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• Canada Soccer joins federal government’s safe sport program

  28-12-2022 23:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canada Soccer is the latest national sports organization to sign an agreement to join Abuse-Free Sport, the federal government’s program to prevent and address maltreatment in sport.
  The governing body for soccer will have access to the new Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner (OSIC), which is the central hub of Abuse-Free Sport, following a transition period that will end no later than March 1.
  Canada Soccer is also fully adopting the University Code of Conduct to Prevent and Addres
  
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• Maple Leafs fined $100,000 for Boxing Day travel, Keefe docked $25k for ref abuse

  28-12-2022 23:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — The Toronto Maple Leafs have been hit in the pocketbook for travelling over the holidays.
  The NHL said Wednesday that the Maple Leafs have been fined US$100,000 for travelling to St. Louis on Boxing Day in preparation for a game Tuesday night.
  The collective bargaining agreement between the league and the NHL Players’ Association forbids team activities between Dec. 24-26.
  The league also fined Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe $25,000 for “demeaning conduct direc
  
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• Report: Tenn has broken its lethal injection rules since ’18

  28-12-2022 23:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee has not complied with its own lethal injection protocol ever since it was revised in 2018, resulting in multiple executions being conducted without proper testing, according to an independent review released Wednesday.
  The report was requested by Republican Gov. Bill Lee.It comes months after Lee paused all executions in May after acknowledging that the state had failed to ensure its lethal injection drugs were properly tested. The oversight had forced Lee
  
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• Prosecutors open investigation into Rep.-Elect George Santos

  28-12-2022 22:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Long Island prosecutors have launched an investigation into U.S. Rep.-elect George Santos of New York, after revelations surfaced that the now-embattled Republican lied about his heritage, education and professional pedigree as he campaigned for office.
  But despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office, Santos has thus far shown no signs of stepping aside — even as he has publicly admitted to a long list of fabrications.
  “The numerous fabri
  
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• Whitecaps extend midfielder Caio Alexandre’s loan to Brazilian team for a year

  28-12-2022 22:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have extended midfielder Caio Alexandre’s loan to Fortaleza EC for another year, with an obligation for the Brazilian side to purchase his contract if he hits undisclosed performance benchmarks.
  The loan agreement, which was originally set to end at the end of the year, now runs through Dec. 31, 2023. Alexandre originally joined Fortaleza on loan last August.
  The 23-year-old scored a goal and started 11 of his 12 appearances with Fortaleza last sea
  
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• Canada, allies demand Iran submit to binding arbitration for downing of Flight PS752

  28-12-2022 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada is among four countries calling on Iran to agree to binding arbitration for shooting down Flight PS752 nearly three years ago.
  The group of nations — which also includes Britain, Sweden and Ukraine — made the request today through a United Nations convention designed to protect commercial aircraft from attack.
  Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps shot down the Ukrainian Airlines flight just minutes after takeoff on Jan. 8, 2020, killing all 176 people
  
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• Professional goalies work together to develop mindset in weekly meetings

  28-12-2022 21:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Every week some of the top goalies in North America get together to talk about their feelings.
  The Zoom meetings are divided, with goalies from Canada’s major junior leagues, the American Hockey League, and the NHL chatting together in their own respective meetings. The goalies share their fears with each other, their personal goals, and even agree to think positively about each other’s “ask” of the week.
  Dylan Ferguson, who’s currently with the AHL’s Toronto
  
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• Canadian sprint star De Grasse has moved to Orlando to work with Irish coach Coghlan

  28-12-2022 21:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canadian sprint star Andre De Grasse has a new home and a new coach.
  The six-time Olympic medallist and partner Nia Ali, an American hurdler, have moved to Orlando to work with Irishman John Coghlan, but De Grasse said the move was more about a fresh start heading into the 2024 Paris Olympics than controversy around his former coach Rana Reider.
  “I’ve been with Rana for the last three years and I just felt like I wanted a change mentally,” De Grasse said. “I just wanted t
  
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• Deplorable encampments proliferate in Chilliwack River Valley without scrutiny, enforcement

