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• Abbotsford Police investigate home invasion at marijuana grow op in Sumas Prairie

  15-04-2023 23:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department is investigating a home invasion that happened earlier this week at a grow op in Sumas Prairie in the 1500 block of Bowman Road.
  Sgt. Paul Walker, media relations spokesman for the Abbotsford Police Department, said Abbotsford Police patrol officers responded at 12:57 a.m. on Monday, April 10 to a report of a home invasion. A group of male suspects wearing dark clothing had entered an occupied residence on the property, brandished a firearm, an
  
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• Chilliwack Fire extinguishes camper fire at homeless trailer camp near Island 22

  15-04-2023 23:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Fire Department personnel responded to a report of a trailer fire at a trailer compound on First Nations land near Island 22, west of Young Road, in Fairfield Island Saturday morning.Chilliwack Fire Chief Ian Josephson confirmed in an email Saturday that a camper or trailer-type unit caught fire at 5:17 a.m. Eighteen firefighters from Halls No. 1 and 4 responded.
  The incident was isolated to a single trailer with no exposures, Josephson said.There were no injuries a
  
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• Resort famous for Elvis’ ‘Blue Hawaii’ movie will be rebuilt - Chilliwack Progress

  15-04-2023 23:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Ilya Samsonov ready for playoff spotlight with Maple Leafs

  15-04-2023 22:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ilya Samsonov declared recently he doesn’t break. 
  Crucial to his team’s hopes of ending a generation of playoff misery, the Maple Leafs goaltender also wasn’t bothered by some down time ahead of what Toronto hopes will be a long post-season grind.
  Samsonov sat out the final two games of the regular schedule with his team’s first-round hurdle — a rematch against the Tampa Bay Lightning — long set in stone.
  “I rested mentally,”
  
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• PHOTOS: Gathering to make a difference at Rotary Climate Fair in ... - Hope Standard

  15-04-2023 22:44 via news.google.com
  
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• PHOTOS: Gathering To Make A Difference At Rotary Climate Fair In ... - Abbotsford News

  15-04-2023 22:44 via news.google.com
  
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• Canada, South Korea launch talks on defence, security intelligence sharing

  15-04-2023 22:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada and South Korea have launched talks aimed at sharing defence and security information as the two countries work to counter increasing threats from Russia and China. 
  The agreement to develop an intelligence-sharing pact, called the General Security of Information Agreement, capped Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly’s second official visit to the East Asian country. 
  Joly says building on shared priorities with South Korea is part of Canada’s
  
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• Sudan’s army and rival force clash, wider conflict feared - Chilliwack Progress

  15-04-2023 21:46 via news.google.com
  
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• U.S. routs Czechia 9-1 in women’s world hockey championship semifinal

  15-04-2023 21:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BRAMPTON, Ont. — The United States beat Czechia 9-1 on Saturday to book a spot in the women’s world hockey championship gold medal game for a 22nd consecutive time.
  Forwards Hilary Knight, Amanda Kessel and Tessa Janecka each scored twice for the U.S., and defenceman Caroline Harvey led all skaters with four points (one goal, three assists). Forward Adela Shapovalivova scored the lone goal for Czechia, which has yet to make a final.
  It’s the second straight year the U.S. has de
  
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• Robertson, Burns, Brossoit named NHL three stars of the week

  15-04-2023 19:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Dallas forward Jason Robertson, Carolina defenceman Brent Burns and Vegas goaltender Laurent Brossoit have been named the NHL’s three stars of the week to end the regular season.
  Robertson had one goal and five assists in three games as the Stars finished the season on a six-game winning streak. 
  The six-foot-three, 200-pound winger produced 109 points this season, the most in a single season by a U.S.-born player aged 23 or younger.
  Burns, of Barrie, Ont., scored in
  
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• Bostonians remember deadly marathon bombing 10 years later - Chilliwack Progress

  15-04-2023 18:54 via news.google.com
  
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• Hockey Canada announces roster for 2023 men’s U18 world championship

