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• Chiefs & Express Set for Round One

  29-03-2023 20:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Round One of the Shaw BCHL Playoffs is here!
  The chase for the Fred Page Cup finally begins this week and your Chilliwack Chiefs are gearing up to take on our Mainland Cup rivals, the Coquitlam Express in a rematch from last year’s 1st round series!
  The Chiefs start the series on the road before returning to the Chilliwack Coliseum.
  The Chiefs are excited to welcome Red Chillies Sports Bar as the first round presenting partner! Fans will have opportunities to win Red Chillie
  
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• Bills fire Sean McDermott after 9 seasons of falling short of reaching Super Bowl, AP sources say

  19-01-2026 15:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills fired Sean McDermott on Monday, two people with direct knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press.The move came two days after the Bills were eliminated in a heart-wrenching 33-30 overtime loss at Denver in the divisional round of the playoffs. The people spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the team had not announced the moved.McDermott’s tenure ends after nine seasons in which he transformed the franchise into a pere
  
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• Canada’s Shapovalov advances to Australian Open second round with straight-sets win

  19-01-2026 15:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MELBOURNE — Denis Shapovalov is moving on to the Australian Open second round after beating wild card Bu Yunchaokete of China 6-3, 7-6 (3), 6-1 in his opening match at the grand slam tennis tournament Monday.
  Shapovalov, the 21st seed, hit 19 aces and converted 3-of-8 break point chances without being broken to win the match in two hours 15 minutes.
  The 26-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., also struck 47 winners to just 11 for Bu. He’ll play Croatia’s Marin Cilic in the next r
  
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• Explosion in downtown Kabul kills at least 7, injures many others, officials say

  19-01-2026 15:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An explosion in downtown Kabul on Monday killed at least seven people and wounded about a dozen more, according to an Italian medical charity running a surgical care facility in the city. The reasons for the blast were not immediately clear.The explosion appeared to have hit a restaurant in the Shahr-e-Naw district of the Afghan capital. In the first few minutes after the blast, a police spokesman, Khalid Zadran, had identified the facility affected as a hotel. Th
  
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• Cultus Lake Park Village redevelopment moves forward as regional builder has been identified

  19-01-2026 15:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CULTUS LAKE — Following years of planning and discussion, Cultus Lake Park Board commissioners are set to announce at this week’s meeting the preferred proponent for the proposed Village Center redevelopment project.According to the text of item 13a. on this Wednesday’s agenda, commissioners and park board staff will officially recognize Abbotsford-based Diverse Properties as the preferred proponent for the redevelopment plan and initiate the start of exclusive negotiations.At
  
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• Canada to face Kazakhstan in Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers in mid-April

  19-01-2026 15:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON — Fourth-ranked Canada has been drawn to play No. 9 Kazakhstan in the Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers this April, Tennis Canada said Monday.The winning team will advance to the eight-team finals in Shenzhen, China, in September.Host Kazakhstan will choose the playing surface and venue for the best-of-five April 10-11 tie at a later date.Two singles matches will be played on the first day. Doubles will kick off play on the second day, followed by two singles matches.
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• Here’s a list of December inflation rates for selected Canadian cities

  19-01-2026 14:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada's annual inflation rate was 2.4 per cent in December, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated widely because they are based on small statistical samples (previous month in brackets):
  — St. John's, N.L.: 3.1 per cent (2.1)
  — Charlottetown-Summerside: 2.9 per cent (1.6)
  — Halifax: 3.1 per cent (2.2)
  — Saint John, N.B.: 3.1 per cent (2.8)
  — Quebec City: 3.2 per cent (3
  
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• Here’s a list of December inflation rates for Canadian provinces

  19-01-2026 14:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada's annual inflation rate was 2.4 per cent in December, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets):
  — Newfoundland and Labrador: 3.0 per cent (2.2)
  — Prince Edward Island: 2.8 per cent (1.4)
  — Nova Scotia: 3.1 per cent (2.4)
  — New Brunswick: 3.1 per cent (2.7)
  — Quebec: 3.2 per cent (3.0)
  — Ontario: 2.1 per cent (1.9)
  — Manitoba: 3.7 per cent (3.3)
  — Saskatchewan: 2.2 per cent (2.1
  