  28-12-2022 21:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Due to patrols from the RCMP and private security companies like Griffin Security and Allegiant, homeless encampments wouldn’t typically last that long in Chilliwack city limits or in the downtown business core.
  But they thrive, almost proliferate, in more remote places like the Chilliwack River Valley where fewer residents live and virtually no government agencies or security personnel step in to intervene.The end result is a toxic eyesore whereby encampments consist of
  
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• 1 dead, 9 injured in multi-vehicle crash near Calgary - Chilliwack Progress

  28-12-2022 21:40 via news.google.com
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• Canadian Army feeling squeeze of more demands, fewer soldiers - Chilliwack Progress

  28-12-2022 21:30 via news.google.com
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• Backcountry enthusiasts warned of avalanche risks in B.C. Interior ... - Chilliwack Progress

  28-12-2022 21:30 via news.google.com
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• Latest officer death heartbreaking, but expert says recent police deaths not a trend

  28-12-2022 21:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The death of Ontario Provincial Police Const. Grzegorz Pierzchala Tuesday marks the sixth police death in Canada since September, but an expert is warning the numbers do not represent a trend. 
  Michael Arntfield, a criminologist and professor at Western University, says the recent deaths are concerning and an indication of how dangerous policing has become, given the growing responsibilities of officers.
  But Arntfield, a former officer himself, says police deaths are still ra
  
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• BC Parks’ camping reservations opening soon - Chilliwack Progress

  28-12-2022 21:00 via news.google.com
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• Former Toronto FC fullback Domenico Criscito resurfaces in Italy with Genoa

  28-12-2022 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Veteran defender Domenico Criscito, who announced his retirement from Toronto FC in mid-November, has resurfaced with his former club Genoa in Italy.
  Criscito, who turns 36 on Friday, joined the MLS team in late June on a free transfer from Genoa. The Italian fullback made 16 appearances in all competitions for Toronto before announcing his retirement Nov. 15.
  “Thank you very much, Toronto FC, for these six beautiful months,” he said in a statement at the time. “My family and I
  
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• Canadian skier James Crawford second in World Cup downhill

  28-12-2022 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BORMIO, Italy — Canadian skier James Crawford raced to a second-place finish on one of the world’s most demanding courses to reach the podium in the final World Cup downhill of 2022.
  Crawford, from Toronto, finished Wednesday’s race 0.40 seconds behind Austrian world champion Vincent Kriechmayr, who mastered the icy and bumpy 2,268-kilometre Stelvio course in one minute 54.68 seconds.
  Norway’s Aleksander Aamodt Kilde finished 0.28  back of Crawford in third.
  The meda
  
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• B.C. doubling staffing of unit that resolves landlord-tenant disputes - Chilliwack Progress

  28-12-2022 20:36 via news.google.com
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• B.C. boosts funds to agency that handles disputes between landlords and tenants

  28-12-2022 20:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — The newly created B.C. Ministry of Housing says it is taking steps to speed up and strengthen the process that handles disputes between landlords and tenants.
  A statement from the ministry, which was boosted to full ministerial status when Premier David Eby announced his new cabinet earlier this month, says renters and landlords will benefit from the more timely and efficient services.
  The B.C. government will increase the operating budget for the Residential Tenancy Branch, whi
  
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• City of Chilliwack accepts paper gift wrap in curbside recycling - Chilliwack Progress

  28-12-2022 20:10 via news.google.com
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• B.C. sets age limits to boost safety for young workers in hazardous jobs

  28-12-2022 20:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — Amendments to British Columbia’s Employment Standards Regulation take effect on Jan. 1, as the province aims to increase safety for young workers.
  A statement from the Ministry of Labour says the regulations set out minimum ages for certain types of employment.
  New rules will require a minimum age of 18 to work as a logger or in smelters, oil drilling or anywhere there is a risk of exposure to certain harmful materials.
  Workers must be at least 16 to be employed in constru
  
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• Austrian world junior coach Kirk Furey back home in Nova Scotia: ‘A dream come true’

