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• Terry Anderson, AP reporter held captive for years, has died

  21-04-2024 23:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Terry Anderson, the globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent who became one of America’s longest-held hostages after he was snatched from a street in war-torn Lebanon in 1985 and held for nearly seven years, has died at 76.
  Anderson, who chronicled his abduction and torturous imprisonment by Islamic militants in his best-selling 1993 memoir “Den of Lions,” died on Sunday in at his home in Greenwood Lake, New York, said his daughter, Sulome Anderson
  
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• Multiple early season wildfires burning in B.C.’s Cariboo and Prince George regions

  21-04-2024 23:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUESNEL, B.C. — Wildfire season is off to an early start in British Columbia’s central Interior and Cariboo regions.
  The B.C. Wildfire Service is reporting multiple wildfires south of Quesnel and east of Vanderhoof.
  The Wildfire Service says the largest of the fires is the Burgess Creek wildfire, located about 45 kilometres south of Quesnel and currently estimated to be about 50 hectares in size.
  The Prince George Fire Centre is reporting two wildfires of about eight hectares in size
  
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• Canadian Cory Johnston registers first career Elite Series victory in Florida

  21-04-2024 23:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PALATKA, Fla. — Cory Johnston finally has his first Elite Series victory.
  Johnston, of Cavan, Ont., emphatically captured the circuit event on the St. Johns River on Sunday. Johnston’s final five-fish limit weighed 19 pounds nine ounces, giving him 93 pounds six ounces overall to finish over 21 pounds ahead of runner-up Brad Whatley of the U.S.
  Johnston went into Sunday’s final round with a solid 14-pound advantage over Whatley. And the Canadian wasted no time putting his stamp
  
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• Leafs look regroup, solve Bruins’ riddle in Game 2; Nylander’s status remains unclear

  21-04-2024 22:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON — Sheldon Keefe’s team was in a similar position 12 months ago. 
  The Maple Leafs dropped their playoff opener to the Tampa Bay Lightning before roaring back to capture the Original Six franchise’s first series in nearly two decades. 
  A weight was finally lifted. The fan base rejoiced, if only briefly.
  Despite suffering a 5-1 loss in Boston to open this spring’s Stanley Cup tournament, Toronto still — at least in some ways — finds itself in a s
  
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• Woman dies in pedestrian fatal collision on Highway 11 near Abbotsford, B.C.

  21-04-2024 22:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — The Abbotsford Police Department says it is investigating a fatal collision involving an unidentified female on Highway 11, known locally as the Abbotsford-Mission highway.
  Police say the collision occurred Saturday night in the 5300 block of Highway 11.
  Police say they were called to the area at about 11:30 p.m. Saturday where they found the victim, who appeared to have been seriously injured and was pronounced dead at the scene.
  Police say area roads were closed tempor
  
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• Search underway for two kayakers reported missing near Sidney, B.C., say RCMP

  21-04-2024 20:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NORTH SAANICH, B.C. — RCMP say two kayakers are missing in waters near Sidney, B.C., located just north of Victoria, and a search is underway.
  The Sidney/North Saanich RCMP is asking for the public’s help locating two men who went missing while kayaking from D’Arcy Island to View Beach on Saturday afternoon.
  The RCMP say the men were in a teal blue fibreglass, two-person, tandem kayak.
  They are identified as Daniel MacAlpine, 36, and twenty-six-year-old Nicholas West.
  RCMP say
  
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• Airbus workers at Quebec plant reject company’s third contract offer

  21-04-2024 19:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Unionized workers at an Airbus assembly plant north of Montreal have rejected a contract offer for the third time. 
  The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which represents about 1,300 workers at the Mirabel, Que. facility, says nearly 70 per cent of its members voted against the agreement in principle. 
  Union spokesman Éric Rancourt says negotiators thought they had reached a deal that would satisfy members, but the vote shows that wa
  
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• Highway 11 crash claims life of Abbotsford pedestrian

  21-04-2024 19:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Abbotsford Police are working to identify a pedestrian who was killed in a fatal crash late Saturday (Apr. 20) night in the 5300 block of Highway 11.
  In a news release, police say officers were called to the scene at 11:31 p.m. When they arrived, they discovered a woman with serious and life-threatening injuries. She was later pronounced deceased at the scene.
  Police have not been able to identify the woman. Investigators are urging anyone with information or who may have been
  
