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• U Sports Roundup: Top-ranked Western cruises into eighth straight Yates Cup final

  04-11-2023 23:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON, Ont. — The top-ranked Western Mustangs are back in the Yates Cup for the eighth straight year.Western defeated the Queen’s Gaels 47-20 on Saturday to book its ticket into the Ontario University Athletics football championship game.Evan Hillock went 19-of-30 passing for 308 yards, two touchdowns and one interception in the semifinal victory. Savaughn Magnaye-Jones had 10 receptions for 128 yards and one touchdown.
  Entering the second half only up 19-17, the reigning two-time Y
  
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• Nino Niederreiter scores 3 times as Winnipeg Jets beat Arizona Coyotes 5-3

  04-11-2023 23:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Nino Niederreiter scored three goals and Brenden Dillon got his first two of the season, leading the Winnipeg Jets to a 5-3 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday.
  Dillon snapped a 3-3 tie 3:23 into the third period when his slap shot from the left circle hit the far post and ricocheted in. Niederreiter then tipped in a Dillon shot at 7:16 for his third career hat trick.
  The Jets (5-4-2) broke a three-game losing streak. They have points in six of their last seven
  
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• Canada’s Philip Kim wins first Pan American Games men’s breaking gold medal

  04-11-2023 23:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SANTIAGO, Chile — Canada’s Philip Kim won Pan American Games men’s breaking gold Saturday to qualify for the Olympic Games.
  The 26-year-old from Vancouver, known as B-Boy Phil Wizard in break dancing circles, defeated Jeff (B-Boy Jeffro) Louis of the United States 3-0 in the final battle.
  Breaking made its Pan Am Games debut in Santiago, Chile. The sport will also be an Olympic event for the first time in Paris next year.
  Kim won the 2022 men’s world breaking championship
  
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• O’Reilly’s hat trick leads Predators past Oilers 5-2

  04-11-2023 23:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Ryan O’Reilly had a hat trick and one assist as the Nashville Predators snapped a two-game losing skid, defeating the hapless Edmonton Oilers 5-2 on Saturday afternoon.
  Filip Forsberg added a goal and two assists and Thomas Novak also scored for the Predators (5-6-0).
  Kevin Lankinen made 33 saves.
  Darnell Nurse and Zach Hyman scored in response for the Oilers (2-7-1), who have lost six of their last seven. 
  Edmonton has yet to record a win at Rogers Place this season.
  
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• NHL suspension sparks call for gambling as mental health concern - Chilliwack Progress

  04-11-2023 22:07 via news.google.com
  
  NHL suspension sparks call for gambling as mental health concern  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chelsea’s Emma Hayes expected to become US women’s soccer coach, AP source says

  04-11-2023 21:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MANCHESTER, England — U.S. Soccer is closing in on naming Chelsea’s Emma Hayes as the new coach of the women’s national team, a source familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Saturday.
  The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the details had not been made public. The person confirmed reports in the Washington Post and the women’s soccer website, The Equalizer.
  The hiring of Hayes required approval by U.S. Soccer’s board of directors
  
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• Cody’s Wish ekes out a nose victory in Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile after rivals bump in the stretch

  04-11-2023 21:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Cody’s Wish rallied from last and survived a stewards’ inquiry to defend his title in the $1 million Dirt Mile at the Breeders’ Cup on Saturday at Santa Anita.
  Ridden by Junior Alvarado, Cody’s Wish ran the distance in 1:35.97. Sent off as the 4-5 favorite, the 5-year-old horse paid $3.60 to win.
  Cody’s Wish dueled leader National Treasure down the stretch. Cody’s Wish twice bumped National Treasure and jockey Flavien Prat before t
  
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• PHOTOS: Folks tour former CFB Chilliwack grounds on Legacy Walk - Chilliwack Progress

  04-11-2023 21:35 via news.google.com
  
  PHOTOS: Folks tour former CFB Chilliwack grounds on Legacy Walk  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP investigating recent 'grandparent scams' - CTV News Vancouver

  04-11-2023 21:02 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack RCMP investigating recent 'grandparent scams'  CTV News Vancouver
  
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• Grizzlies withstand late push by Lord Tweedsmuir, hold on for gritty 27-14 win Friday night in Chilliwack

