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• With Maschmeyer out, Philips gets her chance in the Ottawa Charge net

  15-03-2025 23:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Injuries are part of the game but nothing can prepare a team for losing a top goaltender as it looks to make a push for the playoffs.Such is life for the Ottawa Charge in the Professional Women’s Hockey League.
  Backup netminder Gwyneth Philips stopped 24 of 27 shots in a 5-2 loss to Boston on Saturday. The Fleet scored two empty-net goals in the road win.
  Philips will carry the load for Ottawa after regular starter Emerance Maschmeyer suffered a lower-body injury earlier in
  
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• Golden Ears Park set to reopen months after flooding

  15-03-2025 23:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MAPLE RIDGE — Visitors can soon start camping at Golden Ears Provincial Park, which was shut down last fall due to damage from an atmospheric river weather system.According to a release by the Ministry of Environment and Parks, storm repairs are well underway at the popular site north of Maple Ridge. If construction goes as planned, cars may be able to access the park by March 17.“Golden Ears Park is a natural treasure and the most popular park for camping in B.C.,” said Minist
  
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• France wins Six Nations after beating Scotland with record flourish

  15-03-2025 23:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — France saw off a resilient Scotland 35-16 and clinched the Six Nations title with a tournament-try record on Saturday.
  Coach Fabien Galthié’s side needed only a victory at chilly Stade de France to ensure a first title since 2022. The bonus-point win helped Les Tricolores finish one point above England, which hammered Wales 68-14 with 10 tries.
  France scored four tries to set a tournament record with 30, one more than England in 2001.
  The final score was far more
  
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• Knight has three points to lead Boston to a 5-2 win over Ottawa

  15-03-2025 22:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Fleet captain Hilary Knight had a goal and two assists to help Boston to a 5-2 win over the Ottawa Charge in Professional Women’s Hockey League action on Saturday.
  After assisting on the opening goal by Alina Muller in the first period, Knight scored on a breakaway at 12:10 of the third period.Jill Saulnier iced the victory for the Fleet with an empty-net goal assisted by Knight. Lexie Adzija added a second empty-netter.Theresa Schafzahl also scored for the Fleet (9-1-4-9) w
  
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• Canadian officials, Muslim leaders call for action against Islamophobia

  15-03-2025 21:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Federal officials marked International Day to Combat Islamophobia Saturday by calling on Canadians to push back against bigotry directed at the country’s Muslim communities. But one organization that defends the civil rights of Canada’s Muslim says not enough is being done to counter the rising tide of hate.
  Amira Elghawaby, Canada’s Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia, issued a statement Saturday, saying Muslims in Canada face systemic barriers a
  
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• Chicago Fire rally from early deficit for a 2-1 win to spoil Toronto FC home opener

  15-03-2025 21:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Goals by Andrew Gutman and Hugo Cuypers lifted the Chicago Fire to a 2-1 comeback win over Toronto FC on Saturday, spoiling TFC’s home opener and leaving Robin Fraser’s team winless four games into the MLS season.
  Toronto (0-3-1) looked positive early and went ahead in the 11th minute via Deandre Kerr, only to give two goals back and trail 2-1 at the break. Chicago (2-1-1) looked comfortable with the lead in the second half before an announced crowd of 22,738.
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• Trump invokes 18th century law to declare invasion by gangs and speed deportations

  15-03-2025 21:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Claiming the United States was being invaded by a Venezuelan gang, President Donald Trump on Saturday invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a sweeping war time authority that allows the president broader leeway on policy and executive action, to speed up mass deportations of people in the country illegally — potentially pushing his promised crackdown on immigration into higher gear.Trump’s declaration targets Tren de Aragua, contending it is a hostile force acting at the behest of V
  
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• Local roller derby league set to take on U.S. team in Chilliwack - Fraser Valley Today

  15-03-2025 21:38 via news.google.com
  Local roller derby league set to take on U.S. team in Chilliwack  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Toronto Blue Jays drop 9-5 decision to St. Louis Cardinals in pre-season play

