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• Young qualifies for Brier with 8-6 win over Smith in Newfoundland and Labrador final

  29-01-2023 23:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Nathan Young defeated Greg Smith 8-6 on Sunday to win the Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard and qualify for the Tim Hortons Brier. 
  Young scored three points in the eighth end and made a hit for a single in the 10th to lock up the win.
  Tyler Smith earned Prince Edward Island’s crown with a 9-5 victory over Darren Higgins.
  Later Sunday, Glenn Howard and Mike McEwen were scheduled to play in Ontario’s final and Tanner Horgan was to meet Sandy MacEwan
  
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• Hazel McCallion, former longtime mayor of Mississauga, Ont., dies at 101

  29-01-2023 23:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Hazel McCallion, who developed a legacy of feisty advocacy during more than three decades as mayor of one of Canada’s fastest-growing cities, died Sunday morning after a brief bout with pancreatic cancer. She was 101.
  Known affectionately as “Hurricane Hazel,” the longtime mayor of Mississauga, Ont., was an outspoken political powerhouse who earned respect from fellow politicians across the spectrum.
  Ontario Premier and long-time friend Doug Ford annou
  
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• Ryan Reynolds goes through range of emotions in FA Cup match

  29-01-2023 21:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Ryan Reynolds went from joy to despair, and punch-the-air ecstasy to desolation.
  The unlikely new love of his life — Welsh soccer club Wrexham — put the movie star on an emotional roller-coaster Sunday in a thrill-a-minute FA Cup match that had an ending not quite in the script.
  Wrexham, the fifth-tier team bought by Reynolds and fellow Hollywood actor Rob McElhenney for $2.5 million in November 2020 on the recommendation of one of their writers, conceded in the fifth minute of stopp
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of January 29, 2023

  29-01-2023 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list isprovided by Crime Stoppers.Name: Shawn RiversAge: 43
  Height: 5’10” ft
  Weight: 157lbs
  Hair: Brown Eyes: Green
  Wanted: Assault causing Bodily Harm
  Warrant in effect: January 24, 2023
  Parole Jurisdiction: ChilliwackName: Paul-Michael WannamakerAge: 51
  Height: 5’11
  Weight: 150lbs
  Hair:Red Eyes: Brown
  Wanted: Assault, Breach of Recognizance, Uttering Threats, Theft Under $5000 and Mischief
  
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• Impaired drivers continue to keep Abbotsford police busy in 2022

  29-01-2023 20:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Despite numerous campaigns aimed at eliminating impaired drivers from getting behind the wheel, Abbotsford police say officers pulled hundreds off of the roads in 2022.
  In a social media post this weekend, AbbyPD says 881 impaired drivers were caught driving by its officers last year.That’s an average of more than 73 drivers every month.Even more distressing is the fact the number of impaired driving cases in Abbotsford rose by 103 last year or 12 per cent.AbbyPD say rec
  
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• Reactions following the death of longtime Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion

  29-01-2023 20:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Hazel McCallion, a political firebrand who served 36 years as mayor of Mississauga, Ont., died on Sunday at the age of 101. Reactions, recollections and condolences have poured in from numerous public figures. Asample of some of the tributes:“There isn’t a single person who met Hazel who didn’t leave in awe of her force of personality . . . . As I entered the world of politics, I was fortunate enough to learn from her wisdom and guidance, which she selflessly offered until the
  
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• Georgia’s Bennett arrested in Texas for public intoxication

  29-01-2023 19:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett, who led the Bulldogs to their second straight national championship, was arrested early Sunday after police said he was intoxicated and banging on doors.
  Bennett, 25, was charged with public intoxication and taken to the city detention center, Dallas police said.
  Police said that at about 6:10 a.m., officers responded to reports of a man banging on doors. The location given by police was a community of townhomes near downtown Dallas.Last w
  
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• Canadian short-track speedskater Brunelle wins silver at world juniors

