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• Sports integrity body sees Porter case as a warning for sports betting in Canada

  18-04-2024 23:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada’s sports integrity watchdog is pushing for stronger policies to prevent competitive manipulation and match-fixing at all levels of competition.
  The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport issued its first draft of a new program to prevent competition manipulation on Wednesday, the same day that the NBA banned former Toronto Raptors backup centre Jontay Porter for his role in betting irregularities around his on-court performance. Jeremy Luke, the CEO of the sport integrity body, said he
  
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• Lawyers for Nassar assault survivors have reached $100M deal with Justice Department, AP source says

  18-04-2024 23:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The U.S. Justice Department has agreed to pay approximately $100 million to settle claims with about 100 people who say they were sexually assaulted by sports doctor Larry Nassar, a source with direct knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
  The deal has not been finalized, and no money has been paid, the source said on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak before a formal announcement.
  An internal investigation found that FBI agents m
  
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• From high-profile shakeups to legend retirements, a week to remember on curling scene

  18-04-2024 23:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The so-called free agency period at the start of an Olympic quadrennial is typically the high-water mark for curling team adjustments and player movement. 
  Surprise announcements in recent days and speculation on what’s to come has created a Roaring Game version of a mid-quad trade deadline. Teams want to strike before it’s too late so they can prepare for the final 18-month push to the Canadian Curling Trials. 
  With some big names on the move and a couple of curling legend
  
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• Hockey Canada announces team for world para championship in Calgary

  18-04-2024 23:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The Canadian team attempting to reclaim a world para hockey championship on home ice was announced Thursday by Hockey Canada.
  Canada is the host team of the 2024 world championship May 4-12 in Calgary.
  The 17-player roster features a dozen returners from the squad that took silver in 2023 in Moose Jaw, Sask.
  Canada lost 6-1 to the United States in the final after also falling 5-1 and 3-2 in overtime to the Americans in the 2021 and 2019 finals, respectively, in Ostrava, Czechia.
  
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• US vetoes widely supported UN resolution backing full UN membership for Palestine

  18-04-2024 23:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States vetoed a widely backed U.N. resolution on Thursday that would have paved the way for full United Nations membership for the state of Palestine.
  The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 12 in favor, the United States opposed and two abstentions.
  The resolution would have recommended that the 193-member General Assembly, where there are no vetoes, approve Palestine becoming the 194th member of the United Nations. Some 140 countries have already r
  
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• The Dallas Stars have a big age gap with players who have come together for No. 1 seed in the West

  18-04-2024 23:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Stars have quite an age gap.Top goal scorer Wyatt Johnston is only 20 years old, and was a teenager for most of the playoffs last year. On the other end for the Western Conference’s top-seeded team is Joe Pavelski, who will turn 40 this summer and has more points this season than the kid who again is living in his house.“Joe’s not an old 39-year-old. He stays pretty young with the youth in this group,” six-time All-Star forward Tyler Seguin
  
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• Former NHL star Jaromir Jagr scores in his first game since turning 52

  18-04-2024 23:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KLADNO, Czech Republic (AP) — Jaromir Jagr returned to action Thursday for the first time since turning 52 and immediately scored as he surpassed legend Gordie Howe to become the oldest player taking regular shifts in professional ice hockey.
  Howe, known as “Mr. Hockey,” was 52 years, 11 days old when played his final NHL game in 1980. The Canadian later played a single shift with the Detroit Vipers in the International Hockey League in 1997 at the age of 69. Howe died in 2016.
  
