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• Stanton hits tiebreaking grand slam, Yankees beat Blue Jays 8-3 for eighth win in 10 games

  07-04-2024 23:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton hit a loud tiebreaking grand slam in the third inning, and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-3 on Sunday for their eighth win in 10 games to start the season.
  Stanton gave the Yankees a 5-1 lead by with a 417-foot drive off Bowden Francis (0-2) that clanked against the facing of an advertisement below the second deck in left field. Stanton fell behind 0-2 in the count before turning on a 2-2 inside fastball and driving the ball 110.6 mph fo
  
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• South Carolina finishes perfect season with NCAA championship, beating Clark and Iowa 87-75

  07-04-2024 23:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Dawn Staley and South Carolina completed their perfect season, ending Caitlin Clark’s historic college career with an 87-75 win over Iowa in the NCAA championship game Sunday.
  With Staley directing a relentless attack from the sideline, the Gamecocks (38-0) became the 10th Division I team to go through a season without a loss. And they accomplished the feat after they lost all five starters from last season’s team that lost to Clark’s squad in the nationa
  
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• Two teens killed in head-on crash in northern B.C., RCMP seek information

  07-04-2024 23:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHETWYND, B.C. — Mounties in northern British Columbia are asking for any information about a head-on crash that killed two teenagers and seriously injured another man.
  A statement from RCMP in Chetwynd, northeast of Prince George, says officers responded to the crash along Highway 97 just after midnight on Sunday.
  Police say a black 2001 Dodge 2500 pickup truck and a grey 2011 Ford F350 crashed along the route at the top of the Wabi Hill area.
  They say the 19-year-old male driver of the D
  
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• Drone attack on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant significantly increases accident risk, IAEA head says

  07-04-2024 22:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of the U.N.’s atomic watchdog agency said Sunday a drone attack on one of six nuclear reactors at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant “significantly increase the risk of a major nuclear accident.
  In a statement on the social media platform X, Rafael Mariano Grossi confirmed at least three direct hits against ZNPP main reactor containment structures took place. “This cannot happen,” he said.
  He said it was the first s
  
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• Week-long tree removal program starts Monday along Rotary Trail in Hope

  07-04-2024 22:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — Residents of Hope are being advised of planned tree removal operations along the Rotary Trail this week. A number of trees along the trail have been identified as possible hazards to anyone using the trails.
  According to an advisory from the contracted tree removal company, the problem trees have died and are at risk of falling or dropping limbs without warning.
  The work to remove the problem trees will begin Monday (Apr. 8) and continue through to Friday. . Safety measures includin
  
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• Blue Jays starter Alek Manoah happy with outing despite ugly line because shoulder is healthy

  07-04-2024 21:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Alek Manoah was happy with his first minor league rehab start despite an ugly line because his right shoulder felt healthy.
  Manoah walked his first four batters and wound up allowing seven runs over 1 2/3 innings for Single A Dunedin against Lakeland in a Florida State League game on Sunday.
  The 26-year old felt right shoulder discomfort following a spring training start on Feb. 27 and threw simulated games on March 27 and April 2.
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• NHL fines Oilers forward Kane $5,000 for slashing Calgary forward Hunt

  07-04-2024 20:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — The NHL has assessed Edmonton Oilers forward Evander Kane a maximum fine of US$5,000 for slashing Calgary forward Dryden Hunt in a game Saturday night.
  The incident happened at 3:46 of the second period. Kane was assessed a minor penalty for slashing.
  The Oilers went on to win the game 4-2 and take three of the four games in the series between the provincial rivals.
  The fine is Kane’s second of the season after he was penalized $2,500 for unsportsmanlike conduct against Co
  
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• Bouveng’s three points lead unbeaten Sweden over Japan at women’s hockey worlds

  07-04-2024 20:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UTICA, N.Y. — Josefin Bouveng had two goals and an assist as Sweden remained perfect at the world women’s hockey championship with a 6-2 win over Japan on Sunday.
  The win assured Sweden of finishing in the top two in Group B and moving on to the playoffs. Sweden led the group with nine points from three overtime wins. Germany, which was off Sunday, was second with six points from two wins.
  Sweden and Germany were scheduled to play Monday.
  Sara Hjalmarsson had a goal and an assist for
  
