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• Social housing provider Atira gives back $2M to B.C. government, launches review

  12-05-2023 23:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The British Columbia housing group that was named in a damning forensic audit says it has returned almost $2 million in surplus funds to the provincial government.Atira Women’s Resource Society says the $1.9 million it will return is from the 2020 and 2021 fiscal years.The society also says in a statement it takes the independent audit with the “utmost seriousness,” and that it will establish its own task force to oversee a review of its policies and practices
  
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• Suspension fallout: Oilers, Knights adjust to absence of top defencemen for Game 5

  12-05-2023 23:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS — The Edmonton Oilers chose their words carefully on the suspension front Friday while defenceman Brett Kulak prepared for an increase of playoff minutes in the absence of Darnell Nurse.
  The Oilers knew before departing Edmonton the previous day that Nurse would serve a one-game suspension in Friday’s Game 5 for instigating a fight in the final five minutes of a 4-1 win over the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 4.
  The announcement that Golden Knights’ defenceman Alex Piet
  
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• Vancouver Chinatown gets $2.2-million grant to revitalize historic ... - Chilliwack Progress

  12-05-2023 23:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Tens of thousands march against Serbia’s populist leadership ... - Chilliwack Progress

  12-05-2023 23:30 via news.google.com
  
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• New group helping secure carpool rides to and from Chilliwack ... - Mission City Record

  12-05-2023 23:16 via news.google.com
  
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• New group helping secure carpool rides to and from Chilliwack ... - Hope Standard

  12-05-2023 23:16 via news.google.com
  
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• New group helping secure carpool rides to and from Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  12-05-2023 23:16 via news.google.com
  
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• Manitoba Sen. Raymonde Gagné becomes Senate’s third-ever female Speaker

  12-05-2023 22:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A Manitoba senator will be the third woman to sit in the Speaker’s chair in the Senate, and the first to do so in 44 years.
  The Governor General appointed Raymonde Gagné to serve in the role Friday on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
  A statement from Trudeau’s office lauding the appointment says Gagné, who worked in education before joining the Senate in 2016, is a strong advocate for minority language rights.
  She was the president of Winnipeg
  
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• Newest RCMP members to train, work in Chilliwack

  12-05-2023 22:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Twenty experienced police officers who have joined the RCMP after starting their careers with other police agencies from across Canada will be heading to Chilliwack next month to continue their police training, and one or more officers will be assigned to the Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment in Chilliwack as well.The B.C. RCMP said in a press release that the latest batch of veteran police officers will attend a three-week training course at the Pacific Region Training
  
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• US upsets defending champ Finland, Canada routs Latvia to open ice hockey worlds

  12-05-2023 22:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TAMPERE, Finland (AP) — The United States overcame defending champion Finland 4-1 to open the ice hockey world championship on Friday.
  Alex Tuch scored two goals and Drew O’Çonnor had a goal and two assists to lead the U.S. Cutter Ganthier also scored and goaltender Casey DeSmith stopped 23 shots in Tampere.
  Teemu Hartikainen gave the hosts a 1-0 lead late in the opening period on a power play before Ganthier tied it from the left circle in the second.
  O’Çonnor an
  
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• Unwanted vacation: family desperate to bring B.C. man home from ... - Chilliwack Progress

  12-05-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Gov’t funding boosts Agassiz-Harrison, Chlliwack artistic orgs - Chilliwack Progress

  12-05-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Toronto FC hands permanent bans to four supporters after violence at BMO Field

  12-05-2023 22:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto FC has handed four supporters a permanent ban in the wake of violence in the stands at Tuesday’s Canadian Championship loss to CF Montreal.
  All four have been “immediately and permanently banned” from all MLSE facilities, without an ability to apply for reinstatement in the future.
  The MLS club said more people could face sanctions, given the investigation is ongoing and preliminary findings showed “multiple fans” had violated the stadiums’ code of con
  
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• Bridget Carleton gets full circle moment with WNBA’s first-ever game in Canada

