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• Harvard sues Trump administration to stop the freeze of more than $2 billion in grants

  21-04-2025 23:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University announced Monday that it was suing the Trump administration to halt a freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus.
  In a letter to Harvard earlier this month, Trump’s administration had called for broad government and leadership reforms at the university, as well as changes to its admissions policies. It also demanded the university audit views
  
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• Seattle Kraken fire coach Dan Bylsma after one season

  21-04-2025 23:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Seattle Kraken fired coach Dan Bylsma on Monday, ending his tenure after one season far out of playoff contention.
  The Kraken regressed after Bylsma took over for Dave Hakstol, who coached them for their first four seasons of existence and got them to the playoffs in 2023. They finished 35-41-6 for 76 points — 20 back of the second and final wild-card spot in the Western Conference — after 81 the previous season.
  Bylsma had been promoted from within after coaching the American Ho
  
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• Leafs preach discipline against Sens, vow to make life difficult for ‘annoying’ Greig

  21-04-2025 23:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ridly Greig raised his arms and delivered a cross-check up high on John Tavares.
  The Ottawa Senators forward was initially assessed a five-minute penalty that was reduced to a minor upon review.
  Then, late in Toronto’s 6-2 victory over its provincial rival Sunday that opened the first playoff Battle of Ontario in more than two decades, Greig crashed into goaltender Anthony Stolarz after some light contact from Mitch Marner. The sequence had the Maple Leafs wondering out lou
  
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• Large police presence behind old retail store on Vedder Road in Chilliwack

  21-04-2025 23:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Numerous RCMP officers are involved in an investigation behind Chilliwack’s old Canadian Tire retail store at 7560 Vedder Road. According to witnesses, police cruisers were first spotted in the area late Monday morning.
  Images from the scene appear to show that a black tent has been set up to assist RCMP investigators in their work. Often, police will set up a tent to protect evidence and officers from weather elements during an investigation.
  Image: A black tent is set
  
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• Colorado Avalanche activate captain Gabriel Landeskog off injured reserve

  21-04-2025 23:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS (AP) — The Colorado Avalanche activated captain Gabriel Landeskog off injured reserve, paving the way for him to return from his nearly three-year absence as soon as Game 2 of Colorado’s first-round series against the Dallas Stars on Monday night.
  Landeskog, now 32, has not played in an NHL game since June 26, 2022, when he and the Avalanche beat Tampa Bay to win the Stanley Cup.
  A chronic right knee injury that led to two surgeries kept him off the ice through multiple attemp
  
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• Vancouver Island city-owned clinic on track to sign two more doctors, mayor says

  21-04-2025 23:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COLWOOD — The mayor of a Vancouver Island community hiring doctors as city employees says it is “very close” to signing two more physicians for its clinic even as other communities inquire about replicating its model.Colwood Mayor Doug Kobayashi says the city’s clinic currently has one doctor on staff, another is due to arrive in September, and they are close to signing employment contracts with two more physicians.Kobayashi says they have had a lot of applications, but t
  
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• Police identify Tyler Smith as homicide victim found in burned home in Langley, B.C.

  21-04-2025 23:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY — British Columbia’s Homicide Investigation Team is identifying the person who was found dead inside a burned Langley home hoping to further its investigation.It says the death of 47-year-old Tyler Smith has been confirmed as a homicide, adding that he had recently moved to the area.
  Langley RCMP previously said they received a report of a structure fire near the intersection of 56 Avenue and Glover Road shortly after seven on Friday morning.The Mounties confirmed a body was
  
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• Victim identified in Langley homicide investigation

  21-04-2025 22:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY. — Police have identified the victim in a Langley homicide that began as a suspicious fire late last week.
  Langley RCMP were called to a structure fire in the 20500 block of 56 Avenue around 7:24 a.m. on April 18, where a body was discovered inside. The death was deemed suspicious and the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) was called in.
  Image: Tyler Smith has been identified as the victim of a homicide in Langley. His body was found in an apartment on the second floor f
  
