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• Experts say treason definition depends if you’re holding Criminal Code or dictionary

  29-01-2026 23:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — B.C. Premier David Eby made headlines Thursday by saying Alberta separatists reportedly meeting with U.S. officials are committing treason — but experts say the word means different things in different contexts.
  From a criminal standpoint, such a meeting wouldn't be considered treason, says Stephanie Carvin, an associate international relations professor expert at Carleton University and former national security analyst.
  "Treason and sedition and other similar offences, or
  
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• 10 ‘taken’ from B.C. firm’s Mexican mine site, but Global Affairs says no Canadians

  29-01-2026 23:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Global Affairs Canada says it is monitoring a security incident at a Vancouver-based mining firm's project in Concordia, Mexico, where 10 people have been abducted, but it's not aware of any missing Canadians.
  Vizlas Silver Corp. says in a statement issued Wednesday that 10 people were "taken" from its mine site in Mexico.Vizsla says the security incident happened at its Panuco project site, a gold and silver mining operation in the state of Sinaloa.
  Global Affairs says it's wo
  
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• NDP confirms five contestants for leadership race to replace Jagmeet Singh

  29-01-2026 23:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Five candidates have met the final requirements in the NDP's leadership election and will have their names on the ballot when party members choose a new leader for the beleaguered party.
  Rob Ashton, Tanille Johnston, Avi Lewis, Heather McPherson and Tony McQuail met the requirements to run as candidates in the party's election for a new leader.
  The leadership race was called after former leader Jagmeet Singh stepped down following his party's brutal defeat in last year's federal e
  
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• BC Parks set to increase camping fees in Cultus Lake, Chilliwack Lake

  29-01-2026 23:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK – BC Parks plans to introduce a new $20 camping surcharge for non-B.C. residents and hike camping fees at certain high-use parks, including two in the Chilliwack area and another southeast of Hope.
  According to a statement Thursday (Jan. 29) from the B.C. Ministry of Environment and Parks, camping fees are set to increase during the peak summer season at 59 high-use parks, three of which are Cultus Lake, Chilliwack Lake Park and E.C. Manning Park, and in four “iconic&rdquo
  
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• Police say hit man and fellow murderer caught trying to flee prison in Surrey

  29-01-2026 22:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY — Two murderers including gangland hit man Dean Wiwchar have been charged with attempting to escape from a British Columbia pretrial centre last month.
  The Surrey Police Service says in a news release that correctional officers observed the men attempting to escape from the exercise yard at Surrey Pretrial Services Centre on Dec. 7.
  It says 40-year-old Wiwchar and 34-year-old Harry Christensen were both charged on Tuesday and remain in custody serving their original sentences as the
  
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• Vancouver-based Vizsla Silver Corp. reports 10 people ‘taken’ from Mexican mine site

  29-01-2026 22:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — A Vancouver-based mining company says 10 people have been "taken" from a mine site in Mexico.Vizsla Silver Corp. says the "security incident" happened at its Panuco project site, a gold and silver mining operation in Concordia, Mexico in the state of Sinaloa.
  The company says information about what occurred is limited as it remains under investigation.
  Vizsla Silver says in a statement that local authorities have been informed and the company's crisis management and security re
  
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• Global prospect Wilfried Pene added to CFL national combine after stint with Patriots

  29-01-2026 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Wilfried Pene will be attending the CFL's national combine.
  The six-foot-three, 283-pound defensive lineman was listed Thursday among the participants for the combine, which will be held in Edmonton on March 27-29. Pene, a former New England Patriot, was added to the CFL's 2026 Global list last week, making him eligible for the league's Global draft.
  Pene is a native of Tours, France, who played collegiately at Virginia Tech, both as a tight end and defensive lineman. He appeared
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Police say two murderers caught trying to flee B.C. prison

  29-01-2026 21:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY — Two murderers including gangland hitman Dean Wiwchar have been charged with attempting to escape from a British Columbia pretrial centre last month.
  The Surrey Police Service says an escape was observed in progress at the Surrey Pretrial Services Centre on Dec. 7, and Wiwchar, 40, and 34-year-old Harry Christensen were charged on Tuesday.
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• Missing baby believed dead after mother’s remains found in Alberta apartment: RCMP

