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• ‘Water’s away’: How Canadian helicopters and waterbombers are helping tame L.A. fires

  15-01-2025 23:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A long line of fire and billowing smoke are seen through the helicopter’s windshield as it swoops towards one of the several fires burning in the Los Angeles area.“Three, two, one, water’s away,” one of the pilots says as a payload of water gushes out of the helicopter and onto the flames. “Looks good,” another voice is heard saying.British Columbia-based Coulson Aviation released the video of its crew “delivering a precision water drop on the Palisades
  
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• B.C. forests minister says Trump tariffs could be ‘devastating’ to sector

  15-01-2025 23:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  B.C.’s Forests Minister Ravi Parmar says U.S. softwood lumber duties and president-elect Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs could be “devastating” to the province’s forestry sector.
  He says the province needs to bring a “team B.C. and a team Canada” approach to fighting the duties.
  Parmar, speaking in Prince George where the government announced $5.1 million in capital support for the forest sector, says the federal government needs to step up and help th
  
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• Volunteers invited to clean up abandoned RV along Chilliwack Lake Road Thursday - Fraser Valley Today

  15-01-2025 23:36 via news.google.com
  Volunteers invited to clean up abandoned RV along Chilliwack Lake Road Thursday  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Water quality notice now extended to some Abbotsford residents

  15-01-2025 23:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Abbotsford Mission Water and Sewer Services says it is advising that some residents in Abbotsford living central to north of the city limits may notice temporary discolouration, along with an unusual taste or odour in their drinking water.
  According to a news release sent from the City of Abbotsford, the water quality notice follows a similar notice issued earlier this week for Mission-area residents.
  Abbotsford residents who currently receive their drinking water from Norrish
  
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• Trudeau says he hopes Gaza ceasefire will ‘turn down the temperature’ in Canada

  15-01-2025 23:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is welcoming news of a ceasefire deal to pause the 15-month war in the Gaza Strip.
  He says he hopes the deal will “turn down the temperature” on tensions in Canada and rebuild strained relationships between people affected by the war.
  Trudeau noted the deal could see Hamas return the body of a Canadian, Judih Weinstein Haggai.
  The prime minister says Canada will do whatever it can to ensure the ceasefire is a success and he hopes it builds
  
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• CPLs Atletico Ottawa looks to Mexico for new head coach Diego Mejia

  15-01-2025 23:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Atletico Ottawa has named Mexican Diego Mejia its new head coach on a one-year deal with a club option to extend through 2026.
  The Canadian Premier League team has been without a coach since Spaniard Carlos González stepped down in November after three seasons in charge.Ottawa (11-6-11) finished third in the eight-team league last season, losing 1-0 to Forge FC in the playoff semifinal.
  Mejia, 41, served as assistant manager of FC Juarez from January 2021 to April 2023 befo
  
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• Former DPAC chair files paperwork to run in upcoming Chilliwack school board by-election - Fraser Valley Today

  15-01-2025 23:01 via news.google.com
  Former DPAC chair files paperwork to run in upcoming Chilliwack school board by-election  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Former DPAC chair files paperwork to run in upcoming Chilliwack school board by-election

  15-01-2025 22:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Former District Parent Advisory Council chair Katie Bartel says she’s filed paperwork to run in the upcoming by-election for a vacant seat on the Chilliwack Board of Education.
  Bartel posted on social media today that she turned in her nomination paperwork at Chilliwack City Hall Wednesday morning.“The nomination papers are in! I officially dropped them off this morning!” Bartel said. “Let’s build a stronger, brighter Chilliwack school system wher
  
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• Update: Chilliwack fire chief says fire that destroyed 2 barns appears accidental in nature - Fraser Valley Today

  15-01-2025 22:51 via news.google.com
  Update: Chilliwack fire chief says fire that destroyed 2 barns appears accidental in nature  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Move over Big Bird. A big hawk is headed to Toronto FC’s BMO Field home

