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• Rash of break-ins in Surrey likely connected with trio targeting large-scale homes: RCMP

  01-11-2024 23:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY – RCMP say a recent series of break-ins in and around the Surrey area may be the work of several suspects linked to similar incidents in the Lower Mainland.
  Single-family residences were targeted in Panorama Ridge, South Surrey, and Crescent Beach, with high-value items like rings, watches, cash, and purses stolen.
  Investigators say the occurrences started in September and believe a team of three is targeting large-scale homes between 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m., smashing glass on patio
  
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• Ja’Kobe Walter available to play for Toronto Raptors v. Los Angeles Lakers

  01-11-2024 23:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ja’Kobe Walter may make his NBA debut for the Toronto Raptors tonight against the Los Angeles Lakers.
  The 20-year-old shooting guard missed the Raptors training camp, pre-season, and first five games of the regular-season with a sprained shoulder.
  Toronto head coach Darko Rajakovic said during his pre-game media availability that Walter will be available to play.
  Walter was selected 19th overall by Toronto in this past summer’s NBA draft.
  He averaged 14.5 points, 4.4
  
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• Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania to count contested provisional ballots, rejecting Republican plea

  01-11-2024 23:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal from Republicans that could have led to thousands of provisional ballots not being counted in Pennsylvania.
  The justices left in place a state Supreme Court ruling that elections officials must count provisional ballots cast by voters whose mail-in ballots were rejected.
  As of Thursday, about 9,000 ballots out of more than 1.6 million returned have arrived at elections offices around Pennsylvania lacking a secr
  
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• South Carolina executes Richard Moore despite broadly supported plea to cut sentence to life

  01-11-2024 23:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina put Richard Moore to death by lethal injection Friday for the 1999 fatal shooting of a convenience store clerk, despite a broad appeal for mercy by parties that included three jurors and the judge from his trial, a former prison director, pastors and the his family.
  Moore, 59, was pronounced dead at 6:24 p.m.
  Moore was convicted of killing the Spartanburg convivence store clerk in September 1999 and sentenced to death two years later. Moore went into th
  
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• LETTER: Sardis secondary garden program helps senior make ends meet - Chilliwack Progress

  01-11-2024 23:15 via news.google.com
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• Vancouver Canucks winger Dakota Joshua ‘feeling good’ after cancer treatment

  01-11-2024 22:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Dakota Joshua still struggles to put into words what it felt like to receive the news.The Vancouver Canucks winger knew something was wrong, but hearing the doctor’s diagnosis of testicular cancer was scary.
  “Kind of something you can’t be prepared for. But the support from my family, friends, the fans, the organization — everyone’s been so nice and very caring,” Joshua said Friday.“I’m just very thankful and happy to be standing
  
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• Redblacks to play first playoff game on enemy turf in East semifinal against Argos

  01-11-2024 22:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks are in unfamiliar territory as they return to the playoffs for the first time since 2018.
  Ottawa takes on the Toronto Argonauts in the East Division semifinal Saturday afternoon at BMO Field. It will mark the first time since joining the league in 2014 that the Redblacks have played a post-season game on their opponent’s home turf.
  The Redblacks struggled on the road this season with a 2-7 record, but head coach Bob Dyce doesn’t see that as relevan
  
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• Barkov gets 4 points in his hometown, Panthers top Stars 6-4 in Finland

  01-11-2024 22:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TAMPERE, Finland (AP) — Florida captain Aleksander Barkov had a goal and three assists in his return to his hometown, Sam Reinhart scored twice and the Panthers beat the Dallas Stars 6-4 on Friday night.
  Finnish players put on a show. Barkov had four points, Anton Lundell had a goal, and Niko Mikkola had an assist for Florida, while Esa Lindell had a goal and an assist for the Stars. All seven Finns on the rosters started the game.
  Aaron Ekblad had three assists for Florida, which won its
  
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• Riders, Lions set to face in West final after unusual regular-season series

