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• Two-time major champion Garbiñe Muguruza retires from tennis

  20-04-2024 23:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADRID (AP) — Two-time major champion Garbiñe Muguruza announced she’s retiring from professional tennis at age 30 after an extended time away from the court.
  “I feel that it is time to retire and open up a new chapter in my life,” the former world No. 1 told a news conference in Madrid on Saturday.
  Muguruza beat Serena Williams in the 2016 French Open final and Venus Williams in the 2017 Wimbledon final, making her the only player to defeat each Williams sister in
  
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• Norris Trophy favourites Hughes, Josi headline Canucks-Predators playoff series

  20-04-2024 23:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Vancouver Canucks coach Rick Tocchet knows the Nashville Predators are looking for ways to shut down his star defenceman.He and his staff are doing the same to the Predators
  The work isn’t easy, though. Starting on Sunday, the first-round playoff series between the Canucks and Predators pits two favourites for this year’s Norris Trophy — awarded to the NHL’s top defenceman — against one another.“In one series, you’ve got two of the best defencemen in the
  
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• Manchester City beats Chelsea with late Silva goal to make FA Cup final

  20-04-2024 22:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Manchester City’s European rule is over — its domestic dominance is not.
  Bernardo Silva’s late goal secured a 1-0 win against Chelsea in their FA Cup semifinal Saturday. That ensured City maintained its pursuit of back-to-back domestic doubles in the week its Champions League defence was ended by Real Madrid.
  Pep Guardiola’s team had to dig deep at Wembley, with Chelsea creating the best of the chances before Bernardo struck an 84th-minute winner.
  A sweet moment for the P
  
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• Nurse scores twice, Toronto beats Montreal 3-2 in OT before record crowd in PWHL

  20-04-2024 22:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Sarah Nurse scored twice, including the overtime winner, and Kristen Campbell made 37 saves as Toronto defeated Montreal 3-2 before a record crowd in the Professional Women’s Hockey League on Saturday afternoon at the Bell Centre.
  The 21,105 attendance set a high-water mark for a women’s hockey game, exceeding the 19,285 set when the same two teams met at Scotiabank Arena on Feb. 16.The previous record of 18,013 at the 2013 world championship in Ottawa stood for a de
  
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• Chilliwack teens benefitting from provincially funded work transition program

  20-04-2024 20:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A provincial government program to support youth with Developmental Disabilities is continuing in Chilliwack. Sheila Malcolmson, the Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction visited the Chilliwack Society for Community Living offices Friday to get a first-hand look at the results of IMPACT 2.0.
  The program assists youth with developmental disabilities transition from school to the workforce. It focuses on providing support and services to youth between 16 and 19, h
  
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• Canadian men face tough road at Paris Olympic rugby sevens qualifier in Monaco

  20-04-2024 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Canadian men have been drawn in Pool B with Britain, China and Uganda at the World Rugby Sevens Repechage in June in Monaco.
  Twelve men’s and 12 women’s teams will compete in the last-ditch qualifier to decide the last remaining men’s and women’s team to complete the rugby sevens field at this summer’s Paris Olympics.
  Saturday’s draw in Monaco was attended by Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco.
  The Canadian women booked their ticket to Paris
  
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• Suspect with imitation gun arrested in Vancouver assault

  20-04-2024 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Vancouver police say they’ve arrested a suspect after a woman allegedly had an imitation gun pointed at her head by someone who thought she was a police officer.
  Police say it happened as two women, who are not police officers, were exiting a ride-hail vehicle in the Downtown Eastside on Thursday.
  Investigators say the suspect then assaulted and pointed the gun at a man sitting at a nearby bus stop before leaving the area.A 31-year-old man has been charged with two counts
  
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• Canada’s Marco Arop wins men’s 800 metres in Diamond League opener

  20-04-2024 20:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  XIAMEN, China — Canadian runner Marco Arop won Saturday’s men’s 800 metres in the season-opening Diamond League meet.
  The 25-year-old from Edmonton posted a time of one minute 43.61 seconds and held off a charge by Kenyan runner-up Wycliffe Kinyamal, who crossed the line in 1:43.66 at Egret Stadium.
  “It’s my fastest season opener and I feel pretty good so I’m looking forward to what’s to come,” said Arop, who is the reigning world champion in the d
  
