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• Judge refuses to block IRS from sharing tax data to identify and deport people illegally in U.S.

  12-05-2025 23:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A federal judge on Monday refused to block the Internal Revenue Service from sharing immigrants’ tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the U.S.In a win for the Trump administration, U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich denied a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed by nonprofit groups. They argued that undocumented immigrants who pay taxes are entitled to the same privacy protections as U.S. citizens and immig
  
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• New quarterback, new turf, new era begins for Stampeders at camp

  12-05-2025 23:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — New starting quarterback, new turf at McMahon Stadium, new outlook for the Calgary Stampeders.
  A day after opening their training camp at Shouldice Park, the Stampeders returned to the friendly confines of McMahon on Monday to practise on the new turf that was installed over the off-season.
  “It’s awesome, man,” said veteran CFL quarterback Vernon Adams Jr., who the Stamps acquired in a trade with the B.C. Lions in November. “I walked out here and I’m
  
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• Switzerland shuts out US at ice hockey worlds, Sweden tops Finland and Czechs down Denmark

  12-05-2025 23:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HERNING, Denmark (AP) — Last year’s runner-up Switzerland shut out the United States 3-0 and handed the Americans their first loss at the ice hockey world championship on Monday.
  Damien Riat, Jonas Siegenthaler and Dean Kukan scored in the Group B game in Herning. Net-minder Leonardo Genoni stopped 23 shots for the shutout.
  “Give credit to Switzerland,” U.S. coach Ryan Warsofsky said. “But I know our group has a lot more in them. We’ll regroup and get ready to
  
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• Charge moving on from 4OT loss to Victoire as PWHL playoff hockey makes Ottawa debut

  12-05-2025 23:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — With a quadruple-overtime loss in Montreal behind them, the Ottawa Charge are focused on responding Tuesday night when they host a Professional Women’s Hockey League playoff game for the first time.
  The Charge returned home with their best-of-five semifinal series against Montreal tied 1—1 after a gruelling Game 2 that lasted over 140 minutes — the longest game in PWHL history — with the Victoire winning 3-2 on a goal from Catherine Dubois.Ottawa forced the
  
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• Eby warns against jumping to conclusions about Lapu Lapu suspect’s care before attack

  12-05-2025 23:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby says there’s a disconnect between what health authorities say about the prior condition of the suspect in the Lapu Lapu festival attack and the reality of what happened.
  But Eby also says people shouldn’t jump to the conclusion that those involved in Adam Kai-Ji Lo’s care did anything wrong, adding the province is committed to a full public inquiry to answer those questions.
  Lo, 30, is facing multiple second-degree murder char
  
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• ‘Trump’s loss is B.C.’s gain,’ Eby says as more U.S. nurses can work in province

  12-05-2025 23:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — British Columbia says it has shortened the length of time it takes for an American nurse to register to work in the province from months to just a few days, in an effort to lure more nurses north.
  The province is launching a targeted U.S. marketing campaign in June in parts of the country with the highest interest in moving to B.C., including Washington and Oregon states and select cities in California.
  Premier David Eby says since launching its new process for U.S. nurses in ea
  
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• B.C. pharmacists sanctioned over opioid dispensing practices file court challenges

  12-05-2025 23:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Two Vancouver pharmacists facing sanctions for alleged improper opioid dispensing practices are taking the College of Pharmacists of B.C. to court, claiming evidence was collected “improperly” during inspections by college investigators.
  The college announced last month that it was limiting the practices of four pharmacists who worked at two Vancouver pharmacies over “serious” allegations of improper opioid dispensing and record keeping at the pharmacies
  
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• Locking down leads difficult in playoff series between Oilers, Golden Knights

  12-05-2025 22:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Falling behind in a game has felt like a position of strength early in the second-round playoff series between the Edmonton Oilers and Vegas Golden Knights.
  Each team came back from two goals down to win a game — Edmonton in Game 1 and Vegas in Game 3.The Golden Knights scored first and didn’t trail in Game 2 until Leon Draisaitl’s overtime winner for the Oilers. The theme of the series was no lead gets locked down.“It’s the way it’s been goin
  
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• Carney needs to ‘pick a lane’ on climate priorities and energy boost, activist says

  12-05-2025 22:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Climate activists and energy leaders say Prime Minister Mark Carney will need to make some hard choices on whether to bolster the country’s oil and gas sector as means of achieving economic stability.
  Throughout the election campaign, Carney signalled an openness to building more pipelines in Canada and promised to cut approval times to get projects built faster. He also acknowledged during the English leaders’ debate that having western Canadian oil flow through the U
  
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• PHOTOS: Abbotsford turns into a clown show - The Chilliwack Progress

  12-05-2025 21:57
  PHOTOS: Abbotsford turns into a clown show  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack-area campground will not open in 2025, citing several factors - Fraser Valley Today

  12-05-2025 21:12
  Chilliwack-area campground will not open in 2025, citing several factors  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• A ‘lot’ of playing potential for Chilliwack-area kids - Enbridge Inc.

