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• Tuberculosis outbreak declared in third Nunavut hamlet

  16-05-2023 20:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NAUJAAT, Nunavut — Nunavut’s Department of Health has declared a tuberculosis outbreak in a third community.
  The department says there are six cases of active tuberculosis and 10 cases of latent tuberculosis in Naujaat, which is home to about 1,200 people.
  It says the growing number of cases suggests enhanced public health followup is needed.
  The territory previously declared a tuberculosis outbreak in Pond Inlet in March.
  At the time, it said there were five cases of active tubercul
  
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• Trial begins in 2021 drive-by shooting that killed Montreal teen Meriem Boundaoui

  13-01-2026 19:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A jury trial has opened for two men charged in the drive-by shooting of a 15-year-old girl who prosecutors say was in the wrong place at the wrong time when she was killed.
  The Crown outlined its case this morning against the two men charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Meriem Boundaoui and the attempted murder of several other people on Feb. 7, 2021.
  Boundaoui was in the passenger seat of a vehicle that was struck by bullets in Montreal's St-Léonard borough
  
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• China urges Canada to break from US influence as PM Carney visits Beijing

  13-01-2026 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BEIJING (AP) — As Canadian leader Mark Carney arrives in China on Wednesday, his hosts see an opportunity to peel the longtime U.S. ally away from their rival, at least a bit.
  China's state media is calling on the Canadian government to set a foreign policy path independent of the United States — what it calls “strategic autonomy.”
  Canada has long been one of America’s closest allies, geographically and otherwise. But Beijing is hoping that President Donald Trump&rs
  
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• B.C. home sales and prices both down about 6% last month, amid Lower Mainland slump

  13-01-2026 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia home sales fell by almost 6 per cent last month on a year-over-year basis, with realtors noting market weakness "concentrated" in the Lower Mainland.
  The B.C. Real Estate Association says a total of 4,271 residential units were sold in December, which is about 18.5 per cent lower than the province's 10-year average for the month, while average prices also fell 5.6 per cent to about $952,000 from just over $1 million in the same month in 2024.
  The value of overa
  
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• Feds to contribute money to the fight against extortion in southern Ontario

  13-01-2026 19:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The federal government says it will give Peel Regional Police up to $1 million to support the force's efforts to fight extortion, provide services to victims and build on the work of a task force.
  The police service, which serves the Ontario cities of Brampton and Mississauga, created the Extortion Investigative Task Force in 2023 in response to threats against members of the South Asian business community.
  Ottawa says criminal networks use intimidation tactics and threats to fund
  
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• Mboko battles into Adelaide quarterfinals with marathon win over Kalinskaya

  13-01-2026 19:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ADELAIDE — Canada's Victoria Mboko advanced to the quarterfinals of the Adelaide International tennis tournament with a 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (6) victory over Russia's Anna Kalinskaya on Tuesday.
  The 19-year-old from Toronto, seeded eighth at the WTA 500 event, overcame two match points before taking the third-set tiebreaker in a match that lasted two hours 22 minutes.
  Mboko meet the winner of Wednesday’s match between No. 2 seed and reigning Australian Open champion Madison Keys and qualifi
  
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• RCMP forensics to further investigation after Chilliwack business suffers break and enter, damage at its store

  13-01-2026 19:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  UPDATE, 9:40 A.M. TUESDAY: SinAmen Bun Co. updated the community Tuesday morning at 9:25 a.m. that it is back to regular hours of operation and is quickly back on track to get its store repaired.
  “While we’re slowly getting things fixed, our premises are secured, our team feels safe and supported, and we’re ready to serve the community right away,” SinAmen Bun Co. wrote online. “Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the unbelievable support, kind messages, and
  
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• Iran’s embassy in Ottawa, closed since 2012, defaced by anti-regime protesters

  13-01-2026 19:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Iran's embassy in Ottawa has been defaced, and a video posted to social media shows a protester behind a security fence removing Iran's national emblem from the building and prodding around a gated window.
  The Canadian Press has not verified the video, reportedly recorded early Monday morning, though the national emblem had been removed from the embassy building as of Monday afternoon and footsteps in the snow were visible behind the embassy's gate.
  While Canada cut diplomatic tie
  
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• Federal bill criminalizing sexual deepfakes wouldn’t cover X images: expert

  13-01-2026 18:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A law professor is warning that the Liberal government’s legislation to criminalize sexual deepfakes would not cover most of the images that have proliferated on X in recent weeks.
  Suzie Dunn, an assistant professor of law at Dalhousie University, says the bill wouldn’t necessarily apply to the wave of images created by Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot and shared on X.
  Bill C-16 would criminalize the non-consensual sharing of images which show the subject nude, exposing
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Supreme Court Justice Sheilah Martin to retire May 30

  13-01-2026 18:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Justice Sheilah Martin says she will retire from the Supreme Court of Canada effective May 30.
  Martin says in a statement today she is deeply grateful for the opportunity to have served Canadians on the high court, calling it an honour and a highlight of her professional life.
  Chief Justice Richard Wagner praised Martin as widely respected for the depth of her legal scholarship, commitment to fairness and principled approach to justice.
  Martin, 69, was born and raised in Montreal
  