  29-01-2023 19:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DRESDEN, Germany — Canadian speedskater Florence Brunelle capped her junior career on Sunday by winning a silver medal at the world junior short track championships. 
  Brunelle, from Trois-Rivieres, Que., made a double-inside pass late in the race to take second spot behind South Korea’s Gilli Kim, who finished in one minute 32.294 seconds. 
  Brunelle was second in 1:32.780 and South Korea’s Songmi Oh took third in 1:32.960. 
  “I was ready to go out and win to
  
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• Swiss skier Odermatt wins super-G for 2nd win in 2 days

  29-01-2023 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Swiss skier Marco Odermatt overcame a tricky course setting to win a men’s World Cup super-G Sunday for his second victory in two days, just over a week before the start of the world championships.
  Odermatt extended his lead in both the overall and super-G standings, as his closest challenger, Norway’s Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, was among the 10 racers in the top 30 who failed to finish.
  “It was a difficult super-G, I also had my troubl
  
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• Shiffrin must wait for record win 86 but takes slalom title

  29-01-2023 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SPINDLERUV MLYN, Czech Republic (AP) — A shake of the head, lips pouting… but then all smiles.
  Mikaela Shiffrin was quick to take the positives after realizing she had to wait for at least five more weeks before tying the World Cup record for most career wins with victory No. 86.
  The American skier finished runner-up to Germany’s Lena Dürr in a slalom Sunday, the last World Cup race before the world championships, and remained one victory short of Ingemar Stenmark’s
  
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• McIlroy shoots 65, has 3-shot lead after 3 rounds in Dubai

  29-01-2023 18:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Rory McIlroy delivered an exhibition of short iron play to shoot 7-under 65 in his third round and build a three-stroke lead at the Dubai Desert Classic on Sunday.
  The top-ranked McIlroy made eight birdies at Emirates Golf Club — four in a row from No. 1, three straight from No. 13, and another at No. 17 — and none of the birdie putts were from more than 7 feet.
  “I drove the ball better today, which put me in better positions to attack a
  
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• New Zealand men and women dominate while Canada teams struggle at HSBC Sydney Sevens

  29-01-2023 17:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SYDNEY, Australia — The New Zealand men and women both won their finals at the Sydney Sevens on Sunday to extend their leads atop the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series standings.
  The New Zealand men blanked South Africa 38-0 to record their fourth straight podium finish in five events this season. Fiji beat France 29-5 in the bronze-medal match.
  The All Blacks were runners-up in South Africa and New Zealand and third in Dubai.
  The Black Ferns sevens side defeated France 35-0 for their third s
  
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• Canada’s Cyle Larin has dream debut in Spain, scores winner for Real Valladolid

  29-01-2023 17:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VALLADOLID, Spain — Canadian forward Cyle Larin had a dream debut for Spain’s Real Valladolid CF on Sunday, scoring off the bench in the 90th minute for a 1-0 victory over Valencia CF.
  Larin acrobatically knocked in a cross from Venezuelan Darwin Machis to beat Valencia goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili at the far post before 19,657 fans at Valladolid’s Estadio Municipal Jose Zorrilla.
  The victory moved Valladolid (6-11-2) out of the relegation zone into 16th place in Spain&rsquo
  
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• “I saw the announcement the same time as you did;” Former Rockin’ River promoter Kenny Hess

  29-01-2023 16:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MERRITT B.C. — The Rockin’ River Music Fest in Merritt has been cancelled for 2023. The announcement was made on Friday afternoon via a website post.
  “Over time, we have been met with a series of economic obstacles that we tried our best to overcome, but in the end, we have made the decision not to move forward with the festival in 2023,” reads the post.Speaking to Pattison Media, former promoter Kenny Hess said he found out about the cancellation with the rest of the pub
  
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• Majority of affordable homes approved under federal program not yet constructed

  29-01-2023 15:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government has set aside billions of dollars to quickly build affordable housing across the country, but delays in construction suggest many of the projects approved for funding are missing their deadlines.The Rapid Housing Initiative is a federal program launched in 2020 that provides funding to cities and non-profit organizations to build affordable homes for vulnerable Canadians, including those experiencing homelessness.
  The federal government offered $2.5 billion
  
