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• Chilliwack Shooting

  24-07-2017 13:43 via mychilliwacknews.com
  Chilliwack:  On July 21st just before 9:00 a.m. Chilliwack RCMP was called to the 43000-block of Progress Way after receiving a report of a shooting.  When police officers arrived, they located a male victim with life threatening injuries.  The male victim was transported to hospital by Emergency Health Services but has since succumbed to his injuries.It is early in the investigation, but the shooting appears to be targeted.  The victim cannot be identified as the next of kin
  
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• Canada wins second in a row in world para hockey championship

  06-05-2024 06:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Canada won its second game in as many days to open the world para hockey championship with a 10-0 thumping of Italy on Sunday.
  Tyler McGregor of Forest, Ont., led the host team with four goals and assist in Calgary’s WinSport Arena.
  Liam Hickey of St. John’s N.L., contributed a pair of goals and four assists a day after Canada opened the tournament with a 19-0 thrashing of Japan.
  Canada’s goalie Corbin Watson faced just two shots from the Italians on Sunday.
  The
  
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• Spooner leads Toronto to 5-2 win over Ottawa in PWHL regular-season finale

  06-05-2024 05:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Sarah Nurse said Toronto wanted to send a message Sunday night, and the team sent it loud and clear.
  Natalie Spooner scored twice as Toronto extended its winning streak to four games with a 5-2 victory over Ottawa in the Professional Women’s Hockey League regular-season finale. 
  Ottawa’s playoff hopes in the PWHL’s inaugural season were crushed by the loss as the club needed a regulation win to reach the post-season.
  “Going into this game, understandi
  
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• Canadian men’s 4 x 100 relay team second to U.S. in World Athletic Relays

  06-05-2024 05:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NASSAU, Bahamas — The Canadian men’s 4 x 100 relay team finished second to the United States in the World Athletic Relays on Sunday.
  Brendon Rodney, Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake and Andre De Grasse posted a time of 37.89 seconds behind the Americans in 37.40 in the final. Japan was third in 38.10.
  The first 14 of 16 berths for each of the five Olympic relays in Paris were allocated in Nassau.
  The Canadian men had already qualified Saturday by winning their heat and posting the third-fas
  
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• Oilers, Canucks start NHL playoff series Wednesday in Vancouver

  06-05-2024 05:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — The second-round NHL playoff series between the Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks opens Wednesday in Vancouver.
  The Oilers and Canucks are the two Canadian clubs among eight remaining in Stanley Cup playoff contention.
  Game 2 is Friday in Vancouver’s Rogers Arena followed by the third and fourth games of the best-of-seven affair May 12 and May 14 in Edmonton’s Rogers Place.
  Game 5, if necessary, is May 16 in Vancouver. Game 6 would be May 18 in Edmonton and a Gam
  
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• Dallas Stars beat defending Stanley Cup champ Golden Knights 2-1 in Game 7

  06-05-2024 04:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Radek Faksa broke a tie in his return to the Dallas lineup, 20-year-old Wyatt Johnston scored in another Game 7 and the Stars beat the defending Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights 2-1 on Sunday night to wrap up the first-round series. 
  After being out with an undisclosed injury since leaving the bench late in Game 2, Faksa scored 44 seconds into the third period with a backhander from the circle to the left of goalie Adin Hill. 
  Dallas goalie Jake Oettinger h
  
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• 3 bodies in Mexican well identified as Australian and American surfers killed for truck’s tires

  06-05-2024 04:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities said Sunday that relatives have positively identified three bodies found in a well as those of two Australian surfers and one American who went missing last weekend.
  Baja California state prosecutors said relatives from the two countries had viewed the corpses recovered from a remote well about 50 feet (15 meters) deep and recognized them as their loved ones.
  Thieves apparently killed the three, who were on a surfing trip to Mexico’s Baja penins
  
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• Mulino, stand-in for former president barred from running, leads Panama presidential vote count

  06-05-2024 03:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PANAMA CITY (AP) — José Raúl Mulino, the stand-in for disqualified ex-President Ricardo Martinelli in Panama’s presidential election, took the lead in early returns Sunday night, holding 34% of the votes and a nearly 10-point lead over his four competitors.Though only 60% of the votes had been counted, supporters in Mulino’s campaign headquarters erupted in celebration, singing and waving flags. Panama doesn’t have a runoff system, so the candidate with the
  
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• Zibanejad scores twice for Rangers in 4-3 win over Hurricanes in Game 1 of series

  06-05-2024 02:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Mika Zibanejad had two goals and an assist, Artemi Panarin also scored and the New York Rangers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Sunday in Game 1 of their second-round series.
  Vincent Trocheck had a goal and an assist, and Chris Kreider had two assists as the Rangers, playing for the first time since completing their first-round sweep of Washington one week earlier, won their seventh straight including the regular season. 
  Igor Shesterkin stopped 22 shots to become
  
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• Canada’s Taylor Pendrith earns first PGA Tour win at Byron Nelson

  06-05-2024 01:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — Canada’s Taylor Pendrith took advantage of Ben Kohles’ final-hole meltdown to win the CJ Cup Byron Nelson on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title.
  Kohles overtook Pendrith of Richmond Hill, Ont., with birdies on Nos. 16 and 17 for a one-shot lead, then bogeyed the 18th after hitting his second shot into greenside rough. 
  After having to chip twice from the rough and already looking stunned, Kohles missed a 6-foot putt that would have forced a playoff.
  
