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• Chilliwack Farm Story project launches to celebrate local agriculture - The Chilliwack Progress

  05-05-2025 23:57
  Chilliwack Farm Story project launches to celebrate local agriculture  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• B.C. seeks more clean power projects, hoping to reduce U.S. reliance

  05-05-2025 23:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says it’s seeking new clean energy projects to provide enough electricity to power 500,000 homes, helping protect the province and reduce reliance on the United States amid threats from President Donald Trump.
  The province is launching a second “call for power” to acquire up to 5,000 gigawatt-hours of energy per year from large renewable projects in partnership with First Nations and independent power producers.Premier David Eby
  
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• Search and rescue activated for missing Langley senior

  05-05-2025 23:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY — Mounties in Langley say search and rescue personnel have been activated after a 68-year-old Caucasian male went missing earlier today (Monday, May 5).
  According to a statement from Langley RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, police say Lachlan Timothy Munro was last seen in the 22000 block of Fraser Highway at about 10:52 a.m. Monday morning, May 5. He was last seen traveling on foot.
  Police provided the following description of Lachlan Timothy Munro:
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• Small Sardis park owned by the City of Chilliwack hits the market with asking price of nearly $680,000 - Fraser Valley Today

  05-05-2025 23:46
  Small Sardis park owned by the City of Chilliwack hits the market with asking price of nearly $680,000  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Semi-pro FC Laval looks forward to Canadian Championship test at CPL’s York United FC

  05-05-2025 23:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FC Laval has had the date circled on its calendar for months now.
  On Tuesday, the semi-pro Ligue1 Quebec champion visits York United FC of the Canadian Premier League in preliminary-round play in the Telus Canadian Championship.
  “We’re very very eager to be on the pitch (Tuesday),” said Laval coach Amro Radwan. “They’ve been working hard for this. It was an objective last summer. They’re really excited about this opportunity.”Laval lost 3-0 at Forge FC i
  
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• Senators coach, GM expect players to put in the work this off-season

  05-05-2025 22:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — After a season of progress, Ottawa Senators general manager Steve Staios and head coach Travis Green made one thing clear: the work is far from over, and the real challenge starts now.
  The Senators reached the post-season for the first time in eight years in 2024-25. While they fell to the Toronto Maple Leafs in six games in their first-round series, it’s something the team and management can build off.
  “I believe our team took a good step forward this season,” S
  
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• Windsor Liberal who lost by 77 votes files for judicial recount

  05-05-2025 22:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A failed Liberal candidate in Windsor who lost to his Conservative rival by just 77 votes in last week’s federal election says he is filing for a judicial recount.
  Irek Kusmierczyk, a Liberal incumbent who ran in Windsor—Tecumseh—Lakeshore, says in a social media post today that the “razor thin” margin of victory for the Conservative candidate is just seven votes short of Elections Canada’s threshold for triggering an automatic recount.
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• Fleury delays farewell, joins Crosby on Team Canada for world championship

  05-05-2025 22:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Marc-Andre Fleury has exited the NHL after 21 seasons in the net, eager for more family time and an end to the on-ice tributes while fully accepting at age 40 that he’s no longer at his best.
  OK, so he’s not quite ready to completely call it quits.
  Fleury revealed on Monday during a season-ending interview in Minnesota that he has agreed to join Team Canada for the ice hockey world championship later this month. With the Wild eliminated four days ago from
  
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• Longest ballot group takes aim at byelection where Poilievre plans to run

  05-05-2025 21:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The group that added dozens of candidates to the ballot in Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s riding in the recent federal election is planning to do the same in the upcoming byelection.
  Poilievre is expected to seek a seat in the House of Commons for the Alberta riding of Battle River—Crowfoot, after losing his long-held seat of Carleton to the Liberals on April 28.
  Damien Kurek, who was re-elected in Battle River—Crowfoot for the third time last week, has p
  
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• Premier Eby tells B.C. industry not to panic after Trump threatens film tariffs

  05-05-2025 21:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — B.C. Premier David Eby says the provincial film industry should not “panic” over a plan by U.S. President Donald Trump to put a 100 per cent tariff on foreign films, adding that the implementation challenges would be “profound.”Eby says his government will continue to stand with the film industry although he didn’t mention specific measures of support.The premier said Trump’s proposal could leave Americans with two versions of Netflix, one sho
  
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• Chilliwack curling icon Sparkes sweeps into new BC Curling Hall of Fame - The Chilliwack Progress

  05-05-2025 21:29
  Chilliwack curling icon Sparkes sweeps into new BC Curling Hall of Fame  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Army pausing helicopter flights near Washington airport after close calls