  15-04-2023 18:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Hockey Canada has announced its roster for the upcoming 2023 men’s under-18 world championship.
  The roster includes 22 players (three goalies, seven defencemen and 12 forwards), eight of which won gold for Canada at the 2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup last summer.
  Canada is looking to bounce back after losing 6-5 to Finland in last year’s world championship quarterfinals. Three players are returning from that team: Tanner Howe, Matthew Wood and Lukas Dragicevic.
  Jeff Truitt o
  
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• Trudeau’s cross-country town halls are back with a new format — and new skeptics

  15-04-2023 18:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Every town hall begins the same way: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives in a blue or white shirt with rolled-up sleeves, takes the microphone, waxes poetic about the state of the world and acknowledges the challenging years Canadians have recently faced. 
  The people in the crowd who will have the chance to ask unvetted questions of the prime minister are no stranger to those struggles. 
  There’s the Muslim mother who fears for the safety of her children. Immigran
  
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• Blue Jackets fire coach Brad Larsen after 2 seasons

  15-04-2023 17:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Brad Larsen has been fired as coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets after two seasons without a playoff appearance, a move general manager Jarmo Kekalainen called “absolutely a necessary change that we needed to make.”
  Kekalainen did not elaborate on why he thought Larsen wasn’t the right person to lead the team from behind the bench. He informed Larsen and players of his decision Saturday morning and was not interested in explaining exactly when he made it.
  “We need a chang
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs open second round with victory in Nanaimo

  15-04-2023 16:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NANAIMO — Dylan Kinch scored with less than 6 minutes remaining in regulation time to lift the Chilliwack Chiefs to a 2-1 victory over the Clippers in Nanaimo Friday (Apr. 14) night. The win gave the Chiefs a 1-0 series lead in the best-of-seven second-round BCHL playoff series.
  The Clippers scored the first goal of the game when Jeremie Payantj struck with a shorthanded goal at 5:18 of the second period.But the Chiefs answered back later in the period when Lucas Sorace scored his first go
  
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• Alcohol consumption coming back to Vedder Park for nearly six-month run

  15-04-2023 16:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack City Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday (Apr. 18) on an agenda item that would permit the seasonal consumption of alcohol in Vedder Park near the Rotary Vedder Trail.Item 7.7 on Tuesday’s agenda involves a recommendation from city staff that councillors approve the consumption of alcohol through City Parks Bylaw 2023, No. 5299, at the park, located at 45450 Petawawa Road, between May 15 and October 31.A municipal staff report accompanying the agenda item say
  
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• Coulter says parties to bus strike have declined help from a mediator

  15-04-2023 16:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack MLA and Minister of State for Infrastructure and Transit Dan Coulter says both parties involved in the ongoing bus strike have declined assistance from an outside mediator as proposed by the B.C. Minister of Labour.In a statement released Friday (Apr. 14), Coulter advised that the B.C. government has offered to enlist the services of a mediator, but neither party has accepted the offer. He did not mention either company by name in his statement, but it is presumed t
  
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• Elements Casino gives more than $800000 to benefit dozens of ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-04-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Sustained firing heard in Sudanese capital amid tensions

  15-04-2023 10:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sustained firing was heard in the Sudanese capital Saturday morning amid tensions between the military and the country’s powerful paramilitary forces.The firing could be heard in a number of areas, including central Khartoum and the neighbourhood of Bahri.
  Tensions between the military and the Rapid Support Forces, as the paramilitary is known, have escalated in recent months, forcing a delay in the signing of an internationally backed deal with political parti
  
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• Proposed shark tourism project has to walk fine line to balance benefits and safety

  15-04-2023 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A proposed tourism project off the coast of Nova Scotia to let people watch great white sharks through the bars of a submerged cage requires a balancing act between sightseeing and the needs of the animals, says one expert.
  Shark watching is a growing global tourism industry, but it has the potential to do harm, Fred Whoriskey, executive director of the Ocean Tracking Network at Dalhousie University, said in a recent interview.
  “The balancing act is on the one hand, getting your benefits t
  