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• Rod Brind’Amour aimed to build a perennial contender. He’s made the Carolina Hurricanes exactly that

  18-04-2024 23:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MORRISVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Rod Brind’Amour remembers those early days as a first-time head coach for a franchise that had gone nearly a decade without reaching the playoffs. He realizes now just how much he didn’t know back then.
  “But I didn’t know I didn’t know it,” he said, “and that was big because I didn’t have any doubt.”
  And there hasn’t been any doubt since, either, about Brind’Amour becoming one of the league’s t
  
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• B’nai Brith Canada says SD33 has apologized over video of Chilliwack teacher discussing Israel-Palestine conflict

  18-04-2024 22:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — An organization that calls itself Canada’s oldest human rights organization says it has received an apology from the superintendent of Chilliwack School District over a video showing an Imagine High Integrated Arts and Technology teacher giving a lecture about the Israel-Palestine conflict sometime this year.According to a statement on its X/Twitter page, B’nai Brith Canada, an entity dedicated to combating racism and antisemitism and defending human rights, says i
  
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• Senators captain Tkachuk frustrated as Ottawa misses playoffs again

  18-04-2024 22:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Senators captain Brady Tkachuk didn’t mince words when talking about Ottawa missing the NHL playoffs for a seventh straight season.
  “I’m sick and tired of losing,” Tkachuk said Thursday as the Senators cleaned out their lockers. “I don’t want to be going home in April anymore. It’s frustrating, (I’m) disappointed. At the end of the day just disappointing.”
  The Senators (37-41-4) finished the season sitting 14th in the Eastern C
  
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• NHL team moving from Arizona to Salt Lake City will have a name starting with Utah

  18-04-2024 22:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The NHL team moving from Arizona to Salt Lake City will be known as Utah, at least initially, until a long-term name is determined.
  “We’ll start with Utah on the jersey and we’ll figure out the logo and everything else and what it is that we are,” new owner Ryan Smith told The Associated Press. “We’re going to be Utah either way. We have the first part of the name. We don’t have the last.”
  Smith Entertainment Group, which bought the franchise forme
  
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• Thousands of short-term rentals in B.C. go back to long-term May 1: B.C. government

  18-04-2024 22:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY, B.C. — British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government is tilting the rules towards families who need a home, and speculators should invest in that instead of short-term rentals and houses to flip. 
  Eby made his comments today in advance of the rule changes on May 1 that limit short-term rental units to within the principal home of a host. 
  The government says figures gathered in March show more than 19,000 entire homes are listed as short-term rentals, something
  
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• Devils GM Tom Fitzgerald says Travis Green is part of his search for a new coach

  18-04-2024 22:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — General manager Tom Fitzgerald is looking for a new coach for the New Jersey Devils and interim skipper Travis Green remains in the running for the job.
  Speaking three days after the Devils ended a disappointing season by missing the playoffs, Fitzgerald said he hopes to have a full-time coach in place for the NHL draft in late June.
  “Travis is well aware of my intentions,” Fitzgerald said Thursday. “I owe it to the organization to make sure I was foll
  
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• Rookie Gradey Dick’s improved stamina gives him strong finish to Raptors season

  18-04-2024 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Gradey Dick’s rookie season got off to a rough start as he struggled to put up numbers in his limited time with the Toronto Raptors. But advice that his parents gave kept him focused and motivated.
  Dick was selected 13th overall out by Toronto in last summer’s NBA draft out and was expected to split time between the Raptors and Raptors 905, their G-League affiliate. He struggled mightily through the first four months as a professional basketball player, but he kept re
  
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• Coyotes officially leaving Arizona for Salt Lake City following approval of sale to Utah Jazz owners

  18-04-2024 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes are officially headed to Salt Lake City.
  The NHL Board of Governors voted unanimously Thursday to approve a $1.2 billion sale from Alex Meruelo to Utah Jazz owners Ryan and Ashley Smith, clearing the way for the franchise’s move to Utah next season.
  The deal includes a provision for Arizona to get an expansion team if a new arena is built within the next five years. The deal will be facilitated through the NHL, with $200 million going to league
  
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• Annette Cram - Obituary - - Chilliwack Progress

  18-04-2024 21:29 via news.google.com
  
  Annette Cram - Obituary -  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Defending champion Lilia Vu withdraws from Chevron Championship with back injury before 1st round

  18-04-2024 21:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) — Defending champion and world No. 2 Lilia Vu withdrew from the Chevron Championship on Thursday before the first round because of a back injury.The LPGA announced her withdrawal, saying the back injury she’s been dealing with “flared up” during warmups. The back issue forced her to withdraw from a previous event this season.The 26-year-old American was asked about her health leading up to the tournament on Tuesday.“It’s been a rough
  
