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• Ticats top Redblacks 16-12 despite Mitchell’s five interceptions

  29-07-2023 06:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Bo Levi Mitchell threw five interceptions to two touchdowns in his return from injury but the Hamilton Tiger-Cats pulled out a 16-12 win over the Ottawa Redblacks Friday night.
  Mitchell completed 23-of-40 passes for 353 yards following a four-game absence after being placed on the six-game injured list with a hip ailment in June. 
  But it was the Tiger-Cats defence that held the Redblacks (3-4) out of the end zone and limiting them to four field goals from Lewis Ward, includin
  
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• Davis Riley takes 2-shot lead in PGA Tour opener at windswept Waialae

  18-01-2026 05:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HONOLULU (AP) — Davis Riley birdied four of the final seven holes Saturday at windswept Waialae Country Club for a 3-under 67 and a two-stroke lead with a round left in the PGA Tour’s season-opening Sony Open.
  Riley was at 12-under 198 on the oceanside course, with Harry Hall (66), Chris Gotterup (68) and Kevin Roy (69) tied for second.
  Nick Taylor of Abbotsford, B.C., is tied for fifth at 9 under and three shots back of the lead.
  “You got to make some gritty pars in these cond
  
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• Toronto FC to face CPL champion Atletico Ottawa in Telus Canadian Championship draw

  18-01-2026 04:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Eight-time cup winner Toronto FC will host Atletico Ottawa, the Canadian Premier League champion, in preliminary round action in the 2026 Telus Canadian Championship.
  The 15-team field features three clubs from Major League Soccer, eight from the Canadian Premier League and four from League1 Canada. The winner qualifies for the CONCACAF Champions Cup, the region's elite club competition.
  The Vancouver Whitecaps, as defending champion, received a bye into the quarterfinal round while the remainin
  
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• Caufield scores in OT as Canadiens sink Senators 6-5

  18-01-2026 04:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Montreal scored three straight goals, including Cole Caufield's second of the game 33 seconds into overtime, to give the Canadiens a 6-5 come-from-behind win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.
  The division rival matchup gave fans from both teams plenty to cheer about.
  Trailing 5-3 late in the third period, Montreal pulled goaltender Samuel Montembeault and got within one with 4:40 remaining when Slafkovsky tipped a Lane Hutson shot for his second goal of the game. Alexandre Car
  
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• Domi scores in OT as Leafs rally to snap Jets’ win streak with 4-3 win

  18-01-2026 04:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — Max Domi scored at 3:08 of overtime on a two-on-one with Auston Matthews to lift the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 4-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday.
  Domi also picked up an assist, Matthews scored his 24th goal of the season and Oliver Ekman-Larsson had a goal and two assists. Bobby McMann also scored for the Leafs (24-16-8) and Morgan Rielly added two helpers.
  Dennis Hildeby stopped 27 shots for Toronto, which ended a four-game road trip going 2-1-1.
  The loss halted Win
  
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• Fire engulfs First Nation school in northeastern B.C. near Fort St. John

  18-01-2026 03:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — RCMP are investigating a school fire on the territory of the Blueberry River First Nation in northern British Columbia.A statement from RCMP in Fort St. John says officers responded to the fire at around 6:30 a.m. MST Saturday.It says police and local fire crews found the school fully engulfed in flames when they got there.
  Police say there are no reported casualties at this time, adding there is no indication the fire was suspicious.
  But police also say the cause of the fire re
  
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• Canada beats Czechia 8-1 to advance to U18 women’s world hockey championship final

  18-01-2026 03:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SYDNEY — Canada scored three times in the first 5:12 of the game and then coasted to an 8-1 win over Czechia in the Under-18 women's world hockey championship semifinals on Saturday.
  Maddie McCullough (2:06), Laurie Aubin (4:46) and Rachel Piggott (5:12) gave Canada an early lead that it would not relinquish, earning the defending champions a berth in Sunday's gold-medal game against the United States, which flattened Sweden 9-1 in Saturday's other semifinal.
  Adrianna Milani scored twice i
  
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• Broncos advance to AFC title game, beating Bills 33-30 in overtime

