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• U.S. lays charges alleging human smuggling across Canadian border

  02-05-2025 23:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice says four Mexican nationals have been charged with allegedly running a human smuggling operation across the Canadian border.
  A news release says the four men charged thousands of dollars to bring people from Mexico to Canada, then across the international border into northern New York.
  It says that on multiple occasions, the organization led local and federal law enforcement officers on high-speed vehicle chases along the Canada-U.S. border.
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• Surrey man arrested after driving with ten storage containers full of cannabis

  02-05-2025 23:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  YALE — A 33-year-old Surrey driver is facing charges after police found 33 kilograms of cannabis in his minivan on Highway 1, near Yale.On April 14 at 3:30 p.m., BC Highway Patrol officers stopped a lone driver at a road check when one officer saw that the car was suspiciously full of ten large storage containers. The vehicle’s insides were also emitting an overpowering cannabis stench.“This case illustrates how routine traffic enforcement can also uncover other serious violati
  
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• April listings and stable prices struggle to attract buyers in parts of Fraser Valley: FVREB

  02-05-2025 23:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — More than 10,000 active listings are now up on the Fraser Valley real estate market– but there haven’t been a lot of takers, at least not in April.
  Data from the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board (FVREB) shows a buyer’s market in the region, with a ratio of 10 per cent. Those figures are reflected in cities like Abbotsford and Mission, where only a total of 167 homes were sold against 1,829 listings. Both areas’ sales decreased by nearly 40 per cent compa
  
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• Mark Carney says he has priorities for his new government — here are 5 of them

  02-05-2025 23:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney laid out his priorities at his first postelection press conference on Friday, four days after his party won a minority mandate in the April 28 election.
  Here’s a quick look at the items topping his agenda.
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  Building up Canadian resilience
  Carney said he will head into his first tête-à-tête with U.S. President Donald Trump on May 6 anticipating “difficult but constructive discussions” on trade and security. He a
  
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• HAPPY ENDING: Missing Chilliwack girl found - Penticton Herald

  02-05-2025 22:56
  HAPPY ENDING: Missing Chilliwack girl found  Penticton Herald
  
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• Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan dies at 91. He halted executions and went to prison for corruption

  02-05-2025 22:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, disgraced by a corruption scandal that landed him in prison yet heralded by some for clearing the state’s death row, has died. He was 91.
  Kankakee County Coroner Robert Gessner, a family friend, said Ryan died Friday afternoon at his home in Kankakee, where he was receiving hospice care.Ryan started out a small-town pharmacist but wound up running one of the country’s largest states. Along the way, the tough-on-crime Re
  
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• Toronto, Montreal to open PWHL playoffs next week; opponents TBA

  02-05-2025 22:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Sceptres and Montreal Victoire will host the opening games of the PWHL semifinals next week, though opponents have yet to be determined.
  Game 1 of Toronto’s series is scheduled for Wednesday at Coca-Cola Coliseum, while Montreal opens its series Thursday at Place Bell. The second game of Toronto’s series is Friday, with Montreal’s Game 2 following Sunday.
  The semifinals are best-of-five series, with the winners advancing to play for the Walter Cup.
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• Environment Canada lays 200 Fisheries Act charges against ArcelorMittal

  02-05-2025 22:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Environment and Climate Change Canada has laid 200 charges against mining company ArcelorMittal Canada for alleged violations of the Fisheries Act.
  In a news release, the government says the charges stem from alleged illegal dumping by the company into fish-bearing waterways in Quebec between 2014 and 2022.
  The dumping is alleged to have happened at the Fire Lake Mine and at the Mont-Wright mining complex, the largest open-pit iron mine in Canada.
  Environment Canada says the water
  
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• Carney’s spring to-do list includes Trump and trade barriers

  02-05-2025 22:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday held his first news conference since his Liberals won a minority government mandate in Monday’s election.
  He now has a long list of tasks to complete in the coming weeks. Here are some of the items he’ll have to address:
  Meeting with Trump
  Carney confirmed Friday that he’ll be travelling to Washington to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump on May 6 for their first in-person meeting.
  The prime minister has said repeatedly Can
  
