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• Mission hospital temporarily suspends emergency services, cites staffing challenges

  15-02-2025 23:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Fraser Valley health authorities are now advising Mission and surrounding area residents about a temporary service interruption at Mission Memorial Hospital’s Emergency Department.
  The interruption is set to begin at 7:00 p.m. tonight (Feb. 15) until Sunday, February 16th at 8:00 a.m. Services will be paused in the evening to ensure that all patients already in urgent care can be seen by a physician before shifts end at 10:00 p.m.
  After the 7 p.m. cut-off, emergency-trained
  
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• Quebec’s St-Georges steals way to 8-2 win over Manitoba’s Lawes at Hearts

  15-02-2025 23:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Quebec’s Laurie St-Georges set a Scotties Tournament of Hearts record for the most stolen ends in a game with seven in an 8-2 win over Manitoba’s Kaitlyn Lawes.
  St-Georges stole one in the first end, and after a blanked second, scored single points in ends three to seven.Her team stole another two in the eighth before Lawes scored two in the ninth and shook hands.
  In other games in the first Pool B draw at the Canadian women’s curling championship, Man
  
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• Canadian Chamber ranks Abbotsford-Mission as most tariff-exposed city in British Columbia

  15-02-2025 23:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — A new report from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce has ranked 41 census metropolitan areas on their vulnerability to U.S. tariffs– and Abbotsford-Mission trumps the rest of B.C. at 15th place in the country.According to the Chamber, 330 exporters trade from Abbotsford to the United States, and 90.7 per cent of the border city’s total goods are typically bound for its southern neighbour.Last month’s economic assessment from the B.C. government said the provinc
  
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• Ljungblom scores twice as Montreal Victoire downs New York Sirens 6-2

  15-02-2025 23:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAVAL, Que. — Lina Ljungblom scored twice as the Montreal Victoire defeated the New York Sirens 6-2 on Saturday afternoon for its sixth straight Professional Women’s Hockey League win.
  The six goals were a season high for Montreal, with four coming in the first period before a sellout crowd of 10,172 at Place Bell.
  Ljungblom’s goals came in the first for the Victoire (9-3-1-2). Abby Boreen, Mariah Keopple, Mikyla Grant-Mentis and captain Marie-Philip Poulin, with her league-lea
  
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• A 23-year-old man stabbed 5 people in Austria killing 1 in what police describe as a random attack

  15-02-2025 22:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VIENNA (AP) — A 23-year-old man stabbed five passersby in southern Austria on Saturday in what police said was a random attack that left a 14-year-old dead and four others injured.
  The suspect was detained in the city of Villach, where the attack took place, police said. He is a Syrian national with legal residence in Austria, they said.
  Police spokesperson Rainer Dionisio said a motive was not immediately known. He added that police were investigating the attacker’s personal backgro
  
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• Granlund scores winner, Finland beats Sweden 4-3 in OT at 4 Nations

  15-02-2025 22:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Mikael Granlund scored at 1:49 of 3-on-3 overtime as Finland defeated Sweden 4-3 at the 4 Nations Face-Off on Saturday.
  Anton Lundell, Mikko Rantanen and Aleksander Barkov had the goals in regulation for the Finns against their bitter regional rivals. Kevin Lankinen stopped 21 shots. Patrik Laine had two assists.
  Mika Zibanejad, Rasmus Dahlin and Erik Karlsson replied for the Swedes.Filip Gustavsson allowed two goals on four shots in the first period before getting pulled. Linus
  
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• Over 100 participants join annual Abbotsford stair-climbing fundraiser

  15-02-2025 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Hospitals across the eastern Fraser Valley now have nearly $14,000 for their cardiac care facilities, thanks to funds raised from the 8th Step Up 4 Cardiac Health at Abbotsford Centre on Sunday (Feb. 9).Participants got to choose from three pace levels for climbing and descending the stairs, but those who only wanted to take a walk could also opt to stroll around the concourse.“This year’s event was a tremendous success!” said Liz Harris, executive director o
  
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• Canada names experienced women’s squad for Vancouver stop on rugby sevens circuit

