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• Kraemer’s four-goal effort leads Canada past Sweden 10-0 for women’s under-18 gold

  15-01-2023 22:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ÖSTERSUND, Sweden — Canada saved its most dominant effort for last.
  Caitlin Kraemer led the way with four goals as Canada routed Sweden 10-0 to claim its second consecutive gold medal at the women’s world under-18 hockey championship on Sunday.
  The performance catapulted Kraemer atop the leaderboard for goals scored in the tournament. She finished the competition with 10 goals in five games.
  Alexia Aubin, with two goals, Abby Lunney, Piper Grober, Mackenzie Alexander and Charlot
  
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• Canadian Nathan Rourke announces he’ll be signing with Jacksonville Jaguars

  15-01-2023 22:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Nathan Rourke will soon become a Jacksonville Jaguar.
  The 24-year-old Victoria native tweeted Sunday he’ll be signing with Jacksonville, which was one of 12 teams he worked out for after finishing the ’22 season with the B.C. Lions. The others included: Cleveland, the New York Giants, Kansas City, Cincinnati, L.A. Chargers, Las Vegas, Minnesota, Denver, Indianapolis, Tampa Bay and Arizona.
  “I want to apologize for keeping many of you in suspense but my corner and I wanted to ma
  
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• Canada’s Bottcher defeats Edin 5-3 to claim Canadian Open title

  15-01-2023 22:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CAMROSE, Alta. — Canada’s Brendan Bottcher earned a 5-3 victory over Sweden’s Niklas Edin to claim the Grand Slam of Curling’s Canadian Open title on Sunday.
  After falling behind 2-1, Bottcher scored in three consecutive ends, including two in the third, to take a 5-2 advantage.
  After a scoreless sixth end, Edin put a single on the board before conceding after the seventh.
  The two were the lone undefeated rinks entering the final.
  Bottcher ousted Italy’s Joel Retorn
  
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• Military concerned by Canada’s absence from American-British ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-01-2023 22:20 via news.google.com
  
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• ‘Avatar 2,’ ‘M3GAN’ hold onto top spots at the box office - Chilliwack Progress

  15-01-2023 22:20 via news.google.com
  
  ‘Avatar 2,’ ‘M3GAN’ hold onto top spots at the box office  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• B.C. Lions QB Nathan Rourke announces he’s signing with ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-01-2023 22:15 via news.google.com
  
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• Avian flu identified in two more Fraser Valley poultry farms

  15-01-2023 22:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Another two Fraser Valley farms have been struck with the highly contagious avian flu.
  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the virus was confirmed this week on commercial poultry farms in Abbotsford and Chilliwack.
  While the virus affects birds, there is no evidence it can be passed to humans who consume poultry products.
  The agency’s website shows the number of active infected premises in the province as of Wednesday was 72.
  
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• Gilles, Poirier headline Canadian figure skating worlds team

  15-01-2023 21:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Ice dance duo Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier highlight the Canadian team headed to the ISU figure skating world championships, announced by Skate Canada on Sunday.
  The competition is set to take place March 20-26 in Saitama, Japan.
  Fellow Canadian ice dance duo Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Soerensen are also set to compete.
  Keegan Messing, who won national gold on Saturday, will represent on the men’s side.
  Women’s national champion Madeline Schizas will be the lone Canadian
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of January 15, 2023

  15-01-2023 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers.
   
  Name: Jaden Kahnapace-NewtonAge: early 20’s
  Height: 6’1” ft
  Weight: 243lbs
  Hair: Black Eyes: Brown
  Wanted: Robbery and Other Offences including Unlawful Confinement
  Warrant in effect: January 6, 2023
  Parole Jurisdiction: Surrey
  Name: Chervaine SaddlebackAge: 23
  Weight: 149lbs
  Hair: Black Eyes: Brown
  Wanted: Unlawfully at Large including possess
  
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• Canadian Nathan Rourke announces he’s agreed to terms with Jacksonville Jaguars

  15-01-2023 20:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Nathan Rourke will soon become a Jacksonville Jaguar.
  The 24-year-old Victoria native tweeted Sunday he’ll be signing soon with Jacksonville, which was one of 12 teams he worked out for after finishing the ’22 season with the B.C. Lions. The others included: Cleveland, the New York Giants, Kansas City, Cincinnati, L.A. Chargers, Las Vegas, Minnesota, Denver, Indianapolis, Tampa Bay and Arizona.
  “I want to apologize for keeping many of you in suspense but my corner and I wanted
  
