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• Missiles, exploding drones again hit Ukraine’s power, water

  18-10-2022 12:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Airstrikes cut power and water supplies in a repeatedly bombed Ukrainian city and pounded critical energy facilities elsewhere on Tuesday, part of what Ukraine’s president denounced as a quickening Russian campaign to drive Ukrainians into the cold and dark and making peace talks impossible.President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said nearly one-third of Ukraine’s power stations have been destroyed in the past week, “causing massive blackouts across the country
  
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• Alcaraz fends off Zverev in an epic semifinal to reach the Australian Open final

  30-01-2026 10:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz overcame cramps and injury to fend off Alexander Zverev in an epic, momentum-swinging five-setter Friday to become the youngest man in the Open era to reach the finals of all four Grand Slam events.At 22, he’s aiming to be the youngest man to complete a career Grand Slam.He reached his first Australian Open final the hard way, winning 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (3), 6-7 (4), 7-5 in 5 hours, 27 minutes.That's despite being two points away in the third
  
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• In the news today: Poilievre to speak in Calgary, Trump threatens tariffs, Oilers win

  30-01-2026 10:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...
  Conservatives converge on downtown Calgary, eager to hear from party leader Poilievre
  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is set to address his party faithful this evening in Calgary, in a speech that many anticipate will set the tone for the Tories heading into the next election.
  The party on Thursday kicked off its national convention, where delegates are expected to signal their support for Poilievre's
  
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• Wagon-dragging B.C. islanders face weeks without vehicle bridge, knocked askew by tug

  30-01-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DELTA — When Abby Collier heard that the only bridge connecting Westham Island to Delta and the Metro Vancouver mainland had been damaged by a boat strike last week, she assumed it would be closed for a few days.
  After all, it had happened before and the small island community of mostly farmers where she's lived for 15 years had always managed.
  Then, days later, the community of about 130 households learned they would also be under a boil water advisory after a leak was discovered in the w
  
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• U.S. face-off with Cuba could put Canada ‘in a vise grip’: former ambassador

  30-01-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — As Canada warns travellers of food and electricity shortages in Cuba, experts say any move by the U.S. to overthrow the island's communist leadership would put Canada in a bind much worse than the aftermath of the American armed intervention in Venezuela.
  Two former ambassadors say they're confident Global Affairs Canada is preparing contingency plans for responding to the various ways in which Washington could intervene in Cuba.
  They also say Canada's response could be shaped by
  
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• Conservatives converge on downtown Calgary, eager to hear from party leader Poilievre

  30-01-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is set to address his party faithful this evening in Calgary, in a speech that many anticipate will set the tone for the Tories heading into the next election.
  The party on Thursday kicked off its national convention, where delegates are expected to signal their support for Poilievre's continued leadership.
  Conservative member of Parliament Andrew Scheer says he thinks there will be many delegates who've never attended a convention before, but
  
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• CFIA official tells of threats and harassment that dogged ostrich cull operation

  30-01-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  As Canadian Food Inspection Agency workers prepared for a cull of hundreds of ostriches at a British Columbia farm, they came under a variety of harassment from opponents of the operation, said a senior official with the agency.
  They peaked with the "extreme" example of a CFIA worker and their family facing "in-person threats" of "physical violence and sexual assault," forcing the agency to relocate the couple and their children, the official said.
  "There's been an escalating pattern of threats,
  
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• Alberta separatist says members of Smith’s caucus have signed referendum petition

  30-01-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — A leader of Alberta's separatist movement says some members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus have signed the petition looking to force a vote on the province quitting Canada.
  "I know of (UCP members of the legislature) that have signed the petition," Jeff Rath, a lawyer for Stay Free Alberta, the group organizing the petition campaign, said Thursday.
  "We're confident that more of them will (sign), because they believe in allowing Albertans to have a s
  
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• Patrick Kane becomes highest-scoring US-born player during Red Wings’ shootout loss to Capitals

