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• Jeff Hafley reaches agreement with Miami Dolphins to become their coach, AP source says

  19-01-2026 23:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The Miami Dolphins and Jeff Hafley have reached an agreement to make the former Boston College head coach and Packers defensive coordinator their coach, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Monday.
  The person spoke on condition of anonymity because a contract hadn’t been finalized.
  Hafley replaces Mike McDaniel, who was fired after going 35-33 in four seasons. The Dolphins also fired longtime general manager Chris Grier during the season.
  Hafley, who spent t
  
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• B.C. postponing changes to heritage act to increase consultation, says minister

  19-01-2026 23:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — Forests Minister Ravi Parmar says the B.C. government is postponing changes to the law that governs the designation and protection of heritage sites, because it needs more time to consult with First Nations, industry and other groups.
  The government was planning to bring forward changes to the Heritage Conservation Act this spring, but Parmar says the legislation requires more engagement because of its importance.
  Parmar says the government could table changes in the fall, but d
  
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• Canadian women to play three games in Brazil in April as part of FIFA Series 2026

  19-01-2026 23:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The Canadian women will face Brazil, South Korea and Zambia in April as part of the FIFA Series, expanded to 48 men's and women's teams in 2026.
  The 2026 Series follows a pilot project in 2024 which featured 24 teams playing in five locations across three continents. The 2026 edition features 36 men's and 12 women's sides, divided into 12 groups of four.
  The 10th-ranked Canadians are grouped with No. 6 Brazil, No. 21 South Korea and No. 64 Zambia with Brazil hosting the games. Those will be Cana
  
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• Chilliwack City Council to vote on $1.4 million squash court expansion at municipal rec centre

  19-01-2026 23:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack councillors are set to vote this week on a $1.4 million project to construct two squash courts at one of the two municipal rec centres in Chilliwack.
  According to item 7.6 on this Tuesday’s agenda, the City of Chilliwack issued an RFP (request for proposal) for a squash court expansion at the Leisure Landing Centre, 9145 Corbould Street. Submissions were received by the RFP closing date of Wednesday, January 7, 2026 from three pre-qualified companies, also def
  
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• From climate change to Inuit culture: Five things shared by Greenland and Canada

  19-01-2026 23:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — As Greenland and Canada both feel the threat of American expansion, the two have deep ties they are hoping to build on.
  In February 2024, the Danish territory launched an Arctic strategy that promised a representation office for Greenland in Ottawa. Ten months later, Canada pledged to open a consulate in Nuuk, which is set to take place early next month.
  Here are five things Canada and the Danish territory share:
  A land border
  In 2022, Canada and Denmark struck a deal to resolve a
  
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• B.C. man facing multiple charges after Alberta crash kills 9-year-old girl

  19-01-2026 23:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KILLAM — Mounties in Alberta have laid charges against a B.C. man after a nine-year-old girl was killed in a highway crash almost a year ago.
  The crash at Killam, 170 kilometres southeast of Edmonton, occurred last March.
  Police say a grey pickup truck failed to stop at a stop sign and hit the side of another pickup truck carrying a family.
  Three children, all under 14, and their father were sent to hospital but the nine-year-old girl died at the scene.
  The two people in the grey pickup tr
  
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• Former CFL linebacker Roberts has overcome a lot to finally get NFL opportunity

  19-01-2026 23:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Jacob Roberts has taken the long road to the NFL.
  The six-foot-one, 233-pound linebacker signed a three-year deal with the Minnesota Vikings on Jan. 6, almost two years after being bypassed in the NFL draft. That allowed the 24-year-old Charlotte, N.C., native to head north, spending parts of two seasons with the Calgary Stampeders.
  But Roberts' football journey has been fraught with detours and bumps along the way.
  He was cut from both his middle school and high school teams, then received just
  
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• Toronto FC full of optimism ahead of flight to Spain for warm-weather training camp

  19-01-2026 22:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Toronto FC leaves the cold and snow of Toronto for the warmth of Spain on Tuesday, still missing a marquee attacker but with a sense of optimism going into the 2026 season.
  Head coach Robin Fraser, starting his second year at the helm, has liked what he has seen to date in training camp.
  "I feel like the intensity and engagement is probably the No. 1 thing that I'm encouraged by so far," he said Monday. "Today we just played 10 vs. 10, with some specific requirements defensively,
  
