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• Construction on Chilliwack’s newest public school progressing

  29-12-2025 17:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Construction of Chilliwack’s newest public school is progressing ahead of a projected completion in 2027.The Chilliwack School District reported last week on social media that contractors recently poured the concrete slab for the under-building parking and are moving ahead with first-floor construction.“Great progress continues at the new east side elementary school!” SD33 wrote online.Image: SD33
  The district says support systems and concrete forms are in pl
  
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• Canadian sprint star Andre De Grasse honoured with Order of Canada

  31-12-2025 14:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  It was surprising for Andre De Grasse at first.
  The seven-time Olympic medallist from Markham, Ont., got a call in late October from the Governor General’s office informing him he would receive the Order of Canada on Wednesday.
  De Grasse, who turned 31 on Nov. 10, didn’t expect to be recognized while still active in his track career.
  "Usually you don't receive this award until you're older — you're in the second phase of your life or third phase of your life, I would say like 5
  
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• In The Rings: Change coming to curling scene with lineup moves and Rock League

  31-12-2025 13:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The Montana's Canadian Curling Trials did more than just determine this country's representatives for the Winter Olympics.It also served as a valuable opportunity for up-and-coming players to get a taste of what it's like to compete at curling's biggest domestic competition of the quadrennial.Rachel Homan and Brad Jacobs skipped their teams to victory last November in Halifax and will wear the Maple Leaf at the upcoming Milan Cortina Games. For younger skips like Jordon McDonald, Kayla Skrlik, R
  
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• New Zealand’s Auckland kicks off 2026 celebrations with fireworks

  31-12-2025 12:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Auckland rang in 2026 with a downtown fireworks display launched from New Zealand’s tallest structure, Sky Tower, making it the first major city to greet the new year at a celebration dampened by rain.South Pacific countries are the first to bid farewell to 2025. Clocks strike midnight in Auckland, a population of 1.7 million, 18 hours before the famous ball drops in New York’s Times Square.The five-minute display involved 3,500 fireworks launched
  
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• Woll stands tall as short-handed Maple Leafs dump Devils 4-0

  31-12-2025 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The odds were stacked against the Toronto Maple Leafs, who on Tuesday were playing their third game in four nights since the Christmas break and were without key injured players Auston Matthews, William Nylander and Chris Tanev.
  But the Maple Leafs hunkered down and benefited from a superb performance from netminder Joseph Woll in the 4-0 victory against the New Jersey Devils before 18,923 at Scotiabank Arena.
  Woll made 33 saves to earn his first shutout of the season and first r
  
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• Sceptres left looking for adjustments after being unable to solve Nicole Hensley

  31-12-2025 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Toronto Sceptres tilted the ice for much of the final two periods, but just could not figure out Nicole Hensley.
  The Minnesota Frost goaltender put on a clinic in her 31-save outing to lead her Professional Women's Hockey League team to a 5-1 victory over Toronto on Tuesday. On the other hand, Sceptres starter Elaine Chuli, who suffered her first loss of the season, was chased after giving up four goals on 18 shots in two periods.
  "Never an easy decision to make," Toronto hea
  
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• ‘I wish I had an answer’: Home ice woes haunt struggling Vancouver Canucks

  31-12-2025 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Most NHL teams would be excited for an upcoming homestand.That may not be the case for the Vancouver Canucks.The team has struggled mightily at Rogers Arena this season, falling to 4-12-1 at home with an ugly 6-3 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday. They've now lost four straight games in their own building.With 10 home matchups in January, the Canucks (16-20-3) are searching for solutions.
  “I don't know. I wish I had an answer," winger Drew O'Connor said after Tue
  
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• In the news: Sask. shooting suspects still at large, major watermain break in Calgary

