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• Quebec’s Eliot Grondin takes home gold at snowboard cross World Cup

  09-03-2024 23:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Eliot Grondin took home the gold medal in snowboard cross at the FIS World Cup on Saturday.
  The Quebec native won all four of his races to take home his fifth gold of the season, while also finishing with the fastest qualifying time (38.60).
  American Jake Vedder finished with silver, while Australian Jarry Hughes rounded out the top three.
  Grondin sits atop the leader board after netting two back-to-back silver medals in World Cup snowboard cross action in
  
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• Canadian freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury wins 89th World Cup title

  09-03-2024 23:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Canadian freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury added two more Crystal Globes to his trophy case by winning his 89th World Cup title with a dual moguls victory on Saturday.
  Kingsbury, of Deux-Montagnes, Que, beat local favourite Pavel Kolmakov, of Kazakhstan, in the final to secure the season title in dual moguls.
  He also secured the overall moguls title for combined points in both the dual and individual competitions.
  The 31-year-old Kingsbury captured his 88th World Cup ti
  
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• Saskatchewan’s Mike McEwen reaches semifinal of Canadian men’s curling championship

  09-03-2024 23:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — Saskatchewan’s Mike McEwen advanced to the semifinal of the Canadian men’s curling championship with a 6-5 win over Manitoba’s Matt Dunstone.
  McEwen stole a single point in the fifth and sixth ends to lead 5-1, but gave up single steals in the eighth and ninth to be tied coming home with hammer. 
  The skip executed a nose hit against three Dunstone counters for the win and earned a standing ovation from Regina’s Brandt Centre.
  Alberta’s Brendan Bo
  
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• Insigne’s long-range rocket lifts Toronto FC past Charlotte FC in home opener

  09-03-2024 22:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Lorenzo Insigne’s spectacular long-range strike in the 80th minute gave Toronto FC a 1-0 win over Charlotte FC in its home opener Saturday.
  It was a trademark Insigne goal. The Italian star came off the left flank and kept moving until he had a clear shot at goal, roofing a rocket past diving goalkeeper Kristijan Kahlina.
  TFC (2-0-1) has scored just two goals this season, both game-winners for Insigne who came off to a standing ovation in the 87th minute.
  Toronto, which fin
  
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• Hall of Fame CFL head coach Dave Ritchie dead at age 85

  09-03-2024 22:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Dave Ritchie, the Hall of Fame former CFL head coach, has died. He was 85.
  The Winnipeg Blue Bombers confirmed Ritchie’s death Saturday. The cause was not immediately divulged.
  Ritchie amassed a 52-41-1 regular-season record as a head coach with Winnipeg. That left him fourth overall in club history behind Bud Grant (102), current head coach Mike O’Shea (96) and Cal Murphy (86).
  Ritchie first joined the Bombers in 1990 on head coach Mike Riley’s staff as a defensive line and sp
  
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• Sabres overcome 2-goal deficit and disallowed OT goal in 3-2 shootout win over Oilers

  09-03-2024 21:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Alex Tuch scored the decisive shootout goal and the Buffalo Sabres overcame a two-goal deficit and a disallowed overtime goal in a 3-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday.
  Jacob Bryson scored the tying goal with 8:21 remaining and Tage Thompson scored 15 1/2 minutes into the first period as Buffalo snapped an 0-2-1 skid. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 30 shots through overtime, and two more in the shootout, and sealed the win by getting his stick and blocker out to
  
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• Gunmen kidnap 15 children in yet another school abduction in northern Nigeria

  09-03-2024 21:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Armed men broke into a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria early Saturday and seized 15 children as they slept, police told The Associated Press, about 48 hours after nearly 300 students were taken hostage in the conflict-hit region.
  School abductions are common in Nigeria’s northern region, especially since the 2014 kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls by Islamic extremists in Borno state’s Chibok village shocked the world. Armed gangs have since t
  
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• Mission RCMP investigate shots fired outside Silverdale property

