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• Tigers sign former Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres to a $15 million, 1-year deal

  27-12-2024 21:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Tigers signed former New York Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres to a $15 million, one-year contract on Friday.
  The two-time All-Star gets a slight raise from his $14.2 million salary with the Yankees. His agreement includes a one-time assignment bonus of $500,000.
  Torres hit .265 with 138 home runs and 441 RBIs in seven seasons with the Yankees, who acquired him from the Cubs in the July 2016 trade that sent closer Aroldis Chapman to Chicago.
  The 28-year-old
  
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• Machinery fire extinguished at Delta, B.C., coal port terminal: Port authority

  28-12-2024 20:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says a machinery fire this morning at a Delta, B.C., terminal facility has been put out and no injuries were reported.The authority says in a written statement that a coal stacker caught fire at a facility operated by Westshore Terminals, temporarily shutting operations at the terminal and a neighbouring facility operated by GCT Deltaport.The statement says the Delta fire department responded “immediately,” and the blaze has now been put out but fi
  
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• Chilliwack Fair celebrates growth while planning for the future in report to Council

  28-12-2024 20:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Organizers of the Chilliwack Fair reported a successful 2024 event to City Council during a December presentation, highlighting record attendance and strong community involvement.
  Eryne Croquet, president of the Chilliwack and District Agricultural Society, told Chilliwack City Council that the fair has seen consistent growth over the past decade, with attendance rising from 35,000 visitors in 2014 to 49,500 in 2024. Only the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021 saw declines.
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• Italian skier Brignone wins World Cup GS, gets 1st victory for her team in Austrian event since 2002

  28-12-2024 20:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEMMERING, Austria (AP) — Federica Brignone held on to her opening-run lead at a women’s World Cup giant slalom on Saturday, becoming the first Italian winner of the Semmering event in 22 years.
  Brignone could even afford a mistake near the end of her second run as she defeated Olympic GS champion Sara Hector by 0.57 seconds.
  Alice Robinson of New Zealand was nine-tenths of a second off the pace in third.
  “It was not easy the second run, but the slope was amazing,” said B
  
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• Red Sox sign Dodgers World Series clincher Walker Buehler to one-year deal

  28-12-2024 19:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox announced Saturday that they signed right-hander Walker Buehler, a two-time All-Star who was on the mound when the Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the World Series this fall, to a one-year deal.
  Buehler, 30, went 1-6 with a 5.38 ERA in the 2024 regular season after missing all of the previous year recovering from Tommy John surgery. But in the postseason, he was 1-1 with a 3.60 ERA and one save, coming on in the ninth inning of Game 5 of the Series against the
  
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• Canada’s Cameron Alexander earns men’s downhill World Cup bronze on 2026 Olympic course

  28-12-2024 19:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada’s Cameron Alexander earned World Cup bronze in men’s downhill on Saturday at the host venue for the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics.
  This is the North Vancouver, B.C., native’s fourth career podium and second year in a row finishing third in Bormio, Italy.
  Alexander, who won Friday’s training, was sixth out of the gate and stood in second until Switzerland’s Alexis Monney, the eventual winner, came down 13 racers later.
  Alexander finished 0.72 seconds beh
  
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• Chase is back on: Alex Ovechkin set to return for Capitals against Maple Leafs

  28-12-2024 18:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The record chase is back on.
  Alex Ovechkin will return to the Washington Capitals’ lineup Saturday against the Toronto Maple Leafs, sitting 26 goals away from Wayne Gretzky’s career mark of 894.
  Ovechkin, 39, had a resurgent start to the season with a league-leading 15 goals in 18 games before he fractured his left fibula against the Utah Hockey Club on Nov. 18.
  Now, he returns with 47 regular-season games remaining to catch Gretzky.
  Still, the surprising Capitals hav
  
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• Friend of Quebec man killed in Florida boat explosion says his sister also injured

  28-12-2024 18:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A childhood friend of the Quebec man killed in a Florida boat explosion earlier this week says one of the victim’s sisters was among the other six passengers injured in the blast.Thi Cam Nhung Lê says she grew up with Sebastien Gauthier in Quebec City and considered him her best friend.
  Lê says Gauthier’s older sister was also on the boat in Florida’s Broward County when it exploded and she was taken to a hospital.
  She says Gauthier’s family w
  
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• Top Canadian defensive prospect Matthew Schaefer out for rest of world juniors

  28-12-2024 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canadian defenceman Matthew Schaefer will miss the rest of the world junior hockey championship.
  Schaefer was injured early in the first period of Canada’s 3-2 shootout loss to Latvia last night after he crashed into the net.
  It appeared that he hurt his left shoulder in the collision with Latvia’s net on a rush.
  The 17-year-old had a goal and an assist in Canada’s 4-0 win over Finland on Thursday in the tournament opener for both teams.
  Schaefer is projected to
  
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• ESPN reports that Panthers to put Canadian Hubbard on season-ending IR

  28-12-2024 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  It appears Canadian Chuba Hubbard’s breakout 2024 season is over.
  ESPN reports that the Carolina Panthers are putting the star running back on season-ending injured reserve with calf and knee injuries.
  Carolina (4-11) faces the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (8-7) on Sunday.
  Hubbard, 25, of Sherwood Park, Alta., has run for a career-high 1,195 yards (4.8-yard average) this season, becoming just the second Canadian to break the 1,000-yard rushing threshold in an NFL campaign.
  Rueben Mayes, of North B
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Olympic champion relay sprinters voted Canadian Press team of the year

  28-12-2024 17:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada’s men’s 4×100-metre relay squad has been voted The Canadian Press team of the year after sprinting to gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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• New Canadians, non-traditional demographics boost minor hockey uptake in B.C.

