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• UConn returns to top of women’s basketball, dominates South Carolina 82-59 to capture its 12th title

  06-04-2025 23:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — UConn is back on top of women’s basketball, winning its 12th national championship by routing defending champion South Carolina 82-59 on Sunday behind Azzi Fudd’s 24 points.
  Sarah Strong added 24 points and 15 rebounds while Paige Bueckers had 17 points in her final game at UConn (37-3).
  “Well, it’s amazing to have three players, three people like that on the same team,” UConn coach Geno Auriemma said. “And Sarah, you would think Sarah
  
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• Carney, Starmer discuss deeper trade ties in response to Trump’s tariff war

  06-04-2025 23:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says he spoke Sunday with his counterpart in the United Kingdom about the fallout from the United States’ global tariff campaign.
  A readout from Carney’s office says he talked with U.K. Prime Minster Keir Starmer about the United States’ “unjustified trade actions” and the need to strengthen trade ties between Canada and the U.K.
  In a social media post, Carney says that “partnerships with long-standing, reliable allies
  
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• Vancouver Space Centre giving free event entry to Fraser Valley this fall

  06-04-2025 22:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRASER VALLEY — More than 400 Fraser Valley residents attended the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre’s first Community Days over spring break. Thanks to that positive response, the event is now getting a relaunch this fall.From March 22 to 29, visitors from Chilliwack, Hope, Agassiz and Abbotsford were invited to explore the site for free. Kids and adults were greeted with interactive booths such as a spinning prize wheel, 3D printer design creation and the Planetarium Star Theatre, where
  
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• Alonso’s go-ahead single lifts Mets to 2-1 win and 1st sweep of Blue Jays since 2001

  06-04-2025 22:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Alonso hit a go-ahead single in the third inning and the New York Mets beat Toronto 2-1 on Sunday for their first series sweep of the Blue Jays in 24 years.
  New York extended its winning streak to four by taking three in a row from the Blue Jays. The Mets had last swept Toronto from July 15-17, 2001, at Shea Stadium.
  Bowden Francis (1-1) walked rookie Hayden Senger and Juan Soto in the third, Alonso singled and Brandon Nimmo followed with a sacrifice fly. Alonso has 11
  
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• ‘Hands off’: Across Canada, protesters rally against Trump

  06-04-2025 22:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Protesters rallied in several cities across the country on Sunday to demonstrate against U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to Canadian sovereignty.
  In Montreal, hundreds gathered in Mount Royal Park in a show of solidarity against his repeated remarks about making Canada the 51st state, with many sporting signs reading, “Hands off.”
  At the foot of a monument topped by a winged goddess of liberty, artists, politicians and the former head of Doctors Without B
  
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• Ovechkin gets No. 895 to break NHL scoring record, but Islanders beat Capitals 4-1

  06-04-2025 22:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored his record-breaking 895th career goal, but the New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 4-1 on Sunday.
  Marc Gatcomb had two goals, Bo Horvat and Jean-Gabriel Pageau also scored, and Kyle MacLean had two assists for the Islanders, who won their second straight after losing six in a row. Ilya Sorokin stopped 28 shots.
  Charlie Lindgren finished with 18 saves for the Eastern Conference-leading Capitals, who lost for the fifth time in seven games (2-4
  
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• Alex Ovechkin finishes the ‘GR8 Chase’ by breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record

  06-04-2025 21:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals has broken the NHL goals record held by Wayne Gretzky by scoring the 895th of his career.
  Ovechkin beat fellow Russian Ilya Sorokin on the power play Sunday at the New York Islanders to pass Gretzky and 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 8
  
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• Drunk Abbotsford driver hits power pole, causes outage

  06-04-2025 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Hundreds of Abbotsford residents lost power early Sunday morning (Apr. 6) after an impaired driver struck a power pole at the intersection of South Fraser Way and Hill Tout Street.“The driver fled on foot but was located and arrested by our officers, providing a breath sample nearly 2.5 times the legal limit,” wrote the Abbotsford Police Department in a social media post. “Power in the area remains out as crews work to repair the damage.”
  No one was inj
  
