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• Toronto FC makes a deal with Colorado Rapids to add to Robin Fraser’s coaching staff

  17-01-2025 23:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — New head coach Robin Fraser added to his coaching staff Friday with Toronto FC making a deal to pry loose two of his former assistants from the Colorado Rapids.
  To get assistant coach Neil Emblen and video coach Jase Kim on board, Toronto sent its first-round pick in the 2026 MLS SuperDraft to the Rapids. As part of the deal, TFC may receive US$175,000 in general allocation money and retain a sell-on percentage if the pick turns out to be one of the top three in the drafts.
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• 12-year-old skater Lia Cho breaks own Canadian junior women’s record at nationals

  17-01-2025 23:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAVAL, Que. — Figure skating phenom Lia Cho broke her own Canadian junior women’s record on Friday.
  The 12-year-old from Calgary captured junior gold at the Canadian figure skating championships.
  Cho scored 188.79 points, eclipsing the 186.50 set at the Skate Canada Challenge on Dec. 1 in Winnipeg.
  She cleared silver medallist Ksenia Krouzkevitch of Oakville, Ont., (160.97) by close to 30 points.
  Sandrine Blais of Sherbrooke, Que., took bronze (151.68).
  Cho, who learned to skate at t
  
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• Fatburger newest restaurant to add 'sizzle' to redeveloped Chilliwack mall site - Chilliwack Progress

  17-01-2025 23:18
  Fatburger newest restaurant to add 'sizzle' to redeveloped Chilliwack mall site  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• NHL suspends Islanders forward Maxim Tsyplakov three games for illegal check

  17-01-2025 23:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — The NHL suspended forward Maxim Tsyplakov of the New York Islanders three games Friday for delivering an illegal check in a game.
  Tsyplakov received the ban for hitting Philadelphia forward Ryan Poehling in the head during the first period of the Flyers’ 5-3 win Thursday night.
  Tsyplakov will forfeit US$14,843.76 in salary. The money will go to the Players’ Emergency Assistance Fund.
  This report by The Canadian Press was first published
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• Blinken tells AP he’s worried Trump administration may abandon key Biden foreign policy initiatives

  17-01-2025 23:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Outgoing Secretary of State Antony Blinken told The Associated Press that he hopes the incoming Trump administration will press forward with key points in President Joe Biden’s foreign policy, including on the Middle East and Ukraine.
  But in an wide-ranging interview Friday on his last workday as America’s top diplomat, he expressed concern that the Trump team might abandon all or some of those policies.
  Blinken said “if past is prologue,” there is
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs Commit to Cole Brown for 25/26

  17-01-2025 22:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The Chilliwack Chiefs are proud to announce the commitment of 2007-born Cole Brown for the 2025-26 BCHL season. Born and raised in Langley, Brown is a player the Chiefs are very familiar with. He used a successful spring ID camp last season to garner an invite to main training camp where he impressed the Chiefs staff and ended up on the pre-season roster. He showed a lot of skill, poise, and great offensive instincts and the Chiefs staff is looking forward to him continuing his development in Ch
  
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• New Toronto FC coach Robin Fraser smiling as MLS team shifts training camp to Spain

  17-01-2025 22:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — New Toronto FC coach Robin Fraser left for Spain with a smile on his face Friday as the MLS team shifted its training camp to Marbella.
  Fraser doesn’t have a place to live yet in Toronto and is waiting on squad reinforcements, with a striker the most pressing need. But he likes what he sees in his first week on the job.
  “I feel like it’s an enthusiastic, young-feeling group … And I think with young, enthusiastic groups, if you guide them the right way and
  
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• Supreme Court to decide next week whether to hear challenge to Quebec secularism law

  17-01-2025 22:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Supreme Court of Canada will announce next week whether it will hear a challenge to Quebec’s secularism law, known as Bill 21.
  The groups seeking leave to appeal say they have been informed the country’s highest court is expected to publish its decision on Thursday.
  In 2024 the Quebec Court of Appeal upheld the law, which prohibits some public sector workers such as teachers and police officers from wearing religious symbols on the job.
  Groups including the Natio
  