  15-03-2025 21:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JUPITER — Blue Jays starter Bowden Francis gave up three earned runs over 3 2/3 innings in Toronto’s 9-5 pre-season loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday.
  Francis, a favourite to land the fifth spot in Toronto’s starting rotation, allowed seven hits and had five strikeouts.The Cardinals (9-11) outhit the Blue Jays 16-10.Brendon Little (1-1) absorbed the loss for Toronto (12-8).Andre Pallante (2-0) worked five innings for the victory.
  This report by The Canadian Press was
  
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• Local roller derby league set to take on U.S. team in Chilliwack

  15-03-2025 21:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Hard-hitting blocks, high-speed wheels and jam-packed action are rolling into the Chilliwack Landing Sports Centre next week as the city’s own NWO Roller Derby league goes head-to-head with Portland’s Rose City Wreckers.“The energy on game day is unreal,” said NWO Roller Derby Board Member Eryne “Dirty” Croquet. “Roller derby isn’t just a sport—it’s an experience. From the moment that first whistle blows, you’ll
  
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• Clients of Halifax ‘rage room’ take aim at portraits of U.S. President Donald Trump

  15-03-2025 20:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — After placing a framed photo of U.S. President Donald Trump on a table, Matthew Burke steps back and takes a mighty swing with a baseball bat. Glass shatters as the frame explodes. The obliterated image vanishes.
  Satisfied with his effort, the 14-year-old — dressed in dark coveralls, a paintball mask and body armour — high-fives his older sister and mother.
  Welcome to the Rage Room in Halifax, where clients have been lining up to take part in the “SMASH The Tari
  
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• Canada and Greece sign memorandum of understanding on tourism between the countries

  15-03-2025 20:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Canada and Greece have signed a memorandum of understanding to promote tourism between the two countries, a type of agreement one tourism expert says will become more common as Canada strengthens its bonds with European Union nations and looks for tourism markets beyond the United States.
  Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada says the agreement signed earlier this week will boost institutional co-operation and recreational travel between the two nations.“Key
  
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• Howden and Drury return to podium on four-medal day for Canada at ski cross World Cup

  15-03-2025 19:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  THE BLUE MOUNTAINS, Ont. — Reece Howden and Kevin Drury returned to the podium Saturday on a four-medal day for Canada at a ski cross World Cup at Craigleith Ski Club.
  Howden, from Cultus Lake, B.C., finished second behind Germany’s Florian Wilmsmann after taking gold a day earlier.Drury, from Toronto, took his second straight bronze.In the women’s final, Switzerland’s Fanny Smith took gold ahead of Courtney Hoffos of Invermere, B.C., and Abby McEwen of Edmonton.
  This rep
  
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• Woman killed in Friday avalanche while skiing in Kananaskis Country

  15-03-2025 19:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KANANASKIS, Alta. — A woman has died after an avalanche in the backcountry west of Calgary.
  RCMP say four people were out skiing near Mount Black Prince in Kananaskis Country on Friday afternoon when an avalanche hit.
  The avalanche carried a 34-year-old woman away and buried her in the snow.
  RCMP say an alert beacon signaled emergency responders.
  Despite the best efforts of emergency crews and the three other skiers in the group, police say the woman was pronounced dead.
  This comes after a
  
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• Nearly 300 impaired drivers removed from Abbotsford roads since January

  15-03-2025 19:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department is looking to remind motorists to “Drive sober or get pulled over.”
  Throughout March, AbbyPD officers from Patrol Shift 3 are conducting “Project Julian”– an enforcement campaign to remove impaired drivers from local roads.According to a social media post, frontline officers have removed 280 impaired drivers off Abbotsford roads since January 1, 2025.“Impaired driving endangers lives,” said AbbyPD. &ldq
  
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• Trump signs a bill funding the government for 6 months, avoiding a shutdown

  15-03-2025 18:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed into law legislation funding the government through the end of September, ending the threat of a partial government shutdown and capping off a struggle in Congress that deeply divided Democrats.
  Harrison Fields, White House principal deputy press secretary, said in a post on X that Trump signed the continuing resolution Saturday.
  The bill largely keeps government funding at levels set during Joe Biden’s presidency, though with chang
  
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• Canada wins four medals on opening day of short-track speedskating worlds