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• B.C. First Nations raise alarm over Chilcotin River landslide risk

  19-01-2026 22:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  First Nations in British Columbia's central Interior are sounding the alarm over landslide risk along the same stretch of the Chilcotin River where a massive slide blocked the waterway for several days in the summer of 2024.
  The Tsilhqot'in National Government issued a statement saying a geotechnical report commissioned by the province after that slide found an "imminent" risk of rockfall into the river that supports several important salmon populations.
  A photo shared by the nation shows what i
  
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• This year is expected to rival some of the hottest ever recorded, Canadian federal scientists say

  19-01-2026 22:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canadian scientists say the recent stretch of exceptional global temperatures shows no signs of letting up in 2026.
  Scientists with Environment and Climate Change Canada say global average temperatures this year are expected to be around 1.44 C warmer than pre-industrial averages.
  That would put it behind 2024's record-breaking warmth but in the same range as the next two hottest years, 2023 and 2025.Climate modelling forecasts indicate the five-year stretch starting in 2026 is expected to be th
  
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• Police investigating after shots fired from Surrey, B.C., apartment, balcony

  19-01-2026 21:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY — A shooting inside a Surrey, B.C., highrise apartment has resulted in the detention of several people.
  Surrey police say the shooting was reported at around 12:30 a.m. Monday, inside the building in the 9600 block of 136A Street in the Metro Vancouver city.
  A statement says officers located the suite where the shots originated and detained a number of people inside, although all have since been released pending further investigation.
  Police say the shots were likely fired both insi
  
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• Canada’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander headlines first-ever World team as NBA All-Star format shifts

  19-01-2026 21:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The first-ever World team for the NBA All-Star Game is already looking loaded. And the fate of LeBron James' record streak of All-Star selections will now be decided by coaches, or perhaps even Commissioner Adam Silver.
  Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of Hamilton, Ont., Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo, Denver’s Nikola Jokic, the Los Angeles Lakers’ Luka Doncic and San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama were among those announced Monday as starters — an inex
  
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• Jonathan Toews plays first game in Chicago since joining Winnipeg Jets

  19-01-2026 21:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHICAGO (AP) — Jonathan Toews put his Chicago return on his calendar after he signed with his hometown Winnipeg Jets. And then it slipped away as the day approached.
  "I was kind of focusing on the next game, and it kind of sneaks up on you. So here we are,” he said.
  Here we are, indeed.
  Toews was back in Chicago on Monday for his first game in his first NHL home since he signed with Winnipeg on July 1. The 37-year-old center spent his first 15 seasons with the Blackhawks, winning thr
  
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• Seahawks RB Zach Charbonnet out for remainder of playoffs with knee injury

  19-01-2026 21:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Seahawks running back Zach Charbonnet will miss the remainder of the playoffs with a knee injury that requires surgery, coach Mike Macdonald said in a local radio interview on Monday.
  Charbonnet injured his knee during Saturday night's 41-6 win over the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC divisional round.“He’s got a significant knee injury, unfortunately,” Macdonald said on Seattle Sports 710 on Monday. “Breaks your heart. He’s going to need
  
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• Canadian men fall two places to No. 29 in latest FIFA world rankings

  19-01-2026 21:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The Canadian men have dropped two places to No. 29 in the latest FIFA rankings, despite not playing a Tier 1 international since the last ratings were released.
  Canada was overtaken by Nigeria (No. 26, up 12 places) and Algeria (No. 28, up six) after their performances at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Nigeria, which finished third, and Cameroon (No. 45, up 12), which lost to eventual runner-up Morocco in the quarterfinals, were the biggest movers in the new rankings.The Canadian men's only
  
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• Family of Ottawa mass murder victims gets permanent residency applications approved

  19-01-2026 21:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada has approved permanent residency status for the Sri Lankan brother and father of an Ottawa man whose wife and four children were killed in a gruesome mass stabbing.
  Febrio De-Zoysa was sentenced to life in prison last fall after pleading guilty to killing Darshani Ekanayake, her four children — including a two-month-old infant — and their family friend Gamini Amarakoon in an Ottawa townhouse in March 2024.
  The children's father Dhanushka Wickramasinghe was injur
  
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• Canada considers sending troops to Greenland as U.S. ramps up takeover talk: reports

