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• RCMP respond to stabbing at home near Agassiz

  08-03-2025 23:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AGASSIZ — A youth suspect has been identified after a reported stabbing on Seabird Island, near Agassiz, on Friday (Mar. 7).
  At around 8:27 p.m., police say Agassiz Mounties were notified of the incident at a home in the 8500 block of Sth’i:tsem Road. First responders attended the scene and found a victim with non-life-threatening injuries, who was then transported to hospital via air ambulance.Police found the young suspect at a nearby residence and arrested him. He has since been r
  
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• Tkachuk comes up big for Sens with two goals, OT winner in 500th career game

  08-03-2025 22:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Brady Tkachuk knew he had to fire the puck, and the shot paid big dividends.
  In his 500th career game, Tkachuk scored 33 seconds into overtime to give the Ottawa Senators a hard-fought 4-3 win over the New York Rangers on Saturday. It was the Ottawa captain’s second goal of the game.
  Coincidentally, Tkachuk also played his 300th career game against the Rangers and had a two-goal game, including the overtime winner.
  “It was a great play by Timmy (Stutzle), said Tkachuk.
  
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• Candlelight vigil for 3-year-old boy draws hundreds to Chilliwack crash site - CTV News

  08-03-2025 22:20 via news.google.com
  Candlelight vigil for 3-year-old boy draws hundreds to Chilliwack crash site  CTV News
  
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• Phillies hold off Blue Jays late to win 5-4 in spring training action

  08-03-2025 22:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CLEARWATER — The Philadelphia Phillies took an early 5-0 lead and held on to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Saturday in spring training action.
  J.T. Realmuto got things started for the Phillies in the second inning when he singled to score Alec Bohm. Bryson Stott followed suit with an RBI single of his own, bringing home Max Kepler.
  Kyle Schwarber sealed the scoring in the second with a line drive single to right field that drove in Realmuto.
  In the third, Bohm homered to centre field
  
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• Canada’s Auger-Aliassime ousted in second round at Indian Wells

  08-03-2025 21:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  INDIAN WELLS — Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime fell 6-4, 6-2 to Jenson Brooksby of the United States in second-round action at the Indian Wells tennis tournament on Saturday.
  The Montreal native had just two aces and three double faults and failed to break on his two chances. He also won 67 per cent of his first-serve points.
  Brooksby, meanwhile, had one ace and three double faults but went 3-for-6 on break point opportunities. He also won 79 per cent of his first-serve points.
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• 'Party for a cause': Hoedown fundraiser for Chilliwack Hospice Society returns - Chilliwack Progress

  08-03-2025 21:54 via news.google.com
  'Party for a cause': Hoedown fundraiser for Chilliwack Hospice Society returns  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Fraser Valley had most homeless deaths in B.C. 2023: Coroner’s Service

  08-03-2025 21:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Data released by the BC Coroner’s Service on Friday (Mar. 8) shows that 458 homeless British Columbians died in 2023– nearly triple the deaths from 2020.The largest share is found in the Fraser Health region at 117 deaths. Fraser East, which runs from Abbotsford to Hope, saw the third-highest fatalities among all care service areas. Vancouver has the most at 77 deaths.“The data speaks to the tragic reality of the struggles many face in our communities through
  
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• Tkachuk scores twice including OT winner to give Sens 4-3 win over Rangers

  08-03-2025 21:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Brady Tkachuk capped a two-goal effort with the game-winning marker 33 seconds into overtime as the Ottawa Senators defeated the New York Rangers 4-3 on Saturday.
  With the win, the Senators (32-25-5) took over the first wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference. Meanwhile, the Rangers (31-26-6) remain just outside with Columbus holding the second spot.
  Trailing 3-1 early in the third period, the Senators rallied back to force the extra period.
  Ridley Greig got Ottawa within one, bu
  
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• Barcelona game is postponed after a member of its medical staff dies