  15-01-2025 22:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Forget Big Bird. Toronto FC has a big hawk.
  A giant metal statue of a hawk stood outside the front doors of Toronto FC’s training centre on Wednesday. The statue, complete with glowing red eyes, will eventually land at BMO Field for photo-op purposes, club officials said.
  “It was something I think I said some 12 weeks ago that we wanted to get back to the glory years. The hunt for glory,” said Keith Pelley, president and CEO of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainmen
  
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• Utah forward Jack McBain fined for high-sticking Montreal’s Brendan Gallagher

  15-01-2025 22:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Utah Hockey Club centre Jack McBain has been fined US$4,166.67 for high-sticking Montreal Canadiens winger Brendan Gallagher, the NHL announced Wednesday.
  The incident occurred 16 seconds into the second period of Montreal’s 5-3 victory over Utah on Tuesday.
  The fine is the maximum allowable under the collective bargaining agreement.
  The money goes to the Players’ Emergency Assistance Fund.
  The Canadiens are 10-2-1 over their last 13 games and sit two points back of
  
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• Quebec sends two more water bombers to fight devastating L.A. wildfires

  15-01-2025 21:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec has deployed two more water bombers to California in the battle to contain wildfires that have devastated swaths of the Los Angeles area.
  The two CL-415 aircraft sent today bring Quebec’s total California aid package to four water bombers, 12 pilots and six technicians.
  Pascal Duclos, head pilot of the Quebec team dispatched to California, says the wildfire situation in the state is a tragedy, with 25 people killed so far and thousands of homes destroyed.
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• Forestry ‘transition’ sets off review of BC Timber Sales, province says

  15-01-2025 21:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — The “significant pressures” on British Columbia’s forest industry have prompted a review of BC Timber Sales, the organization that manages about 20 per cent of the annual allowable cut.Forests Minister Ravi Parmar says in a statement that the review will ensure the sector can continue to evolve to overcome challenges and create a more resilient industry in the future.Parmar says he has asked Lennard Joe, CEO of the First Nations Forestry Council; Geo
  
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• Blue Jays right-hander Hoffman finds ‘comfort in the chaos’ of ninth-inning spots

  15-01-2025 21:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Right-hander Jeff Hoffman finds “comfort in the chaos” when he’s on the mound with the game on the line.
  It’s a role the new Toronto Blue Jays reliever is the favourite to land this year.Hoffman, who agreed to a three-year, US$33-million deal with the Blue Jays last week, is returning to the franchise that drafted him and he’ll likely do so as the closer.“That’s what I’m meant to be, meant to do,” he said Wednesday on a conference call.
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• B.C. farmers challenge government order to cull ostrich herd over avian flu outbreak

  15-01-2025 21:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  British Columbia ostrich farmers ordered to cull a herd of 400 due to an avian flu outbreak are holding onto hope that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency will change its mind before their kill date in just over two weeks.The federal agency sent Universal Ostrich Farms Inc. a notice on Dec. 31 instructing their ostriches to be destroyed and disposed of by Feb. 1, but the owners are asking for more time to prove their farm should be spared.They’re making the case that the flightless birds &
  
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• Interim tag removed for Swimming Canada CEO Suzanne Paulins

  15-01-2025 21:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Suzanne Paulins has been named chief executive officer of Swimming Canada after serving as interim CEO since last year.
  Paulins, from Brantford, Ont., took over as acting CEO in May when Ahmed El-Awadi took personal leave. He left the organization in November.
  Paulins oversaw the relocation of the swim trials from Montreal to Toronto because of a fire near Montreal’s Olympic Pool.
  Canada’s swim team won eight medals at the Olympic Games and 13 medals at the Paralympic
  
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• Stars’ Pete DeBoer reflects on win-filled coaching career: ‘Fantastic journey’

  15-01-2025 20:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Pete DeBoer was the NHL’s youngest coach and unsure how long he would last.The Florida Panthers had just hired the 40-year-old from the Ontario Hockey League’s Kitchener Rangers in June 2008, passing him the reins to a team that had made the post-season once over the previous decade.
  Things didn’t work out and DeBoer was out the door after three campaigns and no playoff appearances.That disappointing end turned out to just be the beginning. Now the veteran bench boss sits alone
  
