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• Privacy commissioner appeals Federal Court decision in Facebook ... - Chilliwack Progress

  13-05-2023 23:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Manitoba Sen. Raymonde Gagné becomes Senate’s third-ever ... - Chilliwack Progress

  13-05-2023 21:18 via news.google.com
  
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• ‘Human compassion’: Albertans lend a helping hand to wildfire ... - Chilliwack Progress

  13-05-2023 21:11 via news.google.com
  
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• Islamic Jihad leader says cease-fire reached with Israel

  13-05-2023 20:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A leader of the Islamic Jihad militant group in Gaza says a cease-fire has been reached with Israel to end five days of heavy fighting.
  Mohamad al-Hindi told the Al Kahera Wal Nas channel that the Egyptian-brokered deal would go into effect at 10 p.m. local time (1900 GMT).
  “Now, this agreement has been reached thanks to continuous Egyptian effort. We appreciate this effort,” he said.
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• Canadian Derek Gee, in his first Grand Tour, finishes runner-up in Stage 8 of the Giro d’Italia

  13-05-2023 20:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FOSSOMBORONE, Italy (CP-AP) — Canadian Derek Gee, competing in his first Grand Tour, finished runner-up to Irish rider Ben Healy in Stage 8 of the Giro d’Italia on Saturday.
  The 25-year-old from Ottawa was part of a four-man breakaway, staying near the front despite a string of punishing climbs.
  “It feels like a win. I’m over the moon,” said Gee, who rides for the Israel-Premier Tech team. “Coming into this Giro, I thought I had no chance, I was just trying to
  
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• 2 injured in targeted home invasion in Tsawwassen First Nation - Chilliwack Progress

  13-05-2023 20:35 via news.google.com
  
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• Man and woman facing murder charges in March homicide in Maple Ridge, B.C.

  13-05-2023 20:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. — A man and a woman from Maple Ridge, B.C., are both facing murder charges related to the death of a local man in early March.
  The province’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says 33-year-old Kimberley Buitenweg and 44-year-old Joseph McWilliam were arrested on Friday and charged with second-degree murder in the death of Surinderjit “Jack” Singh.
  It says Singh, 55, was found dead in the Metro Vancouver suburb on the morning of March 4.
  Police say t
  
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• Wildfire smoke expected in the Fraser Valley airshed this weekend

  13-05-2023 20:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Smoke from distant wildfires is expected to move over the Fraser Valley this weekend and could lead to reduced air quality and slightly cooler temperatures.
  The smoke is coming primarily from wildfires in northeastern B.C. and northern Alberta. Wildfires in those regions have resulted in several evacuation orders for residents in those regions. As of Saturday (May 13) morning, there are eight fires burning out of control in northeastern B.C. and 21 fires categorized as out-of-
  
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• Ottawa Redblacks, Bralon Addison reach agreement on one year deal

  13-05-2023 19:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks have signed ex-Hamilton wide receiver Bralon Addison to a one-year deal.
  Addison played in eight games last season with injuries limiting his playing time, recording 43 catches for 433 yards.
  Through 31 career CFL games from 2018-2022, all with the Tiger-Cats, Addison has caught 143 passes for 2,013 career yards, 837 yards after the catch and scored eight touchdowns.
  Addison was named a CFL All-Star in 2019, recording 1,236 receiving yards.
  He also helped Hami
  
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• Canada men record biggest win of season, down Australia to reach France 7s semifinals

  13-05-2023 19:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TOULOUSE, France — Alex Russell scored the go-ahead try and Canada’s defence held firm in the dying seconds Saturday in a 12-10 upset of Australia to move into the semifinal of the HSBC France Sevens.
  It was the biggest win of the season for the 14th-ranked Canadian men, who face a relegation playoff next week in London to remain a core team on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series next season.
  But first, they will play either No. 2 Argentina or No. 7 South Africa in Sunday’s semi
  
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• Homeless camps persist east of Chilliwack despite working group’s meetings

  13-05-2023 19:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Despite ongoing meetings by a homeless encampment working group that has been collaborating for at least five months now, occupied homeless camps in the otherwise pristine Chilliwack River Valley don’t appear to be going away anytime soon, especially ahead of a busy summer season where Lower Mainland visitors and locals tend to travel to the area.
  Since January, a committee formally known as the Chilliwack River Valley Homeless Encampment working group has been meeting t
  
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• Quebec premier says raising politicians salaries by $30K requires “courage”

  13-05-2023 19:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SHERBROOKE, Que. — Quebec Premier François Legault says courage was necessary to propose raising the salaries of provincial politicians by $30,000.
  Legault made the comments today as the Coalition Avenir Québec’s party convention got underway in Sherbrooke, Que., about 150 kilometres east of Montreal.
  His government tabled a bill this week that would raise the base pay for elected officials from $101,561 to $131,766, making it the highest among Canadian provincial polit
  
