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• Toronto FC hurting in the backline ahead of game against league-leading Inter Miami

  05-04-2025 23:52
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE — Toronto FC is hurting on defence for Sunday’s MLS game at unbeaten Inter Miami.
  TFC will be missing injured defenders Richie Laryea, Zane Monlouis and Henry Wingo as well as wingback Tyrese Spicer and forward Deandre Kerr.
  On the plus side, veteran centre back Kevin Long returned to training this week after missing last weekend’s scoreless draw with visiting Vancouver due to a hamstring issue. And Sigurd Rosted and Nicksoen Gomis, who both started in the backl
  
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• Forsberg stops 40 shots to lead Ottawa Senators past Florida Panthers 3-0

  05-04-2025 23:21
  
  OTTAWA — Anton Forsberg stopped 40 shots to lead the Ottawa Senators past the Florida Panthers 3-0 on Saturday afternoon.
  Forsberg recorded his third shutout of the season for Ottawa (41-29-6).
  The Senators opened the scoring at 11:21 of the first period on defenceman Jake Sanderson’s goal. Drake Batherson tipped in a Dylan Cozens slapshot at 14:17 to make it 2-0.
  There was sheepish celebration between the duo _ as it came just seconds after Batherson missed a tap-in into an open net
  
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• Abby driver gets car impounded after clocking 3 times the speed limit for exam

  05-04-2025 23:15
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Police had another busy Friday on Abbotsford roads, but one infraction stood out from the rest.On April 5, the Abbotsford Police Department shared an encounter along Livingstone Avenue, where an 18-year-old BMW driver clocked 140 km/h in a 50 km/h zone.“When stopped, the driver claimed he was late for an exam and needed to make up lost time,” wrote AbbyPD. “However, excuses don’t override road safety. The driver received an excessive speeding ticket, an
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Parliamentary Protective Service warns of lockdown for East Block

  05-04-2025 23:10
  
  OTTAWA — The Parliamentary Protective Service says there’s a lockdown in place on Parliament Hill.
  The service issued a warning on Saturday afternoon for anyone in East Block, which houses parliamentary offices, to seek shelter in the nearest room, close and lock all doors and hide.
  Anyone who was not in the immediate area was being warned to stay away until further notice.
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• Timo Meier scores two goals to lead the Devils over the Rangers 4-0

  05-04-2025 22:35
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Timo Meier scored twice and Jacob Markstrom made 26 saves as the New Jersey Devils defeated the New York Rangers 4-0 on Saturday in an outcome that clinched the Tampa Bay Lightning their eighth straight playoff berth.
  Jesper Bratt and Nico Hischier also scored as New Jersey won its third straight while the Rangers had their two-game winning streak snapped.
  After a scoreless first, Meier scored on the power play at 10:56 of the second, beating Rangers netminder Igor Shes
  
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• Liverpool gets Premier League title boost as Arsenal drops points at Everton

  05-04-2025 21:49
  
  Liverpool got a big favor from its neighbor to become an even bigger favorite for the Premier League title on Saturday.
  Second-placed Arsenal conceded a contentiously awarded penalty and slumped to a 1-1 draw with Everton at Goodison Park, a stadium a short walk across Stanley Park from Liverpool’s Anfield.
  The celebrations when Iliman Ndiaye converted the spot kick for Everton were likely just as joyous among Liverpool fans, whose team is within sight of a record-tying 20th English top-fl
  
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• Canada updates travel guidance for U.S., warning of heightened scrutiny at the border

  05-04-2025 21:20
  
  Canada has updated its advice to those travelling to the United States, warning they may face “scrutiny” from border guards and the possibility of detention if denied entry.
  An updated advisory issued Friday by Global Affairs Canada urges Canadians crossing the U.S. border to be forthcoming with officials in that country and to expect scrutiny that could extend to searches of electronic devices.
  The updated advisory notes that if denied entry to the U.S., citizens could be detained w
  
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• Abbotsford business showcased at annual tech trade show in Germany