  19-01-2026 20:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada is mulling whether or not to send troops to Greenland in a show of solidarity as U.S. President Donald Trump ramps up talk about taking over the Danish self-governing territory.
  Both The Globe and Mail and CBC, citing unnamed sources, say Canada has drawn up contingency plans for sending a small contingent of troops to Greenland but hasn't yet decided to do it.
  A statement from Defence Minister David McGuinty's press secretary, sent to The Canadian Press last week says the
  
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• RCMP, partners remove over 55% of inspected commercial vehicles from Lower Mainland roads in 2025

  19-01-2026 20:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LOWER MAINLAND — It doesn’t bode well for the trucking industry in British Columbia when over 55 per cent of inspected commercial vehicles in the Lower Mainland were removed from area roads in 2025.According to a statement from RCMP spokesperson Constable Kevin Connolly, more than half of the commercial vehicles inspected in the Lower Mainland and Burnaby during targeted enforcement in 2025 had safety violations that warranted their removal.Over the past year, a dozen partner agencie
  
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• Montreal public transit agency says ridership fell in 2025 due to rotating strikes

  19-01-2026 20:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Montreal’s public transit agency says commuters took about 20 million fewer trips on its network in 2025 as metros and buses were disrupted by rotating strikes.
  Agency spokesperson Amélie Régis says passengers took 294.1 million trips in 2025, down from 314.6 million trips in the previous year.
  Régis says the 2025 numbers were estimated at the end of November, and do not account for an overtime strike in December.
  The agency estimates weekday ridership
  
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• Chiefs Add Koby Francis to the 2025/26 Roster

  19-01-2026 20:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Chilliwack, B.C. — The Chilliwack Chiefs are pleased to announce the addition of Canadian forward Koby Francis to the 2025/26 roster.
  Francis joins the Chiefs after spending the first half of the season in the CHL with the Chicoutimi Saguenéens. The 6’2”, 181-pound right-handed shot adds size, reach, and versatility to the Chiefs’ forward group.
  “Koby brings a big frame, a long reach, and a very high hockey IQ,” said Chiefs Head Coach and General Manage
  
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• Olympic-bound Thompson, Josi, Vejmelka named NHL three stars of the week

  19-01-2026 20:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Buffalo Sabres centre Tage Thompson, Nashville Predators defenceman Roman Josi and Utah Mammoth goaltender Karel Vejmelka are the NHL's three stars of the week.
  Thompson led the NHL with nine points (three goals, six assists) in four games.
  His week was highlighted by his third career five-point performance (three goals, two assists) in a 5-3 win over visiting Montreal on Thursday.
  Josi had seven points (two goals, five assists) in three games as the Predators moved within a poi
  
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• Rift surfaces between Doug Ford and Mark Carney over EV deal with China

  19-01-2026 19:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford says Prime Minister Mark Carney's deal with China on electric vehicles has hurt Ontarians and the two have not spoken since.
  Ford says he was disappointed Carney did not give him a heads-up about a potential deal before the prime minister's trip to China last week.
  Carney struck a deal with China last week to allow up to 49,000 electric vehicles to receive a vastly reduced tariff rate of 6.1 per cent as they come into Canada in exchange for dropping tariffs on C
  
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• Vancouver Canucks trade winger Kiefer Sherwood to San Jose Sharks

  19-01-2026 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The struggling Vancouver Canucks have traded Kiefer Sherwood to the San Jose Sharks.
  Vancouver received defenceman Cole Clayton and second-round picks in both the 2026 and 2027 draft in exchange for the bruising winger.
  Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin thanked Sherwood for his "hard work and dedication in Vancouver."
  “As an organization, we take a lot of pride in giving him the opportunity to grow and excel as a player," Allvin said in a statement Monday. "Given wher
  
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• Supreme Court of Canada to rule on whether random traffic stops are constitutional

  19-01-2026 19:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The Supreme Court of Canada has started hearing a case about whether it's constitutional for police to make random traffic stops without reasonable suspicion the driver has committed an offence.
  The case involves Joseph-Christopher Luamba, a Montrealer of Haitian descent who said he was repeatedly stopped by police for no apparent reason when he was driving or riding in cars. None of the stops resulted in a ticket.
  Quebec's Superior Court declared the law on random traffic stops
  
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• Traffic control company faces over $22,000 fine for allegedly unsafe practices at Abbotsford work site

