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• Toronto Blue Jays sign three-time Cy Young winner Scherzer to one-year deal: reports

  30-01-2025 23:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have reportedly signed right-handed pitcher Max Scherzer.ESPN and the New York Post say the free agent and Toronto have agreed to a one-year deal worth US$15.5 million.Scherzer, 40, spent last season with the Texas Rangers where he posted a 2-4 record with a 3.95 earned-run average and 40 strikeouts, but missed much of the campaign due to injuries.The six-foot-three product of St. Louis, Mo., is a three-time Cy Young Award winner and a two-time World Series
  
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• Canada Soccer names 24-player roster for U-17 Costa Calida MIMA Cup in Spain

  30-01-2025 23:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada Soccer has named its women’s under-17 squad for next month’s U-17 Costa Calida MIMA Cup in Spain.
  The tournament serves as a warmup for CONCACAF U-17 qualifying play in March and April, which will determine the region’s four representatives at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, running Oct. 17 to Nov. 8 in Morocco.
  The young Canadians will face England on Feb. 11 before taking on Scotland on Feb. 13 and Sweden on Feb. 15 with all three games at the Pinatar Arena in S
  
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• Calls for major changes to landmark tobacco settlement too late: Imperial Tobacco

  30-01-2025 22:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Imperial Tobacco is rejecting what it says are major changes to a landmark $32.5-billion settlement that would see it and two other tobacco companies compensate provinces, territories and ex-smokers in Canada.
  A lawyer for Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. told an Ontario Superior Court hearing today that changes being suggested to the settlement by one of the other firms has come too late.
  Deborah Glendinning says a proposal by Rothmans, Benson & Hedges to fundamentally change ho
  
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• RCMP deploys helicopters to patrol Canada-U.S. border amid tariff threats

  30-01-2025 22:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — RCMP in Quebec today showed off a Black Hawk helicopter added to their fleet to beef up security at the United States border.
  The display in St-Antoine-Abbé, Que., comes as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to impose tariffs on Canadian exports for what he has called Canada’s failure to curb the illegal flow of people and drugs across the border.
  Nationally, the Mounties have chartered two Black Hawks to add to their existing fleet of nine smaller helicopters.
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• Stars’ Miro Heiskanen week to week after a hit from Mark Stone. Defenceman won’t play 4 Nations

  30-01-2025 22:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas Stars defenceman Miro Heiskanen is week to week with a lower-body injury sustained on a big hit from Vegas captain Mark Stone, and the standout from Finland won’t play in next month’s 4 Nations Face-Off tournament.
  Stars coach Pete DeBoer said Thursday that Heiskanen had an MRI and was planning to see a specialist for more information on the prognosis.
  Heiskanen was ruled out of the 4 Nations after Finland general manager Jere Lehtinen, a former Dall
  
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• Canada’s Jasmine Jasudavicius set to make history on UFC card in Saudi Arabia

  30-01-2025 22:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian flyweight Jasmine Jasudavicius will enter the record book Saturday when she and Brazilian opponent Mayra (Sheetara) Bueno Silva become the first female fighters to appear on a UFC card in Saudi Arabia.
  “Once I heard about that, I was so inspired,” Jasudavicius said. “To be able to be the first to be able to represent women’s martial arts in another country like that, it’s such an honour.“I don’t take it lightly. I really, really am appreciative.
  
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• Federal lawyer characterizes Abdelrazik’s case against Canada as ‘elaborate theory’

  30-01-2025 21:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A federal lawyer denies government responsibility for Abousfian Abdelrazik’s detention in Sudan, saying his lawsuit against Canada is an elaborate theory crafted from snippets of evidence.
  In closing arguments today in Federal Court, lawyer Andrew Gibbs says speculation and innuendo are not enough to establish federal liability for Abdelrazik’s imprisonment abroad.
  The Sudanese-born Abdelrazik settled in Montreal as a refugee and became a Canadian citizen in the 1990s.
  
