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• Snowfall warnings are in effect for northern B.C. and parts of Yukon

  27-12-2025 23:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Environment Canada has issued several snowfall warnings for the southern parts of Yukon and northern British Columbia.
  Snowfall warnings are in effect for Whitehorse, Teslin, Atlin, Watson Lake, and Cassiar Mountains, including Swift River and Jade City.Environment and Climate Change Canada says an approaching storm will bring snow to these areas, starting on Saturday afternoon, intensifying throughout the evening, and lasting until Sunday.
  The federal weather agency is forecas
  
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• One man is dead after crashing into a power pole in Chilliwack: RCMP

  27-12-2025 23:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — A 27-year-old man is dead after crashing into a power pole in Chilliwack, B.C.
  Mounties in Chilliwack say they responded to a call for a collision at the intersection of Yale Road and Banford Road on Friday.
  Police say the man from Chilliwack, who was the only occupant of the car, lost control before striking a power pole.The man was dead before emergency crews got to the scene, and police say his next of kin have been notified.
  Police say that while alcohol is not believed to
  
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• Elaine Chuli enjoys 29-save outing against former team as Sceptres edge Victoire 3-2

  27-12-2025 22:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Elaine Chuli made 29 saves as the Toronto Sceptres defeated the Montreal Victoire 2-1 on Saturday afternoon at the Bell Centre in Professional Women’s Hockey League action.
  It was Chuli’s first start against Montreal after spending the first two years in the league as the Victoire’s backup goaltender.Jesse Compher and Daryl Watts scored for Toronto (4-0-0-2). Chuli moved to 3-0-0-0 on the season.
  Abby Roque scored for Montreal (3-1-0-3), which lost its second s
  
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• Charge continue finding rhythm through ‘hectic schedule’ with win over Fleet

  27-12-2025 22:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Charge might not be sitting where they want to be in the standings but feel they’re trending in the right direction.
  Following a 3-2 shootout win over the league-leading Boston Fleet (6-0-1-1) Saturday afternoon, the Charge (1-3-0-5) moved into sixth and will take advantage of a six-day break before they’re back in action next Saturday.
  Ottawa has played a league-high nine games to this point and played its last five on the road creating a less than ideal sc
  
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• Canucks return to Vancouver for first game since blockbuster Hughes trade

  27-12-2025 22:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — While many people were wrapping gifts to place under Christmas trees, a trio of newly minted Vancouver Canucks were wrapping up their lives in Minnesota.The Canucks acquired forwards Marco Rossi and Liam Ohgren, and defenceman Zeev Buium from the Wild on Dec. 12 in a blockbuster trade for star defenceman Quinn Hughes. Vancouver also got Minnesota's first-round pick in next summer's draft as part of the deal.The three players joined their new teammates for a five-game road swing
  
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• Jenner nets SO winner as Charge defeat league-leading Fleet 3-2

  27-12-2025 21:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Brianne Jenner scored the winner in the eighth round of the shootout as the Ottawa Charge defeated the Boston Fleet 3-2 on Saturday afternoon in the Professional Women's Hockey League.
  Gwyneth Philips made 34 saves in regulation and overtime, and stopped six shooters in the shootout for Ottawa.
  Aerin Frankel, who made 30 saves, was equally impressive, but was beat on back-to-back attempts by Jenner in the shootout.
  The goaltenders are former teammates at Northeastern University an
  
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• SPCA seeks owner of dog found deceased in Chilliwack Saturday

  27-12-2025 20:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The BC SPCA in Chilliwack is asking for the public’s help in finding the owner of a dog that seemed to have been struck by a vehicle.The animal nonprofit responded to the call involving a young female black shepherd this morning, December 27, in the 46400 block of Chilliwack Lake Road.“Unfortunately, she did not survive,” said the SPCA. “She is now at our centre.”
  Anyone with information about her owner or anyone looking for her is asked to contac
  
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• UFV student recognized for starting annual residence games

  27-12-2025 20:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD— Forming connections in the first year of university is hard enough, but building friendships during the pandemic was an even more Herculean task.It’s a challenge that University of the Fraser Valley student Hayden Koppes took on, nonetheless, and it earned him a Best in the West award at this year’s annual LEAD conference in Alberta.
  The award celebrates post-secondary students working in residence across Western Canada.
  Koppes, now in his fifth year and still livin
  
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• Two sentenced for manslaughter in 2023 Maple Ridge homicide

  27-12-2025 19:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MAPLE RIDGE — Two Maple Ridge residents have now been found guilty of the killing of 55-year-old Surinderjit “Jack” Singh more than two years ago.
  At 7:30 a.m. on March 4, 2023, Ridge Meadows RCMP responded to reports of Singh’s dead body found in the 21800 block of 122nd Avenue, at a parking lot near Maple Ridge Secondary.Singh was not known to police and had no criminal record.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) took charge of the investigation, and on Ma
  
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• Carney meets Zelenskyy in Halifax as Trump prepares to host peace talks