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• ‘Patrik’s priority’: Canucks look to strengthen centre position this off-season

  21-04-2025 22:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The result of the rift between former Canucks centre J.T. Miller and current Vancouver star Elias Pettersson was the main talking point when team president Jim Rutherford and general manager Patrik Allvin addressed the media on Monday.
  It’s been almost three months since the issue between the two players led to the Canucks trading Miller to the New York Rangers. Vancouver went on to finish six points out of the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
  “We went
  
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• Police incident in Sardis has traffic blocked, bottle depot closed - The Chilliwack Progress

  21-04-2025 22:04 via news.google.com
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• Wife of former US Sen. Bob Menendez convicted in bribery scheme

  21-04-2025 21:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Nadine Menendez, the wife of former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, was convicted Monday of teaming up with her husband to accept bribes of cash, gold bars and a luxury car from three New Jersey men looking for help with their business dealings or legal troubles.
  The jury returned its verdict in the same federal courthouse in Manhattan where a different jury convicted Bob Menendez of many of the same charges last year. The Democrat is supposed to begin serving an 11-year prison ter
  
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• On the eve of Earth Day, Abbotsford residents urged to pitch in for Community Clean-Up Month

  21-04-2025 21:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — There’s still time to get involved in Community Clean-Up Month, and the City of Abbotsford is encouraging residents to take part before the end of April.
  While the month-long campaign is already well underway, residents can still register and access free cleanup supplies from the city, including gloves, garbage bags and litter pickers.
  The program runs every April and aims to inspire volunteerism, promote environmental stewardship and beautify neighbourhoods in celebrati
  
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• Fire tears through Chilliwack building - CTV News

  21-04-2025 21:12 via news.google.com
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• Kenya’s John Korir follows brother’s advice to men’s Boston Marathon title, place in history

  21-04-2025 21:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Six months after claiming the top spot on the podium at the Chicago Marathon, John Korir toed the start line of his third Boston Marathon feeling good about his chances for another strong performance.
  After finishing one place short of the top 3 at the Boston Marathon a year ago, the 28-year-old Kenyan began his training for this year’s race by first seeking the advice of a trusted past champion: his big brother.
  Wesley Korir, who is 14 years older than John, won the wo
  
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• Public invited to tune into Chilliwack school board budget presentation - The Chilliwack Progress

  21-04-2025 20:59 via news.google.com
  Public invited to tune into Chilliwack school board budget presentation  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Collision snarls westbound traffic along Highway 1 near Abbotsford

  21-04-2025 20:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A late Monday morning collision along Highway 1 between Mt. Lehman Road and Bradner Road has blocked two westbound lanes.
  According to DriveBC, the left lane and the centre lane have been closed by the crash.A long line of traffic has already formed behind the scene of the collision.Authorities are on the scene to investigate the crash however no other details are available at this point.It’s not known how many vehicles were involved or whether there were any injuries as
  
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• Edmonton Oilers name Stuart Skinner starting goalie to begin playoff run

  21-04-2025 20:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES — Stuart Skinner will start in goal for the Edmonton Oilers when they begin their playoff run against the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night.
  Head coach Kris Knoblauch confirmed his starting netminder for Game 1 of the first-round playoff series after morning skate.Skinner was the Oilers starter through much of the regular season, but missed eight games late in the campaign after taking a knee to the head in Edmonton’s 4-3 loss to the Dallas Stars on March 26.
  He returned
  
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• Hawks promote Canada’s Saleh to replace fired Landry Fields as general manager

  21-04-2025 20:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Atlanta Hawks promoted Edmonton’s Onsi Saleh to general manager after firing Landry Fields on Monday.
  Landry was GM for three seasons in Atlanta, with the team missing the playoffs in the last two of those.
  The Hawks also announced that they have opened a search for a president of basketball operations. Atlanta went 40-42 this season, then missed the playoffs after going 0-2 in the play-in tournament.
  “Every offseason we evaluate how we operate and ways we can improve our organiz
  
