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• CP NewsAlert: Canadian automobile parts won’t be hit with Trump’s tariffs

  01-05-2025 23:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection guidance released today says automobile parts compliant with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade will not be hit with U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
  The 25 per cent auto part duties were set to go in place on May 3.
  More to come.Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press
  
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• Once a strong party to reckon with, NDP candidate in Chilliwack-Hope sees vote share plummet - Fraser Valley Today

  01-05-2025 23:40
  Once a strong party to reckon with, NDP candidate in Chilliwack-Hope sees vote share plummet  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Man United and Tottenham take commanding leads in the Europa League semifinals

  01-05-2025 23:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The rescue act is on for Manchester United and Tottenham.
  Big wins for both teams in the Europa League semifinals on Thursday kept alive their hopes of lifting a major trophy and qualifying for the Champions League.
  United beat Athletic Bilbao 3-0 at the San Mames in Spain and Tottenham won 3-1 at home against Norwegian club Bodo/Glimt.
  Both United and Spurs have endured miserable domestic campaigns and are languishing in the bottom half of the Premier League. But European club soccer’s se
  
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• Chilliwack Filipino community members organize candlelight vigil in wake of attack - The Chilliwack Progress

  01-05-2025 23:11
  Chilliwack Filipino community members organize candlelight vigil in wake of attack  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack crews respond to call of driver pinned after crash - The Chilliwack Progress

  01-05-2025 23:11
  Chilliwack crews respond to call of driver pinned after crash  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack resident frustrated by derelict home, safety issues linked to uninhabitable Tyson Road house - Fraser Valley Today

  01-05-2025 23:05
  Chilliwack resident frustrated by derelict home, safety issues linked to uninhabitable Tyson Road house  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Chilliwack resident frustrated by derelict home, safety issues linked to uninhabitable Tyson Road house

  01-05-2025 23:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — A Chilliwack resident says a derelict home on Tyson Road that generated over 30 bylaw complaints to the City of Chilliwack has not been fully remediated.City staff began receiving complaints in early 2024 about the home and began a legislative and legal process that culminated in Chilliwack City Council issuing an order of remedial action on November 19, 2024, in accordance with the Community Charter. As per the council resolution, city staff sought estimates from contractors
  
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• Hockey Canada names first 15 players to roster for world championship

  01-05-2025 22:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Philadelphia Flyers leading scorer Travis Konecny, Calgary Flames defenceman MacKenzie Weegar and rising stars Macklin Celebrini of the San Jose Sharks and Adam Fantilli of the Columbus Blue Jackets were among the 15 players named on Thursday to Canada’s roster for the upcoming world hockey championship.
  Veteran forwards Bo Horvat of the New York Islanders, Ryan O’Reilly of the Nashville Predators, and Flyers defenceman Travis Sanheim were also among the initial playe
  
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• Canadian men’s bid for rugby sevens promotion runs into World Rugby roadblock

  01-05-2025 22:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  World Rugby has announced a change in format to its rugby sevens competition on the eve of the season finale this weekend in Carson, Calif., a move that delays the Canadian men’s bid to earn promotion back to the top tier.
  The Canadian men were relegated from the elite HSBC SVNS circuit last June and, after winning the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens in November, looked to win their way back to this weekend’s promotion/relegation playoff by finishing in the top four of the second-t
  
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• Trump administration asks Supreme Court to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelan migrants

  01-05-2025 22:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to strip temporary legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them to being deported.
  The Justice Department asked the high court to put on hold a ruling from a federal judge in San Francisco that kept in place Temporary Protected Status for the Venezuelans that would have otherwise expired last month.
  A federal appeals court had earlier rejected the administration’s request.
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• Terrebonne riding flips from the Liberals back to the Bloc after validation process

  01-05-2025 22:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The federal riding of Terrebonne in Quebec has gone from the Liberals’ win column back to the Bloc Québécois after a post-election vote validation process.
  Bloc candidate Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, who had represented the riding since 2021, says in a social media post that she came out with a lead of 44 votes and that a judicial recount will take place.
  “For someone to be officially elected, you have to wait until the end of this process,” S
  
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• Chilliwack resident instrumental in stopping suspicious GoFundMe linked to Vancouver festival tragedy - Fraser Valley Today