  29-01-2026 21:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ST. ALBERT — RCMP say they have arrested a suspect after the remains of a woman were found in an apartment near Edmonton and that her baby is also believed to be dead.
  Mounties say they received a report Friday about a suspicious item in the apartment in St. Albert.
  Officers located the remains of the woman, believed to be 23-year-old Ayla Egotik-Learn.
  Mounties say they also discovered that the woman's nine-month-old daughter is missing.
  They say they have some understanding of where the
  
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• Eby says extortion wave is ‘terror attack in slow motion’

  29-01-2026 21:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — B.C. Premier David Eby says a wave of extortion crime in the province is a "terror attack in slow motion."
  Eby, who was speaking in Ottawa after a premiers meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney, says parliament needs to pass Bill C-14 on bail and sentencing reform as soon as possible to tackle the wave of attacks that has seen homes and businesses sprayed with gunfire.
  He says while it could never be dreamed that a participant in a terror attack could get refugee status, that's
  
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• Ontario Premier Doug Ford trades barbs with Parti Québécois leader over sovereignty

  29-01-2026 21:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SAINT-GEORGES — The leader of the Parti Québécois and Ontario Premier Doug Ford are trading barbs after the latter said it would be a disaster for Canada if the sovereigntist party was elected.
  Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is criticizing Ford, who for the past two days has been urging Quebecers to reject the PQ for the good of Canada.
  The issue of unity has been central during a meeting of premiers in Ottawa this week with questions swirling about Quebec and Alberta sovereignty.
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Missing baby believed dead after mother’s remains found in Alberta

  29-01-2026 21:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ST. ALBERT — Alberta RCMP say they have arrested a suspect after the remains of a 23-year-old woman were found in an apartment in St. Albert and that her missing nine-month old daughter is also believed to be dead.
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• Stepfather of missing Nova Scotia children charged with sexually assaulting an adult

  29-01-2026 20:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Nova Scotia RCMP say the stepfather of two children who were reported missing more than eight months ago has been charged with sexual assault, assault and forcible confinement involving an adult victim.
  The Mounties confirmed that 34-year-old Daniel Martell of Lansdowne, N.S., was arrested on Monday morning by officers with the Pictou County detachment.
  Police say he is expected to appear in Pictou provincial court on March 2.
  No other details were released and Martell was not im
  
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• Canada Post, union finalize outstanding contractual language in tentative deals

  29-01-2026 20:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada Post and the union representing thousands of its mail carriers say they have finalized outstanding contractual language in the tentative agreements reached last month that would end more than two years of labour strife.
  The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says the contractual language deals with clauses related to the short-term disability program and personal days.
  The union's national executive board is expected to soon set voting dates for the ratification process, and
  
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• B.C. overdose spike linked to veterinary sedative medetomidine

  29-01-2026 20:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Victoria Police are warning the public about an increase in overdoses related to medetomidine, a veterinary sedative that health officials says is being mixed with opioids such as fentanyl.
  Police say in a Wednesday news release that officers had responded to 15 non-fatal overdoses in the previous 24 hours linked to medetomidine, which can lead to prolonged unconsciousness.
  Medetomidine is described by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control as a new substance in the unregulated dr
  
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• Quebec private doctors challenge law forcing five years of public system work

  29-01-2026 20:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Quebec's private doctors federation is mounting a legal challenge against a law that requires all new doctors to practice in the province's public system for five years.
  The Fédération des médecins en pratique privée du Québec is asking Superior Court for a stay on the measure, which they describe as unjustified and discriminatory.They are also asking the court to invalidate some provisions of the provincial law that came into effect in April 2
  
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• Elks add receiver Mack, Lions bring back Butler, and Johnson returns to Regina

  29-01-2026 20:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks have signed wide receiver Austin Mack on a two-year deal, the CFL club announced Thursday.
  Mack spent the last three seasons with Montreal, registering 136 catches for 1,973 yards and six touchdowns in 32 regular-season games.
  He became available when the Alouettes released him Monday to explore his options ahead of the start of free agency Feb. 10. Mack was due a $45,000 bonus Feb. 1 as part of a four-year deal he signed with Montreal in 2024.
  Mack will reunit
  