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• Local athlete wins U18 gold in 2025 Pan American Championships

  21-04-2025 19:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A 15-year-old athlete has stirred some local pride recently after nabbing gold at the 2025 Pan American Championships in Montgomery, U.S.A.
  On March 23, Chilliwack local Michal Smiesko placed ninth in the heats and beat five other Canadian boats to the A finals. He then placed sixth in the Men’s Kayak Final, earning him the podium’s top spot for the Junior (U18) Canoe Slalom medal.
  29-year-old Martin Srabotnik took first place in the overall final.
  Image: Stanislav
  
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• A Wyoming judge suspends abortion clinic regulations while a lawsuit proceeds

  21-04-2025 19:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s only abortion clinic can resume providing surgical abortions after a judge on Monday suspended two state laws.
  District Judge Thomas Campbell issued the ruling in a lawsuit filed by Wellspring Health Access and others to challenge the laws. One law requires clinics providing surgical abortions to be licensed as outpatient surgical centers and the other requires women to get an ultrasound before a medication abortion.
  Wellspring Health Access stopped pr
  
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• Veteran Oilers forward Jeff Skinner set to snap 15-season playoff drought

  21-04-2025 19:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES — Jeff Skinner has experienced a lot over 1,078 NHL games. The energy and excitement of a playoff game, though, have eluded him so far.
  That will change Monday when Skinner and the Edmonton Oilers take the ice for Game 1 of their first-round series against the Los Angeles Kings.The chance to go on a post-season run is part of what drew Skinner to Edmonton as a free agent last summer.“Obviously coming here, my first year here, and I knew that we have a pretty good team, we
  
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• Special Olympics BC organizing a return to Hope - The Chilliwack Progress

  21-04-2025 19:10 via news.google.com
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• Montreal’s Diallo advances to second round of Madrid Open qualifying

  21-04-2025 18:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADRID — Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo advanced to the second round of qualifying at the Madrid Open tennis tournament with a comfortable 6-3, 6-3 win over American Nicolas Moreno De Alboran on Monday.
  The 23-year-old Diallo, seeded third in the qualifying tournament for the ATP Masters clay-court event, had nine aces to Moreno de Alboran’s one.
  The six-foot-eight Canadian saved the only break point he faced by converting three of the seven chances he had, including one in the deci
  
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• None of Canada’s five cardinals likely to be next pope, Vatican experts say

  21-04-2025 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Canadian cardinal was a top contender the last time a new pope was elected, but observers say that’s unlikely to be the case this time around.Canada’s five cardinals all have marks against them, ranging from advanced age to inexperience to allegations of sexual misconduct, according to Vatican experts.“I would be quite surprised if one of them was elected,” said Mark McGowan, a professor of history at the University of St. Michael’s College in Tor
  
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• Gunman who killed 23 in a racist attack at a Walmart in El Paso pleads guilty to capital murder

  21-04-2025 18:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack at a Walmart in El Paso — one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history — pleaded guilty Monday to capital murder in a state district court.
  Patrick Crusius was automatically be sentenced to life in prison without parole in the massacre near the U.S.-Mexico border. The change of plea comes after local prosecutors took the death penalty off the table.
  Crusius has acknowledged he targeted Hispanics on
  
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• Abbotsford police seize a dozen vehicles Easter night

  21-04-2025 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Seems like some Abbotsford drivers tried to rush home after Easter dinner as AbbyPD’s Traffic and Patrol teams impounded 12 vehicles overnight on Sunday, April 20.Half of the cars had excessive speeders. Most notably, a taxi was caught speeding at 100 km/h in a 50 km/h zone, with four passengers inside.“Our Traffic Unit promptly notified the Passenger Transportation Branch,” said the Abbotsford Police Department in a social media post. “Road safety rema
  
