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• Officials probing whether Northeastern explosion was staged

  14-09-2022 21:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Federal officials are examining whether the employee who reported an explosion at Northeastern University may have lied to investigators and staged the incident, law enforcement officials said Wednesday.
  Investigators identified inconsistencies in the employee’s statement and became skeptical because his injuries did not match wounds typically consistent with an explosion, said one official.
  The officials could not discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to The Associated P
  
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• ICE agents can’t make warrantless arrests in Oregon unless there’s a risk of escape, US judge rules

  05-02-2026 02:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — U.S. immigration agents in Oregon must stop arresting people without warrants unless there's a likelihood of escape, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.U.S. District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai issued a preliminary injunction in a proposed class-action lawsuit targeting the Department of Homeland Security's practice of arresting immigrants they happen to come across while conducting ramped-up enforcement operations — which critics have described as “arrest first,
  
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• Multiple schools in B.C. were placed on hold and secure after phone threats: RCMP

  05-02-2026 02:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  COQUITLAM — A number of schools in B.C.'s Lower Mainland were placed on hold and secure on Wednesday after receiving "multiple" threats, which RCMP say were later discounted.Insp. Veronica Fox, with the RCMP in Coquitlam, B.C., says they took the threats very seriously and are trying to identify any connections between calls made to schools in both Coquitlam and neighbouring Port Coquitlam.She says the threats were made by phone but they were found to be not credible.
  When asked if the thr
  
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• Anthony Calvillo to call plays this season for Montreal Alouettes

  05-02-2026 01:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Anthony Calvillo will be the Montreal Alouettes offensive playcaller this season.
  Calvillo, Montreal's offensive co-ordinator and quarterbacks coach, will take over playcalling duties from head coach Jason Maas, the club announced Wednesday.
  Montreal also unveiled Maas's coaching staff for 2026 and it features nine returnees from last year when the Alouettes reached the Grey Cup before losing 25-17 to the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
  A.J. Gass joins the Alouettes as linebackers coa
  
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• Police suspected ‘murder-suicide’ in Prince Rupert family’s deaths: B.C. official

  05-02-2026 00:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  An official with the B.C. Ministry of Children and Family Development says police told her office that a couple and their two young sons had died of a suspected murder-suicide in Prince Rupert, days after the father was released from apprehension under the Mental Health Act.
  The testimony at a coroners inquest by Julie Furlaino, director of operations for the ministry in the region, offers the first description of how Christopher Duong, Janet Nguyen and their children might have died in 2023.
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• Media harder to identify, RCMP officer tells hearing over photojournalist’s lawsuit

  05-02-2026 00:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The RCMP officer in charge of overseeing the enforcement of a court injunction in a British Columbia pipeline dispute where a photojournalist was arrested says he welcomes media coverage of such operations.
  Asst. Commissioner John Brewer says he supports media "being given as much access as reasonably possible" and it's not the job of police to "arbitrate who's media and who's not," provided they're not "overtly complicit" with protesters.
  But he told a B.C. Supreme Court heari
  
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• 2026 NHL draft prospect Gavin McKenna facing assault charges

  05-02-2026 00:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  STATE COLLEGE — Gavin McKenna, a top prospect for the 2026 NHL draft, is facing assault charges.
  McKenna, a freshman at Penn State, has been charged with aggravated assault by police in State College, Pa.
  He's also charged with misdemeanour simple assault, disorderly conduct, engaging in fighting and harassment.
  The incident date listed in the filing is Jan. 31.The criminal complaint was filed Feb. 4 by State College police.
  McKenna, 18, of Whitehorse, Yukon, spent three seasons with the W
  
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• Homicide team looking into ‘suspicious’ disappearance of a B.C. man

  04-02-2026 23:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BURNABY — The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says it is taking over the case of a missing man from Burnaby, B.C.
  The unit says in a news release that the disappearance of 45-year-old Masood Masjoody is suspicious and police believe criminality is involved.Mounties in Burnaby began an investigation into Masjoody's disappearance on Monday after receiving reports from concerned neighbours.RCMP say an initial investigation determined that his disappearance was out of character.The homi
  
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• 3 people arrested after car chase ends in Abbotsford: AbbyPD

  04-02-2026 23:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD – Police in Abbotsford say two men and a woman were arrested Wednesday afternoon following a car chase that originated in Mission and ended in Abbotsford.
  According to police, AbbyPD frontline officers observed a vehicle at about 1 p.m. near Townline Road and Downes Road that had fled from police in Mission earlier in the day.Officers followed the vehicle and boxed it in to initiate an arrest near the intersection of Harris Road and Ross Road. Police say two men and one woman we
  
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• Will this be Vancouver’s first snow-free winter in 43 years?

  04-02-2026 23:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Vancouver is entering February without any snow having officially been recorded at its airport weather station, potentially putting the city on track for its first snow-free winter in 43 years.
  Environment Canada meteorologist Ken Dosanjh says that while there is still some time left in winter, there's no likelihood of sea-level snow in the immediate forecast.
  He says if none falls by spring, it would be the first time Vancouver had gone snow-free since the winter of 1982-1983.
  