  01-11-2024 22:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — There is no clear favourite in Saturday’s CFL West Division semifinal between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and B.C. Lions, especially given their unusual regular-season series that had both teams recording lopsided victories.
  In their first matchup of the season on July 13 in Vancouver, the Lions (9-9) trounced the Riders 35-20. When the Lions travelled to Regina on Oct. 13, the Riders (9-8-1) returned the favour with a 39-9 victory.
  When the teams step onto the field at Mos
  
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• Calgary Flames captain Mikael Backlund reflects on joining NHL’s 1,000-game club

  01-11-2024 22:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Blake Coleman believes his Calgary Flames captain Mikael Backlund can beat the franchise record for most games played.
  That means hitting the 1,219 currently held by former captain Jarome Iginla. Backlund is on his way after reaching 1,000.
  “He’s an old man in a young body, so he takes good care of himself,” Coleman said Friday at the Saddledome. “He does the right things, so if anybody can hold on and maybe get there, it’d be him.”
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• Man arrested after bullet shot through wall into neighbouring unit: Chilliwack RCMP - CTV News Vancouver

  01-11-2024 21:54 via news.google.com
  Man arrested after bullet shot through wall into neighbouring unit: Chilliwack RCMP  CTV News Vancouver
  
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• Future of Canadian short track in good hands with Dandjinou, says Hamelin

  01-11-2024 21:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — William Dandjinou was turning heads among short-track speedskating legends long before he started picking up gold medals on the world stage.
  Six-time Olympic medallist Charles Hamelin predicted the Montreal product would be gliding past rivals years ago — and was confident Canada’s future was in good hands when he retired in 2022.
  “I told people it’s not gonna be long before the next generation comes up, and the first name up was William Dandjinou,”
  
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• Aggressive deer killed dog in family’s yard in Oak Bay, B.C.

  01-11-2024 21:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OAK BAY, B.C. — Police on Vancouver Island are warning residents after to protect their pets during mating season after a deer killed a dog while in the backyard of a home.Oak Bay police say an aggressive buck speared the dog with its antlers.The department’s Sgt. Kevin Diachina says the dog might have spooked a large buck that came out of the bushes before the attack.
  Police say conservation officers and animal control have been informed about the deer attack.Diachina says the dog&r
  
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• New York Sirens sign top pick Sarah Fillier to a 1-year contract

  01-11-2024 21:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Professional Women’s Hockey League’s New York Sirens have signed No. 1 pick Sarah Fillier to a one-year contract.The team announced the deal Friday, nearly four months after taking the Canadian national team and Princeton University forward with the first choice in the PWHL draft.“When Sarah steps on the ice, she brings an energy that ignites both her teammates and fans alike,” general manager Pascal Daoust said in a statement. “Her game co
  
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• Langley RCMP to maintain jurisdiction on Barnston Island amid transition to new Surrey Police Service

  01-11-2024 21:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY – Officials with the RCMP say policing on Barnston Island will remain under their jurisdiction amid an ongoing redistribution of resources near Surrey.
  A spokesperson said on Friday that the unincorporated island, located in the Greater Vancouver metropolitan area, will be patrolled by the Langley detachment, with the Surrey detachment set to be dissolved.
  The acting detachment commander for Langley RCMP, Insp. Ryan Element, said the island falls under provincial jurisdiction, not t
  
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• Pedestrian rushed to hospital after being hit by vehicle in Chilliwack - Fraser Valley Today

  01-11-2024 20:41 via news.google.com
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• Pedestrian rushed to hospital after being hit by vehicle in Chilliwack

  01-11-2024 20:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK – Paramedics transported one person to the hospital after an incident involving a vehicle on First Avenue and Cheam Avenue in Chilliwack.
  A spokesperson with BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) said advanced care paramedics were dispatched to the scene, just east of Yale Road, around 9:45 a.m. on Friday.
  “Paramedics provided emergency medical treatment to one patient who was transported to the hospital,” BCEHS stated.
  Fraser Valley Today has reached out to the RCMP
  
