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• Chilliwack Christmas hamper program returns; need for donations increases - Chilliwack Progress

  16-11-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack Christmas hamper program returns; need for donations increases  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Advocates call for federal, provincial governments to strengthen child-care system

  30-01-2026 18:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Child-care advocates are calling on the federal and provincial governments to commit today to strengthening the $10-a-day system, as the ministers responsible meet in Ottawa.
  Most provinces and territories now have average fees of $10 a day, but not all of them do and space creation targets are not on track to be met while many wait lists are increasing.
  Child Care Now and other advocates for an affordable, accessible and primarily non-profit system say now is not the time to shy away from those
  
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• Ottawa wins Federal Court appeal allowing single-use plastics ban to stand

  30-01-2026 17:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Federal Court of Appeal has overturned a lower court decision, giving Ottawa the power to keep its ban on single-use plastics in place.
  A 2023 Federal Court decision said Ottawa had overstepped in designating all "plastic manufactured items" as toxic.
  But in a unanimous decision Friday, the three-judge panel ruled the federal government's decision to list plastic manufactured items as toxic was reasonable.
  Ottawa used that designation to regulate a ban on the manufacturing and
  
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• Justice Department says it’s releasing 3 million pages from its Jeffrey Epstein files

  30-01-2026 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department on Friday released many more records from its investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein, resuming disclosures under a law intended to reveal what the government knew about the millionaire financier's sexual abuse of young girls and his interactions with the rich and powerful.Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the department was releasing more than 3 million pages of documents in the latest Epstein disclosure, as well as more than 2,000 videos and
  
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• DOJ has opened a federal civil rights probe into the death of Alex Pretti, deputy AG says

  30-01-2026 17:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the death of Alex Pretti into the shooting of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis resident killed Saturday by Border Patrol officers, according to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.“We’re looking at everything that would shed light on that day,” Blanche said during a media conference on Friday.The Department of Homeland Security also said Friday that the Federal Bureau of Investigati
  
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• Insurance policy doesn’t entitle couple to additional rebuilding costs: Supreme Court

  30-01-2026 17:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has sided with an insurance company in a dispute over coverage for a family whose home on the Ottawa River was declared a total loss due to flooding.
  Trillium Mutual Insurance Co. acknowledged that the loss of Stephen and Claudette Emond's house in April 2019 was covered under a homeowners' insurance policy.
  The Emonds planned to rebuild their house, but there was disagreement about whether the policy covered the cost of additional work to comply with r
  
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• No serious injuries after drunk driver rear-ends citizen patrol unit in Maple Ridge

  30-01-2026 17:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MAPLE RIDGE — Ridge Meadows RCMP are lauding the quick thinking of their civilian volunteer unit after it was involved in a three-car collision a couple of weeks ago.
  On January 17, at about 8:30 p.m., police received a report of the incident on Dewdney Trunk Road at 232 Street in Maple Ridge. 
  Three volunteers were in a marked Crime Prevention Unit vehicle when they were rear-ended.
  The volunteers then checked on all parties and looked for injuries before exchanging information with
  
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• Justice Department releasing 3 million pages from its Jeffrey Epstein files

  30-01-2026 17:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department on Friday released many more records from its investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein, resuming disclosures under a law intended to reveal what the government knew about the millionaire financier's sexual abuse of young girls and his interactions with the rich and powerful.Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the department was releasing more than 3 million pages of documents in the latest Epstein disclosure. The files, posted to the department&rs
  
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• Federal deficit $26.4B for April-to-November period: fiscal monitor

  30-01-2026 17:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The federal government posted a deficit of $26.4 billion for the first eight months of its 2025-26 fiscal year.
  In its fiscal monitor, the Finance Department says the result compared with a deficit of $22.7 billion for the same April-to-November period a year earlier.
  Revenue for the period totalled $317.2 billion, up from $311.3 billion a year ago, helped by increases in customs import duties due to the countermeasures imposed in response to U.S. tariffs, and corporate and person
  
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• Carney calls Trump’s U.S. Fed chair pick, Warsh, a “fantastic choice’

  30-01-2026 16:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is offering his seal of approval on U.S. President Donald Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Federal Reserve.
  Trump said earlier today he would nominate former Federal Reserve official Kevin Warsh to replace outgoing chair Jerome Powell when his term expires in the spring.
  Carney, a former central banker himself, said in a social media post that Warsh is "a fantastic choice to lead the world’s most important central bank at this crucial time."
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• New US sanctions against Iran target interior minister over crackdown on protesters

  30-01-2026 16:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration imposed sanctions Friday against Iran 's interior minister, accusing Eskandar Momeni of repressing nationwide protests that have challenged Tehran's theocratic government. The penalties are the latest by the United States and the European Union targeting high-ranking officials over the crackdown.The administration says Momeni has overseen Iran's law enforcement forces that are responsible for the deaths of thousands of peaceful protesters. Economi
  
