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• A bombing at a Shiite mosque on Islamabad’s outskirts kills at least 10 and wounds dozens

  06-02-2026 11:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — A massive bombing ripped through a Shiite mosque on the outskirts of the capital on Friday, killing at least 10 worshippers and wounding dozens, rescue officials and witnesses said.Islamabad police said the blast at the sprawling mosque was an attack and that an investigation was underway. Rescuers and witnesses said at least 10 people had died in the attack, and some were listed as being in critical condition.Television footage and social media images showed police and re
  
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• Ingram reflects on year past, great aunt following 33-point showing in win over Bulls

  06-02-2026 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Brandon Ingram had plenty to reflect on before he trotted onto the court at Scotiabank Arena on Thursday.
  His strong 33-point performance in the Toronto Raptors' 123-107 victory against the Chicago Bulls just happened to come on the one-year anniversary of his trade to Canada from the New Orleans Pelicans.
  “Yeah, my brother mentioned the anniversary when I was talking to him,” the 28-year-old Ingram said. “But I also thought about my great aunt. It would have be
  
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• In the news today: Anand in Greenland, January job numbers, Olympics begin

  06-02-2026 10:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...
  Foreign affairs minister to open consulate in Greenland today
  Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is set to officially open the new consulate today in Greenland's capital of Nuuk, where Canadian consular staff have been operating quietly for several weeks.
  The launch of a new Canadian diplomatic mission in Greenland is sparking hopes for more collaboration on climate change, Inuit rights and defence in the
  
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• Statistics Canada set to release January jobs numbers

  06-02-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada is set to release jobs figures for January this morning.
  A Reuters poll of economists expects employers added 7,000 jobs in the first month of 2026, good enough to keep the unemployment rate steady at 6.8 per cent.
  RBC forecasts a decline of 10,000 jobs in January, giving back some of the strong employment gains seen in the final months of 2025.
  But the bank's economists are also calling for the unemployment rate to dip a tenth of a point to 6.7 per cent amid exp
  
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• Opening ceremony today, figure skating begins at Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

  06-02-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MILAN — The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics officially get underway today with a multi-site opening ceremony spread across northern Italy.
  It will be an unusual opening ceremony, reflecting the most spread-out Olympics ever, with the main event in Milan and additional ceremonies and athlete parades in Predazzo, Livigno and Cortina d’Ampezzo.
  Moguls skier Mikaël Kingsbury, of Deux-Montagnes, Que., and ski cross racer Marielle Thompson, of Whistler, B.C., both Olympic gold-medallist
  
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• Inside the ‘con code’, the unwritten rules that may be fuelling prison violence

  06-02-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — In a Surrey, B.C., pretrial centre, an inmate is goaded into fighting his cellmate — dubbed a "rat" by fellow prisoners — but then dies after being put in a 10-minute chokehold.
  In a Vancouver court, a convicted gangland killer with multiple murders to his name refuses to testify at a hearing, fearing the consequences if he co-operates.
  And in a Quebec prison, serial killer Robert Pickton is fatally speared in the head by a fellow prisoner.
  What binds the cases, pri
  
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• Foreign affairs minister to open consulate in Greenland today

  06-02-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NUUK — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is set to officially open the new consulate today in Greenland's capital of Nuuk, where Canadian consular staff have been operating quietly for several weeks.
  The launch of a new Canadian diplomatic mission in Greenland is sparking hopes for more collaboration on climate change, Inuit rights and defence in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump's annexation threats.
  Trump has demanded U.S. control of Greenland and only recently backed down from
  
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• A deputy chief of Russian military intelligence was shot and wounded in Moscow

  06-02-2026 09:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MOSCOW (AP) — A deputy chief of Russian military intelligence was shot and wounded in Moscow on Friday in an attack that follows a series of assassinations of senior military officers that Russia blamed on Ukraine.Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev was shot several time by an unidentified assailant at an apartment building in Moscow's northwest and hospitalized, Investigative Committee spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko said in a statement.Petrenko didn’t say who could be behind the attack on A
  
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• Lightning beat Panthers 6-1 before Olympic break

  06-02-2026 07:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 33 shots to improve to 16-0-1 in his past 17 games, helping the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 6-1 on Thursday night in the final game for both teams before the Olympic break.
  Brandon Hagel, Oliver Bjporkstrand, Jake Guentzel, Erik Cernak, Pontus Holmberg and Zemgus Girgensons — who will all participate in the Olympic Games — scored for Tampa Bay. The Lightning are 19-1-1 in their last 21 games.
  Lightning forward Niki
  
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• Analilia Mejia, Tom Malinowski race in New Jersey’s special Democratic primary too early to call

  06-02-2026 05:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The race in New Jersey between a onetime political director for Sen. Bernie Sanders and a former congressman was too early to call Thursday, in a special House Democratic primary for a seat that was vacated after Mikie Sherill was elected governor. Former U.S. Rep. Tom Malinowski started election night with a significant lead over Analilia Mejia, based largely on early results from mail-in ballots. The margin narrowed as results from votes cast that day were tallied.Wi
  