  15-02-2025 21:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada has named an experienced lineup for the Vancouver stop of the HSBC SVNS circuit, with nine members of the squad that won silver at last summer’s Paris Olympics.
  The 10th edition of HSBC SVNS Vancouver runs Feb. 21-23 at B.C. Place Stadium. Canada won bronze at last year’s event, defeating Australia 19-14 in the third-place game before New Zealand lifted the trophy with a dominant 35-19 decision over France.
  Alysha Corrigan, Fancy Bermudez, Krissy Scurfield and Charity Williams
  
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• Europeans can learn from Canada’s dealings with U.S. President Donald Trump: Joly

  15-02-2025 20:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada’s plan to retaliate if U.S. President Donald Trump follows through on his threat to slap Canadian goods with across-the-board tariffs has drawn the attention of the Republican administration and fuelled a recent surge in support for the Liberal party.Joly made the comments today during a panel discussion on trade at an international security conference in Munich, Germany, where she told European leaders they could learn from Canada&r
  
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• Stampede kills unspecified number of people at New Delhi train station, Indian official says

  15-02-2025 20:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — A stampede has killed an unspecified number of people at a major railway station in India’s capital, the country’s defense minister said Sunday.
  Rajnath Singh said in a X post that he was “extremely pained by the loss of lives due to stampede” at the New Delhi Railway Station.
  Singh didn’t specify how many people were killed and injured in the stampede on Saturday evening, but news agency Press Trust of India said that at least 15 people were
  
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• Demonstrators accuse Amazon of union-busting at rally in Montreal, call for boycott

  15-02-2025 20:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Demonstrators gathered in Montreal today to protest Amazon’s decision to shutter its seven warehouses in Quebec, including what was Canada’s only unionized Amazon facility.Confédération des syndicats nationaux, the labour group organizing the demonstration, is calling for a boycott of the e-commerce giant whose decision the CSN says has cost more than 4,500 people their jobs.Félix Trudeau, who represented the now laid-off workers at the unionized
  
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• Canadian William Dandjinou earns historic short-track overall championship

  15-02-2025 20:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MILAN — It wasn’t a victory but it was more than enough to earn Canadian William Dandjinou a historic accomplishment.Dandjinou finished fourth in a men’s 500-metre event at World Cup short-track speeding event to capture the overall title. The 23-year-old from Montreal not only dethroned two-time champion Park Ji-won of Korea but became the first Canadian to earn the crown.
  Dandjinou began the day with a ninth-place finish in the 1,500-metre event.
  “I am very happy to hav
  
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• Bayern holds on for 0-0 in Leverkusen to stay 8 points clear in Bundesliga

  15-02-2025 20:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Bayer Leverkusen did everything but score as Bayern Munich held on for a 0-0 draw that kept it eight points clear at the top of the Bundesliga on Saturday.
  Bayern was pegged back for the whole game but Leverkusen — with center forwards Patrik Schick and Victor Boniface watching from the substitutes’ bench — failed to score for the second consecutive game.
  Bayern managed only one shot at goal, a blocked effort from Harry Kane, while Leverkusen star Florian Wi
  
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• Toronto FC acquires Norwegian forward Ola Brynhildsen on loan with option to buy

  15-02-2025 20:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto FC has finally landed a striker, signing Norwegian international forward Ola Brynhildsen from Denmark’s FC Midtjylland on loan through the end of the year with an option to make the move permanent.
  The 25-year-old had been playing for Norway’s Molde FK, which sold Brynhildsen to Midtjylland in September 2023 and then got him back on loan last August.
  Toronto used targeted allocation money to land the Norwegian.
  “As a young talent, Ola has consistently de
  
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• RCMP, Edmonton police search for man wanted on child porn, firearms offences

  15-02-2025 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BRITISH COLUMBIA — BC RCMP is working with the Edmonton Police Service to find a suspect wanted for child porn and firearms offences.
  32-year-old Daymond Morgan is wanted on 15 warrants including possession of child pornography, distribute/sell child pornography, possession of prohibited firearm and multiple failures to attend court.
  Morgan is described as 6’ tall and 141 lbs with black hair and brown eyes. He has scars on his upper lip, forehead and head, a burn scar on his left for
  
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• Gilgeous-Alexander can inspire more Canadians at NBA All-Star Game

