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• Lasers Can Transform Plastic Into Diamonds, Scientists Find

  27-09-2022 16:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not!In Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Marilyn Monroe sings the iconic line: “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend.” This performance cemented Monroe’s pop culture creds, from her hot pink dress and elbow-length gloves to her platinum bob. It also reinforced the idea that diamonds are every girl’s dream rock.
  Personal jewelry preferences aside, there’s an unmistakable allure to diamonds. Some of this attraction stems from their relati
  
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• Quick facts about Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s outgoing ambassador in Washington

  07-02-2026 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Canada's Ambassador to the United States Kirsten Hillman is ending her term in February. Here are some quick facts about the top diplomat in Washington who has stickhandled the Canada-U.S. relationship through three American administrations.
  Age: 57
  Early life: Hillman grew up in Western Canada — Calgary and Winnipeg. In her youth, she spent her summers at her grandparents' farm in southern Manitoba, near the North Dakota border.
  Education: Hillman has a bachelor's degre
  
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• Keeping her ‘eye on the ball’: Hillman reflects on her time as top diplomat in D.C.

  07-02-2026 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Kirsten Hillman hasn't written her autobiography yet, but the 57-year-old career diplomat — soon to be Canada's former ambassador to the U.S. — may already have a title picked out: "Diplomacy is a contact sport."
  One glance at her CV tells you why.
  She has been the underdog staring down centre ice as the world's largest economy looks to tear up Canada's critical trade pact. She's been the quarterback directing plays to keep trade moving during a global pandemic.
  An
  
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• Zelenskyy says U.S. gave Ukraine and Russia a June deadline to reach agreement to end war

  07-02-2026 10:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The U.S. has given Ukraine and Russia a June deadline to reach an agreement to end the nearly four-year war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters.If the June deadline is not met, the Trump administration will likely put pressure on both sides to meet it, he added.“The Americans are proposing the parties end the war by the beginning of this summer and will probably put pressure on the parties precisely according to this schedule,” Zelenskyy
  
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• Canada’s women’s hockey team set to open Olympic defence; Weidemann eyes podium

  07-02-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MILAN — Day 1 at the Milan Cortina Olympics features Canada’s women’s hockey team scheduled to open its gold-medal defence against Switzerland, after its original opener against Finland was postponed.
  But in concerning news, Switzerland’s team was isolating in Milan on Friday after one player was diagnosed with norovirus, the same stomach illness that forced the Finland postponement.
  Ottawa speedskater Isabelle Weidemann races in the women’s 3,000 metres today, look
  
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• Drone attack by paramilitary group in Sudan kills 24, including 8 children, doctors’ group says

  07-02-2026 09:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CAIRO (AP) — A drone attack by a notorious paramilitary group hit a vehicle carrying displaced families in central Sudan Saturday, killing at least 24 people, including eight children, a doctors’ group said.The attack by the Rapid Support Forces occurred close to the city of Rahad in North Kordofan province, said the Sudan Doctors Network, which tracks the country’s ongoing war.The vehicle transported displaced people who fled fighting in the Dubeiker area of North Kordofan, th
  
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• Chiefs Extend Momentum with 4-1 Win

  07-02-2026 08:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  By: Shaelee Dombrowski
   
  Chilliwack, B.C. – The Chiefs were back in Chilliwack on Friday evening after a successful six-point week on the road, where they scored a total of twenty-five goals between their midweek game in Langley and weekend road trip to Powell River. They looked to pick up another two points against the Surrey Eagles in their fifth matchup of the season, which was presented by Intuitive Rehab Services. Going into the game, Chilliwack was leading the season series 3-1.
  
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• Diallo upset as Brazil, Canada split Davis Cup qualifier opening matches

  07-02-2026 07:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — He expected a dogfight, but Gabriel Diallo didn’t think he would be the one bitten.
  The 24-year-old from Montreal, ranked 39th in the world, lost to No. 253-ranked Gustavo Heide 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-7 (3) as Canada split its opening singles matches against Brazil in Friday’s first round of Davis Cup Qualifiers.
  In the evening's first match, Liam Draxl of Newmarket, Ont., ranked 145th, defeated 207th-ranked Lucas Reis da Silva, 6-3, 6-3 in 75 minutes.
  On paper the 24-year
  
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• Brazil, Canada split Davis Cup opening matches

  07-02-2026 05:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — An upset loss by Gabriel Diallo resulted in Canada splitting its opening singles matches Friday in the first round of Davis Cup Qualifiers.
  Montreal’s Diallo, ranked 39th in the world, lost to No. 253-ranked Gustavo Heide 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-7 (3) in a two hour, 42-minute match at Douglas Mitchell Thunderbird Arena.
  In the evening's opening match, Liam Draxl of Newmarket, Ont. ranked 145th in the world, defeated 207th-ranked Lucas Reis da Silva of Brazil 6-3, 6-3 in 75 minute
  
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• Canadian midfielder Stephen Eustáquio acquired by LAFC on loan from Porto

