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• Carter speaks of legacy, relationship with Raptors fans ahead of jersey retirement

  02-11-2024 23:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Vince Carter spoke about family, legacy, anger, and ultimately, love in an emotional news conference ahead of his jersey being retired by the Toronto Raptors.
  Carter will become the first player in Raptors history to be so honoured.
  His iconic No. 15 will be hung in the rafters of Scotiabank Arena in a 20-minute ceremony during the intermission of Toronto’s game with the Sacramento Kings tonight.
  Carter played the first five years of his NBA career with the Raptors before a
  
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• High winds, blowing snow could pose visibility issues for drivers on Mountain passes in southern B.C.

  02-11-2024 23:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER – Canada’s weather agency has issued road advisories for B.C.’s mountain passes, including the Coquihalla between Hope and Merritt, due to high winds and snow expected by Monday.
  Environment Canada says a “strong frontal system” will pass through central B.C. and eventually move down to southern B.C., bringing strong winds and snow.
  “Behind the front, strong west and northwest winds will sweep across the region beginning Monday evening,” the ag
  
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• UFV to host fall health fair at Chilliwack campus - Mission City Record

  02-11-2024 22:53 via news.google.com
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• UFV to host fall health fair at Chilliwack campus - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  02-11-2024 22:53 via news.google.com
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• Crews work in Nunavut hamlet to restore power that’s been off since Thursday

  02-11-2024 22:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KIMMIRUT, Nvt. — The Nunavut government has declared a state of emergency in Kimmirut after a power outage hit the Baffin Island hamlet two days ago.
  Community and Government Services Minister David Joanasie says in a news release that the territory’s emergency management staff are working closely with local officials and other territorial partners to help the community.
  The release says the Qulliq Energy Corporation reported a complete community power loss on Thursday, and that only
  
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• One sent to hospital after early morning crash at Sumas Bridge in Abbotsford

  02-11-2024 22:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD – One person was sent to the hospital after a single-vehicle crash on Highway 1 early Saturday in Abbotsford.
  Abbotsford Police and the local Fire Rescue Service say they were called out to the scene just before 6 a.m. on the highway at the Sumas River Bridge heading toward the Whatcom Road off-ramp.#BCHwy1 Westbound vehicle incident is blocking the left lane near Cole Road. Crews on scene and en route. Expect delays. #AbbotsfordBC pic.twitter.com/IQhRwgG9ht
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• B.C. port employers release details of final offer to foremen union ahead of lockout

  02-11-2024 22:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The BC Maritime Employers Association has released the details of its final offer to the union representing more than 700 foremen ahead of a looming lockout on Monday.
  The offer, which is dated Wednesday and addressed to International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 514 President Frank Morena, was released to reporters on Saturday.
  It includes a 19.2 per cent increase over the four year agreement — which would be from April 2023 until March 31, 2027 — as well as
  
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• U Sports Roundup: Laval Rouge et Or advance to 21st straight Dunsmore Cup final

  02-11-2024 21:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUÉBEC — The Laval Rouge et Or are going back to the Dunsmore Cup final for a 21st straight year.
  Quarterback Arnaud Desjardins threw for 327 yards and two touchdowns as the No. 3-ranked Rouge et Or defeated the Concordia Stingers 41-18 on Saturday to advance to the RSEQ final.
  Laval will face the winner of Saturday’s matchup between the No. 1 Montreal Carabins (7-1) — the defending Vanier Cup champions — and McGill Redbirds (3-5).
  In Ontario University Athletics f
  
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• One sent to hospital after early morning crash on Highway 1 near Abbotsford

  02-11-2024 21:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD – One person was sent to the hospital after a single-vehicle crash on Highway 1 early Saturday in Abbotsford.
  Abbotsford Police and the local Fire Rescue Service say they were called out to the scene just before 6 a.m. on the highway at the Sumas River Bridge heading toward the Whatcom Road off-ramp.#BCHwy1 Westbound vehicle incident is blocking the left lane near Cole Road. Crews on scene and en route. Expect delays. #AbbotsfordBC pic.twitter.com/IQhRwgG9ht
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• Amber Glenn overcomes a fall to win her first Grand Prix figure skating title