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• Mass held near site of Quebec propane explosion as three remain missing

  15-01-2023 20:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Members of a grieving community north of Montreal gathered Sunday for a mass in solidarity with the families of three people who remained missing following a fire and explosion at a propane distribution company last week.
  Several hundred people were in the pews of the local church as the ceremony began just after 10:30 in St-Roch-de-l’Achigan, Que., about 50 kilometres north of Montreal.
  Two employees and a subcontractor are still missing as provincial police continue to c
  
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• Blue Jays announce bullpen coach Matt Buschmann stepping down

  15-01-2023 19:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays will be in search of a new bullpen coach.
  The team announced Sunday that Matt Buschmann has opted to leave the organization to pursue other opportunities.
  Toronto also said it will announce its complete coaching staff in the coming weeks.
  The 38-year-old Buschmann joined the Blue Jays in 2018 and also served as the director of pitching development since 2020.
  It was the first coaching gig for the former pitcher.
  Buschmann played from 2006-2016, with the majo
  
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• Snow bikers rescued from mountain in North Okanagan

  15-01-2023 19:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VERNON — Vernon Search and Rescue (VSAR) responded to a call to rescue two snow bikers who had a mechanical breakdown on Park Mountain in the Lumby area of the North Okanagan Saturday (Jan. 14).
  The volunteer group said on social media Saturday, the riders were unable to tow the broken machine out, or to ride double due to the heavy, wet snow and terrible conditions.
  Image: VSAR
  “Fortunately, the riders were well prepared and did all the right things. They activated their Zoleo satel
  
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• VIDEO: Carpaccio the artist, not the appetizer, now getting his due - Chilliwack Progress

  15-01-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Carpaccio the artist, not the appetizer, now getting his due  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Miss USA R’Bonney Gabriel wins Miss Universe Competition - Chilliwack Progress

  15-01-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
  Miss USA R’Bonney Gabriel wins Miss Universe Competition  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Military concerned by Canada’s absence from American-British-Australian security pact

  15-01-2023 18:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — There are concerns at the highest levels of the Canadian Armed Forces that this country won’t have access to the same cutting-edge military technology as its closest allies because it is not part of a security pact between Australia, Britain and the United States.
  The trilateral treaty, nicknamed “AUKUS” after the three countries involved, was announced in September 2021 in what many have seen as a bid to counter China’s growing military presence in the Ind
  
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• Abbotsford police renew call for public assistance in tracking down wanted teen

  15-01-2023 17:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — Abbotsford police say despite media coverage over the last week, a teenager who has failed to show up in court, remains on the loose.
  16-year-old Diego Guevara is facing charges of robbery and aggravated assault in connection with the stabbing of a 37-year-old woman at Gladwin Road and South Fraser Way last August. Guevara was arrested on September 28. He was released from custody on October 19 pending his next court appearance. However, authorities haven’t seen him sinc
  
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• Three Canadians dress in top-of-the-table Arsenal-Chelsea women’s clash

  15-01-2023 17:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON — Chelsea rallied to tie Arsenal 1-1 with a late Sam Kerr goal Sunday in a top-of-the table clash in the English Barclays Women’s Super League that saw three Canadians dress.
  Defender Kadeisha Buchanan and midfielder Jessie Fleming started for Chelsea while newly signed goalkeeper Sabrina D’Angelo was on the bench for Arsenal.
  Kerr rescued the point for Chelsea with an 89th-minute goal after Kim Little had given the Gunners the lead from the penalty spot in the 57th minu
  
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• Kristoffersen wins World Cup slalom, completes Norway sweep

  15-01-2023 17:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WENGEN, Switzerland (AP) — Henrik Kristoffersen raced through steady falling snow to win a World Cup slalom Sunday and give Norway a three-race weekend sweep.
  For the third straight day, in three different disciplines, a Norwegian won with a home Swiss racer runner-up.
  Kristoffersen finished 0.20 seconds ahead of first-run leader Loïc Meillard who was denied giving Switzerland a first win for 36 years in its classic World Cup slalom.
  Lucas Braathen was third, 0.49 behind his Norway te
  
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• Stores launch Lunar New Year sales during typically slow shopping ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-01-2023 17:40 via news.google.com
  
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• Tackling the threat of mudslides in soaked California - Chilliwack Progress

  15-01-2023 17:15 via news.google.com
  
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• Congo’s army says church bomb kills 10, extremists suspected