  28-12-2024 15:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Participation in hockey in British Columbia was struggling in 2021 — the pandemic had dealt a heavy blow to player registrations, and numbers had already been flagging before COVID-19 arrived.“I think there were a lot of families that were impacted at that time,” said Pacific Coast Amateur Hockey Association president Melanie Earland, whose group governs minor hockey in B.C.’s Lower Mainland, including Metro Vancouver.
  “The world changed,” sh
  
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• Mounties warn seniors to be aware after Salmon Arm senior scammed out of $9,000

  28-12-2024 14:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SALMON ARM — RCMP say a 69-year-old woman is out thousands of dollars after she fell victim to fraud earlier this month.
  Police say the woman told them she bought $9,000 in Apple iTunes gift cards and gave those details to scammers.“The woman reported she clicked on a link while on Facebook that caused an alarm pop-up telling her she had been hacked and that she would be reported for accessing child pornography if she didn’t call a phone number on the screen,” the RCMP sa
  
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• B.C. to receive nearly $10B in Federal Transfers

  28-12-2024 14:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — British Columbia will see its Federal Transfers increase in the 2025-26 fiscal year.
  The Federal Government announced that B.C. would receive nearly $10-billion total major transfers.
  The first estimate of the province’s Canada Health Transfer was $7.548-billion, with the province also set to receive $2.404-billion in Canada Social Transfer payments.
  The total transfers will be $430-million more than provided in 2024-25, which can be attributed to the guaranteed five per
  
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• Putin apologizes to Azerbaijani leader for ‘tragic incident’ involving crashed Azerbaijani plane

  28-12-2024 14:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a “tragic incident” following the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people.The plane was flying on Wednesday from Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku to Grozny, the regional capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, when it turned toward Kazakhstan and crashed while making an attempt to land. There were 29 survivors.
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• How some men are trying to fight online misogyny amid ‘your body, my choice’ rhetoric

  28-12-2024 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A young man with a buzz cut leans on a pristine countertop in a stark white kitchen and looks directly into the camera as he delivers what he presents as the secret to dating success for straight men.
  “Finding a girl that will do whatever you want her to do,” whether that’s staying home or refraining from posting certain things online, is “easy,” the man says confidently. Just give her financial security and don’t be ugly, he explains.
  “Spoiler alert: th
  
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• Corbin Burnes and Arizona Diamondbacks agree to $210 million, 6-year deal, AP source says

  28-12-2024 08:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Corbin Burnes and the Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed to a $210 million, six-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press late Friday night.
  The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the deal was pending a successful physical.
  The 30-year-old Burnes was perhaps the top free agent pitcher on the market after going 15-9 with a 2.92 ERA for Baltimore last season, when he earned a $15,637,500 salary. The Orioles acquired th
  
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• NHL roundup: Luke Hughes shines with goal, assist as Devils dump Hurricanes 4-2

  28-12-2024 08:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Devils defenceman Luke Hughes had a goal and an assist, Jacob Markstrom made 29 saves and New Jersey defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Friday night.
  Ondrej Palat, Nico Hischier and Dawson Mercer also scored for New Jersey, which has won three straight National Hockey League games and six of seven.
  Eric Robinson and Brent Burns scored for the Hurricanes, who lost for the third time in four games. Carolina had 31 shots on goal, after the Devils permitted 20 or fewer
  
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• Uninspired Canada upset by Latvia in a shootout at world juniors

  28-12-2024 05:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Eriks Mateiko scored the only goal of the shootout as Latvia stunned an alarmingly uninspired Canada 3-2 at the world junior hockey championship Friday.
  The forward moved in on his country’s eighth effort before firing home a goal to register one of the biggest upsets in tournament history.
  Mateiko and Peteris Bulans scored in regulation for the hard-working Europeans in their first game of the 10-team showcase in the nation’s capital. Linards Feldbergs stopped 54 shot
  
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• Kondas makes a difference in debut with Sceptres

  28-12-2024 05:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Jess Kondas was home for the holidays in Calgary when the phone rang with the best early Christmas present she could have imagined.
  After an entire calendar year on the Toronto Sceptres three-player reserve list, there finally was a spot on the roster for the 24-year-old defender to make her Professional Women’s Hockey League debut.
  She didn’t waste time making an impact as she scored Toronto’s second goal in a 4-2 win against the visiting Boston Fleet on Friday
  
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• Marner nets hat trick as Leafs beat Red Wings 5-2