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• After Congress finally does pass new funding, this is how the US can rush weapons to Ukraine

  20-04-2024 20:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon could get weapons moving to Ukraine within days once Congress passes a long-delayed aid bill. That’s because it has a network of storage sites in the U.S. and Europe that already hold the ammunition and air defense components that Kyiv desperately needs.Moving fast is critical, CIA Director Bill Burns said this past week, warning that without additional aid from the U.S., Ukraine could lose the war to Russia by the end of this year.“We would like
  
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• Some improvement to Montreal Village but troubles persist, community members say

  20-04-2024 19:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Members of the community in Montreal’s Village neighbourhood say they’ve seen some improvements to local security and cleanliness, but argue Quebec needs to do more to support vulnerable people in the area.
  Montreal last June launched a strategy to revitalize the historic LGBTQ district after residents and business owners raised safety concerns amid intersecting homelessness, drug use and mental health issues in the area.
  Emily Yu, owner of local restaurant Yamato Du
  
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• David Pryor, former governor and senator of Arkansas, dies at age 89

  20-04-2024 19:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Former Arkansas governor and U.S. Sen. David Pryor, a Democrat who was one of the state’s most beloved political figures and remained active in public service in the state long after he left office, has died. He was 89.
  Pryor, who went undercover to investigate nursing homes while a congressman, died Saturday of natural causes in Little Rock surrounded by family, his son Mark Pryor, said. David Pryor was a heart attack and stroke survivor who was also hospita
  
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• The House is on the brink of approving aid for Ukraine and Israel after months of struggle

  20-04-2024 19:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is pushing swiftly through a series of votes in a rare Saturday session to approve $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies, Democrats and Republicans joining together after a grueling monthslong fight over renewed American support for repelling Russia’s invasion.
  Each segment of the aid package will face an up-or-down vote. The first, a national security bill that includes a provision forcing sale of the popular platform TikTok
  
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• Nylander’s status for Maple Leafs’ playoff opener against Bruins remains unclear

  20-04-2024 19:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON — William Nylander’s status for the Maple Leafs’ playoff opener remains unclear.
  The Toronto winger missed Friday’s practice and wasn’t on the ice for his team’s morning skate Saturday ahead of Game 1 against the Boston Bruins.
  Head coach Sheldon Keefe declined to discuss Nylander’s availability following both on-ice sessions.
  Nylander, 27, reached 40 goals for the second straight season and set a career-high with 98 points, but registered just fo
  
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• Canada’s Auger-Aliassime falls to Struff in Bavarian International quarterfinal

  20-04-2024 19:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MUNICH — Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime lost 7-5, 6-4 to Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff in a men’s quarterfinal Saturday at the Bavarian International Tennis Championships.
  The match that started Friday in Munich was interrupted by rain and completed Saturday. 
  Fourth-seeded Struff led the second set 3-1 when the match was suspended.
  He hit six aces to the Canadian’s three and won 66 per cent of first serve points. 
  Struff had no double faults while fifth-
  
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• Max Verstappen takes pole for Chinese GP to extend F1 dominance

  20-04-2024 19:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SHANGHAI (AP) — Max Verstappen of Red Bull has completed a Formula 1 double, taking the pole Saturday for the Chinese Grand Prix just hours after winning the first F1 sprint of the season.
  Teammate Sergio Perez will start alongside Verstappen on Sunday on the front row with Fernando Alonso of Aston Martin and Lando Norris of McLaren on the second row. Verstappen turned one minute 33.660 seconds on his fastest lap, 0.322 ahead of Perez.
  Superlatives fail. The three-time defending F1 champio
  
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• Abbotsford police look for witnesses, video after 'suspicious' death - Chilliwack Progress

  20-04-2024 18:56 via news.google.com
  
  Abbotsford police look for witnesses, video after 'suspicious' death  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canadian Brad (Superman) Katona returns to action on June UFC card in Kentucky

  20-04-2024 18:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian bantamweight Brad (Superman) Katona, looking to bounce back from a loss at UFC 297 in January, takes on American Jesse Butler on a UFC fight card June 8 in Louisville, Ky.
  The 32-year-old from Winnipeg, who is now based out of Dublin, lost a unanimous (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) decision to American Garret Armfield in a close fight in Toronto last time out in the featured preliminary bout on the UFC 297 undercard.
  Katona (15-3-0) had a strong third round, taking Armfield (11-3-0) down several
  
