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• Celtics start fast, hang on to tip Raptors 115-111 in NBA pre-season play

  14-10-2024 05:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON — After splitting two pre-season games with the lowly Washington Wizards, the Toronto Raptors were schooled by the higher class Boston Celtics on Sunday at the TD Garden.
  The Celtics jumped out to a 41-20 first-quarter lead, and increased it to 69-37 at halftime en route to a comfortable 115-111 victory over the visiting Raptors.
  Drew Peterson led the Celtics with a game-high 23 points, while Lonnie Walker the Fourth chipped in with 20 and Payton Pritchard had 19 points and nine ass
  
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• Whitecaps through to CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinals with upset of CF Monterrey

  13-03-2025 03:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORREÓN — The Vancouver Whitecaps are through to the CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinals after battling CF Monterrey to a 2-2 draw on Wednesday.
  The Major League Soccer club took a victory on away goals after the two-legged round-of-16 series finished with a 3-3 aggregate score. The two sides battled to a 1-1 draw at B.C. Place on March 5.Sergio Canales scored for LIGA MX side Rayados — five-time winners of the Champions Cup — in the fourth minute on Wednesday, and Span
  
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• Jared Rhoden’s double-double leads Raptors past 76ers 118-105 in first career start

  13-03-2025 03:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Jared Rhoden had a double-double in his first career NBA start to lead the Toronto Raptors past the Philadelphia 76ers 118-105 on Wednesday as both teams put out depleted lineups.
  Rhoden hit career highs with 25 points and 12 rebounds as Toronto (23-43) won back-to-back games.
  Reserve centre Orlando Robinson also had a double-double with a career-high 25 points and pulled 12 rebounds. A.J. Lawson of Brampton, Ont., came off the bench for 28 points, six boards and four assists.
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• Oliver Miller, member of Toronto Raptors’ inaugural team, dead at 54

  13-03-2025 01:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Oliver Miller, a member of the Toronto Raptors during their inaugural season in 1995-96, has died. He was 54.
  The Raptors announced Miller’s death Wednesday and held a moment of silence for him before their game against the Philadelphia 76ers at Scotiabank Arena. The cause of death was not given.
  Miller, affectionately known as “The Big O,” played in parts of three seasons during two stints in Toronto from 1995 to 1998.
  The six-foot-nine, 280-pound centre from F
  
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• RCMP, Crime Stoppers start awareness campaign over spiked drinks in Nanaimo, B.C.

  13-03-2025 00:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NANAIMO, B.C. — Police in Nanaimo, B.C., say they’re spearheading a public awareness campaign with local bar owners and Crime Stoppers over “several reports” of drinks being drugged at local nightclubs in recent months.Police say people have reported having a drink and immediately having trouble breathing and feeling unwell, with some seeking medical attention for nausea and light-headedness.They say those symptoms are common if drinks have been spiked with GHB, often cal
  
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• Cricket Canada CEO says charges of theft and fraud are ‘completely false’

  13-03-2025 00:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Cricket Canada CEO Salman Khan and another man have been charged with theft and fraud over $5,000 arising from their time with the Calgary and District Cricket League.
  Calgary Police Service said in a release Wednesday it believes 46-year-old Salman Khan Shahzad (also known as Salman Khan), former president of the Calgary league, and 45-year-old Syed Wajahat Ali, the former treasurer, “are responsible for misappropriating money belonging to the Calgary and District Cricket League (C&DC
  
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• B.C. doctors get new guidance on involuntary care for people who use drugs

  13-03-2025 00:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia clinicians have received new guidance about involuntary care for people who use drugs, which includes physicians being told it can’t be used to prevent harmful “risk-taking” by someone who isn’t impaired by a mental disorder.
  The guidance from Dr. Daniel Vigo, B.C.’s first chief scientific adviser for psychiatry, is aimed at helping clinicians and others decide when involuntary admission is appropriate for people with both mental-he
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Carney to be sworn in as Canada’s 24th prime minister Friday

  12-03-2025 23:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Mark Carney will be sworn in as Canada’s 24th prime minister at a ceremony at Rideau Hall Friday after the formal resignation of Justin Trudeau.
  A senior Liberal source says a new cabinet will also be sworn in.
  More coming.Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press
  
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• ‘Several critical safety failures’ behind B.C. workers death, WorkSafeBC says

  12-03-2025 22:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RICHMOND, B.C. — WorkSafeBC says a worker killed in Vancouver last year when a mould used for concrete fell 26 storeys should never have been able to stand where she was.
  The report released by the province’s worker safety agency says “several critical safety failures” are to blame for the death of the woman at the Oakridge Park development site in February of 2024.It says CCTV footage revealed “no effective controls in place” and safety protocols not followed
  
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• YouTuber sues B.C. conservation officer, government over alleged profit losses

  12-03-2025 22:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A YouTube hunting personality is suing British Columbia’s Conservation Officer Service alleging one of its officers defamed and targeted him in a “malicious, obsessive and compulsive fashion,” allegedly causing him to lose sponsorship deals.The B.C. Supreme Court lawsuit says it started in May 2020, when Michele Beaulieu gave a hunting tag to his wife who killed a black bear in the province, believing the “prerequisite tag” could be shared.The laws
  
