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• Federal government reaches $7M settlement with B.C. First Nation

  04-04-2024 23:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CRANBROOK, B.C. — The federal government and a British Columbia First Nation have reached a $7-million settlement over a lumber grievance that dates back to 1942. 
  Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree and ?aqam Chief Joe Pierre Jr. announced the settlement Thursday, where Canada will pay the cash to compensate the First Nation for its economic losses from the timber surrender. 
  The Crown-Indigenous Relations Ministry says in a statement the socio-economic gaps
  
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• Montreal’s Sami Zayn is ready for his ‘Rocky IV’ moment at WrestleMania 40

  04-04-2024 23:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Sami Zayn came so close to reaching the summit of the pro wrestling industry, he could almost taste it.
  Before a deafening, sold-out crowd at last year’s Elimination Chamber event in Montreal, the red-headed hometown hero hit Roman Reigns with his patented “Helluva Kick” and pinned him for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship. The audience nearly blew the roof off the Bell Centre. But Reigns, the current face of the franchise, kicked out and thanks to some outside interfer
  
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• Ballpark Feel: Toronto Blue Jays showcase lower bowl renovations at Rogers Centre

  04-04-2024 23:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The so-called outfield district got the love last year at Rogers Centre. Now it’s time for a renovated 100-level seating area, new-look dugouts and fresh turf at the home of the Toronto Blue Jays.
  Team brass showed off the latest changes to the downtown stadium on Thursday with a media tour that showcased the modernized lower bowl. 
  “What we really focused on is reimagining this bowl,” said Marnie Starkman, the team’s executive vice-president of busin
  
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• Alberta Appeal Court dismisses coal company lawsuit alleging expropriation

  04-04-2024 23:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Alberta’s top court is dismissing a coal company’s request for compensation over government policies to phase out coal power. 
  Altius Royalty Corp. was asking for $190 million in compensation, arguing federal and provincial moves to end such generation over climate and health concerns was a type of expropriation.
  Altius, which owns the Genesee coal mine that feeds the Genesee power plant, lost in Court of King’s Bench but took its case to the Alberta Court
  
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• CP NewsAlert: One Canadian missing, two rescued, in Taiwan quake zone, says diplomat

  04-04-2024 22:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Taiwan’s top diplomat in Ottawa says a Canadian is missing after the powerful earthquake that hit the island this week, while two tourists from Canada have been “successfully rescued” from a national park. 
  Taiwan’s representative to Canada,Harry Tseng, says he has no details about the missing person but the rescued Canadians, who were previously reported to be on a hiking trail in the Taroko Gorge, don’t have serious injuries.
  Tseng says it&rsqu
  
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• Surrey RCMP warn public about dangerous sex offender living in the Fraser Valley

  04-04-2024 22:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — Mounties in Surrey are warning the public about a dangerous sex offender who will be living in Surrey.According to a news release from police, Surrey RCMP are notifying the public about 44-year-old Michal Popek, who has received a one-chance statutory release ahead of his sentence’s completion in December 2025, at which point he will be subject to a 10-year, long-term supervision order.In 2020, Popek was convicted of sexually assaulting four women from 2015-16. Police say Po
  
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• Audi, Porsche drivers clocked at 200km/hr on Highway 1 near Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  04-04-2024 22:51 via news.google.com
  
  Audi, Porsche drivers clocked at 200km/hr on Highway 1 near Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Police impound 2 sports cars clocked at over 200 km/h on Highway 1 in Chilliwack

  04-04-2024 22:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Two motorists may live to regret their need for speed over the Easter long weekend.According to a news release from police, BC Highway Patrol officers impounded a blue Audi and a rented black Porsche on Saturday, March 30 at 3 p.m. for traveling at speeds of over 200 kilometres an hour in a 100-km/h zone near Popkum Road east of Chilliwack.Officers recorded the vehicles speeding at just over 200 km/hr in the 100 km/hr zone. Both drivers received violation tickets for excessive
  
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• Reaves rediscovers game with Maple Leafs after early struggles: ‘I had no confidence’

