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• Ferry carrying more than 350 people sinks in southern Philippines and rescuers have saved 200

  25-01-2026 23:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An inter-island ferry with more than 350 on board sank in the southern Philippines after midnight and rescuers have saved at least 215 passengers and retrieved seven bodies, officials said Monday.The M/V Trisha Kerstin 3, a cargo and passenger ferry, was sailing to southern Jolo island in Sulu province from the port city of Zamboanga with 332 passengers and 27 crew members when it apparently encountered technical problems and sank, coast guard officials said.Muji
  
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• 25 killed in attack by Islamic State-backed group in eastern Congo, rights group says

  25-01-2026 23:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  GOMA, Congo (AP) — An attack by an Islamic State-linked militant group in eastern Congo killed at least 25 people early Sunday, a rights group based in Ituri province said.The dead from the attack by the Alliance Democratic Force include 15 men who were burned alive in a house and seven who were shot in the village of Apakulu in the Irumu territory of Ituri province. Three others were killed in Walese Vonkutu administrative area.“This tragedy occurred around 4 a.m. and claimed the li
  
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• PQ leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says QC referendum campaign is already underway

  25-01-2026 23:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SAINT-HYACINTHE — Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says the referendum campaign for Quebec independence is already underway, suggesting it was the prime minister who launched it.
  Speaking to hundreds of party members at a PQ convention in Saint-Hyacinthe on Sunday, St-Pierre Plamondon blamed recent comments by Prime Minister Mark Carney for effectively launching the federalist “No” campaign.Carney, speaking earlier this week about the Plains of Abra
  
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• Goaltender Linus Ullmark to return as backup for Senators’ game vs. Golden Knights

  25-01-2026 22:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Linus Ullmark will dress as a backup for the Ottawa Senators' home game against the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday.
  Mads Sogaard will start in net for Ottawa.
  Ullmark has not played since Dec. 27 after taking a personal leave of absence from the team.
  The 32-year-old netminder missed 14 games for the Senators, who sit last in the Atlantic Division.
  Ullmark has a 14-8-5 record with a 2.95 goals-against average and .881 save percentage on the season.
  This report by The Canadian Pres
  
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• If elected, the Parti Québécois would not necessarily oppose new gas or oil pipelines

  25-01-2026 22:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SAINT-HYACINTHE — A future Parti Québécois government would not rule out oil or gas pipeline projects in Quebec.Party members voted down a resolution at a PQ convention in Saint-Hyacinthe, in the Montérégie region in Quebec, on Sunday that would have barred such developments.Opponents of the motion argued it could prevent industrial facilities from accessing natural gas needed for operations and economic development.The proposal was defeated by a strong majority
  
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• Nelson, Blackwood pace Avalanche to 4-1 victory over struggling Maple Leafs

  25-01-2026 22:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Brock Nelson scored goals 72 seconds apart early in the first period before sealing his fifth career hat trick into the empty net as the Colorado Avalanche cruised to a 4-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday afternoon.Jack Drury had the other goal for Colorado (35-6-9). MacKenzie Blackwood made 32 saves.
  Max Domi replied late on a power play for Toronto (24-19-9). Joseph Woll stopped 33 shots.
  The Maple Leafs picked up a 4-3 overtime victory against the Avalanche in D
  
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• Abbotsford police seek owner of possibly stolen load of lumber

  25-01-2026 21:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department is hoping to bark up the right tree after two stolen semi-trailers were recovered last month.
  At the end of December, AbbyPD patrol officers recovered the two semis carrying a large load of lumber.
  Source: AbbyPD
  “The lumber found on these trailers does not belong to the registered trailer owner,” said the police in a social media post.
  “Investigators believe the lumber is stolen property, but the rightful owner has not yet be
  
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• Federal and state officials both claim moral high ground in immigration crackdown after shooting

  25-01-2026 21:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In dueling news conferences, federal and state officials offered starkly different messages Sunday about the immigration crackdown that has swept across Minneapolis and surrounding cities, with both claiming the moral high ground in the wake of another shooting death by federal agents.“Which side do you want to be on?" Gov. Tim Walz asked the public. "The side of an all-powerful federal government that could kill, injure, menace and kidnap its citizens off the stre
  
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• Ice from winter storm leaves hundreds of thousands of customers without power across the South