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• U.S. gender backlash hitting UN agencies, Canadian ambassador Bob Rae says

  12-03-2025 22:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UNITED NATIONS — Canada is mobilizing to advance gender equity and feminism in global forums as the Trump administration attempts to roll back diversity programming at the United Nations.
  “We’re in a major fight at the moment about equity, about diversity, about LGBTQ+ rights — generally, about even the concept of gender,” Bob Rae, Canada’s ambassador to the UN, said in an interview.
  “Absolutely, it’s a struggle. We’re up against a number of
  
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• Kuwait frees a group of jailed Americans, including contractors held on drug charges

  12-03-2025 22:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Kuwait has released a group of American prisoners, including veterans and military contractors jailed for years on drug-related charges, in a move seen as a gesture of goodwill between two allies, a representative for the detainees told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
  The release follows a recent visit to the region by Adam Boehler, the Trump administration’s top hostage envoy, and comes amid a continued U.S. government push to bring home American citizens jailed
  
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• Road-weary Leafs back home with new faces — and new questions about Marner’s future

  12-03-2025 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Craig Berube wanted to get to know Mitch Marner.
  The Toronto Maple Leafs head coach met with the team’s star winger — a fan snapped a picture and posted the encounter to social media — shortly after he was hired last spring.
  Berube came away impressed, and he’s since watched Marner lead the group on many nights. The 27-year-old winger’s 80 points in 64 games tops the roster’s ledger by a wide margin.
  There were always going to be questions abou
  
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• B.C.’s New Democrat government and Greens finalize confidence agreement

  12-03-2025 21:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s NDP government and the provincial Green Party caucus have signed an agreement that consolidates the New Democrats’ hold on the provincial legislature where they have a one-seat majority.
  A statement from the NDP caucus says the final deal includes “additional commitment” to consult the Greens on U.S. tariff and trade actions related to “shared initiatives” on housing, health care, transit, environment and social justice.
  The
  
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• B.C. RCMP conduct hearing delayed over disclosure issues, possible publication ban

  12-03-2025 21:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  An RCMP code of conduct hearing that could see three Mounties from Coquitlam, B.C., lose their jobs has been delayed until Thursday over disclosure issues and a possible publication ban.The hearing in Surrey, B.C., was to begin with the testimony of a female officer who lawyers for the conduct hearing said would testify that Const. Ian Solven “outright lied” during his testimony at the hearing earlier this week.Constables Solven, Mersad Mesbah and Philip Dick face allegations of disc
  
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• Senators, Blue Jackets, Rangers and Bruins lead an East wild-card playoff race full of surprises

  12-03-2025 21:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Ottawa Senators last qualified for the playoffs in 2017, while the Columbus Blue Jackets have only won a round once in more than two decades of existence and none since before the pandemic.
  The New York Rangers were the top team in the NHL last season before making a run to the Eastern Conference final and losing to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers. The Boston Bruins are just two years removed from setting league records for wins and points in a season.
  Now those four teams
  
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• Canadians Pendrith, Conners ready to attack TPC Sawgrass at the Players Championship

  12-03-2025 21:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TPC Sawgrass is considered one of the toughest courses in the world, with its No. 17 one of the most recognizable and difficult holes in pro golf.But Canadians Corey Conners and Taylor Pendrith feel they’re up for the challenge at the Players Championship this week.“It’s a course where the way it’s set up, you need to hit fairways,” said Pendrith, a native of Richmond Hill, Ont. “If you can drive it well, then there’s lots of scoring opportunities. If yo
  
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• Rare unanimous support for B.C. bill on perinatal, postnatal mental health care

  12-03-2025 21:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s politicians have found rare common ground and given unanimous support in the legislature to a private member’s bill proposing universal access to mental health care for pregnant women and new mothers.
  The Opposition B.C. Conservatives say the proposal by caucus chair Jody Toor is the first private member’s bill to pass second reading with unanimous support in a recorded vote in 43 years.
  Bill 204 would give the government a year to create a s
  
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• Chilliwack North MLA says 2025 B.C. budget falls short on infrastructure, public safety needs

  12-03-2025 20:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliack North MLA Heather Maahs says the 2025 B.C. budget as introduced by the governing New Democratic Party falls woefully short on critical infrastructure and public safety projects.According to a statement, Maahs, who was elected in October 2024 with 54 per cent of the vote, says the budget neglects the pressing needs of Chilliwack and doesn’t go far enough to improve life in Chilliwack.“This budget completely fails Chilliwack and my riding of Chilliwack Nort
  
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• Dortmund advances to Champions League quarterfinals with 2-1 win at Lille

  12-03-2025 20:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Borussia Dortmund reached the Champions League quarterfinals by beating Lille 2-1, overcoming an early deficit Wednesday to set up a final-eight matchup against Barcelona.
  Last season’s runner-up advanced 3-2 on aggregate after last week’s 1-1 draw in the round-of-16 first leg in Germany.
  Maximilian Beier’s winner in the 65th minute came shortly after teammate Emre Can had equalized from the penalty spot. Can converted in the 54th after former Dortmund player Thomas Meunier too
  