  07-02-2026 05:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Canadian national team midfielder Stephen Eustáquio was acquired by Los Angeles FC on loan from Portugal's Porto on Friday through June 30.LA has an option to purchase rights of the 29-year-old, who has four goals in 54 international appearances — including three at the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He made a pair of starts at the 2022 World Cup, Canada's first appearance at soccer's top tournament since 1986.LA acquired Eustáquio's Major League Soccer disc
  
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• Bodies found in area in Mexico where search is on for 10 missing workers from Canadian mine

  07-02-2026 04:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities on Friday announced the discovery of bodies and remains in the northwestern state of Sinaloa in an area of an ongoing search for 10 missing workers from a Canadian gold and silver mine.
  The statement from the Mexican Attorney General’s Office did not specify how many bodies or sets of remains were found, but said that one of the bodies had the “characteristics of one of the people reported as missing.”
  The office also reported the ar
  
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• Hisatsune chips in for birdie after water ball, shoots 63 to take 2nd-round lead at Phoenix Open

  07-02-2026 02:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SCOTTSDALE, Arizz. (AP) — Ryo Hisatsune turned a water ball into a birdie to electrify the juiced up crowds at the Phoenix Open.
  Scottie Scheffler did what he needed to make yet another cut by turning in the kind of round expected by the world’s No. 1 player.
  Hisatsune chipped in for birdie after driving his ball in the water on the par-4 17th hole and shot a bogey-free 8-under 63 on Friday to surge into the lead in the second round of Phoenix Open.
  “It was very lucky,” H
  
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• Canadian Cooper Gallant skyrockets into top-10 at Elite Series event in Alabama

  07-02-2026 02:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SCOTTSBORO — It was moving day for Canadian Cooper Gallant on Friday.Gallant, of Bowmanville, Ont., went from 51st overall to No. 9 after the second day of the Elite Series season-opening event on Lake Guntersville. Gallant's five-fish limit weighed 23 pounds, 10 ounces -- the day's heaviest bag -- giving him 40 pounds, 13 ounces overall.
  Gallant's total Friday was anchored by an eight-pound, four-ounce fish, the biggest of the tournament thus far.
  Cory Johnston, of Cavan, Ont., -- who led
  
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• Colorado funeral home owner who abused nearly 200 corpses gets 40 years, decried as a ‘monster’

  07-02-2026 01:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado funeral home owner who stashed 189 decomposing bodies in a building over four years and gave grieving families fake ashes was sentenced to 40 years in state prison Friday.During the sentencing hearing, family members told Judge Eric Bentley they have had recurring nightmares about decomposing flesh and maggots since learning what happened to their loved ones.They called defendant Jon Hallford a “monster” and urged the judge to give him
  
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• B.C.’s Warm weather forces those in ice-fishing derby into boats

  07-02-2026 01:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Krista Clark is an avid ice fisher, but it was a late start to the season in British Columbia's East Kootenay region where she's lived for 47 years.
  "This year, it's been just waiting and waiting for ice conditions to even appear," she said.Now, fishers in the region say unseasonably warm temperatures are causing local lakes to melt earlier than normal, forcing an annual derby to rely on boats and causing emergency officials to warn of the risk.
  Environment Canada said 17 B.C. communities saw th
  
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• Colorado man who abused nearly 200 corpses gets 40 years, families call him a ‘monster’

  07-02-2026 01:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado funeral home owner who stashed 189 decomposing bodies in a building over four years and gave grieving families fake ashes was sentenced to 40 years in state prison Friday.During the sentencing hearing, family members told Judge Eric Bentley they have had recurring nightmares about decomposing flesh and maggots since learning what happened to their loved ones.They called defendant Jon Hallford a “monster” and urged the judge to give him
  
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• China overturns death sentence for Canadian Robert Schellenberg: NYT report

  07-02-2026 01:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — China's highest court has overturned a Canadian man's death sentence, The New York Times is reporting.
  The death sentence ordered for British Columbia native Robert Lloyd Schellenberg in 2019 after he was convicted on drug smuggling charges was overturned by the Supreme People’s Court, the newspaper said Friday.
  The decision comes just weeks after Prime Minister Mark Carney was in Beijing for meetings with President Xi Jinping and other officials.
  During that visit, the coun
  
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• Feds can’t withhold social service funds from 5 Democratic states amid fraud claims, judge rules

  07-02-2026 01:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump's administration must keep funds flowing to child care subsidies and other social service programs in five Democratic-controlled states — at least for now.U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick in New York, who was nominated by former President Barack Obama, granted the states' request for a preliminary injunction and a stay against the administration to bar it from withholding the money while a lawsuit works its way through the courts
  
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• CP NewsAlert: China overturns death sentence for Canadian: report