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• Impact of Trump tariffs on Metro Vancouver real estate likely short-lived: report

  17-01-2025 22:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A residential market sales forecast by Greater Vancouver Realtors says the impact of possible tariffs from the United States would likely be short-lived.The annual report from the association that represents 15,000 Realtors says its preliminary investigation and economic modelling shows a drag on sales could rise as cross-border investments slow and sales activity drops.
  However, it says that if a recession is accompanied by significant job losses, the pool of buyers would get
  
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• Midfielder Quinn excited to create opportunities with NSL’s Vancouver Rise

  17-01-2025 21:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Being a trailblazer is nothing new for Canadian midfielder Quinn.
  Now the Olympic gold medallist is breaking ground once again, signing with Vancouver Rise FC and becoming one of the biggest players to join the Northern Super League ahead of its inaugural season.
  Being part of the first professional women’s soccer league in Canada is a surreal experience, Quinn said Friday.
  “Growing up in Toronto, I think every opportunity the national team came to town, I was beggi
  
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• Group says disability benefit at risk unless Ottawa moves quickly on regulations

  17-01-2025 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — An organization advocating for people with disabilities says the new federal disability benefit could be delayed beyond the promised July 1 payment date because the government still hasn’t approved the regulations.
  March of Dimes Canada is launching a campaign today urging Persons with Disabilities Minister Kamal Khera to act quickly to draft those regulations, adding the federal government could tarnish its legacy if it fails to act.
  And with Parliament prorogued, March of
  
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• Madeline Schizas seeks redemption at Canadian figure skating championships

  17-01-2025 21:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAVAL, Que. — Madeline Schizas wants her crown back.
  The two-time national women’s champion enters this weekend’s Canadian figure skating championships hungry for redemption after falling short of a three-peat last year.
  “I’m very motivated,” a confident Schizas said Friday after her practice session at Place Bell. “I’d like to win another Canadian title, so I’m just trying to zone in on that.
  “I know that if I skate my best, I can win.
  
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• Edmonton Oilers agree to terms on one-year contract with defenceman John Klingberg

  17-01-2025 21:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers agreed to terms on a one-year contract with defenceman John Klingberg on Friday.
  Klingberg was a free agent and hasn’t played an NHL game since Nov. 11, 2023.
  The six-foot-two, 185-pound defenceman has appeared in 633 career games over 11 seasons with Dallas, Anaheim. Minnesota and Toronto. He has registered 81 goals and 331 assists.
  He has also appeared in 63 playoff games (eight goals, 31 assists) and helped Dallas reach the 2020 Stanley Cup final.
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• Los Angeles fires have scorched largest urban area in California in at least 40 years

  17-01-2025 20:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in the state since at least the mid-1980s, an Associated Press analysis shows.
  The Eaton and Palisades fires that erupted last week have collectively burned almost 4 square miles of highly dense parts of Los Angeles, more than double the urban acreage consumed by the region’s Woolsey Fire in 2018, according to the AP’s analysis of data from the Silvis Lab at the University of Wisconsin in Madi
  
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• Denis Law, the Manchester United and Scotland soccer great, dies at 84

  17-01-2025 20:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Denis Law, the only Scottish soccer player to win the Ballon d’Or, has died. He was 84.The death of Law, a Manchester United great and Scotland international, was announced in a statement from his family that was released by United on Friday.“It is with a heavy heart that we tell you our father Denis Law has sadly passed away. He fought a tough battle but finally he is now at peace,” the statement read.“We would like to thank everyone who contributed to his wellbeing and
  
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• PWHL’s neutral site Takeover Tour drawing attention and `We want a team’ chants as expansion looms