  15-02-2025 19:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Twenty-five years ago Vince Carter dominated the NBA’s Slam Dunk competition, inspiring a new generation of Canadian basketball players.
  Hamilton’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander may be doing the same thing Sunday as the only Canadian playing in the NBA’s All-Star Game. Mark Tatum, the deputy commissioner of the NBA, recently compared the impact Carter and the Toronto Raptors have had on basketball in Canada to the potential Gilgeous-Alexander has to inspire more fans.
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• Canada’s Makar a game-time decision, Binnington to start versus U.S. at 4 Nations

  15-02-2025 19:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BROSSARD, Que. — Top defenceman Cale Makar is a game-time decision for Canada’s highly anticipated 4 Nations Face-Off matchup against the United States on Saturday night.
  Makar — an all-situations blueliner who quarterbacks Canada’s loaded top power-play unit — participated in the Canadian teams morning skate after missing practice Friday with an illness. But head coach Jon Cooper wouldn’t confirm that he would play Saturday night.
  Cooper said goalie Jordan Bi
  
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• Canada’s Cynthia Appiah captures her first monobob medal of the season

  15-02-2025 19:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LILLEHAMMER — Canada’s Cynthia Appiah captured her first monobob medal of the season, taking second in a World Cup event Saturday.
  Appiah, of Toronto, claimed the winder medal with a two-run time of one minute 48.66 seconds over the 16-corner track.
  “Finally,” Appiah said at the finish line. “This feels amazing.“It’s been a frustrating season for me, similar to last year, waiting until the last World Cup to get on that podium. I’m choosing to look
  
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• Facing the future by preserving the past: Local group looks to bring new life to Kent Municipal Cemetery

  15-02-2025 19:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KENT — For this small group of passionate Kent residents, getting others to rally for the Old Cemetery has been somewhat of an uphill climb– and not just because of its reputation as one of the steepest cemeteries in the province.
  The Old Cemetery on Limbert Mountain was born in 1895, the same year as Kent municipality.
  “The land here flooded all the time,” said Bev Kennedy, co-chair of the pending Old Cemetery Preservation Society. “This was pre-dyking, so our ance
  
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• Three killed, one seriously injured in crash on Metro Vancouver bridge

  15-02-2025 19:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — Three people have died and a fourth is being treated for life-threatening injuries after a three-vehicle crash on the Pattullo Bridge between Surrey and New Westminster, B.C.
  Police say two passenger vehicles and a semi-trailer truck crashed on the east end of the bridge on Friday around 10 p.m.
  A statement from the Surrey Police Service says three people were declared dead at the scene and one other occupant of one of the passenger vehicles was transported to hospital with
  
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• Sidearmer Sandlin an intriguing piece in new-look Toronto Blue Jays bullpen

  15-02-2025 19:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUNEDIN — Defensive standout Andres Gimenez was the feature acquisition for Toronto in the four-player trade between the Blue Jays and Cleveland Guardians last December.But right-hander Nick Sandlin was no mere throw-in. The sidearmer gives Toronto’s new-look relief crew some much-needed variety and depth.
  “He’s kind of the underrated guy of the bullpen,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Saturday. “I was just as thrilled to get him as we were Andres.&rdqu
  
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• Quebec City police investigating killing of 62-year-old man; three arrested

  15-02-2025 18:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec City police are investigating the city’s first homicide of the year after a 62-year-old man was found dead Friday.
  Police were called to the scene in the city’s Beauport borough at around 2:25 p.m. and found a man with at least one gunshot wound.
  Attempts were made to resuscitate the man who was transported to hospital where he pronounced dead.Police say they intercepted a suspicious vehicle about 15 minutes later and arrested three suspects who were inside th
  
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• Mark Carney’s leadership campaign says it’s raised $1.9M

  15-02-2025 18:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A spokesperson for Mark Carney’s leadership campaign says they’ve raised more than $1.9 million so far in donations from over 11,000 people.
  The Liberal leadership hopefuls are required to submit biweekly reports to the chief electoral officer and Carney’s team says their latest report was submitted this week and includes donations up to Feb. 9.
  In a statement, a spokesperson for Chrystia Freeland’s campaign said they are “feeling very positive”
  
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• Canada women beaten 3-1 by Sweden in final game at the U-17 Costa Cálida MIMA Cup

