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• California woman charged with murder in her 9-year-old daughter’s death

  23-12-2025 23:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A California woman has been charged with murder after the remains of her missing 9-year-old daughter were found in Utah, authorities said Tuesday. Ashlee Buzzard, 40, was arrested after bullet cartridges found near her daughter's body were linked to a used cartridge case found in her home, said Santa Barbara County’s Sheriff-Coroner Bill Brown. Authorities found 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard’s body Dec. 6 in a rural area of Utah after a man and woman taking photos off of East State Rout
  
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• Veteran goalkeeper Sean Johnson says goodbye, makes Toronto FC departure official

  23-12-2025 23:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Veteran goalkeeper Sean Johnson has confirmed he will not be returning to Toronto FC next season.
  The news was not unexpected given Toronto had announced in late October that it was declining the 2026 contract option on the 36-year-old 'keeper. But Johnson made it official Tuesday, saying farewell in a social media post.
  "Putting on the crest at Toronto FC was an honour I never took lightly," he wrote, giving thanks to both the club and its fans.
  "As I move on to the next chapter
  
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• B.C. court orders alleged U.S fraudster to explain millions sent to disbarred lawyer

  23-12-2025 23:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Supreme Court has ordered a man accused of participating in a multimillion-dollar securities fraud in the United States to explain the source of "large sums" of money sent to a Vancouver lawyer.The court ruling released Tuesday says Kevin Miller was the subject of a 2015 complaint by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for his alleged role in a "pump and dump" scheme involving the shares of a company called Jammin' Java Corp.The ruling says the comm
  
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• Explosion at a Pennsylvania nursing home traps people inside, authorities say

  23-12-2025 22:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  An explosion at a nursing home just outside Philadelphia collapsed part of the building and left people injured and trapped inside, authorities said.A plume of black smoke rose from Silver Lake Healthcare Center in Bristol Township, as emergency responders across the region gathered there.Bucks County emergency management officials reported that there were injuries, but had yet to say whether there were any fatalities. County officials said they received the report of an explosion at approximate
  
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• Thieves ruin grieving mother’s Christmas display in Chilliwack - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  23-12-2025 22:12 via news.google.com
  Thieves ruin grieving mother’s Christmas display in Chilliwack  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• Gas explosion at a Pennsylvania nursing home traps people inside, authorities say

  23-12-2025 22:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BRISTOL, Pa. (AP) — There was a gas explosion reported Tuesday at a nursing home just outside Philadelphia and people are believed to be trapped inside, authorities said.“We understand that there are people trapped inside,” said Ruth Miller, a Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency spokesperson.Bucks County officials notified the agency of an explosion before 3 p.m. at the Silver Lake nursing home in Bristol Township, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) northeast of Philadelphia.S
  
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• Trooper and suspect killed in a shooting at a Delaware DMV

  23-12-2025 21:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A Delaware state trooper was killed along with the suspected gunman Tuesday during a shooting at a motor vehicle agency near Wilmington, authorities said.Neither Gov. Matt Meyer's office nor state and local police immediately returned messages seeking details about the shooting in New Castle, just a few miles outside of Wilmington.State police said on social media the threat was over before 3 p.m. and they were continuing to assess other injuries. “State and l
  
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• Purple haze in the sky over Delta, B.C., sets off awe, curiosity and questions

  23-12-2025 21:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  On the darkest nights of winter when the cloud cover is just right, there's a purple haze above parts of Metro Vancouver and it has nothing to do with Christmas or Jimi Hendrix.Cathy Latremouille said she looked outside her Crescent Beach home in Surrey on Friday night to see what looked like a "great big candy floss sky."
  "I've never seen anything like it before," said Latremouille. "It's a good thing I don't face south, I would have thought the United States was going up in flames."
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• B.C. mills processed more than one million cubic metres of wildfire chips in 2024-25

