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• Vancouver Canucks winger Dakota Joshua ‘feeling good’ after cancer treatment

  01-11-2024 22:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Dakota Joshua still struggles to put into words what it felt like to receive the news.The Vancouver Canucks winger knew something was wrong, but hearing the doctor’s diagnosis of testicular cancer was scary.
  “Kind of something you can’t be prepared for. But the support from my family, friends, the fans, the organization — everyone’s been so nice and very caring,” Joshua said Friday.“I’m just very thankful and happy to be standing
  
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• Flames’ Vladar enjoys shutout performance against old goaltending partner Markstrom

  02-11-2024 07:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Dan Vladar matched up for the first time against his old goaltending partner Jacob Markstrom, and he won in style with a shutout.
  Vladar made 22 stops as the Calgary Flames snapped a four-game losing skid with a 3-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Friday.
  “This is a nice day for me, especially against Marky,” said Vladar. “Good growing game for me, for sure.”
  After the game, Vladar, 27, thanked Flames goaltending coach, Jason LaBarbera, for helping h
  
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• Finnish players put on a show as Panthers beat Stars 6-4 in Finland

  02-11-2024 06:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TAMPERE, Finland (AP) — Florida captain Aleksander Barkov had a goal and three assists in his return to his hometown, Sam Reinhart scored twice and the Panthers beat the Dallas Stars 6-4 on Friday night.
  Finnish players put on a show. Barkov had four points, Anton Lundell had a goal, and Niko Mikkola had an assist for Florida, while Esa Lindell had a goal and an assist for the Stars. All seven Finns on the rosters started the game.
  Aaron Ekblad had three assists for Florida, which won its
  
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• Canada’s Sinclair scores in her retirement match and the Thorns down Angel City 3-0

  02-11-2024 06:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Canada’s Christine Sinclair scored in her celebratory retirement match and the Portland Thorns clinched a playoff spot with a 3-0 victory over Angel City on Friday night.Sinclair, who is playing in her final season, scored in the 16th minute in front of 23,212 fans at Providence Park. Sophia Smith and Morgan Weaver also scored for Portland in its last regular-season match.Sinclair’s club career was extended with the victory, but Portland won’t know i
  
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• Delegates agree to establish Indigenous subsidiary body at COP16 biodiversity summit in Colombia

  02-11-2024 06:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALI, Colombia (AP) — Delegates came to an agreement late Friday at the United Nations conference on biodiversity to establish a subsidiary body that will include Indigenous peoples in future talks and decisions on nature conservation.
  The COP16 summit hosted in Cali, Colombia, was a follow-up to the historic 2022 accord in Montreal, which includes 23 measures to save Earth’s plant and animal life, including putting 30% of the planet and 30% of degraded ecosystems under protection by
  
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• Coleman, Vladar lead the way as Flames snap four-game skid with 3-0 win over Devils

  02-11-2024 05:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Blake Coleman scored twice as the Calgary Flames snapped a four-game losing streak on Friday with a 3-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils.
  The other goal for Calgary (6-4-1) came from Jonathan Huberdeau, who scored just 28 seconds after Coleman had broken a scoreless tie at 14:26 of the third period.
  New Jersey (7-5-2), which had put up 12 goals in winning its previous two games, was shut out for the first time this season.
  Dan Vladar made 22 saves for his third career shutout.
  
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• Lakers’ LeBron James, Anthony Davis happy Vince Carter is being honoured by Raptors

  02-11-2024 04:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — LeBron James and his Los Angeles Lakers had to pay their respects to Vince Carter, too.
  James and teammate Anthony Davis both praised Carter after their 131-125 win over the Raptors on Friday. Carter will become the first player in Raptors history to have his jersey retired in a pre-game ceremony on Saturday.
  “Congratulations to Vinsanity, rightfully so,” said James by his locker. “It makes all the sense in the world he’s done for this franchise, the impac
  
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• Panarin and Lafreniere score, Shesterkin makes 40 saves as Rangers beat Senators 2-1

  02-11-2024 03:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Artemi Panarin and Alexis Lafreniere scored, Igor Shesterkin stopped 40 shots and the New York Rangers beat the Ottawa Senators 2-1 on Friday night.
  Panarin scored his team-best seventh goal 3:03 into the game, beating Senators goalie Linus Ullmark with a low shot. Alexis Lafreniere made it 2-0 on the power play at 2:56 of the third with his fifth goal.
  Shesterkin kept the Senators at bay until Adam Gaudette scored with 7:32 remaining in the third. Gaudette one-timed a cros
  
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• Jury convicts former Kentucky officer of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor during deadly raid

  02-11-2024 02:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal jury on Friday convicted a former Kentucky police detective of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor during a botched 2020 drug raid that left her dead.
  The 12-member jury returned the late night verdict after clearing Brett Hankison earlier in the evening on a charge that he used excessive force on Taylor’s neighbors.Some members of the jury were in tears as the verdict was read around 9:30 p.m. Friday.Hankison fired 10 shots into Taylor’s gl
  
