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• Man nicknamed “Monster” found deceased in a dumpster in Kamloops

  22-04-2023 23:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KAMLOOPS — Mounties in Kamloops have released the name and image of a deceased transient man nicknamed “Monster” who was discovered in a dumpster Thursday night, in order to further investigation in his death.
  In a statement from the Kamloops RCMP Saturday, Gregory Troy Hamilton, who also went by the alias of Troy Hamilton and the nickname ‘Monster’, was located in a dumpster between two buildings in the 1900 block of Curlew Drive around 11:30 p.m. on Thursday, Apri
  
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• For transgender kids, a frantic rush for treatment amid bans - Chilliwack Progress

  22-04-2023 23:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Man City beats Sheff United to keep treble dream alive

  22-04-2023 22:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — Riyad Mahrez’s hat trick has preserved Manchester City’s treble bid.
  Just days after Pep Guardiola’s team advanced to the Champions League semifinals, a place in the FA Cup final was secured after beating Sheffield United 3-0 at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.
  City can also seize control of the English Premier League title race on Wednesday in a showdown with leader Arsenal.
  Nothing has been won yet, but in this kind of mood it will take a great performance fro
  
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• Cole, Manoah scoreless after chirping, Yanks beat Jays 3-2

  22-04-2023 22:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Gerrit Cole and Alek Manaoh pitched scoreless ball after a chirpy buildup, and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 Saturday on pinch-hitter DJ LeMahieu’s walkoff bases-loaded single in the ninth inning.
  Rookie Anthony Volpe hit a two-run homer in the eighth off Yimi García and pinch-hitter Danny Jansen hit a two-run homer in the ninth against Wandy Peralta after a leadoff walk to Alejandro Kirk. Anthony Rizzo doubled off Jordan Romano (2-1) lead
  
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• Port Moody, B.C., police arrest five suspects in alleged kidnapping

  22-04-2023 22:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PORT MOODY, B.C. — Police in Port Moody, B.C., say five suspects are in custody after an alleged kidnapping in the city.
  The Port Moody Police Department says it received multiple 911 calls after a man was reportedly pulled into a vehicle in the city’s brewery district on Murray Street around 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
  It says in a statement that the arrests were made Friday, but did not mention what charges the suspects may face or provide a potential motive.
  Police say the victim, who i
  
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• Earth’s warriors, young and old, keep battling and hoping - Chilliwack Progress

  22-04-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Wrexham earns promotion on wild journey under Ryan Reynolds

  22-04-2023 21:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Wrexham secured promotion to the fourth tier of English soccer on Saturday, achieving the first part of the dream of celebrity owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.
  The Hollywood actors were among a crowd of more than 10,000 at the Racecourse Ground in north Wales to see Wrexham clinch the National League title with a 3-1 win over Boreham Wood.
  Reynolds and McElhenney seemingly have become soccer fanatics since completing their out-of-nowhere purchase of the Welsh
  
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• Group calls on Canada to create sponsor program for family fleeing war-torn Sudan

  22-04-2023 21:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The head of a Sudanese community organization says his group is calling on the federal government to create a program for community members seeking to sponsor family who are either stuck in Sudan or have fled to nearby bordering countries.
  Ashraf alTahir, president of the Sudanese Canadian Communities Association, says the umbrella organization of groups based across the country has written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly.
  He says the diaspora ar
  
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• PHOTOS: Fraser Valley teams flock to Chilliwack for first flag football ... - Hope Standard

  22-04-2023 21:18 via news.google.com
  
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• PHOTOS: Fraser Valley teams flock to Chilliwack for first flag football ... - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  22-04-2023 21:18 via news.google.com
  
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• Fraser Valley homelessness care teams needs a little support from ... - Chilliwack Progress

  22-04-2023 21:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Fraser Valley homelessness care teams need a little support from ... - Chilliwack Progress

  22-04-2023 21:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Wolf cull deemed inhumane after B.C. government releases ... - Chilliwack Progress

  22-04-2023 20:43 via news.google.com
  
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• B.C. judge strikes man’s arguments as ‘stupid’ in contempt case - Chilliwack Progress

