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• Rolling Vancouver Whitecaps set for tough test against surging Colorado Rapids

  04-04-2025 23:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have been on a roll to start the Major League Soccer season.The Whitecaps (4-1-1) head into the weekend sitting atop the Western Conference standings and tied for the league lead in points (13) with Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami.But the club’s toughest test is yet to come.On Saturday, Vancouver will host the Colorado Rapids (3-1-2), who are chasing them for the No. 1 spot. A win would vault the Rapids over the ‘Caps into the top of the tab
  
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• Oilers star Draisaitl expected back from injury in time for playoffs

  04-04-2025 23:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES — Edmonton coach Kris Knoblauch says there is no timetable for Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl to return from his latest injury, but he expects to have his leading scorer back before the playoffs.
  Knoblauch updated reporters on Draisaitl’s status as the team practised in Los Angeles. Draisaitl did not skate in Friday’s session and Knoblauch confirmed he would not play in Saturday’s game against the Kings.
  Draisaitl left Edmonton’s 3-2 win over the Sharks o
  
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• Toronto Argonauts re-sign global punter John Haggerty

  04-04-2025 22:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Global punter John Haggerty re-signed with the Toronto Argonauts on Friday.
  Contract details weren’t divulged. Haggerty became a free agent Feb. 11.Haggerty, a 30-year-old Australian, was an East Division all-star in 2024 after posting the CFL’s second-best punt average of 50.3 yards, a career high.The six-foot-five, 225-pound Haggerty averaged a league-best 48 yards per punt in 2023 and was again a division all-star in 2022.
  Toronto selected Haggerty fourth overall i
  
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• Carney, Singh pledge support for CBC to defend sovereignty, fight misinformation

  04-04-2025 22:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Mark Carney and the NDP’s Jagmeet Singh expressed support Friday for federal spending to ensure a strong national public broadcaster, a notion Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre dismissed as something Canada simply can’t afford.On the federal election trail, Carney and Singh each said a healthy CBC/Radio-Canada is crucial to protecting the country’s sovereignty in the face of attacks from U.S. President Donald Trump and the general rise of misinf
  
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• Supreme Court allows Trump administration to cut teacher-training money, for now

  04-04-2025 22:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration’s plea to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in teacher-training money as part of its anti-DEI efforts, while a lawsuit continues.
  The justices split 5-4, with Chief Justice John Roberts joining the three liberal justices in dissent.
  The cuts had been temporarily blocked by a federal judge in Boston, who found that they were already affecting training programs aimed at addressing a nationwide teacher shor
  
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• LA County reaches $4 billion agreement to settle sexual abuse claims at juvenile facilities

  04-04-2025 22:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County has reached a $4 billion agreement to settle nearly 7,000 claims of sexual abuse in juvenile facilities since 1959, officials said Friday.
  The agreement, which still needs approval from the Los Angeles County board of supervisors, would be the largest in history and have long-lasting financial effects for the county, officials said.
  “On behalf of the County, I apologize wholeheartedly to everyone who was harmed by these reprehensible acts,”
  
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• Police seize cocaine, fentanyl, Tesla Model 3 in joint Lower Mainland investigation

  04-04-2025 22:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRASER VALLEY — Police have found a number of drugs, cash and guns after a week-long investigation across the Lower Mainland, including the Fraser Valley.Source: Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit – British Columbia
  According to a news release on Friday (Apr. 4), the Uniform Gang Enforcement Team found the items between March 18 and March 24 in areas ranging from Chilliwack and Maple Ridge to Surrey and Langley. The seized items include:Three firearms: a shotgun, a semi-automat
  
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• B.C. touts speed of major housing program to mark one-year anniversary

  04-04-2025 21:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NORTH VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s government celebrated the first anniversary of one of its cornerstone housing programs at the groundbreaking of a 179-unit rental building in North Vancouver, which it says went from concept to construction in 14 months.
  Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon says approximately 1,400 homes are underway since the start of the BC Builds program with nearly 2,500 more in various stages of early development.
  The $950 million multi-year program provides grants a
  