  19-01-2026 19:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — A Lower Mainland traffic control company is facing a potential fine of over $22,000 for unsafe practices at an Abbotsford work site.
  According to its website, WorkSafeBC says MP Traffic Ltd. was providing traffic control services for roadwork activities at an intersection. WorkSafeBC says it inspected the worksite and witnessed two traffic control persons positioned within active lanes close to moving vehicular traffic.WorkSafeBC says the firm failed to ensure that traffic con
  
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• Layoff notices sent to thousands of federal government workers

  19-01-2026 19:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Thousands of workers across the federal public service have received notices that their jobs may be cut, many of them just in the last week.The Public Service Alliance of Canada says 1,775 workforce adjustment notices were issued to its members last week.
  The union says those members work in several departments and agencies including Public Services and Procurement Canada, Shared Services Canada, Statistics Canada and the Treasury Board Secretariat.
  The Professional Institute of t
  
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• Fog shrouding Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island could last into Tuesday

  19-01-2026 18:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Environment Canada is warning of near-zero visibility for parts of Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island as thick fog envelopes the region.
  The weather agency says the fog is caused by a ridge of high pressure, trapping moisture near the surface of the affected areas.
  The conditions that also affected parts of the Lower Mainland over the weekend are expected to last into Tuesday afternoon.
  The fog warning covers most of Metro Vancouver including Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, Sur
  
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• Bombers sign veteran kicker Sergio Castillo to two-year contract extension

  19-01-2026 18:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have re-signed American kicker Sergio Castillo and Australian punter Jamieson Sheahan, the CFL club announced Monday.
  Castillo's extension is for two years, while Sheahan re-signed for one year. Both players were scheduled to become a free agents in February.
  The 35-year-old Castillo has been the Blue Bombers kicker for the past three seasons in his third stint with the club.
  He made 48 field goals last season, including a CFL record-tying 63-yard kick
  
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• Bulgaria’s left-leaning president Rumen Radev says he is stepping down

  19-01-2026 18:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s left-leaning president Rumen Radev announced on Monday that he is stepping down.In a televised address, Radev said that he will formally submit his resignation to the Constitutional Court on Tuesday. Under the constitution, the current vice president, Iliana Yotova, must be sworn in by parliament to take the post until the end of the government's mandate.Radev’s decision comes amid public expectation that he will form a new political party.
  The
  
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• City of Chilliwack looks to improve rural intersection through proposed widening

  19-01-2026 18:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The City of Chilliwack is welcoming bids for a proposed invitation to tender to widen and improve an intersection in Greendale.
  According to the city’s website, qualified, eligible contractors with experience in public works projects are invited to complete submissions for the Chadsey Road-Keith Wilson rural intersection widening project.The city says the project includes the extension of an existing concrete box culvert crossing Lewis Slough and associated watercourse r
  
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• Canadian found dead on Australian island, surrounded by dingo pack: Australian media

  19-01-2026 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BRISBANE — Australian media are reporting that a young Canadian woman has been found dead, her body surrounded by a pack of dingoes, on an island popular with backpackers and other tourists and off the country's east coast.
  Police in the Australian state of Queensland say they were told about the body of the 19-year-old victim around 6:35 a.m. local time on Monday, when officers were called to a beach on K'gari, also known as Fraser Island.
  Police Inspector Paul Algie told reporters the bo
  
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• Ottawa Charge, Vancouver Goldeneyes make six-player PWHL swap

  19-01-2026 17:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Charge and Vancouver Goldeneyes have executed a six-player trade in the Professional Women's Hockey League.
  The Charge acquired Canadian centre Michela Cava, forward Brooke McQuigge and veteran defender Emma Greco from the expansion Goldeneyes and sent Russian winger Anna Shokhina, Austrian forward Anna Meixner and American forward Mannon McMahon to Vancouver.
  Ottawa (3-4-0-6) ranks sixth in the eight team league and Vancouver (3-1-2-7) last.
  Cava of Thunder Bay, Ont.,
  
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• 40-year-old woman dies east of Montreal following argument with man inside home

  19-01-2026 17:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ROUGEMONT — Quebec provincial police say a 40-year-old woman died on Sunday east of Montreal following an argument with a man that had escalated.
  Police spokesperson Béatrice Dorsainville says officers were called to a home on Petite-Caroline Street around 1:45 p.m. in Rougemont, Que.
  Dorsainville says police found the woman seriously injured inside the residence.
  She was taken to hospital where her death was confirmed that evening.
  Dorsainville says police found a man inside the ho
  
