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• Justice Department sees no basis for civil rights probe in Minnesota ICE shooting, official says

  13-01-2026 23:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department does not believe there is currently any basis to open a criminal civil rights investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis, a top department official said Tuesday. The decision to keep the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division out of the investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Good marks a sharp departure from past administrations, which have moved quickly to probe shootin
  
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• Some Canadians manage to contact family in Iran for first time in days amid protests

  13-01-2026 23:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Before the latest anti-government protests in Iran began, Shadi Dashmiz was in contact with her father every day, exchanging calls, texts and pictures.But she suddenly lost touch with the 70-year-old who currently lives alone in the country, after the Iranian government disabled the internet and blocked landlines from placing international calls.For nearly a week, Dashmiz didn't know what was happening with her father.But that changed on Tuesday morning, after some people in Iran managed to make
  
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• Home expo back at Chilliwack’s Heritage Park for three days - Chilliwack Progress

  13-01-2026 23:42 via news.google.com
  Home expo back at Chilliwack’s Heritage Park for three days  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Ex-journalists lament closure of Ming Pao, Canada’s last Chinese-language daily paper

  13-01-2026 23:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Former journalists for Ming Pao Daily News say its impending closure will be a devastating blow for consumers of the only Chinese-language daily newspaper in Canada.
  Ming Pao announced on Monday that its final Vancouver and Toronto editions will be published on Jan. 16 and its newsrooms and offices will shut on Jan. 31, with at least 60 staff given notices of termination.
  Ming Pao, which launched its two Canadian editions in 1993, says in an article that the closure decision wa
  
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• Why an Ontario couple is leading a court battle to change MAID in B.C.

  13-01-2026 23:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Gaye and Jim O'Neill have spend countless hours thinking about their daughter's final hours in April 2023.
  It's a memory they say they'd wish on no one — and it's the reason why they joined a years-long legal campaign to change the way medical assistance in dying is delivered in British Columbia.
  The O'Neills are at the centre of a Charter of Rights challenge, now before the B.C. Supreme Court, that seeks to end the practice of so-called "forced transfers" — compelling
  
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• IHIT detectives suspect organized crime may be involved in body found in Surrey home

  13-01-2026 23:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY — Homicide detectives in B.C. say they believe organized crime may be responsible for the discovery of a man’s body inside a burning home in Surrey early Monday.
  Shortly after 7 a.m. on Monday, January 12, Surrey Police Service (SPS) officers responded to calls of a house fire in the 12700 block 56 Avenue to assist Surrey Fire Services (SFS) with road closures. During their efforts to extinguish the fully engulfed residence and search it for any victims, SFS members discovered
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: The path forward in B.C. is together or not at all

  13-01-2026 23:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  At this time last year, we were fighting external economic threats from the U.S. and now some would rather we turn on each other.
  Building projects in partnership with First Nations means jobs and prosperity for the entire province. We simply can’t afford to walk away from co-operation with First Nations and choose, instead, to fight.
  Reconciliation isn’t new, and it isn’t radical. It reflects a broad consensus in this province that working in partnership with First Nations is
  
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• Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies at 86

  13-01-2026 23:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement, has died. She was 86.Her death was announced Tuesday by the Claudette Colvin Legacy Foundation. Ashley D. Roseboro of the organization confirmed she died in Texas.Colvin was arrested months before Rosa Parks gained international fame before refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus.A bus driver called police on March 2,
  
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• Toronto Raptors exceeding expectations at midway point of NBA season

  13-01-2026 22:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — A year ago, the Toronto Raptors were torn between pushing for a play-in berth or tanking for a top draft pick, but 12 months later they’re exceeding early expectations and positioned to reach the playoffs for the first time since 2022.
  Head coach Darko Rajakovic was asked to assess how his team was doing after 41 games -- the exact middle of the Raptors' 2025-26 season -- after Toronto's 115-102 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday. Although the Raptors have a 24-17 rec
  