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• Quebec basic income program begins, but advocates say many low-income people excluded

  29-01-2023 13:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — For the first time in many years, Monique Toutant thinks she might be able to buy herself some better groceries and a few new clothes. 
  As a longtime social assistance recipient, the 62-year-old Quebec City resident is used to pinching pennies, buying the strict minimum at the grocery store and saving for months for every purchase. She calls it “everyday stress.”
  “Will I have enough money to get through the month? Will I have enough money to eat well? Will
  
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• Djokovic beats Tsitsipas for 10th Australian Open, 22nd Slam

  29-01-2023 12:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic was simply too good at the most crucial moments and claimed his 10th Australian Open championship and 22nd Grand Slam title overall by beating Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) in the final at Rod Laver Arena on Sunday night.The victory allows Djokovic to return to No. 1 in the ATP rankings.The 35-year-old from Serbia did not compete in the Australian Open a year ago after being deported from the country because he was not vaccinated agains
  
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• UK leader fires party chairman over tax bill allegations

  29-01-2023 10:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak fired the chairman of his ruling Conservative Party Sunday over a “serious breach” of the ministerial code.Pressure had been building on Nadhim Zahawi amid allegations he settled a multimillion-dollar unpaid tax bill while he was in charge of the country’s Treasury.
  In a letter to Zahawi, Sunak wrote he had been forced to act after promising at the start of his tenure that his government “would have integrity, profess
  
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• Ceremony to mark 6th anniversary of murders of six Muslim men at Quebec City mosque

  29-01-2023 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUEBEC — A ceremony will be held this evening to mark the sixth anniversary of Quebec City’s deadly mosque shooting.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, several senior federal cabinet ministers and Quebec Premier François Legault are among those expected to attend.
  For the first time, the ceremony is being held inside the mosque’s prayer room, the very place where the rampage took place.
  Six Muslim men were murdered in the Quebec City Islamic cultural centre by a lone gunman
  
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• Actress and former senator Viola Léger, best known as La Sagouine, dies at 92

  29-01-2023 09:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Actress, teacher and former senator Viola Léger has died at the age of 92.
  A release from management company Le Grenier musique says Léger died Saturday in Dieppe, New Brunswick.
  Léger was best known for her portrayal of the character La Sagouine in the play of the same name by Antonine Maillet, playing the role more than three-thousand times and winning the Dora Mavor Moore Award in 1981 for her performance. In 2013, she was recognized by the Governor General’s Perfor
  
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• Oilers’ offence lowers the boom on Blackhawks in 7-3 win

  29-01-2023 07:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Tyson Barrie scored a pair of goals as the Edmonton Oilers headed into their all-star break hiatus on a winning note, coming away with a 7-3 victory over the lowly Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday night.
  Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid and Zach Hyman each had a goal and two assists, and Evander Kane and Ryan McLeod also scored for the Oilers (28-18-4) who have gone 7-0-1 in their last eight games leading into a break that sees them idle until Feb. 7.
  Jason Dickinson, Jonathan Toews
  
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• Achiuwa leads Raptors to 123-105 win over Trail Blazers

  29-01-2023 07:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Precious Achiuwa scored 27 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in place of the injured OG Anunoby to lead the Toronto Raptors to a 123-105 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday night. 
  Pascal Siakam scored 24 points and Gary Trent Jr. added 19 against his former team for the Raptors, who led by as many as 23 and never trailed. Scottie Barnes had 18 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists. 
  Damian Lillard scored 30 points and Jerami Grant 28 for Portla
  
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• Hart nets shutout as Flyers flatten Jets 4-0

  29-01-2023 03:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Forward Noah Cates scored a goal and added an assist to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-0 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday night.
  Kieffer Bellows, Owen Tippett and Tony DeAngelo also scored for Philadelphia. Rasmus Ristolainen chipped in with two assists.
  Carter Hart made 40 saves to earn his first shutout of the year for Philadelphia (21-21-9), which is 7-1-1 in its last nine road games. 
  Connor Hellebuyck stopped 26-of-30 shots for Winnipeg (31-19-1), which
  
