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• Former CFL player Michael Bishop named U.S. College Football Hall of Fame

  09-01-2023 23:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  IRVING, Texas — Former CFL quarterback Michael Bishop was named for induction into the U.S. College Football Hall of Fame on Monday.
  Among those also named in the player category was Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Tim Tebow (Florida). Bishop and Tebow were among 10 unanimous First Team All-Americans selected, including USC running back Reggie Bush, Syracuse defensive lineman Dwight Freeney, Boston College linebacker Luke Kuechly and Miami offensive lineman Bryant McKinnie.
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• Chilliwack cracks top 10 of U-Haul's list of growth cities for 2022 - Chilliwack Progress

  09-01-2023 23:37 via news.google.com
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• Chief: 6-year-old boy shot Virginia teacher during class

  09-01-2023 22:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A Virginia police chief says a 6-year-old student fired the handgun that wounded a first-grade teacher while she was teaching class.
  Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew on Monday offered the first description of how the shooting happened. He had previously said that the shooting was not accidental and declined to elaborate.
  He said the student pulled the gun out, pointed at the teacher and fired at her. He said there was no physical struggle over the gun preceding
  
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• All of California city under evacuation order amid deluge

  09-01-2023 22:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — The entire community of Montecito, California and surrounding canyons were ordered to evacuate Monday amid a deluge of rain that has flooded roads and swollen waterways.The evacuation order affecting about 10,000 people came on the fifth anniversary of a mudslide that killed 23 people and destroyed more than 100 homes in the coastal enclave.Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said the decision to evacuate came “based on the continuing high rate of rainfa
  
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• B.C. will pay fees, fund schooling upgrades to get more nurses in health-care system

  09-01-2023 22:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government will pay fees for international nurses and help finance former nurses who want to return to health care in a push to get more workers into the system. 
  Premier David Eby says the government will also spend $1.3 million to set up a new pathway for internationally trained nurses to assess more applications much faster. 
  Candidates are waiting up to three years now, but Eby says the government’s goal is to cut that wait down to betwe
  
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• Kansas City Chiefs latest NFL team to take a look at B.C. Lions quarterback Rourke

  09-01-2023 21:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Add the Kansas City Chiefs to the growing list of NFL clubs to take a look at CFL star quarterback Nathan Rourke.
  The Chiefs confirmed they hosted the 24-year-old Victoria native for a workout Monday. Kansas City (14-3) cemented the No. 1 seed in the AFC with a 31-13 win over the Las Vegas Raiders on Saturday.
  The six-foot-two, 209-pound Rourke still has a year left on his deal with the Lions. However, on Monday, he became eligible to sign a futures deal with a club south of the border as per th
  
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• Edmonton Elks sign all-star Loucheiz Purifoy after his release from B.C. Lions

  09-01-2023 21:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks have signed all-star defensive back Loucheiz Purifoy after his release last week from the B.C. Lions.
  The 30-year-old was a CFL all-star in 2022 compiling 55 tackles, three interceptions and a sack in 18 regular season games for the Lions.
  In six CFL seasons, the five-foot-11, 190-pound back has appeared in 101 regular-season games for the Lions, Ottawa Redblacks and Saskatchewan Roughriders.
  The University of Florida product has a career 282 tackles, eight sac
  
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• Former Canada assistant coach takes over as head coach of the NWSL Portland Thorns

  09-01-2023 20:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The Canadian connection continues at the Portland Thorns.
  The defending National Women’s Soccer League champions have named assistant coach Mike Norris as the successor to head coach Rhian Wilkinson, a former Canadian international.
  Norris joined Wilkinson’s staff last January after eight years as a coach with Canada Soccer, where most recently he served as the set play and goalkeeper coach for the Canadian women’s team, helping it to gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
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• Hernan Losada era at CF Montreal officially begins with pre-season training session

  09-01-2023 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Hernan Losada officially started his tenure as manager of CF Montreal on Monday as the Major League Soccer club had its first official training session of the pre-season at Olympic Stadium.
  “It was excellent. This is a really good group with a lot of motivation and energy,” said Losada. “I’m also happy to just get the season underway, but overall, just very positive.”
  It was the first time CF Montreal has been together since their Eastern Conference
  
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• Tampa Bay Lightning, PWHPA to co-host women’s games

  09-01-2023 20:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TAMPA, Fla. — The Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association and the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning will co-host a four-game Dream Gap Tour event in February.
  Four teams will participate in the Feb. 25-26 event at Advent Health Center Ice in Wesley Chapel, Fla.
  The PWHPA, which includes women’s hockey stars Marie-Philip Poulin, Sarah Nurse, Hilary Knight and Kendall Coyne Schofield, was formed after the collapse of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League (CWHL) in
  
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• Canada sanctions Iranian entities and officials, citing misinformation