  30-01-2026 07:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DETROIT (AP) — Patrick Kane became the highest-scoring United States-born player in NHL history in the Detroit Red Wings’ 4-3 loss to the Washington Capitals, who got the decisive goal from Nic Dowd in a shootout on Thursday night.
  Alex DeBrincat scored with 1:40 left and again with 51.1 seconds remaining, pulling the Red Wings into a 3-all tie after goaltender Josh Gibson went to the bench to add an extra skater. DeBrincat had some good fortune on the tying goal, dumping the puck an
  
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• Shane Wright scores twice as Kraken extend win streak to 3 games with 5-2 win over Maple Leafs

  30-01-2026 06:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SEATTLE (AP) — Shane Wright scored two goals and the Seattle Kraken extended their winning streak to three games with a 5-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night.
  Brandon Montour and Matty Beniers also scored for the Kraken, who have won four of their last five games. Joey Daccord stopped 29 shots.
  Nicholas Robertson and Morgan Rielly scored for Toronto, which slipped to 0-5-1 over its past six games.
  Anthony Stolarz, making his second straight start in goal after missing two
  
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• Canucks top Ducks 2-0 thanks to late goals from O’Connor, Blueger

  30-01-2026 06:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Drew O'Connor scored the go-ahead goal 10:18 into the third period as the Vancouver Canucks earned their sixth home win of the year defeating the Anaheim Ducks 2-0 on Thursday night at Rogers Arena.
  O’Connor opened the scoring for the Canucks (18-31-5) with a one-timer off a Jake DeBrusk pass. Teddy Blueger added an empty-netter with 28 seconds to go.
  In net, Nikita Tolopilo got the start after taking on relief duties in the Canucks’ 5-2 loss to the San Jose Sharks
  
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• Hyman scores, Oilers come back to beat Sharks 4-3 in overtime

  30-01-2026 05:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Zach Hyman scored one minute and six seconds into regulation and the Edmonton Oilers came all the way back to edge the San Jose Sharks 4-3 on Thursday.Leon Draisaitl had a goal and two assists for the Oilers (28-19-8) in regulation, while Connor McDavid and Evan Bouchard each scored and contributed a helper in regulation.
  Connor Ingram stopped 17 of the 20 shots he faced in Edmonton’s net.
  The Sharks (27-21-4) took an early lead with Collin Graf scoring 26 seconds into the
  
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• Gustavsson makes 29 saves as the Wild race to an early lead and beat the Flames 4-1

  30-01-2026 04:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Danila Yurov and Vinnie Hinostroza scored in the first period and the Minnesota Wild went on to beat the Calgary Flames 4-1 Thursday night.
  Matt Boldy and Kirill Kaprizov scored late in the third period, and Filip Gustavsson made 29 saves for the Wild, who are 5-1-1 in their past seven games.
  Minnesota is tied with Tampa Bay for the second-most points in the NHL at 72. Colorado has 79 points.
  Playing the only road game of their final nine contests before the Olympic
  
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• Justin Rose sets Torrey Pines pace with 62. Koepka makes his PGA Tour return with 73

  30-01-2026 04:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Justin Rose had birdie chances on all but one hole Thursday and turned that into a 10-under 62 on the easier North course at Torrey Pines, giving him a one-shot lead in the Farmers Insurance Open on a day that marked the return of Brooks Koepka from LIV Golf.
  Koepka garnered so much of the attention under the brilliant sunshine along the Pacific Coast, the first PGA Tour member to leave for the Saudi-funded rival league only to get out of his contract with one year left an
  
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• Raddysh, Gourde and Kucherov help surging Lightning beat Jets 4-1

  30-01-2026 04:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Darren Raddysh and Yanni Gourde each had a goal and two assists to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 4-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night.
  Nikita Kucherov scored his 27th goal on an empty-netter and added his 55th assist. Dominic James also scored for Tampa Bay, which improved to 16-1-1 in its past 18 games. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 22 shots to extend his streak without a regulation loss to 14 games (13-0-1).
  Kyle Connor scored for Winnipeg, while Conno
  
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• Suzuki nets power-play and short-handed goals as Habs cruise past Avs 7-3

