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• Maple Leafs’ Reaves handed five-game suspension, fine for illegal check to the head

  17-11-2024 22:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto Maple Leafs forward Ryan Reaves has been suspended for five games without pay for an illegal check to the head of Edmonton Oilers defenceman Darnell Nurse.
  Reaves was also fined US$35,156.25, the NHL’s Department of Safety announced on Sunday.
  The incident took place at 2:38 of the second period in Toronto’s 4-3 overtime win on Saturday.
  Nurse had the puck along the end boards in his own zone when Reaves came in and hit him high.
  Nurse’s helmet almost came off and he ha
  
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• Medieval music returns to Chilliwack with Winter Harp - Chilliwack Progress

  17-11-2024 22:02 via news.google.com
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• Defending champion Canada falls to Great Britain in Billie Jean King Cup quarters

  17-11-2024 21:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MÁLAGA — Defending champion Canada fell 2-0 to Great Britain in a quarterfinal tie at the Billie Jean King Cup Finals women’s tennis tournament on Sunday.
  Vancouver’s Rebecca Marino dropped the first singles match 6-0, 7-5 to Emma Raducanu. Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., lost 6-2, 6-4 to Katie Boulter in the second match.
  Marino had five aces to zero double faults and won 59 per cent of her first-serve points. However, she failed to capitalize on any of her seven break
  
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• Portion of Tyson Road in Chilliwack to close Monday night for hydro pole relocations - Fraser Valley Today

  17-11-2024 21:18 via news.google.com
  Portion of Tyson Road in Chilliwack to close Monday night for hydro pole relocations  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Portion of Tyson Road in Chilliwack to close Monday night for hydro pole relocations

  17-11-2024 21:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK – The City of Chilliwack is alerting drivers and residents that one kilometer of Tyson Road will be closed to traffic for 12 hours on Monday night.
  The city’s engineering department says the closure between Watson and South Sumas Roads is to relocate BC Hydro utility poles.
  Residents who live along the stretch will be the exception to the closure rules.Tyson Road from Watson Road to South Sumas Road will be closed on Monday, November 18, at 7pm until Tuesday, November 19,
  
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• B.C. charities worried Canada Post strike will affect fundraising efforts

  17-11-2024 21:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Some B.C. charities and not-for-profits say they are worried the Canada Post strike will jeopardize their year-end fundraising efforts.Nicole Mucci, a spokeswoman for Union Gospel Mission in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, says 50 per cent of the organization’s revenue normally comes between Thanksgiving and Christmas, and a mail strike at this time of the year is “detrimental” since so many donations come in the mail.Mucci says the Mission supports the p
  
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• Trudeau says he could have acted faster on immigration changes, blames ‘bad actors’

  17-11-2024 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government could have acted faster on reining in immigration programs, after blaming “bad actors” for gaming the system.
  Trudeau released a nearly seven-minute video on YouTube Sunday talking about the recent reduction in permanent residents being admitted to Canada and changes to the temporary foreign worker program.Over the next two years, the permanent residency stream is being reduced by about 20 per cent to 365,000 in
  
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• ATP Finals contract with Italy extended for 5 more years through 2030

  17-11-2024 20:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TURIN, Italy (AP) — The ATP Finals will remain in Italy through 2030, ATP chairman Andrea Gaudenzi announced Sunday.
  The contract with Turin was due to expire next year.
  “The ATP Finals will stay in Italy for another five years until 2030,” Gaudenzi said during the trophy ceremony after home player Jannik Sinner beat Taylor Fritz in the final of this year’s event for the top eight players on the men’s tennis tour.
  The tournament has been in Turin since 2021, followi
  
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• Sinner beats Fritz to win ATP Finals and add another big title with his doping case still pending

  17-11-2024 19:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TURIN, Italy (AP) — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner added another big title to his tremendous year, beating U.S. Open runner-up Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday for the ATP Finals trophy before his home fans — and before a final verdict is reached in his doping case.
  Sinner won his first two Grand Slam titles at the Australian Open and U.S. Open in 2024 and had already clinched the year-end No. 1 ranking.
  But Sinner also tested positive in two separate drug tests in March and a decision to c
  
