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• Alabama seeks to carry out second execution using controversial nitrogen gas method

  21-02-2024 23:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is seeking to put a second inmate to death using nitrogen gas, a move that comes a month after the state carried out the first execution using the controversial new method.Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office asked the Alabama Supreme Court on Wednesday to set an execution date for Alan Eugene Miller. The state said that Miller’s execution would be carried out by nitrogen hypoxia. Miller, now 59, was convicted of killing three people
  
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• Scottie Barnes’s double-double leads Raptors in 122-104 rout of Pacers

  08-02-2026 23:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Scottie Barnes had a double-double to lead the Toronto Raptors in a 122-104 rout of the Indiana Pacers on Sunday.
  Barnes finished with 25 points, 14 rebounds and six assists as Toronto (32-22) won back-to-back games. Barnes surpassed former Raptors all-star Pascal Siakam for the fifth most double-doubles in team history with 103.
  RJ Barrett of Mississauga, Ont., scored 20 points with eight rebounds and five assists. Immanuel Quickley, who was a game-time decision, added 13 points
  
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• Mission Memorial Hospital Emergency Department not available Sunday evening

  08-02-2026 22:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MISSION — Fraser Health has announced a 15-hour temporary service interruption at the Mission Memorial Hospital on Sunday (Feb. 8). The emergency room will not be available from 5 p.m to 8 a.m. Monday.
  It says that physician staffing challenges are behind the situation.
  Fraser Health says emergency trained nurses will continue to be working at the hospital and available to support walk-in patients in need of basic care. Patients requiring urgent care will be directed to a neighbouring hosp
  
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• Adel Gamar to headline Fraser Valley Cultural Diversity Awards

  08-02-2026 22:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — Internationally respected leadership expert Adel Gamar is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the Fraser Valley Cultural Diversity Awards on March 4.
  Gamar, the CEO of boutique leadership consultancy GLG Ltd., will present Relentless Optimist & Our Shared Humanity. Gamar is expected to bring his global perspective to the evening, shaped by work with organizations that focused on equity, education and cross-cultural collaboration. Gamar has acted as an advisor to le
  
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• Adel Gamar to headline Fraser Valley Cultural Diversity Awards

  08-02-2026 22:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Internationally respected leadership expert Adel Gamar is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the Fraser Valley Cultural Diversity Awards on March 4.
  Gamar, the CEO of boutique leadership consultancy GLG Ltd., will present Relentless Optimist & Our Shared Humanity. Gamar is expected to bring his global perspective to the evening, shaped by work with organizations that focused on equity, education and cross-cultural collaboration. Gamar has acted as an advisor
  
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• Breezy Johnson wins 1st gold for US at Milan Cortina Olympics after Lindsey Vonn crashes

  08-02-2026 21:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MILAN (AP) — The crash. The gasps. The helicopter.
  Lindsey Vonn's frightening fall in the women's downhill at the Milan Cortina Olympics couldn't help but overshadow U.S. teammate Breezy Johnson’s feat — winning her country's first gold medal at these Games.
  Johnson’s victory Sunday in Cortina wasn't the Olympic comeback story everyone expected, as the focus was on Vonn going for gold despite a torn ACL. Even as Johnson sat in the leader’s box on the verge of securi
  
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• Canadian tennis star Auger-Aliassime defends Montpellier title, sets Canadian mark

  08-02-2026 21:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTPELLIER — Félix Auger-Aliassime defended a title Sunday and set a Canadian record in the process.
  Auger-Aliassime claimed his second straight Open Occitanie championship with a 6-3, 7-6 (4) win over France's Adrian Mannarino in Sunday's final.The victory gave the 25-year-old from Montreal his ninth singles title, the most by a Canadian man in the Open Era, surpassing recently retired Milos Raonic.
  Auger-Aliassime also became just the second man to successfully defend his title i
  
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• A truck carrying passengers crashes in northern Nigeria, killing at least 30 people