  12-05-2023 22:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The WNBA’s first-ever game in Canada is a full circle moment for Bridget Carleton.
  The Chatham, Ont., native will be suiting up for the Minnesota Lynx on Saturday against the Chicago Sky at Scotiabank Arena. The pre-season contest on home soil is one that brings back memories of the journey that’s led the six-foot-one forward to this point.
  “I think growing up, I never really even dreamed about playing in the WNBA,” Carleton, 25, told The Canadian Press. &
  
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• Ruth & Naomi’s raises over $129K for dental clinic from Night of Hope gala

  12-05-2023 22:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Ruth & Naomi’s says it raised over $129,000 from its Night of Hope gala on Friday, May 5 in order to help develop a dental clinic for the many people of Chilliwack who cannot afford or access basic dental care.In a Facebook post on Thursday, May 11, Ruth and Naomi’s said the success of the fundraising dinner enables the organization to move forward with its plans for a dental clinic.“We are thrilled to be moving forward with this project as the need is gr
  
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• Weegar has three points, Canada routs co-host Latvia 6-0 in world championship opener

  12-05-2023 21:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RIGA, Latvia — MacKenzie Weegar had a goal and two assists as Canada downed co-host Latvia Friday in its opening game at the world men’s hockey championship.
  Lawson Crouse, Scott Laughton, Sammy Blais, Joe Veleno and Jack McBain also had goals as the Canadians spread the scoring around.
  Sam Montembeault made 23 saves for the shutout.
  Ivars Punnenovs allowed two goals on five shots in the Latvia goal before giving way to Arturs Silovs, who surrendered four goals on 24 shots.
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• B.C. police watchdog deployed to Vancouver Island after incident in Duncan

  12-05-2023 21:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUNCAN, B.C. — British Columbia’s police watchdog has been deployed to Vancouver Island in relation to an incident captured on video and shared on social media that appears to show police shoot a man.
  The Independent Investigations Office says it will release further information about an incident in Duncan, north of Victoria, later today.
  The seven-second video shows the moments before an officer opens fire on a man standing behind the open door of a black SUV that appears to have ra
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP invites community to attend public meetings next two weeks

  12-05-2023 21:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment in Chilliwack will hold a series of community meetings over the next two weeks designed to solicit input from the public as Mounties plot a strategic course for its 2023-25 UFVRD Strategic Plan.The first Chilliwack meeting will be held on Thursday, May 18 at the Sardis Library from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., followed by a second meeting on Tuesday, May 23 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Evergreen Hall in Chilliwack.Doors open at 6 p.m., the presenta
  
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• Vancouver Chinatown gets $2.2-million grant to revitalize historic neighbourhood

  12-05-2023 21:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Vancouver’s Chinatown is getting a $2.2-million provincial grant to revitalize the historic neighbourhood.
  The Vancouver Chinatown Foundation says the funding will go toward renewing historic storefronts, as well as adding infrastructure and lighting throughout the neighbourhood.
  The funding will also help the Chinese Cultural Centre upgrade its facade.
  Chinatown has been the focus of a number of revitalization efforts in recent months after concerns about crime levels and lower foot traff
  
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• Military referred 93 sexual offence cases to civilian police, 64 under investigation

  12-05-2023 21:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The military says it has referred 93 cases of criminal sexual offences to civilian police since December 2021, and 64 of the cases are under investigation.
  An independent report released a year ago recommended the government remove jurisdiction over such cases from military police after a series of sexual misconduct scandals involving high-ranking officers. 
  Brig.-Gen. Simon Trudeau, the Canadian Forces provost marshal, says in a written update that 29 cases the military trie
  
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• Chilliwack prepares for heat wave with cooling centres, spray parks ... - Chilliwack Progress

  12-05-2023 20:55 via news.google.com
  
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• Canadian star Alphonso Davies named to Bundesliga team of the season