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• Federal Court of appeal to rule on Ottawa’s single-use plastics ban today

  30-01-2026 16:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Federal Court of appeal is expected issue a ruling that could end Ottawa's ban of some single-use plastics today.
  In 2023, a Federal Court judge said Ottawa had overstepped in designating all "plastic manufactured items" as toxic.
  Ottawa appealed that ruling, which came a year after the federal government used the toxic designation to regulate a ban on the manufacturing and importing of six types of single-used plastics.
  Some of the everyday items wrapped up in the ban include
  
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• NASA delays the first Artemis moonshot with astronauts because of extreme cold at the launch site

  30-01-2026 15:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has delayed astronauts’ upcoming trip to the moon because of near-freezing temperatures expected at the launch site.The first Artemis moonshot with a crew is now targeted for no earlier than Feb. 8, two days later than planned.NASA was all set to conduct a fueling test of the 322-foot (98-meter) moon rocket on Saturday, but called everything off late Thursday because of the expected cold.The critical dress rehearsal is now set for Monday, weather perm
  
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• Alcaraz and Djokovic to meet in Australian Open final after epic semifinal wins

  30-01-2026 15:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic will meet in the Australian Open final after each came through epic, momentum-swinging, five-set semifinals on Friday.Top-ranked Alcaraz fended off No. 3 Alexander Zverev 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (3), 6-7 (4), 7-5 in a match that started in the warmth of the afternoon and, 5 hours and 27 minutes later, became the longest semifinal ever at the Australian Open.That pushed the start of Djokovic's match against defending champion Jannik Si
  
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• Lindsey Vonn airlifted from course after crashing in final downhill before Milan Cortina Olympics

  30-01-2026 15:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Lindsey Vonn crashed in her final downhill race before the Winter Olympics on Friday and was airlifted from the course for medical checks, a troubling turn for the 41-year-old U.S. ski star just a week before the Milan Cortina Games.
  Vonn — the third skier to crash in the World Cup race in Crans-Montana — lost control when landing a jump and ended up tangled in the safety nets on the upper portion of the course.She got up after receiving medica
  
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• Canada’s Thompson takes bronze in ski cross World Cup tune-up ahead of Olympics

  30-01-2026 15:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CANAZEI — Canada’s Marielle Thompson won bronze in the women’s ski cross Friday at a World Cup stop in Val di Fassa, the final tune-up before the Olympics.
  Italy’s Jole Galli won gold, with France’s Marielle Berger Sabbatel second.
  The result adds momentum for Thompson, the 33-year-old from Whistler, B.C., a 2014 Olympic champion coming off knee surgery and heading into her fourth Games as a Canadian flag bearer.
  Brittany Phelan, of Mont-Tremblant, Que., finished ei
  
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• Economy stalled in November and may have contracted in Q4: StatCan

  30-01-2026 14:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the economy stalled in November and early estimates suggest a decline in real gross domestic product for the final quarter of 2025.
  Real GDP growth was flat in November, rebounding somewhat from a decline of 0.3 per cent in October, the agency said.
  StatCan said drops in activity in goods-producing industries were offset by expansion on the services side of the economy.
  Manufacturing faced a 1.3 per cent decline in November. StatCan said the output of motor
  
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• South Africa declares Israel’s deputy ambassador persona non grata, orders him to leave country

  30-01-2026 13:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa declared Israel’s deputy ambassador persona non grata on Friday and ordered him to leave the country within 72 hours.The South African Foreign Ministry said that it was expelling Ariel Seidman, the charge d’affaires at the embassy, because of repeated official Israeli social media posts that insulted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.The ministry also said there had been a deliberate failure to inform South Africa of visits by I
  
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• Israel will reopen Gaza’s border crossing with Egypt on Sunday, after nearly 2 years of closure

  30-01-2026 12:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Friday that it will reopen Gaza’s border crossing with Egypt in both directions over the weekend, allowing Palestinians to enter and leave the territory after nearly two years of closure.COGAT, the Israeli military body in charge of coordinating aid to Gaza, said in a statement on Friday that “limited movement of people only” would be allowed.The reopening of the Rafah crossing on Sunday will mark an important step forward for U.S. President D
  
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• Tolopilo shines in Canucks win but denied shutout due to concussion protocol

  30-01-2026 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — When is a shutout not a shutout? When both of a team’s goalies log time in net.
  That was the situation in Vancouver on Thursday, when Nikita Tolopilo was denied his first-ever clean sheet in his 10th NHL appearance despite stopping all 33 pucks he faced in 57:49 of action against the Anaheim Ducks.
  After Tolopilo was pulled by the concussion spotter during the first intermission, Kevin Lankinen stepped in for 2:11 to start the second, making one save on the way to a 2-0 C
  