  15-01-2023 16:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  GOMA, Congo (AP) — A suspected extremist attack at a church in eastern Congo killed at least 10 people and wounded more than three dozen, according to the country’s army.A group linked to Islamic extremists was suspected of being responsible for a bomb that went off in the Pentecostal church in the North Kivu province town of Kasindi, military spokesperson Anthony Mwalushayi told The Associated Press by phone.
  A Kenyan national found at the scene was detained, Mwalushayi said. Congo&
  
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• Year after death of Indian family at U.S. border, those left behind try to move on

  15-01-2023 16:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Baldev Patel cannot remember much of the last conversation he had with his son and, while the memories are fast fading, the hurt remains.  
  Patel’s son, 39-year-old Jagdish Baldevbhai Patel, was found dead along with his wife and two children on Jan. 19, 2022, near a border crossing between Manitoba and the United States.
  The RCMP has said the family was trying to get into the U.S. during severe winter weather and died from exposure. Investigators also believe the deaths were linked t
  
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• Public transit struggling to lure back riders amid deficits, rising costs of living

  15-01-2023 16:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Kelly Fairchild will be paying more to take public transit this year – money she says will come directly out of her food budget.
  “Food and groceries are going up and if they keep increasing transit … it’s just not sustainable,” says the Toronto resident, who receives a limited income from the Ontario Disability Support Program.
  Last week, the Toronto Transit Commission announced a 10 cent fare hike – raising single cash fares to $3.35 –
  
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• CRIMESTOPPERS: ‘Most wanted’ for the week of Jan. 15 - Chilliwack Progress

  15-01-2023 14:30 via news.google.com
  
  CRIMESTOPPERS: ‘Most wanted’ for the week of Jan. 15  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Ukraine races to rescue people from Russian strike on Dnipro

  15-01-2023 13:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DNIPRO, Ukraine (AP) — Rescue workers in Ukraine scrambled Sunday to pull survivors from the rubble of an apartment building hit a day earlier by a Russian missile in the southeastern city of Dnipro.Emergency crews worked through the frigid night at the multi-story residential building as the death toll rose to 23, according to the city government. The casualties were the worst from a barrage of Russian strikes on several cities in Ukraine on Saturday.The attacks also targeted the capital,
  
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• Trust essential in work-from-home era, experts say, after ‘time theft’ ruling

  15-01-2023 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Employers and work-from-home staff must tread a fine line between trust, monitoring and micromanaging,experts say, in the new age of remote employment.
  Their comments come days after British Columbia’s Civil Resolution Tribunal ordered an accountant to pay her former employer more than $2,600 after tracking software showed she engaged in “time theft” while working at home.
  The worker had gone to the tribunal claiming she was fired without cause.
  Sandra Robinso
  
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• First-timers Team Gauthier win 2023 BC championships in ... - Surrey Now Leader

  15-01-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Local media: Plane with 72 people on board crashes in Nepal

  15-01-2023 08:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW DELHI (AP) — A passenger plane with 72 people on board has crashed near Pokhara International Airport in Nepal, the daily newspaper Kathmandu Post reported Sunday.
  The plane was carrying 68 passengers and four crew members, the newspaper reported, quoting a spokesperson for Yeti Airlines.
  Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal said the plane was flying from the capital, Kathmandu, to Pokhara in central Nepal, and urged security personnel and the general public to help with the rescue effort
  
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• Draisaitl scores two as Oilers beat Golden Knights 4-3

  15-01-2023 07:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Leon Draisaitl scored two goals and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 on Saturday night.
  Mattias Janmark had a goal and an assist, Klim Kostin scored for the third straight game, and Zach Hyman had two assists to help the Oilers win their third straight to finish a 3-1 road trip. Jack Campbell had 27 saves.
  Draisaitl had his 50th career two-goal game, and has four goals in the last three games.
  He and teammate Connor McDavid have been especially good ag
  
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• Abbotsford Canucks win third straight by downing San Jose 5-1 - Chilliwack Progress

  15-01-2023 06:21 via news.google.com
  
  Abbotsford Canucks win third straight by downing San Jose 5-1  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Grzelcyk breaks late tie, Bruins beat Maple Leafs 4-3

  15-01-2023 04:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BOSTON (AP) — Matt Grzelcyk scored the tiebreaking goal with 76 seconds left to give Boston a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night and prevent the Bruins from losing back-to-back games for the first time all season.
  Toronto led 1-0 and 2-1 before Boston took its first lead at 3-2 on A.J Greer’s goal midway through the second period. But Auston Matthews, returning from an undisclosed injury that cost him two games, tied it for Toronto early in the third.
  It staye
  