  09-01-2023 20:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada has imposed another round of sanctions, punishing three Iranian entities and two leaders Ottawa blames for propagating misinformation.
  The new sanctions include a censorship body known as the Press Supervisory Board and a propaganda publication called the Iran Newspaper.
  Also sanctioned is the 15 Khordad Foundation, a group originally founded to financially support the families of war dead, but which ended up laundering money and offering a bounty for the death of writer Sa
  
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• New this week to entertain your eyes and your ears - Chilliwack Progress

  09-01-2023 20:15 via news.google.com
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• ‘Kraken’ as a COVID subvariant name beats ‘alphabet soup ... - Chilliwack Progress

  09-01-2023 20:15 via news.google.com
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• U-Haul says Chilliwack is one of Canada’s top growing cities

  09-01-2023 20:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack has another recognition it can be proud of. According to the latest U-Haul Growth Index, Chilliwack is ranked as the tenth Growth City in Canada.
  Due to fewer people leaving the area in 2022, Chilliwack netted a larger percentage of arrivals, allowing it to reappear in the growth rankings for the first time since 2020.The U-Haul Growth Index is compiled according to the net gain of one-way U-Haul trucks arriving in a city versus departing from that city in a calenda
  
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• B.C. pastor accused of sexual charges involving children

  09-01-2023 20:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A pastor who was servicing a Metro Vancouver church has been charged with sexual assault and sexual interference against children. 
  Police in New Westminster say they began an investigation after multiple reports came to them. 
  A police news release says the offences are alleged to have taken place between 2017 and 2021. 
  It says after a lengthy investigation by the department’s major crime unit, three charges each of sexual assault and sexual i
  
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• Acute teacher shortage prompts Chilliwack School District to hire ... - Chilliwack Progress

  09-01-2023 19:44 via news.google.com
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• Pastrnak, Hughes, Dahlin named NHL’s three stars of the week

  09-01-2023 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Boston right-wing David Pastrnak, New Jersey centre Jack Hughes and Buffalo defenceman Rasmus Dahlin have been named the NHL’s three stars of the week.
  Pastrnak led the NHL with seven goals and eight points in four games to help the league-leading Bruins post a perfect week and extend their point streak to 14 games. 
  After being held off the scoresheet in Boston’s 2-1 Winter Classic win over Pittsburgh at Fenway Park on Jan. 2, Pasternak rebounded with three str
  
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• Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard falls in first-round qualifier at Australian Open

  09-01-2023 19:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MELBOURNE, Australia — Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard dropped a 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 decision to American Ashlyn Krueger in first-round qualifying play Monday at the Australian Open. 
  Bouchard, from Montreal, gave up a service break in the final game as her 18-year-old opponent closed out the match in one hour 53 minutes.
  Krueger is ranked 183rd in the world. Bouchard, who reached the semifinals at the Grand Slam event in 2014, holds the No. 317 position in the WTA Tour rankings.
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• Transport minister will meet with committee investigating holiday travel woes

  09-01-2023 19:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Transport Minister Omar Alghabra has accepted a request from fellow members of Parliament to appear before a committee that is seeking answers about what led to a chaotic holiday travel season.Thousands of Canadians had their flights cancelled or delayed due to poor weather, while hundreds of others were left stranded in Mexico after the vacation airline Sunwing axed their trips home.The company has since apologized and said the cancellations were due to winter storms that swept a
  
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• B.C. pastor charged with sexually assaulting children at Metro ... - Chilliwack Progress

  09-01-2023 19:15 via news.google.com
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• 2023 Scotties and 2023 BC Men’s Curling Championships open in ... - Curl BC

  09-01-2023 19:12 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack Chiefs make moves in leadup to BCHL trade deadline ... - Hope Standard

  09-01-2023 19:10 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack Chiefs make moves in leadup to BCHL trade deadline ... - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  09-01-2023 19:10 via news.google.com
  
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• Jordan B. Peterson coming to Abbotsford in May - Chilliwack Progress

  09-01-2023 18:59 via news.google.com
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• Offensive lineman Williams signs contract extension to remain with Calgary Stampeders

  09-01-2023 18:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Canadian offensive lineman Zack Williams signed a two-year contract extension with the Calgary Stampeders on Monday.
  Williams, a 2019 third-round CFL draft pick, was eligible to become a free agent next month.
  “We’re excited to bring Zack back for two more years and for him to continue his development as a key piece of one of the top O-line groups in the CFL,” Stampeders GM/head coach Dave Dickenson said in a statement. “We want players like Zack on our te
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs set BCHL single-game attendance mark - Hope ... - Hope Standard

  09-01-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack Chiefs set BCHL single-game attendance mark - Agassiz ... - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  09-01-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Ideson to skip Canadian entry at 2023 world wheelchair curling championship

