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• Fall toxins pets should avoid: BCSPCA – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  08-09-2021 18:15 via theprogress.com
  
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• Sports scores and schedule for March 20, 2026

  21-03-2026 06:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Friday's Scoreboard
  NHL
  Carolina 4 Toronto 3 (OT)
  Washington 2 New Jersey 1
  Colorado 4 Chicago 1
  Calgary 4 Florida 1
  Anaheim 4 Utah 1
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  AHL
  Laval 4 Springfield 1
  WB/Scranton 2 Belleville 1
  Providence 4 Utica 3
  Syracuse 5 Rochester 3
  Grand Rapids 4 Rockford 2
  Iowa 4 Ontario 1
  San Diego 7 Bakersfield 4
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  OHL
  Brantford 6 North Bay 5
  Sarnia 4 Kitchener 3
  London 3 Windsor 2 (SO)
  Peterborough 4 Kingston 2
  Oshawa 4 Ottawa 3
  Sudbury 3 Brampton 2 (SO)
  Guelph 6 Owen Sound 3
  Sault Ste. Marie 5 Saginaw
  
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• Jamal Murray scores 31 points to help lift Nuggets past Raptors 121-115

  21-03-2026 05:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DENVER (AP) — Jamal Murray of Kitchener, Ont., scored 31 points, Nikola Jokic made a go-ahead jumper with 45 seconds left and the Denver Nuggets held on for a 121-115 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night.
  Jokic finished with 22 points and nine rebounds, Tim Hardaway Jr. had 23 points and shot 7 of 10 from 3-point range and Aaron Gordon added 16 points for the Nuggets, who improved to 8-8 since the All-Star break.
  Jakob Poeltl scored 23 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for the Rap
  
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• Victor Olofsson scores first with Flames in 4-1 win over Panthers

  21-03-2026 04:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Victor Olofsson's first goal as a Flame was the winner as Calgary defeated the Florida Panthers 4-1 in NHL action on Friday.
  Joel Farabee, Morgan Frost and Matt Coronato also scored for Calgary (28-34-7). All three forwards reached 16 goals on the season, moving them into a tie for the team lead with Blake Coleman.
  A.J. Greer replied with the lone goal for Florida (34-32-3), scoring his 13th goal to more than double his previous career high of six.
  Dustin Wolf made 24 saves for t
  
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• Hyo Joo Kim doubles lead to 4 strokes in the Founders Cup

  21-03-2026 04:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Hyo Joo Kim doubled her lead to four strokes Friday in the Fortinet Founders Cup, capping a late afternoon rally with a 6-foot birdie putt on the par-3 eighth.
  A day after holing out for eagle on the par-5 18th hole for a 9-under 63 and a two-shot lead, Kim shot 70 in her afternoon round at tree-lined Sharon Heights.
  Gabby Lopez was second at 7 under after a 70 in the morning session, with top-ranked Jeeno Thitikul and Nelly Korda in the group another shot back.
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• Thompson makes 30 stops in Capitals win over Devils

  21-03-2026 04:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Logan Thompson made 30 saves, losing his shutout bid with just 43 seconds remaining, and the Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 2-1 on Friday night.
  Ryan Leonard scored midway through the first period, and Aliaksei Protas added an empty-netter with 1:43 remaining.
  Jesper Bratt scored for the Devils, extending his point streak with three goals and four assists over his last seven games. Jake Allen stopped 26 shots.
  It was the third meeting between the teams and
  
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• Federal government announces safe sport funding

  21-03-2026 03:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The federal government is giving $5 million to Sport Integrity Canada to continue administering the Canadian Safe Sport Program in 2026-27.
  Sport Integrity Canada, formerly the Canadian Centre For Ethics in Sport, has taken over the handling of complaints and reports of abuse and maltreatment in sport from the defunct Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner (OSIC).
  SIC announced Thursday an expansion of the public registry of people sanctioned or provisionally sanctioned in the
  
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• Nikishin scores in overtime, Hurricanes down Maple Leafs 4-3