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• Inflation rises to 2.4% in December in ‘tax holiday’ rebound: StatCan

  19-01-2026 14:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the end of the federal government’s “tax holiday” a year earlier pushed the annual pace of inflation up two ticks to 2.4 per cent in December.
  The agency says Ottawa’s move to take GST off some items for two months starting mid-December in 2024 dropped prices for dining out, alcohol, children’s toys and more a year earlier, but those discounts fell out of the annual comparison and pushed the consumer price index higher to end th
  
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• Blast at a hotel in downtown Kabul leaves multiple casualties, officials say

  19-01-2026 13:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An explosion at a hotel in downtown Kabul on Monday left a number of people killed and injured, officials said.The cause of the blast was unclear.Spokesman Khalid Zadran said the explosion struck at a hotel in the Shahr-e-Naw district, causing a number of casualties. Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani said the blast had caused both deaths and injuries, and that the cause was being investigated. Neither had details on the number of casualties.Footage air
  
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• Karachi mall fire death toll rises to 23 as rescuers search for dozens missing

  19-01-2026 13:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — The death toll from a massive fire at a shopping plaza in Karachi rose to 23 on Monday as rescuers recovered more bodies from the badly damaged building, police said. Dozens remain missing.Firefighters extinguished the blaze at the multistory plaza late Sunday, nearly 24 hours after it erupted, allowing rescue teams to enter the building. Authorities fear the death toll will rise as they look for 46 more people, according to city police chief Asad Raza.Raza told Th
  
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• School bus crash in South Africa kills at least 13 children, police say

  19-01-2026 12:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A truck collided with a school minibus in South Africa's Gauteng province, killing at least 13 children, authorities said Monday.Preliminary reports indicated at least 11 schoolchildren died at the scene, with two others succumbing to their injuries in the hospital.The private vehicle was transporting students to various primary schools and high schools in the southwest of Johannesburg on Monday when the incident occurred around 7 a.m., according to authoritiesWitnesses
  
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• School bus crash in South Africa kills at least 12 children, police say

  19-01-2026 12:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A truck collided with a school minibus in South Africa's Gauteng province, killing at least 12 children, authorities said Monday.Preliminary reports indicated 11 schoolchildren died at the scene, with one additional child succumbing to their injuries in the hospital.The private vehicle was transporting students to various primary schools and high schools in the southwest of Johannesburg on Monday when the incident occurred around 7 a.m., according to authorities
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• Rescuers recover more bodies from Karachi shopping plaza fire as death toll rises to 15

  19-01-2026 12:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Rescuers recovered more bodies from a massive fire at a shopping plaza in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, pushing the death toll to at least 15 with about 65 reported missing, Firefighters extinguished the blaze at the multistory Gul Plaza late Sunday nearly 24 hours after it erupted, allowing rescue teams to enter the building. Authorities feared that the death toll could further rise.Sindh provincial Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah told a news conference in
  
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• Nugent-Hopkins scores winning goal for Oilers in his 1,000th NHL game

  19-01-2026 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins made a memorable night even more remarkable.
  Playing in his 1,000th NHL game on Sunday, Nugent-Hopkins celebrated the milestone by scoring the game winner as his Edmonton Oilers blanked the St. Louis Blues 5-0, earning a shutout victory on consecutive nights after defeating the Canucks 6-0 on Saturday in Vancouver.
  “I haven’t scored in a couple of weeks too, it was obviously fun to do that on a night like tonight,” Nugent-Hopkins said. &ldqu
  
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• Starmer says Trump’s Greenland tariff threat ‘completely wrong’ and a trade war in no one’s interest

