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• Michael de Jong

  02-04-2025 03:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Michael de Jong will run as an independent candidate in the riding of Abbotsford-South Langley. De Jong worked initially as a lawyer before turning to politics as the age of 26 when he was elected to the Abbotsford school board. In 1994 he began a 30-year career in provincial politics as an MLA, resigning in the fall of 2024.
  
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• Timeline of police-involved beating death of Myles Gray in B.C.

  19-01-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner of British Columbia begins a public hearing on Monday into the police-involved death of 33-year-old Myles Gray more than 10 years ago.
  Commissioner Prabhu Rajan called the hearing after a police discipline authority dismissed misconduct allegations against seven Vancouver police officers involved in the fatal confrontation. Here are some of the key dates in the case.August 13, 2015
  Police are called about a man acting erratically not far from the b
  
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• Public hearing into 2015 Vancouver police beating death of Myles Gray to begin

  19-01-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — A public hearing into the 2015 police beating death of Myles Gray gets underway today in Vancouver.
  The hearing by the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner into the circumstances of Gray's death after a violent altercation with a group of Vancouver police officers in Burnaby, B.C., is scheduled to last 10 weeks.
  His family sought the hearing after a discipline authority cleared the seven officers of misconduct in 2024, and Margaret Gray, his mother, is listed as the firs
  
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• Gun owners have until March 31 to express interest in gun compensation

  19-01-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The period for gun owners to declare interest in a federal program offering compensation for turning in or permanently deactivating their guns begins today.
  Since May 2020, Ottawa has outlawed about 2,500 types of guns, including the AR-15, on the basis they belong only on the battlefield.
  Public Safety Canada says firearm licence holders will be notified of the declaration period, which lasts through to March 31, and how they can take part.
  In the spring, owners whose declaration
  
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• Doctors in FIFA World Cup cities worry about ER capacity, strain on health system

  19-01-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Doctors in Canada's FIFA World Cup host cities say they're concerned the already strained health-care system will buckle if a sudden, unexpected surge slams emergency departments during the games.
  Dr. Catherine Varner, an emergency medicine physician in Toronto, wrote an editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal Monday raising concerns about vulnerabilities in the health-care system that she says need to be addressed before more than 300,000 soccer fans set foot in To
  
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• Carney heading to Switzerland to take part in World Economic Forum

  19-01-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney heads today to Switzerland for the World Economic Forum in the ski resort town of Davos.
  Carney is set to give speeches aimed at drumming up investments in Canada, while meeting with leaders of countries, institutions and corporations.
  U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to speak at Davos, and his unpredictability could upend the entire gathering, according to University of British Columbia political scientist Stewart Prest.
  Prest says leaders going
  
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• Scores, sports schedule for Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026

  19-01-2026 06:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Sunday's Scoreboard
  NHL
  Edmonton 5 St. Louis 0
  Detroit 4 Ottawa 3 (OT)
  Tampa Bay 4 Dallas 1
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  PWHL
  New York 2 Montreal 1
  Boston 2 Seattle 1 (SO)
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  AHL
  Belleville 5 Utica 4 (SO)
  Coachella Valley 3 Abbotsford 0
  Bakersfield 1 Calgary 0 (OT)
  Providence 6 Cleveland 2
  Charlotte 4 Hershey 3 (SO)
  Rockford 6 Chicago 5 (SO)
  Colorado 4 Henderson 1
  Texas 3 Ontario 1
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  Western Hockey League
  Prince George 5 Vancouver 1
  Seattle 3 Wenatchee 2 (SO)
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  Ontario Hockey League
  Kitchener 4 Guelph 3
  Niagara 4 B
  
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• Luka, LeBron get Lakers back into form in 110-93 victory over Raptors

  19-01-2026 06:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Luka Doncic had 25 points and seven assists, LeBron James added 24 points and seven assists, and the Los Angeles Lakers returned to form with a 110-93 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday night.
  Deandre Ayton had 25 points and 13 rebounds in his impressive return from a knee injury for the Lakers, who won for just the second time in seven games while playing their final home game before an eight-game, 15-day road trip.
  Ayton had his highest-scoring performance sinc
  
