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• A rare, endangered seal named Yulia basks on Tel Aviv beach

  16-05-2023 16:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An unexpected visitor spotted sunbathing on a beach in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv is turning heads and causing a media buzz.But it’s not American film director and Tel Aviv mainstay, Quentin Tarantino, or another Hollywood celebrity — it’s Yulia, an endangered Mediterranean monk seal.
  The seal cow first appeared south of Tel Aviv’s main beachfront last Friday. On Tuesday, Yulia drew clusters of curious onlookers to the rocky beach south of
  
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• Schizas, returning Daleman set for fierce battle for Canada’s Olympic spot

  09-01-2026 22:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  GATINEAU — Madeline Schizas took a deep breath, then made her feelings unmistakably clear.
  The reigning national champion knows Gabrielle Daleman — back after years of serious injuries — is coming for the Canadian women’s figure skating crown.
  But Schizas is determined to make sure she’s the one on the plane to Italy.
  "She's clearly put a lot of work into coming back, so I obviously respect a comeback, but, how do I put it…” she said, “over my dea
  
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• Driver caught driving at 160 km/h in B.C. told police he was ‘trying to avoid elk’

  09-01-2026 22:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — A man from Alberta has had his Mercedes SUV impounded for a week after being caught going 160 kilometres an hour on a British Columbia highway, ostensibly in an effort to "avoid elk."
  The impound happened on Dec. 30 in a 100 km/h zone on Highway 3/95 near Moyie, a village in southeastern B.C. about 177 kilometres from the Alberta boundary.
  The BC Highway Patrol says an officer on the highway clocked the SUV going 160 kilometres per hour and pulled the vehicle over.
  Police say w
  
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• Coalition Avenir Québec member withdraws from caucus after impaired driving arrest

  09-01-2026 22:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  QUÉBEC — A Coalition Avenir Québec member of the legislature arrested this week for alleged impaired driving is withdrawing from caucus for the duration of the legal proceedings against him.
  François Tremblay has represented the riding of Dubuc, Que., in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, since 2018.
  The chief government whip, François Jacques, announced Tremblay's withdrawal in a short statement.
  Tremblay was stopped by police early Wednesday morning after all
  
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• Flu has peaked in some provinces while nationally cases remain high but ‘stable or decreased’

  09-01-2026 21:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — At least two provinces in Canada say flu activity likely peaked over the holidays, while national data shows the number of new cases remains high but stabilized by the start of the new year.The latest national influenza data released Friday accounts for the holiday period of Dec. 14 to Jan. 3.
  During the week of Christmas, the federal agency says the percentage of positive tests for influenza was the highest it has been over the past three seasons, at 33 per cent.The following we
  
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• Olympic organizers ‘100%’ confident NHL will play in Milan Cortina despite arena delays

  09-01-2026 21:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MILAN (AP) — Olympic organizers are “100%” confident the NHL won’t pull out of the Milan Cortina Games with the new ice hockey arena finally ready. Or almost.
  Construction delays and other concerns about the Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena have drawn headlines for weeks ahead of the NHL returning to the Winter Olympics for the first time since 2014 and the women’s tournament opening on Feb. 5.
  The NHL has expressed concern about the construction and quality of the ice
  
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• Former all-star linebacker, Grey Cup champion with Stamps, Jim Furlong, dead at 85

  09-01-2026 21:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Jim Furlong, a West Division all-star linebacker in 1965 and Grey Cup champion in 1971, has died. He was 85.
  The Calgary Stampeders announced his death on Friday. No cause of was given.Furlong played 174 games for the Stampeders from 1962-1974, ranking in the franchise’s top 10 for seasons played.
  Born in Winnipeg and raised in Lethbridge, Alta., Furlond saw action as a linebacker, punter, defensive lineman and receiver over the course of his career.
  He is among the franchise’s all-t
  
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• Patrol officer stumbles on gunshot victim in New Westminster, B.C.