  05-05-2025 21:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army is pausing flights near a Washington airport after two commercial planes had to abort landings last week because of an Army Black Hawk helicopter that was flying to the Pentagon.
  The commander of the 12th Aviation Battalion directed the unit to pause flight operations around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport following Thursday’s close calls, two Army officials confirmed to The Associated Press.It comes after 67 people died in January when a passenge
  
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• Dangerous offender charged with DTES robbery in Vancouver – while he was on statutory release

  05-05-2025 21:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver say a dangerous offender who was on statutory release from prison has been charged with robbery in the Downtown Eastside.
  Police say 36-year-old Tyler Gordon Strathdee was the subject of a public warning by Vancouver Police in December 2024 when he had gained statutory release and began living at a halfway house in Vancouver. At the time, VPD believed Strathdee constituted a significant risk of danger to the community and was considered high risk to commit f
  
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• Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp won’t run for US Senate seat in 2026 against Democrat Jon Ossoff

  05-05-2025 21:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Brian Kemp, Georgia’s Republican governor, announced Monday that he’s not running for U.S. Senate in 2026 against Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff.
  Kemp, who will leave the governor’s chair in 2027 after eight years due to term limits, has long been at the top of the GOP’s wish list to challenge Ossoff, whom Republican leaders have made their biggest target in next year’s midterm elections. His decision not to run will likely result in a competit
  
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• Shades of ’23, Oilers clash with Golden Knights again in second round

  05-05-2025 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A quick look at the second-round NHL playoff series between the Edmonton Oilers and Vegas Golden Knights that starts Tuesday with Game 1 at T-Mobile Arena:
  PLAYOFF HISTORY
  The Golden Knights won a second-round series in six games in their last and only playoff meeting with the Oilers in 2023, when Vegas went on to lift the Stanley Cup. Leon Draisaitl scored four goals for Edmonton in a 6-4 loss in Game 1. The Knights retain 15 players from their Cup-winning lineup. Edmonton carries 15 from the r
  
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• NHL to hold an international event at UBS Arena in 2026 in place of All-Star Weekend, AP source says

  05-05-2025 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The NHL is planning an international event at UBS Arena next February in lieu of the previously announced All-Star Weekend at the home of the New York Islanders, a person with knowledge of the situation said Monday.
  The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the league has not announced its plans for the weekend before the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics.
  Commissioner Gary Bettman has said on multiple occasions recently that the league has been rethinking what to do a
  
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• Canada’s resolve against U.S. threats should extend to human rights: Amnesty chief

  05-05-2025 20:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The global head of Amnesty International is calling on Ottawa to bring the same intensity it has used to call out U.S. tariffs and annexation threats to also call out breaches in human rights by Washington and other countries.
  Amnesty Secretary-General Agnès Callamard is making a rare visit to Canada, asking Ottawa to stand up for the global norms and institutions meant to uphold human rights.
  Her visit comes as Prime Minister Mark Carney is travelling to Washington to meet
  
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• Carney wheels up to Washington for Trump meeting on Tuesday

  05-05-2025 20:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Mark Carney is flying to Washington for a meeting with President Donald Trump on Tuesday.Carney left Ottawa Monday afternoon at a tumultuous time in the bilateral relationship amid Trump’s tariffs and claims that Canada should become a U.S. state.
  Carney has said he expects “difficult, but constructive” conversations with Trump and his administration.
  The prime minister has said the meeting will mark the beginning of a larger economic and secur
  
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• Canadiens’ Gorton, Hughes temper off-season expectations after playoff berth

  05-05-2025 20:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens may be ahead of schedule in their rebuild, but Jeff Gorton believes the plan is far from complete.
  Making the playoffs is one thing. Doing it year after year — and becoming a perennial Stanley Cup contender — is another.
  “There’s a lot of benefits in what players were able to do this season, but we’re certainly not done,” said Gorton, the team’s executive vice president of hockey operations. “There’s a
  
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• Israel launches airstrikes on Yemen a day after Houthi rebels strike Israeli airport

  05-05-2025 20:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military said Monday that it carried out airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen’s Red Sea city of Hodeida, a day after the Iranian-backed rebels launched a missile that hit Israel’s main airport.
  The rebels’ media office said the United States and Israel launched at least six strikes Monday afternoon that hit the crucial Hodeida port. Other strikes hit a cement factory in the Bajil district in Hodeida province, the rebels said.
  On Sunday
  
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• 3 killed and 9 missing after small boat capsizes off San Diego, Coast Guard says

