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• Tracy Ealdama Makes Lifelike Miniatures

  21-11-2022 20:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not!Meet Tracy Ealdama, a self-taught artist from Toronto, Canada that crafts miniature models of stores, buildings and more found in and around Toronto.
  MINIATURE BUILDINGS
  Using everyday objects like wooden coffee stirrers, card stock paper, barbecue skewers, plastic bottle caps, and toothpicks, Tracy Ealdama handcrafts her miniature models with her main focus being on recreating the exterior beauty of the iconic stores, diners, and other businesses of Toront
  
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• Figure skater Fournier Beaudry opens up about Sorensen allegation in Netflix doc

  25-01-2026 09:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Figure skater Laurence Fournier Beaudry broke down in tears in a new Netflix documentary as she described being caught up in the fallout after Nikolaj Sorensen, her boyfriend and former ice dance partner, was accused of sexual assault.
  Fournier Beaudry, a 33-year-old from Montreal, opens up about the allegations in “Glitter & Gold: Ice Dancing,” a docuseries set for release Feb. 1.
  The three-part show follows three of ice dancing's top teams ahead of the Milan Cortina Olympic Gam
  
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• Bruins edge Canadiens 4-3

  25-01-2026 07:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BOSTON (AP) — Morgan Geekie scored his 100th career goal with 5:53 remaining to break a tie and give the Boston Bruins a 4-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.Geekie’s winner, his second goal of the night, came on the power play just 12 seconds after Fraser Minten fired a backhander that beat Montreal goalie Samuel Montembeault to tie the game at 3-3.Viktor Arvidsson also scored a goal and Charlie McAvoy had three assists for Boston, which has won 10 of its last 12 an
  
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• Chiefs Take Series Lead with Retro Night Win Over Langley

  25-01-2026 07:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  By Shaelee Dombrowski
   
  Chilliwack, B.C. – The Chiefs’ Retro Night, presented by Mark’s Chilliwack, on Saturday night saw the Chilliwack Chiefs and Langley Rivermen face off for the third time this month. Going into the game, the season series was tied 1-1, with the away team winning each time. Both teams played on Friday night, Chilliwack gained a point in a shootout loss in Coquitlam, while Langley came off a 5-3 win against Nanaimo at home. With the teams just four poin
  
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• Australia announces cull of dingoes that circled Canadian woman’s body on beach

  25-01-2026 07:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Government officials in Australia say a pack of dingoes found circling the body of a Canadian woman after her death on a beach on K'gari will be culled.
  A spokesperson from Queensland's ministry of Environment and Tourism says in an online statement that rangers have monitored the pack since the death of 19-year-old Piper James on Monday.
  Citing aggressive behaviour, the spokesperson says the wild dogs are an "unacceptable public safety risk" and are to be euthanized "humanely."
  Minister Andrew
  
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• Bouchard brilliant as Edmonton Oilers down Washington Capitals 6-5 in OT

  25-01-2026 07:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Connor McDavid scored 46 seconds into overtime and the Edmonton Oilers held on for a wild 6-5 win over the Washington Capitals on Saturday.
  Evan Bouchard scored his first NHL hat trick and added three assists in his 400th regular-season contest. McDavid tallied a goal and three helpers in regulation, Zach Hyman scored and Leon Draisaitl contributed three helpers for the Oilers (26-19-8).
  It was a difficult night for Edmonton netminder Connor Ingram, who gave up three goals on 12
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Australia to cull dingoes that circled Canadian woman’s body on beach

  25-01-2026 06:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Government officials in Australia say dingoes found circling the body of a Canadian woman after her death on a beach on K'Gari will be culled.
  A spokesperson from Queensland's ministry of Environment and Tourism says the pack has been deemed an "unacceptable public safety risk" and will be euthanized "humanely."More coming.
  The Canadian Press
  
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• NHL roundup: Bruins unbeaten in seven at home after 4-3 win over Canadiens

