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• Canada says it has border under control just ahead of Trump inauguration

  15-01-2025 16:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister David McGuinty says Ottawa has added 60 new drones at the Canada-U.S. border and will deploy two new helicopters this week as it moves to ratchet up security.
  McGuinty trotted out the details of new measures as the federal government seeks to prove it’s serious about beefing up border security with just five days left before Donald Trump’s inauguration.
  The Liberal government pledged $1.3 billion in border upgrades after president-elect Trump thr
  
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• Struggling Penguins to place 2-time All-Star goaltender Tristan Jarry on waivers

  15-01-2025 19:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins could be moving on from two-time All-Star goaltender Tristan Jarry.
  The club announced it would place Jarry on waivers Wednesday afternoon.
  The 29-year-old Jarry is 8-7-4 with a 3.32 goals against average and a .886 save percentage this season for Pittsburgh, which heads into a seven-game road trip later this week on the fringe of the playoff race in the underwhelming Eastern Conference.
  The decision comes 18 months after the club signed Jarry to a
  
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• Caring Society tries to force Canada back to the table to talk child welfare reform

  15-01-2025 19:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The First Nations Child and Family Caring Society is calling on the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to force the federal government back to the negotiation table on First Nations child welfare reforms.
  The society filed a motion with the tribunal Tuesday calling for an order directing the federal government to negotiate child welfare reforms with both the society and the Assembly of First Nations, and ensuring the society has a seat at the table for coming consultations between the
  
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• Global temperatures this year to rival 2024’s record-breaking heat: climate officials

  15-01-2025 18:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian climate officials say this year’s average global temperature is set to rival 2024’s record-breaking heat, and is virtually guaranteed to be hotter than any year on record before 2023.
  Scientists with Environment and Climate Change Canada say the average global temperature is forecast to be about 1.45 C warmer than it was in the late 19th century.That mark is expected to be reached even with the cooling effect of a weak La Niña, a natural climate pattern tied to shifti
  
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• South African police announce the sudden end of mine rescue operation

  15-01-2025 18:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — South African police said Wednesday they have ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine where scores of illegal miners were trapped and believe they rescued all the survivors and retrieved all the bodies of those who died.The announcement was a surprise and came just a day after the police minister said the rescue operation would likely last until at least next week. Police said that 78 bodies had been recovered from the gold mine since the rescue
  
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• Recently married and soon to be a dad, Jets’ Connor enjoying life on and off the ice

  15-01-2025 18:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Kyle Connor laughs when asked what was more difficult — preparing for his wedding last summer or the hockey season?
  The Winnipeg Jets star left-winger married longtime girlfriend Ally Petack in front of about 150 friends and family in their home state of Michigan in July.
  He had a few assists.
  “If I needed to have my input valued, then it was there,” Connor said in a recent interview. “It was a big day for me but, obviously, for a girl it’s another
  
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• Redblacks sign quarterback Dru Brown to one-year contract extension

  15-01-2025 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks signed American quarterback Dru Brown to a one-year contract extension Wednesday.
  The deal leaves Brown under contract with Ottawa through the 2026 season.
  Brown appeared in 15 regular-season games last year, his first with Ottawa, but still led the organization into the playoffs for the first time since 2018.The 27-year-old threw for 3,959 yards and 18 touchdowns as the Redblacks finished a stellar 7-0-1 at home.
  Ottawa acquired Brown’s negotiating righ
  
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• Update: Fire erupts at poultry facility in Chilliwack, reportedly engulfing 2 barns

  15-01-2025 18:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Update 8:45 a.m. Wednesday: While the scope of the fire has greatly diminished, smoke continues to emanate from the farm on Blackburn Road as of 8:35 a.m. Firefighters remain on scene due to the amount of apparent flames still visible from Blackburn Road. Multiple fire units and RCMP vehicles remain on scene. A truck usually assigned to a fire investigator is located near the front yard of the home.
  According to scanner traffic during the incident, two chicken barns fully engulfed in flames were
  
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• Middle East latest: Anticipation grows as an Israel-Hamas ceasefire appears closer than ever

  15-01-2025 18:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Anticipation is growing as Israel and Hamas appear to be at the closest point yet to sealing a deal to pause 15 months of war. Qatari and Hamas officials say a last-minute dispute in ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas has been resolved.
  Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza began on Oct. 7, 2023, when militants stormed into southern Israel and killed about 1,200 people and abducted around 250. A third of the 100 hostages still held in Gaza are believed to be dead.
  The Israel Hamas-war h
  
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• Last-minute dispute in ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas has been resolved, officials say

  15-01-2025 17:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatari and Hamas officials say a last-minute dispute in ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas has been resolved.
  Israel announced late Wednesday that Hamas had tried to change agreed-upon understandings for security arrangements along Gaza’s border with Egypt. It strongly rejected the proposals.
  Qatar’s prime minister, who has been mediating the talks, met separately with Hamas and Israeli delegations, and shortly afterwards, the dispute was resolved, the
  
