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• Chilliwack RCMP seek help to find missing 28-year-old man - Chilliwack Times

  07-10-2016 17:43
  
  Chilliwack RCMP seek help to find missing 28-year-old man
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  Police are looking for help to find 28-year-old Michael Anthony Boucher not seen since Oct. 4. — image credit: Chilliwack RCMP. Chilliwack RCMP is requesting the public's assistance in locating 28-year-old Michael Anthony Boucher. Michael was last ...
  
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• Princess Anne lays wreath at B.C. veteran’s cemetery; receives 21-gun salute

  05-05-2024 00:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ESQUIMALT, B.C. — Princess Anne paid tribute to veterans buried at a cemetery in British Columbia today, laying a wreath to honour the more than 2,500 military personnel and family members buried there.
  The princess spent more than an hour touring the God’s Acre cemetery, a national historic site in Esquimalt, B.C., that dates back to 1868.
  The visit to the secluded, tree-covered cemetery is part of her three-day visit to B.C., which started Friday at North Vancouver with her partici
  
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• Paving work leads to closures along George Ferguson Way in Abbotsford

  05-05-2024 00:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Abbotsford drivers who frequent George Ferguson Way could be in for a frustrating two weeks as closures are planned to allow for paving to be completed.
  According to the City of Abbotsford, paving is scheduled to begin Sunday morning (May 5) and continue to May 17 along George Ferguson Way between Gladys Avenue and Babich Avenue.
  Image: A map showing the portion of George Ferguson Way that will be impacted by paving from May 5 to May 17. / City of Abbotsford website
  A complete
  
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• Montreal launches cruise season with ship that protected 1,500 Ukrainian refugees

  04-05-2024 22:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Cruise ship Staff Capt. Rakesh Prasad can’t forget the traumatized expressions on the faces of hundreds of Ukrainians who boarded Holland America’s Volendam in April 2022.
  The 1,500 refugees, who had fled their homeland two months earlier after Russia’s invasion triggered an ongoing war there, boarded the ship with their scant possessions largely packed in plastic bags. The ship they boarded at the Port of Rotterdam would be their home for the next six months.
  
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• IHIT called to Mission after 25-year-old dies; suspect in custody

  04-05-2024 21:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Police in Mission say detectives from the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) have been called out to a rural property in Mission after a 25-year-old man died overnight.
  According to a statement from Mission RCMP, police in Mission were notified by B.C. Ambulance Service on Friday night, May 3 shortly before 11 p.m. that paramedics had responded to a report of an incident inside a home in the 30000 block of Dewdney Trunk Road.
  Officers attended the residence and witness
  
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• Update: Mission RCMP says the missing teenager has been safely located

  04-05-2024 21:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Mounties in Mission say the 16-year-old girl who was reported missing on Friday (May 3) has been safely located.
  All identifying information about the missing person has been removed.
  
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• Mission RCMP seeks help finding missing teenager

  04-05-2024 21:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Mounties in Mission say a 16-year-old girl has gone missing.
  According to a brief news release Saturday (May 4) just before noon, police in Mission are asking for help in locating Haleigh Clarke, who was reported missing on Friday, May 3. She was last seen on Friday as well.Description of Haleigh Clarke:Caucasian female
  16 years
  Brown eyesPolice did not provide Clarke’s height or what she was last seen wearing, or where she might be heading.Anyone with information on the wh
  
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• Canada Soccer increases membership fees starting in 2025 to help improve revenue

  04-05-2024 20:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Financially challenged Canada Soccer took a step toward improving its bottom line Saturday, voting to increase its annual membership fee for players by $4 starting in 2025.
  Soccer players will pay a $13 fee, up from $9 in what Canada Soccer says is the first membership fee hike since 2017.Canada Soccer also has a new president-elect in Peter Augruso. The president and chair of Ontario Soccer ran unopposed after incumbent Charmaine Crooks announced before the vote that she would not seek re-elect
  
