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• Finau sails to 4-shot victory in Houston, 3rd win of year

  13-11-2022 23:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HOUSTON (AP) — Winning use to come hard for Tony Finau. Now he’s making it look easy.
  Staked to a four-shot lead Sunday in the Houston Open, Finau stretched it to eight shots on the back nine and sailed to his third PGA Tour victory of the year. With three bogeys that only affected the margin, he closed with a 1-under 69 and won by four.
  Adam Hadwin (68) of Abbotsford, B.C., was nine shots off the lead.  
  Finau won only once in his first 185 tournaments upon joining the PGA Tour
  
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• Russell wins his 1st F1 race in Mercedes 1-2 at Brazilian GP

  13-11-2022 22:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SAO PAULO (AP) — Chased to the end by Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton, a tearful George Russell won his first race in Formula One on Sunday by 1 1/2 seconds at the Brazilian Grand Prix. 
  It was also Mercedes’ first GP win of an otherwise disappointing season with Hamilton making it an impressive 1-2 for the team in a statement of intent for next season.
  Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz Jr. completed the podium at Interlagos.
  The 24-year-old Russell dominated the race in Sao Paulo f
  
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• Argos down Alouettes 34-27 to advance to Grey Cup game

  13-11-2022 22:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — McLeod Bethel-Thompson threw two touchdown passes as the Toronto Argonauts punched their ticket to the Grey Cup with a 34-27 home win over the Montreal Alouettes in the East Division final Sunday.
  Toronto will make its first Grey Cup appearance since winning the title in 2017. The Argonauts set the tone early against the Alouettes, registering a 14-3 advantage on a windy day at BMO Field.
  David Cote’s 35-yard field goal at 10:53 of the fourth quarter reduced Montreal’
  
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• Political satire by Chilliwack Players Guild about 'a leader who looks like an idiot' - Chilliwack Progress

  13-11-2022 22:30 via news.google.com
  Political satire by Chilliwack Players Guild about 'a leader who looks like an idiot'  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• G.W. Graham prepares to host South Delta in High School football quarterfinal

  13-11-2022 20:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The G.W. Graham Grizzlies have learned who they will be facing in Friday’s second round high-school football playoff game.
  The Grizzlies will be facing the South Delta Sun Devils, after the Sun Devils narrowly defeated Lord Tweedsmuir 14 – 13 Friday (Nov. 11) afternoon at McLeod stadium in Langley.
  By virtue of their 5 – 1 regular season record, the Grizzlies earned a bye through the first round of the playoffs. Friday night’s quarter-final game kick-of
  
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• Challenges ahead as Ross Siemens moves into the Abbotsford Mayor’s seat

  13-11-2022 20:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — “We hit the ground running, and along with council I am looking forward to working on those things I laid out in my inaugural address,” said newly elected Abbotsford Mayor Ross Siemens in a one on one interview with Fraser Valley Today this week. “I have been sitting together with City Council in our governance workshops, just getting on the same page on what needs to be done, and what is expected of us.”Meeting expectations will prove to be a challenge
  
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• Canadian ice dancers Lajoie and Lagha win bronze at MK John Wilson Trophy

  13-11-2022 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SHEFFIELD, United Kingdom — Canadian ice dancers Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha won bronze at the MK John Wilson Trophy on Sunday.
  Italy’s Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri took gold with 213.74 points and Britain’s Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson were second with 205.56.
  Lajoie, from Boucherville, Que., and Lagha, from St-Hubert, Que., finished third with 198.95 points. It was their second ISU Grand Prix figure skating podium of the season.Alicia Fabbri of Terrebonne, Que., an
  
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• Brady, Bucs beat Seahawks 21-16 in historic Germany game