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• Man who squirted apple cider vinegar on Omar is charged with assaulting and intimidating her

  29-01-2026 20:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Justice Department has charged a man who squirted apple cider vinegar on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at an event in Minneapolis, according to court papers made public Thursday. The man arrested for Tuesday’s attack, Anthony Kazmierczak, faces a charge of forcibly assaulting, opposing, impeding and intimidating Omar, according to a complaint filed in federal court.Authorities determined that the substance was water and apple cider vinegar, according to an af
  
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• Ottawa, South Korea pledge to bring auto manufacturing to Canada

  29-01-2026 19:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The federal government has signed an agreement with South Korea with the goal of bringing Korean auto manufacturing to Canada.
  Industry Minister Mélanie Joly and her counterpart, Jung-Kwan Kim, signed the agreement focused on "economic prosperity and supply chain resilience."
  A news release from Joly's department says a forum will be established on Canada–Korea industrial collaboration.It says the the countries plan to co-operate on advancing a Korean automotive indus
  
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• Man barricades himself in empty Maple Ridge home, prompting ERT personnel to respond

  29-01-2026 19:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MAPLE RIDGE – Mounties in Maple Ridge say a male suspect barricaded himself inside an empty home on 231B Street on Wednesday after getting reports of an assault with a weapon, resulting in the deployment of ERT members.According to a statement from the Ridge Meadows RCMP detachment, officers were called to the 11700 block of 231B Street at about 5 p.m. for a reported assault.Officers attended and located the alleged male suspect alone outside a residence in the area. Police say the suspect
  
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• Chilliwack housing project marred by repeated delays has new anticipated opening date

  29-01-2026 19:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK – A housing project on Trethewey Avenue that has seen repeated delays in construction and invoked the ire of elected officials in Chilliwack has a new anticipated opening date.
  BC Housing has confirmed to Fraser Valley Today that a 91-space development featuring supportive housing units and shelter beds is slated to open this summer.
  The modular development at 45857 Trethewey Avenue will consist of 91 units, including 49 supportive housing units and 42 shelter beds, and be opera
  
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• Whitecaps loan defender Joedrick Pupe to Belgian club Sint-Truidense V.V.

  29-01-2026 19:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps are lending defender Joedrick Pupe to Belgian club Sint-Truidense V.V.
  The Major League Soccer team announced the move Thursday, saying the loan will last through June and includes an option to purchase.Vancouver picked up the 28-year-old Belgian from F.C.V. Dender in Belgium last August after the 'Caps lost centre backs Sam Adekube and Ranko Veselinovic to season-ending injuries.Pupe arrived in Vancouver with a hamstring injury that took longer than exp
  
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• Justice Department charges man who squirted vinegar on Rep. Ilhan Omar

  29-01-2026 19:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Justice Department has charged a man who squirted apple cider vinegar on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at an event in Minneapolis, according to court papers made public Thursday. The man arrested for Tuesday’s attack, Anthony Kazmierczak, faces a charge of forcibly assaulting, opposing, impeding and intimidating Omar, according to a complaint filed in federal court.Authorities determined that the substance was water and apple cider vinegar, according to an af
  
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• Anandasangaree says lack of help from some provinces, police won’t thwart gun buyback

  29-01-2026 19:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says he doesn't foresee logistical challenges in gathering up banned firearms through a federal buyback program, despite the refusal of several provinces and police forces to help.
  Anandasangaree said in an interview the use of mobile collection units and off-duty or retired police officers will help ensure the collection of banned firearms that owners elect to hand over for compensation.
  Public Safety Canada says gun owners reported 22,2
  
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• Pedestrian dies after collision with train Thursday AM in Langley, the 2nd train vs. ped fatality in under 6 mos.