  02-11-2024 21:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ANGERS, France (AP) — Amber Glenn overcame a fall and her own doubts to win a maiden Grand Prix figure skating title Saturday at the Grand Prix de France.
  The American skater had the lead from Friday’s short program. That and the support of the crowd got her through a tough free skate in which she fell on a triple flip and put a hand onto the ice to steady herself on two other jumps.
  “I didn’t feel that great out there today but I really tried and the audience really got
  
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• Latest Vital Signs report on Abbotsford to be released at Chamber of Commerce luncheon

  02-11-2024 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD – The charity organization tasked with driving positive change in Abbotsford will reveal its biennial study on key indicators of growth and well-being across the community Tuesday.
  The 2024 Vital Signs report from the Abbotsford Community Foundation will present data on a myriad of issues important to residents, including health and wellness, public safety, homelessness, and affordability.
  “This year’s Vital Signs not only shares data that tells the story of how our
  
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• Florida Panthers top Dallas Stars 4-2 and sweep 2-game series in Finland

  02-11-2024 20:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TAMPERE, Finland (AP) — AJ Greer scored his first goal for Florida early in the third period, Aleksander Barkov and Niko Mikkola each had assists in their homeland and the Panthers beat the Dallas Stars 4-2 on Saturday to finish a two-game sweep in Finland.
  Sam Reinhart, Evan Rodrigues and Matthew Tkachuk also had goals for Florida, which won its fifth straight. Reinhart also had an assist for the Panthers, making him the second player in the NHL to reach 20 points on the season, and cappe
  
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• One person sent to hospital following van crash near gas station in Chilliwack

  02-11-2024 19:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK – One person was transported to hospital after a van crashed near the Canco gas station at Yale Road and Hocking Avenue in Chilliwack.
  A BC Emergency Health Services spokesperson says paramedics were called out to a “motor vehicle incident” just after 6 p.m. on Friday.
  Primary care paramedics treated one patient at the scene and subsequently transported them to hospital, BCEHS said in an email.
  Fraser Valley Today has reached out to the RCMP for further details but h
  
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• Chilliwack coffee roaster wins Small Business BC Award - Chilliwack Progress

  02-11-2024 19:22 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack coffee roaster wins Small Business BC Award - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  02-11-2024 19:17 via news.google.com
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• Israeli military official says Israeli forces capture senior Hezbollah operative in north Lebanon

  02-11-2024 18:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BATROUN, Lebanon (AP) — An Israeli military official said Saturday that Israeli naval forces captured a senior Hezbollah operative in north Lebanon.
  The operation took place in the northern Lebanese town of Batroun, the official said without providing the name of the person they detained.
  Earlier on Saturday, Lebanese authorities said it was investigating whether Israel was behind the capture of a Lebanese sea captain who was taken away by a group of armed men who had landed on the coast o
  
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• Anti-suicide religious group files constitutional challenge against Waterloo, Que.

  02-11-2024 18:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec religious group headed by a man who lost his son to suicide has filed a constitutional challenge against the municipality of Waterloo after it was ticketed for going door-to-door to share its message about suicide prevention.
  Groupe Jaspe, a Christian group based in Magog, Que., received two tickets in February, worth over $900 after fees, for violating a city bylaw requiring non-profit groups to obtain a permit for “selling, collecting or soliciting in the munici
  
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• Cole exercises opt out but Yankees can keep him by adding 2029 salary, Rizzo option declined

  02-11-2024 18:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Gerrit Cole exercised his opt out from his New York Yankees contract, giving the team two days to void the opt out by adding a $36 million salary for 2029, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press.
  Three days after the Yankees lost the World Series, New York said Saturday it declined first baseman Anthony Rizzo’s $17 million option in favor of a $6 million buyout, making the first baseman a free agent.
  Cole’s decision, which was expected, wa
  