  25-01-2026 21:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A massive winter storm dumped sleet, freezing rain and snow across much of the U.S. on Sunday, bringing subzero temperatures and paralyzing air and road traffic. Tree branches and power lines snapped under the weight of ice, and hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in the Southeast were left without electricity.The ice and snowfall were expected to continue into Monday in much of the country, followed by very low temperatures, which could cause “dangerous travel and infrastructure
  
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• UFV professor’s Canada-Africa trade report brought to Senate amid U.S. tariff uncertainty

  25-01-2026 21:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — A researcher at the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) is looking to pitch a new trade frontier as economic uncertainty continues seeping up from across the U.S. border. 
  Dr. Edward Akuffo has contributed to two recently published federal government reports on Canada-Africa trade relations, including the latest 61-page follow-up urging officials to make Africa a “strategic priority”.
  “Canada is at least two decades behind when it comes to broadening a
  
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• Canadian veterans outraged by Trump’s NATO comments: “A great deal of disrespect”

  25-01-2026 20:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A Canadian veteran said U.S. President Donald Trump's recent remarks about the contribution of NATO soldiers in Afghanistan show "a great deal of disrespect" toward those killed while fighting.In an interview with Fox News on Thursday, Trump described NATO partners' role in Afghanistan as small, saying that "we never needed them, we have never really asked anything of them," adding that "they stayed a little back, a little off the front lines."Matthew Luloff was livid after hearing Trump's comme
  
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• Ice from winter storm leaves a million customers without power across the South

  25-01-2026 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A massive winter storm dumped sleet, freezing rain and snow across much of the U.S. on Sunday, bringing subzero temperatures and paralyzing air and road traffic. Tree branches and power lines snapped under the weight of ice, and about a million homes and businesses in the Southeast were left without electricity.The ice and snowfall were expected to continue into Monday in much of the country, followed by very low temperatures, which could cause “dangerous travel and infrastructure impacts&
  
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• Opposition to press Liberals on backing up promises with action to bolster economy

  25-01-2026 19:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Opposition members say they will press Prime Minister Mark Carney to back up his bold words about Canada's future with concrete action as Parliament resumes Monday after the holiday break.
  Carney returns to the front bench of the House of Commons after travelling the globe to spur exports and drum up investment from new sources amid deep uncertainty about Canada's trading relationship with the United States.
  In a high-profile speech in Switzerland, the prime minister urged other m
  
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• Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’ comes to Chilliwack in flamenco performance Valentine’s Day

  25-01-2026 19:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — A Vancouver dancer is sparking fire on the Chilliwack stage with a flamenco rendition of Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons”.
  On Valentine’s Day, Karen Flamenco will be combining a live performance of the classical masterpiece with the rhythmic castanets and footwork of Spanish dance.
  “Each season unfolds with vivid storytelling—Spring’s renewal, Summer’s heat, Autumn’s abundance, and Winter’s stark beauty— brought to life
  
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• Latest shooting in Minnesota enforcement surge fuels more calls for immigration agents to leave

  25-01-2026 19:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Local leaders and Democrats across the country demanded federal immigration officers leave Minnesota after a Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis and set off clashes with protesters in a city already shaken by another shooting death weeks earlier.The latest shooting has sparked a legal fight over control of the investigation amid the immigration surge that has swept across Minneapolis and surrounding cities.Video shot by bystanders and reviewed by The As
  
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• Maltais, sprint team earn Canada two silvers at final speedskating World Cup

  25-01-2026 18:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  INZELL — Valérie Maltais earned her second podium of the weekend on Sunday, bringing home silver in the women’s mass start to conclude the final speedskating World Cup event of the season.
  The 35-year-old from La Baie, Que., finished the 16-lap race in eight minutes 38.77 seconds, behind Marijke Groenewoud of the Netherlands (8:38.32)."Obviously, I wanted a podium but today was more about how I felt while racing," Maltais said. "I’m kind of surprised with my weekend. I j
  
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• Canada’s Mboko, American Jovic fall in second round of doubles at Australian Open

  25-01-2026 18:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MELBOURNE — Canada's Victoria Mboko and Iva Jovic of the United States fell 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (10) to Belgium's Elise Mertens and China's Zhang Shuai in second-round women's doubles action on Monday.Mboko was coming off being eliminated in singles play by world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the fourth round.Mboko and Jovic carried their momentum from the second set into the third, taking a 4-1 lead in the final set.However, Mertens and Zhang stormed back to tie, with both sides going back and forth
  
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• Nova Scotia’s Black beats Alberta’s Sturmay 9-6 at Scotties Tournament of Hearts

