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• Chiefs open 2 – 0 series lead with 4 – 3 victory in Nanaimo

  16-04-2023 23:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  By Fraser Valley Today Staff
  NANAIMO — The Chilliwack Chiefs scored three goals in the first 13 minutes and then held on for a 4 – 3 victory in Nanaimo Saturday (Apr. 15) night. The win gives the Chiefs a 2 – 0 lead in the best-of-seven BCHL playoff series.
  Hunter McInnes, Brady Milburn and Dalton MacGillivray staked the Chiefs to their early lead while Nico Grabas added another in the second period. The Chiefs led 3 – 0 and 4 – 1 at the period breaks.
  The home
  
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• ‘Ramadan Camp’ reaches Muslim children across the globe - Chilliwack Progress

  16-04-2023 21:00 via news.google.com
  
  ‘Ramadan Camp’ reaches Muslim children across the globe  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• ‘Mario’ tops charts again; ‘Beau is Afraid’ wins in limited - Chilliwack Progress

  16-04-2023 21:00 via news.google.com
  
  ‘Mario’ tops charts again; ‘Beau is Afraid’ wins in limited  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Deepfake porn could be a growing problem amid AI race - Chilliwack Progress

  16-04-2023 21:00 via news.google.com
  
  Deepfake porn could be a growing problem amid AI race  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Lower Mainland gang members charged in murder of B.C. volunteer ... - Chilliwack Progress

  16-04-2023 20:20 via news.google.com
  
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• Russian billionaire couple claims Canadian sanctions are ... - Chilliwack Progress

  16-04-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
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• G7 vows to step up moves to renewable energy, zero carbon - Chilliwack Progress

  16-04-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
  G7 vows to step up moves to renewable energy, zero carbon  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• VIDEO: Driver dies after crashing into pedestrian overpass in Langley - Chilliwack Progress

  16-04-2023 18:57 via news.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Driver dies after crashing into pedestrian overpass in Langley  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• No date for coal phase out as G7 environment ministers wrap meeting in Japan

  16-04-2023 18:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Environment and energy ministers from G7 countries wrapped two days of talks in northern Japan without acting on Canada’s push to set a timeline for phasing out coal-fired power plants.
  In their 36-page communique after the meeting in Sapporo, the ministers restated their commitment to reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 at the latest, and promised to work with other countries to end new coal-fired power projects that don’t take steps to mitigate emissio
  
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• B.C. Writers Summit to feature 2 accomplished keynote speakers - Chilliwack Progress

  16-04-2023 18:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Ontario proposes lowering minimum age for lifeguards to 15 to ease staff shortages

  16-04-2023 17:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ontario is proposing to lower the minimum age for lifeguards to 15, in part to address staff shortages many municipalities experienced last summer.
  Regulations in the province’s Health Protection and Promotion Act currently say all lifeguards, assistant lifeguards, aquatic instructors and coaches must be at least 16 years old. But a few years ago the Lifesaving Society lowered its age requirement for the national lifeguard certification to 15, and the government is looking
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs open 2 – 0 series lead with 4 – 3 victory in Nanaimo

  16-04-2023 17:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NANAIMO — The Chilliwack Chiefs scored three goals in the first 13 minutes and then held on for a 4 – 3 victory in Nanaimo Saturday (Apr. 15) night. The win gives the Chiefs a 2 – 0 lead in the best-of-seven BCHL playoff series.
  Hunter McInnes, Brady Milburn and Dalton MacGillivray staked the Chiefs to their early lead while Nico Grabas added another in the second period. The Chiefs led 3 – 0 and 4 – 1 at the period breaks.
  The hometown Clippers came out firing in t
  
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• COVID-19 pandemic stalled progress on eliminating tuberculosis ... - Chilliwack Progress

  16-04-2023 17:05 via news.google.com
  
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• Pot shop robberies spur push to end restrictions on window displays - Chilliwack Progress

  16-04-2023 17:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Authorities: 4 killed, multiple injuries in Alabama shooting