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• The 151st Kentucky Derby could be a mudder’s delight with rain in the forecast

  02-05-2025 21:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Derby is tough to win, with a huge field of stampeding horses and 150,000 screaming fans in the stands. Toss in a rainy forecast that could turn the Churchill Downs dirt strip into something resembling peanut butter and it gets trickier.
  A field of 19 3-year-olds is set to run 1 1/4 miles for a $3.1 million prize and the garland of red roses on Saturday. Mucking things up is a forecast of 65 degrees (18 degrees Celsius) with a 90% chance of rain.
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• Girl missing after following dog into wooded area in Chilliwack, B.C. - CHEK News

  02-05-2025 21:46
  Girl missing after following dog into wooded area in Chilliwack, B.C.  CHEK News
  
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• ‘Banged up’ Suzuki weighing world championships invite with Olympic dream in play

  02-05-2025 21:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BROSSARD — Nick Suzuki knows playing for Canada at the world championships could double as an Olympic tryout.
  The Canadian team has extended the invite. Whether the Montreal Canadiens captain is fit enough to wear the red Maple Leaf next week is still unclear.
  “I just gotta get cleared by the team, was pretty banged up down the stretch and into the playoffs,” Suzuki said as the Canadiens cleaned out their lockers Friday. “We’ll see what happens.”
  Suzuki did no
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs kick off Conference Finals at home - Fraser Valley Today

  02-05-2025 21:25
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• Chilliwack Chiefs kick off Conference Finals at home

  02-05-2025 21:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Coliseum will be roaring this weekend as the Chiefs kick off their best-of-seven series with the Victoria Grizzlies at home.Both teams faced off four times against each other during the regular season. The Chiefs won three times, including one overtime win.Chiefs are coming off a 7-1 win against the Alberni Valley Bulldogs during Game 5 of the second round last Saturday, April 26, while the Grizzlies won their round against the Cowichan Valley Capitals in 6.
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• Toronto FC kicks off busy May schedule without injured captain Jonathan Osorio

  02-05-2025 21:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto FC will be without captain Jonathan Osorio for at least a couple of weeks during a busy May schedule that could have a lot to say on whether the struggling MLS club can sort out its season.
  Osorio joined TFC’s list of walking wounded Wednesday when he suffered a partially dislocated shoulder, falling awkwardly in a tangle of players’ early in the penalty shootout loss to CF Montreal in Telus Canadian Championship preliminary-round play.
  “As somebody who&
  
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• School bands throughout Chilliwack to perform benefit concert on Mental Health Week - The Chilliwack Progress

  02-05-2025 21:21
  School bands throughout Chilliwack to perform benefit concert on Mental Health Week  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• International fugitive returned to B.C. after being arrested in Middle East

  02-05-2025 21:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  An international fugitive and one of Canada’s most wanted is back behind bars following a Vancouver Police Department investigation that lasted three years, spanned 14 countries and ended in the Middle East.
  Cody Casey has been back in Canada since April 24 following his arrest by police in Oman on Oct. 5, 2024, and an extradition process that lasted six months.Vancouver Police allege Casey disappeared on April 10, 2022, after removing his ankle bracelet while on bail just weeks before his
  
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• Forwards Jack Eichel, Anze Kopitar and Brayden Point named Lady Byng finalists

  02-05-2025 20:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Forwards Jack Eichel of the Vegas Golden Knights, Anze Kopitar of the Los Angeles Kings and Brayden Point of the Tampa Bay Lightning were named the finalists Friday for the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy.
  The award is presented annually to the player who exhibits sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct with a high standard of play. Voting was conducted by members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association.
  Eichel posted a career-best 94 points (28 goals, 66 assists), setting a new
  
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• Marie-Claude Nichols returns to Quebec Liberals, supports Pablo Rodriguez for leader

