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• BC Conservation needs oversight on bear euthanizations, expert argues – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  26-05-2022 19:18 via theprogress.com
  
  BC Conservation needs oversight on bear euthanizations, expert argues – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Prime Minister Carney orders flags at half-mast to honour B.C. shooting victims

  11-02-2026 16:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says flags on federal buildings will be flown at half-mast for seven days to honour the victims of Tuesday's mass shooting in B.C.
  Carney said today he has heard from world leaders offering condolences, including King Charles.
  MPs on Parliament Hill reacted in horror to news of the two attacks on Tuesday that left 10 people, including the suspect, dead in the tiny community of Tumbler Ridge in northeastern British Columbia.
  Conservative Leader Pierre Poi
  
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• Abbotsford Police assist injured owl near Highway 1

  11-02-2026 15:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD – Abbotsford Police officers were in the right place at the right time after locating an injured owl near Highway 1 and Highway 11 Tuesday night.
  Frontline patrol officers were in the area of Sumas Way and Highway 1 in Abbotsford when they observed an owl with some type of injury. Police quickly connected with a volunteer from Elizabeth’s Wildlife Center, who responded to the scene right away to assist.
  Police say the owl was safely rescued and transported to a rehabilitat
  
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• Mboko through to quarterfinals of Qatar Open after upset win over Andreeva

  11-02-2026 15:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DOHA — Rising Canadian tennis star Victoria Mboko is through to the quarterfinals of the Qatar Open after upsetting fifth seed Mirra Andreeva 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5) on Wednesday.
  Mboko, seeded 10th at the WTA 1000 hardcourt tournament, survived match point when Andreeva committed a double fault before converting a crucial break to tie the third set 5-5.
  The Canadian finished off the victory in the third-set tiebreaker by ending a match-point rally with a backhand winner.
  The match was the lates
  
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• Investigation continues into shootings that left 10 dead at B.C. school and home

  11-02-2026 15:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TUMBLER RIDGE — Canadians woke up Wednesday to grief and horror following one of the worst school shootings in the country's history, as police continued to investigate two attacks that left 10 people, including the suspect, dead in a tiny community in northeastern British Columbia.
  Condolences poured in from across Canada and beyond, with officials such as Ontario Premier Doug Ford, French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi offering their sympathies to the v
  
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• Town hall tonight to discuss proposed Cultus Lake Park Village redevelopment

  11-02-2026 15:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CULTUS LAKE – Cultus Lake Park Board commissioners are set to convene a town hall tonight around the proposed Village Center redevelopment project.
  At their January 2026 meeting, commissioners announced the award of the Cultus Lake Park Village Center Redevelopment RFP to Diverse Properties, which recognized them as the preferred proponent for the redevelopment plan.In a closed session meeting on December 10, 2025, the park board passed a pair of resolutions that awarded the RFP to Diverse
  
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• In the news: B.C. town rocked by shooting, P.M. puts off Munich security conference

  11-02-2026 14:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed …
  10 dead in shootings at B.C. school and home
  RCMP Supt. Ken Floyd says police are "not in a place" to understand what motivated a shooter suspected of killing two people at a home in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., before going to a school and committing one of Canada's worst mass shootings.
  A total of 10 people are dead after Tuesday's shootings in the tiny community in B.C.'s Peace region, including the lone s
  
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• Investigation continues after deadly shootings that killed 10 at B.C. school and home

  11-02-2026 14:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TUMBLER RIDGE — Condolences are trickling in from around the world this morning as police continue to investigate a pair of shootings that left 10 people, including the suspect, dead in a tiny community in northeastern British Columbia.
  Politicians including Ontario Premier Doug Ford, French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered their sympathies to the victims and their families on social media as news of the attacks in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. spreads.
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• What people are saying about mass shooting in B.C.

  11-02-2026 14:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  RCMP say seven people were killed when a shooter entered a high school in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., on Tuesday, and then they killed themself. More than two dozen others were hurt, some of them seriously. Police say they found another crime scene where two people were killed and are believed to be connected to the shooter.Here is what people are saying about the mass shooting:"At the end of the day, every citizen and every person in Tumbler Ridge, including our first responders, are going home to the
  
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• A list of Canadian school shootings

  11-02-2026 14:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Eight people, including a suspect, are dead after a shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in B.C.'s Peace region on Tuesday afternoon. Police say two other people were found dead at a home in the community, while about two dozen were hurt at the school.Here is a look at some other school shootings in Canada:
  La Loche high school, Sask: On Jan. 22, 2016, Randan Dakota Fontaine shot two of his cousins dead, then killed a teacher and a teacher's aide at the La Loche high school.
  Les Racines de
  
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• Tropical Cyclone Gezani hits Madagascar and kills at least 20