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• Slain OPP officer’s funeral set for Thursday at Ottawa hockey arena

  13-05-2023 18:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The funeral for an officer shot and killed in eastern Ontario is set for next week.
  Ontario Provincial Police say Sgt. Eric Mueller will have a police funeral at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa on Thursday.
  Mueller died in hospital following the early Thursday shooting at a home in Bourget, Ont.
  The 42-year-old father of two and two other officers responded to a call for a disturbance at a home around 2 a.m.
  OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique has said the officers were ambushed and a 39-year-ol
  
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• Two arrested in murder of Maple Ridge man - Chilliwack Progress

  13-05-2023 18:38 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack City Council to vote on dog grooming business at Garrison home

  13-05-2023 18:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack City Council is set to vote on a temporary use permit for a proposed dog grooming business in Garrison at its meeting this coming week.Applicant Dawn Theodore has submitted paperwork to operate a dog grooming business at a residence in the 5700 block of Cheamview Crescent.
  Councillors will vote at their meeting on Tuesday, May 16 on a temporary use permit for the business. A maximum of three dogs would be permitted under the conditions of the temporary use permit. B
  
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• 'Shrill' noise from Chilliwack pickleball courts forces neighbour to leave city for the summer - CBC.ca

  13-05-2023 18:00 via news.google.com
  
  'Shrill' noise from Chilliwack pickleball courts forces neighbour to leave city for the summer  CBC.ca
  
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• Demonstrators picket Tim Hortons after cuts to employee benefits - CBC.ca

  13-05-2023 18:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack home burns overnight, gets demolished Saturday

  13-05-2023 17:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Multiple units from the Chilliwack Fire Department responded to a structure fire at an abandoned house near Reece Avenue and Robson Street early Saturday morning (May 13).According to Chilliwack resident Julie Hiscock, who works outside overnight outside and monitors fires around town, Chilliwack Fire Department units Air 1, Engines 2, 5, 6, and 5-2, Rescue 1, and Rehab Unit 6, were all dispatched to Reece Avenue for a report of a structure fire in the 45800 block of Reece Ave
  
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• Indian cops hunt suspects in illegal crossing deaths of family to U.S. from Akwesasne

  13-05-2023 17:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Police in India say they are looking for three men in connection with the deaths of a family from Gujarat trying to cross into the United States by boat through Akwesasne, Que., in March.
  Indian police allege the men were involved in running immigration firms that are used by people to enter countries with fake documents.
  Four Indian nationals whose bodies were among eight pulled from the St. Lawrence River had been travelling in Canada on a tourist visa from their home state of Gujarat. They in
  
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• Funerals to be held for Quebec firefighters killed during floods in Charlevoix region

  13-05-2023 17:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAINT-URBAIN, Que. — Funerals for two Quebec volunteer firefighters who died earlier this month during flash floods in the Charlevoix region will be private affairs.
  The municipality of St-Urbain, northeast of Quebec City says the families of both Régis Lavoie, 55, and Christopher Lavoie, 23, wanted to proceed with simple services in the image of the two fallen men and did not want civic funerals.
  Régis Lavoie’s funeral will take place later today at the St-Urbain churc
  
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• Windsor mayor calls out Ottawa after Stellantis accuses feds of failing on plant deal

  13-05-2023 17:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The mayor of a southwestern Ontario city says he expects the federal government to live up to a deal that would se one of the world’s biggest automakers build an electric vehicle battery plant in the area.
  Stellantis says the federal government has not delivered on an agreement with the automaker and South Korean battery-maker LG Energy Solution to build a battery plant in Windsor, Ont.
  The two companies say they will immediately begin implementing contingency plans, but did not say what t
  
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• North Carolina governor vetoes abortion limits, launches override showdown

  13-05-2023 17:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Democratic governor has vetoed legislation that would have banned nearly all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. The veto came Saturday during a public rally.Hundreds of abortion-rights activists and voters watched on a plaza in Raleigh between the governor’s office and the Legislative Building as Gov. Roy Cooper affixed his veto stamp to the bill, which also places additional restrictions on physicians, abortion clinics and the women se
  
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• Possible hepatitis A exposure at B.C. McDonald’s - Chilliwack Progress

  13-05-2023 17:06 via news.google.com
  
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• What seniors still need to know about COVID - Chilliwack Progress

  13-05-2023 17:00 via news.google.com
  
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• ‘Human compassion’: Albertans lend a helping hand to wildfire evacuees

