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• Antonio Conte leaves Tottenham by mutual consent

  26-03-2023 23:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — Antonio Conte has left his position as Tottenham manager by mutual consent, the Premier League club said Sunday.The Italian’s assistant, Cristian Stellini, has been appointed acting head coach for the rest of the season.
  The announcement comes just over a week after Conte delivered a post-match rant in which he accused the team’s players of being “selfish” and also took aim at the club’s ownership.
  “We have 10 Premier League games remaining
  
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• B.C. to provide 330 new homes for people living in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

  26-03-2023 22:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia says it will be providing 330 new homes for people living in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside by the end of June.
  Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon says there are currently about 117 people living on East Hastings Street, and 70 of them have expressed a desire for housing. 
  The new initiative will include two temporary supportive housing projects and a mix of renovated single room occupancy and other supportive housing units, which will open “on a roll
  
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• Ukraine demands emergency UN meeting over Putin nuclear plan - Chilliwack Progress

  26-03-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
  
  Ukraine demands emergency UN meeting over Putin nuclear plan  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canada downs Sweden to capture second straight world women’s curling bronze medal

  26-03-2023 21:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SANDVIKEN, Sweden — Canada’s Kerri Einarson captured another bronze medal at the world women’s curling championship.
  Einarson’s rink from Gimli, Man., defeated Sweden 8-5 on Sunday. Canada captured a bronze medal in last year’s event with an 8-7 victory over Sweden.
  Canada finished round-robin play with a 7-5 record. After downing Japan’s Satsuki Fujisawa 6-4 in the qualification round, the squad dropped an 8-5 semifinal decision to Norway’s Marianne Roe
  
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• UPDATE: One egg observed in second B.C. bald eagle nest - Chilliwack Progress

  26-03-2023 20:33 via news.google.com
  
  UPDATE: One egg observed in second B.C. bald eagle nest  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Double win for Cambridge over Oxford in annual Boat Race

  26-03-2023 20:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — It’s four wins out of five for Cambridge in one of England’s oldest sporting events after it powered to victory over Oxford in the men’s Boat Race on Sunday. 
  And it was a bold move by Cambridge cox Jasper Parish, whose mother is Canadian, on the River Thames that proved the difference in the annual contest between the two universities which started in 1829. Cambridge now leads the rivalry 86-81.
  Cambridge had rudder issues before the race and Oxford, w
  
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• Netanyahu fires defense minister for urging halt to overhaul

  26-03-2023 20:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his defense minister on Sunday, a day after Yoav Gallant called for a halt to the planned overhaul of Israel’s judiciary that has divided the country.
  Netanyahu’s office did not provide further details.Gallant, a former army general, is a senior member of Netanyahu’s ruling Likud party.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
  An Israeli good governance group on Sunday as
  
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• Military under fire as thousands of troops face lost cost-of-living allowance

  26-03-2023 19:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Canadian Armed Forces is under fire for its plan to cut thousands of troops off a cost-of-living allowance without much notice.
  The military announced last week that about 7,700 Armed Forces members will no longer receive the top-up starting in July.
  The Armed Forces is instead introducing a new housing benefit that it says will better assist those who need it the most.
  Some military members have since taken to social media and online forums to express their dissatisfaction wi
  
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• VIDEO: One person dead in train and car collision in Langley - Chilliwack Progress

  26-03-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
  VIDEO: One person dead in train and car collision in Langley  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• VIDEO: Fire burns through Vancouver cannabis shop, apartments - Chilliwack Progress

  26-03-2023 18:10 via news.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Fire burns through Vancouver cannabis shop, apartments  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Biden’s visit an ‘authentic’ expression of Canada’s importance to U.S.: ambassador

  26-03-2023 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — The federal Liberals aren’t the only ones declaring U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit to Ottawa a triumph for Canada-U.S. relations. 
  U.S. envoy David Cohen describes Biden’s visit as an authentic, intimate showcase of how important Canada continues to be to its southern neighbour.
  Cohen is pointing to significant progress on modernizing Norad and working together on critical minerals as two of the most important elements of the visit. 
  But not every
  
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• Coquitlam Express to meet Chilliwack Chiefs in first round playoff ... - The Tri-City News

  26-03-2023 17:33 via news.google.com
  
  Coquitlam Express to meet Chilliwack Chiefs in first round playoff ...  The Tri-City News
  
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• U.S. man at-large, armed with hunting knife, arrested in B.C. - Chilliwack Progress

  26-03-2023 17:30 via news.google.com
  
  U.S. man at-large, armed with hunting knife, arrested in B.C.  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Gap grows between TikTok users, U.S. lawmakers on potential ban - Chilliwack Progress