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• Canada’s Newman denies taking PEDs after suspension due to whereabouts failures

  06-02-2026 04:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Alysha Newman says it's a first and that she has always been and always will be a clean athlete.
  The 2024 Olympic bronze medallist in women's pole vault was provisionally suspended by the Athletic Integrity Unit for whereabouts failures on Wednesday. In order to be suspended for that reason, an athlete must miss three doping tests within 12 months.
  In an Instagram post, the 31-year-old from London, Ont., said she has been getting drug tested since she was 16 and that this was the first such occu
  
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• Tim Stutzle’s goal 47 seconds into OT helps Senators beat Flyers 2-1

  06-02-2026 04:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tim Stutzle charged past Philadelphia defenseman Travis Sanheim and scored on a back-hand shot 47 seconds into overtime Thursday night, helping the Ottawa Senators to a 2-1 victory over the struggling Flyers.
  It was Stutzle’s 28th goal of the season. The Senators won their fifth game in six outings heading into the Olympic break.
  Flyers defenseman Jamie Drysdale scored on a wrist shot from the left circle with 1:14 remaining in regulation.
  That came on only the 14
  
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• Ingram’s 33-point performance fuels Raptors’ 123-107 win over Bulls

  06-02-2026 04:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Brandon Ingram celebrated his one-year anniversary with the Toronto Raptors with a 33-point performance in a 123-107 win against the Chicago Bulls on Thursday.
  Ingram, acquired at the NBA trade deadline on Feb. 6, 2025, enjoyed a strong outing on NBA trade deadline day a year later as the Raptors (31-22) won for the second time in three outings at Scotiabank Arena.
  Ingram was good for 22 first-half points. It was the fourth time he matched that total in a half this season.
  All fi
  
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• Court issues $6,000 in fines to two people who killed Tex, the B.C. grizzly

  06-02-2026 03:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TEXADA ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Two people who killed a controversial grizzly bear on Texada Island off the B.C. coast last year have been fined a combined $6,000 by a provincial court judge.The B.C. Conservation Officer Service says in a news release that the two residents of the island pleaded guilty and were sentenced on Thursday for failing to promptly report the wounding or killing of a grizzly.
  Residents on the island were divided about what should be done with the bear, which had
  
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• All-star Josh Naylor headlines Canada’s World Baseball Classic roster

  06-02-2026 02:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — All-star first baseman Josh Naylor is among the 30 players named to Canada's World Baseball Classic roster, Baseball Canada announced Thursday.
  Naylor, who plays for the MLB's Seattle Mariners, was an all-star in 2024 with the Cleveland Guardians. He had 20 home runs and 92 RBIs in 2025, split between the Guardians and Mariners, who he helped lead to the American League Championship Series.
  It will be the second WBC appearance for Naylor of Mississauga, Ont. He will be joined by t
  
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• Toronto Raptors avoid luxury tax, add depth at centre at NBA trade deadline

  06-02-2026 02:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors achieved two of their aims at the NBA trade deadline, avoiding the luxury tax and adding depth at centre.
  Toronto formally announced on Thursday that they had completed a three-team deal with the Los Angeles Clippers and Brooklyn Nets, acquiring veteran guard Chris Paul.
  It was expected that Paul would be waived before reporting, helping Toronto avoid the league's luxury tax.
  Brooklyn got guard Ochai Agbaji and a 2032 second round pick from the Raptors and cas
  
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• Person airlifted after serious injury at Sasquatch Mountain Resort Thursday

  06-02-2026 02:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HEMLOCK VALLEY – One person has been airlifted to hospital after suffering an injury Thursday afternoon at Sasquatch Mountain Resort in Hemlock Valley.
  According to a statement from BC Emergency Health Services spokesperson Brian Twaites, BCEHS Paramedic Public Information Officer, paramedics received a call at 1:40 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, about a person who needed medical care in the 20900 block of Hemlock Valley Road.
  An ambulance with primary care paramedics, an ambulance with advanced c
  
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• ‘Wheels are in motion’: Deportation closer for driver in Humboldt Broncos bus crash

  06-02-2026 01:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — A lawyer for the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash says his client is one step closer to being deported to India.
  Lawyer Michael Greene says Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has rejected a request for Jaskirat Singh Sidhu to stay in the country as a refugee.
  "The wheels are set in motion now and the (Canada Border Services Agency) is under a legal obligation to remove people as soon as possible," Greene told The Canadian Press on Thursday.
  