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• Young, Murray combine for 56 points as Hawks snap Raptors’ three-game win streak

  15-01-2023 04:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors’ shooting struggles returned to haunt them Saturday.
  Trae Young had 29 points and nine assists to lead the Atlanta Hawks to a 114-103 win over the Raptors at Scotiabank Arena.
  Dejounte Murray contributed 27 points, eight rebounds and six assists for Atlanta (21-22), which has won two in a row. 
  The Hawks were coming off a 113-111 win over the Indiana Pacers on Friday in the first stop of their two-game road trip.
  Scottie Barnes had 27 points and 12
  
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• Panthers rally to beat struggling Canucks 4-3

  15-01-2023 04:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Aaron Ekblad scored the tiebreaking goal in the second period and the Florida Panthers beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 on Saturday night.
  The Panthers scored three times in the second and sent Vancouver to its fourth straight loss in a five-game trip that wraps up Sunday in Carolina.
  Ryan Lomberg, Eric Staal and Aleksander Barkov also scored for Florida. Sergei Bobrovsky made 31 saves.
  Jack Studnicka, Tyler Myers and Elias Pettersson scored for the Canucks. Spencer Mart
  
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• Cizikas, Beauvillier score early, Isles top Canadiens 2-1

  15-01-2023 04:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Casey Cizikas and Anthony Beauvillier scored first-period goals and Ilya Sorokin made 22 saves as the New York Islanders snapped a four-game losing streak by beating the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 on Saturday night.
  Nick Suzuki scored for Montreal midway through the third. 
  The Islanders had lost the first two games of their five-game homestand to Dallas and Minnesota after dropping three of four on a Western road trip to start the calendar year. 
  The last-place Canad
  
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• Avalanche snap funk by crushing Senators 7-0

  15-01-2023 04:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DENVER (AP) — Mikko Rantanen, Artturi Lehkonen and Alex Newhook each scored twice, Pavel Francouz made 29 saves for his first shutout of the season and the Colorado Avalanche routed the Ottawa Senators 7-0 on Saturday night.
  Rantanen scored his 28th and 29th goals to break Joe Sakic’s 27-year-old team record for goals at the halfway point of the regular season.
  Colorado had lost seven of eight games and was two days removed from a loss to the last-place Chicago Blackhawks. The seven
  
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• Buckley makes a pair of eagles, leads Sony Open

  15-01-2023 02:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HONOLULU (AP) — Hayden Buckley started and ended the back nine at Waialae with eagles Saturday for a second straight 6-under 64, giving him a two-shot lead and creating some separation going into the final round of the Sony Open.
  Buckley holed out a wedge from 133 yards on the 10th hole. He finished his day with an approach to two feet on the par-5 18th hole.
  He was at 15-under 195, and his two-shot lead might have been the biggest surprise in a third round that at one point featured an ei
  
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• PHOTOS: Provincial championships of curling in Chilliwack ... - Terrace Standard

  15-01-2023 01:35 via news.google.com
  
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• PHOTOS: Provincial championships of curling in Chilliwack - Saanich News

  15-01-2023 01:35 via news.google.com
  
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• PHOTOS: Provincial championships of curling in Chilliwack - Nelson Star

  15-01-2023 01:35 via news.google.com
  
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• Flames score 4 goals in 2nd period, hold off Stars 6-5

  15-01-2023 00:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DALLAS (AP) — Nazem Kadri’s team-best 17th goal and Chris Tanev’s first of the season were part of Calgary’s four-goal second period as the Flames hung on to beat the Dallas Stars 6-5 on Saturday.
  Andrew Mangiapane scored just 25 seconds into the game and Trevor Lewis, Elias Lindholm and Rasmus Andersson also had goals for the Flames. Calgary led 6-1 late in the second period and has earned points in it last five games (3-0-2).
  Dan Vladar made 29 saves to win his second s
  
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• Chilliwack tenant warns community about house for rent on Vedder Mountain Road

  15-01-2023 00:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — With rising rents and a rental vacancy rate in the single digits, it’s hard enough to find decent rental housing in Chilliwack.To that end, a Chilliwack resident is warning prospective tenants to stay away from a Vedder Mountain Road rental house that she says does not meet health and safety standards house.
  Carlina Oglesby took to social media Saturday (Jan. 14) to advise people in the market for a rental house to steer clear of a home at 45334 Vedder Mountain Road in C
  
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