  15-03-2025 18:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BEIJING — Canadian speedskaters won three gold medals and one silver on Saturday at the ISU world short-track championship.
  Steven Dubois took top spot in the men’s 500 metres and William Dandjinou finished first in the men’s 1,500. Courtney Sarault earned silver in the women’s 1,000 and helped the Canadian relay team take gold in the women’s 3,000.
  “We worked really hard as a team to get to this point, so it’s really nice to see our hard work paying off
  
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• Namibia stages dramatic comeback to edge Canada in World Cup League 2 cricket play

  15-03-2025 18:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINDHOEK — Namibia rallied for a dramatic comeback to defeat Canada by 12 runs in ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 play Saturday.
  The one-day international featured several shifts in momentum as Canada, its inning halted temporarily by rain, chased a reduced victory target of 167 in 43 overs according to the Duckworth-Lewis-Stein formula. Namibia had finished at 186 all out in 49 overs.
  Canada looked poised to win after its two openers combined for 79 runs. But with five overs to
  
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• Lewis Hamilton 8th in qualifying in Ferrari debut as Norris takes pole for F1 race in Australia

  15-03-2025 17:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — McLaren locked up the front row in Melbourne for Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix, having dominated its rivals, including Red Bull, Mercedes, and Ferrari — whose drivers, Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton, will start from seventh and eighth on the grid.
  Lando Norris set a searing final qualifying lap to secure pole position, his first at Melbourne’s Albert Park, and milestone 10th overall, in front of his teammate Oscar Piastri, and a record Sat
  
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• Carney orders review of F-35 fighter jet purchase from U.S.’s Lockheed Martin

  15-03-2025 17:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has asked for a review of Canada’s plan to purchase a fleet of F-35 fighter jets.
  The deal with Lockheed Martin and the U.S. government is for 88 planes at a cost of about US$85 million each.
  A spokesperson for Defence Minister Bill Blair says Carney has asked Blair to look into whether the F-35 contract is the best investment for Canada, or if there are better options.
  Blair’s press secretary Laurent de Casanove says the government needs to
  
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• Chilliwack residents who lost home in Sunday fire appeal for community support

  15-03-2025 17:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Two Chilliwack residents are garnering support after losing their home in an apartment fire on Sunday (Mar. 2).
  Shortly before 1 p.m., fire crews quickly extinguished a blaze in a ground-floor apartment unit in the 46000 block of Yale Road. Although the fire didn’t spread to other units, it still displaced two people: Elizabeth St. Louis and her cohabitant.
  “In an instant, our home, our belongings, and our sense of security were gone. We had just paid rent and stoc
  
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• Canada’s Homan beats Lithuania, falls to Scotland on opening day at women’s worlds

  15-03-2025 17:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UIJEONGBU-SI — The Canadian team skipped by Rachel Homan split its first two games Saturday at the LGT world women’s curling championship.Homan, from Ottawa, opened round-robin play with a 13-2 rout of Lithuania’s Virginija Paulauskaite before dropping an 8-7 decision to Scotland’s Sophie Jackson.In the 10th end of the late game, the Canadian team of Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew and Sarah Wilkes tried to remove a Scottish rock but it jammed in the back house.Morrison
  
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• Francesco Friedrich of Germany wins 16th world bobsled championship, taking 4-man in Lake Placid

  15-03-2025 17:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Francesco Friedrich won every championship he could in bobsledding this season.
  The German great is now a world champion for the 16th time, capping off his seventh four-man world title on Saturday at Mount Van Hoevenberg on the final day of the international bobsled season.
  This is the sixth time — all in the last seven seasons — that Friedrich has swept the World Cup season titles in both two- and four-man, plus swept those races at either the Olympics
  
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• Monster storm across the US sparks threat of tornadoes in US South; At least 5 dead

  15-03-2025 14:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — At least five people have been killed in a monster storm sweeping across much of the U.S.At least two people were killed in Missouri after a tornado struck the Bakersfield area. The Missouri State Highway patrol said Saturday via social media that multiple people were also injured.It would bring to at least five the number of people who have died as a result of weather since Friday. Authorities also say that three people were killed in car crashes during a dust storm i
  
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• Swiss ski star Odermatt secures overall and GS World Cup titles in race won by teammate Meillard

