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• IHIT confirms 2 people found dead inside burnt vehicle at Abbotsford park

  08-01-2025 19:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Homicide detectives in B.C. have now confirmed that two people were found dead inside a burnt vehicle at Sumas Mountain Regional Park late last week.
  According to a statement from IHIT Sgt. Freda Fong, Abbotsford PD first responded to a report of a vehicle fire at the regional park on Friday, January 3 at 2:46 p.m. First responders discovered a 2014 Mitsubishi Outlander SUV that was fully engulfed in flames. Once they extinguished the fire, they located what appeared to be hum
  
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• Chilliwack resident instrumental in getting toxic dump removed from the Chilliwack River Valley

  09-01-2025 15:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — For all the bad news originating from within the Chilliwack River Valley concerning unsightly homeless encampments, illegal dumping and abandoned vehicles, Kelly Hawes decided to do something about it.
  Hawes says three piles of drywall containing asbestos were dumped in the Chilliwack River Valley in the spring and summer of 2024, creating an environmental hazard that can be problematic to properly dispose of.
  “One of the piles was dumped on the Trans Canada Trail, and o
  
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• Canadian women drawn with Britain, Fiji and U.S. for HSBC SVNS stop in Perth

  09-01-2025 15:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PERTH — The Canadian women have been drawn in Pool B alongside Britain, Fiji and the U.S. at the HSBC SVNS Perth in Australia later this month.
  The Perth event, the third round of the seven-stop rugby sevens season, runs Jan. 24-26 at HBF Park.
  Canada stands seventh in the overall standings after finishing eighth in the season-opening tournament in Dubai and fifth in Cape Town. The Canadian women went 1-4-0 in Dubai and 3-1-0 in Cape Town.
  The U.S. stands fourth overall while Britain is fi
  
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• Northleaf Capital Partners joins with Altor Equity Partners in CCM Hockey deal

  09-01-2025 15:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Canadian investment firm Northleaf Capital Partners has partnered with Swedish private equity firm Altor Equity Partners to invest in CCM Hockey.
  Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
  Altor, which owns ski maker Rossignol Group, announced last year it had signed a deal to acquired a “significant” majority stake in CCM from Birch Hill Equity Partners.
  Michael Flood, head of private equity at Northleaf, says CCM’s iconic brand and strong industry ta
  
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• Pickup truck driver takes out power pole in Abbotsford after fleeing police early Thursday

  09-01-2025 15:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Police in Abbotsford say they’re looking for the driver of a grey Dodge pickup truck that crashed after authorities initiated a traffic stop for an insurance violation.
  According to information provided by police, AbbyPD patrol officers attempted to pull over the pickup truck at 1:30 a.m. early Thursday (Jan. 9). The truck failed to stop for police and consequently crashed a short distance away, knocking out a power pole at the intersection of George Ferguson Way and Bir
  
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• Two in custody after stolen vehicle linked to Abbotsford drug trade crashes into 2 cars: AbbyPD

  09-01-2025 14:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Police in Abbotsford say two suspects have been arrested and remain in custody Wednesday (Jan. 8) after a high-risk incident unfolded near the Lonzo Road shelter.
  According to a social media post from police, AbbyPD patrol officers tried to stop a suspicious vehicle just after 3 p.m. Wednesday that police believed was linked to the drug trade. Police say the vehicle fled at a high rate of speed and crashed through a fence. Officers did not pursue the vehicle because of reckles
  
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• Chilliwack resident thrilled after toxic materials removed from the Chilliwack River Valley

  09-01-2025 14:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — For all the bad news originating from within the Chilliwack River Valley concerning unsightly homeless encampments, illegal dumping and abandoned vehicles, Kelly Hawes decided to do something about it.Hawes says three piles of drywall containing asbestos were dumped in the Chilliwack River Valley in the spring and summer of 2024, creating an environmental hazard that can be problematic to properly dispose of.“One of the piles was dumped on the Trans Canada Trail, and one
  
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• Chilliwack-area home sales hit 3-year high as benchmark single-family home prices rise