  08-03-2025 21:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona’s home game against Osasuna has been postponed after the death of a member of Barcelona’s medical staff, the Spanish club said.
  Fans were informed of the decision minutes before the game was scheduled to kick off Saturday night in Barcelona at Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium.
  Barcelona said in a statement that it was “deeply saddened to announce the passing of first-team doctor Carles Miñarro Garcia this evening.”
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• Ottawa inks initial contract for new River-class destroyers with Irving

  08-03-2025 20:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government signed an initial deal with Irving Shipbuilding for the Royal Canadian Navy’s new River-class destroyers.
  The implementation contract is worth $8 billion for the first six years and only covers part of the tab for the first three ships — which will eventually cost $22.2 billion.
  Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee hailed it as a major step forward for the project meant to replace the Navy’s aging destroyers.
  The news comes amid a flurry of n
  
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• Anti-Trump demonstrators rally cities across Quebec for women’s rights

  08-03-2025 19:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Protesters gathered in front of the United States Consulate in Montreal today to mark International Women’s Day and demonstrate against what they called the American government’s attacks on women’s rights and Canada’s sovereignty.
  It was one of a dozen demonstrations planned across Quebec today, with protesters also set to demonstrate in front the of U.S. consulates in Quebec City as well as the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa.
  Organizer Laure Waridel denounced wh
  
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• Pope Francis responding well to pneumonia therapy and showing ‘gradual, slight improvement’

  08-03-2025 19:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is responding “well” to therapy for double pneumonia and has shown a “gradual, slight improvement” in recent days, the Vatican said Saturday. But as a precaution his doctors have decided to keep his prognosis as guarded.
  Francis has remained stable, with no fever and good oxygen levels in his blood, doctors reported in a Vatican statement.
  The statement said the doctors decided to keep his prognosis guarded, meaning he isn’t out of dan
  
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• Abbotsford police search for wanted 33-year-old in Lower Mainland

  08-03-2025 19:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating 33-year-old Walther De Bruin, who is wanted for Breaching his Probation.
  He is thought to be traveling throughout the Lower Mainland and may be using public transit. He was seen in the Burnaby area earlier Friday (Mar. 7).De Bruin is no stranger to the justice system– from Arson and Theft Under $5000 in 2014 to two counts of Breaching Probation in Abbotsford and Surrey, more recently.Anyon
  
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• Canadian men defeat Japan to finish third in Challenger Series event in Cape Town

  08-03-2025 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CAPE TOWN — Canada defeated Japan 28-15 to finish third Saturday in the second round of World Rugby’s HSBC Sevens Challenger Series.
  The Canadian men finished runner-up in the first round of the second-tier rugby sevens series last week, going unbeaten en route to a 33-7 loss to Chile in the final, also in Cape Town.
  Morgan Di Nardo, Brenden Black, Ethan Turner and Kyle Tremblay scored tries for Canada, which led 21-5 at the break in Saturday’s third-place game at Athlone Sport
  
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• Pitt Meadows RCMP names first detachment commander

  08-03-2025 18:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PITT MEADOWS — Pitt Meadows Mounties are gearing up to launch an autonomous detachment–
  Staff Sergeant Michelle Luca has been selected as the city’s first Detachment Commander.S/Sgt. Luca grew up in the Tri-Cities and graduated from Depot in 2005. Since then, she has served her entire career with Lower Mainland RCMP detachments in North Vancouver, Coquitlam and Ridge Meadows.“I am honoured to have been selected as the Detachment Commander for the Pitt Meadows RCMP,”
  
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• Youth gets its chance with Toronto FC reserve side, which kicks off season Sunday

  08-03-2025 17:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Gianni Cimini is the rare coach for whom results are secondary. In charge of Toronto FC’s second team, Cimini’s role is to nurture and challenge talent.
  “For us, as a second team, it’s been really clear. Our objective is not the results. It’s to really develop,” Cimini said. “And sometimes for us that’s not putting them in position where they have the most success at the present moment. Some times it’s us putting them in position where they&r
  
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• Canada’s Eliot Grondin earns World Cup bronze in men’s snowboard cross