  28-12-2022 19:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Kirk Furey boarded a plane at age 16 with the knowledge his hockey journey – his dream – would likely take him far from home.
  Nearly three decades later, that path through leagues on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean brought him right back to where it started.
  The Glace Bay, N.S., product, whose playing resume reads like an alphabet soup, was asked in the fall if he would take a break from leading his Austrian club team’s development program to coach the country&
  
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• SD33 personnel deal with burst pipes at Sardis Secondary over Christmas break

  28-12-2022 19:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — While most everyone else was enjoying their Christmas break, Chilliwack School District maintenance and facilities crew went the extra mile after pipes burst at Sardis Secondary on Christmas Day.
  According to an email from Superintendent Rohan Arul-pragasam obtained by Fraser Valley Today, SD33 operations personnel sprung into action after some issues arose with burst pipes and sprinklers at Sardis Secondary over the Christmas winter break.
  In particular, a pipe burst in the n
  
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• B.C. govt. to outlaw certain jobs for teenagers starting in January

  28-12-2022 19:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — The provincial government will introduce new regulations on the types of work that it deems unsuitable for young workers in the new year.
  Starting January 1, new guidelines take effect that would outlaw certain jobs for youth in the construction, forestry, and gas and power industries, among others.The new rules outline certain jobs that require a minimum age of 18, such as work as a logger, jobs in smelters, in oil drilling or where there is a risk of exposure to certain harmfu
  
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• No end to flood watch in B.C., as Environment Canada forecasts more rain

  28-12-2022 19:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — No weather warnings or watches were posted across British Columbia for the first time in weeks, but Environment Canada says more heavy rain is on the way while flood watches are still up for large parts of Vancouver Island and the inner south coast.
  Communities around the Georgia Strait are also keeping a close eye on sea levels as more exceptionally high tides are due over the next several days, including Wednesday’s high of 4.9 metres in Vancouver.
  That’s slightly
  
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• Recent arrests tied to spate of robberies and other crimes in Quebec City: police

  28-12-2022 18:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Quebec City police say they think the recent arrests of several suspects will help solve a spate of robberies and other crimes in the provincial capital over the last few days.
  Police arrested five people on Tuesday between the ages of 21 and 47 — four men and one woman — but released one man who they say was not involved in the crimes.
  Officers were called to two businesses Tuesday afternoon on St. Joseph Street to respond to two robberies.
  Police say witnesses helped them locate th
  
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• Feeling the heat - Chilliwack Progress

  28-12-2022 18:20 via news.google.com
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• Chevron near Evans roundabout adds EV charging stations

  28-12-2022 18:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Motorists wouldn’t necessarily expect to find four EV charging plugs at a gas station of all places, particularly when one energy source involves green technology while the other relies on conventional gasoline.But location and convenience, coupled with an opportunity to generate revenue, play a huge role in this rollout from the American petroleum company headquartered in California.Chevron at 45086 Yale Road West, near the Evans roundabout and just north of Highway 1,
  
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• Canadian Army feeling squeeze of more demands, fewer soldiers

  28-12-2022 18:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The head of the Canadian Army says his force is facing more demands at home and in Europe even as the number of soldiers under his command continues to shrink.
  Lt.-Gen. Joe Paul says the squeeze is forcing the Army to take a closer look at some long-established assumptions and ways of doing things to see where it can be more efficient.
  Commanders across the whole of the Canadian Armed Forces have been sounding the alarm about a personnel crisis that has left thousands of positions
  
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• Greenwashing complaint filed against Canada’s biggest certifier of ... - Chilliwack Progress

  28-12-2022 17:45 via news.google.com
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• Judge orders another long prison term in Gov. Whitmer plot

  28-12-2022 17:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A Delaware trucker described as a co-leader of the conspiracy to kidnap Michigan’s governor has been sentenced to more than 19 years in prison.
  Barry Croft Jr. was the fourth and final federal defendant to learn his fate, a day after ally Adam Fox was sentenced to 16 years in prison. The two men were convicted in August of conspiracy charges at a second trial in Grand Rapids.
  They were accused of running a stunning plot to abduct Gov. Gretchen Whitmer from
  
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• Creekside Cheese + Creamery offering free farm tours this Friday