  11-02-2026 14:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — At least 20 people are dead after Tropical Cyclone Gezani made landfall in Madagascar's main port city and collapsed houses on the Indian Ocean island, authorities said Wednesday.Wind speeds exceeded 195 kph (121 mph), and Madagascar's weather service issued red alerts for several regions warning of possible floods and landslides as Gezani moved across the large island of 31 million people, many of whom live in poverty and have inadequate shelter from storms
  
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• Auto thefts down 18% year-over-year while recovery remains low: report

  11-02-2026 14:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The number of vehicles stolen in Canada fell sharply last year but there were still almost 47,000 such thefts reported and more than a third of those were never recovered, says a new report released Wednesday.
  The analysis by Équité Association, a non-profit anti-fraud group, shows Canadians reported 46,999 auto thefts in 2025, compared with 57,359 in 2024 — an 18 per cent decrease.
  It's down 33 per cent compared with 2023 when more than 70,000 vehicles were st
  
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• Here’s the latest following the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.

  11-02-2026 12:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TUMBLER RIDGE — A total of 10 people are dead after shootings Tuesday in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., including the lone suspect who police say died by suicide.Here are the latest developments. All times Eastern.———
  3:33 a.m.
  Condolences from around the world have started coming for those in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. French President Emmanuel Macron expressed condolences in a post on social media.
  "Our thoughts are with the families of the victims, the injured, and the entire education
  
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• Tropical Cyclone Gezani hits Madagascar and kills at least 9 on the Indian Ocean island

  11-02-2026 12:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Tropical Cyclone Gezani made landfall in Madagascar's main port city, unleashing winds that collapsed houses and left at least nine people dead on the Indian Ocean island, authorities said Wednesday.Wind speeds exceeded 195 kph (121 mph) and Madagascar's weather service issued red alerts for several regions, warning of possible floods and landslides as Gezani moved across the largely poor country of 31 million people.Madagascar, battered by another deadly cy
  
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• Pitchers, catchers will report to Toronto Blue Jays’ training facility Wednesday

  11-02-2026 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DUNEDIN — Pitchers and catchers will report to the Toronto Blue Jays’ training facility Wednesday, although it’s likely some position players will arrive too.
  The exhibition season will be interrupted by the Word Baseball Classic, with seven players from the Blue Jays’ major-league team suiting up to represent their countries for the international tournament in March.Superstar first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr., will play for the Dominican Republic, shortstop Andres Gime
  
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• In the news: B.C. town rocks by shooting, P.M. puts off Munich security conference

  11-02-2026 10:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed …
  10 dead in shootings at B.C. school and home
  RCMP Supt. Ken Floyd says police are "not in a place" to understand what motivated a shooter suspected of killing two people at a home in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., before going to a school and committing one of Canada's worst mass shootings.
  A total of 10 people are dead after Tuesday's shootings in the tiny community in B.C.'s Peace region, including the lone s
  
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• Loss of government funding, secularism putting many Quebec churches ‘on the brink’

  11-02-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — In 2023, the Ste-Marie-de-l'Isle Maligne church in Alma, Que., completed its transformation into the St-Crème — a combination hotel, ice cream shop and event space. It's one of dozens of churches that have been restored in recent years, with some finding new vocations as climbing gyms, housing or distilleries, while others continue to offer religious services and community spaces.
  However, experts say the Quebec government's decision last year to suspend programs th
  
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• ‘Directly above her’: Saskatchewan man recalls fight with moose to save mother

  11-02-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BIENFAIT — Shawn Tuffnell says he punched a moose multiple times, gripping its neck, before shooting it to death to save his 70-year-old mother.The 37-year-old Saskatchewan man says his fight with the animal took place in late January after hearing his mother, Angie Tuffnell, cry for help on her acreage near Bienfait, 220 kilometres southeast of Regina."(The moose) was just standing right over top of her, like the chest was directly above her," Tuffnell recalled in an interview this week."
  
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• Canada sets sights on medals in figure skating, speedskating on Day 5 of Olympics

  11-02-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MILAN — Canada will have its sights set on multiple podium finishes today, with a potential storybook ending brewing in figure skating on Day 5 of the Milan Cortina Olympics.
  Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier enter the free dance portion of the competition in third place after Monday's rhythm dance portion, behind former Canadian skater Laurence Fournier Beaudry, now representing France with Guillaume Cizeron, and American three-time world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates.
  And it could b
  
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• A quarter of Canadians have been victims of fraud or extortion: survey

  11-02-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — One in four Canadians report having been a victim of fraud or extortion, a new Leger poll suggests.
  The poll, which was conducted online and can't be assigned a margin of error, surveyed 1,536 Canadians between Feb. 6 and Feb. 9.
  The results suggest that 25 per cent of Canadians have been victims of fraud or extortion, while 71 per cent have not. Four per cent said they didn't know or refused to respond.
  The share of the population reporting having been scammed was largely consist
  
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• A mother recounts her dangerous journey across the border to escape Trump’s America

  11-02-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — At times, a 25-year old woman said the snow reached her knees as she trudged through a dark, icy forest near the Quebec border in mid-January.
  With temperatures hovering around -11 C, she said she was holding her daughter in one arm, while carrying a cellphone with her other hand as she listened to a voice transmitting instructions to her and four other Haitian migrants on where to walk, wait and turn.
  “It felt like a race with time,” the woman recalled in a recent i
  
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• Voices in reaction to the mass shooting that left 10 dead in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.