  09-03-2024 21:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Mounties in Mission are investigating an incident of shots fired that happened Saturday morning (March 9) in the Silverdale area of Mission.
  According to a news release from Corporal Harrison Mohr from the Mission RCMP detachment, police say residents in the 8900 block of Hayward Place (Street) in the Silverdale area of Mission called police this morning after hearing gunshots around 6 a.m.. Mission RCMP arrived to find numerous shell casings on the street, but there was no immed
  
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• Canadians claim silver medal after losing to Brazil in Elite 16 beach volleyball

  09-03-2024 21:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DOHA, Qatar — Canada’s Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson are taking home the silver medal at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour.
  The pair fell today’s final of their first Elite 16 tournament of the year after losing 0-2 (18-21,18-21) to Brazil’s Bárbara Seixas and Carol Salgado.
  Humana-Paredes and Wilkerson beat Brazil’s Eduarda Santos Lisboa and Ana Patricia Ramos in the quarterfinals before overcoming Anastasija Samoilova and Tina Graudina of L
  
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• anadians claim silver medal after losing to Brazil in Elite 16 beach volleyball

  09-03-2024 21:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DOHA, Qatar — Canada’s Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson are taking home the silver medal at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour.
  The pair fell today’s final of their first Elite 16 tournament of the year after losing 0-2 (18-21,18-21) to Brazil’s Bárbara Seixas and Carol Salgado.
  Humana-Paredes and Wilkerson beat Brazil’s Eduarda Santos Lisboa and Ana Patricia Ramos in the quarterfinals before overcoming Anastasija Samoilova and Tina Graudina of L
  
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• Alcohol excise tax capped at 2 per cent for two more years, Freeland announces

  09-03-2024 21:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal government will cap the annual alcohol excise tax increase on beer, spirits and wine at two per cent for an additional two years.
  The alcohol excise tax had been set to rise on April 1 by 4.7 per cent, tied to inflation, but Freeland announced today that the increase is being capped at the lower rate.
  She also announced some tax relief for local craft breweries by cutting the excise duty rate on the first 15,000 hectolitres of b
  
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• Mary Derksen (Wiebe) - Obituary - - Chilliwack Progress

  09-03-2024 20:00 via news.google.com
  
  Mary Derksen (Wiebe) - Obituary -  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Marner to miss Toronto Maple Leafs game against Montreal Canadiens due to injury

  09-03-2024 19:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner will miss tonight’s game against the Montreal Canadiens due to a lower-body injury.
  Marner, 26, has 25 goals and 76 points in 62 games this season. 
  Due to Marner’s absence, William Nylander is slated to play alongside Auston Matthews against the Habs.
  The game comes a day after the NHL trade deadline.
  The Canadiens dealt goaltender Jake Allen to the New Jersey Devils while the Leafs bolstered their blue line corps with Connor Dewar from
  
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• Lingering winter storm to dump more snow in N.L. today, high winds also expected

  09-03-2024 19:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Residents of eastern Newfoundland are continuing to dig out from a heavy snowstorm that has lingered over parts of the province since late Thursday.
  Environment Canada forecasts total snowfall amounts of up to 85 cm across the island’s northern Avalon Peninsula, which includes the provincial capital of St. John’s.
  About 5 to 10 cm of snow is expected to fall today over the Burin Peninsula, while the  southern Avalon Peninsula can expect wind gusts
  
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• Avalanche concerns in popular areas of B.C.

  09-03-2024 19:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The avalanche risk remains high in several popular backcountry regions in B.C.The Avalanche Canada map shows the danger is ranked at level four out of five throughout the south coast, including areas around Whistler and Pemberton, as well as the north coast around Terrace and mountain ranges on Vancouver Island.
  The danger is also high in southeastern B.C. and along the boundary with Alberta, where a special avalanche warning is in effect for national parks in the Rockies.
  The
  
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• Two men injured after separate overnight stabbings in Montreal