  26-03-2023 16:50 via news.google.com
  
  Gap grows between TikTok users, U.S. lawmakers on potential ban  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• As economy faces potential recession, Liberals to release ‘tricky ... - Chilliwack Progress

  26-03-2023 16:38 via news.google.com
  
  As economy faces potential recession, Liberals to release ‘tricky ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Two-time organ recipient designs Green Shirt Day logo five years after bus crash

  26-03-2023 16:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Brandy Hehn was a regular in the kidney dialysis unit at the Regina General Hospital when the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash happened five years ago.
  Sixteen people died and 13 were injured after a transport truck went through a stop sign and into the path of a bus carrying the Saskatchewan junior hockey team on April 6, 2018.
  Hehn, now 39, remembers a nurse walking into the room where she was getting a dialysis treatment a couple days later and commenting on the crash.
  “She said, &lsqu
  
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• Federal aid coming to tornado-wrecked swath of Mississippi

  26-03-2023 15:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  President Joe Biden issued an emergency declaration for Mississippi early Sunday, making federal funding available to the areas hardest hit Friday night by a deadly tornado that ripped through the Mississippi Delta, one of the poorest regions of the U.S.
  At least 25 people were killed and dozens of others were injured in Mississippi as the massive storm ripped through several towns on its hour-long path. One man was killed after his trailer home flipped several times in Alabama.
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• ‘Nothing to come back to,’ says Ukrainian woman in Canada, her beloved home destroyed

  26-03-2023 13:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  IRPIN, Ukraine — Oleksandra Verovkina and her son, Danylo, would stroll half a block through the back alley behind their apartment to a large forest. They would walk hand in hand beneath the tall trees, the air filled with the scent of pine resin, until the three-year old lost steam, and then return home.
  The bright orange dining room in their fourth-storey apartment soaked up the sun streaming in from the skylight in the roof. Oleksandra would place a cup of hot chocolate on the child-siz
  
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• P.E.I. Green Party wasn’t ready for election, may lose seats from 2019: experts

  26-03-2023 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHARLOTTETOWN — As the Prince Edward Island election approaches its final week, the Green Party is fighting to hold onto its historic gains from the last provincial vote — a battle some experts say could result in lost seats.
  Hannah Bell, a Green MLA who decided not to seek re-election, says the party simply wasn’t ready for this campaign. 
  While Progressive Conservative Leader Dennis King did call the vote six months before the province’s fixed election date, Bell s
  
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• As economy faces potential recession, Liberals to release ‘tricky’ budget Tuesday

  26-03-2023 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are set to unveil a budget on Tuesday intended to showcase their plans to keep Canada competitive amid the clean energy transition while supporting Canadians who are struggling with affordability.
  Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has promised to accomplish as much over the last few weeks, while also pledging to keep the budget fiscally restrained. 
  But that balancing act isn’t expected to be easy. A slowing Canadian economy could weigh on governme
  
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• These are the three things you should expect in the federal Liberals’ upcoming budget

  26-03-2023 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government is expected to release its budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year on Tuesday. 
  Here’s a look at three big things to expect:
  Investments in the clean economy
  Ottawa is expected to make big investments in clean energy and technology in the upcoming budget as it tries to keep competitive in the transition toward a greener economy.
  Canada’s main competitor is the United States, which decided last summer to invest nearly US$400 billion over t
  
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• Millennials dominate insolvencies as credit card, student loan, CERB tax debts add up

  26-03-2023 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Insolvency trustee Doug Hoyes encounters a lot of Canadians with money troubles, but he’s become particularly sympathetic to the plight of young people who find themselves financially underwater. 
  For more than a decade, his Ontario-based firm Hoyes Michalos has been crunching bankruptcy and insolvency numbers for its annual “Joe Debtor” analysis, with its latest results released last month ahead of tax season. 
  He’s concluded that millennial Canadians have been
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of March 26, 2023

  26-03-2023 09:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers.Name: Ashley SutherlandAge: 34
  Height: 5’1”
  Weight: 130lbs
  Hair: BlondeEyes: Blue
  Wanted: Flight from Police Officer
  Warrant in effect: March 21, 2023
  Parole Jurisdiction: Chilliwack
  Name: Julio AlvarezAge: 39
  Height: 5’9”
  Weight: 177lbs
  Hair: Brown Eyes: Green
  Tattoos: Right Arm – Full Sleeve, Abdomen- “Criminal”, Left Forearm- &ldq
  
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• Two people injured in Chilliwack, B.C., shooting: RCMP - Alaska Highway News

  26-03-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Two people injured in Chilliwack, B.C., shooting: RCMP  Alaska Highway News
  
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• Toronto, San Jose finish in scoreless MLS draw

