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• Prank war: Wild’s Marc-André Fleury, Avalanche’s Brandon Duhaime decorate each other’s vehicles

  09-04-2024 22:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DENVER (AP) — Colorado forward Brandon Duhaime has put the brakes on pulling pranks after losing all four of his tires and seeing a garden planted on the hood of his car.
  Chalk up another win for Minnesota goaltender Marc-André Fleury, Duhaime’s former teammate who is the master of mischief.
  Duhaime started the prank war when he decorated Fleury’s car with mounds of unrolled toilet paper.
  Fleury ended it when he went to Home Depot on Monday to round up gardening and auto
  
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• Police investigate death of woman in her 20s in apartment near Montreal

  09-04-2024 22:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CANDIAC, Que. — The violent crimes unit of the Quebec provincial police is investigating the death of a woman in her 20s in a Montreal suburb.
  Sgt. Hélène St-Pierre says local police in the community of Candiac, Que., received a call around noon from someone concerned about the woman’s safety. 
  Police went to the woman’s apartment and found her dead.
  St-Pierre says the investigation was turned over to the violent crimes unit of the provincial police.
  She says
  
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• Athletes drove the choice of Toronto for swim trials, says Swimming Canada chief

  09-04-2024 22:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Athletes in favour of Toronto as a Plan B for the Olympic and Paralympic swim trials drove the decision to relocate there from Montreal, says the head of Swimming Canada.
  Toronto’s Pan Am Sports Centre was built for the 2015 Pan American/Parapan American Games and was the site of Olympic and Paralympic trials in 2016 and 2021.
  A tried and tested venue gave the athletes a sense of comfort amid the upheaval of trying to find an alternate location for the May 13-19 trials that will determine
  
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• Do you know these men? Chilliwack RCMP release photos of assault suspects - Abbotsford News

  09-04-2024 22:57 via news.google.com
  
  Do you know these men? Chilliwack RCMP release photos of assault suspects  Abbotsford News
  
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• Red Sox honour 2004 championship team, Tim Wakefield’s family ahead of home opener

  09-04-2024 22:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — When the Red Sox swept the St. Louis Cardinals to capture the World Series title in 2004 to end their 86-year title drought, Johnny Damon was one of the first to grab the trophy. He immediately found Tim Wakefield — who’d bounced back after giving up a season-ending home run to the Yankees in the 2003 playoffs. 
  As Boston celebrated the 20th anniversary of that title team, Damon again put the trophy in the hands of a Wakefield, only this time the knuckleballe
  
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• Do you know these men? Chilliwack RCMP release photos of assault suspects - Chilliwack Progress

  09-04-2024 22:36 via news.google.com
  
  Do you know these men? Chilliwack RCMP release photos of assault suspects  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• McIlroy brimming with confidence as he sets out to complete career Grand Slam

  09-04-2024 22:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Rory McIlroy made that familiar turn off Washington Road and onto Magnolia Lane a year ago, the one that seems to suck in those fortunate enough to make it back in time, and felt as certain as ever that it was his time to win the Masters.
  After all, McIlroy had been playing well. His confidence was soaring. He had a belief in himself that was more than just a hunch.
  More like a premonition.
  Yet by Friday afternoon, when storms would fell three towering Georgia pines and
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP looking to ID men in assault investigation

  09-04-2024 22:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Mounties in Chilliwack are appealing to the public for help in identifying three people of interest in an assault investigation.
  According to a statement from Corporal Carmen Kiener of the Chilliwack RCMP, police say the assault occurred in March 2024.The public’s assistance is requested to identify three people of interest in order to advance the investigation. There is no risk to the public as a result of this incident.
  All three males are described as Caucasian with m
  
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• Quebec premier threatens ‘referendum’ on immigration if Trudeau fails to deliver

  09-04-2024 22:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Quebec Premier François Legault is ratcheting up pressure on the federal government to reduce the number of temporary immigrants in the province, threatening to hold a “referendum” on the issue.
  Legault told reporters today that launching a plebiscite isn’t in his government’s short-term plans, but he suggested that could change if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau doesn’t deliver on Quebec’s demands.
  The premier says the 560,000 temporary immigrants in Que
  