  09-01-2026 21:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW WESTMINSTER — Police are investigating an overnight shooting in Metro Vancouver that has sent one man to hospital after an officer stumbled across the victim while on patrol.
  New Westminster police say the officer discovered the victim lying on the ground "in apparent distress" at about 3 a.m. in the area of 100 Columbia Street.
  The man was given first aid at the scene then taken to hospital to treat gunshot wounds.
  Investigators closed parts of Columbia Street for several hours later,
  
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• Life sentence for B.C. man who shot two dead, in killings deemed ‘not suspicious’

  09-01-2026 21:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CRANBROOK — A Creston, B.C., man has received a life sentence after being convicted of two killings in which the victims were shot in the head on the same day, but whose deaths were both initially ruled to be from natural causes.
  The BC Prosecution Service says Mitchell McIntyre was sentenced on Thursday to life without eligibility for parole for 13 years in the second-degree murder of Julia Howe, who was found dead on February 6, 2022, at a Creston home.
  The service says McIntyre also rec
  
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• Free agent outfielder Max Kepler suspended 80 games by MLB following positive drug test

  09-01-2026 21:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Free agent outfielder Max Kepler was suspended for 80 games on Friday following a positive test for a banned performance-enhancing substance in violation of Major League Baseball's drug program.Kepler tested positive for Epitrenbolone, a substance that led to a suspension in 2018 for boxer Manuel Charr and caused the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to announced the following year it had disqualified 90-year-old cyclist Carl Grove from a world record he had set at the 2018 Masters T
  
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• Canada condemns Russia’s use of hypersonic missile as escalation in Ukraine war

  09-01-2026 21:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is joining European leaders in condemning Russia's use of a powerful hypersonic missile on Ukraine as an escalation.
  Carney says Russia's second use of the Oreshnik missile is "a clear and dangerous escalation that targeted Ukrainian energy infrastructure and the homes of innocent Ukrainians."
  Moscow says the weapon can evade missile defence systems and could be used against Ukraine's allies if they strike deep into Russia.
  Observers say the missile stri
  
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• Canada’s Oldham, Gaskell grab silver, bronze in freeski slopestyle World Cup

  09-01-2026 20:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ASPEN — Canada's Megan Oldham and Elena Gaskell were both medallists in the women's freestyle skiing slopestyle World Cup event on Friday.
  Oldham took silver with a score of 73.02, while Gaskell grabbed bronze with 72.90.
  Great Britain's Kirsty Muir snagged gold with 80.62.
  It's just the second World Cup event and first medal of the season for Oldham of Parry Sound, Ont.The 24-year-old finished fourth in Austria on Nov. 22.
  It's also the first World Cup medal of the campaign for the 24-yea
  
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• US and Venezuela take initial steps toward restoring relations after Maduro’s ouster

  09-01-2026 20:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  GUATIRE, Venezuela (AP) — The United States and Venezuela said Friday they were exploring the possibility of restoring diplomatic relations, as a Trump administration delegation visited the South American nation.The visit marks a major step toward warming icy relations between the historically adversarial governments. U.S. military forces captured former President Nicolás Maduro last weekend in Caracas and took him to New York to face federal charges of drug-trafficking.The small te
  
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• Ridge Meadows RCMP seek woman missing for over a week

  09-01-2026 20:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MAPLE RIDGE — Police in Maple Ridge are asking for the public’s help in finding a woman who has been missing for more than a week.
  On December 29, at around 4 a.m., RCMP say 37-year-old Shannon Samms was last seen in the 21600 block of Lougheed Highway in Maple Ridge.
  She’s described as an Indigenous woman, standing at 4’11” and 96 pounds, with medium-length black hair and brown eyes.
  Samms was last seen wearing track pants, a jacket and a baseball cap in all-black,
  
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• Blackhawks center Connor Bedard set to return from shoulder injury

