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• Chilliwack Chiefs moving into Coastal Conference finals - The Chilliwack Progress

  29-04-2025 23:45
  Chilliwack Chiefs moving into Coastal Conference finals  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Black bear killed after attacking woman in Whistler, B.C.

  29-04-2025 23:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WHISTLER — Conservation officers in British Columbia say they killed a black bear after it attacked a woman walking her dog in Whistler.
  A statement posted online by the Conservation Officer Service says the woman was walking her leashed dog in the Kadenwood neighbourhood around 8:30 p.m. on Monday when she was knocked to the ground and bitten by the bear.The statement says she was taken to hospital by ambulance and suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
  Conservation officers did a sweep
  
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• Trump dismisses Biden nominees to US Holocaust Memorial Council, including Doug Emhoff

  29-04-2025 22:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has dismissed many of former President Joe Biden’s nominees to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, including Doug Emhoff, the husband of former Vice President Kamala Harris.
  Emhoff, who is Jewish and who led the Biden administration’s efforts to combat antisemitism, criticized Trump’s action, saying, “Let me be clear: Holocaust remembrance and education should never be politicized.”
  He added, “To turn on
  
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• B.C.’s auditor general finds legal aid lacks processes to ensure timely services

  29-04-2025 22:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s auditor general says the body in charge of providing legal aid for those with low incomes doesn’t have processes or information to ensure people get timely and high-quality help.
  The report from acting auditor general Sheila Dodds says Legal Aid BC decided its funding needs based on current demand rather than growth forecasts, never determined the number of lawyers it needed and didn’t follow its own policies on client intake and eligibility.
  
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• Rick Tocchet steps away as Vancouver Canucks head coach after turbulent season

  29-04-2025 22:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Rick Tocchet will not return as the Vancouver Canucks head coach next season.The Canucks announced the news on Wednesday, saying Tocchet has chosen to step away after discussions with the team and management.
  Tocchet had a 108-65-27 record after taking over the Vancouver bench on Jan. 22, 2023, and his contract gave the Canucks the option of keeping him for next season.Vancouver’s president of hockey operations, Jim Rutherford, said earlier this month that the team would
  
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• Democrat lawmakers celebrate Carney’s Liberal win, most Republicans remain silent

  29-04-2025 22:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Democrat lawmakers in the United States applauded the Liberals’ election win under Mark Carney on Tuesday — while most Republican lawmakers stayed silent about an election campaign that turned into a rebuke of U.S. President Donald Trump’s taunts and tariffs.
  “I congratulate Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberal party on their success in Canada’s election,” former president Joe Biden posted on social media. “I’m confident Ma
  
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• RCMP respond to two high-risk incidents in Mission

  29-04-2025 22:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MISSION — Mission RCMP dealt with a pair of high-risk calls Sunday (Apr. 27), including a standoff involving a loaded compound bow and a domestic assault case.
  Mounties were first called around 2:30 p.m. to a rural property on Silverdale Avenue where a dispute between neighbours escalated to one man pointing a loaded compound bow at another.
  Police say the 53-year-old suspect briefly came outside when officers arrived, but then retreated inside. Due to concerns about the weapon and the man
  
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• Peterman, Gallant post 11-6 win over South Korea at curling mixed doubles worlds

  29-04-2025 22:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  FREDERICTON — Canada’s Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant rebounded with an 11-6 win over South Korea in Tuesday’s afternoon draw at the world mixed doubles curling championship.
  The duo from Chestermere, Alta., improved to 5-1, tied for second place in its 10-team round-robin pool with Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg and Oskar Eriksson.
  Italy’s Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner, who handed Canada its only loss so far in the evening draw on Monday, led Pool A at 6-0.
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• CP NewsAlert: Liberals projected to finish just shy of majority in razor-close race

  29-04-2025 21:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting Prime Minister Mark Carney will lead a minority Liberal government.
  Elections Canada has nearly wrapped up counting all the ballots in what turned out to be a razor-close race that will leave the Liberals three seats short of winning a majority.
  Recounts in some ridings are expected.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Pacific Institution inmate dies while in custody

  29-04-2025 21:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — Corrections Canada says an inmate at the Pacific Institution in Abbotsford died while in custody over the weekend.
  According to a news release, 81-year-old Darwin Heilman died of apparent natural causes Sunday (Apr. 27).
  Heilman had been in custody since 1971 and was serving an indeterminate sentence.
  Corrections Canada policy requires that police and the coroner be notified of the death of any inmate.
  