  12-05-2025 20:14
  A ‘lot’ of playing potential for Chilliwack-area kids  Enbridge Inc.
  
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• City of Chilliwack to repurpose unused Enbridge land in Sardis for city park - Fraser Valley Today

  12-05-2025 19:26
  City of Chilliwack to repurpose unused Enbridge land in Sardis for city park  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Recount underway in rural Newfoundland riding where Liberal had 12-vote lead

  12-05-2025 18:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ST. JOHN’S — A judicial recount is underway in a rural Newfoundland riding where the Liberals finished with a 12-vote lead.
  The recount in the Terra Nova—The Peninsulas riding in central Newfoundland is one of four that Elections Canada ordered after last month’s federal election.
  Three of those recounts were automatically triggered because the winning margin was less than one one-thousandth of the valid votes cast in the riding.
  In Windsor-Tecumseh, Conservative Kathy Bo
  
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• A power outage disrupts London’s subway network

  12-05-2025 18:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON (AP) — Multiple lines on the London Underground network were suspended or disrupted Monday because of a power outage, the British capital’s transport authority said.
  The Transport for London website showed that at least three subway lines were suspended due to a power failure, and there were severe delays and partial suspensions on at least six other lines during the Monday afternoon rush hour.
  The transport authority said it was working with the National Grid to determine the
  
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• AFN chief says talks of Alberta separation ‘irresponsible,’ points to treaties

  12-05-2025 18:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says talk of Alberta separatism is ‘irresponsible’ and it’s “not smart” for politicians to make statements about it without consulting with First Nations first.
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has introduced a bill that would make it easier for Albertans to launch referendums on various topics — including splitting from Canada.
  Smith has pointed to growing alienation in her province and frustrat
  
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• How a bloody Zoom pitch helped Vancouver filmmaker take ‘Final Destination’ reins

  12-05-2025 18:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Vancouver filmmaker Zachary Lipovsky says it took innovative thinking — and a fake decapitation — to land the job directing “Final Destination: Bloodlines.”
  The supernatural horror film, in theatres Friday, is the sixth in the long-running franchise about people who narrowly escape death only to be hunted down by fate through elaborate, gruesome accidents.
  Lipovsky and co-director Adam B. Stein say they essentially had to audition for the job and turned their Zoom pitch t
  
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• Chilliwack café hopes to open this month at sleek new commercial building - Fraser Valley Today

  12-05-2025 18:22
  Chilliwack café hopes to open this month at sleek new commercial building  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Chilliwack café hopes to open this month at sleek new commercial building

  12-05-2025 18:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — A new café plans to open soon in a sleek new contemporary commercial building on Hocking Avenue in Chilliwack.
  Fivenotes Coffee at 45890 Hocking Avenue wrote on social media this past week that its grand opening isn’t too far away. Construction on its current suite began in February 2025.
  “We are coming soon with the opening date. We will have in-house cold brew, nitro cold brew, and favoured cold brew for the summer menu. Stay tuned!”
  While it may not
  
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• Leafs forward Domi fined $5,000 for late hit on Panthers captain Barkov

  12-05-2025 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Toronto Maple Leafs forward Max Domi has avoided a suspension for his late hit from behind on Florida Panthers captain Alexander Barkov.
  The NHL announced Monday that it has fined Domi US$5,000, the maximum allowable under the collective bargaining agreement between the league and the NHL Players’ Association, after he drilled Barkov into the boards with time expiring in the Panthers’ 2-0 win over the Maple Leafs on Sunday.
  Domi was given a five-minute major for boar
  
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• Sergei Bobrovsky has earned the trust of Florida Panthers, and it keeps paying off

  12-05-2025 18:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Sergei Bobrovsky gave up five goals in Game 1 against Toronto. Gave up four more in Game 2. Gave up four again in Game 3.
  Those numbers aren’t great.
  Paul Maurice was never worried.
  The coach of the Florida Panthers has unflappable belief in his goaltender, so much so that Maurice basically lets Bobrovsky determine his own plan for practice days and off days. The trust level between coach and player is off the charts — and in Game 4 against Toronto, it was rewarded yet again.
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• Group of investors submits revised offer to buy Quebec-based Lion Electric