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• Real Madrid wins the Spanish league after Barcelona loses at Girona

  04-05-2024 20:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Real Madrid has won its record-extending 36th Spanish league title after increasing its lead over second-place Girona to an insurmountable 13 points with four games remaining.
  Madrid reclaimed its domestic crown after beating Cadiz 3-0 earlier Saturday, and Barcelona then lost 4-2 at Girona. Only a victory by Barcelona would have stopped Madrid from celebrating.
  Madrid also has a chance to add to its unequaled 14 European Cups. Madrid hosts Bayern Munich in the Cham
  
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• City of Mission begins work to update Official Community Plan

  04-05-2024 20:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — The City of Mission has launched its effort to update its Official Community Plan (OCP) and is inviting community members to contribute their insights and priorities through the ‘Engage Mission’ online survey.
  The OCP serves as a crucial roadmap for the city’s responsible growth and development, outlining a vision for the future while guiding decision-making processes for Council, residents, and stakeholders involved in city-building efforts.
  Mission Mayor Paul
  
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• Matthews skates ahead of Game 7, status unclear with Leafs’ season again on the line

  04-05-2024 19:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON — Auston Matthews was back on the ice with his teammates Saturday.
  The Maple Leafs centre snapped the puck around, took part in drills and seemed to be moving well at Toronto’s morning skate.
  Whether or not Matthews returns to the action with his club’s season once again on the line remains to be seen.
  The ailing sniper hasn’t been ruled out for Game 7 of the Leafs’ first-round playoff series against the Boston Bruins, but head coach Sheldon Keefe seemed to s
  
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• Canadian rugby women blanked 24-0 by France in Singapore Sevens Cup quarterfinal

  04-05-2024 19:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SINGAPORE — Canada’s rugby sevens women were blanked 24-0 by France in Saturday’s Cup quarterfinal at the Singapore Sevens.
  The Canadians, who stand fifth in the season standings after six events, saw both Olivia de Couvreur and Julia Greenshields sent to the sin-bin.
  Canada advanced to the quarterfinals as one of the two best third-place finishers after finishing third in Pool A following losses to No. 7 Ireland (5-0) and No. 1 New Zealand (31-7) sandwiched around a win over N
  
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• Snakes almost on a plane: TSA discovers a bag with small snakes in passenger’s pants

  04-05-2024 18:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Airport security officers in Miami found a slithering surprise last week — a bag of snakes hidden in a passenger’s pants.
  According to an X post by the Transportation Security Administration, officers at the Miami International Airport found the small bag of snakes hidden in a passenger’s trousers on April 26 at a checkpoint.The post included a photo of two small snakes that were found in what appeared to be a sunglasses bag. TSA said the snakes were turned o
  
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• Judge to rule on validity of Quebec language law because it delays English verdicts

  04-05-2024 16:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec court judge will decide whether the province’s new language reform is constitutional because a section of the law systematically delays the delivery of verdicts handed down in English.
  Judge Dennis Galiatsatos raised the question on his own initiative while overseeing a case involving a woman charged with criminal negligence causing the death of a cyclist. 
  In a May 1 decision, Galiatsatos said he will rule on the validity of a section of Quebec’s langu
  
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• FVRD says Grant-in-Aid Programs are vital to vibrant Fraser Valley communities

  04-05-2024 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) says the impact of its Grant-in-Aid programs are providing vital contributions to initiatives across the region.
  Funding last year supported dozens of organizations ranging from the Fraser Valley Mountain Bikers Association to the Chilliwack Vedder River Cleanup Society.In a news release Jason Lum, FVRD Board Chair, says the significance of the financial support is essential for both electoral areas and regional-based activities. &ldq
  
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• Red dresses to make fashion statement about missing and murdered Indigenous women