  12-05-2023 20:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian Alphonso Davies has been voted onto the Bundesliga team of the season.
  The 22-year-old from Edmonton, who plays for Bayern Munich, was clocked at 36.53 kilometres per hour this season, the second-fastest time in the German top tier.
  Davies, who has won 39 caps for Canada with 13 goals and 16 assists, had a goal and four assists for Bayern this season, which was cut short by a thigh injury suffered April 23.
  He is joined on the team of the season by Bayern teammates Matthijs de Ligt and
  
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• Money-hungry, or spiritually misguided? Jury to announce verdict in trial of slain kids’ mom

  12-05-2023 20:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho jury is expected to announce a verdict on murder, conspiracy and grand theft charges Friday afternoon in the strange triple murder trial of Lori Vallow Daybell.Prosecutors in the case described Vallow Daybell as a power-hungry manipulator who would kill her two youngest children for money, while the defense team said she was normally protective mother who fell under the romantic sway of a wannabe cult leader.
  Jurors heard both stories Thursday during final argu
  
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• Charity highlights pay inequality in pro sports during WNBA weekend in Toronto

  12-05-2023 19:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Growing up in Mississauga, Ont., Laeticia Amihere loved basketball, but she couldn’t see herself in the Toronto Raptors players she regularly watched.
  She hopes that other Canadian girls and young women who watch this Saturday’s game between the Minnesota Lynx and Chicago Sky at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena — the first ever WNBA game north of the border — will have a different experience.
  “It’s going to be tremendous,” said Amihere from Atlanta, wher
  
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• Canadian men, women each go 1-1 on first day of HSBC France Sevens

  12-05-2023 19:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TOULOUSE, France — Thomas Isherwood scored two tries to help Canada blank Uruguay 26-0 Friday at the HSBC France Sevens.
  Josiah Morra and Alex Russell also scored tries for the 14th-ranked Canadians against No. 11 Uruguay on Day 1 of the penultimate stop of the men’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. Lockie Kratz, Max Stewart and Isherwood each added a conversion.
  Isherwood opened the scoring after stealing the ball from Uruguay’s James McCubbin at the breakdown and racing to the
  
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• Montreal blue collars want local union probe after VP resigns over racist posts

  12-05-2023 19:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Some Montreal blue collar workers are calling for their union to be investigated for alleged racial bias.
  The workers are asking the provincial branch of the Canadian Union of Public Employees to investigate its Montreal local, after one of the local’s vice-presidents recently resigned over racist social media posts.
  On May 9 union leadership said Gaétan Archambault had resigned after his alleged racist and Islamophobic posts came to light, adding that the local had
  
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• ‘The devil’: Métis settlement looks to rebuild from wildfire as hot weather to return

  12-05-2023 19:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A Métis settlement devastated by an out-of-control blaze remains at risk as hot and dry conditions in Alberta’s forecast threaten to worsen an already intense wildfire season.
  “That fire, I call it the devil. I’ve never seen a fire like that in my life,” said Raymond Supernault, chair of the East Prairie Métis Settlement.
  “I never seen a fire like that come that quick and fast and go through the settlement and burn everything in its sight.”
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• Chilliwack to open cooling centres ahead of hot weekend weather, pets welcome

  12-05-2023 19:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The city of Chilliwack says it will open two cooling centres, including on the north side of town and one in Sardis, ahead of a hot weekend weather forecast from Environment Canada.In response to expected high temperatures of 34 degrees over the weekend, the city of Chilliwack will temporarily open Evergreen Hall (9291 Corbould Street) and Sardis Sports Complex (5725 Tyson Road, rink No. 3) from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday through Monday, May 13-15.Pets that are crated or cont
  
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• Charge laid in 2022 fatal hit-and-run in Abbotsford - Chilliwack Progress

  12-05-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Ng announces India trade mission, pledges a limited deal within months