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• A look at the rivalry between Toronto FC and CF Montreal over the years

  29-04-2025 21:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Toronto FC and CF Montreal, who meet Wednesday in the preliminary round of the Telus Canadian Championship, have had some memorable encounters in the past. A look at some of their on-field clashes:— Montreal won the 2014 Canadian Championship final with Brazilian midfielder Felipe scoring in the 91st minute for a 1-0 victory in the second leg at Saputo Stadium after the teams drew 1-1 in the opening leg.
  — In the 2016 MLS playoffs, Toronto won a wild two-legged Eastern Conference fin
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Family of three from Colombia died in B.C. festival attack, says son

  29-04-2025 21:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Three members of a family of Colombian immigrants have been identified among the 11 people killed in Saturday’s vehicle attack in Vancouver.Vancouver resident Alejandro Samper says he lost his mother Glitza Maria Caicedo, father Daniel Samper and sister Glitza Daniela Samper in the attack on the Lapu Lapu Day festival.More coming.
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• Blue Jays activate Gold Glove outfielder Daulton Varsho off injured list

  29-04-2025 21:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays activated outfielder Daulton Varsho off the 10-day injured list Tuesday ahead of a game against the visiting Boston Red Sox.
  Varsho started the season on the injured list as he continued to recover from a right shoulder procedure in September.
  He recently completed a rehab assignment with the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons.
  Varsho is in his third season with the Blue Jays. He hit .214 with 18 home runs and 58 runs batted in last season while earning his first Gold
  
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• Ontario, Prairies blocked Liberals from an election-night majority blowout

  29-04-2025 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Liberals rose from the ashes under Prime Minister Mark Carney but the party’s failure to sweep many of its targeted ridings last night denied it a resounding majority mandate.
  A big part of that failure happened in Ontario, where the party lost many incumbents — even as Carney called for a strong mandate to deal with the threat posed by U.S. President Donald Trump.
  Abacus Data CEO David Coletto says the party fell short in Ontario, lost seats in the Greater Toronto
  
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• Ottawa police say officer-involved shooting near downtown mall

  29-04-2025 20:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Police presence is heavy around a downtown Ottawa mall as police report an officer-involved shooting in the area.
  Ottawa Police said on social media the doors to the Rideau Centre were locked, but they have since re-opened.
  The shooting took place near the northeast corner of that mall, which is located a short walk away from Parliament Hill.
  Police say there is no active threat to public safety, and there are “no outstanding suspects.”
  Parliamentary Protective Service
  
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• Abbotsford police arrest local driver who tried to flee from authorities

  29-04-2025 20:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — Abbotsford Police say officers were able to arrest a 20-year-old man who attempted to flee from authorities Sunday (Apr. 27) night.
  Police say they spotted the prohibited driver near South Fraser Way and Emerson Street around 6:40 p.m. Once the driver failed to stop, police say they used covert tactics to catch up with the man and arrest him within 16 minutes.
  The Abbotsford man is facing multiple criminal charges, including dangerous driving, flight from police, and prohibite
  
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• B.C. Premier David Eby not interested in taking on federal NDP leadership

  29-04-2025 20:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — B.C. Premier David Eby says he’s not interested in taking the helm of the federal NDP, now that the party finds itself without a leader following Monday’s election.
  Eby would not say who he thinks should take on the role but acknowledged it’s going to be a “challenging job” after a “tough night” for the party.
  Jagmeet Singh resigned Monday night as party leader after he lost his seat, and after results indicated the NDP would lose official
  
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• Blanchet criticized by Parti Québécois as he promises to work with other leaders

  29-04-2025 20:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet is calling for a “partisan truce” with other federal party leaders after Monday’s federal election, even as he faces criticism from his party’s provincial cousins for putting sovereignty aside.
  Blanchet told reporters in Montreal that voters want stability in Parliament in order to address the ongoing trade war with the United States.His comments came as the Bloc Québécois was
  
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• No public risk as Agassiz RCMP apprehend man Monday night

  29-04-2025 20:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  AGASSIZ — Agassiz RCMP are releasing details of an incident Monday evening (Apr. 28) in the Mount Woodside area.
  Police say officers were called to a residence to deal with a man who police say was experiencing mental health issues.
  The RCMP Integrated Emergency Response Team managed to take the man into custody safely. Police say there was never a risk to public safety.
  A police news release doesn’t state any information regarding charges however, police say the investigation remain
  