  27-12-2025 19:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Prime Minister Mark Carney condemned new Russian air attacks and announced additional economic assistance for Ukraine as he and the country's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, stood side-by-side and spoke to reporters at a Halifax-area airport.
  Zelenskyy and Carney are meeting ahead of peace talks hosted by U.S. president Donald Trump in Florida this weekend.
  It's all occurring as Russia attacked Ukraine's capital with missiles and drones on Saturday, killing at least one person an
  
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• 1 dead after truck hit power pole on Yale Road Friday night

  27-12-2025 19:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Police have now confirmed one fatality in the serious motor vehicle incident that cut power to thousands of Chilliwack residents Friday night (Dec. 26).
  Police, four BCEHS ambulances and an airlift were paged out at around 10:15 p.m. after a white Ford pickup truck with one occupant crashed into a power pole on Yale Road and Banford Road, heading towards Rosedale.
  Images from the scene showed the pole ending up slanted against the vehicle.
  S/Sgt Darryl Peppler told Fraser
  
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• Elks send American linebacker Nyles Morgan to Redblacks for swap of picks

  27-12-2025 19:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The Edmonton Elks have sent American linebacker Nyles Morgan to the Ottawa Redblacks in exchange for a swap of picks in the 2026 CFL draft.
  Edmonton will get the 21st-overall pick (third round) and 35th-overall selection (fourth round).
  Meanwhile, Ottawa will have the 23rd-overall pick (third round) and 41st-overall selection (fifth round) in the upcoming draft.
  The move secures a projected four picks inside the top 21 of the draft for the Elks, who are slated to receive a compensatory second-ro
  
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• Langley athlete wins funding from Olympic talent search

  27-12-2025 18:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LANGLEY — A rising rugby star is kicking her path into the Olympics after securing new funding from the Canadian Olympic Committee’s official talent search.
  Eighteen-year-old Brooklyn Roddham has been selected as one of 35 funding recipients from the RBC Training Ground.
  “As a crossover athlete coming from soccer, Brooke has been a standout player during the USPORTS season in only her second year of university,” said Iain Monaghan, NextGen head coach for women’s rug
  
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• Truck hits power pole, cuts service to over 3,000 residents Friday night

  27-12-2025 17:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Thousands of customers in Chilliwack and Agassiz lost power after a motor vehicle incident Friday night (Dec. 26).Police and five BCEHS units were paged out at around 10:15 p.m. after a white Ford pickup truck crashed into a power pole on Yale Road and Banford Road, heading towards Rosedale.
  Images from the scene showed the pole ending up slanted against the vehicle, with scanner traffic reporting one unconscious patient.
  BC Hydro reported 1,511 customers without power from ea
  
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• Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander named CP Male Athlete of the Year for second time

  27-12-2025 16:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  There's no debating it: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had one of the best years an athlete could have.
  Gilgeous-Alexander was named The Canadian Press's Male Athlete of the Year on Saturday, easily winning the award for the second time in his career.The Hamilton native earned the honour after winning the NBA MVP, the NBA Finals MVP, the league's scoring title, and leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to their second championship in franchise history and first since 1979, when they were the Seattle SuperS
  
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• Carney to meet Zelenskyy in Halifax as Trump prepares to host peace talks

  27-12-2025 12:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are set to meet in Halifax today ahead of peace talks hosted by the U.S. president this weekend.
  Zelenskyy is on his way to Florida for meetings with Donald Trump, who is trying to broker an end to the war between Russia and Ukraine.
  The Ukrainian leader's stop in Canada follows a phone call between him and Carney on Friday.
  Canada has been a staunch supporter of Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion began
  
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• Midterms and tariffs: 2026 could be a critical year for Canada-U.S. relations

  27-12-2025 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump's return to the White House brought with it a tidal wave of change that has upended global trade, rattled allies and pushed political and social boundaries in the United States.
  But the U.S. president faces headwinds as he enters the second year of his second term — and Canada can expect to feel the effects.
  Next year will see what's likely to be a combative review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico-Agreement on trade and a bitter midterm battle as Democrats try to t
  
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• In orbit: Canada’s satellite-to-cell offerings poised to grow after Rogers beta trial

  27-12-2025 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Years ago, Chris Mushumanski was called to assist in the rescue of a woman who had slipped on a trail while hiking in rural B.C., breaking her leg and plummeting 30 metres down a steep embankment.
  Mushumanski, a volunteer of nearly 30 years with the BC Search and Rescue Association, recalled the challenges of that day. There was no cellular coverage along the trail, so the woman's hiking partner had to trek down to the nearest highway to call for help. She waited in pain before c
  
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• Thailand and Cambodia sign a new ceasefire agreement to end border fighting

  27-12-2025 10:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand and Cambodia signed a ceasefire agreement on Saturday to end weeks of fighting along their border over competing territorial claims. The agreement took effect at noon (0500 GMT) and calls for a halt in military movements and airspace violation for military purposes. Only Thailand has carried out airstrikes, hitting sites in Cambodia as recently as Saturday morning, according to the Cambodian Defense Ministry.The deal also calls for Thailand, after the ceasefire has
  
