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• Josh Allen leads balanced offence as Bills dominate Broncos for 31-7 wild-card win

  12-01-2025 23:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Allen threw two touchdown passes, James Cook scored on a 5-yard run and finished with 120 yards rushing, and the Buffalo Bills leaned on a balanced offensive attack in a 31-7 win over the Denver Broncos in a wild-card playoff game on Sunday.
  The Bills methodically wore down the Broncos by scoring on six of their first seven drives in building a 31-7 lead in a game where they finished with a 23-minute edge in time of possession.And Buffalo didn’t flinch
  
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• Grenier earns shutout as Canada downs U.S. 3-0 to win women’s world U-18 hockey crown

  12-01-2025 23:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANTAA — Marilou Grenier stopped 14 shots as Canada defeated the United States 3-0 on Sunday to capture the gold medal at the world women’s under-18 hockey championship.
  Dorothy Copetti and Stryker Zablocki had third-period goals to cement the Canadian win. Caileigh Tiller opened the scoring on the power play in the first as Canada outshot the U.S. 30-14, including by a 14-5 margin in the second.
  Sydney Sawyer added two assists for the Canadians.
  Earlier, Czechia defeated Sweden 2-1
  
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• Minister says dozens of firefighters from Alberta and B.C. to deploy in California

  12-01-2025 22:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan says dozens of firefighters from Alberta and British Columbia will help fight wildfires in California, and the federal government is co-ordinating efforts with the provinces to deploy resources.
  Sajjan says in a social media post that 60 firefighters from the two provinces will be deployed as soon as Monday, and that Canadian officials are working to identify and prepare more resources to send in the days ahead.
  He says in the post tha
  
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• Road safety campaign leads to 120 speeding tickets issued in Langley

  12-01-2025 22:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY — Langley RCMP issued 120 speeding tickets during a targeted enforcement campaign following numerous complaints from residents about speeding in local communities.
  The campaign was conducted over the holidays, between December 15 and January 6. It focused on both the City of Langley and the Township of Langley.
  Image: RCMP in Langley issued 120 speeding tickets during a recent speed enforcement campaign. / Supplied by Langley RCMP
  During the campaign, officers issued 63 tickets for
  
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• Canadian Jim (The Gentleman) Long wins his way onto pro darts tour

  12-01-2025 22:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MILTON KEYNES — Canadian Jim (The Gentleman) Long won his Professional Darts Corporation Tour Card at PDC Qualifying School on Sunday.
  Long secured his tour status by defeating England’s John Brown 6-0 in the semifinal before downing Wales’ Kevin O’Keefe 6-4 in the final.
  “It was a tough final knowing that I already had it (the Tour Card) and I lost a bit of my drive, but I was glad to get there in the end,” said the 56-year-old retired autoworker from London,
  
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• Judy Collins concert set for New Westminster this spring

  12-01-2025 22:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW WESTMINSTER — Legendary folk singer Judy Collins will bring her timeless voice and enduring message of hope to the Lower Mainland this spring. The 85-year-old icon is set to perform at the Massey Theatre in New Westminster on Sunday, March 30.
  Collins, who released her debut album in 1961, has enjoyed a storied career spanning over six decades. Her first record, filled with traditional folk songs, established her as a leading voice in the burgeoning cultural movement of the 1960s. Sinc
  
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• Langley Mounties searching for vehicle involved in hit-and-run investigation

  12-01-2025 21:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY — Langley RCMP are appealing for public assistance in a hit-and-run investigation involving a pedestrian found in medical distress.
  The incident occurred on November 9 shortly after 3:30 a.m. Police responded to the 21600 block of 16th Avenue in Langley, where a pedestrian was discovered injured. Investigators determined the individual had been struck by a vehicle, but no vehicles remained at the scene.
  Image: A black 2022-2023 Ford F150 Lightning Lariat edition pick up truck, simi
  
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• Fraser Valley poultry farms continuing to deal with Avian flu outbreaks