  18-01-2026 02:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DENVER (AP) — Ja'Quan McMillian intercepted Josh Allen's deep throw in overtime, and Bo Nix led the Broncos into position for Wil Lutz's 24-yard field goal that sent Denver to the AFC Championship Game with a 33-30 win over the Buffalo Bills on Saturday.
  McMillian's pick was Denver's fifth takeaway of the game. He wrested the ball away from Brandin Cooks at the Broncos' 20-yard line when a field goal would have won the game for Buffalo.
  The Broncos (15-3) will face either New England or Ho
  
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• Kirkland thrilled to snap ‘drought,’ score winner for Flames

  18-01-2026 02:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Embattled Justin Kirkland scored his first goal in more than 14 months on Saturday and his big smile afterwards spoke volumes.
  “Feels pretty good, that's for sure,” said Kirkland, whose last goal was on Nov. 12, 2024. “That was a long time coming. It means a lot.”
  The second-period marker ended up being the game winner as the Calgary Flames beat the New York Islanders 4-2.
  “Contributing offensively is a good feeling,” said Kirkland. “A we
  
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• Nurse returns from eight-week absence, impacts in Goldeneyes loss to former team

  18-01-2026 01:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — It took Sarah Nurse a couple of shifts but she was able to turn in an impactful performance.
  The star forward scored in her first game back from injury — just her second game of the season — giving the Vancouver Goldeneyes a chance to win before falling to her former team, the Toronto Sceptres, 2-1 in overtime on Saturday at Scotiabank Arena.
  Nurse suffered an arm injury and missed eight weeks after scoring in the Goldeneyes' season-opening win over fellow expansion t
  
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• New York Giants hire John Harbaugh as coach after identifying him as their top choice

  18-01-2026 01:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  John Harbaugh agreed Saturday to become coach of the New York Giants, finalizing the big-market, longstanding franchise’s all-out pursuit of its top candidate.Owners John Mara and Steve Tisch made the hire official less than 72 hours after a lengthy interview and dinner with Harbaugh that sealed the deal. The sides began working on a contract Wednesday night when it was clear Harbaugh was a fit and he canceled meetings with other teams.Harbaugh is expected to report directly to ownership,
  
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• Klapka, Wolf lead Calgary Flames to 4-2 victory over New York Islanders

  18-01-2026 00:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY —
  Adam Klapka had a goal and an assist for his first multi-point game of the season to lead the Calgary Flames to a 4-2 victory over the New York Islanders on Saturday.
  Yegor Sharangovich, Justin Kirkland — with his first of the season — and Yan Kuznetsov also scored for Calgary (21-23-4), which has won three of its last four. Kevin Bahl chipped in with two assists for his first multi-point game since Dec. 5, 2023.
  Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Anders Lee scored for New York
  
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• Crews on scene of motorbike accident on Highway 1 near Abbotsford

  18-01-2026 00:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — Traffic is at a near standstill on a section of Highway 1 near Abbotsford due to a motorbike accident.
  Scanner traffic reported two BCEHS ambulances paged out to the Atkinson Road on-ramp and the Sumas River Bridge at around 2 p.m.
  DriveBC says a vehicle incident east of Cole Road has closed the highway’s westbound lane from No. 3 to Cole Road at 2:49 p.m.
  Nearby motorists write that traffic on Highway 1 between No. 3 and Whatcom Road has stalled due to a serious motorbi
  
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• Watts nets OT winner to help Sceptres snap skid, top Goldeneyes 2-1

  17-01-2026 23:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Daryl Watts scored the winner at 2:16 in overtime as the Toronto Sceptres defeated the Vancouver Goldeneyes 2-1 on Saturday at Scotiabank Arena in Professional Women's Hockey League action.
  Savannah Harmon also scored for Toronto (4-1-3-5), which snapped a four-game losing streak. Raygan Kirk made 23 saves.
  Sarah Nurse scored for Vancouver (3-1-2-7), which had its losing streak extended to three games. Emerance Maschmeyer stopped 42 shots.
  Harmon scored on the power play off a Bl
  
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• Conservative MLA Sheldon Clare says leadership rules meant to stop ‘funny business’