  12-05-2023 19:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Trade Minister Mary Ng says it is “not going to be years” before Canada and India sign some form of trade agreement, more than a decade after negotiations began.
  Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal visited Ottawa and Toronto this week, where he told media that New Delhi wants to vastly increase its trade with Canada.
  The two countries are negotiating a possible agreement that is limited to certain sectors, instead of a comprehensive deal that covers most of the econo
  
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• Documentarians coming to Harrison Hot Springs to trace ... - Chilliwack Progress

  12-05-2023 19:22 via news.google.com
  
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• Former B.C. little league treasurer charged with fraud and theft

  12-05-2023 19:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COQUITLAM, B.C. — A former treasurer of a little league baseball organization in Coquitlam, B.C., is facing charges after $150,000 went missing from the group’s bank account.
  Mounties say the 65-year-old woman was charged this week with fraud and theft over $5,000 after an investigation that lasted 2 1/2 years.
  The league reported the missing money to the RCMP in August 2020 and said in a statement then that it noticed the money missing when members didn’t receive their refund
  
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• People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier aims to run in Manitoba byelection

  12-05-2023 19:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Maxime Bernier says he will run in what he predicts will be a “two-horse race” for a federal seat in a coming byelection in rural Manitoba. 
  The People’s Party of Canada leader says the vote in Portage-Lisgar will be a choice between him or what he called a fake conservative. 
  The seat was previously held by Candice Bergen, who was the Conservative party’s interim leader last year and who stepped down as a member of Parliament in February.
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• Leafs G Ilya Samsonov, F Matthew Knies skate for first time since suffering injuries

  12-05-2023 19:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Maple Leafs had two key players back on the ice Friday.
  Toronto goaltender Ilya Samsonov and rookie forward Matthew Knies took part in the team’s optional morning skate ahead of its second consecutive must-win against Florida.
  Both were on the ice for the first time since getting hurt and weren’t available for Game 5 with Toronto once again facing elimination.
  The Leafs avoided a sweep at the hands of the Panthers with Wednesday’s gutsy 2-1 victory in Sunris
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs in go-for-it mode heading into 2023-24 BCHL ... - Hope Standard

  12-05-2023 18:50 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs in go-for-it mode heading into 2023-24 BCHL ... - Chilliwack Progress

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• CF Montreal, Toronto FC on divergent paths ahead of derby rematch in MLS

  12-05-2023 18:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — CF Montreal and Toronto FC are two spots apart in the Major League Soccer standings, yet the two clubs head into Saturday night’s Canadian Classique derby rematch with very different outlooks.
  Montreal (4-6-0, 10th in East) has won its last five games in all competitions and is outscoring its opponents 10-1 in that span.
  That fifth win was Tuesday, when Montreal beat Toronto 2-1 on the road in the Canadian Championship quarterfinal, a match overshadowed by fights in the BM
  
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• Marine veteran who fatally choked NYC subway rider freed after surrendering to manslaughter charge

  12-05-2023 18:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. Marine veteran who used a fatal chokehold on an agitated New York City subway passenger was freed from custody Friday hours after surrendering on a manslaughter charge.
  Daniel Penny, 24, appeared in court hours after turning himself in at a police station after prosecutors said they were charging him in the May 1 death of Jordan Neely. He did not enter a plea. Prosecutors said they are seeking a grand jury indictment.
  A judge authorized Penny’s release on bond
  
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• Chilliwack’s newest hillside trail, park opens on Vedder Mountain Road

  12-05-2023 18:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack’s newest hillside park, Qoqó:lem Park, containing uphill trails, picnic benches, and day use areas, has officially opened at 45076 Vedder Mountain Road.
  Chilliwack City Council awarded the contract for construction of the trail at its meeting on July 19, 2022, and less than a year later, contracting crews have finished their work carving paths into Vedder Mountain.
  Mountainco Contracting was awarded the request for proposal contract for $318,953, plus a
  
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• Trump’s sexual assault verdict marks rare moment of accountability ... - Chilliwack Progress

  12-05-2023 18:00 via news.google.com
  
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• BC Hydro predicting record-breaking power usage as heat descends on the province