  28-12-2024 04:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Mitch Marner’s third career hat trick spoiled Todd McClellan’s Detroit coaching debut as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the struggling Red Wings 5-2 on Friday night.
  David Kampf scored his first goal of the season in his 500th career game and Nicolas Robertson also scored for the Maple Leafs. John Tavares had two assists and Joseph Woll made 23 saves.
  Derek Lalonde was fired by Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman on Thursday and replaced by McClellan, who previously coached
  
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• Kirk backstops Sceptres to 4-2 win over Fleet

  28-12-2024 03:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Blayre Turnbull and Jess Kondas scored their first goals of the season to lift the Toronto Sceptres to a 4-2 win against the Boston Fleet on Friday.
  Rookie goalie Raygan Kirk stopped 26 shots to pluck her first Professional Women’s Hockey League victory as the Sceptres snapped a four-game losing streak before 8,264 at Coca-Cola Coliseum.
  Emma Woods restored Toronto’s two-goal cushion off the rush with 5:40 remaining, and Kali Flanagan scored an empty-netter.
  Loren Gab
  
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• World junior roundup: Finland bounces back with 3-1 win over Germany

  28-12-2024 00:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — After being blanked 4-0 by host Canada the night before, Finland bounced back with a gritty 3-1 win over Germany during Friday’s second day of competition at the World Junior Hockey Championship in Ottawa.
  Emil Pieniniemi, Arttu Alasiurua and Jesse Kiiskinen scored for Finland, which outshot the winless German crew 43-32.
  Clemens Sager scored for Germany, which lost 10-4 to the defending champion United States on Boxing Day.
  Finland led 1-0 after the first period and 2-1 hea
  
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• Man charged after Calgary Boxing Day robbery, car crash that killed 9-year-old girl

  28-12-2024 00:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Calgary police have laid charges and are checking for drug impairment in a horrific high-speed multi-vehicle crash that killed one girl and left another child in critical condition on Boxing Day.
  “We share the deep sadness felt by the family and loved ones who have had their lives forever changed by someone’s disregard for public safety,” Calgary police Acting Insp. Andy Woodward said in a news release Friday.
  The statement said speed and impairment by drugs are
  
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• Sportscaster Greg Gumbel dies from cancer at age 78

  28-12-2024 00:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Greg Gumbel, a longtime CBS sportscaster, has died from cancer, according to a statement from family released by CBS on Friday. He was 78.
  “He leaves behind a legacy of love, inspiration and dedication to over 50 extraordinary years in the sports broadcast industry; and his iconic voice will never be forgotten,” his wife Marcy Gumbel and daughter Michelle Gumbel said in a statement.
  In March, Gumbel missed his first NCAA Tournament since 1997 due to what he said
  
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• Vancouver’s Bench Accounting abruptly shuts down, with 600 potential jobs lost

  27-12-2024 23:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based bookkeeping service Bench Accounting has announced its sudden closure, potentially putting hundreds of staff out of work.
  The company that has described itself as North America’s largest bookkeeping service for small businesses says on its website in a “notice of closure” dated Friday that the platform is “no longer accessible.”
  The statement acknowledges that the closure is “abrupt and may cause disruption,” and says th
  
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• B.C. man who flipped 14 homes in four years is fined $2M for tax evasion

  27-12-2024 22:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RICHMOND, B.C. — A serial property flipper in British Columbia has been convicted of tax evasion and fined more than $2 million for failing to report nearly $7.5 million in earnings.
  The Canada Revenue Agency says in a statement that Balkar Bhullar of Richmond, B.C., was given a conditional sentence of two years less a day on Dec. 19 and fined about $2.15 million, matching the amount of unpaid federal income tax.
  The agency says Bhullar pleaded guilty on Aug. 3 last year to one count of ta
  
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• Criminologist says Canada should better track foreign student departures

  27-12-2024 22:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A Canadian criminologist who once worked on inland immigration enforcement for the Canada Border Services Agency says Canada needs to better track foreign nationals who arrive in the country on student visas.
  Kelly Sundberg, a professor at Mount Royal University, says it does not surprise him at all that Indian law enforcement agencies are investigating links between Canadian colleges and a scheme to ferry international students across the Canada-U. S. border.
  India’s Enforc
  
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• Senators to embark on road trip without Ullmark or Forsberg healthy

  27-12-2024 21:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators’s playoff push will face a critical test as they head out on a five-game road trip without their top two goaltenders.Head coach Travis Green said on Friday that Linus Ullmark would not travel with the Senators to Winnipeg but Anton Forsberg, who also remains sidelined, will join the team on the road.
  Ullmark, who left the 3-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Dec. 22 after the first period due to back tightness, continues to deal with the same issue.“N
  
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• B.C. court orders fraudster who owes $36.7M to pay from retirement funds

  27-12-2024 21:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Securities Commission says a man behind one of the province’s largest investment frauds has been ordered by the B.C. Supreme Court to use two retirement accounts to pay off a multimillion-dollar fine.
  It says in a news release that Earle Douglas Pasquill owes the commission $36.7 million, and he was ordered by the court on Dec. 20 to forfeit any payments from two life income fund accounts.
  Life income funds are a type of tax-deferred registered accoun
  
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