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• Giroux helps Senators scorch Canadiens 5-0

  29-01-2023 03:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Claude Giroux scored twice and added an assist as the Ottawa Senators beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-0 Saturday night.
  With the win the Senators (23-23-3) are riding a three-game winning streak.
  Ottawa was coming off a 6-2 win over Toronto on Friday night. The Senators are now 6-2-0 in their last eight at home and are a perfect 24-for-24 on the penalty kill through that span.
  Alex DeBrincat, Mathieu Joseph and Derick Brassard also scored for Ottawa, while Anton Forsberg was solid m
  
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• Max Homa comes from 5 back to win Farmers Open by 2 strokes

  29-01-2023 02:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Southern California native Max Homa came from five shots off the lead to win the Farmers Insurance Open by two strokes over Keegan Bradley on Saturday at Torrey Pines, where Jon Rahm imploded early and missed a shot at winning his third straight start and moving to No. 1 in the world.
  Homa reeled in Sam Ryder, who was trying for a wire-to-wire win, and then held off Bradley and Collin Morikawa for his sixth PGA Tour win and fourth in his home state. He took the Genesis at
  
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• Five-foot fence post thrown at Vancouver city bus window, police say

  29-01-2023 02:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Metro Vancouver Transit Police say they are investigating after a five-foot metal fence post was allegedly thrown at the windshield of a city bus on Friday night.
  They say the impact shattered the glass near the driver’s side of the bus. 
  Police say the driver was able to pull over safely and no one on the bus, including an estimated 25 passengers, was injured.
  The transit police say the Vancouver Police Department responded to a similar call about another vehicle in
  
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• Iran reports drone attack on defense facility

  29-01-2023 01:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s Defense Ministry says one of its factories was attacked by drones in the central city of Isfahan.A statement carried by the state-run IRNA news agency says the attack occurred late Saturday and caused minor damage to a rooftop. The report says three drones were shot down by Iranian air defenses.The statement came as videos circulated online purporting to show explosions in different parts of the country. Those could not be confirmed.The Assoc
  
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• Stolen licence plate leads to drug trafficking charges for Vernon, B.C., man

  29-01-2023 01:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VERNON, B.C. — Mounties in B.C.’s Interior say a Vernon man has been charged for drug trafficking after his vehicle was allegedly found with a stolen Saskatchewan licence plate.
  They say an officer noticed the stolen plate in a parking lot on Tuesday.
  North Okanagan RCMP says other officers were called to the scene as the suspect allegedly drove away to try to evade police, but that he was “soon contained and arrested.”
  They say they searched the driver and his car and fo
  
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• Canadian Stephen Eustaquio scores to help FC Porto win Portuguese League Cup

  29-01-2023 01:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LEIRIA, Portugal — Canadian international Stephen Eustaquio scored from distance to help FC Porto hoist the Portuguese League Cup with a 2-0 win over Sporting Lisbon on Saturday.
  Taking a layoff from a teammate outside the Sporting penalty box, Eustaquio hammered a right-footed shot that a diving Adan, Sporting’s Spanish goalkeeper, got his hands to but could not stop.
  Sporting were reduced to 10 men with 18 minutes remaining when Paulinho was shown a second yellow card for catching
  
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• Lucia Stafford shatters Canadian 1,000 record in her season debut

  29-01-2023 00:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON — Lucia Stafford opened her track and field season by smashing the Canadian indoor record in the 1,000 metres on Saturday.
  The 24-year-old from London, Ont., ran two minutes 33.75 seconds to win the Boston University Terrier Classic, lowering the previous mark of 2:37.04 set by Jenna Westaway in 2019.
  Stafford’s time is the ninth fastest 1,000 metres in world history. And retired middle-distance star Regina Jacobs of the U.S. is the only North American to ever run faster over
  
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