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• Health Canada warns about unauthorized health products seized from B.C. stores

  24-12-2025 20:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Health Canada is issuing a public advisory after unauthorized health products were seized from two nutrition and supplement stores in Maple Ridge, B.C.
  The advisory lists dozens of products, including injectable peptides, anabolic steroids and testosterone compounds, which Health Canada says are used for bodybuilding, anti-aging, enhancing athletic performance or weight loss.
  It says the products found at Maxximus Supplements and Cutting Edge Nutrition were not authorized by Healt
  
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• Russia frees French political scholar in a prisoner swap for a basketball player

  08-01-2026 15:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Laurent Vinatier, a French political scholar serving a three-year sentence in Russia and facing new charges of espionage, has been freed in a prisoner swap with France, a Russian security agency said Thursday.In exchange, Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin, jailed in France and whose extradition was demanded by the United States, was released and returned to Russia on Thursday, Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, said in a statement.Vinatier was arrested in Moscow in June 202
  
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• Rogers puts $50M to address excessive screen time among teens and tweens

  08-01-2026 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Rogers Communications says it is investing $50 million over five years to address the excessive time teens and tweens spend on screens.
  The telecom giant launched a national school program Thursday that Tony Staffieri, the president and CEO of Rogers, said is meant to change behaviour and help youth develop healthy relationships with screens. It involves bringing professional athletes to schools to talk about healthy screen use.
  Rogers says it is also creating grants for up to fo
  
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• Child at home in Gaza killed by Israeli fire as post-ceasefire deaths mount

  08-01-2026 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A relative said Israeli gunfire on Thursday killed an 11-year-old girl whose family had returned to a designated safe zone, adding to more than 400 deaths reported since a ceasefire was reached to halt fighting in Gaza nearly three months ago.After shells and shrapnel hit her home in northern Gaza’s Jabaliya area, Hamsa Housou was taken to Shifa Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Outside the hospital mortuary, her uncle Khamis Housou told The As
  
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• Canadiens soak in fan appreciation with improved home performance in win over Flames

  08-01-2026 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — During the first TV timeout in the third period, with the Montreal Canadiens holding a 4-1 lead and 13:45 remaining, the fans at the Bell Centre created a moment.
  The entire TV timeout was filled with a wave, and as play was set to restart, the crowd started chanting ‘Ole Ole Ole.’“It was a cool moment. I haven’t played in a lot of buildings where the wave’s going and it feels like someone just scored,” said Canadiens goaltender Jacob Fowler.
  
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• In the news: Airlines overhauling routes, RCAF retention via pay hike, gear boosting

  08-01-2026 10:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed …
  Airlines overhaul routes as Canadians shun U.S.
  Canadian airlines pulled back in a big way from the United States over the past year and boosted flight volumes elsewhere — especially the Caribbean — with no sign of a cross-border rebound on the horizon.
  Figures from aviation data firm Cirium show that Canada-U.S. flight volumes fell more than 14 per cent year-over-year in the fourth quarte
  
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• Victims’ families mark six-year anniversary of Flight PS752 downing in Iran

  08-01-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Victims' families will mark the six-year anniversary of the downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 in Iran with events in Ontario and British Columbia today.The plane was shot down on Jan. 8, 2020 by two Iranian missiles just minutes after taking off from Tehran, killing all 176 people on board including 55 Canadian citizens and 30 permanent residents in Canada.
  The association of families of Flight PS752 victims is hosting a ceremony in Richmond Hill, Ont., today to commemorate
  
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• RCAF commander reports progress on filling recruitment, retention gaps

  08-01-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A substantial entry level pay hike for pilots and the acquisition of new and advanced aircraft are “absolutely” helping to shore up Royal Canadian Air Force pilot retention and morale, says the force's commander.
  In a wide-ranging recent interview with The Canadian Press, Commander Lt.-Gen. Jamie Speiser-Blanchet said she is seeing signs of progress despite the protracted personnel crisis gripping the air force, which remains short of roughly 2,000 trained personnel.
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• Calls for caution as Carney prepares to meet Xi amid new global political order

