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• Berrios takes the mound as Blue Jays open 2024 MLB season against Rays

  28-03-2024 11:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Toronto Blue Jays open their 2024 Major League Baseball season this afternoon with a road game against the Tampa Bay Rays.
  Toronto’s Jose Berrios starts on the mound against Tampa Bay’s Zach Eflin in St. Petersburg, Fla., as the Blue Jays look to fulfil their potential this season.
  The Blue Jays went 89-73 last year before being swept by the Minnesota Twins in the wild-card round, scoring just one run in two games.
  Despite the offensively loaded roste
  
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• Hannah Green wins LPGA Tour’s JM Eagle LA Championship for 2nd straight year

  29-04-2024 03:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hannah Green won LPGA Tour’s JM Eagle LA Championship for the second straight year Sunday, holing out twice from off the greens in a pivotal back-nine stretch at challenging Whilshire Country Club.
  A year after making a 25-foot birdie on the final hole of regulation and winning on the second hole of a playoff, Green — with help from Maja Stark — took the late drama out of this one for her fifth LPGA Tour victory and second of the year.
  “It’s
  
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• Oilers recall Jack Campbell, Philip Broberg from AHL affiliate Bakersfield

  29-04-2024 03:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Edmonton Oilers are adding depth for the playoffs by recalling goaltender Jack Campbell and defenceman Philip Broberg from the American Hockey League’s Bakersfield Condors.
  Campbell and Broberg join the Oilers amid their first-round series against the Los Angeles Kings after Bakersfield lost 3-1 to the Ontario Reign, L.A.’s affiliate, and were eliminated from the AHL playoffs on Saturday.
  The Oilers lead the Kings 2-1 heading into Game 4 of the best-of-seven s
  
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• Stephen Ames celebrates 60th birthday with successful title defense in Mitsubishi Electric Classic

  29-04-2024 02:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — Stephen Ames celebrated his 60th birthday with a successful title defense in the Mitsubishi Electric Classic, closing with a 5-under 67 on Sunday for his eighth PGA Tour Champions victory.
  A stroke behind Paul Broadhurst after matching the tournament record Saturday with a 64, Ames had two eagles in the final round. He won by four strokes, finishing at 14-under 202 at TPC Sugarloaf for his record third victory in the event.
  Broadhurst, the 58-year-old Englishman coming o
  
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• McIlroy, Lowry rally to win Zurich Classic team event in a playoff

  29-04-2024 01:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans team event Sunday, beating Chad Ramey and Martin Trainer with a par on the first hole of a playoff.
  Trainer pushed a six-foot par putt to the right of the cup to end it, with Lowry and McIlroy sharing a smiling embrace on the green.
  The 34-year-old McIlroy, playing in the event for the first time, won his 25th PGA Tour title and first of the season. Lowry claimed his third PGA Tour victory.
  The Irish tand
  
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• London Drugs stores closed in Western Canada, including in Chilliwack, due to ‘operational issue’

  29-04-2024 01:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack’s only London Drugs location at the Cottonwood Centre mall closed Sunday (Apr. 29) after the drug store chain cited an operational issue.
  In a brief statement posted to Facebook at 11:36 a.m. Sunday morning, the company said it had experienced an operational issue that resulted in the closure of its stores across Western Canada until further notice.“Pharmacists are standing by to support any customers with urgent pharmacy needs,” London Drugs wrote
  
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• Paul George, James Harden help Clippers hang on beat Mavs 116-111 after blowing 31-point lead

  29-04-2024 00:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Paul George and James Harden each scored 33 points while playing key fourth-quarter roles to help the Los Angeles Clippers hold on after blowing a 31-point lead and beat the Dallas Mavericks 116-111 on Sunday, evening the first-round series at 2-2.
  The Clippers won again without Kawhi Leonard, who missed the series opener with right knee inflammation before playing in the two Dallas victories.
  The teams have split a pair on each other’s home court in the third Western C
  
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• Canadian women defeat U.S. handily in Pacific Four Series rugby tournament opener