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• Alex Ovechkin breaks Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record by scoring his 895th

  06-04-2025 20:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Ovechkin has broken Wayne Gretzky’s record for the most goals in NHL history by scoring the 895th of his career.
  The Washington Capitals’ captain made history Sunday against the New York Islanders by beating fellow Russian Ilya Sorokin on a power play in the second period. Ovechkin had never scored on Sorokin before, making his countryman the 183rd different goaltender he has beaten.
  Just as they did after he scored No. 894 minutes earlier, teammates mobbed
  
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• Canada’s Jacobs wins bronze at world men’s curling playdowns

  06-04-2025 19:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MOOSE JAW — Canada’s Brad Jacobs defeated China’s Xiaoming Xu 11-2 on Sunday to win the bronze medal at the BKT World Men’s Curling Championship.
  Jacobs, vice Marc Kennedy, second Brett Gallant and lead Ben Hebert scored three points in the first end and pulled away by scoring five points in the fourth.
  Switzerland’s Yannick Schwaller will play Scotland’s Bruce Mouat for gold later Sunday at the Temple Gardens Centre.
  The host team earned the top seed with an
  
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• Canada’s Eliot Grondin closes snowboard cross season with World Cup gold

  06-04-2025 19:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BEAUPRÉ — Canada’s Eliot Grondin struck World Cup gold in men’s snowboard cross to wrap up the season at Mont-Sainte-Anne on Sunday.
  France’s Aidan Chollet and Loan Bozzolo grabbed silver and bronze, respectively.Grondin, from Sainte-Marie, Que., won silver in Saturday’s final to clinch his second consecutive Crystal Globe, the overall season title.
  He needed a top-three finish in Saturday’s final to secure the Crystal Globe.
  Grondin won three gold, thr
  
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• Canadian women down France, finish third for second week in a row in HSBC SVNS play

  06-04-2025 17:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SINGAPORE — Tries by Carissa Norsten, Shalaya Valenzuela and Fancy Bermudez lifted Canada to a 21-5 win over France at the HSBC SVNS Singapore on Sunday as the Canadian women finished third for the second week in a row on the top-tier HSBC SVNS rugby sevens circuit.
  Breanne Nicholas converted all three tries for Canada, which conceded a late score by Lea Trollier.
  Canada, which beat France 21-17 in the third-place game in Hong Kong last week, stands fourth in the women’s season stand
  
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• Second child died from measles-related causes in West Texas, where cases are nearing 500

  06-04-2025 17:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A second school-aged child in West Texas has died from a measles-related illness, a hospital spokesman confirmed Sunday, as the outbreak continues to swell.Aaron Davis, a spokesperson for UMC Health System in Lubbock, Texas, said that the child was “receiving treatment for complications of measles while hospitalized” and was not vaccinated.A unvaccinated school-age child died of measles in February in Lubbock — the first measles death in the U.S. in a decade. In early March, an
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of April 6, 2025

  06-04-2025 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: Patrick AshamAge: 30
  Height: 5’9” ft Weight: 170lbsHair: Black Eyes: Brown
  Wanted: Unlawfully at Large
  Warrant in effect: March 29, 2025
  Parole Jurisdiction: Vancouver
  Name: Kalen DerlagoAge: 53
  Height: 6’6” ft Weight: 221lbs
  Hair: Black Eyes: Brown
  Wanted: Criminal Harassment and Fail to Appear
  Warrant in effect: March 24, 2025
  Parole Jurisdic
  
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• With 8.7m birds dead, B.C. farmers assess avian flu toll, and worry about what’s next

  06-04-2025 15:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — There is a window of relief for British Columbia farmers from the devastating waves of avian flu, leaving them to assess the toll of outbreaks spanning more than three years that saw millions of birds culled at hundreds of farms.
  Farmers and scientists also worry what the next migration of wild birds will bring this year.
  Some farmers moved their operations outside British Columbia’s Fraser Valley or have exited the industry altogether since the highly pathogenic H5N1 avi
  
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• ‘Special to the world’: Supporters hope to save beloved Drumheller dinosaur

