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• Blayre Turnbull’s three-point outing leads Sceptres past Charge in PWHL

  01-02-2025 22:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Captain Blayre Turnbull scored twice and set up rookie Julia Gosling for her first Professional Women’s Hockey League goal to push the Toronto Sceptres to a 4-2 win against the Ottawa Charge on Saturday.
  The win halted a two-game slide for the Sceptres (5-0-4-6) and pushed them into fourth place from last place past the Charge (5-0-2-8) and the Boston Fleet in the six-team PWHL.
  Ten minutes after Turnbull swooped in for her fourth of the season, Toronto defender Renata Fast
  
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• Flames goalie Dustin Wolf named NHL’s rookie of the month for January

  01-02-2025 22:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Calgary Flames goalie Dustin Wolf is the NHL’s rookie of the month.
  The league announced the honour Saturday after Wolf led all first-year players with seven wins in January, posting a 7-3-0 record with a .922 save percentage and 2.32 goals-against average.
  The 23-year-old has helped backstop the Flames into playoff contention this season.
  Calgary (25-18-7) held the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference with 57 points heading into Saturday night’s game agai
  
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• Finland rules out Hakanpää for the 4 Nations Face-Off

  01-02-2025 22:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Finland ruled out Jani Hakanpää for the 4 Nations Face-Off, making management find replacements for two injured defensemen.
  The Finnish Ice Hockey Federation confirmed Saturday that Hakanpää will not play in the NHL-run tournament later this month in Montreal and Boston. Hakanpää has appeared in only two games this season for Toronto and none since mid-November because of a lower-body injury.
  Miro Heiskanen would have been Finland’s No. 1 defenseman, but he wa
  
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• Key questions ahead of Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods

  01-02-2025 22:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — U.S. President Donald Trump is going to hit Canadian goods with 25 per cent tariffs on Tuesday, with a lower 10 per cent duty for energy, according to provincial government sources.Here’s a look at some of the key questions as the clock ticks down.
  What is a tariff?
  Tariffs are a tax on imported goods. Like other taxes, they’re generally used by government to help meet policy objectives and raise revenue.The main goal of tariffs is usually to help boost and protect do
  
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• AP Interview: Zelenskyy says excluding Ukraine from US-Russia talks about war is ‘very dangerous’

  01-02-2025 22:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said direct talks between the U.S. and Russia about the war in Ukraine that exclude Kyiv are “very dangerous.”
  Zelenskyy spoke Saturday in an exclusive interview The Associated Press. His remarks followed comments Friday by U.S. President Donald Trump, who said American and Russian officials were “already talking” about ending the war between Russia and Ukraine.
  “They may have their own relations, bu
  
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• Here’s the latest as Canada braces for Trump tariffs Tuesday

  01-02-2025 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump will hit Canada with 25 per cent tariffs on Tuesday, with a lower 10 per cent duty for energy, provincial government sources say.
  The federal government has been working to reassure Canadians that it is has a robust plan to respond with retaliatory measures.Here’s the latest (all times Eastern):
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  Unifor, the country’s largest private sector union, says Canada must hit back “hard and fast” as U.S. Pr
  
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• Chilliwack meat plant sanctioned after B.C. government investigation - Fraser Valley Today

  01-02-2025 21:45
  Chilliwack meat plant sanctioned after B.C. government investigation  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Canada’s Galarneau drops opening match, Hungary takes 1-0 lead in Davis Cup qualifier

  01-02-2025 21:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Fabian Marozsan defeated Alexis Galarneau to give Hungary a 1-0 lead over Canada at the Davis Cup men’s team tennis tournament on Saturday.
  Maroszan prevailed 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the opening match of the best-of-five first-round qualifier at IGA Stadium.
  Later Saturday, Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo will try to even the score against veteran Marton Fucsovics.
  Vasek Pospisil of Vernon, B.C., and Liam Draxl of Newmarket, Ont., are scheduled to take on Marozsan and Mate Valkus
  
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• Update: Missing woman located safely

  01-02-2025 21:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department says the 19-year-old woman who was reported missing earlier today has been safely located, according to a brief statement from AbbyPD Constable Scott McClure at 12:06 p.m. Saturday (Feb. 1).
  “Thank you for your assistance,” AbbyPD Cst. McClure said.
  
