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• Three Port Alberni, B.C. men face charges of sex offences, trafficking of minors

  16-01-2025 23:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PORT ALBERNI, B.C. — Three men from Port Alberni, B.C., have been charged with sexual offences on minors, including trafficking of youth under 18 years old.RCMP say its general investigations unit started looking into the allegations in 2020 and charges were laid last week.Police say Shaun Pater faces 15 counts in relation to alleged sexual offences on minors, including the trafficking charge.
  Terrance Houbregs and Wayne Moore are accused of six counts each involving sexual offences on min
  
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• Threat from toxic fire debris will prevent many LA residents from checking on damaged homes

  16-01-2025 23:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Homeowners learned Thursday that it could be a week or more before they will be allowed to check on their fire-damaged properties while officials assess the threat of potentially toxic ash and debris left by the blazes that have blackened neighborhoods across the LA area.
  More than 80,000 people are still under evacuation orders, and many do not know what, if anything, is left of their houses, apartments and possessions.
  “The properties have been damaged beyond bel
  
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• In what could be a Canadian first, Manitoba welcomes Gaza child seeking medical help

  16-01-2025 23:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — A child from the Gaza Strip seeking medical treatment has arrived in Winnipeg — possibly the first such case in Canada since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.
  Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew welcomed a boy and his mother at the Winnipeg airport today and says another Palestinian child will arrive in the province for treatment.
  Kinew says it’s part of the Manitoban character “to help the innocent during times of conflict” and adds they can either return home w
  
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• Urban mayors map out list of priorities for B.C. cabinet - Chilliwack Progress

  16-01-2025 23:31 via news.google.com
  Urban mayors map out list of priorities for B.C. cabinet  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Abbotsford PD nabs alleged drug dealer who had several ounces of coke, meth and fentanyl

  16-01-2025 22:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — An alert observation by a frontline patrol officer in Abbotsford has resulted in the arrest of an individual for selling illicit narcotics.
  According to a statement from the Abbotsford Police Department, proactive policing by AbbyPD officers helps keep city streets safe from criminal activity. On Wednesday, an AbbyPD patrol officer witnessed a drug transaction occur which led to the arrest of the seller.
  When police searched the alleged drug dealer, they located five ounces of
  
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• Federal IT contracting cost 25 per cent more than in-house services: PBO report

  16-01-2025 22:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government spent more on contracted IT services in four federal departments in 2022-23 than it would have if the work had been done by public servants, says a new report by the parliamentary budget officer.
  The PBO report says the federal government spent $18.6 billion on professional and special services in 2022-23, with $2.6 billion of that money going to IT services.
  The departments and agencies spending the most on IT were the Canada Border Services Agency ($287 mi
  
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• Vancouver Rise add star Canadian midfielder Quinn to growing roster - Chilliwack Progress

  16-01-2025 22:11 via news.google.com
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• Single-vehicle crash northeast of Mission claims life of elderly woman Wednesday

  16-01-2025 22:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Mounties in Mission say a 69-year-old female passenger was pronounced deceased after a single-vehicle accident Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 15) in Durieu, a community northeast of Mission.
  According to a statement from police, Mission RCMP were called to a single-vehicle crash on Sylvester Road near Cascade Ridge Drive Wednesday at about 4:30 p.m. Officers arrived and learned that a grey Mitsubishi Outlander had veered off the roadway and collided with a utility pole.
  Police say fir
  
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• Stellato-Dudek rejuvenated ahead of first skating nationals as Canadian citizen

  16-01-2025 21:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAVAL, Que. — Deanna Stellato-Dudek feels like a new woman since gaining Canadian citizenship.
  “Every day since I’ve felt like a champion,” the U.S.-born Stellato-Dudek said Thursday at Place Bell. “That feeling just hasn’t left me, and it’s something that I hope stays with me all the way through the Olympics in 2026.”
  The world champion pairs skater, who has lived in the Montreal area since 2019, took the oath of citizenship on Dec. 11, making her
  
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• New Canada coach Casey Stoney recalls past encounters with Canada on the pitch

  16-01-2025 21:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  New Canada women’s coach Casey Stoney has vivid memories of facing Canada on the football pitch.
  At the 2012 London Olympics, Stoney experienced the high of captaining Britain to a 1-0 win over Brazil before a crowd of 70,584 at Wembley Stadium.“I remember waking up the day after we beat Brazil in front of 70,000 fans at Wembley and asking my Great Britain teammates if it was real,” Stoney wrote in a 2013 column for the BBC. “It all felt like a dream that you didn’t
  
