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• Varsho has grand slam as Blue Jays hold off Rockies 5-3 in Rodriguez’s MLB debut

  13-04-2024 23:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Daulton Varsho had a grand slam in the first inning as the Toronto Blue Jays held on for a 5-3 win over the Colorado Rockies on Saturday.
  Davis Schneider had a bases-loaded walk as Toronto (7-8) built a 5-0 lead in the first. Second baseman Cavan Biggio extended his hit streak to a career-best eight games with a basehit in the eighth.
  Blue Jays starting pitcher Yariel Rodriguez struck out six and allowed a run on four hits over 3 2/3 innings in his Major League Baseball debut.
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• Aerin Frankel stops 15, Laila Edwards scores 3 as US wins 5-0 over Finland at women’s hockey worlds

  13-04-2024 23:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — Aerin Frankel stopped 15 shots for her fourth shutout in five games, and Laila Edwards scored a natural hat trick as the United States beat Finland 5-0 in the semifinal round on Saturday, advancing the defending champions to their 23rd women’s world hockey championship gold-medal game.
  Hannah Bilka and Savannah Harmon also scored for the Americans, who kept their perfect run intact in having appeared in every world championship final since the tournament was establ
  
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• Butter Chicken House in Chilliwack offering free food this weekend

  13-04-2024 23:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — With gorgeous weather in the forecast for Chilliwack all weekend, an Indian restaurant on Vedder Road in Chilliwack is hoping to make the weekend a little better for local residents with an act of generosity.Butter Chicken House, a South Asian restaurant serving everything from butter chicken to veggie pakoras and sweet Thai prawns with garlic, says it will give away free food Sunday, April 14 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 5669 Vedder Road in Chilliwack.
  Pawandeep Kaur Brar, who g
  
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• Beautiful new Chilliwack home featured in 2024 Hometown Heroes Lottery

  13-04-2024 21:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A gleaming new home in Promontory overlooking the picturesque mountain ranges surrounding Chilliwack is one of nine grand prizes featured in the 2024 Hometown Heroes Lottery, which launched Saturday (Apr. 13).According to a news release from the contest, the home on Crimson Ridge in Promontory is located at 46086 Crestview Drive. It has an estimated value of $2.4 million and is highlighted by 4,256 square feet, six bedrooms, seven bathrooms, a two-bedroom legal suite and a two
  
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• Members of Quebec health care workers union vote against tentative deal with province

  13-04-2024 21:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Members of a union representing more than 80,000 health care workers in Quebec have decisively rejected a tentative collective agreement with the province that was endorsed by the labour group’s leadership.
  The Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec, commonly known as the FIQ, said Saturday that 61 per cent of members who took part in an online election voted against the deal. The poll, which ended at midnight Friday, had a partic
  
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• Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation’s ‘Spring Fling’ Gala Raises $25,000

  13-04-2024 21:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY — In late March, the Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation (FVHCF) hosted Spring Fling, its first South Asian fundraiser alongside a newly-formed sub-set committee called ‘Ray of Hope.’
  The event was held at the Langley Banquet hall on March 23 and raised a total of $25,000 for essential medical equipment. The committee is determined to promote ‘seva’, a pillar in Sikhism and Hinduism encouraging solidarity without expecting something in return.Executive dire
  
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• Heavy rainfall triggers flood conditions on several Quebec rivers

  13-04-2024 19:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAINT-JÉRÔME, Que. — Quebec officials have reported flooding on a handful rivers north of Montreal and in Quebec City after heavy downpours fell on parts of the province this week.
  In St-Jérôme, Que., roughly 50 kilometres northwest of downtown Montreal, water flow above 260 cubic metres per second led the province’s Public Security Department to categorize flooding on the Rivière du Nord as “major” on Saturday morning. Officials recorded
  
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• Chilliwack's iconic pink 1973 Plymouth Duster sold at auction - Driving

  13-04-2024 18:36 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack's iconic pink 1973 Plymouth Duster sold at auction  Driving
  
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• Chilliwack engineer launches inflatable 'space habitat' with Elon Musk's SpaceX - Chilliwack Progress

  13-04-2024 14:30 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack engineer launches inflatable 'space habitat' with Elon Musk's SpaceX  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Israel find the body of boy whose disappearance sparked a settler attack in the West Bank

