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• Wild Christmas forecast for B.C. as dozens of wind and rain warnings are issued

  24-12-2024 23:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Environment Canada has issued dozens of wind and heavy rain warnings for British Columbia’s south coast on Christmas Day, as the region braces for the second in a series of festive week storms.
  The agency says up to 100 millimetres of rain could drench Metro Vancouver and other areas, while winds up to 100 km/h could hit Victoria and elsewhere on Vancouver Island.
  Environment Canada says the wild weather is expected to start around midday Wednesday on the south coast last
  
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• Court hits pause on global streamers’ upcoming Canadian content payments

  24-12-2024 23:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Federal Court of Appeal says big streaming companies won’t have to pay for Canadian content until the court hears their appeal of a CRTC decision ordering them to pay.In June, the CRTC said that foreign streamers must contribute five per cent of their annual Canadian revenues to a fund devoted to producing Canadian content, including local TV and radio news.
  Big global streamers like Netflix and Disney Plus launched court challenges of that order, which the regulator mad
  
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• Canadian activist accuses Hong Kong of meddling after reward for arrest

  24-12-2024 22:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A Canadian activist is accusing Hong Kong authorities of meddling in Canada’s internal affairs after police in the Chinese territory issued a warrant for his arrest.
  Victor Ho and fellow Canadian Joe Tay are among six overseas activists targeted by Hong Kong police who announced rewards of HK $1 million, equivalent to about C$180,000, for information leading to their arrests.
  The warrants announced on Tuesday say the six are wanted for national security offences such as s
  
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• 24-year-old woman in Burnaby, B.C., dies after being hit by vehicle

  24-12-2024 21:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A 24-year-old pedestrian struck by a vehicle last week in Burnaby, B.C., has died.
  Police say the woman was hit the night of Dec. 17 and taken to hospital in critical condition where she later died.
  A statement from the RCMP says investigators are appealing for witnesses or those with dashcam footage between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. that night, around Union Street and Sperling Avenue.
  An statement at the time of the crash said the driver remained on scene and had been co-operating with the investigat
  
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• Union blasts comments by Quebec minister mulling law to intervene to end strikes

  24-12-2024 21:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Canada’s largest union is denouncing a statement by Quebec’s labour minister, who suggested he might try to bring in legislation to give the province more power to end labour disputes.
  The Canadian Union of Public Employees is describing Jean Boulet as “the Grinch trying to steal the right to strike.”
  Boulet told CBC/Radio-Canada that he’s mulling changing the province’s labour code to allow the government to suspend a strike or lockout and im
  
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• IHIT names homicide victim whose body was found in B.C. bush fire

  24-12-2024 21:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY, B.C. — Police have released the name of a homicide victim whose remains were found during a bush fire in Langley, B.C., last year, as they appeal for witnesses in the case.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says Michael Kashani was 36 years old when he died last September, leaving “a void in his family and community.”
  Police say Langley firefighters and RCMP responded to a report of a bush fire in Nicomekl Park on Sept. 22, 2023.
  IHIT says Mounties found Kasha
  
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• B.C. ‘ammonia’ leak spurs evacuations, road closure, turns out to be carbon dioxide

  24-12-2024 21:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PORT MOODY, B.C. — Police in Port Moody, B.C., say a gas leak from a truck that shut down a major road and triggered evacuations is believed to involve carbon dioxide, and not toxic ammonia as first suspected.
  A statement from officers in the Metro Vancouver municipality says first responders were called to Clarke Road near St Johns Street, for a report of a flipped commercial vehicle around 10:40 a.m. on Tuesday.
  Police initially thought the truck was leaking ammonia, but Const. Sam Zacha
  
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• Ripe avalanche conditions for parts of B.C. expected to persist this week: forecaster

  24-12-2024 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A forecaster says ripe avalanche conditions are expected to persist across much of British Columbia for the rest of the week.
  Large swaths of the province, stretching from the coast to the Alberta boundary, are under “considerable” or moderate” avalanche danger warnings.
  Tyson Rettie with Avalanche Canada says the conditions are largely a result of a series of storms over the past week that have lead to temperature fluctuations and significant amounts of snow at high elevation
  
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• MINTER: Time for cold protection, says Chilliwack gardening guru - Chilliwack Progress

  24-12-2024 19:57 via news.google.com
  MINTER: Time for cold protection, says Chilliwack gardening guru  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Police warn of fake banker scam after B.C. senior defrauded of $9K