  17-01-2026 23:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — A leadership candidate for British Columbia's Conservatives says recently announced rules for the contest are intended to stop "any funny business" following last year's leadership review that was marred by fraud allegations.
  Sheldon Clare says there were a "lot of perceptions, misplaced and otherwise," during last year's review of former leader John Rustad, who resigned Dec. 4, and he says the rules announced Friday make "it very clear that there's no nonsense allowed."
  Last ye
  
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• Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron win European ice dance title ahead of Olympics

  17-01-2026 23:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SHEFFIELD, England (AP) — France's Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron won the ice dance at the European figure skating championships on Saturday after the buildup was overshadowed by a dispute between Cizeron and his former dance partner.
  Fournier Beaudry, who's from Montreal and previously represented Canada, and Cizeron scored 135.50 points for their free skate to music from the movie “The Whale" for a total 222.43.
  That's the highest total score in ice dance by anyone
  
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• Pro- and anti-ICE demonstrators face off during Minneapolis immigration crackdown

  17-01-2026 23:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Protesters for and against the Trump administration's latest immigration crackdown clashed in Minneapolis on Saturday, as the governor's office announced that National Guard troops had been mobilized and stood ready to assist state law enforcement, though they hadn't been deployed to city streets yet.There have been protests every day since the Department of Homeland Security ramped up immigration enforcement in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul by bringing in
  
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• New York Giants hire John Harbaugh as coach, AP source says

  17-01-2026 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The New York Giants hired John Harbaugh as coach on Saturday, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press.The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the move had not been announced. The sides began working on a contract Wednesday night when it became clear that Harbaugh was the right fit.Harbaugh joins the Giants 11 days after he was fired by the Baltimore Ravens, who made the playoffs 12 times with him in charge and won the Super Bowl in the 2012 season.
  
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• New York Giants hire John Harbaugh as coach fresh off his firing by the Baltimore Ravens

  17-01-2026 21:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The New York Giants hired John Harbaugh as coach on Saturday, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press.
  The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the move had not been announced. The sides began working on a contract Wednesday night when it became clear that Harbaugh was the right fit.
  Harbaugh joins the Giants 11 days after he was fired by the Baltimore Ravens, who made the playoffs 12 times with him in charge and won the Super Bowl in the 2012 seaso
  
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• Ocean, safety at risk as wind tears apart rancid Newfoundland fish sauce plant: mayor

  17-01-2026 21:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ST. JOHN'S — A foul-smelling abandoned fish-sauce factory in rural Newfoundland has become an environmental and safety hazard after high winds tore the front wall off the building on Friday night.
  Steve Ryan, the mayor of St. Mary's, N.L., said there are more winds coming and he has been speaking with residents near the decaying building about evacuating.Ryan is worried their homes will be in the path of flying debris. He is also concerned about the fetid stench emanating from more than 10
  
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• Surrey police say overnight shots fired at house are believed to be extortion-related

  17-01-2026 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — Police in Surrey, B.C., say they are investigating what they believe to be an extortion-related incident after shots were fired at a residence in that community.A statement from Surrey Police Service says officers responded to reports of shots fired outside a residence in the 8600 block Galway Crescent at about 2:20 a.m. on Saturday.
  It says that police found the occupied residence damaged, but nobody was injured during the incident, which happened in Surrey's Bear Creek neighbo
  
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• Dozens rally in Iqaluit for Greenland as Trump renews threats to control island

  17-01-2026 20:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  IQALUIT — Dozens of people rallied in Nunavut's capital today in solidarity with Inuit people in Greenland who are concerned about U.S. President Donald Trump's renewed threats to take control of the island
  Aaju Peter, the lawyer and activist who organized the morning rally in Iqaluit, says rally goers chanted "Greenland is owned by the Greenlandic people" in Inuktut as they marched for an hour in cold and windy weather.
  Peter, who is 66 years old, says she was born in Greenland and has re
  
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• Oilers’ Leon Draisaitl taking brief leave of absence to attend to a family illness

  17-01-2026 20:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON —
  Edmonton Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl is taking a brief leave of absence to attend to a family illness in Germany.
  The NHL team said Draisaitl is expected to return later next week in a statement released Saturday, hours before a game in Vancouver against the Canucks.
  The Oilers asked for privacy on Draisaitl's behalf.
  Draisaitl ranks second on the Oilers — and fifth in the NHL — with 67 points (25 goals, 42 assists) in 48 games this season.
  The 28-year-old centre h
  