  09-01-2026 20:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Blackhawks forward Connor Bedard is back after missing 12 games with a right shoulder injury.
  Bedard has been cleared to play on Friday night against Washington. The 20-year-old center participated in the team's morning skate ahead of the matchup with the Capitals.
  “It's obviously a huge boost,” assistant coach Mike Vellucci said. “He's a big part of our team and he was playing really well before he got injured. We're excited to have him back.&rdquo
  
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• Kelly Curtis finishes second in World Cup skeleton race, enhancing her hopes of US Olympic spot

  09-01-2026 20:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — Kelly Curtis took a big step toward a U.S. Olympic team spot on Friday, finishing second in a World Cup women's skeleton race for her best-ever finish on the circuit.
  Kim Meylemans of Belgium won the race in 2 minutes, 21.01 seconds. Curtis was second in 2:22.12 for her second career World Cup medal — she had a bronze on her home track at Lake Placid, New York, in December 2022 — and Nicole Rocha Silveira of Brazil was third in 2:22.18.
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• Eurasia Group says no country more at risk than Canada in relations with the U.S.

  09-01-2026 19:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A new report by the Eurasia Group is warning no other country will be as "profoundly affected" by political turmoil in the United States than Canada will be in 2026.
  The risk management firm says the long-standing relationship between the two countries "is history," and ongoing trade uncertainty will impact the Canadian economy.
  It says Canada's efforts to diversify trade and relationships will face "powerful headwinds" this year, and that the country will need to manage its relat
  
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• Police deem no risk to public after reports of man with weapon in Nowell Street

  09-01-2026 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack residents may have seen a number of police cars around a section of Nowell Street this morning as RCMP responded to what appeared to be a man carrying a weapon.Witnesses reported eight RCMP vehicles outside 8905 Nowell Street at about 7 a.m. Friday, January 9.RCMP told Fraser Valley Today that officers attended immediately, but the individual had already left the area before police arrived.
  The man had still not been found despite extensive patrols.
  “At this t
  
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• Michael Kovrig says Carney must defend values while seeking trade in China visit

  09-01-2026 19:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada needs to be clear-eyed about the risk of economic coercion as Prime Minister Mark Carney looks to rebuild ties with China after years of political and economic tensions, Michael Kovrig said this week.
  Kovrig, a former Canadian diplomat in China and now a senior adviser on Asia for the International Crisis Group, was one of two Canadians Beijing detained for nearly three years.
  As Carney prepares to make the first visit to China by a Canadian prime minister in nearly a decad
  
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• US sends delegation to Venezuela in first step toward restoring relations after Maduro’s capture

  09-01-2026 19:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  GUATIRE, Venezuela (AP) — The United States and Venezuelan governments said Friday they were exploring the possibility of restoring diplomatic relations between the two countries, and that an delegation from the Trump administration arrived to the South American nation on Friday.The small team of U.S. diplomats and diplomatic security officials traveled to Venezuela to make a preliminary assessment about the potential re-opening of the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, the State Department said in
  
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• Downed wire cuts power to Chilliwack, Abbotsford residents

  09-01-2026 19:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — BC Hydro crews have been working to restore power to over 1,400 customers in the Chilliwack and Abbotsford areas after it went out Friday morning (Jan. 9).
  The energy provider’s outage map says a wire went down and cut power to residents from the Interprovincial Highway and No. 4 Road to Columbia Valley Road by Lindell Beach at around 6 a.m.
  A crew has since been dispatched to the site, and power is expected to come back on at 11:30 a.m. today.
  
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• Hennepin County prosecutor calls on the public to share Renee Good shooting evidence with her office

  09-01-2026 19:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty on Friday called on members of the public to send any video or other evidence in the fatal shooting of Renee Good directly to her office, challenging the Trump administration's decision to leave the investigation solely to the FBI.Moriarty said that although her office has collaborated effectively with the FBI in past cases, she is concerned by the Trump administration's decision to bar state and local agencies from playing any role
  
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• Minneapolis schools will offer remote learning amid federal immigration enforcement

