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  03-02-2026 19:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
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• NHL roundup: Olivier’s two goals and Merzlikins’ shutout power Blue Jackets to sixth straight win

  04-02-2026 06:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Mathieu Olivier scored twice in the third period, and Elvis Merzlikins made 23 saves for his first shutout of the season as the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the New Jersey Devils 3-0 on Tuesday night for their sixth straight win.
  Dante Fabbro also scored for Columbus after missing the last six games with a lower-body injury.
  Olivier’s first goal was a highlight-reel breakaway. Cole Sillinger sprung him behind the Devils’ defencemen, and he deked one way and we
  
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• Maccelli scores two, Toronto Maple Leafs dump Edmonton Oilers 5-2

  04-02-2026 05:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Matias Maccelli scored twice and the Toronto Maple Leafs downed the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 on Tuesday.
  Matthew Knies contributed a goal and an assist for Toronto (27-21-9), while John Tavares recorded his 20th of the season and Bobby McMann added an empty-net strike.
  Anthony Stolarz stopped 34 of the 36 shots he faced in the Leafs’ net, including a diving stop on Leon Draisaitl that prevent the home side from getting back into the game in the final minutes of the third period
  
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• Jordan Staal’s late goal lifts Hurricanes past Senators 4-3

  04-02-2026 03:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jordan Staal scored the go-ahead goal with roughly five minutes left to help the Carolina Hurricanes edge the Ottawa Senators 4-3 on Tuesday night.
  The captain scored his 14th of the season after a neutral-zone turnover by the Senators, with Nikolaj Ehlers coming up with the puck and sending it ahead to Staal at the blue line. Staal skated in and fired from the left circle, banging the puck into the upper right corner of the goal at 14:53 of the third period.
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• Forge FC, Los Tigres play to scoreless draw in CONCACAF Champions Cup opener

  04-02-2026 03:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HAMILTON — Despite being outshot 20-9 and having only 32 per cent possession, the Hamilton-based Forge FC of the Canadian Premier League opened the first round of the CONCACAF Champions Cup on Tuesday with a scoreless draw against the visiting Los Tigres UANL of Monterrey, Mexico.
  The Tigres, who compete in the Mexican opt division Liga M-X, had eight shots on target and eight corners but could not beat Forge 'keeper Dimitry Bertaud.
  Los Tigres outshot Forge 10-2 in the first half and had
  
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• Former B.C. lawyer who stabbed client to death is found guilty of first-degree murder

  04-02-2026 03:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  After former Kamloops, B.C., lawyer Rogelio (Butch) Bagabuyo stole almost $800,000 from a client, stabbed him to death and then smuggled the body out of his office in a plastic tote, he tried to explain the killing as unplanned.
  But B.C. Supreme Court Justice Kathleen Ker said in a ruling handed down Tuesday in Kamloops that she had no doubt the killing on March 11, 2022, was planned and deliberate, as she convicted Bagabuyo of first-degree murder.
  She said “it defies logic, common sense a
  
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• Federal regulator backs project that would bring construction jobs to the Fraser Valley, meet energy demand

  04-02-2026 01:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  FRASER VALLEY – Canada’s federal energy regulator has expressed support for the proposed expansion of the Westcoast pipeline system, a project that if approved would bring nearly a thousand construction-related jobs to the Fraser Valley.According to a statement from Enbridge, the Canada Energy Regulator (CER) has issued a report recommending approval of the Sunrise Expansion Program, the proposed expansion of the Westcoast pipeline system. The Canada Energy Regulator’s mission
  
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• Former B.C. lawyer guilty of first-degree murder in killing of client

  04-02-2026 00:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KAMLOOPS — A former Kamloops, B.C., lawyer who stole almost $800,000 from a client, stabbed him to death then smuggled the body out of his office in a plastic tote has been convicted of first-degree murder.
  Rogelio "Butch" Bagabuyo was accused of killing of Mohd Abdullah, a lecturer at Thompson Rivers University, on March 11, 2022.
  B.C. Supreme Court Justice Kathleen Ker says in a ruling handed down in Kamloops that she has no doubt the murder was planned and deliberate, and "it defies log
  
