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• Boychuk’s second-half goal earns Montreal Roses FC 2-1 NSL win over Ottawa Rapid FC

  03-05-2025 23:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAVAL — Tanya Boychuk’s second-half goal earned Montreal Roses FC a 2-1 win over Ottawa Rapid FC in Northern Super League action Saturday.Boychuk scored at the 70-minute mark to break a 1-1 tie.
  Latifah Abdu had the other goal for Montreal (3-0), which outshot its opponent 15-4 and 5-1 in on-target shots.
  Delaney Pridham had the lone goal for Ottawa (1-2), opening the scoring 40 minutes into the first half.
  This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 3, 2025.The Canadia
  
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• ‘Happy to get on a bus’: Charge excited after playoff berth-clinching OT win

  03-05-2025 22:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ottawa Charge head coach Carla MacLeod is just happy to be getting on a bus next week.
  Kateřina Mrázová scored 2:52 into overtime to lift Ottawa to a 2-1 regular-season finale win over the Toronto Sceptres and a playoff berth Saturday in the Professional Women’s Hockey League.
  It’s the first time Ottawa is making the post-season in the PWHL’s two years of existence. Last season, the Charge needed a regulation win to clinch a playoff spot but f
  
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• B.C.-based music duo to perform in Chilliwack restaurant Saturday night - Fraser Valley Today

  03-05-2025 22:15 via news.google.com
  B.C.-based music duo to perform in Chilliwack restaurant Saturday night  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• B.C.-based music duo to perform in Chilliwack restaurant Saturday night

  03-05-2025 22:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Two B.C.-based musicians are descending in Chilliwack tonight (May 3) for their “Sun and Stars” road tour.Master of ivories Matthew Presidente and folk-rock artist Kele Fleming are stopping by Bozzini’s (45739 Hocking Avenue) in a tour that will see stops on Vancouver Island, Metro Vancouver, the Kootenays and more.
  The tour is named after each performer’s latest album: Matthew’s “Chosen Sun” and Kele’s “A Bowlful of Stars&
  
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• Winnipeg Jets forward Mark Scheifele a game-time decision for Game 7 against Blues

  03-05-2025 21:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Winnipeg Jets forward Mark Scheifele will be a game-time decision for Game 7 against the St. Louis Blues.
  Jets’ head coach Scott Arniel says it’s a “great sign” that Scheifele skated this morning.
  The top-line centre was injured in Game 5 on Wednesday and is listed as day to day.
  Scheifele did not make the trip to St. Louis for Game 6.The Presidents’ Trophy winners will entertain the Blues on Sunday night in the first-round decider.
  The Jets are loo
  
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• Al-Ahli wins its first Asian Champions League title

  03-05-2025 21:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Al-Ahli of Saudi Arabia won its first AFC Champions League Elite title after beating Kawasaki Frontale of Japan 2-0 in the final on Saturday.
  The star-studded Jeddah team, playing at home in front of 60,000 fans at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium, deserved what was a comfortable victory and completed an unbeaten tournament.First-half goals from Galeno and Franck Kessie put the two-time beaten finalist in control against the five-time Japanese champion.
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• Mrázová nets OT winner to lift Charge past Sceptres 2-1, clinch PWHL playoff berth

  03-05-2025 21:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Kateřina Mrázová scored 2:52 into overtime to lift the Ottawa Charge to a 2-1 regular-season finale win over the Toronto Sceptres and a playoff berth Saturday in the Professional Women’s Hockey League.
  Brianne Jenner also scored for Ottawa (12-2-4-12). Gwyneth Philips stopped 13 shots.
  The Charge came in needing a win of any kind, or a Minnesota loss against Boston later Saturday, to secure their first post-season appearance in the PWHL. Ottawa lost 5-2 t
  
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• Chilliwack family appeals for support after losing home in late April fire

  03-05-2025 21:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Once the smoke cleared at this single structure in the Fairfield Island area, the Tawileh family found they were left without a home.
  Just before 4 a.m. on April 27, a fast-moving fire went through their house in the 10000 block of Fairbanks Crescent. Mohammad Tawileh, his wife, and their children quickly escaped, but they did lose all of their belongings, and the home was severely damaged.
  Emergency Support Services were present at the scene to help the displaced residents. A
  