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• Caretaker in B.C. woman’s starvation death says little support seen from management

  15-01-2025 20:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BURNABY, B.C. — The caregiver of a woman who starved to death says the homecare organization she worked for provided little support for things such as prescribed pain medication or nutritional support before Florence Girard died in 2018.
  Astrid Dahl told a coroner’s inquest into Girard’s death that she had to reduce the frequency of pain medication and switch to a cheaper, less potent painkiller partially because Kinsight Community Society didn’t pay for the prescribed me
  
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• The idea of hitting the free-agent market isn’t a concerning one for veteran Ellis

  15-01-2025 20:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Avery Ellis has been down this road before.
  The veteran American defensive lineman is slated to become a CFL free agent Feb. 11. Ellis, 30, would like to remain with the Montreal Alouettes, but if that’s not possible he’ll have done the necessary homework to find his best landing spot for the 2025 campaign.
  “Many times in my career I’ve signed these one- to two-year contracts where I know I’m going to be a free agent,” Ellis said. “This area of my life i
  
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• Simon Fraser University confirms football won’t be returning to the B.C. school

  15-01-2025 20:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BURNABY, B.C. — It’s official: Football won’t be returning to Simon Fraser University.
  The Burnaby, B.C., school announced Wednesday that football, discontinued in 2023 after the Texas-based Lone Star Conference chose not to renew its affiliation, will not return.
  “Over the past several years, the football landscape had changed significantly, and we no longer believed the program provided an exceptional experience for student-athletes,” the school said in a statemen
  
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• Volunteers invited to clean up abandoned RV along Chilliwack Lake Road Thursday

  15-01-2025 20:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Volunteers are stepping up to help fill the gap left by inaction from regional and provincial authorities when it comes to unsightly encampments and associated debris that constitute an eyesore in the otherwise pristine Chilliwack River Valley.Chilliwack resident and environmental steward Ross Aikenhead says a cleanup effort will be held Thursday afternoon, January 16 at 2:30 p.m. along Chilliwack Lake Road just before Slesse Creek.Aikenhead will be teaming up with like-minded
  
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• Excavator strikes gas line, leading to significant gas leak in Agassiz

  15-01-2025 20:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AGASSIZ — Firefighters in Agassiz have been dispatched to the 5300 block of McCallum Road Wednesday morning after an excavator struck a gas line, resulting in a significant gas leak.
  According to scanner traffic, firefighters were called to McCallum Road at approximately 10:30 a.m. not long after construction personnel struck a gas line.
  The incident occurred in a rural area northwest of Agassiz, down the road from Farmhouse Natural Cheeses.
  Image: Google Maps / Site of the gas line strike
  
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• Chiefs Acquire Arjun Bawa

  15-01-2025 20:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The Chilliwack Chiefs are excited to announce that they have acquired the rights to forward Arjun Bawa from the Cowichan Valley Capitals in exchange for future considerations. From Richmond, BC, Bawa is a veteran of 155 WHL games over the past three seasons and comes to the Chiefs after beginning the season with the WHL’s Seattle Thunderbirds.
   
  “We are really excited to add a player like Arjun.” Said Head Coach and GM Brian Maloney “He has spent a lot of time both i
  
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• Jets acquire Phillips from Blackhawks for Kuzmin in swap of defencemen

  15-01-2025 19:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets have acquired defenceman Isaak Phillips from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for defenceman Dmitry Kuzmin, the NHL club announced Wednesday.
  Phillips, 23, has scored a goal in three games with the Blackhawks this season and also has eight points (one goal, seven assists) and 54 penalty minutes in 28 games for the American Hockey League’s Rockford IceHogs.The defenceman from Barrie, Ont. has 12 points (two goals, 10 assists) and 31 penalty minutes in 56
  
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• Fraser stresses need for unity, hard work and pride as he takes charge of Toronto FC