  23-12-2025 21:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says cutting red tape has allowed provincial pulp mills to more than double their use of timber salvaged from forest fires.
  The Ministry of Forests says in a statement that mills processed more than one million cubic metres of wildfire chips in 2024-25, up from 500,000 cubic metres in 2023, and representing about seven per cent of all processed wood.Forests Minister Ravi Parmar says in the statement that B.C. can't let anything go to waste, includ
  
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• Libya’s military chief and 4 others are killed in a plane crash after takeoff from Turkey

  23-12-2025 21:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A private jet carrying Libya’s military chief and four other people crashed after takeoff from Turkey's capital, Ankara, on Tuesday, killing everyone on board. The Libyan military chief was in Ankara for high-level defense talks aimed at boosting military cooperation between the two countries and to address regional issues, Turkish officials said. Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah confirmed the death of Gen. Muhammad Ali Ahmad al-Haddad and the others, s
  
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• Supreme Court keeps Trump’s National Guard deployment blocked in the Chicago area, for now

  23-12-2025 21:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to allow the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops in the Chicago area to support its immigration crackdown.The justices declined the Republican administration’s emergency request to overturn a ruling by U.S. District Judge April Perry that had blocked the deployment of troops. An appeals court also had refused to step in. The Supreme Court took more than two months to act.Three justices, Samuel Alito, Clarence Tho
  
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• Leafs GM Treliving ‘fully’ supports head coach Berube as team sinks to bottom of East

  23-12-2025 20:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brad Treliving says he "fully" supports head coach Craig Berube as the team finds itself in last place in the NHL's Atlantic Division.
  Treliving addressed the media hours before the Maple Leafs hosted the Pittsburgh Penguins, and a day after the team fired assistant coach Marc Savard.
  The GM says there is no "disconnect" between Berube and his players and that the Leafs have a "real good coach."
  He also said the Leafs' current struggles aren't
  
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• CF Montreal trades midfielder Dante Sealy to Rapids for up to US$2.5M in GAM

  23-12-2025 20:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — CF Montreal traded midfielder Dante Sealy to the Colorado Rapids for up to US$2.5 million in general allocation money Tuesday.
  Montreal will receive $1.15 million guaranteed in 2026 and $750,000 in 2027, with the potential for an additional $600,000 if certain performance-based conditions are met. The team did not say what those conditions were.
  The Major League Soccer club also said it could retain a sell-on percentage if Sealy is transferred out of Colorado "above a specified
  
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• Contact is lost with jet carrying Libyan army chief after takeoff from Turkey, official says

  23-12-2025 20:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's air traffic controllers lost contact on Tuesday with a private jet carrying Libya’s military chief and four other people home after a visit to Turkey, the Turkish interior minister said.The minister, Ali Yerlikaya, said the Falcon 50 type business jet took off from Esenboga airport in Turkey's capital, Ankara, at 8:30 p.m. Contact with the aircraft was lost 40 minutes later, the minister said in a social media post. The plane issued an emergency landing
  
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• Quebecers urged to avoid ERs amid flu and respiratory virus ‘maelstrom’

  23-12-2025 20:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Quebecers are being urged to avoid unnecessary emergency-room visits amid what one infectious-disease doctor is calling a respiratory virus maelstrom.
  Dr. Donald Vinh says his Montreal hospital — McGill University Health Centre — is bursting at the seams as the province grapples with a combination of flu, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.
  Emergency-room occupancy data listed 15 Montreal hospitals above 100-per-cent occupancy as of this afternoon, with
  
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• Jury trial cancelled, plea deal in works for Chilliwack man who shot at police during 10-hour standoff before house fire - Paul J. Henderson

  23-12-2025 20:37 via news.google.com
  Jury trial cancelled, plea deal in works for Chilliwack man who shot at police during 10-hour standoff before house fire  Paul J. Henderson
  
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• B.C. police watchdog called in after man injured during arrest by Port Alberni RCMP

  23-12-2025 20:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY — The Independent Investigations Office of BC says it has been called in to probe an arrest in Port Alberni that left a man with serious injuries last weekend.The office says in a statement that Mounties were called on Dec. 20 to a home on Beaver Creek Road about a harassment complaint.It says an officer was combing the neighbourhood and encountered a man and his dog, but they were not associated with the harassment call.The statement says there was a "physical interaction" between
  