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• Judge blocks Trump from dismantling agency that funds community groups in Latin American countries

  04-04-2025 21:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge agreed on Friday to block the Trump administration from dismantling an independent agency that distributes grant money to community development groups in Latin American and Caribbean countries.
  U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan ruled that the administration doesn’t have the authority to remove the head of the Inter-American Foundation, which is governed by a bipartisan nine-member board.
  Congress created the foundation more than 50 years ago. It has
  
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• Disgraced former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has died at age 94

  04-04-2025 21:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Theodore McCarrick, a once-powerful Catholic cardinal who was defrocked by Pope Francis in 2019 after a Vatican investigation determined he sexually molested adults and children, died Friday, according to Archbishop of Washington Robert McElroy. McCarrick was 94.
  The McCarrick scandal created a crisis of credibility for the church, primarily because there was evidence Vatican and U.S. church leaders knew he slept with seminarians but turned a blind eye as McCarrick rose t
  
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• After the Whitecaps, Toronto FC faces another tough test in visit to Inter Miami

  04-04-2025 21:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — One week after holding the Western Conference-leading Vancouver Whitecaps to a scoreless draw at BMO Field, winless Toronto FC hits the road to take on league-leading Inter Miami on Sunday.Miami (4-0-1) and Lionel Messi top the Supporters’ Shield standings, 11 points and 25 places ahead of TFC (0-4-2).“Certainly another huge, huge test for us,” said Toronto coach Robin Fraser. “We don’t even need to go into the amount of talent that they have on that
  
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• Judge moves legal case of detained Turkish Tufts University student to Vermont

  04-04-2025 21:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday moved the case of a detained Tufts University doctoral student to Vermont, where the Turkish national was briefly held before being moved to an immigration detention facility in Louisiana.
  Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was taken by immigration officials as she walked along a street in the Boston suburb of Somerville on March 25. After being taken to New Hampshire and then Vermont, she was put on a plane the next day and moved to an Immigration and Customs Enfo
  
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• ‘Stabilizing force’: Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck putting in MVP-calibre season

  04-04-2025 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Connor Hellebuyck will knock on Scott Arniel’s door or pull his head coach aside for a brief chat.
  The Winnipeg Jets goaltender usually has one specific question before a road trip.
  “What days we have off and should he bring his fishing gear?” Arniel said with a smile. “He’s extremely focused there … and then when he gets to the rink, he does not want to get scored on.”Opponents have once again found that a challenge in 2024-25.The two-time Vézin
  
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• The US must return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison, judge says

  04-04-2025 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HYATTSVILLE, Md. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to arrange for the return of a Maryland man to the United States after he was mistakenly deported to a notorious El Salvador prison.
  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement expelled Kilmar Abrego Garcia last month despite an immigration judge’s 2019 ruling that shielded him from deportation to his native El Salvador, where he faced likely persecution by local gangs.The judge’s ruling came shortl
  
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• Commissioner in high spirits as Canadian Premier League kicks off its seventh season

  04-04-2025 20:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian Premier League commissioner Mark Noonan is in high spirits as the league kicks off its seventh season this weekend.
  “I feel great, but never satisfied,” he said in an interview. “We still have so much opportunity to capture, so much to do. But we’ve made amazing progress on the field and off the field.”
  He points to Forge FC knocking out CF Montreal in the quarterfinals of last year’s Canadian Championship before falling to Toronto FC on the away goal
  
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• A look at the eight-team Canadian Premier League as it kicks off Season 7

  04-04-2025 20:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A look at the Canadian Premier League, which kicks off its eighth season Saturday:
  Schedule: Each of the eight teams play 28 games (14 home and 14 away) during the regular season, meeting the seven other clubs twice at home and twice on the road.
  Postseason: Five teams will make the playoffs, which start with a No. 4 versus No. 5 matchup, with the winner joining the top three sides. The championship game will be played Nov. 8 or Nov. 9, depending on which team earns the right to host the final.
  