  13-04-2024 14:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli army says the body of missing Israeli boy has been found in the occupied West Bank after he was killed in a “terrorist attack.”
  The disappearance of 14-year-old Binyamin Achimair sparked a large settler attack on a Palestinian village on Friday and Saturday.
  The killing of the teen and the settler rampages marked the latest in an escalation of violence in the territory, at a time when Israel is waging war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip
  “Security f
  
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• ‘Burst into football’: Blue Bombers get in on growing sport of girls flag football

  13-04-2024 13:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Standing on a field of green turf at a sporting facility in Winnipeg’s south end, Solape Obasa keeps her eye on the football, waiting for the moment she can catch it and run.
  But before the 17-year-old at Winnipeg’s Elmwood High School got the chance to wait, she had to work for the opportunity to get on the field at all as part of a new high school girls flag football league.
  “I’ve always liked the idea of girls playing flag football since the guys have
  
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• When leaders speak of workers and their rights, hold them to it, CLC urges unions

  13-04-2024 12:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s largest labour organization is urging unions to hold politicians to account when they profess to champion the country’s working class. 
  Bea Bruske, president of the Canadian Labour Congress, doesn’t name names in a memo she sent Friday to the group’s 50 affiliates, which include some of the country’s largest unions, including the Public Service Alliance of Canada and the Canadian Union of Public Employees. 
  But it comes as Conservat
  
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• What we learned from the inquiry into foreign meddling in Canada’s elections

  13-04-2024 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — If one thing from the public inquiry into foreign interference is clear, it’s that China attempted to meddle in the 2019 and 2021 elections. 
  But the evidence is hazy on whether or not it succeeded. Here’s what we learned over the past 10 days of fact-finding hearings, which ended Friday and included testimony from politicians, bureaucrats and representatives from several intelligence and security agencies:
  Who is trying to interfere?  
  Canada’s spy age
  
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• B.C. rescue team regroups after little orca thwarts capture in remote lagoon

  13-04-2024 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ZEBALLOS, B.C. — The team attempting to rescue an orphaned killer whale trapped in a remote B.C. lagoon is regrouping today after an initial attempt to capture the young orca failed.
  Rescuers say the orca evaded capture during Friday’s initial attempt to corral her into the shallows of the lagoon with a net, place her in a sling and carry her to open waters.
  Fisheries Department marine mammal co-ordinator Paul Cottrell says there was a huge effort to catch the calf but she’s &l
  
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• Multiple people stabbed and 1 person shot at a Sydney shopping center, media say

  13-04-2024 09:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SYDNEY (AP) — Multiple people were stabbed Saturday, and police shot someone, at a busy Sydney shopping center, media reports said.ABC TV in Australia reported Saturday that police evacuated shoppers at Westfield Shopping Centre in Bondi Junction, which is in the city’s eastern suburbs. A New South Wales ambulance spokesperson said that one of two alleged offenders had been shot by police and they were searching for the other, ABC reported. The spokesperson said people were still ins
  
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• Eddy Nolan, Montrealer who ran Terry Fox run every year for 43 years, dies at 67

  13-04-2024 09:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Every year for 43 years, Montrealer Eddy Nolan took to the streets for a Terry Fox Run, usually carrying a big red and white Terry Fox flag on a pole as packs of schoolchildren jogged behind him.
  This year, at age 67, Nolan decided he could not run anymore.On Friday — the anniversary of the day Fox began his cross-country Marathon of Hope for cancer research in 1980 — the longtime marathon runner and Terry Fox advocate chose to end his life through medical assistance
  
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• Woman dies from ATV crash in Chilliwack River Valley - Chilliwack Progress

  13-04-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Woman dies from ATV crash in Chilliwack River Valley  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Woman dies from ATV crash in Chilliwack River Valley - Abbotsford News

  13-04-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Woman dies from ATV crash in Chilliwack River Valley  Abbotsford News
  
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• Rollover in Chilliwack roundabout snarls traffic - Abbotsford News

  13-04-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Rollover in Chilliwack roundabout snarls traffic  Abbotsford News
  
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• Gordon King Obituary - Chilliwack, BC - Dignity Memorial

  13-04-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Gordon King Obituary - Chilliwack, BC  Dignity Memorial
  
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• Kuzmenko’s hat trick leads Calgary to 6-3 victory over Anaheim