  04-04-2024 22:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ryan Reaves delivered a pair of massive hits to roaring approval.
  The Maple Leafs enforcer then dropped the gloves later in the game looking to spark his teammates, emphatically gesturing to the bench after a series of punishing blows that again had fans inside Scotiabank Arena on their feet.
  Toronto fell 4-1 to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday — a night where, despite the result, Reaves produced one of his best performances in blue and white. 
  It was also a scenar
  
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• Swimming Canada says contingency plan in the works for Olympic trials

  04-04-2024 22:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Swimming Canada says a contingency plan for the Olympic and Paralympic trials is in the works following the extended closure of Montreal’s Olympic pool.
  The national trials — Swimming Canada’s selection meet for this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris — were scheduled for May 13 to 19 at the Olympic pool.
  However, the Olympic Park announced Wednesday that the athletic sports complex would remain closed for four to six months due to a fir
  
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• B.C. to get wildfire training and education centre in response to expert task force

  04-04-2024 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KAMLOOPS, B.C. — British Columbia’s premier says a training and education centre for wildfire fighters will be established in response to recommendations by a task force that looked into last year’s catastrophic wildfires.
  David Eby says the centre at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops will be the first of its kind in North America, offering everything from basic wildfire training to post-doctoral research. 
  He says the design of the program will start this year with p
  
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• Chilliwack councillors OK smaller subsidy for Mural Festival, but 1 concerned over funding cut

  04-04-2024 21:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack city council heeded a staff recommendation and approved a subsidy of $5,000 for the Chilliwack Mural Festival Society, an amount much smaller than what the non-profit group had requested.The society had applied to City Hall for $12,000 in funding for the three-day event, which is planned to run from August 15-17. That figure is up from the $7,500 in city funds it received in 2023. However, a staff report recommended council cut funding support to $5,000.The staff re
  
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• Quebec music festival cancelled after band makes censorship accusation

  04-04-2024 21:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A music festival in northwestern Quebec has been cancelled after a local band accused organizers of rescinding an invitation to perform because of its criticism of an arsenic-emitting copper smelter in the region.
  The 2023 album for metal band Guhn Twei is called “Glencorruption” and is replete with lyrics that denounce the Horne Smelter and its owner, Switzerland-based Glencore. Lyrics to the title track refer to the company as “thieves in ties,” “
  
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• Supreme Court won’t hear Ticketmaster, Live Nation ‘ticket bot’ appeal

  04-04-2024 21:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an appeal by Ticketmaster and Live Nation, which face class-action lawsuits in multiple provinces for allegedly profiting from third-party ticket reselling. 
  The case stems from allegations Ticketmaster facilitated mass ticket scalping in breach of its own terms of use and policy, allowing resellers to use automated “ticket bots” to scoop up event tickets beyond limits it imposes on individual buyers. 
  The class-actio
  
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• RCMP will provide intelligence help, police to help secure Paris Olympics this summer

  04-04-2024 21:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The RCMP will be part of an international policing effort to keep the Olympics in Paris safe this summer.
  In January France’s Interior Ministry asked for help from 46 different countries, including a request for more than 2,000 additional police officers.
  A spokeswoman for the RCMP says they will contribute to security and policing operations, but would not provide any specifics including how many Mounties will be sent.
  The spokeswoman says the RCMP will also play an “
  
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• No Labels won’t run a third-party campaign after spending millions trying to recruit a candidate

  04-04-2024 20:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The No Labels group said Thursday it will not field a presidential candidate in November after strategists for the bipartisan organization were unable to attract a candidate willing to seize on the widespread dissatisfaction with President Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
  “No Labels has always said we would only offer our ballot line to a ticket if we could identify candidates with a credible path to winning the White House,” Nancy Jacobson, the group’s CEO, sa
  
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• Caitlin Clark of Iowa is the AP Player of the Year in women’s hoops for the 2nd straight season

  04-04-2024 20:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Caitlin Clark is capping her illustrious college career with another record-breaking season and another set of prestigious awards.
  The star guard from Iowa was honored Thursday as The Associated Press Player of the Year in women’s basketball for the second consecutive year.Clark received 35 votes from the 36-member national media panel that votes on the AP Top 25 each week. Cameron Brink of Stanford received the other vote. Voting was done before March Madness began.
  The 22-year-old Clark
  