  08-02-2026 20:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KANO, Nigeria (AP) — A truck carrying passengers crashed in norther Nigeria because of reckless driving, killing at least 30 people and injuring several others, authorities said Sunday.The trailer was driving along a highway in Kwanar Barde town in Kano’s Gezawa local government area when it lost control, according to a statement from the Kano governor’s office.Road accidents are frequent in Africa’s most populous country, in part due to poor road conditions and lax enfor
  
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• Canada’s Victoria Mboko wins opening-round match in straight sets at Qatar Open

  08-02-2026 20:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DOHA — Canada's Victoria Mboko defeated Czechia's Marie Bouzkova 7-5, 6-2 in opening-round women's singles tennis action at the Qatar Open on Sunday.
  The 19-year-old from Toronto broke on six of her 11 opportunities while going without an ace and having six double faults.
  Mboko, the No. 10 seed at the tournament, also won 64 per cent of her first-serve points.
  In other singles action, Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., fell 6-4, 6-3 to Ann Li of the United States.Fernandez had four aces to t
  
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• Toronto Raptors guard Immanuel Quickley made available vs. Indiana Pacers

  08-02-2026 20:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Immanuel Quickley will be able to play for the Toronto Raptors against the Indiana Pacers this afternoon.
  Quickley was listed as questionable on the Raptors' personnel report with a right ankle sprain.
  Head coach Darko Rajakovic said Quickley would have to go through on-court drills before being clear to play.
  Quickley was upgraded to available 35 minutes before game time.
  The point guard is averaging 17.1 points, 6.1 assists and 4.4 rebounds per game this season.
  Centre Jakob Po
  
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• Toronto Raptors guard Immanuel Quickley a game-time decision vs. Indiana Pacers

  08-02-2026 20:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Immanuel Quickley will be a game-time decision when the Toronto Raptors host the Indiana Pacers this afternoon.
  Quickley was listed as questionable on the Raptors' personnel report with a right ankle sprain.
  The point guard is averaging 17.1 points, 6.1 assists and 4.4 rebounds per game this season.
  Centre Jakob Poeltl was also upgraded to questionable on Toronto's report but head coach Darko Rajakovic says he was not available to play against Indiana.
  Poeltl has been out with a
  
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• Sidney Crosby named captain of Canada’s men’s hockey team

  08-02-2026 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MILAN — Sidney Crosby was named the captain of the Canadian men’s hockey team.
  Defenceman Cale Makar and forward Connor McDavid will serve as alternate captains.
  The team hits the ice today for their first official practice ahead of their tournament opener Feb. 12 against Czechia.The Canadian Press
  
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• 23-year-old impaired driver arrested after allegedly crashing into Abbotsford home

  08-02-2026 17:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD – Police in Abbotsford say a 23-year-old female driver has been arrested after she allegedly crashed into a home while driving impaired early Sunday morning.
  According to a social media post, Abbotsford Police officers responded to a serious collision at approximately 12:27 a.m. involving a vehicle that crashed into a residence in the 3700 block of Nanaimo Crescent.Officers arrived on scene and identified the driver as a 23-year-old female who was impaired by alcohol. Police say
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of February 8, 2026

  08-02-2026 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: Trevor Walters
  Age: 33
  Height: 5’11” ft     Weight: 161lbs
  Hair: Blonde         Eyes: Blue
  Wanted: Dangerous Operation of Conveyance and Drive While Prohibited x2
  Warrant in effect: February 3, 2026
  Parole Jurisdiction: Chilliwack
  Name: Isaiah Rider
  Age: 29
  Height: 5’9” ft  &
  
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• Canadian tennis star Félix Auger-Aliassime defends Montpellier title