  12-05-2023 18:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BC Hydro is expecting potentially record-breaking demand on the power system as British Columbia and Alberta enter what’s forecast to be a blistering heat wave.
  The company says if Monday’s forecast holds, peak hourly demand could go as high as 7,800 megawatt hours, about 1,300 more than is typical for May.
  It says historically the province hasn’t recorded anything above 7,500 megawatts in May.
  Environment Canada is forecasting daytime temperatures 10 to 15 degrees above normal
  
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• Cochrane looks forward to time with family and next challenge after Canada Soccer

  12-05-2023 17:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Earl Cochrane marked his final day Friday as Canada Soccer’s general secretary looking forward not back.
  His priorities now are spending time with his wife and two kids — and finding a new challenge. But Cochrane has had plenty of time to reflect since the April 20 announcement that he was stepping down as the governing body’s top staff official.
  Cochrane is the latest Canada Soccer official to leave the beleaguered organization. Nick Bontis resigned as president in February, a
  
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• Coyote attacks, bites 2-year-old child at B.C. park - Chilliwack Progress

  12-05-2023 17:08 via news.google.com
  
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• Secrets and Lives with Irene Barlas-Rimar - Chilliwack Progress

  12-05-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Reports: Ryan Reynolds’ bid for NHL’s Ottawa Senators will not ... - Chilliwack Progress

  12-05-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Auger-Aliassime bounced from Italian Open by Australian qualifer Alexei Popyrin

  12-05-2023 15:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ROME — Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime has been ousted from the Italian Open after dropping a second-round match 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 to Australian Alexei Popyrin on Friday.
  Auger-Aliassime had a bye in the first round of the clay-court tournament, while Popyrin defeated his compatriot Christopher O’Connell after coming through the qualifying rounds.
  Popyrin, ranked 77th in the world, continued his momentum by upsetting No. 10 Auger-Aliassime in an exhausting three hour 17-minute bat
  
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• Islamabad high court gives ex-PM Imran Khan a 2-week reprieve from arrest in graft case

  12-05-2023 12:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — A high court in Islamabad has granted former Prime Minister Imran Khan a two-week reprieve from arrest in a graft case and granted him bail on the charges.
  Babar Awan, the lawyer for Khan, says the court made the decision on Friday, a day after the country’s Supreme Court asked it a ruling. He says Khan is now “a free man,” and that the decision was just.The ruling came after Khan returned to court to hear whether he will be shielded from renewed arrest o
  
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• Maple Leafs fans hopeful team could extend post-season run with win over Panthers

  12-05-2023 12:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto Maple Leafs fans hope to have an impact on Friday as the team fights for its playoff survival once again.
  Toronto is set to host Game 5 of its second-round series against the Florida Panthers. Florida holds a 3-1 edge in the best-of-seven matchup after falling to the Leafs 2-1 at home on Wednesday.
  Fans have packed Maple Leaf Square outside Scotiabank Arena throughout the series. Despite the Leafs being 1-4 on home ice this post-season, fans had their hopes buoyed after Wednesday’s
  
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• Longtime IOC member Dick Pound to be inducted in Canadian Squash Hall of Fame

  12-05-2023 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Dick Pound, a longtime International Olympic Committee member and former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, headlines the Canadian Squash Hall of Fame’s Class of 2023.
  The native of St. Catharines, Ont., will be inducted Saturday night at the national championships in Montreal.
  “I was entirely surprised by it,” Pound, 81, said of the honour. “Normally you would expect the big hitters to be the ones (inducted). I guess there is some value in having seen many moons.
  
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• In The News for May 12 : Investigation continues into deadly OPP ambush

  12-05-2023 10:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 12 …
  What we are watching in Canada …
  One Ontario Provincial Police officer remains in hospital as the investigation continues into an ambush that left one officer dead and two injured.
  Officials say Sgt. Eric Mueller was fatally shot Thursday when he and the two other officers responded to a disturbance call at a home i
  
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