  15-01-2025 19:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto FC formally introduced Robin Fraser as its 15th head coach Wednesday, hoping the former TFC assistant coach can lead the club back to its former glory.
  The 58-year-old Fraser was a key assistant to head coach Greg Vanney from 2015 to 2019 before leaving Toronto to take over the Colorado Rapids.
  Toronto, which missed the Major League Soccer playoffs for the fourth straight season last year, has been without a coach since John Herdman stepped down in late November.
  Fraser i
  
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• Stabbing victim left on pathway after altercation near Chilliwack Best Buy - Chilliwack Progress

  15-01-2025 19:29 via news.google.com
  Stabbing victim left on pathway after altercation near Chilliwack Best Buy  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• UPDATE with PHOTOS: Chilliwack firefighters tackle 2 poultry barns on fire - Chilliwack Progress

  15-01-2025 19:22 via news.google.com
  UPDATE with PHOTOS: Chilliwack firefighters tackle 2 poultry barns on fire  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• UPDATE with PHOTOS: Chilliwack firefighters tackle 2 poultry barns on fire - Abbotsford News

  15-01-2025 19:22 via news.google.com
  UPDATE with PHOTOS: Chilliwack firefighters tackle 2 poultry barns on fire  Abbotsford News
  
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• Struggling Penguins to place 2-time All-Star goaltender Tristan Jarry on waivers

  15-01-2025 19:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins could be moving on from two-time All-Star goaltender Tristan Jarry.
  The club announced it would place Jarry on waivers Wednesday afternoon.
  The 29-year-old Jarry is 8-7-4 with a 3.32 goals against average and a .886 save percentage this season for Pittsburgh, which heads into a seven-game road trip later this week on the fringe of the playoff race in the underwhelming Eastern Conference.
  The decision comes 18 months after the club signed Jarry to a
  
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• Caring Society tries to force Canada back to the table to talk child welfare reform

  15-01-2025 19:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The First Nations Child and Family Caring Society is calling on the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to force the federal government back to the negotiation table on First Nations child welfare reforms.
  The society filed a motion with the tribunal Tuesday calling for an order directing the federal government to negotiate child welfare reforms with both the society and the Assembly of First Nations, and ensuring the society has a seat at the table for coming consultations between the
  
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• Global temperatures this year to rival 2024’s record-breaking heat: climate officials

  15-01-2025 18:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian climate officials say this year’s average global temperature is set to rival 2024’s record-breaking heat, and is virtually guaranteed to be hotter than any year on record before 2023.
  Scientists with Environment and Climate Change Canada say the average global temperature is forecast to be about 1.45 C warmer than it was in the late 19th century.That mark is expected to be reached even with the cooling effect of a weak La Niña, a natural climate pattern tied to shifti
  
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• South African police announce the sudden end of mine rescue operation

  15-01-2025 18:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — South African police said Wednesday they have ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine where scores of illegal miners were trapped and believe they rescued all the survivors and retrieved all the bodies of those who died.The announcement was a surprise and came just a day after the police minister said the rescue operation would likely last until at least next week. Police said that 78 bodies had been recovered from the gold mine since the rescue
  
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• Recently married and soon to be a dad, Jets’ Connor enjoying life on and off the ice

  15-01-2025 18:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Kyle Connor laughs when asked what was more difficult — preparing for his wedding last summer or the hockey season?
  The Winnipeg Jets star left-winger married longtime girlfriend Ally Petack in front of about 150 friends and family in their home state of Michigan in July.
  He had a few assists.
  “If I needed to have my input valued, then it was there,” Connor said in a recent interview. “It was a big day for me but, obviously, for a girl it’s another
  
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• Redblacks sign quarterback Dru Brown to one-year contract extension

  15-01-2025 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks signed American quarterback Dru Brown to a one-year contract extension Wednesday.
  The deal leaves Brown under contract with Ottawa through the 2026 season.
  Brown appeared in 15 regular-season games last year, his first with Ottawa, but still led the organization into the playoffs for the first time since 2018.The 27-year-old threw for 3,959 yards and 18 touchdowns as the Redblacks finished a stellar 7-0-1 at home.
  Ottawa acquired Brown’s negotiating righ
  