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• Kinew asks Ford to reconsider Crown Royal boycott in Ontario

  13-01-2026 22:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  GIMLI — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is calling on Ontario Premier Doug Ford to drop plans for a boycott of Crown Royal whisky.
  Kinew made the remark while standing outside the plant at Gimli, Man., where Crown Royal is mashed, distilled and aged.
  Ford has said that in retaliation for parent company Diageo deciding to close its bottling plant in Amherstburg, Ont., he will pull Crown Royal from Ontario liquor store shelves starting next month.
  Kinew says he hopes Ford will reconsider and that
  
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• ‘I’m in’: Caroline Elliott confirms run for B.C. Conservative leadership

  13-01-2026 22:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Political commentator Caroline Elliott has confirmed she will be joining the race for leader of British Columbia’s Conservative Party.
  Elliott, who was involved with the former BC Liberal Party and its successor, BC United, for about two decades, says she will represent the “change this party and province needs” and adds that she has “the support of an exceptional team with a winning campaign manager.”
  The confirmation of her candidacy comes after
  
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• Source: Four CFL teams interested in Pickett after veteran linebacker released

  13-01-2026 22:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  It's always good to have options, and it appears Adarius Pickett has plenty after being released Tuesday by the Ottawa Redblacks.
  The move was mutually agreed upon by both parties. Pickett, 29, was slated to become a free agent next month but the three-time East Division All-CFL selection is now free to sign with any team.
  A CFL source requesting anonymity said four clubs have already expressed interest in Pickett. The source spoke on the condition of anonymity as no CFL team has signed the vete
  
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• Denmark asks other countries to scrutinize Canada’s skeleton decisions

  13-01-2026 22:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Denmark's bobsled and skeleton federation is urging other countries to look closer at Canada's actions in an Olympic qualification dispute causing friction in the international sliding community.
  Canada pulled four of its six athletes from a women's skeleton race Sunday in Lake Placid, N.Y., which reduced the number of Olympic qualification points available to the women competing there.
  Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton says athlete welfare was the reason for the withdrawals, but some co
  
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• Watchdog rebukes Quebec auto insurance board after $500M online platform scandal

  13-01-2026 22:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  QUÉBEC — Quebec's scandal-plagued auto insurance board has been hit with another blow, this time from an independent government agency that oversees the province's public procurement markets.
  The Autorité des marchés publics says the auto board — Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec — failed to manage public funds responsibly in its development of the online platform known as SAAQclic.
  The board was the subject of a public inquir
  
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• B.C. Ombudsperson flags hour-long waits for income, disability calls to be answered

  13-01-2026 22:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  British Columbia's ombudsperson says people calling the government with questions about income and disability assistance are facing long waits, sometimes of more than an hour, creating barriers to accessing essential services.
  The most recent ministry data, released by Jay Chalke's office, shows that between 2022 and 2024, only about 13 per cent of calls were answered within 10 minutes on average, despite the government having set a service standard requiring 80 per cent of calls to be answered
  
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• Major thoroughfare in Hope closed due to incident in the Fraser Canyon

  13-01-2026 21:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HOPE — The District of Hope says it has implemented an emergency road closure in the town due to an incident north of Hope.In a statement, the district says 6th Avenue at the CN Rail crossing was closed Tuesday morning due to a rail line washout in the Fraser Canyon.The closure is expected to remain in place for approximately 24 hours. If that holds true, the road could reopen by Wednesday morning.Drivers are asked to use alternate routes and avoid the area.The district said the 6th Avenue
  
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• Cyclist dead in probable hit-and-run in Richmond, B.C., police say

  13-01-2026 21:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  RICHMOND — Police are investigating the death of a cyclist whose body was found along a major route in Richmond, B.C., saying the 34-year-old man may have been struck by a vehicle that did not remain at the scene.
  RCMP say they received a report on Monday from one of the man's co-workers expressing concern that he had not shown up for work.
  The Mounties say the colleague told police the man's absence was out of the ordinary, and he would usually ride his bike to work.
  They say officers wor
  