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• AP sources: Biden for the first time OKs Ukraine’s use of US-supplied long-range missiles in Russia

  17-11-2024 19:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has for the first time authorized the use of U.S.-supplied long-range missiles by Ukraine to strike inside Russia, according to people familiar with the matter.The decision is a major U.S. policy shift and comes as Biden is about to leave office and President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to limit American support for Ukraine and end the war as soon as possible.The weapons are likely to be used in response to North Korea’s decision to send thous
  
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• ‘A Gift Of Art’ fundraiser in Chilliwack offers options for shoppers ahead of the holidays - Fraser Valley Today

  17-11-2024 19:41 via news.google.com
  ‘A Gift Of Art’ fundraiser in Chilliwack offers options for shoppers ahead of the holidays  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• ‘A Gift Of Art’ fundraiser in Chilliwack offers options for shoppers ahead of the holidays

  17-11-2024 19:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK – A campaign combining art with fundraising for a Chilliwack non-profit will provide options for gift-givers during the holidays.
  The Chilliwack Visual Arts Association’s (CVAA) “A Gift of Art” charity initiative returns in late November, featuring pieces donated by their artists to raise money for Chilliwack Community Services.
  “Our artists are donating their works and offering them for sale at very reasonable prices in our last show of the year,”
  
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• Trump’s new energy council could mean trade opportunity for Canada: experts

  17-11-2024 19:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — As Donald Trump builds his new energy-focused administration, experts say it could open opportunities for Canada to expand the two countries’ long-standing partnership amid threats of widespread tariffs from the president-elect.Trump announced Friday that he would create a National Energy Council to establish U.S. “energy dominance” around the world. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum will be at the helm, while also heading the Interior Department.
  “If I wer
  
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• Avian flu detected in additional Abbotsford and Chilliwack flocks: CFIA - Castanet.net

  17-11-2024 18:50 via news.google.com
  Avian flu detected in additional Abbotsford and Chilliwack flocks: CFIA  Castanet.net
  
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• Canada earns five speedskating medals at Four Continents championships

  17-11-2024 18:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HACHINOHE — Ivanie Blondin led the way in a five-medal day for Canada at the Four Continents speedskating championships on Sunday.
  The Ottawa native won gold in the women’s mass start with a time of nine minutes 23.28 seconds. It was the 34-year-old’s third individual distance medal of the weekend, having also captured bronze in both the 1,500 metres and 3,000.
  In the men’s mass start, David La Rue of Saint-Lambert, Que., and Toronto’s Hayden Mayeur captured silver
  
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• Jets’ Pionk fined by NHL for clipping Panthers’ Boqvist in loss

  17-11-2024 18:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Winnipeg Jets defenceman Neal Pionk has been fined US$5,000 by the NHL for clipping Florida Panthers forward Jesper Boqvist.The offence took place at 14:36 of the third period in Winnipeg’s 5-0 loss to Florida on Saturday.Boqvist was in the Jets’ zone and wrapped a pass around Pionk to teammate Anton Lundell.
  The moment the puck came off his stick, Pionk hipchecked Boqvist, whose body spun in midair before hitting the ice.
  Boqvist was down for some moments after the
  
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• Canada’s Stellato-Dudek, Deschamps win pairs event at figure skating Grand Prix

  17-11-2024 18:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HELSINKI — Canada’s Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps have topped the podium in the pairs event in Grand Prix figure skating action.The reigning world champions finished with a total of 207.44 points after Sunday’s free skate. It’s the second victory of the season for Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps, who also won at the Skate Canada International.
  Hungary’s Maria Pavlova and Alexei Sviatchenko placed second (184.21) and Italy’s Rebecca Ghilardi and Filip
  
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• Avian flu detected in additional Abbotsford and Chilliwack flocks: CFIA