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• Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman lands on injured list following fall in his shower at home

  04-04-2025 20:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Freddie Freeman’s fall landed him on the injured list.
  The Los Angeles Dodgers placed their star slugger on the 10-day IL on Thursday after the World Series MVP sprained his surgically repaired right ankle in a slip in the shower at home last weekend. The incident happened Sunday, an off day for the defending champions.
  Freeman has played in just three games so far. He missed the opening series against the Chicago Cubs in Tokyo with left rib discomfort and sat out
  
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• Capitals goalie Logan Thompson is expected to miss at least a couple of games with injury

  04-04-2025 20:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Washington Capitals goaltender Logan Thompson is expected to miss at least a couple of games because of injury, coach Spencer Carbery said Friday.
  “I won’t call him day-to-day,” Carbery said.
  Thompson left the Capitals’ game at Carolina on Wednesday night after the first period with what the team called an upper-body injury. It was not exactly clear when he got hurt, but Thompson took a puck off the mask that knocked it off his head during his
  
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• No police offence found in 2022 crash injuring 4 people near Agassiz

  04-04-2025 20:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AGASSIZ — B.C.’s police watchdog has finished investigating a 2022 crash that left four people seriously injured in the Harrison Mills area near Agassiz.At about 12:40 a.m. on September 17, 2022, police tried to conduct a traffic stop on a Toyota Matrix possibly harboring people associated with several crimes in the Fraser Valley in the days prior.The Matrix did not stop and collided with an uninvolved civilian car, a Honda CRV, in the 3800-block of Lougheed Highway.
  The two CRV occu
  
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• 'Peaceful and powerful': Soowahlie First Nation evicts illegal campers on Chilliwack River - The Chilliwack Progress

  04-04-2025 20:20 via news.google.com
  'Peaceful and powerful': Soowahlie First Nation evicts illegal campers on Chilliwack River  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Defensive back Deontai Williams willing to play wherever Lions want him to in ’25

  04-04-2025 20:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Deontai Williams will report to the B.C. Lions’ training camp next month with an open mind.
  The six-foot, 205-pound Florida native signed a two-year deal with B.C. in free agency after spending his first two CFL seasons with Saskatchewan. Williams played cornerback with the Roughriders but was at safety with the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks in 2022.
  Williams and veteran Garry Peters give B.C. two quality cornerbacks. But Williams is open to playing wherever the Lions want him to in 2025.
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• Quebec’s high court rejects random police stops ahead of Supreme Court hearing

  04-04-2025 19:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s Court of Appeal has refused the provincial government’s request to allow arbitrary police traffic stops to continue until a legal challenge of the practice is heard by the Supreme Court of Canada.
  In a decision rendered earlier this week, the province’s high court said the negative impacts of random stops on racialized people outweigh the benefits to the general public of letting them continue.
  Instead, Court of Appeal Justice Stéphane Sansfa&cc
  
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• Prince George Spruce Kings in tough against high-flying Chilliwack Chiefs - Prince George Citizen

  04-04-2025 19:39 via news.google.com
  Prince George Spruce Kings in tough against high-flying Chilliwack Chiefs  Prince George Citizen
  
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• North Carolina judges side with colleague in his Supreme Court election dispute over ballots

  04-04-2025 19:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina appeals court sided Friday with the trailing candidate in a close state Supreme Court election from November, ruling that tens of thousands of ballots were wrongly allowed in the tally. But they offered some of the voters a way to have their ballot count.
  The 2-1 opinion by a panel of the intermediate-level Court of Appeals could eventually put Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin ahead of Democratic Associate Justice Allison Riggs. She currently lea
  
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• Data obtained by AP shows 20% vacancy rates at nearly half of National Weather Service offices

  04-04-2025 19:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — After Trump administration job cuts, nearly half of National Weather Service forecast offices have 20% vacancy rates — twice that of just a decade ago — as severe weather chugs across the nation’s heartland, according to data obtained by The Associated Press.
  Detailed vacancy data for all 122 weather field offices show eight offices are missing more than 35% of their staff — including those in Arkansas and Kentucky where tornadoes and torrential ra
  
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• Officials say a Russian strike in central Ukraine kills 12 people and injures 50

