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• Chilliwack Rock Choir gears up for second season with call for more singers - Fraser Valley Today

  23-02-2025 23:57 via news.google.com
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• Conservative opposition wins German election and the far right is 2nd with strongest postwar result

  23-02-2025 23:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, while Alternative for Germany doubled its support in the strongest showing for a far-right party since World War II, projections showed.
  Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat for his center-left Social Democrats after what he called “a bitter election result.” Projections for ARD and ZDF public television showed his party finishing in third place
  
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• Chilliwack Rock Choir gears up for second season with call for more singers

  23-02-2025 23:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack Rock Choir is ending its first season on a high note with a sold-out show at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre– and they’re already looking to get new pipes up on the stage.
  “We’re looking for people to join us for the next season, which is going to be tons of fun,” said choir creator Nick La Riviere. “It’s a whole new batch of music.”
  “It’s all arrangements that I’ve made just by listening very care
  
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• Another NHL team says Toronto gridlock forced them to walk to rink

  23-02-2025 23:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto’s traffic gridlock appears to have once again forced another National Hockey League team to walk to the rink.
  The Carolina Hurricanes, who were in the city to play the Maple Leafs on Saturday, posted a video to social media that shows a row of people from behind walking along a snow-lined path in downtown Toronto.
  The caption states, “When a Toronto traffic jam means a pre-game walk to the rink.”
  The Canadian Press has emailed media representatives with
  
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• Blue Jays score six runs in ninth inning, hang on for 8-7 win over Red Sox

  23-02-2025 23:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FORT MYERS — The Toronto Blue Jays scored six runs in the ninth inning and hung on for an 8-7 pre-season win over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday afternoon at JetBlue Park.Paxton Schultz gave up two runs in the bottom of the ninth before getting Marcelo Mayer to ground out to end it.Alan Roden had two doubles for the Blue Jays, who outhit the Red Sox 14-11. Alex Bregman homered for Boston.
  Toronto starter Yariel Rodriguez gave up two earned runs and three hits over 1 1/3 innings.
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• Multiple Canadian cities hold rallies to mark third anniversary of Ukraine invasion

  23-02-2025 23:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — People gathered in cities across Canada on Sunday on the eve of the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, amid fears of a withdrawal of U.S. support.Rallies are being held at city halls, museums and community centres across the country to mark a global day of action as the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to be in Kyiv on Monday, one of 13 foreign leaders attending a summit on peace and security for Ukraine.
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• Alex Rodriguez makes half-court shot, wins Bucknell student $10,000

  23-02-2025 22:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LEWISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former Major League Baseball star Alex Rodriguez showed his skill on the hardwood Sunday, making a half-court shot to win a Bucknell student $10,000.
  The 14-time All-Star was invited to take the shot during halftime of Bucknell’s basketball game against Army, which the Bison won 84-53. The 49-year-old tossed a high-arching shot that banked off the backboard and through the hoop, setting off a celebration with students.
  The three-time MVP was at Bucknell to speak
  
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• Trump administration is firing 2,000 USAID workers and putting thousands of others on leave

  23-02-2025 22:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Sunday that it is eliminating 2,000 posts at the U.S. Agency for International Development and placing all but a fraction of others worldwide on leave.
  The notices were sent to USAID workers and viewed by The Associated Press.
  It comes after a federal judge allowed the administration to move forward with pulling thousands of USAID staffers off the job in the United States and around the world. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols rejected pleas t
  
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• Manitoba’s Kerri Einarson to face defending champion Rachel Homan in Hearts final

  23-02-2025 22:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Kerri Einarson’s curling team from Manitoba advanced to the final of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts with a 9-8 semifinal win over Nova Scotia’s Christina Black.
  Einarson moved on to meet defending champion Rachel Homan in the later championship game.
  Einarson and third Val Sweeting won four straight Canadian women’s curling championships from 2020 to 2023. Second Karlee Burgess and lead Krysten Karwacki are newer members of the team.
  After losing a
  
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• Ovechkin has hat trick to move 13 away from breaking Gretzky’s goals record as Capitals beat Oilers

  23-02-2025 21:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored his 880th, 881st and 882nd career goals to record a hat trick and move 13 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record and give the Washington Capitals a 7-3 victory over Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday, moving back atop the league standings.Ovechkin beat Calvin Pickard clean with a wrist shot just before the midway mark of the second period off a pass from linemate Dylan Strome for his first of the game. He got his secon
  
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• Canadian long-track speedskaters win three medals at World Cup