  21-03-2026 02:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Alexander Nikishin scored 41 seconds into overtime as the Carolina Hurricanes downed the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 on Friday.
  Eric Robinson, on a penalty shot, K'Andre Miller and Jordan Staal had the other goals for Carolina (44-19-6). Brandon Bussi made 23 saves. Seth Jarvis and Sebastian Aho had two assists apiece.
  John Tavares, William Nylander and Dakota Joshua replied for Toronto (29-28-13), which got 32 stops from Joseph Woll. Matias Maccelli added two assists.
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• Sungjae Im takes lead into the weekend on the firm and fast Copperhead course

  21-03-2026 02:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — Sungjae Im held onto the lead on a breezy Friday afternoon in the Valspar Championship, rallying on the back nine to edge ahead of David Lipsky in firm and fast conditions on the Copperhead course at Innisbrook.
  After missing two straight cuts in his return from a wrist injury, Im shot a 2-under 69 to get to 9-under 133 — a stroke ahead of Lipsky. On Thursday morning, Im had two eagles in a 64 for a one-shot advantage over Brandt Snedeker.
  “The importan
  
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• Cuba refuses to let US Embassy in Havana import diesel for its generators

  21-03-2026 01:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Cuban government has refused a request by the U.S. Embassy in Havana to allow it to import diesel for its generators while the Trump administration continues to impose a fuel blockade on the island, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the matter.The Cuban government turned down the request as the U.S. State Department has been weighing a reduction in staffing at the embassy in Havana because of the lack of diesel. Such a move would likely lead to a U.S. dema
  
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• Rodger Brulotte, beloved voice of baseball in Quebec, dies at 79

  21-03-2026 01:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Rodger Brulotte, a beloved voice of baseball in Quebec, has died. He was 79.
  Brulotte had undergone surgery last September to remove a cancerous tumour from his back, but the disease returned in recent months.
  The Montreal native was a renowned analyst and columnist who could still be heard calling MLB games last summer on TVA Sports. He was also writing columns for Le Journal de Montréal until very recently.
  Known for his famous catchphrase “Bonsoir, elle est parti
  
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• Vancouver Canucks ink defenceman Victor Mancini to two-year extension

  21-03-2026 00:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks have locked up Victor Mancini, signing the American defenceman to a two-year extension.The NHL club announced the deal Friday, saying it carries an average-annual value of US$1 million.Mancini has averaged 13:50 in ice time over 18 games with the Canucks this season, and logged five penalty minutes.The 23-year-old from Hancock, Mich., has also played 33 games for the Abbotsford Canucks in the American Hockey League this season where he tallied four goals a
  
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• ‘The most important thing is three points’: White aims to keep Whitecaps atop MLS

  21-03-2026 00:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — It was a frustrating start to the season for Vancouver Whitecaps striker Brian White.The American attacker was getting plenty of prime chances, but they weren't going in.A goal against Toronto FC on Feb. 28 opened the floodgates. He added a brace against the Portland Timbers the following week, then tallied two more against Minnesota United.Now White has five goals on the season, tied with Petar Musa of FC Dallas for the most in Major League Soccer through the first four games
  
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• Canada’s Einarson thumps Australia 11-2, preps to face Japan in high-stakes game

  21-03-2026 00:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Krysten Karwacki made her women's world curling championship debut Friday when Canada thumped Australia 11-2.
  Kerri Einarson's alternate drew into the lineup in the fifth end for lead Karlee Burgess.Karwacki threw four stones and got a few sweeping reps in before the Aussies shook hands after six ends in Calgary's WinSport Event Centre.
  "It was so much fun. I loved it. I know we have back-to-back games but I would have loved to play even more," said Karwacki."The crowd has been a
  
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• Canada should ‘absolutely’ match Poland’s Chinese EV ban at military bases: expert

  21-03-2026 00:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Intelligence and cybersecurity experts are warning the Liberal government about national security risks posed by allowing Chinese electric vehicles onto Canadian military bases.
  Critics and some experts are even calling on Ottawa to ban the cars from Canadian Armed Forces bases and other sensitive sites due to onboard sensors they say could collect and transmit sensitive information to the Chinese government.
  Their warning comes after Poland and Israel instituted similar banson EV
  