  06-04-2025 14:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DRUMHELLER — A plan to send Tyra the tyrannosaurus, the popular tourist attraction that towers over the skyline in Drumheller, Alta., into proverbial extinction has sparked demands that she be spared.
  The town of 8,400 northeast of Calgary bills itself as the Dinosaur Capital of the World. Home to the famed Royal Tyrrell Museum, the community also has statues of dinosaurs that look like they’ve crawled out of “The Flintstones” cartoon greeting people on the streets.
  There
  
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• Pope appears before crowd in St. Peter’s Square, 2 weeks after his release from hospital

  06-04-2025 12:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis was rolled into St. Peter’s Square in a wheelchair during a special Jubilee Mass for the sick, marking his first public appearance at the Vatican on Sunday since his release from the hospital two weeks ago.
  The pontiff lifted his hands to wave at the crowd, who stood and applauded, as he was rolled to the front of the altar in the square.
  “Good Sunday to everyone,’’ the pope told the crowd. “Thank you very much.”
  The pont
  
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• ‘Tree police’: Quebec town charges $200 fee for homeowners with treeless yards

  06-04-2025 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — In the town of St-Amable, Que., it’s plant or pay up.As of this year, the municipality located 30 kilometres northeast of Montreal is imposing an annual tax of $200 for residents who don’t have a leafy tree in their front yard, with a goal of reducing heat islands and improving biodiversity.
  One public policy expert says using taxes to get people to be more green is a smart way to address environmental challenges — although not all residents agree with the town
  
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• Penalties prove to be Spruce Kings undoing against Chilliwack - My Prince George Now

  06-04-2025 10:26 via news.google.com
  Penalties prove to be Spruce Kings undoing against Chilliwack  My Prince George Now
  
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• Top leaders finish second week of election campaign

  06-04-2025 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Federal party leaders are prepared to finish the second week of the federal election campaign with events in Nova Scotia and British Columbia.
  NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is scheduled to make an announcement in Halifax, joined by the local candidate Lisa Roberts. He will later attend the Elbows Up, Canada! rally in Dartmouth to show patriotism and support for Canadians amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and threats to annex Canada as the 51st state. Singh is also expected in Montreal
  
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• Ottawa police to provide details on man who barricaded himself inside East Block

  06-04-2025 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Questions remain for Ottawa police this morning after a late-night arrest of a man who barricaded himself in Parliament Hill’s East Block on Saturday.Ottawa police say they arrested the man without incident late Saturday night after an hours-long lockdown that began after the man “gained unauthorized access” to East Block in the afternoon and barricaded himself inside the building.
  They initially released a warning for anyone in East Block, which houses parliamen
  
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• Flames settle for a point after ‘unlucky’ bounce leads to 3-2 overtime loss to Vegas

  06-04-2025 09:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Desperately trying to stay in the playoff hunt, the resilient Calgary Flames picked up an important point on Saturday night.
  Down 2-0 to the Vegas Golden Knights late in the second, Calgary fought back to get the game to overtime before succumbing 3-2 on a fluky bounce.
  On the winning goal at 4:31, Reilly Smith curled behind the Flames net then tried to backhand a pass into the slot. Instead, the puck deflected off the skate of Calgary defenceman MacKenzie Weegar and redirected o
  
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• George Moore Obituary - Chilliwack, BC - Dignity Memorial

  06-04-2025 09:00 via news.google.com
  George Moore Obituary - Chilliwack, BC  Dignity Memorial
  
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• NHL roundup: Blues extend win streak to 12 games with 5-4 victory over Avalanche

  06-04-2025 08:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Zack Bolduc scored two power-play goals, Robert Thomas added a goal and three assists, and the St. Louis Blues extended their franchise-best winning streak to 12 games with a 5-4 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night.
  St. Louis has the longest winning streak in the NHL this season and has won 11 straight home games.
  Jake Neighbours and Pavel Buchnevich also scored for the Blues and Jordan Binnington made 35 saves, matching the franchise record home win stre
  
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• Smith scores in OT as Golden Knights edge Flames 3-2