  24-12-2024 19:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BURNABY, B.C. — Mounties in Burnaby are asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect believed to have defrauded a senior of thousands of dollars by posing as a bank employee.
  Police say they received a report in September saying a man called the victim and was able to obtain their date of birth and passwords.
  They say he then went to a bank and withdrew $9,000 from the senior’s bank account.
  RCMP say officers later discovered the suspect went to four financial institution
  
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• G.W. Graham standout to continue his football career in Chilliwack - Fraser Valley Today

  24-12-2024 19:51 via news.google.com
  G.W. Graham standout to continue his football career in Chilliwack  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Premiers urge Trudeau to extend deadline for charitable donations after postal strike

  24-12-2024 19:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Canada’s premiers are calling on the federal government to extend the deadline for claiming charitable donations on tax returns through to the end of February.
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford made the request in a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday, sent in his capacity as chair of the Council of the Federation.
  Ford says the premiers are echoing calls from charities to help account for a decline in mail-in donations due to the Canada Post strike, which brought le
  
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• G.W. Graham standout to continue his football career in Chilliwack

  24-12-2024 19:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — G.W. Graham senior Carson Raine won’t have to look south of the border or head east across Canada to continue his football career.
  G.W. Graham’s football program announced Monday on social media that Raine, a 6-foot-1, 185-pound defensive back, has committed to play for the Valley Huskers next year.
  “Big welcome to Carson, the newest member of the Valley Huskers family,” the Huskers wrote online. “Proud to have a AAA Eastern-Conference all-star jo
  
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• Police seek witnesses, dashcam after man fled police and drove the wrong way on Highway 1 near Hope

  24-12-2024 19:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — Police are looking for more witnesses or any possible dash-cam footage to advance their ongoing investigation after a pickup truck driven by a man known to police crossed over into the wrong direction of Highway 1 near Hope last week.
  According to a statement from S/Sgt. Michael Sargent, spokesperson for the Hope RCMP Detachment, a B.C. Highway Patrol officer attempted to stop a white pickup truck for a speeding citation eastbound on Highway 1 at Laidlaw Road on Tuesday, Dec. 17 jus
  
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• ERT members visit Ronald McDonald House to deliver toys and Christmas cheer to some very special kids

  24-12-2024 18:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOWER MAINLAND — Police officers disguised as Santa’s helpers brought smiles and Christmas cheer to some very deserving kids this past week.Members of the Lower Mainland Integrated Emergency Response Team arrived Santa-style for their 4th annual volunteer event at the Ronald McDonald House at B.C. Children’s Hospital on Friday, December 20. IERT members utilized their expert repelling skills to transport bags of Christmas gifts down the side of the Ronald McDonald House, accord
  
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• Snowfall means a white Christmas, but also traffic woes across southern Quebec roads

  24-12-2024 18:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A heavy snowfall that began Monday night has guaranteed much of Quebec a white Christmas, but has also sent cars skidding off the province’s roads during the busy holiday travel period.
  Provincial authorities have reported a number of incidents on major routes overnight and earlier today, including on highways 10, 20, 40 and 15.
  The Quebec 511 traffic information service says the incidents resulted in several lane closures and heavy traffic, but the situation has returned
  
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• Ontario First Nation challenging selection of underground nuclear waste site in court

  24-12-2024 18:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A First Nation in northern Ontario is challenging the selection of a nearby region as the site of a deep geological repository that will hold Canada’s nuclear waste, arguing in a court filing that it should have had a say in the matter as the site falls “squarely” within its territory.
  Eagle Lake First Nation has filed an application in Federal Court seeking a judicial review of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s decision to select the Township of Ignace and Wabi
  
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• YVR janitors suspend strike escalation after tentative deal

  24-12-2024 18:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Striking janitors at the Vancouver International Airport say they have suspended a planned Christmas Eve escalation after reaching a tentative deal with their employer Alpine Building Maintenance.
  Janitors with Local 2 of the Service Employees International Union say they had planned to set up lawful picket lines at undisclosed areas of the airport during the busy travel day.The 233 cleaners at the airport had been striking at a designated area of the airport since Thursday.
  Th
  
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• One storm moving inland, two to go, in B.C.’s Christmas week battering

  24-12-2024 18:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Environment Canada says the first of a series of Christmas week storms forecast for British Columbia’s coast is moving inland, after bringing 140 km/h winds to some exposed coastal areas.
  But there will be no respite for the south coast and Vancouver Island, with a second powerful storm expected to bring very strong winds and heavy rain on Christmas morning.
  The initial storm that arrived late Monday brought gusts up to 142 km/h to the west coast of the island overnight,
  