  28-12-2022 17:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  AGASSIZ —With still another week of winter break looming for students and endless cold and rain in the forecast, Creekside Cheese + Creamery couldn’t have picked a better time to give Chilliwack-area families and residents something unique to do this week.Creekside is offering free guided farm tours, as a way of thanking its customers, this Friday, December 30 at 10:30 a.m.The farm is asking guests to pre-register by calling the farm store at 604-796-8485 to reserve a spot.Space is l
  
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• Investigation opened after death of inmate at Bordeaux jail in Montreal

  28-12-2022 17:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — An inmate from Bordeaux jail in Montreal has died from injuries he sustained last weekend inside the provincial detention centre.
  Nicous D’Andre Spring, 21, died in hospital.
  Quebec provincial police are investigating the incident on Saturday afternoon that led to the man’s death.
  Police spokesperson Nicolas Scholtus says an autopsy will be performed to determine the causes and circumstances of the inmate’s death.
  Authorities are not releasing details of the in
  
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• Retired pope’s ailing health raises questions of what’s next - Chilliwack Progress

  28-12-2022 17:30 via news.google.com
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• About 19K Quebec hydro customers still without power almost 1 week after storm

  28-12-2022 17:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Nearly 19,000 Hydro-Québec customers are still without power this morning, after a winter storm slammed Eastern Canada last week.
  The public utility’s outage map shows more than 5,700 clients without electricity in the Quebec City area, nearly 5,000 in the Côte-Nord region and more than 2,400 in Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean.
  Hydro-Québec’s CEO said earlier this week that many of the remaining outages are complex to fix, affect few customers, and may requi
  
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• Ontario Provincial Police officer shot dead had just passed probation - Chilliwack Progress

  28-12-2022 17:00 via news.google.com
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• VIDEO: New hospital program helps Toronto’s homeless, cuts ... - Chilliwack Progress

  28-12-2022 16:46 via news.google.com
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• Creating content for content creators - Chilliwack Progress

  28-12-2022 16:30 via news.google.com
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• PODCAST: ‘The future is now’, says science journalist Bob McDonald - Chilliwack Progress

  28-12-2022 14:40 via news.google.com
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• Ontario Provincial Police expected to announce charges into fatal shooting of officer

  28-12-2022 13:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HAGERSVILLE, Ont. — Charges are expected to be announced today regarding a police investigation into a shooting that left an Ontario Provincial Police officer dead in southeast Ontario.
  OPP say Const. Grzegorz Pierzchala of the Haldimand County detachment was shot just after 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday while responding to a vehicle in a ditch just west of Hagersville, Ont.
  O-P-P Commissioner Thomas Carrique says Pierzchala had been notified earlier in the day that he had passed his 10-month proba
  
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• Vatican says health of retired pope Benedict XVI ‘worsening’

  28-12-2022 11:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican says the health of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has undergone a “worsening in the last hours” due to his age and that doctors are constantly monitoring the 95-year-old’s condition.
  Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said Pope Francis, who asked the faithful earlier Wednesday to pray for Benedict, went to visit his predecessor in the monastery on Vatican grounds where the retired pontiff has lived since retiring in February 2013. Benedict was the
  
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• Netanyahu government: West Bank settlements top priority

  28-12-2022 11:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Benjamin Netanyahu’s incoming hard-line government put West Bank settlement expansion at the top of its list of priorities on Wednesday, a day before it’s set to be sworn into office.
  Netanyahu’s Likud party released the new government’s policy guidelines, the first of which is that it will “advance and develop settlement in all parts of the land of Israel — in the Galilee, Negev, Golan Heights, and Judea and Samaria” — the B
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Marie-Philip Poulin named CP female athlete of the year for 2022

  28-12-2022 11:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canadian women’s hockey team captain Marie-Philip Poulin has been voted The Canadian Press female athlete of the year for 2022.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• In The News for Dec. 28: What a look back at Manitoba’s 2022 politics reveals

  28-12-2022 10:17 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. 28 …
  What we are watching in Canada …
  Despite a change in the premier’s chair, an economic rebound and new spending announcements, opinion polls suggest Manitoba’s governing Progressive Conservatives continue to lag well behind the Opposition New Democrats.
  With an election set for Oct. 3, one veteran politi
  