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• Construction on Toronto-Quebec City leg of high-speed rail line slated for 2032: CEO

  13-01-2026 21:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The CEO of a planned high-speed rail project between Toronto and Quebec City says construction on that leg of the line is expected to begin by 2032.
  Following a speech in Montreal on Tuesday, Martin Imbleau told reporters the line connecting the two provincial capitals will "probably" start to be built two years after shovels hit the ground on an earlier segment.
  Construction of that first phase, set to kick off in 2029 or 2030, would connect Montreal and Ottawa and act as a tes
  
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• VIDEO: Rail line washout leads to road closure in Hope - Chilliwack Progress

  13-01-2026 21:42 via news.google.com
  VIDEO: Rail line washout leads to road closure in Hope  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Fact File: Canadian store’s security photo manipulated to show mountain lion break-in

  13-01-2026 21:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Social media posts this month claimed a mountain lion played with toys and got high on catnip after breaking into a Colorado pet store. In fact, the shop pictured in the post appears to be an Edmonton convenience store, which has never reported a mountain lion encounter but was the scene of a notoriously unsuccessful attempt to evade police in 2018.
  THE CLAIM
  "A mountain lion raids a Colorado pet store, gets high on catnip, and naps in the toy aisle," reads the caption on a photo posted Jan. 3 t
  
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• Fraser Health announces another lengthy maternity diversion

  13-01-2026 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MAPLE RIDGE — Expecting moms in Maple Ridge and the surrounding community who had planned to give birth at their local hospital will have to head elsewhere later this week.Fraser Health confirmed earlier today that there will be a four-day diversion at Ridge Meadows Hospital starting this Thursday, January 15 as maternity services struggle with a doctor shortage.“Due to a temporary gap in obstetrician-gynecologist coverage at Ridge Meadows Hospital, a maternity diversion will be in p
  
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• Trump says Americans ‘don’t need’ Canadian products, calls CUSMA ‘irrelevant’

  13-01-2026 21:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump says the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement on trade is "irrelevant" to him and Americans don't need Canadian products.
  While touring a Ford plant in Michigan, Trump said he wants to see more cars built in the United States and the U.S. doesn't need vehicles made in Canada or Mexico.
  Asked if he will renegotiate CUSMA, which is up for review this year, Trump said "we can have it or not."
  Trump said he doesn’t care about the trade deal but "
  
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• Chloe Kim says she’s ‘good to go’ for Olympics despite labrum tear in shoulder

  13-01-2026 21:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Snowboarder Chloe Kim says she's “good to go” for the Milan Cortina Olympics despite tearing the labrum in her shoulder during a training run last week in Switzerland.
  The two-time gold medalist in the halfpipe posted an update to Instagram on Tuesday, saying she wasn't surprised to learn she had torn her labrum — the lining of the socket that holds the shoulder together. She did not say which shoulder she injured when she fell while getting ready for this weekend's Laax Open.
  
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• Healthy and rested Rick Bowness ready for next challenge as Blue Jackets head coach

  13-01-2026 21:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Rick Bowness was enjoying time on his boat in Florida when he received a call from Don Waddell on Monday afternoon.
  Bowness thought the call from the Columbus Blue Jackets president of hockey operations and general manager was about a player Bowness once coached.
  It turned out to be something else — a head coaching offer.
  Bowness was on the ice at Nationwide Arena on Tuesday morning, conducting practice after accepting Waddell’s offer to take over as head
  
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• The Steelers are in NFL purgatory. They’ll have to find a way out without Mike Tomlin

  13-01-2026 21:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin, as always, got right to the point.
  “When you don’t get it done, words are cheap,” a subdued Tomlin said Monday night after the Pittsburgh Steelers were quickly ushered out of the playoffs again, this time in a 30-6 loss to Houston. “It’s about what you do or you don’t do.”
  And now it's someone else's turn to try to do it in Pittsburgh.
  The NFL's longest-tenured head coach stepped down on Tuesday, when one of the leagu
  