  08-01-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Former Hong Kong pro-democracy legislator Albert Chan Wai-yip is a longtime critic of China, who has accused its government of "crimes against humanity" after a crackdown on dissent in the Chinese special administrative region.
  But Chan said it is time for Canadians to look east again, as Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares for a trip to China where he will meet President Xi Jinping next week.
  Chan, who was a member of Hong Kong's legislature for more than 20 years before movin
  
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• Stars end losing streak with 4-1 win over Capitals

  08-01-2026 07:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Radek Faksa scored a shorthanded goal, Casey DeSmith made 23 saves and the Dallas Stars ended their losing streak at six games by defeating the Washington Capitals 4-1 on Wednesday night.
  The Stars bounced back from a 6-3 drubbing at Carolina 24 hours earlier that included the Hurricanes chasing U.S. Olympic goaltender Jake Oettinger, winning for the first time since Dec. 21.Faksa put Dallas up 1-0 just over three minutes in with Ilya Lyubushkin in the penalty box for hol
  
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• Saudi Arabia alleges UAE smuggled wanted Yemen separatist leader out of the country

  08-01-2026 07:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia alleged Thursday that the United Arab Emirates smuggled a separatist leader in Yemen wanted for treason out of the country and flew him to Abu Dhabi.The UAE had no immediate reaction to the claim, which further escalates tensions between the neighboring nations on the Arabian Peninsula as their partnership in the yearslong war in Yemen breaks down.A Saudi military statement claimed Aidarous al-Zubaidi, the leader of the Southern Transitional
  
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• Mammoth beat Senators 3-1 hours after NHL awards Utah 2027 Winter Classic

  08-01-2026 06:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Lawson Crouse and John Marino scored in a 3:21 span in the first period, Karel Vejmelka made 33 saves and the Utah Mammoth beat the Ottawa Senators 3-1 on Wednesday night to cap a big day for the franchise.
  The Mammoth won hours after the NHL announced the team will host the 2027 Winter Classic at the University of Utah's football stadium.
  Clayton Keller assisted on the first-period goals, and Daniil But also scored. The Mammoth opened a seven-game homestand, reboundi
  
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• 2 killed in shooting in Mormon church parking lot in Salt Lake City

  08-01-2026 06:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A shooting outside a church building in Salt Lake City left two people dead and several more injured Wednesday, local media reported.The shooting took place in the parking lot of a meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the Mormon church, according to the Deseret News. A funeral was reportedly taking place inside, it said. Authorities said no suspect was in custody, KUTV reported. Video from the scene showed a large number of
  
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• Lia Cho, 13, breaks own Canadian junior women’s record at figure skating nationals

  08-01-2026 04:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  GATINEAU — Lia Cho's score was so high, it didn't immediately register.
  The figure skating prodigy set another Canadian junior women’s record en route to gold at the 2026 Canadian figure skating championships Wednesday.
  Cho, a 13-year-old from Calgary, topped the junior women’s field with 199.60 points, besting her previous mark of 188.79 set at nationals last year in Laval, Que.
  "I was just so surprised, that was like such a high score and I was like 'Wow, that's like the high
  
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• Canadiens’ three-goal second period fuels 4-1 victory over Flames

  08-01-2026 04:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Alexandre Texier had a goal and two assists as the Montreal Canadiens used a three-goal second period to take a 4-1 win over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night at the Bell Centre.
  Lane Hutson, Oliver Kapanen and Cole Caufield also scored for Montreal (24-13-6). Jacob Fowler made 28 saves.
  Joel Farabee scored for Calgary (18-21-4). Dustin Wolf made 31 saves.
  Texier opened the scoring 3:10 into the second period when he took the puck at the goal line and roofed it over Wolf&rsq
  