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• From smart homes to connected cars, new tools of domestic abuse make escape harder

  28-12-2022 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — A phone, a smart home, a digitally connected car — these are the tools of digital domestic abuse that anti-violence experts say is on the rise. 
  “Methods that are sort of presented as advances in technology, whether it’s a smart home or a smart car, are just another method of surveillance that can be used to harass survivors in a variety of different ways,”said Amy FitzGerald, executive director at the BC Society of Transition Houses.
  “Oftenti
  
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• Canucks win third in a row by sinking Sharks 6-2

  28-12-2022 06:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Bo Horvat scored two goals and added a pair of assists the Vancouver Canucks defeated the San Jose Sharks 6-2 Tuesday night to extend their NHL winning streak to three games.
  Ilya Mikheyev had a goal and three assists for Vancouver (15-16-3). 
  Elias Pettersson, Brock Boeser and Quinn Hughes, with his first of the season, also scored for the Canucks who are 7-3 in their last 10 games. The three losses all came at Rogers Arena.
  Horvat has 14 points (nine goals, five assists)
  
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• Oilers cash in on late power play to burn Flames 2-1

  28-12-2022 05:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Connor McDavid’s league-leading 31st goal to extend his point streak to 16 games was the winner on Tuesday as the Edmonton Oilers beat the Calgary Flames 2-1.
  Tyson Barrie with his 100th career goal also scored for Edmonton (19-15-2), which leap frogs Calgary to move back into the second wild-card spot in the NHL’s Western Conference.
  Mikael Backlund scored the lone goal for Calgary (16-13-7), which had its four-game points streak snapped. Backlund also put a shot off
  
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• Nylander’s OT goal gives Maple Leafs 5-4 win over Blues

  28-12-2022 05:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — William Nylander scored on a breakaway in overtime for Toronto after teammate TJ Brodie missed a penalty shot earlier in the extra session, and the Maple Leafs beat the St. Louis Blues 5-4 on Tuesday.
  Justin Holl, Alexander Kerfoot, Calle Jarnkrok and John Tavares also scored for Toronto, and Ilya Samsonov made 30 saves as the Leafs won their third straight to improve to 10-2-1 in December. 
  Jordan Kyrou, Calle Rosen, Ryan O’Reilly and Justin Faulk scored for th
  
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• Jets suffer third straight loss, lose 4-1 to Wild

  28-12-2022 04:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — Jared Spurgeon, Mats Zuccarello and Frederick Gaudreau each had a goal and assist in the Minnesota Wild’s 4-1 victory Tuesday that handed the Winnipeg Jets their first three-game losing streak of the season.
  Samuel Walker also scored his first NHL goal for the Wild, who are 7-1-0 in their past eight games. Sam Steel contributed a pair of assists.
  Filip Gustavsson made 31 saves in his 14th game of the season for Minnesota.
  Pierre-Luc Dubois scored for the Jets (21-13-1), wh
  
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• Talbot shines as Senators beat Bruins 3-2 in shootout

  28-12-2022 04:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Alex DeBrincat had the only goal of the shootout Tuesday night as the Ottawa Senators snapped a three-game slide with a 3-2 win over the Boston Bruins.
  DeBrincat and Tim Stutzle scored second-period goals for the Senators (15-16-3) while Cam Talbot made 49 saves including 26 in the third period alone.
  Jake DeBrusk and Paval Zacha scored in regulation for the Bruins with Zacha’s goal coming at 16:27 of the third period to tie the game 2-2. Jeremy Swayman made 31 saves for the
  
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• Ex-Raptors lead Clippers in win over Toronto

  28-12-2022 04:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Norm Powell and Kawhi Leonard scored 22 points and 15 points, respectively, to lead the Los Angeles Clippers to a 124-113 win over their former team, the Toronto Raptors, on Tuesday.
  Paul George and Ivica Zubac scored 23 points each to lead the visitors who stopped the Raptors’ (15-19) win streak at two games and spoiled a 36-point effort from Pascal Siakam.
  Powell and Leonard were vital players in the Raptors’ successful championship run four years ago. This was Leon
  
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