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• Statistics Canada to cut 850 jobs, 12 per cent of executive team

  13-01-2026 18:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says it will be cutting around 850 of its staff along with 12 per cent of its executive team.
  Carter Mann, spokesperson for the national statistical agency, says Statistics Canada will inform affected employees within the next two weeks.
  He says Statistics Canada remains focused on serving Canadians and adapting as it adjusts to the changes.
  Data from the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat shows 7,274 people worked at Statistics Canada as of March 31, 2025.It s
  
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• Sydney, N.S., selected as the preferred maintenance port for new Arctic icebreakers

  13-01-2026 18:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SYDNEY — Sydney, N.S., has the inside track on becoming the maintenance hub for the Canadian Coast Guard’s upcoming polar icebreakers.The federal government announced today that the Cape Breton port is the preferred location as the maintenance base for the vessels.
  Ottawa cited the port's deep water, proximity to Sydney's Canadian Coast Guard Academy and the fact it has one of the shortest routes to the Arctic from Eastern Canada.It’s also near Halifax, headquarters of the Roya
  
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• Chilliwack small business suffers break and enter, theft of safe and extensive damage

  13-01-2026 18:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — A Chilliwack small business says it will do its best to continue operations after its store was broken into and sustained significant damage sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning.
  SinAmen Bun Co., located at 8810 Young Road across from Valley Toyota, says its store was burglarized, its safe was stolen, surveillance cameras were broken, and front and side glass windshields were shattered.
  “As a small, locally owned business, this is incredibly upsetting and dis
  
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• Almost 300 millimetres of rain on Vancouver Island in three-day drenching

  13-01-2026 18:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — A number of communities in British Columbia's south coast have received more than 100 millimetres of rain in the atmospheric river event over the last three days, with one station reporting nearly 300 millimetres.
  Environment Canada says the Kennedy Lake Forestry Station on Vancouver Island received a whopping 286 millimetres from Saturday to Monday.
  On the mainland, Port Mellon reported 204 millimetres.
  The weather agency says at least 20 weather stations in the region reporte
  
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• Bail hearing continues for Ontario man accused in Ryan Wedding case

  13-01-2026 18:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — A Toronto court is hearing from one of the people who signed on to supervise a man accused of laundering funds for an international drug ring if he is released on bail.
  The woman, whose identity is covered by a publication ban, is taking the stand as Rolan Sokolovski's bail hearing enters its second day.
  Sokolovski is one of several Canadians arrested for extradition to the United States last fall as part of an investigation into Ryan Wedding, a former Canadian Olympian alleged t
  
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• Clintons refuse to testify in House Epstein investigation as Republicans threaten contempt charges

  13-01-2026 17:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton say they will refuse to comply with a congressional subpoena for them to testify in an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.The Clintons are slamming a Republican-controlled committee’s attempts as “legally invalid” as GOP lawmakers prepare contempt of Congress proceedings against them. In a letter released on social media Tuesday, the Clinton’s tell the chair of the House Ov
  
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• B.C. coast drenched by rain in three-day atmospheric river

  13-01-2026 17:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — A number of communities in British Columbia's south coast have received more than 100 millimetres of rain in the atmospheric river event over the last three days, with one station reporting nearly 300 millimetres.
  Environment Canada says the Kennedy Lake Forestry Station on Vancouver Island received a whopping 286 millimetres from Saturday to Monday.
  On the mainland, Port Mellon reported 204 millimetres.
  The weather agency says at least 20 weather stations in the region reporte
  
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• Maple Leafs to honour 50th anniversary of Darryl Sittler’s 10-point night

  13-01-2026 17:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Darryl Sittler's big night is set to get another nod.
  The Toronto Maple Leafs will honour their former captain's record 10-point game — almost 50 years later — when the club meets the Buffalo Sabres on Jan 27.
  Sittler scored six goals and added four assists in Toronto's 11-4 victory over the Boston Bruins on Feb. 7, 1976, at Maple Leaf Gardens.
  Maple Leafs general manager Brad Treliving said in a press release the 10-point performance is "one of the most extraordinary
  
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• Canadian midfielder Emma Regan leaves the NSL’s AFC Toronto to join a NWSL team

  13-01-2026 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Midfielder Emma Regan's breakthrough year with Canada and AFC Toronto has led to a transfer to an NWSL club.
  In announcing the transfer Tuesday, Toronto did not specify the fee or Regan's NWSL destination. But it is believed the 25-year-old from Burnaby, B.C., is headed to one of the NWSL expansion teams — either the Boston Legacy or Denver Summit, which both kick off play this year — for a fee similar to the $465,000 (250,000) pounds that the Portland Thorns reported
  
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• Denmark provided US support on intercepting oil tanker, Danish official says

  13-01-2026 16:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Denmark provided U.S. forces in the east Atlantic with support last week as they intercepted an oil tanker for violations of U.S. sanctions, a Danish government official confirmed on Tuesday, despite tensions between the allies over the Trump administration’s desire for control of Greenland.The official, who was not authorized to comment publicly on the sensitive matter and spoke on the condition of anonymity, declined to provide details about what the support entai
  