  17-01-2025 20:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Three neutral site stops down and six to go, the Professional Women’s Hockey League is quickly discovering how popular it has become at a time when the second-year six-team league is considering expanding by as many as two more franchises by next season.
  The PWHL’s first three stops over the past two weeks generated a combined turnout of 45,664 fans, including a crowd of 14,018 in Denver that spent a portion of the game chanting: “We want a team! We want a team!.”
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• Below-seasonal temperatures coming to B.C., but warmer than 2024 cold snap

  17-01-2025 20:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Below-seasonal temperatures are expected in parts of British Columbia this weekend, a year after a bitter cold snap that sent wind-chill temperatures plummeting to -20 C in Metro Vancouver and as low as -50 C in other parts of the province.
  Environment Canada meteorologist Lisa Erven says the coldest air mass the south coast has seen so far this winter is settling across the region, but it won’t be nearly as extreme as the record-setting lows of January 2024.
  Erven says t
  
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• Charge goalie Emerance Maschmeyer thriving with busy life on and off the ice

  17-01-2025 19:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — There’s little Emerance Maschmeyer can’t do.
  She’s not only the starting goaltender of the PWHL’s Ottawa Charge but a proud new mom and entrepreneur. Despite balancing a hectic, sometimes seemingly overwhelming life, Maschmeyer is thriving.
  After playing in all but one game last season, the Charge was looking to reduce Maschmeyer’s workload this year. But the 39-year-old has made that difficult, having appeared in eight of the team’s 10 contests
  
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• Saint John police review up in the air a year after two men exonerated in murder case

  17-01-2025 18:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FREDERICTON — More than a year after the Saint John, N.B., police chief announced a review of his officers’ conduct in the case of two men wrongfully convicted of murder, there is no sign of the promised report.
  On Jan. 12, 2024, Chief Robert Bruce said he had ordered a “comprehensive review” of the investigation that resulted in Robert Mailman and Walter Gillespie serving long prison sentences for a 1983 murder they did not commit.
  The review was announced eight days aft
  
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• Chilliwack farmer offers free online food-security workshop - North Island Gazette

  17-01-2025 18:42
  Chilliwack farmer offers free online food-security workshop  North Island Gazette
  
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• Chilliwack farmer offers free online food-security workshop - Chilliwack Progress

  17-01-2025 18:42
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• Multi-vehicle incident impacts traffic on Coquihalla Highway south of Merritt

  17-01-2025 18:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MERRITT. — Traffic is snarled on a stretch of the Coquihalla Highway south of Merritt.DriveBC first reported of a vehicle incident on Highway 5 near Comstock Road at around 6:30 a.m. Friday (Jan. 17).In follow-up social media posts, Yellowhead Road and Bridge Nicola – the contractor for road service in the Nicola Service Area – said the multi-vehicle incident in the northbound lanes near Comstock Road was affecting traffic in both directions.DriveBC says the northbound lanes ar
  
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• Over 250 impaired drivers pulled from B.C. highways in December campaign

  17-01-2025 18:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — BC Highway Patrol officers removed 267 impaired drivers from provincial roadways during the Winter Impaired Driving Campaign in December 2024, averaging one infraction every three hours throughout the month.
  The campaign, part of National Impaired Driving Prevention Month, underscores the need for strong enforcement, said Superintendent Mike Coyle, Acting Officer in Charge of BC Highway Patrol. “Education is not enough for people who choose to drive while impaired,”
  
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• RCMP marks four years since the discovery of Trina Hunt’s body near Hope

  17-01-2025 18:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — Saturday (Jan.18) marks four years since Trina Hunt was reported missing in Port Moody, sparking the start to an extensive search and a tragic homicide investigation that ended with the discovery of her body near Hope.Hunt was reported missing to the Port Moody Police Department. Despite efforts by police, her family, and the community, she was not seen again until her remains were discovered on March 29, 2021, near Hope, south of Silver Creek.The case remains unsolved. Investigator
  
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• Toronto Blue Jays acquire outfielder Myles Straw in a deal with Cleveland Guardians