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• Zhan outstanding as China beats Japan 3-2 in shootout at women’s hockey worlds

  04-04-2024 20:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UTICA, N.Y. — Grace Zhan made 50 saves in regulation and overtime in a standout performance and Guan Yingying scored the only shootout goal as China defeated Japan 3-2 Thursday at the world women’s hockey championship.
  Zhan withstood a barrage of pucks in the first period, making 21 saves on 22 shots.
  She stopped all 16 shots she saw in the second period, 11-of-12 in the third and four in the shootout.
  Zhan, who most recently played high school hockey in the United States with Hill-M
  
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• Most Ontario online gamblers using regulated market sites, study indicates

  04-04-2024 20:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — A new study indicates most Ontarians who recently gambled online did so through regulated sites, though the unregulated market is still sizable.
  The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario commissioned the study to mark the first two years of operation of Ontario’s regulated internet gaming market.
  The Ipsos study found that 86.4 per cent of survey respondents in the province who gambled online in the past three months used regulated sites, up slightly from last year, thou
  
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• Record Alberta fires changed forests for decades and destroyed rare habitat: report

  04-04-2024 20:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Last year’s record wildfires in Alberta destroyed habitat for threatened species and will change the makeup of the province’s forests for decades to come, says a new report.
  And the assessment from the Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute — a body funded by the University of Alberta and a provincial research agency — says the chance of a repeat of 2023’s massive burn poses an ongoing challenge for both conservation and industry.
  “The futu
  
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• Voodoo doll, whoopie cushion, denture powder among bizarre trash plucked from New Jersey beaches

  04-04-2024 19:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BRICK, N.J. (AP) — Jersey Shore beach season is almost here, and if last year is any indication, it will soon be time to pack the voodoo dolls, whoopie cushions, zip ties and denture powder.
  Those were just a few of the bizarre items plucked from the sands of New Jersey’s beaches last year by volunteers with the Clean Ocean Action environmental group, according to a report the group released Thursday.
  Nearly 3,700 volunteers picked up and disposed of 176,206 items along the state&rsq
  
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• Biden tells Israel’s Netanyahu future US support for war depends on new steps to protect civilians

  04-04-2024 19:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden told Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that future U.S. support for Gaza war depends on new steps to protect civilians and aid workers.
  Biden and Netanyahu spoke by phone days after Israeli airstrikes killed seven food aid workers in Gaza and added a new layer of complication in the leaders’ increasingly strained relationship.“He made clear the need for Israel to announce and implement a series of specific, concre
  
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• Canadian wildfires ‘entirely’ drove surge in global tree loss in 2023, study says

  04-04-2024 19:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. — A global forest study says Canadian wildfires last year were “entirely” to blame for a worldwide surge in tree losses.
  The study released by researchers at the University of Maryland on the Global Forest Watch website says tree cover loss in 2023 reached 28.3 million hectares globally, a 24 per cent jump driven by Canada’s loss of 8.6 million hectares last year.
  Without taking Canada’s losses into account, global tree loss would have decreased by
  
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• Canada’s Fernandez falls 6-4, 6-4 to Stephens in second round of Charleston Open

  04-04-2024 19:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. — Canada’s Leylah Fernandez was eliminated from the Charleston Open tennis tournament following a 6-4, 6-4 loss to American Sloane Stephens on Thursday.
  Fernandez struggled on serve, hitting into six double faults and facing nine break points, saving six.
  The Canadian broke Stephens just once on two opportunities.
  The 21-year-old Fernandez of Laval, Que., had a bye in the first round as the 14th seed at the WTA 500 event.
  Fernandez, whose singles record this season d
  
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• Abbotsford city councillor to run as BC United candidate in Abbotsford West

  04-04-2024 19:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — An Abbotsford native who graduated from Abbotsford Senior Secondary and was elected to Abbotsford council in 2021 will run for MLA in this year’s provincial election.Dave Sidhu, who was born and raised in Abbotsford and has been involved in multiple public service causes in Abbotsford, has been selected as the MLA candidate for BC United in the Abbotsford West riding, which is currently held by retiring BC United MLA Michael de Jong.““I am passionate about fa
  
