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• Sadovsky, Gogolev set for final showdown with Canadian men’s Olympic spot at stake

  08-01-2026 23:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  GATINEAU — It's the final showdown for Roman Sadovsky and Stephen Gogolev — and the stakes couldn't be higher.
  The two Canadian skaters are locked in a battle to represent the Maple Leaf at the Olympics, becoming incidental travel companions along the way.
  From Boston and Germany to Saskatoon and Helsinki, Sadovsky and Gogolev have boarded the same cross-continental flights to four competitions this season, going head-to-head at each step.
  But there's only one ticket available for ne
  
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• House passes bill to extend health care subsidies in defiance of GOP leaders

  08-01-2026 23:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a remarkable rebuke of Republican leadership, the House passed legislation Thursday, 230-196, that would extend expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act as renegade GOP lawmakers joined essentially all Democrats in voting for the measure.Forcing the issue to a vote came about after a handful of Republicans signed on to a so-called “discharge petition” to unlock debate, bypassing objections from House Speaker M
  
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• NASA cuts space station mission short after an astronaut’s medical issue

  08-01-2026 23:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — NASA is cutting a mission aboard the International Space Station short after an astronaut had a medical issue.The space agency said Thursday the U.S.-Japanese-Russian crew of four will return to Earth earlier than planned. NASA canceled its first spacewalk of the year because of the health issue. The space agency did not identify the astronaut or the medical issue, citing patient privacy. The crew member is now stable.Seven astronauts are currently living and working aboard
  
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• 2-time Olympic champion Chloe Kim injures shoulder, ‘trying to stay optimistic’ for Italy

  08-01-2026 23:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LAAX, Switzerland (AP) — Two-time Olympic gold medalist Chloe Kim said Thursday that she dislocated her shoulder in training and doesn’t know whether she wil be able to compete at the Winter Games in Italy next month.
  Kim posted footage of her fall from earlier this week on the halfpipe in Laax, where the world’s top snowboarders compete later this month in a key pre-Olympic tune-up. She landed a jump cleanly but lost her edge and went skittering across the pipe, face down.
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• Northern MLA Sheldon Clare says he is running for B.C. Conservative leadership

  08-01-2026 22:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — British Columbia Conservative MLA Sheldon Clare says he's running for the leadership to stop former provincial Liberals from regaining control of the party.Clare, who represents the riding Prince George-North Cariboo, says he has seen a "lot of pressure" from former B.C. Liberals to take control but that party represents a "failed model" in B.C. politics.
  He says he's running to make sure that the B.C. Conservative Party "isn't changed into something less than that," and it stan
  
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• Hamilton Tiger-Cats release veteran American defensive lineman Casey Sayles

  08-01-2026 22:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats released American defensive lineman Casey Sayles on Thursday.
  Sayles, 30, spent the last three seasons with Hamilton. He appeared in 51 regular-season games, recording 122 tackles, 18 sacks, and one forced fumble.Sayles was an Eastern Division All-CFL selection in 2023 and '25. He appeared n 17 regular-season games last year, registering 34 tackles, four sacks, and one forced fumble.The six-foot-three, 290-pound Sayles began his CFL career with Winnipeg (
  
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• Carney to travel to Qatar next week alongside trips to China, Switzerland

  08-01-2026 22:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to Doha, Qatar on Jan. 18 for a bilateral visit as he seeks to broaden trade relations and drum up foreign investment.
  It's part of a broader diplomatic trip that will include stops in China and Switzerland, and Carney's office says he will be the first sitting Canadian prime minister to visit the middle eastern country.
  The Prime Minister's Office confirms Carney will meet with Qatar's Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, along with various busi
  
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• 2-time Olympic champion Chloe Kim injures shoulder in training, optimistic for Winter Games

  08-01-2026 22:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LAAX, Switzerland (AP) — Two-time Olympic gold medalist Chloe Kim said Thursday that she dislocated her shoulder in training and doesn't know whether she wil be able to compete at the Winter Games in Italy next month.
  Kim posted footage of her fall on the halfpipe in Laax, where the world's top snowboarders compete later this month in a key pre-Olympic tune-up.The American said she remains optimistic and has full range of motion in the shoulder and expects to know more after tests Friday._
  
