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• New Chilliwack real estate listings rank the highest in 15 years as home prices rise again

  12-02-2025 23:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Home sales in the Chilliwack area dropped more than 14 per cent in January compared to the year prior while the number of homes listed last month in the greater Chilliwack region hit a 15-year high.
  According to a statement from the Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board, the number of homes sold through the Multiple Listing System of CADREB amounted to 170 units in January 2025, a drop of 14.5 per cent from January 2024 and 20 per cent below the five-year average.
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• Two men plead guilty in fatal Fraser Valley hit-and-run where victim was dragged for blocks

  12-02-2025 23:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Police say two men have pleaded guilty for their roles in a fatal hit-and-run in Surrey, B.C., last year where a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle then dragged for several blocks.
  Surrey police say Gaganpreet Singh and Jagdeep Singh were two of the three occupants in a red Ford Mustang that struck the male pedestrian in the early morning of Jan. 27, 2024.
  Police say officers found both the vehicle and the pedestrian a few blocks away from where the hit-and-run was reported, and the victim was d
  
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• Raptors announce multi-year extension for recently acquitted forward Brandon ingram

  12-02-2025 23:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors have signed recently acquired small forward Brandon Ingram to a multi-year contract extension, the NBA club announced Wednesday.Terms were not disclosed but ESPN, which first reported the extension on Tuesday, said it was a three-year, US$120-million deal with a player option for 2027-28.
  The Raptors acquired Ingram last week before the NBA’s trade deadline in a deal that sent a 2026 first-round pick from Indiana, their own 2031 second-round pick and vet
  
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• Canadian right-hander Cal Quantrill agrees to $3.5 million, 1-year deal with Marlins

  12-02-2025 23:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Canadian right-hander Cal Quantrill and the Miami Marlins agreed Wednesday to a $3.5 million, one-year contract.
  Quantrill can earn an additional $500,000 in performance bonuses.
  He went 8-11 with a 4.98 ERA over 29 starts with Colorado last season, leading the club in wins and ranking third on the pitching staff in starts, innings and strikeouts (110). It was his most starts since 2022 with Cleveland after making only 19 starts in 2023.
  Selected by San Diego with the eighth p
  
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• Motorist with a lead foot nabbed for blazing through a school zone Wednesday: AbbyPD

  12-02-2025 22:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — A driver in Abbotsford will have several days to ponder their foolish actions without a vehicle after getting caught driving  over 40 km/h above the speed limit in a school zone Wednesday afternoon.
  According to a social media post Wednesday, Abbotsford PD says proactive enforcement on area roadways remains a top priority among its patrol and traffic units. A patrol officer who was conducting speed enforcement in a school zone on Downes Road Wednesday observed a vehicle b
  
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• Two men plead guilty in fatal B.C. hit-and-run where victim was dragged for blocks

  12-02-2025 22:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — Police say two men have pleaded guilty for their roles in a fatal hit-and-run in Surrey, B.C., last year where a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle then dragged for several blocks.
  Surrey police say Gaganpreet Singh and Jagdeep Singh were two of the three occupants in a red Ford Mustang that struck the male pedestrian in the early morning of Jan. 27, 2024.
  Police say officers found both the vehicle and the pedestrian a few blocks away from where the hit-and-run was reported,
  
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• Former intelligence adviser fears Trump may leverage intel sharing against Canada

  12-02-2025 22:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A former top advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s worried the U.S. might put intelligence sharing on the table in talks about Canada’s laggardly defence spending.
  Vincent Rigby says he’s afraid that at some point, intelligence will become a negotiating tool as the Donald Trump White house seeks to extract gains from Canada.
  Rigby was Trudeau’s national security and intelligence adviser during the early years of the pandemic.
  Trump and other U.
  