  17-11-2024 17:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it has detected the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza in commercial poultry at additional locations in two British Columbia cities.The agency says the flu has been detected at two more premises in Abbotsford and Chilliwack, both of which have seen multiple cases since October.The CFIA says avian influenza is not a food safety concern, and there is no evidence to suggest that eating cooked poultry or eggs could transmit it to humans.
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• Avian flu detected in additional Abbotsford and Chilliwack flocks: CFIA - Hamilton Spectator

  17-11-2024 17:36 via news.google.com
  Avian flu detected in additional Abbotsford and Chilliwack flocks: CFIA  Hamilton Spectator
  
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• Quebec police no longer looking for second person after fatal house fire in Beauce

  17-11-2024 17:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police say they’re no longer looking for a second person following a fatal Friday night house fire in the Beauce region southeast of Quebec City.Police had originally said one person had died and one was missing, but Sûreté du Québec spokesperson Élizabeth Marquis-Guy said today that the victim was the only person in the home when the fire broke out.
  Emergency services were called Friday evening to report the blaze in the home i
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of November 17, 2024

  17-11-2024 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers.
  Name: Kayla BeckAge: 40
  Height: 5’2” ft Weight: 119lbs
  Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown
  Wanted: Assault and Mischief
  Warrant in effect: November 12, 2024Parole Jurisdiction: Chilliwack
  Name: Jordan Robert HendersonAge: 33
  Height: 5’5” ft Weight: 188lbs
  Hair: Black Eyes: Brown
  Wanted: Theft x6, Possess Property Obtained by crime, Theft of Motor Vehicle, Mischi
  
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• RCMP seek help in locating missing 64-year-old Maple Ridge man

  17-11-2024 16:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MAPLE RIDGE – Police in Ridge Meadows are seeking the whereabouts of a 64-year-old man who went missing in Maple Ridge over the weekend.
  RCMP say Robert Barnard was last seen on Nov. 15 around 10:30 p.m. near the 12000 block of 237th Street.
  “He has not been seen or heard from since. Police are concerned for his health and well-being,” Cst. Tisha Parsons said in a release on Sunday.
  Barnard is six-foot-two with short grey hair, a grey beard, and is often seen wearing eyeglasses
  
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• Environment Canada warning says more snow expected on Coquihalla Highway: Hope to Merritt

  17-11-2024 16:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE – Environment Canada upgraded a previous highway alert to a warning Sunday morning for the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt due to expectations of heavy snow.
  Canada’s weather agency says another 10 to 15 cm will add to a similar amount that fell on Saturday, which will likely reduce visibility on Highway 5 through Sunday night.
  Mountain passes are expected to see the highest accumulations, while flurries will persist through Monday afternoon.
  Meanwhile, most of the F
  
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• Rally in the Chilliwack River Valley to help stymied land owners - Chilliwack Progress

  17-11-2024 14:52 via news.google.com
  Rally in the Chilliwack River Valley to help stymied land owners  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• “A pretty cool idea’: Documentary series to follow Straschnitzki’s basketball dreams

  17-11-2024 14:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Former Humboldt Bronco hockey player Ryan Straschnitzki has an entourage these days — complete with cameras and microphones — now that he’s changed his path to the Paralympics from the ice to the hardwood.
  “Prairie Cat Productions reached out and mentioned this idea of kind of filming me in my wheelchair basketball career and possibly presenting it to a TV network,” Straschnitzki said in an interview.
  “I thought it was a pretty cool idea and I
  
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• Hezbollah’s main spokesman killed in Israeli strike in central Beirut, official says

  17-11-2024 13:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A Hezbollah official says the militant group’s main spokesman has been killed in an Israeli strike in central Beirut.The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief media, said Mohammed Afif was killed in the strike on Sunday.Afif had been especially visible after Israel’s military escalation in September and following the assassination of longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
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• Trudeau heads to G20 in Brazil as Canada crafts approach to emerging countries

  17-11-2024 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LIMA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to leave Peru this morning for the G20 summit in Brazil as Ottawa seeks its place in a rift between the United States and booming economies in the developing world.
  The Group of 20 is an intergovernmental forum with leaders ranging from long-standing allies such as French President Emmanuel Macron to populist firebrands like Argentine President Javier Milei.
  They’re meeting in Rio de Janeiro to try to find common ground on issues ranging fr
  