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• Abbotsford PD detain dangerous driver who ran multiple red lights, but need more evidence

  09-04-2024 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Abbotsford Police say they have detained a motorist who was observed traveling at high speeds, swerving all over the road and running multiple red lights over the weekend.
  According to a news release from Constable Art Stele, spokesperson for the AbbyPD, Surrey RCMP received reports of an erratic driver operating a red 2016 Chevy Cruze on 100 Avenue from 148 Street on Sunday, April 7 at 3:44 p.m. Residents reported seeing the vehicle speeding, swerving and running several red
  
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• John Calipari departs Kentucky after 15 years, saying the program ‘needs to hear another voice’

  09-04-2024 21:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — John Calipari is stepping down as Kentucky’s men’s basketball coach after 15 years, saying Tuesday on social media that the “program probably needs to hear another voice” amid reports that he’s closing in on a deal with Arkansas to take over that Southeastern Conference program.
  Calipari posted a video on X, formerly known as Twitter, in which he said that after talking with his wife, Ellen, he decided a change was needed. He added, &ldqu
  
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• Veteran cornerback Peters anxious to join Hamilton Tiger-Cats

  09-04-2024 20:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — He’s still adjusting to life with a different team, but Jamal Peters is comfortable with his new colours.
  The veteran cornerback will suit up with Hamilton in 2024 following three seasons with the archrival Toronto Argonauts. While that means getting used to a new city and team, Peters will have no issues donning the Tiger-Cats’ black and gold uniform.
  “I wore black and gold in high school (in Bassfield, Mississippi),” said Peters, in town for the CFL&rsq
  
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• Jones beaten 9-2 by Wrana in wild opening draw of Players’ Championship

  09-04-2024 20:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Jennifer Jones’s final tournament as part of a four-player team got off to a rocky start with a six-end 9-2 loss to Sweden’s Isabella Wrana on Tuesday at the Grand Slam of Curling’s season-ending Players’ Championship.
  Winnipeg’s Jones, who started with the hammer, scored twice in the first end before Wrana scored the next nine points, capping the match with a four-point sixth end.
  Jones announced earlier this season that she is stepping away from th
  
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• Oilers superstar McDavid out day-to-day, could miss game against visiting Vegas

  09-04-2024 20:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Edmonton superstar Connor McDavid is out day-to-day and could miss the Oilers’ game Wednesday against the visiting Vegas Golden Knights.
  McDavid did not practice Tuesday, and coach Kris Knoblauch said he would consult with the centre on Wednesday.
  The coach said McDavid’s absence at practice was due to a combination of “lower body” and “maintenance” issues.
  “The most important thing is playoffs, that we are ready,” Knoblauch said. “I think we
  
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• Assembly of First Nations says $349B is needed to close infrastructure gap by 2030

  09-04-2024 20:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Assembly of First Nations says decades of underfunding and failed fiduciary duties have created a $349-billion infrastructure gap. 
  The assembly says the gap desperately needs to be closed and is calling on the federal government for help in doing so. 
  The report out today calls for $135 billion for housing, $5 billion for digital connectivity and another $209 billion for other infrastructure.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged to close the infrastructure gap by 2
  
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• Arizona can enforce an 1864 law criminalizing nearly all abortions, court says

  09-04-2024 20:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state can enforce its long-dormant law criminalizing all abortions except when a mother’s life is at stake.The case examined whether the state is still subject to a law that predates Arizona’s statehood. The 1864 law provides no exceptions for rape or incest, but allows abortions if a mother’s life is in danger. The state’s high court ruling reviewed a 2022 decision by the state Court of Appeals that sa
  
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• How effective are California’s homelessness programs? State hasn’t been tracking

  09-04-2024 20:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California spent $24 billion to tackle homelessness over a five-year period but didn’t consistently track the outcomes or effectiveness of its programs, according to state audit released Tuesday.
  The report attempts to assess how effective the state and local cities have been spending billions of dollars to address the ongoing homelessness crisis in California.
  An estimated 171,000 people are homeless in California, which amounts to roughly 30% of all of the
  