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• Mother Nature threatening to block partial solar eclipse across Fraser Valley

  07-04-2024 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Those hoping to catch a glimpse of the partial solar eclipse Monday in the Fraser Valley, may be disappointed by clouds that are threatening to block the view of the sun. Environment Canada’s Monday forecast in Chilliwack and Abbotsford is calling for rain through most of the day.The moon will begin to block the sun’s rays to the Fraser Valley at 10:42 a.m. Monday (Apr. 8). The maximum coverage of the sun will occur at 11:32 a.m. when the moon blocks 30 per cent of
  
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• Canadian soldier missing, presumed dead in Swiss avalanche: Armed Forces

  07-04-2024 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Canadian military says a soldier is presumed dead after being caught in an avalanche while on leave in Switzerland.
  A statement from the Armed Forces says Capt. Sean Thomas went missing in the slide on April 1.
  Local authorities had reported that three people were killed in an off-piste area of the Riffelberg, above the resort and below the famed Matterhorn peak.
  The military says Thomas joined the Armed Forces in 2018 and he’d been deployed to Jordan last November as pa
  
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• Canada adds Haiti evacuation flight next week after last-minute requests

  07-04-2024 20:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Canada has added an evacuation flight out of Haiti next week after a spike in the number of requests to flee the Caribbean country.
  Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says in a message on X that officials saw an influx of last-minute requests for help.
  She says an additional flight will be added in the coming week.
  A third government-organized flight left Sunday and was expected to be the last one as Canada wound down its evacuation efforts in Haiti, which is contendin
  
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• Gushue finishes just short in bid to end Canada’s men’s curling title drought

  07-04-2024 18:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland — Canada settled for silver at the world men’s curling championship for a second straight year with a 6-5 loss to Sweden in Sunday’s gold-medal game.
  The teams entered the last end tied 5-5, with Sweden skip Niklas Edin having the last shot.
  He made it count, scoring on a tough draw to give him a seventh world title.
  Sweden got out to an early lead with two points in the second end and a steal of one in the third.
  Brad Gushue’s rink from St. John
  
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• Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces billions to build Canada’s AI capacity

  07-04-2024 17:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Liberal government is setting aside $2.4 billion in the upcoming budget to build capacity in artificial intelligence. 
  The bulk of that — $2 billion worth — is going into a fund that will aim to provide access to computing capabilities and technical infrastructure.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement in Montreal today as part of his government’s pre-budget tour. 
  The Liberals have been setting up their April 16 financial plan with a
  
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• New Zealand dominates Hong Kong rugby 7s with Canadian women sixth and men 12th

  07-04-2024 17:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HONG KONG — New Zealand’s women and men both repeated as champions Sunday at the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens, one of the most celebrated stops on the rugby sevens circuit.
  The Black Ferns thumped the United States 36-7 in the women’s final to claim their third straight tournament title and fifth podium finish in six events this season, moving past Australia atop the HSBC SVNS standings on points difference with one regular-season event remaining.
  The All Blacks then overcame F
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of April 7, 2024

  07-04-2024 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers.
  Name: Vikram DoddAge: 34
  Height: 5’11” ft
  Weight: 202lbs
  Hair: Black
  Eyes: Brown
  Wanted: Unlawfully at Large
  Warrant in effect: March 31, 2024Parole Jurisdiction: SurreyName: Daniele TestiniAge: 55
  Height: 5’11” ft
  Weight: 150lbs
  Hair: Brown/GreyEyes: Brown
  Wanted: Assault with a Weapon, Mischief $5000 or Under and Breach of Undertaking
  Warrant in ef
  
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• Sick of extra fees online? It’s drip pricing, and Canadian shoppers are fighting back

  07-04-2024 15:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — If you shop online you’re likely familiar with the experience — you agree to buy for a certain price, but by the time you check out, the cost has ballooned with fees and surcharges.
  Place a shipping order with Canada Post and you might be hit with a “fuel surcharge” of almost 25 per cent. Buy movie tickets, flowers, make travel plans — all could be subject to hidden fees that are subsequently added to the originally quoted cost.
  Critics call it dri
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs need overtime to beat Langley 2 – 1