  22-04-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Updating RCMP ‘militaristic’ training is long overdue, experts say - Chilliwack Progress

  22-04-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Health care foundation asking for donated items for vulnerable Chilliwack residents

  22-04-2023 19:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation is accustomed to raising money that supplies essential equipment for health care workers at Chilliwack General Hospital and hospitals in Hope, Abbotsford and Mission.But their work isn’t limited to just health care facilities. The foundation announced this week that it is bolstering Fraser Health’s Integrated Homelessness Action Response Teams (IHART) by providing essential items to support the needs of unhoused people livin
  
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• Union leadership to provide update on strike by thousands of public-service workers

  22-04-2023 19:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The union representing thousands of striking public-service workers says it plans to provide an update today on the status of negotiations with the federal government.
  Members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada walked off the job Wednesday as contract talks broke down.
  The union says almost a third of all federal public servants are involved in the job action. 
  The workers are calling for wage increases and improvements to working conditions, as well as the option for r
  
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• QUIZ: How much do you know about the Earth? - Chilliwack Progress

  22-04-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Federal grant of $6 million to fund waterfront dike in Harrison Hot Springs

  22-04-2023 18:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HARRISON HOT SPRINGS — Harrison Hot Springs mayor Ed Wood didn’t think his municipality would ever receive funding for waterfront infrastructure upgrades that will build a dike and help protect the town on the banks of the Harrison Lake from flooding.That feeling of uncertainty changed this past Monday, April 17 when MP Brad Vis, representing Mission-Matsqui-Fraser Canyon of which Harrison is included, announced that the Village of Harrison Hot Springs will receive $5,999,350 for wat
  
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• Police swarm vehicle in Lower Mainland to rescue kidnapped man - Chilliwack Progress

  22-04-2023 17:45 via news.google.com
  
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• Two still in critical condition after plane crashes into house southwest of Montreal

  22-04-2023 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police say two people are in critical condition after a small plane crashed into a home southwest of Montreal on Friday night.
  The small plane crashed into a private residence in St-Remi around 7:30 p.m.Authorities say two men in their 30s were taken to hospital where they remain in critical condition today.
  No one on the ground was injured.
  Police say the plane hit a home, hydroelectric lines and a parked vehicle before hitting a second home in a residential n
  
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• Sudan army: Rescue of foreign citizens, diplomats expected

  22-04-2023 17:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — The Sudanese army said Saturday it was coordinating efforts to evacuate foreign citizens and diplomats from Sudan on military aircraft, as the bloody fighting that has engulfed the vast African nation entered its second week.Army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan said he would facilitate the evacuation of American, British, Chinese and French citizens and diplomats from Sudan after speaking with the leaders of several countries that had requested help. The prospect has
  
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• Liberals table legislation to overhaul passenger rights charter - Chilliwack Progress

  22-04-2023 17:11 via news.google.com
  
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• Discredited Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond voluntarily returns another ... - Chilliwack Progress

  22-04-2023 17:04 via news.google.com
  
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• Nanaimo wins 3-1, as playoff series with Chilliwack tightens

  22-04-2023 17:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NANAIMO — On the verge of playoff elimination, Nanaimo captured its second straight must-win game Friday night.The Clippers emerged with a 3-1 win over the Chilliwack Chiefs Friday night behind 36 saves from Shane Shelest and timely offense from playmaker Jeremie Payant, who had a goal and two assists.Nanaimo trails Chilliwack 3-2 in the BCHL playoff series.Shelest surrendered a breakaway goal from Chiefs forward Michael La Starza 14 minutes into the game and slammed the door shut the rest
  
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• EDITORIAL: National labour shortage is a long-term problem - Chilliwack Progress

  22-04-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
  EDITORIAL: National labour shortage is a long-term problem  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Updating RCMP ‘militaristic’ training is long overdue, experts say

  22-04-2023 16:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — Scott Blandford considered attending the RCMP Academy when he was looking to become a police officer about 40 years ago, but he soon realized the training centre in Regina wasn’t for him.
  Blandford said he remembered the academy, also known as Depot, having a “militaristic” culture that he wanted to avoid. 
  “It was essentially military boot camp,” said Blandford, now an assistant professor and program coordinator in policing and public safety at
  