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• Fact File: Santa Claus received Canadian citizenship, but nationality disputed

  23-12-2025 20:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canada says Santa Claus is a Canadian citizen, and it claims Canadian sovereignty extends to his North Pole residence and workshop. While the federal government did proclaim Santa's Canadian citizenship in 2008, its sovereignty over the North Pole is contested, and the United Nations has yet to rule on Canada's claims to extend its Arctic reach. Other countries, including Finland and Denmark, claim Santa Claus lives and works within their borders.
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• Langley-based Vacterra fined $9,586 for liquid waste discharge in Chilliwack - theprogress.com

  23-12-2025 20:04 via news.google.com
  Langley-based Vacterra fined $9,586 for liquid waste discharge in Chilliwack  theprogress.com
  
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• Patient airlifted from Chilliwack Airport after motor vehicle accident on Ryder Lake Road overnight (VIDEO - Fraser Valley Today

  23-12-2025 19:49 via news.google.com
  Patient airlifted from Chilliwack Airport after motor vehicle accident on Ryder Lake Road overnight (VIDEO  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Patient airlifted from Chilliwack Airport after motor vehicle accident on Ryder Lake Road overnight (VIDEO

  23-12-2025 19:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — A patient was airlifted to hospital overnight after a serious motor vehicle incident on Ryder Lake Road in Chilliwack.
  A spokesperson for B.C. Emergency Health Services told Fraser Valley Today in an emailed statement that paramedics received a call at 12:43 a.m. early Tuesday morning, Dec. 23 about a motor vehicle in the 6300 block of Ryder Lake Road in Chilliwack.
  “One ambulance with primary care paramedics and an ambulance with advanced care paramedics attended the sc
  
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• QuickList on the 26 Alberta politicians facing citizen recall petitions

  23-12-2025 19:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Citizen-led recall petitions were officially approved Monday against three more Alberta legislature members, bringing the total to 26.Twenty-four of those petitions are for United Conservative Party politicians, which is more than half of Premier Danielle Smith's 47-member caucus. Two are for Opposition New Democrats.
  It's the first time Alberta's Recall Act has been used on provincial politicians. It was brought in under former UCP premier Jason Kenney to empower citizens and hold politicians a
  
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• Three more Alberta recall petitions issued against politicians, bringing total to 26

  23-12-2025 19:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Elections Alberta issued three more recall petitions Tuesday for members of the provincial legislature — two United Conservative backbenchers and one Opposition New Democrat.
  It brings the current total of active petitions to 26. All but two are for UCP politicians, which means more than half of Premier Danielle Smith's 47-member caucus are now facing recall campaigns, including the premier.
  The new members of Smith's caucus facing petitions, Ron Wiebe and Justin Wright, a
  
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• Convicted terrorist Said Namouh still poses risk of violent extremism: parole board

  23-12-2025 19:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A Quebec man convicted in 2009 of plotting international terrorist attacks with a group tied to al-Qaida has been denied parole.
  The Parole Board of Canada concluded Dec. 9 that Said Namouh still poses a risk that he will violently reoffend for ideological reasons if he is released.Namouh, 52, was handed a life sentence in 2010 for four terrorism-related charges in connection with a vaguely defined plan to bomb targets in Germany and Austria.The Moroccan-born man was involved in
  
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• Highway closure, heavy ferry traffic hinders B.C. holiday travellers

  23-12-2025 19:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Christmas holiday travellers in British Columbia may have a difficult time getting to their destinations with highway closures and heavy ferry traffic hampering their journeys.
  DriveBC says the Coquihalla Highway is closed in both directions between Hope and Merritt due to vehicle incidents.
  Highway camera footage overnight shows the route blanketed in snow and DriveBC says assessments for reopening are in progress.
  Highway 3 has been closed in both directions since the atmosph
  
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• SD33 could convert Imagine High into grade 6-12 school, shift French Immersion away from Vedder Middle