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• Update: Fire erupts at poultry facility in Chilliwack, reportedly engulfing 2 barns

  15-01-2025 18:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Update 8:45 a.m. Wednesday: While the scope of the fire has greatly diminished, smoke continues to emanate from the farm on Blackburn Road as of 8:35 a.m. Firefighters remain on scene due to the amount of apparent flames still visible from Blackburn Road. Multiple fire units and RCMP vehicles remain on scene. A truck usually assigned to a fire investigator is located near the front yard of the home.
  According to scanner traffic during the incident, two chicken barns fully engulfed in flames were
  
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• Middle East latest: Anticipation grows as an Israel-Hamas ceasefire appears closer than ever

  15-01-2025 18:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Anticipation is growing as Israel and Hamas appear to be at the closest point yet to sealing a deal to pause 15 months of war. Qatari and Hamas officials say a last-minute dispute in ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas has been resolved.
  Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza began on Oct. 7, 2023, when militants stormed into southern Israel and killed about 1,200 people and abducted around 250. A third of the 100 hostages still held in Gaza are believed to be dead.
  The Israel Hamas-war h
  
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• Last-minute dispute in ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas has been resolved, officials say

  15-01-2025 17:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatari and Hamas officials say a last-minute dispute in ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas has been resolved.
  Israel announced late Wednesday that Hamas had tried to change agreed-upon understandings for security arrangements along Gaza’s border with Egypt. It strongly rejected the proposals.
  Qatar’s prime minister, who has been mediating the talks, met separately with Hamas and Israeli delegations, and shortly afterwards, the dispute was resolved, the
  
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• Sex class action greenlit against Montreal billionaire Robert Miller

  15-01-2025 17:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec Superior Court justice has authorized a class-action lawsuit against Montreal billionaire Robert Miller, who is accused of paying minors for sex.
  In a ruling on Tuesday, Justice Catherine Piché said the lawsuit brought by three plaintiffs against Miller, his former company — Future Electronics — and a handful of executives and alleged accomplices could go ahead.
  Piché described Miller’s alleged actions as “extremely serious acts&rdq
  
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• Gaza ceasefire negotiations hit last-minute snag, delaying anticipated deal to pause war

  15-01-2025 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Negotiations between Israel and Hamas hit a last-minute snag on Wednesday, delaying the expected announcement of a ceasefire agreement to pause the devastating 15-month war in the Gaza Strip.
  Israel accused Hamas of trying to make changes to already agreed upon arrangements along Gaza’s border with Egypt and said it strongly rejected the move. Hamas called the claims “nonsense.”
  The finger-pointing forced Qatar, which has been mediating weeks of painsta
  
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• Fire erupts at poultry facility in Chilliwack

  15-01-2025 16:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Members of the Chilliwack Fire Department are on the scene of a large fire in the Greendale area of Chilliwack.
  A witness says two chicken barns are burning, sending large plumes of smoke into the air. The fire broke out around 6:30 a.m. and is located at a facility on Blackburn Road, north of Keith Wilson Road.
  There are at least 10 emergency vehicles on the scene. At least six fire halls have been called to the scene. An excavator is also being brought in to assist with the
  
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• Canada says it has border under control just ahead of Trump inauguration

  15-01-2025 16:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister David McGuinty says Ottawa has added 60 new drones at the Canada-U.S. border and will deploy two new helicopters this week as it moves to ratchet up security.
  McGuinty trotted out the details of new measures as the federal government seeks to prove it’s serious about beefing up border security with just five days left before Donald Trump’s inauguration.
  The Liberal government pledged $1.3 billion in border upgrades after president-elect Trump thr
  
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• Wilkinson in Washington: Minister makes the case for U.S.-Canada energy alliance