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• Abbotsford truck driver honoured for driving 3 hours to return a purse with money, jewelry to rightful owner

  24-12-2024 18:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Truckload Carriers Association, a trade association representing over 220,000 truck operators across North America, has named Daljit Sohi from Abbotsford trucking firm Triple Eight Transport one of its TCA Highway Angels for driving three hours to return a purse to its rightful owner last month.
  According to a statement from TCA, Shailly James of High River, Alberta, stopped in Golden, B.C., on November 29, 2024, while traveling from Banff to Salmon Arm to assist her 4-yea
  
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• McKenna to Martone: 10 players to watch at the world junior hockey championship

  24-12-2024 17:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The world junior hockey championship has produced memorable moments and breathtaking performances.This year’s tournament in Ottawa should offer the same level of entertainment as the next generation of stars skate into the showcase event’s spotlight.The Canadian Press takes a look at some of the players to watch in the nation’s capital when the annual under-20 event gets going Thursday.GAVIN MCKENNA — CANADA
  The 17-year-old forward from Whitehorse — his birthday was
  
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• Steve Meehan, Canada new men’s rugby coach, honed his skills at clubs round the globe

  24-12-2024 17:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Steve Meehan acknowledges his own rugby playing career “wasn’t too flash.”
  An injury in his first year out of school caused his shoulder to repeatedly pop out of place. “It brought a bit of a sudden halt to things,” he said.
  The Australian had already started coaching, however.
  His local club only went up to the under-12 level and a group of under-14 players at his school, Marist College Ashgrove, wanted to keep playing. The club told them they could if they found c
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Accountability, not just dollars, needed in B.C. education

  24-12-2024 17:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The BC NDP government, much like their federal NDP-Liberal counterparts, seems to believe that simply throwing money at education will solve systemic issues. Former Premier Glen Clark once likened this approach to “shovelling money off the back of trucks,” and Premier David Eby’s government appears to be following that playbook. The increase in per-pupil funding to an eye-watering $14,767 per student has not translated into improved outcomes. In fact, the opposite has happened.
  
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• Competition Bureau takes Rogers to court over unlimited data claims; Rogers says its plans are transparent

  24-12-2024 16:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Competition Bureau says it is taking legal action against Toronto-based telecom Rogers Communications, arguing they falsely advertised their Infinite wireless phone plans as offering unlimited data.
  In a news release, the bureau suggests that Rogers’ advertisements create the false or misleading impression that the plans provide consumers with limitless data, allowing them to use as much data as they want. However, the plans have data caps and once reached, the data spee
  
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• Public information hearing set for proposed Chilliwack pub on Luckakuck Way - Fraser Valley Today

  24-12-2024 16:56 via news.google.com
  Public information hearing set for proposed Chilliwack pub on Luckakuck Way  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Public information hearing set for proposed Chilliwack pub on Luckakuck Way

  24-12-2024 16:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Without comment, Chilliwack City Council received an information report at its meeting last week that could see a proposed pub established within an existing restaurant that opened earlier this year on Luckakuck Way.Item 7.8 on the December 17 council agenda notified councillors that the City of Chilliwack had received a liquor primary license application for Carlos O’Bryan’s Neighbourhood Pub, which will be located within Kelly O’Bryan’s Neighbourhood
  
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• Border measures aimed at responding to Trump’s tariff threat begin to take effect

  24-12-2024 16:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Immigration measures announced as part of Canada’s border response to president-elect Donald Trump’s 25 per cent tariff threat are starting to be implemented, beginning with a ban on what’s known as “flagpoling.”
  This is when someone who was in Canada on a temporary visa leaves for the U.S. then quickly re-enters Canada to access immigration services at a port of entry.The restriction on providing work and study permits to flagpolers takes effect toda
  
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• Hong Kong police issue arrest warrants and bounties for six activists

  24-12-2024 15:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police on Tuesday announced a fresh round of arrest warrants for six activists based overseas, with bounties set at $1 million Hong Kong dollars for information leading to their arrests.
  According to the warrants, the six are wanted for national security offences such as secession, subversion and collusion with foreign forces. They include Tony Chung, the former leader of now-defunct pro-independence group Studentlocalism.
  U.K.-based Carmen Lau, a former district
  
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• Caitlin Clark honored as AP Female Athlete of the Year following her impact on women’s sports