  01-05-2025 22:10
  Chilliwack resident instrumental in stopping suspicious GoFundMe linked to Vancouver festival tragedy  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Agassiz sex offender faces arraignment hearing on child-porn charge - The Chilliwack Progress

  01-05-2025 20:58
  Agassiz sex offender faces arraignment hearing on child-porn charge  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• No evidence of recent acts of animal torture in Chilliwack neighbourhood: RCMP - Fraser Valley Today

  01-05-2025 20:46
  No evidence of recent acts of animal torture in Chilliwack neighbourhood: RCMP  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Fraser Valley groups receive $120K to fight invasive species - The Chilliwack Progress

  01-05-2025 20:03
  Fraser Valley groups receive $120K to fight invasive species  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack residents to hold candlelight vigil in memory of Lapu Lapu Day festival victims

  01-05-2025 19:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — A candlelight vigil will be held this week in Chilliwack to remember the 11 victims of last weekend’s horrific mass casualty incident at the Lapu Lapu Day festival in Vancouver.
  According to the text of a flyer sent to Fraser Valley Today, Chilliwack-area residents are invited to come to Central Community Park in downtown Chilliwack on Friday night, May 2 at 7 p.m. and share in a solemn moment of remembrance. Central Community Park is located at 45951 Victoria Avenue.
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• Chilliwack athletes perform well at Canadian Ninja League finals - The Chilliwack Progress

  01-05-2025 19:19
  Chilliwack athletes perform well at Canadian Ninja League finals  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• RCMP launches Enhanced Summer Safety program in Chilliwack area - Fraser Valley Today

  01-05-2025 19:09
  RCMP launches Enhanced Summer Safety program in Chilliwack area  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• RCMP launches Enhanced Summer Safety program in Chilliwack area

  01-05-2025 19:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment is launching its Enhanced Policing Program as the region prepares for the arrival of summer and seasonal recreational opportunities.
  With lakes, forests and recreation areas drawing crowds, RCMP officers are working alongside community partners to increase patrols and promote safety across popular outdoor destinations.
  The program will target forestry service roads, lakes and campgrounds, with a focus on preventing impaired driving a
  
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• Leafs go with same lineup for Game 6, Pacioretty to play with Tavares, Nylander

  01-05-2025 19:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Craig Berube is standing pat — with a slight adjustment.
  The Maple Leafs head coach will go with the same lineup for Game 6 of his team’s first-round playoff series against the Ottawa Senators despite consecutive losses that cut Toronto’s lead to 3-2.
  Berube had the option to bring forwards Nick Robertson or David Kampf out of the press box, but said he’s liked a lot about the team’s overall performance despite recent results.
  Veteran forward Max Paci
  
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• Chilliwack residents to hold candlelight vigil in memory of Lapu Lapu Day festival victims - Fraser Valley Today

  01-05-2025 19:04
  Chilliwack residents to hold candlelight vigil in memory of Lapu Lapu Day festival victims  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Vancouver artist who was mother of two identified among Vancouver festival victims

  01-05-2025 19:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Family members and friends of those killed in a vehicle attack at a Vancouver festival are coming forward to tell the stories of their loved ones. A 30-year-old man faces a series of second-degree murder charges over the attack that killed 11 people at the Lapu Lapu Day festival.Here is what we know about some of the victims:
  JENIFER DARBELLAY
  Jenifer Darbellay, 50, was an artist and mother of two children, ages seven and 15. Her husband, Noel Johansen, described Darbellay as s
  
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• Ontario man arrested in Dominican Republic still stuck after charges dropped: family

  01-05-2025 18:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The wife of a Canadian man who was arrested in the Dominican Republic after he was accused of smuggling drugs says all charges against him have been dropped, but he remains stuck there indefinitely.Jane Wilcox and her husband David Bennett had spent a week at a resort in the Dominican Republic with two friends and were on their way home on March 7 when her husband was denied entry at the automated customs gate at a Punta Cana airport and taken to an interrogation room, she said.
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• Assembly of First Nations joins calls for Hudson’s Bay to return ceremonial items

