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• Keller beats Knight in shootout to win 3-on-3 tourney at PWHPA all-star weekend

  11-12-2022 22:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Team Keller defeated Team Knight 2-1 in a shootout on Sunday to win the 3-on-3 tournament at the Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association all-star weekend.Alex Carpenter had the lone shootout goal to give her team the victory at the Canadian Tire Centre.The final capped a four-team round-robin tournament that included six 10-minute games.Team Keller beat Team Nurse 2-1, defeated Team Poulin 3-1 and tied Team Knight 2-2.In the skills competition, Kendall Coyne Schofiel
  
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• Einarson makes double takeout in extra end to beat Homan in Masters final

  11-12-2022 22:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OAKVILLE, Ont. — Kerri Einarson defeated Rachel Homan 6-5 on Sunday to win the Grand Slam of Curling’s Masters event at the Sixteen Mile Sports Complex.
  Einarson, from Camp Morton, Man., made a double takeout with her final shot for the extra-end victory. It was her fifth career Grand Slam title.Homan, from Ottawa, forced an extra end when she scored a single point on an in-off.Einarson opened the game with a deuce but Homan moved in front with a three-ender in the fifth. Einarson an
  
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• Canada’s Zeke Thurston wins third world saddle bronc crown of his career

  11-12-2022 22:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LAS VEGAS — Zeke Thurston of Big Valley, Alta., won a world championship in saddle bronc for the third time in his career at the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.
  Thurston, 28, accrued US$256,078 in prize money at the 10-round NFR to set a single-season earnings record of $399,316 in 2022.
  The Canadian also won saddle bronc titles in 2016 and 2019.
  “This one was probably the hardest one I have ever had,” Thurston told prorodeo.com after his victory Saturday night at the Thoma
  
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• Pioneering Black feminist Dorothy Pitman Hughes dies at 84 - Chilliwack Progress

  11-12-2022 21:05
  Pioneering Black feminist Dorothy Pitman Hughes dies at 84  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Paul Silas, 3-time NBA champion, longtime coach, dies at 79 - Chilliwack Progress

  11-12-2022 21:05
  Paul Silas, 3-time NBA champion, longtime coach, dies at 79  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of December 11, 2022

  11-12-2022 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Here are two people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers.Name: Laetitia Angelique AceraAge: 29
  Height: 5’7” ft
  Weight: 161lbs
  Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue
  Tattoo: Abdomen Left Side- Infinity
  Wanted: Unlawfully at Large including Break and Enter, Fraud over $5000 and Possession of a Schedule I Substance
  Warrant in effect: December 2, 2022
  Parole Jurisdiction: Surrey, BCName: Christopher CardinalAge: 47
  Height: 6’0”
  
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• Short-track relay teams post victories as Canada wins five medals at World Cup

  11-12-2022 20:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Relay team victories anchored a five-medal showing for Canadian short-track speedskaters on Sunday at the ISU World Cup.
  Jordan Pierre-Gilles of Sherbrooke, Que., made an inside pass on a South Korean skater at the final corner to help secure the victory for the men’s team. 
  Pierre-Gilles, Steven Dubois of Terrebonne, Que., Montreal’s Maxime Laoun and Felix Roussel of Sherbrooke, Que., finished first in six minutes 56.201 seconds. South Korea was secon
  
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• ‘Opportunities to invest’: Experts say space business needs boost in Canada - Chilliwack Progress

  11-12-2022 19:30
  ‘Opportunities to invest’: Experts say space business needs boost in Canada  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• ‘Intriguing’ Adam Fantilli hoping to crack Canada’s world junior roster

  11-12-2022 19:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONCTON, N.B. — Adam Fantilli was trying to get the game up and running on his laptop.
  The freshman forward’s Michigan Wolverines were set to play the Michigan State Spartans in a clash of NCAA rivals. 
  Fantilli’s only problem? The matchup wasn’t available to stream online.
  Undeterred and still keen to watch some hockey following a long practice session at Canada’s world junior selection camp, Connor Bedard offered a solution – the phenom’s Regina P
  
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• Accused Libyan bombmaker in Pan Am downing now in U.S. custody - Chilliwack Progress

  11-12-2022 19:00
  Accused Libyan bombmaker in Pan Am downing now in U.S. custody  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• NASA’s Orion capsule blazes home from test flight to moon

  11-12-2022 18:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Orion capsule made a blisteringly fast return from the moon Sunday, parachuting into the Pacific off Mexico to conclude a test flight that should clear the way for astronauts on the next lunar flyby.
  The incoming capsule hit the atmosphere at Mach 32, or 32 times the speed of sound, and endured reentry temperatures of 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit (2,760 degrees Celsius) before splashing down west of Baja California near Guadalupe Island. A Navy ship qui
  
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• Indigenous communities leading the switch to renewable energy in the North - Chilliwack Progress

  11-12-2022 18:30
  Indigenous communities leading the switch to renewable energy in the North  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Holdener beats Shiffrin for 2nd World Cup slalom win

