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• Storm expected in northeast B.C., amid ‘volatile’ wildfire situation

  13-06-2023 18:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — More information is expected later today about what officials in northeastern British Columbia describe as the “volatile and rapidly evolving” wildfire situation, as another storm brings rain, powerful winds and potential lightning to the region.
  The Peace River Regional District says it will have updates on the vast Donnie Creek blaze that has charred nearly 4,660-square kilometres south of Fort Nelson, as well as the almost 200-square-kilometre Kiskatinaw fire thr
  
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• What is ‘food noise’ and why are we hearing about it amid the rise of GLP-1 meds?

  10-01-2026 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Before Brenda Rogers started taking Ozempic in the spring of 2023, she didn't realize how much "food noise" was sapping her mental energy.
  "You're just constantly thinking about food and not having enough, having too much, 'what am I gonna eat? Oh, don't add in the carbs because carbs aren't good, that's gonna make me more fat, don't have fat because that's going to make you fat,'" said the 52-year-old online business manager in Vancouver."It's exhausting thinking that way."The t
  
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• Scheifele scores twice as Jets top Kings 5-1 to end 11-game winless skid

  10-01-2026 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — Before Eric Comrie went to the rink on Friday, his wife Haley put some photos in his car to help the Winnipeg Jets backup goalie get in the right frame of mind.It worked.
  Comrie made 23 saves in a 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings that ended Winnipeg's 11-game losing streak.
  “I hop in the car and I have three pictures – one of myself as a kid and one of my son wearing goalie pads and one of my daughter in the locker (room) with me,” Comrie said of the phot
  
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• Savolainen gaining confidence and comfort in second year with Charge

  10-01-2026 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Ronja Savolainen has quickly come to appreciate what it’s like to play alongside Jocelyn Larocque.The 28-year-old Ottawa Charge defender knows she’s sharing the ice with one of the game’s most reliable veterans. While she hopes to one day build a career as accomplished as Larocque’s, for now she’s focused on learning from her defence partner every shift.
  Now in her second year in the Professional Women’s Hockey League, Savolainen is gaining conf
  
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• RCAF wants more than 1,200 security personnel to protect F-35s, other planes

  10-01-2026 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Royal Canadian Air Force wants to hire more than a thousand new security personnel over the next five years at bases across the country — just as it brings its new F-35 stealth fighter jets into service.
  Internal documents from spring 2025, obtained by The Canadian Press through the Access-to-Information law, show the Air Force drafted a plan to first hire 199 new security personnel by 2028, then expand that security force to 747 in 2029 and 1,227 by 2030.
  The informatio
  
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• Fifty years after the Games, Quebecers still spending on Montreal’s Olympic Stadium

  10-01-2026 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Montreal's Olympic Stadium started 2026 the same way it began the 1976 Games: under construction and without a roof.In 2024, Quebec's tourism minister announced the province would spend $870 million to replace the stadium's roof, which was torn in more than 20,000 places and threatened to force the venue's closure.The Quebec government's list of ongoing infrastructure projects also includes several stadium-related investments that aren't part of the $870-million price tag, inclu
  
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• Scores and Schedule for Friday, Jan. 9, 2026

  10-01-2026 07:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Friday's Scoreboard
  NHL
  Winnipeg 5 Los Angeles 1
  Washington 5 Chicago 1
  Utah 4 St. Louis 2
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  PWHL
  Ottawa 4 Vancouver 2
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  AHL
  Texas 2, Grand Rapids 0
  Toronto 6, Belleville 1
  Utica 3, Syracuse 0
  WB/Scranton 5, Charlotte 1
  Laval 3, Rochester 2
  Providence 4, Bridgeport 1
  Springfield 7, Hartford 4
  Chicago 3, Rockford 1
  Tucson 2, Iowa 1
  San Diego 5, Colorado 4
  Ontario 5, Henderson 4
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  Ontario Hockey League
  North Bay 5 Brampton 1
  Flint 4 Saginaw 2
  Kitchener 4 Oshawa 2
  Brantford 4 London 1
  Sarnia
  