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• Calgary man who joined ISIS sentenced to 16 years for terrorism offences

  04-02-2026 23:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — A Calgary man who joined the Islamic State terrorist group in the Middle East was sentenced Wednesday to 16 years in prison.
  “Terrorism has been described as the most vile form of criminal conduct,” Court of King’s Bench Justice Corina Dario said as she sentenced Jamal Borhot.
  "The sentence must also send a clear and unmistakable message that terrorism is reprehensible and those who conduct it will pay a heavy, substantial price."
  Borhot, the judge added, &ldquo
  
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• Doctor didn’t think ‘friendly and calm’ B.C. man was suicidal before family died

  04-02-2026 23:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A doctor testifying at an inquest into the death of a couple and their two children in Prince Rupert, B.C., in 2023 says the father told him he had no suicidal or homicidal intent, three days before their bodies were found.
  Dr. Gerald Belgardt, who was Christopher Duong's longtime family physician as well as a doctor at Prince Rupert Regional Hospital, told the inquest that Duong was "very friendly and calm and co-operative" in a psychiatric assessment at the hospital on June 10, 2023.
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• Ex-chief of staff denies Marwah Rizqy’s claims of improper use of legislature funds

  04-02-2026 23:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  QUÉBEC — Former Quebec Liberal staffer Geneviève Hinse is firing back against claims that she was fired for using legislature funds for partisan use last year.
  Hinse is suing Marwah Rizqy, the former Liberal parliamentary leader, for $500,000 for wrongful dismissal after she was fired on Nov. 17.
  Responding to a statement of defence filed by Rizqy, Hinse refuted the politician's allegations about trying to circumvent rules so that party staffers could use public funds of the
  
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• Abbotsford, B.C., man now charged with first-degree murder in death of a woman

  04-02-2026 22:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — Police say an Abbotsford, B.C., man is now facing an upgraded charge of first-degree murder in the death of a 30-year-old woman who was found dead inside a hotel last month.Homicide investigators says 26-year-old Sondeep Singh Gill was previously charged with second-degree murder, but that was upgraded after further investigation.The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says the accused is also charged with one count of indignity to human remains.
  Police say patrol officers
  
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• Canada’s McMorris takes nasty fall and is stretchered off in pre-Olympic snowboard training

  04-02-2026 22:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Canada's three-time Olympic bronze-medal snowboarder Mark McMorris crashed Wednesday night during big air training for the Milan Cortina Games and had to be taken off the course on a stretcher.
  The 32-year-old McMorris, making his fourth appearance at the Olympics, was getting ready for Thursday night's qualifying, set for about 24 hours before the opening ceremony.
  Officials from Canada's snowboard team did not immediately respond to emails from The Associated Press
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Calgary man who joined ISIS sentenced to 16 years on terrorism offences

  04-02-2026 22:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — A judge has sentenced a Calgary man who joined an Islamic State terrorist group in the Middle East to 16 years in prison.
  Jamal Borhot, who is 35, was convicted in December on three counts of participating in a terrorist group.
  The sentence will be reduced by about four months for time he has already spent in custody, and he must serve at least half before he's eligible for parole.Court heard Borhot travelled to Syria with a cousin in 2013 and willingly joined ISIS.
  There was evi
  
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• Ottawa set to scrap EV mandate, launch $1.5 billion investment fund: sources

  04-02-2026 22:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to announce a national automotive strategy tomorrow which will scrap the electric vehicle sales mandate in favour of new vehicle emissions standards and revive consumer rebates for EV purchases.
  Government and industry sources, who were not authorized to publicly discuss details ahead of the announcement, say Ottawa will also launch a $1.5 billion EV infrastructure fund.
  In September, Carney paused the EV mandate — which would have requ
  
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• Injured Penguins defenseman Caleb Jones suspended 20 games by the NHL for violating PED policy

  04-02-2026 22:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL suspended injured Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Caleb Jones for 20 games on Wednesday for violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program.
  Jones, 28, is in his first season with the Penguins. The club placed him on injured reserve in late October with a foot injury, then assigned him to their American Hockey League affiliate in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. He played one game for Wilkes-Barre in January before sustaining an upper-body injury.
  
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• Report: Raptors avoid luxury tax with three-team deal for veteran guard Chris Paul

  04-02-2026 22:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors have made a deal ahead of Thursday's NBA trade deadline to avoid the league's luxury tax.
  Veteran point guard Chris Paul was traded to Toronto in a multi-team deal also involving the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Clippers, according to media reports.
  Toronto is sending Ochai Agbaji, a 2032 Raptors second-rounder and cash to the Nets, according to ESPN.
  Those same reports say that Toronto will not require Paul to report to the team and could still discuss trade
  
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• Feds revive bill to build digitally connected health data systems for patients, providers

  04-02-2026 22:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The federal government is reviving proposed legislation that would allow digital health information to be shared safely across electronic systems, giving both patients and providers access to more comprehensive medical records.The Connected Care for Canadians Act was introduced in June 2024 and passed first reading, but the bill died when Parliament was later prorogued.The bill was tabled in the Senate on Wednesday afternoon and will have to go through the Parliamentary process t
  