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• Canadian No. 1 goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan signs with NWSL’s North Carolina Courage

  08-01-2026 22:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CARY — Canadian international Kailen Sheridan, a former NWSL goalkeeper of the year, has signed a two-year contract with the North Carolina Courage.
  The 30-year-old from Whitby, Ont., Canada's No. 1 'keeper, spent the last four seasons with the San Diego Wave.
  “We’re delighted to welcome Kailen Sheridan to the club," Courage chief soccer officer Ceri Bowley said in a statement. "She is an elite goalkeeper with proven experience at the highest level, and her leadership, distribu
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP issue missing person notice for 34-year-old man - Chilliwack Progress

  08-01-2026 22:35 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack RCMP issue missing person notice for 34-year-old man  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Sharks acquire goaltender Laurent Brossoit in a trade with the Blackhawks

  08-01-2026 22:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The San Jose Sharks acquired goaltender Laurent Brossoit in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday.
  The Sharks sent defensemen Ryan Ellis and Jake Furlong, along with a 2028 fourth-round pick, to the Blackhawks for Brossoit, defenseman Nolan Allan and a 2028 seventh-rounder.
  Brossoit agreed to a $6.6 million, two-year contract with Chicago on July 1, 2024. But he never played for the Blackhawks.
  The 32-year-old Brossoit missed all of last season after he ha
  
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• What Trump’s aspiration to conquer Greenland means for Canada

  08-01-2026 22:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada's closest physical neighbours are in an escalating dispute that risks breaking the military alliance that has protected the nations of the North Atlantic for decades.
  U.S. President Donald Trump keeps talking about annexing Greenland, the Danish territory where Canada is about to open a diplomatic mission.
  Here's a look at why diplomacy, climate change and natural resources have put Greenland in the global spotlight — and what this war of words could mean for Canadian
  
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• Denmark, Greenland envoys met with White House officials over Trump’s call for a ‘takeover’

  08-01-2026 22:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Denmark and Greenland’s envoys to Washington have begun a vigorous effort to urge U.S. lawmakers as well as key Trump administration officials to step back from President Donald Trump's call for a “takeover” of the strategic Arctic island.Denmark's ambassador, Jesper Møller Sørensen, and Jacob Isbosethsen, Greenland’s chief representative to Washington, met on Thursday with White House National Security Council officials to discuss a renewed push by Trump to
  
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• 34-year-old man reported missing: Chilliwack RCMP - Fraser Valley Today

  08-01-2026 21:53 via news.google.com
  34-year-old man reported missing: Chilliwack RCMP  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Convictions against Chilliwack pastor for in-person worship services during pandemic vacated: JCCF - Fraser Valley Today

  08-01-2026 21:43 via news.google.com
  Convictions against Chilliwack pastor for in-person worship services during pandemic vacated: JCCF  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Convictions against Chilliwack pastor for in-person worship services during pandemic vacated: JCCF

  08-01-2026 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The Calgary-based Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms announced Thursday that two convictions against a Chilliwack pastor for in-person worship services during the pandemic have been vacated.
  The law centre said in a news release that the two convictions against Pastor John Koopman’s have been vacated by the Provincial Court of British Columbia.Pastor Koopman heads up the Free Reformed Church in Chilliwack and was previously charged with participating in worship s
  
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• 34-year-old man reported missing: Chilliwack RCMP

  08-01-2026 21:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Mounties in Chilliwack are seeking help from the public in locating a 34-year-old man who was reported missing last week but was last seen in mid-November on Chilliwack Lake Road.
  According to a statement, Jordy Phillips was last seen on November 17, 2025 in the 60500 block of Chilliwack Lake Road.
  Police say they are concerned for Jordy’s well-being, as family report it is out of character for him to be out of contact for this length of time.
  He is described as a Caucas
  