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• Auger-Aliassime breezes into Munich quarterfinals with 6-3, 6-2 win over Daniel

  18-04-2024 20:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MUNICH — Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the quarterfinals of the Bavarian International Tennis Championships with a 6-3, 6-2 over Japan’s Taro Daniel on Thursday.
  Auger-Aliassime, the fifth seed in Munich, won 80 per cent of first serve points, including nine aces, and converted all four of his break point chances.
  Daniel broke the Canadian once on four opportunities and also struggled on serve, winning just 49 per cent of first serve points and being held without
  
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• 'The anticipation is palpable': Chilliwack Crusaders off to playoffs for 2nd straight year - Chilliwack Progress

  18-04-2024 20:30 via news.google.com
  
  'The anticipation is palpable': Chilliwack Crusaders off to playoffs for 2nd straight year  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Hometown Heroes announces lottery home in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  18-04-2024 20:22 via news.google.com
  
  Hometown Heroes announces lottery home in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Trail Blazers guard Taze Moore signs with CEBL’s Vancouver Bandits

  18-04-2024 20:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Taze Moore doesn’t take basketball for granted, so when a unique opportunity to play summer ball came up, he grabbed it. 
  After playing four NBA games for the Portland Trail Blazers this year, the 25-year-old guard is bringing his skills to the Vancouver Bandits of the Canadian Elite Basketball League.
  Coming to B.C. is another stop in Moore’s quest to secure an NBA contract.
  “I’m almost there,” he said in a phone interview from Dallas, Texas,
  
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• Speaker of Ontario legislature stands by keffiyeh ban; Ford, opposition seek reversal

  18-04-2024 20:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Speaker of Ontario’s legislature is standing by a ruling that bans people in the building from wearing keffiyehs, which he says are being worn to make a political statement, even after the premier and all opposition parties asked him to reverse it.
  The legislature has a long-standing rule that members can’t use props, signage or accessories intended to express a political statement, and Speaker Ted Arnott said after “extensive research” he has conclude
  
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• Paris Olympics opening ceremony on river Seine will last nearly 4 hours

  18-04-2024 19:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — With sunset and moonlight gleaming on the river, the grandiose opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics will last nearly four hours.
  A total of 205 delegations will parade on more than 80 boats on the Seine. The ceremony will drift slowly from east to west, bridge to bridge, snaking six kilometers (3.7 miles) from Pont d’Austerlitz to Pont d’Iéna.
  Proceedings begin at 3:45 p.m. and finish at 11:15 p.m. local time with artistic performances preceding the athle
  
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• Virtual-only meetings erode shareholder democracy, group warns

  18-04-2024 19:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BURNABY, B.C. — An initiative led by the B.C. General Employees’ Union that includes pension funds, asset managers and socially responsible investors is raising concerns about the use of virtual-only shareholder meetings and an erosion of shareholder democracy. 
  In an open letter, the group says that in theory virtual-only meetings could increase shareholder participation, but there is evidence since the pandemic began that they have instead muted shareholder voices.
  The 38 sign
  
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• Volunteers invited to take part in spring cleanup this Saturday in Chilliwack

  18-04-2024 19:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Since 2002, the City of Chilliwack says Adopt-a-River cleanup events have collected over 115 tonnes of waste from the Vedder/Chilliwack River shoreline.Chilliwack-area residents will get their chance to help keep area rivers, waterways, and other public areas looking good with a spring cleanup happening this Saturday, April 20.Registration for the spring cleanup goes from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at Thompson Regional Park, 48600 Chilliwack Lake Road. Participants are asked to re
  
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• Toronto FC rookie Tyrese Spicer savouring life as a pro and being in a video game

  18-04-2024 19:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Everything is new these days for Toronto FC’s Tyrese Spicer, from scoring his first MLS goal to seeing himself in a video game.
  And the rookie wingback from Trinidad and Tobago can’t stop smiling. The 23-year-old is enjoying Toronto on and off the field.
  “It’s been really good,” he said in his lilting accent. “I think I’ve really adapted to the culture here. It’s a very multicultural place, Toronto. I really like it.”
  Spicer,
  