  02-05-2025 20:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL —A Quebec legislature member who was kicked out of the Liberal caucus in 2022 has returned to the party and is supporting Pablo Rodriguez in the leadership race.
  Marie-Claude Nichols made the announcement today at the party’s headquarters in Montreal alongside Rodriguez, a former federal cabinet minister under Justin Trudeau.
  She was removed from the party after falling out with former leader Dominique Anglade shortly after the Liberals’ poor election performance in 20
  
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• Oilers on a scoring heater heading into second round against Golden Knights

  02-05-2025 20:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have their wheels under them after a rocky start in the NHL playoffs.The Vegas Golden Knights will try to limit an offence averaging almost five goals a game, or outscore it in the second round.
  The Knights are coming off a six-game win over the Minnesota Wild.Edmonton and Vegas split regular-season meetings 2-2-0.They last met in the post-season in 2023 when the Knights eliminated the Oilers in six games in the second round en route to winning the Stanley Cu
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs open BCHL conference final tonight - The Chilliwack Progress

  02-05-2025 20:12
  Chilliwack Chiefs open BCHL conference final tonight  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs open BCHL conference final tonight - Agassiz-Harrison Observer

  02-05-2025 20:12
  Chilliwack Chiefs open BCHL conference final tonight  Agassiz-Harrison Observer
  
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• Mission RCMP addresses concerns about youth who did not want to come home

  02-05-2025 19:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Mission RCMP are hoping to address some misinformation about a youth who was previously reported missing.On April 20, police received a report of a missing 16-year-old who hadn’t been seen for two days. He was later found at another residence and did not want to come home, at which point the RCMP determined his well-being was not compromised, and they had no authority to remove the youth or return him to his parents.A second report came in on April 25, suggesting that actio
  
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• Jets’ Arniel, Canadiens’ St. Louis and Capitals’ Carbery named Jack Adams finalists

  02-05-2025 19:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Scott Arniel of the Winnipeg Jets, Martin St. Louis of the Montreal Canadiens and Spencer Carbery of the Washington Capitals are the finalists for the Jack Adams Award as the NHL’s top head coach.
  The league announced the finalists Friday, following a vote conducted by the NHL Broadcasters’ Association.
  Arniel led Winnipeg (56-22-4, 116 points) to top spot in the overall standings in his first season behind the bench. That earned the Jets the first Presidents’
  
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• Man sentenced to 53 years in prison in hate-crime attack on Palestinian-American boy, mother

  02-05-2025 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois landlord who murdered a 6-year-old Muslim boy and severely injured the boy’s mother in a vicious hate-crime attack days after the war in Gaza began was sentenced Friday to 53 years in prison.
  Joseph Czuba, 73, was found guilty in February of murder, attempted murder and hate-crime charges in the death of Wadee Alfayoumi and the wounding of his mother, Hanan Shaheen.
  Czuba targeted them in October 2023 because of their Islamic faith and as a response to
  
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• Girl, 7, found safe a day after being reported missing in Chilliwack, B.C. - Times Colonist

  02-05-2025 19:37
  Girl, 7, found safe a day after being reported missing in Chilliwack, B.C.  Times Colonist
  
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• Girl missing after following dog into wooded area in Chilliwack, B.C. - Fraser Valley Today

  02-05-2025 19:35
  Girl missing after following dog into wooded area in Chilliwack, B.C.  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Girl, 7, found safe a day after being reported missing in Chilliwack, B.C. - Yahoo News Canada

  02-05-2025 19:35
  Girl, 7, found safe a day after being reported missing in Chilliwack, B.C.  Yahoo News Canada
  
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• Girl missing after following dog into wooded area in Chilliwack, B.C. - NanaimoNewsNOW

  02-05-2025 19:34
  Girl missing after following dog into wooded area in Chilliwack, B.C.  NanaimoNewsNOW
  
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• Girl missing after following dog into wooded area in Chilliwack, B.C.

