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• LifeLabs data breach report released after firm loses four-year bid to keep it quiet

  25-11-2024 23:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A long-withheld investigation into a 2019 hacking at LifeLabs Inc. that compromised millions of Canadians’ health data has finally been made public after an Ontario court dismissed the company’s appeal to prevent its release.
  A statement from the privacy commissioners of both Ontario and British Columbia says their joint report, completed in June 2020, found that LifeLabs “failed to take reasonable steps” to protect clients’ data while collecting more personal healt
  
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• More people hurt in Quebec road accidents after fall time change, data shows

  25-11-2024 23:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — As Quebec considers scrapping the semi-annual time change, data from the province’s auto insurance board shows that evening road accidents — including those involving pedestrians — rise sharply in the 30 days after clocks move back in the fall.
  Between 2019 and 2023 the average number of injury-causing accidents across the province between the hours of 5 and 8 p.m. rose by more than 25 per cent in the weeks following the fall time change, when the sun sets earl
  
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• B.C. opens disaster aid to atmospheric river flood victims

  25-11-2024 23:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia is making disaster financial assistance available to victims of floodwaters that gushed through several communities when an atmospheric river dumped hundreds of millimetres of rain on parts of the province last month.
  The province says flood-affected residents of Port Coquitlam, Coquitlam, the Squamish First Nation and North and West Vancouver are eligible.
  The financial aid of up to $400,000 per claim is aimed at compensating for “sudden, unexpected and u
  
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• IIO investigating an arrest and serious injury in Chilliwack - Voiceonline.com

  25-11-2024 23:23 via news.google.com
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• IIO to investigate after woman injured while taken into police custody in Chilliwack

  25-11-2024 23:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The BC RCMP has referred an incident that occurred in Chilliwack early Friday and involved a seriously injured woman to the Independent Investigations Office of British Columbia (IIO).
  The incident occurred early on November 22, when officers responded to a report from local restaurant staff about an allegedly impaired woman refusing to take a cab and entering her vehicle. The restaurant was not identified in the RCMP news release.
  According to police, officers arrived at the
  
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• White Florida woman sentenced to 25 years in prison for shooting Black neighbor in lengthy dispute

  25-11-2024 23:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A white Florida woman who fatally shot a Black neighbor through her front door during an ongoing dispute over the neighbor’s boisterous children was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison for her manslaughter conviction.
  Susan Lorincz, 60, was convicted in August of killing 35-year-old Ajike “A.J.” Owens by firing a single shot from her .380-caliber handgun in June 2023.The shooting was the culmination of a long-running argument between the two neighbors over Owens’ child
  
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• Miller to propose more changes to immigration and asylum system

  25-11-2024 22:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Marc Miller says further reforms to Canada’s immigration and asylum systems will be proposed in the coming weeks.This comes on the heels of a significant cut to the amount of permanent residents being admitted to Canada in two years, and the tightening of rules around temporary worker permits.Statistics provided by Canadian officials show the average wait time to process refugee and asylum claims is around 44 months.
  Miller tells the House of Commons imm
  
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• Rock On! Top-flight curling returns to St. John’s for first time since 2017 Brier

  25-11-2024 22:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Brett Gallant still gets a little choked up when he thinks back to the last time he played at the Mary Brown’s Centre in 2017.
  He helped sweep Brad Gushue’s final stone into the eight-foot ring to give them their first Canadian men’s curling title, sending the sellout St. John’s crowd into a frenzy.
  Gallant said the team had incredible support that week from fans eager to see a Newfoundland and Labrador team raise the Brier tankard for the first time in 41 years.
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• Premiers seek ‘urgent’ meeting with Trudeau before Trump returns to White House

  25-11-2024 22:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s premiers are asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to hold an urgent first ministers’ meeting ahead of the return to office of president-elect Donald Trump.
  The re-election of the often unpredictable and protectionist former president has spooked a number of countries as they wait to see if he makes good on promises of mass deportation of undocumented residents and across-the-board import tariffs.
  Premier Doug Ford, who chairs the premiers’ association kn
  
