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• Abbotsford PD seeks help in finding missing 27-year-old man

  23-04-2024 20:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department is appealing to the public for help in finding a missing 27-year-old man, Wesley Bosman.According to a statement from AbbyPD spokesperson Constable Jody Thomas, Wesley Bosman was last seen on foot near Ash Street and Cedar Avenue in Abbotsford at approximately 3 a.m. on Tuesday, April 23. Police say Bosman’s disappearance is out of character, and police are concerned for his well-being. All attempts to locate him have not yielded any resu
  
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• ‘They didn’t accept their fate’: Maple Leafs push Bruins to another Game 7

  03-05-2024 17:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Sheldon Keefe’s team had a decision to make. 
  The Maple Leafs head coach watched his players put in a terrible Game 4 performance on home ice against the Boston Bruins — one that left them sitting in a 3-1 series hole against an opponent seemingly on cruise control to the second round of the Stanley Cup tournament. 
  The disastrous showing last Saturday also included star Toronto forwards Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner and William Nylander bickering on the ben
  
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• Canadiens sign defenceman Adam Engstrom to three-year, entry-level contract

  03-05-2024 17:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens signed defenceman Adam Engstrom to a three-year, entry-level contract on Friday.
  The 20-year-old Engstrom had four goals and 18 assists in 51 games for Rögle BK of the Swedish Hockey League this season, ranking second among defencemen on his team with 22 points.
  The six-foot-two, 193-pound blueliner added four assists in 15 playoff games as Rogle reached the SHL final.
  Montreal drafted Engstrom in the third round, 92nd overall, in the 2022 NHL draft.
  
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• CF Montreal coach on report of Choiniere trade request: ‘Everyone wants him to stay’

  03-05-2024 16:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — CF Montreal head Laurent Courtois says the club wants Mathieu Choiniere to stay after a report the homegrown midfielder is seeking a trade surfaced earlier this week.
  The Athletic reported Wednesday that Choiniere requested a trade from the Major League Soccer club after talks of a contract extension died down following months of discussions with no resolution.
  Choiniere is under contract through the end of the season and Montreal holds a club option for 2025.
  The 25-year-old fr
  
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• Top court orders new trial for francophone B.C. man who was not given French option

  03-05-2024 16:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court is ordering a new trial for a francophone man in British Columbia who says he was not informed of his right to have a trial in the official language of his choice. 
  The top court ruled 5-2 in the decision released today. 
  Franck Yvan Tayo Tompouba appealed his sexual assault conviction on the basis that his language rights were violated because he was not told his trial could be conducted in French. 
  The B.C. Court of Appeal dismissed the case, so
  
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• Canada gets another chance at world para hockey title at home

  03-05-2024 12:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Canada’s para hockey team gets another swing at winning a world championship on home ice.
  Canada hosted the world para hockey championship for the first time in 2023 in Moose Jaw, Sask., where the home team took the silver medal behind the United States.
  The 2024 edition at Calgary’s WinSport Arena, where the Canadians open against Japan on Saturday, provides more familiar territory.
  “There’s just so much gratitude to have the opportunity to play on home i
  
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• China sends a probe to get samples from the less-explored far side of the moon

  03-05-2024 11:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China on Friday launched a lunar probe to land on the far side of the moon and return with samples that could provide insights into differences between the less-explored region and the better-known near side.It is the latest advance in China’s increasingly sophisticated space exploration program, which is now competing with the U.S., still the leader in space.Free from exposure to Earth and other interference, the moon’s somewhat mysterious far side is ide
  
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• Pro-Palestine encampment remains at University of Toronto despite safety concerns

  03-05-2024 11:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO —
  The University of Toronto says it’s concerned about safety as a pro-Palestine encampment still stands at its downtown campus.
  A statement from the U of T issued Thursday followed tents, banners and flags being set up on campus as students continue to call on the post-secondary institution to cut ties with Israel in its ongoing war in Gaza.
  That same statement reminded protesters they needed to vacate the encampment by 10 p.m. Thursday.
  However, the U of T went on to say tha
  
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• In the news today: Students set up pro-Palestinian encampment at UofT

  03-05-2024 10:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today…
  Students set up pro-Palestinian encampment at UofT
  The University of Toronto says its concerns about safety at its downtown campus are rising.
  A statement from the university Thursday came after tents, banners and flags cropped up on campus as students continue to call on the post-secondary institution to cut ties with Israel in its ongoing war in Gaza.
  That same statemen
  
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• Federal government to announce funding to help Toronto host six 2026 World Cup games

  03-05-2024 10:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The federal government is set to announce funding to help Toronto host six matches at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
  Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow and federal Sports Minister Carla Qualtrough are scheduled to provide a funding update today at Toronto’s BMO Field, where the matches will be held.
  Neil Lumsden, Ontario’s Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport, will also be in attendance.
  Toronto has estimated its part of hosting the elite international soccer competition will cost
  
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• Winnipeg judge to rule if trial of accused serial killer to start with jury