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• New Chilliwack real estate listings rank the highest in 15 years as home prices rise again - Fraser Valley Today

  12-02-2025 22:32 via news.google.com
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• New Chilliwack real estate listings in January rank the highest in 15 years as home prices rise again

  12-02-2025 22:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Home sales in the Chilliwack area dropped more than 14 per cent in January compared to the year prior while the number of homes listed last month in the greater Chilliwack region hit a 15-year high.
  According to a statement from the Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board, the number of homes sold through the Multiple Listing System of CADREB amounted to 170 units in January 2025, a drop of 14.5 per cent from January 2024 and 20 per cent below the five-year average.
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• Edmonton looks to impress as expansion destination by hosting PWHL neutral-site game

  12-02-2025 22:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — When the Toronto Sceptres and Ottawa Charge meet Sunday at a sold-out Rogers Place, it will feel like more than a one-off game.
  It will feel like Edmonton is on trial.
  The Alberta capital is the fifth city to host a neutral-site Professional Women’s Hockey League game this season as part of its nine-site Takeover Tour. For Charge forward Danielle Serdachny and defender Stephanie Markowski, the game will see them return to their hometown to play in front of family and frien
  
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• Navy crew members eject from their jet before it crashes off the San Diego coast

  12-02-2025 22:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A U.S. Navy jet crashed Wednesday morning off the coast of San Diego but the crew members were able to eject and were rescued by a fishing boat, authorities said.
  The two occupants of the E/A-18G Growler were first picked up by a fishing vessel called Premiere, then transferred to a nearby Customs and Border Protection vessel, said Coast Guard spokesperson Petty Officer Christopher Sappey.The two crew members were able to eject from the aircraft before they were rescued, according to a Navy offi
  
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• Rice and noodle restaurant coming to Popkum

  12-02-2025 21:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  POPKUM — A rice and noodle restaurant currently under construction will be the final tenant in the same Rosedale Village shopping centre as Dairy Queen and Starbucks.A building permit sticker from the Faser Valley Regional District affixed to the window of unit 102 at 52964 Yale Road East in Popkum suggests the building will be T.I. Rice & Noodle Restaurant.The restaurant will be situated next to Oxygen Yoga & Fitness and Freshslice Pizza in the smaller shopping centre.Fraser Valle
  
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• Teammates for the first time, Tkachuk brothers ready to rock at 4 Nations Face-Off

  12-02-2025 21:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Matthew Tkachuk has vivid memories of the village.
  He was eight years old. Younger brother Brady was six.
  Their father, Keith, was playing at his fourth and final Olympics for the United States in men’s hockey.
  Dad and the boys met up one off-day and took in the sights and sounds of the sprawling campus competitors called home at the 2006 Games in Turin, Italy.
  “Taking pictures with all these incredible athletes from all over the world in different sports,” rec
  
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• A Navy jet crashed off the coast of San Diego. 2 crewmembers were rescued.

  12-02-2025 20:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A U.S. Navy jet crashed Wednesday morning off the coast of San Diego and the two crewmembers were rescued, authorities said.
  The two occupants of the E/A-18G Growler were first picked up by a fishing vessel called Premiere, then transferred to a nearby Customs and Border Protection vessel, said Coast Guard spokesperson Petty Officer Christopher Sappey.The crewmembers were taken to an area hospital, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. They are in stable condition, Sappey said.
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• Chilliwack approves $5.2M over 3 years to tackle homelessness - Chilliwack Progress

  12-02-2025 20:41 via news.google.com
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• SD33 parents asked to stop blocking Unsworth Road during afternoon dismissal times

  12-02-2025 20:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The principal of Unsworth Elementary has asked parents, guardians and caregivers of students there to do their best to stop blocking Unsworth Road during afternoon dismissal times.
  According to the text of an email sent to parents Wednesday, Unsworth principal Ken Chater says it has been brought to the school’s attention from the City of Chilliwack that “we are having issues with blocking Unsworth Road during our dismissal time with vehicles.”The princpal tol
  
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• Eby says U.S. economic integration ‘last thing’ B.C. wants, ahead of White House trip