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• Carabins upset top-seeded Thunderbirds in U Sports women’s hockey quarterfinals

  21-03-2026 00:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ELMIRA — The Montreal Carabins upset the top-seeded UBC Thunderbirds 4-3 in quarterfinal play Friday at the U Sports women's hockey championship at the Woolwich Memorial Centre.Jade Picard and Audrey-Anne Veillette scored in the shootout for the eighth-seeded Carabins. Karine Sandilands was the lone UBC player to beat netminder Maude Desroches in the extra session.
  Janelle Mentor, Chloe Duchesneau and Juliette Rolland tallied in regulation for Montreal.Sandilands, Grace Elliott and Jaylyn
  
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• Officials say at least 10 people were killed in a South Korean factory fire

  21-03-2026 00:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean rescue workers on Saturday recovered 10 bodies from the charred wreckage of an auto parts factory in the central city of Daejeon, where a blaze, likely triggered by an explosion, injured at least 59 people and left four others missing.The Ministry of the Interior and Safety said 25 people were seriously injured but officials didn’t immediately confirm whether any were in life-threatening condition. More than 500 firefighters, police and emergenc
  
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• Man faces second-degree murder for fatal shooting in Surrey

  20-03-2026 23:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY — One man is now facing an upgraded charge after an early morning shooting at a Surrey home on Sunday, March 15.
  Surrey police responded to the incident at an apartment complex in the 13900 block of Laurel Drive at around 1:40 a.m., where officers found a victim suffering from gunshot wounds.
  The man died on the scene, while another man was arrested and taken into custody.
  IHIT investigators then took over the case and determined that the incident was isolated.
  Both men knew each ot
  
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• B.C. community health workers ratify new four-year deal with province

  20-03-2026 23:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BURNABY — A new four-year agreement between British Columbia's roughly 27,000 community health workers and the province has been ratified by union members, with more than 91 per cent voting in favour of the deal.
  The Community Bargaining Association, which represents seven unions covering workers in home support, shelters, supportive housing and other operations, says the new deal comes into effect on April 1 and expires on March 31, 2029.
  The tentative deal between the unions and the Heal
  
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• UQTR blanks Moncton to reach U Sports men’s hockey semifinals

  20-03-2026 23:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — The UQTR Patriotes blanked the Moncton Aigles Bleus 4-0 on Friday in men's hockey quarterfinal play at the U Sports 2026 University Cup.William Grimard made 27 saves for the shutout.Kassim Gaudet, Charles Beaudoin and Mathis Cloutier scored in the first period and Conor Frenette added an insurance goal in the third.UNB and Queen's were scheduled to play on Friday night at Scotiabank Centre.The winner will meet UQTR on Saturday.The host Saint Mary’s Huskies will face off aga
  
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• Canada’s Einarson thumps Australia 11-2 in women’s world curling championship

  20-03-2026 22:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Canada's Kerri Einarson has defeated Australia 11-2 in the women's world curling championship.
  Australia shook hands after six ends. Canadian alternate Krysten Karwacki made her tournament debut by drawing into the game in the fifth end for lead Karlee Burgess.
  Five countries - Switzerland, Canada, Japan, Sweden and South Korea - have claimed playoff berths with the sixth and final spot to be determined in the evening.
  Canada was to face Japan at night with a semifinal bye at sta
  
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• Eby says he will sell B.C. as ‘stable jurisdiction’ during trade trip to China

  20-03-2026 21:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — A trade delegation headed by British Columbia Premier David Eby will travel to China later this year in an effort to drum up business for the province.
  The premier says the trip will focus on deepening trade relations around agriculture and energy, but he did not provide a timeline or other details.Eby's trip to China comes after Prime Minister Mark Carney visited the country in January, when he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, and signed trade deals around Chinese-made EV
  
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• Canada’s Naomi Urness wins freeski big air gold to claim Crystal Globe title