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• French PM to visit Ottawa, Quebec City and Montreal during Canadian visit

  09-04-2024 20:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal will visit Ottawa, Quebec City and Montreal during a three-day trip to Canada that begins Wednesday.
  Attal will land in Ottawa where he is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Gov. Gen. Mary Simon, and travel to Quebec City on Thursday where he will meet with Premier François Legault.
  He will later deliver a speech to members of the Quebec legislature.
  On Friday morning he is scheduled to visit a school in the Quebec
  
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• Former Venezuelan oil minister is arrested in connection with corruption probe, authorities say

  09-04-2024 19:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s once powerful oil minister who quit last year has been arrested on allegations of corruption, the government announced Tuesday.The Ministry of Communications released images of Tareck El Aissami being handcuffed and walking down a hallway flanked by officers.The oil minister resigned a few days before senior officials in the government of President Nicolás Maduro and business leaders were arrested in March 2023 as part of an investigation
  
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• At least 3 dead and 4 missing in an explosion at hydroelectric plant near Bologna

  09-04-2024 19:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MILAN (AP) — An explosion Tuesday at a hydroelectric plant in northern Italy killed at least three workers and seriously injured five others, a regional fire chief said. At least four other people were missing.
  The blast occurred between 30 and 60 meters (between 100 and 200 feet) below the water level at the Bergi plant in the Apennine Mountains south of Bologna. The explosion collapsed two levels of the underground structure, provoked a fire and caused flooding, regional fire chief Franc
  
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• Women’s world junior hockey championship on the distant horizon

  09-04-2024 19:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UTICA — A women’s world junior hockey championship will happen, but is at least five years away, says the International Ice Hockey Federation.
  Canada and the United States want that timeline shortened. They’re taking their development women’s teams to Europe in December to play other countries in exhibition games to get the ball rolling faster.
  The IIHF male trifecta for a quarter century has been the men’s senior, under-20 and under-18 championships.
  A women’
  
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• Mexican brothers look forward to CPL adventure as owners of York United FC

  09-04-2024 19:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ricardo Pasquel survived a Canadian winter. Now the fun really begins
  The Mexico City native and his two brothers, Eduardo and Miguel, are looking forward to their first season as owners of York United FC. Game Plan Sports Group, led by the brothers, bought the Canadian Premier League team in November.
  Ricardo, the first brother to relocate to Toronto, reports his family loves Canada. His four-year-old had never seen snow before.
  “He was all over the yard, playing. He loved
  
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• CBSA and ERT officers raid man’s Lower Mainland home, locate stash of prohibited guns

  09-04-2024 19:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DELTA — Canada Border Service Agency says a Delta, B.C. resident has been charged with over a dozen firearm and weapons-related offences following a raid on his home last month.As a result of a criminal investigation by the CBSA, Bryce Cameron McDonald has been charged with 18 firearm and weapon related offences, the agency said in a statement Tuesday (Apr. 9).In April 2022, the CBSA Criminal Investigations Section opened an investigation in relation to the improper importation of firearm
  
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• Group including John Morris buys Grand Slam of Curling from Sportsnet

  09-04-2024 19:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — A group that includes two-time Olympic gold medal curler John Morris and former NFL player Jared Allen has purchased the Grand Slam of Curling tour from Sportsnet.
  The Curling Group, a sports business venture led by chief executive officer Nic Sulsky, announced it acquired the Grand Slam of Curling in a release Tuesday.
  Entertainment industry veteran Mike Cotton is also part of the ownership group, while veteran Jennifer Jones is part of a group of curlers acting as strategic adv
  
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• Peter Higgs, who proposed existence of Higgs boson particle, has died at 94, university says

  09-04-2024 19:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the so-called “God particle” that helped explain how matter formed after the Big Bang, has died at age 94, the University of Edinburgh said Tuesday.
  The university, where Higgs was emeritus professor, said he died Monday “peacefully at home following a short illness.”
  Higgs predicted the existence of a new particle — the so-called Higgs boson — in 1964. But it would be
  