  09-03-2024 17:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Montreal police say two men sustained non-life-threatening injuries after separate stabbings just past 1 a.m. this morning.
  Police spokesperson Sabrina Gauthier says a 20-year-old man was struck several times with a knife on an arm and hand after an apparent cellphone theft outside the city’s Langelier metro station roughly eight kilometres east of downtown.
  Police arrested two 19-year-old men in connection with the stabbing, and Gauthier says investigators are reviewing nearby surveillanc
  
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• Canada’s Alphonso Davies leaves Bayern Munich game after taking boot to the face

  09-03-2024 17:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MUNICH — Canadian star Alphonso Davies’ first start since a knee injury lasted just 14 minutes Saturday when he took a boot to the face in Bayern Munich’s Bundesliga game against Mainz.
  Davies was clipped in the face by Swiss defender Silvan Widmer’s boot as they came together in a challenge for a high ball near midfield. There was no foul on the play as Widmer’s boot came up as he lost balance after going for the ball.
  After receiving treatment on the field, Davies
  
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• To avoid strikes at Paris Olympics, French government to pay bonuses to civil servants

  09-03-2024 17:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NICE, France (AP) — The French government will offer bonuses to civil servants deployed across the capital during the Olympic and Paralympic Games in a bid to avoid strikes during the events this summer, the country’s Minister for Transformation and Public Administration, Stanislas Guerini, said Saturday.
  Eligible employees will get a bonus ranging from 500 euros ($547) to 1,500 euros ($1,641) — in addition to their salaries — for working during the Summer Games in Paris
  
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• Irish prime minister concedes defeat in vote over constitutional amendments about family and women

  09-03-2024 16:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBLIN (AP) — Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar conceded defeat Saturday as two constitutional amendments he supported that would have broadened the definition of family and removed language about a woman’s role in the home were headed toward rejection in early vote tallies.
  Varadkar, who pushed the vote to enshrine gender equality in the constitution by removing “very old-fashioned language” and trying to recognize the realities of modern family life, said it was clear t
  
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• Traffic tickets used in scams across Fraser Valley and other parts of B.C.

  09-03-2024 16:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The B.C. government, the Insurance Corporation of BC (ICBC) and the City of Vancouver all want people to know they will never send text messages seeking payments.
  They have each posted statements warning of a scam related to traffic tickets, in which people receive a text message with a link to make a payment on a fake website that may be used to gather personal information and credit card numbers.
  Bulletins posted by the province and ICBC say the messages direct people to pay
  
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• Ballet Victoria brings Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' to life on Chilliwack stage - Chilliwack Progress

  09-03-2024 14:34 via news.google.com
  
  Ballet Victoria brings Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' to life on Chilliwack stage  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Most Canadians changing clocks to spring forward for daylight time

  09-03-2024 14:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadians are changing their clocks tonight as much of the country prepares to spring forward for daylight time.
  The change happens for most of the country at 2 a.m. local time.
  Yukon and most of Saskatchewan keep their clocks the same year-round.
  Canadians can thank an avid Ontario golfer in Thunder Bay for introducing daylight time to the country.
  In 1908 the towns of Port Arthur and Fort William – now Thunder Bay – brought in seasonal time-shifting for July and August.
  It expanded
  
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• With AI, workplace surveillance has ‘skyrocketed’—leaving Canadian laws behind

  09-03-2024 12:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Technology that tracks your location at work and the time you’re spending in the bathroom. A program that takes random screenshots of your laptop screen. A monitoring system that detects your mood during your shift.
  These are just some ways employee surveillance technology — now turbocharged, thanks to the explosive growth of artificial intelligence — is being deployed. 
  Canada’s laws aren’t keeping up, experts warn. 
  “Any working devi
  
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• Ottawa residents to hold vigil for victims of mass stabbing

  09-03-2024 12:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A vigil for the six victims of a deadly mass stabbing in Ottawa is expected to take place today.
  The vigil is scheduled for 11 a.m. in Palmadeo Park, near the home in the suburb of Barrhaven where two adults and four children were killed Wednesday night.
  Thirty-five-year-old Darshani Ekanayake and her four children, the youngest only two and a half months old, were killed, as was a 40-year-old family friend who was staying with them.
  The father, Dhanushka Wickramasinghe, was the s
  