  29-04-2024 00:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CARSON, Calif. — Captain Sophie de Goede scored 18 points, including two tries, as Canada thumped the U.S. 50-7 Sunday in the opening match of Pacific Four Series rugby tournament.
  Claire Gallagher scored two tries while Tyson Beukeboom, Laetitia Royer, Maddie Grant and Julia Omokhuale added singles for Canada, which led 17-7 at halftime. De Goede kicked four conversions and Alex Tessier booted one.
  Beukeboom, a 33-year-old lock forward from Uxbridge, Ont., earned her 66th cap, to move wit
  
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• Pro-Palestinian encampment grows at Montreal’s McGill university

  29-04-2024 00:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Pro-Palestinian student activists in Montreal have set up camp on the grounds of McGill University this weekend, following a wave of similar protests on campuses across the United States.
  More than two dozen tents had been pitched at the school’s downtown campus On Sunday afternoon, with a steady stream of visitors stopping by to drop off donations and supplies. 
  “Ruth,” a McGill student and spokesperson who didn’t want to give her full name for fear
  
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• Drug user advocates concerned about B.C.’s decriminalization exception request

  29-04-2024 00:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Advocates for drug users are raising concerns about British Columbia’s request for Health Canada to empower police to step in when they see illicit drug use in public spaces, saying it may be a step backward in the fight against the deadly opioid crisis.
  Brittany Graham, the executive director of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, said though she hasn’t seen the specifics, the proposed change currently only seems to affect those who have no home and are livin
  
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• Highway closure through Fraser Canyon on Monday

  28-04-2024 23:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is reminding residents of a major road closure Monday through the Fraser Canyon.
  Highway 1 will be closed Monday (Apr. 29) from 7 a.m. until Tuesday, April 30, at 7 a.m. The closure will allow crews to lift a new permanent bridge and slide it into place over Falls Creek in the Jackass Mountain area.
  The highway was closed because of the damage caused by an atmospheric river event that swept through the region in November 2021.
  
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• Jets forward Namestnikov leaves Game 4 after taking puck to side of the head

  28-04-2024 23:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DENVER — Winnipeg Jets forward Vladislav Namestnikov left Sunday’s game against the Colorado Avalanche after taking a slapshot to the side of the head.
  Nate Schmidt fired a shot from the point that was tipped before it hit Namestnikov in the slot midway through the third period. The Avalanche led 4-1 at the time.
  Namestnikov was down on the ice for about a minute before heading to the locker-room. 
  The fourth-line centre skated off under his power with trainers at his side.
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• Brunson scores career playoff-high 47 points, leads Knicks over 76ers for 3-1 lead

  28-04-2024 22:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Brunson scored a career playoff-high 47 points, added 10 assists and the New York Knicks beat the Philadelphia 76ers 97-92 on Sunday to take a 3-1 lead in their first-round playoff series.
  OG Anunoby added 16 points and 14 rebounds, and took on some of the defensive assignment against Joel Embiid in the fourth quarter as the Knicks moved within a victory of getting to the Eastern Conference semifinals for the second straight year.
  The No. 2-seeded Knicks can do th
  
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• Alejandro Kirk’s first homer of the year lifts Blue Jays over Dodgers 3-1

  28-04-2024 22:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Alejandro Kirk went 3 for 3 at the plate and hit his first home run of the season to lead the Toronto Blue Jays past the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 on Sunday to snap a five-game losing skid.
  Daulton Varsho and Isiah Kiner-Falefa had back-to-back groundouts in the second inning to score runners for Toronto (14-15) before Kirk hit his first homer of the season 381 feet.
  Kevin Gausman (1-3) allowed one run and five hits while striking out five across seven innings in his best performan
  
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• Joe Biden wins Democratic primary in Puerto Rico

  28-04-2024 22:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — President Joe Biden won the Democratic presidential primary Sunday in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico.
  Puerto Rico was authorized to open only a dozen voting centers this year compared with more than 100 in previous years given recent austerity measures imposed by a federal control board that oversees the island’s finances.
  On Sunday, Puerto Rico’s Democrats also chose 36 of 65 delegates they hope to send to the National Democratic Convention that
  