  25-01-2026 06:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BOSTON (AP) — Morgan Geekie scored his 100th career goal with 5:53 remaining to break a tie and give the Boston Bruins a 4-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.
  Geekie’s winner, his second goal of the night, came on the power play just 12 seconds after Fraser Minten fired a backhander that beat Montreal goalie Samuel Montembeault to tie the game at 3-3.
  Viktor Arvidsson also scored a goal and Charlie McAvoy had three assists for Boston, which has won 10 of its last 12
  
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• Top-ranked Sabalenka powers her way into quarterfinals at Australian Open

  25-01-2026 04:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka, attempting to win her third Australian Open title in four years, reached the quarterfinals on Sunday with a victory over No. 17 Victoria Mboko of Canada 6-1, 7-6 (1).
  Sabalenka, using a high-powered serve that produced three aces in the first set, rolled over the 19-year-old Canadian in just 31 minutes on Rod Laver Arena.Sabalenka was not quite as dominant in the second set — producing a few more unforced errors — against
  
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• Youth assaulted, hospitalized with serious injuries: Langley RCMP

  25-01-2026 04:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LANGLEY — Mounties in Langley say a youth was the victim of an apparent assault with a weapon Saturday at the Willowbrook Mall in Langley.
  According to a statement from Langley RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, police were called to Willowbrook Mall, 19705 Fraser Highway, at about 4:31 p.m. Saturday for the report of an alleged robbery.
  Police say emergency crews responded to the area and located a youth victim who appeared to have been assaulted with a weapon. The youth was promptly t
  
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• Geekie scores 100th career goal, Bruins beat Canadiens 4-3 to spoil Caufield’s hat trick

  25-01-2026 04:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BOSTON (AP) — Morgan Geekie scored his 100th career goal with 5:53 remaining to break a tie and give the Boston Bruins a 4-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.
  Geekie’s winner, his second goal of the night, came on the power play just 12 seconds after Fraser Minten fired a backhander that beat Montreal goalie Samuel Montembeault to tie the game at 3-3.
  Viktor Arvidsson also scored a goal and Charlie McAvoy had three assists for Boston, which has won 10 of its last 12
  
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• American rock climber Alex Honnold reaches top of Taipei 101 skyscraper without ropes

  25-01-2026 04:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — American rock climber Alex Honnold ascended the Taipei 101 skyscraper on Sunday without any ropes or protective equipment.Cheers erupted from a street-level crowd as he reached the top of the spire of the 508-meter (1,667-foot) tower about 90 minutes after he started. Wearing a red short-sleeve shirt, he waved his arms back and forth over his head.Honnold, known for his ropeless ascent up Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan, climbed up one corner of Taipei 101 u
  
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• Red Wings score four times in third period to ground Jets 5-1

  25-01-2026 04:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — J.T. Compher scored twice as the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Winnipeg Jets 5-1 in front of a sold-out crowd at Canada Life Centre Saturday night.
  The Red Wings (32-16-5) rebounded from a 4-3 overtime loss to Minnesota on Thursday and now have points in their last five games (4-0-1). The Jets (20-24-7) have now lost four of their last five.
  Lucas Raymond, Alex DeBrincat and Marco Kasper also scored for the Red Wings, who scored four times in the third period. DeBrincat and Kas
  
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• Rookie goalie Brandon Bussi helps Hurricanes blow past Senators 4-1

  25-01-2026 04:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Another elite performance from rookie goaltender Brandon Bussi and a three-goal opening frame combined for a comfortable 4-1 win for the Carolina Hurricanes over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.
  The first meetup between the Hurricanes and Senators opened with a ceremony honouring former head coach Jacques Martin’s induction into the Senators’ Ring of Honour. Martin was Ottawa’s bench boss between 1996 to 2004, the Jack Adams Award winner in the 1998-99 season and
  
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• Top-ranked Sabalenka ends Mboko’s singles run in fourth round at Australian Open