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• Utah NHL team walks to arena after bus gets stuck in Toronto traffic

  25-11-2024 21:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Utah’s NHL team says players were forced to walk to their game against the Maple Leafs after their bus got stuck in Toronto traffic Sunday night.
  The Utah Hockey Club posted an Instagram video of team members marching to Scotiabank Arena, with player Maveric Lamoureux saying the bus was “not moving at all.”Several city streets had been closed during the day for the annual Santa Claus parade.The viral incident prompted Premier Doug Ford to call the congestion &ld
  
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• Amid rising demand, Abbotsford’s Archway Food Bank faces $1.2 million shortfall

  25-11-2024 21:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — The Archway Food Bank is urgently appealing to the community to help raise $1.2 million by year’s end as it struggles to meet the growing demand for food assistance. The organization currently supports over 5,000 individuals each month, a sharp increase from 3,500 in 2022.
  “The holiday season is when we receive the majority of our donations,” said Rebecca Thuro, Archway Food Security Manager. “If we don’t meet our goal, we’re going to
  
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• Judge rejects request to sideline a San Jose State volleyball player on grounds she’s transgender

  25-11-2024 21:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A judge on Monday rejected a request to block a San Jose State women’s volleyball team member from playing in a conference tournament on grounds that she is transgender.Monday’s ruling by U.S. Magistrate Judge S. Kato Crews in Denver will allow the player, who has played all season, to continue competing in the Mountain West Conference women’s championship scheduled for later this week in Las Vegas.The ruling comes after a lawsuit was filed by nine current players who are suing
  
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• Montreal mayor, police chief say masks will delay arrests after violent protest

  25-11-2024 21:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal’s mayor and police chief both say it will take time to arrest everyone who smashed windows and burned cars during a demonstration outside a NATO conference on Friday evening, since most of them had their faces covered.Police have so far arrested three people in connection with Friday’s protest, and police Chief Fady Dagher says there will be more arrests.In a radio interview on Monday, Dagher said police used to be able to intercept masked protesters before
  
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• Mother orca and children make ‘grocery shopping’ trip near downtown Vancouver

  25-11-2024 21:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A family of killer whales has made a rare trip into waters off downtown Vancouver for what an expert says was likely a “grocery shopping” hunt for harbour seals.
  Video shared on social media by False Creek Ferries shows the whales cruising past highrise towers at the entrance to False Creek on Sunday.
  Andrew Trites, director of the University of British Columbia’s marine mammal research unit, has identified the whales as a family group of transient orcas consi
  
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• Freeland says the two-month GST holiday is meant to tackle the ‘vibecession’

  25-11-2024 21:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal government is hoping a temporary break on GST will address a ‘vibecession’ that has gripped Canadians.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Thursday that starting Dec. 14 the goods and services tax will be taken off a slew of items for two months to help with the affordability crunch.
  Freeland says there’s a disconnect between recent good news on inflation and interest rates and how Canadians are feeling a
  
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• Montreal man held by Sudanese officials seemed puzzled by detention, diplomat says

  25-11-2024 21:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A Canadian diplomat who visited Abousfian Abdelrazik while in Sudanese custody says the Montreal man told him he did not know why he was being held and that he wanted to return to Canada.
  Abdelrazik, who is suing Ottawa over his detention, came to Canada from Sudan as a refugee, settling in Montreal and later becoming a Canadian citizen.He was arrested in September 2003 while in his native country to see his ailing mother.
  Officials from Canada’s intelligence service travell
  
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• Should sex abuse evidence set the Menendez brothers free? A judge will decide

  25-11-2024 21:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Aunts of Erik and Lyle Menendez testified on their behalf Monday as the brothers seek to have their 1989 convictions reexamined in the shotgun murders of their parents in their Beverly Hills home more than 30 years ago.
  The brothers were scheduled to be seen for the first time in decades at the hearing in Los Angeles but technical problems prevented them from appearing virtually from a San Diego prison. They were found guilty of murdering Jose and Kitty Menendez in 1989
  
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• Werenski, Rantanen, Woll named NHL’s three stars of the week