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• Elections Canada says more than 19.2M voters cast a ballot in federal election

  29-04-2025 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Elections Canada says more than 67 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot in the federal election — more than 19.2 million people.
  While this election was widely expected to see increased turnout, it did not surpass the record set in March 1958, when 79.4 per cent of eligible electors voted.
  But turnout was higher than in the last federal election, when 62.6 per cent of eligible voters headed to the polls.
  With votes still being counted, voter turnout still has some room
  
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• VIDEO: Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl elected for 5th term; continues to back Poilievre - The Chilliwack Progress

  29-04-2025 19:08
  VIDEO: Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl elected for 5th term; continues to back Poilievre  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Warmer weather sees uptick in dangerous driving in British Columbia - The Chilliwack Progress

  29-04-2025 19:00
  Warmer weather sees uptick in dangerous driving in British Columbia  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack-Hope Liberal Party candidate says Carney’s win is a new beginning for Canada - Fraser Valley Today

  29-04-2025 18:08
  Chilliwack-Hope Liberal Party candidate says Carney’s win is a new beginning for Canada  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Two vehicles towed in Chilliwack after being clocked well above the speed limit through narrow Vedder bridge - Fraser Valley Today

  29-04-2025 17:43
  Two vehicles towed in Chilliwack after being clocked well above the speed limit through narrow Vedder bridge  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Two vehicles towed in Chilliwack after being clocked well above the speed limit through narrow Vedder bridge

  29-04-2025 17:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Two motorists are facing fines and higher driver insurance costs after being clocked driving more than 50 km/h above the posted speed limit on Highway 1 in Chilliwack during the Easter long weekend.A spokesperson for the BC Highway Patrol says it has seen an increase in reckless driving behaviour from motorists, similar to what these two motorists were doing earlier this month in April.
  “BC Highway Patrol has seen a recent uptick in excessing speeding, crashes involving
  
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• Canucks’ Hughes closer to Norris Trophy repeat, Makar, Werenski also named finalists

  29-04-2025 17:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes is a finalist for this season’s Norris Trophy, the NHL announced Tuesday.
  Hughes won the league’s top defenceman award last season and is looking to become the first repeat winner since Detroit’s Nicklas Lidstrom claimed three in a row from 2005-06 through 2007-08.
  Cale Makar of the Colorado Avalanche and Zach Werenski of the Columbus Blue Jackets are the other finalists.
  Hughes led the Canucks in several categories his se
  
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• Matthews good to go for Game 5 of Battle of Ontario after skipping practice to rest

  29-04-2025 17:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Auston Matthews is good to go for Game 5 of the Battle of Ontario.
  The Toronto Maple Leafs captain was on the ice for Tuesday’s optional morning skate, less than 24 hours after skipping practice for rest purposes following Sunday’s team day off.
  The 27-year-old, who missed time with an upper-body injury in the regular season,played 26 minutes 23 seconds in Saturday’s 4-3 overtime loss in Ottawa that kept the Senators alive down 3-1 in the team’s best-of-se
  
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• Trump set to give automobile industry some tariff relief: White House

  29-04-2025 16:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said U.S. President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order on automobile tariffs later Tuesday which is intended to provide some relief to the industry besieged by multiple duties.
  Leavitt did not provide details about the action but Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Trump is committed to bringing automobile manufacturing back to the United States.
  “We want to give the automakers a path to that quickly, efficiently
  
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• Elections Canada resumes vote counting with majority still in question

  29-04-2025 16:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The shape of the next Liberal government is becoming clearer as ballot counting continues after a historic election day in Canada.
  Canadians still won’t know until later Tuesday whether Mark Carney’s Liberals have won a majority or minority mandate from voters.
  Elections Canada decided early Tuesday morning to pause the marathon counting of special ballots with a handful of ridings still too close to call.One of those outstanding seats was the Ottawa riding of Conserva
  
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• Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre loses his long-held seat in Ottawa

  29-04-2025 16:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has lost in the Ottawa riding of Carleton.
  Poilievre first took the seat in 2004 and won it six subsequent times.
  Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy was leading in the riding by more than 3,700 votes with over 99 per cent of polls reporting.
  Fanjoy, a political rookie, tirelessly knocked on doors in his bid to unseat Poilievre, saying the riding deserved better.
  In an address to supporters after m
  
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• Man arrested following death of ice hockey player Adam Johnson won’t face charges