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• ‘Hitting everybody so hard’: Alberta town remembers 3 hockey players killed in crash

  03-02-2026 23:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  STAVELY — Tributes across Canada and the hockey community have embraced a small Alberta town, where three junior hockey players died in a car crash trying to cross a divided highway to get to morning practice.
  Although most of the Southern Alberta Mustangs are not from Stavely, they fit right in, said resident Dale Ohler.
  He and others would watch out their front windows as players go by on their routine runs, a coach's young daughter sometimes trailing behind them on her bicycle.
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• Canada’s Fernandez loses to Kessler in second round of Abu Dhabi Open

  03-02-2026 23:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABU DHABI — Canada's Leylah Fernandez was eliminated in the second round of the Abu Dhabi Open tennis tournament with a 6-3, 6-2 loss to McCartney Kessler on Tuesday.
  Fernandez, who was seeded sixth at the WTA 500 hard court tournament, was broken five times on 10 chances while only converting one of her six break points.
  The 23-year-old from Laval, Que., struggled on serve and hit into eight double-faults.
  Fernandez picked up her only win of the season so far when she defeated Chloé
  
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• Diallo, Draxl lead young Canada team against Brazil in Davis Cup tie

  03-02-2026 23:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Captain Frank Dancevic says there’s plenty of unknowns as ninth-ranked Canada prepares to host No. 18 Brazil in this weekend’s Davis Cup Qualifiers first round.
  Canada will be led by 24-year-old Gabriel Diallo of Montreal, who is ranked 39th in the world, and Liam Draxl of Newmarket, Ont., who is 146th.
  Brazil does not have a have a top-200 singles player in its lineup.
  "It’s a challenge because you’re playing an opponent that you don’t the know th
  
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• B.C. man feared ‘hit’ because of a feeling, ex-Mountie tells inquest into deaths

  03-02-2026 22:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BURNABY — A former RCMP officer says a man found dead with his wife and two young sons in Prince Rupert, B.C., told him days before that he had a "feeling" that someone was trying to kill them, not because anyone had actually threatened them.
  Former corporal Matthew Jones, now a constable with the CN Police Service, told a B.C. coroners inquest into the deaths that he pulled over Christopher Duong and his wife, Janet Nguyen, as they were driving around Prince Rupert at about 2 a.m. in June
  
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• NBA names Raptors’ Darko Rajaković as coach for World team at All-Star Game

  03-02-2026 22:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Darko Rajaković always feels like he's representing Serbia. At the All-Star Game, he'll be representing the world.
  Rajaković, the Toronto Raptors' head coach, will be the coach for the international team at the All-Star Game in Inglewood, California, on Feb. 15, the NBA announced Tuesday. It's a move that will give the new U.S. vs. The World format even more of a global feel.
  Rajaković, who is Serbian and coaches the only NBA team that plays its home games outside of the U.S., wil
  
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• MPs must close loopholes that allows extortion suspects to claim refugee status: Eby

  03-02-2026 22:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  British Columbia Premier David Eby says federal lawmakers must close "corrosive" loopholes that allow suspects in extortion-related shootings to apply for refugee status as the "paralyzing" situation undermines public confidence and commerce.
  There have been dozens of shootings aimed at business members of the South Asian community since the new year in Surrey, B.C., and Eby says the loopholes need to be quickly shut to help police in their investigations.The premier met with South Asian busines
  
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• Argos release veteran linebacker Wynton McManis ahead of free agency

  03-02-2026 22:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Wynton McManis is on the open market.
  The Toronto Argonauts released the veteran middle linebacker Tuesday, a week ahead of the start of CFL free agency. McManis, 31, was set to become a free agent next week.
  "The harsh reality of professional football is that our sport is marked by constant change," Toronto general manager Mike Clemmons said in a statement. "I do my best to appreciate each and every player that walks through the door, but some players are just different."They le
  