  15-02-2025 17:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MURCIA — Gabriela Istocki scored in a losing cause as Canada was beaten 3-1 by Sweden on Saturday in its final game at the U-17 Costa Cálida MIMA Cup women’s soccer tournament.
  Istocki, who also scored in Thursday’s 3-0 win over Scotland at the Pinatar Arena, ended the Swedish shutout with an 89th-minute strike.
  Canada lost 2-0 to England in its opening game Tuesday.
  Canada interim head coach Gary Moody made nine changes to his starting 11 with only Ashlynn Walia and Mel
  
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• Swiss skier Camille Rast wins the women’s slalom at the Alpine skiing world championships

  15-02-2025 14:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) — Swiss skier Camille Rast won the women’s slalom at the Alpine world championships on Saturday.
  Mikaela Shiffrin finished fifth and missed out on what would have been the American’s record-setting 16th career medal from the worlds. She shares the best mark with German skier Christl Cranz, who won 15 medals in the 1930s.
  Rast held on to her first-run lead to beat her Swiss teammate and silver medalist Wendy Holdener by 0.46 seconds.
  Katharina
  
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• Ottawa a ‘winter wonderland’ with Winterlude and a fully-open canal

  15-02-2025 12:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — David Wilson and Jackie Eckholm dreamt of attending Winterlude and skating on the Rideau Canal after their last visit to Ottawa nine years ago.
  When the Chicago couple saw on the news in January that the city’s iconic Rideau Canal Skateway had been opened to the public, they immediately booked their trip to Canada’s capital.
  Eckholm said she and Wilson — who were walking down Sparks St. on Friday morning looking at the ice sculptures set up for Ottawa’s ann
  
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• Ontario NDP leader off to Thunder Bay after northern debate, Green leader in Muskoka

  15-02-2025 12:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles is set to make campaign stops in Thunder Bay today, fresh off an election debate held specifically to discuss northern issues.
  Stiles is expected to visit a local market and doughnut shop before making an announcement at an education centre.
  Neither Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford nor Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie have public events scheduled today.
  Green Leader Mike Schreiner is set to make an announcement in Huntsville this morning before attending a w
  
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• Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to speak at ‘Canada First’ rally in Ottawa

  15-02-2025 12:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Pierre Poilievre is set to address Conservative party supporters this afternoon at a rally in downtown Ottawa.
  The event is being branded as a “Canada First” rally and the party is asking people to wear red and white to honour the Canadian flag on its 60th anniversary.
  U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats and his repeated claims that he wants to annex Canada have prompted a sudden rise in Canadian patriotism.
  At the same time, the combination of Trump tak
  
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• Top-ranked Jannik Sinner gets three-month ban in settlement of doping case

  15-02-2025 10:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — Top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner has accepted a three-month ban in a settlement with the World Anti-Doping Agency, the organization said Saturday.
  WADA had challenged a decision last year by the International Tennis Integrity Agency not to suspend Sinner for what it judged was accidental contamination by a banned anabolic steroid last March.
  Sinner’s explanation — that trace amounts of Clostebol in his doping sample was due to a massage from a trainer who us
  
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• German chancellor hits back at US at security conference as Trump administration upends norms

  15-02-2025 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MUNICH (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday shot back strongly in defense of his stance against the far-right and said his country won’t accept people who “intervene in our democracy,” a day after U.S. Vice President JD Vance scolded European leaders over their approach to democracy.
  The German leader spoke with just eight days before crucial elections in Germany, with polls showing the far-right Alternative for Germany party currently in second.
  Vance said Fr
  
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• Hamas is set to free 3 more Israeli hostages after dispute threatened to reignite war in Gaza

  15-02-2025 08:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Three more Israelis held captive in the Gaza Strip are on the verge of being freed Saturday as part of a shaky ceasefire deal that requires Israel to release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange.
  The truce that began nearly four weeks ago had been jeopardized in recent days by a tense dispute that threatened to renew the fighting.
  U.S. President Donald Trump’s controversial proposal to remove more than 2 million Palestinians from Gaza and settl
  
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• Trump upends US policy on Ukraine and says he and Putin have agreed to begin talks on ending the war

  15-02-2025 05:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump upended three years of U.S. policy toward Ukraine on Wednesday, saying that he and Russian leader Vladimir Putin had agreed to begin negotiations on ending the war following a sudden prisoner swap.Trump said he spent more than an hour on the phone with Putin and “I think we’re on the way to getting peace.” He noted that he later spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, but he was noncommittal about whether Ukraine would
  