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• Quickley’s 3-pointer at the buzzer sends the Raptors past the Hornets 97-96 for 5th win in 6 games

  08-01-2026 03:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Immanuel Quickley hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key at the buzzer and the Toronto Raptors rallied from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the Charlotte Hornets 97-96 on Wednesday night.
  RJ Barrett finished with 28 points and seven rebounds, while Quickley added 21 points. Scottie Barnes chipped in with 17 points as the Raptors won for the fifth time in six games.
  Collin Sexton led the Hornets with 22 points.
  LaMelo Ball, who scored 15 points, made
  
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• Hall of Famer goaltender Glenn Hall, an iron man and innovator, dies at 94

  08-01-2026 03:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Hall of Famer Glenn Hall, an iron man who changed the way goaltenders play during a stellar NHL career with Detroit, Chicago and St. Louis, has died at 94.
  Nicknamed Mr. Goalie, Hall won two Stanley Cups, the Calder Memorial Trophy, three Vezina trophies and the Conn Smythe Trophy from 1952 to 1971. He was named a first-team all-star seven times and played in 13 all-star games.
  Amazingly, he started and finished 502 consecutive regular-season games from the beginning of the 1955-56 season with D
  
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• Vancouver orchestra won’t sue violinist who broke NDA to speak out about alleged rape

  08-01-2026 02:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra says it won't be taking legal action against a violinist who broke a non-disclosure agreement to go public with accusations that she had been raped by one of its senior musicians, then faced retaliation from the orchestra.
  An open letter signed by VSO president Angela Elster and the symphony society's board of directors says they regret the "suffering" endured by violinist Esther Hwang, who spoke out last month about the alleged attack she says
  
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• Glenn Hall, whose NHL goalie starts streak may never be broken, dies at age 94

  08-01-2026 02:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Glenn Hall, a Hockey Hall of Famer whose streak of 502 starts as a goaltender remains an NHL record, has died. He was 94.
  A spokesperson for the Chicago Blackhawks confirmed the team received word of Hall’s death from his family. A league historian in touch with Hall’s son, Pat, said Hall died at a hospital in Stony Plain, Alberta, on Wednesday.
  Hall backstopped Chicago to the Stanley Cup in 1961 and was named the most valuable player of the playoffs in 1968 with St. Louis when the B
  
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• Vancouver Island logging protesters hit out at arson ‘insinuation’

  08-01-2026 02:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — A group protesting old-growth logging on Vancouver Island is hitting out at an "insinuation" they were involved in the suspected arson of logging equipment last week.
  Sgt. Kevin Mack with Lake Cowichan RCMP says officers responded to the scene of the suspected arson at a site operated by Fraser Valley Timber on Jan. 2., and they are keeping an "open eye to all possibilities."
  It says two grapple yarders and a log loader reportedly sustained more than $530,000 in damage in the fi
  
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• London Drugs shuts Downtown Eastside store, citing safety and operational conditions

  08-01-2026 02:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Retail giant London Drugs says it is shutting down its location in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside as of Feb. 1, citing a "careful assessment of safety and operational conditions" at the store.
  President Clint Mahlman says in a statement that the store in the Woodward’s building "faced persistent safety incidents and significant operating losses" and keeping it open is not sustainable.
  He says the Vancouver Police Department did targeted patrols, hired a neighbourhood liais
  
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• Teenager found dead after house fire in Langley, B.C.