  06-04-2025 07:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Reilly Smith scored twice — including the overtime winner — on Saturday night as the Vegas Golden Knights edged the Calgary Flames 3-2.
  Pavel Dorofeyev, with his team-leading 33rd goal, had the other goal for Vegas (46-22-8), whose lead atop the Pacific Division over the hard-charging Los Angeles Kings remains at three points.
  Joel Hanley and Matt Coronato scored for Calgary (36-27-13).
  The Flames move to within four points of the idle Minnesota Wild who hold the seco
  
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• Suzuki steps up, Canadiens take four-point lead in wild-card race with comeback win

  06-04-2025 06:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Nick Suzuki is leading the charge in all kinds of situations for the Montreal Canadiens.
  Montreal’s captain has galvanized his team’s surge into the playoff picture with his offensive production since February.
  And when the Canadiens needed him to step up on the penalty kill Saturday, turns out he excels at that, too.
  Suzuki scored a short-handed goal and added an assist as the Canadiens scored three third-period goals to beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 at a rowdy B
  
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• Sabbi scores first MLS goal as Vancouver Whitecaps blank Colorado Rapids 2-0

  06-04-2025 05:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps continued their hot start to the season Saturday, blanking the visiting Colorado Rapids 2-0.Brian White opened the scoring for the ‘Caps (5-1-1) in the 19th minute and Emmanuel Sabbi padded the advantage with his first Major League Soccer goal in the 38th minute.It was a quiet night Vancouver goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka, who did not make a single save as he collected his fourth clean sheet of the campaign. Five of the Rapids’ seven shots were bl
  
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• Robertson makes case to be in Leafs’ Game 1 playoff lineup after two-goal performance

  06-04-2025 05:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Nick Robertson knows it’s a numbers game.
  The Maple Leafs winger did his part to make the playoff math more difficult for his head coach Saturday.
  Robertson scored Toronto’s first two goals in a 5-0 drubbing of the Columbus Blue Jackets after spending the last three games watching from the press box as a healthy scratch.
  The 23-year-old took advantage of a turnover in the first period to put his team up 1-0 before ripping another shot five-hole on Elvis Merzlikins in
  
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• Lindor’s sac fly caps Mets’ 3-2 comeback win over Blue Jays after Winker’s 2-run triple in the 8th

  06-04-2025 05:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Francisco Lindor’s walk-off sacrifice fly capped a late comeback that was keyed by Jesse Winker’s two-run triple in the eighth inning, leading the New York Mets to a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday night.
  Jose Siri drew a one-out walk in the ninth against Nick Sandlin (0-1), went to second base on a wild pitch and was held at third on Luis Torrens’ single. Lindor greeted closer Jeff Hoffman with a lineout to right-center and Siri scored
  
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• Lindor’s sacrifice fly caps Mets’ 3-2 comeback win over Blue Jays

  06-04-2025 05:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Francisco Lindor’s walk-off sacrifice fly capped a late comeback that was keyed by Jesse Winker’s two-run triple in the eighth inning, leading the New York Mets to a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday night.
  Jose Siri drew a one-out walk in the ninth against Nick Sandlin (0-1), went to second base on a wild pitch and was held at third on Luis Torrens’ single. Lindor greeted closer Jeff Hoffman with a lineout to right-centre and Siri scored
  
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• Keller, Hayton lead Utah to 4-1 win over league-leading Jets

  06-04-2025 04:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Clayton Keller and Barrett Hayton each had a goal and an assist, and the Utah Hockey Club beat the NHL-leading Winnipeg Jets 4-1 on Saturday night.
  Kevin Stenlund also had a goal and an assist, and Nick Bjugstad also scored for Utah, and Karel Vejmelka stopped 32 shots to get his third win in four games and improve to 24-21-7 this season.Mark Scheifele scored for the Jets, and Connor Hellebuyck finished with 24 saves.
  Keller gave Utah a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal
  
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• Jackson, Russell-Rowe each score as Crew edge winless Montreal 2-1