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• Ehlers scores 3 goals to lead Jets to 6-2 win over Blue Jackets to improve to 6-0-0 on the road

  02-11-2024 02:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Nikolaj Ehlers scored three goals for his fifth career hat trick and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-2 Friday night to stay perfect on the road.
  Mason Appleton and Gabriel Vilardi also scored, Josh Morrissey had a power-play goal and an assist, and Ehlers added an assist for Winnipeg, which has won 10 of its first 11 games. Eric Comrie had 20 saves as the Jets improved to 6-0-0 on the road for the best such start in franchise history.
  Sean Kuraly sc
  
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• Vancouver mayor speaks out after his home was targeted with graffiti on Halloween

  02-11-2024 01:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim says his home was defaced with “hateful” graffiti on Halloween night.Sim says in a statement that he can’t fully express the pain of seeing the words sprayed across his home, and it’s absolutely heartbreaking that the vandalism has taken away a place where his family has felt safe.Photos shared by the mayor’s office show large spray-painted messages in English saying “Ken Sim hates poor people,” and “we hat
  
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• ‘It’s not enough to play well’: Whitecaps aim for top form against LAFC

  02-11-2024 00:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A good game is no longer enough for the Vancouver Whitecaps.Heading into a do-or-die playoff matchup against Los Angeles FC on Sunday, the ‘Caps know they need to be at their best.“We’ve just realized that it’s not enough to play well against these guys. Because if we just play well, it’ll finish like the last two games – we’re very close, and we lose,” said head coach Vanni Sartini. “And so we need to play well and to have
  
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• Beyond Vancouver, B.C.'s secondary real estate markets poised for investor growth - Burnaby Now

  02-11-2024 00:00 via news.google.com
  Beyond Vancouver, B.C.'s secondary real estate markets poised for investor growth  Burnaby Now
  
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• Rash of break-ins in Surrey likely connected with trio targeting large-scale homes: RCMP

  01-11-2024 23:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY – RCMP say a recent series of break-ins in and around the Surrey area may be the work of several suspects linked to similar incidents in the Lower Mainland.
  Single-family residences were targeted in Panorama Ridge, South Surrey, and Crescent Beach, with high-value items like rings, watches, cash, and purses stolen.
  Investigators say the occurrences started in September and believe a team of three is targeting large-scale homes between 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m., smashing glass on patio
  
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• Ja’Kobe Walter available to play for Toronto Raptors v. Los Angeles Lakers

  01-11-2024 23:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ja’Kobe Walter may make his NBA debut for the Toronto Raptors tonight against the Los Angeles Lakers.
  The 20-year-old shooting guard missed the Raptors training camp, pre-season, and first five games of the regular-season with a sprained shoulder.
  Toronto head coach Darko Rajakovic said during his pre-game media availability that Walter will be available to play.
  Walter was selected 19th overall by Toronto in this past summer’s NBA draft.
  He averaged 14.5 points, 4.4
  
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• Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania to count contested provisional ballots, rejecting Republican plea

  01-11-2024 23:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal from Republicans that could have led to thousands of provisional ballots not being counted in Pennsylvania.
  The justices left in place a state Supreme Court ruling that elections officials must count provisional ballots cast by voters whose mail-in ballots were rejected.
  As of Thursday, about 9,000 ballots out of more than 1.6 million returned have arrived at elections offices around Pennsylvania lacking a secr
  
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• South Carolina executes Richard Moore despite broadly supported plea to cut sentence to life

  01-11-2024 23:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina put Richard Moore to death by lethal injection Friday for the 1999 fatal shooting of a convenience store clerk, despite a broad appeal for mercy by parties that included three jurors and the judge from his trial, a former prison director, pastors and the his family.
  Moore, 59, was pronounced dead at 6:24 p.m.
  Moore was convicted of killing the Spartanburg convivence store clerk in September 1999 and sentenced to death two years later. Moore went into th
  
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• LETTER: Sardis secondary garden program helps senior make ends meet - Chilliwack Progress

  01-11-2024 23:15 via news.google.com
  LETTER: Sardis secondary garden program helps senior make ends meet  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Redblacks to play first playoff game on enemy turf in East semifinal against Argos

  01-11-2024 22:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks are in unfamiliar territory as they return to the playoffs for the first time since 2018.
  Ottawa takes on the Toronto Argonauts in the East Division semifinal Saturday afternoon at BMO Field. It will mark the first time since joining the league in 2014 that the Redblacks have played a post-season game on their opponent’s home turf.
  The Redblacks struggled on the road this season with a 2-7 record, but head coach Bob Dyce doesn’t see that as relevan
  
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• Barkov gets 4 points in his hometown, Panthers top Stars 6-4 in Finland

