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• Coast Guard ends search for 9 missing in floatplane crash

  05-09-2022 21:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard suspended the search Monday afternoon for nine people, including a child, who were missing after a floatplane crashed in the waters of Puget Sound northwest of Seattle.
  The body of a 10th person was recovered by a good Samaritan on Sunday after the crash was reported at 3:11 p.m., Coast Guard spokesperson William Colclough said Monday.
  Later Monday, the Coast Guard said it was suspending the search after “saturating an area” of more tha
  
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• Felony assault charge against NHL prospect Gavin McKenna withdrawn

  06-02-2026 20:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  STATE COLLEGE — A Pennsylvania district attorney’s office has withdrawn a felony aggravated assault charge against top NHL prospect Gavin McKenna and will proceed instead with a misdemeanour simple assault charge, citing insufficient evidence to support the felony count.
  A criminal complaint filed Wednesday alleged McKenna, a star hockey player at Penn State University, punched a man twice on the right side of the face after two groups exchanged words in the downtown neighbourhood of
  
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• A fourth N.S. youth is facing sexual assault charges tied to a hockey team hazing

  06-02-2026 20:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — The RCMP in Nova Scotia say they have arrested a fourth youth in an ongoing sexual assault investigation into a boys' hockey team’s hazing ritual last fall.Police say the youth is facing charges of sexual assault and assault with choking.
  The Mounties say they arrested the youth without incident on Thursday, which was the same day they announced the first three arrests in the investigation into hazing involving a hockey team in the Truro area, north of Halifax.
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• Fitness trial begins for man accused of killing B.C. Mountie Shaelyn Yang in 2022

  06-02-2026 20:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The hearing to determine if a man accused of killing RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang is fit to stand trial has begun in the BC Supreme Court in Vancouver.
  Jongwon Ham, who appeared at the hearing Friday wearing a grey suit and white sneakers, is charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Yang in October 2022.
  The three-day hearing comes after Justice Michael Tammen ordered a fitness assessment on the day Ham's judge-alone trial was set to begin last month.
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• B.C. needs new mental health hospital, psychiatrist tells inquest into family’s death

  06-02-2026 20:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BURNABY — A psychiatrist with British Columbia's Northern Health authority called for a new mental health hospital in B.C. in her testimony to an inquest into the deaths of a Prince Rupert family.
  The coroner's inquest has heard that Christopher Duong was suspected by police to have killed his wife Janet Nguyen and their two young sons on June 13, 2023, three days after he was detained under the Mental Health Act but then released a few hours later.
  Dr. Barbara Kane was asked if resources
  
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• Section of Schweyey Road to close for sewer main upgrades Monday

  06-02-2026 19:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Drivers may have to alter their travel routes as crews perform sewer infrastructure work on a portion of Schweyey Road over the next couple of weeks. 
  Starting February 9, the road between Chilliwack Mountain Road and Cedarbrook Road will be closed Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  Traffic to and from Schweyey Road will have to detour via the Chilliwack Mountain, Lickman, Yale, Evans, Ashwell, and Wolfe Roads, as well as Eagle Landing Parkway. 
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• Boldy, Horvat, Vejmelka named NHL’s stars of the week

  06-02-2026 19:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Minnesota Wild winger Matt Boldy, New York Islanders centre Bo Horvat and Utah Mammoth goalie Karel Vejmelka have been named the NHL's stars of the week.Boldy got top honours after putting up three goals and three assists over two games, and helping the Wild extend their win streak to five games.It took the 24-year-old forward just 12 minutes and 58 seconds to score a hat trick in Minnesota's 6-5 overtime victory against the Nashville Predators on Wednesday.
  Horvat was named sec
  
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• Trump’s racist post about Obamas is deleted after backlash despite White House earlier defending it

  06-02-2026 19:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s social media post featuring former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle was deleted after a backlash from both Republicans and Democrats who criticized the video as racist.The Republican president’s Thursday night post was deleted Friday and blamed on a staffer after widespread backlash, from civil rights leaders to veteran Republican senators, for its treatment of the nation’s first Black
  
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• Fraser Valley communities break daily temperature records Thursday

  06-02-2026 19:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  FRASER VALLEY — A number of B.C. communities sweat out some new daily high records this week, including in the Fraser Valley.
  Agassiz reported 16.1 C on Thursday (Feb. 6), more than two degrees warmer than its 1984 record of 14 C.
  Abbotsford was also up by 1.3 C from its previous daily high in 1984 at 16.4 degrees.
  The Hope area hit a marginal record of 12.8 C, beating its 1941 numbers of 12.1 C.
  Pitt Meadows matched its 1941 temperature of 14.4.
  A total of 17 communities saw temperatures
  