  06-04-2025 04:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Aziel (AZ) Jackson scored a goal in the 11th minute, Jacen Russell-Rowe added a goal and an assist and the Columbus Crew beat CF Montreal 2-1 on Saturday night.AZ, on the counterattack, ran onto a long arcing ball played ahead by Russell-Rowe and skipped a shot between defender Joel Waterman and goalkeeper Jonathan Sirois — who had charged off his line — that ricocheted off the back post into the net.Russell-Rowe, from Toronto, blasted a rising first-touch
  
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• Canadiens score three goals in third period, down Flyers 3-2 for fourth straight win

  06-04-2025 03:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist as the Montreal Canadiens scored three goals in the third period to beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Saturday night.
  Suzuki’s short-handed goal gave him 83 points on the season. Brendan Gallagher — with his 20th of the campaign — and Lane Hutson also scored for Montreal (37-30-9), which won its fourth straight amid a tight playoff race.
  Sam Montembeault made 21 saves in his fifth consecutive start.
  Ryan Poehling and Tyson
  
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• Talks of new soccer stadium in Vancouver tied to Whitecaps sale, team’s CEO says

  06-04-2025 03:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Talks about building a soccer-specific stadium in Vancouver are intrinsically tied to keeping a Major League Soccer team in the city, says the club’s CEO and sporting director.“We are only working on one plan, one goal, and this is to keep the club in Vancouver and to find a very good setup for the future for this club in Vancouver,” Axel Schuster told reporters Saturday. “And part of all of this is to look in every possible option that might be needed t
  
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• Canadian-based flyweight Diana Belbita loses via submission on UFC Fight Night card

  06-04-2025 03:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS — Brazilian Dione (The Witch) Barbosa submitted Canadian-based flyweight Diana (Warrior Princess) Belbita in the first round on the undercard of a UFC Fight Night show Saturday.
  The bout marked a return to the 125-pound weight class from strawweight (115) for Belbita, whose MMA career has been dogged by injury. The 28-year-old has now lost three straight and four of the last five. Her UFC record dropped to 2-6-0 since making her debut in the promotion in 2019.
  Originally from Rom
  
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• Canucks dig in after slow start to blow past Ducks 6-2

  06-04-2025 02:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks looked flat early but rookie defenceman Elias Pettersson provided a spark with his first NHL goal, igniting a five-goal first-period outburst in a 6-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks Saturday afternoon.
  Vancouver trailed 1-0 just 82 seconds into the first period. Coming off a 5-0 loss to Seattle on Wednesday the Canucks confidence looked fragile, but Pettersson tied the match at 9:40 off a pretty assist from Linus Karlsson.That put the Canucks on a roll, scorin
  
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• Update: 1 lane open after vehicle fire impacts Highway 1, west of Chilliwack

  06-04-2025 01:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UPDATE: DriveBC says the left lane of Highway 1 is open following this afternoon’s vehicle fire just before No. 3 Road.
  Original story below:
  ABBOTSFORD — DriveBC says a vehicle fire west of No. 3 Road has closed eastbound Highway 1, just west of Chilliwack.
  According to a social media post at 3:38 p.m. Saturday afternoon (Apr. 5), DriveBC says motorists should expect major delays in the area leading up to No. 3 Road (exit 104), the turn-off to Cultus Lake and Yarrow.
  Motorists are a
  
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• Kuemper’s nets fifth shutout of the season as Kings blank Oilers 3-0

  06-04-2025 01:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kevin Fiala scored his 30th goal of the season, Darcy Kuemper made 27 saves in his fifth shutout of the season, and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-0 on Saturday.Andrei Kuzmenko and Trevor Lewis also scored for the Kings, who can secure a playoff berth if Vegas beats Calgary later Saturday.
  With the win, Los Angeles closed within a point of Pacific Division-leading Vegas — pending the outcome of the Golden Knights’ game against the Flames &md
  
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• Brian Harman survives the wind, leads Texas Open by three shots

  06-04-2025 01:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Brian Harman survived 50 kilometres-per-hour wind by playing the final 13 holes without a bogey, giving him an even-par 72 and a three-shot lead in a Valero Texas Open so difficult that only six players managed to break par.
  Harman had his chance to join them until narrowly missing a 12-foot birdie attempt on the final hole at the TPC San Antonio.He was more than satisfied to finish with his first 54-hole lead since he won the British Open two years ago at Royal Liverpoo
  