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• WNBA and players’ union fail to reach new CBA, negotiations continue without extension

  10-01-2026 06:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA and its players' union weren't able to agree to a new collective bargaining agreement by the Friday night deadline, and now the league enters a “status-quo” period with no new extension reached.
  Negotiations will continue with the current CBA still in effect.The league and the players had two previous extensions, with the most recent expiring Friday night. The sides have met several times this week, but are still far apart on many key issues, including
  
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• Scheifele’s two goals help Jets snap 11-game losing streak with 5-1 win over Kings

  10-01-2026 06:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Mark Scheifele scored two goals, Vladislav Namestnikov and Jonathan Toews both ended lengthy goal-scoring droughts, and the Winnipeg Jets ended their 11-game losing streak with a 5-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Friday night.
  The Jets were winless (0-7-4) since a 5-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Dec. 13. It was their longest skid since the team moved to Winnipeg from Atlanta in 2011.
  Namestnikov ended a 29-game goal drought, while Toews halted a 26
  
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• ‘Atrocious’: Chilliwack residents concerned about abandoned homeless camp

  10-01-2026 04:55 via globalnews.ca
  They would like to see the provincial government step in to help clean it up, especially as it is located near the Chilliwack River Fish Hatchery and another fish-bearing creek.
  
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• Scheifele scores twice in Jets’ 5-1 win over Kings to end 11-game losing streak

  10-01-2026 04:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — Mark Scheifele scored twice and Vladislav Namestnikov and Jonathan Toews both ended lengthy goal-scoring droughts to help the Winnipeg Jets end their 11-game losing streak with a 5-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Friday.
  The Jets were winless (0-7-4) since a 5-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Dec. 13. It was the longest skid since the team moved to Winnipeg from Atlanta in 2011.
  Namestnikov ended a 29-game goal drought, while Toews halted a 26-game scoring slump. Co
  
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• Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury wins singles moguls for 100th World Cup win of his career

  10-01-2026 04:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SAINT-CÔME--LINIÈRE — Canadian freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury earned the 100th World Cup victory of his career on Friday night.
  Kingsbury, from Deux-Montagnes, Que., finished first in men's singles moguls at the Val St-Come, Que., competition with 85.83 points."It's unreal," he said on the FIS broadcast. "I cannot find the words."
  Australia's Matt Graham took silver with 83.50 points and American Nick Page picked up bronze with 80.96 points.
  The 33-year-old Kingsbury withdre
  
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• Ottawa Charge beat Vancouver Goldeneyes 4-2 for fifth straight victory

  10-01-2026 03:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Charge defeated the Vancouver Goldeneyes 4-2 on Friday night for their franchise-record fifth straight victory.
  Anna Meixner, Ronja Savolainen, Brianne Jenner and Rebecca Leslie scored for Ottawa (3-3-0-5) and Gwyneth Philips stopped 23 shots.
  Sophie Jaques and Michelle Karvinen tallied for Vancouver (3-1-1-6) and Kristen Campbell made 23 saves.
  The Charge opened the scoring at 10:12 of the first period when Savolainen picked up a Peyton Hemp rebound and beat Campbell.O
  
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• Pritchard scores 28 points as the Celtics beat the short-handed Raptors 125-117

  10-01-2026 03:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BOSTON (AP) — Payton Pritchard had 28 points and eight assists, and the Boston Celtics held off the short-handed Toronto Raptors 125-117 on Friday night.Jaylen Brown added 25 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for the Celtics, who won for the fifth time in six games. Boston connected on 14 3-pointers and shot 54% from the field to help pull away in the second half.The loss snapped a three-game win streak for the Raptors. They played without starters Brandon Ingram (sprained right thu
  
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• Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury wins single moguls for 100th World Cup win of his career