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• Brady Tkachuk said even with loss, playoff experience good for Ottawa Senators

  03-05-2025 21:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — For the first time in eight years the Ottawa Senators head into the offseason not questioning what went wrong but reflecting on what finally went right.
  Ottawa (45-30-7) saw its hard work pay off, finishing the regular season in the first wild-card spot to earn a berth in the Stanley Cup playoffs. While the Senators lost their first-round series to the Toronto Maple Leafs in six games, it’s also a sign of progress that they’re trending in the right direction.
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• Chilliwack family appeals for support after losing home in late April fire - Fraser Valley Today

  03-05-2025 20:50 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack family appeals for support after losing home in late April fire  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Shakespeare’s Macbeth takes stage as ballet in Chilliwack - The Chilliwack Progress

  03-05-2025 20:30 via news.google.com
  Shakespeare’s Macbeth takes stage as ballet in Chilliwack  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Shakespeare’s Macbeth takes stage as ballet in Chilliwack - Hope Standard

  03-05-2025 20:30 via news.google.com
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• European circus rolls into Chilliwack as part of inaugural Canadian tour - The Chilliwack Progress

  03-05-2025 20:30 via news.google.com
  European circus rolls into Chilliwack as part of inaugural Canadian tour  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Residents of Mission, B.C., told to stay inside after derelict ferry burns

  03-05-2025 20:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Residents in parts of Mission, B.C., have been told to shelter in place with their windows closed after a derelict ferry caught fire.
  A statement from the city says its emergency operations centre has been activated in response to a fire aboard the Queen of Sidney ferry currently moored in the Fraser River.
  It says residents nearby should stay inside because of smoke and the potential presence of hazardous airborne materials.
  RCMP in Mission say they were notified of the fire around 2 a.m. Satur
  
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• Search-and-rescue team has gear stolen while looking for lost Chilliwack girl - The Chilliwack Progress

  03-05-2025 20:06 via news.google.com
  Search-and-rescue team has gear stolen while looking for lost Chilliwack girl  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Search-and-rescue team has gear stolen while looking for lost Chilliwack girl - The Abbotsford News

  03-05-2025 20:06 via news.google.com
  Search-and-rescue team has gear stolen while looking for lost Chilliwack girl  The Abbotsford News
  
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• Manitoba warns of new measles exposure sites south of Winnipeg

  03-05-2025 18:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINKLER — Public health officials in Manitoba are warning of new measles exposure sites in two communities south of Winnipeg, including a medical centre and an elementary school.Officials say people may have been exposed to the virus at the C. W. Wiebe Medical Centre and the Dynacare blood and medical test lab in Winkler, Man. on April 24, 25 and 29.Additional exposures may have occurred at the Winners in Winkler on the evening of April 27, and at Gretna School in Gretna, Man. between Apri
  
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• Lougheed Highway collision shuts down Deroche Bridge, cuts power to thousands

  03-05-2025 18:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Over 4,300 customers lost power after a motor vehicle incident on Deroche Bridge, between Athey Road and Taylor Road, on Saturday, May 3.
  At roughly 7:15 a.m., scanners said a vehicle hit a pole, causing power lines to go down across Highway 7. BC Hydro reported that a crew will be heading to an outage affecting 4,375 customers in Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Mission and nearby areas.As of 9 a.m., the number of affected customers decreased to 1,602.The incident also closed the highway
  
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• Mission residents urged to lock down as derelict ferry sets on fire

  03-05-2025 17:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — The City of Mission has activated its Emergency Operations Centre as a 65-year-old BC Ferry sets ablaze on the Fraser River.
  At 3:57 a.m., the City issued an alert as crews responded to a fire incident on the derelict Queen of Sidney. Residents in the nearby area of Chester Street to 287 Street, south of Lougheed Highway, were advised about a shelter-in-place due to winds blowing smoke towards them.Anyone in the surrounding vicinity has been asked to stay inside, close all doors
  
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• Play about judgment and forgiveness, written by Chilliwack's Clint Hames - The Chilliwack Progress

  03-05-2025 16:35 via news.google.com
  Play about judgment and forgiveness, written by Chilliwack's Clint Hames  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• More memorial masses planned for victims in Vancouver festival attack

