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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Bringing more nurses to B.C.

  19-01-2023 17:05
  
  In my community office, we hear from a lot of people who are concerned about having access to quality healthcare, whether for themselves, their children, or another family member. We have incredible health care practitioners here in British Columbia, but since the global pandemic, our healthcare system has been stretched.
  Our government knows how important it is that British Columbians have the care they need, when they need it, and that’s why we’re taking steps to build a stronger,
  
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• Justin Trudeau, Katy Perry make appearance at World Economic Forum

  20-01-2026 13:21
  DAVOS — Former prime minister Justin Trudeau spoke about the importance of soft power in geopolitics today at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
  He was joined by his partner and pop star Katy Perry, who sat in the front row, giving a warm smile when Trudeau talked about Canada not meddling in other states’ affairs to take oil.
  Trudeau rejected the notion that U.S. President Donald Trump could make Canada the 51st state, saying Canadians have made their opinions clear on the matter.
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• UK approves a ‘mega’ Chinese Embassy in London despite criticism of security risks

  20-01-2026 12:18
  LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government announced Tuesday it has approved a huge new Chinese Embassy in central London despite heavy pressure from lawmakers over its potential security risks.Local Government Secretary Steve Reed formally approved plans for the building near the Tower of London after a series of delays and legal challenges.Critics have long expressed concerns that the proposed supersized embassy, set to be the biggest Chinese Embassy in Europe, will be used as a base for e
  
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• Optimism about aging among older adults in Canada sees sharp decline: survey

  20-01-2026 12:00
  TORONTO — A new survey suggests optimism about aging fell sharply over the last year, with financial insecurity and loneliness dampening how many Canadians feel about their golden years.
  The National Institute on Aging surveyed just over 6,000 adults aged 50 and older in June and July for its fourth annual report titled Perspectives on Growing Older in Canada, released Tuesday.
  While the majority – 57 per cent of respondents – still said they had positive feelings about aging,
  
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• Whitecloud surprised by trade, but excited to join Flames’ blue line

  20-01-2026 11:00
  CALGARY — Despite having his world turned upside down on Sunday, Zach Whitecloud packed, got on a plane in Las Vegas with his fiancée Monday morning, and made his Flames debut on Monday night.
  In Calgary's 2-1 overtime loss to the New Jersey Devils, the former Golden Knights defenceman finished second on his new team with 22:33 in ice time, registered two shots, threw one hit, and had three blocked shots.
  “I feel good, surprisingly,” said the 29-year-old Whitecloud. &ldq
  
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• Vancouver Canucks coach calls out team for lingering ‘defeated feeling’

  20-01-2026 11:00
  VANCOUVER — Adam Foote has seen enough.The Vancouver Canucks head coach is tired of his players getting frustrated and letting their play slip.
  Yes, the team is mired in an extended losing skid, but the Stanley Cup-winning defenceman knows a defeatist attitude won't help things.“I’ve been watching this for too long," Foote said Monday after the Canucks fell 4-3 to the New York Islanders.
  "We’ve got to stop burning ourselves by getting frustrated. We’ve got to stay w
  
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• Quinn Hughes starting to feel more comfortable in new surrounds with Wild

  20-01-2026 11:00
  TORONTO — Quinn Hughes is still navigating new surroundings.
  Watch out when the smooth-skating, minute-crunching defenceman finally finds his groove.
  Hughes picked up two more assists and was on the ice for four Minnesota Wild goals in a 6-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday.
  Acquired from the Vancouver Canucks on Dec. 12 in a blockbuster trade, the 26-year-old has 20 points in 18 games for a franchise that signalled it's firmly in win-now mode following the head-turning deal
  
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• Israeli crews begin bulldozing UNRWA headquarters in east Jerusalem

  20-01-2026 10:26
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli crews have begun bulldozing a United Nations headquarters in east Jerusalem as Israel's government tightens restrictions on humanitarian groups that provide aid to Palestinians.UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, said on X that Israeli forces had confiscated staff devices and forced them out of their headquarters in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.“This is an unprecedented attack not only against UNRWA and its premises. It constitutes a serious
  