  02-05-2025 19:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Mounties in British Columbia are looking for a seven-year-old child who went missing in Chilliwack on Thursday after following her neighbour’s dog into a wooded area.
  They say the girl was last seen around 4 p.m. on the 50800 block of Winona Road.Police describe the girl as Caucasian, four feet tall with light brown hair and brown eyes, saying she was wearing all pink clothing when she disappeared.The RCMP say an air and ground search of the area is currently underway.
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• Girl missing after following dog into wooded area in Chilliwack, B.C. - Toronto Star

  02-05-2025 19:30
  Girl missing after following dog into wooded area in Chilliwack, B.C.  Toronto Star
  
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• Girl, 7, found safe a day after being reported missing in Chilliwack, B.C. - The Spec

  02-05-2025 19:30
  Girl, 7, found safe a day after being reported missing in Chilliwack, B.C.  The Spec
  
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• CRA won’t renew contracts for more than 1,000 term workers, union says

  02-05-2025 19:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency won’t renew contracts for more than 1,000 term workers across the country later this month, says the union representing them.
  The Union of Taxation Employees says the employees have been informed that their contracts won’t be renewed when they expire on May 16.
  Marc Brière, the union’s national president, says the move is “insensitive” and builds on cuts announced by the CRA under the previous government.He says fewer
  
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• 7 people are dead after a pickup and tour van collided near Yellowstone, police say

  02-05-2025 19:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ISLAND PARK, Idaho (AP) — A pickup truck and tour van collision near Yellowstone National Park has killed seven people and injured eight others, Idaho State Police say.
  The crash happened just before 7:15 p.m. Thursday on a highway near Henry’s Lake State Park in eastern Idaho, police said in a press release. The state park is roughly 16 miles (26 kilometers) west of Yellowstone National Park.
  Both vehicles caught fire after the crash, the Idaho State Police said in a news release. T
  
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• Jets forward Ehlers drops non-contact jersey at morning skate ahead of Game 6

  02-05-2025 19:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST LOUIS — Winnipeg Jets forward Nikolaj Ehlers is making strides as he builds up for a potential return from a right foot injury.Ehlers, who has been out on a week-to-week basis since his last game appearance on April 12, is no longer wearing a non-contact jersey at practice.
  He was on a line with Adam Lowry and Cole Perfetti at today’s morning skate at Enterprise Center ahead of Game 6 against the St. Louis Blues.The Jets have a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven first-round NHL playoff
  
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• RCMP searching for missing girl, 7, in Chilliwack - Vancouver Sun

  02-05-2025 18:55
  RCMP searching for missing girl, 7, in Chilliwack  Vancouver Sun
  
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• Florida’s Barkov, Reinhart and Tampa Bay’s Cirelli named Selke Trophy finalists

  02-05-2025 18:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Forwards Aleksander Barkov and Sam Reinhart of the Florida Panthers and Anthony Cirelli of the Tampa Bay Lightning were named the finalists for the Frank J. Selke Trophy on Friday.
  Voting for the award — presented annually to the league’s top defensive forward — was conducted by the Professional Hockey Writers Association.
  Barkov, Florida’s captain, is a finalist for the fourth time in five years. He’s attempting to join Patrice Bergeron, Pavel Dats
  
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• Alberta MP to step aside to allow Pierre Poilievre to run for seat in Parliament

  02-05-2025 18:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Conservative MP Damien Kurek is set to step aside to allow Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to run in a byelection in the Battle River—Crowfoot riding in Alberta.
  More to come.The Canadian Press
  
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• Search underway for a missing girl who followed dogs into a Chilliwack forest - Delta Optimist

  02-05-2025 18:35
  Search underway for a missing girl who followed dogs into a Chilliwack forest  Delta Optimist
  
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• Some key moments in the career of San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich

  02-05-2025 18:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Some of the key moments in the career of San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich, who stepped down as coach Friday:
  Dec. 10, 1996: The beginning
  Saying the team needed a change in direction, general manager Gregg Popovich fired coach Bob Hill and named himself coach on the same day that star center David Robinson was returning to the lineup. The Spurs were 3-15 at the time.
  June 25, 1997: Tim Duncan gets drafted
  After winning the draft lottery, the Spurs get the chance to take Tim Duncan No. 1 overall
  
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• Gregg Popovich, the NBA’s all-time wins leader, retires after 29 seasons as coach in San Antonio