  05-04-2025 21:08
  
  ABBOTSFORD — A local manufacturer has gone abroad with more than 240 other Canadian exhibitors to show off some innovative products at the 2025 Hannover Messe in Germany– the world’s largest trade show for industrial and energy technologies.Commonwealth Automation Technologies, Inc. (CATI) specializes in the development of fuel cells, which are units that turn chemical energy to electricity and vice versa with minimal impact on the environment.“There is an entire building
  
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• Scotland beats Sweden in qualifier to set up semifinal with Canada at curling worlds

  05-04-2025 20:33
  
  MOOSE JAW — There will be a new champion at the BKT World Men’s Curling Championship.Scotland’s Bruce Mouat edged defending champion Niklas Edin of Sweden 8-7 in the early qualification game at the Temple Gardens Centre.
  The top-ranked Scots will face Canada’s Brad Jacobs in the afternoon semifinal at the Temple Gardens Centre.Jacobs and his Calgary-based team of Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert earned a direct berth to the final four as the top seed.
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• Edmonton Oilers sign goalie Nathaniel Day to a three-year, entry-level contract

  05-04-2025 20:33
  
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers signed goalie Nathaniel Day to a three-year, entry-level contract Saturday.Edmonton selected the six-foot-four, 205-pound Day in the sixth round, No. 184 overall, in the 2023 NHL draft.
  Day posted a 26-25-2-3 record in 59 games this season with the OHL’s Flint Firebirds. He posted a 3.07 goals-against average, .894 save percentage and two shutouts.
  He was named the Firebirds’ 2024-25 MVP after leading all OHL goaltenders in games (59) and minutes
  
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• Canadian Eliot Grondin clinches second straight overall snowboard cross title

  05-04-2025 20:17
  
  MONT-SAINTE-ANNE, QUE. — Canadian Eliot Grondin clinched a second straight overall snowboard cross title by finishing second in a World Cup event Saturday.
  Grondin, 23, of Sainte-Marie, Que., needed to be in the top-three to clinch the title. He did so by finishing just behind winner Jakob Dusek of Austria while American Nathan Pare was third.
  It marks the second straight year that Grondin clinched the overall title. And just over a week ago he captured gold at the world championship event
  
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• Toronto Raptors signed forward Cole Swider for the remainder of NBA season

  05-04-2025 20:02
  
  The Toronto Raptors signed forward Cole Swider for the remainder of the season Saturday.
  The six-foot-eight, 220-pound Swider is averaging 6.5 points, 2.3 rebounds and 17.8 minutes in six games with the Raptors after signing a 10-day contract last month.
  He also averaged 21 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 34.6 minutes in 31 Tip-Off Tournament and regular-season games with Motor City and South Bay in the NBA G League this season.
  Swider has appeared in 33 career NBA games with the Los Angel
  
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• PSG wins record-extending 13th Ligue 1 title with six games to spare

  05-04-2025 19:16
  
  PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain beat Angers 1-0 and won a record-extending 13th Ligue 1 title without losing a game and with six matches to spare on Saturday.
  PSG needed only a draw but forward Désiré Doué got the only goal at a festive Parc des Princes bathed in sunshine to make it 23 wins in 28 games so far.
  It was PSG’s 11th French championship since Qatari backers QSI took over the club in 2011, with the other two coming in 1986 and ’94.
  Coach Luis Enr
  
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• Beloved Chilliwack meat store to close original location, cites funding challenges - Fraser Valley Today

  05-04-2025 18:51 via news.google.com
  Beloved Chilliwack meat store to close original location, cites funding challenges  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Beloved Chilliwack meat store to close original location, cites funding challenges

  05-04-2025 18:46
  
  CHILLIWACK — A local meat store known for its low prices and community service is closing up one location by the end of April.In a social media post Saturday morning (Apr. 5), store owner Brigida Crosbie shared that Tydel Foods will be closing the retail meat shop on Patten Avenue.“I want to assure you that we are not going anywhere,” she wrote. “We are just minimizing all expenses to get through the economy and to be able to better serve our community. Your families, chi
  
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• Anthony, Howard, Redeem Team, Bird, Arison, Fowles, Crawford, Donovan, Moore in Hall of Fame class