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• 69-year-old passenger dies in crash east of Mission - Chilliwack Progress

  16-01-2025 21:57 via news.google.com
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• Analysts say Canada can meet EV sales target without national rebates

  16-01-2025 21:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government’s decision to pause a key initiative meant to boost electric vehicles sales won’t prevent Canada from meeting its targets for getting more EVs on the road, some proponents say.
  On Monday, the federal government said the funding had run out for its rebates – which cut up to $5,000 off the purchase price of battery-powered vehicles – and the program is not being extended at this time. The program was meant to encourage uptake of EVs in
  
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• Quebec opposition parties call for investigation into struggling Lion Electric

  16-01-2025 21:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s opposition parties are calling for answers about whether Lion Electric Co. misled investors while receiving government financial support.
  The Quebec Liberals want a legislature committee to investigate allegations the electric-vehicle maker deceived investors with unrealistic forecasts and fabricated orders.
  Lion Electric sought creditor protection last month with US$500 million in debt and has laid off most of its employees.
  As first reported by Radio-Canada, a g
  
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• From doing laundry at Arsenal to becoming Canada coach, Casey Stoney paid her dues

  16-01-2025 21:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  From doing the laundry at Arsenal to having to use her vacation days to play for England at the 2007 World Cup while coaching at the David Beckham Academy, Casey Stoney has paid her dues.
  But along the way, the new coach of the sixth-ranked Canadian women’s soccer team found her purpose.
  “I think we all have a responsibility to the game,” the 42-year-old former England captain said in an interview. “I’ve got two little girls and a little boy and I’ve always sa
  
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• This 12-year-old chess prodigy recently became Canada’s youngest international master

  16-01-2025 21:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Aaron Reeve Mendes says he was just five years old when he started playing chess, a favourite game of his father’s.
  “I really liked how complex it was and how, like, it was not solved like many other board games,” he said.
  “No matter how much time you spend at the board, you can’t, like, solve chess.”
  He spent a lot of time at the board. Now, at 12, he is the youngest Canadian ever to win an international master title.Mendes, who lives in Missi
  
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• Homan downs Einarson 6-2 to remain undefeated at Grand Slam of Curling’s WFG Masters

  16-01-2025 21:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GUELPH, Ont. — Rachel Homan remained undefeated at the Grand Slam of Curling’s WFG Masters with a 6-2 win over Kerri Einarson on Thursday.
  Homan’s top-ranked team from Ottawa took control of the marquee matchup with two points in the fourth end to take a 4-1 lead.
  Einarson, from Gimli, Man., responded with a point in the fifth, but Homan followed a blank sixth end with a point in the seventh and a steal of one in the eighth.
  Homan improved to 3-0 while Einarson fell to 2-1.
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• Inquest told interactions with caretaker in B.C. woman’s death challenging at times

  16-01-2025 21:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BURNABY, B.C. — A former co-ordinator at the homecare organization overseeing Florence Girard’s care says interactions with the woman’s caretaker grew more challenging before Girard’s starvation death in 2018.
  Krista Maniezzo, who was the Kinsight Community Society shared-living co-ordinator, told a coroner’s inquest into Girard’s death that while there was “nothing outrageous,” caretaker Astrid Dahl was also increasingly resistant to new care requ
  
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• AFN chief says First Nations should be at the centre of Canada-U.S. tariffs talks

  16-01-2025 21:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says First Nations should be at the centre of any discussions on how the country should respond to threats of tariffs by incoming president Donald Trump on territorial sovereignty.
  Trump has threatened 25 per cent tariffs on all Canadian goods on the first day he’s in office next week, and has quipped Canada should become the 51st state.
  Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says Trump’s rhetoric is “outlandish” and &ld
  
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• American accused of assaulting a Pennsylvania student is extradited from France to the US

  16-01-2025 21:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An American accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said “So I raped you” was extradited Thursday from France to the United States.
  Ian Cleary, 31, of Saratoga, California, arrived in the U.S. and was being flown to Pennsylvania, a U.S. Marshals Service spokesman said. Cleary had been detained in April in Metz, France, after a three-year search. A French appeals court later said he c
  
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• Argos sign linebacker Cameron Judge to contract extension through 2026 season