  12-05-2025 17:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A group of investors has submitted a revised offer to buy Quebec vehicle-maker Lion Electric.
  A previous offer fell through because it was conditional on government funding, which the province refused last month.But court documents say the buyers have reached an agreement with the Quebec government to renew a recently expired subsidy program for electric school buses.
  They made a new offer to buy the struggling company on Friday.The court-appointed monitor for Lion Electric said
  
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• UK police investigate overnight fire at Prime Minister Starmer’s house

  12-05-2025 17:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON (AP) — British police on Monday were investigating an overnight fire that damaged door of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s house in north London.
  Starmer has rented out the house since he was elected in July, living with his family in the prime minister’s official Downing Street residence.
  London Fire Brigade said firefighters were called just after 1 a.m. and the blaze was out within half an hour.
  The Metropolitan Police force said that officers who responded to the scene
  
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• Deputy attorney general who defended Trump in hush money trial named acting Librarian of Congress

  12-05-2025 17:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who represented Donald Trump during his 2024 criminal trial, has been appointed acting Librarian of Congress, the Justice Department said Monday.Blanche replaces longtime librarian Carla Hayden, whom the White House fired last week amid criticism from some conservatives that she was advancing a “woke” agenda. She was nominated by Democratic President Barack Obama in 2015.
  Blanche was named the number two Justice Department o
  
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• Chilliwack and District home sales, new listings remain subdued in April - The Chilliwack Progress

  12-05-2025 14:34
  Chilliwack and District home sales, new listings remain subdued in April  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Food security experts warn Gaza is at critical risk of famine if Israel doesn’t end its campaign

  12-05-2025 12:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Gaza Strip is at critical risk of famine if Israel doesn’t lift its blockade and stop its military campaign, food security experts said Monday.
  Outright famine is the mostly likely scenario unless conditions change, according to findings by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, a leading international authority on the severity of hunger crises.
  Nearly a half million Palestinians are in “catastrophic” levels of hunger, meaning they
  
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• Pope Leo XIV expresses solidarity with imprisoned journalists

  12-05-2025 11:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Monday expressed solidarity with imprisoned journalists and affirmed the “precious gift of free speech and the press.”
  He spoke in an audience with some of the 6,000 journalists who descended on Rome to cover his election as the first American pontiff.
  Leo received a standing ovation as he entered the Vatican auditorium for his first meeting with representatives of the general public.
  The 69-year-old Augustinian missionary, elected in a 24-ho
  
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• Hamas says it will release American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander on Monday

  12-05-2025 10:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An American-Israeli soldier taken captive and held for more than 19 months in the Gaza Strip is expected to be released on Monday, Hamas said, as part of a good will gesture for the Trump administration that could lay the groundwork for a new ceasefire between the warring sides.
  Edan Alexander was snatched from his military base in southern Israel during Hamas’ cross-border attack on Oct. 7, 2023, which set off the war in Gaza. His expected release wo
  
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• In the news today: Liberals win Quebec riding by one vote in recount

  12-05-2025 10:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Liberals win Quebec riding by one vote in recount
  With more recounts still to come, the Liberals are another seat closer to a majority government after a judicial recount saw them narrowly win the Quebec riding of Terrebonne.
  A judicial recount of the riding north of Montreal saw the Liberals win the the riding by one vote and now gives them 170 seats in Parliament.
  The announcement comes as more recou
  
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• Cross-examination continues for complainant in hockey players’ sex assault trial

  12-05-2025 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Defence lawyers in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team are expected to continue cross-examining the complainant today.
  The woman, who cannot be identified under a publication ban, first took the stand on May 2 and spent most of last week facing questions from the defence.
  On Friday, she pushed back against a defence suggestion that she was embarrassed and ashamed for the choices she’d made the night of the alleged incident.
  She said sh
  
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• Poland orders closure of Russian consulate in Krakow, citing arson attack blamed on Moscow

  12-05-2025 09:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski said Monday that he was ordering the closure of Russia’s consulate in the southern city of Krakow after Polish authorities said Russia was responsible for a fire that destroyed a shopping center in Warsaw last year.
  “In connection with the evidence that the Russian special services committed a reprehensible act of sabotage against the shopping center on Marywilska Street, I have decided to withdraw my consent to the o
  
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• India great Virat Kohli retires from test cricket

  12-05-2025 09:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW DELHI, India (AP) — India great Virat Kohli retired from test cricket Monday after playing 123 matches in his glorious 14-year red-ball career.
  “As I step away from this format, it’s not easy – but it feels right,” Kohli posted on Instagram.
  “It’s been 14 years since I first wore the baggy blue in Test cricket. Honestly, I never imagined the journey this format would take me on. It’s tested me, shaped me, and taught me lessons I’ll carry
  