  23-02-2025 21:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TOMASZÓW MAZOWIECKI — Ivanie Blondin made two podium appearances on a three-medal day for Canada at a long-track speedskating World Cup on Sunday.Blondin, from Ottawa, earned bronze in the women’s mass start event before teaming up with Carolina Hiller of Prince George, B.C., and Beatrice Lamarche of Quebec City to win silver in the team sprint.
  Laurent Dubreuil of Levis, Que., earned silver in the men’s 500 metres.
  The Canadian team will close out the World Cup season n
  
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• Chilliwack shelter seeks food donations ahead of kitchen revamp - Fraser Valley Today

  23-02-2025 21:28 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack shelter seeks food donations ahead of kitchen revamp

  23-02-2025 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Cyrus Centre on Wellington Avenue is getting a much-needed kitchen upgrade that will take approximately three weeks to complete.The youth shelter provides 24-hour support to anyone aged 12 to 24 without a safe place to live, including meals, showers, laundry services, and more. But starting tomorrow (Feb. 24), it won’t be able to provide those meals in the same capacity.“I think the only things we’re keeping are our fridge and our freezer,” said Ang
  
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• Gusts reaching 80 km/h expected in Victoria, parts of Metro Vancouver

  23-02-2025 20:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Heavy rain over the weekend brought more than 100 millimetres of precipitation to parts of British Columbia’s South Coast while gusts reaching 80 kilometres an hour are in the forecast.
  Environment Canada says the wake of a frontal system will bring high winds to Greater Victoria and the southern Gulf Islands, as well as to Surrey and Langley in Metro Vancouver extending into the Fraser Valley.
  The weather agency says the high winds may cause power outages, and residents
  
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• Trudeau makes fourth annual visit to Ukraine since Russian war escalation in 2022

  23-02-2025 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KYIV — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is reportedly visiting Ukraine on Monday as part of a summit of world leaders as support from the United States appears increasing tenuous.
  Trudeau has visited the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv every year since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
  Here’s a look at how those visits went.
  May 8, 2022
  Trudeau’s first visit to Ukraine during the current escalation in conflict came just months after hostilities reignited
  
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• Canada’s Abigail Strate wins ski jump bronze medal at World Cup in Austria

  23-02-2025 19:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HINZENBACH — Canada’s Abigail Strate won bronze on Sunday for her first World Cup ski jumping medal of the season.Strate, from Calgary, scored 226.6 points over two jumps on the normal-size hill.She covered a distance of 86.5 metres on her first jump and 87.5 metres on her second.
  Slovenia’s Nika Prevc won gold with 244.0 points and Germany’s Selina Freitag took silver (241.5).
  It was Strate’s sixth career World Cup medal.Calgary’s Nicole Maurer was 16th.
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• American Airlines flight from New York to Delhi lands safely in Rome after diversion

  23-02-2025 19:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ROME (AP) — An American Airlines flight from New York to New Delhi, India, landed safely in Rome on Sunday after it was diverted due to a security issue, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.The FAA did not elaborate on what the security issue was, but said it was reported by crew aboard American Airlines Flight 292. American Airlines did not return multiple messages seeking comment.
  THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
  ROME (AP) — An Am
  
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• Rona+ store set to close only 14 months after opening in Abbotsford

  23-02-2025 18:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Closing sales and discount signs hang up on the walls of Rona+ as another home improvement store bites the dust on 1225 Sumas Way.
  The lemon and blue banner replaced the Abbotsford Lowe’s south of Highway 1 only one year ago, on February 29, 2024. Now, the store is hoping to phase out some merchandise before it closes on May 1st.
  “We have decided to close this store because it is underperforming, following a thorough analysis of our operations in the area,” w
  
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• Angel Yin wins the LPGA Thailand tournament for her second career title

  23-02-2025 18:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PATTAYA, Thailand (AP) — Angel Yin won for the second time on the LPGA Tour, making birdie on the 18th hole Sunday for a 7-under 65 that was just enough to hold off hard-charging Akie Iwai of Japan in the Honda LPGA Thailand.
  Yin started the final round on the Pattaya Old Course at Siam Country Club with a five-shot lead. She played bogey-free. She had four birdies on the last six holes. And it was barely enough to capture the title.
  “I wasn’t that comfortable because Akie shot
  
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• Mikaela Shiffrin gets historic 100th World Cup race win and ties record for most podiums

  23-02-2025 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SESTRIERE, Italy (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin is 100% the best in skiing’s World Cup history book.
  Shiffrin’s record-extending 100th career World Cup race win Sunday fulfilled a quest put on hold by a serious crash in November.
  Back to racing in her favored slalom event, Shiffrin kept and added to her first-run lead to finish 0.61 seconds ahead of Zrinka Ljutic. Shiffrin’s U.S. teammate Paula Moltzan was third, 0.64 back.The 29-year-old Shiffrin also tied an all-time World Cup
  