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• Canada victorious to start world mixed doubles curling championship

  20-04-2024 18:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ÖSTERSUND, Sweden — Kadriana Lott and Colton Lott kicked off their first world mixed doubles curling championship with a 7-2 win over New Zealand on Saturday.
  The husband-and-wife pair from Winnipeg Beach, Man., showed no rookie nerves in taking advantage of New Zealand’s mistakes for a swift six-end victory.
  “That was huge for myself, just getting that confidence throwing that last stone, especially here at a world event,” said Kadriana Lott, whose shooting percenta
  
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• WADA confirms it cleared Chinese swimmers to compete at Tokyo Games citing contaminated samples

  20-04-2024 18:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SYDNEY (AP) — The world’s top anti-doping regulator says 23 Chinese swimmers were cleared to compete at the Tokyo Olympics despite testing positive for a banned heart medication because it agreed with Chinese authorities and ruled that their samples had been contaminated.
  The World Anti-Doping Agency said Saturday that the swimmers tested positive for the heart medication trimetazidine in the months leading up to the start of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 but that Chinese authorities to
  
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• Chilliwack street closed after vehicle hits hydro pole, rips it in half - Chilliwack Progress

  20-04-2024 18:05 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack street closed after vehicle hits hydro pole, rips it in half  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Emergency crews respond to crash on Highway 1 near Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  20-04-2024 18:04 via news.google.com
  
  Emergency crews respond to crash on Highway 1 near Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canadian women’s wheelchair basketball team punches ticket to Paralympic Games

  20-04-2024 18:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OSAKA, Japan — The Canadian women’s wheelchair basketball team has secured its place at the 2024 Paralympic Games with a win at a qualifying tournament in Japan.
  The team beat Algeria 88-30 at the tournament in Osaka.
  Coach Michele Sung praised team members for their hard work in reaching this stage, noting their strong performance came under a coach who only recently took the helm. 
  Paul Bowes stepped down as head coach in January after leading Canada to a silver medal in Novem
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Wrongfully convicted N.B man dies four months after exoneration

  20-04-2024 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FREDERICTON — A wrongfully convicted New Brunswick man who spent 40 years trying to clear his name in a murder case before being declared innocent in January has died.
  Innocence Canada, the organization that led the legal fight to exonerate Walter Gillespie and his friend Robert Mailman of their 1984 murder convictions, says Gillespie died Friday in his home in Saint John, N.B.
  He was 80 years old.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Chilliwack area Emergency Operations Centres to benefit from provincial funding

  20-04-2024 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Residents of Kent, Harrison Hot Springs, and Seabird Island Nation should expect to be safer during an emergency following the announcement of provincial funding. The funding is targeted to provide resources for local governments and First Nations to deal with emergencies.
  Chilliwack-Kent MLA Kelli Paddon says the funding to Emergency Operation Centres (EOC) will support training, recruitment and the purchasing of some equipment. “For rural, remote and Indigenous communi
  
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• Chilliwack Players Guild brings Drinking Habits farce to stage - Chilliwack Progress

  20-04-2024 14:35 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack Players Guild brings Drinking Habits farce to stage  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Bulldogs surprise Chilliwack Chiefs in opener of second round playoff series

  20-04-2024 14:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Hayden Stavroff had a goal and one assist to lead the Alberni Valley Bulldogs to a 3 – 1 win over the Chilliwack Chiefs in the opening game of the second-round playoff series between the two clubs.
  Stavroff opened the scoring in the first period with his sixth goal of the postseason. He then set up Ryan Buckley early in the third period with the insurance marker. Matt Kursonis also scored for the Bulldogs while Grayson Badger had three assists.
  Caleb Elfering scored the
  
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• What’s a Barnacle? It’s yellow, sticks and screams if you try to pry it off your car