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• Canada’s Fernandez falls to Shnaider of Russia in Hong Kong Open semifinal

  02-11-2024 17:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HONG KONG — Canada’s Leylah Fernandez is out of the Hong Kong Open tennis tournament following a 6-4, 6-2 semifinal loss to top-seeded Diana Shnaider of Russia on Saturday.
  Fernandez, the tournament’s third seed, recorded two aces and four double faults.
  She also won only 54.3 per cent of her first serves in a match that lasted 87 minutes on centre court at the Victoria Park Tennis Centre.
  The 22-year-old from Laval, Que., converted two of three break points but saved only thre
  
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• India protests Ottawa’s allegation its home minister ordered targeting of Sikh activists in Canada

  02-11-2024 16:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — India officially protested on Saturday the Canadian government’s allegation that the country’s powerful home minister Amit Shah had ordered the targeting of Sikh activists inside Canada, calling it “absurd and baseless.”
  Relations between the two countries soured after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said last year there were credible allegations the Indian government had links to the assassination of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada. Indi
  
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• Pedestrian suffers serious injuries after hit by pickup in Surrey: RCMP

  02-11-2024 15:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY – A pedestrian was rushed to the hospital in critical condition after being hit by a pickup truck Friday night in Surrey, RCMP say.
  Investigators believe the vehicle was making a left turn from 144th Street onto 88th Avenue just before 8 p.m. when the person was struck in the intersection.
  The driver of the truck remained at the scene and is cooperating with police.
  An investigation into the cause of the collision is ongoing, police say.
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs Beat Powell River Kings 5-2 at Coliseum - Fraser Valley Today

  02-11-2024 15:54 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack Chiefs Beat Powell River Kings 5-2 at Coliseum

  02-11-2024 15:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK – The Chilliwack Chiefs took an early lead, scoring the first three goals in a 5-2 victory over the Powell River Kings Friday night.
  The game featured seven different goal scorers, including the Chiefs’ Brady Milburn, who netted his sixth goal of the season.
  The win is part of a back-to-back home series, as the Chiefs return to action Saturday night against the Nanaimo Clippers.
  Game time is 6 p.m. PDT at the Coliseum.
  
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• B.C. deluge shows why cities struggle to keep up with extreme rain

  02-11-2024 14:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. — Heavy rain isn’t unusual for the community of Deep Cove in North Vancouver, but when Ashifa Saferali saw an e-bike floating down the middle of the street she knew this storm was something different.Saferali is the owner of Honey Doughnuts and Goodies, a fixture in the community where she has lived and worked for almost three decades.
  She’s been through flash floods in the area before, but nothing like the torrent on Oct. 19, the day of B.C.’s provi
  
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• Chilliwack and district Realtors spread warmth with blanket-and-food drive - Chilliwack Progress

  02-11-2024 13:35 via news.google.com
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• ‘Election seems really close’: Americans in Canada cast ballot ahead of U.S. election

  02-11-2024 13:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Stephen Winters says watching the U.S. election campaign from Canada as a dual citizen is like a parent watching their kid play sports.
  “When you’re on the sideline it makes you more nervous than when you’re in it,” Winters said in an interview from Calgary.
  “My friends and family at home are like, ‘Don’t worry that much’ because they’re there and they know things are going OK. When you’re outside, it can look worse tha
  
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• UK Conservative Party picks Kemi Badenoch as its new leader in wake of election defeat

  02-11-2024 12:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Conservative Party on Saturday elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat that ended 14 years in power.
  Badenoch defeated rival lawmaker Robert Jenrick in a vote of almost 100,000 members of the right-of-center party. She is the first Black woman to lead a major British political party.
  Badenoch replaces former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who in July led the Conservatives to their worst election result since
  
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• Why so many elections in 2024? Chalk it up to the ‘beauty of math,’ says professor