  05-05-2025 20:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Three people were killed, four were injured and nine others are missing after a small boat overturned early Monday in high surf off San Diego’s coast.U.S. Coast Guard vessels and helicopters were searching for the missing while the four injured were sent to hospitals, authorities said. Coast Guard officials said they did not know where the 12-foot (3.6-meter) boat was coming from before it flipped.Hikers and others at Torrey Pines State Beach reported seeing a boat c
  
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• Small Sardis park owned by the City of Chilliwack hits the market with asking price of nearly $680,000

  05-05-2025 19:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A single-family sized property owned by the City of Chilliwack that currently functions as a “sub-neighbourhood” park in Sardis has hit the market.
  According to multiple online listings from real estate companies, Cumberland Park, located about 200 metres west of Canterbury Avenue, is currently on sale with an asking price of $679,900. The physical address is 44692 Cumberland Avenue, but does not have a property assessment value on BC Assessment. Google Maps depict
  
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• Shane Lowry, Justin Rose, Wyndham Clark, Max Homa join RBC Canadian Open field

  05-05-2025 19:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALEDON — Shane Lowry, Justin Rose, Wyndham Clark and Max Homa were all added to the RBC Canadian Open field this afternoon.
  They’re joining Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy and Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre, among others, at Canada’s men’s golf championship.
  MacIntyre won his first-ever PGA Tour title at Hamilton Golf and Country Club last June. McIlroy is a two-time champion.
  This year’s edition of the Canadian Open will be held at TPC Toronto at Osprey V
  
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• Greatest Hits: Jets and Blues doled out plenty of punishment in bruising series

  05-05-2025 19:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — The Jets and Blues likely woke up Monday with aching muscles and bruised bodies after an opening-round NHL playoff series filled with punishing hits.
  Winnipeg’s players had their pains eased, though, by an epic 4-3 double-overtime victory Sunday night in Game 7 after captain Adam Lowry scored at 16:10.
  The Jets host the Dallas Stars in the Western Conference second round, with the first game Wednesday and the second on Friday. It’s the first time the clubs will meet
  
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• Former U.S. head coach Fortner takes over Canada’s senior women’s basketball team

  05-05-2025 19:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Nell Fortner has been named head coach of Canada’s senior women’s national team, Canada Basketball announced Monday.The longtime NCAA, WNBA and international coach takes over from Víctor Lapeña as the program looks to rebound from a winless showing at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
  Fortner guided the United States to gold at the 1998 FIBA World Championship and the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, compiling a 101-14 international record.
  The 66-year-old from Jack
  
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• Bannister auto dealerships in Chilliwack contribute more than $100,000 to Chilliwack Hospital Foundation

  05-05-2025 19:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack Hospital Foundation says it is proud to recognize Bannister GM, Bannister Hyundai, Bannister Kia, and Bannister Nissan of Chilliwack for their extraordinary community spirit in donating more than $101,000 to support healthcare in Chilliwack.According to a news release from Chilliwack Hospital Foundation board member Leanna Kemp, the funds were raised through a special campaign in which $100 from every vehicle sold between January and April 2025 was contributed t
  
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• Bannister auto dealerships in Chilliwack contribute more than $100,000 to Chilliwack Hospital Foundation - Fraser Valley Today

  05-05-2025 19:56
  Bannister auto dealerships in Chilliwack contribute more than $100,000 to Chilliwack Hospital Foundation  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Marner set to suit up for Leafs in Game 1 against Panthers after birth of first child

  05-05-2025 19:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Mitch Marner took on a cheerleading role over the weekend.
  The Maple Leafs winger will be back in the middle of the action Monday night.
  Marner was on the ice for Toronto’s optional morning skate and will suit up in Game 1 of his team’s second-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Florida Panthers after he and wife Stephanie welcomed their first child.
  “Really special moment … it’s hard to explain,” Marner said at Scotiabank Arena some
  
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• Rob Blake is out after 8 seasons as the Los Angeles Kings’ general manager

  05-05-2025 19:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rob Blake is out after eight seasons as the Los Angeles Kings’ vice president and general manager.
  The Kings announced a mutual parting with Blake on Monday, four days after Los Angeles lost to Edmonton in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fourth consecutive season.
  Blake built a consistent regular-season winner with the Kings, but the team failed to win a playoff series during his tenure.
  “Reaching this understanding wasn’t easy, and
  
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• Canada’s Mboko closes in on main draw berth at Italian Open tennis tournament

  05-05-2025 18:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ROME — Canada’s Victoria Mboko advanced to the second round of qualifying at the Italian Open WTA 1000 tennis tournament with a 6-3, 6-2 win over 17th-seed Cristina Bucsa of Spain on Monday.
  The 18-year-old from Toronto fired seven aces on the clay courts in Rome and broke Bucsa five times on 10 chances to wrap up the win in one hour 14 minutes.
  Mboko will next face ninth seed Kamilla Rakhimova of Russia for the chance to advance to her second career 1000-level main draw. She advance
  