  04-05-2024 14:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Models in uniquely designed red dresses are taking to the runway in British Columbia this weekend to make a powerful fashion statement about missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people. 
  “The stories that come out through the fashion are deeply moving,” says Kim Coltman, organizer of the two-day Revolutions Red Dress Fashion Festival in Kamloops.
  The 63-year-old former model says the eight designers taking part in the festival have created items to honour
  
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• Parliamentary report on Emergencies Act decision is 18 months past due — and counting

  04-05-2024 12:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — For a committee struck to review an emergency, the approach to reporting back to Canadians has been less than urgent. 
  The erstwhile group of senators and MPs studying the federal government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act over the “Freedom Convoy” was supposed to present its findings in December.
  December of 2022, that is. 
  A massive pile of documents that had to be translated into both official languages before they could be considered held up the
  
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• Canucks eliminate the Predators with 1-0 win in Game 6

  04-05-2024 07:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Pius Suter scored with 1:39 left and the Vancouver Canucks advanced to the second round of the NHL playoffs with a 1-0 victory over the Nashville Predators on Friday night in Game 6.
  Nashville had a final chance to force overtime with a power play with 33.9 seconds left after Elias Lindholm was called for cross-checking Gustav Nyquist. But the Predators couldn’t beat rookie goalie Arturs Silovs before time expired, and Nashville captain Roman Josi slammed his
  
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• Noah Hanifin breaks late tie, Golden Knights beat Stars 2-0 to force Game 7

  04-05-2024 07:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Noah Hanifin broke a scoreless tie at 9:54 of the third period, Adin Hill stopped 23 shots and the defending champion Vegas Golden Knights kept alive their season by beating the Dallas Stars 2-0 on Friday night to force Game 7.
  The deciding game in the first-round series is Sunday in Dallas.Mark Stone also scored on a empty-netter from near his own goal line.
  This was a classic goalie duel, with Hill getting his first shutout since having two in three games in early Novemb
  
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• Mexican officials say 3 bodies recovered in Baja California during search for 3 missing foreigners

  04-05-2024 06:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities said Friday that three bodies were recovered in an area of Baja California near where two Australians and an American went missing last weekend.
  The state prosecutors office did not say whether the bodies were those of the three foreigners, but said the bodies were discovered during the search for the missing men.
  The site where the bodies were discovered was near the remote seaside area where the surfers’ tents and truck were found Thursday.Bro
  
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• Canucks advance to 2nd round, beating Predators 1-0 in Game 6 on Pius Suter’s late goal

  04-05-2024 04:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Pius Suter scored with 1:39 left and the Vancouver Canucks advanced to the second round of the NHL playoffs with a 1-0 victory over the Nashville Predators on Friday night in Game 6.
  Nashville had a final chance to force overtime with a power play with 33.9 seconds left after Elias Lindholm was called for cross-checking Gustav Nyquist. But the Predators couldn’t beat rookie goalie Arturs Silovs before time expired, and Nashville captain Roman Josi slammed his
  
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• Luis Garcia Jr. hits pinch, 3-run shot in 7th to help the Nationals beat the Blue Jays 9-3

  04-05-2024 03:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Luis Garcia Jr. hit a three-run shot deep to center field in the seventh inning for his first career pinch-hit home run, helping the Washington Nationals rally for a 9-3 victory over the reeling Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night.
  Garcia connected on Erik Swanson’s 85-mph splitter for his second homer of the season to give Washington a 4-3 lead. Nick Senzel added an RBI double in the inning.
  The Nationals added four runs in the eighth, benefitting from two fielding e
  
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• Canucks eliminate Predators, will face Oilers in second round

  04-05-2024 03:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The second round of the NHL playoffs will feature an all-Canadian matchup between the Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers. 
  Vancouver advanced with a late 1-0 win over the Nashville Predators in Game 6 Friday, winning the best-of-seven opening-round series 4-2.
  Edmonton ousted the L.A. Kings from the first round for the third year in a row on Wednesday. 
  The Canucks and Oilers have not met in the playoffs since 1992 when Edmonton won the second-round series in six games. 
  Vancou
  