  09-01-2025 14:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — While home sales between Abbotsford and White Rock may have hit a 10-year low in 2024, things are looking a bit brighter in Chilliwack and the surrounding communities from a realtor’s perspective.According to a statement from the Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board (CADREB), home sales through the Multiple Listing Service platform reached a three-year high in 2024.The number of homes sold in December through MLS equaled 148 units, an increase of 12.1 per cent from
  
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• Lebanon’s parliament chooses army commander Aoun as president, ending a 2-year deadlock

  09-01-2025 13:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect the country’s army commander, Joseph Aoun, as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum.
  The session was the legislature’s 13th attempt to elect a successor to former President Michel Aoun — no relation to the army commander — whose term ended in October 2022.
  The vote came weeks after a tenuous ceasefire agreement halted a 14-month conflict between Israel and the Lebanese mi
  
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• WNBA’s Toronto Tempo joins forces with Sephora Canada in first sponsor partnership

  09-01-2025 13:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto Tempo president Teresa Resch believes the WNBA expansion team has found a kindred spirit in Sephora Canada as the basketball franchise’s “founding partner and official beauty partner.”
  “It really hits home because Sephora’s slogan is ‘We belong to something beautiful.’ And that’s what we’re trying to create. And that’s what I think we are at the Toronto Tempo,” Resch said in an interview.
  With its commitmen
  
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• Gaza’s Health Ministry says the Palestinian death toll from the war has surpassed 46,000

  09-01-2025 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — More than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Thursday, as the conflict raged into a 16th month with no end in sight.
  The ministry said a total of 46,006 Palestinians have been killed and 109,378 wounded. It has said women and children make up more than half the fatalities, but does not say how many of the dead were fighters or civilians.The Israeli military says it has killed over 17,000 militants
  
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• Attack on Chad’s presidential palace leaves 19 dead

  09-01-2025 10:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — An attack on Chad’s presidential palace left 18 assailants dead and six in custody, with one soldier killed and three wounded, state media reported Thursday.The attack on Wednesday night occurred while Chadian President Mahamat Deby Itno was inside the palace, but authorities said the situation was quickly brought under control.“The situation is completely under control. There is no fear,” Foreign Affairs Minister Abderaman Koulamallah said wh
  
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• In the news today: Coutts blockade sentencing, oilsands decarbonization uncertainty

  09-01-2025 10:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Sentencing hearing for leaders of Coutts blockade
  A sentencing hearing is set to start today for three men convicted of helping co-ordinate a blockade at the Canada-U.S. border at Coutts, Alta., in protest of COVID-19 rules and restrictions.
  Alex Van Herk, Marco Van Huigenbos and Gerhard (George) Janzen were each found guilty in April of mischief over $5,000.
  They were charged for their roles in the bl
  
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• Sentencing hearing begins for men convicted of leading Coutts blockade

  09-01-2025 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — A sentencing hearing is set to start today for three men convicted of helping co-ordinate a blockade at the Canada-U.S. border at Coutts, Alta., in protest of COVID-19 rules and restrictions.
  Alex Van Herk, Marco Van Huigenbos and Gerhard (George) Janzen were each found guilty in April of mischief over $5,000.
  They were charged for their roles in the blockade that tied up cross-border traffic for two weeks in early 2022.
  Defence lawyers didn’t call evidence during
  
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• Booze-free ‘liquor’ stores offer options, as some B.C. craft brewers decline and fall

  09-01-2025 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Whatever your tipple, Angela Hansen’s liquor store on Vancouver’s Commercial Drive has stock to satisfy, from Prosecco to tequila — so long as you don’t want any actual liquor.Hansen’s “alcohol free liquor store” Mocktails opened last March, and just a few days into the new year, she was anticipating a “boom” for her business.“Dry January, I think is gonna be a big thing for the alcohol-free world,” she said, ref
  
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• West Ham hires former Chelsea coach Graham Potter