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• Chilliwack meat plant sanctioned after B.C. government investigation

  01-02-2025 21:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Toronto-based organization Animal Justice has shared the provincial Ministry of Food and Agriculture’s sanctions against Johnston’s Packers Ltd., a Chilliwack meat processor.On December 3, 2024, the animal welfare group reported Johnston’s to the ministry for alleged instances of pig abuse– sending roughly 850 whistleblower video files claiming the poor use of electric prods and mistreatment from workers.The ministry responded to the report on Monday (J
  
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• One man dead after Coquitlam pub fight Friday night

  01-02-2025 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COQUITLAM — Coquitlam RCMP’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) is investigating the fatal stabbing of a 35-year-old man outside John B Pub on Friday (Jan. 31).At around 9:42 p.m., Mounties responded to a fight outside the pub at 1000 Austin Avenue. According to a news release, bystanders were providing First Aid and CPR to a man with life-threatening injuries. First responders also attended, but the man died from his injuries on the scene.
  Police did not release the victi
  
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• One man died after a fight outside a pub in Coquitlam, says IHIT

  01-02-2025 20:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COQUITLAM, B.C. — The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says two men are in custody after a 35-year-old man was fatally stabbed outside a pub in Coquitlam, B.C.
  A release from IHIT says RCMP responded to a report of a fight around 9:42 p.m. Friday outside the John B Pub in the city.
  When police arrived, bystanders were performing first aid and CPR on a man with life-threatening injuries.IHIT says the 35-year-old man died at the scene despite the efforts of paramedics.
  Two men who were
  
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• Stars acquire Granlund and Ceci from the Sharks in the latest move in flurry of NHL trades

  01-02-2025 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Dallas Stars acquired center Mikael Granlund and defenseman Cody Ceci from the San Jose Sharks on Saturday in the latest in a flurry of trades around the NHL.
  Dallas sent a 2025 first-round pick and a conditional third-round pick to San Jose for Granlund and Ceci just over a week before the league takes a break for the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament. The pick becomes a fourth-rounder if the Stars do not reach the Stanley Cup Final.
  “We are excited to welcome both Mikael and Cody to Dall
  
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• Denis Coderre’s candidacy for Quebec Liberal Party leadership in limbo

  01-02-2025 20:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUÉBEC — Former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre has still not submitted all the documents required to certify his candidacy in the Quebec Liberal party leadership race, according to an anonymous source within the party.
  The source, which spoke with The Canadian Press on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak publicly, said the documents in question relate to Coderre’s financial situation as media outlets have reported he owes about $400,000 in provincial
  
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• Canadian skier Megan Oldham lands slopestyle silver at World Cup in Aspen

  01-02-2025 20:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ASPEN — Canadian freestyle skier Megan Oldham soared to a World Cup silver medal in slopestyle Saturday.
  The 23-year-old from Parry Sound, Ont., scored 86.93 points to finish behind France’s Tess Ledeux, who recorded 88.06. Rell Harwood of the United States took bronze with 77.53.
  Vancouver’s Skye Clarke finished 10th in the 23-skier field.
  Oldham picked up her second podium finish of the season after also winning slopestyle silver last month in Switzerland.
  Alex Hall of the Un
  
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• 19-year-old Abbotsford woman reported missing

  01-02-2025 20:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department is seeking a high-risk woman who has been missing since early Saturday morning (Feb. 1).
  According to police, Mehakpreet Kaur walked away from her home in 2900 Block Whistle Drive at 3:37 a.m. and has not been found since.She is described as a South Asian female with long black hair, 5’4”, with a medium build. Mehakpreet was last seen wearing a dark hooded jacket with stripes, flip-flops and carrying a black backpack.
  AbbyPD is acti
  
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• Abbotsford police respond to motel fire Friday night

  01-02-2025 19:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department has confirmed a fire at the Alpine Inn early Friday night (Jan. 31).At 8:59 p.m., AbbyPD said they responded to a request for police assistance from the Abbotsford Fire & Rescue Service. Police helped with traffic control and scene management, but upon review, the incident is not being treated as a criminal investigation.Alpine Inn told Fraser Valley Today that no one was in the affected area during the incident. The motel also confirmed tw
  