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• Former security guard Jake Knapp leads the Byron Nelson after 2 rounds

  04-05-2024 03:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — Jake Knapp is spending his weekends much differently now as a rookie on the PGA Tour, just more than two years after working security at a restaurant in his hometown that was also a late-night hotspot. 
  A first-time Tour winner earlier this year, Knapp went into this weekend leading the CJ Cup Byron Nelson after a second consecutive 7-under 64 on Friday. At 14-under 128, he was a stroke ahead of Troy Merritt (62) and first-round leader Matt Wallace (66), and two
  
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• Man charged with second-degree murder in White Rock, B.C., stabbing: RCMP

  04-05-2024 01:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WHITE ROCK, B.C. — Mounties say a man has been charged with second-degree murder in a fatal stabbing that shook the community of White Rock, B.C., last month. 
  A statement from the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says 27-year-old Dimitri Hyacinth from nearby Surrey is accused of killing Kulwinder Singh Sohi on April 23, two days after Hyacinth allegedly stabbed another man who survived the attack.
  Both stabbings happened near the White Rock pier and promenade in the beachside c
  
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• Abbotsford residents living near Matsqui dikes advised against activities that could lead to seepage

  04-05-2024 01:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — As the annual freshet season approaches, the City of Abbotsford is monitoring the levels in the Fraser River to assess the risk of flooding along the Matsqui Dikes.The latest data from the B.C. River Forecast Centre says the snow levels feeding into the Fraser River are only 61 per cent of normal as of April 1. However, given the right weather conditions, flooding can still occur through the Fraser Valley.
  In a news release, the City says seasonal weather patterns play a cruci
  
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• A timeline about the killing of B.C. Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar

  04-05-2024 00:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Police in British Columbia say they have charged three Indian nationals with the killing of Sikh activist and gurdwara leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, B.C., last year. Here is a timeline related to the killing, which triggered a diplomatic dispute between Canada and India.
  2023
  June 18 — Hardeep Singh Nijjar is shot dead outside the Guru Nanak Sikh temple in Surrey, B.C.
  Sept. 1 — Canada pauses trade negotiations with India
  Sept. 10 — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and In
  
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• Montreal Alouettes sign former NFL receiver Preston Williams

  04-05-2024 00:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes signed former NFL receiver Preston Williams on Friday.
  The terms of the contract were not disclosed.
  Williams, 27, played 25 NFL games from 2019 to 2022 with the Miami Dolphins and Carolina Panthers, totalling 787 yards on 56 receptions.
  The Lovejoy, Ga., native caught 428 yards in eight games as a rookie in 2019 before tearing his ACL in Week 9.
  In 2024, he played for the DC Defenders in the United Football League.
  Before the NFL, Williams compiled 1,345
  
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• Canada women even their record at Singapore Sevens while men suffer two close losses

  03-05-2024 23:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SINGAPORE — Canada’s women evened their record at the Singapore Sevens with a 28-7 win over Spain after opening with a 5-0 loss to Ireland.
  The Canadian women, who came into the rugby sevens tournament in fifth place in the season standings after six events, wrap up Pool A play Saturday against unbeaten New Zealand.
  Carissa Norsten scored two tries and Alysha Corrigan and Krissy Scurfield added singles in the win over Spain. Chloe Daniels kicked three conversions and Breanne Nicholas
  
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• The value of Valeri Nichushkin on display for Avs since his return from player assistance program

  03-05-2024 23:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DENVER (AP) — Valeri Nichushkin is lifting the Colorado Avalanche after taking the time to help himself. 
  The hard-charging, fast-moving Russian forward was gone for nearly two months of the regular season as he received care from the NHLPA/NHL Player Assistance Program for issues that were not disclosed. This was on the heels of missing the final five games of a playoff loss last season for what the team explained as personal reasons.
  When he is on the ice, Nichushkin is a goal-scori
  
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