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• Parliament on the road to an unprecedented confidence crisis, but there are off-ramps

  17-11-2024 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — If no political party is willing to say uncle, the drawn-out stalemate in the House of Commons is heading for an unprecedented situation that could amount to a tacit lack of confidence in the government, without anyone in Parliament casting a vote.The Conservatives and Bloc Québécois have already announced plans to try to bring down the government and trigger an election with a non-confidence motion at the next opportunity. But there’s no telling when that oppo
  
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• Nova Scotia Liberal Leader Zach Churchill’s passion for politics started early

  17-11-2024 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — Zach Churchill freely admits he’s a career politician.
  The leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal party — first elected to the legislature when he was 26 — makes no apologies for dedicating his working life to public service, saying his experience has been invaluable during a provincial election campaign that has just over a week to go.
  “This has been my life’s passion and I’ve been very fortunate to do it for this long,” the 40-year-old forme
  
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• Eby says new B.C. cabinet built around ‘kitchen table’ issues: affordability, homes

  17-11-2024 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Premier David Eby says the British Columbia cabinet he introduces Monday will be tasked with focusing on issues voters strongly told the government they are most concerned about: affordability, health care, community safety, housing and the economy.
  Eby’s New Democrats won a slim, one-seat majority in last month’s election, taking 47 seats in B.C.’s 93-seat legislature.
  John Rustad’s upstart B.C. Conservatives emerged from winning no seats in the 2020 ele
  
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• Zelenskyy says Russia has launched 120 missiles and 90 drones targeting Ukraine’s infrastructure

  17-11-2024 09:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that Russia launched 120 missiles and 90 drones in a large-scale attack across Ukraine, targeting its energy infrastructure.
  Zelenskyy said Russia deployed various types of drones including Shaheds, cruise, ballistic and aero ballistic missiles. Ukrainian defense forces shot down 140 air targets, he said in a statement on Telegram.
  “The enemy’s target was our energy infrastructure throughout Ukraine. Un
  
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• Brannstrom has winner as Canucks beat Blackhawks 4-1; Bedard held scoreless

  17-11-2024 07:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Erik Brannstrom’s goal early in the third period was the winner as the Vancouver Canucks got back in the win column with a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday.
  Elias Pettersson scored in the second period and J.T. Miller and Quinn Hughes both put the puck into an empty net as Vancouver (9-4-3) improved to 2-2-0 in its current homestand.
  Former Canuck Ilya Mikheyev scored against his old team in his first game back at Rogers Arena to give Chicago (6-11-1) a
  
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• Seventh-rounder Jake Evans making most of opportunity on Canadiens’ second-line

  17-11-2024 05:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Only three players were drafted behind Jake Evans in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.And yet, only 38 players from that draft class have produced more points than the Montreal Canadiens’ seventh-round draft choice, 207th overall, from the St. Michael’s Buzzers of the Ontario Junior A Hockey League.
  Evans scored his 100th career point in the Canadiens’ 5-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday at Bell Centre. That made him the first Canadiens’ seventh-ro
  
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• Tatum’s 3-pointer at the buzzer in overtime gives the Celtics a 126-123 victory over the Raptors

  17-11-2024 05:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Jayson Tatum hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer in overtime and the Boston Celtics rallied to beat the Toronto Raptors 126-123 on Saturday night.Tatum finished with 24 points and 11 rebounds. Jaylen Brown added 27 points. Al Horford and Derrick White scored 18 points apiece.Toronto has lost seven straight and failed to register its first road win of the season despite getting a career-high 35 points from Jakob Poeltl, who finished 16 of 19 from the field with 12 rebounds. RJ Barre
  
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• Trump takes a break from making Cabinet picks and attends UFC championship fight in New York

  17-11-2024 04:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump walked out to a roaring standing ovation just ahead of the start of the UFC pay-per-view card at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, combining two things close to his heart: fierce battles inside the octagon and New York City.Trump was accompanied by UFC President Dana White and the pair headed to their cageside seats to Kid Rock’s “American Bad Ass.” UFC aired a video package of Trump’s road to the White House while
  