  26-03-2023 07:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  San Jose, Calif, (AP) — Toronto goalkeeper Sean Johnson and San Jose’s JT Marcinkowski both finished with two saves as the two clubs played to a scoreless draw on Saturday night.
  The Earthquakes (2-2-1) improved to 2-0-4 in their last six home matches in the series. Toronto (1-1-3) hasn’t won in San Jose since 2010.
  San Jose was looking for its first three-match win streak at home since a 10-match run to begin the 2002 season.
  Toronto ended a nine-match winless streak with a 2-
  
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• Roy scores OT winner as Golden Knights tip Oilers 4-3

  26-03-2023 07:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Nicolas Roy scored the overtime winner and Jack Eichel had a goal and two assists as the Vegas Golden Knights won their fourth game in a row, knocking off the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 on Saturday night.
  Roy was left alone in front of the Edmonton net and deposited his own rebound past Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner 2:26 into OT.
  Pavel Dorofeyev and Jonathan Marchessault also scored for the Knights (46-21-6) who have won eight of their last nine and sport a league-best 17-3-2 record sin
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP, ambulance personnel converge on Peach Park for police incident Saturday night

  26-03-2023 06:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack RCMP and ambulance responded to some kind of police incident Saturday night near Peach Park at the southern end of Peach Road.
  According to multiple reports and pictures from social media Saturday night, several police and ambulance units responded to the parking lot of Peach Park for an emergency-type incident that may have involved shots fired.One Chilliwack resident reported on social media that he was on a walk with his dogs around Webster and heard four gunshot
  
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• Becher rallies Whitecaps to 1-1 MLS draw with Minnesota United

  26-03-2023 06:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAINT PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Simon Becher scored unassisted in his first match of the season and it came in the eighth minute of second-half stoppage time, rallying the Vancouver Whitecaps to a dramatic 1-1 draw with Minnesota United on Saturday night.
  Becher subbed in and played 20 minutes before delivering the equalizer. His only other goal came last season when he subbed in for an eight-minute stint and scored in the Whitecaps’ 2-1 win over the Houston Dynamo.
  Minnesota United (2-0-2)
  
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• Canadian men dispatch Curaçao 2-0 in first outing since World Cup in Qatar

  26-03-2023 05:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WILLEMSTAD, Curaçao — First-half goals by Jonathan David and Cyle Larin lifted Canada — in its first outing since the World Cup in Qatar — to a 2-0 win over Curaçao in CONCACAF Nations League play Saturday night.
  Curaçao was reduced to 10 men in the 37th minute after defender Jurien Gaaru was issued a second yellow card by Costa Rican referee Juan Gabriel Calderon for fouling Ismael Kone. Gaaru and Canadian Richie Laryea were both shown yellows in the 13th
  
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• Aho’s late goal lifts Hurricanes past Maple Leafs 5-3

  26-03-2023 04:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Sebastian Aho scored his team-leading 32nd goal of the season with 2:26 remaining to rescue the Carolina Hurricanes in a 5-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.
  Aho’s goal came 32 seconds after Auston Matthews’ second goal for Toronto tied the game. Teuvo Teravainen added an empty-net goal.
  Brent Burns, Jordan Staal and Stefan Noesen also scored for Carolina, which won for the fourth time in its last eight games to maintain first place in th
  
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• Devils defeat Senators 5-3, clinch playoff birth

  26-03-2023 04:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Jack Hughes had a goal and an assist, Mackenzie Blackwood had 25 saves and the New Jersey Devils defeated the Ottawa Senators 5-3 and clinched a playoff berth on Saturday night.
  New Jersey could have clinched its first post-season berth since 2018 with a win, but it happened before their first intermission when the Florida Panthers lost to the New York Rangers in regulation.
  Jesper Bratt, Dawson Mercer and Dougie Hamilton scored for the Devils and Tomas Tatar scored an
  
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• Boeser helps Canucks outshine Stars 3-1

  26-03-2023 04:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Brock Boeser scored the go-ahead goal in the second period and the Vancouver Canucks held the Dallas Stars scoreless on four power plays, including one late in the third period, for a 3-1 win Saturday night.
  Jack Rathbone and Dakota Joshua also scored for Vancouver, which swept the three-game season series against Dallas and has won the past six meetings dating to last season. Thatcher Demko made 19 saves to help the Canucks open a three-game road trip with a victory.
  Ryan Su
  
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• Harvey-Pinard nets three, Canadiens crush Blue Jackets 8-2

  26-03-2023 03:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Rafael Harvey-Pinard electrified the Bell Centre with his first career hat trick as the Montreal Canadiens routed the Columbus Blue Jackets 8-2 on Saturday.
  Nick Suzuki had one goal and three assists while Mike Hoffman scored one goal and added two assists. Jesse Ylonen and Brendan Gallagher both picked up one goal and one assist. Alex Belzile also scored for Montreal while Mike Matheson collected three helpers.
  Sam Montembeault made 20 saves as the Canadiens (29-38-6) recorded
  
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• Honduras cuts diplomatic ties with Taiwan

  26-03-2023 03:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BEIJING (AP) — Honduras has cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan, the Latin American country announced Saturday, saying it recognizes “only one China in the world.”
  The announcement by Honduras’s foreign ministry posted on Twitter, and also reported by China’s CCTV, comes amid rising tensions between Beijing and the United States, including over China’s increasing assertiveness toward self-ruled Taiwan. The move leaves Taiwan recognized by only 13 sovereign states.
  
