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• Teenager, 13, reported as missing to Chilliwack RCMP

  19-03-2023 01:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A 13-year-old Chilliwack boy has been reported as missing to Chilliwack RCMP.According to the boy’s stepmother (whom Fraser Valley Today is not naming for privacy reasons), 13-year-old Sean Thompson was last seen wearing a black hoody, black sweats, navy blue and white Converse shoes, and a red and black Air Jordan backpack. Thompson is described as 5’7″ tall, 120 pounds.According to a social media post from his stepmom, Thompson did not return home from scho
  
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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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• Fraser Health issues regional toxic drug advisory

  09-01-2026 23:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Authorities have issued a toxic drug alert Thursday (Jan. 8) due to a veterinary medicine being detected in the Fraser Health region’s unregulated opioid supply.
  Medetomidine is a potent, non-opioid sedative typically used for animals.The drug is 200 times more potent than its sister drug xylazine, or tranq, and is irreversible with naloxone. However, authorities ask that naloxone still be administered in suspected opioid poisonings.“Be prepared for prolonged sedat
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Military to aid Manitoba First Nation hit by power outage, frozen pipes

  09-01-2026 23:12 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 says a specialized Armed Forces team is being sent to Pimicikamak Cree Nation for assessment and advisory support.
  Officials in the community are still determining the extent of damage to the more than 1,300 homes in Pimicikamak, nearly t
  
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• Alberta’s Smith calls on Carney to speed up major project approvals

  09-01-2026 22:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling on Ottawa to further speed up its approval process for major projects, saying she wants to see applications approved within six months.
  Prime Minister Mark Carney's Major Projects Office, established last year, currently aims to complete regulatory reviews within two years.
  Smith says in a letter to Carney that two years is too long, considering the recent U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and U.S. President Donald Trum
  
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• Man arrested after allegedly punching woman in Vancouver road rage incident

  09-01-2026 22:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — A male driver has been charged with one count of assault after allegedly punching a 60-year-old woman in the head multiple times over a road rage incident in Vancouver.Police says officers responded to the city's Marpole neighbourhood on Wednesday afternoon after receiving a 9-1-1 call about an alleged assault.
  Investigators say the suspect allegedly came out of his vehicle and opened the door of the car driven by the victim, then punched her in the head many times before fleei
  
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• Newcomers should be primed for Quebec winter roads after 2025 fatal crash: coroner

  09-01-2026 22:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A Quebec coroner is recommending the province's auto insurance board better prepare newcomers about the dangers of winter driving, following the death of a Mexican man last year.
  Coroner Nancy Bouchard's findings stem from an investigation into the death of a 29-year-old man who was involved in a crash in January 2025 on Highway 116 in Princeville, Que.The man, originally from Mexico, died of his injuries in May 2025.
  Immigrants are offered a six-month grace period after they mo
  
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• Schizas, returning Daleman set for fierce battle for Canada’s Olympic spot

  09-01-2026 22:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  GATINEAU — Madeline Schizas took a deep breath, then made her feelings unmistakably clear.
  The reigning national champion knows Gabrielle Daleman — back after years of serious injuries — is coming for the Canadian women’s figure skating crown.
  But Schizas is determined to make sure she’s the one on the plane to Italy.
  "She's clearly put a lot of work into coming back, so I obviously respect a comeback, but, how do I put it…” she said, “over my dea
  
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• Driver caught driving at 160 km/h in B.C. told police he was ‘trying to avoid elk’

  09-01-2026 22:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — A man from Alberta has had his Mercedes SUV impounded for a week after being caught going 160 kilometres an hour on a British Columbia highway, ostensibly in an effort to "avoid elk."
  The impound happened on Dec. 30 in a 100 km/h zone on Highway 3/95 near Moyie, a village in southeastern B.C. about 177 kilometres from the Alberta boundary.
  The BC Highway Patrol says an officer on the highway clocked the SUV going 160 kilometres per hour and pulled the vehicle over.
  Police say w
  
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• Coalition Avenir Québec member withdraws from caucus after impaired driving arrest

  09-01-2026 22:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  QUÉBEC — A Coalition Avenir Québec member of the legislature arrested this week for alleged impaired driving is withdrawing from caucus for the duration of the legal proceedings against him.
  François Tremblay has represented the riding of Dubuc, Que., in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, since 2018.
  The chief government whip, François Jacques, announced Tremblay's withdrawal in a short statement.
  Tremblay was stopped by police early Wednesday morning after all
  
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• Flu has peaked in some provinces while nationally cases remain high but ‘stable or decreased’

  09-01-2026 21:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — At least two provinces in Canada say flu activity likely peaked over the holidays, while national data shows the number of new cases remains high but stabilized by the start of the new year.The latest national influenza data released Friday accounts for the holiday period of Dec. 14 to Jan. 3.
  During the week of Christmas, the federal agency says the percentage of positive tests for influenza was the highest it has been over the past three seasons, at 33 per cent.The following we
  
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• Olympic organizers ‘100%’ confident NHL will play in Milan Cortina despite arena delays

  09-01-2026 21:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MILAN (AP) — Olympic organizers are “100%” confident the NHL won’t pull out of the Milan Cortina Games with the new ice hockey arena finally ready. Or almost.
  Construction delays and other concerns about the Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena have drawn headlines for weeks ahead of the NHL returning to the Winter Olympics for the first time since 2014 and the women’s tournament opening on Feb. 5.
  The NHL has expressed concern about the construction and quality of the ice
  
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• Former all-star linebacker, Grey Cup champion with Stamps, Jim Furlong, dead at 85

  09-01-2026 21:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Jim Furlong, a West Division all-star linebacker in 1965 and Grey Cup champion in 1971, has died. He was 85.
  The Calgary Stampeders announced his death on Friday. No cause of was given.Furlong played 174 games for the Stampeders from 1962-1974, ranking in the franchise’s top 10 for seasons played.
  Born in Winnipeg and raised in Lethbridge, Alta., Furlond saw action as a linebacker, punter, defensive lineman and receiver over the course of his career.
  He is among the franchise’s all-t
  
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• Patrol officer stumbles on gunshot victim in New Westminster, B.C.