  08-03-2025 17:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GUDAURI — Canada’s Eliot Grondin earned World Cup bronze in the men’s snowboard cross on Saturday in Georgia.
  The Sainte-Marie, Que., native finished behind Austria’s Jakob Dusek and Australia’s Adam Lambert, who won gold and silver, respectively.
  Grondin was third in qualifying on Friday to find himself in the mix Saturday.
  It’s the third World Cup medal of the season for the 23-year-old.
  Grondin grabbed silver last Saturday in Erzurum, Turkey.
  He also won go
  
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• France takes over Six Nations lead after crushing Ireland 42-27 in Dublin

  08-03-2025 17:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBLIN (AP) — France replaced Ireland’s hand on the Six Nations rugby trophy after a momentous 42-27 win at Aviva Stadium on Saturday.
  France decisively took over the lead of the championship with a bonus-point victory and can clinch its first title since 2022 in the final round at home next Saturday when Scotland will be welcomed to Paris.
  Meanwhile, Ireland’s Grand Slam hopes were destroyed in the fourth round for a second straight year, and its hopes of a third straight outr
  
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• Community gathers to mourn loss of 3-year-old in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  08-03-2025 16:35 via news.google.com
  Community gathers to mourn loss of 3-year-old in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Community gathers to mourn loss of 3-year-old in Chilliwack - Mission City Record

  08-03-2025 16:32 via news.google.com
  Community gathers to mourn loss of 3-year-old in Chilliwack  Mission City Record
  
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• 2 days of clashes and revenge killings in Syria leave more than 600 people dead

  08-03-2025 15:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The death toll from two days of clashes between security forces and loyalists of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 600, a war monitoring group said Saturday, making it one of the deadliest acts of violence since Syria’s conflict began 14 years ago.
  The clashes, which erupted Thursday, marked a major escalation in the challenge to the new government in Damascus, three months after insurgents took authority afte
  
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• Clocks across Canada to spring forward as country recognizes daylight time

  08-03-2025 14:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Many Canadians will lose an hour of sleep this weekend when they wind their clocks forward.
  Daylight time comes into effect at 2 a.m. Sunday, which means setting clocks on bedside tables, stoves and microwaves ahead by one hour.
  Some areas of the country don’t observe daylight time, including some parts of Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia and Nunavut.
  The need to physically change the time has decreased over the years, as more people rely on electronic devices that automatic
  
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• Leonard Asper excited to own Honey Badgers after long considering buying a pro team

  08-03-2025 13:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Leonard Asper channels former New York Jets head coach Herm Edwards when listing his goals as the new owner of the Brampton Honey Badgers.
  “You play to win the game,” said Asper in a phone interview. “So No. 1, I want to win. The goal is to win.”
  Asper was announced as the new owner of the Honey Badgers by the Canadian Elite Basketball League on Tuesday. Asper is a lawyer, entrepreneur and the chief executive officer of Anthem Sports & Entertainment, a
  
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• Canucks’ Pettersson still working to improve after snapping scoring drought

  08-03-2025 13:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Elias Pettersson raised his gloved hands in the air in triumph Friday night.The Vancouver Canucks centre had just ripped a blistering one timer past Minnesota Wild netminder Filip Gustavsson to snap an extended scoring drought. The crowd at Rogers Arena erupted in response.
  “It means a lot. It’s the love from the fans, really,” Pettersson said. “I don’t take it for granted. And, yeah, I like the chants.”
  The power-play tally not only opened t
  
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• The Liberals are about to choose the next prime minister. What happens next?

