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• Jets having fun soaring to new heights on special teams

  31-12-2024 06:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — There were a lot of reasons for the Winnipeg Jets to be happy after they blanked the Nashville Predators 3-0 for their fourth consecutive win on Monday.
  Connor Hellebuyck made 22 saves to record his fifth shutout of the season and 42nd of his career.
  Gabriel Vilardi scored twice on the power play in a 62-second span.
  And veteran defenceman Dylan DeMelo registered his first goal of the season in front of a sixth sellout crowd of the season at Canada Life Centre.
  “Everyone p
  
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• Utah Hockey Club’s Crouse snaps scoring skid with big performance against Flames

  03-01-2025 07:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Thanks to a big night for big man Lawson Crouse, a pair of droughts ended on Thursday.
  Crouse snapped a 14-game goalless skid with two tallies and Utah ended a five-game winless streak with a 5-3 comeback victory over the Calgary Flames.
  “It felt good, obviously,” said Crouse, who played his junior hockey for the Ontario Hockey League’s Kingston Frontenacs and twice represented Canada at the world junior hockey championship. “Feels better to get a win. Tha
  
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• Kochetkov, Slavin power Hurricanes to 3-1 victory over Panthers

  03-01-2025 07:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Jaccob Slavin scored the go-ahead goal to lift the Carolina Hurricanes over the Florida Panthers 3-1 on Thursday night.
  Florida’s Anton Lundell tied it at the beginning of the second before Slavin got one past Sergei Bobrovsky with about seven minutes left in the third.
  Pyotr Kochetkov made 26 saves, and Slavin also had an assist. Martin Necas added an empty-netter.
  Brent Burns gave Carolina a 1-0 lead 35 seconds into the game with a shot that bounced off Florida
  
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• J.T. Miller scores in shootout as Canucks beat Kraken 4-3

  03-01-2025 07:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — J.T. Miller scored in the shootout and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Seattle Kraken 4-3 on Thursday night.Connor Garland, Tyler Myers and Max Sasson scored in regulation for the Canucks. Thatcher Demko started and stopped 11 of 12 shots before leaving with back spasms in the second period. Kevin Lankinen came on and finished with 13 saves.
  Vince Dunn and Matty Beniers each had a goal and an assist, and Chandler Stephenson also scored for Seattle. Philipp Grubauer finished w
  
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• Veteran goalie John Gibson giving Anaheim Ducks ‘sense of calmness’

  03-01-2025 06:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — The pre-game anticipation was for Winnipeg’s Connor Hellebuyck to become the second-fastest goalie to crack the 300-win milestone.
  But another netminder stole the show Thursday night.John Gibson stopped 27 of 30 shots as the Anaheim Ducks battled back to beat the Jets 4-3 in overtime before a sellout crowd of 15,225 at Canada Life Centre.
  Troy Terry scored two goals, including the game winner in OT, and added an assist to lead the Ducks. But he took the time to praise Gibs
  
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• Crouse scores twice, Utah Hockey Club hand Calgary Flames 5-3 loss

  03-01-2025 06:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Lawson Crouse scored twice and the Utah Hockey Club snapped a five-game winless skid with a 5-3 comeback victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday.
  Logan Cooley, Clayton Keller, and Kevin Stenlund — into an empty net — also scored for Utah (17-15-6).
  Blake Coleman, Connor Zary, and Brayden Pachal scored for Calgary (18-13-7), which had its five-game point streak on home ice snapped.
  Karel Vejmelka had 23 stops to snap a three-game losing streak. He improved to 9-10-
  
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• Tom Hoge leads at Kapalua where good golf exceeds expectations in PGA Tour opener

  03-01-2025 05:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — Tom Hoge grew up in North Dakota and found the ideal vibe for Kapalua on Thursday, keeping expectations low and riding the momentum of good golf on his way to a 9-under 64 to take a one-shot lead at The Sentry in the PGA Tour season opener.
  Hideki Matsuyama tried out a new putter — he saw someone else use it and figured it would work for him — and he had a birdie-eagle-birdie stretch on the back nine that carried him to a 65 and was one back along with be
  
