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• Melissa Snazell

  11-04-2025 19:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Melissa Snazell has have lived in the Fraser Valley for 25 years and in Aldergrove for the past 12 years. She is working toward a bachelor’s degree in policy and geography. She is a single parent.
  
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• E-bike battery causes fire that sent 2 people to hospital: Edmonton fire officials

  16-01-2026 22:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — A blaze that broke out this week at an Edmonton highrise forcing dozens from their homes was caused by a lithium ion battery from an electric bike, officials said as they warned of an increase in these kinds of fires.
  Assistant Deputy Chief Justin Lallemand of Edmonton Fire Rescue Services said the apartment fire happened Wednesday evening from an electric bike stored on a sixth-floor balcony.
  Lallemand said two people were sent to hospital and 80 people were evacuated from the
  
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• Richmond to fight B.C. privacy watchdog’s order to remove surveillance cameras

  16-01-2026 22:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  RICHMOND — The City of Richmond says it will challenge an order by B.C.'s privacy watchdog to remove high-definition surveillance cameras at an intersection on the grounds the city lacked authorization to gather private information.
  It says it has "clearly stated" to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of B.C. that its public safety camera program is "lawful" and it's now "positioned to have the legality" of its program determined by the courts.
  Commissioner Michael Harv
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Killer of Vancouver festival suspect’s brother calls it ‘ripple effect’

  16-01-2026 21:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The murderer of a young man whose brother was later arrested for the Lapu Lapu festival attack that killed 11 people last year says it was a "ripple effect" from his own crime.
  Dwight Kematch, who has pleaded guilty to the January 2024 second-degree murder of Alexander Lo, told his B.C. Supreme Court sentencing hearing in Vancouver that what followed the killing was a "horrendous tragedy."
  The hearing is being attended virtually by Adam Kai-Ji Lo, who is charged with 11 counts
  
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• Calgary lifts all water-use restrictions after tests on repaired pipe successful

  16-01-2026 21:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — The City of Calgary says tests have been successful on a ruptured and repaired water main, so restrictions affecting its 1.6 million people are immediately lifted.
  Mayor Jeromy Farkas says it's a great day for the city but more hard work lies ahead, as the entire line still needs to be replaced.
  Calgarians and those in surrounding municipalities have been asked for more than two weeks to reduce their shower times, toilet flushes, laundry and dish loads.The city also cut back on w
  
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• Carney’s Canada-China deals are the product of months of diplomatic hustle

  16-01-2026 21:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The agreements Prime Minister Mark Carney brokered over the two days of his Beijing visit are the result of months of diplomatic work and cultural knowledge, international relations experts say.
  Carleton University international affairs professor Fen Osler Hampson said Carney "would have not gotten on the plane" without knowing first he had "something big, some big bacon to bring back home."
  "The team supporting the ambassador would have definitely been working overtime on this on
  
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• A timeline of Bo Bichette’s time with Blue Jays as star infielder joins Mets

  16-01-2026 21:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Bo Bichette waved goodbye to the Toronto Blue Jays by signing a three-year, US$126-million contract with the New York Mets in free agency Friday, an Associated Press source said. The star infielder spent the first seven seasons of his big-league career with Canada’s only MLB franchise.
  Here’s a timeline of his key moments with the Blue Jays:
  June 9, 2016 — The Blue Jays select Bichette, the son of four-time all-star outfielder Dante Bichette, in the second round
  
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• Vancouver festival attack suspect attends sentencing hearing for brother’s killer

  16-01-2026 20:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The suspect in last year's Lapu Lapu festival attack is attending a sentencing hearing in Vancouver for the killer of his brother, who died in 2024.
  A Crown lawyer says Adam Kai-Ji Lo is observing via a video link, with his microphone muted, as the B.C. Supreme Court hears a statement of facts about the killing of Alexander Lo at the hands of Dwight Kematch, who has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.
  Alexander Lo was killed in January 2024, about 15 months before his broth
  
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• Surging Sabres bring back memories of the franchise’s success of 20 years ago

  16-01-2026 20:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — It was reunion week in Buffalo, offering Lindy Ruff an opportunity to reminisce about the franchise’s memorable past, and provide a glimpse into what could well be a bright future.
  Among the laughs and stories the Sabres’ winningest coach shared with members of the 2005-06 team, and the bottle of Russian vodka he received from Maxim Afinogenov, Ruff couldn't help but draw a connection to his current roster.
  “You heard Danny Briere talk about the team
  
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• J.T. Realmuto agrees to $45 million, 3-year deal to stay with Phillies, AP source says

  16-01-2026 20:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Veteran catcher J.T. Realmuto agreed to a $45 million, three-year contract to stay with the Philadelphia Phillies, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Friday.The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the deal had not been announced.Realmuto can earn an additional $5 million annually in bonuses, the person said.A three-time All-Star and two-time Gold Glove winner, Realmuto made his decision a month after designated hitter Kyle Schwarber also cho
  