  13-11-2022 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MUNICH (AP) — Tom Brady stayed undefeated abroad by throwing two touchdown passes to help the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Seattle Seahawks 21-16 on Sunday in the first regular-season game played in Germany.
  Brady connected with Julio Jones and Chris Godwin on scoring passes and Leonard Fournette ran one in as the Bucs (5-5) improved to .500 and snapped Seattle’s four-game winning streak.
  German fans packed Allianz Arena for the historic game and the Bucs delivered with a balanced o
  
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• Switzerland beats Australia to win Billie Jean King Cup

  13-11-2022 19:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Switzerland won the biggest prize in women’s team tennis for the first time after Belinda Bencic completed a near-perfect tournament by beating Australia’s Alja Tomljanovic in straight sets Sunday in the Billie Jean King Cup final.The win gives Switzerland an unassailable 2-0 lead after Jil Teichmann outlasted Australia’s Storm Sanders 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 in the opening singles match.Bencic had not dropped a set all week and extended that streak by beat
  
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• Canadian long-track speedskater Blondin wins gold in women’s mass start

  13-11-2022 19:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  STAVANGER, Norway — Canadian long-track speedskater Ivanie Blondin won gold in the women’s mass start and Laurent Dubreuil took silver in the men’s 1,000 metres on Sunday at the ISU World Cup.
  Blondin, an Ottawa native, finished first in eight minutes 58.72 seconds.
  “I positioned myself well throughout the race and used some of my techniques to execute an inside pass on the Dutch skaters in the final corner,” she said. “I trained a lot with the men this summer
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of November 13, 2022

  13-11-2022 19:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list isprovided by Crime Stoppers.Name: Patrick Knight
  Image: RCMP supplied
  Age: 19
  Height: 6’0” ft
  Weight: 135lbs
  Hair: BrownEyes: Brown
  Wanted: Assault
  Warrant in effect: November 8, 2022
  Parole Jurisdiction: Chilliwack
  Name: David Bardwell
  Image: RCMP supplied
  Age: 41
  Height: 5’11” ft
  Weight: 201lbs
  Hair: BrownEyes: Blue
  Wanted: Assault causing Bodily Harm
  Warrant in effect: Novembe
  
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• Ukrainian city celebrates Russian exit yet faces huge rebuilding - Chilliwack Progress

  13-11-2022 18:45 via news.google.com
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• Bryan Adams wows Kelowna: Still rockin’ after all these years - Chilliwack Progress

  13-11-2022 18:45 via news.google.com
  Bryan Adams wows Kelowna: Still rockin’ after all these years  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Environmental group takes federal government to court over piping plover habitat - Chilliwack Progress

  13-11-2022 18:30 via news.google.com
  Environmental group takes federal government to court over piping plover habitat  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• ‘Big message’: Northern delegates bring Indigenous, youth perspective to COP27 - Chilliwack Progress

  13-11-2022 18:30 via news.google.com
  ‘Big message’: Northern delegates bring Indigenous, youth perspective to COP27  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Some fans bummed no beer sold at NFL pregame fest in Munich

  13-11-2022 18:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MUNICH (AP) — For Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan Martin Stelzer, football and beer go hand in hand.
  On Sunday, the Austrian and anyone else looking for a cold one at the NFL’s pre-game fan festival outside Allianz Arena struck out.
  The NFL sold plenty of merchandise at its festival and vendors offered coffee, soft drinks and water, but thirsty fans had to wait to get inside the stadium to buy beer.
  “Here in Munich in the home country of beer? That’s a little bit weird,” s
  
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• Philipp Lahm says it was ‘mistake’ to award WCup to Qatar

  13-11-2022 18:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BERLIN (AP) — Seven days before the World Cup is due to start in Qatar, former Germany captain Philipp Lahm says it was “a mistake” to award the tournament to the Gulf Arab country.
  Lahm, who is head of Germany’s organizing committee for the 2024 European Championship, wrote Sunday in a column for Zeit Online that the World Cup “does not belong” in Qatar and he criticized the human rights situation in the nation.
  Lahm acknowledged some progress “but homo
  