  16-01-2025 20:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts have signed Canadian linebacker Cameron Judge to a contract extension through the 2026 season, the CFL club announced Thursday.
  The Argonauts acquired Judge in a trade with the Calgary Stampeders on Friday in exchange for defensive lineman Folarin Orimolade.
  Judge was the Stampeders’ nominee for outstanding defensive player last season after registering 73 defensive tackles and a sack.
  He was also Calgary’s nominee for outstanding Canadian in 202
  
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• Vancouver Giants host fundraiser for California fire victims - Chilliwack Progress

  16-01-2025 20:45 via news.google.com
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• Cultus Lake store closes after 6 years in business

  16-01-2025 20:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CULTUS LAKE — A roadside convenience store selling everything from deli and dairy to camping supplies and snacks has closed its doors for the foreseeable future.Lakeside Market, located at 3776 Columbia Valley Highway near Sunnyside Campground, confirmed to Fraser Valley Today Wednesday night (Jan. 15) that it has shuttered its business for good.
  “Hi Mike, thank you for your support. We have closed our business. Hopefully another business takes our place in the near future,” La
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Eby calls Trump tariffs ‘economic war’ that would cost B.C. $69 billion

  16-01-2025 20:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  British Columbia Premier David Eby says U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has made a “declaration of economic war” on Canada and B.C. with his proposed 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods.
  Eby and Finance Minister Brenda Bailey released costings that suggest the tariffs and a similar response from Canada would cumulatively cost B.C. $69 billion by 2028.
  The costings also estimate 124,000 fewer jobs in the province by 2028 and that the unemployment rate would rise to 7.1 per cent ne
  
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• Rudy Giuliani trial postponed over status of his Florida home and World Series rings

  16-01-2025 19:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A trial to decide whether Rudy Giuliani must give up his Florida condominium and three World Series rings or turn them over to satisfy a $148 million defamation judgment was postponed Thursday for undisclosed reasons after the former New York City mayor didn’t come to court to testify.
  The trial, heard without a jury, was supposed to begin Thursday morning at a federal court in Manhattan to decide whether Giuliani must surrender the assets to two former Georgia electi
  
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• Immigration leads to record population growth in several Quebec regions

  16-01-2025 18:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A new report from Quebec’s statistics institute says many of the province’s regions grew at a record or near-record pace between 2023 and 2024, due in large part to immigration.
  Montreal led the way, adding more than 91,000 people between July 2023 and July 2024 for a 4.2 per cent growth rate, which is one of the highest ever recorded in any region.
  Quebec City set a new record at 2.4 per cent growth, while the city of Laval and the Outaouais and Mauricie regions fol
  
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• Trudeau names ex-premiers, business and union reps to Canada-U.S. relations council

  16-01-2025 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has formed a new Canada-U.S. relations council to support the federal government as it deals with the incoming Trump administration’s vow to impose tariffs.
  The 18 members of the council include Steve Verheul, who was Canada’s chief trade negotiator during the renegotiation of NAFTA.Joining him on the council are former premiers Jean Charest, Rachel Notley and Stephen McNeil.
  Canada’s Ambassador to the United States Kirsten Hillman,
  
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• CFL releases 2025 schedule, with Roughriders kicking off season against Redblacks

  16-01-2025 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The 2025 CFL season will kick off in Regina as two teams who returned to the playoffs last season will look to build on their momentum.
  The Saskatchewan Roughriders will welcome the Ottawa Redblacks on June 5 at Mosaic Stadium to start the long road to the 112th Grey Cup on Nov. 16 in Winnipeg.
  Ottawa ended a four-season playoff drought in 2024 and aims to take another step after losing 58-38 to the Grey Cup champion Toronto Argonauts in the East Division semifinal.
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• Intolerance toward LGBTQ+ people on the rise in Quebec schools, new study says

  16-01-2025 18:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A new study shows a sharp rise in anti-LGBTQ+ attitudes among Quebec high school students.
  GRIS-Montréal, an LGBTQ+ advocacy group, released its findings today based on data collected from 35,000 questionnaires completed by students across several Quebec regions.The number of respondents who said they would be uncomfortable to learn their best friend is a lesbian doubled to 34 per cent in 2024 from 15 per cent in 2017.
  And more than 40 per cent said they would be uncomfor
  
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• Brazilian court denies Bolsonaro’s request to travel to Trump’s inauguration

  16-01-2025 18:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday denied a request by former President Jair Bolsonaro to temporarily restore his passport so that he could attend the inauguration in Washington of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump next week.
  Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who Bolsonaro frequently has called his personal foe, said in the ruling that Bolsonaro currently holds no position that would allow him to represent Brazil at the event and that the former president did not adequate
  