  08-02-2026 16:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTPELLIER — Canadian tennis star Félix Auger-Aliassime defended his Open Occitanie title with a 6-3, 7-6 (4) win over France's Adrian Mannarino in Sunday's final.
  Auger-Aliassime scored five straight points to take the third set tiebreak, including his 13th ace of the match to go up 5-4 before winning the next two points on return.
  The six-foot-four Canadian's serve was in top form, as he won 87 per cent of first-serve points.
  It's the ninth title for the 25-year-old from Montreal
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Sidney Crosby named captain of Canada’s men’s hockey team

  08-02-2026 16:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MILAN — Two-time Olympic gold medallist Sidney Crosby was been named captain of Canada's men's hockey team at the Milan Cortina Games.
  More coming.
  The Canadian Press
  
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• UK leader’s chief of staff quits over appointment of Mandelson as ambassador despite Epstein ties

  08-02-2026 15:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s chief of staff resigned Sunday over the furor surrounding the appointment of Peter Mandelson as the U.K. ambassador to the U.S. despite his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.Morgan McSweeney said he took responsibility for advising Starmer to appoint Mandelson, 72, to Britain's most important diplomatic post in 2024.“The decision to appoint Peter Mandelson was wrong. He has damaged our party, our country and trust in politics itself,&rd
  
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• ‘Get their act together’: Freeland on U.S. relationship with others on world stage

  08-02-2026 15:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Former cabinet minister Chrystia Freeland says when it comes to the U.S. and its relationships with other countries on the world stage, it needs to "get their act together."
  Since his 2025 inauguration, U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened several countries, including Canada, with annexation and tariffs on goods, creating an ongoing trade war.
  Freeland, fresh off her January resignation as a member of Parliament, appeared Friday on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher." Freeland resigned after
  
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• Two productions coming to the Chilliwack Cultural Centre

  08-02-2026 15:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack Cultural Centre is presenting a pair of upcoming performances for the community. On March 4, the production Josephine takes to the stage. One night later, singer Danielle McTaggart moves into the spotlight.
  Josephine will feature a combination of theatre, dance and cabaret performances by Tymisha Harris to tell the story of Josephine Baker. Baker is considered the first African-American superstar of the twentieth century. The one-woman musical tells the story of
  
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• Cascadia movement has roots in the past, but does B.C. separatism have a future?

  08-02-2026 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — In 2017, Cory Pahl was a candidate for the Cascadia Party of British Columbia, whose official goals included the creation of a provincial assembly that would assert the sovereign rights of "British Columbians, Canadians and Cascadians."Cascadia, the concept of commonality between British Columbia and U.S. states in the Pacific Northwest, has roots dating back to the 19th century and beyond. It has sometimes been expressed as a desire for nationhood — although Pahl said the
  
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• Canada curlers fight to stay alive as Vonn crashes at Milan Cortina Games

  08-02-2026 14:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MILAN — Canada’s mixed doubles curling team plays two round-robin games today, needing victories to keep its medal-round hopes alive as the Milan Cortina Olympics continue on Day 2.
  Brett Gallant and Jocelyn Peterman, a husband-and-wife team from Chestermere, Alta., face Sweden and South Korea in Cortina after three straight losses dropped them to 3-3, tied for fifth with only the top four advancing.
  Meanwhile in Milan, Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid, and the rest of Canada’s me
  
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• Petition calls for federal party leaders to get top-secret security clearance

  08-02-2026 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — An electronic petition on the parliament website calls on the House of Commons to require all federal party leaders to obtain and maintain top-secret security clearance.
  It says the reason is to ensure leaders are "fully informed of threats to Canada’s national security" and "act decisively to protect Canadians and our democracy."
  The petition notes Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre refuses to seek top-secret security clearance, which it says "exposes Canada to avoi
  
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• Mustangs to hold benefit game for hockey players who died in Alberta highway crash

  08-02-2026 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  STAVELY — A small Alberta town is set to host a benefit game for three junior hockey players who died last week in a highway crash.
  The Southern Alberta Mustangs are expected to play the Stavely Spurs Alumni team tonight at the arena in Stavely, south of Calgary.
  JJ Wright and Cameron Casorso, both 18 from Kamloops, B.C., and 17-year-old Caden Fine from Alabama, died on their way to a Mustangs practice Monday.
  The three players were crossing a highway when their car collided with a semi tr
  