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• Mission RCMP seek man who allegedly tried to set fire to health centre door

  17-01-2026 19:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MISSION — Mounties in Mission are hoping to identify a man related to an arson attempt at Hurd Health Centre this week.
  On the morning of January 11, an unknown suspect tried – and failed – to set fire to a metal door at the Centre located at 7343 Hurd Street.
  No injuries were reported, and the incident was caught on CCTV.
  The suspect appeared to have his right arm in a sling under his denim jacket, which was decorated with several patches and pins.
  He may also have been wearin
  
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• Abbotsford farm returns after more than 2 years as family members take over ownership

  17-01-2026 19:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — A beloved family-owned farm and grocery store in Matsqui is coming back for business this spring.Howard Wong Farms announced its return through a social media post last week, writing: “Our roots run deep. Same family. Same location. Same great quality.”
  Locals initially reported that Howard Wong Jr. retired in December 2023, leaving the fruit and vegetable stand’s future uncertain.
  The business has now been taken over by Brendan Wong and his wife, Tamara &nda
  
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• Canadian freestyle skier McEachran claims World Cup slopestyle bronze in Switzerland

  17-01-2026 18:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LAAX — Canadian freestyle skier Evan McEachran soared to bronze for his first World Cup medal since 2023 in a slopestyle competition Saturday.
  McEachran climbed from fifth to third with a score of 82.70 points in his second run, finishing behind gold-medallist Birk Ruud of Norway (85.08) and silver-medallist Matej Svancer of Austria (84.08).
  The 28-year-old from Oakville, Ont., is set for his third Olympics at the upcoming Milan Cortina Games after representing Canada in 2018 and 2022.
  The
  
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• Ocean at risk as wind tears wall off rancid Newfoundland fish sauce plant, says mayor

  17-01-2026 18:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ST. JOHN'S — A Newfoundland mayor says a foul-smelling abandoned fish-sauce factory is now an environmental emergency after high winds tore the front wall off the crumbling building on Friday night.
  The decayingAtlantic Seafood Sauce Company Ltd. building is just steps away from the ocean in St. Mary's and Mayor Steve Ryan says the wall closest to the water was destroyed.
  He says nothing much is left to protect the water and nearby fishing grounds from more than 100 vats of fermented, cong
  
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• Abigail Spanberger becomes Virginia’s 1st female governor in historic inauguration

  17-01-2026 18:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democrat Abigail Spanberger has been sworn into office as Virginia’s first female governor. Spanberger was sworn in at noon Saturday amid a cold drizzle outside the state Capitol after centuries of men holding the state’s top office.Spanberger defeated Republican Winsome Earle-Sears to succeed Gov. Glenn Youngkin, also a Republican. It marks a new chapter as Democrats pull the levers of power in Virginia while Republican President Donald Trump sits in the W
  
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• Canadian snowboarder Arnaud Gaudet races to silver for first World Cup medal

  17-01-2026 18:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BANSKO — Canadian snowboarder Arnaud Gaudet raced to a World Cup podium for the first time in his career with a second-place finish in the parallel giant slalom event Saturday.
  Austria’s Benjamin Karl edged Gaudet by 0.68 seconds in the big final to capture gold. Switzerland’s Gian Casanova won the small final to claim bronze.
  The 25-year-old Gaudet of Montcalm, Que., had a near-flawless day, defeating Slovenia’s Tim Mastnak in the round of 16, Austria’s Alexander P
  
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• Hope Cinema and Performance House celebrates grand reopening

  17-01-2026 18:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HOPE — Hope’s historic theatre is set to host its grand opening under a new name this afternoon (Jan. 17) – only a month after its 80th anniversary.Today, at 3 p.m., the newly named Almsgiving Hope Cinema and Performance House is officially opening its curtains with a double feature of Florence Foster Jenkins and American Graffiti.
  Ali Marsman, the new leaseholder, initially planned to reopen the theatre on December 19 but faced several delays due to weather events that month.
  
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