  09-01-2023 18:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Mark Ideson will skip the Canadian entry at the 2023 world wheelchair curling championship, while Collinda Joseph and Dennis Thiessen will wear the Maple Leaf at the world wheelchair mixed doubles playdowns.
  Ideson, who plays lead, will be joined by fourth Jon Thurston, third Ina Forrest, second Gil Dash and fifth Marie Wright at the March 4-12 competition in Richmond, B.C., Curling Canada announced Monday.
  The two competitions will be held over the same time period at the Richmon
  
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• Brazil cracks down post-riot and vows to protect democracy - Chilliwack Progress

  09-01-2023 17:30 via news.google.com
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• Months-long saga of runaway cattle in Quebec comes to an end with weekend capture

  09-01-2023 17:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The remaining cattle that had been on the lam for months in central Quebec were finally recaptured over the weekend.
  Quebec’s farmers union says the last three of the 15 cattle that escaped from a farm in July were rounded up Saturday.
  For the last 45 days the Union des producteurs agricoles has rounded up all 15 animals and returned them to their owner in St-Severe, Que., about 130 kilometres northeast of Montreal.
  The remaining three fugitives were recaptured this weeken
  
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• Canada officially buying F-35 fighter jet for $19B to replace CF-18s

  09-01-2023 16:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Defence Minister Anita Anand says Canada is officially buying the F-35 fighter jet to replace its aging CF-18s, ending the years-long search where it first began.
  Canada had announced plans to buy the F-35 back in 2010, before politics and government mismanagement scuttled that decision.
  The government says Canada will ultimately buy 88 F-35s at an estimated cost of $19 billion, with the first aircraft to be delivered in 2026.
  The Canadian Press reported last month that the Defenc
  
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• Georgia special grand jury finishes probe of 2020 election

  09-01-2023 16:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ATLANTA (AP) — The special grand grand jury in Atlanta that has been investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies committed any crimes while trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia has finished its work.
  Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, who was overseeing the panel, issued an order Monday dissolving the special grand jury. The order says the grand jurors completed a final report and that a majority of the county’s superior court jud
  
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• UN extends critical aid from Turkey to Syria’s rebel north

  09-01-2023 16:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Monday to keep key a border crossing from Turkey to Syria’s rebel-held northwest open for critical aid deliveries for another six months.
  In a surprise, Syria’s close ally Russia, whose support had been in doubt, joined in the 15-0 vote.
  U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had warned that the already dire humanitarian situation in Syria is worsening, and said if aid deliveries from Turkey to northwest Idli
  
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• Spielberg, ‘Top Gun’ feted by National Board of Review - Chilliwack Progress

  09-01-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
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• Lululemon raises revenue guidance, but lowers expectations for ... - Chilliwack Progress

  09-01-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
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• Former Yukon deputy premier Ranj Pillai acclaimed as the territory’s new premier

  09-01-2023 16:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WHITEHORSE — A politician who served in Yukon’s legislature since 2016 is the territory’s new premier.
  The Yukon Liberal Party announced Sunday that Ranj Pillai has been acclaimed as leader by the party’s executive.
  Pillai replaces former premier Sandy Silver who announced in September that he was stepping down and did not intend to run in Yukon’s 2025 general election.
  A statement from Pillai thanks Silver for his leadership and says he looks forward to working wit
  
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• Lululemon raises revenue guidance, but lowers expectations for gross margins

  09-01-2023 15:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Lululemon Athletica Inc. raised its revenue guidance for its fourth quarter, but lowered its expectations for its gross margins. 
  The company, which keeps its books in U.S. dollars, says it expects net revenue for the quarter will be in a range of US$2.66 billion to US$2.7 billion, compared with its earlier guidance for a range of US$2.605 billion to US$2.655 billion.
  The guidance implies an increase in revenue of 25 to 27 per cent compared with the same quarter a year ear
  
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• Help Make All the Difference — give 3 in 2023! - Chilliwack Progress

  09-01-2023 15:00 via news.google.com
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• Black history to be taught by rapper in Lower Mainland classrooms - Chilliwack Progress

  09-01-2023 14:00 via news.google.com
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• Fraser Canyon highway traffic impacted by falling rocks

  09-01-2023 13:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — There are ongoing issues regarding travel through the Fraser Canyon along Highway 1. For the second time in two days, rocks have fallen on the road in the Spences Bridge area.
  According to a DriveBC tweet early Monday (Jan. 9) morning, the rocks are impacting both the northbound and southbound lanes of the highway.
  The latest rockfall is approximately 3 km west of Nicomen River Road,between Lytton and Spences Bridge.
  While the highway hasn’t been closed at this point, driv
  
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• In The News for Jan. 9: The latest on Canada’s plan to replace aging fighter jets