  23-12-2025 19:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK – SD33 is considering extensive changes to a number of schools, including exploratory ideas to transition Imagine High to a much larger school and shift late French Immersion away from Vedder Middle, due to capacity issues across the district.
  According to a Microsoft Office form/survey circulating in the community, and sent to Fraser Valley Today by a Chilliwack resident and not SD33 itself, Chilliwack School District has begun a boundary review to mitigate ongoing school capac
  
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• Canada Soccer still waiting on new CSB deal but expects improved financial figures

  23-12-2025 18:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canada Soccer and the men's national team have agreed on compensation for the players' participation in next year's World Cup.
  But there is a catch, which hopefully will be resolved ahead of the 48-team tournament's June 11 kickoff. While there is a deal, it is not yet official.
  "The labour agreement framework between (Canada Soccer) and the players includes World Cup compensation for both 2026 and 2027," Canada Soccer said in a statement to The Canadian Press, referencing the 2026 men's and 202
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Three more Alberta recalls petitions issued, bringing total to 26

  23-12-2025 18:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Elections Alberta has issued three more recall petitions for legislature members — two United Conservative backbenchers and one Opposition New Democrat.
  That brings the current total of active petitions to 26 — 24 for UCP politicians, which is more than half of Premier Danielle Smith's caucus.
  More coming.
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• Gaza advocates urge Canada not to ignore persistent suffering amid partial ceasefire

  23-12-2025 18:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Advocates for Palestinians are urging Ottawa to do more for a deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza, saying the release of Israeli hostages hasn't stopped preventable deaths and violence in the enclave.
  Doctors for Humanity co-chair Aliya Khan was among activists at a Parliament Hill press conference today who say Canada needs to increase pressure on Israel to stop ceasefire violations, and push harder for humanitarian aid.
  Khan says the October ceasefire that led to the re
  
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• Quebec paramedics, ambulance technicians to strike Dec. 24 but keep essential service

  23-12-2025 18:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Workers for nearly 40 ambulance services across Quebec are planning an unlimited strike beginning Christmas Eve.
  The 39 unions are associated with the Fédération du préhospitalier du Québec and represent more than 2,000 paramedics and ambulance technicians across the province.Union spokesperson Jérémie Corneau-Landry says paramedics will still be working all their shifts and the strike won't impact services to the public.
  However, he say
  
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• Quebec Liberals to choose new leader at March 14 convention

  23-12-2025 18:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTRÉAL — Pablo Rodriguez's successor as leader of the Quebec Liberal Party will be elected at a convention on March 14.
  The party announced today its nine-week leadership race will officially begin on Jan. 12.
  Candidates will have until Feb. 13 at 5 p.m. to apply and will be required to collect 750 signatures from party members in good standing and pay a deposit of $30,000.
  The election spending limit has been set at $120,000, excluding the deposit.
  Rodriguez spent just over six m
  
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• Ravens, Broncos, 49ers and Seahawks lead the way with 6 players selected to Pro Bowl

  23-12-2025 17:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Six Baltimore Ravens, Denver Broncos, San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks were selected for the Pro Bowl Games.
  The defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, along with the Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Chargers, are sending five players.
  Reigning NFL MVP Josh Allen, Drake Maye and Justin Herbert are the AFC quarterbacks. Sam Darnold, Dak Prescott and Matthew Stafford are the QBs for the NFC.
  Kansas City’s Travis Kelce was selected for his 11th Pro Bowl, tied
  
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• Federal health minister to launch strategy on men’s and boys’ health in 2026

  23-12-2025 17:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel says she's planning to release a strategy on men's and boys' health in the new year.Michel says she's working with the provinces and territories and has held a roundtable discussion with colleagues from other federal departments to talk about the idea.Advocacy group Movember and researchers from the University of British Columbia released a report last summer that called on the federal government to create such a strategy.The group says 75,0
  
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• Ontario lawyer accused of advising witness murder in Ryan Wedding case granted bail