  05-04-2025 18:45
  
  Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard are going into the Basketball Hall of Fame later this year, not once but twice. And LeBron James and Chris Paul are part of the group that’s headed to the Hall as well, even before their playing careers end.
  Anthony and Howard were announced Saturday as members of the Class of 2025, as was the 2008 U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team that they played on — dubbed the “Redeem Team,” the one that captured gold at the Beijing Games and s
  
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• Israeli troops deploy to a new corridor across Gaza

  05-04-2025 18:20
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says troops have deployed to a newly established security corridor across southern Gaza.
  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday announced the new Morag Corridor to pressure the Hamas militant group and suggested it would cut off the southern city of Rafah, which Israel has ordered evacuated, from the rest of Gaza.
  A military statement Saturday said troops with the 36th Division had been deployed in the corridor. It was not immediately clear how many had depl
  
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• Canadian rugby sevens women move into Cup semifinals after two pool wins in Singapore

  05-04-2025 18:15
  
  SINGAPORE — Fancy Bermudez scored two tries Saturday to help Canada defeat the U.S. 31-21 and move into the Cup semifinals at the HSBC SVNS Singapore.
  The Canadian women, who came into the tournament in fourth place in the HSBC SVNS season standings, opened play with a 14-5 win over Britain.
  Breanne Nicholas, Sabrina Poulin and Carissa Norsten also scored tries against the fifth-ranked Americans while Nicholas booted three conversions. Carissa Norsten and Olivia Apps scored first-half trie
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs @ Prince George Spruce Kings Sunday, April 13, 2025 - BCHL

  05-04-2025 18:02 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack Chiefs @ Prince George Spruce Kings Sunday, April 13, 2025  BCHL
  
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• Swiss-born midfielder Maxime Dominguez happy to trade Rio de Janeiro for Toronto

  05-04-2025 17:59
  
  After disappointment in Brazil, Maxime Dominguez hopes to have found a home with Toronto FC.
  The Swiss-born midfielder arrives in MLS on a season-long loan from Brazil’s Vasco da Gama with a purchase option come Dec. 31.
  While Dominguez enjoyed his time in Brazil, he wanted more playing time after appearing in just 14 games since joining Vasco da Gama in September.
  “We had a lot of quality (at Vasco da Gama). We had a lot of top players in my position so it was not so easy to play,&r
  
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• Canadian surfer finishes ninth in El Salvador after close round-of-16 battle

  05-04-2025 17:59
  
  LA LIBERTAD — Canadian Erin Brooks finished ninth at the Surf City El Salvador Pro on Saturday after being edged out by American Bella Kenworthy in a tight round-of-16 battle.
  It was a battle of teenage rookies on the World Surf League’s elite Championship Tour.
  Brooks is 17 while Kenworthy, a former elite skateboarder whose father is well-known surf photographer Jason Kenworthy, is 18.
  It was a back-and-forth heat, with both surfers looking to put together the highest-scoring pair o
  
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• Five years without answers for family of Canadian businessman held in Chinese jail

  05-04-2025 15:02
  
  VANCOUVER — Wang Yan vividly recalls the last time she heard her husband’s voice, more than five years ago.
  It was Dec. 13, 2019, and Canadian citizen Li Yonghui had gone to a public square in Shijiazhuang, in China’s Hebei province, to exercise as he spoke to his wife in Canada by mobile phone.
  “Suddenly, the call ended, like someone was grabbing his phone. And I called other family (in China) and no one knew what happened,” Wang recalled.
  Li had been seized by cit
  
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• Food trucks galore at 'Party in the Park' in downtown Chilliwack - The Chilliwack Progress

  05-04-2025 14:35 via news.google.com
  Food trucks galore at 'Party in the Park' in downtown Chilliwack  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• B.C. centenarian reunites with 90-year-old former student - The Chilliwack Progress

  05-04-2025 14:05 via news.google.com
  B.C. centenarian reunites with 90-year-old former student  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• ‘We are not the gods’: Fire-torn Jasper prepares for diminished summer tourism season

