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• Ullmark overcomes emotions, Devils in winning return for Senators

  01-02-2026 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Linus Ullmark’s first start since stepping away for a personal leave of absence was never going to be just another game.
  From the opening puck drop to the final horn, the veteran goaltender battled more than just the opposition, channelling a gamut of emotions into an impressive 26-save performance in a 4-1 win over the New Jersey Devils Saturday night that underscored both his resilience and his importance in the crease.
  The Ottawa Senators netminder made his first start si
  
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• Matthews says Leafs’ 3-2 grinding shootout win over Canucks ‘feels good’

  01-02-2026 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Given a second chance Auston Matthews wasn’t going to miss.
  Matthews and William Nylander, returning from injury, scored in a shootout as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 Saturday night to snap a six-game NHL losing streak.
  Matthews had a chance to win the game with 1:54 remaining in the three-on-three overtime when he was awarded a penalty shot after Conor Garland was called for hooking.
  Toronto called a timeout to allow Matthews to catch his br
  
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• ‘It has to get better’: Edmonton Oilers look for ways to improve defence

  01-02-2026 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Tristan Jarry found it difficult to evaluate his own game on Saturday night.The Edmonton Oilers goalie gave up five goals on 20 shots to the Minnesota Wild before getting the hook in the second period.“It's tough. The chances we are giving up, some of the shots, they're tough. It's a lot of Grade A's, a lot of breakdowns," Jarry said. "So I think it's tough (for me) to really think about your game at this point. It's a whole team game."
  Connor Ingram made seven saves in re
  
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• Frost shines as Flames reel in Sharks for 3-2 victory

  01-02-2026 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — In his finest game in a Calgary Flames uniform, Morgan Frost had an impact all over the ice on Saturday.
  Frost had a goal, an assist, five shots, drew two penalties, and went 14-4 in the faceoff circle in leading Calgary to a 3-2 win over the San Jose Sharks.
  “That's the best I've seen him play since he's been with us,” said Flames' coach Ryan Huska. “The faceoff circle, he had pace to his game, he was setting people up, he's scoring goals. If you get that versi
  
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• Gaza border crossing is preparing to reopen after years of near-complete closure

  01-02-2026 10:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CAIRO (AP) — Gaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt showed signs of activity Sunday as Israel said that limited travel to and from the territory is set to resume after years of near-complete isolation. Reopening the border crossing is a key step as the Israel-Hamas ceasefire moves ahead.Israel announced Sunday that the crossing has opened in a test. COGAT, the Israeli military agency that controls aid to Gaza, said in a statement that the crossing was actively being prepared for ful
  
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• Iran’s supreme leader warns any US attack would spark ‘regional war’

  01-02-2026 10:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's supreme leader warned Sunday that any attack by the United States would spark a “regional war” in the Mideast, further escalating tensions as President Donald Trump has threatened to militarily strike the Islamic Republic. The comments from the 86-year-old Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are the most-direct threat he’s made so far as the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and associated American warships are in the Arabian Sea, sent by T
  
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• Iran’s supreme leader likens protests that challenged its theocracy to ‘a coup’

  01-02-2026 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday compared the nationwide protests that challenged the country’s theocracy to “a coup.”The comments by 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei come as tens of thousands of people are reportedly detained in Iran after the protests.It further hardens the government’s position on the demonstrations.Seditious charges in Iran can also carry the death penalty, which again renews concerns abou
  
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• Gaza border crossing buzzes with activity after years of near-complete closure

  01-02-2026 09:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CAIRO (AP) — Gaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt was busy with activity Sunday as Israel said that limited travel to and from the territory is set to resume after years of near-complete isolation. Reopening the border crossing is a key step as the Israel-Hamas ceasefire moves ahead.Israel announced Sunday that the crossing has opened in a test. COGAT, the Israeli military agency that controls aid to Gaza, said in a statement that the crossing was actively being prepared for fulle
  
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• Iran says it now considers EU militaries to be terrorist groups

  01-02-2026 07:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The speaker of Iran's parliament said Sunday that the Islamic Republic now considers all European Union militaries to be terrorist groups, lashing out after the bloc declared the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard a terror group over its bloody crackdown on nationwide protests.The announcement by Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf will likely be mostly symbolic. Iran has used a 2019 law to reciprocally declare other nations' militaries terror groups followin
  
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• Hughes posts two points, Minnesota Wild trounce Edmonton Oilers 7-3