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• Support Local Journalism by connecting with The Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  30-01-2025 21:54 via news.google.com
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• B.C. court finds Criminal Code first-degree murder parole provision unconstitutional

  30-01-2025 21:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The B.C. Supreme Court has found a section of the Criminal Code unconstitutional because it treats all offenders convicted of first-degree murder the same, regardless of the number of people they kill.The court ruled in a decision released this week that the code’s provision requiring first-degree murderers be sentenced to 25 years in prison before being eligible for parole violated Charter guarantees against cruel and unusual punishment.The case involves the murder of Caroline Bernard who
  
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• Teens from a Boston skating club, their mothers, and coaches among passengers killed in air crash

  30-01-2025 21:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A crash between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter has killed teen figure skaters returning from a national meet with their mothers and coaches, as well as a group of union steamfitters from the Washington, D.C. area.
  They were among 60 travelers and four crew members on board the flight late Wednesday when it collided with a Blackhawk helicopter that was carrying three soldiers. It appears all on board both aircraft were killed when the plane and helicopter
  
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• Woman arrested by Langley RCMP pleads guilty to human trafficking, sexual exploitation of minors

  30-01-2025 21:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY — A B.C. woman who was arrested by Langley RCMP officers in late 2023 after a lengthy investigation has pleaded guilty to charges of human trafficking, assault, unlawful confinement and sexual exploitation of minors.
  Jennifer Stephens was arrested by Langley RCMP officers in December 2023 after an investigation that commenced in March of that year. The Mounties issued a statement at the time saying they launched the investigation after a 911 call from a Langley gas station, where a
  
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• B.C. woman pleads guilty to multiple charges of human trafficking after 2023 arrest

  30-01-2025 20:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A British Columbia woman has pleaded guilty to charges of human trafficking, assault, unlawful confinement and sexual exploitation of minors.Jennifer Stephens was arrested by Langley RCMP officers in December 2023 after an investigation that began in March of that year.The Mounties issued a statement at the time saying they launched the investigation after a 911 call from a Langley gas station, where a worker “reported that an injured, distressed adult female walked in and asked to call po
  
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• Environment Canada says snow ‘likely’ in many areas this weekend, including Chilliwack and Abbotsford - Fraser Valley Today

  30-01-2025 20:30 via news.google.com
  Environment Canada says snow ‘likely’ in many areas this weekend, including Chilliwack and Abbotsford  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Liberal leadership candidate Gould wants to hike corporate taxes, slash GST

  30-01-2025 20:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Liberal leadership candidate Karina Gould says she would lower the GST by a point to four per cent for a year to give struggling Canadians some tax relief.
  Gould appeared at a campaign event at an independent Ottawa bookshop today, where she also promised to increase the corporate tax rate from 15 to 17 per cent for businesses making more than $500 million in profits annually.
  Gould, who stepped down as House leader to run for the leadership, is one of six candidates vying to repl
  
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• B.C. fires Victoria School Board over ban on police in schools

  30-01-2025 20:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s education minister has fired the entire Victoria School Board in a dispute over a safety plan where the board barred police from schools except in emergencies.
  Minister Lisa Beare says student safety is at risk in the district and she has appointed a lone trustee to oversee the district until the next municipal elections set for the fall of 2026.Beare says the appointment is effective immediately, which will clear the way for the completion of a safety p
  
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• Alberta Premier Smith pitching joint Canada-U.S. NORAD military base in Arctic

  30-01-2025 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling for a joint Canada-U.S. NORAD base in northern Canada to bolster Arctic security.
  Smith says she pitched the idea at a recent meeting with fellow premiers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
  She says the base could be similar to the Canadian NORAD Region headquarters in Winnipeg.
  Smith has been urging more collaboration with the U.S., as President Donald Trump has threatened to impose 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods starting Saturda
  