  03-05-2025 15:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — People in Vancouver and beyond remain in mourning one week after a deadly attack on a Filipino street festival.
  The Vancouver archdiocese says on social media that additional memorial masses are being planned to remember the 11 people killed at the Lapu Lapu Day festival last Saturday.
  It says events are being planned at the Immaculate Conception church in Delta, B.C., and St. Andrews Roman Catholic Church in Vancouver this morning.
  A Tagalog mass is set to be held at Sacred He
  
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• A family and a festival: How Vancouver’s Lapu Lapu Day tragedy unfolded

  03-05-2025 15:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — In January last year, Cirque du Soleil usher Alexander Lo made his final public post on his Facebook timeline, promoting the circus’ Kooza show.
  Four days later, his brother responded. “Brother, we will get to see this together sometime,” wrote Adam Kai-Ji Lo.But he knew it wasn’t to be.
  Alexander Lo had already been found dead in an East Vancouver home on Jan. 28, 2024, the day after his Facebook post, police said. Dwight William Kematch was promptly ar
  
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• Girl, 7, found safe a day after being reported missing in Chilliwack, B.C. - Rocky Mountain Outlook

  03-05-2025 12:56 via news.google.com
  Girl, 7, found safe a day after being reported missing in Chilliwack, B.C.  Rocky Mountain Outlook
  
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• Early vote count favors Australia’s government being reelected for a second term

  03-05-2025 12:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Early vote counting in Australia’s general election Saturday suggested the government was likely to be returned for a second term.
  The Australian Electoral Commission’s early projections gave the ruling center-left Labor Party 70 seats and the conservative opposition coalition 24 seats in the 150-seat House of Representatives, the lower chamber where parties need a majority to form governments. Unaligned minor parties and independent candidates appea
  
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• Three quarters of Canadians say misinformation affected the federal election: poll

  03-05-2025 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — More than three quarters of Canadians believe misinformation had an impact on the outcome of the federal election, a new poll suggests.
  The Leger poll, which sampled more than 1,500 Canadian adults from April 29 to May 1, suggests that 19 per cent of people think false information or misinformation had a major impact on the election.
  Almost a third (32 per cent) said it had a moderate impact, while 26 per cent said it had a minor impact on the election’s outcome.
  Only nine p
  
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• NDP has lost touch with its core supporters, says a former MP

  03-05-2025 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The New Democratic Party ran a leader-focused election campaign and lost touch with core supporters who ended up backing the Conservatives, says a former member of Parliament.
  Charlie Angus, who did not run in the last election after representing the northern Ontario riding of Timmins — James Bay for more than two decades, — called the election a “catastrophic loss” following a campaign that spent too much time selling leader Jagmeet Singh and not enough ti
  
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• Indigenous leaders hopeful for Carney-led government on economy, reconciliation

  03-05-2025 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed says he doesn’t expect Prime Minister Mark Carney to get everything right immediately as he learns about and crafts policies for Indigenous Peoples, but it’s clear he’s willing to learn.
  And the leaders of the three national Indigenous organizations say that while former prime minister Justin Trudeau — who helped bring forward a national conservation on reconciliation when elected in 2015 — is no longer at
  
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• Pakistan test fires ballistic missile as tensions with India spike after Kashmir gun massacre

  03-05-2025 10:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan test-fired Saturday a ballistic missile as tensions with India spiked over last week’s deadly attack on tourists in the disputed Kashmir region.
  The surface-to-surface missile has a range of 450 kilometres (about 280 miles), the Pakistani military said.
  The launch of the Abdali Weapon System was aimed at ensuring the “operational readiness of troops and validating key technical parameters,” including the missile’s advanced navigation system
  
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• South Korea’s main conservative party nominates Kim Moon Soo as its presidential candidate

  03-05-2025 09:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Former Labor Minister Kim Moon Soo has won the presidential nomination of South Korea’s main conservative party, facing an uphill battle against liberal front-runner Lee Jae-myung for the June 3 election.
  Observers say Han will likely try to align with other conservative forces, such as former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, to prevent a split in conservative votes in a bid to boost prospects for a conservative win against Lee.
  In a party primary that ended Sat
  
