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• Conservative MP accuses students of free speech attack after campus event cancelled

  08-01-2026 19:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The cancellation of a planned event at York University has led some Conservative MPs to accuse students there of attacking free speech.
  Conservative MP Garnett Genuis says he was denied permission to hold an event on campus on Friday.
  But the York University Student Centre says its decision was "not politically motivated in any way" and the event simply didn't meet its requirements.
  Genuis has been touring university campuses, where he's been striking up conversations with student
  
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• Protesters, ICE faceoff as tensions simmer in Minneapolis after fatal shooting

  08-01-2026 19:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MINNEAPOLIS — Protesters shouted during a tense standoff with masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers as anger from Minneapolis residents simmers following the fatal shooting of a woman on Wednesday.
  Demonstrators stood defiant near the Whipple Federal Building, which houses the local ICE headquarters, the day after an ICE officer shot 37-year-old mother Renee Good in the head.
  Gregory Bovino, a senior U.S. Customs and Border Protection official who is the face of the immigrati
  
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• New charges against man with al-Qaida ties as lawyer raises mental health concerns

  08-01-2026 18:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — New details are emerging about a homeless man with previous ties to al-Qaida who is charged with allegedly threatening to bomb public transit in Montreal.
  Mohamed Abdullah Warsame faces new charges filed this week for allegedly threatening to blow up the Passport Canada offices in Montreal and Quebec City in November while he was in jail.
  Warsame, a 52-year-old Somali-born Canadian citizen, pleaded guilty in the U.S. in 2009 to one count of conspiracy to provide material support
  
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• Venezuela to release a ‘significant number’ of prisoners as gesture to ‘seek peace’

  08-01-2026 18:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela will release a “significant number” of Venezuelan and foreigners imprisoned in the country, the head of Venezuela’s national assembly said Thursday.Jorge Rodríguez, brother of acting President Delcy Rodríguez, did not specify who they would be releasing or how many people would be released. Despite mass detentions following the tumultuous 2024 election, Venezuela’s government maintains it doesn’t keep political
  
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• Charges laid against prolific offender in targeted property crime crackdown, search warrant execution: Abbotsford PD

  08-01-2026 18:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — A spokesperson for the Abbotsford Police Department says 12 charges have been approved against a prolific criminal offender after two search warrants were executed at homes in Abbotsford and Mission last year.According to a statement from AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker, the Abbotsford PD and residents in the Sumas Prairie area witnessed a trouble trend involving a whopping 67 per cent increase in property-crime related offences during the first five months of 2025.Police
  
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• Cleanup underway after oily spill in waters near Nanaimo, B.C.

  08-01-2026 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NANAIMO — British Columbia's Environment and Parks Ministry says an oily spill in waters near Nanaimo on Vancouver Island involved hundreds of litres of an unidentified substance that originated at a commercial waste disposal operation.
  The ministry says in an email that the B.C. government was notified Monday of the oil sheen in the waters between Duke Point and Mudge Island, just south of Nanaimo.
  A flyover by Transport Canada's National Aerial Surveillance aircraft then reported that th
  
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• Argonauts head coach Mike Miller unveils his 2026 coaching staff

  08-01-2026 18:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Mike Miller and Chris Miller are together again.
  Chris Miller will serve as the Toronto Argonauts quarterback coach under new head coach Mike Miller, the CFL club announced Thursday. The two, who are not related, spent three seasons together as coaches with the NFL's Arizona Cardinals, where Mike Miller was the club's quarterback coach (2009-11) and Chris Miller served as receivers coach, passing-game co-ordinator and offensive co-ordinator (2007-12).
  Mike Miller was hired as Tor
  
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• Atmospheric river forecast to bring heavy rain and snow for B.C.’s north coast

  08-01-2026 18:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PRINCE RUPERT — British Columbia's north coast is set to get another blast of wet, wintry weather in the coming days from an atmospheric river system.
  Environment Canada says in a rainfall warning covering communities including Prince Rupert, Terrace and Kitimat that the region may see as much as 100 millimetres of rain starting late Thursday through Saturday morning.
  The warning also says up to 15 centimetres of snow may fall in inland sections of major highways, and Terrace could also se
  
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• Councillors deny expansion of child care facility amid repeated temporary use permit applications in residential areas

  08-01-2026 18:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Amid repeated temporary use permit applications to expand daycares in single-family residential areas, the City of Chilliwack plans to bring a report to council later this year that could restrict their size and location across the city.In the most recent instance to come before Chilliwack City Council, two people submitted a temporary use permit application to expand a facility at 46795 First Avenue from eight kids to 30 kids.Councillors have voiced concerns in recent months
  
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• Vancouver building valued at $13 Million gifted to support youth with substance use