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• NHL roundup: DeBrincat nets team-high 26th goal in OT, Red Wings tip Senators 4-3

  19-01-2026 05:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DETROIT (AP) — Alex DeBrincat scored 36 seconds into overtime to give the surging Detroit Red Wings a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators on Sunday.
  Axel Sandin-Pellikka, Lucas Raymond and James van Riemsdyk also scored for Detroit. Patrick Kane assisted on Sandin-Pellikka’ goal, moving him two points shy of Mike Modano’s record of 1,374 career points by a U.S.-born player.
  John Gibson made 19 saves for his 15th victory in his last 17 games. The Red Wings improved to 9-4 in overti
  
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• Chris Gotterup opens PGA Tour season by winning Sony Open for his 3rd straight year with a title

  19-01-2026 05:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HONOLULU (AP) — Chris Gotterup had leis draped around his neck, a flute of champagne in one hand and the gold Sony Open trophy in the other for the traditional toast from the Waialae members Sunday evening. He's loved coming to Hawaii, even if the occasion was never worth celebrating.He was part of the rookie class that came to Honolulu in 2024 for orientation, only to be told there was no room for them in the field. He missed the cut a year ago, falling to No. 195 in the world.On Sunday,
  
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• Coco Gauff advances to second round at Australian Open despite serving struggles

  19-01-2026 05:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Third-seeded Coco Gauff had some familiar struggles on serve but had still enough class and power to defeat Kamilla Rakhimova 6-2, 6-3 on Monday in a first-round match at the Australian Open. Gauff has won two Grand Slam titles but has never gone past the semifinals at Melbourne Park. She was knocked out in the quarterfinals last year.The American has struggled with double-faults and had 431 in 2025 on the WTA Tour, by far the most of any player. No one else had
  
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• Hyman, Ingram help Oilers sting the Blues 5-0

  19-01-2026 05:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Zach Hyman had two goals and an assist, Connor Ingram made 27 saves to record the shutout, and the Edmonton Oilers started a key eight-game homestand with a 5-0 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Sunday.
  Vasily Podkolzin had a goal and an assist and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Andrew Mangiapane also scored for the Oilers (25-17-8) who have gone 5-1-2 in their last seven games.
  Nugent-Hopkins played in his 1,000th regular-season contest, becoming just the 63rd player in history to r
  
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• Gauff advances to second round at Australian Open despite serving struggles

  19-01-2026 04:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Third-seeded Coco Gauff had some familiar struggles on serve but had still enough class and power to defeat Kamilla Rakhimova 6-2, 6-3 on Monday in a first-round match at the Australian Open.Gauff has won two Grand Slam titles but has never gone past the semifinals at Melbourne Park. She was knocked out in the quarterfinals last year.
  The American has struggled with double-faults and had 431 in 2025 on the WTA Tour, by far the most of any player. No one else had
  
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• Gotterup opens PGA Tour season by winning Sony Open; Pendrith finishes tied for sixth

  19-01-2026 04:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HONOLULU (AP) — Chris Gotterup opened the new PGA Tour season with three big birdies on the back nine that carried him to a 6-under 64 and a two-shot victory in the Sony Open, his third straight season with a victory as he moves closer to golf's A-list.
  Gotterup was two shots behind when he took advantage of a collapse by 54-hole leader Davis Riley and then poured it on with a mixture of power and putting along the back nine of breezy Waialae Country Club to keep everyone else from catchin
  
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• Seventh-seeded Auger-Aliassime forced to retire in first round at Australian Open

  19-01-2026 03:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MELBOURNE — It's been a rough start for Canada's men at the 2026 Australian Open.
  A day after Gabriel Diallo of Montreal and Liam Draxl of Newmarket, Ont., lost their opening-round singles matches, Felix Auger-Aliassime was one and done Down Under as well.
  Auger-Aliassime, seeded seventh in the major tournament, beat 28-year-old Nuno Borges of Portugal 6-3 in the opener of their best-of-five match on Monday, but then lost 6-4, 6-4 and then retired with the score tied 15-15 in the first gam
  
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• U.S. women strike gold with 2-0 win over Canada in U18 world hockey championship