  29-01-2026 19:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LANGLEY – For the second time in less than six months in Langley, a pedestrian has died after being hit by a train.
  According to a statement of confirmation from Langley RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, police responded to a report of a collision between a train and a pedestrian Thursday morning, Jan. 29 at approximately 7:44 a.m., near Glover Road and Billy Brown Road in Langley.
  Sgt. Sharoom says frontline officers immediately responded to the area and located an individual who had
  
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• Chilliwack housing project marred by repeated delays set to open this year

  29-01-2026 19:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK – A housing project on Trethewey Avenue that has seen repeated delays in construction and invoked the ire of elected officials in Chilliwack has a new anticipated opening date.BC Housing has confirmed to Fraser Valley Today that a 91-space development featuring supportive housing units and shelter beds is slated to open this summer.The modular development at 45857 Trethewey Avenue will consist of 91 units, including 49 supportive housing units and 42 shelter beds, and will be op
  
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• Montreal vigil to mark anniversary of Quebec City mosque attack

  29-01-2026 19:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A vigil will be held in Montreal at 4:30 p.m. today to mark the ninth anniversary of the Jan. 29, 2017, Quebec City mosque attack and to honour the six people killed.
  The event, being held at the Parc metro station, is part of Muslim Awareness Week, an initiative created in the aftermath of the attack.
  Samira Laouni, a co-founder of Muslim Awareness Week, said the annual vigil honours the victims and the injured, while also standing against Islamophobia.
  Jawad Kanani, board memb
  
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• Sobeys parent company Empire shutters Voilà grocery delivery in Alberta

  29-01-2026 19:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  STELLARTON — Sobeys parent company Empire Co. Ltd. is closing its Voilà grocery delivery facilities in Alberta and pausing the online service's expansion in the Vancouver area as it failed to meet the grocer's financial expectations.The Stellarton, N.S.-based company said it will take a $750 million writedown in its fiscal third quarter because of the wind-down.It also expects the moves to deliver $95 million in annualized operating income in its fiscal 2027 year."Empire's Alberta e
  
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• Fact File: Don’t be fooled by AI videos of Toronto snowstorm

  29-01-2026 19:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  As Toronto residents dig out from a record-breaking winter storm — the latest in the city's snowiest month have been kept — some videos that seemingly show the snow's aftermath are creating confusion online.While many spectacular winter scenes shared in recent days are real, some accounts known for making videos generated with artificial intelligence have been spreading fake clips this month of a snowed-under Toronto. The clips, some of which are spreading online without an AI discla
  
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• StatCan says income and wealth gap grew wider in third quarter

  29-01-2026 18:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The gap between the country's highest earning and wealthiest households and those at the bottom end grew in the third quarter of last year as strong financial market gains benefited the rich.
  Statistics Canada says the difference in the share of disposable income between households in the top 40 per cent and the bottom 40 per cent of the income distribution rose to 47.5 percentage points in the third quarter of 2025 compared with 46.3 percentage points in the same quarter a year e
  
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• Trump says he asked Putin not to target Kyiv for 1 week during brutal cold spell

  29-01-2026 18:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that he had asked Russian President Vladimir Putin not to target the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv for one week as the region experiences frigid temperatures and that Putin had agreed, but there was no confirmation of that from Russia.The call for a pause in attacks on Ukraine’s capital comes as Russia has been pounding the country’s critical infrastructure, leaving many around the country without heat in the dead of wi
  
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• Pedestrian dies after collision with train Thursday AM in Langley, the 2nd train vs. ped in less than 6 mos.

  29-01-2026 18:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LANGLEY – For the second time in less than six months in Langley, a pedestrian has died after being hit by a train.
  According to a statement of confirmation from Langley RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, police responded to a report of a collision between a train and a pedestrian Thursday morning, Jan. 29 at approximately 7:44 a.m., near Glover Road and Billy Brown Road in Langley.
  Sgt. Sharoom says frontline officers immediately responded to the area and located an individual who had
  
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• Democrats block government funding package in Senate as negotiations continue to avert a shutdown

  29-01-2026 18:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats voted to block legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies Thursday as they continued to negotiate with Republicans and the White House on new restrictions for President Donald Trump’s surge of immigration enforcement. Thursday’s 45-55 test vote came as Democrats have threatened a partial government shutdown when money runs out on Friday. But Trump said just ahead of the vote that “we don’t want a sh
  
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• Canadian Gustafson looking forward to fresh start to Elite Series fishing season