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• Chilliwack business announces expansion within industrial park - Fraser Valley Today

  05-05-2025 18:52
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• Chilliwack business announces expansion within industrial park

  05-05-2025 18:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A Chilliwack gymnastics business that opened during the pandemic and has since grown to over 850 weekly participants has announced its expansion into a new facility just off Evans Road.Kirsten Backus, gym director of Fraser Valley Gymnastix/Ambition Parkour and Ninja Fitness Academy, told Fraser Valley Today the thriving business plans to relocate to a new 21,000-square foot building within their existing industrial park on Commercial Court.Fraser Valley Gymnastix opened in Se
  
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• Romanian premier resigns after his coalition’s candidate fails to advance to presidential runoff

  05-05-2025 18:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu announced his resignation on Monday, a day after the governing coalition’s joint candidate failed to advance to the runoff in the European Union country’s critical presidential election rerun.
  The coalition’s candidate, Crin Antonescu, finished third in Sunday’s first round vote, putting him narrowly behind Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan, and far behind hard-right nationalist George Simion — who dec
  
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• Chilliwack SAR lauds bravery, courage of rescued 7-year-old girl

  05-05-2025 18:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — More details have emerged about the rescue mission involving a 7-year-old girl who wandered away from her Chilliwack River Valley home last Thursday, only to be rescued roughly 24 hours later.
  Chilliwack Search and Rescue now says 7-year-old Lily was located several kilometres from her home in heavily wooded terrain, wearing only minimal clothes.
  “Lily survived in the woods by herself with no food or water in nothing but Crocs and shorts and T-shirt for over 24 hours &nd
  
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• Blue Jays sign right-handers Turnbull, Ureña to one-year major league contracts

  05-05-2025 18:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have signed right-handed pitchers Spencer Turnbull and José Ureña to one-year major league contracts, the Major League Baseball club announced Monday.
  Turnbull was optioned to the Florida Complex League Blue Jays roster as he continues to get into game shape after missing much of last season.
  The 32-year-old appeared in 17 games (seven starts) with Philadelphia in 2024, posting a 3-0 record with a 2.65 earned-run average and 58 strikeouts, befo
  
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• B.C. taxi driver busted for impaired driving – just after 8 in the morning

  05-05-2025 18:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOWER MAINLAND — A 33-year-old male taxi driver from the Lower Mainland is facing fines and other steep consequences after he was caught for impaired driving near a liquor store just after eight o’clock in the morning this past week.According to a statement from B.C. RCMP spokesperson Corporal Michael McLaughlin, police got a little suspicious when they saw a taxi leaving a liquor store last Tuesday morning, Apr. 29 without a passenger. A BC Highway Patrol decided it was important to
  
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• Scott Laughton proving playoff worth for Maple Leafs after bumpy start

  05-05-2025 18:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Scott Laughton was probably still feeling it.
  The Maple Leafs forward blocked a shot in the dying moments of Toronto’s Game 6 victory over the Ottawa Senators to clinch a spot in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
  The puck off Jack Sanderson’s stick appeared to get him somewhere on his right arm.
  William Nylander had given Toronto a 2-0 lead in the second period before Ottawa pushed back to eventually even the score in the third. Max Pacioretty then buried
  
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• Chilliwack SAR lauds bravery, courage of rescued 7-year-old girl - Fraser Valley Today

  05-05-2025 18:06
  Chilliwack SAR lauds bravery, courage of rescued 7-year-old girl  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Curlers Peterman, Gallant first athletes named to Canada’s 2026 Olympic team

  05-05-2025 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Curlers Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant are the first athletes named to Canada’s team for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
  The husband-and-wife team from Chestermere, Alta., will represent Canada in mixed doubles curling at the Games, Curling Canada and the Canadian Olympic Team announced Monday.
  Peterman and Gallant provisionally earned their nomination to the Olympic team by winning the Canadian mixed doubles trials in January.
  They secured Canada’s spot i
  
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• Alberta premier to give live address on province’s ‘path forward’ with Ottawa

  05-05-2025 17:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will deliver a livestreamed address this afternoon to outline the province’s path forward with Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government.
  Smith has said she will be looking to strike a “What’s Next” panel to poll Albertans on issues they want to see addressed after last week’s federal election.
  Carney’s Liberals won their fourth consecutive term, and Smith has previously warned the prime minister against any
  