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• Montréal Victoire’s Roque suspended one game by PWHL for illegal check to the head

  13-01-2026 21:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Professional Women’s Hockey League has suspended Montréal Victoire forward Abby Roque one game for an illegal check to the head.
  Roque was assessed a five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct for her hit on Vancouver forward Abby Boreen in the third period of Montreal's 1-0 win over the Goldeneyes on Sunday in Quebec City.
  The PWHL said in a release that its Player Safety Committee found Roque took a poor angle of approach to deliver a hit on an unsuspectin
  
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• B.C. RCMP Const. Mersad Mesbah fired with immediate effect over vulgar group chats

  13-01-2026 21:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A British Columbia RCMP officer has been fired with immediate effect over vulgar and sexist comments made in police group chats and over police mobile computer terminals.RCMP conduct adjudicator Louise Morel says Coquitlam Const. Mersad Mesbah's conduct amounted to discreditable conduct, and he “put aside” his oath as a police officer.
  Mesbah is one of three officers from the detachment who faced code of conduct proceedings over the comments.The comments came to light after a colleag
  
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• Former Sail Canada high-performance director suspended for four months

  13-01-2026 20:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KINGSTON — Former Sail Canada high-performance director Mike Milner has been suspended for four months under the national Abuse-Free Sport Program.
  Sailing Canada says Milner left the organization in September 2024.
  Milner's sanction was posted last week on a public registry established by the Office of the Sports Integrity Commissioner.
  The registry stated Milner was sanctioned for aiding and abetting, neglect and psychological maltreatment under the Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent a
  
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• River Forecast Centre downgrades high streamflow advisory for Chilliwack, Hope, but flows remain high locally - Fraser Valley Today

  13-01-2026 20:47 via news.google.com
  River Forecast Centre downgrades high streamflow advisory for Chilliwack, Hope, but flows remain high locally  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• River Forecast Centre downgrades high streamflow advisory for Fraser Valley, but flows remain high locally

  13-01-2026 20:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — B.C.’s River Forecast Centre has downgraded a high streamflow advisory for the Fraser Valley, including the Chilliwack River east through Hope.
  In a Tuesday morning update, the forecast centre says substantial rainfall and snowmelt over the past three days have produced high flows across the region. It says rainfall rates have eased as light rain is expected to taper off by Tuesday afternoon. Warmer and drier weather is expected through the rest of the week.The River For
  
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• Manchester United hires former player Michael Carrick as interim coach until end of the season

  13-01-2026 20:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United has again turned to former player Michael Carrick to salvage its imploding season.
  Carrick was hired Tuesday as United’s interim coach until the end of the season, more than a week after the departure of Ruben Amorim.
  The ex-England midfielder, who won five Premier League titles and the Champions League during a trophy-laden playing career at Old Trafford, was also an assistant coach at United and had an unbeaten three-game spell as interi
  
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• Mike Tomlin steps down after 19 seasons as coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers

  13-01-2026 20:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Mike Tomlin era in Pittsburgh is over.
  The longest-tenured head coach in major American professional sports stepped down from his job leading the Steelers on Tuesday after yet another quick playoff exit.
  The announcement came a day after the end of his 19th season in Pittsburgh, where he was a relative unknown when he was hired to replace Bill Cowher in early 2007.
  “Obviously, I am extremely grateful to Mike for all the hard work, dedication and success we have
  
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• Carney off to China, Qatar and Davos to court investment, mend fences with Beijing

  13-01-2026 20:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney leaves Tuesday for a nine-day trip that will see him circle the globe to drum up investment and trade in three places that have attracted the scrutiny of voters.
  His visit to Beijing — the first trip to China by a sitting prime minister in more than eight years — will be followed by a stop in Qatar and a visit to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.
  University of British Columbia political scientist Stewart Prest said by visiting these de
  
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• Potholes sideline 15 vehicles along Highway 1 between Chilliwack and Hope - Chilliwack Progress