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• ‘The runners are coming’: Boston Marathon helps celebrate 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War

  21-04-2025 16:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Paul Revere rode down Boylston Street to the Boston Marathon finish line — or almost there, as it turned out — proclaiming “the runners are coming” on Monday morning as the world’s oldest and most prestigious annual marathon helped celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War.
  Reenactors on horseback, accompanied by a fife and drum playing “Yankee Doodle,” helped start the festivities and add a bit of levity when Revere&rs
  
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• ‘Humility, compassion and care for others’: How Canadians are remembering Pope Francis

  21-04-2025 16:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadians are reacting to Pope Francis’s death on Easter Monday, which came more than two months after he was hospitalized for a respiratory infection.
  Here’s what some notable Canadians have to say.
  “Pope Francis was a voice of moral clarity, spiritual courage, and boundless compassion. He was in many respects the world’s conscience — never hesitating to challenge the powerful on behalf of the vulnerable.”-Prime Minister Mark Carney, at a campaign stop in Cha
  
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• Some emergency departments installing AI weapons detection amid rising violence

  21-04-2025 15:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — London Health Sciences Centre is the latest Canadian hospital to install a weapons detection system in its emergency department as health-care workers across the country continue to grapple with increasing violence.The southwestern Ontario health-care network started using one of the artificial intelligence-driven systems at its University Hospital site on April 15 and will install a second one at Victoria Hospital on May 6.The head of the health sciences centre, David Musyj, sai
  
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• Canonization of the first millennial saint, Carlo Acutis, postponed after the death of Pope Francis

  21-04-2025 13:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The canonization of the first millennial saint, Carlo Acutis, has been postponed due to the death Monday of Pope Francis, the Vatican announced.
  Acutis was to be canonized next Sunday, on the occasion of the Jubilee celebration for adolescents.
  The canonization Mass was to be held at St. Peter’s Square, but the faithful have been flocking to Assisi, Italy, where his body — wearing sneakers, jeans and a sweatshirt — lies in a shrine. He was 15 when he d
  
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• Canada’s prep for 2026 Olympic women’s hockey tournament radically revised

  21-04-2025 12:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE — How Canada prepares to win another Olympic gold medal in women’s hockey is going to be dramatically different.
  The six-team Professional Women’s Hockey League is now able to provide a lot of what Hockey Canada did, meaning women will not move to Calgary to spend half a year trying out for the 2026 team in Milan-Cortina, Italy.
  What was known as “centralization” every four years was designed to push Canada’s women to their li
  
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• ‘Who am I to judge?’ Pope Francis had an informal, lighthearted speaking style

  21-04-2025 11:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, who died on Monday, had an informal, lighthearted speaking style, and sometimes he even created words in a combination of his native Spanish with the Italian that he spoke as pope.
  Some of his memorable quotes:A simple, initial greeting
  “Brothers and sisters, good evening!” — Francis’ first words delivered from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica after his election as pontiff on March 13, 2013.
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  A plea to remember the poor
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• Global tributes pour in to honor Pope Francis after his death

  21-04-2025 11:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LYON, France (AP) — Tributes to Pope Francis instantly poured in from around the world from presidents to people of all walks of like on Monday after the Vatican announced the pontiff’s death at age 88.President Emmanuel Macron of France, a country that is largely Roman Catholic, focused on the pope’s impact on the church, writing on X that “From Buenos Aires to Rome, Pope Francis wanted the Church to bring joy and hope to the poorest. For it to unite humans among themsel
  
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• Francis changed church policy on the death penalty and nuclear weapons but upheld it on abortion

  21-04-2025 11:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear weapons, upheld it in others such as abortion, and made inroads with Muslims and believers who long felt marginalized.
  Where Francis, who died on Monday, stood on key issues:
  Abortion
  Francis upheld church teaching opposing abortion and echoed his predecessors in saying that human life is sacred and must be defended. He described abortion, as well as euthanasia, as e
  