  29-04-2025 14:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON (AP) — A man arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following the death of ice hockey player Adam Johnson has been told he will not face any charges, British prosecutors said Tuesday.
  Johnson played for the Nottingham Panthers and died shortly after his neck had been sliced in a collision with Sheffield Steelers defenseman Matt Petgrave during a game on Oct. 28, 2023.
  A man was arrested two weeks later and though South Yorkshire Police has not publicly identified him, Petgrave himsel
  
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• Canada’s Shapovalov falls to Australia’s de Minaur in Madrid

  29-04-2025 14:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MADRID — Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., saw his Madrid Open run end in the third round Tuesday with a 6-3, 7-6 (3) loss to Australia’s Alex de Minaur.
  Shapovalov fired six aces but was undone by five double faults and won just 14 points on return.
  Their match had been postponed from Monday after a mass power outage disrupted large parts of Spain and Portugal.
  De Minaur will face the winner of No. 17 Stefanos Tsitsipas and No. 10 Lorenzo Musetti in the fourth round of the cl
  
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• NCAA decision has the potential to alter junior hockey and with it the pipelines that feed the NHL

  29-04-2025 14:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Boston University sophomore Aiden Celebrini has no regrets over the decision he reached at 16 to maintain his college eligibility by skipping a chance to play for the Western Hockey League’s Saskatoon Blades.
  And it makes no difference that college hockey wasn’t on his radar growing up in North Vancouver and regularly attending WHL games with his younger brother Macklin, the NHL’s draft’s No. 1 pick last summer.
  “We didn’t know much about college hockey,&rdquo
  
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• Chinese authorities say 22 people killed, 3 injured in restaurant fire in northern city of Liaoyang

  29-04-2025 13:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese authorities say 22 people have been killed and 3 injured in a fire at restaurant in the northern city of Liaoyang.No word was given on the cause of the fire, which broke out shortly after noon, but images from the scene showed huge flames spurting from the windows and doors of the two- or three-story building.A slightly longer report released several hours later through the provincial radio and television bureau said the fire had been extinguished and the sear
  
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• Authorities believe crash through Illinois after-school building that killed 4 wasn’t targeted

  29-04-2025 13:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHATHAM, Ill. (AP) — Authorities said Tuesday they believe a crash through an Illinois after-school building that killed three kids and one teenager wasn’t targeted.
  The car smashed through a building Monday afternoon, injuring several others in the small city outside of Springfield, Illinois, police said.
  Officers responded at about 3:20 p.m. to calls about a vehicle ramming through the building, fatally hitting four people before exiting the other side, Chatham Police Department De
  
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• Trial continues for 5 former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team

  29-04-2025 10:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team is set to continue today in London, Ont.
  Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote have all pleaded not guilty to sexual assault in connection with an encounter at a hotel room in the city in 2018.
  McLeod has also pleaded not guilty to an additional charge of being a party to the offence of sexual assault.
  Jurors heard the detailed allegations against the players for the fir
  
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• In the news today: Liberals take 4th mandate but size of win unclear

  29-04-2025 10:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  PM Carney vows to stand firm against U.S.
  After coming out victorious in a tight election campaign, Prime Minister Mark Carney is vowing to unite a divided country in the face of ongoing tensions with the United States.
  In a speech delivered to supporters early Tuesday morning, Carney promised to lead a government that represents all Canadians and said the country works when Canadians work together.
  Ca
  
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• Disgraced Cardinal Becciu formally withdraws from participation in conclave to elect pope

  29-04-2025 10:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Italian cardinal at the heart of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” announced Tuesday he was withdrawing from participating in the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope for “the good of the church.”
  Cardinal Angelo Becciu’s status has dominated discussions in the days after Pope Francis’ death amid questions about whether he would participate in the conclave to elect his successor.
  After his 2020 downfall, Becciu had said
  
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• Ruling today on whether accused in Quebec daycare bus crash is criminally responsible

  29-04-2025 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAVAL — A Superior Court judge is to render a decision today on whether a Quebec man is not criminally responsible after he drove a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare in 2023, killing two children and injuring six others.
  Justice Éric Downs will tell the court whether he accepts the joint recommendation of criminal non-responsibility from the Crown and the defence in the case of Pierre Ny St-Amand.
  Separate psychiatrists — one for the Crown, the other for the defence &mdash
  
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• Newly-elected Prime Minister Carney vows to stand firm against United States