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• Sex class action greenlit against Montreal billionaire Robert Miller

  15-01-2025 17:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec Superior Court justice has authorized a class-action lawsuit against Montreal billionaire Robert Miller, who is accused of paying minors for sex.
  In a ruling on Tuesday, Justice Catherine Piché said the lawsuit brought by three plaintiffs against Miller, his former company — Future Electronics — and a handful of executives and alleged accomplices could go ahead.
  Piché described Miller’s alleged actions as “extremely serious acts&rdq
  
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• Gaza ceasefire negotiations hit last-minute snag, delaying anticipated deal to pause war

  15-01-2025 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Negotiations between Israel and Hamas hit a last-minute snag on Wednesday, delaying the expected announcement of a ceasefire agreement to pause the devastating 15-month war in the Gaza Strip.
  Israel accused Hamas of trying to make changes to already agreed upon arrangements along Gaza’s border with Egypt and said it strongly rejected the move. Hamas called the claims “nonsense.”
  The finger-pointing forced Qatar, which has been mediating weeks of painsta
  
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• Fire erupts at poultry facility in Chilliwack

  15-01-2025 16:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Members of the Chilliwack Fire Department are on the scene of a large fire in the Greendale area of Chilliwack.
  A witness says two chicken barns are burning, sending large plumes of smoke into the air. The fire broke out around 6:30 a.m. and is located at a facility on Blackburn Road, north of Keith Wilson Road.
  There are at least 10 emergency vehicles on the scene. At least six fire halls have been called to the scene. An excavator is also being brought in to assist with the
  
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• Wilkinson in Washington: Minister makes the case for U.S.-Canada energy alliance

  15-01-2025 14:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Jonathan Wilkinson is the latest Liberal in Washington amid President-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threats, and the Canadian energy minister is making the pitch for a Canada-U.S. energy and resource alliance.Wilkinson told American lawmakers that there is no better way to achieve economic dominance, national security and strength against China than to work with Canada.
  Trump has threatened to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all imports from Canada when he returns to the Wh
  
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• Polish leader vows to use EU presidency to push forward with Ukraine’s membership quest

  15-01-2025 13:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk vowed on Wednesday to use his country’s presidency of the European Union to push forward with Ukraine’s membership quest.
  “We will break the standstill we have in this issue,” Tusk told reporters in Warsaw, as he stood alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “We will accelerate the accession process.”
  Zelenskyy was in Poland on Wednesday after the two countries reached an agreement on the
  
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• Toronto FC continues search for new striker with Giovinco helping in the hunt

  15-01-2025 13:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — As Toronto FC prepares to shift its pre-season base to Spain at the end of the week, the search for a new forward continues.
  And former star striker Sebastian Giovinco, who returned to the club in October as a special adviser and club ambassador, has been helping GM Jason Hernandez and the MLS team’s scouting staff in the hunt for attacking talent.
  “He’s been quite active in some of the profiles that we’ve been working through, particularly at the striker
  
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• Few US adults confident Justice Department and FBI will act fairly under Trump, AP-NORC poll finds

  15-01-2025 13:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — As President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Pam Bondi, prepares for questioning from senators on Wednesday, only about 2 in 10 U.S. adults are “extremely” or “very” confident that the Department of Justice will act in a fair and nonpartisan manner during his second term, a poll finds.
  Their faith in the neutrality of the FBI is similarly low, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Resea
  
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• In the news today: An early election, the Liberal leadership race and Trump’s tariffs

  15-01-2025 10:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Early election looms over Liberal race
  The next Liberal leader will need to turn their attention quickly to ensure the party is ready for an early election once the short leadership race ends in March.
  Multiple Liberal cabinet ministers and MPs have said they will not seek re-election over the past year, and the governing Liberals are trailing the Conservatives in nominating candidates.
  The Liberals sa
  
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• Trudeau and the premiers meet to discuss a response to Trump’s threatened tariffs

  15-01-2025 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s premiers are set to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and members of his cabinet today to talk about U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s vow to impose steep tariffs.
  Trump has promised to impose 25 per cent tariffs on all Canadian and Mexican imports — one of several measures he says he’ll enact on day one of his presidency through an executive order. He assumes that office on Monday.
  Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc met Tuesday with Ontario
  
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• Operation underway to capture B.C. wolves for relocation in Colorado

  15-01-2025 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DENVER — A wildlife team from the United States has begun an operation to capture grey wolves in British Columbia for release in Colorado.The operation by Colorado Parks and Wildlife comes after an agreement with the B.C. government to “translocate” up to 15 wolves a year over the next three to five years.Colorado Parks says in a statement that the capture operation follows work to adopt measures that will minimize conflict between wolves and livestock.It says the operation is
  
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• Lion Electric’s customers worried about what comes next amid company’s struggles