  10-01-2026 03:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SAINT-CÔME--LINIÈRE — Canadian freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury earned the 100th World Cup victory of his career on Friday night.
  Kingsbury, from Deux-Montagnes, Que., finished first in men's singles moguls at the Val St-Come, Que., competition with 85.83 points."It's unreal," he said on the FIS broadcast. "I cannot find the words."
  Australia's Matt Graham took silver with 83.50 points and American Nick Page picked up bronze with 80.96 points.
  The 33-year-old Kingsbury withdre
  
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• Fatal Abbotsford shooting linked to B.C. gang conflict: police

  10-01-2026 03:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — Police in Abbotsford, B.C., say they are investigating a fatal shooting tied to the B.C. gang conflict.
  They say officers responded to the scene shortly before 1 p.m. on Friday, following a report of a shooting on Siskin Drive.Police say they found an injured man inside a home but he died at the scene despite the efforts of first responders.
  There has been a rise in extortion-related violence against B.C.'s South Asian community, involving shootings targeting homes and busines
  
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• Police in Abbotsford investigating fatal gang-related shooting

  10-01-2026 02:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — Police in Abbotsford, B.C., are investigating a fatal shooting tied to the B.C. gang conflict.Police say officers responded to the scene shortly before 1 p.m. on Friday, following a report of a shooting on Siskin Drive in Abbotsford.Police say officers confirmed the shooting was contained to a single residence, where they found a man with life-threatening injuries.The man later succumbed to his injuries at the scene despite "urgent lifesaving efforts" of first responders.The i
  
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• One new case of chronic wasting disease confirmed in deer in B.C.’s Kootenay

  10-01-2026 02:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  JAFFRAY — A new case of chronic wasting disease has been detected in deer in British Columbia's Kootenay region, bringing the total cases discovered in the province to nine.A statement from the Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship says a new case of chronic wasting disease has been confirmed in a white-tailed deer harvested near Jaffray, a small community in the East Kootenay region.Chronic wasting disease is an infection and fatal illness affecting species such as deer, elk, m
  
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• Police in Abbotsford are investigating a B.C. gang-related shooting in the city

  10-01-2026 02:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — Police in Abbotsford, B.C., say they are investigating a homicide following a targeted shooting tied to the BC Gang conflict.Police say officers responded to the scene shortly before 1 p.m. on Friday, following a report of a shooting on Siskin Drive in Abbotsford.Police say officers secured the scene and confirmed the shooting was contained to a single residence, where they found a man with life-threatening injuries.The man later succumbed to his injuries at the scene despite
  
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• Judge reserves ruling on whether to throw out B.C. murder conviction over delays

  10-01-2026 02:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has reserved her decision on whether to throw out the case against a man convicted of first-degree murder in a killing police have linked to organized crime.
  Brandon Teixeira's lawyers have filed a so-called Jordan application seeking a stay of the charges on the basis that delays in the case violated his Charter rights.
  Justice Jennifer Duncan said Friday that she would schedule another hearing for Feb. 12, though she may be able to share
  
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• Stephen Gogolev leads after short program at Canadian figure skating championships

  10-01-2026 01:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  GATINEAU — Stephen Gogolev is in the driver’s seat at the Canadian figure skating championships.
  The 21-year-old from Toronto took a substantial lead in the men’s singles event after scoring 99.60 points in Friday’s short program.
  Skating to “Mugzy's Move” medley, Gogolev landed two quad jumps and a triple axel in a clean program at Centre Slush Puppie. Vancouver’s Wesley Chiu placed second with 89.14 and Aleksa Rakic of New Westminster, B.C., was third
  
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• Judge says Trump administration can’t block child care, other program money for 5 states for now

  10-01-2026 01:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump's administration cannot block federal money for child care subsidies and other programs aimed at supporting needy children and their families from flowing to five Democratic-led states for now.The states of California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York argued that a policy announced Tuesday to freeze funds for three grant programs is having an immediate impact on them and creating “operational chaos.” In court filings
  
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• Calgary water main repaired but restrictions remain until testing done, city says

