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• Experts seeing ‘more and more’ hate content created by artificial intelligence

  26-05-2024 15:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The clip is of a real historical event — a speech given by Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler in 1939 at the beginning of the Second World War.But there is one major difference. This viral video was altered by artificial intelligence, and in it, Hitler delivers antisemitic remarks in English.A far-right conspiracy influencer shared the content on X, formerly known as Twitter, earlier this year, and it quickly racked up more than 15 million views, Wired magazine reported in March.It&
  
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• Here’s what people are saying about B.C.’s 2026 budget

  18-02-2026 00:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — Here's what people are saying about the 2026 British Columbia budget, which delivers a tax-rate increase, a record deficit and public sector cuts.
  "It’s our time to take a pause on some of the things we want to do, to do the things that we need to do." — B.C. Finance Minister Brenda Bailey
  “(This) budget is an assault on seniors, working families and the small businesses that drive our economy.” — B.C. Conservative Party finance critic Peter Milobar
  
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• Poilievre says Conservatives want national unity in face of separation threats

  18-02-2026 00:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says his party will fight for a united Canada as a movement in Alberta pushes for that province to separate.
  Answering a question from a reporter today, Poilievre said the Conservatives are "entirely a federalist caucus" and that he has not had a single member of Parliament on his team express they are in favour of Alberta separatism.
  The group Stay Free Alberta is seeking a referendum vote for the province to become its own country, and has un
  
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• Tax hike, record deficit and public sector cuts among B.C. budget highlights

  18-02-2026 00:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — Here are some highlights from British Columbia’s 2026 budget, which Finance Minister Brenda Bailey says involves “serious work for serious times.”
  It includes a tax increase on the lowest income tax bracket, cuts to public-sector staffing and delays to capital projects, even as the deficit continues to spike.INCOME TAX HIKE
  The tax rate on the lowest income tax bracket is being raised by 0.54 per cent to 5.6 per cent, while offsetting that with tax credits for
  
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• By the numbers as British Columbia releases its 2026 budget

  18-02-2026 00:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — Here are some of the key figures in British Columbia's 2026 budget, delivered by Finance Minister Brenda Bailey on Tuesday.
  5.6 per cent: The new income tax rate for the lowest tax bracket, for people with taxable earnings of up to $50,363.
  $76: The increase in income tax for the average taxpayer in B.C.
  60 per cent: Proportion of taxpayers who will be paying more as a result of the 2026 budget.
  $13.3 billion: The record-high provincial deficit forecast for 2026.
  $183 billion: P
  
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• Ottawa Redblacks sign veteran offensive linemen Gregor MacKellar, Martez Ivey

  17-02-2026 23:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks shored up their offensive line Tuesday by signing Canadian Gregor MacKellar and American Martez Ivey.
  Both players were CFL free agents and spent last season with the Edmonton Elks.
  MacKellar, of Timberlea, N.S., played all 18 regular-season games in 2025 with Edmonton. The six-foot-four 331-pound Canadian has appeared in 61 career CFL regular-season games with the Elks and Toronto Argonauts (2022-24), earning Grey Cup titles with the Double Blue in 2022 and '
  
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• Chilliwack Dogwood Monarch Lions Club makes substantial donation to Fraser Valley foundation through bingo proceeds

  17-02-2026 23:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation says it is the recipient of a substantial donation from members of the Chilliwack Dogwood Monarch Lions Club, thanks to the weekly bingo game that attracts thousands of players from Chilliwack, Hope, Agassiz and Boston Bar.In a statement Tuesday, the foundation says its director of philanthropy, Jennifer Menge, recently accepted a $46,000 cheque from the Chilliwack Dogwood Monarch Lions Club. The donation was made possible by the club&r
  
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• ‘This tournament’s a big moment’: Vancouver Whitecaps kick off CONCACAF Champions Cup

  17-02-2026 23:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Falling short still eats at the Vancouver Whitecaps.
  The club stunned many in 2025, first downing a series of big-name opponents to earn a spot in the CONCACAF Champions Cup final, where it fell to Liga MX giant Cruz Azul.
  Vancouver then followed up with its best Major League Soccer season on record and capped the year with an appearance in the MLS Cup final. The team fell again, this time to Lionel Messi's Inter Miami.
  Now those losses are serving as motivation as a new season
  
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• B.C. budget delays care homes, hospital and cancer facility, student housing

  17-02-2026 23:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s budget is delivering hits to the young, the old and cancer patients alike as government construction undergoes “re-pacing” to address fiscal pressures.
  There are delays to seven long-term care projects from Abbotsford to Fort St. John, as well as the second phase of Burnaby Hospital and Cancer Care, and student housing at the University of Victoria.
  Seniors Advocate Dan Levitt says the delays will put immediate pressure on the health-care sys
  
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• African Nova Scotian community, church leaders mourn Rev. Jesse Jackson

