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• Tensions continue to flare between Lightning and Panthers as Brandon Hagel is knocked out of Game 4

  29-04-2025 05:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Tensions continued to escalate in Game 4 of the first-round NHL playoff series between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers.
  Tampa Bay’s Brandon Hagel was knocked out of Florida’s 4-2 win on Monday night following a high hit from Aaron Ekblad, four days after Hagel sent Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov out of Game 2 with a late blow.
  Ekblad landed a hit with his forearm to the chin area of Hagel, who fell directly on his back with 8:37 left in the
  
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• Russian general killed by bomb under his car in Moscow

  22-12-2025 08:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian general was killed Monday morning after an explosive device detonated underneath his car in southern Moscow, investigators said.Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff, died from his injuries, Svetlana Petrenko, official spokesperson for Russia’s Investigative Committee said.“Investigators are pursuing numerous lines of enquiry regarding the murder. One of these is that the crime was
  
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• Some pepperoni and bacon Pizza Pops snacks recalled due to possible E. coli

  22-12-2025 06:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says several types of Pillsbury brand Pizza Pops are being recalled due to possible microbial contamination.
  The agency says Pizza Pops pepperoni and bacon pizza snacks sold in 760-gram and 2.85-kilogram packages, with best-before dates of June 9 and 10, 2026, are affected.
  The recall also includes Pizza Pops Supremo Extreme pepperoni and bacon snacks in three-kilogram boxes with best-before dates between June 10 and 12, and Pizza Pops Frank's RedHot Pepperoni
  
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• Dallas Brodie reinstated as leader of OneBC party after abrupt removal this month

  22-12-2025 06:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — British Columbia legislator Dallas Brodie, who earlier this month was removed as leader of the OneBC party, says she has been reinstated.
  Brodie says on social media she has regained control of the party after negotiations following what she is describing as a "difficult 10 days."
  The party itself acknowledged Brodie's return in a brief social media post, saying it is "back to work."
  The former lawyer and broadcaster has said the brief split happened after colleagues tried to st
  
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• Sidney Crosby breaks Penguins scoring record previously held by Mario Lemieux

  22-12-2025 05:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — As far as Sidney Crosby is concerned, Mario Lemieux is still No. 1 in his book.But after Sunday night, Lemieux is now officially No. 2.Crosby broke Lemieux’s franchise scoring record with a goal and an assist in the first period of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 4-3 shootout win against the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday night.“I don’t think you can put a stat line or a number on what he means to this team and to hockey, so yeah, in my mind, he’s sti
  
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• NHL roundup: Crosby makes history as Penguins edge Canadiens 4-3 in shootout

  22-12-2025 05:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby broke Mario Lemieux’s franchise scoring record and Rickard Rakell had the deciding goal in the shootout as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 on Sunday night to snap an eight-game losing streak.
  Crosby, who began the night one point behind Lemieux, broke the mark in the first period with a goal and an assist and now has 645 goals and 1,079 assists for 1,724 points in 1,387 games. He also moved past Lemieux for the eighth-most point
  
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• Police allege suspected gunman in Bondi Beach shooting trained with father, Australian media reports

  22-12-2025 04:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A suspected gunman accused of killing 15 people at Sydney’s Bondi Beach conducted “firearms training” in an area of New South Wales outside of Sydney with his father and recorded a video about their “justification” for the attack, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported Monday, citing police documents.The police statement of facts was made public following Naveed Akram’s video court appearance Monday from a Sydney hospital.
  