  25-01-2026 18:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MISSISSAUGA — Nova Scotia's Christina Black defeated Alberta's Selena Sturmay 9-6 on Sunday morning at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
  Black, who reached the final of the Olympic Trials last November, scored three points in the fifth end and added three more in the seventh.In other early games, Manitoba's Beth Peterson rolled to a 13-3 victory over New Brunswick's Melodie Forsythe and Nunavut's Julia Weagle topped Prince Edward Island's Amanda Power 8-5.
  Northern Ontario's Krista Scharf
  
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• Canada’s Abigail Strate earns second World Cup ski jumping medal of the weekend

  25-01-2026 18:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SAPPORO — Canadian ski jumper Abigail Strate won her second World Cup medal of the weekend on Sunday with a silver.
  The Calgary native finished with 129.2 points in the large hill event.
  Slovakia's Nika Prevc (134.5) and Norway's Heidi Dyhre Traaserud (124.6), placed in first and third.
  Strate also took silver in the large hill on Saturday, behind Prevc.The 24-year-old has now medalled in three straight World Cup events.Strate took bronze on Wednesday in the normal hill event.
  This report
  
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• First Nations-led health centre celebrates grand opening in Harrison Mills

  25-01-2026 18:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HARRISON MILLS — Residents from Agassiz to Mission can now receive holistic, integrated primary care after a new health facility opened its doors north of the Fraser River.
  The Éyameth’ Health Centre, sitting on the shared territories of the Sq’ewlets and Sts’ailes Nations in Harrison Mills, held its opening ceremony on Friday, January 23.
  Éyameth’ means “weaving health together” in Halq’eméylem, and the Centre looks to become
  
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• Canada’s recent dealings with China ‘entirely consistent” with CUSMA, Carney says

  25-01-2026 17:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa's recent dealings with Beijing are "entirely consistent" with Canada's obligations under its trade agreement with the United States and Mexico.
  Carney said today that under the continental trade pact, known as CUSMA, Canada cannot pursue free trade agreements with non-market economies — ones driven more by government than market forces — without prior notification.
  He said Canada has "no intention of doing that with China or any o
  
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• Canada names Olympic roster for luge, with five first-time Olympians

  25-01-2026 17:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Canada has named its six athletes for the Olympic luge team, with five first-time Olympians set to hit the big stage.
  Embyr-Lee Susko, Kailey Allan, Beattie Podulsky, Devin Wardrope and Cole Zajanski will all be debutants in Italy.
  Trinity Ellis, headed to her second Games, and Susko will compete in the women's singles.
  Allan and Podulsky will be in the women's doubles, while Wardrope and Zajanski are set to compete in the men's doubles.
  Ellis contributed to the sixth-place finis
  
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• Raptors’ Jakob Poeltl remains without return timeline, team says

  25-01-2026 17:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The Toronto Raptors have announced that starting centre Jakob Poeltl remains without a timeline to return.
  The 30-year-old Austrian hasn't played since Dec. 21, missing 17 games, due to a lower back strain.
  The Raptors say Poeltl has returned to Toronto and received targeted pain relief treatment. His status will be updated when he returns to practice.
  Toronto is in Oklahoma City to take on the NBA-best Thunder Sunday night.The Raptors, who are on a three-game winning streak are fourth in the Ea
  
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• Heavy snowstorm to hit Toronto, Eastern Canada as frigid temperatures persist

  25-01-2026 17:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  While much of the country has been hit with bone-chilling cold, Toronto and other parts of Eastern Canada are bracing for heavy snowfall and other severe weather conditions.
  Environment Canada predicts Toronto could get up to 40 centimetres of snowfall Sunday.
  The weather agency has issued an orange winter storm alert for the much of the Greater Toronto Area, warning of significantly reduced visibility with strong wind gusts up to 50 kilometres per hour throughout the day before the system start
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of January 25, 2026

  25-01-2026 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers.
  Name: Ricky BastiampillaiAge: 42
  Height: 6’0” ft Weight: 166lbs
  Hair: Black Eyes: Brown
  Wanted: Trafficking in Controlled Substance x10
  Warrant in effect: January 20, 2026
  Parole Jurisdiction: Chilliwack
  Name: Dallas FriesenAge: 41
  Height: 6’1” ft Weight: 231lbs
  Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue
  Wanted: Unlawfully at Large
  Warrant in effect: January 19, 2026
  Pa
  
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• QC Minister Christine Fréchette is entering the race for the leadership of the CAQ