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• Poland arrests man suspected of spying for Russia to aid Zelenskyy assassination plot

  18-04-2024 19:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish man has been arrested on allegations of being ready to spy on behalf of Russia’s military intelligence in an alleged plot to assassinate Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Polish prosecutors said Thursday.The office of Poland’s National Prosecutor said in a statement that the man, identified only as Pawel K., was accused of being prepared to pass airport security information to Russian agents and that he was arrested in Poland on Wedne
  
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• Chilliwack paddlers rip through Tamihi rapids for Rich Weiss Memorial Race - Chilliwack Progress

  18-04-2024 19:00 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack paddlers rip through Tamihi rapids for Rich Weiss Memorial Race  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Vancouver Canucks sign winger Vasily Podkolzin to two-year extension

  18-04-2024 18:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks have signed former first-round draft pick Vasily Podkolzin to a two-year extension.
  The 22-year-old Russian winger split the 2023-24 season between the NHL team and its American Hockey League affiliate, the Abbotsford Canucks. 
  Podkolzin was called up to the NHL club in early March and has played a depth role, registering two assists and six penalty minutes in 18 games. 
  The six-foot-one, 190-pound forward had 28 points (15 goals, 13 assists) and
  
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• Abbotsford MLA Mike de Jong bolts provincial politics to run for federal Conservatives

  18-04-2024 18:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Seasoned British Columbia politician Mike de Jong announced this past week that he is seeking the nomination to represent the Conservative Party of Canada in the Abbotsford-South Langley riding.De Jong, who was first elected as a B.C. Liberal in a Fraser Valley byelection in 1994, told The Canadian Press in February 2024 that the time had come to leave the provincial legislature.De Jong, who’s 61, served eight terms as a member of the B.C. legislature. He continues to se
  
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• Maple Leafs sign defenceman Cade Webber to two-year entry-level contract

  18-04-2024 18:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed defenceman Cade Webber to a two-year, entry-level contract, the NHL club announced Thursday.
  The contract carries an average annual value of US$875,000.
  The 23-year-old Weber had six assists in 38 games during the 2023-24 NCAA season with Boston University. He helped the Terriers reach the 2024 Men’s Frozen Four semifinals.
  Webber, from Meadville, Penn., has 16 points (one goal, 15 assists) in 123 career NCAA games with Boston University.
  
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• World Boxing Association betting suspended in Ontario by regulator

  18-04-2024 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario is requiring all registered gaming operators who offer sports betting to stop accepting wagers on World Boxing Association events.
  The regulator says it has concerns that WBA-sanctioned boxing matches don’t have adequate safeguards in place to protect against match fixing and insider betting.
  The AGCO has been reviewing what it calls “suspicious wagering activity” on a December title fight in Florida between Yoenis Tellez and Livan N
  
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• Métis groups will trudge on toward self-government as bill faces another setback

  18-04-2024 18:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Métis organizations in Ontario and Alberta say they’ll keep on the path toward self-government, but the future of a contentious bill set to do just that is now uncertain.
  The Métis Nation — Saskatchewan was included in a piece of federal legislation set to recognize Métis governments in that province, Alberta and Ontario, but withdrew support Wednesday.
  The Métis Nations of Alberta and Ontario say they respect the choice of Métis gove
  
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• B.C. woman tries to coax trapped killer calf out of tidal lagoon with her violin

  18-04-2024 18:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ZEBALLOS, B.C. — A Nanaimo, B.C., woman says she is serenading a killer whale calf with her violin, hoping to entice the orca to leave the remote lagoon where she has been trapped alone for almost four weeks.
  Carol Love says she is watching the tides at the Vancouver Island lagoon and will be playing the violin at every high tide to entice the orca calf to pass through a narrow channel, under a bridge and into the open ocean.
  Love, a Canadian military veteran, says her first visit to the b
  