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• UPDATE: Firefighters called to 9th-floor blaze at Chilliwack apartment - The Chilliwack Progress

  03-05-2025 09:00 via news.google.com
  UPDATE: Firefighters called to 9th-floor blaze at Chilliwack apartment  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• LETTER: Power-hungry Conservative in Chilliwack misses the mark - The Chilliwack Progress

  03-05-2025 08:59 via news.google.com
  LETTER: Power-hungry Conservative in Chilliwack misses the mark  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Woman dies when a bomb she is carrying explodes in the Greek city of Thessaloniki, police say

  03-05-2025 08:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A woman was killed early Saturday in the northern Greek city of Thessaoloniki when a bomb she was carrying exploded in her hands, police said.
  The 38-year-old woman was apparently was carrying the bomb to place it outside a nearby bank around 5 a.m., police said.
  Several storefronts and vehicles were damaged by the explosion.
  The woman was known to authorities after taking part in several past robberies, according to police, who said they are investigating her p
  
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• Girl who followed dogs into Chilliwack forest has been found: RCMP - Vancouver Is Awesome

  03-05-2025 08:35 via news.google.com
  Girl who followed dogs into Chilliwack forest has been found: RCMP  Vancouver Is Awesome
  
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• VIDEO: 'I was on a airplane' says missing Chilliwack girl when reunited with family - Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News

  03-05-2025 07:00 via news.google.com
  VIDEO: 'I was on a airplane' says missing Chilliwack girl when reunited with family  Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News
  
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• VIDEO: 'I was on a airplane' says missing Chilliwack girl when reunited with family - Kelowna Capital News

  03-05-2025 07:00 via news.google.com
  VIDEO: 'I was on a airplane' says missing Chilliwack girl when reunited with family  Kelowna Capital News
  
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• Jets goalie Hellebuyck pulled for third straight road game as Jets fall to Blues

  03-05-2025 06:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST LOUIS — The surprise return of forward Nikolaj Ehlers gave the Winnipeg Jets an injection of star power on Friday against the St. Louis Blues.
  The problem was the team’s biggest name — goaltender Connor Hellebuyck — turned in another mediocre performance at Enterprise Center.A nominee for both the Vezina and Hart trophies, Hellebuyck was pulled early for a third straight road game in a 5-2 loss in Game 6. The Blues scored four goals in a span of just over five minutes
  
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• Canada’s Dante Leon loses by decision in submission grappling world title bout

  03-05-2025 06:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BANGKOK — American Tye Ruotolo retained his One Championship welterweight submission grappling title with a unanimous decision win over Canadian Dante Leon on Friday in the co-main event of One Fight Night 31.
  Ruotolo was the aggressor throughout the bout, with Leon forced into defensive mode.Leon and Ruotolo had met twice before, with Leon earning a decision in 2020 and Ruotolo winning by submission in the 2021 rematch. Both men are decorated black belts in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
  Leon appla
  
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• Blue Jays veteran George Springer has “clear mindset” in comeback season

  03-05-2025 05:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Manager John Schneider believes that George Springer, the elder statesman of the Toronto Blue Jays, is off to a significant start to the season because he’s at peace with himself.
  In the Blue Jays’ third win in a row, a 5-3 decision in the series opener against the Cleveland Guardians on Friday, the 35-year-old Springer found a way to safely reach base four times. Springer walked twice, knocked out a homer in the fifth inning and reached base on a catcher’s inte
  
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• Blues score 3 goals in 2:13 of the second period to beat Jets 5-2 and force a Game 7

  03-05-2025 05:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cam Fowler, Brayden Schenn and Nathan Walker scored in a 2:13 span of the second period and the St. Louis Blues beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-2 on Friday night to force a Game 7 in the first-round series.
  Philip Broberg had a goal and an assist, Alexey Toropchenko also scored and Jordan Binnington made 21 saves for St. Louis who will return to Winnipeg for the deciding game Sunday night.
  Cole Perfetti and Nino Niderreiter scored for Winnipeg, and Connor Hellebuyck made 18 saves
  
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• Victoria vs Chilliwack - FloHockey