  05-04-2025 14:02
  
  JASPER, ALTA. — Every summer for 61 years, tourists have piled onto Jasper’s SkyTram to see the boomerang-shaped town nestled inside the sprawling Rocky Mountains. It’ll happen again this summer, but the view will be different.
  The red cable cars will skim over thousands of trees poking up from the ground like charred matchsticks. From the top, a third of the town’s structures have vanished from sight.
  It doesn’t change that Jasper is still open for business, and th
  
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• Thomas Muller to leave Bayern Munich after this season

  05-04-2025 12:05
  
  MUNICH (AP) — Thomas Muller will leave Bayern Munich this summer after a 25-year career at the German club.
  The 35-year-old Muller said Saturday, in a joint announcement with Bayern, that his “incredible journey” with his boyhood club will end in July.
  The midfielder’s contract is set to expire after the season and he’s seen limited game time.
  “It’s clear that today is not like any other day for me,” Muller said. “My 25 years as an FC Bayern
  
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• Caught in the crossfire: Michigan concerned over automobile tariffs targeting Canada

  05-04-2025 12:03
  
  DETROIT — Glenn Stevens Jr. can look out his office window in downtown Detroit and see Canada. The view encapsulates historic automobile achievement between two countries despite a flowing river and international border — one that’s on the brink of being ripped apart.
  “Our economies in auto between Ontario and Michigan are seamless. They are one and the same,” Stevens, executive director of MichAuto, said Friday. “We don’t even view there being a border,
  
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• Vancouver voters look to fill two council seats in municipal byelection

  05-04-2025 10:02
  
  VANCOUVER — Voters in Vancouver are heading to the polls today — but not for the federal election that’s still weeks away from its conclusion.
  Vancouverites will instead cast their ballots in the municipal byelection to select two new councillors to fill seats vacated by the Green Party’s Adriane Carr and OneCity’s Christine Boyle.
  The vote is anticipated to be a litmus test for Mayor Ken Sim’s ABC party, which swept to power in 2022 with all its candidates fo
  
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• Federal leaders set to campaign across the country today

  05-04-2025 10:00
  
  OTTAWA — Federal party leaders are starting the second full weekend of the federal election campaign at opposite ends of the country.
  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is in B.C. while NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is in Atlantic Canada.
  Singh is set to make an announcement in St. John’s in the morning, before travelling to Halifax for a late-afternoon campaign event.
  Meanwhile, Poilievre is scheduled to hold a press conference in Osoyoos, B.C. at 10:30 a.m. Pacific time.Liberal Leader
  
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• Gary James Lakeberg - The Chilliwack Progress

  05-04-2025 09:00 via news.google.com
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• Senate GOP approves framework for Trump’s tax breaks and spending cuts after all-night session

  05-04-2025 08:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans plugged away overnight and into early Saturday morning to approve their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts framework, hurling past a hard line of Democratic opposition toward what President Donald Trump calls the “big, beautiful bill” that’s central to his agenda.
  The vote, 51-48, fell along mostly party lines. It could not have come at a more difficult political moment. The U.S. economy is churning after Trump’s v
  
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• Spruce Kings fall 3-2 in BCHL playoff opener in Chilliwack - Prince George Citizen

  05-04-2025 08:30 via news.google.com
  Spruce Kings fall 3-2 in BCHL playoff opener in Chilliwack  Prince George Citizen
  
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• Chilliwack power-play strikes twice in Game 1 win over PG - My Prince George Now

  05-04-2025 07:43 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack power-play strikes twice in Game 1 win over PG  My Prince George Now
  
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• How close is Alex Ovechkin to breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record?