  23-12-2025 17:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — An Ontario lawyer accused of playing a key role in an international drug smuggling network was granted bail in a downtown Toronto courtroom Tuesday ahead of his extradition hearing.Deepak Paradkar, 62, is one of several Canadians arrested last month for extradition to the U.S. as part of an FBI investigation targeting the former Olympic snowboarder and alleged Canadian drug kingpin Ryan Wedding, now accused of leading a violent criminal organization.It's alleged the Thornhill, On
  
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• FBI sought interview with former prince Andrew during Peter Nygard investigation

  23-12-2025 17:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The FBI and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York sought an interview with ex-prince Andrew Mountbatten Windsor for connections to Canadian sex offender and fashion mogul Peter Nygard.The revelation comes in the latest batch of documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice related to Jeffrey Epstein.An April 2020 letter from American authorities officially requested assistance from their U.K. counterparts in securing an interview with the former prince.
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• Why freezers, microwaves didn’t kill E. coli in Pillsbury Pizza Pops

  23-12-2025 17:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Freezing or microwaving food does not reliably kill E. coli, a bacteria that has spurred an outbreak and recall of several Pillsbury brand Pizza Pops in Canada.A public health notice Monday stated 20 people got sick and four have been hospitalized between early October and late November after eating or handling certain pepperoni and bacon Pizza Pops.
  Lawrence Goodridge, a professor and Canada Research Chair in foodborne pathogen dynamics at the University of Guelph, says freezers
  
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• Canadian defender Gabby Carle signs new five-year contract with the Washington Spirit

  23-12-2025 17:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Canadian international defender Gabby Carle has signed a new contract with the Washington Spirit, keeping her with the NWSL team through the 2029 season.
  The Spirit says the five-year deal is retroactive to the start of the 2025 season.“D.C. is a special place and it’s where I want to be," Carle said in a statement. "I’m excited to be extending my time with the Spirit and I’m looking forward to helping the team reach its goals over the next four years.&
  
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• Bricks of cocaine found in container of frozen fruit from Colombia in B.C.: CBSA

  23-12-2025 17:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DELTA — The Canada Border Services Agency says it seized more than 26 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a shipping container hauling boxes frozen fruit from Colombia back in October.The border agency says the drugs were found at the Tsawwassen Container Examination Facility on October 31.It says the agency's officers, with the help of detector dogs, found 23 bricks of cocaine concealed in the ceiling of the shipping container that was declared as a shipment of frozen fruit.
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• CP NewsAlert: Ontario lawyer arrested in Ryan Wedding case granted bail

  23-12-2025 16:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — An Ontario lawyer accused of playing a key role in an international drug smuggling network has been granted bail ahead of his extradition hearing.Deepak Paradkar, 62, is one of several Canadians arrested last month for extradition to the U.S. as part of an FBI investigation targeting the former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, now accused of leading a violent criminal organization.It's alleged the Thornhill, Ont., lawyer advised Wedding on the murder of a federal witness, introd
  
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• New restaurant opens in Chilliwack at Eagle Landing - Fraser Valley Today

  23-12-2025 16:53 via news.google.com
  New restaurant opens in Chilliwack at Eagle Landing  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• New restaurant opens in Chilliwack at Eagle Landing

  23-12-2025 16:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — A family-owned restaurant in B.C. that began in Northern British Columbia before relocating to Vancouver Island has expanded to the Fraser Valley with a new location in Chilliwack.Jordan Porth from Happy Jack’s tells Fraser Valley Today that the sit-down restaurant held a soft opening on Tuesday, December 9 and is now officially open for business featuring a full liquor license.Happy Jack’s occupies the former Original Joe’s at 302-8249 Eagle Landing Parkway,
  
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• Long dormant Chilliwack property just off Yale Road could be rezoned for housing, commercial

  23-12-2025 16:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — A rezoning application has been submitted to the City of Chilliwack that could see a long dormant parcel of land just off Yale Road in Chilliwack redeveloped to contain residential and commercial.
  A rezoning application sign has been recently installed outside the fenced property at 8850 and 8890 School Street across from Big O Tires (45829 Yale Road).
  The application proposes to rezone the two properties from a CS1 (service commercial) zone to a C9 zone (mid rise apartment co
  
