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• Blue Jays acquire Varsho from Diamondbacks for Moreno and Gurriel Jr.

  23-12-2022 23:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have acquired outfielder Daulton Varsho from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr., and catcher Gabriel Moreno.
  Varsho hit 27 homers and drove in 74 runs for the Diamondbacks last season.
  He gives the Blue Jays a much-needed power bat from the left side.
  Gurriel spent five seasons with Toronto. He hit five homers and drove in 52 runs last season.
  Moreno was one of Toronto’s top prospects. He made his big-league debut l
  
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• LETTER: It’s time to ban gas-powered motorcraft on Cultus Lake - Chilliwack Progress

  23-12-2022 22:30
  LETTER: It’s time to ban gas-powered motorcraft on Cultus Lake  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Industrial appetite swallowing land as far east as Chilliwack - Western Investor

  23-12-2022 21:15
  Industrial appetite swallowing land as far east as Chilliwack  Western Investor
  
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• The latest developments on the major winter storm moving across much of Canada

  23-12-2022 20:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A major winter storm is hitting Ontario and Quebec, causing flight cancellations, power outages and road closures. Bad weather is also expected in many other parts of the country. Here are the latest developments (all times Eastern): 
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  2:30 p.m. 
  Federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says he understands the frustrations of those who’ve had holiday travel plans upended by the storm. 
  Bad weather in regions across Canada is causing flight cancellations and delays.&nb
  
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• Chilliwack fire crews battled garage fire despite 'extreme weather ... - Chilliwack Progress

  23-12-2022 20:44
  Chilliwack fire crews battled garage fire despite 'extreme weather ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Alex Fraser Bridge closed due to ice

  23-12-2022 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DELTA — Like a row of dominos falling sequentially, provincial authorities have closed a second primary bridge in the Lower Mainland.The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure said Friday that the Alex Fraser Bridge connecting Delta and New Westminster has been closed due to the risk of ice falling from cables onto vehicles.
  “Freezing rain has caused ice to accumulate on the bridge cables. To ensure public safety, the bridge has been closed to traffic until conditions improve
  
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• US officials: COVID, bomb cyclone won’t slow Santa’s travels - Chilliwack Progress

  23-12-2022 20:30
  US officials: COVID, bomb cyclone won’t slow Santa’s travels  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Trans Mountain pipeline fine for bird disturbances upheld while ... - Chilliwack Progress

  23-12-2022 20:30
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• Ottawa urged to pressure Pakistan to stop deporting Afghans, speed up refugee claims

  23-12-2022 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government is facing calls to intervene amid reports that Pakistan is preparing to arrest and deport Afghan refugees, many of whom are waiting to escape to Canada.
  The Liberal government promised in August 2021 to resettle 40,000 Afghans who have fled their country to escape the Taliban, including thousands with connections to Canada.
  But only about 27,000 Afghan refugees have actually arrived in Canada more than a year later, with thousands waiting in Pakistan
  
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• Cottonwood Centre Mall in Chilliwack reports multiple store closures following storm

  23-12-2022 20:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Last-minute Christmas shoppers hoping to hit the Cottonwood Centre mall in Chilliwack might be up a creek without a paddle.Cottonwood Centre reported on its Facebook page Friday morning that several of its stores are closed today due to icy road conditions following the winter storm that brought at least 15 centimetres of snow to Chilliwack and brief episodes of freezing ice to Sardis this morning.
  “Cottonwood is open today until 9 p.m., however, due to the weather, some
  
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• House passes $1.7 trillion spending bill with Ukraine aid

  23-12-2022 20:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A $1.7 trillion spending bill financing federal agencies through September and providing more aid to a devastated Ukraine cleared the House on Friday as lawmakers race to finish their work for the year and avoid a partial government shutdown.
  The bill passed mostly along party lines, 225-201. It now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.
  Passage of the bill represented a closing act for Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s second stint as House speaker, and for the Democ
  
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• Out of abundance of caution, B.C. govt. closes Port Mann Bridge