  01-11-2024 22:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TAMPERE, Finland (AP) — Florida captain Aleksander Barkov had a goal and three assists in his return to his hometown, Sam Reinhart scored twice and the Panthers beat the Dallas Stars 6-4 on Friday night.
  Finnish players put on a show. Barkov had four points, Anton Lundell had a goal, and Niko Mikkola had an assist for Florida, while Esa Lindell had a goal and an assist for the Stars. All seven Finns on the rosters started the game.
  Aaron Ekblad had three assists for Florida, which won its
  
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• Riders, Lions set to face in West final after unusual regular-season series

  01-11-2024 22:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — There is no clear favourite in Saturday’s CFL West Division semifinal between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and B.C. Lions, especially given their unusual regular-season series that had both teams recording lopsided victories.
  In their first matchup of the season on July 13 in Vancouver, the Lions (9-9) trounced the Riders 35-20. When the Lions travelled to Regina on Oct. 13, the Riders (9-8-1) returned the favour with a 39-9 victory.
  When the teams step onto the field at Mos
  
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• Calgary Flames captain Mikael Backlund reflects on joining NHL’s 1,000-game club

  01-11-2024 22:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Blake Coleman believes his Calgary Flames captain Mikael Backlund can beat the franchise record for most games played.
  That means hitting the 1,219 currently held by former captain Jarome Iginla. Backlund is on his way after reaching 1,000.
  “He’s an old man in a young body, so he takes good care of himself,” Coleman said Friday at the Saddledome. “He does the right things, so if anybody can hold on and maybe get there, it’d be him.”
  Asked to el
  
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• Man arrested after bullet shot through wall into neighbouring unit: Chilliwack RCMP - CTV News Vancouver

  01-11-2024 21:54 via news.google.com
  Man arrested after bullet shot through wall into neighbouring unit: Chilliwack RCMP  CTV News Vancouver
  
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• Future of Canadian short track in good hands with Dandjinou, says Hamelin

  01-11-2024 21:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — William Dandjinou was turning heads among short-track speedskating legends long before he started picking up gold medals on the world stage.
  Six-time Olympic medallist Charles Hamelin predicted the Montreal product would be gliding past rivals years ago — and was confident Canada’s future was in good hands when he retired in 2022.
  “I told people it’s not gonna be long before the next generation comes up, and the first name up was William Dandjinou,”
  
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• Aggressive deer killed dog in family’s yard in Oak Bay, B.C.

  01-11-2024 21:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OAK BAY, B.C. — Police on Vancouver Island are warning residents after to protect their pets during mating season after a deer killed a dog while in the backyard of a home.Oak Bay police say an aggressive buck speared the dog with its antlers.The department’s Sgt. Kevin Diachina says the dog might have spooked a large buck that came out of the bushes before the attack.
  Police say conservation officers and animal control have been informed about the deer attack.Diachina says the dog&r
  
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• New York Sirens sign top pick Sarah Fillier to a 1-year contract

  01-11-2024 21:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Professional Women’s Hockey League’s New York Sirens have signed No. 1 pick Sarah Fillier to a one-year contract.The team announced the deal Friday, nearly four months after taking the Canadian national team and Princeton University forward with the first choice in the PWHL draft.“When Sarah steps on the ice, she brings an energy that ignites both her teammates and fans alike,” general manager Pascal Daoust said in a statement. “Her game co
  
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• Langley RCMP to maintain jurisdiction on Barnston Island amid transition to new Surrey Police Service

  01-11-2024 21:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY – Officials with the RCMP say policing on Barnston Island will remain under their jurisdiction amid an ongoing redistribution of resources near Surrey.
  A spokesperson said on Friday that the unincorporated island, located in the Greater Vancouver metropolitan area, will be patrolled by the Langley detachment, with the Surrey detachment set to be dissolved.
  The acting detachment commander for Langley RCMP, Insp. Ryan Element, said the island falls under provincial jurisdiction, not t
  
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• Pedestrian rushed to hospital after being hit by vehicle in Chilliwack - Fraser Valley Today

  01-11-2024 20:41 via news.google.com
  Pedestrian rushed to hospital after being hit by vehicle in Chilliwack  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Pedestrian rushed to hospital after being hit by vehicle in Chilliwack

  01-11-2024 20:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK – Paramedics transported one person to the hospital after an incident involving a vehicle on First Avenue and Cheam Avenue in Chilliwack.
  A spokesperson with BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) said advanced care paramedics were dispatched to the scene, just east of Yale Road, around 9:45 a.m. on Friday.
  “Paramedics provided emergency medical treatment to one patient who was transported to the hospital,” BCEHS stated.
  Fraser Valley Today has reached out to the RCMP
  
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• Interior Health fined after hospital workers exposed to illicit substance

  01-11-2024 20:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PENTICTON, B.C. — British Columbia’s Interior Health Authority has been fined nearly $275,000 after workers were exposed to an unknown substance at a hospital in Penticton.A notice posted online by WorkSafeBC, the province’s worker protection agency, says the $274,073 fine imposed in August was the result of an incident in which two workers were sickened after a noxious odour was detected in a patient’s room.
  It says the employees became ill after entering the room in res
  
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