  02-11-2024 11:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Tuesday’s vote in the United States may be dominating social media feeds, but it is just one of more than 70 national elections that will have taken place this year by the end of December.
  Mauritanians went to the polls in June, the same month Mexico elected its first female president and Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared victory in India. Azerbaijanis and Indonesians voted in February. Iceland goes to the polls on Nov. 30, Ghana on Dec. 7.
  “This is
  
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• Supporters share cautious optimism and anxiety ahead of divisive U.S. election

  02-11-2024 11:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MILWAUKEE — Tens of thousands of people from opposite sides of the political divide gathered at duelling rallies in Wisconsin on Friday, hosted by Vice-President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump as they made a final push for votes in the critical swing state.
  “It feels great,” said William Dahms, holding a giant Trump 2024 flag outside the arena in Milwaukee where Trump rallied supporters later that evening. “It’s a beautiful day. I took the day off f
  
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• CSIS tracked intelligence flow across government in foreign interference leak probe

  02-11-2024 11:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s spy service tracked the flow of its intelligence reports across government and studied how other agencies handled them as part of an investigation into leaks of classified information about foreign interference, a newly released memo shows.The Canadian Security Intelligence Service described the “tireless efforts” in the memo prepared for staff who were keen for an update on the probe into unauthorized disclosures to the media.In the note, CSIS’s d
  
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• Iran’s supreme leader threatens Israel and US with ‘a crushing response’ over Israeli attack

  02-11-2024 09:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader on Saturday threatened Israel and the U.S. with “a crushing response” over attacks on Iran and its allies.
  Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spoke as Iranian officials are increasingly threatening to launch yet another strike against Israel after its Oct. 26 on the Islamic Republic that targeted military bases and other locations and killed at least five people.Any further attacks from either side could engulf the wider Middle
  
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• Chilliwack coffee roaster wins Small Business BC Award - Mission City Record

  02-11-2024 08:00 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack coffee roaster wins Small Business BC Award - Abbotsford News

  02-11-2024 08:00 via news.google.com
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• Flames’ Vladar enjoys shutout performance against old goaltending partner Markstrom

  02-11-2024 07:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Dan Vladar matched up for the first time against his old goaltending partner Jacob Markstrom, and he won in style with a shutout.
  Vladar made 22 stops as the Calgary Flames snapped a four-game losing skid with a 3-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Friday.
  “This is a nice day for me, especially against Marky,” said Vladar. “Good growing game for me, for sure.”
  After the game, Vladar, 27, thanked Flames goaltending coach, Jason LaBarbera, for helping h
  
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• Finnish players put on a show as Panthers beat Stars 6-4 in Finland

  02-11-2024 06:17 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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• Canada’s Sinclair scores in her retirement match and the Thorns down Angel City 3-0

  02-11-2024 06:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Canada’s Christine Sinclair scored in her celebratory retirement match and the Portland Thorns clinched a playoff spot with a 3-0 victory over Angel City on Friday night.Sinclair, who is playing in her final season, scored in the 16th minute in front of 23,212 fans at Providence Park. Sophia Smith and Morgan Weaver also scored for Portland in its last regular-season match.Sinclair’s club career was extended with the victory, but Portland won’t know i
  
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• Delegates agree to establish Indigenous subsidiary body at COP16 biodiversity summit in Colombia

  02-11-2024 06:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALI, Colombia (AP) — Delegates came to an agreement late Friday at the United Nations conference on biodiversity to establish a subsidiary body that will include Indigenous peoples in future talks and decisions on nature conservation.
  The COP16 summit hosted in Cali, Colombia, was a follow-up to the historic 2022 accord in Montreal, which includes 23 measures to save Earth’s plant and animal life, including putting 30% of the planet and 30% of degraded ecosystems under protection by
  
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• Coleman, Vladar lead the way as Flames snap four-game skid with 3-0 win over Devils

  02-11-2024 05:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Blake Coleman scored twice as the Calgary Flames snapped a four-game losing streak on Friday with a 3-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils.
  The other goal for Calgary (6-4-1) came from Jonathan Huberdeau, who scored just 28 seconds after Coleman had broken a scoreless tie at 14:26 of the third period.
  New Jersey (7-5-2), which had put up 12 goals in winning its previous two games, was shut out for the first time this season.
  Dan Vladar made 22 saves for his third career shutout.
  