  09-01-2023 10:15 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 Jan. 9 …
  What we are watching in Canada …
  Canada’s defence minister is set to provide an update today on the military’s plans to replace its aging fleet of fighter jets.
  No details on Anita Anand’s morning announcement were immediately available, but information disclosed last month shed some light on what
  
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• Defence Minister Anand to provide update on military fighter jet plan

  09-01-2023 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada’s defence minister is set to provide an update today on the military’s plans to replace its aging fleet of fighter jets.
  No details on Anita Anand’s morning announcement were immediately available, but information disclosed last month shed some light on what lies in store.
  The Canadian Press previously reported that the Department of National Defence received approval to spend $7 billion on 16 F-35 fighter jets along with related gear, technology and facil
  
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• As ‘Three Amigos’ meet in Mexico, experts call on leaders for North American vision

  09-01-2023 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — From the frosty throes of a Canadian winter, the land of conquistadors and Frida Kahlo can seem a million miles away. 
  But that’s not the way North American diplomats, trade experts and business leaders see it — and they hope the continent’s leaders have a similar vision as the so-called “Three Amigos” gather this week in Mexico City. 
  “The potential for North America is immense,” said Eric Farnsworth, the former Clinton-era
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs set BCHL single-game attendance mark - Chilliwack Progress

  09-01-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Domi scores in OT to lift Blackhawks over Flames 4-3

  09-01-2023 04:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHICAGO (AP) — Maxi Domi scored at 1:04 of overtime and had an assist as the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Calgary Flames 4-3 Sunday night for their second straight win.
  Chicago top prospect Lukas Reichel batted in his first NHL goal and had two assists. Philipp Kurashev and Colin Blackwell also scored for the last-place Blackhawks, who ended a five-game losing streak against Arizona on Friday and are 3-13-0 in their last 16 games. 
  Alex Stalock made 44 saves in his third straight start
  
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• Tavares, Marner lead Maple Leafs to 6-2 win over Flyers

  09-01-2023 03:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — John Tavares had a goal and two assists, Mitchell Marner added three assists and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-2 on Sunday night.
  Auston Matthews, Calle Jarnkrok, Conor Timmins, Zach Aston-Reese and Timothy Liljegren also scored for Toronto, which swept its three-game season series with the Flyers.
  Marner, selected Thursday to the NHL All-Star Game, boosted his team-leading points total to 49. Matthews trails Marner by two points after getting h
  
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• Jon Rahm wins a stunner at Kapalua after Morikawa wipeout

  09-01-2023 02:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — Jon Rahm began the bold new year on the PGA Tour by coming from seven shots behind to win the Sentry Tournament of Champions on Sunday with plenty of help from Collin Morikawa, who had a spectacular wipeout even by Maui standards.
  Rahm was six shots behind on the 13th hole at Kapalua when he ran off three straight birdies and a 12-foot eagle putt, and his final birdie gave him a 10-under 63.
  Morikawa had gone 67 holes without a bogey on the Plantation Course when it
  
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• Mazatlán mayor reassures Canadians and other visitors following cartel violence

  09-01-2023 01:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MAZATLÁN, Mexico — The mayor of a Mexican city caught up in a wave of drug cartel violence last week wasted little time reassuring Canadians and other foreign visitors that his city is safe for travellers.
  Edgar Gonzalez, in a video posted online by the City of Mazatlán, strolled through his city’s historic centre on Friday, shaking hands and posing for pictures with tourists.
  “These same tourists who are practically established in Mazatlán are very confide
  
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• Siakam scores 27 and Raptors beat Blazers 117-105 for their first win in four games

  09-01-2023 01:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Pascal Siakam scored 27 points and the struggling Toronto Raptors beat the Portland Trail Blazers 117-105 on Sunday for their first win in four games.
  Scottie Barnes finished with 22 points and nine rebounds, while Gary Trent Jr. had 19 points, Fred VanVleet and O.G. Anunoby chipped in with 14 apiece for the Raptors (17-23), who’ve won just six of their last 20 games.
  Damian Lillard scored 34 points top the Trail Blazers (19-20), who’ve lost three in a row.
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• Kyle Connor has hat trick as Jets down Canucks 7-4; Winnipeg wins fifth straight

  09-01-2023 00:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — Kyle Connor had a hat trick as the Winnipeg Jets beat the Vancouver Canucks 7-4 on Sunday and stretch their win streak to five games.
  Connor was one of five Jets (26-13-1) with multi-point outings at Canada Life Centre as Winnipeg had its first five-game win streak of the season.
  Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and pair of assists, Axel Jonsson-Fjallby had a goal and assist and Morgan Barron and Dylan DeMelo, with a shorthanded marker, also scored. Pierre-Luc Dubois contributed four a
  
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