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• House refuses to override Trump vetoes as Republicans stick with president

  08-01-2026 21:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House refused Thursday to override President Donald Trump's veto of two low-profile bills as Republicans stuck with the president despite their prior support for the measures.Congress can override a veto with support from two-thirds of the members of the House and the Senate. The threshold is rarely reached. In this case, Republicans opted to avoid a fight in an election year over bills with little national significance. The two vetoes were the first of Trump's second
  
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• Kashechewan First Nation evacuation plans will prioritize 500 vulnerable people: feds

  08-01-2026 21:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Indigenous Services Canada says the evacuation of 500 vulnerable people from a remote First Nation in northern Ontario will happen "as early as possible," as the community deals with failures in its water supply and sewage systems.The federal department says the priority evacuees from Kashechewan First Nation will be taken to Timmins and Kapuskasing as plans to relocate the rest of the community are still being worked out.
  The fly-in community of around 2,200 people on the western shore of James
  
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• No one injured in extortion-related Langley, B.C. shooting, police say

  08-01-2026 21:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LANGLEY — Police in Langley, B.C., say no one was injured in an apparent extortion-related shooting.RCMP say officers responded to reports of shots fired in the 6900 block of 232nd street shortly after 5 a.m. Thursday.Officers found evidence that shots were fired when they arrived at the scene.Police say the suspects were in a dark-coloured sedan but they left the area shortly after the shooting.The RCMP says it's believed the shooting is related to extortion activities in the province.It
  
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• Muralists in the hundreds expected to apply in 2026 for Chilliwack Mural Festival - Chilliwack Progress

  08-01-2026 21:15 via news.google.com
  Muralists in the hundreds expected to apply in 2026 for Chilliwack Mural Festival  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack cleanup volunteer says govt. slow to act on abandoned homeless camp in the Chilliwack River Valley

  08-01-2026 21:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — As someone who’s organized area cleanups for a decade, Chilliwack resident Ross Aikenhead wants to see swifter action from authorities around an abandoned homeless camp containing multiple junked vehicles.
  So far, he’s not getting a whole lot of help from the government.
  Aikenhead, who’s lived in Chilliwack for over 60 years, says the abandoned homeless camp across from the fish hatchery (55205 Chilliwack Lake Road) was discovered in December 2025. It consist
  
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• Protesters, ICE face off as tensions simmer in Minneapolis after fatal shooting

  08-01-2026 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MINNEAPOLIS — Protesters in Minneapolis shouted during a tense standoff with masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers Thursday as public anger over the fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE agent continued to simmer.
  Demonstrators stood defiant near the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, which houses the local ICE headquarters, the day after an ICE officer fatally shot Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, in the head.
  Gregory Bovino, a senior U.S. Customs and Border Prot
  
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• Chilliwack pastor’s fines set aside for violating in-person gathering rules during COVID lockdown - Chilliwack Progress

  08-01-2026 20:55 via news.google.com
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• Veteran coach Jeff Reinebold returns to CFL as Ottawa’s special-teams co-ordinator

  08-01-2026 20:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Jeff Reinebold is back in the CFL.
  Ryan Dinwiddie, the Ottawa Redblacks head coaced and general manager, unveiled Reinebold as the club's new special-teams co-ordinator Thursday. Dinwiddie is in his first season in the Canadian capital following five years with the Toronto Argonauts.
  Reinebold, 68, joins the Redblacks after serving as defensive tackles coach the last two years at the University of Hawaii. Reinebold has previous CFL caching experience as an assistant with Hamilton
  
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• Fisheries Department grants authorization for port expansion in Contrecoeur, Que.