  13-04-2024 07:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Andrei Kuzmenko scored three goals, Nazem Kadri had a goal and two assists, and the Calgary Flames withstood Anaheim’s third-period rally for a 6-3 victory over the Ducks on Friday night.
  Kuzmenko got his second career hat trick with two goals in the final 5:38 after Anaheim had trimmed Calgary’s 4-0 lead to one goal. Andrew Mangiapane and Connor Zary also scored for the Flames, who won for only the third time in 12 games. Dustin Wolf made 19 saves.
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• Hurricanes beat Blues 5-2 on Slavin go-ahead goal

  13-04-2024 07:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jaccob Slavin scored the winning goal 7:53 into the third period and Jake Guentzel added a pair of empty-netters, lifting the Carolina Hurricanes to a 5-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Friday night.
  Slavin scored when both teams were playing with four men as Carolina wons its fourth game in a row and sixth in its last seven.
  Seth Jarvis and Jordan Martinook also scored for Carolina and Frederik Andersen made 29 saves to improve to 13-2-0.
  Jordan Kyrou and Zack Bolduc
  
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• Canada’s Bibic takes gold, men’s sprint team wins bronze at UCI Track Nations Cup

  13-04-2024 07:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MILTON, Ont. — Canadian cyclist Dylan Bibic outlasted his competition and captured gold at the UCI Track Nations Cup on Friday.The 20-year-old Mississauga, Ont., native was the last rider on the track in the men’s elimination race, finishing ahead of Japan’s Shunsuke Imamura (silver) and Mark Stewart of Great Britain (bronze).Canadians also got on the podium in the men’s team sprint event, where Ryan Dodyk, James Hedgecock and Tyler Rorke took bronze and qualified for thi
  
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• Maccelli scores OT winner as Coyotes edge McDavid-less Oilers 3-2

  13-04-2024 05:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Matias Maccelli scored the overtime winner as the Arizona Coyotes continued to show some spark, defeating the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Friday.
  Maccelli notched his 15th of the season 1:35 into the extra session, picking the top corner on Oilers goalie Calvin Pickard, who made a couple of huge stops a minute earlier.
  Josh Doan had a goal and an assist in regulation, and Logan Cooley also scored for the Coyotes (35-40-5) who have won four of their last five.
  Adam Henrique and Darnel
  
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• Coyotes players informed the team is expected to move to Salt Lake City, AP source says

  13-04-2024 05:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Arizona Coyotes players have been informed the NHL club is expected to relocate to Salt Lake City, according to a person with knowledge of the meeting.
  General manager Bill Armstrong flew to Edmonton, Alberta, to tell players about the team’s potential move to Utah before its game against the Oilers, the person told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Friday because the decision has not been announced.
  Players and officials could visit Salt Lake City next week, possibly as soon
  
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• Canadian lightweight Michael Dufort submits Denmark’s Mads Burnell in PFL action

  13-04-2024 05:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS — Canadian lightweight Michael Dufort submitted Denmark’s Mads Burnell on Friday to win his Professional Fighters League regular-season debut.
  The fight ended 63 seconds into the second round with Burnell tapping to a guillotine choke. Dufort outstruck Burnell 66-58, according to Cagenomics.
  Unlike other mixed martial arts promotions, the PFL schedule incorporates a regular season and playoffs.
  Dufort is one of 10 fighters in the lightweight division, with points awarded fo
  
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• Heat never trail on the way to a 125-103 win over Raptors, keeping playoff hope going

  13-04-2024 04:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Nikola Jovic scored 22 points, Jaime Jaquez Jr. had 20 points and nine assists, and the Miami Heat kept hope alive of escaping the play-in tournament by topping the Toronto Raptors 125-103 on Friday night.
  Bam Adebayo scored 19 points, Tyler Herro scored 18, and Jimmy Butler and Kevin Love each scored 14 for the Heat (45-36). Miami still could get out of the play-in with a win in a rematch against the Raptors on Sunday and some help.
  It’s the 14th time in Heat history th
  
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• Canada advises against all travel to Israel, West Bank due to heightened risk

  13-04-2024 04:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canadians are being told to avoid all travel to Israel and the West Bank because of the “unpredictable security situation” in the region.
  Global Affairs Canada says there is a heightened risk of attacks on Israeli territory, while tensions and violence are high in the West Bank.
  Palestinian health officials say a Palestinian man was killed and 25 others were hurt today after dozens of angry Israeli settlers stormed into a village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, shoo
  
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• Nolan Jones has home run, RBI double to lead Rockies to 12-4 rout of Blue Jays