  07-04-2024 14:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Matt Argentina scored his second goal of the playoffs at 4:08 of the second overtime period to give Chilliwack a 2-1 win over the Langley Rivermen Saturday (Apr. 6) in Chilliwack.The win gives the Chiefs a 2 – 0 lead in their best-of-seven first-round BCHL playoff series.
  Langley opened the scoring midway through the second period on Dalton MacGillivray’s goal. The Chiefs tied it early in the third period when Nico Grabas struck for his first of the postseason.
  Gra
  
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• Russia declares federal emergency in the flood-hit Orenburg region as evacuation efforts continue

  07-04-2024 12:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s government has declared on Sunday flood-hit areas in the Orenburg region a federal emergency, state media reported.
  The floods, caused by rising water levels in the Ural River, forced over 4,000 people, including 885 children, to evacuate, the regional government said. State news agency Tass said that a further 2,000 homes were flooded, bringing the total to nearly 6,300 in the region.
  Russia’s Emergency Situations Minister Alexander Kurenkov arrived in O
  
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• Looking to pick up carpentry skills? In Newfoundland, you can learn to build a boat

  07-04-2024 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — There are many reasons a dozen people gathered two evenings a week this year in St. John’s to build a traditional Newfoundland boat, bending and clamping long planks of wood and handling high-strength industrial glue.
  Some, like John Handrigan of Placentia Junction, N.L., were drawn in by the history and felt a connection to the centuries of fishermen who had built similar boats — though without the help of power saws and Bostik 920FS marine sealant.
  Ot
  
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• A battle for hope: the brewing campaign clash between the Conservatives and the NDP

  07-04-2024 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s path to power may be by prosecuting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s past eight years in government, but his road to victory is painted NDP orange.  
  Appealing to working-class voters in rural and northern ridings — like those held by New Democrats across British Columbia and Liberals in northern Ontario — is part of what Poilievre sees as a winning formula. 
  That offensive was on full display recently as he t
  
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• Penguins move into a playoff spot with 5-4 win over Lightning

  07-04-2024 08:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Michael Bunting snapped a tie with 5:28 left in the third period, and the Pittsburgh Penguins moved into a playoff spot with a 5-4 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday.
  Referee Steve Kozari was taken off the ice on a stretcher after colliding with Lightning defenseman Haydn Fleury 6:11 into the third period. Kozari was able to move his arms. Fleury did not return.
  Evgeni Malkin had two goals and an assist for Pittsburgh, and Bunting also had two assists. Sidney Cr
  
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• Oilers keep rolling with 4-2 victory over reeling Flames

  07-04-2024 07:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Evan Bouchard scored the go-ahead goal 10:36 into the third period and the Edmonton Oilers kept on rolling with a 4-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Saturday.
  Leon Draisaitl, with his 40th goal, Connor Brown, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, into an empty net, also scored for Edmonton (47-24-5), which is 5-1-1 in their last seven games. Calvin Pickard made 33 saves for the win, improving to 12-6-0.
  It’s Draisaitl’s third straight 40-goal season and fifth of his career, wh
  
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• Ruidíaz leads Sounders over Montreal 5-0 for first victory of season

  07-04-2024 07:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Raúl Ruidíaz scored a pair of first-half goals and the Seattle Sounders won for the first time this season, beating CF Montreal 5-0 on Saturday night.
  The Sounders (1-3-2) jumped on top in the 20th minute when Jackson Ragen used his head to set up Ruidíaz’s left-footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner of the net off a set piece.
  Ruidíaz’s second goal — and fourth of the season — came via a penal
  
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• Kempe, Moore get Kings closer to playoff spot with 6-3 victory over Canucks

  07-04-2024 07:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adrian Kempe had two goals and an assist, Trevor Moore reached 30 goals for the first time in his career and the Los Angeles Kings got closer to wrapping up a playoff spot with a 6-3 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night.
  Los Angeles moved out of a wild card spot and the into third place in the Pacific Division with five games remaining in the regular season. The Kings have a one-point lead over Vegas and are eight points up on St. Louis, which is still vy
  
