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• Okanagan Mountain Park fire an enduring memory - Chilliwack Progress

  17-08-2023 17:00 via news.google.com
  
  Okanagan Mountain Park fire an enduring memory  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Inflation rises to 2.4% in December in ‘tax holiday’ rebound: StatCan

  19-01-2026 14:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the end of the federal government’s “tax holiday” a year earlier pushed the annual pace of inflation up two ticks to 2.4 per cent in December.
  The agency says Ottawa’s move to take GST off some items for two months starting mid-December in 2024 dropped prices for dining out, alcohol, children’s toys and more a year earlier, but those discounts fell out of the annual comparison and pushed the consumer price index higher to end th
  
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• Blast at a hotel in downtown Kabul leaves multiple casualties, officials say

  19-01-2026 13:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An explosion at a hotel in downtown Kabul on Monday left a number of people killed and injured, officials said.The cause of the blast was unclear.Spokesman Khalid Zadran said the explosion struck at a hotel in the Shahr-e-Naw district, causing a number of casualties. Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani said the blast had caused both deaths and injuries, and that the cause was being investigated. Neither had details on the number of casualties.Footage air
  
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• Karachi mall fire death toll rises to 23 as rescuers search for dozens missing

  19-01-2026 13:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — The death toll from a massive fire at a shopping plaza in Karachi rose to 23 on Monday as rescuers recovered more bodies from the badly damaged building, police said. Dozens remain missing.Firefighters extinguished the blaze at the multistory plaza late Sunday, nearly 24 hours after it erupted, allowing rescue teams to enter the building. Authorities fear the death toll will rise as they look for 46 more people, according to city police chief Asad Raza.Raza told Th
  
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• School bus crash in South Africa kills at least 13 children, police say

  19-01-2026 12:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A truck collided with a school minibus in South Africa's Gauteng province, killing at least 13 children, authorities said Monday.Preliminary reports indicated at least 11 schoolchildren died at the scene, with two others succumbing to their injuries in the hospital.The private vehicle was transporting students to various primary schools and high schools in the southwest of Johannesburg on Monday when the incident occurred around 7 a.m., according to authoritiesWitnesses
  
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• School bus crash in South Africa kills at least 12 children, police say

  19-01-2026 12:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A truck collided with a school minibus in South Africa's Gauteng province, killing at least 12 children, authorities said Monday.Preliminary reports indicated 11 schoolchildren died at the scene, with one additional child succumbing to their injuries in the hospital.The private vehicle was transporting students to various primary schools and high schools in the southwest of Johannesburg on Monday when the incident occurred around 7 a.m., according to authorities
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• Rescuers recover more bodies from Karachi shopping plaza fire as death toll rises to 15

  19-01-2026 12:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Rescuers recovered more bodies from a massive fire at a shopping plaza in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, pushing the death toll to at least 15 with about 65 reported missing, Firefighters extinguished the blaze at the multistory Gul Plaza late Sunday nearly 24 hours after it erupted, allowing rescue teams to enter the building. Authorities feared that the death toll could further rise.Sindh provincial Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah told a news conference in
  
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• Nugent-Hopkins scores winning goal for Oilers in his 1,000th NHL game

  19-01-2026 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins made a memorable night even more remarkable.
  Playing in his 1,000th NHL game on Sunday, Nugent-Hopkins celebrated the milestone by scoring the game winner as his Edmonton Oilers blanked the St. Louis Blues 5-0, earning a shutout victory on consecutive nights after defeating the Canucks 6-0 on Saturday in Vancouver.
  “I haven’t scored in a couple of weeks too, it was obviously fun to do that on a night like tonight,” Nugent-Hopkins said. &ldqu
  
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• Starmer says Trump’s Greenland tariff threat ‘completely wrong’ and a trade war in no one’s interest

  19-01-2026 10:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs against allies over Greenland is “completely wrong” and a trade war is in no one’s interest.Trump said Saturday that he would charge a 10% import tax starting in February on goods from eight European nations, including the U.K., because of their opposition to American control of Greenland, setting up a potentially dangerous test of U.S. partnerships in
  
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• In the news today: Carney goes to Davos, gun compensation, Chinese EV deal

  19-01-2026 10:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...
  Carney heading to Switzerland to take part in World Economic Forum
  Prime Minister Mark Carney heads to Switzerland today for a meeting of 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 also expected to speak at Davos, and
  
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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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