  31-12-2025 10:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed …
  RCMP still looking for suspects in Sask. shooting
  The search continues this morning for a pair of suspects wanted in connection with a deadly shooting on a Saskatchewan First Nation.
  The RCMP says the shooting happened early Tuesday morning in Big Island Lake Cree Nation, about 400 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon, which left one person dead and three others injured.
  No arrests have been made.
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• Northern lights inspire recovery in Telegraph Cove, B.C., year after devastating fire

  31-12-2025 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Mary Borrowman says she'll never forget the moment she and her husband, Jim, watched the northern lights shimmer across the sky on the morning of Jan. 1, 2025, from their home in Telegraph Cove, B.C.
  "When we looked out our window, and we looked over the water, everywhere you could see in the sky were the most beautiful dancing red and green, and purple northern lights that we have ever seen," said Borrowman.A day earlier, a massive New Year's Eve fire in the quaint tourist resort on northeaster
  
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• Increasing AI use in Canadian courtrooms carries risk of errors, penalties: lawyers

  31-12-2025 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — In the past, if a client who usually preferred to communicate via short emails suddenly sent a lengthy message akin to a legal memo, Ron Shulman would suspect they’d received help from a family member or partner.
  Now, the Toronto family lawyer asks clients if they’ve used artificial intelligence. And most of the time, he says, the answer is yes.
  Almost every week, his firm receives messages written or driven by AI, a shift Shulman says he noticed in the last several m
  
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• Canada set to announce men’s Olympic hockey roster ahead of NHL’s return to the Games

  31-12-2025 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MINNEAPOLIS — Canadian hockey fans will learn the full list of NHL players set to compete for men's gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics later today.
  Hockey Canada is holding a press conference at 12 p.m. ET in Minneapolis — one of the world junior hockey championship host cities — to unveil its roster for February's Milan Cortina Games in Italy.
  Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Brayden Point and Sam Reinhart were already named to the squad back in June.
  
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• RCMP still looking for two suspects in Saskatchewan First Nation shooting

  31-12-2025 09:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The search continues this morning for a pair of suspects wanted in connection with a deadly shooting on a Saskatchewan First Nation.
  The RCMP says the shooting happened early Tuesday morning in Big Island Lake Cree Nation, about 400 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon, which left one person dead and three others injured.
  No arrests have been made.
  Tuesday night, Mounties issued a statement advising the public they were lifting a dangerous-person alert for two suspects, as they believed there was n
  
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• Suzuki scores in OT as Canadiens rally to beat Panthers 3-2

  31-12-2025 08:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Nick Suzuki got a power-play goal 3:24 into overtime, and the Montreal Canadiens rallied from a two-goal deficit in the final five minutes of regulation to stun the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Tuesday night.Suzuki also scored late in regulation to tie the game for the Canadiens, who improved to 6-1-3 in their last 10 games. Cole Caufield also scored for Montreal.Brad Marchand and Sam Reinhart scored for Florida, but Marchand was called for roughing 1:27 into overtime &mdas
  
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• Thailand releases 18 Cambodian prisoners of war as part of ceasefire agreement

  31-12-2025 07:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand on Wednesday released 18 Cambodian prisoners of war held for five months, fulfilling the terms of a ceasefire agreement the two countries signed to end bitter fighting along their border.The release was stipulated in the ceasefire agreement signed Saturday by the defense ministers of the two countries at the same border checkpoint between Thailand’s Chanthaburi province and Cambodia’s Pailin province where the soldiers were released.“The repatriati
  
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• Flyers top Canucks 6-3 in head coach Rick Tocchet’s return to Vancouver

  31-12-2025 06:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Flyers head coach Rick Tocchet guided Philadelphia to a 6-3 victory over his former team, the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday.
  Tocchet, who walked away from the same position with the Canucks in late April, was recognized on the big screen midway through the first period and was met by both boisterous boos and a smattering of cheers.
  Bobby Brick, Noah Cates and Travis Konecny each registered a goal and an assist, while Carl Grundstrom, Owen Tippet and Christian Dvorak also scored
  