  19-01-2026 02:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SYDNEY — Canada's unbeaten run at the Under-18 women's world hockey championship came to an end Sunday.
  Unfortunately, the impressive streak was halted in the gold-medal game against the United States.
  Emily Pohl and Lindsay Stepnowski scored for the Americans and Talla Hansen chipped in with two assists as the U.S. won gold with a 2-0 win.
  Netminder Bianca Birrittieri stopped 38 shots to record the shutout. Lea-Rose Charrois stopped 25 shots in the Canadian net.
  Pohl gave the U.S. a 1-0 l
  
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• DeBrincat scores in OT to give Red Wings 4-3 win over Senators

  19-01-2026 02:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DETROIT (AP) — Alex DeBrincat scored 36 seconds into overtime to give the surging Detroit Red Wings a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators on Sunday.
  Axel Sandin-Pellikka, Lucas Raymond and James van Riemsdyk also scored for Detroit. Patrick Kane assisted on Sandin-Pellikka’ goal, moving him two points shy of Mike Modano’s record of 1,374 career points by a U.S.-born player.
  John Gibson made 19 saves for his 15th victory in his last 17 games. The Red Wings improved to 9-4 in overti
  
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• Flames trade defenceman Andersson to Golden Knights for Whitecloud, draft picks

  19-01-2026 02:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — The Calgary Flames have traded veteran defenceman Rasmus Andersson to the Vegas Golden Knights for defenceman Zach Whitecloud, defensive prospect Abram Wiebe, a first-round draft pick in 2027 and a conditional second-round pick in 2028 that becomes a first-rounder should Vegas win the Stanley Cup this year.
  The Flames announced the deal Sunday.
  The 28-year-old Andersson from Malmo, Sweden, has spent his entire NHL career with the Flames, who drafted him 53rd overall in 2015.
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• After 1,300+ days at a Chilliwack animal care home, Lizzy is heading for a new home

  19-01-2026 01:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — After spending over 1,300 days at a local animal care home in Chilliwack, Lizzy the cat is getting a new lease on life – and she’ll have a fellow feline for company.
  The Chilliwack Animal Safe Haven announced Sunday afternoon that Lizzy, who spent about 3 1/2 years at the animal care centre, has been adopted and will share her new home with Martha, who also got adopted Sunday.“We are so excited to say that Lizzy has been adopted! You both deserve the best, ha
  
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• High-speed trains collide after one derails in southern Spain, killing at least 21

  19-01-2026 01:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A high-speed train derailed, jumped onto the track in the opposite direction and slammed into an oncoming train Sunday in southern Spain, killing at least people 21 and injuring dozens more, the country's transport minister said. The tail end of an evening train between Malaga and Madrid with some 300 passengers went off the rails near Córdoba at 7:45 p.m. local time and slammed into a train with some 200 passengers coming from Madrid to Huelva, another south
  
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• Maye throws 3 TD passes, Stroud has 4 INTs as Patriots top Texans 28-16 to advance to AFC title game

  19-01-2026 00:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Drake Maye threw three touchdown passes, Marcus Jones returned one of C.J. Stroud’s four interceptions for a score and the New England Patriots defeated the Houston Texans 28-16 on Sunday to advance to the AFC championship game for the first time in seven years.
  In Mike Vrabel's first season as coach, the Patriots will take on the Broncos in Denver next Sunday, with the winner advancing to the Super Bowl.
  The Patriots will make their 16th conference champions
  
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• Police seek witnesses to Highway 1 motorcycle collision Saturday

  19-01-2026 00:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — Police continue to investigate a serious crash that sent one motorcyclist to hospital in critical condition Saturday afternoon (Jan. 17).
  BC Highway Patrol responded to a collision between a Suzuki motorcycle and a Mitsubishi RVR on Highway 1 near Atkinson Road in Abbotsford just after 2 p.m.
  Initial findings indicate the SUV was travelling westbound when the motorcycle, travelling in the same direction, collided with it.
  “The impact of the collision was a such that debr
  
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• High-speed trains collide after one derails in southern Spain, killing at least 20

