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• Biden visit puts Canadian defence spending back under microscope

  22-03-2023 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — U.S. President Joe Biden’s long-anticipated first trip to Ottawa this week is expected to put Canada’s defence spending back under the microscope.
  American presidents have a long history of pushing Canada to spend more on its military, including Barack Obama in a speech to Parliament in 2016.
  Such pressure has come as Canada consistently lags most of its allies in terms of defence spending as a percentage of its national GDP.
  Experts say they fully expect Biden to foll
  
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• ‘We’re growing, we’re evolving’: Goldeneyes searching for groove in first PWHL season

  06-01-2026 23:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Ten games into their inaugural season, the Vancouver Goldeneyes are still striving to find their groove.A come-from-behind 4-3 victory over the league-leading Boston Fleet last weekend could provide the expansion club with a little momentum as it continues to push through the Professional Women's Hockey League season.“I think we've had a lot of character wins and character moments here," said Goldeneyes captain Ashton Bell. "We've been through a lot already as a group ear
  
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• Shooter who killed Brown students and MIT professor planned attack for months, says DOJ

  06-01-2026 23:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BOSTON (AP) — The man identified by law enforcement as the shooter who killed two Brown University students and an MIT professor had been planning the attack for at least six semesters, according to information released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Justice.Claudio Neves Valente, 48, a former Brown student and Portuguese national, was found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility after he killed two students and wounded nine others in an engineering building on Dec. 13. Two days later
  
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• Canada’s Thénault wins World Cup aerials silver in home province

  06-01-2026 23:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LAC-BEAUPORT — Canadian freestyle skier Marion Thénault won a silver medal on home turf at a World Cup aerials event Tuesday.
  Thénault finished second in women's competition with a score of 81.78 points.
  American Winter Vinecki dominated with a score of 93.58, while Emma Weiss of Germany was third with 79.33.
  Thénault, who is from Sherbrooke, around 250 kilometres south of Lac-Beauport, won her fourth medal of the World Cup season (two silver, two bronze).
  She was the
  
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• More charges laid in probe into motorcycle gang tied to Hells Angels: Edmonton police

  06-01-2026 22:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Edmonton police say they have charged six more members of a motorcycle gang with ties to the Hells Angels in an investigation into firearms trafficking, robberies and steroid manufacturing.
  The charges range from conspiracy to commit assault to possession of stolen property.They bring the total number of people charged to 13 since Edmonton's drug and gang investigators began probing the One Order Motorcycle Club in October 2024.
  Police say the outlaw group has been active for a
  
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• B.C. lawsuit alleges three former Denny’s employees stole thousands in tips

  06-01-2026 22:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KAMLOOPS — The operator of a Denny's Restaurant in Kamloops, B.C., is suing three former employees for allegedly misappropriating thousands of dollars in tips.Northland Properties Corp. filed a lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court last month, weeks after allegedly discovering "multiple authorized digital transfers" from the restaurant's tipping system.The lawsuit says an audit found that more than $11,000 had ended up in one of the defendant's accounts, who allegedly admitted to colluding with a
  
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• Alberta launches website for potential new West Coast oil pipeline

  06-01-2026 22:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — The Alberta government has launched a website for the bitumen pipeline it wants to see built to the northwest B.C. coast.It says the page will act as a central hub for project information and updates to ensure transparency and open dialogue.It includes a section dedicated to debunking myths, such as that construction has begun, the province is paying for the project and that a route has been decided.In October, the province announced it would spend $14 million on early planning w
  
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• Five ways U.S. intervention in Venezuela could affect Canada

  06-01-2026 22:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump stunned the world on the weekend by ordering a military raid on the Venezuelan capital, capturing President Nicolas Maduro and bringing him to New York to face charges.
  The move has challenged international law and could drastically reshape the situation in Venezuela, where violent repression and economic mismanagement — together with Western sanctions — have driven a migration crisis across North and South America.
  Here's how these drastic
  
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• Quebec Superior Court approves class action against Ticketmaster over service fees

  06-01-2026 22:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The Quebec Superior Court has authorized a class-action lawsuit against Ticketmaster that accuses the American company of charging abusive service fees on ticket sales.
  In a ruling dated Monday, Justice Eleni Yiannakis said the plaintiffs met the conditions for a full trial and that compensatory refunds would be allowed if they win the case.
  The class action filed by Montreal law firm Paquette Gadler says the service fees charged by Ticketmaster violate Quebec's Consumer Protect
  
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• Trump administration says it’s withholding social safety net money from 5 states over fraud concerns

  06-01-2026 22:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  President Donald Trump’s administration said Tuesday that it is withholding funding for programs that support needy families with children in five Democratic-led states over concerns about fraud.“For too long, Democrat-led states and Governors have been complicit in allowing massive amounts of fraud to occur under their watch,” U.S. Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson Andrew Nixon said in a statement.The administration has not laid out details of either the fra
  
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• Body of a man found in a home in Kamloops, B.C., is homicide, RCMP say