  20-04-2024 14:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Barnacles have appeared on vehicles in Saskatchewan’s capital, but they’re not sticky little water-dwelling crustaceans.
  The bright yellow devices, used to make sure parking scofflaws pay their tickets, could soon be making their way to other parts of the country. 
  “You will see more and more Barnacles,” Colin Heffron, chairman of Barnacle Parking, said in an interview from New Jersey.
  When a Barnacle is placed on a vehicle’s windshield, commercial-grade suctio
  
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• Liberal government turning to influencers to get its message to younger Canadians

  20-04-2024 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Dennis Mathu and Stephanie Gordon first started posting financial-advice videos on YouTube three years ago — a side hustle that helped to scratch a creative itch. 
  They never imagined it would lead them down some of the most powerful political corridors in Canada. 
  Mathu and Gordon — Steph & Den, as they’re known online — were among several content creators invited to Tuesday’s federal budget lockup, where they got early access to Ottawa
  
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• Indigenous healing lodges face chronic underfunding across Canada, critics say

  20-04-2024 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAINT-ALPHONSE-RODRIGUEZ, Que. — Every morning, Indigenous men at the Waseskun Healing Centre north of Montreal gather for a healing circle, where they smudge, share stories and sometimes gain spiritual guidance from elders.
  The centre is the equivalent of a minimum-security prison but here, the men are called residents, rather than inmates, prisoners or offenders.At the end of a healing circle on an early-spring morning, elder Grégoire Canapé shares a teaching.“There&r
  
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• Man who set himself on fire outside Trump trial dies of injuries, police say

  20-04-2024 10:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A man who doused himself in an accelerant and set himself on fire outside the courthouse where former President Donald Trump is on trial is on trial has died, police said.The New York City Police Department said the man was declared dead by staff at an area hospital.
  The man was in Collect Pond Park around 1:30 p.m. Friday when he took out pamphlets espousing conspiracy theories, tossed them around, then doused himself in an accelerant and set himself on fire, officials and
  
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• Emergency crews respond to crash on Highway 1 near Chilliwack - Hope Standard

  20-04-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Justin Turner’s homer, RBI single highlight Blue Jays’ 5-1 win over the Padres

  20-04-2024 07:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Justin Turner hit a solo homer and drove in another run with a single as the Toronto Blue Jays won for the fifth time in six games, beating the San Diego Padres 5-1 on Friday night.
  Toronto reliver Bowden Francis (2-2) picked up the win, allowing one hit and no runs in two innings.San Diego starter Matt Waldron (0-2) took the loss. The 27-year-old right-hander allowed seven hits and five runs in 4-2/3 innings. The Padres, who had won five of their last seven games before F
  
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• Ingram, Valanciunas lift Zion-less Pelicans past Kings and into the playoffs

  20-04-2024 07:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Brandon Ingram scored 24 points, Jonas Valanciunas added 19 points and 12 rebounds, and the New Orleans Pelicans booked a spot in the NBA playoffs with a 105-98 victory over the Sacramento Kings in a play-in tournament elimination game on Friday night.
  The Pelicans won without leading-scorer Zion Williamson, who strained his left hamstring right as he reached the 40-point mark in a play-in loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night.
  Undaunted, New Orleans used a bal
  
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• AbbyPD asking for information on suspicious death earlier this month

  20-04-2024 04:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department’s Major Crime Unit (MCU) has launched an investigation into the suspicious death of a 63-year-old man. The man was discovered in medical distress in the area of Sunnyside Street and Old Yale Road in Abbotsford on April 9.
  Emergency responders helped to transport the man to hospital. He passed away later.
  Authorities are reaching out to the public for assistance, particularly individuals who may have been in the vicinity of the man on Apri
  
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• The Heat are headed to Boston after ousting the Bulls 112-91 in East play-in finale

  20-04-2024 03:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Tyler Herro scored 24 points and was an assist shy of a triple-double, rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr. added 21 points and the Miami Heat grabbed the last spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs, running away from the Chicago Bulls 112-91 in a play-in tournament elimination game Friday night.
  Kevin Love scored 16 and Bam Adebayo added 13 for Miami, which gets this as a reward: a rematch of the last two East finals against the Boston Celtics. It’s Round 1 this time, the Heat set
  
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• Nelly Korda 1 shot back through 36 holes at Chevron Championship as she chases 5th straight victory