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• Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr. makes shushing motion to Yankee Stadium fans during home run trot

  07-04-2024 06:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s trot got Yankee Stadium fans hot.
  The Toronto Blue Jays star celebrates his home runs with a distinctive series of moves while circling the bases, including a shushing motion when he rounds third.
  When Guerrero went deep with Toronto trailing the New York Yankees by seven runs on Saturday night, fans in the Bronx responded to his running routine with boos.
  “It’s something that I do everywhere regardless the situation,” Guerrer
  
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• Led by Castle and Clingan, defending champ UConn returns to NCAA title game, beating Alabama 86-72

  07-04-2024 05:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — UConn kept its bid to repeat as national champion intact by surviving its first true test of the NCAA Tournament, getting 21 points from freshman Stephon Castle while clamping down defensively in the second half of an 86-72 win over Alabama in the Final Four on Saturday night.
  The top-seeded Huskies (36-3) had put on a March Madness show before arriving in the desert, a stretch that included a 30-0 run in a decimation of Illinois in the Elite Eight.
  This was more of
  
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• Judge, Stanton, Rizzo homer to lead Yankees over Blue Jays 9-8

  07-04-2024 04:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and Anthony Rizzo homered, and the New York Yankees chased Kevin Gausman in the second inning of an 9-8 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday night.
  Judge and Stanton went deep in a three-run first against Gausman (0-1), and Rizzo added his first of the season in the fifth against Mitch White. Juan Soto had a pair of RBI singles as the Yankees opened a 9-2 lead by the sixth inning and Stanton had three hits after starting the season 3
  
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• Devils snap three-game skid with 4-3 victory, hand Senators third straight loss

  07-04-2024 04:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Brendan Smith had a goal and two assists as the New Jersey Devils snapped a three-game losing streak and survived a late push from the Ottawa Senators to take a 4-3 win Saturday night.
  Erik Haula, Ondrej Palat and Nico Hischier also scored for New Jersey (37-36-4), which won the season series 2-1.
  Jake Allen made 25 saves.
  Jake Sanderson, Claude Giroux and Brady Tkachuk scored for Ottawa (33-39-4), which had its losing streak extended to three games. 
  Anton Forsberg got the s
  
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• Auston Matthews scores league-leading 64th goal in 4-2 Maple Leafs win over Canadiens

  07-04-2024 04:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Auston Matthews scored his league-leading 64th of the season in a four-goal second period for the Maple Leafs, and Toronto defeated the archrival Montreal Canadiens 4-2 on Saturday night at the Bell Centre.
  Matthews hit the 100-point mark for the second time in his career and extended his point streak to 10 games in the process.
  The 26-year-old superstar is on pace for 69 goals, one shy of the 70-goal milestone that hasn’t been attained since Teemu Selanne and Alexander Mo
  
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• Whitecaps offensive outburst too much for undermanned Toronto FC

  07-04-2024 03:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps struck early and often on Saturday, taking a decisive 4-0 victory over Canadian rivals Toronto FC.
  Brian White scored for the ‘Caps (4-1-1) in the sixth minute and Fafa Picault followed with a strike in the 29th before Ryan Gauld and Ranko Veselinovic added goals late in the second half. 
  Alessandro Schopf, Andreas Cubas and Ryan Raposo each tallied an assist. 
  Toronto (3-3-1) controlled 51.8 per cent of the possession Saturday, but it wa
  
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• Canada’s Zach Edey and Purdue power their way into NCAA title game, beating N.C. State 63-50

  07-04-2024 02:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Purdue kept its March Madness dream alive while snuffing out North Carolina State’s, getting 20 points and 12 rebounds from Canada’s Zach Edey in a 63-50 victory Saturday that placed the Boilermakers a win from their first NCAA title.
  N.C. State poked and jabbed at the 7-foot-4 Edey, from Toronto, and gave him fits over his 40 minutes on the floor, but he still dominated the battle of big men against 6-9, 275-pound Wolfpack center DJ Burns Jr., who labore
  
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• Germany tops Japan 4-1 to improve to 2-0 at women’s hockey worlds