  25-11-2024 21:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Columbus defenceman Zach Werenski, Colorado right-wing Mikko Rantanen and Toronto goaltender Joseph Woll have been named the NHL’s three stars of the week.
  Werenski topped defencemen and shared the league lead among all players with seven points (two goals, five assists) in three games to propel the Blue Jackets to a perfect week.Rantanen also had seven points in three games as the Avalanche went 3-0-0 last week.
  Woll stopped 54 of the 56 shots he faced, going 2-0-0 with a
  
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• Holiday program takes the sting out of Chilliwack parking tickets

  25-11-2024 21:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack residents with outstanding parking tickets can pay their fines with a touch of holiday cheer. The City of Chilliwack says it will accept toy and gift card donations as payment for tickets as part of its annual collaboration with the Chilliwack Community Services Toy Drive.
  Eligible tickets include city-issued parking fines with ticket numbers beginning with “PX” or “PO” and issued between July 15 and December 13, 2024. Donations must meet or
  
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• Holiday program takes the sting out of Chilliwack parking tickets - Fraser Valley Today

  25-11-2024 21:03 via news.google.com
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• Holiday program takes the sting out of Chilliwack traffic tickets

  25-11-2024 21:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack residents with outstanding parking tickets can pay their fines with a touch of holiday cheer. The City of Chilliwack says it will accept toy and gift card donations as payment for tickets as part of its annual collaboration with the Chilliwack Community Services Toy Drive.
  Eligible tickets include city-issued parking fines with ticket numbers beginning with “PX” or “PO” and issued between July 15 and December 13, 2024. Donations must meet or
  
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• Canada forward Evelyne Viens sidelined by injury ahead of Canada friendlies in Spain

  25-11-2024 20:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AS Roma forward Evelyne Viens has pulled out of upcoming Canada games against Iceland and South Korea due to injury.
  Viens has been replaced by Clarissa Larisey, who plays her club football in Sweden for BK Häcken.
  Larisey has one goal in 10 appearances for Canada. The 25-year-old from Ottawa last featured for Canada in a 2-0 win over Mexico in June in Montreal.
  Viens, from L’Ancienne-Lorette, Que., has six goals in 36 Canadian appearances.
  The sixth-ranked Canadian women face No. 13
  
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• Long-awaited carbon rebate for businesses being sent earlier than promised

  25-11-2024 20:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — About 600,000 small businesses will start receiving their long-awaited federal carbon rebates today.
  The federal government has promised to return about $2.5 billion collected from small and medium-sized businesses in carbon pricing since 2019.
  Initial plans were to return the money annually through various programs to encourage energy-efficiency investments but those mostly failed to materialized.Small businesses had complained repeatedly they were paying a significant portion of
  
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• VSSL Opens Retail Location at District 1881 in Chilliwack - The Manila Times

  25-11-2024 20:03 via news.google.com
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• Vancouver Whitecaps fire head coach Vanni Sartini after three-plus seasons in charge

  25-11-2024 19:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have fired head coach Vanni Sartini.
  Vancouver finished eighth in the Western Conference this season after posting a 13-13-8 record in MLS play.
  The Whitecaps then won a play-in playoff game at Portland before taking conference winners Los Angeles FC to the limit in a best-of-three first-round series.
  The team also picked up its third straight Canadian championship, beating Toronto FC 4-2 on penalties after the final ended in a 0-0 tie.
  Whitecaps CEO Axe
  
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• CBSA Seizes 246 kg of cocaine in drug busts at Aldergrove and Pacific Highway border crossings

  25-11-2024 19:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ALDERGROVE — The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has announced the seizure of 246 kilograms of cocaine valued at over $6.6 million in three separate incidents at border crossings in British Columbia over the last two months.
  The first incident occurred on October 18, when CBSA officers at the Pacific Highway Commercial port of entry inspected a commercial truck entering Canada. With the assistance of a Detector Dog Service team, officers uncovered 70 bricks of suspected cocaine hidden
  
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• Trudeau directs key adviser to deliver renewed national security strategy