  17-01-2025 18:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays acquired outfielder Myles Straw in a deal with the Cleveland Guardians on Friday.
  Toronto received Straw, cash considerations and international signing bonus pool space for the 2025 period from Cleveland, which received a player to be named later or cash considerations.
  Straw 30, appeared in seven games last year with Cleveland. He spent most of the year at Triple-A Columbus, hitting .240 with 18 doubles, six triples, three home runs and 47 runs batted in ov
  
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• Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted is expected to succeed JD Vance in the U.S. Senate, AP sources say

  17-01-2025 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is expected to select his lieutenant governor, Jon Husted, on Friday to succeed Vice President-elect JD Vance in the U.S. Senate.
  That’s according to two people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity before an announcement planned for Friday afternoon.
  The surprise pick of Husted, who had been positioning to run for governor in 2026, potentially averts a divisive and expensive GOP primary to fill Vance&rsquo
  
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• Trump’s swearing-in will move inside the Capitol Rotunda because of intense cold

  17-01-2025 18:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office from inside the Capitol Rotunda on Monday due to forecasts of intense cold weather, according to a person familiar with the matter.
  Inaugural planners are discussing the possibility of moving Trump’s swearing-in inside due to the extreme temperatures and icy winds, the person said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the planning before a final announcement was made.
  The Rotunda is prepared as t
  
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• Trump and Chinese leader Xi talk about trade, fentanyl and TikTok

  17-01-2025 18:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping discussed trade, fentanyl and TikTok in a phone call Friday, just days before Trump heads back to the White House. He has vowed to impose tariffs and other measures on the United States’ biggest rival.
  Despite that, Xi congratulated Trump on his second term and pushed for improved ties, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said. The call came the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court backed a law banning TikTok unles
  
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• Edmonton Elks release veteran American defensive back Loucheiz Purifoy

  17-01-2025 18:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks released veteran American defensive back Loucheiz Purifoy on Friday.
  Purifoy, 32, had spent the last two seasons with Edmonton, appearing in 31 regular-season games.
  The five-foot-11, 190-pound Purifoy had 45 tackles, five special-teams tackles, a sack and five interceptions in 16 regular-season contests in 2024.
  Purifoy has also played with B.C. (2016-17, 2022), Ottawa (2018) and Saskatchewan (2018-19, 2021).
  He has recorded 376 tackles, 24 interceptions, nine
  
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• Ahead of U.S. TikTok ban, Canadians flock to Chinese ‘RedNote’ app

  17-01-2025 17:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — With TikTok facing an imminent ban in the United States, many Canadian users are moving to rival Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu — also known as RedNote — pushing it to the top of download charts in Canada.
  The ban is being driven by security concerns about TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance Ltd. Chinese national security laws compel organizations in the country to assist with government intelligence gathering.
  On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court unanim
  
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• Former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre applies to enter Quebec Liberal leadership race

  17-01-2025 16:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUÉBEC — Former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre has officially applied to enter the race to lead the Quebec Liberal Party.Coderre announced last June that he would run for the leadership, but has struggled to get ahead of media reports that he owes roughly $400,000 to the federal and provincial tax agencies.He said in a press conference this morning that he has reached a “global agreement” with the agencies to resolve his debts.Coderre says he wants to know if representativ
  
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• International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor meets with Syrian leader in Damascus

  17-01-2025 16:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan made an unannounced visit Friday to Damascus to confer with the leader of Syria’s de facto government on how to ensure accountability for alleged crimes committed in the country.
  Khan’s office said he visited at the invitation of Syria’s transitional government. He met with Ahmad al-Sharaa, the leader of Syria’s new administration who was formerly known as Mohammad al-
  
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• Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered ratified

  17-01-2025 16:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered a ratified addition to the U.S. Constitution, inserting himself into a long-running legal battle over gender equality.“It is long past time to recognize the will of the American people,” Biden said in a statement. “In keeping with my oath and duty to Constitution and country, I affirm what I believe and what three-fourths of the states have ratified: the 28th Amendm
  