  08-03-2025 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Liberals will choose a new leader Sunday, marking the end of Justin Trudeau’s decade as prime minister.
  He will step down officially in the days to come. On Tuesday, Trudeau said he will have a conversation with the incoming leader to determine exactly when that will happen.
  “It should happen reasonably quickly, but there’s a lot of things to do in a transition like this, particularly in this complicated time in the world,” Trudeau said.
  Here’s a
  
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• Large majority of Canadians reject Trump’s annexation overtures, poll suggests

  08-03-2025 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A new poll suggests few Canadians are open to President Donald Trump’s repeated pitches for Canada to become a U.S. state, though interest in it rises among Conservative supporters and those living in Alberta.
  The Leger poll, released this week, says just nine per cent of Canadians want Canada to become the 51st state, while 85 per cent do not.
  The rejection appears clear across all regions, political parties and age groups.
  Support for the idea is highest in Alberta, at 15
  
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• Threats, harassment driving women out of politics, MPs warn

  08-03-2025 12:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — As longtime Liberal MP Pam Damoff prepares to leave politics when the next federal election is called she is wistful but open about what is driving her to step away from a career she has had for more than a decade.
  Vocal about the misogyny and threats she faced during her time in government, she wants public safety officials to take these threats more seriously.
  “We’ve seen a shift in how people treat politicians, and I really worry that at some point, someone will be
  
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• Liberal leadership candidates make final push ahead of weekend vote

  08-03-2025 12:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — It’s the last day before Liberals elect their next leader and the campaigns are making their final get-out-the-vote push as they seek to rally grassroots support from across the country.
  Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney, former finance minister Chrystia Freeland, former government House leader Karina Gould and former MP Frank Baylis are all running to lead their party into the next election.
  The party will select a successor for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sun
  
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• South Korea’s impeached President Yoon released from prison

  08-03-2025 10:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — TV footage on Saturday showed South Korea’s impeached Yoon Suk Yeol coming out of prison.
  Yoon waved his hand and deeply bowed to his supporters after he came out of a detention center in Seoul, a day after a Seoul court canceled his arrest to allow him to stand trial for his rebellion charge without being physically detained.
  Yoon was arrested and indicted by prosecutors in January over his Dec. 3 martial law decree that plunged the country into huge politi
  
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• UPDATE: RCMP confirm Chilliwack woman, 32, no longer missing - Chilliwack Progress

  08-03-2025 09:00 via news.google.com
  UPDATE: RCMP confirm Chilliwack woman, 32, no longer missing  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Missing 32-year-old Chilliwack woman last seen in Vancouver - Cloverdale Reporter

  08-03-2025 09:00 via news.google.com
  Missing 32-year-old Chilliwack woman last seen in Vancouver  Cloverdale Reporter
  
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• Community gathers to mourn loss of 3-year-old in Chilliwack - The Chilliwack Progress

  08-03-2025 09:00 via news.google.com
  Community gathers to mourn loss of 3-year-old in Chilliwack  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Capitals rally to beat Red Wings 5-2, Ovechkin remains at 885 goals

  08-03-2025 08:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Aliaksei Protas had two goals and an assist in the third period to key the Washington Capitals rallying to beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-2 on Friday night, extending their winning streak to three games.
  Taylor Raddysh got the Capitals on the board after falling behind 2-0, and, after Protas tied it in the first minute of the third, Jakob Chychrun scored the go-ahead goal 66 seconds later. Logan Thompson bounced back from a rough start to stop 18 of the 20 shots he faced as
  
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• Pettersson snaps scoring drought, Vancouver Canucks down Minnesota Wild 3-1

  08-03-2025 06:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Kiefer Sherwood scored late in the third period as the Vancouver Canucks downed the Minnesota Wild 3-1 on Friday.Elias Pettersson opened the scoring for the Canucks (29-22-11) on a man advantage midway through the first period. The goal snapped the star centre’s 15-game scoring drought.Teddy Blueger sealed the victory with an empty-net strike with 53.1 seconds left on the clock. Defenceman Filip Hronek contributed a pair of assists and goalie Kevin Lankinen stopped 37 of
  
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• Yankees score twice in bottom of ninth for 8-7 victory over Blue Jays

  08-03-2025 06:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TAMPA — The New York Yankees scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to earn an 8-7 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in a spring training game Friday.
  Toronto had scored twice in the top of the inning for a 7-6 advantage.
  Austin Wells and Cody Bellinger both had two hits _ including homers _ for New York. Everson Pereira also had a home-run for the Yankees while Ryan Anderson (1-0) got the win.
  Addison Barger had two hits for Toronto while Nathan Lukes belted a homer. Hayden Juenge
  