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• Spencer Martin notches 1st career shutout as Hurricanes put 4 past Senators

  17-11-2024 04:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Carolina’s Spencer Martin recorded his first career shutout and made 24 saves as the Hurricanes beat the Ottawa Senators 4-0 on Saturday night.
  Martin, in just his second start of the season and his first home appearance, made 11 of his saves in the third period.
  Jordan Martinook, Sebastian Aho, rookie Jackson Blake and William Carrier scored goals. Shayne Gostisbehere and Jordan Staal each provided two assists, and Martin Necas notched an assist to push his care
  
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• Nick Suzuki has eventual winner as Canadiens beat Blue Jackets 5-1

  17-11-2024 04:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Nick Suzuki’s second-period goal held up as the winner in the Montreal Canadiens’ 5-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday at Bell Centre.
  Mike Matheson, Lucas Condotta, Jake Evans and Josh Anderson also scored as Montreal (6-10-2), won the second of its last three games after a six-game losing skid.
  Samuel Montembeault made 25 saves in the victory. The Becancour, Que., native earned his fifth career win against the Blue Jackets, the most victories he h
  
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• Mitch Marner scores in overtime as Maple Leafs down Oilers 4-3

  17-11-2024 04:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Mitch Marner scored 40 seconds into overtime as the Toronto Maple Leafs downed the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 on Saturday night.
  Bobby McMann, with two, and Matthew Knies had the other goals for Toronto (11-6-2). Anthony Stolarz made 27 saves. Marner added an assist for a two-point night.
  Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, with a goal and an assist each, and Adam Henrique replied for Edmonton (9-7-2), which saw its three-game winning streak snapped. Stuart Skinner stopped 18 shots.
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• Bobrovsky gets shutout, Panthers roll past NHL-leading Jets 5-0 to snap 2-game slide

  17-11-2024 04:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 27 shots for his 45th career shutout, Aleksander Barkov had a short-handed goal and two assists, and the Florida Panthers beat the NHL-leading Winnipeg Jets 5-0 on Saturday night.
  Sam Reinhart had three assists for Florida, which snapped a two-game slide and became the first team to take a five-goal lead on the Jets this season. Mackie Samoskevich,Evan Rodrigues,Nate Schmidt and Dmitry Kulikov also scored for the Atlantic Division leaders.
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• Langley RCMP seek help in locating a missing 33-year-old woman

  17-11-2024 03:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY — Mounties in Langley are appealing to the public for clues and help in locating a 33-year-old woman who was last seen Thursday morning in Vancouver.
  According to a statement from Langley RCMP Constable Simon Lepine, Amanda El Baba was reported missing on Friday, November 15. She was last seen at about 6 a.m. on Thursday, November 14.Police provided the following description of El Baba:Caucasian;
  33 year old;
  173 cm (5’8″ ft) ;
  medium build;
  black hair;
  she was last see
  
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• Vehicle rolls over, takes out lamp standard near Lickman/Yale Saturday evening in Chilliwack

  17-11-2024 03:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Multiple first responders were dispatched Saturday evening (Nov. 16) after a vehicle reportedly took out a lamp standard and rolled over across from the Chevron on Lickman Road, just south of Highway 1 in Chilliwack.According to scanner traffic via Kelsey Brown, an administrator who runs Chilliwack Scanner, Chilliwack Fire Department Engines 1 (Cheam Avenue), 3 (Yarrow), 4 (South Sumas), and 6 (Greendale) were paged at 5:15 p.m. after a vehicle rolled over and took out a lamp
  
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• Oilers defenceman Darnell Nurse exits game against Leafs after Ryan Reaves head shot

  17-11-2024 03:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Oilers defenceman Darnell Nurse was left bloodied and had to be helped to the locker room after taking a hit to the head from Maple Leafs forward Ryan Reaves early in the second period of Edmonton’s game against Toronto on Saturday.
  The blueliner wheeled around his own net and was caught up high by the bruising winger before crashing to the ice.
  Nurse stayed down for a few minutes inside a hushed Scotiabank Arena as he was attended to by trainers.
  The 29-year-old has two go
  