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• Miami Beach hotel that hosted JFK, Beatles imploded

  13-11-2022 17:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A once-luxurious Miami Beach hotel that hosted the Beatles and President John F. Kennedy during its 1960s heyday was imploded Sunday after falling into disrepair and abandonment in recent years.The 17-story Deauville Hotel fell into itself after a series of explosions were set off, sending up a large cloud of dust. The hotel was built in 1957 and Kennedy spoke there to the Young Democrats Convention in 1961.
  The Beatles performed there in 1964, recording six songs
  
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• Defender Doneil Henry misses out on Canada’s World Cup roster after late injury

  13-11-2022 17:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canadian defender Doneil Henry will miss out on the World Cup after an injury suffered in the warmup before Friday’s 2-2 tie with Bahrain.
  The 29-year-old Henry, who has won 44 caps for Canada, was to have captained Canada in Manama. But the injury has kept him out of coach John Herdman’s 26-man tournament roster announced Sunday.
  Herdman said Henry would be in Qatar in a non-playing role.
  Herdman has dubbed his team “new Canada” as it returns to the men’s soccer sh
  
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• Iranian who inspired ‘The Terminal’ dies at Paris airport - Chilliwack Progress

  13-11-2022 16:45 via news.google.com
  Iranian who inspired ‘The Terminal’ dies at Paris airport  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Explosion on major Istanbul avenue kills 4; cause unclear

  13-11-2022 16:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ISTANBUL (AP) — An explosion on one of Istanbul’s most popular pedestrian thoroughfares killed four people and injured 38 on Sunday, authorities said.
  The cause of the blast on Istiklal Avenue was not immediately clear. Five prosecutors were assigned to investigate the explosion, state-run Anadolu news agency said.
  A video posted online showed flames erupting and a loud bang, as pedestrians turned and ran away. Other footage showed ambulances, fire trucks and police at the scene. Soc
  
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• ‘Big message’: Northern delegates bring Indigenous, youth perspective to COP27

  13-11-2022 16:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  YELLOWKNIFE — Carissa Waugh says her family hasn’t been able to set up their fish nets like they used to due to declining salmon numbers in Yukon. 
  “With that we are losing our connection to our culture,” said the 29-year-old, who also goes by the Northern Tutchone name Eke Ewe.
  “We aren’t able to set up that net and teach the younger generation how to go and set up the net, how to take the fish out of the net, how to filet it and feed the community.&rdqu
  
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• BCHL: Chilliwack 4, Powell River 3 - Powell River Peak

  13-11-2022 15:05 via news.google.com
  BCHL: Chilliwack 4, Powell River 3  Powell River Peak
  
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• Abbotsford police officers recognized by Alexa’s team

  13-11-2022 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOSTFORD — 11 officers with the Abbotsford Police Department have been named to Alexa’s Team in recognition of their efforts to keep streets free of drug or alcohol impaired drivers.
  Alexa’s Team was created in 2009 by the family of Alexa Middelaer, a four-year-old child who was killed by an impaired driver in Delta in 2008.
  “Unfortunately, impaired driving can have fatal and life-changing consequences. I am very proud of the combined efforts of these eleven AbbyPD offi
  
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• 6 killed after vintage aircraft collide at Dallas air show

  13-11-2022 14:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DALLAS (AP) — Six people were killed after two historic military planes collided and crashed to the ground Saturday during a Dallas air show, officials said.
  “According to our Dallas County Medical Examiner, there are a total of 6 fatalities from yesterday’s Wings over Dallas air show incident,” Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins tweeted Sunday. He said authorities are continuing to work to identify the victims.
  The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra coll
  
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• Chilliwack church pledges $250000 to make Christmas brighter for those in need - Chilliwack Progress

  13-11-2022 14:00 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack church pledges $250000 to make Christmas brighter for those in need  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Environmental group takes federal government to court over piping plover habitat