  11-02-2026 07:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  RCMP say seven people were killed when a shooter entered a high school in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., on Tuesday, and then they killed themself. More than two dozen others were hurt, some of them seriously. Police say they found another crime scene where two people were killed and are believed to be connected to the shooter.Here is what people are saying about the mass shooting:"At the end of the day, every citizen and every person in Tumbler Ridge, including our first responders, are going home to the
  
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• 10 people deceased, 25 injured after shootings at school and home in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., police say

  11-02-2026 06:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TUMBLER RIDGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA — RCMP say there are “multiple victims” in a shooting at the Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia’s Peace region.
  According to an update at 6:01 p.m. from BC RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Vanessa Munn, six additional individuals, not including the suspect, have been located deceased inside the school. Two victims have been airlifted to hospital with serious or life‑threatening injuries. A third victim died while being transport
  
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• Shapovalov wins, Diallo falls in first-round singles action at Dallas Open

  11-02-2026 06:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DALLAS — Seventh-seeded Canadian Denis Shapovalov breezed to an opening-round victory at the Dallas Open on Tuesday night, bouncing Rafael Jodar of Spain 6-1, 6-2.
  The Richmond Hill, Ont., tennis star had seven aces in the 69-minute match. He finished with 22 unforced errors, three double faults, 22 winners, won nine of 10 net points and 33 points off of return.
  Jodar had one ace, 19 unforced errors, three winners, one double fault and 13 points off of return.
  Shapovalov dominated on his s
  
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• Tigres pounce on Forge with three second-half goals to net 4-1 Champions Cup win

  11-02-2026 06:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTERREY — Rodrigo Aguirre scored once in each half, Nahuel Guzmán stopped two of three shots and the Monterrey-based Tigres UANL defeated the visiting Forge FC of Hamilton 4-1 in the second leg of the first-round CONCACAF Champions Cup series.
  Brian White scored Forge's goal on a penalty kick in the 80th minute at Estadio Universitario.
  The teams played to a scoreless draw in the series opener on Feb. 3 in Hamilton.
  Aguirre gave the aggressive hosts a 1-0 lead in the 22nd minute,
  
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• 10 dead, including female suspect, in ‘devastating’ shootings at B.C. school and home

  11-02-2026 06:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TUMBLER RIDGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA — RCMP say eight people, including the female suspect, are dead after a shooting at a school in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., while two more bodies were found at a home believed to be connected to the incident.
  RCMP North District Commander Supt. Ken Floyd said police were "not in a place" to understand why the shootings took place on Tuesday afternoon at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School and a residence in the community in B.C.'s Peace region, and he did not give the a
  
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• Carney suspends trip to Europe following B.C. school shooting

  11-02-2026 05:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is suspending travel to Halifax and Munich, Germany, following a deadly school shooting in British Columbia.
  Carney says in a statement he is devastated by the horrific shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. and that he joins Canadians in "grieving with those whose lives have been changed irreversibly today."
  RCMP say eight people, including the female suspect, are dead after a shooting at a school in the northeastern B.C. town.
  Two more bodies were found at a
  
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• 10 dead, including female suspect, in shootings at B.C. school and home

  11-02-2026 04:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TUMBLER RIDGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA — RCMP say eight people, including the female suspect, are dead after a shooting at a school in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., while two more bodies were found at a home believed to be connected to the incident.
  RCMP North District Commander Supt. Ken Floyd said police are "not in a place" to understand why the shootings took place at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School and a residence in the community in B.C.'s Peace region, and he can't give the ages of the victims.
  Floy
  
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• A list of some school shootings that have happened in Canada

  11-02-2026 04:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Eight people, including a suspect, are dead after a shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in B.C.'s Peace region on Tuesday afternoon. Police say two other people were found dead at a home in the community, while about two dozen were hurt at the school.Here is a look at some other school shootings in Canada:
  La Loche high school, Sask: On Jan. 22, 2016, Randan Dakota Fontaine shot two of his cousins dead, then killed a teacher and a teacher's aide at the La Loche high school.
  Les Racines de
  
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• BREAKING: 10 people deceased after shootings at school and home in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., police say

  11-02-2026 04:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TUMBLER RIDGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA — RCMP say there are “multiple victims” in a shooting at the Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia’s Peace region.
  According to an update at 6:01 p.m. from BC RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Vanessa Munn, six additional individuals, not including the suspect, have been located deceased inside the school. Two victims have been airlifted to hospital with serious or life‑threatening injuries. A third victim died while being transport
  
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