  11-12-2022 17:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SESTRIERE, Italy (AP) — Wendy Holdener had a lengthy wait for her first slalom victory. The Swiss skier made it two out of two on Sunday.
  And this time she didn’t have to share top spot.
  Holdener improved on her second position after the opening run to triumph in Sestriere, finishing 0.47 seconds ahead of Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States and 0.70 ahead of first-run leader Petra Vlhová, who is still looking for her first win of the season.
  “It is amazing. I can belie
  
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• Braathen wins 1st World Cup slalom of the season

  11-12-2022 17:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VAL d’ISÈRE, France (AP) — A flawless second run helped Lucas Braathen win the first World Cup slalom of the season on Sunday for the third victory of his career.
  The Norwegian skier let out a yell and thumped his chest after seeing his time on the board and then he just had to wait for his compatriot and defending World Cup slalom champion Henrik Kristoffersen, who had a slender lead of 0.07 seconds from the first run.
  However, an error-strewn run from Kristoffersen on the Fa
  
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• Oil spill in rural Kansas creek shuts down Keystone pipeline - Chilliwack Progress

  11-12-2022 17:45
  Oil spill in rural Kansas creek shuts down Keystone pipeline  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Morocco’s tactical masterplan ignites unlikely World Cup run - Chilliwack Progress

  11-12-2022 17:40
  Morocco’s tactical masterplan ignites unlikely World Cup run  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Overnight hit-and-run kills one, closes stretch of Lefeuvre Road in Abbotsford

  11-12-2022 17:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  UPDATED at 10 A.M. Dec. 11 – ABBOTSFORD — Abbotsford Police are investigating a hit and run that killed a pedestrian early this morning (Dec. 11) in the 3600 block of Lefeuvre Road.
  Police were called to the scene at 12:04 a.m. by a call from the BC Ambulance Service.
  In a news release, police say emergency service workers found the pedestrian after he had been struck by a red Dodge Ram pickup truck, which fled the scene. The victim died at the scene.
  The pedestrian’s truck whi
  
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• Overnight crash closes stretch of Lefeuvre Road in Abbotsford

  11-12-2022 17:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — Police investigators are trying to determine the events that led to a multi-vehicle crash in the 3600 block of Lefeuvre Road in Abbotsford early Sunday morning.
  The crash has closed Lefeuvre Road. It is expected to remain closed for several hours.
  Members of the Lower Mainland Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service (ICARS) are involved in the investigation. The Lower Mainland ICARS unitis responsible for the forensic reconstruction of collisions that result i
  
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• Climate change affecting Christmas trees in B.C. and beyond: expert - Chilliwack Progress

  11-12-2022 17:25
  Climate change affecting Christmas trees in B.C. and beyond: expert  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Not yet over the moon: Here’s what’s on the horizon for Canadian space exploration

  11-12-2022 16:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — When Nathalie Nguyen-Quoc Ouellette was young, she didn’t see many stars in the bright skies over Montreal. But she would pore over the colourful, otherworldly images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and dream of becoming an astrophysicist. 
  “I really fell in love with space and astronomy,” she said. “There’s so much left to discover.” 
  Today, the deputy director of the Trottier Institute for Research on Exoplanets at the Universit&
  
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• ”Opportunities to invest’: Experts say space business needs boost in Canada

  11-12-2022 16:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  It’s hard to make things work in space, and even harder to make money there. 
  With a long history in the space industry and a pocketful of healthy companies, Canadians are good at both. But industry executives and experts say the country needs a booster to maintain an advantage in a sector poised to, well, skyrocket.
  “We have a lot more experience having companies that make their way in space than a lot of countries do,” said Iain Christie, a longtime space executive and a
  
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• Scottish officials: Lockerbie bomb suspect is in US custody

  11-12-2022 14:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON (AP) — Authorities in Scotland said Sunday that the Libyan man suspected of making the bomb that destroyed a passenger plane over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 is in U.S. custody.
  Scotland’s Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service said in a statement: “The families of those killed in the Lockerbie bombing have been told that the suspect Abu Agela Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi is in U.S. custody.”
  Pan Am flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie on Dec. 21, 1988, leaving
  
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• CRIMESTOPPERS: ‘Most wanted’ for the week of Dec. 11 - Chilliwack Progress

  11-12-2022 14:30
  CRIMESTOPPERS: ‘Most wanted’ for the week of Dec. 11  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• QUIZ: Are you ready for winter weather? - Chilliwack Progress

  11-12-2022 14:00
  QUIZ: Are you ready for winter weather?  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Climate change affecting Christmas trees in B.C. and beyond: expert

  11-12-2022 13:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The effects of climate change are taking a toll on Christmas tree farms in British Columbia and beyond, with one forestry expert saying the sector that’s already shrinking and shifting will need to adapt in the coming years.
  The trees take eight to 12 years to reach the size most people are looking for, and young seedlings are particularly vulnerable to climate risks, said Richard Hamelin, head of the forest conservation sciences department at the University of B.C.
  Much
  
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• Get tough with Canada over cross-border mining contaminants, First Nations tell U.S.