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• Russia rejoices at Trump-Putin call as Zelenskyy rejects talks without Ukraine present

  15-02-2025 05:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Russian officials and state media took a triumphant tone Thursday after President Donald Trump jettisoned three years of U.S. policy and announced he would likely meet soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate a peace deal in the almost three-year war in Ukraine.
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meanwhile, said he would not accept any negotiations about Ukraine that do not include his country in the talks. European governments also demanded a seat at the table.
  Trump’
  
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• Monty the giant schnauzer wins Westminster dog show

  15-02-2025 05:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — This time, the giant schnauzer went the full Monty.
  After coming close in the last two years, Monty the giant schnauzer won the top prize at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show Tuesday night, leaving handler and co-owner Katie Bernardin almost too emotional to speak.
  “He always tries so hard, and we’re just proud of him,” she told the crowd at Madison Square Garden.The spirited schnauzer bested six other finalists to become the first of his breed tapped a
  
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• Gas explosion at Taiwan food court kills 4 and injures 26

  15-02-2025 05:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A gas explosion at a department store in Taiwan on Thursday killed four people and injured 26, fire authorities said.The blast occurred at the food court on the 12th floor of the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Taichung city, the Taichung Fire Bureau said. The higher floors of the upscale department store were blown out, raining debris on pedestrians below.Among the dead were two people visiting from Macau, Macao’s Tourism Office confirmed Thursday. Loc
  
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• At least 28 are hurt as a driver plows into a demonstration in Germany

  15-02-2025 05:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BERLIN (AP) — A driver drove a car into a labor union demonstration in central Munich on Thursday, injuring at least 28 people including children, authorities said. Officials said it was believed to be an attack.
  The suspect, an Afghan asylum-seeker, was arrested. The incident follows a series of attacks involving immigrants in recent months that have pushed migration to the forefront of the campaign for Germany’s Feb. 23 election.
  Participants in a demonstration by the service worke
  
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• Castle, George lead Team C to Rising Stars win and a berth against LeBron in the All-Star Game

  15-02-2025 05:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Congratulations, Team C. You’ve won the Rising Stars competition.
  Your reward? A trip to the All-Star Game on Sunday night — where LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant are among those who’ll be waiting in the second semifinal.
  San Antonio’s Stephon Castle scored 12 points, Keyonte George had a 3-pointer for the game-winning score and Team C beat Team G League — composed of players from the NBA’s developmental league — 2
  
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• SUV rolls over into a Chilliwack ditch Friday afternoon, but first responders absent from accident scene - Fraser Valley Today

  15-02-2025 04:16 via news.google.com
  SUV rolls over into a Chilliwack ditch Friday afternoon, but first responders absent from accident scene  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Brown, Skrlik, Martin, Homan win to start Scotties Tournament of Hearts

  15-02-2025 04:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  THUNDER BAY, Ont. — B.C.’s Corryn Brown, Alberta’s Kayla Skrlik, Saskatchewan’s Nancy Martin and defending champion Rachel Homan opened the Canadian women’s curling championship with victories.
  Homan’s team started the defence of its Scotties Tournament of Hearts crown with a 13-4 win over Jane DiCarlo of Prince Edward Island.Brown defeated Alberta’s Selena Sturmay 11-4, Skrlik was an 8-4 winner over New Brunswick’s Melissa Adams and Martin beat ho
  
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• Woods helps Toronto Sceptres stay hot with 3-1 win over Boston Fleet

  15-02-2025 03:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Emma Woods fired home the eventual winner late in the second period to provide the surging Toronto Sceptres with a 3-1 win against the Boston Fleet on Friday.
  Izzy Daniel set up Woods in front for the go-ahead goal with 20 seconds remaining in the middle frame to give the Sceptres their third straight Professional Women’s Hockey League victory before 8,124 fans at Coca-Cola Coliseum.
  Toronto (6-1-4-6) was in last in the six-team league three weeks ago but now occupies third
  
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• Davis Thompson leads by 1 over Scottie Scheffler with Rory McIlroy lurking at Torrey Pines