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• 10 candidates in B.C. Conservative leadership race as Banman and Kooner join field

  04-02-2026 22:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — B.C. Conservative MLAs Bruce Banman and Steve Kooner are joining the contest to lead the party, pushing the field of candidates into double digits.
  Abbotsford-South MLA Banman says in an interview that the Conservatives would not have come close to winning government in 2024, if he had not shown leadership and courage to cross the floor and join John Rustad in the party.
  Banman, who served as party whip, says he is running to revive pillars of the provincial economy such as mini
  
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• Former Indiana Rep. Lee Hamilton, leader of Sept. 11 panel, dies

  04-02-2026 21:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Former Rep. Lee Hamilton, a crewcut-wearing Indiana Democrat who was a leading foreign affairs voice during three decades in Congress and helped oversee investigations of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, died Tuesday. He was 94.Hamilton, who also led a congressional probe of the Reagan administration’s Iran-Contra affair while representing a rural southern Indiana district, died peacefully in his home in Bloomington, Indiana, said his son Doug Hamilton, who di
  
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• Kings are acquiring Artemi Panarin in a trade with the Rangers, AP source says

  04-02-2026 21:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The Los Angeles Kings are acquiring winger Artemi Panarin from the New York Rangers for a conditional third-round draft pick and prospect Liam Greentree, according to a person with knowledge of the trade.The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Wednesday because the trade had not been announced. Because Panarin had a full no-movement clause, he was able to control his destination to go to LA, and the Rangers retained half of his $11.6 million salary cap hit, the person
  
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• 32-year-old Surrey man charged for alleged sexual assault aboard Lower Mainland transit buses

  04-02-2026 21:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY – Metro Vancouver Transit Police say charges have been approved by Crown counsel against a 32-year-old Surrey man for two incidents of alleged sexual assault aboard transit buses in the Lower Mainland.
  Transit police said a woman contacted police in July 2025 about being sexually assaulted while travelling on a bus in Surrey. Transit Police officers attended and arrested a 32-year-old man from Surrey. Upon further investigation by detectives in the Transit Police’s investigati
  
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• Labour groups call on Carney to adopt a ‘true Team Canada approach’ to trade war

  04-02-2026 21:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canadian labour leaders say Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal government is not being transparent enough with them on how trade talks are advancing with U.S. President Donald Trump's White House.
  The heads of private and public labour groups are huddling in Ottawa in advance of this year's review of Canada's free trade deal with the United States and Mexico.
  Union leaders say they want Ottawa to come up with a "worker-first" economic strategy in response to Trump's protracted t
  
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• New study pods coming to two Chilliwack libraries

  04-02-2026 21:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK – Study pods designed to give patrons a little more peace and quiet have arrived at two libraries in Chilliwack.
  And while they’re not officially ready for use, the Fraser Valley Regional Library suggests the pods will be opening soon for patrons at the downtown Chilliwack and Sardis library locations.
  Signs indicating the pods are under construction appear at both locations.
  “We’re getting ready to welcome you! This single occupancy pod will reduce surrounding
  
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• NDP wants Carney to kill U.S. fighter jet contract in favour of Swedish aircraft

  04-02-2026 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The NDP says it wants Prime Minister Mark Carney to cancel contracts for U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets — including the 16 Canada already has committed to buying.
  Citing Carney's call for middle powers to work together in his World Economic Forum speech last month, Interim NDP Leader Don Davies says Canada should instead purchase Gripen fighter jets from the Swedish firm Saab.
  The NDP's statement comes just days after U.S President Donald Trump threatened to decertify Bombardie
  
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• Premier David Eby says former officer Paul Dadwal will head extortion advisory group

  04-02-2026 20:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby says former Mountie Paul Dadwal will help police fight extortion-related crimes with every available tool as the chair of an advisory board that links the public with investigators.The premier says Dadwal knows how to fight crime because of his past roles with Surrey RCMP and the provincial anti-gang task force, and he can connect with the community because he is fluent in English and Punjabi.The premier says Dadwal will help ensure that all re
  
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• Conservatives to celebrate Harper at 20th anniversary gala dinner

  04-02-2026 20:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Conservatives are set to gather in downtown Ottawa tonight for a gala dinner marking the 20th anniversary of former prime minister Stephen Harper's government.
  The event will take place at the Rogers Centre and Harper is expected to deliver remarks at 8:30 p.m.
  The gala is one of several events being held in the nation's capital this week for what has been described by some as the "Harperpalooza."
  Harper's official portrait, painted by Canadian artist Phil Richards, was unveiled T
  
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• Media exclusion zone during 2023 Vancouver decampment ‘unlawful,’ report finds

  04-02-2026 20:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Human Rights Commissioner has found that the actions of Vancouver Police were "unlawful" by limiting media access as city workers broke up a homeless encampment on the Downtown Eastside in 2023.Kasari Govender says in the report that police and the city "failed to strike the appropriate balance" between public safety with the freedom of the media in its handling of the decampment operation, where journalists were denied access, resulting in transparency bei
  
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