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• Fredericton MP Jenica Atwin says online hate helped push her out of federal politics

  30-01-2025 20:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FREDERICTON — Jenica Atwin is leaving federal politics for the “time being” in part because of the online hate she receives, saying the level of toxicity she’s had to face has been surprising.
  The Fredericton member of Parliament was first elected in 2019 with the Green Party before crossing the aisle to join the Liberals in 2021. It was around the time she joined the party of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that she decided to close her X account “because it was actu
  
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• Surrey, B.C., mayor joins alliance of border communities ahead of possible tariffs

  30-01-2025 20:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke says U.S. tariffs would put hundreds of jobs in her community at risk, as she becomes the latest mayor to join an alliance advocating for Canadian border communities.
  Locke says 20 per cent of businesses in Surrey have direct trade ties with the United States amounting to roughly $2.8 billion in cross-border commerce each year.
  The Border Mayors Alliance includes about 20 Canadian mayors and was formed in response to threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to impose 25
  
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• Hope volunteers remove an entire trailer full of rubbish from homeless camp

  30-01-2025 19:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — Hope-area resident Ryan Smith and his fellow volunteers took matters in their own hands Wednesday morning.Smith had disseminated a call for like-minded residents to join him to remove trash and other debris from a homeless encampment on a mountain bike trail at Hope Mountain.He and his fellow volunteers managed to collect and haul away an entire trailer full of garbage from a different location in Hope because an occupant of the Hope Mountain encampment filled up roughly six to eigh
  
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• Montreal tightens rules for short-term rentals, including primary residences

  30-01-2025 19:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal is further tightening restrictions around short-term vacation rental platforms by boosting the number of inspectors and limiting when people can rent out their primary residences.
  The city announced today that residents will only be allowed to rent their primary residences on platforms such as Airbnb between June 10 and Sept. 10, with some exceptions.
  There are already significant restrictions in place, but the city says that despite efforts in recent years to crack dow
  
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• Plane crashes in sports have devastated pro teams and college programs

  30-01-2025 19:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The crash of an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter was the latest to strike the sports world in the U.S. and globally.
  Among the passengers were several members of the Skating Club of Boston who were returning from the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas. They included teenage figure skaters Jinna Han and Spencer Lane, their mothers and two highly regarded Russian-born figure skating coaches, Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov. All 64 people on board wer
  
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• $5-million climate program to help B.C.’s tree fruit growers in extreme weather

  30-01-2025 19:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Tree fruit growers in British Columbia are now able to access a $5-million climate resiliency program to help their crops weather extreme heat and cold.
  The funding comes after many B.C. crops, including cherries, plums, peaches and nectarines, were nearly wiped out by an extreme cold spell in January 2024.Agriculture Minister Lana Popham says they know climate impacts will continue and the program will help growers’ crops and businesses become more resilient in the face o
  
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• BCCLA files lawsuit against City of Vancouver’s ban on daytime shelters

  30-01-2025 19:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The BC Civil Liberties Association says it has filed a lawsuit against the City of Vancouver to challenge the municipality’s daytime ban on outdoor sheltering, calling it “cruel, dehumanizing and deadly.”
  It says in a news release that the lawsuit was filed alongside three individual plaintiffs and claims the ban violates sections of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
  The association says it is challenging three city bylaws that “make it illegal for unh
  
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• Minister LeBlanc texted border security video to Trump’s pick to lead tariff agenda

  30-01-2025 19:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc sent a video of Canada’s border security efforts to the man U.S. President Donald Trump has chosen to oversee his tariff agenda — part of Canada’s pitch to avoid devastating duties that could come as soon as Saturday.
  LeBlanc’s office confirmed the three-minute video was texted to Howard Lutnick Wednesday evening after the billionaire financier’s Senate hearing on his nomination to lead the U.S. Department of Comme
  
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• Ottawa names a new chief adviser on combating human trafficking