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• Boutier outlasts Buhai in 28 holes in longest match in T-Mobile Match Play history

  06-04-2025 01:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — Celine Boutier outlasted Ashleigh Buhai on the 28th hole Saturday in the longest match in the five-year history of the T-Mobile Match Play, sending the Frenchwoman to quarterfinals.
  The previous record was 22 holes, set twice.
  Boutier faced Madelene Sagstrom later Saturday. Sagstrom also needed extended time, beating Carlota Ciganda in 19 holes.
  Second-ranked Jeeno Thitikul routed Nataliya Guseva 8 and 7. Thitikul is the only remaining player ranked in the top
  
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• Canucks score five first-period goals en route to 6-2 victory over Ducks

  06-04-2025 01:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks gave up a goal on the first shot on net then scored five times in four minutes 30 seconds en route to a 6-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday afternoon.
  Brock Boeser scored a power-play goal and added an assist for Vancouver (35-28-13) which is six points behind Minnesota for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. The Canucks also have a game in hand on the Wild.
  Elias Pettersson, Conor Garland, Flip Hronek, Dakota Joshua and Max Sasson als
  
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• Vehicle fire closes e/b Highway 1, west of Chilliwack

  06-04-2025 00:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — DriveBC says a vehicle fire west of No. 3 Road has closed eastbound Highway 1, just west of Chilliwack.
  According to a social media post at 3:38 p.m. Saturday afternoon (Apr. 5), DriveBC says motorists should expect major delays in the area leading up to No. 3 Road (exit 104), the turn-off to Cultus Lake and Yarrow.
  Motorists are asked to use South Parallel Road as an alternate route.Google Maps shows heavy traffic all the way back to Cole Road (eastbound exit 99).
  
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• B.C. Premier to meet with Mark Carney over the soaring lumber duties imposed by U.S.

  06-04-2025 00:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby says he will meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday to discuss launching a Team Canada approach to support workers in the forestry sector in response to the latest U.S. decision on softwood lumber duties.
  The U.S. Department of Commerce said on Friday that it has determined a combined preliminary anti-subsidy and anti-dumping duty rate of 34.45 per cent for Canadian lumber following an administrative review — more double the curre
  
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• Chilliwack Tulip Festival canceled this year after weather-related damage - Fraser Valley Today

  06-04-2025 00:31 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack Tulip Festival canceled this year after weather-related damage  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Chilliwack Tulip Festival canceled this year after weather-related damage

  06-04-2025 00:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — For the second year in a row, a local flower fest has issued an unexpected closure of its nearly two-million tulip field in Greendale.In a post on Tuesday, April 2, the Botanica Flower Festival shared that adverse weather events damaged a portion of the field and rendered it unfit for viewing.“We strongly believe in delivering value for your money, and this year, after careful consideration, we felt that this would be less than the full experience you deserve,” wro
  
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• Swearing Iced: Canadian curlers trying to keep swear jar empty at world championship

  06-04-2025 00:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MOOSE JAW — The Canadian team’s swear jar remains empty at the Temple Gardens Centre.A team that’s unafraid to let salty language fly in the heat of competition has made a conscious effort to bite its tongue at the BKT World Men’s Curling Championship.
  “There’s a lot of people that hate it. There’s lot of people that love it,” Canada lead Ben Hebert said of on-ice profanity. “So it is what it is, but we’re not doing it this week.”
  
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• Ottawa Senators down Florida Panthers 3-0 to move closer to ending playoff drought

  06-04-2025 00:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — With a few minutes left in Ottawa’s 3-0 win over the Florida Panthers on Saturday afternoon, the Senators crowd chanted loudly, “We want playoffs.”
  With the win, Ottawa (41-29-6) moved 12 games above .500 and closer to its first post-season berth since 2016-17.
  “I’ve never seen a buzz like this,” Ottawa’s Drake Batherson said. “It creates momentum for our group.
  “Every weekday game this week has been pretty well sold out, you c
  
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