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• Clifford Douglas Renwick - Chilliwack Progress

  21-11-2025 01:31 via news.google.com
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• CP NewsAlert: Prime Minister Mark Carney to attend vigil in Tumbler Ridge on Friday

  12-02-2026 19:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit Tumbler Ridge, B.C., to attend a vigil on Friday.
  The Prime Minister's Office says Carney was invited by the town's mayor and that he has invited all other federal party leaders to join him.
  Nine people, mostly children, were killed in the mass shooting Tuesday, including Jesse Van Rootselaar, the 18-year-old shooter who police say took her own life.
  Among the dead are five students and a teacher at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, and the shoo
  
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• Judge blocks Pentagon from punishing Sen. Mark Kelly for call to resist unlawful orders

  12-02-2026 19:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge agreed Thursday to block the Pentagon from punishing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a former Navy pilot, for participating in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders.U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ruled that Pentagon officials violated Kelly's First Amendment free speech rights and “threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees.”“To say the least, our retired veterans deserve more respect from the
  
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• Berrios apologies to teammates, fans for absence during Blue Jays’ post-season run

  12-02-2026 19:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DUNEDIN — Jose Berrios has apologized to his Toronto Blue Jays teammates and the fans for his absence during last year's run to the World Series.
  Berrios spoke to media at the second day of the Blue Jays spring training camp.
  He was put on Toronto's injured list for the first time in his career last September with tendon inflammation in his right elbow and bicep.
  Berrios says since he couldn't pitch, he decided to go home to his family in Puerto Rico, a decision he adds was a mistake.
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• Feds say $20M loss at emergency stockpile was caused by open freezer door

  12-02-2026 19:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Federal public health officials say a freezer door was left open at the national emergency stockpile in December 2024, causing the loss of $20 million worth of medication.
  Officials from the Public Health Agency of Canada were called before the House of Commons health committee this week to answer questions about what happened.
  Part of the briefing was held behind closed doors because of national security concerns linked to the stockpile, which is maintained to prepare for disease
  
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• Rezoning application could change look and feel of 6 downtown Chilliwack properties

  12-02-2026 19:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK – A rezoning application could change the look and feel of six properties in downtown Chilliwack, on which several retail stores currently sit.
  According to the text of a city planning sign, the City of Chilliwack has received a rezoning application for properties at 46245, 46257, 46263, and 46267 Yale Road, and at 46118 and 46126 Victoria Avenue.The rezoning application seeks to amend the text of the C9 (Mid Rise Apartment Commercial) zone to permit residential units on the sam
  
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• ‘You’re making this up,’ Miller tells Tory MP over media producers group comments

  12-02-2026 19:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Culture Minister Marc Miller has accused a Conservative MP of misleading a Parliamentary committee over a comment made by the head of an independent producers’ group.
  During a Heritage committee hearing today, MP Rachael Thomas mentioned the head of the Canadian Media Producers Association stating at a recent conference that the industry and the prime minister have each other’s backs.
  The organization represents independent TV and film producers, and the key issue at t
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Canada opens Olympic men’s hockey tourney with 5-0 win over Czechia

  12-02-2026 19:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MILAN — The Canadian men's hockey team have opened the Milan Cortina Olympics with a 5-0 win over Czechia.Macklin Celebrini opened the scoring, Connor McDavid had three assists, and goaltender Jordan Binnington made 26 saves for the shutout.
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  The Canadian Press
  
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• Diab says C-12 could ease some refugee claims, critics call it a two-tier system

  12-02-2026 19:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Lena Diab says changes to the refugee status claim process proposed in Bill C-12 are "better for the applicants" even as multiple organizations are heavily critical of the plan.
  The government's broad border and immigration bill proposes barring people who first came to Canada more than a year ago from filing refugee claims with the Immigrant and Refugee Board, Canada's main asylum review body.
  The legislation would require anyone in that category to apply for
  
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• Judge temporarily blocks Pentagon from punishing Sen. Mark Kelly for call to resist unlawful orders

  12-02-2026 18:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge agreed Thursday to temporarily block the Pentagon from punishing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a former Navy pilot, for participating in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders.U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ruled that Pentagon officials violated Kelly's First Amendment free speech rights and “threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees.”Kelly, who represents Arizona, sued in federal court to block h
  
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• Military sexual assault investigation was rushed, biased, watchdog commission says

