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• Oilers sign forward Derek Ryan to two-year contract extension

  13-06-2023 22:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Derek Ryan to a two-year, US$1.8-million contract extension on Tuesday.
  Ryan, 36, had 20 points (13 goals, seven assists) across 80 games in his second season with the Oilers in 2022-23.
  He contributed another three points (one goal, two assists) in 11 post-season games as Edmonton made a second-round exit.
  The contract carries an average annual value of $900,000.
  The five-foot-10, 185-pound centre played for the Calgary Flames for three s
  
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• Chilliwack resident wins half-million dollar Lotto Max prize

  05-01-2026 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — A Rosedale resident got more than an unexpected surprise in November after winning a half-million dollar prize from a Lotto Max draw.
  The B.C. Lottery Corporation says Michael W. couldn’t help but smile after learning that he won the $500,000 Extra prize from the November 21, 2025 Lotto Max draw.
  “I was on the couch at home,” Michael W. said of the moment he realized he had won. “I was just smiling, thinking about what this means.”
  The Rosedale re
  
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• IIHF president Luc Tardif on Olympic arena delays: ‘We’re going to have a tournament’

  05-01-2026 21:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SAINT PAUL — International Ice Hockey Federation president Luc Tardif expects a "fantastic tournament" when NHL players return to the Olympics next month — despite some significant construction delays at the main arena.
  Speaking ahead of the gold- and bronze-medal games at the world junior hockey championship Monday, Tardif added that although parts of the rink might not be fully finished in time, the playing surface, practice facilities and dressing rooms will be ready when the puck
  
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• Maduro ouster shows Trump is bent on dominating Western Hemisphere, observers say

  05-01-2026 21:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump's shocking ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro shows his administration is serious about dominating the Western Hemisphere, observers say.
  In its new national security strategy, released last month, Trump's administration laid out a plan for U.S. control of the hemisphere that pays little heed to traditional alliance-building.
  It was put into practice Saturday with the U.S. military action that led to Maduro's middle-of-the-night ar
  
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• B.C. Porsche driver caught for double the speed limit asks for leniency due to her birthday

  05-01-2026 20:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SEA TO SKY HIGHWAY — The driver of a Porsche didn’t exactly persuade police to go easy on her after she was clocked at more than double the speed limit on the Sea to Sky Highway during the holidays.
  According to a statement from BC Highway Patrol spokesperson Corporal Michael McLaughlin, the Porsche, a rented Volkswagen, and a Subaru started 2026 in an impound lot thanks to three excessive speeding stops from a single BC Highway Patrol officer in one day on the Sea to Sky Highway.
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• ‘Frostbite capital’: Efforts to reduce frostbite amputations underway in Edmonton

  05-01-2026 20:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Trevor Logan winces in pain as a nurse cleans the blistered middle finger on his right hand, swollen to twice its size due to frostbite.Inside a clinic of a downtown Edmonton homeless shelter, Logan says he can't look at his hand while the nurse moves what's left of his index finger to make room for bandaging.The 35-year-old from Calling Lake, Alta., who has been homeless for years, had the finger amputated last year due to frostbite."I try not to comprehend it as much as I can,
  
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• Japanese slugger Kazuma Okamoto adds power — and raises expectations in Toronto

  05-01-2026 20:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — No stranger to big baseball moments, Kazuma Okamoto seems more than comfortable in the spotlight.The Toronto Blue Jays are hoping his success in Japan will translate to the Major League Baseball game.
  The American League champions agreed to terms with the slugger over the weekend on a four-year, US$60-million contract. The Blue Jays plan to formally introduce Okamoto on Tuesday at a news conference at Rogers Centre.A six-time all-star with the Yomiuri Giants in Nippon Professiona
  
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• Venezuelan government seeks to show it is operating free from US control

  05-01-2026 20:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Venezuelan government on Monday sought to show its people and the world that the country is being run independently and not controlled by the United States following its stunning weekend arrest of Nicolás Maduro, the authoritarian leader who had ruled for almost 13 years.Lawmakers aligned with the ruling party, including Maduro's son, gathered in the capital, Caracas, to follow through with a scheduled swearing-in ceremony of the National Assembly for a
  
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• Experts say Canada should co-ordinate Western Hemisphere response to Maduro’s ouster

  05-01-2026 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Foreign policy experts say Ottawa should reach out to nations threatened by the United States to co-ordinate a response to the Trump administration's actions against Venezuela.
  The U.S. shocked the world this weekend when it captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a military raid that followed months of airstrikes on Venezuelan boats Washington said were trafficking drugs.
  Max Cameron, a professor at the University of British Columbia who studies the politics of Latin Amer
  
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• US drops the number of vaccines it recommends for every child

  05-01-2026 20:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. took the unprecedented step Monday of dropping the number of vaccines it recommends for every child -- leaving other immunizations, such as flu shots, open to families to choose but without clear guidance.Officials said the overhaul to the federal vaccine schedule won’t result in any families losing access or insurance coverage for vaccines, but medical experts slammed the move, saying it could lead to reduced uptake of important vaccinations and increase d
  