  15-03-2025 14:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAFJELL, Norway (AP) — Marco Odermatt finished second behind Swiss teammate Loic Meillard in a World Cup giant slalom Saturday to formally lock up his fourth straight overall and GS titles.
  The only remaining challenger for the overall title, Henrik Kristoffersen, needed to finish the race well ahead of Odermatt to keep his mathematical chance alive, but the Norwegian finished in 16th place.
  Odermatt extended his lead to 635 points over Kristoffersen in the overall standings with only five
  
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• Israeli airstrikes killed 8 people in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medics say

  15-03-2025 13:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Palestinian medics say Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least eight people, including a local reporter who was operating a drone.The Indonesian Hospital said it received eight bodies from two airstrikes in the same area of the northern town of Beit Lahiya on Saturday.Fares Awad, head of emergency services in northern Gaza, identified one of the dead as Mahmoud Islim, a local reporter who was operating a drone.
  THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier st
  
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• Starmer tells global leaders to ‘keep the pressure’ on Putin over ceasefire in Ukraine

  15-03-2025 11:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told global leaders to “keep the pressure” on Russian President Vladimir Putin to back a ceasefire in Ukraine.
  In his opening remarks Saturday to a virtual gathering of what he has termed the “coalition of the willing,” Starmer said Putin will “sooner or later” have to “come to the table.”
  Unlike the first summit on March 2, the meeting of what Starmer has termed the “coalition of the w
  
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• Quebec company hopes its plan to sell bananas, other exotic produce bears fruit

  15-03-2025 11:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAINT-EUSTACHE, Que. — Thick, humid air envelopes Myriam Claude’s banana tree, which bears a beautiful cluster of fruit, not yet ripe. Beside it are several trees blossoming with flowers, citrus fruit, and tiny pomegranates waiting to explode with flavour.
  But Claude’s bounty isn’t in the tropics. It’s in an 8,750-square-foot greenhouse northwest of Montreal, in the dead of a Quebec winter. Claude is making a big bet that her family’s greenhouse, once dedicate
  
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• Prime Minister Mark Carney to visit France, U.K. for first foreign trip

  15-03-2025 11:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Mark Carney will make his first foray on the world stage as Canada’s 24th prime minister on a trip to France and the U.K. in coming days.
  He has no plan yet to visit the United States.
  Carney says he was invited by French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for visits to reinforce historical relationships and discuss trade and security.
  Carney says he looks forward to speaking with U.S. President Donald Trump at the “appropriate moment.&rd
  
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• King Charles signalling support for Canada as Trump talks annexation: royal watchers

  15-03-2025 11:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A maple tree, a red dress and a ceremonial sword may seem like cold comfort for Canadians hoping to hear their head of state defend them against U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated pitches to annex their country.
  But royal watchers say King Charles is showing subtle support for Canada in the only way he can, given his politically neutral role.
  On Wednesday, the King presented a senior Canadian parliamentary officer, the Usher of the Black Rod, with a sword in a ceremony that appeared lo
  
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• Hudson’s Bay to liquidate entire business, still seeking additional capital

  15-03-2025 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The death knell is ringing for Canada’s oldest company.
  Hudson’s Bay announced Friday night that unless it finds a more viable path forward, it will begin liquidating its entire business as soon as next week, putting more than 9,000 jobs at risk.
  The department store chain that dates back to 1670 and now spans 80 stores said it has been forced toward a full liquidation because “exhaustive” efforts haven’t turned up the financing it needs to keep at l
  
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• Kelly ends 20-game drought with two-goal effort in Avs’ 4-2 win over Flames

  15-03-2025 07:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Colorado Avalanche forward Parker Kelly had plenty of reasons to be excited on Friday night.
  He snapped a 20-game goalless drought, his second career two-goal game in the NHL came more than three years after his first one and his big night came in front of a bunch of friends and family that had made the trek south from his hometown of Camrose, Alta.
  Kelly’s sixth and seventh goals of the season led the red-hot Avs to a 4-2 victory over the Calgary Flames.
  “It was nice
  
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• Hurricanes win 6th straight game by defeating Red Wings 4-2

  15-03-2025 07:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jack Roslovic had a goal and an assist and the Carolina Hurricanes won their sixth game in a row, 4-2 over the Detroit Red Wings 4-2 on Friday night.
  Taylor Hall and Jalen Chatfield also scored for Carolina before Eric Robinson’s empty-net goal with 1:11 remaining. Jesperi Kotkaniemi had two assists and Frederik Andersen made 24 saves.
  Alex DeBrincat and Michael Rasmussen scored for the Red Wings, who’ve lost seven of their last eight games. Petr Mrazek, in
  