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• Arizona apologizes for ‘unacceptable chant’ from fans at end of basketball loss to BYU

  23-02-2025 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona has apologized after the school says some fans participated in an “unacceptable chant” following the basketball team’s 96-95 loss to BYU on Saturday night.
  According to online video, fans can be heard yelling a profane phrase directed at Mormons as the teams were leaving the court. BYU is the flagship school for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
  “Following tonight’s men’s basketball game, it was brought to our
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Trudeau expected to be in Ukraine for summit on 3rd anniversary of war

  23-02-2025 18:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KYIV — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to be in Ukraine on Monday for a summit of world leaders on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of that country.
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the meeting at a news conference in Kyiv on Sunday evening.
  The meeting comes as the United States has been sending increasingly mixed signals on its support for Ukraine and has been meeting with Russia in an attempt to broker a peace deal.
  More coming …
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• Chilliwack Chiefs @ Coquitlam Express Friday, March 07, 2025 - BCHL

  23-02-2025 18:01 via news.google.com
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• Young Toronto FC midfielder Markus Cimermancic has a week to remember

  23-02-2025 17:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  It’s been a heck of a week for Markus Cimermancic.
  On Wednesday, the 20-year-old midfielder found out he was being rewarded with a homegrown player contract to join the Toronto FC first team. On Friday, when the signing was announced, he learned he was making his MLS debut the next day in the season opener at D.C. United.
  “Honestly I think I woke up like four or five times during the night,” he said when asked about his nerves. “I guess I didn’t sleep too well.
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• Toronto’s Pearson airport ‘back to normal’ operations after plane crash

  23-02-2025 17:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto’s Pearson airport says operations are “back to normal” roughly a week after a crash landing that sent 21 people to hospital and led to days of travel disruptions at Canada’s busiest airport.
  A spokesperson for the airport says the runway where the Delta Air Lines crash took place last Monday has reopened.
  The spokesperson says a final cleanup is underway at a second runway that was also closed after the crash, and it is expected to reopen soon.
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• Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says he’d be ready to give up presidency if it brought peace and NATO membership

  23-02-2025 17:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday he would be ready to give up the presidency if it brought peace and NATO membership.Speaking at a forum of government officials in Kyiv marking the three-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Zelenskyy said he would step down if doing so would achieve a lasting peace for his country under the security umbrella of the NATO military alliance.
  “If to achieve peace, you really need
  
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• Multiple Canadian cities holding rallies to mark anniversary of the Ukraine invasion

  23-02-2025 17:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Multiple cities across Canada are holding rallies at city halls, museums and community centres this weekend as part of a global day of action marking the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
  Rallies spanning across the country in cities including Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver will be held today.
  Rallies began in cities across the country yesterday, and a handful of other cities have rallies scheduled for Monday.
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of February 23, 2025

  23-02-2025 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: Tyson RayAge: 28
  Height: 5’7” ft Weight: 169lbsHair: Black Eyes: Brown
  Wanted: Unlawfully at Large.
  Warrant in effect: February 17, 2025
  Parole Jurisdiction: Surrey
  Name: Justina Kristin EllisAge: 42
  Height: 5’3” ft Weight: 115lbs
  Hair: Black Eyes: Brown
  Wanted: Robbery, Overcome Resistance by Choking, and Manslaughter.
  Warrant in effect: Febru
  
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• Celebrate life of Johnny Cash as musical group takes Chilliwack stage - Chilliwack Progress

  23-02-2025 14:35 via news.google.com
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• ‘This awful war’: Ukrainians find reprieve far from home at Edmonton church

  23-02-2025 14:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Archpriest Cornell Zubritsky sometimes hears the loud wailing of air raids thousands of kilometres away in Ukraine.
  The sirens screech from the cellphones of congregants at the Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Edmonton.
  “A lot of them have the air raid siren app on their phones here in Canada, and it will go off. They do that so that if it’s their city, they get on the phone immediately to see if their relatives are OK,” Zubritsky said in
  
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• Parti Québécois faces drop in support for sovereignty amid Trump threats

  23-02-2025 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — With Canadians – and even Quebecers – rallying around the flag in the face of threats from the Trump administration, the sovereigntist Parti Québécois is struggling to find its footing.The Quebec opposition party has been leading in the polls for more than a year, and leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon has promised to hold a third referendum by 2030 if his party forms government in next year’s election.But U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats
  
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• Ontario votes 2025: Leaders fan across province for last Sunday of campaign