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• CF Montreal loans defender Robert Thorkelsson to second-division Norwegian club

  04-04-2024 19:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — CF Montreal loaned defender Robert Thorkelsson to second-division Norwegian club Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball on Thursday.
  Thorkelsson’s loan goes until Aug. 1. The Norwegian side has the option to acquire him on a permanent transfer.
  A 22-year-old from Iceland, Throkelsson has played 20 games for Montreal since arriving at the club in June 2021.He had not yet featured in a match this season.
  Earlier Thursday, Montreal acquired US$150,000 in 2024 general allocation money fro
  
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• Canadian trucker sentenced for trying to sneak millions in cocaine through Fraser Valley border crossing

  04-04-2024 19:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — A Canadian trucker thought he could sneak over 70 kilograms of cocaine into Canada through a Fraser Valley border crossing three years ago.Border guards at the Pacific Highway commercial border crossing in Surrey did their part to intercept the massive drug haul.The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced Thursday (Apr. 4) that Gerry Crawley, a resident of New Brunswick and commercial driver, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for attempting to smuggle 71.5 kg of co
  
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• Wait and hurry up is Canada’s theme to start women’s world hockey championship

  04-04-2024 19:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UTICA, N.Y. — Canada’s extra day of rest to start the women’s world hockey championship will be needed in a tight turnaround between its first two games.
  Canada, which wasn’t among the six countries kicking off the tournament Wednesday in Utica, N.Y., was scheduled to play its first two games in a span of less than 24 hours.
  After facing Finland on Thursday evening, the Canadians are back at the Adirondack Bank Center on Friday afternoon against Switzerland.
  “Some o
  
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• Langley RCMP seek help in locating a missing 38-year-old man

  04-04-2024 18:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY — Mounties in Langley are appealing for the public’s help in locating a 38-year-old man who went missing earlier this week.
  According to a statement from the Langley detachment, Tyrell Hall was last seen on Wednesday, April 3. He is described by police as the following:
  Caucasian male
  38 years
  5 ft 4 in (162 cm)
  260 lbs (118 kg)
  black hair
  heavy buildHe was last seen wearing:blue jeans
  blue shirt
  grey jacket
  multi colored hatPolice say they are concerned for Hall’s well
  
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• One person hurt in second Vancouver shooting within days

  04-04-2024 18:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — One person has been injured in a shooting in Vancouver’s downtown core, the second such incident in the area in less than a week.
  Vancouver police say officers responded to reports of shots fired at around 7:50 p.m. Wednesday, and found a person with serious injuries.
  Police say the victim was taken to hospital, and no arrests have been made.
  The case follows another shooting in downtown Vancouver last Saturday where gunmen fired shots at a vehicle on a city street. 
  
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• Canada’s Edey, Edwards set for starring roles in NCAA men’s and women’s Final Fours

  04-04-2024 18:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Zach Edey and Aaliyah Edwards will be representing Canada on one of basketball’s biggest stages this weekend.
  Edey will be leading No. 1 seed Purdue against No. 11 NC State on Saturday in the Final Four of the NCAA men’s tournament on Saturday.
  The towering seven-foot-four centre from Toronto — a finalist to repeat as the winner of the John R. Wooden Award, given to the most outstanding college basketball player — is averaging 25.0 points and 12.2 rebounds per game as a s
  
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• Sold: Chilliwack's iconic pink car auctioned off for $9250 - Chilliwack Progress

  04-04-2024 18:17 via news.google.com
  
  Sold: Chilliwack's iconic pink car auctioned off for $9250  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Two Chilliwack farms hiring for the 2024 season

  04-04-2024 18:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Two farm operations in Chilliwack have announced on social media in the past week that they are accepting applications for seasonal employment.Klaassen Farms and Sparkes Corn Barn in Chilliwack say they are both looking to hire for the 2024 season.“We are hiring for our 2024 season,” Klaassen Farms wrote on Twitter Tuesday, April 2 at 11:42 a.m. “Email us your resume to apply at [email protected], or drop off in person to our Farm Store on Fridays betwee
  