  25-01-2026 16:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TROIS-RIVIÈRES — Quebec Economy Minister Christine Fréchette officially launched a bid to lead the governing Coalition Avenir Québec and replace Premier François Legault, who plans to step down.She made the announcement Sunday in Trois-Rivières, her hometown.She joins her colleague Environment Minister Bernard Drainville, , who announced on Saturday his intention to try to succeed François Legault.
  Under party rules unveiled last week, leadership c
  
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• B.C. cities face off for a piece of ‘Heated Rivalry’ star Hudson Williams

  25-01-2026 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — It's a "Heated Rivalry" beef, with a side-serving of spaghetti, as British Columbia cities lay claim to Hudson Williams, star of the gay hockey television phenomenon.
  Williams, who stars as Shane Hollander in the Crave series, has connections with multiple B.C. cities — he was born in Kelowna, grew up in Kamloops, lives in Vancouver and worked in New Westminster.
  The cities' tourism bodies have been leaning in to the success of the series about rival hockey players who de
  
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• Maureen Murphy surging offensivelt for Montreal Victoire

  25-01-2026 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LAVAL — If you were to look up the top playoff scorer in Montreal Victoire history, it wouldn’t be Marie-Philip Poulin, or even Laura Stacey.That honour would go to third-year forward Maureen Murphy.Her five points in seven Professional Women’s Hockey League playoff games is two more than Poulin, and her three goals in those situations is one more than the player known as “Captain Clutch.”
  Murphy, who scored two goals in Montreal’s 3-1 win over the Ottawa Char
  
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• Carney set to spend much of 2026 travelling the world in search of trade

  25-01-2026 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Mark Carney has been circling the globe on government aircraft since becoming prime minister — part of his efforts to secure new trade links and investment to double non-U.S. exports in the next decade.
  In just the first month of this year, he visited France, China, Qatar and Switzerland.
  The Prime Minister's Office seldom confirms trips months in advance, and summit plans may change given the current geopolitical tumult. But here's a look at the places Carney could be heade
  
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• Novak Djokovic advances to Australian Open quarterfinals on a walkover after Jakub Mensik withdraws

  25-01-2026 11:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic has had a walkover into the Australian Open quarterfinals after Jakub Mensik withdrew 24 hours ahead of their scheduled fourth-round match with an abdominal injury.The tournament confirmed Mensik's withdrawal late Sunday. The match had been scheduled for Rod Laver Arena on Monday night.“After last couple of matches, I started to feel worse, and actually the problem is my abdominal muscle on the left side,” Mensik said in comments publi
  
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• Jets ’embarrassed’ with effort in 5-1 loss to visiting Red Wings

  25-01-2026 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — Todd McLellan expects his leaders to lead.
  When the Detroit Red Wings coach saw veteran goaltender John Gibson take exception to a questionable hit from Morgan Barron — leaving his crease to confront his opponent near the penalty box — he wasn’t the least bit bothered.
  "He has fire," McLellan said. "If he was a forward he'd probably have 100 penalty minutes. He just has that emotion and he's fiery. We don't mind that.
  "We obviously don't want him not being able
  
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• Hurricanes score early, Bussi does the rest in 4-1 win over Senators

  25-01-2026 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Night after night, Carolina Hurricanes rookie goaltender Brandon Bussi continues to earn his starting role for one of the hottest teams in hockey.
  Posting a .972 save percentage while saving 35 of 36 shots against, Bussi effectively stymied any offence that Ottawa could muster on Saturday. According to Carolina head coach Rod Brind’Amour, Bussi can take most of the credit for his team’s 4-1 victory over the Senators, the Canes' 32nd win of the season.
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• Edmonton Oilers defenceman Evan Bouchard joins elite company with six-point game

  25-01-2026 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Even joining elite hockey history didn't faze Evan Bouchard.
  The Edmonton Oilers star defenceman scored his first-ever hat trick and contributed three assists Saturday, powering his team to a 6-5 win over the Washington Capitals.
  Playing in his 400th regular-season game, Bouchard became just the fourth defenceman in NHL history to notch three goals and three assists in a game. The only other players on that list are Bobby Orr, Tom Bladon and Doug Crossman.
  "It’s good compa
  
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• Figure skater Fournier Beaudry opens up about Sorensen allegation in Netflix doc