  16-04-2023 16:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Four people have been killed and multiple people injured during a shooting Saturday night in Dadeville, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said.
  The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said the shooting happened at about 10:30 p.m. There was no initial confirmation about what led to the shooting. It was not immediately known if a suspect was in custody.
  Pastor Ben Hayes, who serves as the chaplain for the Dadeville Police Department and for the local high school football team, said most of the victim
  
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• COVID-19 pandemic stalled progress on eliminating tuberculosis among Inuit: officials

  16-04-2023 16:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Nunavut’s health minister says the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted efforts to eliminate tuberculosis in Inuit communities, and questions remain over whether targets to stamp out the disease can be met. 
  “COVID has had a huge impact on every area of health care, and that includes TB,” said John Main. “While we were putting so much effort toward dealing with COVID, we did have to slow the pace of work on other areas.”
  Five years ago, Ottawa and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatam
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of April 16, 2023

  16-04-2023 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers.Name: Shawn RiversAge: 43
  Height: 5’10” ft
  Weight: 157lbs
  Hair: Brown Eyes: Green
  Wanted: Assault causing Bodily Harm
  Warrant in effect: April 11, 2023
  Parole Jurisdiction: Chilliwack
  Name: Samantha EtheringtonAge: 27
  Height: 5’1” ft
  Weight: 141lbs
  Hair: Blonde Eyes: Brown
  Wanted: Possession of a Schedule I/II Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking,
  
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• CRIMESTOPPERS: ‘Most wanted’ for the week of April 16 - Chilliwack Progress

  16-04-2023 14:00 via news.google.com
  
  CRIMESTOPPERS: ‘Most wanted’ for the week of April 16  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Jets believe in Hellebuyck to help upset Golden Knights in playoff matchup

  16-04-2023 12:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Connor Hellebuyck doesn’t think the Winnipeg Jets feel like underdogs as they head into the first round of the NHL playoffs against the Vegas Golden Knights.
  The Jets battled to grab the final wild-card berth in the Western Conference and travel to play the top-seeded Golden Knights in Game 1 of the best-of-seven series on Tuesday.
  “You can feel the belief in this room,” Hellebuyck said after he skipped being in net for the team’s optional skate Saturday.
  
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• How views of Pierre Trudeau led RCMP to provide first close security for an ex-PM

  16-04-2023 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — With threats against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spiking in recent years, newly released historical records reveal the security concerns the RCMP had when his father was getting ready to leave office.
  Pierre Trudeau retired in 1984 after serving as prime minister for two stints adding up to 15 years. He had been first elected in 1968.
  As Trudeau prepared to retire, records show that security officials did not see any current threats against him — but that they believed his
  
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• Alberta RCMP to provide update on death of officer killed en route to noise complaint

  16-04-2023 10:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SHERWOOD PARK, Alta. — The RCMP is set to provide an update on the vehicle crash that killed one of its Alberta-based officers last week. 
  Const. Harvinder Dhami, a member of the Strathcona County detachment east of Edmonton who was affectionately known as Harvey, died early Monday morning while driving to help other officers with a noise complaint.
  The Mounties previously said Dhami’s vehicle hit a large concrete barrier on a road northeast of Sherwood Park, Alta.
  Detachment Su
  
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• Talk of LNG as clean fuel alternative risks losing sight of climate goals: experts

  16-04-2023 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — The progressive side of Canada’s fossil-fuel energy debate is pushing back against the prospect of relying on natural gas as a path to a carbon-free future. 
  High prices and a spike in demand, largely the result of Russia’s war in Ukraine, are giving momentum to the idea that liquified natural gas could replace coal-fuelled power around the world. 
  But critics call it a short-sighted and counterproductive notion that ignores economic and practical realiti
  
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• Russian billionaire couple claims Canadian sanctions are unjustified and unreasonable

