were also preparing to release findings from a broader civil rights investigati
  
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• Chilliwack to make declaration about firefighting training standards - Chilliwack Progress

  14-01-2025 17:59
  Chilliwack to make declaration about firefighting training standards  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Britain’s Princess of Wales says her cancer is in remission

  14-01-2025 17:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Princess of Wales said that her cancer is in remission Tuesday, following a visit to hospital where she received treatment earlier this year.
  In a statement on social media, the princess offered her heartfelt thanks to those who helped her and her husband Prince William.
  “We couldn’t have asked for more,’’ she wrote. “The care and advice we have received throughout my time as a patient has been exceptional.’’
  Kate, as she is commo
  
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• Mission residents may notice an unusual taste or odour in their drinking water

  14-01-2025 17:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — The City of Mission has issued a statement saying that some residents may experience an unusual taste or odd smell in their drinking water.
  In a statement from the municipality Monday (Jan. 13), Abbotsford Mission Water and Sewer Services says Mission residents may notice some discolouration, along with an unusual taste or odour, in their drinking water from the Cannell Lake water supply.
  The city insists municipal water remains safe to drink and is not a health concern.
  At this
  
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• Vancouver Whitecaps name Denmark’s Jesper Sorensen as new head coach

  14-01-2025 17:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have hired Denmark’s Jesper Sorensen as head coach ahead of the Major League Soccer season.The 51-year-old Sorensen comes to Vancouver from Brondby IF in the Danish Superliga where he spent two seasons as head coach following two and a half as an assistant.He also spent more than a year as head coach of Denmark’s under-21 national squad.Whitecaps sporting director Axel Schuster says in a release that Sorensen’s teams are “well bal
  
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• How figure skaters Desrochers and Thrasher became one of Canada’s top young pairs

  14-01-2025 17:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Kieran Thrasher and Jazmine Desrochers didn’t grow up dreaming of figure skating glory at the Olympics.
  Yet today, it’s something they can suddenly aim for.
  Thrasher remembers being a hockey-crazed 10-year-old and begrudgingly lacing up his figure skates because his mom forced him to join his sisters in lessons.
  “Growing up, I hated figure skating,” said Thrasher. “Wanted absolutely nothing to do with it.”
  Thrasher, 20, couldn’t have imagined that he and
  
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• Expression of Interest for developing an All-Seasons Resort near Chilliwack, BC - Hope Standard

  14-01-2025 17:30
  Expression of Interest for developing an All-Seasons Resort near Chilliwack, BC  Hope Standard
  
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• Blinken makes case for post-war reconstruction, security and governance of Gaza

  14-01-2025 17:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a last-minute case Tuesday for a plan for the post-war reconstruction and governance of Gaza as a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas appears tantalizingly close to completion.
  Blinken touted the proposal, which has been in the works for a year, and discussed the importance of ensuring its success after the Biden administration leaves office in a speech to the Atlantic Council, a Washington-based think tank.
  “We have a responsib
  
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• Montreal Canadiens rookie Emil Heineman injured after being struck by car

  14-01-2025 17:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Montreal Canadiens forward Emil Heineman will be sidelined for three to four weeks after he was involved in a pedestrian accident Monday night.
  The Canadiens are in Salt Lake City, where they face the Utah Hockey Club on Tuesday.
  The team said Heineman suffered an “upper body” injury in the accident.
  Marcus Isaksson, the player’s agent, told Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet that Heineman hurt his wrist when he was struck by a car.
  The 23-year-old left-winger
  
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• Judge says the New Orleans Police Department can begin the process of ending federal oversight

  14-01-2025 16:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Police Department can begin winding down its longstanding federal oversight, a judge ruled Tuesday in response to a request from the city and the Justice Department to start wrapping up the monitoring program.
  U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan said the police department has transformed itself into a more transparent and accountable agency, even though more work remains to be done over the next two years.
  “The court is tremendously proud of the achiev
  
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• Tariffs from U.S. could cost up to 500k Ontario jobs, Doug Ford says

  14-01-2025 16:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says provincial officials estimate that U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on Canadian goods could cost up to half a million jobs.
  Trump has said he would sign an executive order imposing a 25 per cent tariff on all products arriving in the United States from Canada and Mexico on his first day back in office.
  Ford says the actual number of Ontario jobs affected by the tariffs will depend on what sectors are targeted, but the minis
  
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• Chilliwack councillors to consider sports field proposal from independent school

  14-01-2025 16:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack councillors will consider a proposal from a local independent school to build a sports field and track facility on Agricultural Land Reserve-designated land at their meeting today.
  Highroad Academy, an independent school located on the grounds of City Life Church, is seeking approval for the development of a sports field, deemed a “non-farm” use, at 46791 Chilliwack Central Road east of Broadway Avenue. City staff are recommending that councillors forwar
  
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• Pete Hegseth calls himself ‘change agent’ as Senate hearing opens for Trump’s defense secretary pick

  14-01-2025 15:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators opened a potentially explosive confirmation hearing Tuesday for President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, who calls himself a “change agent” as senators determine whether the former combat veteran and TV news show host is fit to lead the U.S. military.
  Hegseth’s former experience in the Army National Guard is widely viewed as an asset for the job, but he also brings a jarring record of past statements and a
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Curler Harris not at fault for anti-doping rule violation, ban lifted

  14-01-2025 15:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAUSANNE — Lawyer for Briane Harris says the Court of Arbitration for Sport has lifted the Canadian curler’s provisional suspension for an anti-doping rule violation.Harris, who plays lead for Team Kerri Einarson, can return to the sport with “immediate effect.”
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• AFC Toronto expects new signing Sofia Manner to be a commanding presence in goal

  14-01-2025 15:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — AFC Toronto can look forward to a commanding presence in goal in the form of six-foot-one Sofia Manner.The 27-year-old Finn arrives via transfer from the NWSL champion Orlando Pride.
  “One of the things we were looking for is a goalkeeper that can really command her area,” said Toronto sporting director Billy Wilson. “We think that there’s still a gap in the game in North America in dealing with those crossed balls and being able to dominate the penalty are
  
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• Canada’s Denis Shapovalov, Gabriel Diallo open with wins at Australian Open

  14-01-2025 14:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MELBOURNE — Canadian tennis players Denis Shapovalov and Gabriel Diallo battled through challenging first-round matches to advance at the Australian Open on Tuesday.
  Shapovalov, ranked 56th, defeated Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut (53rd) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (8) in a match that lasted more than three hours on Court 5 at Melbourne Park. The 25-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., delivered 24 aces but struggled with 15 double faults. He faces 16th seed Lorenzo Musetti of Italy next.
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• NATO announces a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region

  14-01-2025 11:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HELSINKI (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte announced Tuesday that the alliance is launching a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region.
  Rutte said at a meeting in Helsinki with the leaders of NATO countries located on the Baltic Sea that the effort would be dubbed Baltic Sentry
  “It will involve a range of assets, including frigates and maritime patrol aircraft, among others, and will enhance our vigilance in the Baltic,” Rutte told reporters. He al
  
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• One in 10 Canadians live in places susceptible to green transition disruption: report

  14-01-2025 11:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  One in 10 Canadians live in communities susceptible to workforce disruption from the transition to a greener economy, a new report suggests while underlining solutions that could help those regions adapt.
  The Institute for Research on Public Policy says governments in Canada have work to do to support the 68 communities it identified as susceptible on the path to drastically lowering Canada’s emissions.While existing programs offer some support, “they are not equipped to guide commun
  
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