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• Female pedestrian deceased after collision on Lougheed Highway in Maple Ridge: RCMP

  05-01-2026 20:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MAPLE RIDGE — Mounties from the Ridge Meadows RCMP detachment say a female pedestrian has died after being struck by a vehicle near Lougheed Highway and Laity Street in Maple Ridge.According to a statement from the Ridge Meadows RCMP detachment, police were called to the intersection of Lougheed/Laity at about 5:30 a.m. Monday morning (Jan. 5) after getting reports that a pedestrian was struck.Mounties say the female pedestrian was subsequently transported to hospital by B.C. Emergency Hea
  
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• Matthews named NHL’s third star of the week after breaking Sundin’s franchise record

  05-01-2026 19:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews has been named the NHL's third star of the week after breaking Mats Sundin's franchise goals record on Saturday.
  Matthews scored twice in the second period of a 4-3 overtime loss to the New York Islanders, the first tying Sundin's mark at 420, and the second breaking the mark at 421.
  Matthews, a three-time Maurice (Rocket) Richard Trophy winner as the league's leading goal-scorer, also had a hat trick last Thursday in a 6-5 win over Win
  
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• Quebec Liberals name ethics officer for leadership race after vote-buying allegations

  05-01-2026 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The Quebec Liberal Party has named an ethics officer to supervise the upcoming leadership race after allegations of wrongdoing sunk the previous leader.
  Among other responsibilities, the ethics officer will be required to ensure candidates respect financing rules under Quebec electoral law.
  The party says the role will be filled by Julien Morissette, a lawyer who has experience with the province's election legislation.
  Pablo Rodriguez spent just over six months as Liberal leader
  
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• As Ontario civil servants return to office full time, union calls order ‘ridiculous’

  05-01-2026 19:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Ontario government employees are expected to return to the office five days per week starting Monday, despite objections from public sector unions.
  In August, Premier Doug Ford announced thousands of Ontario civil servants would return to the office full time by January, ending work-from-home and hybrid models that have persisted more than five years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ford said it was time to bring people back to work so they can be mentored and collaborat
  
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• Veteran safety Katsantonis signs three-year extension with Hamilton Tiger-Cats

  05-01-2026 19:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HAMILTON — Canadian safety Stavros Katsantonis signed a three-year contract extension with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Monday.
  Katsantonis, 29, was slated to become a free agent next month.
  Katsantonis was a CFL all-star last season, registering 69 tackles, three special-teams tackles and six interceptions in 17 regular-season contests.
  The five-foot-nine, 193-pound Katsantonis has appeared in 81 career games with Hamilton, which selected him in the fourth round of the 2020 CFL draft out of
  
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• B.C. govt. awards contract for Hwy. 11 interchange replacement in Abbotsford, work to begin soon

  05-01-2026 19:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — The B.C. government says a design-build contract has been awarded to reconstruct the Highway 11 (Sumas Way) interchange in Abbotsford, with construction set to begin this month.
  According to a statement from the Ministry of Transportation and Transit, the $242 million contract for this specific project has been extended to Metro Vancouver (Infrastructure) Partnership, a joint venture between Hall Constructors, Jacob Bros. and EBC Inc. Work is expected to begin in January 2026.
  
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• After one-year hiatus, GT20 cricket tournament to return to Toronto area in July

  05-01-2026 19:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  After a one-year hiatus, the GT20 Canada cricket tournament is back.The T20 competition is slated to run July 23 to Aug. 8, following the FIFA World Cup, organizers announced Monday. The tournament, previously held in King City and Brampton, Ont., will take place in the Toronto area with an announcement on exact location to come later.
  The GT20 tournament kicked off in 2018 with subsequent editions in 2019 and, after the pandemic, 2023 and '24.
  The competition, which involved domestic and intern
  
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• Maduro says ‘I was captured’ as he pleads not guilty to drug trafficking charges

  05-01-2026 18:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — A defiant Nicolás Maduro declared himself the “president of my country” as he protested his capture and pleaded not guilty on Monday to the federal drug trafficking charges that the Trump administration used to justify removing him from power.“I was captured,” Maduro said in Spanish as translated by a courtroom reporter before being cut off by the judge. Asked later for his plea to the charges, he stated: "“I’m innocent. I am not g
  
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• Quebec students must address teachers as ‘Mr.’ and ‘Ms.’ under new civility rules

  05-01-2026 18:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Quebec students returning to class after winter break will now have to use formal language to address their teachers under new rules designed to foster civility.
  The province announced last year that public and private schools had until January to create a code of conduct that includes requirements for students to address teachers and staff as "Mr." or "Ms." and use the formal form of "you" in French.
  As well, elementary and high schools must also outline respectful conduct betw
  
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• Maduro says ‘I was captured’ as he pleads not guilty on drug trafficking charges

  05-01-2026 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro declared himself “innocent” and a “decent man” as he pleaded not guilty to federal drug trafficking charges in a U.S. courtroom on Monday.“I’m innocent. I am not guilty. I am a decent man, the president of my country," Maduro told a judge.Maduro was making his first appearance in an American courtroom Monday on the narco-terrorism charges the Trump administration used to justify capturing him and b
  