  30-01-2025 19:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government says it has appointed a new “chief adviser” on combating human trafficking.
  Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Gary Anandasangaree says Jennifer Richardson, who served as the first director of Ontario’s Anti-Human Trafficking Coordination Office, has deep knowledge of human trafficking.
  As chief adviser to the federal government, Richardson will offer recommendations to Public Safety Minister David McGuinty.
  In recent weeks McGuinty has
  
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• Armed Forces name former MP as first Indigenous Knowledge Keeper

  30-01-2025 19:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — The Canadian Armed Forces have named its first Indigenous Knowledge Keeper.The military is set to host a ceremony tonight in Winnipeg for Warrant Officer Robert-Falcon Ouellette, who is also to be promoted to captain.
  The military says the new position is part of its effort to embrace and welcome Indigenous spirituality with its members.
  Ouellette is a former Liberal member of Parliament who also ran for mayor of the province’s capital.He has served in the military for 29
  
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• One person found dead at Langley homeless camp along Highway 1: RCMP

  30-01-2025 19:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY — Mounties in Langley say one person has been found dead after a fire at an encampment in the 19700 block of Highway 1 Thursday morning (Jan. 30).
  According to a brief statement from Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, Langley RCMP received a report of a fire at an encampment along Highway 1 at 4:50 a.m. One person was found deceased.
  Langley RCMP members are attending and working closely with the Township of Langley Fire Department and the B.C. Coroners Service.
  “We are in the very early st
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews to captain U.S. at 4 Nations Face-Off

  30-01-2025 19:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews will captain the United States at the 4 Nations Face-Off.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Multi-vehicle crash on Hwy. 1 in Langley sends 2 to hospital Thursday morning

  30-01-2025 18:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY — A spokesperson for the B.C. Highway Patrol says a vehicle crash on Highway 1 in Langley Thursday morning involved four vehicles and sent two people to hospital.
  According to BCHP spokesperson Corporal Michael McLaughlin, the vehicle incident partially shut down eastbound traffic on Highway #1 near 200 Street. The collision occurred at 6:20 a.m. Thursday morning (Jan. 30).
  Four vehicles were involved and two people have been taken to hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, Cpl
  
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• Axe-wielding man arrested near Chilliwack after breaking into shed - Abbotsford News

  30-01-2025 18:22 via news.google.com
  Axe-wielding man arrested near Chilliwack after breaking into shed  Abbotsford News
  
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• UFV eager to hear what Hope residents want from their local campus

  30-01-2025 18:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — Staff from the University of the Fraser Valley say they are looking to solicit feedback from Hope residents about programs and services they would like to see offered at UFV’s Hope Centre campus.
  To that end, UFV will hold a pair of sessions in early February to gather valuable input from the community on what they’d like to see offered at the campus in Hope.The Community Conversation event, as it’s called, happens Tuesday, February 4 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., and 6
  
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• Toronto FC gives up late goal in 1-1 pre-season draw with Norway’s Fredrikstad FK

  30-01-2025 18:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MARBELLA — Toronto FC gave up a late goal and had to settle for a 1-1 draw Thursday with Norway’s Fredrikstad FK in the MLS team’s first game of the pre-season.
  The contest was played in four 30-minute halves with TFC giving two different starting lineups 60 minutes each at La Quinta Football Center.Canadian international winger Theo Corbeanu scored on his Toronto debut, curling a low free kick around the wall and past the goalkeeper in the 47th minute. Former Guinea youth inte
  
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• Rogers navigating federal immigration policies, tariff threat as profits rise

  30-01-2025 18:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The chief executive of Rogers Communications Inc. says the company plans to “remain disciplined” this year amid a competitive telecom market, but could face challenges from Canada’s reduced immigration targets and the tariff threat from the U.S.
  Amid the current political environment, there “seems to be a sea of change here for the country,” Rogers president and CEO Tony Staffieri said Thursday as the company reported its fourth quarter results.
  The
  