  12-01-2025 19:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Nearly 60 poultry facilities in British Columbia have reported outbreaks of avian flu, marking a slight decrease from 64 cases reported earlier last week.
  Despite the improvement, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency warns that new cases continue to be detected every few days. The most recent outbreaks were identified in two commercial poultry operations in Abbotsford.
  Since a surge in infections began in the spring of 2022, approximately 8.6 million birds have been culled acros
  
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• Trudeau says Trump’s comments on 51st state ‘flattering’ but a ‘non-starter’

  12-01-2025 18:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says talk of Canada becoming the 51st state is a distraction from more pressing threats of U.S tariffs on Canada and their likely impact.
  In an interview that aired on MSNBC today, he says Canada is ready to respond with retaliatory tariffs should president-elect Donald Trump follow through with a threat to impose 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico when he takes office next week.
  Trump has also referred to Canada as
  
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• Veteran defensive lineman Jefferson agrees to extension with Blue Bombers

  12-01-2025 18:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Defensive end Willie Jefferson is remaining with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
  The six-foot-seven, 248-pound Jefferson agreed to terms on a one-year contract extension Sunday with the CFL club. The veteran American was slated to become a free agent next month.
  The 2025 season will be Jefferson’s 11th in the CFL and sixth with Winnipeg.
  Jefferson was named a CFL all-star last season for the sixth time after registering a team-high six sacks _ just two off the league lead _ wit
  
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• Canadian Leylah Fernandez wins her opening match at Australian Open

  12-01-2025 18:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MELBOURNE — It was worth the wait for Canadian Leylah Fernandez.
  Fernandez defeated Ukraine’s Yuliia Starodubtseva 7-5, 6-4 in her first-round women’s singles match Sunday at the Australian Open. The contest was interrupted by a rain delay Saturday with Fernandez leading 5-3 in the opening set.
  The 30th-seeded Fernandez, of Montreal, faces Spain’s Cristina Bucsa in second-round action Tuesday.
  Fernandez captured the first-round contest despite registering only two aces _
  
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• MacKinnon won’t join Liberal leadership race, cites lack of time to mount campaign

  12-01-2025 17:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Another minister rumoured to have been considering a run for the Liberal leadership has decided against it, saying there isn’t enough time for him to mount the kind of campaign he wants.
  Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon said in a social media post Sunday that the leadership race needs diverse, experienced and pragmatic voices in both English and French.
  And while he feels he could be that voice, the Gatineau MP says the length of the campaign for the leadership doesn’t
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of January 12, 2025

  12-01-2025 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: Brian Kiraly-MillerAge: 31
  Height: 6’3” ft
  Weight: 200lbs
  Hair: Brown
  Eyes: Blue
  Wanted: Unlawfully at Large
  Warrant in effect: January 6, 2025Parole Jurisdiction: Abbotsford
  Name: Ivan RichardAge: 32
  Height: 6’4” ft
  Weight: 210lbs
  Hair: BlackEyes: Brown
  Wanted: Unlawfully at Large
  Warrant in effect: January 1, 2025
  Parole Jurisdiction: Vancouv
  
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• Florence Girard was 55 pounds when she starved in home-share. Her sister wants change

  12-01-2025 15:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The sister of a British Columbia woman with Down syndrome who starved to death in a Port Coquitlam home in 2018 says she believes more people will die if systemic changes aren’t made to how people with developmental disabilities are treated.
  A coroner’s inquest into the death of 54-year-old Florence Girard begins Monday in Burnaby, B.C., where a jury will hear the circumstances around how she died weighing only 55 pounds.
  Her sister, Sharon Bursey, described Girard and funny and sarc
  
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• Hand drawn cards bring festive spirits to health care facilities across Fraser Valley

  12-01-2025 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Students across the Fraser Valley brought some festive joy to hospital patients and residents this holiday season through a holiday card drive organized by the Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation’s Youth Advisory Committee.
  The initiative united students from local schools, along with clubs and organizations, to create and distribute cheerful cards to patients at Abbotsford Regional Hospital, Chilliwack General Hospital, Mission Memorial Hospital, Fraser Canyon Hospital
  
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• Healing waters: Fish undergo successful surgery at B.C. aquarium - Chilliwack Progress

  12-01-2025 14:30
  Healing waters: Fish undergo successful surgery at B.C. aquarium  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Contrasts start to take shape in leadership race for Manitoba’s Opposition Tories

  12-01-2025 14:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — The battle for the leadership of the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives is three months from being decided, and the two men vying for the role are laying out different paths to try to reignite the party voted out of office in the last election.
  Obby Khan, a former pro football player, cabinet minister and business owner from Winnipeg, has pitched himself as the experienced candidate with a seat in the legislature who can build a “big tent” of urban and rural members.
  