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• Chilliwack non-profit names new leader, staff

  12-03-2025 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A Chilliwack non-profit whose platform facilitates a variety of support services for older adults in Chilliwack has named its new executive director and two additional staff members.
  According to a social media post, Chilliwack-based Compassionate Neighbourhood Health Partners Society has named Coletta Holmes as its new executive director, Amber Peters as program manager, and Arlene Haley as its volunteer coordinator.CNHPS’ stated mission is to increase social and emotio
  
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• Congo government and M23 rebel group will hold peace talks on March 18, mediator Angola says

  12-03-2025 20:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Congo’s government and the M23 rebel group will participate in peace talks on March 18, Angola said Wednesday.
  A statement from Angolan President João Lourenço’s office said they would begin “direct peace negotiations” in the Angolan capital, Luanda.
  Angola has acted as a mediator in the conflict in eastern Congo, which escalated in late January when the Rwanda-backed rebels advanced and took control of the strategic eastern Congo
  
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• Abbotsford PD converges at Matsqui First Nation after vehicle collision to property

  12-03-2025 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD/MATSQUI FIRST NATION — Abbotsford Police Department officers have converged in Matsqui First Nation Wednesday around noon after a vehicle collision to a property.
  According to a social media post, Abbotsford police say the driver of a suspect vehicle fled on foot, resulting in an active police dog track to the west of the scene.
  AbbyPD says an Air 1 helicopter is also assisting in the search. Officers are canvassing along the rail line near Burgess Avenue.
  Property owners in the
  
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• Multi-vehicle crash shuts Highway 99 south of Whistler, B.C.

  12-03-2025 20:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WHISTLER, B.C. — A multi-vehicle crash has shut down the Sea-to-Sky Highway in both directions on the way to Whistler, B.C.
  RCMP say poor weather is contributing to the road conditions and drivers are being asked to avoid the area.Police say in a news release that the crash happened between Callaghan Valley and Brew Creek roads on Wednesday.Cpl. Katrina Boehmer with the Sea to Sky RCMP says there will be extensive delays until the investigation can be completed and the road is re-opened.
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• Canada-linked team finds Saturn has 128 more moons, leaving Jupiter in cosmic dust

  12-03-2025 20:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Canadian and other researchers have confirmed Saturn as the solar system’s undisputed “moon king,” after discovering 128 more moons circling the ringed planet.
  The discovery by a team, including current and former University of British Columbia astronomers, brings Saturn’s total to 274, almost twice as many as all other planets in our solar system combined, and leaving Jupiter in a distant second place with 95 moons.
  “Based on our projections, I do
  
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• Canada’s short-track speedskaters to treat world championships as Olympic trial run

  12-03-2025 19:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Canada’s short-track speedskaters are gearing up for the biggest event of their season.
  And a good showing at this weekend’s world championships in Beijing is more meaningful than other years with an even bigger stage 11 months down the road: the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics.
  “It is a practice,” Canadian head coach Marc Gagnon said of the competition in China with the Games in Italy just over the horizon. “There is more pressure.”
  Canada’
  
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• ‘Motorcyclist’s unfortunate decision’ not the fault of Vancouver police: watchdog

  12-03-2025 19:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — B.C.’s police watchdog has cleared Vancouver officers in relation to the death of a motorcyclist that occurred shortly after a chase had stopped.The Independent Investigations Office says police tried to conduct a traffic stop on Nov. 6 last year because a motorcycle didn’t have a license plate.The officers called off the subsequent chase, but the investigations office says a short time later the motorcycle hit a parked car and the rider was pronounced dead at th
  
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• Vatican says a chest scan confirms improvements in the pope’s condition

  12-03-2025 19:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ROME (AP) — The Vatican says a chest scan has confirmed improvements in Pope Francis’ condition in his fourth week in the hospital for treatment of double pneumonia.
  The pope continues to receive high flows of oxygen through nasal tubes during the day, and he has a non-invasive mechanical mask to aid his rest at night.
  The Vatican said the 88-year-old Francis again followed the Vatican’s spiritual retreat remotely, and resumed physical and respiratory therapy after a quiet nigh
  
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• Chilliwack home sales drop in February as uncertainty grips market

  12-03-2025 19:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Home sales in the Chilliwack area dropped sharply in February as economic uncertainty loomed over the real estate market.
  The Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board says 187 homes were sold through the MLS system last month, a 13.8 per cent decline from February 2024. Sales were also well below historical averages, sitting 38.8 per cent below the five-year norm and 28.8 per cent below the 10-year trend.
  On a year-to-date basis, 357 homes changed hands in the first two month
  
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• Trump administration drops lawsuit against company over alleged abuse at its child migrant shelters

  12-03-2025 18:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Trump administration is dropping a civil lawsuit against the largest provider of housing for unaccompanied migrant children over allegations of repeated sexual abuse and harassment of minors in its facilities.
  The dismissal was filed on Wednesday after the federal government announced they would no longer use services by Southwest Key Programs. The complaint, filed last year during the Biden administration, alleged a litany of offenses between 2015 and 2023 as Sou
  
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