  25-01-2026 09:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Figure skater Laurence Fournier Beaudry broke down in tears in a new Netflix documentary as she described being caught up in the fallout after Nikolaj Sorensen, her boyfriend and former ice dance partner, was accused of sexual assault.
  Fournier Beaudry, a 33-year-old from Montreal, opens up about the allegations in “Glitter & Gold: Ice Dancing,” a docuseries set for release Feb. 1.
  The three-part show follows three of ice dancing's top teams ahead of the Milan Cortina Olympic Gam
  
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• Bruins edge Canadiens 4-3

  25-01-2026 07:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BOSTON (AP) — Morgan Geekie scored his 100th career goal with 5:53 remaining to break a tie and give the Boston Bruins a 4-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.Geekie’s winner, his second goal of the night, came on the power play just 12 seconds after Fraser Minten fired a backhander that beat Montreal goalie Samuel Montembeault to tie the game at 3-3.Viktor Arvidsson also scored a goal and Charlie McAvoy had three assists for Boston, which has won 10 of its last 12 an
  
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• Chiefs Take Series Lead with Retro Night Win Over Langley

  25-01-2026 07:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  By Shaelee Dombrowski
   
  Chilliwack, B.C. – The Chiefs’ Retro Night, presented by Mark’s Chilliwack, on Saturday night saw the Chilliwack Chiefs and Langley Rivermen face off for the third time this month. Going into the game, the season series was tied 1-1, with the away team winning each time. Both teams played on Friday night, Chilliwack gained a point in a shootout loss in Coquitlam, while Langley came off a 5-3 win against Nanaimo at home. With the teams just four poin
  
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• Australia announces cull of dingoes that circled Canadian woman’s body on beach

  25-01-2026 07:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Government officials in Australia say a pack of dingoes found circling the body of a Canadian woman after her death on a beach on K'gari will be culled.
  A spokesperson from Queensland's ministry of Environment and Tourism says in an online statement that rangers have monitored the pack since the death of 19-year-old Piper James on Monday.
  Citing aggressive behaviour, the spokesperson says the wild dogs are an "unacceptable public safety risk" and are to be euthanized "humanely."
  Minister Andrew
  
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• Bouchard brilliant as Edmonton Oilers down Washington Capitals 6-5 in OT

  25-01-2026 07:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Connor McDavid scored 46 seconds into overtime and the Edmonton Oilers held on for a wild 6-5 win over the Washington Capitals on Saturday.
  Evan Bouchard scored his first NHL hat trick and added three assists in his 400th regular-season contest. McDavid tallied a goal and three helpers in regulation, Zach Hyman scored and Leon Draisaitl contributed three helpers for the Oilers (26-19-8).
  It was a difficult night for Edmonton netminder Connor Ingram, who gave up three goals on 12
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Australia to cull dingoes that circled Canadian woman’s body on beach

  25-01-2026 06:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Government officials in Australia say dingoes found circling the body of a Canadian woman after her death on a beach on K'Gari will be culled.
  A spokesperson from Queensland's ministry of Environment and Tourism says the pack has been deemed an "unacceptable public safety risk" and will be euthanized "humanely."More coming.
  The Canadian Press
  
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• NHL roundup: Bruins unbeaten in seven at home after 4-3 win over Canadiens

  25-01-2026 06:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BOSTON (AP) — Morgan Geekie scored his 100th career goal with 5:53 remaining to break a tie and give the Boston Bruins a 4-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.
  Geekie’s winner, his second goal of the night, came on the power play just 12 seconds after Fraser Minten fired a backhander that beat Montreal goalie Samuel Montembeault to tie the game at 3-3.
  Viktor Arvidsson also scored a goal and Charlie McAvoy had three assists for Boston, which has won 10 of its last 12
  
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• Top-ranked Sabalenka powers her way into quarterfinals at Australian Open

  25-01-2026 04:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka, attempting to win her third Australian Open title in four years, reached the quarterfinals on Sunday with a victory over No. 17 Victoria Mboko of Canada 6-1, 7-6 (1).
  Sabalenka, using a high-powered serve that produced three aces in the first set, rolled over the 19-year-old Canadian in just 31 minutes on Rod Laver Arena.Sabalenka was not quite as dominant in the second set — producing a few more unforced errors — against
  
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• Youth assaulted, hospitalized with serious injuries: Langley RCMP

  25-01-2026 04:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LANGLEY — Mounties in Langley say a youth was the victim of an apparent assault with a weapon Saturday at the Willowbrook Mall in Langley.
  According to a statement from Langley RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, police were called to Willowbrook Mall, 19705 Fraser Highway, at about 4:31 p.m. Saturday for the report of an alleged robbery.
  Police say emergency crews responded to the area and located a youth victim who appeared to have been assaulted with a weapon. The youth was promptly t
  