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• Hit parade: Players throwing their weight around in the Stanley Cup playoffs

  28-04-2024 22:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Oilers captain Connor McDavid took a big hit from Kings forward Quinton Byfield along the boards. Edmonton winger Zach Hyman steamrolled Los Angeles centre Philip Danault in the same series.
  Back east, the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning have been running into each other at breakneck speed.
  The difference between Game 82 of the regular season and the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs is always stark.
  Stakes are sky-high and intensity ramps up as
  
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• G.W. Graham boys rugby powers past W.J. Mouat in 15-0 shutout win

  28-04-2024 22:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — In a thrilling display of skill and sportsmanship, the G.W. Graham varsity boys rugby team clinched a hard-fought victory against W.J. Mouat Secondary Thursday (Apr. 25) at Rotary Stadium in Abbotsford, 15-0. The match, characterized by its intense physicality and strategic plays, showcased the best of high school rugby.
  The game started with a competitive edge as both teams vied for control. The only score in the first half came from G.W. Graham’s scrum-half, Logan Murp
  
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• Rookie goalie Arturs Silovs takes over Vancouver Canucks net for Game 4: reports

  28-04-2024 22:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NASHVILLE — Multiple reports say rookie goalie Arturs Silovs will be in net for the Vancouver Canucks when they face the Nashville Predators in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series today. 
  The 23-year-old Latvian will be backed up by 24-year-old Belarusian netminder Nikita Tolopilo, who has never played an NHL game. 
  Silovs is the third goalie to play for the Canucks in the best-of-seven series, and has spent much of the season with Vancouver’s American Hockey League
  
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• Darmstadt is relegated from the Bundesliga. Late penalty slightly helps Cologne survival hopes

  28-04-2024 21:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Darmstadt was relegated from the Bundesliga on Sunday with a 1-0 loss at home to fellow promoted side Heidenheim.Darmstadt, which finished runner-up behind second-division champion Heidenheim last year, remained bottom of the Bundesliga with just 17 points from 31 rounds. It can’t catch Mainz (28 points) in the relegation playoff spot with only three rounds remaining.
  Heidenheim forward Nikola Dovedan scored in the final minute to confirm the home team’s fate. Dar
  
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• Candace Parker, a 3-time WNBA champion and 2-time Olympic gold medalist, announces retirement

  28-04-2024 21:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Candace Parker always said she’d know when it would be time to retire. That day came Sunday.
  The three-time WNBA champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist announced on social media that her career was over after 16 seasons.
  “The competitor in me always wants 1 more, but it’s time,” Parker wrote in an Instagram post. “My HEART & body knew, but I needed to give my mind time to accept it.”
  Parker, 38, had told The Associated Press in November she wanted to
  
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• Los Angeles Kings goalie David Rittich starting against Edmonton Oilers in Game 4

  28-04-2024 21:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Los Angeles Kings goalie David Rittich will start in net against the Edmonton Oilers in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series Sunday.
  Rittich replaces Cam Talbot in the crease with the Kings down 2-1 to the Oilers in the series.
  Talbot started all three games so far. The 36-year-old has a .861 save percentage and a 5.30 goals-against average this post-season.
  Rittich last played on April 13 in a 3-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks. The 31-year-old had a .921 save percentage in 24 games during th
  
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• Tornadoes kill 4 in Oklahoma as governor issues state of emergency for 12 counties amid storm damage

  28-04-2024 21:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOLDENVILLE, Okla. (AP) — Tornadoes that tore through Oklahoma and flattened buildings across one rural town killed at least four people, Gov. Kevin Stitt said Sunday.
  Nearly 30,000 people remained without power after tornadoes that began late Saturday night and left a wide trail of destruction. The damage was extensive in Sulphur, a town of about 5,000 people, where some downtown buildings were reduced to rubble and roofs were sheared off houses across a 15-block radius.
  Stitt said about
  
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• PSG wins another French league in Kylian Mbappé’s last season at the club after Monaco loses at Lyon