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• Barnes and Quickley each score 20 points to help Raptors beat Jazz, 126-118

  15-03-2025 05:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Scottie Barnes had 20 points and 10 rebounds, Immanuel Quickley also scored 20 points and the Toronto Raptors beat the Utah Jazz 126-118 on Friday night.
  A.J. Lawson added 18 points, RJ Barrett had 17 and Orlando Robinson finished with 14 points, 10 rebounds and five assists.Quickley hit a 3-pointer with 43 seconds left that gave Toronto the lead for good at 90-88 and sparked a 16-2 run to make it a 15-point lead — the biggest by either team — with about 8
  
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• ‘It was a big game’: Jets widen conference, division lead with 4-1 win over Stars

  15-03-2025 05:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Kyle Connor knew the Winnipeg Jets’ game against the Dallas Stars on Friday would be a big test.
  He and his teammates passed with flying colours.
  Connor scored twice and added an assist in a 4-1 victory that gave Winnipeg (46-17-4) 96 points and widened its Western Conference and Central Division lead over the Stars to 10 points. Dallas (42-21-2) has two games in hand.
  The team’s leading scorer with 35 goals and 84 points downplayed the importance of the game, even t
  
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• Kelly’s two-goal effort leads Avalanche past Flames 4-2

  15-03-2025 05:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Parker Kelly scored twice on Friday night to lead the red-hot Colorado Avalanche to a 4-2 NHL victory over the Calgary Flames.
  It was Kelly’s second career two-goal game. The other came with the Ottawa Senators against the Arizona Coyotes on March 5, 2022.
  Ryan Lindgren and Valeri Nichushkin, into an empty net, also scored for Colorado (40-24-3), which has points in eight straight (7-0-1). The Avs move to within three points of the Dallas Stars for second place in the Centr
  
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• Connnor’s three-point effort leads league-best Jets past Stars 4-1

  15-03-2025 04:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Kyle Connor scored twice and added an assist to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a key 4-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Friday.
  Dylan Samberg and Morgan Barron also scored, while Mark Scheifele contributed a trio of helpers to boost the league-leading team’s record to 46-17-4 in front of a sell-out crowd of 15,225 at Canada Life Centre.
  Connor Hellebuyck made 24 saves, helping the Jets go ahead 2-1 in the clubs’ four-game season series. The final meeting is April 10 in
  
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• Draisaitl scores on breakaway in OT to lift Oilers to 2-1 win over Islanders

  15-03-2025 03:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Leon Draisaitl scored his second goal of the night on a breakaway 3:52 into overtime, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the New York Islanders 2-1 on Friday night.
  Calvin Pickard finished with 24 saves to help the Oilers win for the fourth time in seven games.
  Bo Horvat scored for the Islanders and Ilya Sorokin finished with 33 saves. New York lost its third straight.
  In the extra period, Draisaitl got a pass from Connor McDavid and skated up and beat Sorokin for his NHL-leading
  
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• Big March storm fans wildfires and kills 3 as forecasters fear weekend tornado outbreak

  15-03-2025 02:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A sprawling storm system crossing the U.S. on Friday caused deadly crashes, overturned semitrucks and fanned dozens of wildfires in several central states, prompting evacuation orders in some communities. At least three Tornadoes touched down in Missouri, and threats of more loomed for the Mississippi Valley into the night and the Deep South on Saturday.
  The National Weather Service warned of extreme weather across a vast swath of the country that is home to more than
  
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• Appeals court says Louisiana can carry out the state’s first nitrogen gas execution next week

  15-03-2025 02:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as planned next week after a federal appeals court on Friday overturned a preliminary injunction granted by a lower judge.With a March 18 date hastily nearing, attorneys for Jessie Hoffman Jr., the man on death row, told The Associated Press that they plan on immediately taking the legal matter to the U.S. Supreme Court in the hopes of halting the execution.If the death penalty is carried ou
  
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• Astros top Blue Jays 6-5 behind Whitaker’s winning RBI single in ninth inning