  13-04-2024 04:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Nolan Jones had a home run and an RBI double to lead the Colorado Rockies to a 12-4 rout of the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday.
  Ezequiel Tovar also had a solo shot and drove in another run with a sacrifice fly as Colorado’s (4-10) offence came alive.
  Ryan McMahon, Elias Diaz and Jones drove in one run apiece as the visiting Rockies broke the game open in the third inning. McMahon would have another RBI double, Kris Bryant added a two-run double, while Brendan Rodgers and Brent
  
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• Abbotsford City Council mourns the sudden passing of 35-year-old lawyer, community leader

  13-04-2024 03:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The City of Abbotsford is mourning the loss of a barrister, advocate and community leader who passed at the young age of only 35.In a statement dated Friday, April 12 on its website, Abbotsford City Council said it was deeply saddened to hear of the sudden death last month of 35-year-old Michelle Sagert, described by the municipality as a respected lawyer, advocate and leader.Sagert was a member of the Abbotsford Police Board by virtue of her appointment in June 2023. She repl
  
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• Summer McIntosh wins 100-metre butterfly at Canadian Swimming Open

  13-04-2024 03:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Teen swimming sensation Summer McIntosh added another first place result to her resume Friday, winning the women’s 100-metre butterfly at the Canadian Swimming Open. 
  The 17-year-old from Toronto swam a personal best 57.19 seconds at the Pan Am Sports Centre. 
  She touched 0.05 seconds ahead of defending Olympic champion Maggie Mac Neil of London, Ont. 
  Mary-Sophie Harvey of Trois-Rivières, Que., came third with a time of 58.05. 
  McIntosh is one of
  
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• Overdoses prompts B.C. First Nation to declare state of emergency

  13-04-2024 02:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — A spike in overdose deaths in the six British Columbia nations that make up the Tsilhqot’in National Government has prompted the chiefs to declare a local state of emergency. 
  The Cariboo area nation says in a statement that toxic drugs combined with the historical and present-day harms of colonialism are contributing to higher rates of overdose deaths among Indigenous people.
  Tribal Chair and Chief Joe Alphonse says in the statement that drugs are a major
  
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• PHOTOS: New steps make tulip festival in Chilliwack 'carbon-negative' - Chilliwack Progress

  13-04-2024 02:04 via news.google.com
  
  PHOTOS: New steps make tulip festival in Chilliwack 'carbon-negative'  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Judge rejects defense efforts to dismiss Hunter Biden’s federal gun case

  13-04-2024 01:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Delaware refused Friday to throw out a federal gun case against Hunter Biden, rejecting the president’s son’s claim that he is being prosecuted for political purposes as well as other arguments.U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika denied defense efforts to scuttle the prosecution charging Hunter Biden with lying about his drug use in October 2018 on a form to buy a gun that he kept for about 11 days.Hunter Biden’s lawyers had argued t
  
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• Man faces two murder charges after shooting at remote B.C. First Nation

  13-04-2024 01:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TSAY KEH DENE, B.C. — Police say a man has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder in connection with fatal shootings in a northern B.C. First Nation community this week.
  Mounties in Tsay Keh Dene, roughly 360 kilometres north of Prince George, say in a statement that Orlan Marcel Dennis is being held in custody.
  RCMP say officers responded to a call late Tuesday about shots fired at a residence, where two people were later found dead.
  They say a man armed with a gun fled to a
  
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• Mexican Tour success makes Seb Szirmak’s path to RBC Canadian Open murky

  13-04-2024 00:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto’s Sebastian Szirmak has the most wins of any Canadian pro golfer in 2024 but, ironically, his success on the Gira de Golf Professional Mexicana may prevent him from playing in the RBC Canadian Open.
  Szirmak won the Villa Rica Classic in Alvarado, Mexico, on April 6 for the second victory of his first season on the Mexican Tour. That moved him up to 1,003rd on the official world golf ranking, fourth on the tour’s points list and in position to win the circuit’s overall t
  
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• RCMP in B.C. warn of fake Taylor Swift concert tickets being sold online

  13-04-2024 00:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGFORD, B.C. — Police on Vancouver Island are warning Swifties about an online scam after several people lost money while trying to secure tickets for Taylor Swift concerts through Facebook groups.
  West Shore RCMP, based in the Victoria suburb of Langford, say they received at least four complaints involving fraud taking place on Facebook Marketplace and other community groups. 
  Those who fell victim told police they sent the money to the supposed seller for Swift tickets but receiv
  
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