  01-05-2025 18:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — The Assembly of First Nations is joining calls for Hudson’s Bay to immediately halt the sale of artifacts and return any cultural, ceremonial and sacred items to the Indigenous communities that they belong to.National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says some items may represent vital and genuine aspects of cultural heritage and identity.An Ontario judge has given Canada’s oldest retailer permission to move forward with an auction of the 4,400 artifacts and art pieces,
  
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• Judge bars deportations of Venezuelans from South Texas under 18th-century wartime law

  01-05-2025 18:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A federal judge on Thursday barred the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans from South Texas under an 18th-century wartime law.
  U.S. District Court Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. is the first judge to rule that the Alien Enemies Act cannot be used against people whom the Republican administration claims are gang members invading the United States.
  “Neither the Court nor the parties question that the Executive Branch can direct the detention and removal of aliens who engage in
  
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• Tyler Mazereeuw named Canadian Elite Basketball League president

  01-05-2025 18:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Tyler Mazereeuw has been named the new president of the Canadian Elite Basketball League.
  Mazereeuw will focus on leading and strengthening the league’s sales and marketing efforts to elevate its commercial presence.
  He has held senior roles with several prominent organizations over a 20-year career, including the Canadian Football League, IMG and Molson Sports & Entertainment.
  Mazereeuw was with the CFL for 12 years, most recently serving as chief commercial officer fo
  
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• Chilliwack leader in sport named to Canadian Olympic Committee board

  01-05-2025 18:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — A distinguished Chilliwack leader in sport administration and Indigenous sport development who has dedicated her career to fostering positive change through sports has been named to the board of directors for the Canadian Olympic Committee.
  According to a news release, Lara Mussell Savage has joined the board of the COC, a national, private non-profit committed to high-performance sports excellence. The COC is the largest private supporter of high-performance sport in Canada w
  
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• Chilliwack leader in sport named to Canadian Olympic Committee board - Fraser Valley Today

  01-05-2025 18:04
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• Weekend round of nuclear talks between US and Iran are postponed, Oman says

  01-05-2025 16:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Planned negotiations between Iran and the United States this weekend over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program have been postponed, Oman announced Thursday.
  A message online from Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi made the announcement in a post on the social platform X.
  “For logistical reasons we are rescheduling the US Iran meeting provisionally planned for Saturday May 3rd,” he wrote. “New dates will be announced when
  
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• Canadian Press NewsAlert: Canadian Tire bidding on Hudson’s Bay assets, sources say

  01-05-2025 16:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Beleaguered retailer Hudson’s Bay has attracted a bid from Canadian Tire, two sources familiar with the sales process say.
  The sources, who are not being named because they were not authorized to speak about the matter, say the household goods chain has made a bid for some of the faltering department store’s intellectual property.
  Asked whether the company is making a bid, Canadian Tire did not provide a comment.
  More coming.Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press
  
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• NBA House to be set up in Calgary for league finals June 5-8

  01-05-2025 16:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — NBA House, an immersive basketball experience and fan event, will return to Canada in downtown Calgary.
  The exhibit will be held June 5 through June 8 at the same time as the NBA Finals.
  NBA House will be at The Rooftop YYC, Calgary’s largest climate-controlled rooftop patio.
  It will host viewing parties for Game 1 and Game 2 on June 5 and June 8, respectively.
  There will also be meet-and-greets with three-time NBA champion Danny Green and 2010 NBA champion Metta World Peac
  
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• Trump’s health agency urges therapy for transgender youth, not broader gender-affirming health care

  01-05-2025 15:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  President Donald Trump’s administration released a lengthy review of transgender health care on Thursday that advocates for a greater reliance on behavioral therapy rather than broad gender-affirming medical care for youths with gender dysmorphia.
  The Health and Human Services report questions standards for the treatment of transgender youth issued by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health and is likely to be used to bolster the government’s abrupt shift in how to
  
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• Chilliwack's second-oldest school rings in 150 years - The Chilliwack Progress

  01-05-2025 14:35
  Chilliwack's second-oldest school rings in 150 years  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• In the news today: Vancouver festival attack and the mental health stigma