  15-01-2025 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Andrew Brooks ordered three school buses from Lion Electric Co. on Nov. 20, just before American Thanksgiving.As superintendent of a school district in Illinois, Brooks had been working with the Quebec-based electric-vehicle maker for more than a year to apply for U.S. federal grant money to buy the electric buses. He didn’t realize the company was in financial trouble until after the holiday, in early December.That’s when he reached out to his contact at Lion Electr
  
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• Liberals trail Tories in nominations ahead of expected early election

  15-01-2025 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The next Liberal leader will need to turn their attention quickly to ensuring the party is ready for an early election once the short leadership race ends in March.
  Multiple Liberal cabinet ministers and MPs have said they will not seek re-election over the past year, and the governing Liberals are trailing the Conservatives in nominating candidates.
  The Liberals say they have 129 candidates nominated out of 343 federal ridings, while the Conservatives say they have close to 221 a
  
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• Canada carbon rebate goes out today as future of carbon tax remains unclear

  15-01-2025 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The first carbon rebate of 2025 is being paid out today to households in provinces that use the federal carbon pricing system — even as the future of the rebate program itself remains uncertain.
  For a family of four, the rebate will pay out anywhere from $190 in New Brunswick to $450 in Alberta, with people in small and rural communities receiving a 20 per cent boost to their rebates.
  With the Liberals’ keystone climate policy under sustained political attack, the fede
  
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• As fruit buds swell, B.C. farmers hit by 2024 deep freeze hope for better harvest

  15-01-2025 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Peter Simonsen says buds on the peach trees at his farm in Naramata, B.C., are already starting to swell early.But that makes him nervous.
  “They seem healthy and good, but I’m a little worried, because it’s been very similar to last year,” he said, referring to the warm spell last winter that preceded a catastrophic cold snap that decimated crops across the Okanagan and elsewhere in B.C.
  “And if you look at the fruit buds, they are starting to swell a little bit. Th
  
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• A ‘Particularly Dangerous Situation’ is forecast for fire-scarred Los Angeles area

  15-01-2025 07:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Millions of Southern Californians were on edge as a final round of dangerous fire weather was forecast for the region on Wednesday, along with a rare warning of a “Particularly Dangerous Situation” for an area near where two massive blazes have killed at least 25 and destroyed thousands of homes.
  Firefighters got a reprieve Tuesday when winds were unexpectedly light and they were able to make progress battling the two huge Los Angeles area fires and quickly s
  
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• Fernandez rallies to beat Bucsa, advances to third round at Australian Open

  15-01-2025 07:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MELBOURNE — Canadian Leylah Fernandez overcame a first set loss and another rain delay to advance to the third round of women’s singles at the Australian Open on Tuesday night.
  The 30th-seeded Fernandez lost 6-3 to Moldovan-born Cristina Bucsa of Spain in the opening set, then bounced back with 6-4, 6-4 wins in the two-hour, 25-minute match.
  The victory marks the first time that the Laval, Que., athlete has made it to the third round of the Grand Slam event at Melbourne Park.
  Fernand
  
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• NHL roundup: Blue Jackets rally to beat Flyers 3-2 in shootout

  15-01-2025 06:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Kent Johnson and Kirill Marchenko scored in the shootout as the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Tuesday night.
  Zach Werenski scored twice for Columbus, including the game-tying goal with 4:37 remaining in regulation. The Blue Jackets earned their first win against Philadelphia in three matchups this season.
  Daniil Tarasov made 23 saves, helping the Blue Jackets earn a season-high fifth straight victory, their longest streak since
  
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• Dach scores twice as surging Canadiens beat Utah 5-3

  15-01-2025 06:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Kirby Dach scored twice and the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Utah Hockey Club 5-3 on Tuesday night.
  Mike Matheson, Patrik Laine and Cole Caufield also scored for Montreal, which has won eight of its last 10.Lane Hutson added three assists for Montreal, and Alexandre Carrier had two. Sam Montembeault finished with 22 saves.
  Logan Cooley, Josh Doan and Nick Bjugstad scored for Utah. Clayton Keller had two assists. Karel Vejmelka made 21 stops.
  John Marino, who had ba
  
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• Firefighters prepare for increasing gusts following brief reprieve for LA area

  15-01-2025 06:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters in Southern California readied for another round of critical fire weather after calmer than expected winds Tuesday gave them a much-needed reprieve in which they were able to make progress battling the Los Angeles area’s largest blaze and quickly snuff out several smaller new fires.
  With winds not reaching dangerous levels Tuesday evening, the National Weather Service pushed back its dire warning of critical fire weather until 3 a.m. Wednesday. The so-
  
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• Connor wastes no time netting sixth career hat trick as Jets blitz Canucks 6-1

  15-01-2025 06:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Kyle Connor was glad he and the Winnipeg Jets got some puck luck on Tuesday.
  Connor scored a natural hat trick in the first period to spark the Jets to a 6-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks.
  “We’ve had those nights, like the other night, where we’re hitting posts and they’re not going in,” Connor said. “So just one of those nights where I was able to bury a couple.”
  The left-winger’s sixth career hat trick came in a span of 6:38
  
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