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• In the news today: Carney at WEF, Canadian dies in Australia, Toews plays in Chicago

  20-01-2026 10:15
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...
  Carney kicks off pitch for investment at World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland
  Prime Minister Mark Carney is in the Swiss ski resort town of Davos to pitch Canada as an investment destination while he attends trhe World Economic Forum.
  Carney is set to meet today with French President Emmanuel Macron, who is chairing the G7 this year.
  That meeting comes in between a scheduled speech and participation i
  
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• Quebec’s finance minister says Ontario’s Crown Royal whisky ban is misguided

  20-01-2026 10:00
  MONTREAL — Quebec's finance minister says he has shared his concerns with his Ontario counterpart about that province's intention to remove Crown Royal whisky from government-owned liquor stores, saying now is not the time to further disrupt Canadian supply chains.Ontario Premier Doug Ford has said the Crown Royal boycott, which he intends to launch next month, is in retaliation for parent company Diageo deciding to close its bottling plant in Amherstburg, Ont. The Ontario facility closure
  
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• ‘I’m traumatized’: Terrified Haitians in U.S. make dangerous journey to Canada

  20-01-2026 10:00
  MONTREAL — Frantz André says his phone rings every day with scared Haitians in the United States considering the dangerous journey across the northern border.The head of a Montreal-based migrant advocacy group, André says he thinks the number of illegal crossings is going to rise with the expected end next month to the temporary protected status program for Haitians in the U.S.
  ‘’I can guarantee you that while you and I are talking, there are people who are enteri
  
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• Carney kicks off pitch for investment at World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland

  20-01-2026 10:00
  DAVOS — Prime Minister Mark Carney is in the Swiss ski resort town of Davos to pitch Canada as an investment destination at the World Economic Forum.
  Carney is set to meet later today with French President Emmanuel Macron, who is chairing the G7 this year.
  That meeting comes in between a scheduled speech and participation in various meetings at the forum, where he'll address heads of countries and corporations.
  Carney visited Beijing and Qatar last week, and is nearing the end of his trip
  
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• B.C.’s balmy January brings out blossoms, but a cold snap could put plants in peril

  20-01-2026 10:00
  VANCOUVER — A couple weeks ago, North Vancouver resident Larry Sewell looked down a street in his neighbourhood and did a double take.
  "I said, 'God — (that) looks like a cherry blossom,'" said Sewell.
  "I just walked up there and went underneath and took some pictures. I mean, I've seen blossoms come out in February before and stay out. But then I don't think this early. I can't ever remember seeing them this early."
  An unseasonably mild winter is coaxing blossoms to bloom early in s
  
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• Bessent says US-Europe relations have ‘never been closer’ despite Greenland crisis

  20-01-2026 09:05
  DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday said America’s relations with Europe remain strong and urged trading partners to “take a deep breath” and let tensions driven by the Trump administration's new tariff threats over Greenland “play out.”“I think our relations have never been closer,” he said, speaking on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.On Saturday, Trump announced
  
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• Brandon Bussi makes 17 saves as the Hurricanes beat the Sabres 2-1

  20-01-2026 07:23
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Brandon Bussi made 17 saves for his 18th win of the season, Seth Jarvis scored the go-ahead goal on a power play early in the third period and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 on Monday.Andrei Svechnikov had a goal and an assist for the Hurricanes, who have won three straight and secured at least one point for the eighth time in their past nine games. Sebastian Aho assisted on both of Carolina’s goals, giving him nine in five games.Bussi improv
  
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• Defending champ Madison Keys advances to 2nd round at Australian Open