  04-11-2023 19:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — It looked and sounded like a playoff atmosphere in GW Graham’s final regular season home game at Exhibition Stadium Friday night in Chilliwack.
  And when Lord Tweedsmuir was knocking on the door trailing only 20-14 in the second half, the Grizzlies came up with a couple of critical plays on defence when it counted, along with a late fourth quarter score to seal it, to give GW Graham a gritty 27-14 win over the visiting Panthers.
  The Grizzlies and Panthers entered the game
  
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• Graham Grizzlies withstand late push by Lord Tweedsmuir, hold on for gritty 27-14 win Friday night in Chilliwack

  04-11-2023 19:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — It looked and sounded like a playoff atmosphere in GW Graham’s final regular season home game at Exhibition Stadium Friday night in Chilliwack.
  And when Lord Tweedsmuir was knocking on the door trailing only 20-14 in the second half, the Grizzlies came up with a couple of critical plays on defence when it counted, along with a late fourth quarter score to seal it, to give GW Graham a gritty 27-14 win over the visiting Panthers.
  The Grizzlies and Panthers entered the game
  
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• Show in Chilliwack will shine spotlight on actress, inventor Hedy ... - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  04-11-2023 19:36 via news.google.com
  
  Show in Chilliwack will shine spotlight on actress, inventor Hedy ...  Agassiz Harrison Observer
  
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• Car drives through Vancouver intersection during pro-Palestine ... - Chilliwack Progress

  04-11-2023 19:32 via news.google.com
  
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• Coquitlam receives $4.4 million for flood prevention work

  04-11-2023 19:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COQUITLAM — The City of Coquitlam is receiving $4.4 millionfrom Ottawa to support a project that Infrastructure Canada says will minimize the risk of future flooding.
  The department says the project, which involves reconstructing a street and building a drainage channel parallel to Partington Creek,will reduce the number of residents without essential services or access to the road during heavy rains.
  Dennis Marsden, acting mayor of Coquitlam, says the Cedar Drive upgrade is among the larg
  
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• Canada’s paddlers continue charge to Pan American Games podium

  04-11-2023 17:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SANTIAGO, Chile — Canada’s paddlers continued their medal haul at the Pan American Games with a gold, silver and two bronze Saturday.
  Katie Vincent and Sloan MacKenzie were victorious in the women’s C2 500 metres Saturday in San Pedro de la Paz, southwest of Santiago, Chile.
  Canada capped the canoe and kayak competition with nine medals — four gold, two silver and three bronze — ahead of Argentina with seven medals, including two gold.
  Nicholas Matveev, Pierre-Luc P
  
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• Former Williams Lake resident wins at Canadian Strongman ... - Chilliwack Progress

  04-11-2023 17:50 via news.google.com
  
  Former Williams Lake resident wins at Canadian Strongman ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• The MOJ: Doman Surprises Lions with visit and gifts - Chilliwack Progress

  04-11-2023 17:30 via news.google.com
  
  The MOJ: Doman Surprises Lions with visit and gifts  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Demonstrations in support of Gaza planned in at least two dozen Canadian cities

  04-11-2023 17:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Demonstrations are set to take place in more than two dozen Canadian cities today, with participants expected to voice  support for residents of the Gaza Strip and the deteriorating humanitarian situation they face since the latest war between Israel and Hamas broke out last month.
  Many of the rallies follow a national call for demonstrations by the Palestinian Youth Movement, which is calling for  a ceasefire in the conflict.
  The organization is also calling for humanit
  
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• Leafs’ Keefe unhappy with physical response after Liljegren-Marchand incident

  04-11-2023 17:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Timothy Liljegren has been placed on long-term injured reserve with a high ankle sprain, the team announced Saturday.The 24-year-old was injured in the first period of Thursday’s 3-2 shootout loss in Boston after getting tripped by Bruins forward Brad Marchand and falling awkwardly into the boards.
  No penalty was called on the play.
  Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe said he “hated everything about” his team’s lack of a physical response when as
  
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• Canadian prisons 'disturbingly and unconscionably Indigenized ... - Chilliwack Progress

  04-11-2023 17:26 via news.google.com
  
  Canadian prisons 'disturbingly and unconscionably Indigenized ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Stopping the Carnage: the story of one B.C. organization that did

  04-11-2023 16:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  It is with concern that I write as it is evident those in positions of power do not understand the current public health emergency.Over 21,000 British Columbians have died due to toxic drugs. On October 25, MLS DeJong submitted that in his opinion, tax dollars were fueling the drug trade. Mr. DeJong writes about the “gravity of the crisis” and calls for “a full forensic audit.” Really?To address the overdose crisis that has been going on for 8 years? What has brought abou
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs hand Surrey first defeat of BCHL season