  10-01-2026 00:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — The City of Calgary says it has finished repairs on a disastrous water main break but testing still needs to be done before it's fully operational again.
  The city, in an update Friday, said residents are still being asked to reduce their water use until the testing is complete, which is expected to take several days.
  It said the pipe, which carries approximately 60 per cent of the water for the city of 1.6 million, needs to be slowly filled back up and the water has to be tested
  
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• Saskatoon hospital patient dead after altercation with security

  10-01-2026 00:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SASKATOON — Saskatoon police say they're investigating after a patient at the Royal University Hospital died this morning following an altercation with security.
  Police say they're working with the coroner's office to determine whether the death is suspicious.
  The Saskatchewan Health Authority says security officers were called to a patient's room after staff reported a safety concern.The authority says the officers were involved in a physical altercation with the patient, and the patient
  
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• ‘Old gal has had rough night’: Main break floods iconic Yukon bar amid -40 C weather

  10-01-2026 00:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A major water main break in Dawson City, Yukon, flooded streets and a historic bar as temperatures plunged to -40 C amid a recent cold snap.Dawson's public works department said some residents and businesses were without water as workers tried to fix damage from the break that happened Thursday at the city's 3rd and 4th avenues.
  A city notice said residents could fill water jugs and use public washrooms at its recreation centre until crews completed the necessary repairs.
  Photos posted to social
  
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• 1 confirmed dead after targeted shooting in Abbotsford Friday afternoon

  10-01-2026 00:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Update 3:22 p.m.: Abbotsford police have now confirmed a homicide with Fraser Valley Today as a result of the targeted shooting this afternoon.
  The original story follows:
  ABBOTSFORD — Police are investigating a targeted shooting in Abbotsford that occurred early Friday afternoon (Jan. 9).
  Officers with the Abbotsford Police Department were paged out to the 3200 block of Siskin Drive due to a targeted shooting at around noon.
  AbbyPD confirms the shooting is not related to extortion an
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Calgary water main repaired, restrictions remain until testing done

  09-01-2026 23:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — The City of Calgary says it has finished repairs on a disastrous water main break, but testing still needs to be done before it's good to go.
  City officials say residents are still being asked to reduce their water use until the testing is complete, which is expected to take several days.
  It says the pipe, which carries approximately 60 per cent of the city's water, needs to be slowly filled back up and the water has to be tested for quality.
  The feeder main ruptured last week fo
  
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• Military to aid Manitoba First Nation hit by power outage, frozen pipes

  09-01-2026 23:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PIMICIKAMAK CREE NATION, MAN. — The federal government has agreed to send in military help to a northern Manitoba First Nation where thousands have been forced to leave due to frozen pipes and sewage backup.
  Emergency Management Minister Eleanor Olszewski said Friday a specialized Armed Forces team is being sent to Pimicikamak Cree Nation for assessment and advisory support, although she provided no additional details.
  Officials in the community are still determining the extent of damage t
  
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• Canadian figure skaters support Skate Canada’s Alberta ban, hope for future return

  09-01-2026 23:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  GATINEAU — Canadian figure skaters supported the national governing body's decision to ice events in Alberta, while holding out hope that major competitions could one day return to the province.
  The national sport governing body announced last month it will no longer host international and national events in Alberta because of the provincial Fairness and Safety in Sport Act, a law that bars transgender Albertans aged 12 and older from competing in female-only sports.
  Calgary-born ice dance
  
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• Abbotsford police respond to targeted shooting Friday afternoon

  09-01-2026 23:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — Police are investigating a targeted shooting in Abbotsford that occurred early Friday afternoon (Jan. 9).
  Officers with the Abbotsford Police Department were paged out to the 3200 block of Siskin Drive due to a targeted shooting at around noon.AbbyPD confirms the shooting is not related to extortion and there is no further risk to the public.Siskin Drive between Sandpiper Drive and Stellar Court remains closed as the investigation is underway.More details will follow as they b
  
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