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• Superior Propane announces deal with City of Chilliwack, its first step into the renewable propane market - Fraser Valley Today

  16-01-2025 18:07 via news.google.com
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• Superior Propane announces deal with City of Chilliwack, its first step into the renewable propane market

  16-01-2025 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Superior Propane, Canada’s leading supplier of propane with the largest distribution network across the country, says it has entered into an agreement with the City of Chilliwack that shifts away from traditional propane and more toward renewable energy.The company announced Wednesday (Jan. 15) that Superior made the first renewable propane delivery to the City of Chilliwack in September 2024, marking the first step in the city’s transition to gradually replace its
  
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• UFV’s Chilliwack campus will co-lead national ag-tech project thanks to $16.2 million in federal funding - Fraser Valley Today

  16-01-2025 17:42 via news.google.com
  UFV’s Chilliwack campus will co-lead national ag-tech project thanks to $16.2 million in federal funding  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• UFV’s Chilliwack campus will co-lead national ag-tech project thanks to $16.2 million in federal funding

  16-01-2025 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Thanks to an infusion of federal funding valued at $16.2 million, the University of the Fraser Valley will assume an integral role in the upstart Sustainable Food Systems for Canada (SF4C) platform over the next five years to help create a national agri-food innovation and entrepreneurship program.In a statement Wednesday (Jan. 15) from the university, UFV’s Chilliwack campus will now become the western hub for SF4C, with Dr. Lenore Newman from the Faculty of Science as
  
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• Vancouver Rise add star Canadian midfielder Quinn to growing roster

  16-01-2025 17:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Vancouver Rise FC has signed a marquee player, adding Canadian midfielder Quinn to the roster ahead of the inaugural Northern Super League season.The 29-year-old Toronto native has made more than 100 appearances for Canada, helping the country to Olympic gold at the Tokyo Games and bronze at the Rio Olympics in 2016.Quinn comes to Vancouver following six seasons with the Seattle Reign where they won the National Women’s Soccer League Shield in 2022.The five-foot-10 midfie
  
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• Toronto FC rewards Spanish midfielder Alonso Coello with new contract

  16-01-2025 17:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto FC has rewarded midfielder Alonso Coello with a new contract through 2027, with a club option for 2028.
  The MLS club announced in late October that it was exercising the 2025 contract option on the 25-year-old Spaniard who made a bargain US$94,049 last season. On Thursday, it extended his stay.
  Toronto GM Jason Hernandez calls Coello “a model young professional.”
  “In each season with our club, he has demonstrated an ability to grow his game, and we look
  
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• ‘Mr. Baseball’ Bob Uecker, Brewers announcer, dies at 90 - Chilliwack Progress

  16-01-2025 17:30 via news.google.com
  ‘Mr. Baseball’ Bob Uecker, Brewers announcer, dies at 90  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Land added by Ch'iyáqtel a step to 'correcting injustices' - Chilliwack Progress

  16-01-2025 17:21 via news.google.com
  Land added by Ch'iyáqtel a step to 'correcting injustices'  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• ‘Mr. Baseball’ Bob Uecker, Brewers announcer, dies at 90

  16-01-2025 17:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Bob Uecker, the voice of his hometown Milwaukee Brewers who after a short playing career earned the moniker “Mr. Baseball” and honors from the Hall of Fame, has died. He was 90.
  The team announced Uecker died Thursday morning, calling it “one of the most difficult days in Milwaukee Brewers history.” In a statement released by the club, Uecker’s family said he had battled small cell lung cancer since early 2023.
  “Even in the face of this
  
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• Resources minister says many Republicans don’t know Trump’s plans for tariffs

  16-01-2025 17:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — After several days of meetings with U.S. legislators in Washington, D.C., Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson still isn’t sure whether most Republicans know what president-elect Donald Trump will do when he returns to the White House.
  Trump has said he will sign an executive order Monday to hit Canada with 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs on all exports to the United States.
  Wilkinson says a very small group of officials is crafting Trump’s
  
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• Unmarked graves: Supreme Court won’t hear Mohawk Mothers appeal over McGill expansion

  16-01-2025 17:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal from Indigenous elders who were seeking greater oversight over a university construction site in Montreal where they suspect unmarked graves of children are located.
  An application for leave to appeal was dismissed today by the country’s highest court, which gave no reason for its decision, as is custom.
  The group called Mohawk Mothers alleges there are bodies of Indigenous patients buried on and around the grounds of
  