  29-01-2026 18:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  It's time for Jeff Gustafson to forge ahead.
  Gustafson, of Kenora, Ont., is keen to start the 2026 Elite Series fishing season, which begins next Thursday at Alabama's Lake Guntersville. While there's always optimism about a new campaign, it's also a welcomed opportunity for Gustafson to move past the worst stint of his pro career.
  Gustafson finished 84th overall last year, failing for the first time to qualify for the US$1-million Bassmaster Classic, pro bass fishing's most prestigious tourname
  
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• Sturmay scores seven in 10th end to avoid upset at Scotties Tournament of Hearts

  29-01-2026 18:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MISSISSAUGA — Alberta's Selena Sturmay scored seven in the 10th end to rocket past New Brunswick's Melodie Forsythe 12-6 on Thursday morning in Draw 16 of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
  New Brunswick led 6-5 heading into the final end, poised for an upset in Pool B, but Sturmay loaded the house for the lopsided win.
  Manitoba's Beth Peterson, Nova Scotia's Christina Black and Sturmay had already clinched playoff berths.
  Also in the morning draw, Peterson dispatched Nunavut's Julia Weagl
  
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• More caregivers in Quebec eligible for compensation under new home health policy

  29-01-2026 18:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Quebec is launching a new home health-care policy that will make some family caregivers eligible for government funding.
  Health Minister Sonia Bélanger says the policy is aimed at improving services to enable people to live at home as long as possible.
  The policy will include expanding a program that grants people an allowance to pay for assistance in their home.
  Bélanger says this change means some caregivers can be recognized as service providers under the progra
  
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• Formal consultation on draft plan to balance enrolment at some SD33 schools approved by Chilliwack trustees

  29-01-2026 17:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK – Chilliwack school trustees have formally authorized SD33 staff to initiate a multi-phase public consultation on a draft plan to address capacity challenges at some public schools in Chilliwack.
  The decision to initiate a months-long consultation occurred at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Chilliwack Board of Education.
  According to a statement from SD33, the Chilliwack School District has been exploring for quite some time now options to balance school enrolment and capac
  
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• Pedestrian deceased after collision with train Thursday morning in Langley: RCMP

  29-01-2026 17:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LANGLEY – Mounties in Langley have confirmed that a pedestrian was fatally struck Thursday morning by a train near Glover Road and Billy Brown Road in Langley.
  According to a statement of confirmation from Langley RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, police responded to a report of a collision between a train and a pedestrian Thursday morning, Jan. 29 at approximately 7:44 a.m.Sgt. Sharoom says frontline officers immediately responded to the area and located an individual who had been str
  
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• Blue Jays run helps boost Rogers’ profit, company eyes buyout of remaining MLSE stake

  29-01-2026 17:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays' run to Game 7 of the World Series helped Rogers Communications Inc. double its media revenue during the company's most recent quarter, and it says 2026 could mark another big year for its growing sports portfolio.
  The Toronto-based cable and wireless company credited record Blue Jays television audiences and packed Rogers Centre attendances last fall as its net income grew. Rogers' profit attributable to shareholders reached $743 million or $1.37 per dilute
  
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• Alleged Abbotsford shoplifter becomes combative during arrest, gets pepper sprayed: AbbyPD

  29-01-2026 17:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD – An individual suspected of shoplifting at an Abbotsford retail store was pepper sprayed Wednesday night after he allegedly became combative toward police.
  According to a statement from AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker, officers responded to a reported shoplifting in progress in the 2800 block of Gladwin Road just after 9 p.m. Wednesday night (Jan. 28).Officers arrived moments later and saw the suspect exit the store still in possession of the stolen property. When one of t
  
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• Poilievre prepares for leadership review as Conservatives gather in Calgary

  29-01-2026 17:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — For the third time in just under a year, Pierre Poilievre's political fate will be in the hands of voters this Friday — though this time, it's a small group of partisan supporters who appear likely to give him another shot.
  After Canadians handed the Conservatives a surprising loss in the April election — one that included a shocking upset in Carleton, where Poilievre lost the seat in Parliament he had held for 21 years — voters in rural Alberta gave the Tory lea
  
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• A former Illinois deputy is sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing Sonya Massey

  29-01-2026 17:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A former Illinois sheriff’s deputy was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting Sonya Massey, who had dialed 911 to report a possible prowler outside her Springfield home. Sean Grayson, 31, was convicted in October. Grayson, who is white, received the maximum possible sentence. He has been incarcerated since he was charged in the killing.Massey’s family members, who were sitting in the court, greeted the sentence with a loud cheer:
  