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• Interior Health fined after hospital workers exposed to illicit substance

  01-11-2024 20:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PENTICTON, B.C. — British Columbia’s Interior Health Authority has been fined nearly $275,000 after workers were exposed to an unknown substance at a hospital in Penticton.A notice posted online by WorkSafeBC, the province’s worker protection agency, says the $274,073 fine imposed in August was the result of an incident in which two workers were sickened after a noxious odour was detected in a patient’s room.
  It says the employees became ill after entering the room in res
  
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• Canada’s Homan to play for Pan Continental gold after semifinal win over China

  01-11-2024 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LACOMBE, Alta. — Canada’s Rachel Homan will play for gold at the Pan Continental curling championship after posting a 6-5 extra-end victory over China’s Wang Rui in semifinal action Friday.
  Homan didn’t need to throw her final stone in the extra end after a last-gasp double takeout attempt by Wang only removed one Canadian stone.
  Wang looked poise to score three in the 10th end and win the game in regulation, but Homan’s outturn freeze forced China to make a draw fo
  
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• A treat for fans in Tampere: Panthers, Stars send 7 Finns out for opening faceoff

  01-11-2024 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TAMPERE, Finland (AP) — The Florida Panthers and the Dallas Stars didn’t make the Finnish fans wait long to see their homeland’s players take the ice on Friday.
  They started all of them.
  Florida had its four Finns — Tampere native Aleksander Barkov, Eetu Luostarinen, Niko Mikkola and Anton Lundell — all on the ice together to start the game. Dallas did the same, sending out its three Finnish players in Miro Heiskanen, Roope Hintz and Esa Lindell for the first shift.
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP: 1 arrested after shot fired through townhouse wall - CityNews Vancouver

  01-11-2024 20:22 via news.google.com
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• Ex-Sens forward Alex Formenton files $20.5M suit against former agent, Newport Sports

  01-11-2024 20:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Former Ottawa Senators forward Alex Formenton has filed a lawsuit against his former representatives.
  The $20.5 million lawsuit names agent Wade Arnott and player agency Newport Sports Management Inc., alleging negligence, breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty.Formenton is one of five one-time NHL players charged with sexual assault in a high-profile case in London, Ont.
  The 25-year-old alleges in the suit filed in Ontario Superior Court in Toronto last week he lost inc
  
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• Court approves buffer zone ahead of expected protests at Vancouver Sikh temple

  01-11-2024 20:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A B.C. Supreme Court judge has granted an order to establish a buffer zone around one of the province’s largest Sikh temples this Saturday in advance of expected confrontations between protesters and Indian consular officials.
  The Khalsa Diwan Society, which runs the Ross Street Gurdwara, says in court documents that it expects “intense protests” at two “consular camps” scheduled for Nov. 2 and Nov. 16 after the RCMP made allegations about Indian o
  
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• One in custody after Vedder Road shooting Friday morning

  01-11-2024 20:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — One man was taken into custody in connection with a shooting this morning after a bullet penetrated the wall of a residence on the 5600-block of Vedder Road. Chilliwack RCMP received the call at 5:58 a.m.
  In response, police quickly evacuated surrounding residential units and nearby businesses as a precaution. Traffic in the vicinity was also rerouted to maintain public safety while officers addressed the situation. The Lower Mainland Integrated Emergency Response Team (IERT)
  
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• Forge FC looks to dispatch Atletico Ottawa, return to Canadian Premier League final

  01-11-2024 20:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  After a rare playoff setback, defending champion Forge FC hopes Saturday’s matchup with visiting Atletico Ottawa is just a short detour en route to the Nov. 9 Canadian Premier League title game.
  No. 1 Forge dropped into Saturday’s semifinal after losing 1-0 to No. 2 Cavalry FC at Tim Hortons Field in the qualifying semifinal. No. 3 Ottawa advanced by edging No. 4 York United FC 5-4 in a penalty shootout after their quarterfinal finished knotted at 2-2 after extra time at TD Place Sta
  