  04-04-2025 18:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — Ukrainian officials said that a Russian missile strike Friday on the central city of Kryvyi Rih killed at least 12 people, including two children, and injured more than 50.The head of Dnipropetrovsk region, Serhii Lysak, described the Russian ballistic attack as “war against civilians.”The strike comes as U.S. and European officials press Russia to accept a ceasefire in the conflict.
  THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
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• Gretzky set to be at Blackhawks-Capitals game with Ovechkin 3 goals from breaking his NHL record

  04-04-2025 18:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Wayne Gretzky is expected to be in attendance Friday night in Washington with Alex Ovechkin two goals from tying and three from breaking the Canadian great’s NHL record.
  The Capitals’ game against Chicago marks the start of Gretzky joining the chase in person.
  “It’s great,” Ovechkin said after his team’s morning skate. “He’s been supportive all the time to me. It’s a fun time right now. We’ll see what’s
  
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• Hamstring injury expected to sideline Toronto FC’s Laryea for four to six weeks

  04-04-2025 18:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto FC says fullback Richie Laryea will be out four to six weeks with his latest hamstring injury.
  The 30-year-old Canadian international has not played since March 25 when he was forced to leave 22 minutes into a 4-2 loss at Orlando City.
  Laryea saw a specialist in London, England, recently.
  He missed three months last season after going down in the season opener, subsequently undergoing surgery in March 2024 to repair the same hamstring in London, England, by Dr. Fares Hadd
  
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• Abbotsford loses jobs as first month of U.S. tariffs hit Canadian workforce: StatCan

  04-04-2025 18:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — March labour figures from Statistics Canada are painting a clearer picture of the United States-imposed tariffs across the country.Abbotsford, which sits right on the U.S. border, was hit especially hard. The trade-exposed city lost 700 jobs and saw unemployment up from 5.5 in February to 6.1 per cent last month— a 23.7 per cent jump from March 2024.
  On the other hand, Chilliwack has seen unique growth over the past month, gaining 1,100 jobs and cutting down unemployment
  
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• AbbyPD releases composite sketch of man allegedly connected to sexual assault investigation

  04-04-2025 18:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Detectives with the Abbotsford Police Department’s Major Crime Unit have released a composite sketch of the male suspect connected to a sexual assault that allegedly happened in March.
  According to a statement from AbbyPD Sgt. Paul Walker, police have provided the picture of the suspect in hopes of advancing the investigation into the assault that happened on March 24, 2025 at Mill Lake Park.
  Police say an additional detail about the suspect indicates that he spoke with
  
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• Canadian curling legend Howard busier than ever since retiring as a player

  04-04-2025 18:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MOOSE JAW — Four-time world champion Glenn Howard is as busy as ever since moving to the coach’s bench after his retirement as a curler.“To say it’s been a roller-coaster ride would be an understatement,” Howard said with a laugh.
  Howard ended his four-decade playing career last spring after a wonky knee forced him to step away. This season alone, he has coached teams skipped by Chelsea Carey, Kate Cameron, son Scott Howard and daughter Carly Howard.The 62-year-old
  
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• Canada names expanded 36-player women’s rugby roster for Pacific Four Series

  04-04-2025 18:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian women’s rugby coach Kevin Rouet has named an expanded squad of 36 players for Canada’s defence of its Pacific Four Series title.
  The tournament marks the first outing of a high-stakes year for the second-ranked Canadian women, with the 16-country Rugby World Cup scheduled for Aug. 22 to Sept. 27 in England.
  Canada opens Pacific Four Series play May 2 against the eighth-ranked United States at CPKC Stadium in Kansas City before flying to the Southern Hemisphere to play No. 2
  
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• Recruiters say surge in U.S. doctors looking to move to Canada since Trump election

  04-04-2025 18:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — Recruiters say there’s been a surge of interest from American doctors considering moving to Canada since the election of U.S. president Donald Trump in November.Katrina Philopoulos, recruitment director for Nova Scotia Health, says 27 American doctors are in serious negotiations to move, which to date has resulted in one person being hired and a second who is expected to move to the province next year.
  Philopoulos says her agency’s message to doctors isn’t overt
  