  13-05-2023 16:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Woodland Cree Elder Leonard Cardinal, his wife and their son prepared more than 100 bagged lunches earlier this week and delivered them to evacuees from Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, a northwestern Alberta community hit hard by one of the dozens of wildfires burning across the province. 
  They also travelled from Grande Prairie with a trailer full of clothing and other items to High Level, some 450 kilometres north, where some evacuees from Fox Lake and Rainbow Lake have been staying. 
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• Environment a background issue in Alberta election but may play role, say observers

  13-05-2023 16:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Few governments have seen as many environmental dust-ups as Alberta’s United Conservatives in their four-year tenure.
  They tried delisting parks and opening the Rocky Mountains to coal mining. They charged fees for a beloved alpine playground. They started an inquiry into whether environmental groups were “anti-Alberta.” They proposed dunning taxpayers for the cleanup costs of abandoned oil and gas facilities. 
  The list goes on. 
  But how those issues
  
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• Big bug benefits: Alberta scientist releases guide identifying cow dung insects

  13-05-2023 16:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Alberta entomologist Kevin Floate is ready to start spreading the news that he has compiled a comprehensive guide into insects that live in cow dung in Canada.   
  Floate — a scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at the Lethbridge Research and Development Centre in southern Alberta — said he started studying insects in cattle dung about 30 years ago.
  At the time, he realized he needed one source of information to help get him started.
  “It didn’t exist.
  
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• ‘Systemic difficulties’ hampered review of Canada’s cyberspy service: watchdog

  13-05-2023 12:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A culture within Canada’s cyberspy service of “resisting and impeding” independent review has frustrated efforts to ensure it is obeying the law, say newly released documents from the federal intelligence watchdog.
  The unusually candid National Security and Intelligence Review Agency records from 2021 are the latest evidence of the watchdog’s irritation at trying to scrutinize the operations of the Communications Security Establishment.
  The CSE and the spy
  
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• What seniors still need to know about COVID - Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  13-05-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Reducing Eco Footprint: Chilliwack Woman Uses Only Bike, Train ... - Abbotsford News

  13-05-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
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• PHOTOS: Equestrian Event In Chilliwack Draws Riders From ... - Abbotsford News

  13-05-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Lytton is Canada's hotspot: Environment Canada - Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  13-05-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
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• LeBron James, Lakers eliminate champion Warriors with 122-101 victory in Game 6

  13-05-2023 08:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Six months and a day after the Los Angeles Lakers fell to 2-10 to start the regular season, they emphatically eliminated the defending NBA champions to reach the Western Conference finals.
  Although the Lakers’ transformation has become increasingly incredible over the past several weeks, the primary forces are LeBron James and Anthony Davis, who won a ring together just three years ago — and who shared a joyous hug Friday night after they led their team to it
  
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• Vegas Golden Knights push Oilers to brink of playoff elimination with 4-3 win

  13-05-2023 07:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS — Jack Eichel scored a goal and had two assists for the Vegas Golden Knights in Friday’s 4-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers to take a 3-2 lead in their playoff series.
  Reilly Smith, Mark Stone and Nicolas Hague also scored for Vegas, which scored three times in a span of one minute and nine seconds in the second period. 
  Jonathan Marchessault had three assists for the Knights and goaltender Adin Hill made 31 saves for the win.
  Connor McDavid scored twice for the Oilers,
  
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• Cousins scores in OT, Panthers eliminate Maple Leafs in five games

  13-05-2023 05:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Maple Leafs are out of the Stanley Cup playoffs.Nick Cousins scored at 15:32 of overtime and Sergei Bobrovsky made 50 saves as the Florida Panthers downed Toronto 3-2 on Friday to win the teams’ second-round playoff series 4-1.Cousins buried his second goal of the playoffs off the rush shortside on Leafs rookie Joseph Woll in the extra period to send his team to the Eastern Conference final for the first time since 1996.
  Aaron Ekblad and Carter Verhaeghe, with a goal an
  
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• Privacy commissioner appeals Federal Court decision in Facebook case

  13-05-2023 05:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada is appealing a recent decision by the Federal Court, which sided with Facebook in a case tied to the Cambridge Analytica affair.
  A judge in April dismissed the federal privacy watchdog’s bid for a declaration that the social media giant, now known as Meta, broke the law governing the use of personal information.
  The application was brought by the watchdog in relation to its 2019 investigation of Facebook, conducted jointly with British Colum
  
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• LETTER: Remember these forgotten Canadian heroes - Chilliwack Progress

  13-05-2023 05:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Heat back to the NBA’s final four, top Knicks 96-92 for 4-2 series win

  13-05-2023 05:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Heat coach Erik Spoelstra walked into the postgame interview room, a cup of a celebratory beverage in his hand, took a seat and began explaining how difficult the journey has been for Heat.
  The regular season was a struggle. They needed to survive the play-in. They were three minutes away from going home before the playoffs even started, needing a rally just to earn the right to play top-seeded Milwaukee.
  All forgotten. They’re in the NBA’s final four — getti
  