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• Free fair coming up for children ages 0 to 5 in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  22-04-2023 14:35 via news.google.com
  
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• One of the last of his generation, Second World War vet in New Brunswick dies

  22-04-2023 13:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FREDERICTON — Angus Hamilton, who served as a radar technician in Southeast Asia during the Second World War and returned home to a successful career in the civil service and academia, has died in Fredericton at the age of 100.
  Born in Listowel, Ont., on April 18, 1922, Hamilton grew up on a farm, with the Great Depression shaping his early years
  “The war had come at the best possible time for me,” he wrote in his book, “For King and Country,” one of seven he author
  
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• Russian race-car driver heads to Federal Court over Canadian sanctions

  22-04-2023 12:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A Russian race-car driver is taking Canada to court, saying sanctions imposed against him following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine are unfairly hurting his career.
  Nikita Mazepin, a former Formula One driver, wants the Federal Court to direct Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly to take immediate steps to remove him from the Canadian sanctions list.
  He says at the very least Joly should make a decision on his application to be taken off the list and tell him the result
  
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• PHOTOS: Fraser Valley teams flock to Chilliwack for first flag football ... - Chilliwack Progress

  22-04-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
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• PHOTOS: Fraser Valley Teams Flock To Chilliwack For First Flag ... - Abbotsford News

  22-04-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Free fair coming up for children ages 0 to 5 in Chilliwack - Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  22-04-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Zuccarello scores 2, Wild beat Stars to take 2-1 series lead

  22-04-2023 07:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild had a short memory after a lopsided loss in Dallas, and insist they’ll move on quickly from their latest victory.
  Mats Zuccarello scored twice and Ryan Hartman had a three-point game as the Wild beat the Dallas Stars 5-1 Friday night to take a 2-1 lead in the first-round playoff series.
  “Tonight when you get home, the game is over. It’s a race to four,” Zuccarello said. “This game, too, we’ve got to forget quick
  
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• Moore scores OT winner for Kings in 3-2 win over Oilers, lead series 2-1

  22-04-2023 07:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES — Trevor Moore scored the overtime winner for the Los Angeles Kings in a 3-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday to lead their first-round playoff series two games to one.
  Edmonton’s Ryan Nugent-Hopkins was serving a slashing minor when Gabriel Vilardi fed Moore at the side of the net for the latter to shovel the puck under Edmonton goalie Stuart Skinner at 3:24 of extra time.
  The goal was reviewed, which had both teams hovering by their benches until it was confirmed
  
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• Shelest backstops Clippers to 3-1 Game 5 victory over Chilliwack - Nanaimo News NOW

  22-04-2023 07:17 via news.google.com
  
  Shelest backstops Clippers to 3-1 Game 5 victory over Chilliwack  Nanaimo News NOW
  
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• Jones, Laing open world mixed curling championship with 8-4 win over Scotland

  22-04-2023 06:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GANGNEUNG, Korea, Republic Of — The Canadian combo of Jennifer Jones and Brent Laing scored four in the first end, stole one in the second and then coasted to an 8-4 victory over Scotland in their opening game of the world mixed doubles curling championship on Friday night.
  The husband and wife team from Winnipeg, Man., beat Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds, to start the week-long competition in Gangneung, South Korea.
  Canada allowed Scotland to score one in the third, two in the fifth and o
  
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• Isles score 4 fastest goals in playoff history, top Canes

  22-04-2023 04:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Kyle Palmieri and Matt Martin scored 44 seconds apart late in the third period and the New York Islanders beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-1 Friday night to cut their first-round series deficit to 2-1.
  Casey Cizikas, Scott Mayfield and Anders Lee also scored as New York got four goals in a 2:18 span late — the fastest four goals in Stanley Cup playoff history — to pull away. Ilya Sorokin stopped 30 shots for the Islanders, who had a pair of one-goal losses in the
  