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• Mbappé and Rüdiger fined by UEFA but cleared to play CL quarters after ‘indecent’ celebration

  04-04-2025 16:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Real Madrid stars Kylian Mbappé and Antonio Rüdiger were fined by UEFA on Friday but escaped bans from the Champions League quarterfinals over “indecent” post-game celebrations in the previous round.
  Mbappé and Rüdiger were both given a suspended one-game ban for “violating the basic rules of decent conduct,” UEFA said, but those are subject to a one-year probationary period.Madrid plays at Arsenal on Tuesday in the f
  
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• What's happening Chilliwack: List of events from April 4 onward - The Chilliwack Progress

  04-04-2025 14:35 via news.google.com
  What's happening Chilliwack: List of events from April 4 onward  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• ‘Time to say goodbye’: Kevin De Bruyne to leave Man City at the end of season

  04-04-2025 13:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Kevin De Bruyne says he will leave Manchester City at the end of the season. In an emotional post on X the Belgium playmaker confirmed these are his “final months as a Manchester City player.” De Bruyne joined City in 2015 from Wolfsburg and has won every major honor with the club, including the Premier League and Champions League. ___ James Robson is at https://twitter.com/jamesalanrobson ___ AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccerThe Associated Pre
  
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• In the news today: Party leaders campaigning in Quebec today, job numbers due

  04-04-2025 10:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Federal party leaders are campaigning in Quebec today
  Party leaders will be in Quebec today as the second week of the federal election campaign comes to a close. Leader of the Conservative Party Pierre Poilievre will hold a press conference in Trois-Rivières, Que., this morning. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh will make an announcement and visit a local business in Montreal. Liberal Leader Mark Carney
  
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• StatCan’s March jobs figures to give glimpse at tariff hit to labour market

  04-04-2025 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada is expected to release employment figures for March today.
  Economists polled by Reuters expect a gain of 10,000 jobs in the month, and for the unemployment rate to rise by a tenth of a point to 6.7 per cent.
  RBC Economics expects the economy instead shed 10,000 jobs last month.
  Canada’s labour market was off to a hot start in January but cooled in February, adding just 1,100 jobs amid harsh winter weather and economic uncertainty.
  The March jobs numbers wil
  
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• Nuclear waste agency looking for Canada’s second deep geological repository

  04-04-2025 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — An organization tasked with managing Canada’s nuclear waste found one site to store millions of bundles of radioactive used fuel for thousands of years hundreds of metres underground — and now it’s looking for a second.
  As the Nuclear Waste Management Organization begins the regulatory process for a deep geological repository site in northern Ontario to store spent nuclear fuel, after a 14-year site-selection journey, it’s also starting to look at the need
  
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• Federal party leaders are campaigning in Quebec today

  04-04-2025 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Party leaders will be in Quebec today as the second week of the federal election campaign comes to a close.
  Leader of the Conservative Party Pierre Poilievre will hold a press conference in Trois-Rivières, Que., this morning.NDP leader Jagmeet Singh will make an announcement and visit a local business in Montreal.
  Liberal Leader Mark Carney is expected to deliver remarks and make an announcement in Montreal this morning before touring an auto manufacturing facility in Woodb
  
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• 'Peaceful and powerful': Soowahlie First Nation evicts illegal campers on Chilliwack River - theprogress.com

  04-04-2025 09:00 via news.google.com
  'Peaceful and powerful': Soowahlie First Nation evicts illegal campers on Chilliwack River  theprogress.com
  
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• Experience Kentucky Derby in Chilliwack with return of Secret Soirée fundraiser - The Chilliwack Progress

  04-04-2025 09:00 via news.google.com
  Experience Kentucky Derby in Chilliwack with return of Secret Soirée fundraiser  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Coleman rises to the challenge with two goals in Flames’ 4-1 win over Ducks