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• Swiss skier Franjo von Allmen wins home World Cup super-G as Marco Odermatt has rare poor result

  17-01-2025 15:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WENGEN, Switzerland (AP) — The powerful Switzerland men’s ski team won its home World Cup super-G on Friday, though it was Franjo von Allmen getting his first career win as Marco Odermatt had a rare poor result.
  Odermatt finished outside the top five in a super-G for the first time since March 2022, 20 races ago, and trailed by more than one second in seventh place. The result was unofficial with low-ranked racers yet to start.
  The 23-year-old Von Allmen added to his breakout season
  
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• Canada’s India Sherret strikes gold at World Cup ski cross in Austria

  17-01-2025 15:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SCHLADMING — India Sherret of Cranbrook, B.C., captured gold on Friday, the final day of World Cup ski cross racing in Reiteralm, Austria.
  Ottawa’s Hannah Schmidt earned bronze despite a crash with teammate Brittany Phelan of Mont-Tremblant, Que., who placed fourth.The two Canadians did not finish the race and were tended to by medical personnel on the course.
  Fanny Smith of Switzerland claimed silver.
  “I am super happy with the win, but … I am a little bit frazzled. Wit
  
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• What's happening Chilliwack: List of events from Jan. 17 onward - Chilliwack Progress

  17-01-2025 14:52
  What's happening Chilliwack: List of events from Jan. 17 onward  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• PHOTOS: Window shopping and more at home expo in Chilliwack - Mission City Record

  17-01-2025 14:35
  PHOTOS: Window shopping and more at home expo in Chilliwack  Mission City Record
  
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• ‘We’re sick of it’: Vancouver Canucks searching for answers amid slump

  17-01-2025 14:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A promising season is beginning to slip away for the Vancouver Canucks.The team came into the campaign with hopes of a second straight playoff run, but 44 games in, the Canucks (19-15-10) are stuck in a slump and have fallen out of the Western Conference’s second wild-card spot.
  Vancouver got thumped 5-1 by the L.A. Kings Thursday — the squad’s sixth loss in its last seven games.
  “We just gave up too many rushes, too many turnovers, not playing the way w
  
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• Middle East latest: Israeli security cabinet recommends approving ceasefire deal

  17-01-2025 14:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Israel’s security cabinet has recommended approving a deal that would pause the fighting in Gaza and release dozens of hostages held by militants.
  The deal will now go to the full cabinet for approval before the ceasefire goes into effect. The prime minister’s office said that if a deal is passed, the ceasefire could start Sunday with the first hostages released.
  The security cabinet meeting came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said there were last minute snags
  
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• Israel’s security Cabinet recommends approval of ceasefire in Gaza; deal now goes to full Cabinet

  17-01-2025 14:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM, Israel (AP) — Israel’s security Cabinet recommended approval of a ceasefire that would pause the fighting in Gaza and release dozens of hostages held by militants.
  The deal will now go to the full Cabinet.The prime minister’s office said Friday that if a deal is passed, the ceasefire could start as soon as Sunday with the first hostages released then.
  THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
  JERUSALEM, Israel (AP) — Israel’s
  
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• Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka move closer to an Australian Open rematch. Djokovic and Alcaraz win

  17-01-2025 14:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Coco Gauff still hasn’t lost a match or even at set at the Australian Open — or, actually, this season. She moved into the fourth round at Melbourne Park with a straightforward 6-4, 6-2 victory over 2021 U.S. Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez on Friday night.
  While there have been plenty of surprises in the men’s bracket so far, most of the top women, other than No. 5 Zheng Qinwen, have progressed through the draw without an issue. That includes
  
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• Matt (The Hawk) Socholotiuk finds a home in the Bare-Knuckle Fighting Championship

  17-01-2025 13:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Matt (The Hawk) Socholotiuk’s sporting journey has had its painful moments. But he found his way.
  On Saturday the Montreal-based fighter looks to administer pain of his own as he takes on American Ryan (Ryu) Petersen (1-0-0) in the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship’s first card of the year, BKFC Fight Night Pechanga, in Temecula, Calif.
  The 36-year-old Socholotiuk won his first two BKFC fights, defeating Adam (Clooney) De Freitas last March before beating Nash Diederichs on another
  