  19-01-2026 10:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs against allies over Greenland is “completely wrong” and a trade war is in no one’s interest.Trump said Saturday that he would charge a 10% import tax starting in February on goods from eight European nations, including the U.K., because of their opposition to American control of Greenland, setting up a potentially dangerous test of U.S. partnerships in
  
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• In the news today: Carney goes to Davos, gun compensation, Chinese EV deal

  19-01-2026 10:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...
  Carney heading to Switzerland to take part in World Economic Forum
  Prime Minister Mark Carney heads to Switzerland today for a meeting of the World Economic Forum in the ski resort town of Davos.
  Carney is set to give speeches aimed at drumming up investments in Canada while meeting with leaders of countries, institutions and corporations.
  U.S. President Donald Trump is also expected to speak at Davos, and
  
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• Timeline of police-involved beating death of Myles Gray in B.C.

  19-01-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner of British Columbia begins a public hearing on Monday into the police-involved death of 33-year-old Myles Gray more than 10 years ago.
  Commissioner Prabhu Rajan called the hearing after a police discipline authority dismissed misconduct allegations against seven Vancouver police officers involved in the fatal confrontation. Here are some of the key dates in the case.August 13, 2015
  Police are called about a man acting erratically not far from the b
  
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• Public hearing into 2015 Vancouver police beating death of Myles Gray to begin

  19-01-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — A public hearing into the 2015 police beating death of Myles Gray gets underway today in Vancouver.
  The hearing by the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner into the circumstances of Gray's death after a violent altercation with a group of Vancouver police officers in Burnaby, B.C., is scheduled to last 10 weeks.
  His family sought the hearing after a discipline authority cleared the seven officers of misconduct in 2024, and Margaret Gray, his mother, is listed as the firs
  
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• Gun owners have until March 31 to express interest in gun compensation

  19-01-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The period for gun owners to declare interest in a federal program offering compensation for turning in or permanently deactivating their guns begins today.
  Since May 2020, Ottawa has outlawed about 2,500 types of guns, including the AR-15, on the basis they belong only on the battlefield.
  Public Safety Canada says firearm licence holders will be notified of the declaration period, which lasts through to March 31, and how they can take part.
  In the spring, owners whose declaration
  
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• Doctors in FIFA World Cup cities worry about ER capacity, strain on health system

  19-01-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Doctors in Canada's FIFA World Cup host cities say they're concerned the already strained health-care system will buckle if a sudden, unexpected surge slams emergency departments during the games.
  Dr. Catherine Varner, an emergency medicine physician in Toronto, wrote an editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal Monday raising concerns about vulnerabilities in the health-care system that she says need to be addressed before more than 300,000 soccer fans set foot in To
  
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• Carney heading to Switzerland to take part in World Economic Forum

  19-01-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney heads today to Switzerland for the World Economic Forum in the ski resort town of Davos.
  Carney is set to give speeches aimed at drumming up investments in Canada, while meeting with leaders of countries, institutions and corporations.
  U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to speak at Davos, and his unpredictability could upend the entire gathering, according to University of British Columbia political scientist Stewart Prest.
  Prest says leaders going
  
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• Scores, sports schedule for Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026

  19-01-2026 06:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Sunday's Scoreboard
  NHL
  Edmonton 5 St. Louis 0
  Detroit 4 Ottawa 3 (OT)
  Tampa Bay 4 Dallas 1
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  PWHL
  New York 2 Montreal 1
  Boston 2 Seattle 1 (SO)
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  AHL
  Belleville 5 Utica 4 (SO)
  Coachella Valley 3 Abbotsford 0
  Bakersfield 1 Calgary 0 (OT)
  Providence 6 Cleveland 2
  Charlotte 4 Hershey 3 (SO)
  Rockford 6 Chicago 5 (SO)
  Colorado 4 Henderson 1
  Texas 3 Ontario 1
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  Western Hockey League
  Prince George 5 Vancouver 1
  Seattle 3 Wenatchee 2 (SO)
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  Ontario Hockey League
  Kitchener 4 Guelph 3
  Niagara 4 B
  