  07-04-2024 02:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UTICA, N.Y. — Sandra Abstreiter made 30 saves in a near-perfect performance in Germany’s 4-1 win over Japan on Saturday at the women’s world hockey championship.
  Jule Schiefer, Bernadette Karpf, Luisa Welcke and Nicola Eisenschmid scored for Germany, which improved to 2-0 at the tournament.
  Akane Shiga had the lone goal for Japan, which fell to 1-1. Riko Kawaguchi stopped 25 shots.
  After a scoreless opening frame, Schiefer picked up a loose puck in front and put Germany on the
  
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• B.C. underwater microphones aim to protect whales from ship strikes: Ocean Wise

  07-04-2024 01:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver-based non-profit Ocean Wise says underwater microphones will be used to help protect whales from collisions with ships off British Columbia’s coast.
  A statement from the group says the initiative marks the first time automatic detections from hydrophones will be used to inform nearby commercial vessels of the presence of whales through the Ocean Wise whale report alert system.
  It says the alerts will help mariners determine when to slow down or stop to avoid
  
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• PHOTOS: Breaking ground at 102nd Chilliwack Plowing Match - Chilliwack Progress

  07-04-2024 01:34 via news.google.com
  
  PHOTOS: Breaking ground at 102nd Chilliwack Plowing Match  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Namestnikov has a goal and two assists as Jets beat Wild 4-2

  07-04-2024 01:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Vladislav Namestnikov had a goal and two assists, linemate Alex Iafallo a goal and an assist, and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Minnesota Wild 4-2 on Saturday.
  Kyle Connor and Morgan Barron also scored, and Connor Hellebuyck made 25 saves for Winnipeg in the opener of a four-game trip.
  The Jets, who clinched a playoff berth Thursday, are two points behind Colorado for second place in the Central Division. Each team has five games remaining including against each other A
  
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• RCMP in Coquitlam, search for vehicle submerged in Fraser River

  07-04-2024 00:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COQUITLAM, B.C. — Police in Metro Vancouver say an underwater recovery team is working to locate a vehicle submerged in the Fraser River and determine whether it was occupied.
  Coquitlam RCMP say they received a report of a vehicle in the water by the boat launch at Maquabeak Park, near the Port Mann Bridge, shortly after 12:15 a.m. on Saturday.
  They say officers arrived to find the vehicle “fully submerged” with its lights on.
  Police say two officers entered the water but were
  
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• RCMP in Coquitlam, B.C., search for vehicle submerged in Fraser River

  07-04-2024 00:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COQUITLAM, B.C. — Police in Metro Vancouver say an underwater recovery team is working to locate a vehicle submerged in the Fraser River and determine whether it was occupied.
  Coquitlam RCMP say they received a report of a vehicle in the water by the boat launch at Maquabeak Park, near the Port Mann Bridge, shortly after 12:15 a.m. on Saturday.
  They say officers arrived to find the vehicle “fully submerged” with its lights on.
  Police say two officers entered the water but were
  
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• A close ally of populist prime minister tops a pro-Western diplomat to become Slovakia’s president

  07-04-2024 00:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — A close ally of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico beat a pro-Western career diplomat to become Slovakia’s new president, and succeed Zuzana Čaputová, the country’s first female head of state.
  Parliamentary speaker Peter Pellegrini received 53.85% of the vote with the ballots from over 98% polling stations counted by the Statistics Office in Saturday’s runoff election, topping former Foreign Minister Ivan Korčok who had 46.14%
  
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• Canadian women rally to defeat Brazil in penalty shootout at SheBelieves Cup

  07-04-2024 00:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA — Canada defeated Brazil 4-2 in a penalty shootout at the SheBelieves Cup after the game finished knotted at 1-1 after 90 minutes Saturday.
  It was a second straight shootout for the Canadians, who lost the CONCACAF W Gold Cup semifinal 3-1 to the U.S. on March 6 in a shootout after extra time finished tied at 2-2. 
  Adriana Leon, Jade Rose, Simi Awujo and Julia Grosso scored for Canada in Saturday’s shootout.  Ashley Lawrence shot high for the Canadians.
  Grosso slott
  
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