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• Price of coffee spikes over 30%, restaurant meals up 8.5%: Statistics Canada

  19-01-2026 17:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the end of the federal government’s tax holiday a year earlier pushed the annual pace of inflation up two ticks to 2.4 per cent in December.
  A poll of economists heading into Monday’s data release had expected the annual inflation rate would hold steady at 2.2 per cent.
  StatCan said Ottawa’s move to take GST off some items for two months starting mid-December in 2024 dropped prices for dining out, alcohol, children’s toys and more a y
  
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• Gunmen abduct over 150 worshippers from 3 churches in Nigeria

  19-01-2026 17:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen abducted more than 150 worshippers in simultaneous attacks on three separate churches in northwest Nigeria, a state lawmaker told The Associated Press on Monday.The attack occurred on Sunday in Kurmin Wali, a community in the Kajuru area of Kaduna state, while services and a Mass were underway at the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), a church belonging to the denomination Cherubim and Seraphim, and a Catholic church, according to Usman Danlami Stingo, a la
  
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• Bills fire coach Sean McDermott after 9 seasons of falling short of reaching the Super Bowl

  19-01-2026 17:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills fired coach Sean McDermott on Monday after the team again failed to reach the Super Bowl in his nine seasons.The move came two days after the Bills were eliminated in a heart-wrenching 33-30 overtime loss at Denver in the divisional round of the playoffs.“Sean helped change the mindset of this organization and was instrumental in the Bills becoming a perennial playoff team,” owner Terry Pegula said. ”But I feel we are in need of
  
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• Bills fire Sean McDermott after 9 seasons of falling short of reaching Super Bowl, AP sources say

  19-01-2026 15:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills fired Sean McDermott on Monday, two people with direct knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press.The move came two days after the Bills were eliminated in a heart-wrenching 33-30 overtime loss at Denver in the divisional round of the playoffs. The people spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the team had not announced the moved.McDermott’s tenure ends after nine seasons in which he transformed the franchise into a pere
  
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• Canada’s Shapovalov advances to Australian Open second round with straight-sets win

  19-01-2026 15:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MELBOURNE — Denis Shapovalov is moving on to the Australian Open second round after beating wild card Bu Yunchaokete of China 6-3, 7-6 (3), 6-1 in his opening match at the grand slam tennis tournament Monday.
  Shapovalov, the 21st seed, hit 19 aces and converted 3-of-8 break point chances without being broken to win the match in two hours 15 minutes.
  The 26-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., also struck 47 winners to just 11 for Bu. He’ll play Croatia’s Marin Cilic in the next r
  
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• Explosion in downtown Kabul kills at least 7, injures many others, officials say

  19-01-2026 15:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An explosion in downtown Kabul on Monday killed at least seven people and wounded about a dozen more, according to an Italian medical charity running a surgical care facility in the city. The reasons for the blast were not immediately clear.The explosion appeared to have hit a restaurant in the Shahr-e-Naw district of the Afghan capital. In the first few minutes after the blast, a police spokesman, Khalid Zadran, had identified the facility affected as a hotel. Th
  
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• Cultus Lake Park Village redevelopment moves forward as regional builder has been identified

  19-01-2026 15:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CULTUS LAKE — Following years of planning and discussion, Cultus Lake Park Board commissioners are set to announce at this week’s meeting the preferred proponent for the proposed Village Center redevelopment project.According to the text of item 13a. on this Wednesday’s agenda, commissioners and park board staff will officially recognize Abbotsford-based Diverse Properties as the preferred proponent for the redevelopment plan and initiate the start of exclusive negotiations.At
  
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• Canada to face Kazakhstan in Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers in mid-April

  19-01-2026 15:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON — Fourth-ranked Canada has been drawn to play No. 9 Kazakhstan in the Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers this April, Tennis Canada said Monday.The winning team will advance to the eight-team finals in Shenzhen, China, in September.Host Kazakhstan will choose the playing surface and venue for the best-of-five April 10-11 tie at a later date.Two singles matches will be played on the first day. Doubles will kick off play on the second day, followed by two singles matches.
  Canada earned a
  
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• Here’s a list of December inflation rates for selected Canadian cities