  24-12-2024 15:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Caitlin Clark raised the profile of women’s basketball to unprecedented levels in both the college ranks and the WNBA, and Tuesday she was named the AP Female Athlete of the Year for her impact on and off the court.
  After leading Iowa to the national championship game, Clark was the top pick in the WNBA draft as expected and went on to win rookie of the year honors in the league. Fans packed sold-out arenas and millions of television viewers tuned in to follow her journey. Clark’s ex
  
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• PHOTOS OF 2024: Chilliwack photojournalist shares best images of year - Chilliwack Progress

  24-12-2024 14:54 via news.google.com
  PHOTOS OF 2024: Chilliwack photojournalist shares best images of year  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• A blast at a Turkish armament factory kills at least 12 people

  24-12-2024 11:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — An explosion at an armament factory in northwest Turkey left at least 12 dead and four injured Tuesday morning.
  The blast occurred in the capsule production facility of the factory located in the province of Balikesir, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency.
  Balikesir Governor Ismail Ustaoglu said the explosion collapsed the capsule production building and that the surrounding buildings sustained minor damage.Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc wrote on social media platform X
  
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• US president-elect’s son shares post on X of Donald Trump buying Canada on Amazon

  24-12-2024 10:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — U-S president-elect Donald Trump and those in his corner continue to send out strong messages about Canada.
  In a post on the social media platform X, Eric Trump shared a doctored photo of his father purchasing Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal on Amazon.
  Since winning the presidential election in November, Trump has repeatedly referred to Canada as the “51st state.”
  On Trump’s Truth Social platform, he’s also repeatedly referred to Prime Minister Justi
  
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• In the news today: Online Harms Act among bills stuck in House

  24-12-2024 10:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Online Harms Act among bills stuck in House
  Justice Minister Arif Virani is unapologetic about the money it would take to set up new regulators to tackle online harms under his proposed legislation.
  Canadians want children to be safe online, “and if that costs money to set up and to enforce, so be it,” Virani said.The cost of those bodies, which the Parliamentary Budget Officer has pegged a
  
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• Trudeau could stay or go. Either way, Canadians should brace for a spring election

  24-12-2024 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada appears to be barrelling toward a spring election now that the NDP is vowing to vote down the government early next year — whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stays on or not.
  Political watchers are abuzz over the possible scenarios that could play out in the coming year following last week’s drama that rocked Trudeau’s government, and a springtime national campaign is the one that’s solidifying the fastest.
  The exact timing is very much up in the
  
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• Quebec doing better job at retaining immigrants, Atlantic Canada still struggling

  24-12-2024 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Immigrants are increasingly choosing to stay in Quebec, according to a new report from Statistics Canada, but the same isn’t true in the Atlantic region, which continues to lose newcomers to the rest of the country.
  Out of all the immigrants admitted into Quebec in 2021, almost 94 per cent of them were still in the province one year later — a jump of 8.8 percentage points compared with the 2018 cohort of newcomers. The largest increases of newcomers choosing to stay
  
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• Parties agree on the need to act on online harms, but time is running out for new law

  24-12-2024 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Justice Minister Arif Virani is unapologetic about the money it would take to set up new regulators to tackle online harms under his proposed legislation.
  Canadians want children to be safe online, “and if that costs money to set up and to enforce, so be it,” Virani said.The cost of those bodies, which the Parliamentary Budget Officer has pegged at $200 million over five years, is a bone of contention for the Conservatives, who say the bill would create a “massiv
  
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• After decades in the gnar, B.C. mountain biking royalty go beyond the extreme

  24-12-2024 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. — Betty Birrell expertly guides her mountain bike over an elevated wooden ramp, catching some air, then lands smoothly on a trail she’s ridden countless times before.
  At 76, the local legend has spent three decades tackling the rugged slopes of Vancouver’s North Shore mountains, beginning in about 1993, when she says it was an anomaly to see another woman racing through the lush forests.
  Birrell sums up those early days as “lots of gnar, lots of jank
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP warn of suspected porch pirates on e-scooters - Global News Kingston

  24-12-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack RCMP warn of suspected porch pirates on e-scooters  Global News Kingston
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP warn of suspected porch pirates on e-scooters - Global News

  24-12-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
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• Canucks hoping to heal, relax and refocus during brief break

  24-12-2024 08:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The bright glow of a two-goal performance by Elias Pettersson was dimmed a little when the Vancouver Canuck centre left Monday’s 4-3 win over the San Jose Sharks early in the third period.
  Pettersson broke out of a seven-game scoring drought with goals 44 seconds apart in the second period. He played briefly in the third before leaving the bench.
  Pettersson didn’t return to the ice when he was named the game’s first star.
  “He got banged up,” head c
  