  25-11-2024 19:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has directed a top adviser to deliver a renewed national security strategy setting out a framework for Canada’s security, defence and diplomatic posture.
  In a mandate letter to national security and intelligence adviser Nathalie Drouin, Trudeau says he expects her to consult Canadians and work through the national security council to develop the strategy.
  He says the strategy, to be ready next year, should be reviewed every four years to ensure
  
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• Mongrels, Universal Language Among Chilliwack Independent Film Festival Winners - MovieMaker Magazine

  25-11-2024 19:48 via news.google.com
  Mongrels, Universal Language Among Chilliwack Independent Film Festival Winners  MovieMaker Magazine
  
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• Special counsel moves to dismiss election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump

  25-11-2024 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith asked a federal judge on Monday to dismiss the case accusing President-elect Donald Trump of plotting to overturn the 2020 election, citing longstanding Justice Department policy shielding presidents from prosecution while in office.The move announced in court papers marks the end of the Justice Department’s landmark effort to hold Trump accountable for what prosecutors called a criminal conspiracy to cling to power in the run-up to his su
  
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• How menopause awareness among employers, patients is changing the workplace

  25-11-2024 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Leisha Porter was getting an hour or two of sleep each night and having trouble functioning at work“I was just forgetting everything, it felt like,” said the 49-year-old from Waterloo, Ont.Porter was 44 years old at the time and sweating all night, so she asked her doctor if she might be in menopause.
  The doctor told her it was “very unlikely.”A prescription for an antidepressant didn’t help, while Googling her symptoms scared her.
  “When you ha
  
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• Justin Trudeau defends spending record on military amid fresh criticism

  25-11-2024 17:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending his government’s record on supporting national defence, following fresh criticism that Canada is failing to live up to its NATO defence-spending commitments.
  Speaking at the 70th annual session of the NATO parliamentary assembly in Montreal, Trudeau said his government stepped up “big time” after it came to power.
  He said the country is now on a “clear path” to spend the equivalent of two per cent of GDP on d
  
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• Canadiens recall Joshua Roy from Laval, Patrik Laine skates in regular jersey

  25-11-2024 17:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BROSSARD, Que. — The Montreal Canadiens recalled forward Joshua Roy from the American Hockey League, while winger Patrik Laine skated in a regular jersey at practice Monday.
  Roy was expected to crack the Canadiens’ roster out of training camp but began the season with the AHL’s Laval Rocket.
  The 21-year-old has eight goals and eight assists in 17 AHL games this season. He produced four goals and five assists in 23 games with the Canadiens last season.
  Laine practised with his t
  
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• Pitcher Yusei Kikuchi and Los Angeles Angels agree to a $63 million, 3-year contract, AP source says

  25-11-2024 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Left-hander Yusei Kikuchi and the Los Angeles Angels have agreed to a $63 million, three-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.
  The person spoke on condition of anonymity Monday because the deal, first reported by the New York Post, was subject to a successful physical.
  The 33-year-old Kikuchi gets $21 million annually during the contract, which raises his Major League Baseball earnings to $142 million over nine seasons.
  An All-Star with Seattle in 2021
  
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• Egyptian officials say 17 people are missing after a tourist yacht sank in high waves on Red Sea

  25-11-2024 14:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CAIRO (AP) — At least 17 people are missing after a tourist yacht sank in the Red Sea following warnings about rough seas, Egyptian officials said Monday.
  The governor of the Red Sea region, Amr Hanafy, said rescuers saved 28 people from the vessel south of the coastal town of Marsa Alam, and some were airlifted to receive medical treatment.
  Hanafy said 31 tourists of various nationalities were on board along with 14 crew.
  The governorate received a report shortly before dawn Monday of a d
  
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• American defender Croix Soto looks to help build new Canadian league with AFC Toronto

  25-11-2024 12:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — After NWSL stops in North Carolina, Kansas City and Houston, defender Croix Soto is looking to help build something in Toronto.
  The 23-year-old defender from Pasadena, Calif, is AFC Toronto’s third signing — and first international — after Canadian forwards Jade Kovacevic and Leah Pais.
  AFC Toronto and the other five Northern Super League teams kick off the new women’s pro league in April.
  “I’m super-stoked,” Soto said from Texas.
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• The UAE arrests 3 Uzbek nationals for the killing of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi