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• Reports: Toronto Tempo hire Monica Wright Rogers as first GM of new WNBA team

  30-01-2025 18:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Monica Wright Rogers has been hired as the first general manager of the WNBA’s Toronto Tempo, according to reports.The expansion team will begin play in 2026.
  The Athletic and ESPN are reporting that the hiring is official.Wright Rogers spent seven seasons in the WNBA as a player.
  She most recently served as an assistant GM with the Phoenix Mercury.
  This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 30, 2025.The Canadian Press
  
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• Axe-wielding man arrested near Chilliwack after breaking into shed - Chilliwack Progress

  30-01-2025 18:17 via news.google.com
  Axe-wielding man arrested near Chilliwack after breaking into shed  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Serbia’s striking students set off on 2-day march north as their protest movement widens

  30-01-2025 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — They packed up food, water and extra clothes and set off.
  Hundreds of Serbian university students on Thursday started an 80-kilometer (50-mile) march toward the northern city of Novi Sad, the latest endeavor in their widening protest movement over a deadly overhang collapse in November that killed 15 people.
  The students started from the capital, Belgrade, and plan to arrive in two days in Novi Sad, where a massive blockade of the city bridges over the Danube is pla
  
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• Friday, February 21, 2025 - Prince George Spruce Kings

  30-01-2025 18:03 via news.google.com
  
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• CEBL’s Calgary Surge hire Kaleb Canales as head coach

  30-01-2025 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The Calgary Surge of the Canadian Elite Basketball League announced Thursday that former NBA bench boss Kaleb Canales has been named the team’s head coach for the 2025 season.
  The 46-year-old Canales, who is currently the associate head coach for the Dallas Mavericks’ NBA G League affiliate, has previously been an assistant coach with the Portland Trail Blazers, Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks, Indiana Pacers and Orlando Magic.
  During the 2011-12 NBA season, he was
  
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• Environment Canada warns of wintry conditions along B.C. south coast

  30-01-2025 17:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Environment Canada says wintry conditions are expected along British Columbia’s south coast this week.
  It says a low pressure system is making its way toward the coast, bringing steady precipitation starting Thursday afternoon.The weather office says wet snow is expected over higher elevations, with some areas expected to get about four centimetres by Friday morning, before temperatures rise and it changes to rain.
  It says frigid temperatures are expected this weekend, st
  
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• Lower Mainland dump truck driver gets 10 tickets after striking hydro pole, lamp post

  30-01-2025 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOWER MAINLAND – Police are reminding commercial truck drivers to conduct pre-trip inspections after a dump truck collided with a lamp post and hydro pole earlier this month, resulting in 10 violation tickets for the driver.According to a news release from the B.C. RCMP, Burnaby RCMP frontline officers responded to the report of a single-vehicle collision involving a dump truck on Boundary Road on Monday, January 13 shortly after 1 p.m. On arrival, police discovered the dump truck had stru
  
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• Two women, one man dead after building fire southwest of Montreal

  30-01-2025 17:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Three people are dead after a fire in a residential building in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que., southwest of Montreal.
  The victims include two women in their 50s and a man in his 70s.
  Quebec provincial police say the fire broke out around 6 p.m. Wednesday.
  The victims were taken from the burning building and transported to hospital, where they were declared dead.
  Police say firefighters successfully put out the fire.
  An investigation is underway, and police have not yet said wha
  
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• Quebec immigration minister tables new bill aimed at better integrating newcomers

  30-01-2025 17:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUÉBEC — The Quebec government has tabled legislation that would modify the provincial charter of rights to state that the exercise of individual rights must comply with the province’s model for integrating immigrants.
  The bill tabled in the provincial legislature this morning by Immigration Minister Jean-François Roberge requires newcomers to embrace Quebec’s common culture.
  Specifically, it says they are expected to learn the French language, enrich Quebec cultu
  