  15-01-2025 14:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Jonathan Wilkinson is the latest Liberal in Washington amid President-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threats, and the Canadian energy minister is making the pitch for a Canada-U.S. energy and resource alliance.Wilkinson told American lawmakers that there is no better way to achieve economic dominance, national security and strength against China than to work with Canada.
  Trump has threatened to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all imports from Canada when he returns to the Wh
  
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• Polish leader vows to use EU presidency to push forward with Ukraine’s membership quest

  15-01-2025 13:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk vowed on Wednesday to use his country’s presidency of the European Union to push forward with Ukraine’s membership quest.
  “We will break the standstill we have in this issue,” Tusk told reporters in Warsaw, as he stood alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “We will accelerate the accession process.”
  Zelenskyy was in Poland on Wednesday after the two countries reached an agreement on the
  
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• Toronto FC continues search for new striker with Giovinco helping in the hunt

  15-01-2025 13:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — As Toronto FC prepares to shift its pre-season base to Spain at the end of the week, the search for a new forward continues.
  And former star striker Sebastian Giovinco, who returned to the club in October as a special adviser and club ambassador, has been helping GM Jason Hernandez and the MLS team’s scouting staff in the hunt for attacking talent.
  “He’s been quite active in some of the profiles that we’ve been working through, particularly at the striker
  
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• Few US adults confident Justice Department and FBI will act fairly under Trump, AP-NORC poll finds

  15-01-2025 13:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — As President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Pam Bondi, prepares for questioning from senators on Wednesday, only about 2 in 10 U.S. adults are “extremely” or “very” confident that the Department of Justice will act in a fair and nonpartisan manner during his second term, a poll finds.
  Their faith in the neutrality of the FBI is similarly low, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Resea
  
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• In the news today: An early election, the Liberal leadership race and Trump’s tariffs

  15-01-2025 10:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Early election looms over Liberal race
  The next Liberal leader will need to turn their attention quickly to ensure the party is ready for an early election once the short leadership race ends in March.
  Multiple Liberal cabinet ministers and MPs have said they will not seek re-election over the past year, and the governing Liberals are trailing the Conservatives in nominating candidates.
  The Liberals sa
  
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• Trudeau and the premiers meet to discuss a response to Trump’s threatened tariffs

  15-01-2025 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s premiers are set to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and members of his cabinet today to talk about U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s vow to impose steep tariffs.
  Trump has promised to impose 25 per cent tariffs on all Canadian and Mexican imports — one of several measures he says he’ll enact on day one of his presidency through an executive order. He assumes that office on Monday.
  Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc met Tuesday with Ontario
  
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• Operation underway to capture B.C. wolves for relocation in Colorado

  15-01-2025 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DENVER — A wildlife team from the United States has begun an operation to capture grey wolves in British Columbia for release in Colorado.The operation by Colorado Parks and Wildlife comes after an agreement with the B.C. government to “translocate” up to 15 wolves a year over the next three to five years.Colorado Parks says in a statement that the capture operation follows work to adopt measures that will minimize conflict between wolves and livestock.It says the operation is
  
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• Lion Electric’s customers worried about what comes next amid company’s struggles

  15-01-2025 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Andrew Brooks ordered three school buses from Lion Electric Co. on Nov. 20, just before American Thanksgiving.As superintendent of a school district in Illinois, Brooks had been working with the Quebec-based electric-vehicle maker for more than a year to apply for U.S. federal grant money to buy the electric buses. He didn’t realize the company was in financial trouble until after the holiday, in early December.That’s when he reached out to his contact at Lion Electr
  
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• Liberals trail Tories in nominations ahead of expected early election

  15-01-2025 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The next Liberal leader will need to turn their attention quickly to ensuring the party is ready for an early election once the short leadership race ends in March.
  Multiple Liberal cabinet ministers and MPs have said they will not seek re-election over the past year, and the governing Liberals are trailing the Conservatives in nominating candidates.
  The Liberals say they have 129 candidates nominated out of 343 federal ridings, while the Conservatives say they have close to 221 a
  
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