  23-12-2022 20:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY — There’s one less reason to head to Vancouver today.
  The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI) announced Friday morning (Dec. 23) just after 10 a.m. that the Port Mann Bridge on Highway 1 is closed due to the risk of ice falling from cables onto vehicles.
  “Freezing rain has caused ice to accumulate on the bridge cables, which cross all traffic lanes. To ensure public safety, the bridge has been closed to traffic until conditions improve with warming weath
  
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• Holiday travelling woes hopefully waned with shuttle between ... - Chilliwack Progress

  23-12-2022 20:00
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• VIDEO: Winter weather closes Port Mann, Alex Fraser Bridges to traffic - Chilliwack Progress

  23-12-2022 19:58
  VIDEO: Winter weather closes Port Mann, Alex Fraser Bridges to traffic  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• VIDEO: Alex Fraser Bridges reopens to traffic - Chilliwack Progress

  23-12-2022 19:58
  VIDEO: Alex Fraser Bridges reopens to traffic  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Snow and temperature records fall in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  23-12-2022 19:50
  Snow and temperature records fall in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Microsoft will fight US over $68.7B Activision Blizzard deal - Chilliwack Progress

  23-12-2022 19:30
  Microsoft will fight US over $68.7B Activision Blizzard deal  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• UPDATE: Coquihalla southbound lanes open, winter storm warning ... - Chilliwack Progress

  23-12-2022 19:01
  UPDATE: Coquihalla southbound lanes open, winter storm warning ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Curbside collection will be limited Friday due to winter conditions, City says

  23-12-2022 19:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Crews from Emterra will only be able to collect scheduled garbage or recycling pickup from the valley floor today, if at all, the City of Chilliwack wrote on its website Friday morning (Dec. 23).Due to icy conditions, the city said curbside collection will not occur on hillside areas like Chilliwack Mountain, Majuba Hill, and Riverstone Heights.“We will continue to monitor conditions throughout the morning and may have to cease collections if conditions deteriorate. Ther
  
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• In-person Christmas feast returns for Vancouver’s most needy after pandemic halt

  23-12-2022 18:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The Salvation Army says it will serve an in-person holiday meal to residents of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  A statement from the charitable organization says 1,400 people are expected to attend the Christmas Day event at its Harbour Light centre in Vancouver.
  More than 500 kilograms of turkey will be carved, accompanied by all the traditional fixings including more than 300 litres of gravy, 76 litres of cranbe
  
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• Trans Mountain pipeline fine for bird disturbances upheld while penalty slashed

  23-12-2022 18:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A review panel is upholding a fine against the Trans Mountain pipeline for violations that resulted in disturbing bird nests.
  But the Canada Energy Regulator is dramatically slashing the amount of the penalty from $88,000 in the original ruling to $4,000.
  In February, the regulator found the pipeline company hadn’t given its contractors enough environmental training.
  That resulted in the destruction or disturbance of the nests of three robins and one Anna’s hummingbird.  
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• Chilliwack Fire extinguishes structure fire on Hope River Road Thursday night

  23-12-2022 18:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack firefighters from Halls 1 (Cheam Avenue) and 4 (South Sumas) responded to a report of a structure fire in the 46000 block of Hope River Road Thursday night (Dec. 22) in Fairfield Island.According to a news release from Chris Wilson, an assistant fire chief with the Chilliwack Fire Department, approximately 28 firefighters from the two halls were dispatched at approximately 9 p.m. to the scene and discovered heavy black smoke emanating from a large, detached garage s
  
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• TRAFFIC: Travel advisory issued for Highway 9 in Agassiz - Chilliwack Progress

  23-12-2022 18:29
  TRAFFIC: Travel advisory issued for Highway 9 in Agassiz  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canada set to begin quest for 20th gold medal at world juniors

  23-12-2022 17:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Connor Bedard sees the reminder every time he’s back home.
  His gold medal from the last world junior hockey championship — a tournament that was moved to the summer and almost didn’t happen because of COVID-19 — hangs in the 17-year-old phenom’s bedroom.
  And the presumptive No. 1 pick at the 2023 NHL draft is eager for more.
  “Feels like when you win it, it lasts 10 minutes,” Bedard said. “You want that again right away.”
  Another opportunity i
  