  15-03-2025 02:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WEST PALM BEACH — Tyler Whitaker hit the game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Houston Astros defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Friday in spring training action.
  With two outs, Whitaker’s line-drive single scored Ben Gamel after Ryan Wrobleski was walked.
  Toronto, which had its five-game winning streak snapped, got going early with a three-run first inning. Andres Gimenez hit a two-run triple to open the scoring and Ernie Clement brought Gimenez home on
  
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• Texas lawmaker introduces bill to clarify medical exceptions in state’s abortion ban

  15-03-2025 02:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas lawmaker who helped pioneer the state’s restrictive abortion laws introduced a bill on Friday to clarify medical exceptions allowed under the law, representing a pivot from Republican legislators who have defended the state’s abortion ban in the face of lawsuits and medical scrutiny.
  The bill, introduced by Republican state Sen. Bryan Hughes, still requires that patients have a medical emergency for a physician to perform an abortion but strikes lan
  
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• Appeals court lifts blocks on Trump’s orders restricting diversity, equity and inclusion programs

  15-03-2025 01:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — An appeals court on Friday lifted a block on executive orders seeking to end government support for diversity, equity and inclusion programs, handing the Trump administration a win after a string of setbacks defending President Donald Trump’s agenda against dozens of lawsuits.The decision from a three-judge panel allows the orders to be enforced as a lawsuit against them plays out. The judges halted a nationwide injunction from U.S. District Judge Adam Abelson in Ba
  
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• B.C. prison inmate charged with second-degree murder after fatal cafeteria fight

  15-03-2025 01:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AGASSIZ, B.C. — An inmate at a British Columbia prison has been charged with second-degree murder over a death in a cafeteria fight.
  Homicide investigators say Therae Racette-Beaulieu has been charged in the death of Christopher Braun, who was fatally injured in the fight on Dec. 15.
  Police say several inmates attacked the lone victim, and three have been charged with assault.
  Investigators say RCMP officers were deployed to the Kent Institution in Agassiz, B.C., after the Correctional Ser
  
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• Eby responds to Alaskan senator’s threat to have cruise ships bypass B.C. ports

  15-03-2025 00:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  British Columbia Premier David Eby says he is standing firm behind the legislation granting the province the ability to levy new fees on U.S. commercial trucks heading to Alaska, despite political threats involving the cruise ship sector from an Alaskan senator.
  Eby says in response to comments made by U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan that the Canadian side knows “the consequences for Alaskans are a big deal” if any truck fees are imposed, and he expects Alaska to “respond in kind”
  
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• Second-degree murder charge laid against Agassiz inmate allegedly involved in deadly cafeteria fight

  15-03-2025 00:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AGASSIZ — The B.C. Prosecution Service has approved one count of second-degree murder against an inmate at an Agassiz prison for his alleged role in an assault involving multiple inmates in December 2024.
  According to a statement from IHIT spokesperson Sgt. Freda Fong, Agassiz RCMP members responded to an altercation on December 15, 2024, at Kent Institution in which officers from Correctional Service Canada reported that a fight broke out in the cafeteria at the correctional facility. Sev
  
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• B.C. university with 2 Fraser Valley campuses issues multiple lay-off notices

  15-03-2025 00:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRASER VALLEY — A Metro Vancouver university with campuses in the Fraser Valley says about 70 of its faculty members received lay-off notices after a sharp decline in international students reduced the school’s revenue by about $49 million.Laurie Clancy, vice-president of human resources at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, says the decision is “sad and unfortunate” because they have a wonderful faculty.
  She says the federal government’s cap on international students
  
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• Canada’s Robertson, Sidey added to UFC Fight Night card in Des Moines

  15-03-2025 00:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS — Canadians Gillian (The Savage) Roberson and Serhiy Sidey have been added to a May 3 UFC Fight Night card in Des Moines, Iowa.
  Robertson, ranked 12th among UFC strawweight contenders, will face No. 9 Marina Rodriguez of Brazil while Sidey tackles American bantamweight Cameron (The Baby-Faced Killer) Smotherman.
  The main event at Wells Fargo Arena pits American Cory (Sandman) Sandhagen, ranked fourth among bantamweight contenders, against No. 5 Deiveson Figueiredo of Brazil, a fo
  
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