  13-11-2022 13:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Environmental advocates are taking the federal government to court over new rules to protect the habitat of an endangered shorebird species known as the piping plover.
  Ecojustice Canada, representing the Federation of Nova Scotia Naturalists and the East Coast Environmental Law Association, filed a lawsuit on Oct. 31 seeking a judicial review of a habitat protection strategy mapped out by Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault. 
  The suit argues Ottawa previously tabled a recovery strategy t
  
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• Canada’s Auger-Aliassime makes ATP Tour World Finals debut against Norway’s Ruud

  13-11-2022 10:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TURIN, Italy — Felix Auger-Aliassime’s late-season surge has taken him to the next level.
  The Montreal native will make his ATP Tour Finals debut on today against Norway’s Casper Ruud. 
  Auger-Aliassime earned his way into the elite season-ending event in Turin, Italy, with an impressive 16-match win streak, winning three of the final four ATP Tour events of the year.
  The 22-year-old Auger-Aliassime took titles in Florence, Antwerp, and Basel during that run, with a victory
  
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• Policing in flux across B.C., as political pledges prove complex to implement

  13-11-2022 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY, B.C. — When Novi Jette left her job with the Vancouver Police Department to join the new Surrey Police Service, she knew she was taking a risk but felt she’d done her homework.
  Jette resigned her position after 23 years to assume a new rank in Surrey, where she said she looked forward to building the new police force from the ground up as head of employee services. 
  However, the future of the force is in question with a new majority on city council promising to halt the
  
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• Trudeau pledges $1 million for clearing landmines, cluster bombs in Cambodia, Laos

  13-11-2022 09:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is announcing nearly $1 million to help remove unexploded landmines and cluster bombs from Southeast Asia.
  He made the $990,000 pledge at an event focused on women in security, as the summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations draws to a close in Cambodia.
  The funding is to support grassroots and government projects in Cambodia and Laos to clear unexploded ordinances, which stem from civil wars as well as American bombing durin
  
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• Flames beat Jets 3-2 to snap seven-game winless skid

  13-11-2022 07:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Elias Lindholm and Adam Ruzicka each had a goal and assist on Saturday night as the Calgary Flames ended a seven-game winless skid with a 3-2 NHL victory over the Winnipeg Jets.
  Trevor Lewis also scored for Calgary (6-6-2) while defenceman Rasmus Andersson chipped in with a pair of assists.
  Neal Pionk and Pierre-Luc Dubois replied for Winnipeg (8-4-1), who entered the night on a 6-0-1 tear and possession of the league’s third-longest active points streak.
  Calgary native Jos
  
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• UFC great Frankie Edgar KO’d at MSG in final fight

  13-11-2022 05:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar lost the final bout of his MMA career when he was dropped by Chris Gutierrez at 2:01 of the first round of their fight at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night.
  The 41-year-old Edgar took a knee to the head at UFC 281 for a brutal KO loss in his last time in the cage in a career that started in 2005. Gutierrez and Edgar had a long embrace after the spectacular finish in the 135-pound fight that quieted another packed crowd at
  
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• Why AP called Nevada Senate race for Catherine Cortez Masto

  13-11-2022 05:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The Associated Press called the Nevada Senate race for Democrat Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto on Saturday after a batch of votes from the Las Vegas area gave her a 5,000-vote lead that the AP determined she would not relinquish.
  The win for Cortez Masto also meant Democrats would keep control of the Senate.
  The AP concluded Cortez Masto’s lead would carry even if Republican Adam Laxalt made gains in rural Nevada counties that are still counting votes.
  Her victory allows the Democrats to reta
  
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• Why the AP called control of the US Senate for the Democrats

  13-11-2022 05:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats held control of the Senate on Saturday after The Associated Press declared Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto the winner in the Nevada Senate race.
  Her victory over Republican Adam Laxalt meant Democrats would hold onto a narrow lead in the chamber, controlling at least 50 seats and with the vice president’s tiebreaking vote, the majority.
  Cortez Masto got a 5,000-vote lead over Laxalt after Las Vegas’ Clark County gave an updated vote count late Saturday,
  