  12-02-2025 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  British Columbia Premier David Eby says “the last thing” the province is considering is further economic integration with the United States, as he and other premiers prepare for a White House meeting with President Donald Trump’s advisers.
  Eby says that instead B.C. is “looking for other customers” for everything from aluminum to seafood.
  He says the premiers have had a series of “really positive discussions” with Democrats and Republicans in Washington,
  
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• Hockey Quebec announces ban on smelling salts, citing health risk for players

  12-02-2025 20:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Hockey Quebec is banning the use of smelling salts, citing concern over their use by young players.
  The governing body published a directive stating the ammonia-based inhalants are no longer allowed during games, practices and organized activities.
  Hockey Quebec confirmed in an email that at least one coach in the province has been suspended in relation to the use of smelling salts by players in the under-11 age group.
  Smelling salts were originally developed to revive people wh
  
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• White House says judges balking at Trump’s actions are provoking a ‘constitutional crisis’

  12-02-2025 20:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Wednesday that court rulings going against the Trump administration are coming from “judicial activists” on the bench whose decisions amount to a “constitutional crisis.”
  White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt made the comments as she pushed back against critics of Republican President Donald Trump’s expansive actions.
  “We believe these judges are acting as judicial activists rather than honest arbiters of the
  
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• Abbotsford man's Golden Eagle lawsuit proceeds despite delays - Chilliwack Progress

  12-02-2025 20:03 via news.google.com
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• Canada’s new fentanyl czar says eliminating drug’s ‘scourge’ is his primary goal

  12-02-2025 19:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANSDOWNE, ONT. — Canada’s new fentanyl czar Kevin Brosseau says he will bring an “intensity” to efforts to eliminate the scourge of fentanyl on both sides of the border.
  Touring a border point near Lansdowne, Ont. on his first day on the job, the former senior Mountie says his mandate is to bring people together, to integrate the work and to produce results.
  Brosseau spent more than 20 years with the RCMP and more recently was deputy national security and intelligence ad
  
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• Two Fraser Valley govt. agencies abandon X, formerly known as Twitter

  12-02-2025 19:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Two government agencies in the Fraser Valley have stopped posting on X, formerly known as Twitter, with one saying the platform no longer aligns with its values.
  The District of Hope made a statement Wednesday (Feb. 12) saying it will no longer be active on Twitter. Although the municipality hasn’t posted on X since August 2024, it doesn’t plan to moving forward.“We remain committed to keeping our community informed and engaged on platforms that better align
  
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• Cavalry FC star striker Tobias Warschewski relishes life in Canadian Premier League

  12-02-2025 19:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Canadian Premier League has proved to be a valuable launching pad for domestic talent. But it has also offered a fresh start to overseas players like Tobias Warschewski.
  The 27-year-old German forward says he rediscovered his love for the game in Canada.
  “A lot of things happened but at the end of the day I didn’t enjoy soccer in Germany anymore and wanted to completely stop football,” he said.
  “When I’m performing I need to have fun most of the time and this is
  
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• Use of counterfeit money leads police to seize loaded guns associated to 2 teenagers: Mission RCMP

  12-02-2025 19:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Mounties in Mission say an investigation into the use of counterfeit money at a retail store has led police to seize loaded handguns from two 18-year-old males.
  According to a statement from Corporal Harrison Mohr, a young male walked into a bakery at a mall on Lougheed Highway in Mission on January 18 and used a $100 bill to pay for a loaf of bread. At about the same time, another young male entered a grocery store in the same mall and bought gift cards using two $100 bills. Whe
  
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• Former Blue Jays star slugger Bautista named to Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame

  12-02-2025 18:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. MARYS,ONTARIO, CANADA — Former Toronto Blue Jays star slugger José Bautista is among the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s class of 2025.
  The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced its newest members Wednesday.
  Bautista was a six-time MLB all-star who led the Blue Jays to two post-season appearances.
  He is best known for his memorable “bat flip” home run against the Texas Rangers in the 2015 American League Division Series.
  Joining Bautista are form
  
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• Former longtime Illinois legislative leader Michael Madigan is convicted in corruption trial