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• NBA greats Steve Kerr, Steve Nash among US-based owners hoping for Spain’s Mallorca to win Copa del Rey

  04-04-2024 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Ask Andy Kohlberg, one of the American owners of Spanish club Mallorca along with NBA greats Steve Kerr and Steve Nash, if he recommends soccer club-ownership in Europe, and he’ll give you a straight answer.
  “Not to anyone sane,” Kohlberg says with a chuckle.
  “It’s very hard. It’s very different than running a normal business, and especially in another country, dealing with the difference in culture and language and customs,” says Kohlberg, a former prof
  
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• Julius Randle needs right shoulder surgery, will miss the rest of New York Knicks’ season

  04-04-2024 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Julius Randle needs right shoulder surgery and miss the rest of the season, a crushing blow for a New York Knicks team that was surging before the All-Star forward was hurt in January.
  The Knicks said Thursday that Randle would be re-evaluated in five months, meaning it’s unclear if he will even be ready for the start of next season.
  But they had focused on their possibilities for this season when Randle dislocated his shoulder Jan. 27 in a victory over the Miami Heat
  
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• No criminal probes into foreign meddling during last two general elections: RCMP boss

  04-04-2024 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The head of the RCMP says the police force did not open any foreign interference-related criminal investigations during the last two general elections.
  RCMP commissioner Mike Duheme also says none of the force’s partners referred intelligence to the Mounties that would have warranted such criminal investigations.
  However, after the 2021 general election, the Mounties did begin investigations, including one prompted by Conservative MP Michael Chong’s statement about bei
  
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• Federal government to launch $1.5B fund to protect affordable rentals

  04-04-2024 17:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a new $1.5-billion housing fund will help non-profit organizations acquire more rental units across Canada and make sure they remain affordable. 
  The new Canada Rental Protection Fund will be included in the upcoming federal budget, to be tabled on April 16. 
  The fund will provide $1 billion in loans and $470 million in contributions to non-profits and other partners to help them acquire affordable rental units.
  An existing rental prote
  
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• Trans Mountain successfully completes pipe pullback between Chilliwack and Hope

  04-04-2024 17:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Trans Mountain says it has successfully completed the pipe pullback for the Mountain 3 Horizontal Directional Drill (HDD) between Chilliwack and Hope in the Fraser Valley as it moves forward with another milestone in the pipeline expansion project.One definition of pipe pullback involves the final step in a horizontal directional drilling operation where the product pipe is pulled back through the bore into its final position.The company says it completed the pipe pullback las
  
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• Project 8 says three more clubs have asked to join proposed women’s pro league

  04-04-2024 17:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Three more clubs have submitted applications to Canada Soccer to join Project 8, the domestic women’s pro soccer league currently under construction.
  Project 8 did not identify the new clubs. Vancouver, Calgary, and Toronto have already signed up for the new league.
  The applications for professional club admission will be considered at Canada Soccer’s annual general meeting in early May in Montreal.
  “This milestone brings Project 8 closer to realizing the launch
  
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• Oklahoma executes man convicted of double slaying in 2002

  04-04-2024 17:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — A man convicted of shooting and killing two people in Oklahoma City more than two decades ago was executed Thursday morning.Michael Dewayne Smith received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester and was pronounced dead at 10:20 a.m.
  Smith, 41, was sentenced to die in the separate shooting deaths of Janet Moore, 41, and Sharath Pulluru, 22, in February 2002. He is the first person executed in Oklahoma this year and the 12th put to death sin
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Ontario NDP MP Charlie Angus not seeking re-election

  04-04-2024 17:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Veteran New Democrat MP Charlie Angus has announced he will not run in next federal election, marking the end of a 20-year career in politics. 
  Angus, who represents a northern Ontario riding, says it is time to pass the baton.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• WCK urges Canada, others to back call for independent probe of deadly airstrike