  25-01-2026 03:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MELBOURNE — Victoria Mboko's impressive singles run at the Australian Open came to a halt in the fourth round on Sunday in Melbourne.
  The Toronto teen, seeded 17th in the prestigious Grand Slam event, was bounced by Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus — the world's top-ranked female player — 6-1, 7-6 (1) in one hour 26 minutes inside Rod Laver Arena.
  Sabalenka, who needed only 34 minutes to take the first set, finished with six aces, three double faults, 27 winners and 24 unforced error
  
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• Si Koo Kim leads American Express with Scheffler and teenager Brown one shot back

  25-01-2026 02:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) — Blades Brown looked well beyond his 18 years under increasing attention Saturday. He finished with three straight birdies that left him tied with world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, both of them one shot behind Si Woo Kim going into the final round of The American Express.
  Kim had a 6-under 66 and the advantage of playing La Quinta Country Club as the wind finally arrived in the Coachella Valley. Scheffler and Brown were on the Stadium Course at PGA West, the most diffi
  
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• All in the Family: Northern Ontario’s Scharf joined by daughter McCarville at Hearts

  25-01-2026 01:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MISSISSAUGA — Now that Grade 11 exams are out of the way, Bella McCarville can concentrate on her next task: helping her mother and new teammates try to win the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
  The 16-year-old McCarville is making her debut at the Canadian women's curling championship as an alternate for Northern Ontario skip — and her mom — Krista Scharf.
  "To experience it with her is pretty amazing," Scharf said. "Just seeing it through her eyes is awesome."
  Proudly sporting th
  
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• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada announces closure of research operations, job cuts

  25-01-2026 01:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says it is closing seven of its research operations as part of the federal government's efforts to cut the size of the public service.
  The federal department said research centres in Guelph, Ont., Quebec City and Lacombe, Alta., as well as four satellite research farms across Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are closing.It said so far, approximately 665 department positions have also been reduced and nearly 1,050 employees received notices on Thursday.
  "The
  
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• Myanmar holds its last election round with the army already certain to keep control over government

  25-01-2026 01:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Voting began on Sunday in Myanmar in the final round of a three-stage general election, capping a nearly monthlong process that has already ensured the country’s military rulers and their allies will command a parliamentary majority to form a new government.Critics say the polls are neither free not fair, and are designed to legitimize the power of the military after it ousted the elected civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021.The army-backed
  
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• Man is shot and killed during Minneapolis immigration crackdown, National Guard activated

  25-01-2026 01:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal immigration officer shot and killed a man Saturday in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters onto the frigid streets and ratcheting up tensions in a city already shaken by another fatal shooting weeks earlier.Family members identified the man who was killed as Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse who had protested President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in his city. After the shooting, an angry crowd gathered and protesters cla
  
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• Cultus Lake’s Reece Howden reaches ski cross podium at World Cup

  25-01-2026 00:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VEYSONNAZ — Canada’s Reece Howden was back atop the podium at a ski cross World Cup on Saturday and Marielle Thompson took bronze on the women’s side.
  Germany’s Tim Hronek and France’s Melvin Tchiknavorian took silver and bronze, respectively, in the men’s final.
  Italy’s Simone Deromedis finished off the podium.
  In the women’s final, Germany’s Daniela Maier won gold and Austria’s Sonja Gigler earned silver.
  Howden, from Cultus Lake, B.C
  
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• Crews respond to car fire on Highway 7 near Agassiz Saturday afternoon

  25-01-2026 00:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  AGASSIZ — Traffic had come to a near standstill after a car had set ablaze on Highway 7 in Agassiz this afternoon. 
  Drivers reported the incident after 2:30 p.m. Saturday, January 24, on the Lougheed’s westbound lane near Mount Woodside. 
  Video from the scene showed a white SUV pulled over to the curb, with large flames coming from its hood.
  RCMP and the Agassiz Fire Department arrived on scene at about 3 p.m.
  Eastbound traffic faced significant delays, while the westbound
  
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• Scharf steals two in 10th for 7-4 win over Skrlik at Scotties Tournament of Hearts