  23-02-2025 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Ontario’s main party leaders are fanning out across the province again today as the final weekend of the provincial election wraps before election day.
  Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford is spending a second consecutive day in northern Ontario and is expected to visit Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury.Ford is set to release his party’s platform on Monday.NDP Leader Marit Stiles and Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie will both spend time in Ottawa, with Stiles also making campaign stops
  
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• Mulitple Canadian cities holding rallies to mark anniversary of the Ukraine invasion

  23-02-2025 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Multiple cities across Canada are holding rallies at city halls, museums and community centres this weekend as part of a global day of action marking the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
  Rallies spanning across the country in cities including Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver will be held today.
  Rallies began in cities across the country yesterday, and a handful of other cities have rallies scheduled for Monday.Russia invaded Ukraine on F
  
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• Carney under pressure as Liberal leadership candidates prepare for French debate

  23-02-2025 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Presumed Liberal leadership front-runner Mark Carney faces a major test Monday in Montreal, when he and his rivals square off in person for the first time in a French-language debate.
  Carney is new to federal politics and his performance will be under the microscope. He’ll have to prove to Liberals that he can think on his feet in French — and since he has the most to lose, he’s expected to spend most of his time on defence.
  “Especially after his inaugural
  
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• Israel’s defense minister says troops to remain in West Bank refugee camps for ‘coming year’

  23-02-2025 10:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Sunday he has instructed the military to prepare to remain in some of the occupied West Bank’s urban refugee camps “for the coming year.”
  The comments by Katz come as Israel is intensifying an offensive in the Palestinian territory and as the ceasefire that paused the Gaza war is holding.
  The military said Sunday it was expanding the raid in the West Bank to other areas and was sending tanks to Jenin, a mil
  
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• Shawn Mark Walberg - Chilliwack Progress

  23-02-2025 09:00 via news.google.com
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• Pope Francis rested during a peaceful night following respiratory crisis and blood transfusion

  23-02-2025 08:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ROME (AP) — Pope Francis rested during a peaceful night following a respiratory crisis and blood transfusions, the Vatican said Sunday.
  Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni’s one-line statement didn’t mention if Francis was up or eating breakfast.
  The brief update came after doctors said the 88-year-old pope, who had part of one lung removed as a young man, was in critical condition. On Saturday morning, he suffered a prolonged asthmatic respiratory crisis while being treated for pne
  
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• Discontented Germany votes in an election with economy, migration and far-right strength in focus

  23-02-2025 08:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BERLIN (AP) — German voters are choosing a new government in an election Sunday dominated by worries about the years-long stagnation of Europe’s biggest economy, pressure to curb migration and growing uncertainty over the future of Ukraine and Europe’s alliance with the United States. The center-right opposition is favored to win, while polls point to the strongest result for a far-right party since World War II.
  Germany is the most populous country in the 27-nation European Un
  
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• Chilliwack grinds out hard-fought win over Spruce Kings - My PG Now

  23-02-2025 08:00 via news.google.com
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• NHL roundup: Maple Leafs beat Hurricanes 6-3, Steeves scores first goal

  23-02-2025 07:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Alex Steeves scored his first NHL goal as the Toronto Maple Leafs jumped out to an early lead and beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-3 Saturday night.
  Pontus Holmberg had two goals and an assist, John Tavares had a goal and an assist, and David Kampf and Auston Matthews also scored for Toronto. Matthews and Holmberg had empty-net goals after Carolina closed within 4-3 in the third. Holmberg was credited with his first goal after Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal accidentally put t
  
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• Brandon Saad snaps tie as Golden Knights edge Canucks 3-1

  23-02-2025 07:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Brandon Saad scored off a rebound from the left circle 18 seconds into the third period to put Vegas ahead for good and the Golden Knights extended their winning streak to three games with a 3-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night.
  Vegas took sole possession of first place in the Pacific Division, moving two points ahead of the Edmonton Oilers. The Canucks’ three-game winning streak ended.
  It was Saad’s second goal in five games since joining t
  
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• Canadian women fall to New Zealand 34-12 in rugby seven quarterfinals

  23-02-2025 07:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Canadian women fell behind early and saw their hopes of a podium finish vanish after a 34-12 loss to rugby powerhouse New Zealand Saturday at the HSBC SVNS Vancouver.
  The Black Ferns, who beat Canada in the gold-medal game at the Paris Olympics, built 24-7 halftime lead and cruised to victory. Stacey Waaka and Jorja Miller led the assault with two tries each.
  Asia Hogan-Rochester and Carissa Norsten scored tries for Canada. Olivia Apps kicked the convert.
  “We lost mom
  