  01-05-2025 10:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Fear of mental health stigma after festival attack
  A British Columbia advocate says people with mental illness and those who work with them are afraid of the consequences that could come in reaction to the festival tragedy that killed 11 people in Vancouver on Saturday.
  Health officials have said the suspect, Adam Kai-Ji Lo, was under the care of a mental health team and Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim said Lo
  
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• NHL player to continue testimony at former world junior teammates’ sex assault trial

  01-05-2025 10:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON — The sex assault trial of five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team is expected to hear more testimony today from Taylor Raddysh, an NHL player who was also on the 2018 world junior team.
  Raddysh, who plays for the Washington Capitals, took the stand remotely from Arlington, Va., on Wednesday afternoon.
  Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote have all pleaded not guilty to sexual assault in connection with an encounter in a Lon
  
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• Victim impact statements today in trial of accused in fatal Quebec daycare bus crash

  01-05-2025 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LAVAL — Families affected by a deadly bus crash at a Montreal-area daycare in 2023 are scheduled to read victim impact statements today in court.
  Earlier in the week a Quebec Superior Court judge accepted a joint recommendation from the Crown and defence that Pierre Ny St-Amand is not criminally responsible for killing two children and injuring six others.
  During his trial, doctors said the 53-year-old former city bus driver was experiencing psychosis and didn’t know right from wrong
  
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• Canada’s top court to decide today whether to hear youth-led climate case

  01-05-2025 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canada’s highest court is set to decide today whether it will hear arguments in a trailblazing climate change lawsuit that could clarify whether governments are constitutionally required to tackle planet-warming emissions.The decision could set the stage before the Supreme Court of Canada in a case where seven young people have challenged Ontario’s weakened climate target.
  The group has argued the revised target commits the province to dangerously high greenhouse gas levels, in a way
  
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• Advocate fears mental health stigma after Vancouver festival tragedy

  01-05-2025 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — A British Columbia advocate says people with mental illness and those who work with them are afraid of the consequences that could come in reaction to the festival tragedy that killed 11 people in Vancouver on Saturday.
  Health officials have said the suspect, Adam Kai-Ji Lo, was under the care of a mental health team and Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim said Lo was on “extended leave,” a term used to refer to people under involuntary care, at the time of the attack.
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• Sex assault reports in the US military fell last year, fueled by a big drop in the Army, AP learns

  01-05-2025 06:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of sexual assaults reported across the U.S. military dipped by nearly 4% last year, fueled by a significant drop in the Army, The Associated Press has learned. It was the second year in a row with a decrease, reversing a troubling trend that has plagued the Defense Department for more than a decade.
  Senior U.S. defense officials said that while the decline is a good sign, the number of reported assaults is still too high and the military needs to do more to get
  
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• Charge eye regular-season finale for last chance at clinching PWHL playoff berth

  01-05-2025 05:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Needing just a single point to clinch a spot in the Professional Women’s Hockey League playoffs, the Ottawa Charge were shut out 3-0 by the Minnesota Frost on home ice Wednesday night.
  “Yeah, we knew what the opportunity was, of course,” said Charge coach Carla MacLeod. “And you know, at the end of the day, I don’t think it was a lack of effort. I just feel we were just a bit blah.”
  MacLeod struggled to justify or explain her team’s lacklu
  
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• Alejandro Kirk helps Blue Jays shake off slump with homer, game-winning RBI single

  01-05-2025 05:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Some Major League Baseball players would be offended if the opposing team intentionally walked the two hitters ahead of them to load the bases in extra innings.
  But not Toronto Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk. He was philosophical about it.
  Kirk’s RBI single in the 10th inning completed Toronto’s comeback for a 7-6 win over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday. He’d also hit a solo home run as part of a three-run sixth inning as the Blue Jays erased a 6-0 deficit.
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• Ovechkin scores as the Capitals eliminate the Canadiens in 5, advance to play the Hurricanes

  01-05-2025 04:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time in seven years, the Washington Capitals were on the smiling end of a playoff handshake line. And they got to enjoy it at home for the first time in a decade.
  Alex Ovechkin scored on a laser of a shot off a faceoff, Logan Thompson made some spectacular saves among his 28 and the Capitals beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 in Game 5 of their first-round series Wednesday night to advance in the NHL playoffs.
  It’s the Capitals’ first series win sin
  