  30-01-2026 03:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Nick Suzuki scored a power-play and short-handed goal to go along with an assist as the Montreal Canadiens earned a 7-3 win over the Colorado Avalanche Thursday night at the Bell Centre.
  Noah Dobson opened the scoring just 56 seconds into the game for the Canadiens (30-17-7), as they improved their record to 18-6-0 against Western Conference opponents this season.
  Jake Evans, with his second goal in as many games, and Kirby Dach found the back of the net 40 seconds apart for Mon
  
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• Trump threatens tariffs, decertification on Canadian-made aircraft

  30-01-2026 01:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump singled out Bombardier in a threat to decertify and tariff Canadian-made aircraft.In a post on social media Thursday evening, Trump alleged that "Canada has wrongfully, illegally, and steadfastly refused to certify the Gulfstream 500, 600, 700, and 800 Jets."
  "We are hereby decertifying their Bombardier Global Expresses, and all Aircraft made in Canada, until such time as Gulfstream, a Great American Company, is fully certified, as it should have be
  
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• Trump threatens tariffs on any country selling oil to Cuba, a move that puts pressure on Mexico

  30-01-2026 01:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that would impose a tariff on any goods from countries that sell or provide oil to Cuba, a move that puts pressure on Mexico.Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said this week that her government had at least temporarily stopped oil shipments to Cuba, but said it was a “sovereign decision” not made under pressure from the United States.Trump has been squeezing Mexico to distance itself from the Cuban
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Trump threatens tariffs, decertification on Canadian-made aircraft

  30-01-2026 01:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump singled out Bombardier in a threat to decertify and tariff Canadian-made aircraft.In a post on social media tonight, Trump alleges "Canada has wrongfully, illegally, and steadfastly refused to certify the Gulfstream 500, 600, 700, and 800 Jets."
  The president says if "this situation is not immediately corrected" he will put a 50 per cent tariff on Canadian aircraft sold in the United States.Canada has re-emerged as a target of Trump's threats since
  
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• B.C. school trustee ‘terrified’ after police ordered her out of vehicle at gunpoint

  30-01-2026 01:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PRINCE GEORGE — A school trustee in Prince George, B.C., says she was "terrified" after being ordered out of her vehicle at gunpoint by police and handcuffed for a few minutes before being let go, leaving her "feeling afraid, overwhelmed and angry."Erica McLean says in a Facebook post that she had parked at a shopping centre after getting a coffee at a drive-thru on Tuesday when she was boxed in by police vehicles and ordered out of her sport utility vehicle by officers with their guns poi
  
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• ‘Disturbing’ scenes, record overdoses, as powerful sedative hits B.C. drug supply

  30-01-2026 00:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Last weekend, frontline health workers in Trail, B.C., reported "disturbing" scenes to Dr. Karin Goodison, medical health officer with Interior Health.
  She said workers were finding about 20 people unconscious each night, "lying out in the cold in the street," and suffering memory loss due to overdoses.Goodison said the workers with years of experience described it as the worst situation they had ever seen.
  "It's very disturbing to workers who've been doing this work on the fro
  
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• Watchdog investigating after missing youth found dead in Smithers, B.C.

  30-01-2026 00:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY — British Columbia's civilian police watchdog agency is investigating after a girl was found dead on a park trail in Smithers, B.C., a day after she was reported missing.
  The Independent Investigations Office says the case happened in December, when staff at a residence reported that the youth living there had gone missing.
  Investigators say she last made contact by phone at around 9 p.m. on Dec. 26, and her body was found on a walking trail in Riverside Park shortly after 10 a.m. t
  
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• Overnight traffic diversions on Hwy. 1 in the Fraser Valley could start Thursday night

  30-01-2026 00:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LANGLEY – The B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Transit says motorists should expect roughly two weeks of overnight traffic diversions on Highway 1 in the Fraser Valley starting as early as tonight.
  According to a statement from the province, the traffic diversions will occur on Highway 1 between Glover Road and 248 Street starting Thursday evening, Jan. 29, and continue until Thursday, Feb. 12.
  The ministry says the work is weather dependent, and the diversions are necessary for the saf
  