  16-04-2023 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko and his wife Aleksandra want to be taken off Canada’s sanctions list, claiming in Federal Court they’ve been wrongfully labelled as “elites and close associates” of the Russian regime.The Melnichenkos filed two applications in the Federal Court of Canada in late March, seeking to quash a decision to place them under sanctions related to the war in Ukraine.Court documents obtained by The Canadian Press reveal that the pair have been f
  
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• Quebec judge grants injunction halting eviction of homeless camp living under highway

  16-04-2023 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s Superior Court has granted a temporary 10-day injunction to halt the dismantling and displacement of a long-standing homeless encampment located under a major Montreal highway. 
  In her Tuesday ruling, Justice Chantal Masse ordered the Quebec Transport Ministry — which owns the property below the city’s Ville-Marie expressway — to cease preparatory work that would disrupt the encampment and the small community of people that have taken shelte
  
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• Fire in Dubai kills 16, injures 9 in apartment building

  16-04-2023 09:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A fire swept through an apartment building in an older neighborhood of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, killing at least 16 people and injuring another nine, authorities said Sunday.
  The blaze Saturday in the Al Murar area of Dubai’s historic Deira neighborhood struck a five-story apartment believed to have been shared by multiple individuals, a common practice for laborers who power the economy in this city-state known more for its towering skysc
  
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• Injury-plagued Toronto Arrows hammered 80-5 by New England Free Jacks in MLR play

  16-04-2023 07:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The New England Free Jacks ran in 12 tries en route to an 80-5 demolition of the injury-plagued Toronto Arrows in Major League Rugby play Saturday.
  Toronto was without 12 injured players, including star fly half Sam Malcom, for the contest between the first- and last-place teams in the Eastern Conference.
  New England (6-2-0, 30 points) added eight conversions with two more automatic conversions for tries scored under the posts.
  It was 54-0 at the half at York Lions Stadium. Noel
  
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• Canada’s Tanner (The Bulldozer) Boser takes a beating in UFC light-heavyweight debut

  16-04-2023 07:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Canadian Tanner (The Bulldozer) Bower took a beating in his UFC light-heavyweight debut Saturday night, stopped in the first round by Moldova’s Ion (The Hulk) Cutelaba.
  Boser went 4-4-0 as a heavyweight in the UFC before deciding to drop to 205 pounds to face Cutelaba. The 31-year-old from Bonnyville, Alta., who now makes his home in Edmonton, weighed in at 229 pounds for his last heavyweight outing, a split decision loss to 261-pound Brazilian Rodrigo Nascimento.
  
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• Whitecaps, Austin play to scoreless draw

  16-04-2023 05:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Yohei Takaoka finished with seven saves for the Vancouver Whitecaps and Brad Stuver stopped four shots for Austin FC as the two Major League Soccer clubs played to a scoreless draw on Saturday night.
  Vancouver (2-2-4) was trying to become the second team to beat Austin (2-3-2) four times. LAFC has five wins over Austin, including the playoffs.
  The Whitecaps are winless in their last 14 road matches and have won just four of their last 38 away from home. Two of the four
  
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• Toronto FC rallies to tie Atlanta United as Lorenzo Insigne returns from injury

  16-04-2023 03:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Brandon Servania scored in stoppage time Saturday to lift Toronto FC into a 2-2 tie with Atlanta United, TFC’s sixth tie in eight outings this season.
  Substitute Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty, after a fine pass from Jonathan Osorio, found Servania in the penalty box and the midfielder eluded a defender before tucking the ball home.
  Substitute Machop Chol had looked to give Atlanta the win with a goal in the 76th minute. The South Sudan international headed home a Luiz Araujo cros
  
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• CF Montreal drops 1-0 decision to D.C. United

  16-04-2023 03:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — CF Montreal’s poor start to the Major League Soccer season continues, falling 1-0 to D.C. United during their first game at Stade Saputo on Saturday night.
  Lewis O’Brien scored the lone goal for United (2-4-2), giving them their first win since opening day. Montreal (1-6-0) has now gone 270 minutes without scoring a goal.
  Both teams lined up in relatively defensive formations and gave very little space in their own end to start the match. After the 20-minute mark, Mo
  