  09-01-2026 18:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis school system will offer families the option of remote learning for a month amid federal immigration enforcement in the city, the district said.The district provided the update late Thursday in an email to teachers that was obtained by The Associated Press. Under the temporary plan, teachers will simultaneously deliver lessons from their classrooms to students in the classroom and at home. The move comes as the Trump administration sends 2,000 immigration
  
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• Chilliwack unemployment swings up as Abbotsford-Mission rates dip down in December: StatCan

  09-01-2026 18:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — After two months of hovering around the 7 per cent range, the latest figures from Statistics Canada show that unemployment in the communities of Chilliwack and Abbotsford-Mission sang a different tune in December.
  Despite adding roughly 1,100 jobs between November and December, Chilliwack experienced a rise in the joblessness rate from 7 per cent to 7.4 per cent.Abbotsford-Mission also added around 1,000 jobs but saw its unemployment numbers dip from 7.2 to 6.9 per cent in the
  
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• AbbyPD officer may have committed driving offence in February 2025 collision with civilian car: IIO

  09-01-2026 18:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — A February 2025 collision between AbbyPD and a civilian vehicle has been referred to the BC Prosecution Service to see if there are enough grounds to charge an officer for driving offences.
  Shortly after 4 p.m. on February 20, 2025, an Abbotsford Police Department vehicle collided with a GMC Envoy near the intersection of King and Gladwin roads.
  The driver and sole occupant of the civilian car was airlifted to hospital for treatment, and both officers in the police vehicle wer
  
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• Canadian international Janine Sonis traded to expansion side Denver Summit FC

  09-01-2026 18:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DENVER — The expansion Denver Summit have acquired Canadian international Janine Sonis in a trade with Racing Louisville in exchange for up to US$$160,000 in intraleague transfer funds.
  The 31-year-old Sonis, who was set to enter the final year of her Louisville contract, has signed a new deal through the 2028 NWSL season.
  The move is a return home to Sonis, who was born in Colorado to parents from Saskatchewan. Sonis, née Beckie, grew up in Highlands Ranch, just outside Denver.
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• Quebec chemical firm hit with $1.4-million fine over substance discharged in river

  09-01-2026 18:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  GATINEAU — A company that operated a chemical manufacturing plant in western Quebec has been fined $1.35 million for discharging a harmful substance into the Rivière du Lièvre in 2019.
  Superior General Partner Inc., which owned and operated the Erco Mondial plant in 2019, had pleaded guilty in Quebec court to 12 counts of discharging sodium chlorite into the water, a violation of the Fisheries Act.
  Both the company and Jean-Francois Roux — the plant's technical director
  
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• Pedestrian struck and killed by train in Langley, B.C.

  09-01-2026 17:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LANGLEY — A pedestrian has been killed after being hit by a train in Langley, B.C., Thursday night.
  RCMP say it happened at about 7:55 p.m. near 206 Street and 98 Avenue.
  Police, firefighters and ambulance responded to a call reporting the incident and found the unidentified victim who had been struck by a train.
  The pedestrian died at the scene.
  No further details of the collision or the circumstances surrounding the case have been released.
  Police are asking anyone who may have witnessed
  
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• Man, 21, facing criminal charges in B.C. crash that killed two people

  09-01-2026 17:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHETWYND — A 21-year-old man is now facing multiple criminal charges in a 2024 crash that left two people dead, including a 15-year-old boy.
  The BC Highway Patrol says the man from Fort St. John has been charged with two counts of dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death, as well as two counts of impaired driving causing death.
  The crash happened on April 7, 2024 on Highway 97 near Chetwynd in B.C.'s northeast region.
  Police say two vehicles were involved, and the crash killed a 19-y
  
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• FVRD seeks flooding damage reports for provincial disaster funding

  09-01-2026 17:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) continues to ask for residents’ help with reporting damage from the atmospheric river incident last month.
  Private property owners who experienced localized flooding, debris flow, downed trees and other damages from the heavy flooding in December are encouraged to report those impacts to the FVRD’s Emergency Status Map by the submission deadline.
  “Residents’ engagement has been instrumental in helping the FVRD
  
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