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• Crosby breaks Lemieux’s scoring record, Penguins beat Canadiens 4-3 in shootout

  22-12-2025 04:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby broke Mario Lemieux’s franchise scoring record and Rickard Rakell had the deciding goal in the shootout as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 on Sunday night to snap an eight-game losing streak.
  Crosby, who began the night one point behind Lemieux, broke the mark in the first period with a goal and an assist and now has 645 goals and 1,079 assists for 1,724 points in 1,387 games. He also moved past Lemieux for the eighth-most point
  
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• Nugent-Hopkins, Ingram pace Oilers to gritty win over Golden Knights

  22-12-2025 04:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had two goals and an assist and Connor McDavid had a goal and two helpers as the Edmonton Oilers held on for a 4-3 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday.
  Zach Hyman also scored and had an assist and Leon Draisaitl had two assists for the Oilers (18-13-6) who have won three of their last four and have gone 7-2-1 in their last 10 games. Edmonton is now 15-1-3 when scoring first this season.
  Tomas Hertl, Pavel Dorofeyev and Mitch Marner replied for the
  
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• Clayton Keller scores in overtime to give Mammoth 4-3 win over Jets

  22-12-2025 04:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Clayton Keller scored 13 seconds into overtime and the Utah Mammoth beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-3 on Sunday.
  Lawson Crouse, JJ Peterka and Alexander Kerfoot also scored for Utah, and Karel Vejmelka stopped 22 shots. The Mammoth won for the second time in three games.Kyle Connor had two goals and Morgan Barron also scored for Winnipeg, which lost its fourth straight (0-2-2) and has just three wins in their last 16 games (3-10-3). Connor Hellebuyck had 18 saves.
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• Passenger bus crash in Indonesia kills at least 16 people, official says

  22-12-2025 04:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A passenger bus crash killed at least 16 people on Indonesia’s main island of Java just after midnight Monday, officials said.The bus carrying 34 people lost control on a toll road and struck a concrete barrier before rolling onto its side, said Budiono, a search and rescue agency chief who goes by single name like many Indonesians.The inter-province bus was traveling from the capital Jakarta to the country’s ancient royal city of Yogyakarta when it ov
  
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• Zetterlund scores twice as surging Senators beat Bruins 6-2

  22-12-2025 04:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BOSTON (AP) — Fabian Zetterlund scored two goals, Tim Stutzle and Dylan Cozens scored 19 seconds apart in the second period, and the Ottawa Senators beat the Boston Bruins 6-2 on Sunday night for their fourth straight victory.
  Drake Batherson and Claude Giroux each had a goal in the first when the Senators opened a quick 3-0 lead. Batherson and Cozens each had two assists and former Bruins goalie Linus Ullmark made 17 saves in a game that ended with a few late scraps.
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• Robertson scores 23rd goal, Oettinger gets 16th win as Stars top Leafs 5-1

  22-12-2025 04:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DALLAS (AP) — Jason Robertson scored his first goal in 10 career games against Toronto, the last team he had not scored against, and Jake Oettinger made 27 saves for his 16th win as the Dallas Stars beat the Maple Leafs 5-1 on Sunday night.
  Sam Steel’s goal early in the third period was the winner for the Stars, who have won four consecutive games. Jamie Benn, Mavrik Bourque and Justin Hryckowian also scored for Dallas.
  Scott Laughton scored for the Leafs, who head home following an
  
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• Malaysian court rejects ex-Prime Minister’s bid to serve remainder of sentence under house arrest

  22-12-2025 03:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian court Monday rejected former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s bid to serve the remainder of his graft sentence under house arrest.The court ruled that a rare royal order issued by the nation’s former king was not valid and not made in accordance with constitutional requirements.Najib’s lawyer told the court they plan to appeal the verdict.The 72-year-old former prime minister will serve the remainder of his term in prison, scheduled t
  
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• Passenger bus crash in Indonesia kills at least 15 people, official says

  22-12-2025 03:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A passenger bus crash killed at least 15 people on Indonesia’s main island of Java just after midnight Monday, officials said.The bus carrying 34 people lost control on a toll road and struck a concrete barrier before rolling onto its side, said Budiono, a search and rescue agency chief who goes by single name like many Indonesians.The inter-province bus was traveling from the capital Jakarta to the country’s ancient royal city of Yogyakarta when it ov
  
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• Sidney Crosby breaks Mario Lemieux’s Penguins scoring record