  01-02-2026 06:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Quinn Hughes scored, contributed an assist and made franchise history Saturday night as his Minnesota Wild thumped the Edmonton Oilers 7-3.
  The star defenceman — acquired from the Vancouver Canucks on Dec. 12 — extended his point streak to eight games (two goals, 11 assists) and now holds the record for the longest points streak by a Wild defenceman.Joel Eriksson Ek, Mats Zuccarello and Brock Faber also had a goal and an assist apiece for Minnesota (32-14-10).Goals f
  
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• NHL roundup: Surging Penguins win sixth straight, edge Rangers 6-5

  01-02-2026 06:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Anthony Mantha and Noel Acciari scored two goals apiece, and the surging Pittsburgh Penguins held off the New York Rangers 6-5 on Saturday for their sixth straight NHL victory.
  Mantha and Acciari beat Jonathan Quick twice in a span of just over three minutes early in the first period to give the Penguins an early cushion. Mantha made it 3-0 with an easy tap-in in the second period. Acciari and Rickard Rakell scored 20 seconds apart early in the third to push Pittsburgh&rs
  
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• Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins a reliably Republican Texas state Senate seat, stunning GOP

  01-02-2026 06:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a special election for the Texas state Senate on Saturday, flipping a reliably Republican district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024. Rehmet, a labor union leader and veteran, defeated Republican Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist, in the Fort Worth-area district. With almost all votes counted, Rehmet had a comfortable lead of more than 14 percentage points.His victory added to Democrats’ record of overperf
  
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• One person transported to hospital after car crashes into semi-truck, sending it off Hwy. 1 (VIDEO)

  01-02-2026 05:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD – One person has been transported to hospital after a two-vehicle crash involving a semi-truck happened Saturday afternoon in Abbotsford.
  The Abbotsford Police Department says emergency first responders were dispatched to Highway 1 at the Peardonville Road overpass after a semi-truck and a passenger vehicle crashed at 4:17 p.m. Saturday.
  One person was transported to hospital with minor injuries.
  There were no road closures in the aftermath of the crash, as both eastbound lanes
  
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• Democrat Christian Menefee wins election for US House, narrowing GOP’s slim majority

  01-02-2026 05:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Democrat Christian Menefee won a Texas U.S. House seat in a Saturday special election that will narrow Republicans’ already-slim majority. Menefee, the Harris County attorney, prevailed in a runoff against Amanda Edwards, a former Houston City Council member. He will replace the late Rep. Sylvester Turner, a former Houston mayor, who died in March 2025. The seat representing the heavily Democratic Houston-based district has been vacant for nearly a year. Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott didn&rsq
  
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• One person transported to hospital after crash involving semi-truck, passenger car on Highway 1: AbbyPD

  01-02-2026 05:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD – One person has been transported to hospital after a two-vehicle crash involving a semi-truck happened Saturday afternoon in Abbotsford.The Abbotsford Police Department says emergency first responders were dispatched to Highway 1 at the Peardonville Road overpass after a semi-truck and a passenger vehicle crashed.One person was transported to hospital with minor injuries.There were no road closures in the aftermath of the crash, as both eastbound lanes of Highway 1 remained ope
  
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• James MacDonald named Canadian harness racing’s top driver for fifth straight year

  01-02-2026 05:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON — James MacDonald was named Canadian harness racing's top driver for a historic fifth straight year Saturday at the O'Brien Awards.
  MacDonald, a resident of Guelph, Ont., posted 369 wins and $9.2 million in purse money in 2025 and also added a second world driving title.
  MacDonald was the regular driver for two O’Brien Award winners, Chantilly and Strobe Lite. His biggest stakes win of the year was the Hambletonian Oaks with Conversano.
  Dr. Ian Moore, of Cambridge, Ont., earne
  
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• Tkachuk, Ullmark lead Senators to 4-1 win over Devils

  01-02-2026 04:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — In his first game in 35 days, Linus Ullmark made 26 saves to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 4-1 win over the New Jersey Devils on Saturday night.
  Ullmark was making his first start since taking personal leave on Dec. 28.
  Brady Tkachuk, Dylan Cozens, Tim Stutzle and Shane Pinto each scored. The Senators (26-21-7) are riding a three-game winning streak with three games remaining before the Olympic break. Tkachuk also had two assists.
  Timo Meier scored the lone goal for the Devils (28
  
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• Caufield scores twice, leads Canadiens to 4-2 win over Sabres

  01-02-2026 04:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Cole Caufield scored twice to help give the Montreal Canadiens a 4-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center on Saturday night.
  Caufield scored his 31st and 32nd goals of the season in the third period to help Montreal overcome a 2-1 deficit for their third straight win.
  Juraj Slafkovsky and Oliver Kapanen also scored for the Canadiens and Jakub Dobes made 36 saves.
  Owen Power and Noah Ostlund scored for the Sabres who had a five-game win streak snapped. Alex Lyo
  