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• Pope Francis reached out to migrants and the LGBTQ+ community, but also drew unusual opposition

  21-04-2025 11:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Some takeaways about the life of Pope Francis, who died Monday:
  Background
  Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born Dec. 17, 1936, to Italian immigrants in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five children. He was ordained a Jesuit priest in 1969 and led the religious order in Argentina during the country’s murderous dictatorship from 1976-83. He became archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and elevated to cardinal in 2001 by St. John Paul II. He was elected the 266th pope
  
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• Pope Francis apologized for residential schools on historic Canadian visit

  21-04-2025 11:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  On a warm July day in 2022, thousands of dignitaries, Indigenous leaders and residential school survivors travelled from across Canada to powwow grounds in central Alberta.
  For some, the journey took days. For others, decades.They had all come to hear Pope Francis apologize for the Catholic Church’s role in residential schools.
  Francis died Monday at the Vatican. He was 88.
  It was on the stage at Maskwacis, Alta., where Francis made history.
  He said he was sorry and ashamed for abuses comm
  
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• Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff who ministered with a charming, humble style, dies at 88

  21-04-2025 10:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, died Monday. He was 88.
  Bells tolled in church towers across Rome after the announcement, which was read out by Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, from the chapel of the Domus Santa Marta, where Francis lived.“At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome
  
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• From Buenos Aires to Rome: Key dates in the life of Pope Francis

  21-04-2025 10:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday:
  Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five children to Mario Jose Bergoglio, an accountant from Italy, and Regina María Sívori, the daughter of Italian immigrants.
  Dec. 13, 1969: Ordained a priest with the Jesuit religious order, which he would lead as Argentina provincial superior during the country’s murderou
  
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• Canadians remember Pope Francis for historic apology for residential schools

  21-04-2025 10:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Pope Francis will be remembered by Canadian Catholics as a progressive leader whose approach to the papacy helped usher in a new era of Indigenous relations and make the church more responsive to its rank and file.
  The Vatican says the pontiff died Monday at age 88.
  Francis was the global leader of Canada’s most popular organized religion. Nearly 11 million Canadians identified as Catholic in the 2021 census, second only to those without a religious affiliation.
  His most la
  
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• In the news today: Advance polls open for final day before election

  21-04-2025 10:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Advance polls open for final day before election
  Canadians hoping to vote early in the upcoming federal election have until the end of the day to visit an advance polling station as the campaign enters its final week.
  Today is the fourth and final day that advance polls will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. before the general election date of April 28..
  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will return to
  
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• Pope Francis has died, the Vatican camerlengo, announces

  21-04-2025 10:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis died Monday morning, Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, announced.
  “At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the home of the Father. His entire life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and of his Church,″ Farrell said in the announcement.
  “He taught us to live the values of the Gospel with faithfulness, courage, and universal love, especially for the poorest and most marginalized.
  “With immense
  
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• Advance polls open for last day as election campaign heads into final week

  21-04-2025 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canadians hoping to vote early in the upcoming federal election have until the end of the day to visit an advance polling station as the campaign enters its final week.
  Today is the fourth and final day that advance polls will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. before the general election date of April 28.
  And until 6 p.m. local time on Tuesday, Canadians can also either cast their ballot at an Elections Canada office in their riding or apply to vote by mail.
  Conservative Leader Pierre
  
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• Howden scores twice and Golden Knights beat Wild 4-2 in Game 1

  21-04-2025 08:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Brett Howden had never scored double-digit goals until this season. Then he went out and scored 23.
  Turns out, Howden isn’t finished.
  He had what turned out to be the game-winning goal and later delivered an empty netter, and the Vegas Golden Knights opened their first-round Western Conference playoffs series with a 4-2 victory Sunday night over the Minnesota Wild.
  Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy said he told Howden to stick with what he did in the regular season
  
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• NHL linesman injured in Game 1 of Wild-Golden Knights playoff series