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• Roope Hintz scores twice, giving him team-high 18 goals, as Stars beat Senators 4-2

  03-01-2025 05:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Roope Hintz scored two goals for the second time in the last eight games giving him a team-high 18 goals as the Dallas Stars beat the Ottawa Senators 4-2 on Thursday night.
  Jamie Benn and Matt Duchene also scored, and Jason Robertson and Wyatt Johnston had two assists each for the Stars, who have points in five consecutive games for the first time this season. Jake Oettinger made 11 saves.
  Benn and Hintz scored 1:08 apart midway through the second period putting Dallas ahead
  
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• South Korea’s impeached president defies warrant in hourslong standoff

  03-01-2025 05:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean investigators spent hours waiting outside the official residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol as the presidential security service blocked them from executing a warrant to detain him, in the latest confrontation of a political crisis that has paralyzed South Korean politics and seen two heads of state impeached in under a month.Yoon, a former prosecutor, has defied investigators’ attempts to question him for weeks. The last time he is kn
  
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• Terry scores two, Anaheim Ducks edge Winnipeg Jets 4-3 in overtime

  03-01-2025 04:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Troy Terry scored his second goal of the game at 3:34 of overtime to give the Anaheim Ducks a 4-3 victory over the Jets on Thursday night.
  Terry added an assist for a three-point night, while Radko Gudas and Leo Carlsson also scored for Anaheim.
  Alex Iafallo, Adam Lowry and Mark Scheifele scored for the Jets (27-11-2), who lost their second straight game.John Gibson stopped 27 shots for Anaheim (16-17-4) and Winnipeg’s Connor Hellebuyck made 20 saves before a sellout crowd
  
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• McMann, Woll lead Maple Leafs to 2-1 win over Islanders

  03-01-2025 04:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Bobby McMann scored twice, including the tiebreaking goal late in the third period, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the New York Islanders 2-1 on Thursday night.
  Joseph Woll stopped 32 shots as the Maple Leafs topped the Islanders for the second time this week and won for the third time in four games.
  Scott Mayfield scored for New York and Ilya Sorokin made 29 saves in the Islanders’ third straight loss.
  Islanders defenseman Adam Pelech was called for a tripping pena
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Canada out of world junior hockey championship with 4-3 loss to Czechia

  03-01-2025 04:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada has crashed out the world junior hockey championship at the quarterfinal stage for the second straight year.Adam Jecho scored the winner on a power play with 39.4 seconds left in regulation as the tournament hosts fell 4-3 to Czechia.Petr Sikora, Jakub Stancl and Eduard Sale had the other goals for the Czechs, who upset underwhelming Canada on a lucky bounce in the dying moments 12 months ago at the under-20 event in Gothenburg, Sweden. Michael Hrabal made 29 saves.Tanner H
  
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• Case of Fraser Valley teen with avian flu shows ‘worrisome’ mutation of virus

  03-01-2025 02:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Infectious disease experts say the avian flu case that infected a 13-year-old in the Fraser Valley shows “worrisome” signs that the virus could be mutating to more easily infect humans, but that the treatment approach taken can help inform future cases.
  In a letter published in the The New England Journal of Medicine Tuesday, Canadian health officials identified changes in the viral genome sequence of specimens collected from the teenager who tested positive for avian flu and was tre
  
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• 11 injured in small plane crash in Southern California

  03-01-2025 01:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — Eleven people were injured when a small plane crashed through the rooftop of a commercial building in Southern California on Thursday, police said.
  Police got a report at 2:09 p.m. about the crash in the Orange County city of Fullerton, said Kristy Wells, a Fullerton police spokesperson.
  Police and fire authorities arrived on scene and battled the blaze and evacuated surrounding businesses, Wells said.
  It was not immediately known what type of plane it was or wheth
  
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• Case of B.C. teen with avian flu shows ‘worrisome’ mutation of virus