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• Police officer struck with baton in Mission during Halloween night disturbance

  01-11-2024 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Mounties in Mission say one of its officers was struck with a baton during a Halloween night disturbance.
  According to a news release from police, Mission RCMP responded to 56 calls for service during the nighttime hours, one of which was an incident near Cedar Street and Cherry Avenue where an estimated 300 youth had gathered around Griner Park and Albert McMahon Elementary School. Police say they received reports of various offences, including youth assaulting another youth, ro
  
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• Alberta Appeal Court upholds sentence for Ontario trucker in Edmonton hotel killing

  01-11-2024 19:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Alberta’s top court has dismissed a Crown appeal of the sentence handed to an Ontario truck driver convicted in the 2011 death of a woman found in an Edmonton hotel bathtub.Cindy Gladue, a 36-year-old Métis and Cree woman, bled to death in the tub in 2011.
  A jury found Bradley Barton not guilty in 2015 of first-degree murder, but the Alberta Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Canada ordered a new trial.
  He was then convicted of manslaughter and handed a 12 1/2-yea
  
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• Police search for 80-year-old who went missing on Halloween in Abbotsford

  01-11-2024 19:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD – Police are seeking assistance from the community in Abbotsford after an 80-year-old man went missing on Thursday night.
  An Abbotsford police spokesperson said the man, known as “Ralph,” was last seen around 10 p.m. in the 33100 block of Marshall Road.
  “Ralph was not dressed for the weather conditions, and it is believed that he is on foot,” Const. Jody Thomas explained.
  “Family members are extremely concerned, explaining that Ralph suffers from de
  
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• Vancouver confirms CRAB Park temporary sheltering area will close next week

  01-11-2024 19:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The City of Vancouver says the remaining seven residents of an encampment at a Downtown Eastside park have a week to pack up their belongings and leave, or they must remove their tents each day as the area returns to regular daytime use.
  A statement from the city says people may continue sheltering at CRAB Park overnight, but structures must be taken down by 8 a.m. each day starting Nov. 7.
  It says reserved shelter spaces will be available for those who choose to leave.
  The cit
  
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• US officials say video falsely depicting voter fraud in Georgia linked to ‘Russian influence actors’

  01-11-2024 19:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A video that purports to show election fraud in Georgia by a man who claims to be from Haiti is fake and the work of “Russian influence actors,” U.S. intelligence officials said Friday.
  The video in question shows someone claiming to be a Haitian immigrant talking about how he’s intending to vote multiple times in two Georgia counties for Vice President Kamala Harris.
  Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Thursday night that the video is &ld
  
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• Makar named NHL’s first star for October; Michkov grabs rookie honours

  01-11-2024 18:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Cale Makar has been named the NHL’s first star for October.
  The Colorado Avalanche defenceman registered four goals and 15 assists last month to become just the second blueliner — and first since Bobby Orr in 1973-74 — to open a season with a point streak of at least 11 games.Makar also tied for the league lead in points with 19.
  Winnipeg Jets winger Kyle Connor was named the second star after putting up nine goals and eight assists for 17 points in 10 games.
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• Supreme Court sued over its refusal to translate decisions before 1970 into French

  01-11-2024 18:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec civil rights group is suing the office of the registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada because of the high court’s refusal to translate its historic decisions into French.
  Droits collectifs Québec says it filed an application today in Federal Court after failing to get the office of the registrar — which serves as the administrative body for the court — to conform to the Official Languages Act.
  The lawsuit involves more than 6,000 decisions that
  
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• Thieves speed off with bronze statue of Formula One racing legend Gilles Villeneuve