  28-04-2024 21:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain has won the French league in Kylian Mbappé’s last season at the club after Monaco lost 3-2 at Lyon on Sunday.
  PSG has an unassailable 12-point lead over second-place Monaco, which has three games left.
  The Ligue 1 triumph is PSG’s third in a row and a record-extending 12th overall.
  Mbappé has been involved in six of them, but comes off contract at the end of the season. He’s expected to be signed by Real Madrid.
  PSG is on cou
  
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• Matthews’ illness ‘lingering’ as desperate Maple Leafs look to stay alive

  28-04-2024 20:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews has been sidelined by a “lingering illness” as Toronto stares down playoff elimination.
  Head coach Sheldon Keefe provided an update on the star sniper’s status Sunday afternoon, some 14 hours after watching his team fall 3-1 to Boston in a disastrous home performance.
  The Bruins now lead the Original Six matchup 3-1 and can close things out Tuesday at TD Garden. Game 6, if necessary, would be back in Toronto on Thursday.
  Keefe
  
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• World Central Kitchen resumes aid mission in Gaza after workers killed by airstrikes

  28-04-2024 20:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The World Central Kitchen plans to resume operations in the Gaza Strip Monday, four weeks after Israeli airstrikes killed seven of its aid workers including one Canadian.
  The organization suspended food delivery in the region after the attack on three World Central Kitchen vehicles full of food from a nearby warehouse.
  The aid group says the vehicles were clearly marked and their movements were known to the Israeli military when they were hit.
  Jacob Flickinger, a 33-year-old milit
  
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• Man arrested in death of 71-year-old Richmond woman

  28-04-2024 20:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RICHMOND — British Columbia’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says it is investigating after a woman was found dead in her Richmond home.
  It says the RCMP received a request for a wellness check at the residence around 5 p.m. on Friday.
  IHIT says in a news release that police responded and found the 71-year-old woman had died.
  It says evidence resulted in the arrest of her 38-year-old son, who was also at the scene.
  The homicide team has since taken over the investigation but
  
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• Man arrested in death of 71-year-old Richmond, B.C., woman

  28-04-2024 20:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RICHMOND, B.C. — British Columbia’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says it is investigating after a woman was found dead in her Richmond home.
  It says the RCMP received a request for a wellness check at the residence around 5 p.m. on Friday.
  IHIT says in a news release that police responded and found the 71-year-old woman had died.
  It says evidence resulted in the arrest of her 38-year-old son, who was also at the scene.
  The homicide team has since taken over the investigatio
  
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• Quebec unveils $603 million five-year plan to protect French language

  28-04-2024 19:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec is investing $603 million over the next five years to counter what its French-language minister describes as the decline of the French language in the province. 
  Jean-François Roberge said today that the government’s nine priorities include better monitoring of language trends, boosting the French cultural offering, and improving students’ mastery of French. 
  Several of the measures are linked to immigration, including increasing the percentag
  
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• RCMP respond to head-on crash after woman drives wrong way down Highway 99

  28-04-2024 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — Mounties in Surrey say a woman is in the hospital with possible life-threatening injuries after driving the wrong way down Highway 99 and crashing into oncoming traffic.
  They say police received a call about the crash on the highway, about 50 metres east of the Highway 91 junction, just after 4:15 a.m. Sunday.
  The RCMP say a 68-year-old woman driving a Ford sedan struck a Mercedes sedan head-on.
  They say both vehicles were significantly damaged, and the driver and passenger of the
  
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• Jets’ Dillon out for Game 4 after suffering nasty cut to his hand, Stanley draws in

  28-04-2024 19:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DENVER — Winnipeg Jets defenceman Brenden Dillon will not play Game 4 against the Colorado Avalanche today due to a left hand injury.
  He suffered a nasty gash from a skate blade during a melee at the end of a 6-2 loss in Game 3 on Friday.
  Jets coach Rick Bowness says Dillon needed “a lot” of stitches to repair the cut and doctors feel he needs more time before returning to the lineup.
  Bowness adds he’s hopeful Dillon will be able to return for Game 5 on Tuesday in Winnipe
  
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