  22-12-2025 03:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby broke Mario Lemieux’s franchise scoring record with a goal and an assist in the first period of the Pittsburgh Penguins' game against the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday night.
  Crosby, who began the night one point behind Lemieux, now has 645 goals and 1,079 assists for 1,724 points in 1,387 games. It also moved him past Lemieux for the eighth-most points in NHL history.
  Crosby tipped Erik Karlsson's point shot at 7:58 of the first period for a goal to ti
  
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• Porter, Clowney lead Nets to 96-81 victory over visiting Raptors

  22-12-2025 02:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Porter Jr. scored 24 points, Noah Clowney added 19 and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Toronto Raptors 96-81 on Sunday night.
  Rookie Egor Demin had 16 points and Nic Claxton finished with 12 for the Nets, who led by 15 points in the third quarter, fell behind early in the fourth and then surged ahead again.
  Brandon Ingram finished with 19 points and Immanuel Quickley added 17 points and 10 assists for the Raptors, who have lost six of their last nine games after starting
  
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• Highway 3 set to reopen by New Year after damage from heavy rain

  22-12-2025 00:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HOPE — The B.C. government says the 50-metre section of Highway 3 from the Lower Mainland into the Interior may be ready for travel again by New Year’s Day.
  Rainfall damaged the site 42 kilometres east of the Highway 3/5 junction near Hope, washing out a section of the highway.Initial estimates indicated it could take weeks to restore access, but engineers have now confirmed that less construction is needed and that utilities will not need to be relocated.“Contractors are worki
  
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• Rookie Sarah Wozniewicz’s first goal comes in OT, lifts Charge to 3-2 victory over Frost

  21-12-2025 23:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHICAGO (AP) — Rookie Sarah Wozniewicz scored her first goal with 65 seconds left in overtime to rally the Ottawa Charge to a 3-2 victory over the two-time defending-champion Minnesota Frost on Sunday at Allstate Arena in a continuation of the PWHL's Takeover Tour.
  Wozniewicz secured an assist from Peyton Hemp to score the winner for the Charge (1-1-0-5) at 3:55 in the 5-minute OT.
  Ottawa took a 1-0 lead midway through the first period on a power-play goal by Ronja Savolainen — with
  
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• Significant increase in the circulation of counterfeit bills in retail stores

  21-12-2025 23:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The Retail Council of Canada is sounding the alarm about the significant increase in circulation of fake $20, $50, and $100 bills since November.The association reports that it has detected more counterfeit bills in one month than in the entire previous year.Counterfeiters have refined their techniques to such an extent that it has become nearly impossible to detect these counterfeit bills, even for a trained eye, says Michel Rochette, president of the RCC's Quebec division."We
  
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• Fundraiser launched in memory of Surrey woman who passed in fatal Golden Ears Way crash

  21-12-2025 22:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MAPLE RIDGE — The community is rallying to support a grieving mother after a young woman was killed in a fatal crash in Maple Ridge earlier this month.
  Nineteen-year-old Angeleka Loxam died at the scene on Saturday, December 6, after her vehicle struck a light pole near the Golden Ears Bridge – leaving loved ones mourning the loss of a compassionate and driven young woman with a deep commitment to helping others.
  “Angeleka was somebody that you can’t lie to,” said S
  
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• Fundraiser launched in memory of Langley woman who passed in fatal Golden Ears Way crash

  21-12-2025 22:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MAPLE RIDGE — The community is rallying to support a grieving mother after a young woman was killed in a fatal crash in Maple Ridge earlier this month.
  Nineteen-year-old Angeleka Loxam died at the scene on Saturday, December 6, after her vehicle struck a light pole near the Golden Ears Bridge – leaving loved ones mourning the loss of a compassionate and driven young woman with a deep commitment to helping others.
  “Angeleka was somebody that you can’t lie to,” said S
  
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• Compher scores twice to counter 2-goal effort by top pick Kaltounková as Sceptres edge Sirens 4-3