  17-02-2026 23:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Rev. Jesse Jackson left a lasting impact on Nova Scotia, say leaders of the African Nova Scotian community, and was considered like an extended family member to those he met during a visit to the province in 2009.
  Sherri Borden Colley, a longtime Halifax journalist, says getting to interview the prominent civil rights leader in person at the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia in Cherrybrook, N.S., nearly 17 years ago was one of the most significant moments of her career.
  "That
  
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• Canada’s new top envoy to Washington takes up his post

  17-02-2026 23:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Canada's new top diplomat in Washington presented his credentials to U.S. President Donald Trump today, officially taking on the role of ambassador to the United States at a turbulent moment in Canada-U.S. relations.
  Mark Wiseman, a global investment banker and pension fund manager, will be looking to help Canada find tariff off-ramps and stability ahead of a review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade.
  Wiseman is a longtime friend of Prime Minister Mark Carney.
  He rep
  
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• B.C. man sentenced to life in prison for killing ex-partner, says IHIT

  17-02-2026 23:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BURNABY — A British Columbia man convicted of killing his girlfriend has been sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole for 12 years.
  Everton Downey, who is now 35 years old, was found guilty of second-degree murder last August in the death of 25-year-old Melissa Blimkie from North Vancouver, B.C.
  Mounties in Burnaby, B.C., were called on Dec. 19, 2021, to Metrotown Mall, where officers found Blimkie with stab wounds, and she later died of her injuries in hospital.Officers w
  
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• Poilievre says he’s spoken with Jivani about U.S. trip and MP ‘speaks for himself’

  17-02-2026 22:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he encourages MPs to use their connections to fight U.S. tariffs — but acknowledges he has spoken to one member of his caucus who has drawn criticism over his recent trip to D.C.
  Ontario MP Jamil Jivani travelled to Washington earlier this month, where he met with his college friend, Vice President JD Vance, and other Trump administration officials.
  Jivani, who was not asked to go by the Canadian government, met with Canada-U.S. Trad
  
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• Shooter killed ex-wife and a son in Rhode Island ice rink attack, police say

  17-02-2026 22:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — A person who opened fire Monday during a youth hockey game at an ice rink in Rhode Island killed their ex-wife and one son, authorities said Tuesday.Pawtucket Chief of Police Tina Goncalves said the victims were the shooter's ex-wife Rhonda Dorgan and adult son Aidan Dorgan. Three others were injured: the parents of the shooter's ex-wife and a family friend, Goncalves said. Police said the shooter died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.Police identified t
  
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• Former CBC bureau chief Elly Alboim, 78, remembered for his lasting mark on politics

  17-02-2026 22:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Longtime CBC News parliamentary bureau chief and Carleton University journalism professor Elly Alboim, who died last week at age 78, is being remembered for his lasting mark on politics and for helping to launch generations of new political journalists.
  Born to Polish immigrant parents, Alboim served as CBC's parliamentary bureau chief from 1977 to 1993, and for 30 years as a strategic communications adviser at Earnscliffe Strategies. He also taught for 45 years at Carleton Univer
  
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• Fact File: Video from Ontario festival misrepresented as anti-immigration march

  17-02-2026 22:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A video posted to social media this week claimed to show people at an Ontario winter festival calling for "deportations." The video of torchbearers marching during the festival is real, but the chanting audio was taken from protests in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The original video shows the crowd talking and laughing, not chanting or protesting against immigration.
  THE CLAIM
  "'Deportations' chants erupt at Ontario winter festival," reads the caption accompanying a Feb. 15 Facebook reel with
  
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• PM Carney meets ex-Liberal MP in Terrebonne after Supreme Court overturns election

  17-02-2026 22:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TERREBONNE — Prime Minister Mark Carney met today with former Liberal MP Tatiana Auguste in the Terrebonne riding, following the recent Supreme Court’s decision to invalidate the federal election that put her in office last spring.Auguste had been declared the winner in Terrebonne over Bloc Québécois candidate Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné by a single vote after the April 28 election.
  But Sinclair-Desgagné challenged the results after a supporter complained t
  
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• 5 things you should know about Canada’s new defence industrial strategy

  17-02-2026 22:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled Canada's first-ever defence industrial strategy Tuesday in Montreal.
  It seeks to boost Canadian defence exports by 50 per cent within a decade.
  The $6.6-billion plan sets out what the government calls a “build, partner, buy” model to source military gear domestically — especially for “sovereign capabilities” critical to national defence or Canada's commitments to allies.
  The plan says Ottawa also will seek to partne
  
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• Peru’s Congress removes interim President Jerí as he faces a corruption probe

  17-02-2026 21:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s Congress on Tuesday voted to remove interim President José Jerí from office as he faces corruption allegations, triggering a fresh wave of political instability just weeks before the nation’s April presidential and congressional elections.Jerí is under a preliminary investigation into corruption and influence peddling, stemming from a series of undisclosed meetings with two Chinese executives.With 75 votes in favor, 24 against and 3
  
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• Police arrest man who ran towards the US Capitol building holding a shotgun