  01-11-2024 17:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A museum dedicated to revered Formula One driver Gilles Villeneuve is racing to find its stolen bronze statue of the Quebec speedster before it gets melted down for cash.
  Alain Bellehumeur, general manager of the Gilles Villeneuve Museum, says the 5 foot 3 inches tall statue was apparently sawed off at the ankles sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday, and he is asking the public for help locating it.
  The statue was created in 1984 in tribute of Villeneuve, who participat
  
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• UPDATE: Chilliwack RCMP confirm bullet shot into townhouse; 1 man in custody - Chilliwack Progress

  01-11-2024 17:52 via news.google.com
  UPDATE: Chilliwack RCMP confirm bullet shot into townhouse; 1 man in custody  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Forge FC’s Bobby Smyrniotis earns sixth nomination for CPL coach of the year

  01-11-2024 17:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Another year, another Canadian Premier League coach of the year nomination for Forge FC’s Bobby Smyrniotis.
  But while Smyrniotis’s team has won the CPL championship four of the league’s previous five seasons, he has yet to win coach of the year honours in his previous five selections as a finalist for the award.
  The Forge FC coach faces tough opposition this year in Cavalry FC’s Tommy Wheeldon Jr., who won the award in 2019 and ’23, and Mexican Benjamin Mora for his
  
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• Snow arrives along Coquihalla Highway

  01-11-2024 17:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — Winter arrived along the Coquihalla Highway overnight with snow continuing to fall Friday (Nov. 1) morning.
  Environment Canada predicted up to 10 cm of snow for the road between Hope and Merritt overnight, as a low-pressure system pushed into the B.C. Interior.
  Images from DriveBC webcams show snow on the highway from the Zopkios Rest Area in the south, nearly all of the way to Kamloops in the north. Snow is also present along the Okanagan Connector linking Merritt to Kelowna.
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• Limit on preliminary inquiries doesn’t apply to some ongoing cases: Supreme Court

  01-11-2024 17:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says a change to the law that limited the right of an accused person to a preliminary inquiry does not apply to some ongoing cases.The top court’s ruling today helps clarify who is eligible for a preliminary inquiry — a judicial hearing to see if there is enough evidence for a trial — in light of a 2019 amendment to the criminal law.
  In September 2019, a Criminal Code change abolished the right to a preliminary inquiry for an accused c
  
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• B.C. port employers issue lockout notice in labour dispute with foremen union

  01-11-2024 16:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Ports in British Columbia are waking up to the possibility of another provincewide labour disruption as employers say they will lock out members of the union representing more than 700 foremen after it served a strike notice.
  The BC Maritime Employers Association says in a statement that it has issued a formal notice that it will “defensively” lock out members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 514 starting Monday at 8 a.m.
  It says the lockout,
  
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• Canada’s Leylah Fernandez advances to semifinal at Hong Kong Open

  01-11-2024 16:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HONG KONG — Canada’s Leylah Fernandez is moving on to the semifinal of the Hong Kong Open following a 6-1, 7-6 (9) win over American Bernarda Pera on Friday.
  Fernandez, the tournament’s third seed, recorded eight aces and won 73 per cent of her first serves in a match that lasted 91 minutes on centre court at the Victoria Park Tennis Centre.
  The Canadian converted three of six break points while the ninth-seeded Pera managed to convert just one of six.
  Fernandez, of Laval, Que.
  
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• At least 8 killed in roof collapse at Serbian railway station

  01-11-2024 15:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A concrete roof above the entrance of a railway station in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad collapsed Friday, killing at least eight people.
  Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said that at least four other people have been hospitalized with serious injuries, while rescuers have established contact with two people who are still buried under piles of concrete.
  Ambulances and other emergency teams were dispatched to the downtown station and bulldozers were removing the
  
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• B.C. trans basketball player speaks out about verbal, physical mistreatment

  01-11-2024 14:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A university basketball star on Vancouver Island is speaking out about the treatment she’s received as a transgender athlete.Vancouver Island University forward Harriette Mackenzie took to social media to detail what happened during and after a pair of home games against Canadian Bible College last weekend.The six-foot-two forward says in a video that she was physically targeted by her opponents, that the visiting team’s coach, Taylor Claggett, went on a “tirade” about ho
  