  20-04-2024 03:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) — Nelly Korda, seeking to tie an LPGA Tour record with her fifth straight win, shot a 3-under 69 on Friday in the second round of the Chevron Championship, leaving her one shot behind leaders Atthaya Thitikul and Jin Hee Im in the year’s first major.
  Korda began the day two shots off the lead after opening with a 68 at Carlton Woods. She got out to a tough start Friday, making a double bogey on the first hole before making birdies on two of the next three. S
  
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• Coyotes’ move to Salt Lake City elicits opposing responses in 2 cities

  20-04-2024 02:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman sat next to the former Arizona Coyotes owner in a downtown Phoenix hotel meeting room, trying to put a positive spin on the funeral for a franchise.
  Later Friday, Bettman sat next to the new Coyotes owner in Salt Lake City to bask in the excitement of the league’s newest city and a fan base that had been itching for another team to join the NBA’s Utah Jazz.One day, two drastically different news conferences for the same hockey team.
  
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• Collin Morikawa part of 4-way tie for the lead at Hilton Head. Scottie Scheffler lurks 3 shots back

  20-04-2024 02:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Collin Morikawa had another solid round Friday in the RBC Heritage with a 5-under 66 and appears to be getting back to the reliable form that made him a two-time major champion.
  Masters champion Scottie Scheffler’s form never seems to change. Even after an emotionally taxing victory at Augusta National, a quick trip home to Dallas and only nine holes of practice, the world’s No. 1 player is right in the mix.
  It’s crowded at the top after tw
  
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• Jim Sabraw - Obituary - - Chilliwack Progress

  20-04-2024 02:13 via news.google.com
  
  Jim Sabraw - Obituary -  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• WNBA exhibition in Edmonton rescheduled to accommodate possible Oilers playoff game

  20-04-2024 00:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The WNBA exhibition scheduled for next month at Edmonton’s Rogers Place has been rescheduled to accommodate a potential Game 7 in the Oilers’ first-round NHL playoff series against the Los Angeles Kings.
  The pre-season game between the Los Angeles Sparks and the Seattle Storm had originally been scheduled for Sunday, May 5.
  However, when the NHL released its playoff schedule, it had a potential deciding game in the series scheduled for the same day.
  The NBA says the
  
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• U.S. FAA to probe baseball coach in cockpit during a flight from Denver to Toronto

  20-04-2024 00:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES — Authorities in the United States are investigating after a video surfaced on social media of a hitting coach for the Colorado Rockies sitting in the cockpit of an aircraft “at cruise altitude,” while bound for Toronto. 
  A statement from the Federal Aviation Administration says an investigation is underway but it will not comment further while the process is ongoing.
  The comments come after a post on social media platform X showed a video allegedly taken from
  
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• Urgent and Primary Care Centre opens in Chilliwack

  20-04-2024 00:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack residents will experience anenhancement in healthcare accessibility with the official opening of a new Urgent and Primary Care Centre (UPCC). The UPCC is meant to provide team-based care during evenings and weekends.In a news release, Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, says it is important for the region to have primary care availability beyond traditional hours. “It is vitally important that people have access to primary care in the evening and weekend hours, as
  
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• First Nation solar farm in B.C. expected to save 1.1 million litres of diesel a year

  20-04-2024 00:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ANAHIM LAKE, B.C. — A First Nation in central British Columbia will build what the federal government says will likely be the largest off-grid solar project in Canada.
  Nearly $16 million in federal and provincial funding is going toward the solar farm in Anahim Lake, home to the Ulkatcho First Nation, where power is currently diesel generated.
  Infrastructure Canada says in a news release that the project will reduce the need for diesel generation in the remote community by about 64 per cen
  
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• Lululemon cutting over 100 jobs in Washington distribution centre closure

  20-04-2024 00:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Lululemon Athletica Inc. says it is cutting more than 100 jobs as it plans to close a distribution centre in Washington state.It says some employees at the Sumner, Wash. centre will be retrained and relocated to other facilities, but that “just over” 100 positions with be eliminated because of the closure.
  The company says it decided to close the smaller distribution centre as part of a regular evaluation of its network.
  Lululemon says its overall fulfilment strateg
  
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• Urgent and primary care offered on nights, weekends in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  20-04-2024 00:09 via news.google.com
  
  Urgent and primary care offered on nights, weekends in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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