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• Bus carrying Quebec youth baseball players crashes, injuring coach

  21-04-2024 18:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec youth baseball coach was seriously injured after a bus carrying players to a training camp in Florida veered off the road early Saturday morning.
  Mathieu Adam, who coaches the team from Marie-Rivier secondary school in Drummondville, QC, says the bus was travelling through the state of Virginia when the incident occurred, injuring coach Yannick Powers. 
  He said in a statement that Powers was transported to hospital, but is expected to recover. 
  Adam said no on
  
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• Canada stays unbeaten with 8-3 victory over Czechia at mixed doubles curling worlds

  21-04-2024 18:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ÖSTERSUND, Sweden — Kadriana Lott and Colton Lott continued their winning ways with an 8-3 victory over Czechia’s Zuzana Paulova and Tomas Paul on Sunday at the world mixed doubles curling championship. 
   The Canadians got off to a hot start before the Czechs conceded with two ends remaining.
  Ahead 2-1 after the second end, Canada (2-0) scored four in the third to take a sizable edge.
  Czechia picked up a single in each of the following two ends to trim the deficit to t
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of April 21, 2024

  21-04-2024 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers.
  Name: Nicholas Dillon-JackAge: 30
  Height: 5’6” ft Weight: 122lbs
  Hair: Black Eyes: Brown
  Wanted: Unlawfully at Large
  Warrant in effect: April 14, 2024Parole Jurisdiction: Vancouver
  Name: Stephen JohnstonAge: 42
  Height: 5’8” ft Weight: 159lbs
  Hair: BrownEyes: Brown
  Wanted: Unlawfully at Large
  Warrant in effect: March 11, 2024
  Parole Jurisdiction: Nort
  
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• Whale experts confident orca calf will survive, find family if rescue plan succeeds

  21-04-2024 15:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ZEBALLOS, B.C. — The odds of a two-year old killer whale calf surviving in the open ocean on its own and eventually reuniting with family members remain solid if a rescue team manages to free the orca from the Vancouver Island lagoon where she’s been trapped for nearly a month, whale experts say.
  A second attempt to rescue the orca was put on hold Friday when the young whale ate an 18-kilogram portion of provided seal meat for what was believed to be the first time since getting stra
  
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• Alberni Valley takes two-game lead over Chilliwack Chiefs in BCHL second round

  21-04-2024 14:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Hayden Stavroff scored two goals the lead the Alberni Valley Bulldogs to a 3 – 1 win over the Chilliwack Chiefs Saturday (Apr. 20) in BCHL second-round playoff action. The decision gives the Bulldogs a 2 – 0 lead in the best-of-seven series.
  After a scoreless first period, Lucas Buzziol staked the Bulldogs to a one-goal lead at the 8:43 mark of the second period. The Chiefs came back to tie the game at 18:46 with Savin Kirk’s first goal of the postseason.But
  
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• Ottawa puts up $50M in federal budget to hedge against job-stealing AI

  21-04-2024 12:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Worried artificial intelligence is coming for your job? So is the federal government — enough, at least, to set aside $50 million for skills retraining for workers. 
  One of the centrepiece promises in the federal budget released Tuesday was $2.3 billion in investments aiming to boost adoption of the technology and the artificial intelligence industry in Canada.
  But tucked alongside that was a promise to invest $50 million over four years “to support workers who ma
  
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• In domestic abuse, strangulation is a ‘hidden’ predictor of femicide, experts say

  21-04-2024 12:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Georgina McGrath says she still has to sleep some nights with the windows open, the cold air in her lungs a reminder that she’s far away from the man who used to strangle her. On those nights, she said, she can still feel his hands on her neck.
  Though the Newfoundland and Labrador woman has been a vocal advocate for survivors of intimate partner violence in the decade since her ex-partner last squeezed her throat, her voice still breaks when she talks about i
  
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• Cap on plastic production remains contentious as Ottawa set to host treaty talks