  04-11-2023 15:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — Dylan Kinch’s sixth goal of the season at 11:35 of the third period snapped a 2 – 2 tie and lifted the Chilliwack Chiefs to a 3 – 2 victory over the Eagles Friday night (Nov. 3) in Surrey.
  The win improved the Chiefs record to 6 – 7 – 1 – 0 on the season, while Surrey suffered their first loss in 13 games to start the year.Nico Grabas and Nathan Morin also scored goals for the Chiefs while netminder Austin McNicholas stopped 30 of 32 Surrey shot
  
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• Vast digital trove of recordings by Canadian literature greats nears completion

  04-11-2023 15:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Jason Camlot was chatting with his new boss in the English department of what was then Montreal’s Sir George Williams University in 1999, when he spotted a dusty cardboard box of 80 reel-to-reel tapes in a corner of the department head’s office.
  He asked about it. Oh, he was told, it’s just a bunch of old poetry readings from the ’60s and ’70s that nobody’s ever heard.
  He never forgot that dusty box. About seven years ago, he tracked it down,
  
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• Colorado Republican Ken Buck plans to challenge GOP’s direction under Trump as he leaves the House

  04-11-2023 14:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Ken Buck has had enough.
  When the Colorado Republican announced this past week that he would not seek reelection, he began with the type of criticism of Democratic policies that is standard fare for a hard-line conservative. But then Buck turned his ire to fellow Republicans, spending most of the three-minute announcement video accusing them of being “obsessively fixated on retribution and vengeance for contrived injustices of the past.”
  Buck’s scor
  
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• Chilliwack residents warned of scams targeting seniors

  04-11-2023 14:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack RCMP are alerting the public to a resurgence of fraudulent schemes targeting seniors, commonly referred to as grandparent scams or emergency scams. In recent cases, scammers have posed as RCMP officers and preyed on the emotions of unsuspecting victims.
  The scams prey on the vulnerable, often targeting elderly individuals. Victims are typically lured through a phone call where the scammer impersonates a concerned relative, claiming that a loved one or grandchild is
  
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• Survivors call for national strategy for people with brain injuries - Chilliwack Progress

  04-11-2023 13:30 via news.google.com
  
  Survivors call for national strategy for people with brain injuries  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Finale for Chilliwack's 150th will feature food trucks, fireworks and fun - Chilliwack Progress

  04-11-2023 13:30 via news.google.com
  
  Finale for Chilliwack's 150th will feature food trucks, fireworks and fun  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• B.C. Lions, Calgary Stampeders face off in CFL Western semifinal

  04-11-2023 11:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The B.C. Lions face off against the Calgary Stampeders in the Western semifinal today.
  The Lions (12-6) have a sterling home record while the Stampeders have struggled away from McMahon Stadium.
  B.C. will be led by quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. who is playing in his second playoff game as a starter.
  Lions head coach Rick Campbell said he expects his veteran players to step up and use their playoff experience to advance to next week’s division final in Winnipeg.
  Stampeders
  
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• Alouettes host Tiger-Cats in East Division semifinal to kick off CFL playoffs

  04-11-2023 11:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Canadian Football League playoffs kick off today with an East Division semifinal matchup between the Montreal Alouettes and Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
  Montreal won all three regular-season games against Hamilton this year and is looking to make it a fourth in the playoffs in front of a home crowd at Molson Stadium.
  It’s the third consecutive year that these two teams are facing off at this stage of the playoffs. Montreal won at home last year.
  Matthew Shiltz starts under cen
  
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• Spy service director expressed ‘full confidence’ in employees after ‘troubling’ leak

  04-11-2023 11:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service told employees he stood by the spy agency’s handling of sensitive information following a “troubling” leak of classified material, a newly released memo shows. 
  In a Feb. 24 message to staff, CSIS director David Vigneault expressed continuing faith in employees’ dedication and adherence to the law after a newspaper story cited secret spy service documents on foreign interference.
  “The source
  
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• B.C. conditions are magic for mushrooms in bumper season for fungi, tasty and toxic

  04-11-2023 09:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Mushrooms large and small, tasty and toxic, are popping up across British Columbia this year in what experts say is a bumper season for fungi.
  B.C. forest ecologist and mycologist Andy MacKinnon said he’s been out picking edible fungi this year with fellow mushroom expert Paul Kroeger on Cortes Island, one of B.C.’s Discovery Islands between Vancouver Island and the mainland. 
  “Every time you go out on a foray, it’s like the treasure hunt. That&rsqu
  