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• B.C. announces one-time $430 rent relief benefit to low-income seniors

  09-04-2024 19:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is granting a one-time $430 benefit to the roughly 20,000 seniors in its support program for elderly low-income renters.
  B.C. Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon says eligible seniors don’t need to apply for the payment, which will be sent out this month.
  Kahlon says the Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters program, known as SAFER, will also expand eligibility for its benefits to seniors with annual incomes up to $37,240, compared to the previous $33,00
  
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• Freeland doesn’t rule out new taxes on wealthy or corporate Canada in upcoming budget

  09-04-2024 19:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has ruled out raising taxes on the middle class in the upcoming federal budget — but won’t say if corporations or the wealthy are in for the same treatment. 
  Freeland pointedly did not answer Tuesday when asked during a news conference about the prospect of new taxes on corporate Canada or others not part of the middle class.
  Instead, she emphasized the “urgent” need to invest in things that are important to Canadians
  
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• Hockey Canada hires Jaime Boldt as governance adviser

  09-04-2024 18:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Hockey Canada announced Tuesday that it has hired Jaime Boldt as its first governance adviser.
  Katherine Henderson, president and chief executive officer of Hockey Canada, said in a release that Boldt will help ensure that Hockey Canada’s governance model is “effective, sustainable and efficient.”
  Boldt is an adjunct professor at the University of Regina’s Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy and joins Hockey Canada after five years as the exec
  
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• Alcaraz pulls out of Monte Carlo with forearm injury, was scheduled to face Auger-Aliassime

  09-04-2024 18:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONACO (AP) — Two-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz withdrew from the clay-court Monte Carlo Masters tournament on Tuesday because of a muscle injury to his right forearm.
  The Wimbledon champion was scheduled to play Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime in the second round in only his second appearance at the tournament, after also pulling out last year with an injury.
  Auger-Aliassime instead faces lucky loser Lorenzo Sonego of Italy.
  Alcaraz had been doing low-key training with st
  
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• Michigan school shooter’s parents sentenced to at least 10 years in prison

  09-04-2024 18:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The parents of a Michigan school shooter were each sentenced to at least 10 years in prison Tuesday for failing to take steps that could have prevented the killing of four students in 2021.
  Jennifer and James Crumbley are the first parents convicted in a U.S. mass school shooting. They were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter after prosecutors presented evidence of an unsecured gun at home and indifference toward the teen’s mental health.
  Ethan Crumbley dre
  
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• Appeals court rejects Donald Trump’s latest attempt to delay April 15 hush money criminal trial

  09-04-2024 18:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A New York appeals court judge Tuesday rejected former President Donald Trump’s latest bid to delay his hush money criminal trial while he fights a gag order, clearing the way for jury selection to begin next week.
  Justice Cynthia Kern’s ruling is yet another loss for Trump, who has tried repeatedly to get the trial postponed.
  Trump’s lawyers had wanted the trial delayed until a full panel of appellate court judges could hear arguments on lifting or modify
  
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• Conservative motion calls for PM, premiers to have ’emergency’ carbon price meeting

  09-04-2024 18:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is challenging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to defend his carbon pricing policy in a televised “emergency meeting” with the country’s premiers.
  The Conservatives tabled a motion this morning which demands that Trudeau sit down with provincial and territorial leaders within five weeks.
  MPs are expected to vote on the motion tomorrow. 
  Poilievre says he believes Trudeau is “too scared” to hold the televised mee
  
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• Impaired driver suspected of causing head-on collision in Abbotsford

  09-04-2024 18:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Abbotsford Police say a motorist has been issued a 90-day immediate roadside prohibition for their alleged role in a head-on crash on Fraser Highway Monday night.
  According to a statement from police, AbbyPD patrol officers were dispatched Monday night (Apr. 8) at about midnight to the scene of a reported head-on collision in the 29600 block of Fraser Highway in Abbotsford. Police say damage to both vehicles was substantial.
  “Considering the damage to the two cars involv
  