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• Chilliwack, Abbotsford unemployment rate dips, but figures still up from 2025: StatCan

  06-02-2026 18:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — January labour figures from Statistics Canada are painting a more optimistic monthly picture across B.C.
  Abbotsford added roughly 1,700 jobs, while unemployment dipped from 6.8 per cent in December to 6.3 last month.
  Chilliwack also gained 200 jobs and cut down unemployment by 0.3 points to 7.2 per cent.
  However, these figures are still higher than the average in British Columbia (6.1%) and the local year-over-year figures from 2025, in which Abbotsford increased by 0.8 points
  
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• Surrey driver loses Lamborghini for a week after speeding on Delta bridge

  06-02-2026 18:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY — A Surrey man had to go home without his Lamborghini after being clocked at more than double the speed limit on the Alex Fraser Bridge on Wednesday evening (Feb. 4).
  Just after 8 p.m., BC Highway Patrol spotted the luxury SUV driving “much faster” than other northbound traffic over the bridge in Delta when the radar read it going 197 km/h in a 70 zone. 
  “Some drivers seem to think that bridges are free from speed enforcement. That is a foolish and dangerous a
  
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• Union threatens legal action as feds increase public servants’ in-office time

  06-02-2026 18:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada's largest federal public sector union is threatening legal action as the government moves to increase public servants' in-office time.
  The federal government is ordering public servants to be in the office at least four days a week starting in July, while executives are expected to return to the office full-time in May.
  The Public Service Alliance of Canada says changing remote work rules in the middle of ongoing contract negotiations is "grounds for legal action."
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• Supreme Court ruling sets out exception to confidentiality between lawyer and client

  06-02-2026 18:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says there can be an exception to a lawyer's duty to keep conversations with a client confidential when the lawyer needs the information to defend themselves against a criminal charge.
  In a 7-2 ruling today, the top court says a lawyer can invoke an "innocence at stake" exception when they seek access to their client's privileged communications for use in their own defence.
  The decision comes in the case of Regina criminal defence lawyer Sharon Fox, who
  
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• More temperature records fall across B.C. as warm weather persists

  06-02-2026 17:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — A fresh round of daily high temperature records fell in communities across British Columbia as recent warm weather persists across several regions.
  Environment Canada says 17 communities saw their daily high temperature records matched or broken on Thursday brought in by a ridge of high pressure moving over B.C.'s coast.The temperature hit 16.4 C in Abbotsford on Thursday, more than a degree higher than the old record of 15.1 set in 1984.
  Agassiz was more than two degrees warme
  
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• UK police search two properties linked to Peter Mandelson as part of Epstein probe

  06-02-2026 17:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON (AP) — British police on Friday searched two properties linked to ex-ambassador Peter Mandelson as part of a probe into potential misconduct stemming from his ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein.Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Hayley Sewart said that “officers from the Met’s Central Specialist Crime team are in the process of carrying out search warrants at two addresses, one in the Wiltshire area, and another in the Camden area.“The searches are rel
  
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• Some U.S. alcohol to return to Quebec stores before quality drops, minister says

  06-02-2026 17:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Quebec's finance minister says some U.S. alcohol will be returning to the province's liquor store shelves before the quality drops.
  Eric Girard says the only products authorized to be sold are those which could start to deteriorate by March 2027.
  The sale is expected to generate up to $8.6 million, which will be handed over to the province's food banks.
  The provincial government on March 4 ordered the state-owned corporation to empty shelves of U.S. alcohol in response to tariff
  
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• Driver ticketed after going more than double the speed limit in Langley

  06-02-2026 16:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LANGLEY — Langley police have stopped a driver and their metal steed after speeding through a neighbourhood this week.
  On February 4, RCMP stopped a vehicle travelling 129 km/hr in a 50 km/hr zone in Willoughby. 
  The driver received a ticket for excessive speed, and the vehicle was impounded for one week under the Motor Vehicle Act. 
  “Speeding at this level significantly increases the risk of serious injury or death,” said Sergeant Zynal Sharoom of the Langley RCMP.&n
  
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• Broadcaster Buck Martinez retires after calling over 4,000 Blue Jays games

  06-02-2026 16:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Toronto Blue Jays announcer Buck Martinez has announced his retirement, ending a career that saw the former big-league catcher call over 4,000 Blue Jays games over four-plus decades in the booth.
  Martinez made the announcement in a statement Friday, saying after conversations with his wife Arlene, that it was time to pass the torch.
  The 77-year-old from Redding, Calif., first joined the Blue Jays as a player in 1981 and spent his final six seasons with Toronto.
  Martinez first tri
  