  20-01-2026 07:15
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Defending champion Madison Keys struggled early but held on to defeat Oleksandra Oliynykova and her offbeat style of game 7-6 (6), 6-1 in a first-round match Tuesday at the Australian Open.
  Ninth-seeded Keys, playing in her 50th Grand Slam tournament, dug herself into a deep hole at Rod Laver Arena. She trailed 4-0 in the first set and rallied to force a tiebreaker against the Ukrainian.
  Oliynkyoka, playing in her first Grand Slam main draw, also raced to a 4-0
  
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• Duclair scores two, Islanders extend Canucks’ winless skid to 11 games

  20-01-2026 06:43
  VANCOUVER — Anthony Duclair scored twice and the New York Islanders downed the troubled Vancouver Canucks 4-3 on Monday.
  Tony DeAngelo added a goal and an assist for the Islanders (27-17-5), while Ryan Pulock found the back of the net with his second goal of the season.
  Rookie defenceman Matthew Schaefer and Coquitlam, B.C., product Mathew Barzal each contributed a pair of helpers for the visitors, and Ilya Sorokin stopped 29 of the 32 shots he faced.Max Sasson gave the Canucks (16-28-5) a
  
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• Fernandez bounced in women’s singles at Australian Open, Mboko wins doubles opener

  20-01-2026 06:14
  MELBOURNE — Janice Tjen's rise to becoming the No. 1 women's player in Indonesia has included one WTA singles title and three doubles championships.
  The 23-year-old reached No. 53 in the WTA singles rankings in November and her coaches predicted then the best was yet to come.
  Tjen demonstrated that improvement with a first-round upset of Canada's Leylah Fernandez on Tuesday at the Australian Open.
  Fernandez, of Laval, Que., was seeded 22nd in the major tournament, but was bounced 6-2, 7-6
  
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• Nemec scores in OT as Devils douse Flames 2-1

  20-01-2026 05:55
  CALGARY — Simon Nemec scored at 1:18 of overtime to give the New Jersey Devils a 2-1 NHL victory over the Calgary Flames on Monday night.
  Dawson Mercer also scored for New Jersey (22-23-4), which has won three of its last four games.
  Nazem Kadri scored for Calgary (21-23-5), which had a two-game win streak halted. Rookie Matvei Gridin picked up his first NHL assist.
  Jacob Markstrom had 21 saves to improve to 13-11-1. Devin Cooley, who had 29 stops, fell to 6-4-3.
  Putting a damper on the De
  
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• Knight makes 32 saves, Blackhawks blank Jets 2-0 to spoil Toews’ return to Chicago

  20-01-2026 05:16
  CHICAGO (AP) — Spencer Knight made 32 saves, Jason Dickinson scored and the Chicago Blackhawks beat Jonathan Toews and the Winnipeg Jets 2-0 on Monday night.
  Connor Bedard added an empty-net goal in the third period as the Blackhawks stopped a three-game slide. It was Bedard's first goal since returning from a right shoulder injury.
  Knight recorded his third shutout this season and the eighth of his career.
  Toews played his first game in Chicago since signing with Winnipeg on July 1. The 3
  
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• Foligno’s first career hat trick pushes Wild past Maple Leafs 6-3

  20-01-2026 04:20
  TORONTO — Marcus Foligno registered his first career hat trick as the Minnesota Wild topped the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3 on Monday.
  Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice and set up another for Minnesota (28-13-9), which got a goal and an assist from Ryan Hartman. Quinn Hughes, Brock Faber and Kirill Kaprizov each chipped in two assists. Filip Gustavsson made 27 saves.
  Auston Matthews, with a goal and an assist, John Tavares and Nick Robertson replied for Toronto (24-17-8), which saw its seven-gam
  
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• Jonathan Toews gets standing ovation in return to Chicago with the Winnipeg Jets

  20-01-2026 03:59
  CHICAGO (AP) — Jonathan Toews took a deep breath, and then laughed and shook his head in disbelief as the standing ovation continued for four-plus minutes. “All right, all right,” he said before taking another lap in front of the cheering crowd.Toews returned to Chicago on Monday night with his hometown Winnipeg Jets, but it was clear that his first NHL city still counts him as one of its own.Toews waved and patted his heart as he was showered with cheers and chants of “J
  