  09-01-2026 21:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW WESTMINSTER — Police are investigating an overnight shooting in Metro Vancouver that has sent one man to hospital after an officer stumbled across the victim while on patrol.
  New Westminster police say the officer discovered the victim lying on the ground "in apparent distress" at about 3 a.m. in the area of 100 Columbia Street.
  The man was given first aid at the scene then taken to hospital to treat gunshot wounds.
  Investigators closed parts of Columbia Street for several hours later,
  
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• Life sentence for B.C. man who shot two dead, in killings deemed ‘not suspicious’

  09-01-2026 21:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CRANBROOK — A Creston, B.C., man has received a life sentence after being convicted of two killings in which the victims were shot in the head on the same day, but whose deaths were both initially ruled to be from natural causes.
  The BC Prosecution Service says Mitchell McIntyre was sentenced on Thursday to life without eligibility for parole for 13 years in the second-degree murder of Julia Howe, who was found dead on February 6, 2022, at a Creston home.
  The service says McIntyre also rec
  
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• Free agent outfielder Max Kepler suspended 80 games by MLB following positive drug test

  09-01-2026 21:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Free agent outfielder Max Kepler was suspended for 80 games on Friday following a positive test for a banned performance-enhancing substance in violation of Major League Baseball's drug program.Kepler tested positive for Epitrenbolone, a substance that led to a suspension in 2018 for boxer Manuel Charr and caused the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to announced the following year it had disqualified 90-year-old cyclist Carl Grove from a world record he had set at the 2018 Masters T
  
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• Canada condemns Russia’s use of hypersonic missile as escalation in Ukraine war

  09-01-2026 21:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is joining European leaders in condemning Russia's use of a powerful hypersonic missile on Ukraine as an escalation.
  Carney says Russia's second use of the Oreshnik missile is "a clear and dangerous escalation that targeted Ukrainian energy infrastructure and the homes of innocent Ukrainians."
  Moscow says the weapon can evade missile defence systems and could be used against Ukraine's allies if they strike deep into Russia.
  Observers say the missile stri
  
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• Canada’s Oldham, Gaskell grab silver, bronze in freeski slopestyle World Cup

  09-01-2026 20:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ASPEN — Canada's Megan Oldham and Elena Gaskell were both medallists in the women's freestyle skiing slopestyle World Cup event on Friday.
  Oldham took silver with a score of 73.02, while Gaskell grabbed bronze with 72.90.
  Great Britain's Kirsty Muir snagged gold with 80.62.
  It's just the second World Cup event and first medal of the season for Oldham of Parry Sound, Ont.The 24-year-old finished fourth in Austria on Nov. 22.
  It's also the first World Cup medal of the campaign for the 24-yea
  
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• US and Venezuela take initial steps toward restoring relations after Maduro’s ouster

  09-01-2026 20:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  GUATIRE, Venezuela (AP) — The United States and Venezuela said Friday they were exploring the possibility of restoring diplomatic relations, as a Trump administration delegation visited the South American nation.The visit marks a major step toward warming icy relations between the historically adversarial governments. U.S. military forces captured former President Nicolás Maduro last weekend in Caracas and took him to New York to face federal charges of drug-trafficking.The small te
  
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• Ridge Meadows RCMP seek woman missing for over a week

  09-01-2026 20:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MAPLE RIDGE — Police in Maple Ridge are asking for the public’s help in finding a woman who has been missing for more than a week.
  On December 29, at around 4 a.m., RCMP say 37-year-old Shannon Samms was last seen in the 21600 block of Lougheed Highway in Maple Ridge.
  She’s described as an Indigenous woman, standing at 4’11” and 96 pounds, with medium-length black hair and brown eyes.
  Samms was last seen wearing track pants, a jacket and a baseball cap in all-black,
  
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• Blackhawks center Connor Bedard set to return from shoulder injury

  09-01-2026 20:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Blackhawks forward Connor Bedard is back after missing 12 games with a right shoulder injury.
  Bedard has been cleared to play on Friday night against Washington. The 20-year-old center participated in the team's morning skate ahead of the matchup with the Capitals.
  “It's obviously a huge boost,” assistant coach Mike Vellucci said. “He's a big part of our team and he was playing really well before he got injured. We're excited to have him back.&rdquo
  
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• Kelly Curtis finishes second in World Cup skeleton race, enhancing her hopes of US Olympic spot

  09-01-2026 20:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — Kelly Curtis took a big step toward a U.S. Olympic team spot on Friday, finishing second in a World Cup women's skeleton race for her best-ever finish on the circuit.
  Kim Meylemans of Belgium won the race in 2 minutes, 21.01 seconds. Curtis was second in 2:22.12 for her second career World Cup medal — she had a bronze on her home track at Lake Placid, New York, in December 2022 — and Nicole Rocha Silveira of Brazil was third in 2:22.18.
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