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• Geekie scores 100th career goal, Bruins beat Canadiens 4-3 to spoil Caufield’s hat trick

  25-01-2026 04:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BOSTON (AP) — Morgan Geekie scored his 100th career goal with 5:53 remaining to break a tie and give the Boston Bruins a 4-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.
  Geekie’s winner, his second goal of the night, came on the power play just 12 seconds after Fraser Minten fired a backhander that beat Montreal goalie Samuel Montembeault to tie the game at 3-3.
  Viktor Arvidsson also scored a goal and Charlie McAvoy had three assists for Boston, which has won 10 of its last 12
  
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• American rock climber Alex Honnold reaches top of Taipei 101 skyscraper without ropes

  25-01-2026 04:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — American rock climber Alex Honnold ascended the Taipei 101 skyscraper on Sunday without any ropes or protective equipment.Cheers erupted from a street-level crowd as he reached the top of the spire of the 508-meter (1,667-foot) tower about 90 minutes after he started. Wearing a red short-sleeve shirt, he waved his arms back and forth over his head.Honnold, known for his ropeless ascent up Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan, climbed up one corner of Taipei 101 u
  
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• Red Wings score four times in third period to ground Jets 5-1

  25-01-2026 04:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — J.T. Compher scored twice as the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Winnipeg Jets 5-1 in front of a sold-out crowd at Canada Life Centre Saturday night.
  The Red Wings (32-16-5) rebounded from a 4-3 overtime loss to Minnesota on Thursday and now have points in their last five games (4-0-1). The Jets (20-24-7) have now lost four of their last five.
  Lucas Raymond, Alex DeBrincat and Marco Kasper also scored for the Red Wings, who scored four times in the third period. DeBrincat and Kas
  
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• Rookie goalie Brandon Bussi helps Hurricanes blow past Senators 4-1

  25-01-2026 04:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Another elite performance from rookie goaltender Brandon Bussi and a three-goal opening frame combined for a comfortable 4-1 win for the Carolina Hurricanes over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.
  The first meetup between the Hurricanes and Senators opened with a ceremony honouring former head coach Jacques Martin’s induction into the Senators’ Ring of Honour. Martin was Ottawa’s bench boss between 1996 to 2004, the Jack Adams Award winner in the 1998-99 season and
  
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• Top-ranked Sabalenka ends Mboko’s singles run in fourth round at Australian Open

  25-01-2026 03:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MELBOURNE — Victoria Mboko's impressive singles run at the Australian Open came to a halt in the fourth round on Sunday in Melbourne.
  The Toronto teen, seeded 17th in the prestigious Grand Slam event, was bounced by Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus — the world's top-ranked female player — 6-1, 7-6 (1) in one hour 26 minutes inside Rod Laver Arena.
  Sabalenka, who needed only 34 minutes to take the first set, finished with six aces, three double faults, 27 winners and 24 unforced error
  
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• Si Koo Kim leads American Express with Scheffler and teenager Brown one shot back

  25-01-2026 02:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) — Blades Brown looked well beyond his 18 years under increasing attention Saturday. He finished with three straight birdies that left him tied with world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, both of them one shot behind Si Woo Kim going into the final round of The American Express.
  Kim had a 6-under 66 and the advantage of playing La Quinta Country Club as the wind finally arrived in the Coachella Valley. Scheffler and Brown were on the Stadium Course at PGA West, the most diffi
  
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• All in the Family: Northern Ontario’s Scharf joined by daughter McCarville at Hearts

  25-01-2026 01:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MISSISSAUGA — Now that Grade 11 exams are out of the way, Bella McCarville can concentrate on her next task: helping her mother and new teammates try to win the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
  The 16-year-old McCarville is making her debut at the Canadian women's curling championship as an alternate for Northern Ontario skip — and her mom — Krista Scharf.
  "To experience it with her is pretty amazing," Scharf said. "Just seeing it through her eyes is awesome."
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• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada announces closure of research operations, job cuts

  25-01-2026 01:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says it is closing seven of its research operations as part of the federal government's efforts to cut the size of the public service.
  The federal department said research centres in Guelph, Ont., Quebec City and Lacombe, Alta., as well as four satellite research farms across Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are closing.It said so far, approximately 665 department positions have also been reduced and nearly 1,050 employees received notices on Thursday.
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