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• Suspect charged in three-day armed robbery spree in Maple Ridge and Langley

  16-01-2026 20:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MAPLE RIDGE — Ridge Meadows RCMP says a Langley man has now been charged in a multi-jurisdictional robbery spree last month involving an imitation firearm.
  Between December 5 and 7, 2025, two RCMP detachments received six reports of robbery believed to be by the same suspect.
  Four of the incidents took place in Maple Ridge, with the other two in Langley.Staff and customers from multiple businesses had similar suspect descriptions and reported he was armed, though no one sustained any physi
  
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• Solid hits and two big misses: A look at the Jays in 2025-06 off-season

  16-01-2026 20:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — It was a swing and a miss for the Toronto Blue Jays on two of the biggest prizes of the current Major League Baseball free agency period.
  Bo Bichette, a homegrown talent and one of the faces of the franchise, has reportedly bolted for the New York Mets. That news came shortly after star outfielder Kyle Tucker reportedly agreed to a deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers, who once again got the better of Toronto.
  Missing out on both Bichette and Tucker sours what started out as a solid
  
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• Five things to know about Canada’s new ‘strategic partnership’ with China

  16-01-2026 20:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney secured what he called a "landmark" deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday, ending a three-day visit aimed at "recalibrating" strained relations between Canada and China.
  The "strategic partnership" offers a break on tariffs between the nations and opens up new avenues for trade and co-operation. Carney's comments after signing the deal are also making political waves within Canada and around the world.
  Here's what came out of the fi
  
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• Trump says it’s a ‘good thing’ Carney signed a deal with China

  16-01-2026 20:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump says it's a good thing Prime Minister Mark Carney has signed a trade deal with China.
  Speaking to reporters as he left the White House today, Trump said that if Carney can get a deal with China, he should do it.
  Canada reached a deal with Beijing earlier Friday to slash tariffs on a set number of Chinese electric vehicles in exchange for China cutting duties on agriculture products, including canola.
  Canada's deal marks a major break from the United
  
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• Carney and Xi blanket China’s front pages, but trade deal gets little attention

  16-01-2026 19:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Prime Minister Mark Carney's meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping has received wide coverage from Chinese media, featuring on most state-owned outlets' front pages.
  But their stories that repeat an article by state-run news agency Xinhua make no mention of Canada's deal with Beijing to slash tariffs on a fixed number of Chinese electric vehicles in exchange for China dropping duties on agriculture products.
  People's Daily, China's main national newspaper, instead uses the page-one headline "Xi J
  
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• Abbotsford mushroom farm fined nearly $15K for improper goody water storage

  16-01-2026 19:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — An Abbotsford mushroom farm has recently been handed an environmental fine for failing to store water that often emits a “strong odour”.
  In December 2025, Environmental Compliance BC gave a $14,800 penalty to Delfresh Mushroom Farm Ltd. as a result of a nearly three-year contravention against goody water storage rules.
  Goody water is the liquid waste generated by composting mushrooms, which often creates a strong odour.
  Guidelines state that mushroom compost facili
  
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• Trump to pardon ex-Puerto Rico governor Vázquez in campaign finance case, official says

  16-01-2026 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to pardon former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez, a White House official said Friday.Vázquez pleaded guilty last August to a campaign finance violation in a federal case that authorities say also involved a former FBI agent and a Venezuelan banker. Her sentencing was set for later this month.Federal prosecutors had been seeking one year behind bars, something that Vázquez’s attorneys opposed as they accused prosecutor
  
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• Trump takes the unusual step of thanking Iran for canceling executions of political prisoners

  16-01-2026 19:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump took the unusual step on Friday of thanking the Iranian government for not following through on executions of what he said was meant to be hundreds of political prisoners.“Iran canceled the hanging of over 800 people,” Trump told reporters while leaving the White House to spend the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. He added “and I greatly respect the fact that they canceled.”The Republican president als
  
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• Details of federal firearm buyback program to be announced Saturday

  16-01-2026 19:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Liberal government plans to announce details of its national program to compensate owners of banned firearms at a briefing in Montreal on Saturday.
  Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree, Québec Public Security Minister Ian Lafrenière and police representatives are set to take part.
  Liberal MP and secretary of state for nature Nathalie Provost, who was shot by a gunman during a 1989 rampage, is also expected to be at the announcement.
  Since May 2020, Ottawa h
  
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• Toronto FC fills out goalkeeping group with addition of veteran William Yarbrough

  16-01-2026 19:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Toronto FC has signed veteran goalkeeper William Yarbrough, adding a layer of experience behind holdovers Luka Gavran and Adisa De Rosario.
  The 36-year-old Mexican-American arrives as a free agent after spending last season as a backup at Inter Miami.
  Born in Mexico to American parents, Yarbrough won two Liga MX titles and recorded 52 shutouts in 203 appearances for Club Leon (2012 to 2020) before heading to MLS, where he spent four seasons with Colorado (2020 to 2023) and one ea
  