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• Matthews, Marner right back contributing to Leafs after 4 Nations grind

  23-02-2025 05:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner were in Saturday’s lineup for the Maple Leafs.
  The team’s superstar forwards had just gone toe-to-toe less than 48 hours earlier in an emotional, edge-of-your-seat 4 Nations Face-Off final in Boston.
  Marner set up Connor McDavid’s dramatic overtime winner that pushed Canada to a dramatic 3-2 victory against Matthews and the United States to cap the riveting showcase tournament.
  Toronto barely needed its dynamic duo early against
  
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• Rusty Senators unhappy with effort in 5-2 loss to Canadiens

  23-02-2025 05:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — At the start of the month, the Ottawa Senators were only two points back of the Toronto Maple Leafs for second place in the Atlantic Division.
  Now, 22 days and a 4 Nations Face-Off break later, that gap is eight points. The main reason is four straight Senators’ losses, including a 5-2 defeat Saturday to the Montreal Canadiens in their first game back from the NHL’s two-week break.
  “Rusty. Not very good with the puck. It wasn’t a very pretty game,” wa
  
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• Jets win team-record ninth straight, beat Blues 4-3 in shootout

  23-02-2025 04:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Gabriel Vilardi tied it with 28 seconds left with goalie Eric Comrie off for an extra attacker, Kyle Connor scored in a shootout and the Winnipeg Jets beat the St. Louis Blues 4-3 on Saturday night for their team-record ninth straight victory.
  Vilardi also scored in the first period. Nikolaj Ehlers added a goal in regulation and Comrie made 21 saves. The Jets had won eight straight on two previous occasions, the last Oct. 9-26 this season.
  Robert Thomas scored twice, Pavel
  
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• Latte Lath scores twice in MLS debut as Atlanta beats Montreal 3-2

  23-02-2025 04:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Emmanuel Latte Lath scored two goals in his Major League Soccer debut on Saturday night and Edwin Mosquera netted the go-ahead goal in the 85th minute to help Atlanta United beat CF Montreal 3-2 in the season opener for both teams.Mosquera replaced Saba Lobjanidze in the 83rd minute and scored a couple minutes later to give Atlanta the lead for good. At the left corner of the penalty box, Mosquera split a pair of defenders with rising shot that beat goalkeeper Jonathan Siroi
  
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• Gallagher leads Canadiens to 5-2 win over Senators

  23-02-2025 04:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Brendan Gallagher recorded his fifth multi-point game of the season with a goal and assist to help power the Montreal Canadiens past the Ottawa Senators 5-2 on Saturday.
  Cole Caufield, Patrick Laine, Josh Anderson and Juraj Slafkovsky also scored for the Canadiens (26-26-5), who had 11 players with at least one point, including Nick Suzuki who had two assists.
  Sam Montembeault got the start for the Canadiens off his Four Nations Faceoff experience and made 25 saves for his 19th wi
  
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• Rachel Homan’s curling team a win away from Scotties Tournament of Hearts repeat

  23-02-2025 03:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Rachel Homan’s curling team is a win away from repeating as Scotties Tournament of Hearts champions.
  Her Ottawa Curling Club foursome defeated Kerri Einarson’s Manitoba team 8-4 in a playoff game between the top two seeds on Saturday.
  Homan advanced to the championship game while Einarson dropped to the semifinal to face Nova Scotia’s Christina Black.
  The semifinal winner takes on Homan in the championship game.
  Homan is also a win away from going unde
  
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• Bernardeschi penalty helps Toronto rally for a 2-2 draw in D.C. in MLS season opener

  23-02-2025 03:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Federico Bernardeschi’s 70th-minute penalty lifted Toronto FC into a 2-2 draw with D.C. United in their Major League Soccer season opener Saturday night.
  Referee Sergii Boiko pointed to the penalty spot after former Toronto midfielder Brandon Servania clashed with Richie Laryea going after the ball. The contact was slight but Laryea, no stranger to winning penalties, went down.
  Bernardeschi converted the spot kick, beating South Korean goalkeeper Kim Joon Hong, as Toront
  
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• Canadian women set to face New Zealand in rugby sevens quarterfinals

  23-02-2025 02:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Canadian women took an early lead but then gave up 35 consecutive points in a 35-14 loss to Australia on Saturday at the HSBC SVNS stop at BC Place Stadium.
  Things won’t get any easier as Canada (2-1) faces New Zealand (3-0) in a rugby quarterfinal Saturday night.
  The Canadian women brought a roar from the hometown crowd by striking early with tries from Florence Symonds and Alysa Corrigan. Olivia Apps converted both to give Canada a 14-0 lead with just three minutes
  
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