  03-05-2024 10:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg judge is expected to decide today whether the trial of a man accused of killing four women will still be heard by a jury
  Lawyers for Jeremy Skibicki have asked that his jury trial, which is set to begin Wednesday, be heard by a judge alone. 
  The defence has argued that two years of publicity surrounding the high-profile case may have biased the jurors.
  A U.S.-based psychologist who has studied jury bias told court this week that news coverage of the slayings of t
  
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• Princess Anne to take part in B.C. ceremony bringing new ship into Pacific fleet

  03-05-2024 10:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Canada’s first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel will officially be brought into the Pacific fleet today and Princess Anne, the sister of King Charles, is scheduled to take part in its commissioning ceremony. 
  A news release says Anne will be attending the ceremony in her role as commodore-in-chief for the Canadian Fleet Pacific.
  National Defence says HMCS Max Bernays arrived in its new home port in Esquimalt last month, calling it a “pivotal milestone” i
  
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• Claims of Surrey RCMP harassment fell into ‘jurisdictional void’: B.C. court papers

  03-05-2024 10:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Lawyers for the Surrey Police Union say officers were subjected to harassment and disrespect by members of the Surrey RCMP, only to be left in a “jurisdictional void” when both federal and British Columbia bodies declined to investigate their allegations. 
  The claims that Surrey Police Service officers working alongside the RCMP in Surrey were subjected to a “toxic work environment” are contained in documents related to the City of Surrey’s le
  
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• More than half of Canadians say freedom of speech is under threat, new poll suggests

  03-05-2024 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A new poll suggests a majority of Canadians feel their right to freedom of speech is in danger. 
  The Leger online survey found 57 per cent of respondents who said free speech in Canada is under threat.  
  Of those, 34 per cent said it was “somewhat” threatened, while 23 per cent said they consider the threat a serious one. 
  Some 36 per cent said their free-speech rights were in no danger, while seven per cent said they didn’t know or did not answer.
  
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• Foreign interference inquiry to report today on alleged meddling in federal elections

  03-05-2024 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A federal commission of inquiry into foreign interference is slated to release a report today on alleged meddling in the last two general elections.Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue plans to make a statement to the media following the public release, but will not take questions.The inquiry recently wrapped up 10 days of public hearings into possible interference by China, Russia, India and others in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections.Hogue’s report will focus on the int
  
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• Bruins searching for answers as they head home for deciding Game 7

  03-05-2024 06:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — An uninspired Game 5 effort put the pressure squarely on the Boston Bruins in their first-round NHL playoff series against Toronto.
  A Game 6 dud only made things worse. 
  The Maple Leafs topped the Bruins 2-1 on Thursday at Scotiabank Arena to force a seventh game on Saturday night at TD Garden. Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery wants to see more from his team in the decider and called out forward David Pastrnak by name.
  “Your best players need to be your best players th
  
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• Nylander, Woll star as Maple Leafs down Bruins 2-1 to force Game 7

  03-05-2024 05:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — William Nylander scored twice and Joseph Woll made 22 saves as the Toronto Maple Leafs downed the Boston Bruins 2-1 on Thursday to force Game 7 in their first-round series.
  Toronto has now won two straight — including Tuesday’s 2-1 overtime victory in Game 5 — after falling behind their Original Six rival 3-1 to force a winner-take-all finale Saturday in Boston. Morgan Rielly had two assists.
  Jeremy Swayman stopped 24 shots for the Bruins, who also blew a 3-1 le
  
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• RCMP needs help finding a missing 29-year-old woman last seen in Chilliwack

  03-05-2024 04:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Mounties are asking for the public’s help in locating a 29-year-old woman who was last seen Wednesday evening (May 1) in Chilliwack.
  According to a statement from Corporal Alex Bérubé of the Nanaimo RCMP detachment, 29-year-old Jylisa Knull was reported missing on Thursday, May 2.Knull was last seen on the evening of May 1, 2024, in Chilliwack. Police say she is associated with a green Honda CRV with B.C. licence plate NT5 54S.
  Police provided the following
  
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• Matt Wallace takes 1-shot lead, Canada’s Pendrith in second at Byron Nelson, with defending champ Jason Day 3 back

  03-05-2024 04:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — Matt Wallace was relegated to watching the Masters amid a self-described “terrible” season when he found himself pondering what makes some of the best golfers in the world so good.
  Asked if Scottie Scheffler was among the players he was watching, Wallace stumbled over his words just a bit.
  “Well, him, but, I mean, so good that it’s difficult to take a lot from him because he’s playing unbelievable golf,” Wallace said. “It&rsq
  
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• OSIC, Abuse Free Sport to be taken over by Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport

  03-05-2024 03:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner and its Abuse-Free Sports Program will be absorbed by the Canadian Centre For Ethics in Sport by next year.
  OSIC was created in 2022 as a division of the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada amid a wave of complaints about abuse and harassment in Canadian sport.OSIC’s job was to administer the Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent and Address Maltreatment in Sport (UCCMS).
  Decoupling OSIC from the SDRCC “to ensure greater independenc
  