  08-01-2026 01:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LANGLEY — Police in Langley, B.C., say a 15-year-old has died in a house fire in the city.
  RCMP say they were called to the fire on 248 Street just before 7 a.m. on Wednesday.
  Police say the home was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived, and the teenager was found dead inside.
  Sgt. Zynal Sharoom with the Langley RCMP called the death is a "heartbreaking tragedy."Police say the cause of the blaze is being investigated, though there is no indication that criminality was involved.They say
  
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• Civil case against estate of Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau is dismissed

  08-01-2026 01:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The lawsuit brought by a British Columbia man against the estate of acclaimed Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau alleging he was sexually assaulted by the painter has been dismissed.Mark Anthony Jacobson filed the lawsuit last year, seeking $5 million from the estate in general, aggravated and punitive damages.
  He claimed Morrisseau reached into his pants and touched him on the buttocks after Morrisseau's assistant suggested he could heal Jacobson's back pain.
  In response to l
  
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• Structure fire in Langley claims life of 15-year-old: RCMP

  08-01-2026 01:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LANGLEY — Mounties in Langley say a structure fire on 248 Street early Wednesday morning has claimed the life of a 15-year-old youth.
  According to a statement from Langley RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, police were called to a reported structure fire in the 6500 block of 248 Street in Langley at 6:57 a.m.
  Firefighters from the Township of Langley Fire Department arrived to find the structure fully engulfed in flames. Tragically, a 15-year-old youth was located deceased inside the ho
  
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• Trump invites Colombian president to White House days after threatening it with military strike

  08-01-2026 01:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump abruptly changed his tone Wednesday about his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro, saying they had exchanged a friendly phone call and he’d even invited the leader of the South American country to the White House.“It was a Great Honor to speak with the President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, who called to explain the situation of drugs and other disagreements that we have had,” Trump posted on his social media site. “I appreci
  
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• Man receives suspended sentence for defacing National Holocaust Monument

  08-01-2026 01:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A man who pleaded guilty after defacing Canada's National Holocaust Monument has received a suspended sentence and two years of probation.
  His lawyer says Iain Aspenlieder received credit for his time in custody and partial credit for some of the bail conditions he was under.
  Michael Spratt says the probation conditions stipulate his client must not possess any weapons and must not attend the Holocaust memorial, or any Jewish place of worship, school or community centre.
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• Oilers place forward Adam Henrique on injured reserve, expected back after Olympics

  08-01-2026 01:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have placed forward Adam Henrique on injured reserve, the NHL club announced Wednesday.
  The move comes one day after Henrique played in Edmonton's 6-2 win over Nashville.
  The Oilers say he is expected to return following the Olympic break.
  Henrique has 10 points (two goals, eight assists) while averaging 13:50 of ice time in 43 games for the Oilers.
  The 35-year-old has 567 points (277 goals, 290 assists) in 1,036 career games, having also suited up for New Je
  
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• Feds say 25 banned guns were collected and destroyed in buyback pilot program

  08-01-2026 00:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The federal government says 25 banned firearms were collected and destroyed during a six-week trial run of its buyback program last fall.
  Public Safety Canada says the pilot project, which took place in Nova Scotia, showed that clearer and more timely instructions are required to ensure the participation of firearm owners.
  The department released a brief "lessons learned" report on the pilot effort late today.
  Since May 2020, Ottawa has outlawed about 2,500 types of guns on the ba
  
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• Carney to host Canada’s premiers in Ottawa

  08-01-2026 00:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet with Canada's premiers in Ottawa later this month as global tensions rise and as trade talks with the U.S. remain stalled.
  A government official confirms Carney will hold the meeting with provincial and territorial leaders on Jan. 29, after hosting a group dinner the evening before.
  The first ministers have been holding regular virtual meetings to chart a co-ordinated approach to boost Canada's economy and support industries hit hard by tariffs
  
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• Fontaine, Thénault finish fourth as Canada held off podium at World Cup aerials event

  08-01-2026 00:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LAC-BEAUPORT — Miha Fontaine and Marion Thénault finished a distant fourth in their respective events event as Canadian freestyle skiers were held off the podium on home turf Wednesday to end a World Cup aerials competition.
  Fontaine, from Magog, Que., finished the men's event with a score of 103.27 points.
  China's Sun Jiaxu, who was second in Tuesday's men's event, soared to gold with a score of 131.58. Li Tianma, also of China, was second with 124.95 and Switzerland's Noe Roth was
  
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