  09-01-2025 09:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MANCHESTER, England (AP) — West Ham hired Graham Potter as manager on Thursday, a day after Julen Lopetegui was fired.
  Potter has been out of management since he was fired by Chelsea in 2023 after just seven months in the job at Stamford Bridge.Potter takes over a team that has won only three of its last 11 games and is 14th in the standings — seven points above the relegation zone.
  Former Real Madrid and Spain coach Lopetegui paid the price for that poor run when his departure was c
  
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• Out-of-control Los Angeles wildfires burn thousands of homes and other structures

  09-01-2025 09:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A fast-moving fire broke out in the hills above Hollywood Boulevard and threatened some of the most popular Los Angeles tourist spots as firefighters battled to get control on two other major blazes that killed five people, put 130,000 people under evacuation orders and ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to inland Pasadena.The Sunset Fire started around 5:45 p.m. Wednesday as officials were holding a news conference to update residents on efforts to fight massive
  
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• ‘It’s just special’: Vancouver PWHL game unique experience for players, coaches

  09-01-2025 08:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Memories of the 2010 Olympics came rushing back for Marie-Philip Poulin as she stepped onto the ice at Rogers Arena on Wednesday.It was nearly 15 years since the hockey legend helped Canada win gold at the Vancouver Games and while a lot has changed, some things have stayed the same — including Poulin’s dominance.The 33-year-old scored twice Wednesday, helping her Montreal Victoire to a 4-2 victory over the Toronto Sceptres in the first Professional Women’s Ho
  
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• Capitals beat Canucks 2-1 in overtime

  09-01-2025 07:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Pierre-Luc Dubois scored his second goal of the game late in overtime, Logan Thompson made 30 saves and the Washington Capitals beat the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 on Wednesday night despite another sluggish performance.
  Dubois ended it with 40.3 seconds left in the 3-on-3 OT, long after scoring on Lankinen with 32.7 seconds remaining in the first period. Thompson stopped 20 of the 21 shots he faced in the second period alone, and Washington was lucky to avoid another loss whi
  
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• Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime into semifinals of Adelaide International

  09-01-2025 07:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ADELAIDE — Felix Auger-Aliassime reached the semifinals of the Adelaide International with a straight sets win over Marcos Giron of the United States on Wednesday.
  The fifth-seeded Auger-Aliassime of Montreal will face top-seed Tommy Paul of the U.S. in the semifinal of the Australian Open tune-up tournament.
  Auger-Aliassime won 7-6(3), 6-3 over Giron on the strength of superior serving.The Canadian had 11 aces to Giron’s two and took 80 per cent of first serve points won to Giron&rs
  
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• Montreal Victoire edge Toronto Sceptres 4-2 in first PWHL game in Vancouver

  09-01-2025 06:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Marie-Philip Poulin scored twice as her Montreal Victoire downed the Toronto Sceptres 4-2 Wednesday in the first Professional Women’s Hockey League game in Vancouver.Mikyla Grant-Mentis added a goal and an assist for the Victoire (4-1-2-1) and Claire Dalton also scored.
  Jesse Compher had a goal and an assist, Darryl Watts scored and Renata Fast registered two assists for the Sceptres (2-5-0-1).
  Montreal goalie Ann-Renee Desbiens stopped 29 of 31 shots. Kristen Campbell ma
  
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• Hollywood Hills fire breaks out as deadly wildfires burn out of control across Los Angeles area

  09-01-2025 06:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A fast-moving fire broke out in the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday night, threatening one of Los Angeles’ most iconic spots as firefighters battled to get under control three other major blazes that killed five people, put 130,000 people under evacuation orders and ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to inland Pasadena.The Sunset Fire was burning near the Hollywood Bowl and about a mile (1.6 kilometers) from the Hollywood Walk of Fame.The streets around Grauma
  
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• Canadian school boards among those affected by cyber incident involving third party

  09-01-2025 04:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  School boards in multiple provinces have been affected by a data breach involving software used by schools across North America to store student information.
  Ontario’s Toronto, Peel and Durham district school boards issued similarly worded notices about a “cyber incident” targeting PowerSchool, a third-party application that’s also used to store some school-based staff information.The notices say PowerSchool told school boards in Ontario and elsewhere on Tuesday that it h
  