  08-01-2026 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — An organization that offers free mental health support and substance use care for youth will be able to expand its services to a new building in downtown Vancouver, thanks to a more than $13-million donation from a private foundation.The Foundry says the four-storey building, nestled between boutiques, restaurants and luxury units in Vancouver's high-end Yaletown neighbourhood, has been gifted by a private foundation to help teens and young people.The Foundry says in a news rel
  
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• Judge disqualifies federal prosecutor in investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James

  08-01-2026 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A judge disqualified a federal prosecutor from overseeing investigations into New York Attorney General Letitia James, ruling Thursday that he had been serving in his post unlawfully when he requested subpoenas.U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield blocked subpoenas requested by John Sarcone, the acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York.“The subpoenas are unenforceable due to a threshold defect: Mr. Sarcone was not lawfully serving as Acting U.S
  
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• Senate advances resolution to limit Trump’s war powers after Venezuela raid

  08-01-2026 17:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate advanced a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, sounding a note of disapproval for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere.Democrats and five Republicans voted to advance the war powers resolution on a 52-47 vote and ensure a later vote for final passage. It has virtually no chance of becoming law because Trump would have to sign it if it were to pass the House. Still
  
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• Samantha Chang signs with AFC Toronto, the team she helped beat in the NSL final

  08-01-2026 17:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Midfielder Samantha Chang, who captained the Vancouver Rise to the inaugural Northern Super League title in November, is joining the AFC Toronto team she helped beat in the final.
  It's a homecoming for the 25-year-old midfielder, who hails from suburban Mississauga. Chang, whose Vancouver contact had expired, has not lived in her hometown since leaving for the University of South Carolina in 2018.
  Soccer then took her to Torreense in Portugal and HB Koge in Denmark before signing
  
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• Minneapolis protesters vent their outrage after an ICE officer kills a woman

  08-01-2026 16:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis was on edge Thursday following the fatal shooting of a woman by a federal officer taking part in the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown, with protesters venting their outrage, the governor urging restraint and schools canceling classes as a precaution.State and local officials demanded that the immigration agents leave Minnesota after the unidentified Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot 37-year-old mother of three Renee Nic
  
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• Supreme Court to hear challenge of law allowing Ontario Place redevelopment

  08-01-2026 16:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal from a coalition challenging the constitutionality of legislation that opens the door to major changes at Ontario Place.
  The urban park on the Toronto waterfront, opened in 1971, included a theatre that showed movies on a huge screen, children's play areas and several pavilions suspended above the water.
  The Ontario government plans to redevelop Ontario Place to include an elaborate spa operated by a private company.
  The coalition On
  
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• Russia frees French political scholar in a prisoner swap for a basketball player

  08-01-2026 15:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Laurent Vinatier, a French political scholar serving a three-year sentence in Russia and facing new charges of espionage, has been freed in a prisoner swap with France, a Russian security agency said Thursday.In exchange, Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin, jailed in France and whose extradition was demanded by the United States, was released and returned to Russia on Thursday, Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, said in a statement.Vinatier was arrested in Moscow in June 202
  
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• Rogers puts $50M to address excessive screen time among teens and tweens

  08-01-2026 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Rogers Communications says it is investing $50 million over five years to address the excessive time teens and tweens spend on screens.
  The telecom giant launched a national school program Thursday that Tony Staffieri, the president and CEO of Rogers, said is meant to change behaviour and help youth develop healthy relationships with screens. It involves bringing professional athletes to schools to talk about healthy screen use.
  Rogers says it is also creating grants for up to fo
  
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• Child at home in Gaza killed by Israeli fire as post-ceasefire deaths mount

  08-01-2026 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A relative said Israeli gunfire on Thursday killed an 11-year-old girl whose family had returned to a designated safe zone, adding to more than 400 deaths reported since a ceasefire was reached to halt fighting in Gaza nearly three months ago.After shells and shrapnel hit her home in northern Gaza’s Jabaliya area, Hamsa Housou was taken to Shifa Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Outside the hospital mortuary, her uncle Khamis Housou told The As
  
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• Canadiens soak in fan appreciation with improved home performance in win over Flames

  08-01-2026 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — During the first TV timeout in the third period, with the Montreal Canadiens holding a 4-1 lead and 13:45 remaining, the fans at the Bell Centre created a moment.
  The entire TV timeout was filled with a wave, and as play was set to restart, the crowd started chanting ‘Ole Ole Ole.’“It was a cool moment. I haven’t played in a lot of buildings where the wave’s going and it feels like someone just scored,” said Canadiens goaltender Jacob Fowler.
  