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• Canada’s Éliot Grondin captures snowboard cross gold at World Cup in China

  01-02-2025 19:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BEIDAHU SHEQU — Canada’s Éliot Grondin captured his first gold medal of the season at a snowboard cross World Cup event on Saturday.
  Grondin, last year’s World Cup champion, won every round to finish ahead of second-place Alessandro Haemmerle of Austria and bronze-medallist Merlin Surget of France.
  The 23-year-old Grondin of Sainte-Marie, Que., moved atop the overall leaderboard with his win.
  He finished fourth at a season-opening event in Cervinia, Italy, in December.
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• B.C.’s south coast sees first snowfall of the season

  01-02-2025 19:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Residents of B.C.’s South Coast are encouraged to dress warmly and get their winter tires ready as snowfall warnings are in effect for the region this weekend.Environment Canada says a wintry mix of weather conditions is expected to affect Metro Vancouver over the next few days, prompting the weather agency to issue a snowfall warning early Saturday morning.The weather agency says heavy flurries mixed with cold temperatures are expected this weekend as arctic air moves in
  
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• Democrats elect Ken Martin, the party leader in Minnesota, as national chair

  01-02-2025 19:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Democrats on Saturday elected Ken Martin, the party leader in Minnesota, as the national chair, turning to a low-profile Midwestern political operative to coordinate their resistance to Donald Trump’s presidency.
  Martin succeeds Jaime Harrison of South Carolina atop the Democratic National Committee. Harrison did not seek another term after the 2024 election when Trump became the first Republican to win the popular vote in two decades and made modest gains with
  
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• Marielle Thompson’s ski cross gold highlights three-medal day for Canada

  01-02-2025 19:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VEYSONNAZ — Marielle Thompson’s ski cross gold highlighted a three-medal day for Canada at a World Cup event on Saturday.
  Thompson, of Whistler, B.C., beat Germany’s Daniela Maier to top the podium in Switzerland.
  India Sherret of Cranbrook, B.C., won bronze, and fellow Canadian Courtney Hoffos of Windermere, B.C., placed fourth.
  Thompson, the reigning Crystal Globe champion, earned her 34th World Cup win and 71st career podium.Sherret reached her 10th career podium and fifth t
  
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• US military conducts airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia

  01-02-2025 19:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has conducted coordinated airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Donald Trump’s second term.
  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Saturday that the strikes by U.S. Africa Command were directed by Trump and coordinated with Somalia’s government.
  An initial assessment by the Pentagon indicated that “multiple” operatives were killed. The Pentagon said is assesse
  
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• Blue Bombers re-sign two-time All-CFL receiver Dalton Schoen to one-year contract

  01-02-2025 18:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers re-signed star receiver Dalton Schoen to a one-year contract on Saturday.
  The six-foot-one, 210-pound Schoen returns to Winnipeg for a fourth season after being limited to three games due to a knee injury in 2024.
  In his previous two seasons, Schoen totalled 141 receptions for 2,663 yards and 26 touchdowns in 34 games to earn two West Division and CFL all-star nods.
  The 28-year-old American was scheduled to hit free agency on February 11.
  Schoen’s
  
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• Auger-Aliassime advances to Montpellier final with straight sets win over De Jong

  01-02-2025 18:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTPELLIER — Montreal’s Félix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the final of the Open Occitanie tennis tournament with a 6-4, 7-6 (4) win over Jesper de Jong of the Netherlands on Saturday.
  Auger-Aliassime, the second seed in Montpellier, reached his second final this season after winning his sixth ATP Tour title at the Adelaide International in January.
  He’ll play the winner of a match between top seed Andrey Rublev of Russia and Aleksandar Kovacevic of the United States in
  
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• Saturday, February 22, 2025 - Prince George Spruce Kings

  01-02-2025 18:04
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• Canadian Jasmine Jasudavicius makes history with win on UFC card in Saudi Arabia

  01-02-2025 17:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RIYADH — Canadian flyweight Jasmine Jasudavicius extended her winning streak to four fights with an impressive unanimous decision over Brazilian Mayra (Sheetara) Bueno Silva on a UFC Fight Night card Saturday.
  All three judges scored it 30-27 for Jasudavicius (13-3-0).
  The 35-year-old from St. Catharines, Ont., was the busier fighter, scoring with more strikes and taking Bueno Silva down in all three rounds. The bout ended with Bueno Silva, who was returning to the flyweight division, tied
  
