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• Israeli government advances judicial overhaul despite uproar

  20-02-2023 23:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government for the first time advanced a plan to overhaul the country’s legal system, defying a mass uproar among Israelis and calls for restraint from the United States.
  A vote early Tuesday marked only preliminary approval for the plan. But it raised the stakes in a battle that drew tens of thousands of protesters into the streets, sparked criticism from influential sectors of society and widened the rifts in an already pol
  
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• Inquiry into Emergencies Act rules measures applied under law were mostly justified

  20-02-2023 23:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA, Kan. — When the federal government invoked the Emergencies Act in February 2022, it created several extraordinary powers hoping to clear protests entrenched in Ottawa’s downtown core and at border blockades spotted across four provinces.
  Among the tasks assigned to the Public Order Emergencies Commission was to examine whether the specific powers the act granted were appropriate and effective.
  Here is a brief look at some of those powers and what Rouleau said about them.
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• 233 people – living and dead – donated organs in B.C. in 2022 - Chilliwack Progress

  20-02-2023 23:00
  
  233 people – living and dead – donated organs in B.C. in 2022  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Bruins win 4th straight; Pastrnak nets 2 to pass 40 goals

  20-02-2023 22:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — David Pastrnak scored twice, moving within one goal of the NHL lead, and Linus Ullmark stopped 30 shots on Monday to lead the Boston Bruins to their fourth straight victory, 3-1 over the Ottawa Senators.Pastrnak broke a second-period tie to pass the 40-goal plateau for the third time in his career, and then added another goal in the third for No. 41. Edmonton’s Connor McDavid leads the league with 42 goals so far this season.
  Jake DeBrusk also scored for Boston —
  
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• One person injured, several pets killed in Chilliwack, B.C., house fire - CBC.ca

  20-02-2023 22:00
  One person injured, several pets killed in Chilliwack, B.C., house fire  CBC.ca
  
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• Birth in bomb shelters: Ukrainian midwives look to Canada for training - Chilliwack Progress

  20-02-2023 21:40
  
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• Probe begins after pedestrian killed by truck in New Westminster, B.C.

  20-02-2023 21:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — Police in New Westminster, B.C., confirm a pedestrian has been hit and killed by a transport truck.
  A statement from police says it happened just after noon on Sunday.
  The statement says an investigation is in its early stages.
  Reconstruction analysts, collision investigators and victim services members were all called to the 100 block of East Columbia St, not far from Royal Columbian Hospital.
  The name of the pedestrian has not been released.
  Anyone with dashcam vi
  
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• Northern Ontario’s McCarville picks up third win in Tournament of Hearts

  20-02-2023 21:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Nova Scotia, Northwest Territories and Northern Ontario improved to 3-1 with victories Monday morning at the Canadian women’s curling championship.
  Defending champion Kerri Einarson had the only unbeaten team at 3-0 with games against Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia later Monday.
  Northern Ontario’s Krista McCarville, who reached last year’s final in her hometown of Thunder Bay, Ont., and lost to Einarson, needed an extra end to down New Brunswick&rsq
  
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• Canada’s Bianca Andreescu drops opening-round match in straight sets at Dubai Open

  20-02-2023 21:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Canada’s Bianca Andreescu dropped her opening-round match 6-3, 6-4 to Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina at the Dubai Open on Monday.
  Andreescu, from Mississauga, Ont., had two aces and broke on two of her six opportunities. Andreescu also won 63 per cent of first-serve points in the one hour 32-minute match.
  Rybakina, meanwhile, fired six aces and converted on 4-of-7 break point chances, with three of them coming in the second set. The tournament’s
  
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• Pets die in Chilliwack house fire | CTV News - CTV News Vancouver

  20-02-2023 21:10
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• How Jimmy Carter once helped clean up a partial nuclear meltdown – in Ontario

  20-02-2023 21:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  He is known now as Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States. 
  But in December 1952, James Earl Carter Jr. was a young U.S. naval officer about to be sent to a nuclear facility north of Ottawa to help clean up the world’s first serious reactor accident, after a partial meltdown of the lab’s reactor. 
  The now-98-year-old Carter started hospice care at his home this weekend, prompting a rush of remembrances, including a consequential piece of international nuclear
  