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• Maple Leafs snap six-game skid with 3-2 shootout win over Canucks

  01-02-2026 04:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Auston Matthews and William Nylander, returning from injury, scored in a shootout as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 Saturday in a battle between two struggling Canadian teams.
  Matthews had a chance to win the game in three-on-three overtime when he was awarded a penalty shot after Conor Garland was called for hooking but Vancouver goaltender Nikita Tolopilo made the save.
  Nicolas Roy and Max Domi scored for Toronto (25-21-9), which snapped a six-game
  
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• Manitoba’s Kaitlyn Lawes reaches Scotties Tournament of Hearts final

  01-02-2026 03:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MISSISSAUGA — Manitoba's Kaitlyn Lawes has advanced to the final of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
  She beat Canada's Kerri Einarson 10-2 in eight ends in the 1/2 Page playoff game on Saturday night.
  Einarson will meet Alberta's Selena Sturmay in the national women's curling championship semifinal on Sunday afternoon.
  The winner of that game will take on Lawes in that evening's final.
  Einarson or Rachel Homan have been finalists at the Tournament of Hearts final each of the past nine ye
  
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• Justin Rose delivers a Tiger-like performance at Torrey Pines. He leads by 6 shots

  01-02-2026 02:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Joel Dahmen arrived to the PGA Tour too late to see Tiger Woods in his prime at Torrey Pines. He was witness to what might have been the next best thing Saturday — Justin Rose in control of his game and making the rest of the field feel hopeless in the Farmers Insurance Open.Rose stretched his lead to as many as eight shots in a performance Woods could appreciate. He was slowed by a few mistakes on the back nine and wound up with a 4-under 68 to lead by six, the larg
  
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• Justin Rose delivers Tiger-like performance at Torrey Pines, leads by 6

  01-02-2026 01:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Justin Rose delivered a performance at Torrey Pines that Tiger Woods could appreciate, stretching his lead to as many as eight shots Saturday until a few late mistakes led to a 4-under 68 for a six-stroke lead in the Farmers Insurance Open.
  Rose, who won at Torrey in 2019, started the third round with a four-shot lead and quickly pulled away with a brilliant stretch of three holes on the front nine of the South course.
  He hit pitching wedge to a back pin on the par-5 fifth
  
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• Farabee scores winner, Flames end five-game skid with win over Sharks

  01-02-2026 01:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Joel Farabee's short-handed goal at 6:53 of the third period snapped a 2-2 deadlock and lifted the Calgary Flames to a 3-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday.
  Morgan Frost and Matvei Gridin, both with their 12 goals of the season, also scored for the Flames (22-26-6), who snapped a five-game losing streak. Calgary trailed 1-0 and 2-1 during the game.
  Will Smith and Adam Gaudette scored for the Sharks (27-22-4), who have lost two in a row and four of their last seven.
  Al
  
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• Scheifele’s late goal lifts Jets to 2-1 win over Panthers, who drop their 3rd in a row

  01-02-2026 01:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Mark Scheifele scored the go-ahead goal with 4:14 remaining, lifting the Winnipeg Jets to a 2-1 win over the sliding and short-handed Florida Panthers on Saturday.
  Winnipeg was 1-18-2 in games where it trailed entering the third period going into the game, and was down 1-0 with 20 minutes left against the Panthers. But the Jets scored twice in a span of just over seven minutes to take command.
  Cole Perfetti scored with 11:26 left to tie the game, then Scheifele got his
  
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• Tributes to Catherine O’Hara keep coming: “Sad day for everyone who loves to laugh”

  01-02-2026 00:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Tributes continued to pour in for Canadian comedy giant Catherine O'Hara, who died Friday at 71.Eugene Levy, who worked with O'Hara on multiple projects over five decades, said he cherished their friendship.“Words seem inadequate to express the loss I feel today. I had the honor of knowing and working with the great Catherine O'Hara for over fifty years," Levy said in a statement. "From our beginnings on the Second City stage, to SCTV, to the movies we did with Chris Guest, to our six glor
  
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• Korda has 64 to take lead in LPGA opener, Henderson surges into contention

  01-02-2026 00:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Nelly Korda played her best golf in the worst of the conditions Saturday with an 8-under 64 in the frigid, blustery conditions that eventually led to play being suspended for the day in the season-opening Tournament of Champions.
  Korda had the best score of the week at Lake Nona, where the temperatures felt like they were in the 40s with a steady 20 mph wind and gusts nearly twice that strong.
  Going after her first win since November 2024, Korda was at 13-under 203, si
  
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