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• Some hockey fans say excitement for world juniors comes with tough conversations

  23-12-2022 17:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Some Nova Scotia hockey fans say their excitement for the world junior hockey championship is accompanied this year by tough conversations about Hockey Canada‘s handling of sexual assault allegations.
  Halifax hockey dad Kyle Wagner says the scandals within Hockey Canada have sparked conversations in the dressing room of his eight-year-old son’s team, ahead of this year’s tournament hosted jointly by Halifax and Moncton, N.B.
  The national sport organization has b
  
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• Jan. 6 report: Trump ‘lit that fire’ of Capitol insurrection - Chilliwack Progress

  23-12-2022 16:30
  Jan. 6 report: Trump ‘lit that fire’ of Capitol insurrection  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Cookie chronicles - Chilliwack Progress

  23-12-2022 16:30
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• B.C. Transit suspends all bus service Friday in Chilliwack

  23-12-2022 16:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Reminiscent of this past Tuesday in which most transit operations in Chilliwack were suspended due to inclement weather, B.C. Transit announced early Friday morning (Dec. 23) that there will be no bus service in Chilliwack today.
  “Please be advised that due to poor weather and road conditions, all services in Chilliwack has been suspended until further notice,” B.C. Transit wrote on its website.All routes are affected, including Route 51 (Vedder), Route 52 (Evans),
  
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• Chilliwack realtor recounts propane truck hijacking on South Sumas Road

  23-12-2022 15:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack RCMP naturally don’t have the time and resources to notify the Chilliwack community about every high-profile incident that attracts a swarm of RCMP officers.But a Chilliwack realtor says it was still highly unusual to see a man standing on top of a Burden Propane truck on South Sumas Road, engaged in a standoff with RCMP officers, sometime in November.Jill Hall, a longtime Chilliwack resident and local real estate agent, witnessed the entire event that lasted
  
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• Ferries, buses cancelled as ice falls over south coast of B.C. - Chilliwack Progress

  23-12-2022 15:30
  Ferries, buses cancelled as ice falls over south coast of B.C.  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Military Members Reported Hundreds of UFO Sightings in 2022

  23-12-2022 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not!The Pentagon’s brand-new All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) has received “several hundred” reports of unidentified flying objects since July, according to the AP. The office was created over the summer to monitor instances of UFOs in the sky, space, and underwater. It also tracks objects that can traverse between one domain and another. These UFOs are officially referred to as “unidentified anomalous phenomena” (UAP),
  
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• UN urges rescue of refugees adrift in Andaman Sea

  23-12-2022 14:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BANGKOK (AP) — The United Nations and other groups urged countries in southern Asia on Friday to rescue as many as 190 people believed to be Rohingya refugees aboard a small boat that has been adrift for several weeks in the Andaman Sea.
  Most of those on board are thought to be Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar who had lived in crowded refugee camps in Bangladesh for as many as five years and are seeking a better life in Malaysia and Indonesia. Messages they reportedly sent by satellite phone
  
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• 2 dead, 4 wounded in Paris shooting; suspect arrested

  23-12-2022 13:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PARIS (AP) — A shooting targeting a Kurdish cultural center in Paris on Friday left two people dead and four others wounded, authorities said. A 69-year-old suspect was wounded and arrested.
  The reason for the shooting wasn’t immediately clear. The Paris prosecutor’s office opened a murder investigation and was working to confirm the identity of the suspect.
  Police cordoned off the area in the 10th arrondissement of the French capital, on a busy street with shops and restaurant
  
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• Some intriguing moves in an interesting off-season for the Toronto Blue Jays

  23-12-2022 13:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The off-season started shortly after the playoffs began for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2022. Now it’s up to general manager Ross Atkins to make the necessary changes to ensure the team has a post-season run in 2023 that lasts longer than the minimum two games.
  A look at five talking points as the Blue Jays prepare for next season:
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  The Jays’ first big move of the off-season shored up the bullpen but left a significant hole in the heart of the batting order
  