  03-05-2025 05:04 via news.google.com
  Victoria vs Chilliwack  FloHockey
  
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• Canada needs two late tries to dispatch the U.S. 26-14 in Pacific Four Series opener

  03-05-2025 05:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KANSAS CITY — Canada, playing its first game in more than six months, opened defence of its Pacific Four Series title with a somewhat laboured 26-14 win over the U.S. in women’s international rugby play Friday.
  The Canadians needed two late tries to seal the deal, taking advantage of the Americans being down a player with Charli Jacoby sin-binned in the 69th minute for a high tackle. Canadian Courtney O’Donnell scored off the back of a rolling maul in the 72nd minute before Sar
  
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• Scottie Scheffler leads at 18 under through 36 holes after long weather delay at the Byron Nelson

  03-05-2025 04:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — Scottie Scheffler and Jordan Spieth share a strong desire to win their hometown event, the CJ Cup Byron Nelson.
  The top-ranked player has a great chance to do it first.
  Playing with his good friend who is also a fellow Dallas resident and Texas alum, Scheffler padded his lead on Friday, shooting an 8-under 63 to reach 18 under through 36 holes as one of the early finishers in a weather-delayed second round.
  About half the field didn’t get to complete the round
  
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• Missing 7-year-old found safe in Chilliwack - CBC

  03-05-2025 04:44 via news.google.com
  Missing 7-year-old found safe in Chilliwack  CBC
  
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• Lukes’s two-run single helps Blue Jays top Guardians 5-3; Toronto wins third straight

  03-05-2025 04:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JOHN CHIDLEY-HILL — Nathan Lukes’s two-out, two-run single in the eighth inning pushed the Toronto Blue Jays to a 5-3 win in the series opener against the Cleveland Guardians on Friday.
  With George Springer on third and pinch-runner Daulton Varsho on second, Lukes’ drive off reliever Jakob Junis (0-1) landed in front of Guardians right-fielder Jhonkensy Noel to the delight of the 26,087 fans at Rogers Centre.
  Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman pitched the ninth inning for his sevent
  
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• Ivankovic perfect as Canada blanks Slovakia 4-0 in semi of under-18 hockey worlds

  03-05-2025 03:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ALLEN — Jack Ivankovic stopped all 24 shots he faced as Canada blanked Slovakia 4-0 on Friday in the semifinal of the men’s under-18 world hockey championship.
  Cole Reschny and Jack Nesbitt each had a power-play goal in the third period for Canada.
  Xavier Villeneuve opened scoring in the second and Ryan Roobroeck added some insurance with an even-strength goal with two minutes left to play.
  Canada will face either Sweden or the United States for gold on Saturday.
  Michal Pradel made 3
  
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• Missing 7-year-old found safe in Chilliwack - Yahoo News Canada

  03-05-2025 03:40 via news.google.com
  Missing 7-year-old found safe in Chilliwack  Yahoo News Canada
  
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• 2 women shot on campus of small technical college near Los Angeles

  03-05-2025 03:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Two women were shot on the campus of a Southern California technical college Friday and taken to the hospital, authorities said.
  Mayor James Butts of Inglewood said the shooting occurred around 4 p.m. on the Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology Campus.
  Speaking on KABC-TV, Butts said the suspect was at still large. Authorities did not believe the suspect was still on campus but conducted a room-to-room search, according to the mayor.
  The shooting occurred
  
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• Girl, 7, found safe a day after being reported missing in Chilliwack, B.C. - North Shore News

  03-05-2025 02:36 via news.google.com
  Girl, 7, found safe a day after being reported missing in Chilliwack, B.C.  North Shore News
  
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• Missing 7-year-old girl found in Chilliwack - Global News

  03-05-2025 02:14 via news.google.com
  Missing 7-year-old girl found in Chilliwack  Global News
  
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• Polls open in Singapore’s election as its long-ruling party seeks a bigger win

  03-05-2025 02:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SINGAPORE (AP) — Polls opened Saturday in Singapore’s general election that is seen as the first key test of support for Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who took office last year.His People’s Action Party is widely expected to comfortably extend its 66-year dominance in the city-state. But the election is being closely watched as people express unhappiness over tight government control and a high cost of living.
  Wong, a U.S.-trained economist who is also finance minister, has app
  
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