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• With Conservatives promising to ‘defund,’ could the next election kill the CBC?

  12-01-2025 12:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — In late 2023, Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge said it was time for the federal government to redefine what the CBC does and how it does it.
  A year later — and with a federal election expected sometime this spring — her office is promising the minister will unveil the planned changes to the public broadcaster’s mandate in “due course.” But with Parliamentary business on hold until late March due to prorogation, and opposition parties champing at the
  
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• Quebec Liberals ‘at a crossroads’ as leadership race kicks off Monday

  12-01-2025 12:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — As the federal Liberals prepare to choose Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s successor, another Liberal leadership race is getting underway in Quebec this week.
  The stakes are high for the Quebec Liberals, who have been in the political wilderness for years, with dismal polling among francophone voters. Candidates and observers say the party needs to broaden its appeal beyond Montreal if it’s to have any chance of forming government in the 2026 provincial election.
  The
  
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• Justin Trudeau’s own walk in the snow launched a historic week in federal politics

  12-01-2025 12:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — “Sunny ways, my friends. Sunny ways.”With those words, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau began his time in office, having brought the Liberals out of the political wilderness and into a majority government in October 2015.
  Those sunny ways followed him into an unseasonably warm November day weeks later, when he attended his official swearing-in at Rideau Hall. As Trudeau made his way up the driveway to the governor general’s residence, he was surrounded by family, me
  
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• Coronato continues to play a key role for improving Flames

  12-01-2025 09:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Dustin Wolf, Matt Coronato and Jonathan Huberdeau have each played pivotal roles for the surprising Calgary Flames this season and that was the case again on Saturday night.
  Coronato had a goal and an assist, Huberdeau notched the game-winner on the power play, and Wolf made 31 saves as the Flames overcame a slow start to post a 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings, snapping the visitor’s five-game winning streak.
  Tied 1-1 in the third period, the game-winner came at 4:36 whe
  
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• Spaun grabs one-stroke lead at Sony Open, Taylor two shots back

  12-01-2025 07:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Stephan Jaeger had nine birdies for the lowest round this week at Waialae, and two of the most important holes for him Saturday in the Sony Open were pars.
  Jaeger knows dropping a shot is losing ground, and the way the Sony Open is playing out, no one can afford to do that at a tournament that is wide open going into the final round.
  J.J. Spaun twice responded to bogeys with birdies in the closing stretch at Waialae, the last one a pitch-and-putt on the par-5 18th that gave
  
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• Huberdeau, Wolf lead Flames to 2-1 win over Kings

  12-01-2025 06:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Jonathan Huberdeau scored the game-winner early in the third period and Dustin Wolf made 31 saves to lead the Calgary Flames to a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday.
  Matt Coronato scored his 10th goal while also adding an assist for Calgary (20-14-7).
  Jacob Moverare, with his first of the season, scored the lone goal for Los Angeles (24-11-5), which had its five-game winning streak halted.
  The teams were supposed to meet each other on Wednesday in Los Angeles, but
  
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• Canadiens hold heads high after 2-1 shootout loss to Stars: ‘I had no passengers’

  12-01-2025 06:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens may have lost on Saturday, but the mood around the surging team hardly appeared to take a hit after a hard-fought battle on short rest.
  The Canadiens fell 2-1 in a shootout to the stingy Dallas Stars, fighting all night long in a tight-checking game against a team that won its seventh in a row.
  This after playing Friday in Washington — a 3-2 overtime win over the Capitals — while the Stars benefited from a night off.
  “I liked our game, I
  