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• Bo Bichette and the New York Mets agree to a $126 million, 3-year contract, AP source says

  16-01-2026 19:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Bo Bichette and the New York Mets agreed Friday to a $126 million, three-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the deal was subject to a successful physical and had not been announced.A two-time All-Star at shortstop with the Toronto Blue Jays, Bichette will move to third base with the Mets, who have Francisco Lindor at shortstop. Bichette has never played a professional
  
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• Peter Milobar joins growing field in B.C. Conservative leadership race

  16-01-2026 19:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — Peter Milobar, the finance critic for the opposition B.C. Conservatives, is joining the race to lead the party.
  Milobar, who announced his candidacy outside the B.C. legislature, becomes the third contender added this week.
  He is the MLA for Kamloops Centre and a former longtime mayor of Kamloops, and his campaign has the slogan "ready to lead BC."
  Other fresh candidates in the race to succeed John Rustad, who stepped down last month, include political commentator Caroline Ellio
  
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• B.C. teen dies after falling from chairlift at Cypress Mountain ski resort

  16-01-2026 19:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WEST VANCOUVER — An 18-year-old has died after falling from a chairlift at the Cypress Mountain Resort northwest of Vancouver, in what police are calling a "tragic accident."
  A statement from West Vancouver RCMP says emergency services were called around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday but the young man from Maple Ridge, B.C., was pronounced dead at the scene.
  RCMP spokeswoman Suzanne Birch says in a statement that "all available evidence points to this being a tragic accident” and there are n
  
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• Trump plans to pardon ex-Puerto Rico Gov. Vázquez in campaign finance violation case, official says

  16-01-2026 18:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to pardon former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez, a White House official said Friday.Vázquez pleaded guilty last August to a campaign finance violation in a federal case that authorities say also involved a former FBI agent and a Venezuelan banker. Her sentencing was set for later this month.Federal prosecutors had been seeking one year behind bars.The official who confirmed the planned pardon indicated Trump, a Republican, saw th
  
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• Bo Bichette and New York Mets have agreed to a $126 million, 3-year contract, AP source says

  16-01-2026 18:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Bo Bichette and the New York Mets agreed Friday to a $126 million, three-year contract, two people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.The people spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the deal was subject to a successful physical.The infielder Bichette can opt out after the first and second season. He would receive $47 million for one year and $89 million for two years, one of the people said.The deal does not contain any deferred money and
  
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• AP sources say star infielder Bo Bichette leaves Toronto for Mets

  16-01-2026 18:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Blue Jays homegrown star Bo Bichette is leaving Toronto for the New York Mets,sources tell The Associated Press.
  The AP says the deal is for US$126 million over three years. The sources spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal was subject to a successful physical.
  Bichette can opt out after the first and second seasons. He would receive $47 million for one year and $89 million for two years, one of the people said. The deal does not contain any deferred money, and Bichette gets a full no
  
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• PQ leader says it’s time to relaunch debate on sovereignty after Legault resignation

  16-01-2026 18:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The leader of the Parti Québécois says it's time to refocus the political debate in Quebec to sovereignty following Premier François Legault's resignation.
  Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says Legault has proven the need for independence by failing to secure gains for Quebec in more than seven years in office.
  Legault founded the Coalition Avenir Québec to offer Quebecers an alternative to the traditional sovereigntist-federalist dichotomy, by focusing on in
  
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• Nova Scotia lobster industry surprised, elated by suspension of Chinese tariff

  16-01-2026 18:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Key players in Nova Scotia’s lucrative seafood industry are celebrating Ottawa's successful bid to persuade China to temporarily drop a painful 25 per cent tariff on Canadian lobster and crab.
  Stewart Lamont, managing director of the Tangier Lobster Company, says the tariff has cost the province’s economy more than $400 million since it was imposed in March.
  In 2024, live lobster exports to China represented 40 per cent of Nova Scotia's export market, generating about
  
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• Guest dies at Cypress Mountain ski resort in West Vancouver

  16-01-2026 17:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WEST VANCOUVER — Police in West Vancouver say there has been a death at the Cypress Mountain Resort, which has confirmed the victim was a guest who died in a "fatal incident."
  Police say it happened Thursday evening at the ski hill and resort in the Metro Vancouver region.
  They say victims' services workers are at the scene to offer support to witnesses and are urging anyone in need to reach out.
  Investigators also say the person who died has been identified and family have been notified.
  
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• Flooding caused $74M in damages across Fraser Valley: IBC

  16-01-2026 17:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  FRASER VALLEY — The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) is calling for more investment in community resilience, as new figures paint a clearer picture of insured losses from this past December’s atmospheric river event in the Fraser Valley.
  Estimates from Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ) show $74 million in damage, mostly to homes and businesses across the region, with an additional $16 million in other parts of B.C. and Alberta.
  “Severe weather and flooding has
  
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