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• Bear cub that suffered major burns in northern B.C. expected to recover

  27-12-2025 10:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DAWSON CREEK — A bear cub rescued in northeastern British Columbia last week is expected to live.
  The Northern Lights Wildlife Society was called about a cub in "dire need," in an area close to Dawson Creek.
  A volunteer rushed to the site from the society's headquarters in Smithers, B.C., an eight-hour drive, and found the bear at the base of a tree, covered in snow.
  Society co-founder Angelika Langen says in a video posted on social media that the female cub is "doing well" and that her s
  
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• Gull-Masty reflects on first months of job Indigenous leaders were wary of her taking

  27-12-2025 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — When Mandy Gull-Masty took up the role of Indigenous services minister last spring, one question loomed over her appointment: why would a Cree woman want to administer the Indian Act, when another First Nations woman before her turned down the role?
  Gull-Masty was named to the cabinet job in May after being elected as a member of Parliament for the first time in April. She told The Canadian Press she was willing "to take the risk" even as some said the government was "setting (her
  
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• England ends 18-match winless streak in Australia with 4-wicket victory in the 4th Ashes test

  27-12-2025 07:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — England ended an 18-match winless streak in Australia and beat the home side by four wickets in the fourth Ashes test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday.England lost each of the first three tests to allow Australia to retain the Ashes in just 11 days of on-field action at Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide.But England returned the favor by winning the MCG test Saturday inside two days, similar to Australia's opening win at Perth.The England winless streak had
  
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• Parekh scores twice, Canada secures nervy victory over Czechia to open world juniors

  27-12-2025 06:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MINNEAPOLIS — Zayne Parekh had trouble getting out of bed Friday.
  The smooth-skating, cool-under-pressure defenceman's legs felt heavy and his body ached with an illness.
  Parekh rallied ahead of Canada's opener at the world junior hockey championship — and delivered a performance that put a smile back on his face amid a challenging season.
  The Calgary Flames blueliner scored twice to pace his country to a nervy 7-5 victory over Czechia to open the men's under-20 tournament.
  "Feeling
  
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• Thailand and Cambodia sign new ceasefire agreement to end border fighting

  27-12-2025 06:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand and Cambodia on Saturday signed a ceasefire agreement to end weeks of armed combat along their border over competing claims to territory. It took effect at noon local time.In addition to ending fighting, the agreement calls for no further military movements by either side and no violations of either side’s airspace for military purposes. Only Thailand had employed airstrikes in the fighting, hitting sites in Cambodia as recently as Saturday morning according t
  
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• Canada tops Czechia 7-5 for unconvincing victory to open world juniors

  27-12-2025 05:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MINNEAPOLIS — Tij Iginla scored the go-ahead goal in the third period as Canada opened the world junior hockey championship with a nervy 7-5 victory over Czechia on Friday.
  Zayne Parekh added two goals for Canada. Michael Hage and Ethan MacKenzie, with a goal and two assists each, Brady Martin, with a goal and an assist, and Porter Martone, into the empty net, provided the rest of the offence.Gavin McKenna — one of six returnees from last year's team and the potential No. 1 pick at t
  
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• Last surviving Dionne quintuplet, Annette Dionne, has died: Dionne Quints Home Museum

  27-12-2025 04:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NORTH BAY — Annette Dionne, the last surviving Dionne quintuplet and a champion of children's rights, has died.
  The Dionne Quints Home Museum in North Bay, Ont., says in a social media post that Annette died on Christmas Eve but did not provide further details.
  Dionne and her sisters became a global sensation after their birth on May 28, 1934, as they were the first quintuplets known to survive past infancy — but the attention came at a personal cost.
  When the quintuplets were just m
  
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• Kyshawn George scores 23 points as lowly Wizards whip sluggish Raptors 138-117

  27-12-2025 03:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Kyshawn George scored 23 points on 9-of-13 shooting, and the last-place Washington Wizards beat the struggling Toronto Raptors 138-117 on Friday night.
  CJ McCollum and Bilal Coulibaly each added 21 points to help the Wizards to their highest-scoring performance of the season. The Raptors owned the NBA's fourth-best defensive rating entering Friday.
  Washington halted a four-game home losing streak but still has the NBA’s worst record (6-23). The Wizards shot 59.3 per
  
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• Police watchdog looking into death of B.C. woman in intimate partner violence case

  27-12-2025 00:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY — British Columbia's police watchdog agency is investigating the death of a woman in the province's Interior earlier this month in a case allegedly involving intimate partner violence.
  The Independent Investigations Office says they are looking into the case after an advocacy group raised concerns that Merritt RCMP had been investigating intimate-partner violence allegations involving a local woman who was then killed on Dec. 16.
  Police say that 45-year-old Pamela Jarvis was found a
  
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