  04-04-2025 08:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Desperately needing a win to stay in the hunt in the Western Conference playoff race, the Calgary Flames got a big game on Thursday night from veteran forward Blake Coleman.
  Coleman scored twice, including the short-handed game-winner halfway through the second period, as the Flames won 4-1 over the Anaheim Ducks.
  “I think guys showed up, played well, good home game,” said Coleman, who has 15 goals. “We’ve got to turn the page here pretty quick, but can bu
  
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• Blues beat Penguins in OT for 11th straight win

  04-04-2025 07:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Robert Thomas scored a power-play goal in overtime and the St. Louis Blues tied a franchise record with their 11th consecutive win, 5-4 over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night.
  Jake Neighbours scored twice and Pavel Buchnevich and Jordan Kyrou also scored for the Blues. Joel Hofer made 24 saves as St. Louis set a franchise record with its 10th straight home win.
  Bryan Rust, Rickard Rakell and Rutger McGroarty each had a goal and an assist and Connor Dewar also score
  
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• The Oilers beat the Sharks 3-2 despite losing Leon Draisaitl to an undisclosed injury

  04-04-2025 07:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Jeff Skinner tipped in the tiebreaking goal late in the second period and the Edmonton Oilers overcame an injury to Leon Draisaitl and beat the San Jose Sharks 3-2 on Thursday night.
  Skinner scored just a few minutes after Draisaitl went to the locker room with an undisclosed injury. He never returned to the game.
  Connor Brown and Viktor Arvidsson also scored to give the Oilers their third straight win. Calvin Pickard made 27 saves.
  Edmonton kept pace with Los Angel
  
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• Comrie records shutout as Jets beat Golden Knights 4-0 in matchup of divisional leaders

  04-04-2025 07:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Backup Eric Comrie made 26 saves for his second shutout in two months as the Winnipeg Jets beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-0 on Thursday night in a matchup of Western Conference divisional leaders.
  The Jets took a step toward securing the Central Division and home-ice advantage for the Stanley Cup playoffs. They have three more points than Washington in the race for the Presidents’ Trophy and four more than Dallas in the Central.
  Vegas, after back-to-back losses this
  
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• NHL leading goal scorer Leon Draisaitl leaves Oilers’ game with an injury

  04-04-2025 06:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — NHL leading goal scorer Leon Draisaitl left the Edmonton Oilers’ game against the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night with an undisclosed injury and is doubtful to return.
  Draisaitl appeared to get hurt midway through the second period and skated gingerly to the bench before leaving to go to the dressing room. He didn’t return for the rest of the second period and the team said he was not expected to return to the game.
  Draisaitl had an assist earlier in t
  
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• Coleman, Wolf lead Flames to 4-1 win over Ducks

  04-04-2025 06:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Blake Coleman scored twice and rookie goaltender Dustin Wolf made 26 stops to lead the Calgary Flames to a 4-1 NHL victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night.
  Nazem Kadri, with his team-leading 31st goal, and Kevin Rooney also scored for Calgary (36-27-12), which improved to 6-2-1 in its last nine.
  Olen Zellweger scored for Anaheim (33-34-8).
  Desperately trying to stay in the Western Conference playoff chase, Calgary climbs to within five points of the Minnesota Wild for th
  
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• Sens’ line of Pinto, Greig, Amadio play big role in shutting down opposition’s best

  04-04-2025 05:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Shane Pinto, Ridley Greig, and Michael Amadio have been a key line for Ottawa Senators head coach Travis Green.
  The trio have been an effective shutdown line for the Senators (40-29-6), with Green often challenging them to shut down the opposition’s top line. Thursday night, the trio rose to the challenge of shutting down league-leading scorer Nikita Kucherov in a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning.
  Kucherov, who played a team-high 25:09, was kept off the scoresheet.
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• Canadiens’ third line firing on all cylinders during playoff race

  04-04-2025 05:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Brendan Gallagher, Christian Dvorak and Josh Anderson have bounced back in a big way after facing their share of doubters last season.
  And they’re doing it together.
  As the games get tougher, the veteran third line is playing a key role with the Montreal Canadiens chasing a playoff spot for the first time in four years.
  Gallagher had a goal and an assist in a dominant 4-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.
  Dvorak also scored, and while Anderson didn’t make
  
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