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• Government communication on COVID-19 contributed to ‘Freedom Convoy’ origin: report

  20-02-2023 20:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Justice Paul Rouleau says the Canada Border Services Agency made a bad situation worse when it mishandled the announcement of a vaccine mandate for truckers early last year, amid rampant anger and false information around the pandemic.
  Rouleau pointed out the agency’s mistake in his more than 2,000-page report released last Friday, which concluded that the federal Liberal government was justified in invoking the Emergencies Act last winter to respond to “Freedom Convoy
  
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• New earthquake causes further devastation in Turkey, Syria

  20-02-2023 20:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A new 6.4 magnitude earthquake on Monday struck parts of Turkey and Syria that were laid waste two weeks ago by a massive quake that killed around 45,000 people. Officials said more buildings collapsed, trapping occupants, and several people were injured in both countries, but there were no immediate reports of fatalities.
  Monday’s earthquake was centered in the town of Defne, in Turkey’s Hatay province, one the worst-hit regions in the magnitude 7.8 quake
  
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• Feds’ contract with international group to advise on graves called a ‘problematic’

  20-02-2023 20:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation says there are many problems with a $2-million contract Ottawa signed with an international group to give advice on unmarked graves.
  The centre says it is “deeply concerned” with the decision by Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada to hire a Netherlands-based organization to launch “an extremely sensitive engagement process” on issues surrounding possible gravesites near former residential s
  
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• Stutzle, MacKinnon, Larkin named NHL’s three stars of the week

  20-02-2023 19:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Ottawa Senators forward Tim Stutzle, Colorado Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon and Detroit Red Wings counterpart Dylan Larkin have been named the NHL’s three stars of the week.
  Stutzle led the league with 10 points (four goals, six assists) and two game-winning goals in four appearances as the Senators posted a 3-0-1 record last week.
  He factored on Ottawa’s first six goals, including the overtime clincher and three assists in a 4-3 victory over Calgary on Feb. 13.
  
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• Arrest made in killing of Catholic bishop in California

  20-02-2023 19:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A suspect has been arrested in the killing of a Catholic bishop who was fatally shot over the weekend in Southern California, authorities said Monday.
  A person was arrested in the killing of Bishop David O’Connell, who was found in his home with a gunshot wound and declared dead at the scene, Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputy Lizette Falcon said. Falcon said details would be provided at a news conference at noon Pacific time.
  O’Connell, 69, was killed Saturd
  
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• Organizers, athletes adapt to warming climate before and during Canada Winter Games

  20-02-2023 18:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — The East Coast’s whipsaw shifts between freeze and thaw has complicated life for the Canada Winter Games, as athletes and organizers adapt to what climate scientists say is the new reality of less snow.
  Jean-Philippe Le Guellec, the information officer for biathlon at the Games, says in the weeks leading up to the competition, there were questions whether a mild January might force some skiing events to move off Prince Edward Island.
  In the end, the skiing venue at North Wi
  
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• Researchers hope wrongfully convicted database will lead to reforms, more releases

  20-02-2023 18:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A new registry identifying a lengthy list of wrongful conviction cases is launching this week with the intention to draw more attention to the problem.
  The registry was developed by staff and students at the University of Toronto law school.
  It is starting with 83 cases of people whose convictions were overturned.
  It comes days after Justice Minister David Lametti introduced legislation to create a new federal commission to review potential cases of wrongful conviction in part bec
  
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• Key developments in the aftermath of the Turkey, Syria quake

  20-02-2023 18:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is paying his second visit to provinces devastated by the Feb. 6 earthquake as search and rescue efforts for buried survivors in the worst disaster in modern Turkish history are winding down.Here’s a look at the key developments Monday in the quake’s aftermath:
  NEW QUAKE JOLTS HARD-HIT HATAY PROVINCE
  Another powerful earthquake has struck Turkey’s Hatay province which was devastated by a massive tremor two week
  
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• Toronto FC sends striker Jesus Jimenez to FC Dallas for midfielder Brandon Servania