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• Truck carrying live chickens crashes in Chilliwack Tuesday morning

  09-04-2024 18:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A truck carrying live chickens crashed into a ditch on Upper Prairie Road Tuesday morning (Apr. 9), resulting in power lines to fall onto the truck and the nearby train tracks.According to scanner traffic, Chilliwack Fire, Chilliwack RCMP and B.C. Ambulance were dispatched to Upper Prairie Road north of Chilliwack Central Road after a commercial truck crashed and wound up on its side.Scanner traffic indicated contact would be made with the farm where the live chickens were pre
  
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• Halifax the latest city to sign up for the Project 8 women’s pro soccer league

  09-04-2024 18:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Halifax is the latest city to sign up for the Project 8 women’s professional soccer league, set to kick off in 2025.
  Project 8, the brainchild of former Canadian international Diana Matheson, announced last week that six franchises have submitted applications to Canada Soccer to join the new league.
  Vancouver, Calgary, and Toronto were the first to come on board.  The Atlantic Women’s Football Club (AWFC) is the first of three new teams to be revealed.
  Courtney Sherlock, the co-
  
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• Canadiens defenceman Xhekaj to undergo season-ending shoulder surgery

  09-04-2024 17:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Montreal Canadiens defenceman Arber Xhekaj will undergo season-ending shoulder surgery on Wednesday, the club announced Tuesday. 
  The 23-year-old Xhekaj has missed two games since sustaining the injury to his left shoulder in a 7-4 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning last Thursday. 
  The Canadiens expect the rugged blueliner to recover in time for the start of next season.
  The six-foot-four, 240-pound Xhekaj has split time this season between the Canadiens and the Laval Rocket, Montreal&rsq
  
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• PHOTOS: Semi truck with live chicks takes down power line in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  09-04-2024 17:15 via news.google.com
  
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• South African court rules former leader Jacob Zuma can contest election

  09-04-2024 16:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s Electoral Court on Tuesday ruled that former President Jacob Zuma can run for office as a lawmaker in the upcoming election, overturning an earlier decision that had barred him from contesting the polls.The decision paves the way for Zuma to run for president on behalf of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party, a new political organization that he joined last year after denouncing the ruling African National Congress party that he once led.
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• Champions League matches will go ahead despite Islamic State terror threat

  09-04-2024 15:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NYON, Switzerland (AP) — This week’s Champions League games will go ahead as scheduled despite an Islamic State terror threat, the governing body of European soccer said Tuesday.
  A media outlet linked to the terror group has issued multiple posts calling for attacks at the stadiums hosting quarterfinal matches in Paris, Madrid and London on Tuesday and Wednesday.
  “UEFA is aware of alleged terrorist threats made towards this week’s UEFA Champions League matches and is clos
  
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• Liberal government to launch $500M fund for youth mental health

  09-04-2024 15:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Ottawa is setting up a $500-million fund to help community health organizations provide more mental health care to young people.
  Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is making the announcement in Ottawa alongside other cabinet ministers.
  During the 2021 election campaign, the Liberals promised a similar fund for post-secondary institutions to help with the mental health of students.
  The fund marks the latest in a string of campaign-style, pre-budget announcements from the Liberal government. 
  
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• Port of Montreal to host Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series event this summer

  09-04-2024 14:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series is coming to Montreal this summer.
  On Aug. 25 the Port of Montreal’s Grand Quay will stage one of the eight stops on the calendar, with Canada hosting for the first time.
  Other events on the 2024 circuit, which runs May 26 to Nov. 10, are in Athens, Boston, Italy, Northern Ireland, Norway, Turkey and Australia.
  Molly Carson, a 25-year-old native of Thunder Bay, Ont., who now calls Montreal home, was second in the overall standings las
  
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• Olympic rings for the Paris Games will be displayed on the Eiffel Tower