  08-01-2026 20:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTRÉAL — Fisheries and Oceans Canada has granted authorization to the Montreal Port Authority to expand a container port terminal northeast of the city in the habitat of an endangered fish species.The authority announced today it has obtained the green light for the project at Contrecœur, Que., that would increase the capacity of port infrastructure by 60 per cent.
  In September, the federal government had referred the project to the Major Projects Office for consideration to
  
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• ‘The ultimate goal’: Goldeneyes forward Gardiner striving for Canadian Olympic team

  08-01-2026 20:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Jenn Gardiner still remembers the sights and sounds of the Vancouver Olympics.She wasn't in the building when Sidney Crosby scored the golden goal for Canada in 2010 or when Marie-Philip Poulin made her Olympic debut, but knowing those moments were happening in her hometown stoked the aspiring athlete's dream of playing on the same stage one day.It's a dream that could come true next month when Canada looks to defend its gold medal at the Milano Cortina Games. The Vancouver Gol
  
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• FanDuel fined $350k after suspicious betting activity in table tennis games: AGCO

  08-01-2026 20:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Ontario's alcohol and gaming regulator says FanDuel Canada is facing a $350,000 fine after it accepted bets on table tennis games that showed warning signs of suspicious betting and match-fixing then failed to report the unusual activity.
  The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario says between Oct. 23 and Nov. 30, 2024, the betting platform accepted 144 bets from three Ontario player accounts for Czech Table Tennis Star Series matches that showed "multiple indicators" associated with match-fix
  
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• Winger Jacob Shaffelburg slated for surgery, will miss Canada camp in California

  08-01-2026 20:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canadian winger Jacob Shaffelburg will undergo surgery Friday "to address a degenerative condition," according to Los Angeles FC.
  The MLS side said the recovery timeline is approximately eight weeks, adding the procedure "is intended to fully resolve the issue and best position Shaffelburg to be ready for the 2026 season."
  The 26-year-old from Port Williams, N.S., had been called into Canada coach Jesse Marsch's January camp in California. Canada Soccer said he will be replaced by Toronto FC win
  
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• B.C. man sentenced for drug trafficking had ordered firearm parts from China: CBSA

  08-01-2026 20:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The Canada Border Services Agency says a man from Richmond, B.C., sentenced for drug trafficking was caught because he ordered illegal gun parts from China.The agency says Raymond Sun has been sentenced to 30 months in prison and issued a lifetime firearms ban after he was found guilty of possessing fentanyl and MDMA for the purpose of trafficking.The border service launched its investigation after officers from the Vancouver International Mail Centre intercepted the illegal gu
  
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• Shots fired early Thursday morning in extortion-related shooting in Langley: RCMP

  08-01-2026 20:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LANGLEY — Mounties in Langley have confirmed shots were fired on 232 Street early Thursday morning and suspect the incident is related to ongoing extortion incidents in B.C.
  According to a statement from Langley RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, police responded to a report of shots fired in the 6900 block of 232 Street in Langley. RCMP members arrived in the area and found evidence consistent with shots being discharged.
  Police believe the suspects arrived in a dark-coloured sedan and
  
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• Venezuela says it’s releasing a ‘significant number’ of prisoners as gesture to ‘seek peace’

  08-01-2026 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela is releasing a “significant number” of citizens and foreigners from its prisons in a decision that the head of the country’s legislature described Thursday as a gesture to “seek peace” less than a week after former President Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces to face federal drug-trafficking charges in New York.Jorge Rodríguez, brother of acting President Delcy Rodríguez and head of the National
  
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• Conservative MP accuses students of free speech attack after campus event cancelled

  08-01-2026 19:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The cancellation of a planned event at York University has led some Conservative MPs to accuse students there of attacking free speech.
  Conservative MP Garnett Genuis says he was denied permission to hold an event on campus on Friday.
  But the York University Student Centre says its decision was "not politically motivated in any way" and the event simply didn't meet its requirements.
  Genuis has been touring university campuses, where he's been striking up conversations with student
  
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• Protesters, ICE faceoff as tensions simmer in Minneapolis after fatal shooting

  08-01-2026 19:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MINNEAPOLIS — Protesters shouted during a tense standoff with masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers as anger from Minneapolis residents simmers following the fatal shooting of a woman on Wednesday.
  Demonstrators stood defiant near the Whipple Federal Building, which houses the local ICE headquarters, the day after an ICE officer shot 37-year-old mother Renee Good in the head.
  Gregory Bovino, a senior U.S. Customs and Border Protection official who is the face of the immigrati
  