  06-01-2026 22:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KAMLOOPS — Mounties say they are investigating a homicide after the body of a man was found in Kamloops, B.C.
  Police say Muhammad "Ash" Zafar was discovered dead in a home in the city's West End after police were asked to check on the man's well-being on Monday.The RCMP say that based on the evidence gathered at the scene they are treating the investigation as a homicide.They say the circumstances appear to be isolated and there's no indication of any ongoing risk to the public.The Kamloop
  
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• Source: Riders’ receiver Meyers signs deal with Cincinnati Bengals

  06-01-2026 22:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  REGINA — Quarterback Trevor Harris has lost one of his favourite targets.
  Receiver Dohnte Meyers, who led the Saskatchewan Roughriders with eight TD grabs last season, reached an agreement with the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals on Tuesday, according to a CFL source. Contract details weren't immediately known.
  Cincinnati was one of five NFL teams to work Meyers out since the end of the 2025 CFL season. The Miami Dolphins, Denver Broncos, Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings were the others.
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• Oilers place goaltender Jarry on LTIR, activate forward Kapanen

  06-01-2026 21:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers placed Tristan Jarry on long-term injured reserve Tuesday, and coach Kris Knoblauch says he expects the goaltender to be out a couple more weeks.
  Jarry returned to the ice Tuesday and took shots during an optional practice. Knoblauch said the goaltender could return to full practice sometime next week
  Jarry has been out since sustaining a lower-body injury when making a save in a 3-1 win over Boston on Dec. 18.
  The injury came about a week after the two-time
  
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• ‘Would you dare take it?’: Plan to deregulate Chinese medicine in B.C. sparks outcry

  06-01-2026 21:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Tom Whitfield takes a ferry from Nanaimo to a traditional Chinese medicine clinic in downtown Vancouver every Monday for acupuncture and other treatment.The excursion sometimes consumes the entire day, but the retired forester from Qualicum Beach said it is worth the effort, and has relieved about 90 per cent of the pain in his cheek that followed skin cancer surgery.
  He's a believer in traditional Chinese medicine — but he said he would not trust care, or herbal medicati
  
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• Defending champion Thunder figuring things out after 6-6 stretch follows 24-1 start

  06-01-2026 21:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Thunder are finding the roles of contender and champion to be very different.
  Led by MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the young squad won the NBA title last season after years of showing promise.
  Oklahoma City started this season with a 24-1 record, matching the best 25-game start in league history. The possibility of the Thunder bettering Golden State's 73-9 regular season record from 2015-16 became a popular topic among the league's fans and experts.
  Then, cracks dev
  
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• Eby pitches ‘pivot’ from oil pipeline to refinery talks after Maduro capture

  06-01-2026 21:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia Premier David Eby says he would support building a new oil refinery in Canada over talk of a new pipeline carrying oil bound for Asia.Eby says if tax dollars are being considered to build a pipeline to B.C.'s north coast, the money would be better spent supporting oil and gas products made in Canada rather than being relying on American and Chinese refineries.
  The premier's comments come after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was captured by the Unite
  
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• Jays’ Okamoto likes utilityman role, GM not tipping hand on other potential moves

  06-01-2026 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Japanese slugger Kazuma Okamoto says he's open to playing a variety of positions with the Toronto Blue Jays.The infielder was formally introduced by the team Tuesday afternoon at a news conference at Rogers Centre.
  Okamoto signed a four-year, US$60-million deal with the Blue Jays over the weekend. He moved to Major League Baseball after an 11-year run in Japan, where he led the league in home runs on three occasions.
  "We definitely got better today," said Blue Jays general manage
  
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• District of Hope resorts to private security after repeated criminal acts

  06-01-2026 20:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HOPE — The District of Hope says it has utilized the services of a private security company after repeated instances of wire theft from streetlights.In a statement, the district says incidents of wire theft started in the Richmond Hill area and have now spread to Park Street and is also impacting 4th Avenue.Municipal public works crews are currently working to assess and repair the damage, but the theft of underground wiring has caused repeated disruptions and safety concerns. As a result,
  
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• Raptors forward Scottie Barnes cracks top 20 in NBA all-star voting

  06-01-2026 20:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Toronto Raptors star Scottie Barnes has cracked the top 20 in NBA all-star voting.
  Barnes was 14th in the Eastern Conference with 232,072 votes in the second fan returns on Tuesday.His name was not in the top 20 after the first round of voting data was released a week ago.
  Toronto teammate Brandon Ingram was 11th with 281,799 votes.
  Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic and Toronto's social media team made a direct appeal to Canadian basketball fans to vote for Barnes online.
  He's a
  
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• BR-Chinese-Medicine

  06-01-2026 20:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and students are protesting against plans by the B-C government to deregulate the prescribing, compounding, and dispensing of Chinese medicine.
  Doctor John Yang, chair of Kwantlen Polytechnic University's Traditional Chinese Medicine program, says the changes coming into effect in April could endanger public safety by allowing untrained personnel to prescribe herbal treatments.He says some herbal medicine is harmful if used in excessiv
  
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• Ukraine’s allies agree to provide multilayered security guarantees as part of a peace proposal