  04-04-2024 17:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — World Central Kitchen is asking Canada to back its demand for an independent investigation into the Israeli airstrikes that killed seven aid workers. 
  Canadian army veteran Jacob Flickinger was among those killed Monday, along with a Palestinian driver and citizens of Australia, Poland, and the United Kingdom.
  The group was in a clearly marked World Central Kitchen convoy that had just delivered 100 tonnes of food in Gaza when the airstrikes hit.
  Spanish celebrity chef and Wo
  
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• Montreal’s Jonathan Di Bella defends kickboxing title in Bangkok against Thai veteran

  04-04-2024 17:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Jonathan Di Bella is no stranger to the big stage, having fought five times at Madison Square Garden.
  The 27-year-old from Montreal returns to another storied combat sports venue on Friday when he defends his One Championship strawweight kickboxing title against Thailand’s Prajanchai PK Saenchai in the co-main event of “One Friday Fights 58: Superbon vs. Grigorian II” at Bangkok’s Lumpinee Boxing Stadium.
  “I always dreamed about fighting in Lumpinee Stadium as a kid
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Connecting communities through active transportation

  04-04-2024 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Every day, more and more people are choosing cycling, running and walking for daily travel instead of driving a car. This also gives people opportunities to enjoy nature, get active and be an important part of building healthy, green, thriving communities.
  As such, there is a growing demand for infrastructure like trails, paths, and bike lanes to make these activities safer and more convenient.
  That’s why last week I was proud to announce $24 million in funding for 80 active transportation
  
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• PWHL unveils Tiffany-designed Walter Cup championship trophy

  04-04-2024 16:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Professional Women’s Hockey League unveiled its championship trophy, The Walter Cup, on Thursday, designed by the luxury brand Tiffany & Co. 
  The sterling silver trophy features an angular design inspired by ice, weighing about 35 pounds, standing 24 inches tall and over 13 inches wide, with a removable base for the engraved name of each year’s winning team.
  In its inaugural season, the six-team league named the trophy after the Walter family in honour of
  
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• LeBron James says popularity of women’s basketball is due to familiar stars

  04-04-2024 15:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — LeBron James figures there’s at least one obvious explanation for the surging popularity of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament.
  Recognizable stars.
  “I don’t think there’s much difference between the men’s and women’s game when it comes to college basketball. I think the popularity comes in is the icons that they have in the women’s game,” James said after his Los Angeles Lakers beat Washington on Wednesday night. &
  
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• Spring storm across much of Eastern Canada, power outages increase in Quebec, Ontario

  04-04-2024 15:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  More than 255,000 Hydro Quebec customers are in the dark this morning as a significant spring storm rolls through the region.
  The utility says on its web-based outage map that the affected area ranges from near Gatineau to Montreal’s suburbs, with strong gusts of wind and broken tree branches cutting power lines. 
  Hydro One, in Ontario, is reporting that more than 59,000 of its customers have no electricity. However, a statement says its crews have already restored power to some 125,0
  
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• Canadian men move up one spot to No. 49 in the latest FFA world rankings

  04-04-2024 15:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada has moved up one place to No. 49 in the latest FIFA men’s rankings, jumping over Greece.
  FIFA says there were 174 matches played in the recent international window. Canada played just one of those, defeating Trinidad and Tobago 2-0 on March 23 in Frisco, Texas, in a key Copa America playoff.
  The Soca Warriors dropped two places to No. 98 with the loss.
  Argentina continues to top the rankings ahead of France. Belgium climbed one spot to No. 3, dropping England to No. 4. Brazil remain
  
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• Canada’s Gushue tops Norway to clinch playoff spot at world men’s curling playdowns

  04-04-2024 14:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland — Canada’s Brad Gushue clinched a playoff spot with a 7-4 win over Magnus Ramsfjell of Norway (4-5) at the world men’s curling championship on Thursday,
  Canada led 4-2 after four ends, thanks to deuces in both the second and fourth, and then added singles in the sixth, seventh and ninth ends.
  Gushue and his St. John’s, N.L.-team of Mark Nichols, E.J. Harnden and Geoff Walker improved to 8-1 to remain in second place in the 13-team round-robin sta
  
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• Salvation Army marks 100th anniversary in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  04-04-2024 14:35 via news.google.com
  
  Salvation Army marks 100th anniversary in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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