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• Snowboarder Sebastien Toutant enjoying life as TikToker, break from competition

  23-12-2022 13:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Sebastien Toutant loves expressing himself on his snowboard, finding new ways to perform tricks on slopestyle and big air courses around the world. But after the Beijing Olympics in February, he resolved to take at least a year off from competition to focus on filmmaking.
  Toutant has since become a TikTok star, creating elaborate runs at skiing resorts in Quebec where he does things not permitted at a World Cup or other international competitions, like bouncing on his back off of an inflated exe
  
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• Major winter storm approaching Ontario and Quebec : In The News for Dec. 23

  23-12-2022 10:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 23 …
  What we are watching in Canada …
  A major winter storm is bearing down on Ontario and Quebec, with residents being warned to reconsider travel plans as conditions could get hazardous. 
  Environment Canada has issued weather warnings for most of Ontario and much of Quebec, saying heavy snow, strong winds and free
  
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• Ukrainians who fled war set to mark first Christmas in Canada, far from loved ones

  23-12-2022 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Anastasiia Tertyshna remembers sitting around the dinner table at her parents’ house in eastern Ukraine on Christmas Eve last year, cracking jokes with her husband and siblings as they ate a traditional pudding typically prepared for the holidays. 
  It’ll be a far different scene this year as Tertyshna marks the season in Canada, far from her husband, parents and other family after fleeing the war in Ukraine. 
  “I don’t know when I will be able to see them,”
  
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• Schools closed, travel headaches expected as storm takes aim at Ontario, Quebec

  23-12-2022 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A major winter storm is bearing down on Ontario and Quebec, with residents being warned to reconsider travel plans as conditions could get hazardous. 
  Environment Canada has issued weather warnings for most of Ontario and much of Quebec, saying heavy snow, strong winds and freezing rain are expected in some areas. 
  In parts of southern Ontario, rain followed by plummeting temperatures could result in flash-freezing conditions, while high winds and blizzard conditions are forecast for s
  
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• Prime Minister Trudeau, family headed to Jamaica for weeklong holiday vacation

  23-12-2022 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is heading to Jamaica after Christmas for a one-week vacation with his immediate family.The Prime Minister’s Office says Trudeau will remain in constant contact with Ottawa during the trip and continue to be briefed and updated on issues.
  The PMO also says it checked with the federal ethics commissioner in advance of the travel to make sure it follows guidelines.
  Trudeau had been found in violation of conflict-of-interest rules in 2017 after a 2
  
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• Here are the bills, big and small, that politicians will be looking at next year

  23-12-2022 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Parliament has begun a lengthy winter break, but more than a hundred bills are still on the table and ready to be picked up when lawmakers return to Ottawa in late January.
  Some are major Liberal priorities. Others are government promises left languishing on the table. And dozens were proposed by individual senators or members of Parliament, some of which are inching closer to becoming law despite the usual uphill battle to grab the legislature’s attention. 
  All told, t
  
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• Experts clash on whether medically assisted dying system ready for expansion by March

  23-12-2022 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Leading experts involved in developing an expansion of Canada’s medically assisted dying regime to people whose sole underlying condition is a mental disorder are at odds over whether the expansion should be delayed.
  One expert says a delay would ease pressure on the “rushed process” of developing practice guidelines for the complex cases, saying that training modules for practitioners won’t be ready until the end of this year or early next year at the earl
  
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• As critics push Trudeau on China interference, Liberal MP says he has become ‘target’

  23-12-2022 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Politicians including a Liberal MP and a senator say they fear allegations of Chinese interference in the 2019 federal election will lead to anti-Asian racism. 
  But opposition critics, including some who say they have borne the brunt of such racism themselves, are accusing them of deflecting legitimate questions that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau must answer. 
  In an interview with The Canadian Press, Liberal MP Han Dong suggested that claims of Beijing’s interferen
  
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• N Korea fires ballistic missile days after US-S Korea drills

  23-12-2022 09:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters on Friday, South Korea’s military said, its latest weapons demonstration that came days after U.S. and South Korean warplanes conducted joint drills that North Korea viewed as an invasion rehearsal.
  South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the launch occurred Friday but gave no further details, such as what type of weapon was fired and how far it flew.
  The U.S. flew nuclear-capable bombers
  