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• Key participant in 2012 Benghazi, Libya, attack that killed 4 Americans is in custody, Bondi says

  06-02-2026 16:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A key participant in the 2012 attack on a U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans is in custody, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Friday.The 2012 attacks on the U.S. compound killed Americans including Ambassador Chris Stevens and immediately emerged as a divisive political issue as Republicans challenged President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on security at the facility, the military response to the violence and the Democratic a
  
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• Norwegian crown princess apologizes to royals and all ‘disappointed’ by her Epstein contacts

  06-02-2026 15:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OSLO, Norway (AP) — Norway’s crown princess apologized on Friday for the situation she has put the royal family in as she faces scrutiny over her contacts with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, part of a broader apology for all those that has “disappointed.”Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s communications and contacts with Epstein have put her in the spotlight over the past week, adding to the embarrassment to the royals just as her son went on trial in Oslo for mul
  
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• Here’s a quick glance at unemployment rates for January, by province

  06-02-2026 15:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in January. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets):
  _ Newfoundland and Labrador 9.2 per cent (10.5)
  _ Prince Edward Island 7.6 per cent (7.1)
  _ Nova Scotia 6.9 per cent (6.4)
  _ New Brunswick 6.7 per cent (6.5)
  _ Quebec 5.2 per cent (5.3)
  _ Ontario 7.3 per cent (7.9)
  _ Manitoba 6.3 per cent (5.7)
  _ Saskatchewan 5.3 per cent (6.4)
  _ Alberta 6.4 per cent (6.7)
  _ British Colum
  
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• Here’s a quick glance at unemployment rates for January, by Canadian city

  06-02-2026 15:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in January. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, however, that the figures may fluctuate widely because they are based on small statistical samples.Here are the jobless rates last month by city (numbers from the previous month in brackets):
  _ St. John's, N.L. 7.7 per cent (7.8)
  _ Halifax 5.8 per cent (5.7)
  _ Moncton, N.B. 5.6 per cent (5.8)
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• National employment numbers for January from Statistics Canada, at a glance

  06-02-2026 15:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A quick look at Canada's January employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets):
  Unemployment rate: 6.5 per cent (6.8)
  Employment rate: 60.8 per cent (60.9)
  Participation rate: 65.0 per cent (65.4)
  Number unemployed: 1,457,500 (1,551,700)
  Number working: 21,121,200 (21,146,000)
  Youth (15-24 years) unemployment rate: 12.8 per cent (13.3)
  Men (25 plus) unemployment rate: 5.4 per cent (5.9)
  Women (25 plus) unemployment rate: 5.5 per cent (5.6)
  This report by The Can
  
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• Norwegian crown princess issues apology to those ‘disappointed’ by her Epstein contacts

  06-02-2026 15:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OSLO, Norway (AP) — Norway’s crown princess issued an apology on Friday to those she has “disappointed” following days of scrutiny of her contacts with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and said she was sorry for the situation she had put the royal family in.Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s communications and contacts with Epstein have put her in the spotlight in recent days, adding to the embarrassment to the royals just as her son went to trial this week for mult
  
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• Unemployment rate drops to 6.5% in January despite 25,000 job losses: StatCan

  06-02-2026 14:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the economy shed 25,000 jobs in January but a drop in the number of people looking for work drove the unemployment rate down to 6.5 per cent in the month.
  January’s job losses mostly came from the private sector and part-time work, and were largely concentrated among women aged 25 to 54.
  Ontario bore the weight of job losses last month, particularly in the manufacturing sector.
  StatCan said manufacturing shed 28,000 positions in January and is down rou
  
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• Suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque on Islamabad’s outskirts kills at least 31 and wounds scores

  06-02-2026 14:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — A suicide bomber targeted a Shiite mosque on the outskirts of Islamabad during Friday prayers, killing 31 people and wounding at least 169 others, officials said, a rare bombing in Pakistan's capital as its Western-allied government struggles to rein in a surge in militant attacks across the country. Television footage and social media images showed police and residents transporting the wounded to nearby hospitals. Some of the wounded in the attack on the sprawling mosque
  
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• A bombing at a Shiite mosque on Islamabad’s outskirts kills at least 31 and wounds scores

  06-02-2026 12:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — A massive bombing ripped through a Shiite mosque on the outskirts of Pakistan 's capital during Friday prayers, killing 31 people and wounding at least 169 others, police said. Islamabad police said the blast at the sprawling mosque was an attack and that an investigation was underway. Rescuers and witnesses said some of the wounded were listed as being in critical condition. Television footage and social media images showed police and residents transporting the injured to
  
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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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