  21-04-2024 12:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Negotiators from 176 countries will gather in downtown Ottawa this week for the fourth round of talks to create a global treaty to eliminate plastic waste in less than 20 years.
  Ottawa is hosting the fourth of five rounds of negotiations, with the aim of finalizing a deal by the end of the year.
  The proliferation of plastics has been profound, as it is a preferred material largely for its affordability and longevity. But that also means it never goes away, and the impact on nature
  
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• Strong Canadian showing in NHL playoffs is good news for fans

  21-04-2024 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  For Russ Jericho, seeing the Edmonton Oilers enter the Stanley Cup playoffs is the culmination of an unlikely passion.
  Born and raised in the United Kingdom, Jericho said he was first exposed to hockey at age 13 when he was searching for something to watch on TV one evening and came across a new channel that broadcast North American sports.
  His childhood love of “Back to the Future,” starring Edmonton native Michael J. Fox, and Edmonton-based professional wrestler Chris Benoit eventu
  
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• Whitecaps take advantage of Sounders’ red cards to net 2-0 win

  21-04-2024 07:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle’s Jackson Ragen was sent off for a red card in the 43rd minute, Alex Roldan was forced to leave in the 75th and the Vancouver Whitecaps took full advantage to post a 2-0 Major League Soccer victory over the Sounders on Saturday night.
  Ragen left the Sounders (1-4-3) a man down after a video review upgraded his foul on Ryan Gauld. Roldan exited after a foul on Vancouver’s Ali Ahmed.
  Gauld delivered the first goal of the match in the 58th minute when he use
  
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• Storm leaves 600+ customers in Ryder Lake, Promontory without power Saturday night

  21-04-2024 06:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A storm packing powerful winds arrived Saturday shortly after 5 p.m., knocking out power to over 600 customers in Ryder Lake and Promontory in Chilliwack.According to the BC Hydro outage map, 647 customers lost power at 5:12 p.m. Saturday evening (Apr. 19) in an area described as being west of Elkview Road, south of McGuire Road, and north of Auchenway Road.BC Hydro says the outage is attributed to a tree that fell across hydro wires. Crews have been assigned.Unfortunately, as
  
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• Varsho’s three-run homer keys Blue Jays’ 5-2 road win over Padres

  21-04-2024 05:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Daulton Varsho hit a three-run homer and José Berríos pitched six scoreless innings to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 5-2 win over the San Diego Padres on Saturday night.
  Berríos (4-0) allowed six hits, struck out six and lowered his ERA to 0.85. He has won all four of his starts for Toronto, which has six victories in its last seven games.
  Jordan Romano pitched a scoreless ninth for his second save. 
  Varsho’s home run off Randy Vásq
  
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• DeBrusk, Swayman power Bruins over Maple Leafs 5-1 in Game 1

  21-04-2024 05:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON — Jake DeBrusk had two goals and an assist as the Boston Bruins downed the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-1 in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series Saturday.
  John Beecher, Brandon Carlo and Trent Frederic, into an empty net, also scored for Boston, which got 35 saves from Jeremy Swayman.
  Brad Marchand and Charile McAvoy had two assists each for the Bruins, who swept the season series 4-0-0 with the Leafs.
  David Kampf replied for Toronto. Ilya Samsonov stopped 19 shots.
  The Leafs winger
  
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• Abbotsford man pleads guilty to homicide of his wife in the summer of 2022

  21-04-2024 05:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — An Abbotsford man has pleaded guilty in relation to a 2022 homicide case involving the death of his wife.
  The incident dates back to July 28, 2022, when the Abbotsford Police Department (AbbyPD) responded to a call regarding an assault at a residence in the 2900-block of Eastview Street. First responders found 45-year-old Kamaljit Kaur Sandhu suffering from life-threatening injuries. Despite immediate medical attention, Sandhu succumbed to her injuries.
  Her husband, 48-year-ol
  
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• Montreal gives up late goal, settles for 2-2 draw with Orlando City

  21-04-2024 04:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Ariel Lassiter scored in the 88th minute to give CF Montreal a 2-1 lead over visiting Orlando City, but the victory party was ruined when Ivan Angulo scored two minutes into stoppage time to salvage a 2-2 Major League Soccer draw at Stade Saputo on Saturday evening.
  Mason Toye also scored for Montreal (3-3-2) while Facundo Torres found the back of the net for Orlando (2-3-3) in what has become a hotly contested rivalry in recent years.
  After a hesitant start from both sides, Mon
  