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• Inuit not sure where they fit into Carney’s economic, defence agenda: ITK president

  08-02-2026 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed compares working with Prime Minister Mark Carney's government to being a contestant on the TV show "Dragons' Den."
  Under Justin Trudeau's government, he said, Inuit communities could come to Ottawa with policy proposals and expect engagement and a decision.
  Under Carney, he said, they're expected to do their own analysis in advance and make a pitch for federal investment based on the likelihood of economic benefits.
  "The lens of any of
  
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• As men’s health enters the national conversation, advocates call for co-operation

  08-02-2026 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The upcoming launch of a national strategy on men's and boys' health is a positive sign that men's well-being is becoming part of the mainstream conversation in Canada, advocates say — even as they warn that it should not become partisan political fodder.
  The Movember Institute of Men's Health and researchers from the University of British Columbia called on the government to launch such a strategy in a report released last summer.
  Health Minister Marjorie Michel said she pl
  
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• Canada curlers fight to stay alive as Vonn headlines downhill at Milan Cortina Games

  08-02-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MILAN — Canada’s mixed doubles curling team plays two round-robin games today, needing victories to keep its medal-round hopes alive as the Milan Cortina Olympics continue on Day 2.
  Brett Gallant and Jocelyn Peterman, a husband-and-wife team from Chestermere, Alta., face Sweden and South Korea after three straight losses dropped them to 3-3, tied for fifth with only the top four advancing.
  Meanwhile in Milan, Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid, and the rest of Canada’s men’s h
  
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• Chiefs Celebrate Community Heroes with 7-3 Victory

  08-02-2026 07:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  By Shaelee Dombrowski
   
  Saturday night saw the Chilliwack Chiefs take on the Coquitlam Express for the sixth time this season. In all five previous games, the home team came out victorious. Chilliwack looked to keep that trend going to complete one half of the necessary game outcomes on the night to clinch a playoff berth. It was a special night at the Coliseum as the Chiefs hosted their annual First Responders Night, honouring seven community heroes who have demonstrated excellence in thei
  
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• Draxl lifts Canada past Brazil in deciding match of Davis Cup qualifier

  08-02-2026 05:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Playing on a bad ankle didn’t stop Liam Draxl from winning the deciding singles match in straight sets to give Canada a 3-2 victory over Brazil in a first-round, best-of-five Davis Cup qualifier on Saturday.
  Draxl, of Newmarket., Ont., moved Canada into the second round of qualifiers by defeating Gustavo Heide 6-3, 6-4 in one hour, 29 minutes.
  Gabriel Diallo of Montreal forced the winner-take-all final with a nail-biting 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4) win over Mattheus Pucinelli de Al
  
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• Male hospitalized after stabbing in Abbotsford Saturday night: AbbyPD Sgt. Walker

  08-02-2026 05:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD – Details are limited at this point, but an AbbyPD spokesperson has confirmed one person has been hospitalized after a reported stabbing Saturday evening in Abbotsford.
  According to a brief statement from AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker, police were called to Mill Lake Park near the Bevan Road and Primrose intersection for a stabbing.
  The call came in at 6:25 p.m., Sgt. Walker said.
  One person has been taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
  “The investi
  
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• Hiker likely saved paraglider’s life after crash on Vancouver Island: rescue team

  08-02-2026 01:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  North Shore Rescue says a passing hiker likely saved the life of a paraglider who crashed into a cliff on Vancouver Island on Friday.
  The search and rescue team based in North Vancouver, B.C., says it was called by its counterpart in the Cowichan area to help extract the paraglider, who was hanging unconscious in his harness after the crash.
  The team says in a social media post that the hiker climbed up to the paraglider, cut and removed the man's harness and administered first aid, "likely savi
  
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