  13-01-2026 20:30 via news.google.com
  Potholes sideline 15 vehicles along Highway 1 between Chilliwack and Hope  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Alouettes GM Maciocia, Bombers head coach O’Shea taking open mind into CFL meeting

  13-01-2026 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Danny Maciocia and Mike O'Shea are both taking an open mind into the CFL winter meetings.
  Maciocia, the Montreal Alouettes general manager, and O'Shea, the head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, are among the CFL officials attending the meetings in Calgary. Among the agenda items up for discussion are rules applications and potential changes.
  CFL commissioner Stewart Johnston unveiled significant rules changes last September with the aim of modernizing the game over the next two seasons. This
  
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• Trial begins in 2021 drive-by shooting that killed Montreal teen Meriem Boundaoui

  13-01-2026 19:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A jury trial has opened for two men charged in the drive-by shooting of a 15-year-old girl who prosecutors say was in the wrong place at the wrong time when she was killed.
  The Crown outlined its case this morning against the two men charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Meriem Boundaoui and the attempted murder of several other people on Feb. 7, 2021.
  Boundaoui was in the passenger seat of a vehicle that was struck by bullets in Montreal's St-Léonard borough
  
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• China urges Canada to break from US influence as PM Carney visits Beijing

  13-01-2026 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BEIJING (AP) — As Canadian leader Mark Carney arrives in China on Wednesday, his hosts see an opportunity to peel the longtime U.S. ally away from their rival, at least a bit.
  China's state media is calling on the Canadian government to set a foreign policy path independent of the United States — what it calls “strategic autonomy.”
  Canada has long been one of America’s closest allies, geographically and otherwise. But Beijing is hoping that President Donald Trump&rs
  
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• B.C. home sales and prices both down about 6% last month, amid Lower Mainland slump

  13-01-2026 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia home sales fell by almost 6 per cent last month on a year-over-year basis, with realtors noting market weakness "concentrated" in the Lower Mainland.
  The B.C. Real Estate Association says a total of 4,271 residential units were sold in December, which is about 18.5 per cent lower than the province's 10-year average for the month, while average prices also fell 5.6 per cent to about $952,000 from just over $1 million in the same month in 2024.
  The value of overa
  
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• Feds to contribute money to the fight against extortion in southern Ontario

  13-01-2026 19:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The federal government says it will give Peel Regional Police up to $1 million to support the force's efforts to fight extortion, provide services to victims and build on the work of a task force.
  The police service, which serves the Ontario cities of Brampton and Mississauga, created the Extortion Investigative Task Force in 2023 in response to threats against members of the South Asian business community.
  Ottawa says criminal networks use intimidation tactics and threats to fund
  
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• Mboko battles into Adelaide quarterfinals with marathon win over Kalinskaya

  13-01-2026 19:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ADELAIDE — Canada's Victoria Mboko advanced to the quarterfinals of the Adelaide International tennis tournament with a 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (6) victory over Russia's Anna Kalinskaya on Tuesday.
  The 19-year-old from Toronto, seeded eighth at the WTA 500 event, overcame two match points before taking the third-set tiebreaker in a match that lasted two hours 22 minutes.
  Mboko meet the winner of Wednesday’s match between No. 2 seed and reigning Australian Open champion Madison Keys and qualifi
  
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• RCMP forensics to further investigation after Chilliwack business suffers break and enter, damage at its store

  13-01-2026 19:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  UPDATE, 9:40 A.M. TUESDAY: SinAmen Bun Co. updated the community Tuesday morning at 9:25 a.m. that it is back to regular hours of operation and is quickly back on track to get its store repaired.
  “While we’re slowly getting things fixed, our premises are secured, our team feels safe and supported, and we’re ready to serve the community right away,” SinAmen Bun Co. wrote online. “Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the unbelievable support, kind messages, and
  
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• Iran’s embassy in Ottawa, closed since 2012, defaced by anti-regime protesters