  25-11-2024 11:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates said Monday police arrested three Uzbek nationals for the killing of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi.The statement from the country’s Interior Ministry offered no motive for the slaying of Zvi Kogan.Kogan, 28, an ultra-Orthodox rabbi who went missing on Thursday, ran a kosher grocery store in the futuristic city of Dubai, where Israelis have flocked for commerce and tourism since the two countries forged diplomatic ties in the 202
  
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• In the news today: Saskatchewan Party to deliver throne speech

  25-11-2024 10:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Saskatchewan Party to deliver throne speech
  Premier Scott Moe’s Saskatchewan Party government is to outline its priorities in a throne speech today — a month after the Oct. 28 election delivered the party a slimmer majority in the legislature.Moe says his government plans to start working on affordability issues, including a promise to reduce personal income tax rates.
  The provincial govern
  
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• B.C. health minister vows overdose revamp after addictions portfolio is scrapped

  25-11-2024 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s new health minister says she’s aiming for more treatment beds and fewer deaths in a revamped approach to the province’s drug overdose crisis.
  It comes after David Eby’s newly elected government eliminated the stand-alone Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions, which advocates say had no “teeth.”
  The former ministry was created in 2017 to provide co-ordinated responses to the toxic drug crisis, which has killed more than 15
  
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• ‘We need an industry’: Crowsnest Pass residents voting on support for new coal mine

  25-11-2024 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CROWSNEST PASS, Alta. — It’s been more than 40 years since coal was king in the scenic Crowsnest Pass of southwestern Alberta, but a referendum vote Monday could sway a contentious debate on bringing it back.
  The Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, home to about 6,000, is asking residents to say yes or no to a straightforward question: “Do you support the development and operations of the metallurgical coal mine at Grassy Mountain?”Advance voting began days earlier and while
  
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• Saquon Barkley sets Eagles franchise record with 255 yards rushing, 2 TDs in a 37-20 win over Rams

  25-11-2024 06:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Saquon Barkley ran for touchdowns of 70 and 72 yards in the second half and finished with an Eagles-record 255 yards rushing in the streaking Philadelphia Eagles’ seventh consecutive victory, 37-20 over the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday night.
  Barkley racked up the ninth-most yards rushing in a game in NFL history largely thanks to his huge TD runs bookending the second half. He sprinted for a 70-yard score on the opening snap of the third quarter, and he added
  
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• Marner leads the Maple Leafs on a special night for the Nylander brothers

  25-11-2024 05:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — On a night where William and Alex Nylander entered the Maple Leaf record book, it was business as usual for Mitch Marner.
  Marner scored twice in a second-period surge as Toronto defeated the Utah Hockey Club 3-2 Sunday to extend its winning streak to four. The victory, in the lone NHL game on the schedule, came in the first-ever meeting between Toronto and Utah.
  Marner has six goals and eight assists in the eight games that captain Auston Matthews has been out with an upper-body
  
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• Mitchell’s 26 points help Cavs improve to 17-1, stay perfect at home with 122-108 win over Raptors

  25-11-2024 04:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell and Ty Jerome scored 26 points apiece as the Cleveland Cavaliers improved to 17-1 and stayed perfect at home with a 122-108 win over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday night.
  The Cavs, who opened the season 15-0 before losing at Boston last week, are 10-0 on their home floor for the first since the 2017-18 season, when they won their first 13 games at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
  Jarrett Allen had 23 points and 13 rebounds for Cleveland. Evan Mobley added 14 and
  
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• Abbotsford Police investigate alleged ‘suspicious’ ride that forced woman to escape truck

  25-11-2024 04:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD – Police say they are investigating an incident in which a woman was “shaken up” after a “suspicious” ride in Abbotsford’s south end early Sunday morning.
  Abbotsford Police Department (APD) spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker says officers encountered the startled woman after responding to a call around 3:15 a.m. in the 32300 block of Huntingdon Road.
  Walker says the woman accepted a ride from a man in a truck she didn’t know and told investigators
  