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• Upstate New York prison guard pleads guilty to manslaughter in an inmate’s 2024 beating death

  05-05-2025 17:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — A correctional officer pleaded guilty to manslaughter Monday in connection with the killing of inmate Robert Brooks, whose brutal beating while handcuffed at an upstate New York prison was recorded by officers’ body cameras.
  Christopher Walrath, 36, was one of six guards charged with second-degree murder in the Dec. 9 beating at the Marcy Correctional Facility. He pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter during a hearing at state court in Utica. The plea deal ca
  
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• Lion Electric likely to be liquidated, court-appointed monitor says

  05-05-2025 17:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAINT-JÉRÔME — The court-appointed monitor for Lion Electric says the vehicle maker is very likely to be liquidated after the Quebec government refused to invest more public funds in the company.Jean-François Nadon, a representative of Deloitte, said in a court hearing this morning that government aid would have been a condition of any sale of the struggling company.Nadon says Deloitte sought offers over the weekend from companies interested in liquidating Lion Electric
  
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• Trump administration says it will pay immigrants in the United States illegally $1,000 to go home

  05-05-2025 16:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says it is going to pay immigrants in the United States illegally who’ve returned to their home country voluntarily $1,000 as it pushes forward with its mass deportation agenda.
  The Department of Homeland Security said in a news release Monday that it’s also paying for travel assistance and that those people who use an app called CBP Home to tell the government that they plan to return home will be “deprioritized” for deten
  
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• Search and rescue team has gear stolen after finding missing Chilliwack girl - Western Standard

  05-05-2025 16:54
  Search and rescue team has gear stolen after finding missing Chilliwack girl  Western Standard
  
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• Canadian rider Derek Gee to lead Israel-Premier Tech team at Giro d’Italia

  05-05-2025 16:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian rider Derek Gee, who turned heads with his breakthrough ride in the 2023 race, returns to the Giro d’Italia this week.
  This time, the 27-year-old from Ottawa looks to make his mark in the general classification for the Israel-Premier Tech team rather than hunt for stage wins in the first of the year’s three Grand Tour races.
  The 2025 Giro opens Friday in Durres, Albania, and finishes 3,445 kilometres later on June 1 in Rome with five former champions in the field: Colombia&r
  
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• NDP national council scheduled to meet Monday night to pick interim leader

  05-05-2025 16:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The NDP national council is scheduled to meet tonight to pick an interim leader.
  Jagmeet Singh announced on election night that he would step down as soon as an interim leader was chosen.
  The NDP was reduced to just seven seats in the election on April 28 and no longer holds official party status.
  Two party officials say the NDP caucus met twice last week to discuss who will lead the party until a leadership race can be completed.
  Singh is among more than a dozen NDP MPs who were
  
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• The UN’s top court dismisses Sudan’s genocide case alleging the UAE funded RSF rebels

  05-05-2025 15:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top United Nations court on Monday dismissed a case brought by Sudan accusing the United Arab Emirates of breaching the genocide convention by arming and funding the rebel paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan’s deadly civil war.
  Judges found that the International Court of Justice lacked the authority to continue the proceedings. While both Sudan and the UAE are signatories to the 1948 genocide convention, the United Arab Emirates has a carveou
  
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• The perception of Brad Marchand is one thing. Reality, the Florida Panthers have learned, is another

  05-05-2025 15:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Brad Marchand is many things. Sarcastic, most definitely. A pest on the ice, absolutely. Someone who doesn’t mind a little bonus physicality, goes without saying. His “little ball of hate” nickname even got repeated once by President Barack Obama.
  The Florida Panthers knew all of this when they acquired him.
  And then they learned something else. Marchand is … likeable?
  “Good person and fun to be around,” Panthers defenseman
  
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• Leafs, Panthers open Round 2 of NHL playoffs tonight in Toronto

  05-05-2025 11:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The second round of the National Hockey League playoffs gets underway tonight at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.
  The defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers, who knocked off Sunshine State rival Tampa Bay Lightning in five games, visit the Toronto Maple Leafs, who eliminated the Ontario rival Ottawa Senators in six games.
  The Maple Leafs, with new bench boss Craig Berube, finished first in the Atlantic Division this season, 10 points ahead of the third-place Panthers. They a
  
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• In the news today: Trump threatens 100% tariff on foreign-made films

  05-05-2025 10:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Trump threatens 100% tariff on foreign-made films
  President Donald Trump is opening a new salvo in his tariff war, targeting films made outside the U.S.
  In a post Sunday night on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he has authorized the Department of Commerce and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to slap a 100% tariff “on any and all Movies coming into our Country that are produced in
  
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