  05-04-2025 06:57
  
  Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals has tied the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky.
  Ovechkin scored twice on home ice Friday night and needs one more to take sole possession of the record.
  Ovechkin entered the season 42 short of breaking the regular-season record by “The Great One” that had long seemed unapproachable. The 39-year-old Russian is in his 20th NHL season and was on pace to get to 895 in February before breaking his left leg in a shin-on-shin collision in
  
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• Rose scores, Canadian women’s soccer team blanks Argentina 3-0

  05-04-2025 06:41
  
  VANCOUVER — Jade Rose scored her first goal for Canada’s women’s soccer team, helping the country to a 3-0 victory over Argentina in a friendly matchup on Friday.The 22-year-old defender from Markham, Ont., touched a ball over the line off of a free kick in the 24th minute to open the scoring.
  Nichelle Prince also scored for the seventh-ranked Canadians, converting a rebound in the 39th minute for her 17th goal for the senior national team.Hometown talent Julia Grosso sealed th
  
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• Korda won’t defend Match Play title on the weekend after a rough day for the world’s top players

  05-04-2025 05:55
  
  NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — Nelly Korda, the world’s top-ranked player, won’t be around this weekend to defend her T-Mobile Match Play championship.
  She needed to defeat Ariya Jutanugarn, but lost 1-up Friday on the final day of round-robin play and failed to qualify for the round of 16.
  Korda’s struggles typified the week for the world’s top 10 players. Eight played in this tournament at Shadow Creek, but only second-ranked Jeeno Thitikul advanced to the knockout
  
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• Rookie Ja’Kobe Walter, finally healthy, throwing weight around for Toronto Raptors

  05-04-2025 05:24
  
  TORONTO — After another solid scoring performance Toronto Raptors rookie Ja’Kobe Walter still wanted to put the team first.
  Walter had 22 points to lead Toronto’s offence in a 117-105 loss to the Detroit Pistons on Friday. Asked about his improved play after returning from a strained right quad on March 23, Walter tried to defer to talking about the Raptors as a whole.
  “For myself? Or for the team?” Walter asked back.
  “I think I’m pretty pleased with jus
  
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• Hardaway has 23 points as Pistons top Raptors 117-105; Detroit clinches playoff berth

  05-04-2025 04:22
  
  TORONTO — Tim Hardaway Jr. had 23 points as the Detroit Pistons fended off the Toronto Raptors 117-105 on Friday to clinch a playoff berth.
  Jalen Duren had a double-double with 21 points and 18 rebounds as Detroit (43-34) hung on to win after leading by as many as 22 points. Malik Beasley added 21 points.
  Rookie guard Ja’Kobe Walter led Toronto (28-50) with 22 points.Jakob Poeltl had a double-double for the Raptors with 10 points and 11 boards. Immanuel Quickley flirted with a triple
  
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• Whitecaps, City of Vancouver in talks over new soccer stadium

  05-04-2025 04:07
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have entered talks with the City of Vancouver about building a new soccer stadium.The Whitecaps ownership group issued a statement Friday saying the club and municipality are discussing the construction of a purpose-built venue at the PNE fairgrounds on the city’s eastern edge.The statement says the ownership group has always been clear about the importance of “a suitable venue to both fan experience and financial performance for any professi
  
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• Ovechkin scores twice to tie Gretzky’s NHL goals record at 894 as the Capitals beat the Blackhawks

  05-04-2025 04:07
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin tied Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record by scoring the 893rd and 894th of his career, the second being the game winner, as the Washington Capitals rallied to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-3 on Friday night.
  Ovechkin scored No. 894 on the power play with 13:47 left in regulation to put Washington ahead after Dylan Strome tied it earlier in the third period. The 39-year-old Russian superstar also opened the scoring with his 893rd less than four minutes in.It all
  
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• Brian Harman builds 4-shot lead at Texas Open

  05-04-2025 03:05
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Brian Harman found the range with his iron shots and converted eight birdie putts Friday, none outside 12 feet, for a 6-under 66 that gave him a four-shot lead over Keith Mitchell going into the weekend at the Valero Texas Open.
  Harman has his first 36-hole lead since Bay Hill a year ago, and this is the largest lead he’s had at the midway point since he led by five at Hoylake in 2023 when he won the British Open.
  “Just know that I’ve done it before and
  
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• Gretzky witnesses Ovechkin moving 1 goal back of his record as he joins the chase in person

  05-04-2025 02:57
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Wayne Gretzky witnessed Alex Ovechkin scoring his 893rd goal to move one back of tying his NHL record, as the Canadian great made his first in-person appearance during this chase.
  Gretzky said it was important to “the integrity of the game” to make sure he was there in case Ovechkin broke his mark, just like Gordie Howe was when he set the record in the spring of 1994.
  “When I broke Gordie’s record my dad told me that same night be as proud of the
  