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• NHL roundup: Devils score OT power-play goal to beat Lightning 3-2

  12-01-2025 05:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Stefan Noesen scored a power-play goal in overtime and Jacob Markstrom made 23 saves as the New Jersey Devils defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Saturday night.
  Ondrej Palat and Jack Hughes also scored for New Jersey, which was coming off a 1-4-1 road trip since a 4-2 win over Carolina at home on Dec. 27. Markstrom is 21-8-3 in his first season with the Devils.
  Noesen got his 17th goal 3:19 into the extra session with Nick Paul in the penalty box for tripping. Jesp
  
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• NFL playoff roundup: Ravens’ powerful ground attack leads to 28-14 win over Steelers

  12-01-2025 05:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Lamar Jackson threw for two touchdowns in a flawless first half, Derrick Henry scored twice while leading Baltimore’s devastating running game, and the Ravens beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 28-14 on Saturday night to advance to the second round of the NFL playoffs.
  The Ravens move on to face either Buffalo or Houston after jumping out to a 21-0 halftime lead and holding on against their AFC North rivals. Baltimore had a 19-2 advantage in first downs in the first half,
  
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• Chilliwack Ukrainian church up for sale despite local efforts to reinvigorate the parish - Fraser Valley Today

  12-01-2025 05:48
  Chilliwack Ukrainian church up for sale despite local efforts to reinvigorate the parish  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Jets keen to lean on solid defence, Hellebuyck

  12-01-2025 05:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Connor Hellebuyck stepped into the limelight again on Saturday, but the Winnipeg Jets’ goaltender had a strong supporting cast in a 3-0 blanking of the Colorado Avalanche.
  Hellebuyck made 22 saves to register his NHL-leading sixth shutout of the season and 43rd of his career. It was also his league-leading 25th win of the season and 301st of his career (301-179-43).
  Jets head coach Scott Arniel smiled when saying Hellebuyck “had an easy night,” but then gave hi
  
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• ‘Eat, sleep and hockey’: Canucks shake off travel headache to blank Maple Leafs

  12-01-2025 05:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Quinn Hughes and the Vancouver Canucks’ plane landed around noon.
  The team then embarked on a slow crawl through Toronto’s notorious traffic — with a police escort — to its downtown hotel.
  There was time for a meal, a quick nap, and not much else. A gutsy effort under Saturday’s bright lights soon followed.
  Hughes had a goal and an assist as Vancouver blanked the sluggish Maple Leafs 3-0 after their initial fight was cancelled Friday due to inclement
  
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• B.C. fire crews sent to fight Los Angeles wildfire: forests minister

  12-01-2025 05:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  British Columbia’s forests minister says a crew from the province’s wildfire service left for California Saturday afternoon to help battle the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area.Ravi Parmar says in a video posted to social media Saturday afternoon that The B.C. Wildfire Service’s crews had left the province and are expected to touch down in Los Angeles around 4 p.m. Pacific.
  The fire crew was first promised by Premier David Eby, who committed the crew on Friday after a req
  
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• Los Angeles County medical examiner’s office confirms wildfire death toll rises to 16

  12-01-2025 04:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County medical examiner’s office confirmed the death toll from the wildfires ravaging the area has risen to 16.
  The total of confirmed fatalities stands at 16 victims, and the cases remain under investigation. Five of the deaths were attributed to the Palisades Fire, and 11 resulted from the Eaton Fire, the coroner’s office said in a statement Saturday evening.
  The previous number of confirmed fatalities was 11, but officials said they expecte
  
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• Robertson scores shootout winner, Stars edge Canadiens 2-1 for seventh win in a row

  12-01-2025 04:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Jason Robertson scored the shootout winner to lift the surging Dallas Stars past the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 for their seventh consecutive victory on Saturday night.
  Robertson scored the only goal of the shootout while goalie Jake Oettinger stopped Patrik Laine, Cole Caufield and Nick Suzuki.
  Oettinger made 30 saves and Jamie Benn scored in regulation for Dallas (27-13-1). The Stars snapped Montreal’s three-game winning streak.
  Sam Montembeault made 34 saves for Montreal (2
  