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• Toronto FC acquires US$300,000 in allocation money from Minnesota United

  05-01-2026 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Toronto FC acquired US$300,000 in 2026 general allocation money from Minnesota United on Monday in exchange for an international roster spot.
  Allocation money can be used in Major League Soccer to "buy-down" a player's salary budget charge (each club had a salary budget of US$5.95 million in 2025)
  Each club receives an annual allotment of general allocation money (was US$2.93 million per club in 2025).That amount can be increased depending on circumstances, from missing out on th
  
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• Ontario government workers set to return to office full time as of this week

  05-01-2026 18:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Ontario government employees are expected to return to the office five days per week starting Monday, despite objections from public sector unions.
  In August, Premier Doug Ford announced thousands of Ontario civil servants would return to the office full time by January, ending work-from-home and hybrid models that have persisted more than five years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ford said it was time to bring people back to work so they can be mentored and collaborat
  
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• Two-vehicle crash in Burnaby, B.C., leaves one driver dead

  05-01-2026 18:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BURNABY — Police are investigating a crash in Metro Vancouver where one driver was killed.Burnaby RCMP say officers were called to the scene on Austin Road near the city's boundary with Coquitlam at about 5:20 a.m. on Monday.Police say one of the drivers died at the scene and the other is co-operating with investigators.
  The crash remains under investigation and no further details have been released.
  Police say the area where the crash happened was expected to be closed off for some time d
  
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• Environment Canada warns of heavy rain, snow in higher elevations in Metro Vancouver

  05-01-2026 17:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Parts of Metro Vancouver could see heavy rain approaching 70 millimetres in some areas and snowfall at higher elevations, starting Monday night.
  Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement, signalling the arrival of a strong frontal system that is expected to bring heavy precipitation stretching into Tuesday afternoon.
  The heaviest rain is expected near the North Shore mountains while Vancouver itself may see up to 40 millimetres of rain.
  Environment Canada says t
  
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• Former OHL commissioner, CHL president David Branch dead at 77

  05-01-2026 17:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Former Ontario Hockey League commissioner and Canadian Hockey League president David Branch has died. He was 77.
  The OHL and Canadian Hockey League announced his death Monday, stating he died Sunday. No cause of death was revealed.
  Branch was commissioner of the OHL from 1979 until his retirement in 2024. He was also president of the CHL from 1996-2019.
  "This is a very sad day for a lot of people," said OHL Commissioner Bryan Crawford. "David's contributions to the game of hockey
  
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• Rising star Diallo headlines Canadian roster for Davis Cup tie against Brazil

  05-01-2026 17:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Rising star Gabriel Diallo headlines the five-man roster for Canada's Davis Cup qualifier against Brazil next month at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.Diallo, the world No. 40 from Montreal, will be joined on the squad by Liam Draxl of Newmarket, Ont., Alexis Galarneau of Laval, Que., Nicolas Arsenault of Richmond Hill, Ont., and Calgary's Cleeve Harper, Tennis Canada said Monday in a release.
  The first-round tie is set for Feb. 6-7 at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbir
  
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• Hegseth censures Sen. Kelly after warning about following illegal orders

  05-01-2026 16:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday announced that he is issuing a letter of censure to Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over the lawmaker’s participation in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders.
  Hegseth said that the censure was “a necessary process step” to proceedings that could result in a demotion from Kelly’s retired rank of captain in the U.S. Navy.
  “Six weeks ago, Senator Mark Kelly — and five other
  
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• Walz, Democrats’ 2024 VP pick, drops bid for third term as Minnesota governor; Klobuchar considers

  05-01-2026 15:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ST PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Democrats' 2024 candidate for vice president, is ending his bid for a third term as governor amid President Donald Trump’s relentless focus on a fraud investigation into child care programs in the state.Less than four months after announcing his reelection campaign, Walz said Monday that he could no longer devote the energy necessary to win another term, even as he expressed confidence that he could win.Walz said in a statement Monday th
  
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• Micah Johnson retires as a player to become Riders defensive line coach

  05-01-2026 15:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  REGINA — Micah Johnson is entering the CFL coaching ranks.
  The veteran defensive lineman retired after 13 CFL seasons Monday but will remain with the Grey Cup-champion Saskatchewan Roughriders as their defensive line coach.
  Johnson, 37, capped his CFL playing career by helping Saskatchewan win the 2025 Grey Cup. The six-foot-one, 255-pound American was a league all-star last season for a second straight year after registering 20 tackles (two for loss) and six sacks.
  Johnson is in his third
  
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• Chrystia Freeland named economic development adviser by Ukrainian President Zelenskyy

  05-01-2026 15:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed former federal minister Chrystia Freeland as an adviser on economic development.
  Freeland has long expressed her support for Ukraine amid its war with Russia.
  She has said the country could become an economic juggernaut by taking up the opportunities it missed after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
  In a post on social media Monday, Zelenskyy said Ukraine needs to strengthen what he called its "internal resilience."
  "Chrystia i
  
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