  02-05-2025 18:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Gregg Popovich stepped down as coach of the San Antonio Spurs on Friday, ending a three-decade run that saw him lead the team to five NBA championships, become the league’s all-time wins leader and earn induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
  “While my love and passion for the game remain, I’ve decided it’s time to step away as head coach,” Popovich said.
  He will remain as team president.
  Popovich, 76, missed all but five games this season after having a stroke
  
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• Missing 7-year-old girl in Chilliwack prompts huge search - Global News

  02-05-2025 18:30
  Missing 7-year-old girl in Chilliwack prompts huge search  Global News
  
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• Chilliwack School District expands dual credit program, accepting new applications - Fraser Valley Today

  02-05-2025 18:30
  Chilliwack School District expands dual credit program, accepting new applications  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Chilliwack School District expands dual credit program, accepting new applications

  02-05-2025 18:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack School District (SD33) and the University of the Fraser Valley’s dual credit program are looking to make it easier for students to stay in the classroom post-grad– as education assistants.Grade 12 students can now choose to sign up for the third cohort of the Early Childhood Education (ECE) program, or the first cohort for Inclusive Education Assistants.“The ECEA dual credit program is the foundation of knowledge that you build on throughout yo
  
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• BREAKING: Missing seven-year-old girl found safe in Chilliwack - Western Standard

  02-05-2025 18:29
  BREAKING: Missing seven-year-old girl found safe in Chilliwack  Western Standard
  
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• Hockey players’ sexual assault trial hears from former world junior teammates

  02-05-2025 18:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON — The sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team is hearing today from other players who were on the 2018 team.
  Taylor Raddysh, who now plays in the NHL for the Washington Capitals, was asked what he remembers about several days in June 2018 when many of the team’s members were in London, Ont., for a handful of events marking their victory in that year’s championship.
  Court heard part of a transcript of a statement Raddysh gave
  
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• Fleury, Landeskog and Monahan named Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy finalists

  02-05-2025 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Minnesota Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury and forwards Gabriel Landeskog of the Colorado Avalanche and Sean Monahan of the Columbus Blue Jackets were named the finalists for the NHL’s Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy on Friday.
  Voting was conducted by the local chapters of the Professional Hockey Writers Association. The award is presented annually to the player who best exemplifies perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey.
  Fleury posted a 14-9-1 record and 2.9
  
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• Canadian women look to build on momentum going into rugby sevens season finale

  02-05-2025 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Canadian women’s rugby sevens team, coming off back-to-back third-place finishes in Hong Kong and Singapore, look to finish the HSBC SVNS season with a bang this weekend in Carson, Calif.
  Canada, fourth after the first six events of the season, has been drawn in Pool A with No. 1 New Zealand, No. 5 Japan and No. 8 Britain in the winner-take-all HSBC SVNS World Championship.
  In the first year of an Olympic quadrennial, the Canadian women have improved as the season wore on, with coach J
  
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• Canada ousted at mixed doubles curling worlds, but Olympic spot still in sight

  02-05-2025 17:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FREDERICTON — Canada was knocked out of medal contention at the world mixed doubles curling championship after a 7-5 loss to Estonia in Friday’s playoff qualifier.
  Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant of Chestermere, Alta., gave up three in the fourth and couldn’t recover, despite scoring two in the fifth.
  Estonia’s Marie Kaldvee and Harri Lill advanced to face Italy in the semifinals later Friday. Austria meets Scotland in the other semi.
  Canada will play the United States
  
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• Montreal men plead guilty after keeping woman’s body on couch for six months

  02-05-2025 17:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Two Montreal men have pleaded guilty to committing an indignity to a body after admitting they left the remains of an Indigenous woman on the couch in their home for six months.Prosecutor Simon Lapierre confirmed that brothers Nicodemo and Francesco Sansalone admitted guilt this week in the death of Alasie Tukkiapik.
  A statement of facts read in court says the 41-year-old’s family reported her missing in September 2023 in the Inuit village of Kangiqusujuaq, after not being
  
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