  07-02-2026 00:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — China's highest court has overturned a Canadian man's death sentence, The New York Times reports.
  The newspaper says the death sentence ordered for B.C. native Robert Lloyd Schellenberg after he was convicted on drug smuggling charges in 2019 has been overturned by the Supreme People’s Court.
  The decision comes just weeks after Prime Minister Mark Carney was in Beijing for meetings with President Xi Jinping and other officials.
  Clémence Grevey, a spokesperson for Glob
  
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• New AbbyPD extortion task force makes 2 arrests, responds to 11 incidents so far in 2026

  07-02-2026 00:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department is releasing figures from its newly established extortion task force for the past quarter. 
  Operation Community Shield was launched in September, in collaboration with provincial and federal partners, to help combat local extortion cases.
  Between October and December, the internal task force undertook several initiatives, including establishing a full-time victim services position, expanding public safety camera coverage, and conducting 1,
  
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  07-02-2026 00:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
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  07-02-2026 00:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
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• Ex-MLB player Yasiel Puig found guilty of obstruction and lying to federal officials

  06-02-2026 23:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury has found former major league outfielder Yasiel Puig guilty of obstruction of justice and lying to federal officials investigating an illegal gambling operation, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Friday.The verdict came after a multiweek trial that featured testimony from Major League Baseball officials and Donny Kadokawa, a Hawaii baseball coach that Puig placed bets through. Puig now faces up to 20 years in federal prison.Puig initially pled guilty to a felo
  
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• Toronto Argonauts re-sign all-star returner Janarion Grant

  06-02-2026 23:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts have locked up a key piece, re-signing American return specialist Janarion Grant.Grant played 15 games the Argos last season, averaging 22.9 yards per kick return and 12.8 yards per punt return.The 32-year-old Rutgers product spent the first four seasons of his CFL career with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, winning the Grey Cup in 2019 and 2021, then signed in Toronto in May 2024 and added another CFL championship to his name that year.He was named the CFL's mos
  
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• High streamflow advisory in place in Lower Fraser as moderate to heavy rainfall expected in region

  06-02-2026 23:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — B.C.’s River Forecast Centre has issued a high streamflow advisory for parts of the province ahead of expected rainfall this weekend.
  The advisory is in place for the Lower Fraser and its tributaries along the northern Fraser Valley, as well as the South Coast.
  A frontal system bringing moderate to heavy rainfall is expected to impact the south coast of British Columbia on Saturday, February 6. 
  The agency says current weather forecasts indicate an estimated 30 to 6
  
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• Candidate says he plans to run for Conservatives in Poilievre’s former riding

  06-02-2026 23:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Blair Turner, a police officer from the Ottawa area, says he plans to run for the Conservative nomination in Pierre Poilievre's former riding of Carleton.
  Turner ran for the Tories in Ottawa South in the most recent federal election in April losing to Defence Minister David McGuinty.
  Poilievre lost the seat he had held for 20 years and had to run in a byelection in a rural Alberta riding last summer.
  Former MP Damien Kurek, who stepped down to let the party leader run in Battle Ri
  
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• Police say threats made against schools in Coquitlam, B.C., for third straight day

  06-02-2026 23:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  COQUITLAM — Police in the Metro Vancouver community of Coquitlam say more threats have been made toward local schools, setting off safety protocols.
  Coquitlam RCMP did not say how many schools were targeted in the latest round of threats but has confirmed that authorities have received additional reports of alleged threats Friday.
  It comes after a series a threats were made on Wednesday against nine schools in the Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody, in addition to another two schools
  
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• Blue Bombers sign American DL Jake Ceresna to two-year contract

  06-02-2026 23:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed American defensive lineman Jake Ceresna to a two- year contract, the CFL club announced Friday.
  Ceresna’s rights were transferred by the Edmonton Elks to Winnipeg.
  The 31-year-old is a two-time CFL all star who earned his 2022 nod with Edmonton and was recognized again in 2024 with the Toronto Argonauts.
  Ceresna is coming off an injury-plagued 2025 campaign with the Elks.
  He finished the season with 16 defensive tackles, one sack and o
  
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• Pipeline protest created safety risks, but journalists were let in, says RCMP officer

  06-02-2026 22:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The senior RCMP officer co-ordinating enforcement at a British Columbia pipeline protest in 2021 says journalists were permitted to go through an "access control point" set up by police, and anyone who claimed to be media was allowed in.
  Asst. Commissioner John Brewer is testifying in a case brought by news organization The Narwhal and photojournalist Amber Bracken, seeking a declaration that the arrest of Bracken at the site was unlawful.
  Brewer says people claiming to be jour
  
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• Accusations against Nova Scotia hockey players prompt scrutiny of hazing

  06-02-2026 22:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Tim Skuce recalls the culture of silence he encountered among hockey players he once interviewed for research about the masculine identity of elite-level players.
  When asked questions about hazings or other questionable behaviour, they told him they had witnessed it, but they didn’t stop it.
  “They would say, ‘I was in the dressing room,’ or ‘I was at a private function and this was happening,” Skuce, an associate professor at Brandon University
  
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