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• NHL roundup: Brandon Bussi makes 17 saves as Hurricanes edge Sabres 2-1

  20-01-2026 03:43
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Brandon Bussi made 17 saves for his 18th win of the season, Seth Jarvis scored the go-ahead goal on a power play early in the third period, and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 on Monday.
  Andrei Svechnikov had a goal and an assist for the Hurricanes, who have won three straight and secured at least one point for the eighth time in their past nine games. Sebastian Aho assisted on both of Carolina’s goals, giving him nine in five games.
  Bussi imp
  
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• Highways near Hope to be detoured starting Tuesday morning

  20-01-2026 03:13
  HOPE — The B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Transit says there will be temporary highway closures and detours near Hope starting Tuesday morning for emergency repair work on sections of highways affected by December flooding.
  In a statement, the province says Highways 1, 3 and the 3/5 split will be fully closed to complete repairs as quickly as possible in light of safety concerns associated with the current pavement conditions and the favourable weather window available this week to un
  
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• Fernandez bounced in first-round women’s singles match at Australian Open

  20-01-2026 03:12
  MELBOURNE — Janice Tjen's rise to becoming the No. 1 women's player in Indonesia has included one WTA singles title and three doubles championships.
  The 23-year-old reached No. 53 in the WTA singles rankings in November and her coaches predicted then the best was yet to come.
  Tjen demonstrated that improvement with a first-round upset of Canada's Leylah Fernandez on Tuesday at the Australian Open.
  Fernandez, of Laval, Que., was seeded 22nd in the major tournament, but was bounced 6-2, 7-6
  
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• Ex-federal minister Jody Wilson-Raybould starting treatment for breast cancer

  20-01-2026 02:50
  Former federal justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould says she will be starting treatment for breast cancer.
  In a post on social media, Wilson-Raybould says the treatment comes following recent surgery.
  She calls the situation "scary and unsettling" but says she takes strength from the many people who have shared stories of resilience and healing with her over the years.
  She says she is grateful to her surgeons and the BC Cancer Agency for their care.
  In her post, Wilson-Raybould encourages peopl
  
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• Dolphins hire former Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley as head coach

  20-01-2026 02:48
  MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins hired former Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley as their coach on Monday, ending a swift search and tasking him with turning around a franchise that hasn't won a playoff game in 25 years.Hafley replaces Mike McDaniel, who was fired earlier this month after going 35-33 in four seasons. The Dolphins also fired longtime general manager Chris Grier during the season.“I believe great things are ahead for the Miami Dolphins with Jeff Haf
  
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• Police probe whether extortion victims ‘recklessly’ returned fire in Surrey, B.C.

  20-01-2026 02:10
  SURREY — Police in Surrey, B.C., say an extortion-related investigation into a home being shot at over the weekend has spawned a second investigation into whether bullets went flying in the other direction as well.
  Police say the residence in the Bear Creek neighbourhood was shot at on Saturday and while the home was occupied at the time, nobody was injured.
  Surrey Police spokesman Staff Sgt. Lindsey Houghton says investigators are now also looking into whether one or more people inside or
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP confirm police incident, hold and secure at nearby elementary school Monday

  20-01-2026 02:01
  CHILLIWACK — Multiple police units and ERT personnel have attended a home near Landing Drive in Chilliwack Monday afternoon.
  According to a witness on scene, multiple police units, including what appears to be an Emergency Response Team (ERT) armoured truck, were seen at a home close to Landing Drive.
  That witness reported seeing police with their rifles displayed.
  One person was reportedly detained and taken away from the home in handcuffs, the witness said.
  Image: Contributed / Police in
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP confirm police incident, hold and secure at nearby elementary school Monday - Fraser Valley Today

  20-01-2026 01:19 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack RCMP confirm police incident, hold and secure at nearby elementary school Monday  Fraser Valley Today
  
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