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• Luka, LeBron get Lakers back into form in 110-93 victory over Raptors

  19-01-2026 06:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Luka Doncic had 25 points and seven assists, LeBron James added 24 points and seven assists, and the Los Angeles Lakers returned to form with a 110-93 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday night.
  Deandre Ayton had 25 points and 13 rebounds in his impressive return from a knee injury for the Lakers, who won for just the second time in seven games while playing their final home game before an eight-game, 15-day road trip.
  Ayton had his highest-scoring performance sinc
  
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• NHL roundup: DeBrincat nets team-high 26th goal in OT, Red Wings tip Senators 4-3

  19-01-2026 05:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DETROIT (AP) — Alex DeBrincat scored 36 seconds into overtime to give the surging Detroit Red Wings a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators on Sunday.
  Axel Sandin-Pellikka, Lucas Raymond and James van Riemsdyk also scored for Detroit. Patrick Kane assisted on Sandin-Pellikka’ goal, moving him two points shy of Mike Modano’s record of 1,374 career points by a U.S.-born player.
  John Gibson made 19 saves for his 15th victory in his last 17 games. The Red Wings improved to 9-4 in overti
  
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• Chris Gotterup opens PGA Tour season by winning Sony Open for his 3rd straight year with a title

  19-01-2026 05:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HONOLULU (AP) — Chris Gotterup had leis draped around his neck, a flute of champagne in one hand and the gold Sony Open trophy in the other for the traditional toast from the Waialae members Sunday evening. He's loved coming to Hawaii, even if the occasion was never worth celebrating.He was part of the rookie class that came to Honolulu in 2024 for orientation, only to be told there was no room for them in the field. He missed the cut a year ago, falling to No. 195 in the world.On Sunday,
  
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• Coco Gauff advances to second round at Australian Open despite serving struggles

  19-01-2026 05:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Third-seeded Coco Gauff had some familiar struggles on serve but had still enough class and power to defeat Kamilla Rakhimova 6-2, 6-3 on Monday in a first-round match at the Australian Open. Gauff has won two Grand Slam titles but has never gone past the semifinals at Melbourne Park. She was knocked out in the quarterfinals last year.The American has struggled with double-faults and had 431 in 2025 on the WTA Tour, by far the most of any player. No one else had
  
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• Hyman, Ingram help Oilers sting the Blues 5-0

  19-01-2026 05:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Zach Hyman had two goals and an assist, Connor Ingram made 27 saves to record the shutout, and the Edmonton Oilers started a key eight-game homestand with a 5-0 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Sunday.
  Vasily Podkolzin had a goal and an assist and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Andrew Mangiapane also scored for the Oilers (25-17-8) who have gone 5-1-2 in their last seven games.
  Nugent-Hopkins played in his 1,000th regular-season contest, becoming just the 63rd player in history to r
  
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• Gauff advances to second round at Australian Open despite serving struggles

  19-01-2026 04:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Third-seeded Coco Gauff had some familiar struggles on serve but had still enough class and power to defeat Kamilla Rakhimova 6-2, 6-3 on Monday in a first-round match at the Australian Open.Gauff has won two Grand Slam titles but has never gone past the semifinals at Melbourne Park. She was knocked out in the quarterfinals last year.
  The American has struggled with double-faults and had 431 in 2025 on the WTA Tour, by far the most of any player. No one else had
  
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• Gotterup opens PGA Tour season by winning Sony Open; Pendrith finishes tied for sixth

  19-01-2026 04:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HONOLULU (AP) — Chris Gotterup opened the new PGA Tour season with three big birdies on the back nine that carried him to a 6-under 64 and a two-shot victory in the Sony Open, his third straight season with a victory as he moves closer to golf's A-list.
  Gotterup was two shots behind when he took advantage of a collapse by 54-hole leader Davis Riley and then poured it on with a mixture of power and putting along the back nine of breezy Waialae Country Club to keep everyone else from catchin
  
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