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• Presidents of Russia and Iran meet in the Kremlin ahead of signing partnership treaty

  17-01-2025 12:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — The presidents of Russia and Iran held talks in the Kremlin on Friday before signing a broad cooperation pact.
  The Kremlin said that the “comprehensive strategic partnership treaty” to be signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian covers all areas -– from trade and military cooperation to science, education and culture.
  The signing comes ahead of the Jan. 20 inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who
  
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• Biden sets record by commuting sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted on nonviolent drug charges

  17-01-2025 11:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Friday that he was commuting the sentences of almost 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, using his final days in office on a flurry of clemency actions meant to nullify prison terms he deemed too harsh.
  The recent round of clemency gives Biden the presidential record for most individual pardons and commutations issued. The Democrat said he is seeking to undo “disproportionately long sentences compared to the sentences th
  
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• In the news today: All eyes on Freeland now that Carney is in

  17-01-2025 10:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  All eyes on Freeland now that Carney is in
  The ball is in Chrystia Freeland’s court, now that Mark Carney has officially launched his campaign to become the next Liberal leader.
  Carney announced alongside supporters in Edmonton on Thursday that he plans to run for the Liberal leadership.
  Politics watchers will be waiting to hear what Freeland has to say next, as she’s widely expected to lau
  
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• What lies ahead for South Korea’s impeached president as investigators seek his arrest?

  17-01-2025 10:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) —Law enforcement authorities on Friday requested a court warrant to formally arrest South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, who was in his third day at a detention center after his lawyers failed in a last-minute effort to secure his release.
  Yoon, who was apprehended on Wednesday in a massive law enforcement operation at his residence, faces potential rebellion charges linked to his declaration of martial law on Dec. 3, which set off the country&rsq
  
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• Man City striker Erling Haaland signs new contract until 2034

  17-01-2025 10:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Erling Haaland has signed a new contract at Manchester City that ties him to the Premier League champions until 2034.
  City announced the new 9 1/2-year deal on Friday for the 24-year-old Haaland, who has scored 111 goals in 125 games since joining the club from Borussia Dortmund in 2022.
  “Now I want to keep developing, keep working to get better and look to do my best to try and help us achieve more success going forward,” Haaland said in a City statement.
  The Norway striker will be
  
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• NYC terror plot suspect returns to court in Montreal over extradition case

  17-01-2025 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Pakistani national from Ontario who was arrested in Quebec for allegedly plotting to kill Jews in New York City returns to court today.
  Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, who has been jailed since his arrest on Sept. 4 in Ormstown, Que., is being sought by authorities in the United States to stand trial.U.S. officials charged Khan with one count of attempting to provide material support and resources to a terrorist organization, and Canada has agreed to have him extradited.
  A date for an
  
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• Joly to share update on meetings with U.S. politicians as Trump tariff

  17-01-2025 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly will provide an update on Canada’s efforts to stop punishing U.S. tariffs this morning following meetings in Washington on border security, trade and investment Thursday.
  Joly spent the day meeting with both Republicans and Democrats including Senate Majority Leader John Thune, South Carolina Sen. Lindsay Graham, New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, and Idaho Sen. James Risch.
  The meetings came days before incoming president Don
  
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• All eyes are on Freeland after Carney enters the race to replace Trudeau

  17-01-2025 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The ball is in Chrystia Freeland’s court, now that Mark Carney has officially launched his campaign to become the next Liberal leader.
  Carney announced alongside supporters in Edmonton on Thursday that he plans to run for the Liberal leadership.
  Politics watchers will be waiting to hear what Freeland has to say next, as she’s widely expected to launch her own bid soon.
  The former finance minister is also expected to come out against consumer carbon pricing — a ke
  
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