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• Collision between migrant speedboat, Greek coast guard vessel leaves at least 14 dead

  03-02-2026 22:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A collision between a speedboat carrying migrants and a Greek coast guard patrol vessel off the eastern Aegean island of Chios late Tuesday has killed at last 14 people, the coast guard said. A search and rescue operation involving patrol boats, a helicopter and divers was underway in the area.The coast guard said another 24 migrants were rescued and transported to a hospital on Chios, as were two coast guard officers who were injured in the incident. It was unclear h
  
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• House passes bill to end the partial government shutdown, sending it to Trump

  03-02-2026 22:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Tuesday passed a roughly $1.2 trillion spending package to end the partial government shutdown, sending the measure to President Donald Trump while setting the stage for an intense debate in Congress over Homeland Security funding.The vote was 217-214, and wrapped up congressional work on 11 annual appropriations bills that fund government agencies and programs through Sept. 30. Trump has said he will sign the bill when it reaches his desk, ending the partial
  
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• Friends fighting to bring home B.C. man after 40-metre fall from ice wall in Colorado

  03-02-2026 21:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Friends of an avid adventure seeker critically injured after a 40-metre fall from a Colorado ice wall are fighting to bring him back to Canada to continue his long recovery.
  Vratislav (Vrato) Durech and his wife, who live in Squamish, B.C., were ice climbing in Colorado on Jan. 24 when he fell.
  Ever since, Durech has been in intensive care in a hospital in Grand Junction, Colo., 395 kilometres west of Denver, said friend Pierre Carret.
  "When I received that first call, I didn't have much hope,"
  
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• Social media ban would need oversight, mother of exploited teen tells MPs

  03-02-2026 21:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A ban on social media for children would need oversight and monitoring of the tech industry in order to work, online safety advocate Carol Todd told members of Parliament Tuesday.
  "If we're going to encourage and create a social media … ban in Canada, we have to ensure that there are safety designs to monitor it, to oversee it," said Todd, whose daughter Amanda died by suicide in 2012 after experiencing online sextortion.
  "Oversight is a big part of … when the govern
  
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• Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of Libya’s late dictator, killed in north Africa country, officials say

  03-02-2026 21:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CAIRO (AP) — Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son and one-time heir apparent of Libya ’s late dictator Moammar Gadhafi, was killed in the northern African country, Libyan officials said Tuesday.The 53-year-old was killed in the town Zintan, 136 kilometers (85 miles) southwest of the capital, Tripoli, according to two Libyan security officials in western Libya. The circumstances of his death were not immediately clear.The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not autho
  
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• PavCo willing to operate ‘at net zero’ to keep Whitecaps at BC Place: Minister

  03-02-2026 21:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  British Columbia's minister of economic growth says the latest offer to keep the Vancouver Whitecaps playing at B.C. Place Stadium would see the Crown corporation that owns and operates the facility "operating at net zero."
  Ravi Kahlon says PavCo makes approximately $1 million to $1.5 million in profit each year from hosting the Major League Soccer team, and that the latest offer, which emerged from a meeting between the two sides on Monday, would return all of that revenue to the club.
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• 3 men arrested after alleged break and enter at Chilliwack apartment complex: RCMP

  03-02-2026 20:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK – Mounties in Chilliwack say three men have been arrested for their alleged roles in a reported break and enter at an apartment complex on Webb Avenue in Sardis.
  According to a statement from RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener, Chilliwack RCMP members responded to a report of a break and enter in the early morning hours of Sunday, February 1.
  At approximately 3:30 a.m., Chilliwack RCMP members were notified about an activated security alarm at an apartment building located
  
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• Social media ban would need oversight through online harms bill: Carol Todd

  03-02-2026 20:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Online safety advocate Carol Todd says a potential ban on social media for children would need oversight and monitoring of the tech industry.Todd, whose daughter Amanda died by suicide after online sextortion, says the government needs to bring online harms legislation forward to ensure children are safe.Todd appeared at a Parliamentary committee studying the effects of influencers and social media content on children and adolescents.
  Sara Austin, founder of Children First Canada,
  