  09-04-2024 14:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Olympic rings will be displayed on the Eiffel Tower, organizers said in a statement on Tuesday, as the French capital prepares to mark 100 days until the start of the Paris Games.
  A 29-metre-long and 15-metre-high structure of five Olympic rings, made entirely of recycled French steel, will be displayed on the south side of the 135-year-old historic landmark in central Paris, overlooking the Seine River. About 10,500 athletes will parade through the heart of the French cap
  
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• Europe’s highest human rights court starts session on landmark climate change cases

  09-04-2024 10:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Europe’s highest human rights court has started its session Tuesday on a group of landmark climate change cases aimed at forcing countries to meet international obligations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
  The European Court of Human Rights will hand down decisions in a trio of cases brought by a French mayor, six Portuguese youngsters and more than 2,000 members of Senior Women for Climate Protection, who say their governments are not doing enough to com
  
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• In the news today: PMO staff testifying at public inquiry, BC booster shot program

  09-04-2024 10:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed tobring you up to speed on what you need to know today…
  PMO staff to testify at interference inquiry
  Staff from the Prime Minister’s Office are set to speak today at the public inquiry into foreign interference in Canada’s elections.
  The testimony comes a day after the inquiry saw a briefing document prepared for the PMO stating China meddled in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections. 
  The document from Canada&rsq
  
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• Staff from PM’s office to testify at foreign interference inquiry

  09-04-2024 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Staff from the Prime Minister’s Office are set to speak today at the public inquiry into foreign interference in Canada’s elections.
  The testimony comes a day after the inquiry saw a briefing document prepared for the PMO stating China meddled in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections. 
  The document from Canada’s spy agency says it knew China “clandestinely and deceptively interfered” in those elections.
  It says in 2021, Chinese foreign interference
  
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• PHOTOS: Semi truck with live chicks takes down power line in Chilliwack - Abbotsford News

  09-04-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  PHOTOS: Semi truck with live chicks takes down power line in Chilliwack  Abbotsford News
  
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• Edey gave it all for Purdue, but it wasn’t enough to stop dominant UConn

  09-04-2024 07:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Zach Edey spent all season as the dominant force at the heart of Purdue’s push for never-before-reached heights.
  His space-eating presence, his back-to-the-basket offence, his ability to use length to score over defenders — he used it all to bring the Boilermakers within 40 minutes of their first national title. But the 7-foot-4 star from Toronto and two-time Associated Press national player of the year just couldn’t push the Boilermakers past a dom
  
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• Garland scores twice, Canucks outlast Golden Knights for 4-3 win

  09-04-2024 06:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Conor Garland scored twice in his 400th regular-season NHL game and his Vancouver Canucks outdueled the Vegas Golden Knights for a 4-3 victory on Monday.
  Quinn Hughes and Brock Boeser each had a goal and an assist for the Canucks (48-22-8), and J.T. Miller contributed three helpers. 
  The Golden Knights (42-27-8) jumped out to an early 2-0 lead thanks to a pair of goals from Jack Eichel. Noah Hanifin also scored and had an assist. 
  Arturs Silovs stopped 20 of 23 shots
  
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• UConn wins second straight NCAA title by beating Purdue 75-60

  09-04-2024 05:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — UConn delivered the latest of its suffocating basketball beatdowns Monday night, smothering Purdue for a 75-60 victory to become the first team since 2007 to capture back-to-back national championships.
  Tristen Newton scored 20 points for the Huskies, who won their 12th straight March Madness game — not a single one of them decided by fewer than 13 points.
  UConn was efficient on offence but won this with defence. The Huskies (37-3) limited the country’s s
  
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• McCabe scores OT winner, Matthews nets 65th goal, Leafs down Penguins

  09-04-2024 04:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Jake McCabe scored at 1:30 of overtime as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Monday.
  Auston Matthews added his NHL-leading 65th goal of the season to go along with an assist, while Matthew Knies also scored for Toronto (45-23-9). Ilya Samsonov made 29 saves.
  Rickard Rakell and Drew O’Connor replied for Pittsburgh (36-30-12), which are now 6-0-3 over its last nine to get back into the Eastern Conference playoff race.
  The Penguins, who could have
  
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