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• NHL roundup: Suzuki scores in OT as Canadiens rally to stun Panthers 3-2

  31-12-2025 05:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Nick Suzuki got a power-play goal 3:24 into overtime, and the Montreal Canadiens rallied from a two-goal deficit in the final five minutes of regulation to stun the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Tuesday night.
  Suzuki also scored late in regulation to tie the game for the Canadiens, who improved to 6-1-3 in their last 10 games. Cole Caufield also scored for Montreal.
  Brad Marchand and Sam Reinhart scored for Florida, but Marchand was called for roughing 1:27 into overtime &md
  
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• Canadiens’ rally spoils Marchand’s night with 3-2 overtime win over Panthers

  31-12-2025 04:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Nick Suzuki scored a power-play goal 3:24 into overtime, and the Montreal Canadiens rallied from a two-goal deficit in the final five minutes of regulation to stun the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Tuesday night.
  Suzuki also scored late in regulation to tie the game for the Canadiens, who improved to 6-1-3 in their last 10 games. Cole Caufield also scored for Montreal.
  Brad Marchand and Sam Reinhart scored for Florida, but Marchand was called for roughing 1:27 into overtime
  
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• B.C. paramedics union says negotiations broke down, warns of a possible strike

  31-12-2025 04:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The union representing thousands of paramedics, dispatchers, and call takers in British Columbia is warning about potential job action after it says contract negotiations broke down before Christmas.A statement from Ambulance Paramedics of British Columbia says that it has been in collective agreement negotiations with the employer, BC Emergency Health Services, since September.
  It says it is now engaging its membership about possible job action, including the possibility of a
  
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• Woll nets shutout as injury-riddled Maple Leafs burn Devils 4-0

  31-12-2025 03:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Joseph Woll made 33 saves for his first shutout of the season, while Bobby McMann, Nicolas Roy, Calle Jarnkrok and Matthew Knies scored as the injury-riddled Toronto Maple Leafs blanked the New Jersey Devils 4-0 on Tuesday.
  Playing their third game in four nights since the Christmas break, the Maple Leafs were without William Nylander (lower-body injury) for a second straight game, Auston Matthews (lower body), Chris Tanev (lower body) and Dakota Joshua, who remained in Detroit a
  
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• Hensley almost unbeatable in net as Frost cruise to 5-1 win over Sceptres

  31-12-2025 03:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Kendall Coyne Schofield scored her league-leading sixth and seventh goals, Nicole Hensley shined with a 31-save outing, and the Minnesota Frost topped the Toronto Sceptres 5-1 on Tuesday night in the Professional Women's Hockey League.
  Katy Knoll, Britta Curl-Salemme and Grace Zumwinkle also scored for Minnesota (4-1-1-2). Taylor Heise had three assists.
  Daryl Watts had the lone goal for Toronto (4-0-2-3). Elaine Chuli made 14 saves, with Raygan Kirk turning away seven shots in r
  
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• Panthers pay tribute to Brad Marchand’s 1,000th point with pregame ceremony

  31-12-2025 03:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Brad Marchand's first NHL point came just 26 seconds into the second period of his first game with the Boston Bruins. It seemed very easy, so easy that he was certain he'd be all over the scoresheets on a regular basis.Oops. Nearly a full year passed before his second NHL point.“After the first, I'm like, ‘Oh, this, it’s not too hard,'” Marchand said. “But I had a pretty rude awakening after that. You just see how hard it is every night to
  
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• Democrat Renee Hardman wins Iowa state Senate special election

  31-12-2025 03:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democrat Renee Hardman was elected to the Iowa state Senate on Tuesday in a holiday-week special election, denying Republicans’ bid to reclaim two-thirds control of the chamber.Hardman bested Republican Lucas Loftin to win the seat representing parts of Des Moines’ suburbs. It became vacant after the Oct. 6 death of state Sen. Claire Celsi, a Democrat.Hardman becomes the first Black woman elected to the Senate.A GOP win would have given the party a super
  