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• Pettersson nets shootout winner, scores two others as Canucks top Kraken 6-5

  23-12-2022 07:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Elias Pettersson scored the winner, along with two goals in regulation as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Seattle Kraken 6-5 in a shootout Thursday night to end a three-game home losing streak.
  Pettersson forced overtime with his second goal of the night with 1:20 left in the third period and goaltender Spencer Martin on the bench for an extra attacker. Pettersson, who also had three assists, drilled a hard shot from above the faceoff circle.
  The Canucks were awarded a power
  
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• Kempe strikes in OT, Kings top Flames after giving away lead

  23-12-2022 07:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adrian Kempe scored in overtime, Pheonix Copley made 27 saves to win his fourth straight start, and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Calgary Flames 4-3 on Thursday night.
  The Kings had to fight back after squandering a two-goal lead in the third period, but Kempe scored his 13th goal on the rush from Viktor Arvidsson with 1:37 left in overtime to sweep their three-game homestand and get their fourth victory in a row.Gabe Vilardi had a goal and an assist, and Phillip Danaul
  
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• Nick Foligno breaks 3rd-period tie, Bruins beat Jets 3-2

  23-12-2022 04:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BOSTON (AP) — Nick Foligno broke a tie midway through the third period, Jeremy Swayman stopped 25 shots and the NHL-leading Boston Bruins rallied to beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 on Thursday night.The Bruins improved to 26-4-2 and 18-0-2 at home.
  Foligno scored from the left circle off a feed from Charlie Coyle. David Pastrnak and Jake DeBrusk also scored for the Bruins.
  Mark Scheifele and Jansen Harkins scored for Winnipeg and Connor Hellebuyck made 37 saves.
  The Jets led 2-0 at 7:20 of the
  
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• Johansson nets OT winner to lift Capitals past Senators 3-2

  23-12-2022 04:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Marcus Johansson scored the game-winning goal 2:04 into overtime to lead the Washington Capitals to a 3-2 win over the Ottawa Senators Thursday night.
  Evgeny Kuznetsov and Sonny Milano also scored for the Capitals (18-13-4). Darcy Kuemper made 23 saves in his first start since sustaining an upper-body injury Dec. 3.
  Alex DeBrincat and Drake Batherson replied for the Senators (14-16-3), who head into the Christmas break on a three-game skid. Cam Talbot stopped 37 shots.
  Alex Ovechk
  
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• Jan. 6 panel unveils report, describes Trump ‘conspiracy’

  23-12-2022 03:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee’s final report asserts that Donald Trump criminally engaged in a “multi-part conspiracy” to overturn the lawful results of the 2020 presidential election and failed to act to stop his supporters from attacking the Capitol, concluding an extraordinary 18-month investigation into the former president and the violent insurrection two years ago.The 814-page report released Thursday comes after the panel interviewed more than 1,000
  
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• YMCA, City taking no chances, will close both rec centres in Chilliwack on Friday

  23-12-2022 03:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Rather than wait to assess the dreaded winter conditions tomorrow, the YMCA of Greater Vancouver and City of Chilliwack took a proactive approach Thursday night.Both the Cheam Leisure Centre and the Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre will be closed on Friday, December 23, as Chilliwack braces for a multi-hazard weather front that will likely bring blowing snow and freezing rain amidst frigid temperatures by B.C. standards.“The Cheam Leisure Centre and Chilliwack Landing L
  
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• Abby PD arrests known offender after he tries to steal a parked U-Haul truck

  23-12-2022 02:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — An observant citizen’s tip earlier this week helped the Abbotsford Police Department capture a bad guy who was up to no good, after he tried unsuccessfully to steal a U-Haul truck, only to get stuck in the snow.
  In a news release from Constable Art Stele, a keen Abbotsford resident notified the Abbotsford PD through its social media page that a suspicious male was seen cutting the locks off a parked U-Haul truck near the intersection of Marshall Road and Emerson Street i
  
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