  12-02-2025 18:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago Democrat who once set much of Illinois’ political agenda as the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history was convicted of bribery and wire fraud Wednesday in a mixed verdict in his high-profile corruption trial.
  Jurors convicted former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan of 10 counts and acquitted him of seven, but could not reach a decision on six. They returned the verdict after deliberating more than 10 days in a case that led to the downfall
  
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• Denis Coderre out of Quebec LIberal leadership race after being rejected by party

  12-02-2025 18:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUÉBEC — Former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre says he won’t appeal a party decision to reject his candidacy for the Quebec Liberal leadership.
  Coderre writes in a message posted to Facebook on Tuesday night that he is “disgusted” by the situation, complaining he was the victim of leaks and that “the dice were loaded” against him.
  On Friday, the Quebec Liberal Party announced it had rejected Coderre’s bid to enter the race and said he had five days
  
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• Upper Fraser Valley RCMP leader moves on from Chilliwack

  12-02-2025 18:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — RCMP Superintendent Davy Lee has officially moved on from his leadership role with the Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment in Chilliwack.
  Upper Fraser Valley RCMP Inspector Darren Pankrantz announced Supt. Lee’s departure at Tuesday’s Chilliwack council meeting. Lee’s last day at the regional detachment in Chilliwack was December 12, 2024.
  Supt. Lee has accepted a security position within the RCMP for the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup soccer games, which w
  
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• Upper Fraser Valley RCMP leader moves on from Chilliwack - Fraser Valley Today

  12-02-2025 18:33 via news.google.com
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• Here’s the latest as Canada faces U.S President Donald Trump’s tariff threats

  12-02-2025 18:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s 13 premiers are in Washington, D.C. today seeking to convince Republicans that U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to impose stiff tariffs on Canada is not in their best interest. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Brussels meeting with European allies as Canada looks to shore up support against those tariffs.
  Here’s the latest (all times eastern):
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  Ontario Premier Doug Ford says both Canada and the U.S. would be hurt in a trade war and the premie
  
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• Two earthquakes rattle near Fort St. John, B.C., one felt

  12-02-2025 18:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — Two earthquakes rattled the Fort St. John area in northeastern B.C., less than two hours apart.Earthquakes Canada says there was no damage reported by either quake, and only the second was felt in the city.
  The agency says the first, a magnitude 4.2, happened just before midnight local time Tuesday, about 122 kilometres west of the city and was only felt in the “epicentral region.”
  It says the second magnitude 4.4 quake then struck early Wednesday morning
  
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• Russians Andreeva, Shnaider down top seeds Dabrowski, Routliffe at Qatar Open

  12-02-2025 18:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DOHA — Top seeds Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand were emphatically eliminated from the women’s doubles competition at the Qatar Open tennis tournament with a 6-2, 6-1 loss to Russians Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider.
  The Russians needed just 56 minutes to post the win.They saved both break points they faced while breaking Dabrowski and Routliffe four times on six chances.
  In a dominant second set, Andreeva and Shnaider won 14-of-17 first-serve points,
  
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• Senate confirms Gabbard as Trump’s director of national intelligence after Republicans fall in line

  12-02-2025 17:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence after Republicans who had initially questioned her experience and judgment fell in line behind her nomination.
  Gabbard was an unconventional pick to oversee and coordinate the country’s 18 different intelligence agencies, given her past comments sympathetic to Russia, a meeting she held with now-deposed Syrian President Bashar Assad and her previous su
  
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• Massive winter storm prompts weather warnings across several provinces

  12-02-2025 17:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — A huge winter storm is expected to descend on parts of Ontario and Quebec tonight and quickly spread across the Atlantic region on Thursday and Friday, prompting Environment Canada to issue a flurry of weather warnings.
  Snowfall warnings have been issued for the southern half of Quebec and a large portion of Ontario, stretching from the Temiskaming-Temagami region in the north to the Sarnia area in the south.
  As well, the federal weather agency says up to 25 centimetres of snow i
  