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• Democrat wins top Nevada elections job over election denier

  13-11-2022 04:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  RENO, Nev. (AP) — Democrat Cisco Aguilar was elected as Nevada’s secretary of state, winning the elections post over Republican Jim Marchant, who pushed to scrap voting machines and claimed all Nevada winners since 2006 have been “installed by the deep-state cabal.”
  Marchant’s loss marks the latest defeat for election conspiracy theorists who sought to gain control of elections in competitive states. Marchant organized a coalition of 17 such Republican candidates fo
  
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• Democrats keep Senate majority as GOP push falters in Nevada

  13-11-2022 04:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats kept control of the Senate on Saturday, repelling Republican efforts to retake the chamber and making it harder for them to thwart President Joe Biden’s agenda. The fate of the House was still uncertain as the GOP struggled to pull together a slim majority there.
  Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s victory in Nevada gave Democrats the 50 seats they needed to keep the Senate. Her win reflects the surprising strength of Democrats across the U.S. this electio
  
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• Toronto Maple Leafs rally for 3-2 victory over struggling Canucks - Chilliwack Progress

  13-11-2022 04:10 via news.google.com
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• Pacers use big fourth quarter to beat Raptors 118-104

  13-11-2022 04:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Buddy Hield scored 22 points, Myles Turner had 19 points and 10 rebounds, and the Indiana Pacers used a dominant fourth quarter to beat the Toronto Raptors 118-104 on Saturday night.
  Tyrese Haliburton shook off a 3-for-14 shooting night with 15 assists for the Pacers, who outscored the Raptors 36-14 in the final 12 minutes. 
  Jalen Smith finished with 16 points and rookie Bennedict Mathurin had 15 for Indiana.
  O.G. Anunoby scored 26 points for the short-handed Rapto
  
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• Hoffman plays hero as Canadiens beat Penguins 5-4 in overtime

  13-11-2022 04:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Mike Hoffman scored 63 seconds into overtime as the Montreal Canadiens completed the comeback with a 5-4 NHL victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night.
  Sean Monahan’s power-play goal at 14:42 of the third period tied the game for Montreal and forced the overtime.
  Nick Suzuki scored one goal and added one assist, Josh Anderson and Cole Caufield also scored for the Canadiens (8-6-1) who boosted their winning streak to three games. Jake Allen allowed four goals a
  
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• Maple Leafs rally to defeat struggling Canucks 3-2

  13-11-2022 03:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Jordie Benn scored the winner in his Maple Leafs debut as Toronto came back from an early 2-0 deficit to defeat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Saturday.
  Auston Matthews and Pierre Engvall had the other goals for Toronto (8-5-3). 
  Erik Kallgren made 28 saves in his second start in as many nights after the Leafs lost 4-2 at home to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday.
  Bo Horvat and J.T. Miller replied for Vancouver (4-8-3). Spencer Martin stopped 32 shots for the struggling Canuck
  
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• Cortez Masto wins in Nevada, giving Democrats Senate control

  13-11-2022 03:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto won election to a second term representing Nevada on Saturday, defeating Republican Adam Laxalt to clinch the party’s control of the chamber for the next two years of Joe Biden’s presidency.
  With Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly’s victory in Arizona on Friday, Democrats now hold a 50-49 edge in the Senate. The party will retain control of the chamber, no matter how next month’s Georgia runoff plays out, by virtue of
  
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• Democratic wins in Washington state buoy party hopes

  13-11-2022 03:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SEATTLE (AP) — Democrats won a second key House race in Washington state Saturday — an open seat in a conservative region that long evaded the party.
  Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, an auto-shop owner who describes herself as an independent-minded Democrat, pulled off a victory against Joe Kent, a far-right “America First” ex-Green Beret who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, in southwest Washington’s 3rd Congressional District.
  Combined with Rep. Kim Schrier&r
  