  19-01-2026 14:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada's annual inflation rate was 2.4 per cent in December, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated widely because they are based on small statistical samples (previous month in brackets):
  — St. John's, N.L.: 3.1 per cent (2.1)
  — Charlottetown-Summerside: 2.9 per cent (1.6)
  — Halifax: 3.1 per cent (2.2)
  — Saint John, N.B.: 3.1 per cent (2.8)
  — Quebec City: 3.2 per cent (3
  
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• Here’s a list of December inflation rates for Canadian provinces

  19-01-2026 14:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada's annual inflation rate was 2.4 per cent in December, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets):
  — Newfoundland and Labrador: 3.0 per cent (2.2)
  — Prince Edward Island: 2.8 per cent (1.4)
  — Nova Scotia: 3.1 per cent (2.4)
  — New Brunswick: 3.1 per cent (2.7)
  — Quebec: 3.2 per cent (3.0)
  — Ontario: 2.1 per cent (1.9)
  — Manitoba: 3.7 per cent (3.3)
  — Saskatchewan: 2.2 per cent (2.1
  
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• Inflation rises to 2.4% in December in ‘tax holiday’ rebound: StatCan

  19-01-2026 14:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the end of the federal government’s “tax holiday” a year earlier pushed the annual pace of inflation up two ticks to 2.4 per cent in December.
  The agency says Ottawa’s move to take GST off some items for two months starting mid-December in 2024 dropped prices for dining out, alcohol, children’s toys and more a year earlier, but those discounts fell out of the annual comparison and pushed the consumer price index higher to end th
  
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• Blast at a hotel in downtown Kabul leaves multiple casualties, officials say

  19-01-2026 13:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An explosion at a hotel in downtown Kabul on Monday left a number of people killed and injured, officials said.The cause of the blast was unclear.Spokesman Khalid Zadran said the explosion struck at a hotel in the Shahr-e-Naw district, causing a number of casualties. Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani said the blast had caused both deaths and injuries, and that the cause was being investigated. Neither had details on the number of casualties.Footage air
  
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• Karachi mall fire death toll rises to 23 as rescuers search for dozens missing

  19-01-2026 13:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — The death toll from a massive fire at a shopping plaza in Karachi rose to 23 on Monday as rescuers recovered more bodies from the badly damaged building, police said. Dozens remain missing.Firefighters extinguished the blaze at the multistory plaza late Sunday, nearly 24 hours after it erupted, allowing rescue teams to enter the building. Authorities fear the death toll will rise as they look for 46 more people, according to city police chief Asad Raza.Raza told Th
  
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• School bus crash in South Africa kills at least 13 children, police say

  19-01-2026 12:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A truck collided with a school minibus in South Africa's Gauteng province, killing at least 13 children, authorities said Monday.Preliminary reports indicated at least 11 schoolchildren died at the scene, with two others succumbing to their injuries in the hospital.The private vehicle was transporting students to various primary schools and high schools in the southwest of Johannesburg on Monday when the incident occurred around 7 a.m., according to authoritiesWitnesses
  
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• School bus crash in South Africa kills at least 12 children, police say

  19-01-2026 12:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A truck collided with a school minibus in South Africa's Gauteng province, killing at least 12 children, authorities said Monday.Preliminary reports indicated 11 schoolchildren died at the scene, with one additional child succumbing to their injuries in the hospital.The private vehicle was transporting students to various primary schools and high schools in the southwest of Johannesburg on Monday when the incident occurred around 7 a.m., according to authorities
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• Rescuers recover more bodies from Karachi shopping plaza fire as death toll rises to 15

  19-01-2026 12:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Rescuers recovered more bodies from a massive fire at a shopping plaza in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, pushing the death toll to at least 15 with about 65 reported missing, Firefighters extinguished the blaze at the multistory Gul Plaza late Sunday nearly 24 hours after it erupted, allowing rescue teams to enter the building. Authorities feared that the death toll could further rise.Sindh provincial Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah told a news conference in
  
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• Nugent-Hopkins scores winning goal for Oilers in his 1,000th NHL game

  19-01-2026 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins made a memorable night even more remarkable.
  Playing in his 1,000th NHL game on Sunday, Nugent-Hopkins celebrated the milestone by scoring the game winner as his Edmonton Oilers blanked the St. Louis Blues 5-0, earning a shutout victory on consecutive nights after defeating the Canucks 6-0 on Saturday in Vancouver.
  “I haven’t scored in a couple of weeks too, it was obviously fun to do that on a night like tonight,” Nugent-Hopkins said. &ldqu
  
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