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• Shooting near Scarborough Town Centre in Toronto injures 11, suspect at large

  08-03-2025 06:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Eleven people have been injured after reports of a shooting at a pub near Scarborough Town Centre mall in east Toronto.
  Police say multiple people were shot near Progress Avenue and Corporate Drive on Friday night.
  A city spokesperson says 11 adults suffered injuries ranging from minor to critical.
  Police say a suspect is still at large.
  They did not have a suspect description.
  Police say there will be road closures and people are being warned to stay away from the area.
  This rep
  
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• Canadian lightweight (Prince) Lucas Bahdi extends unbeaten record with Toronto win

  08-03-2025 06:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Canadian lightweight (Prince) Lucas Bahdi won a 10-round decision over hard-nosed Filipino southpaw Ryan (The Untouchable) Racaza in a battle of unbeaten boxers Friday.
  The judges scored it 99-90, 96-93, 97-92 for the 31-year-old from Niagara Falls, Ont., who weighed in at 135 pounds.
  Bahdi (19-0-0) is ranked seventh among WBA 135-pound contenders and eighth by the IBF. The 28-year-old Racaza (15-1-0) had not fought since December 2023.
  Bahdi’s technique overcame Racaza&rsq
  
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• Canada’s Lawson makes first-ever NBA start in hometown as Raptors beat Jazz 118-109

  08-03-2025 05:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — There was no hiding A.J. Lawson’s smile when Scotiabank Arena in-game host Mark Strong announced his name as part of the Toronto Raptors’ starting lineup.
  The hometown boy had finally arrived.
  Lawson made his first-ever NBA start in Toronto’s 118-109 victory over the Utah Jazz on Friday, validation after a long journey to the top men’s basketball league in the world. The 24-year-old guard finished with six points, three rebounds and an assist in 26:35 minu
  
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• Dabrowski and Routliffe down Fernandez and Stefani in Indian Wells doubles match

  08-03-2025 05:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  INDIAN WELLS — Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand rallied for a three-set victory over Montreal’s Leylah Fernandez and Brazilian Luisa Stefani in women’s doubles action Friday night at the Indian Wells Open tennis tournament.
  Fernandez and Stefani won the opening set 7-5. But Dabrowski and Routliffe, the second seeds, came back to win the second 6-3, then took the third set tiebreaker 10-1.
  There was certainly a lot of parity in the matc
  
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• Musqueam, Ottawa initial self-government agreement

  08-03-2025 04:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The federal Crown-Indigenous relations minister and the chief of the Musqueam Indian Band have initialled an agreement they say brings the band one step closer to self-governance.
  Minister Gary Anandasangaree told a ceremony on Friday afternoon that initialling the Musqueam self-government agreement is a “significant milestone” and a “powerful step” toward self-determination.He says once the agreement is in effect, it will revitalize the Musqueam Nation&
  
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• Quickley’s season-high 34 points help Raptors top Jazz 118-109 for third-straight win

  08-03-2025 04:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Immanuel Quickley scored a season-high 34 points to lead the Toronto Raptors in a wire-to-wire win over the Utah Jazz 118-109 on Friday.
  Quickley added five rebounds and five assists to help Toronto (21-42) win its third straight. Scottie Barnes had a double-double with 22 points and 12 boards, with six assists.
  Walker Kessler had a double-double with 18 points and 25 boards as the Western Conference-worst Utah (15-48) dropped its fourth straight game.Collin Sexton added 17 point
  
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• Nikolaj Ehlers, Kyle Connor score as the Jets pull away for a 6-1 win at the Devils

  08-03-2025 04:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Nikolaj Ehlers scored for the third consecutive game and had two assists, Kyle Connor added his 33rd goal of the season, and the Winnipeg Jets beat the New Jersey Devils 6-1 on Friday night.
  Ehlers connected on a wrist shot with 30 seconds left in the second period, putting the Jets up 3-0. Ehlers had an assist on Josh Morrissey’s power-play goal earlier in the second and Cole Perfetti’s goal in the third, giving him five points in his last three games.
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• CP NewsAlert: Remains found in Manitoba landfill confirmed to be Morgan Harris