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• Pettersson scores a pair as Canucks sink Sharks 4-3

  24-12-2024 06:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Elias Pettersson scored goals 44 seconds apart in the second period — the second on a power play — to snap a seven-game NHL scoring drought as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the San Jose Sharks 4-3 Monday night.
  Kiefer Sherwood and Brock Boeser also scored for the Canucks (17-10-7) who ended a three-game winless skid.
  Canucks captain Quinn Hughes had two assists.
  Pettersson left the game early in the third period and didn’t return.
  William Eklund, on a two-man
  
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• Packers clinch playoff berth with 34-0 win over Saints

  24-12-2024 05:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Josh Jacobs gained 107 yards from scrimmage and scored a touchdown for a sixth straight game as the Green Bay Packers clinched a playoff berth while producing the first shutout of the NFL season, 34-0 over the hapless New Orleans Saints on Monday night.
  Green Bay (11-4) earned its fifth post-season appearance in six years and recorded its first shutout since beating Seattle 17-0 on Nov. 14, 2021. The Saints (5-10) were blanked for the first time since falling 13-0 to
  
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• NHL roundup: Hughes helps the Devils rout Rangers 5-0

  24-12-2024 05:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Jack Hughes had his second two-goal game of the season against the New York Rangers and Jacob Markstrom had his second straight 12-save shutout to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 5-0 victory on Monday.
  Timo Meier, Stefan Noesen and Dawson Mercer also scored for New Jersey, which is 7-2-1 in December. Hughes added an assist on the last goal to register a three-point game.
  Markstrom, who blanked the Penguins on Saturday, wasn’t tested much. His best save came early
  
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• VIDEO: Thousands of salmon, eggs doomed - Chilliwack Progress

  24-12-2024 05:00 via news.google.com
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• Towns, Anunoby each score 31 points as Knicks whip reeling Raptors 139-125

  24-12-2024 04:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns had 31 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, OG Anunoby also scored 31 points and shot 13-for-15 from the field, and the New York Knicks beat the Toronto Raptors 139-125 on Monday night.
  Cam Payne had 19 points off the bench for the Knicks, who put seven players in double figures and won their fourth straight. Mikal Bridges finished with 14 points and Jalen Brunson had 12 points and seven assists.
  Scottie Barnes had 24 points and eight assists, and RJ Ba
  
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• Marchenko’s late goal lifts Blue Jackets past Canadiens 5-4

  24-12-2024 04:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Kirill Marchenko scored with 2:12 left in regulation, and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-4 on Monday night for their second straight home win, rallying after blowing a pair of two-goal leads.
  Dmitri Vorokov scored twice to extend his point streak to five games, and Kent Johnson added a goal. Jordan Harris netted his first goal for Columbus, while Zach Werenski and Sean Monahan each had three assists. Marchenko also had two assists.
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• Man dies after large wave trapped him under debris on California beach, likely related to storm

  24-12-2024 03:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A man died Monday after a large wave trapped him beneath debris on a California beach, officials said.The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office said the man’s death was likely related to the storm pummeling the West Coast on Monday, bringing high surf and flooding to central California.
  First responders were called to Sunset State Beach, a state park, around 11:30 a.m. Monday. The man was pronounced dead at a hospital. Other details were not immediately a
  
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• Canada’s chief actuary report at odds with Alberta’s pension plan estimate

  24-12-2024 00:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — A report from Canada’s chief actuary suggests Alberta would not be entitled to more than half of the Canada Pension Plan’s assets that the province has argued it should get if it were to leave the investment fund.
  The chief actuary’s paper, published Friday, says the calculation that claims Alberta should get 53 per cent — or $334 billion — of the $575-billion in CPP assets “does not respect” federal pension legislation.
  The $334-billion
  
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• Jets deliver payback to Leafs, claim NHL’s top spot before Christmas break

  24-12-2024 00:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Winnipeg Jets had payback on their minds and top spot in the National Hockey League in their final game before the holiday break.
  The Jets made good on both accounts with a 5-2 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs before 18,923 at Scotiabank Arena on Monday.
  The win avenged a 6-4 home loss to Toronto on Oct. 28, that halted the Jets’ eight-game win streak to begin the season. It also pushed the Jets into first overall.
  “They don’t hand out awards at Christmas
  
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