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• B.C. and federal government announce settlement with group of First Nations

  16-04-2023 02:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Canadian government says it’s righting nearly a century of wrongs done to five First Nations in British Columbia by settling historic land claims owed under an 1899 treaty. 
  Federal Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller said during an announcement Saturday that Ottawa failed to live up to its obligations to the Blueberry River First Nation, the Doig River First Nation, the Halfway River First Nation, the Saulteau First Nation and the West Moberly First
  
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• Chilliwack Fire responds to garage fire on Alpine Crescent in Promontory

  16-04-2023 01:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — At least five fire engines and 18 firefighters from the Chilliwack Fire Department responded to a residential structure fire in the 5500 block of Alpine Crescent in Promontory Saturday afternoon after a vehicle reportedly caught fire in the garage.
  Fire crews were dispatched at approximately 4:12 p.m. Saturday (Apr. 15) after a vehicle caught fire in the garage in the hilltop neighbourhood.
  Crews were able to secure a water supply and contain the fire to the garage. Thick plum
  
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• Fernandez wins, gives Canada 2-1 lead over Belgium in BJK Cup qualifier

  16-04-2023 01:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Leylah Fernandez completed a gritty comeback Saturday, giving Canada a 2-1 lead over Belgium at a Billie Jean King Cup qualifier in Vancouver. 
  The 20-year-old from Laval, Que., struggled early against Ysaline Bonaventure — the top-ranked Belgian in the event — but clawed her way back for a 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 victory.
  Bonaventure, who was coming off a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 win over Vancouver’s Rebecca Marino on Friday, dominated the two-hour, 26-minute match early bef
  
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• Canada tops Switzerland to advance to gold-medal final of women’s hockey worlds

  16-04-2023 00:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BRAMPTON, Ont. — Sarah Fillier had a hat trick to lead Canada in booking its ticket to the gold-medal final of the women’s world hockey championship with a 5-1 win over Switzerland on Saturday.
  Jamie Lee Rattray and Rebecca Johnston scored the others for two-time reigning champion Canada. Ann-Renee Desbiens earned the victory in net.
  Canada will meet archrival U.S. in the gold-medal game on Sunday. The Americans routed Czechia 9-1 in the other semifinal earlier on Saturday at the CAA
  
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• ‘It’s been a battle’: Canucks’ Pearson still struggling with hand injury

  16-04-2023 00:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Vancouver Canucks winger Tanner Pearson says he’s still working his way back to health nearly six months after breaking his hand in a game.
  “I’m just trying to get my hand back,” he told reporters at a season-ending press conference Saturday. “I’m just trying to be a dad and be with my kids and be able to play at the moment. It sucks.”
  The 30-year-old broke his hand in Vancouver’s loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Nov. 9 and was initially expected
  
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• Pettersson, Hughes bright spots in a dark Canucks season

  16-04-2023 00:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes were two very good players on a not-very-good Vancouver Canucks team this NHL season.
  By combining for 46 goals and 180 points, Pettersson and Hughes showed what Vancouver’s potential could be if management surrounds them with more talented players.
  But by finishing the season 11th in the Western Conference with a 38-37-7 record for 83 points and missing the playoffs for the seventh time in eight seasons, the Canucks showed the reality of
  
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• Kikuchi strikes out nine over six strong innings as Blue Jays defeat Rays 5-2

  16-04-2023 00:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Yusei Kikuchi had nine strikeouts over six strong innings to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 5-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday.The left-hander allowed four hits and one earned run on a sunny afternoon with the roof open at Rogers Centre.
  Danny Jansen and Alejandro Kirk had two hits apiece for the Blue Jays, who have won nine of their last 11 games.Tampa Bay opened the season with 13 straight victories before dropping the opener of the three-game series on Friday night.
  
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