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• Ian Hanomansing to host live CBC News Network prime-time show from Vancouver

  12-02-2025 16:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CBC News Network is turning to Ian Hanomansing for its live prime-time coverage.
  The veteran newsman takes over a daily two-hour slot following “Power & Politics” starting Tuesday, Feb. 18.
  Live from Vancouver, “Hanomansing Tonight” will air weeknights from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. ET, and lead straight into “The National.”
  The show comes amid an especially heavy avalanche of news around issues including a contentious U.S.-Canada relationship, escalating household
  
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• Government watchdogs fired by Trump sue his administration and ask a judge to reinstate them

  12-02-2025 16:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight government watchdogs have sued over their mass firing that removed oversight of President Donald Trump’s new administration.The lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Washington asks a judge to declare the firings unlawful and restore the inspectors general to their positions at the agencies.
  They said in the filing that they play a critical, nonpartisan role overseeing trillions of dollars in federal spending and the conduct of millions of federal employ
  
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• Winner of the Boston Marathon, legendary Canadian runner Jerome Drayton dies at 80

  12-02-2025 16:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Legendary long-distance runner Jerome Drayton, who won the Boston Marathon in 1977 and held the Canadian men’s marathon record for 43 years, has died. He was 80.
  Drayton died unexpectedly on Monday in Toronto, according to Cardinal Funeral Homes. Runners World magazine said he died during knee surgery.
  Drayton was inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1978.
  Born as Peter Buniak on Jan. 10, 1945, in Kolbermoore, Germany, he came to Canada in 1956 and changed hi
  
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• Leger poll: Canadians anxious but ready to rally against Trump’s threats

  12-02-2025 16:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canadians are collectively biting their fingernails and ready to wave the flag as they face down repeated threats from the White House.
  A new Leger poll suggests a surge in both anxiety levels and patriotism in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s vow to target Canadian exports with massive tariffs and his talk of absorbing Canada into the United States.
  The poll says most Canadians — 82 per cent — are concerned about Trump leveraging Canada’s reliance
  
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• 8 inspectors general fired by Trump file a federal lawsuit claiming their terminations were unlawful

  12-02-2025 16:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight government watchdogs sued the Trump administration on Wednesday over their mass firing that removed oversight of his new administration.The lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington asks a judge to declare the firings unlawful and restore them to their positions.The independent inspectors general at government agencies say in the lawsuit that they play a critical, nonpartisan role overseeing trillions of dollars in federal spending and the conduct of millions of
  
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• Blue Bombers, Stampeders open second day of free agency with early moves

  12-02-2025 16:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Calgary Stampeders opened the second day of CFL free agency with moves.
  For a second straight day, Winnipeg kicked things off by agreeing to terms on a one-year contract with American quarterback Shea Patterson. The six-foot, 212-pound Patterson enters his fourth CFL season, having also spent time with Montreal (2021) and Saskatchewan (2023-24).
  Patterson appeared in 18 regular-season games last year with Saskatchewan, winning two of six starts. That included a 19-9
  
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• Education Department rescinds Biden memo that threatened to upend college NIL payments

  12-02-2025 15:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Education Department is scrapping a policy from the Biden administration that threatened to upend colleges’ plans to pay athletes for their name, imagine and likeness by making those payments subject to federal Title IX rules.
  President Donald Trump’s education officials announced the change Wednesday, saying the policy from former President Joe Biden’s final days in office had no legal basis under Title IX, the 1972 law forbidding sex discrimin
  
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• Storylines galore as Toronto Blue Jays kick off spring training in Florida

  12-02-2025 15:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUNEDIN — Question marks hover over the Toronto Blue Jays as the team kicks off spring training Thursday when pitchers and catchers hold their first official workout at the club’s player development complex.
  Here’s a look at five storylines to watch as preparations begin for the pre-season opener on Feb. 22 against the New York Yankees.
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  Slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr., the homegrown face of the franchise, is set to become a free agent this fall unless he signs a con
  