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• Overnight traffic diversions on Hwy. 1 in Langley could start Thursday night

  30-01-2026 00:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LANGLEY – The B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Transit says motorists should expect roughly two weeks of overnight traffic diversions on Highway 1 in the Fraser Valley starting as early as tonight.
  According to a statement from the province, the traffic diversions will occur on Highway 1 between Glover Road and 248 Street starting Thursday evening, Jan. 29, and continue until Thursday, Feb. 12.
  The ministry says the work is weather dependent, and the diversions are necessary for the saf
  
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• Winnipeg Blue Bombers provided the right fit for veteran receiver Tim White

  30-01-2026 00:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Tim White is somewhat surprised to be a Winnipeg Blue Bomber.
  The veteran receiver signed a one-year deal with Winnipeg on Wednesday night but said the club entered negotiations with White very late in the process.
  "Winnipeg really came in very kind of last minute, I really wasn't even expecting it," White told reporters Thursday during a Zoom call. "They kind of just came through and felt like the right fit."
  White's contract includes $225,000 in hard money and a $75,000 signing bonus with a ma
  
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• Nasa Hataoka surges past Jeeno Thitikul, leads after 1st round of LPGA Tournament of Champions

  30-01-2026 00:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Nasa Hataoka of Japan shot 6-under 66 and had a one-shot lead over LPGA player of the year Jeeno Thitikul, Chanettee Wannasaen, Lottie Woad and Linn Grant following the first round of the season-opening Tournament of Champions.
  Hataoka played the back nine at chilly Lake Nona Golf & Country in 4 under to pick up where she left off at the end of last season. She won the Japan Classic in a playoff with Yuna Araki in November for her first LPGA victory in nearly three
  
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• Experts say treason definition depends if you’re holding Criminal Code or dictionary

  29-01-2026 23:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — B.C. Premier David Eby made headlines Thursday by saying Alberta separatists reportedly meeting with U.S. officials are committing treason — but experts say the word means different things in different contexts.
  From a criminal standpoint, such a meeting wouldn't be considered treason, says Stephanie Carvin, an associate international relations professor expert at Carleton University and former national security analyst.
  "Treason and sedition and other similar offences, or
  
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• 10 ‘taken’ from B.C. firm’s Mexican mine site, but Global Affairs says no Canadians

  29-01-2026 23:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Global Affairs Canada says it is monitoring a security incident at a Vancouver-based mining firm's project in Concordia, Mexico, where 10 people have been abducted, but it's not aware of any missing Canadians.
  Vizlas Silver Corp. says in a statement issued Wednesday that 10 people were "taken" from its mine site in Mexico.Vizsla says the security incident happened at its Panuco project site, a gold and silver mining operation in the state of Sinaloa.
  Global Affairs says it's wo
  
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• NDP confirms five contestants for leadership race to replace Jagmeet Singh

  29-01-2026 23:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Five candidates have met the final requirements in the NDP's leadership election and will have their names on the ballot when party members choose a new leader for the beleaguered party.
  Rob Ashton, Tanille Johnston, Avi Lewis, Heather McPherson and Tony McQuail met the requirements to run as candidates in the party's election for a new leader.
  The leadership race was called after former leader Jagmeet Singh stepped down following his party's brutal defeat in last year's federal e
  
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• BC Parks set to increase camping fees in Cultus Lake, Chilliwack Lake

  29-01-2026 23:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK – BC Parks plans to introduce a new $20 camping surcharge for non-B.C. residents and hike camping fees at certain high-use parks, including two in the Chilliwack area and another southeast of Hope.
  According to a statement Thursday (Jan. 29) from the B.C. Ministry of Environment and Parks, camping fees are set to increase during the peak summer season at 59 high-use parks, three of which are Cultus Lake, Chilliwack Lake Park and E.C. Manning Park, and in four “iconic&rdquo
  
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