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• Prince Owusu’s acrobatic second-half strike lifts Toronto FC past New England

  21-04-2024 03:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Prince Owusu’s spectacular 66th-minute strike helped Toronto FC snap its three-game Major League Soccer losing streak with a 1-0 win over the struggling New England Revolution on Saturday.
  Toronto (4-4-1) had a chance to add to the lead in the 76th minute but Federico Bernardechi’s penalty was stopped by Slovakian goalkeeper Henrich Ravas before an announced crowd of 24,108 at BMO Field.
  Chances were few and far between for Toronto before that, with goalkeeper Sean Jo
  
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• Maschmeyer, Jenner shine as Ottawa beats Minnesota 4-0

  21-04-2024 03:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — From start to finish, Emerance Maschmeyer was Ottawa’s best player making 35 saves in a 4-0 win over Minnesota in Professional Women’s Hockey League action Saturday night.
  Captain Brianne Jenner registered a hat trick, while Ashton Bell scored the other goal for Ottawa (8-0-6-6).
  Nicole Hensley made 18 saves for Minnesota (8-4-3-6), who had won all four previous games against Ottawa.
  The win allowed Ottawa to take a two-point lead over Boston for the fourth and final p
  
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• Young brother and sister dead, 15 injured when vehicle crashes into birthday party, sheriff says

  21-04-2024 02:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BERLIN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A young brother and sister died and 15 people were injured, several seriously, when vehicle driven by a suspected drunken driver crashed into a birthday party Saturday at a boat club, a Michigan sheriff said.
  Monroe County Sheriff Troy Goodnough said an 8-year-old girl and her 5-year-old brother died in the crash when a 66-year-old woman crashed 25 feet into the building at about 3 p.m. at the Swan Creek Boat Club in Berlin Township, about 30 miles south of De
  
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• Korda, Henderson both one shot back in Chevron Championship

  21-04-2024 02:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) — Nelly Korda was one shot off the lead at the Chevron Championship when the third round was suspended Saturday because of lightning in the area.
  Play at Carlton Woods was halted just before 3 p.m. and called for the day 2 1/2 hours later with dangerous conditions remaining. The third round of the LPGA’s first major of the season will resume Sunday morning, with the final round scheduled to commence just before 9:30 a.m.
  Korda, who is trying to tie an LPGA T
  
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• Noesen, Andersen help Hurricanes open playoffs with 3-1 win over Islanders

  21-04-2024 02:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Stefan Noesen grabbed a loose puck atop the crease and pushed it past Semyon Varlamov early in the third period to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Islanders 3-1 on Saturday to open their first-round NHL playoff series.
  Game 2 of the best-of-7 first-round series is Monday night.
  Noesen’s collect-and-finish marker at 3:44 of the period finally pushed Carolina into the lead, then Martin Necas added an empty-net clincher from beyond the blue line with
  
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• Red-hot Scheffler posts 63, leads RBC Heritage by one shot

  21-04-2024 01:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Masters champion Scottie Scheffler was relentless as ever Saturday with another bogey-free round at the RBC Heritage, an 8-under 63 that gave him a one-shot lead and left him one round from joining some rare company.
  Not since Bernhard Langer in 1985 has a Masters champion won the following week on the PGA Tour at Harbour Town. The only other Masters champion to win the next week was Gary Player in 1978 at the Tournament of Champions.
  “I think when I&r
  
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• Yankees’ slugger Aaron Judge strikes out four times, hears boos on promotional bobblehead day

  21-04-2024 00:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees captain Aaron Judge was booed by New York fans on his bobblehead day after he struck out for the fourth time in Saturday’s 2-0, 10-inning loss to the Tampa Bay Rays.
  “I’ve heard worse and I’d probably be doing the same thing in their situation,” Judge said after his 10th career game with four or more strikeouts.
  Judge is hitting .179 with three homers, 11 RBIs and a team-high 27 strikeouts. 
  “It’s still early,” Ju
  
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