  06-01-2026 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PARIS (AP) — Ukraine’s allies said Tuesday they had agreed to provide the country with multilayered international defense guarantees as part of a proposal to end Russia’s nearly 4-year-old invasion of its neighbor.At a key meeting in Paris, leaders from European countries and Canada, as well as U.S. representatives and top officials from the European Union and NATO, said they would provide Kyiv’s front-line forces with equipment and training and back them up with air, lan
  
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• 28-year-old Fraser Valley man reported missing: RCMP

  06-01-2026 20:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  FRASER VALLEY — Mounties in the Fraser Valley are appealing for help in locating a 28-year-old man who was reported missing just days before Christmas.
  According to a statement from Langley RCMP Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, Logan Svensrud was reported missing and last seen on Monday, December 22, 2025.
  Police provided the following of Mr. Svensrud:Caucasian male
  28 years
  5 ft., 11 inches (180 cm)
  190 lbs. (86 kg.)
  brown hair
  brown eyesAnyone with information on the whereabouts of Logan Svensrud is
  
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• Tiger-Cats re-sign lineman Revenberg; Bombers extend defensive back Holm

  06-01-2026 20:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have signed Canadian offensive lineman Brandon Revenberg to a one-year contract, the CFL club announced Tuesday.
  The 33-year-old from Essex, Ont., earned All-CFL honours for the fifth time in his career last season and was named to the East Division All-CFL team for the sixth time.Revenberg started all 18 regular-season games at left guard, giving passing leader Bo Levi Mitchell protection while opening up lanes for running back Greg Bell to rush for over
  
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• France’s Macron says a security statement endorsed by Ukraine’s allies is a ‘significant step’

  06-01-2026 20:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that a security statement endorsed by Ukraine’s allies, including the U.S., is a “significant step” toward ending Russia’s invasion of its neighbor as part of a peace settlement.Following a meeting of more than two dozen countries in Paris, Macron said officials agreed on ceasefire monitoring mechanisms under U.S. leadership.A joint statement said the allies also agreed to continue long-term military assista
  
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• At least 24 Venezuelan security officers killed in US operation to capture Maduro, officials say

  06-01-2026 19:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — At least 24 Venezuelan security officers were killed in the dead-of-night U.S. military operation to capture Nicolás Maduro and spirit him to the United States to face federal drug charges, officials said Tuesday.Venezuela’s Attorney General Tarek William Saab said “dozens” of officials and civilians were killed and that prosecutors would investigate the deaths in what he described as a “war crime.” He didn’t specify if t
  
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• Doctors fear CDC vaccine recommendation changes will fuel vaccine hesitancy in Canada

  06-01-2026 19:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Doctors say the sweeping changes to the childhood vaccine schedule in the U.S. will fuel hesitancy that will cross the border into Canada.
  Ontario Medical Association President Dr. Zainab Abdurrahman says she is most worried about the confusion that parents may feel when they see that the U.S. and Canada have different immunization recommendations for kids.
  She says that confusion can drive misinformation, causing the rise of serious illnesses that are preventable.The U.S. Center
  
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• Search for marquee attacker continues but Toronto FC appears set on backline

  06-01-2026 19:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — While the search for a marquee attacker continues, Toronto FC appears to have settled on its backline as players prepare to report to training camp this weekend.
  Newly acquired veteran centre back Walker Zimmerman will lead the defence, mentoring 19-year-old Lazar Stefanovic, 22-year-old Zane Monlouis and 23-year-old Nicksoen Gomis. Canadian international Richie Laryea and Brazilian newcomer Matheus Pereira will be the club's bookends at fullback.
  Both Laryea and Hernandez can al
  
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• Nova Scotia child attacked by three dogs has died, school officials say

  06-01-2026 19:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Nova Scotia school officials say a Grade 8 student attacked by three large dogs on Saturday has died.
  The Tri-County Regional Centre for Education says the loss of the Shelburne Regional High School student will be felt widely and that supports are in place at the school.
  Those supports include services from psychologists and counsellors.
  RCMP said on Monday that three "large-breed" dogs had attacked a youth on Upper Sandy Cove Road in the community of Welshtown as the youth rode
  
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• Vedder Road in Sardis to undergo more road resurfacing later this year

  06-01-2026 18:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The City of Chilliwack is fully aware that parts of Vedder Road between Watson Road and South Sumas Road aren’t suitable or smooth, but it could be months before the road gets fully repaired in 2026.According to statements released by the city’s communications department, a stretch of Vedder Road in Sardis will undergo additional road repair later this year after a BC Hydro duct installation project left parts of the road in poor condition.BC Hydro completed duct i
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Nova Scotia child attacked by three dogs has died, school officials say

  06-01-2026 18:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Nova Scotia school officials say a Grade 8 student attacked by three large dogs on Monday has died.
  The Tri-County Regional Centre for Education says the loss of the Shelburne Regional High School student will be felt widely and that supports are in place at the school.
  RCMP said on Monday that three "large-breed" dogs had attacked a youth in southern Nova Scotia.More coming.
  The Canadian Press
  
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