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• Quebec semi-pro side CS Saint-Laurent upsets Halifax in Canadian Championship play

  03-05-2024 03:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — Ligue1 Quebec champion CS Saint-Laurent upset Halifax Wanderers FC 5-3 in a penalty shootout Thursday to earn a quarterfinal date with Toronto FC in the Canadian Championship.
  After Saint-Laurent ‘keeper Konstantinos Maniatis stopped Christian Volesky’s penalty, Mouhamadou Kane stepped up and beat Yann Fillion for the shootout win.
  It marks the second straight year a semi-pro side has dispatched a pro team from the Canadian Premier League in the cup competition. TSS R
  
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• Bannister Automotive Group acquires longtime Chilliwack car dealership

  03-05-2024 01:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A family business that got its start in Western Canada and later expanded its footprint throughout British Columbia before establishing a presence in the Fraser Valley has announced the acquisition of a longtime business in Chilliwack.According to a news release, the Bannister Automotive Group announced Thursday (May 2) that it has added O’Connor Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram as the newest dealership in their automotive portfolio.
  “This is a very exciting acquisition for
  
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• Jets enter off-season in disbelief, wanting more after early playoff exit

  03-05-2024 01:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Disbelief seemed to be the overriding emotion among the Winnipeg Jets after their early exit from the NHL playoffs.
  “I am truly kind of puzzled why it didn’t work because I really thought we had a really good group,” defenceman Dylan DeMelo told reporters Thursday as players met with the media before beginning their early summer vacations.
  The Jets finished fourth overall in the league and second in the Central Division with a franchise-tying 52 wins (52-24-6).
  
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• Older adults’ brains ‘rewarded’ by music they don’t even like, B.C. researcher finds

  03-05-2024 00:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BURNABY, B.C. — A researcher at British Columbia’s Simon Fraser University says the brains of older adults feel a sense of reward when listening to music, even if it’s a song they don’t particularly like.
  Sarah Faber says her work on how healthy brains respond to music as they age creates a baseline for future research on people who have Alzheimer’s or dementia to better understand those diseases.
  The research published in the journal Network Neuroscience featured 8
  
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• Montreal defender Erin Ambrose leads PWHL’s top stars of April

  03-05-2024 00:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Montreal defender Erin Ambrose, who led all players in scoring last month, has been named one of the The Professional Women’s Hockey League’s top stars of April.
  Ambrose had a goal and six assists in four games as Montreal locked up second place in the league standings and home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
  Montreal teammate Laura was second with 10 points in April (three goals, seven assists) and was one of three forwards honoured.
  Sarah Nurse of
  
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• London Drugs rebuilding infrastructure after cybersecurity breach

  02-05-2024 23:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Retailer London Drugs says it’s rebuilding its data infrastructure with the help of leading third-party experts to bring its operations safely back online after a cybersecurity incident that has shut down stores for five days. 
  The store says in a statement that there are billions of lines of data and code to review, but its teams have been working around the clock and there is progress. 
  The Richmond, B.C.,-based company has more than 80 stores across B.C. Albe
  
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• Captain sentenced to 4 years for criminal negligence in fiery deaths of 34 aboard scuba boat

  02-05-2024 23:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a scuba dive boat captain to four years in custody and three years supervised release for criminal negligence after 34 people died in a fire aboard the vessel.
  The Sept. 2, 2019, blaze was the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history, and prompted changes to maritime regulations, congressional reform and several ongoing lawsuits.
  Captain Jerry Boylan was found guilty of one count of misconduct or neglect of ship officer las
  
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• I-95 in Connecticut will close for days after fiery crash damages bridge, governor says

  02-05-2024 23:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The major traffic artery linking New England with New York will be closed in Connecticut for days after a tanker fire damaged a bridge over Interstate 95, Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday.
  The tanker truck filled with gasoline burst into flames in a three-vehicle crash Thursday on I-95 in southwest Connecticut, closing the East Coast’s main north-south highway and causing major traffic jams.
  Lamont said there were no serious injuries in the 5:30 a.m. accident in N
  
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• Oilers await second-round opponent, plan to use rest as a weapon

  02-05-2024 22:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — During what they hope is a deep run through the gruelling Stanley Cup playoffs this spring, the Edmonton Oilers will take all the time off they can get.
  “Rest is always a good thing,” captain Connor McDavid said. “Rest is a weapon this time of year.”
  The Oilers defeated the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 on Wednesday night at Rogers Place to close out the best-of-seven series in five games, advancing to the second round and saving themselves a long trip back to Lo
  
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• Hurricanes’ Rod Brind’Amour says he feels ‘really good’ about reaching new contract

  02-05-2024 22:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said Thursday he feels “really good” that he will reach a new contract with the team, mirroring optimism from president and general manager Don Waddell a day earlier.
  Brind’Amour — considered by many the face of the franchise with his long-running ties here that include being the captain of the 2006 Stanley Cup winner — is in the final year of a deal reached in 2021. His status has become a t
  
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