  19-01-2026 00:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MADRID (AP) — A high-speed train derailed in southern Spain on Sunday, jumping onto the track in the opposite direction and hitting an oncoming train in an accident that authorities estimate left more than 20 people dead and dozens injured. The evening train between Malaga and Madrid went off the rails and slammed into a train coming from Madrid to Huelva, another southern Spanish city, according to the Spanish rail operator Adif.Antonio Sanz, regional health minister for the Andalusia pro
  
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• High-speed trains collide after one derails in southern Spain, killing at least 10 people

  18-01-2026 23:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MADRID (AP) — A high-speed train crash in southern Spain on Sunday killed at least 10 people, the Guardia Civil said.Two Guardia Civil officials confirmed the death toll to The Associated Press by phone and text message. They spoke on condition of anonymity in line with police rules.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.MADRID (AP) — A high-speed train derailed in southern Spain on Sunday, jumping onto the track in the opposite direction and hitting a
  
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• Kaltounková and Cherkowski score goals, Osborne has 31 saves as Sirens beat Victoire 2-1

  18-01-2026 23:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Kristýna Kaltounková and Anne Cherkowski each scored a goal, Kayle Osborne had 31 saves and the New York Sirens beat the Montreal Victoire 2-1 on Sunday at Capital One Arena as part of the PWHL’s Takeover Tour.
  Montreal (5-2-0-5) had its three-game win streak snapped.Sarah Fillier had two assists for New York (7-0-1-5), which has won five of six. The Sirens have 22 points, four behind league-leading Boston and one ahead of third-place Minnesota.Kaltoun
  
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• Senegal wins Africa Cup of Nations after chaotic final against host Morocco

  18-01-2026 23:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Senegal has won the Africa Cup of Nations in dramatic fashion.Pape Gueye scored in extra time for the Teranga Lions to beat host Morocco 1-0 in a chaotic final on Sunday which at one point saw Senegal's players leave the field to protest a penalty decision.After a 14-minute delay, Édouard Mendy saved Brahim Díaz’s Panenka penalty in the last kick of normal time. Gueye then scored the winning goal in the first half of extra time.Gueye struck in the
  
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• Chiefs Hockey Confirmed to Remain in Chilliwack for the 2026/27 Season

  18-01-2026 23:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Chilliwack, B.C. – The Chilliwack Chiefs are pleased to confirm that the team will remain in Chilliwack for the 2026/27 season, continuing to call the Chilliwack Coliseum home and further strengthening the long-standing bond between the organization and the community.
  This announcement secures another exciting season of Chiefs hockey in Chilliwack, ensuring fans can continue to enjoy high-level competition, meaningful community involvement, and unforgettable game-night experiences.
  As the
  
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• Chaos at Africa Cup of Nations final after Senegal players walk off field to protest penalty

  18-01-2026 22:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The Africa Cup of Nations final has gone to extra time after finishing 0-0 in a chaotic end which saw Senegal players walk off the field when host Morocco was awarded a stoppage-time penalty.That decision came after Senegal had a goal ruled out at the other end.Senegal coach Pape Thiaw led his team off the field on Sunday while Moroccan fans celebrated and whistled. The Senegal players eventually returned and – 14 minutes after the penalty was awarded – &E
  
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• High-speed trains collide after one derails in southern Spain, killing at least 5 and injuring 25

  18-01-2026 22:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MADRID (AP) — A high-speed train derailed in southern Spain on Sunday, jumping onto the track in the opposite direction and hitting an oncoming train, the Spanish rail operator Adif said. Emergency services said the collision killed five people and severely injured 25.The evening train between Malaga and Madrid derailed and hit a train coming from Madrid to Huelva, another southern Spanish city, according to Adif.Emergency services in Andalucia, the province where the accident happened, sa
  
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• Fire crews save house after explosion, fire in West Kelowna

  18-01-2026 22:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — Firefighters in West Kelowna, B.C., say they managed to save a house from flames early Sunday morning following reports of an explosion.West Kelowna Fire Chief Jason Brolund said in a statement that crews responded to a residence in the Smith Creek neighbourhood at around 2 a.m.He says that arriving crews found a truck and trailer on fire, with fire coming close to the house.
  Brolund says firefighters worked hard to keep the fire out of the house, which was not affected.He says
  
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