  12-02-2026 17:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Military Police Complaints Commission has found that an internal investigation into an alleged sexual assault by an air force officer who later took his own life was conducted in a rushed, superficial and biased manner.
  Its conclusion comes after a Canadian Forces Provost Marshal’s office investigation cleared military police of wrongdoing in the case and found the allegations against them to be unsubstantiated.
  But in two reports issued today, MPCC chairperson Tammy Tre
  
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• 2 pedestrians struck by car, driver flees scene Wednesday night: AbbyPD

  12-02-2026 17:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD – Police in Abbotsford are investigating a hit and run Wednesday evening in which a vehicle struck two pedestrians and fled before first responders could arrive on scene.
  According to a statement from AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker, AbbyPD patrol officers were called to the intersection of Simpson Road and Ross Road in northwest Abbotsford just after 7 p.m. Wednesday evening for a reported collision involving a vehicle and two pedestrians.
  Sgt. Walker says the suspect vehi
  
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• Oklahoma carries out its first execution of 2026 on a man convicted of double killing

  12-02-2026 17:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — A man who admitted to killing two men in a drive-by shooting in 2006 was put to death Thursday in Oklahoma’s first execution of the year.Kendrick Simpson, 45, was pronounced dead at 10:19 CT following a three-drug injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, prison officials said. He was convicted of killing Anthony Jones, 19, and Glen Palmer, 20, by firing into their car following an altercation at an Oklahoma City nightclub.Simpson, who had fle
  
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• PM Carney to visit Tumbler Ridge, B.C., following mass shooting

  12-02-2026 17:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit Tumbler Ridge, B.C., in the near future, says a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office.
  The statement says details, including the timing of the visit, are being worked out with community officials "based on their immediate needs."
  Nine people, mostly children, were killed in the mass shooting Tuesday, including Jesse Van Rootselaar, the 18-year-old shooter who police say took her own life.
  Among the dead are five students of Tumbler R
  
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• TSB says still ‘too early’ to determine cause of Pearson plane crash, one year later

  12-02-2026 17:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it's still too early to draw conclusions about the cause of the Delta Air Lines plane crash at Toronto's Pearson Airport, as the one-year anniversary of the incident approaches.The safety board says it's still working on its final investigation report, and the work done so far includes a metallurgical examination of the plane's landing gear and wing, as well as an analysis of flight data and cockpit voice recorders.All 76 passengers
  
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• Rollover on Highway 1 in Abbotsford Thursday morning may be connected to road-rage incident: AbbyPD

  12-02-2026 16:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD – Police in Abbotsford say one person has been transported to hospital after a rollover on Highway 1 in Abbotsford Thursday morning, and it may be connected to a possible road-rage incident.
  According to a statement from AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker, police were called to a rollover collision on westbound Highway 1 near Atkinson Road at about 5:20 a.m. Thursday morning.
  Sgt. Walker says first responders arrived to find a single vehicle that had rolled into the centre med
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Carney to visit Tumbler Ridge after mass shooting

  12-02-2026 16:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit Tumbler Ridge, B.C., in the near future, says a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office.
  The statement says details, including the timing of the visit, are being worked out with community officials "based on their immediate needs."
  Nine people, mostly children, were killed in the mass shooting Tuesday, including the 18-year-old shooter who police say took her own life.
  More to come.David Baxter, The Canadian Press
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Canada blanks Finns 5-0 in women’s hockey, faces Germany in quarters

  12-02-2026 16:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MILAN — Emily Clark scored twice for Canada in a 5-0 win over Finland in Olympic women's hockey Thursday.
  Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press
  
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• What we know about the victims in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting

  12-02-2026 16:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TUMBLER RIDGE — Details are beginning to emerge about the people killed and injured in the mass shooting at a high school and a home in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Here's what is known so far:
  Kylie Smith, 12
  Multiple media reports have identified Kylie as among the dead. A GoFundMe campaign posted by the girl's aunt had raised more than $20,000 as of Thursday morning. "We are completely devastated and have no words as we try to process the magnitude of the situation," her aunt posted. "Their worl
  
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• Medical fitness test submitted for 1 of 2 drivers in crash that damaged an Abbotsford bank

  12-02-2026 16:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD – Police in Abbotsford have submitted a medical fitness test to the province after a two-vehicle crash Monday night caused a motorist to leave the roadway and strike an Abbotsford bank earlier this week.
  According to a statement from Abbotsford PD spokesperson Paul Walker, AbbyPD patrol officers were called to the 32900 block of South Fraser Way this past Monday, Feb. 9 at approximately 5:19 p.m. Police were advised about a reported vehicle that had struck the side of the CIBC b
  
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• Advocates, experts warn against vilifying trans people in wake of Tumbler Ridge shooting