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• Explosion at Japan port during PM Kishida visit, no injuries

  15-04-2023 06:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TOKYO (AP) — A loud explosion occurred at a western Japanese port on Saturday during Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s visit, but there were no injuries, Japan’s NHK television reported.
  Kishida was unharmed and evacuated to the Wakayama prefectural police headquarters, NHK said.
  The incident comes only nine months after Kishida’s predecessor, Shinzo Abe, was assassinated while delivering a campaign speech in the western city of Nara. The assassination shocked the nation and
  
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• Canadian lightweight Olivier Aubin-Mercier opens 2023 PFL season with decision win

  15-04-2023 04:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS — Olivier (The Canadian Gangster) Aubin-Mercier won a unanimous decision over American lightweight (Hurricane) Shane Burgos on Friday night at PFL 3.
  All three judges scored the bout 30-27 for Aubin-Mercier (18-5-0) at The Theater at Virgin Hotels.
  It marked the first outing for the 34-year-old from Montreal since he capped off the 2022 Professional Fighters League season by winning the lightweight title in November.
  Aubin-Mercier has won all seven of his PFL bouts since leaving
  
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• Bichette has five hits as Jays end Rays’ 13-game win streak with 6-3 victory

  15-04-2023 04:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — George Springer hit a leadoff homer and Bo Bichette had five hits as the Toronto Blue Jays beat Tampa Bay 6-3 on Friday night to end the Rays’ season-opening 13-game winning streak.
  Jose Berrios threw five strong innings in his best start of the year as Toronto (9-5) won for the eighth time in 10 games. 
  The Blue Jays took advantage of a pair of bases-loaded walks and a two-run error in the fifth inning. Josh Lowe and Christian Bethancourt cut into the lead with back-t
  
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• Canada’s Fernandez cruises to win over Wickmayer to open BJK Cup qualifier

  15-04-2023 02:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Leylah Fernandez kicked off Canada’s run at the Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers in dominant fashion Friday, taking a 6-0, 6-3 win over Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium.The 20-year-old from Laval, Que., used a powerful serve to put away four aces and won 5-of-9 possible break points across the one-hour, five-minute match.Wickmayer struggled at times, winning just 12-of-25 first service points and chalking up three double faults.
  The two-day competition continues Friday night wi
  
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• With Boston Marathon win, Kipchoge would cap running resume

  15-04-2023 01:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Two-time Olympic gold medallist. Twelve-time major marathon winner. World record-holder.And still, Eliud Kipchoge has something to prove.
  “I think Boston is a game-changer for me,” the world’s greatest marathoner said as he prepared for his debut in the world’s most prestigious road race. “Boston is the oldest marathon ever, and I think actually any serious marathoner should put his or her own feet once — if not a lot in his life — in
  
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• Gov. vetoes Kansas bill on live deliveries during abortion

  15-04-2023 00:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a bill on Friday that could have penalized doctors accused of not providing enough care to infants delivered during certain kinds of abortion procedures.In a statement on her website, Kelly, a Democrat, called the legislation “misleading and unnecessary.”The legislation could have subjected doctors to lawsuits and criminal charges in certain kinds of abortions and in circumstances when doctors induce labor to deliver a fetus th
  
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• Ex-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo not running for president

  15-04-2023 00:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday he will not enter the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
  The former secretary of state said on Fox News that he would not seek the GOP nomination in a contest that would have put the devoted ally and defender of Donald Trump into competition with his former commander in chief.
  Pompeo would have been the second former Trump Cabinet member to enter the race to challenge the former president for the 2024 GOP nomination, joining fo
  
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• ‘Potentially devastating’: Bird flu cases in mammals put scientists on ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-04-2023 00:30 via news.google.com
  
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• 'Sad day for Chilliwack,' as Ono's of Japan set to close in mall food ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-04-2023 00:20 via news.google.com
  
  'Sad day for Chilliwack,' as Ono's of Japan set to close in mall food ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Revolutionizing breast cancer surgery: B.C. hospital adopts ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-04-2023 00:00 via news.google.com
  
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