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• Lindsey Vonn left limping after crash in final downhill race before Milan Cortina Olympics

  30-01-2026 11:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Lindsey Vonn crashed in her final downhill before the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Friday and was left limping and keeping weight off her left knee.Vonn lost control when landing a jump in a World Cup race and ended up tangled in the safety nets on the upper portion of the course. She eventually got up after receiving medical attention and walked away gingerly, taking weight off her left knee and using her poles to steady herself. She then clicked her
  
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• ‘Never in doubt’: Edmonton Oilers overcoming slow starts in dramatic wins

  30-01-2026 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers are building their sense of belief.They'd rather not do it, however, on a series of slow starts.After trailing the San Jose Sharks 3-0 heading into the third period on Thursday, the Oilers scored four unanswered goals en route to a 4-3 overtime win.“Never in doubt," Kasperi Kapanen said of the result."That's hockey sometimes — you start late. But as the game went on … we knew we had to make a push on the third and this team is always in it.
  
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• Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier embrace ‘outsider’ role in Netflix doc

  30-01-2026 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier have spent much of their careers skating just outside the sport’s centre of gravity.
  They don’t train at the Ice Academy of Montreal (I.AM), the powerhouse that has come to dominate international ice dance. They say they've never quite fit the sport’s preferred mould. And even as they head into next month’s Winter Olympics as medal front-runners, Gilles and Poirier are doing so on their own terms – l
  
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• Lindsey Vonn crashes in final downhill race before Milan Cortina Olympics

  30-01-2026 10:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Lindsey Vonn crashed in her final downhill before the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Friday.Vonn lost control when landing a jump in a World Cup race and ended up tangled in the safety nets.She eventually got up after receiving medical attention and walked away gingerly, taking weight off her left knee and using her poles to steady herself. She then clicked her skis back on but stopped to check her left knee.The 41-year-old Vonn has been the circuit&rsqu
  
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• Alcaraz fends off Zverev in an epic semifinal to reach the Australian Open final

  30-01-2026 10:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz overcame cramps and injury to fend off Alexander Zverev in an epic, momentum-swinging five-setter Friday to become the youngest man in the Open era to reach the finals of all four Grand Slam events.At 22, he’s aiming to be the youngest man to complete a career Grand Slam.He reached his first Australian Open final the hard way, winning 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (3), 6-7 (4), 7-5 in 5 hours, 27 minutes.That's despite being two points away in the third
  
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• In the news today: Poilievre to speak in Calgary, Trump threatens tariffs, Oilers win

  30-01-2026 10:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...
  Conservatives converge on downtown Calgary, eager to hear from party leader Poilievre
  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is set to address his party faithful this evening in Calgary, in a speech that many anticipate will set the tone for the Tories heading into the next election.
  The party on Thursday kicked off its national convention, where delegates are expected to signal their support for Poilievre's
  
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• Wagon-dragging B.C. islanders face weeks without vehicle bridge, knocked askew by tug

  30-01-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DELTA — When Abby Collier heard that the only bridge connecting Westham Island to Delta and the Metro Vancouver mainland had been damaged by a boat strike last week, she assumed it would be closed for a few days.
  After all, it had happened before and the small island community of mostly farmers where she's lived for 15 years had always managed.
  Then, days later, the community of about 130 households learned they would also be under a boil water advisory after a leak was discovered in the w
  
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• U.S. face-off with Cuba could put Canada ‘in a vise grip’: former ambassador

  30-01-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — As Canada warns travellers of food and electricity shortages in Cuba, experts say any move by the U.S. to overthrow the island's communist leadership would put Canada in a bind much worse than the aftermath of the American armed intervention in Venezuela.
  Two former ambassadors say they're confident Global Affairs Canada is preparing contingency plans for responding to the various ways in which Washington could intervene in Cuba.
  They also say Canada's response could be shaped by
  
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• Conservatives converge on downtown Calgary, eager to hear from party leader Poilievre

  30-01-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is set to address his party faithful this evening in Calgary, in a speech that many anticipate will set the tone for the Tories heading into the next election.
  The party on Thursday kicked off its national convention, where delegates are expected to signal their support for Poilievre's continued leadership.
  Conservative member of Parliament Andrew Scheer says he thinks there will be many delegates who've never attended a convention before, but
  
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• CFIA official tells of threats and harassment that dogged ostrich cull operation

  30-01-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  As Canadian Food Inspection Agency workers prepared for a cull of hundreds of ostriches at a British Columbia farm, they came under a variety of harassment from opponents of the operation, said a senior official with the agency.
  They peaked with the "extreme" example of a CFIA worker and their family facing "in-person threats" of "physical violence and sexual assault," forcing the agency to relocate the couple and their children, the official said.
  "There's been an escalating pattern of threats,
  
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