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• Truck driver who caused Humboldt Broncos bus crash loses refugee bid

  06-02-2026 01:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — A lawyer for the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash says his client is one step closer to being deported to India.
  Lawyer Michael Greene says Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has rejected a request for Jaskirat Singh Sidhu to stay in the country as a refugee.
  Greene says that decision means the Canada Border Services Agency is now under a legal obligation to remove Sidhu from Canada as soon as possible.
  He says he's not sure when that might
  
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• Auger-Aliassime tops Wawrinka in straight sets to advance to Open Occitanie quarters

  06-02-2026 01:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTPELLIER — Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 7-6 (3) in second-round men's singles tennis action at the Open Occitanie on Thursday.
  Auger-Aliassime fired 16 aces and won 82 per cent of his first-serve points.
  The Montreal native broke on two of his 10 chances but held a 34-19 advantage on winners.
  Wawrinka had five aces but four double faults, won 73 per cent of his first-serve points and broke on one of his four opportunities.
  Auger-Aliassime had
  
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• Canadian Cory Johnston off to solid start in Elite Series opening event

  06-02-2026 01:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SCOTTSBORO — Canadian Cory Johnston is off to a solid start to the 2026 Elite Series season.Johnston, of Cavan, Ont., took the lead after the first round of the circuit's opening event on Lake Guntersville on Thursday. Johnston's five-fish limit weight 24 pounds, nine ounces, leaving him three ounces ahead of American Bryant Smith.
  "I didn't catch a ton of fish, just one here and there throughout the day, Johnston said. "One or two off each spot.
  "I ran a ton of water so (Friday) I'm just
  
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• Homicide team shares photo of missing B.C. mathematician, Masood Masjoody

  06-02-2026 01:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BURNABY — Homicide investigators have released a photo of a missing mathematician from Burnaby, B.C., to help with their search for the man.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says 45-year-old Masood Masjoody, who has been missing since Monday, is known for his online presence as a mathematician who previously worked in academia.
  IHIT's Sgt. Freda Fong says details of why the homicide team has taken over the case cannot be released for fear of jeopardizing the investigation.
  IHIT h
  
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• Canucks Sports & Entertainment, City of Abbotsford agree to 5-year venue extension

  06-02-2026 01:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD – The parent company of the Abbotsford Canucks has announced a five-year extension of its facility agreement with the City of Abbotsford to keep the team in its current facility through to the next decade.
  In a statement Thursday (Feb. 5), Canucks Sports & Entertainment (CSE) says it will continue to play at Rogers Forum through 2031.The company said the renewed agreement reflects the ongoing partnership between the City of Abbotsford and Canucks Sports & Entertainment w
  
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• Timeline of charges, deportation for trucker who caused deadly Humboldt Broncos crash

  06-02-2026 00:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash has lost his bid to stay in Canada as a refugee.
  Lawyer Michael Greene says his client, Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, learned of the ruling Wednesday and they plan to ask for a deferral of his deportation to India while another application is being considered.
  Sidhu barrelled through a stop sign and into the path of the bus carrying the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League team. Sixteen were killed and 13 injured.Here's a timeline of the cas
  
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• Harper’s archival collection includes one million photos, a quilt and a hockey card

  06-02-2026 00:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Former prime minister Stephen Harper has officially launched his archival collection, which includes more than a million photos, a quilt and a hockey card.
  Harper spoke about the collection at a panel Thursday alongside Canadian political historian Arthur Milnes and archive project leaders Élizabeth Mongrain and Darrel Reid.
  Mongrain, who is a manager and senior strategic adviser at Library and Archives Canada, said the project is the largest digital archive acquisition eve
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Truck driver who caused Humboldt Broncos bus crash loses refugee bid

  06-02-2026 00:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — A lawyer for the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash says his client is one step closer to being deported to India.
  Lawyer Michael Greene says the Immigration and Refugee Board has rejected a request for Jaskirat Singh Sidhu to stay in Canada as a refugee.
  Greene says that decision means the Canada Border Services Agency is now under a legal obligation to remove Sidhu from Canada as soon as possible.
  He says he's not sure when that might be but plans to
  
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• Liam Draxl to open Canada’s Davis Cup qualifiers first-round match against Brazil

  05-02-2026 23:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Playing the opening match gives Liam Draxl the opportunity to start Canada off on the right foot against Brazil when the Davis Cup Qualifiers first round begins Friday.Draxl, ranked 145th in the world, faces Joao Lucas Reis da Silva, ranked No. 207, in the first singles match.
  “I’m just looking forward to setting the tone,” Draxl, of Newmarket, Ont., said after Thursday’s draw. “For sure nerves, excitement are both going to be there.
  “I&rsquo
  
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• Repeated threats shut down some schools in Coquitlam, B.C.

  05-02-2026 23:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  COQUITLAM — A Coquitlam, B.C., mother says her 16-year-old daughter sent her an alarming text Wednesday that the girl's school room window had been covered by paper and students were sitting on the floor because of a police lockdown.Sharon Perry says the same school, Centennial Secondary, was locked down a week before and again on Thursday in a situation that is "beyond scary" for her family.Mounties in the Metro Vancouver city say two additional threats were received against schools in th
  
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• Public servants ordered to work in-office 4 days a week starting in July

  05-02-2026 23:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The federal government is ordering public servants to be in the office at least four days a week starting this summer, with executives expected to return to the office full time in May.
  A Treasury Board message to deputy department heads published Thursday said executives will have to work on-site five days per week starting May 4. All other employees must be in the office four days a week as of July 6.
  The directive applies to public servants working in the core departments and a
  
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