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• Bennett replaces injured Cirelli on Canadian men’s Olympic hockey team

  03-02-2026 20:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Florida Panthers forward Sam Bennett has been named to Canada's men's hockey team for the Milan Cortina Olympics in place of injured Tampa Bay Lightning centre Anthony Cirelli.
  Hockey Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee announced the change Tuesday.
  Cirelli was injured Sunday in Lightning's 6-5 shootout win over Boston in an outdoor game in Tampa, Fla., when he was hit by Bruins forward Mark Kastelic.
  Cirelli has 15 goals and 20 assists in 49 games with the Lighting with a defensive rating
  
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• House passes bill to end the partial government shutdown, sending the measure to Trump

  03-02-2026 20:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Tuesday passed a roughly $1.2 trillion spending package to end the partial government shutdown, sending the measure to President Donald Trump and setting the stage for a debate in Congress over Homeland Security funding.The vote was 217-214, and wraps up congressional work on 11 of the 12 annual appropriations bills, funding the vast majority of the government for the budget year ending Sept. 30. The last bill still to be worked out covers the Department of H
  
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• NASA delays Artemis launch with Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen until March

  03-02-2026 19:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — NASA has delayed the planned launch of moon rocket with a Canadian on board until at least March.
  In a press conference in Florida today, NASA officials said the Artemis II astronauts, including Canadian Jeremy Hansen, have been released from quarantine and are in Houston, home to the Johnson Space Center.
  The space agency ran into fuel leaks during a test of its new moon rocket at the Kennedy Space Center on Monday.
  NASA can only conduct launches a few days each month and spa
  
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• Former NHL defenceman Morrison, a three-time all-star with Leafs, dead at 94

  03-02-2026 19:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Former NHL defenceman Jim Morrison, a three-time all-star with the Toronto Maple Leafs, has died at 94.
  The Maple Leafs confirmed Morrison's death Tuesday on their official X feed. A cause of death was not given.
  Morrison played in 399 regular-season games over parts of seven seasons with the Maple Leafs and appeared in three straight NHL all-star Games from 1955-57.
  He also played in the NHL for Boston, Detroit, the New York Rangers and Pittsburgh in a professional career that s
  
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• French prosecutors request 5-year ban on Marine Le Pen from holding office

  03-02-2026 19:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors Tuesday requested a five-year ban on holding elected office against far-right leader Marine Le Pen in a crucial appeal trial in Paris, an outcome that may prevent her from running in the 2027 presidential election.Le Pen, 57, is seeking to overturn a March 2025 ruling that found her guilty of misusing European Parliament funds in the hiring of aides from 2004 to 2016. Prosecutors accused Le Pen of being at the head of a “system” meant to “s
  
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• UPDATE: 2 lanes of e/b Highway 1 in Langley clear after Tuesday morning rear-ender

  03-02-2026 19:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  UPDATE: DriveBC says eastbound Highway 1 through Langley is clear after this morning’s traffic collision.
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  LANGLEY – DriveBC says two lanes of eastbound Highway 1 in Langley are blocked Tuesday morning due to a vehicle incident at 216 Street.
  According to a brief statement at 8:59 a.m. Tuesday, motorists are being asked to use the HOV lane to pass.
  DriveBC shared an image showing at least two fire engines, one RCMP unit, and an ambulance on scene.
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• Victim suffers injuries at homeless camp in Hope due to fire, is being airlifted: RCMP spokesperson

  03-02-2026 19:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HOPE – Details are very limited at this juncture, but an Upper Fraser Valley RCMP spokesperson has confirmed one person is being airlifted due to a injuries from a fire at an encampment in Hope Tuesday morning.
  According to a brief statement of confirmation from RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener, Hope RCMP members are currently responding to a fire at an encampment for unhoused persons.
  Corporal Kiener says one person has suffered injuries as a result of the fire and is being airlif
  
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