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• Officers weren’t told of threats to harm police, says RCMP ‘Freedom Convoy’ report

  09-03-2024 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — An internal RCMP review of the force’s response to “Freedom Convoy” protests found that some officers at the scene of an Alberta blockade were unaware of threats to harm police until after the episode ended.
  The review report also describes “chaotic” efforts in early 2022 to mobilize officers in Ottawa, a lack of proper equipment, inadequate training, poor intelligence co-ordination and exceptionally long days that prompted some Mounties to sleep in t
  
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• Andrew Morrison doesn’t want to cave to the pressures he felt in the Jerry Cans

  09-03-2024 10:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Iqaluit-based musician Andrew Morrison says for years his band the Jerry Cans battled the forces of Canada’s music industry to stay true to their roots.
  Twice nominated at the Juno Awards, including for breakthrough group of the year, the act sang alt-folk music in a mix of English and Inuktitut, but Morrison says concert organizers, radio stations and marketers often urged them to maintain a certain identity.
  Sometimes they wanted them to sing more in English and less in I
  
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• Joseph Porter Obituary - Chilliwack, BC - Dignity Memorial

  09-03-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Joseph Porter Obituary - Chilliwack, BC  Dignity Memorial
  
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• NHL roundup: Nichushkin leads Avalanche to 2-1 OT win over Wild

  09-03-2024 07:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DENVER (AP) — Valeri Nichushkin scored a power-play goal 2:32 into overtime in his return to the lineup after a two-month absence, Alexandar Georgiev stopped a penalty shot late in regulation and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Minnesota Wild 2-1 on Friday night.
  Nichushkin knocked in the winner shortly after Kirill Kaprizov drew a penalty for hooking. Nichushkin returned after receiving care through the player assistance program. It was his first game since Jan. 10.
  Nathan MacKinnon had t
  
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• Jets cap busy trade deadline with 3-0 road win over Kraken

  09-03-2024 06:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Laurent Brossoit made 17 saves for his first shutout of the season, Mark Scheifele scored his 19th goal 7:15 into the third period and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Seattle Kraken 3-0 on Friday night.
  Adam Lowry scored with 8:32 left to give Winnipeg a 2-0 lead and the Jets pulled even with Dallas and Colorado at the top of the Central Division. Nikolaj Ehlers scored an empty-netter with 49 seconds left.
  Brossoit posted his fourth career shutout and his first since February 202
  
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• Unity Christian of Chilliwack to play for 1A Boys Provincial Championships Saturday in Langley

  09-03-2024 05:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — One week after the Unity Christian girls basketball team captured the B.C. School Sports 1A provincial championship, the Flames’ varsity boys basketball team will try to accomplish the same feat Saturday (March 9) at the Langley Events Centre.The top-seeded Flames will take on Gidgalang Kuuyas Naay from Haida Gwaii at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday in the B.C. School Sports 1A provincial championships.Unity opened the provincial tournament with a decisive 78-37 win over Fort St.
  
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• Foreigners trapped in violence-torn Haiti wait desperately for a way out

  09-03-2024 05:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Dozens of foreigners, including many from the United States and Canada, are stranded in Haiti, desperately trying to leave the violence-torn country where anti-government gangs are battling police and have already shut down both of the country’s international airports.
  They were in Haiti for reasons ranging from adoptions to missionary and humanitarian work. Now, they are locked down in hotels and homes, unable to leave by air, sea or land as Haiti remain
  
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• Helicopter carrying National Guardsmen and Border Patrol agent crashes in Texas, killing 3

  09-03-2024 04:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LA GRULLA, Texas (AP) — A helicopter flying over the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas crashed Friday, killing two National Guard soldiers and a Border Patrol agent, the military said. Another soldier on board was injured.The UH-72 Lakota helicopter was assigned to the federal government’s border security mission when it went down near Rio Grande City, according to a statement released by Joint Task Force North. The cause was under investigation.The crash happened mid-afternoon Friday whil
  
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• Campbell, Toronto stay hot with ninth straight victory topping PWHL Montreal 3-0