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• Heavy rain returns to B.C.’s south coast, including parts of Metro Vancouver

  29-01-2026 17:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Parts of British Columbia's south coast, including Metro Vancouver, are under a rainfall warning, as to 100 millimetres is expected over the next 24 hours.
  Environment Canada says a warm front over the region is "drawing in moist, subtropical air" and bringing rain to areas including interior and western Vancouver Island as well as Metro Vancouver communities north of the Fraser River.
  It says while the heavy rain is slated to end today, more inclement weather is expected to mo
  
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• TKMS signs agreement with Seaspan on submarine sustainment

  29-01-2026 17:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — German submarine manufacturer TKMS has signed an agreement to team up with Seaspan Shipyards to support and maintain potential future patrol submarines supplied to Canada over the long term.
  The pact is conditional on TKMS winning a federal government contract to supply the Royal Canadian Navy with a fleet of new submarines.
  Seaspan is involved with maintaining Canada's current fleet of four Victoria class submarines, which the federal government needs to replace within the next 1
  
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• Battle of Quebec nod as Avalanche set to wear Nordiques jerseys in Montreal

  29-01-2026 17:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The Colorado Avalanche will wear Quebec Nordiques jerseys tonight against the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre.
  The look recalls the heated Canadiens-Nordiques rivalry, known as the Battle of Quebec, that played out in the 1980s and early 1990s.
  The Nordiques were founded in 1972 and played in the World Hockey Association before joining the NHL in 1979.
  The franchise relocated to Denver in 1995 and became the Avalanche.
  Backstopped by former Canadiens goaltender Patrick Roy
  
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• ‘Health-care systems are not built for us’: LGBTQ+ people struggle to get good care

  29-01-2026 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — A new report says LGBTQ+ people in Canada aren't getting access to the health care they need — including mental-health treatment —compared to the general population.The Pink Paper on Health, released by Pink Triangle Press on Thursday, says mental health and gender-affirming services were the most prevalent concerns identified by LGBTQ+ people in a national survey.
  Almost 40 per cent of LGBTQ+ participants reported having a mental health disorder, including anxiety an
  
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• First Nation shooting in northern Quebec leaves two men dead

  29-01-2026 16:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MISTISSINI — Provincial police say two men in their 30s were killed in a double murder Wednesday evening in a First Nation in northern Quebec.
  Sgt. Hugues Beaulieu says the deaths appear to be linked to organized crime and there is no active shooter in the community.
  Provincial police say the men were local residents and were shot inside a vehicle about 9 p.m., with their deaths pronounced at a local medical facility.
  Earlier, the Cree Nation of Mistissini announced the community was under
  
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• Border runner caught south of Abbotsford

  29-01-2026 16:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD – Police in Abbotsford say a suspect who crossed illegally into Canada south of Abbotsford Wednesday night has been turned over to federal authorities.
  The AbbyPD says its patrol officers were dispatched to an area near Zero Avenue and Mount Lehman Road just before 9 p.m. Wednesday night, for the report of a border runner.A police service dog assisted in the arrest, and the male suspect has been turned over to Canada Border Services Agency.In a separate incident, police say a ma
  
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• Eby calls reported meeting between Alberta separatists and U.S. official ‘treason’

  29-01-2026 15:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — B.C. Premier David Eby says that a reported meeting between individuals in the Alberta separatist movement and White House officials amounts to "treason."
  Speaking in Ottawa this morning before the premiers' meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney, Eby — citing a report in the Financial Times — said it's completely inappropriate for a group to ask a foreign power for help in breaking up Canada.
  Eby said it's one thing to attempt to hold a referendum on independence, bu
  
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• Trump’s border czar suggests a possible drawdown in Minnesota but only after ‘cooperation’

  29-01-2026 15:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan says immigration enforcement will reduce the number of officers in Minnesota but suggested during a news conference Thursday that it would happen only after ‘cooperation’ from state officials.Homan was speaking for the first time since the president sent him to Minneapolis after a federal immigration officer fatally shot a protester on Saturday.Homan doubled down on the need for local jails to alert Immigra
  
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