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• Panthers advance to the second round after defeating Tampa Bay in 5 games

  01-05-2025 04:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Eetu Luostarinen had a goal and three assists to lead the Florida Panthers to a 6-3 victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning and advance Florida to the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.
  Carter Verhaeghe, Anton Lundell, Aleksander Barkov, Sam Bennett and Sam Reinhart also scored for Florida. Sergei Bobrovsky finished with 26 saves as the defending Stanley Cup champion Panthers defeated their in-state rival in five games in the first round for the second cons
  
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• Whitecaps beat Inter Miami 3-1 to eliminate Lionel Messi’s squad from Champions Cup

  01-05-2025 04:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Brian White and Pedro Vite scored two minutes apart and the Vancouver Whitecaps stunned Inter Miami 3-1 in the second leg of their CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinal on Wednesday night, spoiling Lionel Messi’s squad’s hopes of making the tournament’s final.Sebastian Berhalter also scored for Vancouver, which advanced with a 5-1 aggregate to face either Cruz Azul or Tigres UNAL in the Champions Cup final on June 1.
  Miami entered Wednesday’s
  
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• Frost win 3-0 to keep PWHL playoff hopes alive, put Charge’s chances in jeopardy

  01-05-2025 03:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Lee Stecklein scored twice as the Minnesota Frost staved off elimination and put the Ottawa Charge’s playoff hopes on ice with a 3-0 win Wednesday night in the Professional Women’s Hockey League.
  The Charge (12-1-4-12) needed just one point to secure their first playoff appearance. Ottawa earning the single point would have ended the defending champion Frost’s playoff chances.
  It will come down to the final regular season games Saturday.
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• Canadiens eliminated from NHL playoffs after 4-1 loss to Capitals in Game 5

  01-05-2025 03:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — The Montreal Canadiens are out of the NHL playoffs.
  Montreal fell 4-1 to the Washington Capitals in Game 5 of their first-round series Wednesday, losing the best-of-seven matchup in five games.
  Washington will take on the Carolina Hurricanes in the second round, while Montreal becomes the second team knocked out of the post-season.
  The Canadiens unexpectedly returned to the playoffs for the first time since 2021, marking a turnaround for the storied franchise that began its fi
  
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• CF Montreal defeats Toronto FC in a penalty shootout in Telus Canadian Championship

  01-05-2025 03:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — CF Montreal finally had something to celebrate Wednesday, defeating Toronto FC in a penalty shootout in Telus Canadian Championship preliminary-round play.
  Goalkeeper Jonathan Sirois was the hero, stopping Tyrese Spicer and Ola Brynhildsen as Montreal won the shootout 3-2.Kobe Franklin and Alonso Coello scored for Toronto in the shootout. Theo Corbeanu ballooned his kick over the crossbar.
  Joel Waterman, Dante Sealy and Dominic Iankov scored for Montreal. Tom Pearce also fired hi
  
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• TransLink to expand Metro Vancouver bus service with newly approved investment plan

  01-05-2025 02:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BURNABY — Metro Vancouver’s transportation authority says a plan is in place to fund the largest increase in bus service in the region since 2018, in addition to expansions and improvements approved last year.
  A statement from TransLink says its board of directors and the Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation approved the plan on Wednesday.
  It says the 2025 investment plan will see TransLink improve or add 40 new routes, including the creation of routes in eight areas that
  
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• Reschny’s OT winner lifts Canada past Czechia 3-2 in U18 hockey worlds quarterfinal

  01-05-2025 02:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ALLEN — Cole Reschny scored the game-tying and game-winning goals in leading Canada to a 3-2 overtime win over Czechia on Wednesday in the quarterfinal of the under-18 men’s world hockey championship.
  Reschny scored 2:41 into overtime for the winner. His first of the game with 4:08 left in the second period knotted the score at 2-2 just 45 seconds after Adam Benak put the Czechs up 2-1.
  Jackson Smith made it 1-1 for Canada with 20 seconds remaining in the first period. David Rozsival
  
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• Gwynne Vaughan Park Plant Sale blooms again in Chilliwack - The Chilliwack Progress

  01-05-2025 01:56
  Gwynne Vaughan Park Plant Sale blooms again in Chilliwack  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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