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• Marner scores twice as Maple Leafs win first-ever meeting with Utah Hockey Club

  25-11-2024 03:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Mitch Marner scored twice in a second-period surge as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Utah Hockey Club 3-2 Sunday to extend their winning streak to four.
  The victory, in the lone NHL game on the schedule, came in the first-ever meeting between Toronto and Utah.
  William Nylander scored his 14th for Toronto, which had been off since Wednesday’s 3-0 home win over Vegas. Marner’s seventh and eighth goals of the season moved him past Syl Apps (201) into 14th place on
  
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• Passerby stabbed during shoplifting at Vancouver liquor store

  25-11-2024 02:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A passerby has been seriously injured after he was stabbed by a shoplifter who was trying to flee a liquor store in Vancouver’s Olympic Village neighbourhood.
  Vancouver police say the attack happened on Saturday at around 10:30 p.m., when a security guard was trying to stop a shoplifter from leaving the liquor store.
  Police say the 63-year-old passerby intervened to help stop the alleged shoplifter, who in turn stabbed the man before fleeing.
  Vancouver police say the stab
  
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• Maverick McNealy birdies the last hole at Sea Island to finally become PGA Tour winner

  25-11-2024 01:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — Maverick McNealy has learned in his five years on the PGA Tour that trying to win a tournament is “designed to make you feel as uncomfortable as you possibly can.”
  Standing in the 18th fairway Sunday in the RSM Classic, part of a four-way tie for the lead that included Florida State sophomore Luke Clanton, the 29-year-old McNealy had every reason to be uncomfortable.
  He had gone nine hole without a birdie. From 185 yards away he chose a 6-iron, a c
  
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• Cat injured by hunting snare epitmoizes trend in pets caught in wildlife traps

  25-11-2024 01:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER – A cat injured after being trapped in a hunting snare is shedding light on what appears to be a growing trend of pets being caught in commercial and recreational trapping devices.
  Donations continue to pour in for Vinny the cat’s recovery fund after the BC SPCA revealed he was rescued from an outdoor wildlife trap that snapped down on his paw.
  “The injury quickly became infected, causing damage to the surrounding skin and tissue,” the agency explained in its fu
  
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• Trae Bell-Haynes keeps Canada perfect in FIBA AmeriCup qualifiers

  25-11-2024 01:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SASKATOON, Sask. — Trae Bell-Haynes led the way as Canada dug deep to beat Mexico 83-73 on Sunday in the FIBA AmeriCup qualifiers.
  Bell-Haynes had 20 points, seven assists and five rebounds for Canada (4-0). He also had a pair of steals.
  Mfiondu Kabengele had a double-double for the hosts with a 15-point, 12-rebound performance. Thomas Kennedy added 17 points and five boards, while Marcus Carr dished out 10 assists.
  Karim Rodriguez scored 21 points, 15 on three-pointers, to lead Mexico (2-
  
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• Second Cup dumps Jewish General Hospital franchisee over video with ‘hateful remarks’

  25-11-2024 00:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Second Cup Canada is cutting ties with a franchisee operating at Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital who was allegedly filmed making hateful and antisemitic comments during a protest in the city last week.
  Second Cup Canada announced Saturday it was cutting ties with a franchisee for “making hateful remarks and gestures,” and adding in a statement the actions breach the franchise agreement as well as inclusion and community values ​​held by the chain
  
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• Man charged with second-degree murder in Vancouver homicide

  25-11-2024 00:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A man has been charged with second-degree murder in a Vancouver homicide over the weekend.
  British Columbia’s Court Services Online database shows Tenzin Choigey facing charges for both murder and aggravated assault for an offence in Vancouver on Friday.
  In a release, police in Vancouver have confirmed Choigey, 46, was charged in the death of 26-year-old Roshnee Gurung.
  Court files show Choigey is set to next appear in Vancouver Provincial Court on Tuesday.
  On Saturday, V
  
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