  20-02-2023 18:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto FC has acquired midfielder Brandon Servania from FC Dallas in exchange for Spanish striker Jesus Jimenez and an international slot for the 2023 season.
  The 23-year-old Servania signed as a homegrown player with Dallas in January 2018 and has five goals and seven assists in 74 appearances in all competitions.
  He has won one cap for the U.S.
  The 29-year-old Jimenez scored 10 goals in 37 appearances across all competitions in his debut season last year with Toronto.
  Toronto will retain a po
  
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• Russia sells weapons at Abu Dhabi arms fair amid Ukraine war - Chilliwack Progress

  20-02-2023 18:30
  
  Russia sells weapons at Abu Dhabi arms fair amid Ukraine war  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Quebec town votes no to Lac-Mégantic rail bypass project as expropriations loom

  20-02-2023 18:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Residents of a Quebec town have voted overwhelmingly against a rail bypass project that would divert trains around Lac-Mégantic, where a freight train derailment killed 47 people nearly 10 years ago. 
  The neighbouring municipality of Frontenac confirmed that 92.5 per cent of eligible residents opposed the project in a referendum held Sunday.
  The federal and provincial governments have long promised to fund the bypass to divert trains away from Lac-Mégantic, af
  
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• Islanders’ Barzal out indefinitely with lower-body injury

  20-02-2023 18:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — New York Islanders center Mat Barzal is out indefinitely with a lower-body injury, the team announced Monday, a devastating blow to its playoff pursuit.
  He was injured on a hit from Boston’s Craig Smith early in a 6-2 loss at the Bruins on Saturday. Barzal appeared to take a knee-on-knee hit and left the ice immediately.
  Barzal, 25, is second on the team with 51 points. The Islanders hold the second and final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference with less than t
  
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• Jann Arden petitions Ottawa to ban live horse exports for slaughter

  20-02-2023 18:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Thousands of Canadians are petitioning the federal Liberals to live up to their election promise to ban the live export of horses for slaughter.
  Statistics Canada data show since the promise was made in 2021 more than 2,000 horses have been shipped from Canada to Japan where raw horse meat is a local delicacy.
  Canadian singer Jann Arden initiated the petition and says shipping the horses overseas is a cruel practice that has to end.
  Arden says horses are crammed into wooden crates
  
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• No serious injuries in early morning house fire in Chilliwack

  20-02-2023 18:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A home in the 45600 block of Victoria Avenue was badly damaged by an early morning fire in Chilliwack.
  Chilliwack fire crews reported receiving acall at 4:45 a.m. Monday (Feb. 20) and responded with 30 firefighters from five fire halls. The firefighters arrived to heavy flames and black smoke rising from the home.The occupants of the home were asleep when flames broke out and were awakened by the smell of smoke. All occupants were able to escape. Only one person suffered minor
  
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• Birth in bomb shelters: Ukrainian midwives look to Canada for training

  20-02-2023 18:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  YASENYTSIA-ZAMKOVA, Ukraine — An Ottawa midwife is leading the charge to legally allow Ukrainian midwives to help deliver babies in bomb shelters as mothers avoid hospitals and air raids.
  Betty-Anne Daviss has travelled to Ukraine several times since the war began to train her Ukrainian counterparts to support women in labour who can’t, or won’t, go to the hospital.
  Midwives are regulated in Ukraine, but only in hospitals, and they are not licensed to attend home births. 
  
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• Sentence upheld for Surrey senior who killed roommate following ... - Chilliwack Progress

  20-02-2023 18:05
  
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• Quebec premier says Roxham Road must be ‘priority’ for Trudeau at meeting with Biden

  20-02-2023 18:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec Premier François Legault wants Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to make the flow of migrants across the Roxham Road border crossing a priority during an upcoming meeting with the U.S. president.
  Legault says in a letter to Trudeau dated Sunday that the federal government urgently needs to complete the renegotiation of an agreement with the United States that has pushed asylum seekers to enter Canada at irregular border crossings.
  Legault says Quebec’s capacity t
  
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• Whitecaps acquire Venezuelan forward Sergio Cordova, agree to three-year deal