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• New charges against man with al-Qaida ties as lawyer raises mental health concerns

  08-01-2026 18:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — New details are emerging about a homeless man with previous ties to al-Qaida who is charged with allegedly threatening to bomb public transit in Montreal.
  Mohamed Abdullah Warsame faces new charges filed this week for allegedly threatening to blow up the Passport Canada offices in Montreal and Quebec City in November while he was in jail.
  Warsame, a 52-year-old Somali-born Canadian citizen, pleaded guilty in the U.S. in 2009 to one count of conspiracy to provide material support
  
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• Venezuela to release a ‘significant number’ of prisoners as gesture to ‘seek peace’

  08-01-2026 18:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela will release a “significant number” of Venezuelan and foreigners imprisoned in the country, the head of Venezuela’s national assembly said Thursday.Jorge Rodríguez, brother of acting President Delcy Rodríguez, did not specify who they would be releasing or how many people would be released. Despite mass detentions following the tumultuous 2024 election, Venezuela’s government maintains it doesn’t keep political
  
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• Charges laid against prolific offender in targeted property crime crackdown, search warrant execution: Abbotsford PD

  08-01-2026 18:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — A spokesperson for the Abbotsford Police Department says 12 charges have been approved against a prolific criminal offender after two search warrants were executed at homes in Abbotsford and Mission last year.According to a statement from AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker, the Abbotsford PD and residents in the Sumas Prairie area witnessed a trouble trend involving a whopping 67 per cent increase in property-crime related offences during the first five months of 2025.Police
  
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• Cleanup underway after oily spill in waters near Nanaimo, B.C.

  08-01-2026 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NANAIMO — British Columbia's Environment and Parks Ministry says an oily spill in waters near Nanaimo on Vancouver Island involved hundreds of litres of an unidentified substance that originated at a commercial waste disposal operation.
  The ministry says in an email that the B.C. government was notified Monday of the oil sheen in the waters between Duke Point and Mudge Island, just south of Nanaimo.
  A flyover by Transport Canada's National Aerial Surveillance aircraft then reported that th
  
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• Argonauts head coach Mike Miller unveils his 2026 coaching staff

  08-01-2026 18:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Mike Miller and Chris Miller are together again.
  Chris Miller will serve as the Toronto Argonauts quarterback coach under new head coach Mike Miller, the CFL club announced Thursday. The two, who are not related, spent three seasons together as coaches with the NFL's Arizona Cardinals, where Mike Miller was the club's quarterback coach (2009-11) and Chris Miller served as receivers coach, passing-game co-ordinator and offensive co-ordinator (2007-12).
  Mike Miller was hired as Tor
  
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• Atmospheric river forecast to bring heavy rain and snow for B.C.’s north coast

  08-01-2026 18:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PRINCE RUPERT — British Columbia's north coast is set to get another blast of wet, wintry weather in the coming days from an atmospheric river system.
  Environment Canada says in a rainfall warning covering communities including Prince Rupert, Terrace and Kitimat that the region may see as much as 100 millimetres of rain starting late Thursday through Saturday morning.
  The warning also says up to 15 centimetres of snow may fall in inland sections of major highways, and Terrace could also se
  
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• Councillors deny expansion of child care facility amid repeated temporary use permit applications in residential areas

  08-01-2026 18:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Amid repeated temporary use permit applications to expand daycares in single-family residential areas, the City of Chilliwack plans to bring a report to council later this year that could restrict their size and location across the city.In the most recent instance to come before Chilliwack City Council, two people submitted a temporary use permit application to expand a facility at 46795 First Avenue from eight kids to 30 kids.Councillors have voiced concerns in recent months
  
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• Vancouver building valued at $13 Million gifted to support youth with substance use