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• Local craft brewers crack open 2025 Langley Ale Trail

  01-02-2025 17:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY — Local boozesmiths are inviting people to take a trip down the yellow beer road for this year’s Langley Ale Trail.Starting today (Feb. 1), visitors can visit all nine local breweries to taste some brewskis, collect stamps and have the chance to win a prize package.“[The ale trail]’s just a fun, interactive time to visit breweries in the Langley area,” said Lance Verhoeff, owner of the Trading Post Brewery. “It also helps to generate more business in a
  
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• Canadian winger Tajon Buchanan joins Spain’s Villarreal on loan from Inter Milan

  01-02-2025 17:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian international winger Tajon Buchanan has joined Spain’s Villarreal CF from Italy’s Inter Milan on a season-long loan with an option to make the move permanent.
  The 25-year-old from Brampton, Ont., joined Inter in January 2024 from Belgium’s Club Brugge but found playing time hard to get on the star-studded squad with 17 appearances in total. A broken leg suffered in training with Canada at last summer’s Copa America did not help.
  Still Buchanan made history as the
  
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• Driver in his 20s dead after car crash southeast of Quebec City

  01-02-2025 17:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A man in his 20s has died after a car crash in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec Friday night.
  Quebec provincial police say they received a call around 9 p.m. Friday about the crash in Beauceville, Que., about 72 kilometres southeast of Quebec City.Police spokesperson Laurie Avoine says the driver lost control of the vehicle for reasons that are not yet known and veered into a wooded area.Avoine says the driver was thrown out of the vehicle and pronounced dead at
  
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• Mexico’s president says all 6 people on medical transport jet were killed

  01-02-2025 16:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Six people on board a medical transport jet that crashed in Philadelphia were killed. That is according to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.
  The dead included a child who was receiving treatment at a Philadelphia hospital and her mother.At least six people on the ground were injured in the crash on Friday.
  Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum expressed condolences Saturday morning in a statement on the social media platform X.
  “I mourn the passing of six Mexican
  
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• IIO called to investigate fatal Friday shooting in Surrey

  01-02-2025 15:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — The Independent Investigations Office of British Columbia (IIO) is investigating a Friday (Jan. 31) night shooting involving Surrey police, that left one person dead.
  An IIO news release says officers from the Surrey Police Service were called to execute an arrest warrant at a residence in the 13900 block of 100 Avenue of Surrey shortly after 9 p.m. When police located the subject of the warrant, it was determined the individual was armed with a weapon.
  An interaction ensued, duri
  
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• 18 Pakistani soldiers killed in fighting with separatist rebels in Balochistan

  01-02-2025 13:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani troops fought insurgents who set up roadblocks in the restive northwestern region of Balochistan, leaving 18 paramilitary security forces and 23 rebels dead in some of the heaviest clashes in recent years, officials said Saturday.The military said troops suffered casualties when they engaged the insurgents who erected barricades on a key highway in Kalat, bordering Afghanistan.The security forces “successfully removed the roadblock” following t
  
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• 18 Pakistani soldiers killed in fighting with separatist rebels in Baluchistan

  01-02-2025 12:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani troops fought insurgents who set up roadblocks in the restive northwestern region, leaving 18 paramilitary security forces and 12 rebels dead in some of the heaviest clashes in recent years, officials said Saturday.The military said troops suffered casualties when they engaged the insurgents who erected barricades on a key highway in Kalat, a district in Balochistan province bordering Afghanistan.The security forces “successfully removed the roadbloc
  
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• Sick and wounded children begin crossing from Gaza to Egypt in first opening in months

  01-02-2025 12:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RAFAH CROSSING, Egypt (AP) — A group of 50 sick and wounded Palestinian children began crossing to Egypt for treatment through Gaza’s Rafah crossing on Saturday, in the first opening of the border since Israel captured it nearly nine months ago.
  The reopening of the Rafah crossing represents a significant breakthrough that bolsters the ceasefire deal Israel and Hamas agreed to earlier this month. Israel agreed to reopen the crossing after Hamas released the last living female hostage
  