  20-02-2023 17:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have acquired Venezuelan international forward Sergio Cordova from German Bundesliga side FC Augsburg, the team announced Monday.
  Cordova, 25, agreed to a three-year designated player contract that includes a club option to remain with the Whitecaps through 2026. The contract is pending receipt of his international transfer certificate and work permit.
  Vancouver received the Major League Soccer right of first refusal for Cordova from Real Salt Lake in ex
  
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• Celebration marks repatriation of B.C. totem to Nuxalk Nation after century-long wait

  20-02-2023 16:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BELLA COOLA, B.C. — A carved pole that embodies the history and culture of a British Columbia First Nation is being welcomed back to its ancestral home, more than 100 years after it was taken. 
  Dancing and feasting are among the celebrations expected in the central coast community of Bella Coola as the Nuxalk Nation marks the repatriation of the totem pole.
  Carved in the mid-1800s as an entrance pole to a long house, the Snow family pole was later used as a marker for a family grave b
  
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• Wild cards a wild ride to Canadian women’s curling championship - Chilliwack Progress

  20-02-2023 16:50
  
  Wild cards a wild ride to Canadian women’s curling championship  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• What’s closed as 8 provinces celebrate regional holidays today - Chilliwack Progress

  20-02-2023 16:46
  
  What’s closed as 8 provinces celebrate regional holidays today  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Funding woes inspire $25,000 pitching competition for Black ... - Chilliwack Progress

  20-02-2023 16:35
  
  Funding woes inspire $25,000 pitching competition for Black ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Life and style with Jason Matlo - Chilliwack Progress

  20-02-2023 16:30
  
  Life and style with Jason Matlo  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• These aren’t your grandpa’s hearing aids - Chilliwack Progress

  20-02-2023 15:00
  
  These aren’t your grandpa’s hearing aids  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Mark Your Calendars: The Fraser Valley Women’s Expo Returns To ... - Abbotsford News

  20-02-2023 15:00
  
  Mark Your Calendars: The Fraser Valley Women’s Expo Returns To ...  Abbotsford News
  
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• ‘People’s court’ tries Vladimir Putin for war in Ukraine

  20-02-2023 12:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A “people’s court” put Russian President Vladimir Putin on trial Monday for the crime of aggression over his invasion of Ukraine, in a symbolic move to close an “accountability gap” in the absence of an international tribunal with jurisdiction.
  The court has no legal powers but prosecutors said they will present evidence that Putin committed the crime of aggression by ordering the invasion nearly a year ago, unleashing a devastati
  
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• Biden in Kyiv to show solidarity as Ukraine war nears 1 year

  20-02-2023 11:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Joe Biden made an unannounced visit Monday to Ukraine to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a gesture of solidarity that comes days before the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of the country.
  Biden delivered remarks and met with Zelensky at Mariinsky Palace to announce an additional half-billion dollars in U.S. assistance and to reassure Ukraine of American and allied support as the conflict continues.
  “One year later, Kyiv stands.
  
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• What’s closed as eight provinces celebrate regional holidays today

  20-02-2023 10:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Eight of Canada’s 13 provinces and territories are celebrating a regional holiday today.
  It’s Family Day in Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick, while Manitoba is celebrating Louis Riel Day.
  Nova Scotia residents have the day off due to Heritage Day, while those living on Prince Edward Island will mark Islander Day.
  The vacations mean most provincial government offices and services, as well as the bulk of schools, will be closed in regions marking a hol
  
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• ‘Helped me rejuvenate my soul:’ Inmates in Yellowknife learn trapping, outdoor skills

  20-02-2023 10:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  YELLOWKNIFE — Inmates at the Yellowknife jail concentrate as they skin several squirrels, deftly moving their knives to remove the small animals’ soft fur, then scraping the remaining flesh and fat away.Surrounded by murals featuring eagles and wolves, the more experienced men offer tips to their peers.Roy Inuktalik, who is Inuvialuit and from Ulukhaktok, said he’s been hunting and trapping since he was five years old, but this is his first time skinning a squirrel.
  “It w
  
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• Funding woes inspire $25,000 pitching competition for Black entrepreneurs