  21-04-2025 07:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Linesman Bryan Pancich left Sunday night’s Minnesota-Vegas playoff game 3:37 into the second period after a collision with Golden Knights forward Brett Howden.
  Backup official Frederick L’Ecuyer took Pancich’s place in the opening game of the first-round Western Conference series.
  Howden was trying to bat down a puck in the offensive zone when he appeared to make contact with Pancich’s head with both by the boards.
  Howden briefly knelt down to check
  
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• Hurricanes take Game 1 over Devils 4-1

  21-04-2025 07:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Logan Stankoven scored two second-period goals in his first playoff game with Carolina as the Hurricanes beat the New Jersey Devils 4-1 on Sunday to open their first-round series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
  Jalen Chatfield scored a first-period goal for the Hurricanes, who carried a 3-0 lead late into the second period and kept consistent pressure on Devils netminder Jacob Markstrom. Andrei Svechnikov added an empty-net clincher late in the third.
  Frederik Andersen fi
  
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• Howden scores twice, Golden Knights beat Wild 4-2 in Game 1

  21-04-2025 07:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Brett Howden scored two goals, and the Vegas Golden Knights opened their first-round Western Conference playoff series with a 4-2 victory Sunday night over the Minnesota Wild.
  Tomas Hertl had a goal and an assist for the Golden Knights, Pavel Dorofeyev also scored, and Adin Hill made 18 saves.
  Matt Boldy scored both Wild goals, Kirill Kaprizov assisted on both, and Filip Gustavsson stopped 23 shots.
  Game 2 is Tuesday night in Las Vegas.
  Both teams traded goals in the first
  
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• Lack of discipline proves costly as Senators drop first-round series opener to Leafs

  21-04-2025 05:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Ottawa Senators made their first appearance in the NHL post-season in eight years on Sunday night.Their lack of playoff experience showed in a 6-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena.
  Undisciplined play, so-so goaltending and a weak penalty kill all proved costly in the opener of the best-of-seven first-round playoff series.“We definitely have to stay out of the box, I’ll say that,” said Senators head coach Travis Green. “At the end of
  
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• NHL playoffs: Hurricanes open first-round series with 4-1 win over Devils

  21-04-2025 05:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Logan Stankoven scored two second-period goals in his first playoff game with Carolina as the Hurricanes beat the New Jersey Devils 4-1 on Sunday to open their first-round series in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
  Jalen Chatfield scored a first-period goal for the Hurricanes, who carried a 3-0 lead late into the second period and kept consistent pressure on Devils netminder Jacob Markstrom. Andrei Svechnikov added an empty-net clincher late in the third.
  Frederik Andersen fi
  
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• Lindblad wins JM Eagle LA Championship in third start as LPGA Tour member

  21-04-2025 04:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ingrid Lindblad won the JM Eagle LA Championship on Sunday in her third start as an LPGA Tour member, avoiding a playoff when fellow rookie Akie Iwai bogeyed the final hole at El Caballero Country Club.
  Playing a group ahead of Iwai, Lindblad shot a 4-under 68 to finish at 21-under 277. The 25-year-old former LSU star from Sweden made the last of her six birdies on the par-5 11th and parred the final seven holes. She had two front-nine bogeys.
  Iwai followed a third-round
  
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• Ingrid Lindblad wins JM Eagle LA Championship in 3rd start as LPGA Tour member

  21-04-2025 04:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ingrid Lindblad won the JM Eagle LA Championship on Sunday in her third start as an LPGA Tour member, avoiding a playoff when fellow rookie Akie Iwai bogeyed the final hole at El Caballero Country Club.
  “You should never not expect it, right?” Lindblad said. “But obviously got it done in a couple starts. Just kind of crazy.”
  Playing a group ahead of Iwai, Lindblad shot a 4-under 68 to finish at 21-under 277. The 25-year-old former LSU star from Sw
  
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