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• Towns has 27 points, 13 rebounds as Knicks beat Raptors 112-98

  09-01-2025 04:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns had 27 points and 13 rebounds, OG Anunoby scored 27 points, and the New York Knicks beat the Toronto Raptors 112-98 on Wednesday night.
  Josh Hart added 21 points and 11 rebounds while Jalen Brunson had 13 points for the Knicks, who snapped a three-game losing streak that followed nine consecutive victories.
  Towns shot 9 for 14 from the field, including 3 for 3 on 3-pointers, in 34 minutes after missing Monday’s loss against Orlando due to patellar t
  
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• Pierre-Luc Dubois scores twice as the Capitals beat the Canucks 2-1 in overtime

  09-01-2025 04:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Pierre-Luc Dubois scored his second goal of the game late in overtime, Logan Thompson made 30 saves and the Washington Capitals beat the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 on Wednesday night despite another sluggish performance.
  Dubois ended it with 40.3 seconds left in the 3-on-3 OT, long after scoring on Lankinen with 32.7 seconds remaining in the first period. Thompson stopped 20 of the 21 shots he faced in the second period alone, and Washington was lucky to avoid another loss whi
  
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• Biden cancels trip to Italy, meant as final foreign visit of presidency, as fires rage in California

  09-01-2025 04:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday cancelled the final overseas trip of his presidency just hours before he was set to depart for Rome and the Vatican, choosing to remain in Washington to monitor the response to devastating fires raging in California.
  Biden was scheduled to leave Thursday afternoon, after eulogizing former President Jimmy Carter at a memorial service in Washington, for the three-day trip to meet with Pope Francis and Italian President Sergio Mattarella and
  
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• Edmonton Elks release division all-star Elliott Brown to pursue NFL job

  09-01-2025 03:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Edmonton Elks have released American defensive lineman Elliott Brown for him to pursue NFL opportunities.
  The 26-year-old from Odenton, Md., tied for the CFL lead in sacks last season with eight while compiling 44 defensive tackles.
  He was named to the CFL’s West Division all-star team.
  Brown signed with the Elks as a free agent in 2023 when he had two sacks and 10 defensive tackles in nine games as a rookie.
  He played five seasons at the University of Virginia.
  The six-foot-four, 225-
  
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• Canadian para alpine skier Michaela Gosselin doubles up on World Cup gold

  09-01-2025 02:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SANTA CATERINA, ITALY — Canadian para skier Michaela Gosselin won a pair of World Cup downhills Wednesday.
  The 23-year-old from Collingwood, Ont., claimed the first World Cup gold of her career and added a second.“My first World Cup win, my first podium in downhill, and back-to-back wins today, is all pretty exciting,” Gosselin said.
  She started para alpine skiing in 2019 after cancer surgery on her left shoulder. Gosselin races in a standing classification for athletes with a
  
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• B.C. court approves class-action lawsuit about privacy over Home Depot receipts

  09-01-2025 01:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A British Columbia Supreme Court judge says a class-action lawsuit can go ahead alleging Home Depot violated its customers’ privacy when collecting and sharing their information after emailing purchase receipts.The lawsuit alleges Home Depot gathered information when B.C. customers opted for emailed receipts, including the purchase price, brands bought, and data related to the customer’s email address, then shared it without consent with technology giant Meta.
  Justi
  
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• ‘Scary’ or ’empty threats’? Canadians weigh in on Trump’s ’51st state’ plan

  09-01-2025 01:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Canadian Press asked people from Halifax to Vancouver what they thought of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s idea to make Canada the “51st state” and use “economic force” to do so.
  Here’s what they told us:“The next person who becomes the prime minister has to be able to stand up and defend the sovereign integrity of Canada.”— Chinwe Chima, Halifax
  “We are paying way too much attention to this sort of nonsense. I think, like child
  
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