  20-02-2023 10:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER, Wash. — After immigrating to Canada from Kenya with dreams of starting her own business, entrepreneur Jackee Kasandy soon concluded that Canadian banks weren’t keen on opening their vaults to folks like her.
  Kasandy, founder of the non-profit Black Entrepreneurs and Businesses of Canada Society, said she faced many roadblocks from Canadian lending institutions as she sought funding. 
  Now, Kasandy wants other Black entrepreneurs to have a leg up when starting out, hold
  
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• One person slightly hurt, several pets killed in house fire in ... - Vancouver Is Awesome

  20-02-2023 09:00
  
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• Mark your calendars: the Fraser Valley Women's Expo returns to ... - Chilliwack Progress

  20-02-2023 09:00
  
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• Heavy snow expected along Coquihalla Highway

  20-02-2023 05:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER —Up to 35 cm of snow could fall along the Coquihalla Highway over the next few days, making for potentiallytroublesome driving conditions as the B.C. Family Day long weekend winds down.
  Environment Canada has issued a heavy snowfall warning for the stretch of highway between Merritt and Hope.It says a Pacific frontal system will be delivering the snowfall from Sunday (Feb. 19) night through Tuesday morning. While the snow is expected to start Sunday, the heaviest snowfall could a
  
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• Canada’s Tanner Boser moves down to light-heavyweight for next UFC fight

  20-02-2023 04:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian Tanner (The Bulldozer) Boser is moving down to light-heavyweight to fight Moldova’s Ion (The Hulk) Cutelaba on an April 15 UFC card in Kansas City.
  The 31-year-old from Bonnyville, Alta., who now makes his home in Edmonton, fought as a heavyweight in all eight of his previous UFC bouts.
  The light-heavyweight limit for non-title fights is 206 pounds, compared to 266 for heavyweight.
  The six-foot-two Boser (20-9-1) weighed in at 229 pounds last time out in September against Rodrigo
  
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• Zetterlund, Wood score in third, Devils ground Jets 4-2

  20-02-2023 04:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Fabian Zetterlund and Miles Wood scored in a two-minute span of the third period and Mackenzie Blackwood made 23 saves as the New Jersey Devils rallied to beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-2 on Sunday night.
  The Jets led 2-1 heading into the third period on the strength of first-period goals by Cole Perfetti and Neal Pionk. The Devils rallied with three goals in the third and extended their home winning streak to six games. 
  Zetterlund scored his sixth at 5:02 to tie the ga
  
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• Kane nets hat trick, Blackhawks beat Leafs 5-3

  20-02-2023 03:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Patrick Kane had his ninth career regular-season hat trick, rookie Cole Guttman scored the game winner and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-3 Sunday night.
  Max Domi had a goal and three assists for the Blackhawks, who won their second straight following a three-game losing streak and climbed out of last place in the NHL. The Maple Leafs had won two straight, including a 5-2 romp over the Blackhawks on Wednesday in Toronto.
  Guttman scored his first NHL go
  
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• 40th anniversary of 10-year-old Jo-Anne Pedersen’s disappearance from Chilliwack - Global News

  20-02-2023 03:00
  40th anniversary of 10-year-old Jo-Anne Pedersen’s disappearance from Chilliwack  Global News
  
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• Rahm holds on to win at Riviera and return to No. 1 in world

  20-02-2023 02:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jon Rahm is playing at such a high level he felt he didn’t need the Official World Golf Ranking to tell him he was the No. 1 player in golf.
  Rahm earned another trophy Sunday in the Genesis Invitational, his fifth in his last nine tournaments worldwide, and this was a big one. He won on a course like Riviera, at a tournament hosted by Tiger Woods and after a tense battle with Max Homa that required Rahm’s best golf.
  And now he’s officially No. 1.
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• Vancouver police arrest suspect after man shot several times in Downtown Eastside

  20-02-2023 02:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver say they are investigating a shooting in the Downtown Eastside that sent a man to hospital with multiple gunshot wounds.
  The Vancouver Police Department says officers were working on East Hastings Street around 2:30 p.m. Sunday when the 31-year-old victim was repeatedly shot. 
  It says some officers began treating the injured man, while others tracked the suspect who tried to flee through Chinatown, but was arrested moments later.
  Police say the victim,
  
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