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• Nurses rally to pressure B.C. NDP govt. to make changes at hospital in Merritt; ER was closed 17 times in 2023

  18-04-2024 17:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MERRITT — Nurses concerned with working conditions at Nicola Valley Hospital in Merritt took part in a noontime rally Wednesday (Apr. 17), protesting incessant closures in the emergency department, weekly service disruptions and ongoing patient diversions.
  The rally was held between noon and 1 p.m. Wednesday behind the hospital in the Community Gardens.
  Nicola Valley Hospital in Merritt saw 17 closures of its emergency room due to staff shortages in 2023, and has already closed its emergen
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Breaking down barriers: New anti-racism legislation in B.C.

  18-04-2024 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Everyone deserves to feel welcome and safe everywhere in B.C., and to have equal access to public services. But we know that this is not always the case for Black, Indigenous and People of Colour. That’s why our government introduced new legislation this week to help address racism at every level.In a province as diverse as British Columbia, the expectation of equal access to opportunities should be universal, transcending cultural backgrounds, origins, and skin colors. But many of our pro
  
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• Redblacks announce running back Williams has surgery for off-season training injury

  18-04-2024 16:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks will start the 2024 season without American running back Devonte Williams.
  The CFL club announced Thursday that Williams recently had surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon suffered during off-season training. 
  The Redblacks added the operation was successful but didn’t say when the injury occurred or provide a timeline for Williams’ return.
  Given the nature of the injury, it’s unlikely the five-foot-nine, 170-pound Williams will play
  
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• Police arrest man in death of two-year-old girl in Calgary

  18-04-2024 16:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Police in Calgary have made an arrest in the death of a toddler.
  Olivia Hayden was rushed to hospital in September 2022 and was later pronounced dead.
  The two-year-old’s death was deemed a homicide following an autopsy and a lengthy police investigation.
  Police say a man was arrested Wednesday, but he has not been formally charged.
  They say the man will likely be charged with manslaughter.
  Investigators also say the accused knew the child, and her death was not random.
  This report by The C
  
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• Labour leader urges unions to expose Poilievre’s working-class overtures as ‘fraud’

  18-04-2024 16:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The head of Canada’s largest labour organization is calling Pierre Poilievre a “fraud” for portraying himself as a friend of the working class.
  Canadian Labour Congress Bea Bruske wants union leaders to do everything they can to expose him before the next federal election. 
  Bruske delivered her call to arms today as delegates gathered in Ottawa to plot strategy ahead of the vote, which must happen before October 2025. 
  Canada’s three main politica
  
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• ‘Completely new game’: Leafs turn their attention to playoff matchup with Bruins

  18-04-2024 16:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TAMPA, Fla. — Sheldon Keefe usually spends time during intermissions breaking down film of that evening’s opponent.
  Even the smallest edge can make the difference in a league separated by razor-thin margins.
  With the NHL playoffs resting just over the horizon, however, the Maple Leafs head coach was focused elsewhere between periods during Toronto’s largely meaningless regular-season finale against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
  “I was watching video of another team,” Kee
  
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• CFL Players’ Association joins forces with Canadian Labour Congress

  18-04-2024 16:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The CFL Players’ Association is joining the Canadian labour movement.
  The CFLPA announced Thursday it has formed an alliance with the Canadian Labour Congress.
  The football players’ association joins 49 national and international unions already affiliated with the CLC.
  The CLC is Canada’s largest labour organization, with a membership of more than three million workers and over 500,000 retirees across Canada.
  The CFLPA represents roughly 650 professional football
  
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• The Latest | Jury selection enters a pivotal stretch as Trump’s hush money trial resumes

  18-04-2024 15:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jury selection in Donald Trump ’s hush money trial enters a pivotal phase as the former president returns to court. Attorneys will need to pick 12 more jurors to serve on the panel that will decide the first-ever criminal case against a former U.S. commander-in-chief after a previously seated juror was dismissed Thursday morning.
  Seven jurors were seated Tuesday after being grilled for hours by lawyers on everything from their hobbies to social media posts to their op
  