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• Former US Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, of Colorado, dies at 92

  31-12-2025 02:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DENVER (AP) — Ben Nighthorse Campbell, the former senator and U.S. representative of Colorado known for his passionate advocacy of American Indian issues, died Tuesday. He was 92.Campbell died of natural causes surrounded by his family, his daughter, Shanan Campbell, confirmed to The Associated Press.Campbell, a Democrat who stunned his party by joining the Republican Party, stood out in Congress as much for his unconventional dress — cowboy boots, bolo ties and ponytail — as h
  
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• Panthers pay tribute to Brad Marchand’s 1,000th point with pre-game ceremony

  31-12-2025 01:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Brad Marchand's first NHL point came just 26 seconds into the second period of his first game with the Boston Bruins. It seemed very easy, so easy that he was certain he'd be all over the scoresheets on a regular basis.
  Oops. Nearly a full year passed before his second NHL point.
  “After the first, I'm like, ‘Oh, this, it’s not too hard,'” Marchand said. “But I had a pretty rude awakening after that. You just see how hard it is every night
  
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• Harman Bhangu says he will ‘most likely’ run for leadership of B.C. Conservatives

  31-12-2025 01:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — B.C. Conservative MLA Harman Bhangu says he will "most likely" run for the leadership of the provincial Opposition party, if the yet-to-be-released rules for the race are to his liking.Bhangu, a former trucker who was elected as MLA for Abbotsford-Langley in 2024, says he will make his final decision once the party has released the rules, which he expects in the second or third week of the new year.
  His signal comes after Bhangu's friend Aaron Gunn, who is a federal Conservative
  
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• Junta leader is declared the winner of Guinea’s presidential election

  31-12-2025 01:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Junta leader Gen. Mamdi Doumbouya was declared the winner of Guinea’s presidential election held over the weekend, according to incomplete results released late on Tuesday, the country's first election since a 2021 coup.Doumbouya won 86.72% of the votes counted so far, according to the General Directorate of Elections. Ahead of the vote on Sunday, analysts had predicted that a weakened opposition would result in Doumbouya's win.The election was widely as a mean
  
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• Chiefs Defenceman Jayden Veney Returns to Chilliwack - Fraser Valley Today

  31-12-2025 01:05 via news.google.com
  Chiefs Defenceman Jayden Veney Returns to Chilliwack  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• A train crash on the line to Peru’s famed Machu Picchu kills 1 person and injures at least 30

  31-12-2025 00:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LIMA, Peru (AP) — Two trains taking tourists to Peru’s famed archaeological site of Machu Picchu crashed on Tuesday, killing at least one person and injuring around 30 passengers.The person killed was a railroad worker, according to Jhonathan Castillo Gonzalez, a captain with the Cuzco police department. He told The Associated Press that the railway suspended services along the rail line connecting Machu Picchu with the nearby city of Cuzco after the accident.According to the company
  
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• Trump administration says it’s freezing child care funds to Minnesota after series of fraud schemes

  31-12-2025 00:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration announced on Tuesday that it’s freezing child care funds to Minnesota after a series of fraud schemes in recent years.Acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Jim O’Neill announced on the social platform X that the step is in response to “blatant fraud that appears to be rampant in Minnesota and across the country.”“We have turned off the money spigot and we are finding the frau
  
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• Junta leader Gen. Mamdi Doumbouya is declared winner of Guinea’s election, provisional results show

  31-12-2025 00:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Junta leader Gen. Mamdi Doumbouya was declared the winner of Guinea’s election held over the weekend, according to provisional results released late on Tuesday.Doumbouya won 86.72% of the votes counted so far, according to the General Directorate of Elections. The election on Sunday was the country’s first election since a 2021 coup, as analysts said a weakened opposition would result in Doumbouya's win.The vote was the culmination of a transition process
  
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