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• NBA roundup: Curry makes layup with 0.2 seconds left, Warriors outscore beat 141-139

  04-11-2023 06:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Stephen Curry made a layup with 0.2 seconds left to give the Golden State Warriors a 141-139 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder 141-139 in one of the NBA’s seven In-Season Tournament openers Friday night.
  Initially, it was ruled no basket because of offensive goaltending. The call was overturned, and the Warriors claimed their second straight last-second victory. On Wednesday night, Klay Thompson scored with less than a second remaining to seal a victory over
  
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• Quake shakes northwest Nepal, killing at least 128 and injuring dozens. Officials fear toll to rise

  04-11-2023 05:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Helicopters and ground troops rushed to help people hurt in a strong earthquake that shook northwestern Nepal districts just before midnight Friday, killing at least 128 people and injuring dozens dozens more, officials said Saturday.
  Authorities said the death toll was expected to rise, noting that communications were cut off with many places.
  As day broke, rescue helicopters flew into the region to help out and security forces on the ground were digging out the in
  
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• NHL roundup: Flyers beat Sabres 5-1 to snap 3-game losing streak

  04-11-2023 04:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. — Bobby Brink had a goal and an assist and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-1 on Friday night to snap a three-game National Hockey League losing streak.
  Samuel Ersson made 22 saves in place of Carter Hart, who was injured against Buffalo on Wednesday night and is day-to-day with a mid-body injury.
  Scott Laughton, Louie Belpedio, Travis Konecny and Garnet Hathaway also scored and Joel Farabee had two assists.
  Henri Jokiharju scored and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen mad
  
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• Hayes helps Blues snap skid by burning Devils 4-1

  04-11-2023 04:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Kevin Hayes scored a pair of goals and added an assist to help the St. Louis Blues beat the New Jersey Devils 4-1 on Friday night.
  Jake Neighbours and Robert Thomas also scored goals, and Jordan Binnington stopped 34 shots, including several from close range, for St. Louis, which had lost its previous two contests.
  Curtis Lazar scored for the Devils, who lost centre Jack Hughes to an upper-body injury early in the first period.
  Hughes, who entered the game with an NHL-lead
  
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• Flyers snap three-game skid by sinking Sabres 5-1

  04-11-2023 02:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Bobby Brink had a goal and an assist as the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-1 on Friday night to snap a three-game losing streak.
  Scott Laughton, Louie Belpedio, Travis Konecny and Garnet Hathaway also scored, and Joel Farabee had two assists for the Flyers. Samuel Ersson made 22 saves in place of Carter Hart, who was injured against Buffalo on Wednesday and is day-to-day with a mid-body injury.
  Henri Jokiharju scored and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 15 save
  
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• 16-1 shot Fierceness wins Breeders’ Cup Juvenile for trainer Todd Pletcher

  04-11-2023 00:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Fierceness won the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile by 6 1/4 lengths at Santa Anita on Friday, giving trainer Todd Pletcher the early favourite for next year’s Kentucky Derby.
  Pletcher and owner Mike Repole won the Juvenile last year with Forte. The colt came into the Kentucky Derby on a five-race winning streak and was the morning-line favourite only to be scratched hours before the race because of a bruise in his right front foot.
  Pletcher earned his 1
  
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• Sidekick Brewing of Chilliwack snags 3rd place in BC Beer Awards - Victoria News

  04-11-2023 00:30 via news.google.com
  
  Sidekick Brewing of Chilliwack snags 3rd place in BC Beer Awards  Victoria News
  
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• Lonely garage hours pay off for Canada’s Laos-Loo at Pan American Games

  04-11-2023 00:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SANTIAGO, Chile — When Claudia Laos-Loo tells people she competes in kata, she’s prepared for “what’s that?” and “why do you scream?”
  The 26-year-old martial artist from Surrey, B.C., earned a Pan American Games bronze medal Friday in kata, which is sequences of specific karate moves, including punches, kicks, blocks, footwork and breathing techniques.
  Amid a plethora of Pan Am Games combat sports, including karate’s kumite, kata is done solo, but
  
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• B.C. rider helps clinch silver at Pan Am Games - Chilliwack Progress

  04-11-2023 00:00 via news.google.com
  
  B.C. rider helps clinch silver at Pan Am Games  Chilliwack Progress
  
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