  09-03-2024 03:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Kristen Campbell earned a 23-save shutout as Toronto extended its winning streak to nine games with a 3-0 victory over Montreal in Professional Women’s Hockey League action on Friday.
  The shutout put Campbell in sole possession of the league lead with three. It was also her second shutout against Montreal this season.
  Hannah Miller, Rebecca Leslie and Emma Maltais (empty-netter) scored for Toronto (11-5-0), which has also won 10 of its last 11 games.
  The victory moved Toron
  
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• Mexico-bound plane lands in LA in 4th emergency this week for United Airlines

  09-03-2024 03:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A United Airlines jetliner headed to Mexico City from San Francisco made an emergency landing in Los Angeles on Friday after the crew reported a hydraulics issue, in the fourth emergency involving a United Airlines flight this week.
  The plane landed safely at Los Angeles International Airport around 4:30 p.m. and none of the 110 people on board were injured, United Airlines said in a statement.Fire engines stood by at the airport but weren’t needed, said Nicholas
  
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• G.W. Graham offensive lineman to play university football in Ontario

  09-03-2024 03:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Standing 6’6″ and weighing 315 pounds, G.W. Graham football player Brody Munro was a force to be reckoned with on the Grizzlies offensive line this past season.
  With his size and strength and work ethic, Munro worked his way up to become one of the British Columbia’s top linemen, attracting 12 scholarship offers from a multitude of universities across Canada, including one from the University of Saskatchewan where his dad went to school.
  But in the end, Munro
  
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• Refinery in Burnaby, to resume operations after seven-week stoppage

  09-03-2024 03:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BURNABY — The Parkland fuel refinery in Metro Vancouver is set to resume operations Sunday, seven weeks after an “unplanned issue” forced it to shut down.
  A statement on Parkland’s website says crews will begin the process by turning on the main air blower for the heat system at the facility in Burnaby.
  The company says this “essential step” is expected to produce “periods of elevated flaring, and some potential for odours, noise and smoke.”
  Once t
  
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• Refinery in Burnaby, B.C., to resume operations after seven-week stoppage

  09-03-2024 03:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BURNABY, B.C. — The Parkland fuel refinery in Metro Vancouver is set to resume operations Sunday, seven weeks after an “unplanned issue” forced it to shut down.
  A statement on Parkland’s website says crews will begin the process by turning on the main air blower for the heat system at the facility in Burnaby, B.C.
  The company says this “essential step” is expected to produce “periods of elevated flaring, and some potential for odours, noise and smoke.&rd
  
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• Senators’ Kelly hit with two-game suspension

  09-03-2024 02:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Forward Parker Kelly of the Ottawa Senators has been suspended for two games.
  The NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced on Friday that Kelly will sit for two games, without pay, for an illegal check to the head of Los Angeles Kings’ defenceman Andreas Englund during Thursday’s game at Crypto-dot-com Arena.
  The incident occurred at 16:25 of the third period. Kelly was assessed a minor penalty for illegal check to the head.
  The Kings won the game 4-3 in ove
  
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• Nathan Hochman advances to Los Angeles County district attorney runoff against George Gascón

  09-03-2024 01:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former federal prosecutor Nathan Hochman has advanced to a runoff against Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, one of the country’s most progressive prosecutors.Gascón and Hochman will compete in November in the race to lead an agency that prosecutes cases in the most populous county in the U.S.
  Hochman was as a one-time California attorney general candidate. Running as a Republican in 2022, he lost to Democratic candidate Rob Bonta. Ho
  
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• Scheffler, Matsuyama part of six-way tie for Bay Hill lead

  09-03-2024 01:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Shane Lowry set the target Friday at Bay Hill, and as tough as the course plays, he would not have imagined how much company he would have at the top in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
  Scottie Scheffler chipped in for eagle and holed a 45-foot birdie putt on his way to a 5-under 67. U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark birdied five of his final six holes — he had nine birdies for the round — and shot 66. Hideki Matsuyama, coming off a win at Riviera, had a 70 t
  