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• LETTER: Time to disconnect from the British monarchy - Chilliwack Progress

  13-05-2023 04:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack crime: Stolen chainsaw leads to drug bust - Burnaby Now

  13-05-2023 04:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Leafs’ Rielly denied game-tying goal after review deems play was whistled dead

  13-05-2023 03:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Maple Leafs defenceman Morgan Rielly thought he scored the game-tying goal late in the second period of Friday’s Game 5 against the Florida Panthers but a video review resulted in a no-goal decision.
  Fans at Scotiabank Arena watched a video replay of the puck crossing the line and were irate that Florida retained its 2-1 lead. 
  Some spectators threw debris on the ice after the decision was announced. Between the review and the ensuing cleanup, play was delayed for abou
  
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• Bassitt pitches shutout as Blue Jays open series with 3-0 win over Braves

  13-05-2023 03:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Chris Bassitt tossed a complete-game, two-hit shutout to give the Toronto Blue Jays a 3-0 victory in the opener of their series against the National League-leading Atlanta Braves on Friday.
  Bassitt (5-2) struck out eight and walked two to help the Blue Jays (22-16) end a two-game losing streak and hand the Braves (25-13) their second loss in a row.
  Bassitt required 103 pitches and struck out the final two batters before 35,047 at Rogers Centre.
  The Blue Jays snatched a 1-0 lead i
  
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• Injured-plagued Toronto Arrows rally late to tie Rugby ATL 34-34 in MLR play

  13-05-2023 03:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Shane O’Leary’s late penalty lifted Toronto into a 34-34 tie with Rugby ATL on Friday, ending the Arrows’ seven-game losing streak in Major League Rugby play.
  Toronto (1-9-1) went down early and mounted one comeback after another, finally catching Atlanta (5-5-1).
  After O’Leary’s boot tied it with three minutes remaining, Atlanta opted not to go for a kickable penalty in the dying minutes and tried unsuccessfully instead for a try. The Arrows’
  
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• Birdwatchers flock to Langley to glimpse rare hawk - Chilliwack Progress

  13-05-2023 03:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Canada’s Mackenzie Hughes one shot back of leader Scottie Scheffler at Byron Nelson

  13-05-2023 02:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — Scottie Scheffler says he tries not to put too much emphasis on winning one tournament over another, even when his hometown AT&T Byron Nelson is in play.
  Ryan Palmer isn’t keeping any secrets. Win the Nelson not far from his home in another Dallas-Fort Worth suburb, knowing it would qualify the 46-year-old Texan for next week’s PGA Championship?
  “I’d win this tournament and stay home next week, to be honest with you,” said Palmer, wh
  
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• EDITORIAL: Potential flooding conditions are cause for concern - Chilliwack Progress

  13-05-2023 02:30 via news.google.com
  
  EDITORIAL: Potential flooding conditions are cause for concern  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Ko, non-winner Kemp share lead halfway through LPGA Tour’s Founders Cup

  13-05-2023 02:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) — Two-time LPGA Tour player of the year Jin Young Ko shot her second straight 4-under 68 on Friday in the Founders Cup and shared the halfway lead with 37-year-old non-winner Sarah Kemp.
  Kemp, whose best finish on tour is a tie for second in 2019, had a one-stroke lead with three holes to play but pulled her drive on the par 4 16th at Upper Montclair Country Club. The Australian was short of the elevated green on her second shot and missed a long par putt after a chip fr
  
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• Browns agree to acquire Pro Bowl defensive end Za’Darius Smith from Vikings, AP source says

  13-05-2023 02:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Browns have agreed to acquire three-time Pro Bowl pass rusher Za’Darius Smith from the Minnesota Vikings, a person familiar with the deal told the Associated Press on Friday night.
  The Browns are sending fifth-round picks in 2024 and 2025 to the Vikings for Smith, a sixth-round pick in 2025 and a seventh-rounder in 2026, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the teams had not announced the swap.
  In Cleveland, Smith will be paired
  
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• McDavid, Pastrnak, Tkachuk named Hart Trophy nominees

  13-05-2023 01:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Edmonton Oilers centre Connor McDavid, Boston Bruins winger David Pastrnak and Florida Panthers winger Matthew Tkachuk have been named finalists for the Hart Trophy, given out annually to the NHL’s most valuable player. 
  McDavid led the league with 64 goals and 153 points this season, becoming the sixth player in NHL history to break the 150-point plateau in a single campaign.
  The 26-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., is looking for his third Hart Trophy.  
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• Mayors of Penticton, Port Alberni make bet ahead of BCHL Finals - Chilliwack Progress

  13-05-2023 01:28 via news.google.com
  
  Mayors of Penticton, Port Alberni make bet ahead of BCHL Finals  Chilliwack Progress
  
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