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• NHL suspends Capitals’ Aube-Kubel 3 games for illegal check

  13-11-2022 03:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Washington Capitals forward Nicolas Aube-Kubel has been suspended for three games by the NHL for an illegal check to the head of Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Cal Foote.
  The league announced the penalty on Saturday. Under the NHL’s collective bargaining agreement with its players, Aube-Kubel will forfeit $16,216.23, based on his average annual salary.
  Aube-Kubel was ejected and assessed a match penalty for the hit on Foote at 1:52 of the second period during Washingt
  
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• Finau handles the wind, keeps Houston Open lead at 4

  13-11-2022 02:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HOUSTON (AP) — Tony Finau had his highest score of the week and it felt as though it was his best in a cold wind Saturday. He kept bogeys off his card, had a 2-under 68 and kept his lead at four shots going into the final round of the Houston Open.
  Finau had such control at Memorial Park that he hit every fairway and missed only two greens on a day when the average score was 71.2 and only one of the three par-5s played to an average score over par.
  Most satisfying was the 10-foot par putt
  
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• Skinner’s 40 saves help Oilers defeat Panthers 4-2

  13-11-2022 01:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Defenceman Tyson Barrie scored twice and goalie Stuart Skinner made 40 saves as the Edmonton Oilers beat the Florida Panthers 4-2 on Saturday afternoon.
  Barrie’s second of the game came four seconds into a power play at 6:53 of the third period to give Edmonton the lead for good.
  Edmonton also got goals from Warren Foegele and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, while Sam Bennett scored twice for the Panthers.The Oilers head home with a split of their four-game road trip after
  
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• Corpuz grabs LPGA lead, faces top competition at Pelican

  13-11-2022 01:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BELLEAIR, Fla. (AP) — Allisen Corpuz is closing out a solid rookie year on the LPGA Tour, and now the Hawaii native has a chance to make it even better at the Pelican Women’s Championship.
  Corpuz made four birdies in a six-hole stretch in the middle of her second round Saturday and had another 5-under 65, giving her a one-shot lead going into the final round of the penultimate LPGA Tour event of the year.
  Right behind Corpuz is a group of top contenders, making that one-shot lead fee
  
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• Claim of new world record for longest beard chain in Wyoming

  13-11-2022 01:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Facial hair enthusiasts claimed to have set a new world record for longest beard chain during an event in Wyoming on Friday, the Casper Star-Tribune reports.
  Participants gathered at Gaslight Social, a bar in Casper, where they stood side by side and clipped their beards together to create a hairy chain that was measured at 150 feet long, according to the newspaper. That’s more than double the Guinness World Record of 62 feet, 6 inches, set in Germany in 2007.
  To
  
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• U Sports Football: Mustangs move closer to Vanier Cup defence with rout of Queen’s

  13-11-2022 00:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON, Ont. — Keon Edwards rushed for 260 yards and a touchdown and the Western Mustangs moved closer to defending their Vanier Cup varsity football title with 44-16 rout of the Queen’s Gaels on Saturday.
  Evan Hillock threw for three touchdown passes as the Mustangs cruised to victory in the Yates Cup, the title game of U Sports’ Ontario University Athletics conference.
  Edwards carved through the Gaels’ defence all afternoon. His standout performance included an 81-yard
  
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• Toronto’s Sadovsky drops from first to sixth at figure skating GP event

  13-11-2022 00:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SHEFFIELD, United Kingdom — Toronto’s Roman Sadovsky finished in sixth place after struggling through Saturday’s men’s free skate at the MK John Wilson Trophy, a stop on the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating.
  Sadovsky entered the free skate in first place after scoring 89.49 points in Friday’s short program.
  But the Canadian finished a disappointing eighth in the free skate, dropping him to sixth with a total of 219.35 points.
  Italy’s Daniel Grassl, second afte
  
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