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• In the news: Airlines overhauling routes, RCAF retention via pay hike, gear boosting

  08-01-2026 10:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed …
  Airlines overhaul routes as Canadians shun U.S.
  Canadian airlines pulled back in a big way from the United States over the past year and boosted flight volumes elsewhere — especially the Caribbean — with no sign of a cross-border rebound on the horizon.
  Figures from aviation data firm Cirium show that Canada-U.S. flight volumes fell more than 14 per cent year-over-year in the fourth quarte
  
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• Victims’ families mark six-year anniversary of Flight PS752 downing in Iran

  08-01-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Victims' families will mark the six-year anniversary of the downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 in Iran with events in Ontario and British Columbia today.The plane was shot down on Jan. 8, 2020 by two Iranian missiles just minutes after taking off from Tehran, killing all 176 people on board including 55 Canadian citizens and 30 permanent residents in Canada.
  The association of families of Flight PS752 victims is hosting a ceremony in Richmond Hill, Ont., today to commemorate
  
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• RCAF commander reports progress on filling recruitment, retention gaps

  08-01-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A substantial entry level pay hike for pilots and the acquisition of new and advanced aircraft are “absolutely” helping to shore up Royal Canadian Air Force pilot retention and morale, says the force's commander.
  In a wide-ranging recent interview with The Canadian Press, Commander Lt.-Gen. Jamie Speiser-Blanchet said she is seeing signs of progress despite the protracted personnel crisis gripping the air force, which remains short of roughly 2,000 trained personnel.
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• Calls for caution as Carney prepares to meet Xi amid new global political order

  08-01-2026 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Former Hong Kong pro-democracy legislator Albert Chan Wai-yip is a longtime critic of China, who has accused its government of "crimes against humanity" after a crackdown on dissent in the Chinese special administrative region.
  But Chan said it is time for Canadians to look east again, as Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares for a trip to China where he will meet President Xi Jinping next week.
  Chan, who was a member of Hong Kong's legislature for more than 20 years before movin
  
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• Stars end losing streak with 4-1 win over Capitals

  08-01-2026 07:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Radek Faksa scored a shorthanded goal, Casey DeSmith made 23 saves and the Dallas Stars ended their losing streak at six games by defeating the Washington Capitals 4-1 on Wednesday night.
  The Stars bounced back from a 6-3 drubbing at Carolina 24 hours earlier that included the Hurricanes chasing U.S. Olympic goaltender Jake Oettinger, winning for the first time since Dec. 21.Faksa put Dallas up 1-0 just over three minutes in with Ilya Lyubushkin in the penalty box for hol
  
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• Saudi Arabia alleges UAE smuggled wanted Yemen separatist leader out of the country

  08-01-2026 07:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia alleged Thursday that the United Arab Emirates smuggled a separatist leader in Yemen wanted for treason out of the country and flew him to Abu Dhabi.The UAE had no immediate reaction to the claim, which further escalates tensions between the neighboring nations on the Arabian Peninsula as their partnership in the yearslong war in Yemen breaks down.A Saudi military statement claimed Aidarous al-Zubaidi, the leader of the Southern Transitional
  
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• Mammoth beat Senators 3-1 hours after NHL awards Utah 2027 Winter Classic

  08-01-2026 06:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Lawson Crouse and John Marino scored in a 3:21 span in the first period, Karel Vejmelka made 33 saves and the Utah Mammoth beat the Ottawa Senators 3-1 on Wednesday night to cap a big day for the franchise.
  The Mammoth won hours after the NHL announced the team will host the 2027 Winter Classic at the University of Utah's football stadium.
  Clayton Keller assisted on the first-period goals, and Daniil But also scored. The Mammoth opened a seven-game homestand, reboundi
  
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• 2 killed in shooting in Mormon church parking lot in Salt Lake City

  08-01-2026 06:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A shooting outside a church building in Salt Lake City left two people dead and several more injured Wednesday, local media reported.The shooting took place in the parking lot of a meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the Mormon church, according to the Deseret News. A funeral was reportedly taking place inside, it said. Authorities said no suspect was in custody, KUTV reported. Video from the scene showed a large number of
  
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• Lia Cho, 13, breaks own Canadian junior women’s record at figure skating nationals

  08-01-2026 04:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  GATINEAU — Lia Cho's score was so high, it didn't immediately register.
  The figure skating prodigy set another Canadian junior women’s record en route to gold at the 2026 Canadian figure skating championships Wednesday.
  Cho, a 13-year-old from Calgary, topped the junior women’s field with 199.60 points, besting her previous mark of 188.79 set at nationals last year in Laval, Que.
  "I was just so surprised, that was like such a high score and I was like 'Wow, that's like the high
  
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• Canadiens’ three-goal second period fuels 4-1 victory over Flames

  08-01-2026 04:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Alexandre Texier had a goal and two assists as the Montreal Canadiens used a three-goal second period to take a 4-1 win over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night at the Bell Centre.
  Lane Hutson, Oliver Kapanen and Cole Caufield also scored for Montreal (24-13-6). Jacob Fowler made 28 saves.
  Joel Farabee scored for Calgary (18-21-4). Dustin Wolf made 31 saves.
  Texier opened the scoring 3:10 into the second period when he took the puck at the goal line and roofed it over Wolf&rsq
  
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