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• Brooks Bandits @ Chilliwack Chiefs Sunday, May 25, 2025 - BCHL

  12-05-2025 09:00
  Brooks Bandits @ Chilliwack Chiefs Sunday, May 25, 2025  BCHL
  
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• A Kurdish militant group decides to disband and disarm as part of a peace initiative with Turkey

  12-05-2025 08:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Kurdish militant group announced a historic decision Monday to disband and disarm as part of a new peace initiative with Turkey, after four decades of armed conflict.
  The decision by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, was announced by the Firat News Agency, a media outlet close to the group. It comes days after it convened a party congress in northern Iraq.
  In February, PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, who has been imprisoned on an island near Istanbul since 199
  
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• Maple Leafs waste goaltender Joseph Woll’s stellar performance in ugly Game 4 loss

  12-05-2025 06:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SUNRISE — Joseph Woll did everything he could to hold the line.
  The Maple Leafs goaltender stretched, contorted and sprawled to make save after save against the Panthers’ onslaught.
  His teammates weren’t close to that level.
  Woll stopped 35 of the 37 shots he faced Sunday in Toronto’s stifling 2-0 loss to Florida that evened the teams’ second-round playoff series 2-2.
  The Leafs, who fell 5-4 in overtime two nights earlier, again had a chance to push the defending St
  
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• Wild soak up a NSL draw for the moms and memories

  12-05-2025 06:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — The Calgary Wild FC battled to a 0-0 draw against the Ottawa Rapid FC Sunday in their inaugural Northern Super League home opener at McMahon Stadium.
  Even with the lack of goals, the night is already etched in the collective memories of the players — and their moms, who accompanied them onto the pitch in honour of Mother’s Day.
  Wild fullback Grace Stordy looked up in disbelief at a boisterous crowd of 8,556 in the stands.
  “There’s only one word to describe
  
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• NHL playoffs: Panthers shut out Maple Leafs 2-0 to tie series at two games apiece

  12-05-2025 05:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 23 shots for his fifth career playoff shutout, Carter Verhaeghe and Sam Bennett scored and the Florida Panthers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-0 on Sunday night in Game 4 to even the best-of-seven NHL Eastern Conference semifinal series.
  Verhaeghe scored on a power play in the first period, Bennett added the insurance marker with 7:50 left and Bobrovsky did the rest. He’s the first goalie with two shutouts this year in the playoffs.
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• Bobrovsky stops 23 shots, Panthers beat Leafs 2-0 to tie series at two games apiece

  12-05-2025 04:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 23 shots for his fifth career playoff shutout, Carter Verhaeghe and Sam Bennett scored and the Florida Panthers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-0 on Sunday night in Game 4 to even the best-of-seven NHL Eastern Conference semifinal series.
  Verhaeghe scored on a power play in the first period, Bennett added the insurance score with 7:50 left and Bobrovsky did the rest. He’s the first goalie with two shutouts this year in the playoffs.
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• Wild, Rapid play to scoreless draw in Calgary

  12-05-2025 04:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The Calgary Wild FC picked up their first draw of the young Northern Super League season, playing to a scoreless tie with the visiting Ottawa Rapid FC at McMahon Stadium on Sunday.
  Calgary improved its record to a win, two losses and a draw. The Rapid have a win, loss and tie after three regular-season matches.
  Ottawa controlled 57 per cent of the ball possession and outshot the hosts 17-4, including 4-0 with shots on target.
  The Rapid had nine corners and two yellow cards, while
  
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• Road Woes: Jets still winless on road in playoffs after 5-2 loss to Stars in Game 3

  12-05-2025 03:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS — Just when it looked like Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck was back in top form again on the road, an unusual own-goal proved to be his undoing.The Winnipeg Jets never recovered in a 5-2 loss to Dallas on Sunday that gave the Stars a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven, second-round series.
  A back-and-forth game flipped when Alexander Petrovic scored early in the third period. The puck went off his skate and then bounced off Hellebuyck’s stick before crossing the line.Officials needed
  
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• White scores twice as Whitecaps rally from two down to tie LAFC 2-2

  12-05-2025 03:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Striker Brian White scored twice, his second goal coming in the 70th minute, as the Vancouver Whitecaps battled back from an early 2-0 deficit to extend their unbeaten streak to 11 games with a 2-2 draw against Los Angeles FC in Major League Soccer play Sunday.
  Midfielder Mark Delgado scored in the eighth minute for LAFC and winger Denis Bouanga on a penalty kick in the 17th minute.
  White scored Vancouver’s first goal with a pretty effort in the 26th minute, bringing a cr
  