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• Guerrero’s 11th homer in Bronx leads Jays over Yanks 6-1

  22-04-2023 04:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. put Toronto ahead in the first inning with his 11th home run in the Bronx and Brandon Belt drove in four runs to lead the Blue Jays over the New York Yankees 6-1 Friday night.
  Yusei Kikuchi (3-0) allowed one run and four hits in six innings and has a 1.91 ERA over five starts and one relief appearance at Yankee Stadium. Erik Swanson, Trevor Richards and Yimi García finished a five-hitter.
  Wearing powder blue uniforms, Toronto went ahead against
  
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• Bruins reclaim home-ice edge, top Panthers 4-2 in Game 3

  22-04-2023 04:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Taylor Hall had a goal and an assist, Linus Ullmark stopped 28 shots and the Boston Bruins topped the Florida Panthers 4-2 in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference first-round series on Friday night.
  Charlie Coyle, David Pastrnak and Nick Foligno also had goals for Boston, which reclaimed home-ice advantage and took a 2-1 lead in the series. Dmitry Orlov had a pair of long outlet passes that became assists for the Bruins.
  Alex Lyon stopped 23 of 26 shots for Florida, the
  
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• Situation in Sudan volatile and deteriorating rapidly: Foreign Affairs Minister Joly

  22-04-2023 04:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government says it has deployed members of its Global Affairs Standing Rapid Deployment Team to Djibouti due to the volatile and rapidly deteriorating situation in Sudan.
  Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada’s embassy in Sudan’s capital Khartoum has temporarily suspended in-person operations.
  Joly says the Rapid Deployment Team can provide emergency response, co-ordination, consular assistance and logistical support.
  The government says
  
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• A Lim Kim shoots 7-under, Henderson two strokes back at rain-delayed Chevron

  22-04-2023 04:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) — A Lim Kim birdied the final two holes for a 7-under 65 and the lead Friday in the suspended second round of the rain-delayed Chevron Championship.
  Thirty-one players were unable to finish the round before dark in the first women’s major tournament of the season, with the event in its first year in suburban Houston after a decades-long run in the California desert.
  Kim won the last LPGA Tour major held in the Houston area, the 2020 U.S. Women’s Open a
  
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• House Republicans, Manhattan DA end fight over Trump inquiry

  22-04-2023 03:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — House Republicans and the Manhattan district attorney’s office reached an agreement Friday to end a legal dispute over a House Judiciary Committee inquiry into former President Donald Trump’s historic indictment.
  Under the agreement, committee members will be able to question former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz under oath next month in Washington, resolving a lawsuit in which District Attorney Alvin Bragg had sought to block Pomerantz from testifying.
  Among the com
  
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• LETTER: Tydel is a bright light in Chilliwack for those in need - Chilliwack Progress

  22-04-2023 02:30 via news.google.com
  
  LETTER: Tydel is a bright light in Chilliwack for those in need  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• LETTER: City of Chilliwack's public art process is 'archaic' - Chilliwack Progress

  22-04-2023 01:00 via news.google.com
  
  LETTER: City of Chilliwack's public art process is 'archaic'  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Meal assistance program for Chilliwack seniors from a little meat ... - Chilliwack Progress

  22-04-2023 00:25 via news.google.com
  
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• Federal public service workers rally outside PRTC in Chilliwack

  22-04-2023 00:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Upwards of approximately 150 public service workers representing a variety of federal agencies rallied outside the RCMP Pacific Region Training Centre on Dieppe Place near Garrison Friday on the third day of a nationwide strike.Affected federal employees held signs with words like “fairness” and “fair wages” as they congregated on Keith Wilson Road and nearby Dieppe Place, eliciting loud honks and shows of support from motorists.One motorist driving a C
  
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• Federal PSAC public service union workers hit the picket line in ... - Hope Standard

  22-04-2023 00:10 via news.google.com
  
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• Federal PSAC public service union workers hit the picket line in ... - Chilliwack Progress

  22-04-2023 00:10 via news.google.com
  
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• Federal PSAC public service union workers hit the picket line in ... - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  22-04-2023 00:10 via news.google.com
  
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