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• Ontario election 2025: Party leaders to make stops in Toronto area, Kitchener

  01-02-2025 12:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Party leaders are set to continue campaigning this weekend amid the backdrop of a looming trade war between Canada and the United States.Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford is scheduled to make a stop in Brampton, Ont., where he will make an announcement about “protecting Ontario.”
  He has already pledged to spend $22 billion to build infrastructure as part of a stimulus package, regardless of whether U.S. President Donald Trump follows through on his across-the-board tariff thr
  
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• Canadians waiting to see if Trump’s tariff threat materializes

  01-02-2025 12:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Canadian officials are anxiously waiting to see if U.S. President Donald Trump follows through on his threat to slap Canada with devastating tariffs today.Trump said Friday he is considering lowering tariffs on Canadian oil to 10 per cent after the White House confirmed he is going forward with 25 per cent levies on imports from Canada and Mexico.
  Trump didn’t implement the duties against Canada on his first day back in office, as he’d promised to do.
  But the presi
  
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• ‘Metabolic knife edge’: Study offers insight into hummingbirds’ hibernation-like rest

  01-02-2025 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Powered by nectar and a metabolic marvel, migratory hummingbirds travel thousands of kilometres each year, breeding in places like British Columbia before making the journey as far away as Mexico to avoid the winter cold.
  To make it there, hummingbirds sometimes enter a short-term hibernation of sorts, slowing their respiratory, heart and metabolic rates for several hours at a time to a point where some birds have been mistaken for dead.
  But rather than killing them, the process known as torpor
  
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• A medical plane carrying a child patient and 5 others crashes in Philadelphia, setting homes ablaze

  01-02-2025 07:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A medical transport jet transporting a child who had just completed treatment for a life-threatening condition, her mother and four others crashed into a Philadelphia neighborhood shortly after takeoff Friday evening, exploding in a fireball that engulfed several homes.
  Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, which operated the Learjet 55, said in a statement: “We cannot confirm any survivors.” There was no immediate word whether anyone on the ground was killed, but at le
  
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• Hamas to release 3 male hostages, Israel to release dozens of Palestinian prisoners under ceasefire

  01-02-2025 07:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Four Red Cross vehicles have arrived at a location in southern Gaza where Hamas is set to free hostages in its ceasefire deal with Israel.
  A total of three male hostages are set to be released Saturday, in return for the release of dozens of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails.
  The truce, which began Jan. 19, is aimed at winding down the deadliest and most destructive war ever fought between Israel and the Hamas militant group.
  The fragile deal has held
  
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• Hintz and Robertson lead Stars past Canucks 5-3 for 4th straight win

  01-02-2025 06:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Jason Robertson and Roope Hintz each had two goals and an assist as the Dallas Stars beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-3 on Friday night.
  Rookie Oskar Back also scored and Jake Oettinger made 26 saves for the Stars, who have won four straight games.
  Conor Garland, Jake DeBrusk and Carson Soucy scored for the Canucks, who had a three-game winning streak snapped. Thatcher Demko stopped 11 shots in his first career regulation loss to the Stars (7-1-1).
  Four goals were scored in the f
  
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• Injury-plagued guard Quickley impresses in return but Raptors fall to Bulls

  01-02-2025 05:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Immanuel Quickley has suffered through a challenging second season with the Toronto Raptors.
  The injury-plagued point guard was healthy enough to play for only the 10th time this season, but his return coincided with the Raptors’ season-high five-game winning streak being halted with a 122-106 loss to the Chicago Bulls on Friday.
  Quickley was good for 14 points in only 15 minutes of playing time as he’ll be brought back into the fold slowly as he recovers from a groin
  
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• Jason Robertson and Roope Hintz get two goals, one assist each in Stars’ 5-3 win over Canucks

  01-02-2025 05:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Jason Robertson and Roope Hintz each had two goals and an assist as the Dallas Stars beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-3 on Friday night.
  Rookie Oskar Back also scored and Jake Oettinger made 26 saves for the Stars, who have won four straight games.
  Conor Garland, Jake DeBrusk and Carson Soucy scored for the Canucks, who had a three-game winning streak snapped. Thatcher Demko stopped 11 shots in his first career regulation loss to the Stars (7-1-1).
  Four goals were scored in the f
  