  17-02-2026 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Police in Washington, D.C., said Tuesday that they had arrested a man who ran towards the U.S. Capitol building holding a shotgun. Police said the man dropped his weapon and complied when “challenged” by U.S. Capitol police officers.Congress was not in session when the arrest occurred.Earlier, Capitol Police had urged people to avoid the area, saying that “our officers just arrested a person with what appears to be a gun.”
  The Associated Press
  
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• Dump truck, pup trailer deemed unfit for the road after crash on Hwy. 1 in Abbotsford: BC Highway Patrol

  17-02-2026 21:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — A dump truck that crashed on Highway 1 in Abbotsford this past Friday has been deemed unfit to operate on provincial roads until it undergoes a full inspection due to mechanical issues.According to a statement from BC Highway Patrol spokesperson Corporal Michael McLaughlin, police were called to a single-vehicle crash on westbound Highway 1 on Friday (Feb. 13).There were no injuries associated with the incident and impairment is not suspected, Cpl. McLaughlin said.
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• Amazon violated labour code with selective pay increase to B.C. workers, board finds

  17-02-2026 21:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW WESTMINSTER — The B.C. Labour Relations Board says online retail giant Amazon violated the province's labour code by giving workers at most of its facilities scheduled pay increases, but leaving out unionized warehouse employees in Delta, B.C.
  The board says in a ruling that Amazon must now give the same wage increase to workers at the Delta facility, which applies retroactively to the date of the increases given to workers at its non-union sites.Gavin McGarrigle, Unifor's western regi
  
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• Peru’s Congress removes interim President Jerí as he faces corruption allegations

  17-02-2026 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s Congress on Tuesday voted to remove interim President José Jerí from office as he faces corruption allegations, triggering a fresh wave of political instability just weeks before the nation’s April presidential election.Jerí is under a preliminary investigation into corruption and influence peddling, stemming from a series of undisclosed meetings with two Chinese executives.With 75 votes in favor, 24 against and 3 abstentions, Peru&
  
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• Availability of desk space unclear as feds boost in-office time for public servants

  17-02-2026 20:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Public Services and Procurement Canada will not answer repeated questions about whether there will be enough office space to accommodate the federal government's new policy on in-office work.
  Most public servants are expected to be in the office three days per week and executives are expected to attend the office four days per week, with the remaining days being worked remotely.
  But executives will be required to be in the office full-time starting in May, and the federal governme
  
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• Ottawa kept people on Canada’s no-fly list without ‘necessary grounds’: spy watchdog

  17-02-2026 19:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A new report from the national spy watchdog says the federal government kept some people on Canada's no-fly list without proper justification.
  The government is responsible for screening travellers through the Passenger Protect Program, commonly known as the no-fly list.
  Federal officials inform air carriers when a passenger requires additional screening or is prohibited outright from boarding a flight.
  The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency looked at how people are
  
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• B.C. police watchdog to determine whether to investigate Tumbler Ridge shooting

  17-02-2026 19:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY — British Columbia's police watchdog is taking steps to determine whether its mandate is met to investigate the mass shooting in the small northeastern community of Tumbler Ridge last week.
  Nine people, including the shooter, were killed last Tuesday in the tragedy that left more than two dozen others injured.Jessica Berglund, the chief civilian director of the Independent Investigations Office, says it was notified by the RCMP and has assigned investigators to determine whether the
  
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• Multiple Chilliwack-area businesses impacted by criminal activity this past week

  17-02-2026 19:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK – Mounties in Chilliwack say multiple businesses in the greater Chilliwack area were impacted by criminal activity this past week.
  According to a weekly recap compiled by Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener, there were 808 calls for service between Monday, Feb. 9 and Sunday, Feb. 16, including three break and enters at businesses.
  During the Feb. 9-16 period, Chilliwack RCMP received a report of a man who threw a rock through the window of a convenience store in
  
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• Canada should work to recruit bilingual health workers, Senate report says

  17-02-2026 18:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A Senate report is calling on the federal government to fast-track immigration and credential recognition for francophone and bilingual health-care workers.
  The Senate committee on Official Languages recently wrapped up a study on language barriers in the health system.It heard from witnesses from across the country, including anglophones in Quebec and francophones in the rest of Canada, that they have trouble accessing care in their own language.
  The report makes 14 recommendatio
  
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• Federal judge rules Kilmar Abrego Garcia can’t be re-detained by immigration authorities

  17-02-2026 18:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  GREENBELT, MD (AP) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement cannot re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia because a 90-day detention period has expired and the government has no viable plan for deporting him, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday. The Salvadoran national’s case has become a focal point in the immigration debate after he was mistakenly deported to his home country last year. Since his return, he has been fighting a second deportation to a series of African countries proposed by Depar
  
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• Israeli military says more than 1,500 Canadians were serving in its ranks last year

  17-02-2026 18:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Israeli military says more than 1,500 people with Canadian citizenship — soldiers holding dual or multiple citizenships — were serving in its ranks as of a year ago, according to documents obtained by an Israeli organization.
  The news comes months after the RCMP confirmed it would be collecting reports from members of the public about possible war crimes by Hamas or the Israeli military during the Israel-Hamas war.
  The Israeli consumer advocacy organization Hatzlac
  
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