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• McQuigge, Cava each score twice, Frost beat Sceptres 7-5 to take 2-1 series lead

  12-05-2025 03:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Brooke McQuigge and Michela Cava scored two goals apiece on Sunday night and the Minnesota Frost beat the Toronto Sceptres 7-5 to take a 2-1 lead in their best-of-five semifinal series.The Frost, who tied the series with a 5-3 win in Game 2, can advance to the Professional Women’s Hockey League championship with a win in Game 4 on Wednesday.Liz Schepers, Lee Stecklein and Sophie Jaques also scored goals for Minnesota, and Taylor Heise had three assists.
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• Dubois scores in 4th OT as Victoire outlast Charge 3-2 to tie series 1-1

  12-05-2025 02:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAVAL — Catherine Dubois scored at 15:33 of the fourth overtime to lift the Montreal Victoire to a 3-2 playoff victory over the Ottawa Charge on Sunday afternoon at Place Bell.
  The game set a Canadian professional women’s hockey record for the longest hockey game ever, passing the Canadian Women’s Hockey League semifinal on March 18, 2018. The previous longest Professional Women’s Hockey League game was played exactly a year ago between Montreal and Boston.
  Kristin O&rsqu
  
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• Special weather statement issued for multiple B.C. interior highways - The Chilliwack Progress

  12-05-2025 02:02
  Special weather statement issued for multiple B.C. interior highways  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Rantanen nets goal and two assists as Stars ground Jets 5-2 to grab 2-1 series lead

  12-05-2025 01:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Mikko Rantanen had a goal and two assists, including one on the tiebreaking goal by Alexander Petrovic that was finally confirmed after a lengthy review as the Dallas Stars beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-2 on Sunday to take 2-1 lead in the second-round Western Conference series.
  Officials reviewed Petrovic’s goal for well over five minutes and while determining there was a kicking motion, the goal was good after the puck went off goalie Connor Hellebuyck’s stick and int
  
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• Straka outduels Lowry to win Truist Championship at Philly Cricket

  12-05-2025 01:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FLOURTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Sepp Straka seized the lead with a par on the 16th hole and shot a 2-under 68, outdueling Shane Lowry on Sunday in the final round of the Truist Championship at Philadelphia Cricket Club for his second victory of the season.
  After Lowry missed the green with his tee shot at the 212-yard, par-3 16th, Straka hit to approximately 30 feet. Lowry chipped out of the heavy rough but failed to convert a 6-foot par putt, falling a shot behind.
  Lowry missed a potential tying 22
  
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• Springer’s 3-run homer helps Blue Jays beat Mariners 9-1 for 3-game sweep

  12-05-2025 01:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — George Springer smacked a three-run homer in the fifth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Seattle Mariners 9-1 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.Addison Barger added his first homer of the season, a solo shot in the seventh. The Blue Jays had no issues pushing runs across against Bryce Miller (2-4) and the suddenly reeling Mariners, who entered the series with the majors’ best record since April 7.
  Toronto’s onslaught started in the second inning wit
  
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• Ayami Sato becomes first woman to play in Canadian men’s pro baseball league

  12-05-2025 01:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Star female pitcher Ayami Sato made history as the first woman to play in a Canadian men’s professional baseball league on Sunday.
  She also had a perfect debut for the Intercounty Baseball League’s Toronto Maple Leafs.
  Sato struck out one batter without allowing anyone on base in the first two innings of an eventual 6-5 loss to the Kitchener Panthers.
  Fans at Dominico Field in Christie Pits welcomed Sato with loud applause when the public address announcer introduced
  
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• 10 local, international artists selected for 2025 Chilliwack Mural Festival - Fraser Valley Today

  12-05-2025 00:31
  10 local, international artists selected for 2025 Chilliwack Mural Festival  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Canada wins first World Relays mixed 4×100-meter title from Jamaica and Britain

  12-05-2025 00:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GUANGZHOU, China (AP) — Canada won the first ever World Relays mixed 4×100-meter title in Guangzhou, China on Sunday.The Canadian team of Sade McCreath, Marie-Eloise Leclair, Duan Asemota and Eliezer Adjibi finished ahead of Jamaica and Britain as the event made its global debut at the World Relays.
  Canada recorded a winning time of 40.30, with Jamaica taking second in 40.44 and the team from Britain and Northern Ireland finishing in 40.88.
  South Africa’s men won the 4×10
  
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