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• Ovechkin scores his 893rd goal. He needs 1 to tie Gretzky and 2 to break the NHL record

  05-04-2025 01:49
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin did not take long to move one goal away from tying and two from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record.
  Ovechkin beat Spencer Knight 3:52 into the Washington Capitals’ home game against the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night. He took a pass from Dylan Strome behind the net and banked the puck off the far post and Knight’s back and in.After a few seconds, Ovechkin’s personal goal song, “Shake, Rattle & Roll” by Big Joe Tur
  
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• Ovechkin scores his 893rd career goal. He needs 1 to tie Gretzky and 2 to break the NHL record

  05-04-2025 01:32
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin has scored his 893rd career goal to move one back of tying and two away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record.
  Ovechkin beat Spencer Knight 3:52 into the Washington Capitals’ home game against the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night. He moved closer to making hockey history with Gretzky in attendance for the first time during the chase.
  Scoring in a fourth consecutive game, Ovechkin reached 40 goals for a 14th time in 20 seasons, which is the m
  
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• Edmonton Oilers’ Leon Draisaitl expected back before playoffs after sustaining lower-body injury

  05-04-2025 01:32
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Edmonton Oilers center Leon Draisaitl is “out short term” but should return “well before” the playoffs begin after sustaining a lower-body injury against the San Jose Sharks the previous night, head coach Kris Knoblauch said Friday.
  Draisaitl, who leads the NHL with 52 goals this season, didn’t practice Friday and won’t play against the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday. He missed the second half of the second period and all of the third p
  
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• Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick to miss end of Toronto Raptors season with injuries

  05-04-2025 00:45
  
  TORONTO — Brandon Ingram won’t make his Toronto Raptors debut this season.
  Head coach Darko Rajakovic says it “isn’t realistic” for Ingram to fully recover from a sprained ankle before Toronto’s season ends.
  Rajakovic also says that sophomore swingman Gradey Dick will be shut for the rest of the season with a bone bruise on his knee. Toronto has five games remaining heading into a meeting with Detroit on Friday.
  Ingram was traded by the New Orleans Pelicans to
  
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• Former B.C. teacher, 85, guilty of indecent assaults on his Grade 6 students

  05-04-2025 00:40
  
  NORTH VANCOUVER — A B.C. provincial court judge has found an 85-year-old former elementary school teacher guilty of nine sex-related charges, most involving his former Grade 6 students.There were 12 complainants, all male, who said Brian Moore assaulted them when they were children, ranging in age from seven to 12 years old.
  The trial heard that Moore was a teacher at a North Vancouver elementary school and often took some of his students on swimming, water-skiing and snow skiing trips.Jud
  
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• Chilliwack group returns for river spring cleaning this weekend - Fraser Valley Today

  05-04-2025 00:31 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack group returns for river spring cleaning this weekend  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Chilliwack group returns for river spring cleaning this weekend

  05-04-2025 00:24
  
  CHILLIWACK — As the Soowahlie First Nation prepares to clean up one end of the Chilliwack River and its surrounding area this weekend, a local group is hosting a biannual Adopt-A-River campaign tomorrow (Apr. 5).The Chilliwack/Vedder River Cleanup Society (CVRCS) has teamed up with the City of Chilliwack and the Fraser Valley Regional District for this spring’s cleanup event at Thompson Regional Park.“Under the City’s Adopt a River program, community groups adopt sections
  
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• Alonso and Soto power Mets past Blue Jays 5-0 in Citi Field opener

  05-04-2025 00:15
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Alonso hit an early two-run homer, Juan Soto added an RBI double in his home debut at Citi Field and the New York Mets beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-0 on Friday.
  Tylor Megill (2-0) pitched two-hit ball over 5 1/3 innings and New York’s bullpen, off to a terrific start, took it from there as the Mets ended Toronto’s four-game winning streak.Soto and Brandon Nimmo each had an RBI double off rookie left-handed reliever Mason Fluharty in a three-run sixth. Starl
  
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