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• White scores 25 points to lead Chicago Bulls to 122-106 win over Toronto Raptors

  01-02-2025 04:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Coby White scored a game-high 25 points and Nikola Vucevic added 21 to pace the Chicago Bulls to a 122-106 win over the Toronto Raptors on Friday at Scotiabank Arena.
  The Bulls’ victory ended Toronto’s season-high five-game winning streak as the Raptors lost for only the second time in nine outings.
  Scottie Barnes led the Raptors with 20 points. He added 10 rebounds and five assists.RJ Barrett checked in with 19 points and nine rebounds.
  Toronto point guard Immanuel Q
  
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• Canada’s Kingsbury and Schwinghammer win World Cup moguls gold

  01-02-2025 03:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAINT-CÔME–LINIÈRE, Que. — Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury and Maia Schwinghammer won moguls gold Friday night at the FIS Val St. Come Freestyle World Cup.Kingsbury, from Deux-Montagnes, Que., finished first in the men’s competition with 87.42 points. Canadian teammate Julien Viel of Mont-Saint-Anne, Que., took silver (80.56) and Finland’s Olli Penttala earned bronze (78.28).
  Schwinghammer, from Saskatoon, won women’s gold with 80.07 points, finishing j
  
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• Vancouver Canucks send J.T. Miller to New York Rangers in five-player trade

  01-02-2025 03:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks traded forward J.T. Miller to the New York Rangers in a five-player deal Friday night.
  Defencemen Erik Brannstrom and Jackson Dorrington were also headed to the Big Apple.
  In return, the Canucks acquired forward Filip Chytil, defenceman Victor Mancini and a conditional first-round pick in the 2025 NHL draft.
  Both teams confirmed the trade via news release.Miller, who was scratched from the Canucks’ game in Dallas on Friday, has 35 points in 40 games.
  
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• Chilliwack mayor defends challenges to provide extreme weather shelters - Global News Toronto

  01-02-2025 03:13
  Chilliwack mayor defends challenges to provide extreme weather shelters  Global News Toronto
  
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• A Lim Kim leads by 3 strokes midway through LPGA season opener, with Nelly Korda 4 back

  01-02-2025 02:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Lim Kim made enough birdies in an up-and-down second round to maintain a cushion between herself and top-ranked Nelly Korda on Friday at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, the LGPA Tour season opener.
  Kim shot 69 at Lake Nona for a two-day total of 10-under 134, making six birdies and three bogeys after her bogey-free opening round. That was good for a three-shot lead over Linn Grant (67) and four shots better than Korda, who was even par for the tou
  
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• Judge grants temporary reprieve to hundreds of B.C. ostriches facing avian flu cull

  01-02-2025 02:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — A federal judge has granted a temporary reprieve to about 400 ostriches that were facing a deadline on Saturday for them to be killed at a British Columbia farm hit by an outbreak of avian flu.
  Justice Michael Battista ruled Friday to stay the cull order imposed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency while the farm seeks a judicial review of the case.
  Battista said in a written decision that going ahead with Saturday’s order before the matter could be further examined &ldqu
  
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• Sepp Straka leads by 3 at Pebble Beach as rough weather awaits the weekend

  01-02-2025 02:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Sepp Straka got most of his work done before the weather started to turn Friday in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, posting another 7-under 65 for a three-shot lead that left Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler and everyone having to chase him.
  Straka, coming off a win two weeks ago in the California desert, showed a game that works just fine at sea level in less-than-ideal conditions, particularly the final hour.
  Out came the mittens and beanies. Down came the tem
  
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• Reports: Canucks send Miller, prospects to Rangers for Chytil, Mancini and draft pick

  01-02-2025 01:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks are sending forward J.T. Miller to the New York Rangers in a multiplayer swap, according to reports.
  Sportsnet, TSN and the New York Post are reporting the two teams have agreed to a deal.Miller was scratched from Vancouver’s game in Dallas on Friday night.The Canucks acquired centre Filip Chytil, defenceman Victor Mancini and a conditional first-round pick, according to reports.
  In addition to Miller, the Rangers acquired defencemen Jackson Dorringt
  
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