  08-03-2025 02:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — RCMP say remains found in a Winnipeg-area landfill have been confirmed to belong to Morgan Harris, who died at the hands of a serial killer in 2022.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Kimberley Bos of the Netherlands wins women’s skeleton world championship at Lake Placid

  08-03-2025 02:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — For Kimberley Bos of the Netherlands, the collection of the biggest skeleton medals is complete. Bronze at the Beijing Olympics in 2022, silver at the world championships two years ago and now, finally, she has gold.
  Bos is the new world champion of her sport, turning in the fastest times in Friday’s final two runs to win the title at Mount Van Hoevenberg — the fifth different woman to win the season’s biggest skeleton race in the last five years.
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Two new travel-related measles cases in B.C. as exposure areas increase

  08-03-2025 01:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Health officials in British Columbia say two new travel-related cases of measles have been confirmed in the Lower Mainland, bringing the recent tally to four.
  Fraser Health says both infected people travelled in the same party from South Korea as another person whose measles infection was identified earlier this week.Officials have expanded a list of locations where members of the public might have been exposed, including Vancouver’s airport, a supermarket in Burnaby and a restaurant in Co
  
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• Mission teen found deceased after more than 17-year search

  08-03-2025 01:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Jeff Surtel’s family had been searching for him since he was last seen leaving his Mission home on a bike around midnight nearly 18 years ago.On Thursday (Mar. 6), his father was finally able to share an update– albeit not a happy one.“Remains have been identified through DNA testing as belonging to our beloved son Jeff,” wrote Gary Surtel. “While the circumstances surrounding his disappearance remain unsolved, we are thankful to finally have closure
  
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• Raiders acquire quarterback Geno Smith from Seahawks for a 3rd-round pick, AP source says

  08-03-2025 01:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Geno Smith is heading to the Las Vegas Raiders, a person with knowledge of the trade told The Associated Press on Friday.
  The person, speaking on condition of anonymity because the teams haven’t announced the deal, said the Raiders are sending the Seattle Seahawks a third-round pick for Smith.
  The 34-year-old, two-time Pro Bowl quarterback reunites with new Raiders coach Pete Carroll in Las Vegas. Meanwhile, the Seahawks will seek a new starter.
  Smith threw for 4,320 yards and 21 touchdown
  
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• Mystery solved? A submerged car from the 1950s may belong to a missing Oregon family

  08-03-2025 01:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  After two days of dredging, a crane on Friday pulled a Ford station wagon from the Columbia River that officials believe belonged to an Oregon family who disappeared while on a trip 66 years ago to collect Christmas greenery.
  The vehicle belonging to Ken and Barbara Martin was found last fall by Archer Mayo, a diver who had been looking for it for seven years, said Mayo’s representative, Ian Costello. Mayo pinpointed the likely location and dove several times before finding the car upside-
  
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• Unemployment up in Chilliwack, Abbotsford as national average holds steady at 6.6%: StatCan - Fraser Valley Today

  08-03-2025 01:00 via news.google.com
  Unemployment up in Chilliwack, Abbotsford as national average holds steady at 6.6%: StatCan  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Dunston and Gushue win qualifying games to reach Page playoff 1-2 game at Brier

  08-03-2025 00:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KELOWNA, B.C. — Top-ranked Matt Dunstone of Manitoba and defending champion Brad Gushue won qualifying matches Friday at the Montana’s Brier to advance to the Page playoff 1-2 game.
  Dunstone defeated Saskatchewan’s Mike McEwen 6-5 and Gushue topped Alberta’s Brad Jacobs 7-4 at Prospera Place.
  McEwen fell into an evening qualifier against Manitoba’s Reid Carruthers while Jacobs was scheduled to play Nova Scotia’s Owen Purcell in the other must-win matchup.
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