  12-02-2026 16:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Advocates and experts are warning about the danger of vilifying an entire demographic based on the actions of one transgender person in the wake of the school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
  Their comments come after an independent provincial legislator in British Columbia claimed, without evidence, that the shooting rampage that left nine people dead was related to the perpetrator's gender identity.
  The post added to a chorus of online posts claiming mass shooters are disproportionately transge
  
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• More silver for Canada as Grondin, Kingsbury finish second in snowboard cross, moguls

  12-02-2026 15:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MILAN — Canada has landed on the podium for its fifth and sixth medals — both silver — at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Day 6, both on the hills of Livigno and both in narrow misses for the gold.
  Snowboarder Eliot Grondin secured the latest medal for Canada after finishing just behind Austrian Alessandro Haemmerle in men's snowboard cross, the Canadian's third-ever Olympic medal.
  Grondin's previous haul includes another silver at the same event in Beijing 2022, where the 24-yea
  
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• Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the BBC is set to go to trial in 2027, US judge says

  12-02-2026 15:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON (AP) — A U.S. judge said President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC can go to trial in 2027.Judge Roy K. Altman of the federal court for the Southern District of Florida rejected an attempt by Britain’s national broadcaster to delay proceedings.He set a February 2027 trial date.Trump filed a lawsuit in December over the way the BBC edited a speech he gave on Jan. 6, 2021. The claim seeks $5 billion in damages for defamation and $5 billion for unfair tra
  
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• Federal authorities announce an end to the immigration crackdown in Minnesota

  12-02-2026 15:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The immigration crackdown in Minnesota that led to mass detentions, protests and two deaths is coming to an end, border czar Tom Homan said Thursday.Democratic Gov. Tim Walz said Tuesday that he expected Operation Metro Surge, which started in December, to end in “days, not weeks and months,” based on his conversations with senior Trump administration officials. “As a result of our efforts here, Minnesota is now less of a sanctuary state for criminals,&
  
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• What independents think of Trump’s recent immigration actions, according to a new AP-NORC poll

  12-02-2026 15:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — About 6 in 10 U.S. adults say President Donald Trump has “gone too far” in sending federal immigration agents into American cities, according to a new AP-NORC poll that suggests political independents are increasingly uncomfortable with his tactics.Views of Trump's handling of immigration — which fell over the course of his first year — remained steady over the past month, with about 4 in 10 saying they approve of the president's approach. But the
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Canada’s Eliot Grondin wins silver in men’s snowboard cross

  12-02-2026 15:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canada's Eliot Grondin has won a silver medal in the men's snowboard cross at the Milan Cortina Olympics. The 24-year-old finished just behind Austria's Alessandro Haemmerle to claim his third Olympic medal.
  More to come.
  The Canadian Press
  
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• 2 Mexican Navy ships laden with humanitarian aid dock in Cuba as US blockade sparks energy crisis

  12-02-2026 14:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HAVANA (AP) — Two Mexican Navy ships laden with humanitarian aid docked in Cuba on Thursday as a U.S. blockade deepens the island’s energy crisis.The ships arrived two weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on any country selling or providing oil to Cuba, prompting the island in recent days to ration energy.The Mexican government has said that one ship is carrying some 536 tons of food including milk, rice, beans, sardines, meat products, cookies, canned tuna, and
  
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• Chilliwack Jets face Langley Trappers in Hope - Chilliwack Progress

  12-02-2026 14:34 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack Jets face Langley Trappers in Hope  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Kingsbury wins silver in moguls; Crosby leads Canada into men’s hockey opener

  12-02-2026 14:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MILAN — Canada has hit the podium for its fifth medal at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Day 6, as freestyle skiing star Mikael Kingsbury missed out on gold in the narrowest of fashions while claiming silver in men's moguls.
  Kingsbury, 33, from Deux-Montagnes, Que., matched the exact score of Australia's Cooper Woods of 83.71 in the final run but lost out on a tiebreaker with Woods who scored higher marks for turns.
  It is Kingsbury's fourth medal after gold in Pyeongchang 2018 as well as bro
  
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• Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe says he’s sorry if some offended by anti-immigrant comments

  12-02-2026 13:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON (AP) — Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said Thursday that he’s sorry if some have been offended by anti-immigrant comments.The billionaire co-owner of Manchester United faced criticism by both political leaders and fans after he said the U.K. had been “colonized’’ by immigrants.Ratcliffe, the founder and chairman of chemicals maker Ineos, is one of Britain’s richest people and an influential voice on politics and the economy.Prime Minister Keir
  
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