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• Boutier first at Superstition Mountain, Canadian Szeryk three shots back

  26-03-2023 03:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GOLD CANYON, Ariz. (AP) — Celine Boutier of France had an eagle and six birdies in a round of 7-under 65 and moved atop the leaderboard when Moriya Jutanugarn of Thailand stumbled down the stretch in Saturday’s third round of the LPGA Drive on Championship.
  Boutier, a 29-year-old two-time tour winner, made an eagle 3 on the par-5 second hole, added two birdies that offset a bogey at the par-3 eighth. She played the back nine in 4 under for a 16-under 200 overall total and a one-strok
  
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• Meadows hits three-run homer, Tigers beat Jays 4-1

  26-03-2023 03:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUNEDIN, Fla. — Parker Meadows hit a three-run homer in the top of the third inning and the Detroit Tigers coasted to a 4-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in a spring training game on Saturday at TD Ballpark.
  The Tigers (13-16) scored all four of their runs in the third, thanks to a Blue Jays’ throwing error and inexperienced pitching.
  Ryan Kreidler of the Tigers reached first in the third inning on a throwing error by Jays’ third baseman Max Chapman. Zack Short was then hi
  
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• Scheffler, McIlroy at their best to reach Match Play semis; Canadian Hughes edged by Burns

  26-03-2023 01:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The golf was as good as it gets. Rory McIlroy made 17 birdies in the 36 holes he played Saturday. Defending champion Scottie Scheffler rallied with six birdies in his final nine holes to reach the semifinals for the third straight year.
  A little luck never hurts in the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. And as great as McIlroy played, he needed some of that, too.
  McIlroy never led in his quarterfinals match against Xander Schauffele. They came to the 18th hole all squar
  
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• UPDATE: Missing Chilliwack 13-year-old located - Mission City ... - Mission City Record

  26-03-2023 00:54 via news.google.com
  
  UPDATE: Missing Chilliwack 13-year-old located - Mission City ...  Mission City Record
  
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• UPDATE: Missing Chilliwack 13-year-old located - Chilliwack Progress

  26-03-2023 00:54 via news.google.com
  
  UPDATE: Missing Chilliwack 13-year-old located  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• UPDATE: Missing Chilliwack 13-year-old Located - Abbotsford News

  26-03-2023 00:54 via news.google.com
  
  UPDATE: Missing Chilliwack 13-year-old Located  Abbotsford News
  
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• Toffoli’s two-goal effort leads Flames in 5-3 win over Sharks

  26-03-2023 00:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Tyler Toffoli scored two goals and the Calgary Flames kept their playoff hopes alive with a big 5-3 win over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday.
  MacKenzie Weegar, Walker Duehr and Nazem Kadri added the others for Calgary (33-26-15), which won for just the second time in its last nine games at the Saddledome (2-5-2).
  Jacob Markstrom made 28 saves. 
  With the victory, the Flames climbed back to within four points of the Winnipeg Jets, who occupy the second wild-card spot in the We
  
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• Kings tie franchise mark with point in 11th straight game

  26-03-2023 00:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Viktor Arvidsson had two goals and the Los Angeles Kings matched their longest point streak in franchise history with a 4-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday afternoon.
  Drew Doughty had a goal and an assist and Alex Iafallo netted a power-play goal for Los Angeles, which has earned points in 11 straight games for the fourth time. The last occurrence was 2013-14, when the Kings won their second Stanley Cup championship.
  Joonas Korpisalo stopped 25 shots for Los A
  
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• Second-half surge carries Utah Warriors to 47-19 comeback win over Toronto Arrows

  26-03-2023 00:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HERRIMAN, Utah — Wing Joe Mano scored three tries as the Utah Warriors rallied for a 47-19 comeback win over the Toronto Arrows in Major League Rugby play Saturday.
  Trailing 12-8 at the break, Utah took control of the game in the second half.
  Paul Lasike, Mika Kruse, Onehunga Havili and Caleb Makene also scored tries for Utah (3-2-0). Joel Hodgson, who played 105 games for the Newcastle Falcons in England’s Gallagher Premiership, kicked three conversions and two penalties.
  Lolani Fal
  
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