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• What's happening Chilliwack: List of events from Nov. 1 onward - The Chilliwack Progress

  01-11-2024 13:52 via news.google.com
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• What's happening Chilliwack: List of events from Nov. 1 onward - Chilliwack Progress

  01-11-2024 13:52 via news.google.com
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• Manchester United confirms hiring of Ruben Amorim as manager

  01-11-2024 13:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Manchester United on Friday hired Ruben Amorim as its sixth permanent manager since the retirement of Alex Ferguson in 2013.
  The 39-year-old Amorim arrives from Sporting Lisbon, which he led to two Portuguese titles in four full seasons in charge.
  Amorim replaces Erik ten Hag, who was fired on Monday with United languishing in 14th place in the 20-team Premier League.
  United is a record 20-time English champion but hasn’t won the league since Ferguson retired and has slipped way behind the
  
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• Hana Wakimoto maintains her lead after the 2nd round of the LPGA Japan tournament

  01-11-2024 13:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SHIGA, Japan (AP) — Hana Wakimoto shot a 4-under 68 on Friday to maintain her lead after the second round of the LPGA’s Toto Japan Classic.
  The Japanese player shot a 63 in the opening round and continued to set the pace with a 13-under-par total of 131 after 36 holes.
  Yealimi Noh of the United States and Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand were two strokes off the lead after the second round. Noh shot 65 and Jutanugarn carded a 66.
  Rio Takeda of Japan was three behind after a 65.
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• UFV to host fall health fair at Chilliwack campus - Chilliwack Progress

  01-11-2024 13:35 via news.google.com
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• Death toll from Spanish floods rises to 205 as residents appeal for aid

  01-11-2024 13:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHIVA, Spain. (AP) — Three days after historic flash floods swept through towns in Spain and killed at least 205 people, the initial shock was giving way to anger, frustration and a wave of solidarity on Friday.
  Spanish emergency authorities raised the death toll to at least 205 victims, 202 of them in Valencia alone.
  Many streets are still blocked by piled-up vehicles and debris, in some cases trapping residents in their homes. Some places still don’t have electricity, running water
  
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• Carabins, Thunderbirds among those in action as U Sports football playoffs continue

  01-11-2024 13:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The defending Vanier Cup-champion Montreal Carabins, the 2023 runner-up UBC Thunderbirds and the undefeated Laurier Golden Hawks are among the U Sports football teams in conference semifinal action this weekend.Here is a look at Saturday’s matchups: RSEQ Semifinals
  Concordia at No. 3 Laval, 12 p.m.
  Stade Telus-Université Laval, Quebec City
  The Rouge-et-Or (7-1) look to advance to their 21st straight Dunsmore Cup final when they host the Stingers (2-6). Laval opened the season with a
  
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• Vince Carter inspired Canadians to new heights, leading to current NBA boom

  01-11-2024 12:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ask any Canadian playing in the NBA about Vince Carter and they’ll tell you they’re there because of him. And there are a lot of them.
  Carter will have his Toronto Raptors jersey retired in a ceremony at Scotiabank Arena on Saturday, the first player in franchise history to be so honoured. Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray of Kitchener, Ont., said it’s a fitting tribute to a player who motivated the current cohort of Canadian NBAers.
  “I always talk about V
  
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• Moreno, Albazi take different roads to UFC Fight Night main event in Edmonton

  01-11-2024 12:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Brandon (The Assassin Baby) Moreno has pretty much done it all in the UFC.
  The 30-year-old Mexican has been cut by the promotion, won and lost the flyweight title and then won and lost the 125-pound championship again.
  He has fought for the title six times — winning three times with two losses and a majority draw — including a trilogy with Brazil’s Deiveson Figueiredo that saw Moreno draw, win and lose.
  Moreno, currently ranked second among UFC 125-pound conten
  
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