  24-01-2026 23:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MISSISSAUGA — Northern Ontario's Krista Scharf defeated Alberta's Kayla Skrlik 7-4 on Saturday afternoon at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
  It was the round-robin opener for both teams at the Canadian women's curling championship.Scharf stole two points in the 10th end for the win.Nova Scotia's Christina Black defeated Nunavut's Julia Weagle 9-1 and Alberta's Selena Sturmay walloped Prince Edward Island's Amanda Power 12-3. Manitoba's Beth Peterson posted a 7-5 win over Mackenzie Mitche
  
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• Maureen Murphy’s two-goal performance leads Victoire past Charge 3-1

  24-01-2026 23:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LAVAL — Maureen Murphy scored twice as the Montreal Victoire defeated the Ottawa Charge 3-1 in front of a sold-out crowd at Place Bell on Saturday afternoon.
  Ann-Renee Desbiens made 23 saves for the Victoire (6-3-0-5), who moved into second place in the Professional Women’s Hockey League with the win. Abby Roque added an empty-net goal.Faduza Kadirova scored for the Charge (3-5-0-7). Gwyneth Philips made 33 saves.Montreal opened the scoring 12:52 into the first period.Amanda Boulier
  
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• The man killed by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says

  24-01-2026 22:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Family members say the man killed by a U.S. Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis on Saturday was an intensive care nurse at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset by President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in his city.Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed getting in adventures with Joule, his beloved Catahoula Leopard dog who also recently died. He had participated in protests following th
  
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• Trump’s latest tariff threats will hurt U.S. just as much as Canada, experts say

  24-01-2026 22:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — International trade experts say U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest threat to impose 100 per cent tariffs on Canada will hurt his own economy just as much, if not more, than Canada’s.
  They say that means Trump may ultimately look for an off-ramp to avoid the economic damage, similar to walking back threats to impose tariffs on eight European countries last week if Denmark didn’t hand ownership of Greenland to the U.S.
  “Yes, he's hurting Canadian businesse
  
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• NBA postpones Timberwolves-Warriors game in Minneapolis after fatal shooting by federal officer

  24-01-2026 22:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The NBA game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors was postponed on Saturday afternoon following another fatal shooting by a federal officer in Minneapolis.The game was rescheduled for Sunday afternoon. The Timberwolves and Warriors are also scheduled to play on Monday night.The league announced the decision was made to “prioritize the safety and security of the Minneapolis community" after 37-year-old Alex Pretti was killed in a confrontatio
  
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• RCMP investigate after man smashes car windows in Mission with a stick

  24-01-2026 22:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MISSION — Police in Mission continue to investigate an incident of mischief involving a man and a wooden stick last week.
  Mission RCMP says on January 12, at approximately 9 p.m., a resident in Triple Creek Estates on Wilson Street saw a man smashing her car windows with “some sort of stick”.
  Officers arrived and found a man in a long green rain jacket walking with a wooden stick that had an antler nailed to it.
  The man was arrested for mischief, and officers then spotted sever
  
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• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada announces closure of research operations, jobs cuts

  24-01-2026 22:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says it has identified savings opportunities and is closing seven research operations.The federal department says research centres in Guelph, Ont., Quebec City and Lacombe, Alta., as well as four satellite research farms across Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are closing.
  It says that, so far, approximately 665 department positions have also been reduced and nearly 1,050 employees received notices on Thursday.
  It adds the number of AAFC workers affected by
  
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• Ceasefire with Kurdish-led force extended for another 15 days, Syrian army says

  24-01-2026 21:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  RAQQA, Syria (AP) — Hours after the expiration of a four-day truce between the Syrian government and Kurdish-led fighters Saturday, Syria’s defense ministry announced the ceasefire had been extended by another 15 days.The defense ministry said in a statement that the extension was in support of an operation by U.S. forces to transfer accused Islamic State militants who had been held in prisons in northeastern Syria to detention centers in Iraq.The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces
  
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