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• Hospital nurse in Uganda dies in country’s first Ebola outbreak in 2 years

  30-01-2025 17:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A nurse in Uganda has died of Ebola in the first recorded fatality since the country’s last outbreak of the disease ended in early 2023, a health official said Thursday.
  The 32-year-old male nurse was an employee of Mulago Hospital, the main referral facility in the capital, Kampala, Diana Atwine, permanent secretary of the health ministry, told reporters Thursday.After developing a fever, he was treated at several locations in Uganda before multiple lab tests
  
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• PC Leader Doug Ford says he’ll honour Ontario’s electric vehicle commitment

  30-01-2025 16:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford says if re-elected, he will honour the province’s commitment to the electric vehicle sector should U.S. President Donald Trump end a subsidy program.
  Trump has said the U.S. does not want or need Canada’s cars despite signing a free trade deal with Canada and Mexico in his first term.
  Ford’s government agreed to an auto pact with the federal government in 2023 to pay one third of production incentives in a deal with Volkswagen and Stell
  
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• Grand Slam of Curling series to make its first visit to United States next season

  30-01-2025 16:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Grand Slam of Curling series is going international for the first time.The Curling Group CEO Nic Sulsky says the five-event circuit will make its first visit to the United States during the 2025-26 season.Host city and bonspiel dates for the 2025-26 season are expected to be released over the next few weeks.
  But Sulsky confirms in an interview with The Canadian Press that the circuit will definitely hold one event south of the border next season.He says dates for all competitions are locked
  
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• Barkov, Hedman named captains for Finland, Sweden at 4 Nations Face-Off

  30-01-2025 16:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Aleksander Barkov and Victor Hedman were named captains for Team Finland and Team Sweden, respectively, on Thursday ahead of the 4 Nations Face-Off.
  Barkov, who made history as the first Finnish captain to win the Stanley Cup with the Florida Panthers last year, will be joined by Sebastian Aho and Mikko Rantanen, both of the Carolina Hurricanes, and Mikael Granlund of the San Jose Sharks as assistant captains for Finland.
  Hedman, a 16-season veteran in his first campaign as captain of the Tampa
  
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• 'Wintery mix' expected for Lower Mainland - Chilliwack Progress

  30-01-2025 16:21 via news.google.com
  
  'Wintery mix' expected for Lower Mainland  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Sentencing for ex-priest who admitted to indecent assaults of Nunavut children

  30-01-2025 16:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  IQALUIT — A Catholic priest who pleaded guilty to indecent assault against seven Inuit children more than four decades ago has asked for forgiveness.Eric Dejaeger stood in an Iqaluit courtroom and made brief remarks before Justice Faiyaz Alibhai was to hand down his sentence.The 77-year-old Dejaeger told the court he’s sorry for the cruel things he has done and that he hasn’t reoffended for 40 years.
  He says he’s a changed person and he’s had a lot of time to think
  
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• Environment Canada says snow ‘likely’ in many areas this weekend, including Chilliwack and Abbotsford

  30-01-2025 16:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Environment Canada says a wintery mix of weather conditions could impact B.C.’s southern coast the next several days, but is stopping short of guaranteeing a specific amount of snow.According to a special weather statement disseminated at 3:48 p.m. Wednesday (Jan. 29), the national weather agency says a low pressure system should make its way towards the B.C. coast with steady precipitation starting Thursday afternoon.Environment Canada predicts that due to initially low
  
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• NDP leader wants to ban the U.S. from procurement if it hits Canada with tariffs

  30-01-2025 16:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Canada should bar American companies from all federal government procurement contracts if U.S. President Donald Trump hits the country with damaging tariffs.
  Singh is meeting with unionized steelworkers in Sault Ste. Marie today, where he’s laying out his “Buy Canadian” plan.
  He also says any funds Canada raises through retaliatory tariffs should be put toward supporting workers affected by U.S. tariffs.
  Liberal leadership candidate
  
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