  29-04-2025 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — After coming out victorious in a tight election campaign, Prime Minister Mark Carney is vowing to unite a divided country in the face of ongoing tensions with the United States.
  In a speech delivered to supporters early Tuesday morning, Carney promised to lead a government that represents all Canadians and said the country works when Canadians work together.
  Carney — who will now take a seat in the House of Commons for the first time, having won his Ottawa-area riding &mdash
  
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• Chilliwack—Hope live federal election results - Toronto Star

  29-04-2025 09:04
  Chilliwack—Hope live federal election results  Toronto Star
  
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• Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl resoundingly re-elected - Fraser Valley Today

  29-04-2025 07:58
  Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl resoundingly re-elected  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Spain’s power supply is almost fully restored after one of Europe’s most severe blackouts

  29-04-2025 07:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Power had almost fully returned to Spain early Tuesday morning as many questions remained about what caused one of Europe’s most severe blackouts across Spain and Portugal.
  By 6:30 a.m., more than 99% of energy demand had been restored, Spanish electricity operator Red Eléctrica said.
  THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
  Officials in Spain and Portugal raced to restore electricity early Tuesday after a huge power outag
  
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• ELECTION 2025: Mark Strahl re-elected in Chilliwack-Hope - Agassiz-Harrison Observer

  29-04-2025 07:24
  ELECTION 2025: Mark Strahl re-elected in Chilliwack-Hope  Agassiz-Harrison Observer
  
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• NHL playoffs: Panthers score twice in 11 seconds to beat Lightning, take 3-1 series lead

  29-04-2025 07:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Aaron Ekblad and Seth Jones scored third-period goals 11 seconds apart and the Florida Panthers stormed from behind to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Monday night to take a 3-1 lead in the first-round NHL playoff series.
  Anton Lundell also scored. Carter Verhaeghe added an empty netter. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 18 shots.
  The Panthers had managed just three shots on goal in the third before Ekblad tied it with 3:47 remaining. Jones found the back of the net shortly
  
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• Johnston has quickest goal to start Stars playoff game in 6-2 win over Avs

  29-04-2025 07:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Wyatt Johnston scored nine seconds in for the quickest goal ever to start a playoff game for the Dallas Stars, then added another goal and an assist as they beat the Colorado Avalanche 6-2 in Game 5 of their first-round NHL playoff series Monday night.Mikko Rantanen, who was with the Avalanche in the playoffs the past seven seasons, scored his first post-season goal and had two assists for the Stars as they took a 3-2 series lead.Game 6 is Thursday night in Denver, Colo.After
  
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• ELECTION 2025: Chilliwack-Hope candidates watch results; Strahl wins riding - Agassiz-Harrison Observer

  29-04-2025 06:41
  ELECTION 2025: Chilliwack-Hope candidates watch results; Strahl wins riding  Agassiz-Harrison Observer
  
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• Brad Vis wins re-election in a landslide to represent Mission-Matsqui-Abbotsford

  29-04-2025 06:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRASER VALLEY — Brad Vis will represent the voters of Mission-Matsqui-Abbotsford for a fresh term after handily winning his riding Monday night.Vis, who posted on social media that he and his team visited 51,000-plus homes during the 36-day campaign and distributed over 2,100 campaign signs, is heading back to Ottawa after winning his riding with a remarkable 57.7 per cent of the vote (as of 9:15 p.m.), turning back a challenge from second-place finisher Jeff Howe of the Liberal Party, who
  
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• Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl resoundingly re-elected

  29-04-2025 06:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl has been overwhelmingly re-elected, improving on the 46 per cent support he received four years ago.
  As of 9 p.m. Monday night, and with 98/243 polls reporting, Strahl now has 55.1 per cent to Liberal Party candidate Zeeshan Khan’s mark of 32.4 per cent. Strahl received 6,928 votes compared to 4,096 votes for Khan.
  Strahl was first elected from the Conservative Party in 2011 and had been seeking his fifth term.
  Strahl’s closest electi
  
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• Political newcomer wins hotly contested Abbotsford-South Langley race

  29-04-2025 05:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Independent candidate Mike de Jong’s attempt to upset the establishment and win the hotly contested Abbotsford-South Langley riding fell short Monday night.
  Instead his Conservative rival Sukhman Gill won the riding, edging Liberal candidate Kevin Gillies.
  With 55 of 215 polls reporting, Gill had captured 42 per cent of the vote, Gillies had 32 per cent of the vote and de Jong had 21 per cent of the vote.
  Other candidates had less than 5 per cent of the vote Monday night
  
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