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• Austrian far-right leader’s efforts to form a new government collapse

  12-02-2025 15:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VIENNA (AP) — Austrian far-right leader Herbert Kickl said Wednesday that his talks on forming a coalition government with a conservative party have collapsed.
  Austria’s president gave Kickl a mandate to try to form a new government on Jan. 6 after efforts to put together a governing alliance with his Freedom Party failed.
  But his talks with the conservative Austrian People’s Party appeared increasingly troubled in recent days, with constant talk of policy differences and a cla
  
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• Swiss skiers Franjo von Allmen and Loic Meillard win gold in the combined team event at worlds

  12-02-2025 14:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) — Swiss skiers Franjo von Allmen and Loic Meillard won gold in the new team combined event at the Alpine world championships on Wednesday.
  They led a Swiss sweep of the podium ahead of silver medalists Alexis Monney and Tanguy Nef.
  Stefan Rogentin and Marc Rochat took bronze.
  It’s the third gold medal for the Swiss team at these worlds after Marco Odermatt won the super-G and Von Allmen the downhill.
  The American team of Ryan Cochran-Siegle and Benj
  
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• As number of auto thefts drops nationally, Alberta logs highest per-capita theft rate

  12-02-2025 14:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s auto theft rate for private passenger vehicles dropped by almost 19 per cent in 2024 compared to the previous year — but the non-profit that collected the data says the number of stolen vehicles is still “unreasonably” high.
  And Alberta is emerging as an area of concern because thieves there seem to be shifting their attention away from older trucks — often used to commit crimes and then abandoned — toward newer, higher value vehicles s
  
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• Defence Minister Bill Blair says Canada working hard to meet NATO spending target

  12-02-2025 13:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BRUSSELS — Defence Minister Bill Blair says Canada is working hard to accelerate its defence spending to get to the two per cent threshold that it has committed to as part of NATO.
  The minister is in Brussels to meet with NATO allies and the Ukraine Defense Contact Group.
  U.S. President Donald Trump has complained that Canada is not meeting its NATO spending commitments and talked about Canada becoming the 51st state.
  Blair called the 51st state comments “disrespectful and concerning
  
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• Kremlin says unidentified Russian freed in US in exchange for Moscow’s release of Marc Fogel

  12-02-2025 12:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Kremlin said Wednesday that a Russian citizen was freed in the United States in exchange for Moscow’s release of American Marc Fogel, but refused to identify them until they arrive in Russia.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the unidentified individual would return to Russia “in the coming days,” and when they are on the Russian soil, their name would be revealed — unlike during past prisoner exchanges between Moscow and Washington, when Russians and
  
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• In the news today: Canada’s premiers in Washington, metals tariffs spark can concerns

  12-02-2025 10:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Premiers descend on Washington amid tariff threat
  Canada’s premiers are in Washington today to meet with lawmakers, business groups and lobbyists in a joint effort to push back on U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans for devastating duties.It is the first time all 13 premiers have travelled to the American capital together.
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford, chair of the Council of the Federation, a
  
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• Canada’s 13 premiers in Washington on mission to push back Trump’s tariff threats

  12-02-2025 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Canada’s premiers are in Washington today to meet with lawmakers, business groups and lobbyists in a joint effort to push back on U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans for devastating duties.It is the first time all 13 premiers have travelled to the American capital together.
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford, chair of the Council of the Federation, appealed to members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Tuesday to send a message to Trump that tariffs would hurt both the America
  
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• Trudeau heads to Brussels to talk security as U.S. tariff threats continue

  12-02-2025 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is off to Brussels today as Canada works to deepen its trade and defence ties with Europe.
  The prime minister’s one-day visit to the Belgian capital includes a meeting with NATO secretary-general Mark Rutte and the European Union’s two most senior leaders.
  Ursula von der Leyen has been president of the European Commission since 2019, and her job involves directing the EU’s policy agenda and legislation.
  Former Portuguese prime ministe
  
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