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• Judge in Trump hush money trial orders journalists not to report on prospective jurors’ jobs

  18-04-2024 15:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s hush money trial has ordered journalists in court not to report prospective jurors’ answers to questions about their current and former employers.
  The answers also will be redacted from court transcripts.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jury selection in the hush money trial of Donald Trump entered a pivotal and potentially final stretch Thursday as lawyers look to r
  
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• Canadian teams learn draw for final HSBC SVNS regular-season stop in Singapore

  18-04-2024 15:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Fifth-ranked Canada has been drawn with No. 1 New Zealand, No. 7 Ireland and No. 12 Spain in Pool A in women’s play at the Singapore Sevens.
  The draw for the May 3-5 tournament at Singapore National Stadium took place Thursday at Singapore Changi Airport.
  The 12th-ranked Canadian men, who are facing a relegation battle, find themselves in a tough neighbourhood again in Pool A alongside No. 1 Argentina, No. 5 New Zealand and No. 6 Australia.
  Singapore is the last of seven regular-season eve
  
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• 9-1-1 dispatcher recruiting event this Saturday in Chilliwack

  18-04-2024 15:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Provincial police say they’re looking for confident, considerate people to join their team of 9-1-1 police dispatchers at B.C. RCMP.B.C. RCMP will hold a 9-1-1 police dispatcher recruiting session this Saturday, April 20 at the Sardis library, 5819 Tyson Road, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.Of note to Chilliwack-area residents, 9-1-1 police dispatchers for the city of Chilliwack work out of B.C. RCMP headquarters in Surrey.Some of the attributes B.C. RCMP seek in prospective disp
  
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• US and UK issue new sanctions on Iran in response to Tehran’s weekend attack on Israel

  18-04-2024 15:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and U.K. on Thursday imposed a new round of sanctions on Iran as concern grows that Tehran’s unprecedented attack on Israel could fuel a wider war in the Middle East.
  Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control targeted 16 people and two entities in Iran that produce engines that power the drones used in the April 13 attack on Israel. Additionally, the U.K. is targeting several Iranian military organizations, individuals and entities involved in Iran&
  
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• In the news today: Foreign aid increasing, housing and labour shortages linked

  18-04-2024 10:18 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…
  Liberals buck global trend in raising foreign aid
  Foreign aid groups are hailing the federal Liberal government’s return to a policy of increasing humanitarian and development spending each year while asking for a plan to push allies to reverse a global decline in aid.
  “It was a good moment for Canada to step up and show global leadership by making this commitm
  
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• Parks Canada removes trash bins along Lachine Canal to spur citizen responsibility

  18-04-2024 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — On warm days, Montreal’s Lachine Canal can attract thousands of picnickers, cyclists and pedestrians. 
  But since Parks Canada recently removed around 30 trash bins from the paths along the historic waterway, Ariana Ranjbar says she has begun to notice a new phenomenon at one popular lawn.
  “I started noticing a lot of poop bags building up,” Ranjbar, 26, said on Wednesday alongside the canal in Montreal’s Griffintown neighbourhood. In her hand she hel
  
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• Liberals buck global trend in ‘doubling down’ on foreign aid, as sector urges G7 push

  18-04-2024 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Foreign aid groups are hailing the federal Liberal government’s return to a policy of increasing humanitarian and development spending each year, while asking for a plan to push allies to reverse a global decline in aid.
  “It was a good moment for Canada to step up and show global leadership by making this commitment of additional, new humanitarian money,” said Kate Higgins, the head of Cooperation Canada, which represents more than 100 non-profits.
  The Liberals p
  
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• It’s the biggest election in history. Here’s why few Indians in Canada will take part

  18-04-2024 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Parmod Chhabra is deeply invested in the Indian general election that gets underway on Friday, with almost a billion people eligible to vote, but he won’t be casting a ballot.
  Nor will the vast majority of the overseas Indian community in Canada.
  The reasons are simple. India requires overseas citizens to travel back to their home electorates to vote in person on polling day. There is no option for postal or electronic voting for the general overseas population, and people l
  
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