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• B.C. class action alleges menstruation cycle tracking app breached users’ privacy

  09-03-2024 01:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A British Columbia Supreme Court judge says a class-action lawsuit can move forward over alleged privacy breaches against a company that made an app to track users’ menstrual and fertility cycles. 
  The ruling published online Friday says the action against Flo Health Inc. alleges the company shared users’ highly personal health information with third-parties, including Facebook, Google and other companies. 
  The ruling says the company’s Flo Health &a
  
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• Toffoli happy to wind up in Winnipeg as Jets gear up for playoff drive

  09-03-2024 01:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Tyler Toffoli took a chance with his hockey future and approves the new path he’s on.
  The veteran forward and fellow New Jersey Devils defenceman Colin Miller were both traded to the Winnipeg Jets in two separate deals for draft picks on Friday.
   Toffoli said he’s looking forward to joining the Jets, who were second in the Central Division and sixth in the overall NHL standings before Friday’s NHL action.
  “I didn’t have a no-move clause, so it&
  
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• Dubreuil takes home bronze at sprint speed skating world championships

  09-03-2024 01:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  INZELL, Germany — Canadian Laurent Dubreuil took home bronze at the ISU World Sprint Speed Skating Championships in Germany on Friday.
  The Levis, Que., native was top of the leaderboard after Thursday’s first two races, finishing first in the 500 metres and sixth in the 1,000 metres. 
  He was second in Friday’s 500 but struggled to 17th in the final 1,000 metre race.
  Dubreuil’s combined socre put him 1.67 seconds behind winner Zhongyan Ningwith Dutch skater Jenning De
  
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• Gregory Santos back on mound for the Mariners. Their new reliever may not be ready for season opener

  09-03-2024 00:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Newly acquired Seattle Mariners reliever Gregory Santos threw a light bullpen session Friday, his first since experiencing right lat soreness after throwing off a mound at the the start of spring training three weeks ago.Jerry Dipoto, the team’s president of baseball operations, has indicated that Santos won’t be ready for opening day in three weeks but should pitch in April. Santos had been playing catch the past week.
  The Mariners got the hard-throwing 24-year-old Dominican from th
  
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• First trade deadline for Ottawa GM Steve Staios is relatively quiet

  09-03-2024 00:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Steve Staios’s first NHL trade deadline as general manager of the Ottawa Senators was a relatively quiet one.
  With his team set to miss the playoffs for a seventh straight year Staios made just one trade and acquired one player off waivers.
  Earlier in the week Staios traded veteran forward Vladimir Tarasenko to the Florida Panthers for a conditional fourth-round pick in 2024 and a third-round pick in 2025. The 2024 selection becomes a third-round pick in 2026 if the Panthers
  
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• Big goaltending moves were again hard to come by at the NHL trade deadline

  09-03-2024 00:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  All season, Tom Fitzgerald has been looking to upgrade the goaltending situation for the New Jersey Devils. Those talks went nowhere until Friday, when they were the most active NHL team in that department.
  The Devils acquired Jake Allen from Montreal, sent injured Vitek Vanecek to San Jose for pending free agent backup Kaapo Kahkonen and still did not land the front-line starter they’ve been looking for. Only a handful of goalies changed places before the deadline, a source of frustration
  
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• Eby downplays Danielle Smith’s concerns about diversion of B.C. safe-supply drugs

  09-03-2024 00:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia Premier David Eby is downplaying concerns raised by his Alberta counterpart Danielle Smith about the diversion of safe supply opioids from B.C.
  Eby says diversion from the system of prescribed safe supply to prevent overdoses is a “serious issue,” but the vast majority of drugs in a B.C. police seizure cited by Smith were not from that program.
  Prince George RCMP issued a news release Thursday saying thousands of prescription pills and other drugs h
  
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• 2024 Fraser Valley Cultural Diversity Awards presented in 6 categories - Chilliwack Progress

  09-03-2024 00:05 via news.google.com
  
  2024 Fraser Valley Cultural Diversity Awards presented in 6 categories  Chilliwack Progress
  
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