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• Learner Tien beats Daniil Medvedev and is the youngest US man in Australia’s 3rd round since Sampras

  16-01-2025 17:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Learner Tien, a 19-year-old qualifier from California, became the youngest American man to reach the Australian Open’s third round since Pete Sampras in 1990, upsetting a racket-tossing Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (8), 1-6, 7-6 (10-7) in a match that began Thursday night and ended in the wee hours of Friday.
  The 4-hour, 49-minute contest had a bit of everything, including — hard to believe — a six-minute rain delay that interrupted play s
  
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• Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is chosen to fill Marco Rubio’s open Senate seat

  16-01-2025 16:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will take Marco Rubio ’s seat in the U.S. Senate, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday, making Moody only the second woman to represent Florida in the chamber.
  Elected as the state’s top law enforcement officer in 2018, Moody campaigned on a pledge to voters that she’d be a prosecutor, not a politician. Along with DeSantis, Moody boosted her political profile during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, calling
  
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• Toronto Maple Leafs place veteran centre John Tavares on injured reserve

  16-01-2025 16:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto Maple Leafs centre John Tavares is set to miss some time.
  The club announced Thursday the veteran centre has been placed on injured reserve with a lower-body issue.
  Tavares went down awkwardly during a drill at practice Wednesday.
  The 34-year-old has 20 goals and 22 assists for 42 points across 44 games this season.
  The club is no stranger to key injuries up front in 2024-25. Leafs captain Auston Matthews sat out a combined 15 games earlier in the schedule with an upper-b
  
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• Abbotsford police seize cash, drugs after officer witnesses transaction - Chilliwack Progress

  16-01-2025 16:31 via news.google.com
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• Canada’s Schmidt wins World Cup ski cross gold, Sherret takes bronze

  16-01-2025 16:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SCHLADMING — Hannah Schmidt won ski cross gold to lead a two-medal day for Canada at the Reiteralm World Cup.Schmidt, from Ottawa, finished ahead of Switzerland’s Fanny Smith in the women’s final.
  India Sherret of Cranbrook, B.C., took the bronze.
  Courtney Hoffos of Windermere, B.C., won the small final to finish fifth.Germany’s Florian Wilmsmann won the men’s race. Toronto’s Kevin Drury was the top Canadian in 11th place.
  Another round of men’s and wome
  
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• College students charged in TikTok-inspired ‘catch a predator’ plot appear in court

  16-01-2025 16:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Five Massachusetts college students made their first appearances in court Thursday, accused of plotting to lure a man to their campus through a dating app and then seizing him as part of a “Catch a Predator” trend on TikTok.The students, all teens at Assumption University, a private, Roman Catholic school in Worcester, were arraigned on conspiracy and kidnapping charges in Worcester District Court. Automatic not guilty pleas were entered for all of them,
  
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• South Korean court blocks petition to release impeached president detained over martial law

  16-01-2025 15:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Lawyers for impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol failed in their court effort to secure his release on Thursday, a day after he was detained at his residence for questioning over rebellion allegations linked to his martial law declaration last month.
  Yoon was sent to a detention center near the country’s capital, Seoul, after undergoing more than 10 hours of questioning on Wednesday at the headquarters of the Corruption Investigation Office for Hig
  
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• ‘Freedom Convoy’ figure Pat King set for sentencing in Ottawa courthouse

  16-01-2025 15:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The sentencing hearing for Freedom Convoy organizer Pat King is scheduled to begin today.
  In November, a Superior Court judge in Ottawa found King guilty on five counts, including mischief and disobeying a court order.
  He was found not guilty on three counts of intimidation and one of obstructing police.
  King could be facing as much as a decade in prison, with the Crown pushing for significant time behind bars.
  But his defence wants the sentence limited to time served and probatio
  
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• Chilliwack shelter welcomes first restaurant into kitchen-takeover challenge - Chilliwack Progress

  16-01-2025 14:30 via news.google.com
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• NASA’s stuck astronaut steps out on a spacewalk after 7 months in orbit

  16-01-2025 14:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — One of NASA’s two stuck astronauts got a much welcomed change of scenery Thursday, stepping out on her first spacewalk since arriving at the International Space Station more than seven months ago.Suni Williams, the station’s commander, had to tackle some overdue outdoor repair work alongside NASA’s Nick Hague. Plans called for Williams to float back out next week with Butch Wilmore.Williams and Wilmore launched aboard Boeing’s new Starlin
  
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