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• Hyman nets winner as Oilers rally to beat Blackhawks 4-3

  12-01-2025 04:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Zach Hyman scored a tiebreaking power-play goal in the third period, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Saturday night.
  Adam Henrique, Corey Perry and Vasily Podkolzin also scored for the Oilers, who closed out a 3-1 road trip. Leon Draisaitl had two assists.
  Chicago lost for the eighth time in 10 games. Connor Bedard’s career-high point streak was stopped at nine games.
  Teuvo Teravainen and Nick Foligno each had a goal and an assist for the Bla
  
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• Hellebuyck helps Jets roll over Avalanche 3-0

  12-01-2025 03:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Connor Hellebuyck made 22 saves to register his sixth shutout of the season and 43rd of his career in the Winnipeg Jets’ 3-0 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday.
  The performance also marked Hellebuyck’s NHL-leading 25th win of the season and 301st of his career (301-179-43).
  This week already saw Hellebuyck became the third-fastest NHL netminder to reach 300 wins in his 538th regular-season game after a 5-2 victory over the Nashville Predators. The only o
  
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• Cunningham’s triple-double leads Pistons to 123-114 win over Raptors

  12-01-2025 03:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Cade Cunningham had 22 points, 17 assists and 10 rebounds, and the Detroit Pistons beat the Toronto Raptors 123-114 on Saturday night.
  Cunningham fell one assist of his career high, set on Dec. 16, and has the second-most triple-doubles in Pistons history.
  Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 27 points for the Pistons, who have won nine of 11. Malik Beasley added 18.
  Immanuel Quickley had 25 points for Toronto, which has lost five straight and 16 of 17. Scottie Barnes had 16 points and 1
  
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• Canucks overcome travel woes to down Maple Leafs 3-0

  12-01-2025 03:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Kevin Lankinen made 20 saves for his fourth shutout of the season as the travel-weary Vancouver Canucks picked up a gutsy 3-0 victory over the listless Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday.
  Quinn Hughes, with a goal and an assist, Brock Boeser and Kiefer Sherwood scored for Vancouver (19-13-10). Tyler Myers had two assists. Lankinen’s shutout was the seventh of his NHL career.
  The Canucks didn’t arrive in Toronto until roughly seven hours before puck drop due to inclement
  
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• Mailboxes stolen, robbed and dumped in Mission

  12-01-2025 02:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Mission RCMP are investigating after three stolen community mailboxes were found dumped and pried open, with their contents stolen.
  Police were first notified on Saturday (Jan. 11) morning about two Canada Post mailboxes abandoned near Draper Street and Cemetery Avenue in Mission. Investigators determined the boxes had been stolen from the Riverside Street area in Abbotsford.
  Community mailboxes dumped in Mission https://t.co/wN92rBFrcz pic.twitter.com/mNfaoGrSpU
  — Mission
  
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• Pinto scores twice, Senators pounce on Penguins for 5-0 win

  12-01-2025 01:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Shane Pinto scored two special teams goals in the first period, Leevi Merilainen stopped 30 shots and the Ottawa Senators beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-0 on Saturday.
  Pinto beat Alex Nedeljkovic on the power play just over five minutes into the game then added a short-handed goal in the waning moments of the opening period as the Senators won for the second time in their last eight games.
  Tyler Kleven, Drake Batherson and Tim Stutzle also scored for the Senators. Claude
  
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• Canadiens’ Laine returns vs. Stars after missing four games due to illness

  12-01-2025 00:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal Canadiens forward Patrik Laine returned to the lineup Saturday against the Dallas Stars after missing four games due to illness.
  Laine, named Montreal’s player of the month for December, last played on New Year’s Eve in a 3-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights.
  The sharpshooting winger has eight goals and two assists in 13 games after missing the first two months of the season with a knee injury.
  Defenceman David Savard also drew back into the lineup after an
  
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• PHOTOS: Chilliwack wrestlers win 11 medals at home tournament - Chilliwack Progress

  12-01-2025 00:34
  PHOTOS: Chilliwack wrestlers win 11 medals at home tournament  Chilliwack Progress
  
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