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• Long dormant Chilliwack property just off Yale Road could be rezoned for housing, commercial - Fraser Valley Today

  23-12-2025 16:26 via news.google.com
  Long dormant Chilliwack property just off Yale Road could be rezoned for housing, commercial  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Trump’s tariff war is voted as The Canadian Press News Story of the Year

  23-12-2025 16:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff campaign against Canada — and the surge in patriotic zeal it inspired — have been voted The Canadian Press News Story of the Year.
  Nearly two-thirds of editors and news directors surveyed from media organizations across the country picked the political and economic upheaval caused by Trump's trade war as the most consequential story of 2025.
  The Toronto Blue Jays' momentous World Series run came in second place, followed by the spri
  
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• Quick quotes: Editors pick Trump tariffs, Canadian pride the ‘dominant story’ of 2025

  23-12-2025 16:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs — and the spike in Canadian nationalism they inspired — are being described as the "dominant story" of 2025.
  The tariffs story was selected as The Canadian Press News Story of the Year in an annual survey of editors and news directors in media organizations from across Canada.
  Here's what voters had to say:
  "There isn't a single Canadian, I believe, who hasn't felt the impact of the tariff war. It is the dominant story of 2025."
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• Editors vote for Trump’s tariffs as The Canadian Press News Story of the Year

  23-12-2025 16:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs — and the spike in Canadian nationalism they inspired — have been named The Canadian Press News Story of the Year.
  The tariffs story was selected in an annual survey of editors and news directors in media organizations from across Canada as the most important news story in Canada in 2025.
  Trump's tariffs were up against several other stories, including the Lapu-Lapu attack, labour strikes, the Blue Jays World Series run, the B.C. o
  
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• ‘Definitely tough’: Led by returnees, Canada looking rebound off world junior flops

  23-12-2025 16:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Gavin McKenna had tears in his eyes. His voice cracked with emotion.The teenage phenom dreamt of capturing gold for Canada on home soil. His first experience at the world junior hockey championship instead ended in bitter heartbreak.
  "A lot to deal with," McKenna said looking back at the country's second straight quarterfinal exit some 12 months ago. "Canada, they've got a lot of pride in their country, and when you let them down like that, they're not afraid to let you hear about it … no
  
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• B.C. construction firm owner fined in ‘landmark case’ for safety violations at Abbotsford job site

  23-12-2025 16:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — WorkSafeBC says the owner of a homebuilding company has been fined more than $80,000 for workplace safety violations in a “landmark case” after multiple violations were uncovered at a job site in Abbotsford.The worker safety agency says the fine stems from an investigation for violations of workplace safety laws involving Phoenix Homes Ltd. and its owner Nirmal Singh Takhar.
  It says an investigation in 2023 found Takhar had directed workers to pour concrete at a si
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Trump’s tariff war is CP’s News Story of the Year

  23-12-2025 16:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff campaign against Canada — and the surge of national pride it triggered — have been voted The Canadian Press News Story of the Year.
  Nearly two-thirds of editors and news directors surveyed from media organizations across the country chose Trump's tariffs as the most consequential story of 2025.
  The president dominated headlines throughout the year as his tariffs rattled Canadian manufacturing — and as he repeatedly called for
  
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• Coquihalla Highway closed in both directions between Hope and Merritt due to multiple accidents, snow

  23-12-2025 15:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  COQUIHALLA HIGHWAY — The Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt remains closed in both directions Tuesday (Dec. 23) morning due to multiple accidents and heavy snow.DriveBC first reported of multiple vehicle incidents affecting traffic just north of the Coquihalla Summit at around 9:30 p.m. Monday. It came amid a travel advisory for the stretch of Highway 5 as Environment Canada had a snowfall warning in place, calling for around 30 centimetres of snow near the Summit Monday night.Env
  
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