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• Ice dance champion Cizeron accuses ex-partner Papadakis of smear campaign ahead of Olympics Games

  13-01-2026 16:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PARIS (AP) — Olympic ice dance champion Guillaume Cizeron said Tuesday that his former on-ice partner Gabriella Papadakis is spreading lies about him in the lead-up to the Milan Cortina Winter Games.The French skater, who now competes with Laurence Fournier Beaudry of Montreal, said he is the victim of a smear campaign fueled by a book written by Papadakis, “So as Not to Disappear,” that will be released later this week.
  Papadakis and Cizeron became one of the most decorated du
  
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• 4-year-old Chilliwack girl battling leukemia awaits bone marrow donor, and a possibly longer road ahead

  13-01-2026 16:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — There are small victories here and there for 4-year-old Asha Korytko from Chilliwack as she undergoes chemotherapy for leukemia at BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, but a potentially even longer journey looms ahead.
  As Fraser Valley Today first reported last week, Korytko was initially brought to the emergency room on Christmas Eve for fever and vomiting but was subsequently transported via ambulance transfer to BC Children’s Hospital. On Christmas Day, physicia
  
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• Trump cancels meetings with Iranian officials and tells protesters ‘help is on its way’

  13-01-2026 16:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Trump said Tuesday he’s canceled talks with Iranian officials amid a protest crackdown, telling Iranian citizens “help is on its way.”Trump did not offer any details about what the help would entail, but it comes after the Republican president earlier this week said Iran wants to negotiate with Washington after his threat to strike the Islamic Republic that has killed more than 2,000, according to human right monitors.But Trump with his latest
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP locate ‘very wet’ male after weekend crash into a ditch, as police suspect alcohol played role

  13-01-2026 16:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Police say alcohol and speed are likely factors after a male driving a vehicle crashed his vehicle into a ditch near the Keith Wilson Bridge last weekend.In response to an inquiry from Fraser Valley Today, Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener says police responded to a report of a vehicle in a ditch on Boundary Road early Saturday morning, January 10 at about 3:40 a.m. When RCMP members arrived, they determined that a single-vehicle collision had occurred.Image:
  
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• South Korean prosecutor seeks death sentence for ex-leader Yoon over martial law decree

  13-01-2026 15:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An independent counsel on Tuesday demanded the death sentence for former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion charges in connection with his short-lived imposition of martial law in December 2024.Yoon, who was removed from office last April and is in jail, faces eight trials over various criminal charges related to his martial law debacle and other scandals related to his time in office. Charges that he directed a rebellion are the most significant on
  
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• Trump administration labels 3 Muslim Brotherhood branches as terrorist organizations

  13-01-2026 14:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration has made good on its pledge to label three Middle Eastern branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations, imposing sanctions on them and their members in a decision that could have implications for U.S. relationships with allies Qatar and Turkey. The Treasury and State departments announced the actions Tuesday against the Lebanese, Jordanian and Egyptian chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood, which they said pose a risk
  
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• Death sentence sought for ex-South Korea leader Yoon over martial law decree

  13-01-2026 14:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An independent counsel has demanded a death sentence for former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion charges in connection with his short-lived imposition of martial law in December 2024.The Seoul Central District Court said independent counsel Cho Eun-suk’s team made the request at a hearing Tuesday. Yoon was expected to make remarks there.Removed from office last April, Yoon faces criminal trials over his martial law debacle and other scandals
  
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• Marine Le Pen’s appeal trial opens in Paris, with far-right leader’s 2027 presidential bid at stake

  13-01-2026 13:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PARIS (AP) — The appeal trial of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen opened in Paris on Tuesday, with her 2027 presidential bid hanging on the outcome of the case.Le Pen, 57, is seeking to overturn a March ruling that found her guilty of misusing European Parliament funds. She was slapped with a five-year ban from holding elected office and two years of house arrest with an electronic bracelet.She says she’s innocent.The appeal trial is scheduled to last for five weeks, with a verd
  
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• Canadiens’ Carrier celebrates rare offensive outburst in 6-3 win over Canucks

  13-01-2026 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Alexandre Carrier is not best known for his offensive prowess on the ice.
  In describing the Quebec City native’s game, you’d likely point to his defensive strengths. After all, Carrier has accumulated 100 blocked shots this season, placing him in the NHL's top 10 in that category.
  However, after the 29-year-old scored two goals in a span of 20 seconds in the second period of the Montreal Canadiens’ 6-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Monday, all anybody wante
  
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• In the news today: Carney talks major projects, Alberta gives flu update, Leafs win

  13-01-2026 10:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...
  Carney meets with Coastal First Nations today to talk major projects, oceans
  Prime Minister Mark Carney will be in Prince Rupert, B.C., today to meet with Coastal First Nations and discuss his government's major projects agenda and marine conservation.
  He'll be joined by a handful of ministers, including Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson and Housing and Infrastructure Minister Gregor Robertson.
  Tension
  
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