  03-01-2025 00:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Infectious disease experts say the avian flu case that infected a 13-year-old in British Columbia shows “worrisome” signs that the virus could be mutating to more easily infect humans, but that the treatment approach taken can help inform future cases.In a letter published in the The New England Journal of Medicine Tuesday, Canadian health officials identified changes in the viral genome sequence of specimens collected from the teenager who tested positive for avian flu and was treat
  
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• Up, down, unchanged? Here’s how home values fared across B.C. in new assessments

  03-01-2025 00:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here’s a look at how average residential property valuations changed in communities across B.C., in new data released by BC Assessment, based on the market situation on July 1, 2024.
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  LOWER MAINLAND
  City of Vancouver -0.8 per cent
  City of Burnaby +1.3 per cent
  City of Coquitlam +0.9 per cent
  City of New Westminster -0.3 per cent
  City of North Vancouver -0.9 per cent
  District of West Vancouver -0.8 per cent
  District of Squamish +0.8 per cent
  Resort Municipality of Whistler -0.8 per c
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Former minister Marco Mendicino not running in next election

  02-01-2025 23:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Toronto MP Marco Mendicino, a former high-ranking cabinet minister in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government, says he will not run in the next federal election.Mendicino says in a statement posted on social media that he has disagreed with the direction of the federal government, particularly when it comes to Canada’s foreign policy on the Israel-Hamas war.More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• South Korean investigators head to Seoul in attempt to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol

  02-01-2025 23:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s anti-corruption agency has dispatched investigators to execute a warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol as hundreds of his supporters are gathered at his residence in Seoul, vowing to block their approach.Investigators of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials were seen loading boxes into several vehicles before leaving their building in the city of Gwacheon early Friday.The office didn’t immediately c
  
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• Chilliwack property values rise marginally – Abbotsford assessments flat

  02-01-2025 22:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Fraser Valley property owners can now access their 2025 property assessments, reflecting market values as of July 1, 2024. BC Assessment has mailed updated notices to over 1.12 million property owners across the province. Assessments are also available online at bcassessment.ca.
  The assessments reveal slight changes in residential property values across the region. In Chilliwack, the typical assessed value rose 2%, increasing from $890,000 in 2024 to $907,000 in 2025. In Abbot
  
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• Sweden hangs on for quarterfinal win over Latvia at world junior hockey championship

  02-01-2025 21:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — David Edstrom’s second-period power-play goal stood as the winner, and Sweden held on for a 3-2 victory over Latvia in quarterfinal action Thursday at the world junior hockey championship.
  Zeb Forsfjall and Anton Wahlberg also scored for Sweden, which led 3-0 early in the second period.
  Latvia, however, made the Swedes sweat, with Eriks Mateiko scoring back-to-back goals to cut the lead to 3-2 heading into the second intermission.
  Sweden, which topped Group B in the prelimin
  
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• Avalanche forward Valeri Nichushkin listed as day-to-day with lower-body injury

  02-01-2025 21:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Avalanche will be without playmaking forward Valeri Nichushkin for an indefinite amount of time due to a lower-body injury.
  Coach Jared Bednar said after morning practice Thursday that he would classify Nichushkin as “day-to-day.”“I don’t think it’s really serious, but it could keep him out seven-to-10 days,” explained Bednar, whose team hosts the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night. “We’ll just see what the next handf
  
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• Canada primed for more severe wildfire days, driven by dry forest fuel: study

  02-01-2025 21:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A new study suggests Canadian forests are increasingly primed for severe wildfires, underlining the pressing need to proactively mitigate the increased threat posed by climate change.
  The study by Canadian researchers, published in the journal Science, looked at fire severity from 1981 to 2020.Co-author Xianli Wang, a scientist with the Canadian Forest Service, says there were on average an additional two days conducive to high-severity fires in 2000 to 2020, compared to the previous two decades
  
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• China slams Canada human-rights criticism as ‘hypocritical farce of double standards’