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• Lakers’ LeBron James, Anthony Davis happy Vince Carter is being honoured by Raptors

  02-11-2024 04:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — LeBron James and his Los Angeles Lakers had to pay their respects to Vince Carter, too.
  James and teammate Anthony Davis both praised Carter after their 131-125 win over the Raptors on Friday. Carter will become the first player in Raptors history to have his jersey retired in a pre-game ceremony on Saturday.
  “Congratulations to Vinsanity, rightfully so,” said James by his locker. “It makes all the sense in the world he’s done for this franchise, the impac
  
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• Panarin and Lafreniere score, Shesterkin makes 40 saves as Rangers beat Senators 2-1

  02-11-2024 03:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Artemi Panarin and Alexis Lafreniere scored, Igor Shesterkin stopped 40 shots and the New York Rangers beat the Ottawa Senators 2-1 on Friday night.
  Panarin scored his team-best seventh goal 3:03 into the game, beating Senators goalie Linus Ullmark with a low shot. Alexis Lafreniere made it 2-0 on the power play at 2:56 of the third with his fifth goal.
  Shesterkin kept the Senators at bay until Adam Gaudette scored with 7:32 remaining in the third. Gaudette one-timed a cros
  
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• Jury convicts former Kentucky officer of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor during deadly raid

  02-11-2024 02:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal jury on Friday convicted a former Kentucky police detective of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor during a botched 2020 drug raid that left her dead.
  The 12-member jury returned the late night verdict after clearing Brett Hankison earlier in the evening on a charge that he used excessive force on Taylor’s neighbors.Some members of the jury were in tears as the verdict was read around 9:30 p.m. Friday.Hankison fired 10 shots into Taylor’s gl
  
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• Ehlers scores 3 goals to lead Jets to 6-2 win over Blue Jackets to improve to 6-0-0 on the road

  02-11-2024 02:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Nikolaj Ehlers scored three goals for his fifth career hat trick and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-2 Friday night to stay perfect on the road.
  Mason Appleton and Gabriel Vilardi also scored, Josh Morrissey had a power-play goal and an assist, and Ehlers added an assist for Winnipeg, which has won 10 of its first 11 games. Eric Comrie had 20 saves as the Jets improved to 6-0-0 on the road for the best such start in franchise history.
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• Vancouver mayor speaks out after his home was targeted with graffiti on Halloween

  02-11-2024 01:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim says his home was defaced with “hateful” graffiti on Halloween night.Sim says in a statement that he can’t fully express the pain of seeing the words sprayed across his home, and it’s absolutely heartbreaking that the vandalism has taken away a place where his family has felt safe.Photos shared by the mayor’s office show large spray-painted messages in English saying “Ken Sim hates poor people,” and “we hat
  
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• ‘It’s not enough to play well’: Whitecaps aim for top form against LAFC

  02-11-2024 00:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A good game is no longer enough for the Vancouver Whitecaps.Heading into a do-or-die playoff matchup against Los Angeles FC on Sunday, the ‘Caps know they need to be at their best.“We’ve just realized that it’s not enough to play well against these guys. Because if we just play well, it’ll finish like the last two games – we’re very close, and we lose,” said head coach Vanni Sartini. “And so we need to play well and to have
  
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• Beyond Vancouver, B.C.'s secondary real estate markets poised for investor growth - Western Investor

  02-11-2024 00:00 via news.google.com
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• Beyond Vancouver, B.C.'s secondary real estate markets poised for investor growth - Burnaby Now

  02-11-2024 00:00 via news.google.com
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