  20-03-2026 21:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TIGNES — Canadian freestyle skier Naomi Urness won gold in the women’s big air event at a World Cup stop Friday to secure the Crystal Globe as the season champion.
  The 21-year-old from Mont-Tremblant, Que., needed a sixth-place finish or better in Tignes to clinch the title in her rookie season. She finished atop the big air standings with 340 points, ahead of Finland’s Anni Karava (230) and Britain’s Kirsty Muir (219).
  Urness scored 166.75 to edge Karava (166.00). Switze
  
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• Scherzer throws five shutout innings as Blue Jays top Twins 2-1 in pre-season play

  20-03-2026 20:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  FORT MYERS — Max Scherzer threw five shutout innings to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 2-1 pre-season win over the Minnesota Twins on Friday at Lee Health Sports Complex.
  The veteran right-hander gave up two hits and two walks while striking out three. He threw 53 of his 73 pitches for strikes.
  Josh Kasevich had two doubles and drove in a run for the Blue Jays (11-13).
  Davis Schneider and Nathan Lukes also chipped in with two hits apiece.The Twins (8-17) halved the deficit in the ninth in
  
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• Ont. ticket price cap hard to enforce, could send fans to informal markets: experts

  20-03-2026 20:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Ontario government's push to cap resale ticket prices for events across the province might not be much help to fans.
  Experts worry the proposed legislation the government announced Friday will be unenforceable, drive up the original price of tickets and lure people into riskier transactions.The province positioned the move as a way to tamp down on resellers who profit off fans by selling tickets to the hottest shows and games for several times their original price, but it's "
  
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• Canada’s Mboko needs less than an hour to win opening match at Miami Open

  20-03-2026 20:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MIAMI — Canada's Victoria Mboko breezed through her opening match at the Miami Open on Friday.
  Mboko, the No. 10 seed from Burlington, Ont., needed only 59 minutes to complete a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Russia's Anna Blinkova.
  Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., the No. 26 seed, was scheduled to play Russia's Oksana Selekhmeteva in the evening.In men's singles play, Gabriel Diallo of Montreal was scheduled to play China's Yibing Wu in the afternoon.Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No. 7 see
  
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• Tumbler Ridge shooting victim undergoing fourth surgery to repair fractured skull

  20-03-2026 20:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The 12-year-old girl seriously injured in the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., is undergoing a fourth surgery, this time to repair her fractured skull.Maya Gebala's mother, Cia Edmonds, posted on social media that the latest surgery is to place a prosthetic piece in the girl's skull where she was shot on Feb. 10.Edmonds says in the post that her daughter still cannot talk or move her right side, but she can move her left hand and leg and is able to stare at her mother with
  
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• As the US shifts missiles towards Iran, officials raise concerns of gaps in European air defenses

  20-03-2026 20:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON (AP) — A sizable number of U.S. Patriot air defense missiles have been moved from Europe toward the Middle East as Washington diverts resources toward its war on Iran, leaving concerning gaps in Europe’s air defenses against Russia, U.S. defense officials told The Associated Press.The war in Iran, about to enter its fourth week, has seen the U.S. deploy thousands of troops to the region and pushed the Pentagon to seek an additional $200 billion in funding. Iran meanwhile has f
  
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• Guardians won’t have to pay Clase, Ortiz while MLB continues gambling investigation and trial looms

  20-03-2026 20:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Cleveland Guardians won't have to pay indicted pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz while Major League Baseball's investigation continues into allegations of pitch-rigging for gamblers.
  Ortiz was placed on paid leave last July 3 and Clase on July 28, and they received their salaries while they didn't pitch for the remainder of the season. They were indicted on federal charges on Nov. 9 and a trial is scheduled for May 4 but could be delayed.
  “As the legal procee
  
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• Abbotsford mostly sheltered from heavy rain battering eastern Fraser Valley

  20-03-2026 20:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — Abbotsford is keeping a close eye on the area’s surrounding waters as its neighbours suffer from washouts and potholes during the ongoing atmospheric river.
  Abbotsford is predicted to receive less than 10 millimetres of rain from the event, and the City says current projections for the Nooksack River in Whatcom County, Washington, indicate levels are expected to remain in the action stage, about two feet below flood stage.
  The river will then crest early this evening, Ma
  
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