  02-01-2025 21:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — China is accusing Canada of hypocrisy for criticizing Beijing’s human-rights record, pointing to issues faced by Indigenous Peoples.
  The blowback comes after Ottawa sanctioned eight Chinese officials it accuses of “grave human rights violations” against ethnic and religious minorities, and voiced concern about democracy in Hong Kong.
  Ottawa issued a statement last month that cited reports of arbitrary and violent detainment of Uyghur people, as well as repression
  
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• Quebecer killed in avalanche in Utah loved nature, outdoors, employer says

  02-01-2025 20:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec man killed in an avalanche in Utah over the weekend is being remembered as an avid outdoorsman who loved nature.
  Utah authorities said David Éthier died while splitboarding Saturday in Millcreek Canyon near Salt Lake City and his body was recovered on Tuesday.
  Éthier, who local media say was from Sherbrooke, Que., had worked for four years at BRP, the Quebec-based powersports vehicle and marine products manufacturer.
  A spokeswoman says the company learned
  
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• Canada’s professional golfers on the upswing headed into 2025

  02-01-2025 20:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Golf continued to be on the upswing in Canada in 2024, and Brooke Henderson expects even more in the new year.
  Calgary hosted the CPKC Women’s Open, Hamilton welcomed the RBC Canadian Open, and Montreal held the biennial Presidents Cup, an elite PGA Tour event where the 12 best American golfers face the 12 best players from around the world excluding Europe.Henderson said that seeing the best golfers in the world come to Canada for three different tournaments was her highlight of 2024.
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• B.C. property values flat across much of province, especially in urban centres

  02-01-2025 19:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  British Columbia’s latest property assessments show values have been relatively flat in many parts of the province, especially major urban areas such as Vancouver, Victoria and Kelowna.
  BC Assessment says the newly updated property values, as of July 1, 2024, show almost all Lower Mainland communities within a three per cent rise or decline from the previous year.
  The story is the same in Greater Victoria, where the District of North Saanich is the only community that saw a change beyond t
  
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• B.C. research suggests road salt linked to death and deformities in salmon

  02-01-2025 19:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Researchers at the University of British Columbia say they’ve found evidence suggesting high levels of road salt in B.C. streams can cause death and deformities in young salmon.Zoology students Carley Winter and Clare Kilgour at the university say they’re three years into a five-year study on the impacts of road salt on freshwater streams in the Lower Mainland and how they affect salmon eggs and young fry.Kilgour says the results are not yet peer-reviewed, but their research has foun
  
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• Calgary army reservist and museum curator killed while ice climbing in B.C.

  02-01-2025 19:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — A Calgary army reserve officer was killed in an ice-climbing accident in eastern British Columbia over the holidays.Maj. Dave Peabody died while off duty on Dec. 26 in Kootenay National Park, the military said Thursday.
  “Maj. Peabody was an outstanding leader and a valued member of the Canadian Armed Forces community in Calgary,” Lt.-Col. Andrew Beauchamp, commanding officer of The Calgary Highlanders, said in a statement.“Our sincerest and heartfelt condolences
  
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• Benevides named defensive co-ordinator on new head coach Buck Pierce’s staff

  02-01-2025 19:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Mike Benevides is back as the B.C. Lions defensive co-ordinator.
  Benevides assumes the role on new head coach Buck Pierce’s staff, the Lions announced Thursday.Benevides had spent the last two years as B.C.’s special-teams co-ordinator and replaces Ryan Phillips, who remains with the organization as secondary coach and pass-game co-ordinator.
  Benevides enters his 15th season with the organization (2003-14, 2023-present). He served as the Lions’ defensive co-or
  
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• Famous orca mother carrying another dead calf after losing second infant: researchers

  02-01-2025 18:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A mother killer whale who famously pushed the body of her dead newborn for 17 days in 2018 has lost another calf, and researchers say she is again carrying the body.
  The Center for Whale Research says in a New Year’s Day post on social media that the mother known as Tahlequah, or J35, has now lost two of her four documented calves.
  The centre had announced on Dec. 21 that the new female calf was travelling with J pod in the Puget Sound area, on the northwest coast of Washington state.
  But
  
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