  13-01-2026 19:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Iran's embassy in Ottawa has been defaced, and a video posted to social media shows a protester behind a security fence removing Iran's national emblem from the building and prodding around a gated window.
  The Canadian Press has not verified the video, reportedly recorded early Monday morning, though the national emblem had been removed from the embassy building as of Monday afternoon and footsteps in the snow were visible behind the embassy's gate.
  While Canada cut diplomatic tie
  
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• Chilliwack cinnamon bun shop re-opens quickly after break-in - Chilliwack Progress

  13-01-2026 18:56 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack cinnamon bun shop re-opens quickly after break-in  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Federal bill criminalizing sexual deepfakes wouldn’t cover X images: expert

  13-01-2026 18:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A law professor is warning that the Liberal government’s legislation to criminalize sexual deepfakes would not cover most of the images that have proliferated on X in recent weeks.
  Suzie Dunn, an assistant professor of law at Dalhousie University, says the bill wouldn’t necessarily apply to the wave of images created by Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot and shared on X.
  Bill C-16 would criminalize the non-consensual sharing of images which show the subject nude, exposing
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Supreme Court Justice Sheilah Martin to retire May 30

  13-01-2026 18:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Justice Sheilah Martin says she will retire from the Supreme Court of Canada effective May 30.
  Martin says in a statement today she is deeply grateful for the opportunity to have served Canadians on the high court, calling it an honour and a highlight of her professional life.
  Chief Justice Richard Wagner praised Martin as widely respected for the depth of her legal scholarship, commitment to fairness and principled approach to justice.
  Martin, 69, was born and raised in Montreal
  
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• Statistics Canada to cut 850 jobs, 12 per cent of executive team

  13-01-2026 18:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says it will be cutting around 850 of its staff along with 12 per cent of its executive team.
  Carter Mann, spokesperson for the national statistical agency, says Statistics Canada will inform affected employees within the next two weeks.
  He says Statistics Canada remains focused on serving Canadians and adapting as it adjusts to the changes.
  Data from the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat shows 7,274 people worked at Statistics Canada as of March 31, 2025.It s
  
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• Sydney, N.S., selected as the preferred maintenance port for new Arctic icebreakers

  13-01-2026 18:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SYDNEY — Sydney, N.S., has the inside track on becoming the maintenance hub for the Canadian Coast Guard’s upcoming polar icebreakers.The federal government announced today that the Cape Breton port is the preferred location as the maintenance base for the vessels.
  Ottawa cited the port's deep water, proximity to Sydney's Canadian Coast Guard Academy and the fact it has one of the shortest routes to the Arctic from Eastern Canada.It’s also near Halifax, headquarters of the Roya
  
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• Chilliwack small business suffers break and enter, theft of safe and extensive damage

  13-01-2026 18:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — A Chilliwack small business says it will do its best to continue operations after its store was broken into and sustained significant damage sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning.
  SinAmen Bun Co., located at 8810 Young Road across from Valley Toyota, says its store was burglarized, its safe was stolen, surveillance cameras were broken, and front and side glass windshields were shattered.
  “As a small, locally owned business, this is incredibly upsetting and dis
  
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• Almost 300 millimetres of rain on Vancouver Island in three-day drenching

  13-01-2026 18:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — A number of communities in British Columbia's south coast have received more than 100 millimetres of rain in the atmospheric river event over the last three days, with one station reporting nearly 300 millimetres.
  Environment Canada says the Kennedy Lake Forestry Station on Vancouver Island received a whopping 286 millimetres from Saturday to Monday.
  On the mainland, Port Mellon reported 204 millimetres.
  The weather agency says at least 20 weather stations in the region reporte
  
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• RCMP forensics to assist investigation after Chilliwack business suffers break and enter, damage at its store - Fraser Valley Today

  13-01-2026 18:08 via news.google.com
  RCMP forensics to assist investigation after Chilliwack business suffers break and enter, damage at its store  Fraser Valley Today
  
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