  11-12-2022 13:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — In a city of pinstripes and partisan power brokers, Mike Allison sticks out like a sore thumb. He’s in the wrong place — and he knows it. 
  “I shouldn’t be here,” the denim-clad Indigenous elder suddenly says, fighting tears beneath the brim of his trademark cowboy hat. 
  “I should be out on the land, working with my kids, teaching them values. I should be teaching them kids how to work with the environment, not fight for it.”
  
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• Big cities have a major role to play in protecting biodiversity, experts say

  11-12-2022 13:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — While they’re traditionally viewed as concrete jungles rather than natural oases, cities are increasingly taking a leadership role when it comes to protecting biodiversity.
  Cities will take the spotlight in the coming days during a summit for subnational governments at the UN biodiversity summit in Montreal, known as COP15. 
  Sharon Gil, a program officer in the UN Environment Program’s cities unit, says the strong presence of cities at the conference reflects th
  
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• Gustavsson earns first career shutout as Wild defeat Canucks 3-0

  11-12-2022 06:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Filip Gustavsson stopped 35 shots for his first NHL shutout as the Minnesota Wild snapped a two-game losing streak with a 3-0 win over the Vancouver Canucks Saturday night.
  Matt Boldy, on the power play, and Connor Dewar, shorthanded, scored for the Wild (14-11-2), who were playing their third game in four nights. Mats Zuccarello collected his second assist of the night on Sam Steel’s third-period goal.
  Many of the shots Gustavsson faced were from long-range. He made a ni
  
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• Homan, Einarson advance to final at Grand Slam of Curling’s Masters

  11-12-2022 06:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OAKVILLE, Ont. — Canada’s Rachel Homan and Kerri Einarson are set to clash for the women’s title at the Grand Slam of Curling’s Masters event.
  Ottawa’s Homan, a three-time Masters champion, defeated South Korea’s Eun Ji Gim 5-3 in Saturday’s semifinal. Down 3-1 after the fourth end, Homan came back to score four points in the next three ends to win it.
  Einarson of Camp Morton, Man., defeated American Tabitha Peterson 8-3 in the other semifinal. Einarson
  
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• Newcomer wins election for Public Service Commission

  11-12-2022 04:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Newcomer Davante Lewis won Saturday’s runoff for a seat on Louisiana’s Public Service Commission.
  The 30-year-old Democrat and progressive policy advocate unseated Lambert Boissiere, who has held the position on the five-member commission – which regulates public utility companies and the energy sector in the state and sets electric rates, among other things – for nearly 18 years.
  The multiparish election, which stretches from Baton Rouge to
  
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• Marner nets OT winner, extends point streak to 22 games as Maple Leafs top Flames 5-4

  11-12-2022 04:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Mitch Marner scored the game-winning goal 43 seconds into overtime to push the Toronto Maple Leafs past the Calgary Flames 5-4 on Saturday.
  The winner came on the power play after Calgary’s Jonathan Huberdeau took a high-sticking penalty on the opening faceoff of the extra period.
  Marner also picked up an assist in the first period to extend his franchise-record point streak to 22 games. He has 10 goals and 19 assists within that stretch.
  The Maple Leafs (18-5-6) improved t
  
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• Kings hold off late Canadiens comeback effort to earn 4-2 victory

  11-12-2022 04:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The Los Angeles Kings took a three-goal lead and held off a late comeback effort to earn a 4-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.
  Anze Kopitar and Viktor Arvidsson each scored first-period goals for Los Angeles (15-11-4). Alexander Edler added another while Adrian Kempe scored an empty netter. 
  In his second start for the Kings this season, Pheonix Copley grabbed his second consecutive win. The North Pole, Alaska native gave his teammates an early Christmas
  
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• Canada’s Jasmine Baird strikes World Cup gold in Big Air

  11-12-2022 03:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Jasmine Baird nailed an underflip 900 on her first jump of the night — and never looked back.
  The rider from Georgetown, Ont. won gold in Saturday’s FIS World Cup Big Air event at Commonwealth Stadium.
  Holding the lead through two jumps, Baird rode last in the final round. She watched the other six finalists fail to match her scores, and to a chant of “Jasmine, Jasmine” from the home-nation crowd, she launched herself down the 15-storey man-made slope for
  
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• Langley Christian Lightning and Victoria’s Spectrum Thunder crowned champs at Tsumura - Chilliwack Progress

  11-12-2022 01:00
  Langley Christian Lightning and Victoria’s Spectrum Thunder crowned champs at Tsumura  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• 2,700 B.C. Hydro customers in Chilliwack without power Saturday

  11-12-2022 00:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — An estimated 2,734 B.C. Hydro customers on the north side of Chilliwack, including parts of downtown and Fairfield Island, are without power Saturday afternoon (Dec. 10).
  B.C. Hydro wrote Twitter Saturday afternoon at 2:25 p.m. that utility crews are on their way to an outage in Chilliwack affecting 2,730 customers.The power went off at 1:34 p.m.The utility company says it expects to arrive on site by 2:55 p.m. and will share more updates on the B.C. Hydro power outage website
  
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