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• Bela Karolyi, gymnastics coach who mentored Nadia and Mary Lou and courted controversy, dies at 82

  17-11-2024 02:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Bela Karolyi, the charismatic if polarizing gymnastics coach who turned young women into champions and the United States into an international power, has died. He was 82.USA Gymnastics said Karolyi died Friday. No cause of death was given.
  Karolyi and wife Martha trained multiple Olympic gold medalists and world champions in the U.S. and Romania, including Nadia Comaneci and Mary Lou Retton.“A big impact and influence on my life,” Comaneci, who was just 14 when Karolyi coached her to
  
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• Danielle Smith echoes Doug Ford’s concerns about Mexico trade, suggests carve-out

  17-11-2024 01:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is echoing concerns about Mexico that were expressed earlier this week by Ontario’s premier, saying she hopes Canada can get a “carve-out” from import tariffs that president-elect Donald Trump is promising.
  Smith told her provincewide radio call-in program Saturday that advice she received from Robert Lighthizer, Trump’s former trade chief, was that governments north of the border should take a “Canada first” app
  
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• Harrison Hot Springs set to host seven weeks of holiday ‘Lights by the Lake’

  17-11-2024 01:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HARRISON HOT SPRINGS – Santa, Skating, and the Jingle Paws Pet Parade will feature when the annual Lights by the Lake holiday display in Harrison Hot Springs kicks off next Saturday.
  Opening ceremonies between 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. will see village displays across two kilometres of the lakefront promenade lit up with Christmas lights.
  The kickoff event on Nov. 23 also has meet-ups with Santa and Sasquatch, free hot chocolate, live music, and the annual countdown to switching on the lights.
  
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• City of Chilliwack asks council to pass resolution ordering Tyson Road owner to fix property or face consequences - Fraser Valley Today

  17-11-2024 01:15 via news.google.com
  City of Chilliwack asks council to pass resolution ordering Tyson Road owner to fix property or face consequences  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• City of Chilliwack asks council to pass resolution ordering Tyson Road owner to fix property or face consequences

  17-11-2024 01:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The City of Chilliwack says it has now received over 30 bylaw complaints since March 2024 about the derelict conditions of a Tyson Road home near the Sardis Sports Complex in Chilliwack, as the city grapples with a public eyesore that is now deemed hazardous and unsafe by fire officials.As Fraser Valley Today first reported in October 2024, visual blight at a home in the 5600 block of Tyson Road has prompted city bylaw personnel, Chilliwack Fire Department and Chilliwack RCMP
  
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• Nelly Korda recovers from a 6-shot deficit, cuts Charley Hull’s lead to one in LPGA

  17-11-2024 01:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BELLEAIR, Fla. (AP) — Nelly Korda holed two long birdie putts to start her recovery from a six-shot deficit to Charley Hull, cutting the lead down to one shot Saturday going into the final round of The Annika.
  Hull kept the lead by limiting the damage to a bogey on the 18th hole at the Pelican Golf Club after hitting into the water following a lengthy wait that led them to finish in near darkness. That gave her a 2-under 68.
  Korda was poised to tie for the lead when she hit the tricky 18th
  
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• B.C. nursing student attacked with knife during first clinical placement: union

  17-11-2024 00:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The president of the B.C. Nurses’ Union says a student nurse was attacked with a knife during her first clinical experience at Vancouver General Hospital on Thursday.
  The Vancouver Police Department says officers responded to the scene around 9 a.m. following reports of an assault inside the hospital, which left the 37-year-old victim with non-life-threatening injuries.
  Vancouver police spokesman Sgt. Steve Addison says a 48-year-old man, who was a patient at the hospital
  
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• Downtown Chilliwack diner hopes to remake itself as an entertainment venue - Fraser Valley Today

  17-11-2024 00:06 via news.google.com
  Downtown Chilliwack diner hopes to remake itself as an entertainment venue  Fraser Valley Today
  
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