  15-02-2025 03:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Davis Thompson capped a roller coaster of a back nine at Torrey Pines with a birdie to take the lead Friday in the Genesis Invitational. Scottie Scheffler had an unusually wild day off the tee and was right on his heels.
  It set up for a compelling weekend in this $20 million signature event with two names leaping off the pages of the leaderboard — Scheffler, playing bogey-free despite hitting only five fairways, and Rory McIlroy showing the form that led him to victo
  
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• Abortions to resume in Missouri after a judge temporarily blocks restrictions

  15-02-2025 02:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Abortions are set to resume in Missouri after a judge temporarily blocked regulations on Friday that providers said had kept them from offering the procedure.The ruling came after a Kansas City judge ruled last year that abortions were now legal in the state but kept certain regulations on the books while a lawsuit by abortion-rights advocates played out.One regulation required abortion facilities to be licensed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Servic
  
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• Diesel spills along Highway 1 in Chilliwack following commercial vehicle incident

  15-02-2025 01:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Fire Department crews were dispatched Friday afternoon to Highway 1 just west of the Evans Road on-ramp for a motor vehicle incident in Chilliwack.
  According to a scanner recording from Chilliwack resident Julie Hiscock, firefighters from Engine 1, 4, 1-2, and Tender 1 were paged to the 44500 block of Highway 1 in Chilliwack at 3:04 p.m. Friday. Firefighters later learned the incident involved a diesel spill and flammables.
  According to scanner traffic, a smaller du
  
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• Diesel spills along Highway 1 in Chilliwack following commercial vehicle incident - Fraser Valley Today

  15-02-2025 01:11 via news.google.com
  Diesel spills along Highway 1 in Chilliwack following commercial vehicle incident  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Bennett, Marchand put rivalry aside for Canada ahead of U.S. matchup at 4 Nations

  15-02-2025 01:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Sam Bennett was getting ready for practice Friday morning.
  A good soldier in Canada’s camp at the 4 Nations Face-Off, the bruising winger had to be disappointed at being a healthy scratch for his country’s tournament opener.
  Bennett, a Stanley Cup champion last June with the Florida Panthers, remained eager to do whatever he could to help his teammates prepare for the next test.
  Then came a tap on the shoulder from head coach Jon Cooper — the 28-year-old would
  
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• Eight Canadian skiers qualify for finals of World Cup halfpipe event in Calgary

  15-02-2025 00:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Canadian freestyle skier Cassie Sharpe will compete for her first World Cup victory in Calgary since 2019, while teammate Rachel Karker will try for an elusive gold medal at the site of the 1988 Winter Games after advancing to the women’s halfpipe final through qualifying Friday at WinSport.
  Sharpe, from Comox, B.C., and Karker, from Guelph, Ont., were among the four Canadian women to advance to Saturday’s final.
  Sharpe qualified fourth out of eight skiers with a scor
  
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• Justice Department asks court to dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams

  15-02-2025 00:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department formally asked a court Friday to dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, an expected move after that was fiercely opposed by the federal prosecutors in Manhattan who brought the case.
  Acting Deputy U.S. Attorney General Emil Bove and lawyers from the department’s public integrity section and criminal division in Washington filed paperwork seeking to end the case. A judge still has to sign off on the request.
  The formal
  
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• Urban deer a target as B.C. government, cities try to curb wasting disease

  15-02-2025 00:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CRANBROOK, B.C. — The B.C. government along with the southeastern cities of Cranbrook and Kimberley say they’ll try to limit the spread of chronic wasting disease with a targeted removal and testing of urban deer.Five cases have been confirmed in southeast B.C. in the last year for the disease that is fatal and affects species in the deer family, including mule deer, white-tailed deer, elk, moose and caribou.A statement from the Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship says t
  
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• Eugenie Bouchard crosses over to the pro pickleball circuit, tennis still remains in her plans

  15-02-2025 00:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Eugenie Bouchard already has her own signature pickleball paddle. She’s No. 17 in the pickleball rankings and constantly appears on the main court at events because she’s always a big draw.
  Just to be absolutely clear, though, she’s not retired from tennis. The 2014 Wimbledon finalist still practices on the tennis court, still competes at tennis events and still has a Women’s Tennis Association ranking (currently No. 1,288).
  The Canadian standout just has a new sport that
  
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• Chilliwack council set to review transit fare increase after years of delays - Fraser Valley Today

  15-02-2025 00:06 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack council set to review transit fare increase after years of delays  Fraser Valley Today
  
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