  08-01-2026 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — An organization that offers free mental health support and substance use care for youth will be able to expand its services to a new building in downtown Vancouver, thanks to a more than $13-million donation from a private foundation.The Foundry says the four-storey building, nestled between boutiques, restaurants and luxury units in Vancouver's high-end Yaletown neighbourhood, has been gifted by a private foundation to help teens and young people.The Foundry says in a news rel
  
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• Judge disqualifies federal prosecutor in investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James

  08-01-2026 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A judge disqualified a federal prosecutor from overseeing investigations into New York Attorney General Letitia James, ruling Thursday that he had been serving in his post unlawfully when he requested subpoenas.U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield blocked subpoenas requested by John Sarcone, the acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York.“The subpoenas are unenforceable due to a threshold defect: Mr. Sarcone was not lawfully serving as Acting U.S
  
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• Senate advances resolution to limit Trump’s war powers after Venezuela raid

  08-01-2026 17:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate advanced a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, sounding a note of disapproval for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere.Democrats and five Republicans voted to advance the war powers resolution on a 52-47 vote and ensure a later vote for final passage. It has virtually no chance of becoming law because Trump would have to sign it if it were to pass the House. Still
  
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• Samantha Chang signs with AFC Toronto, the team she helped beat in the NSL final

  08-01-2026 17:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Midfielder Samantha Chang, who captained the Vancouver Rise to the inaugural Northern Super League title in November, is joining the AFC Toronto team she helped beat in the final.
  It's a homecoming for the 25-year-old midfielder, who hails from suburban Mississauga. Chang, whose Vancouver contact had expired, has not lived in her hometown since leaving for the University of South Carolina in 2018.
  Soccer then took her to Torreense in Portugal and HB Koge in Denmark before signing
  
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• Minneapolis protesters vent their outrage after an ICE officer kills a woman

  08-01-2026 16:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis was on edge Thursday following the fatal shooting of a woman by a federal officer taking part in the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown, with protesters venting their outrage, the governor urging restraint and schools canceling classes as a precaution.State and local officials demanded that the immigration agents leave Minnesota after the unidentified Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot 37-year-old mother of three Renee Nic
  
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• Supreme Court to hear challenge of law allowing Ontario Place redevelopment

  08-01-2026 16:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal from a coalition challenging the constitutionality of legislation that opens the door to major changes at Ontario Place.
  The urban park on the Toronto waterfront, opened in 1971, included a theatre that showed movies on a huge screen, children's play areas and several pavilions suspended above the water.
  The Ontario government plans to redevelop Ontario Place to include an elaborate spa operated by a private company.
  The coalition On
  
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• Russia frees French political scholar in a prisoner swap for a basketball player

  08-01-2026 15:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Laurent Vinatier, a French political scholar serving a three-year sentence in Russia and facing new charges of espionage, has been freed in a prisoner swap with France, a Russian security agency said Thursday.In exchange, Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin, jailed in France and whose extradition was demanded by the United States, was released and returned to Russia on Thursday, Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, said in a statement.Vinatier was arrested in Moscow in June 202
  
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• Rogers puts $50M to address excessive screen time among teens and tweens

  08-01-2026 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Rogers Communications says it is investing $50 million over five years to address the excessive time teens and tweens spend on screens.
  The telecom giant launched a national school program Thursday that Tony Staffieri, the president and CEO of Rogers, said is meant to change behaviour and help youth develop healthy relationships with screens. It involves bringing professional athletes to schools to talk about healthy screen use.
  Rogers says it is also creating grants for up to fo
  
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• Child at home in Gaza killed by Israeli fire as post-ceasefire deaths mount

  08-01-2026 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A relative said Israeli gunfire on Thursday killed an 11-year-old girl whose family had returned to a designated safe zone, adding to more than 400 deaths reported since a ceasefire was reached to halt fighting in Gaza nearly three months ago.After shells and shrapnel hit her home in northern Gaza’s Jabaliya area, Hamsa Housou was taken to Shifa Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Outside the hospital mortuary, her uncle Khamis Housou told The As
  
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