  21-12-2025 21:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Jesse Compher netted her first two goals of the season, scoring late in the third period to help the Toronto Sceptres hold off New York 4-3 on Sunday, offsetting a two-goal effort by the Sirens' Kristýna Kaltounková — the top pick in this year's draft.
  Compher scored at 9:19 in the first to give the Sceptres' (3-0-1-2) a 1-0 lead, with assists from Allie Munroe and Maggie Connors. Compher made it 4-2 when she took a pass from Claire Dalton and scored
  
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• Tirinzoni tops Fujisawa to win women’s curling final at HearingLife Canadian Open

  21-12-2025 21:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SASKATOON — Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni defeated Japan's Satsuki Fujisawa 7-1 in the women's final at the HearingLife Canadian Open in curling action on Sunday.
  Tirinzoni jumped out to a 2-0 lead after the first end before Fujisawa trimmed the deficit to one in the second.
  After a scoreless third, Tirinzoni's rink scored five points across the next three ends, including a triple in the sixth.
  The second-seeded Tirinzoni defeated Japan's Sayaka Yoshimura 5-4 in Saturday's semifinal to a
  
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• Imagine High hosts first-ever national interdisciplinary learning conference

  21-12-2025 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — A Chilliwack high school is looking to tackle new frontiers of holistic learning by hosting the inaugural Deeper Learning Canada this upcoming summer.
  Imagine High is set to host the conference in July 2026, helping educators learn new teaching methods and boost engagement in an increasingly AI-forward student environment.
  This event comes after Imagine High students spent the first half of December working on Deep Dives – a series of two-week learning sessions in which
  
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• B.C. police watchdog called in after man dies in Prince Rupert

  21-12-2025 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PRINCE RUPERT — British Columbia's police watchdog has been called in after a man died in Prince Rupert.
  A statement from the Independent Investigations Office says Mounties told them officers were called at about 2:25 p.m. Saturday regarding an alleged assault at a home.
  The statement says when officers arrived, "a physical interaction occurred while taking a man into custody" and the man "then went into medical distress."
  A separate statement from the RCMP says a conducted energy weapon
  
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• Firefighters say they face increasing rates of violence while on duty

  21-12-2025 19:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX —Firefighters say they are facing increasing levels of violence on duty, and they’re asking the federal government to step up legislation.In a survey of over 117 fire departments in Canada, 40 per cent of firefighters have experienced an assault within the last five years, says Edward Kelly, president of the International Association of Fire Fighters. Kelly also said he believes incidents of violence are under-reported."We had a Toronto firefighter bitten by a patient,”
  
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• Maple Leafs prospect Ben Danford eager for world junior shot with Canada

  21-12-2025 19:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Ben Danford has a tutor with championship pedigree. He's looking to add some hardware of his own in a few weeks.The Toronto Maple Leafs defence prospect is set to help patrol Canada's blue line at the world junior hockey championship as a dependable, no-nonsense option for a country looking to rebound off a pair of disastrous performances at the annual showcase event.And the 19-year-old heads into the tournament with the knowledge he can reach out to a mentor with any questions or concerns. Form
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP tackle thefts, shoplifting during holiday season

  21-12-2025 19:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack police and community members have been cutting down on property crime ahead of the busy shopping season.
  RCMP officers with the Community Response Team partnered with the Organized Retail Crime Association of BC on the “Boost and Bust” initiative – a project that helped police identify shoplifters at local retailers and suspects with outstanding warrants.“We encourage the public to always remove personal and valuable belongings from vehicles
  
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• Coast Guard is pursuing another tanker helping Venezuela skirt sanctions, US official says

  21-12-2025 18:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard on Sunday was pursuing another sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea as the Trump administration appeared to be intensifying its targeting of such vessels connected to Venezuelan government.The pursuit of the tanker, which was confirmed by a U.S. official briefed on the operation, comes after U.S. administration announced Saturday it had seized a tanker for the second time in less than two weeks.The official, who was not authorized to
  
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