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• Abbotsford Canucks’ Milk and Cookies combo add up to win for Canuck Place

  06-05-2024 01:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Milk & Cookies for Canuck Place fundraiser exceeded expectations, significantly surpassing its $30,000 donation goal. The achievement, achieved through community-wide efforts, will be further matched by B.C. dairy farmers, resulting in a total contribution of $43,002 to benefit Canuck Place Children’s Hospice.
  From February 2 to March 31, donations poured in from various avenues, including direct contributions to Canuck Place, sales at participating shops, school
  
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• Eddie Rosario hits 2-run HR in 7th to help Nationals outlast Blue Jays 11-8

  06-05-2024 00:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Eddie Rosario’s two-run homer in the seventh inning broke an 8-8 tie and the Washington Nationals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 11-8 on Sunday.
  After Jesse Winker doubled against Genesis Cabrera (1-1) leading off, Erik Swanson came on and got two outs, but Rosario homered to right center to make it 10-8.
  The start of the game was delayed 85 minutes by rain in the forecast and it featured five lead changes.
  Luis Garcia, Jr. had four hits including a home run and drove i
  
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• ‘You just have to be always ready’: Canucks’ Silovs embracing playoff opportunity

  05-05-2024 23:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Arturs Silovs has rocketed up the Vancouver Canucks’ depth chart this post-season, going from third-string goalie to starter in pivotal elimination games. 
  The rookie remains unfazed. 
  “You just have to be always ready,” Silovs said Sunday. “A lot of things happen in life like accident, someone gets hurt, right? And you just have to be ready to embrace your moment.”
  The 23-year-old Latvian netminder has made the most of his opportunities
  
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• Princess Anne lays wreath at Battle of Atlantic ceremony; honours late Queen

  05-05-2024 22:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Princess Anne saluted Canadian veterans and current forces members today during a ceremony at British Columbia’s legislature cenotaph commemorating the Second World War’s Battle of the Atlantic.
  The princess, King Charles’s sister, laid a wreath during the ceremony to mark the war’s largest and longest battle, during which Canada lost 24 warships and more than 4,300 Canadian forces and merchant marine members.
  The ceremony was part of a three day Royal vi
  
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• Rublev wins Madrid Open for the 1st time after rallying to beat Montreal’s Auger-Aliassime

  05-05-2024 22:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADRID (AP) — Andrey Rublev rallied to beat Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime in three sets on Sunday and win the Madrid Open for the first time.
  Rublev won 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 after Auger-Aliassime double-faulted on the last point of the final at the clay-court tournament in the Spanish capital. 
  It was the second Masters 1000 title for the eighth-ranked Rublev. The 26-year-old Russian also won at Monte Carlo last year. Auger-Aliassime was playing in his first final at this level.
  Rub
  
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• Canada beats United States 6-4 to win under-18 men’s world hockey championship

  05-05-2024 22:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ESPOO, Finland — Gavin McKenna had a hat trick and added an assist as Canada rallied past the United States 6-4 on Sunday to win gold at the under-18 men’s world hockey championship.
  It’s Canada’s fifth title since the tournament’s inception in 1999.
  Cole Beaudoin and Tij Iginla also scored in the third period as Canada overcame an early 3-1 deficit. Ryder Ritchie added a goal.
  Goalie Carter George made 31 saves for the win in net.
  Cole Hutson had a goal and two ass
  
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• Donovan Mitchell scores 39 points as Cavaliers push past Magic 106-94 in Game 7 to get Boston next

  05-05-2024 22:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 39 points, Caris LeVert added 15 and the Cleveland Cavaliers avoided a potentially franchise-shifting loss by rallying for a 106-94 win over the Orlando Magic on Sunday in Game 7 to advance in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
  The Cavs trailed by 18 in the first half and were in danger of being knocked out in the first round for the second year in a row — a scenario that may have led to firings.
  But Mitchell, who scored 50 in a Game 6 loss at O
  
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• India’s foreign minister reacts to murder charges, claims Canada welcomes criminals

  05-05-2024 22:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — India’s Foreign Affairs Minister says Canada is his country’s “biggest problem” when it comes to Sikh separatism.
  Subrahmanyam Jaishankar also accused Canada of welcoming criminals when asked about his reaction to developments in the case of a homicide that has roiled tensions between the two countries.
  RCMP charged three Indian nationals last Friday in the death of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was shot dead last June as he left a temple in Surre
  
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• Bodies recovered likely those of 2 Australians, 1 American who went missing, Mexican prosecutors say

  05-05-2024 21:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Three bodies recovered in an area of Mexico’s Baja California state are likely to be those of the two Australians and an American who went missing last weekend during a camping and surfing trip, the state prosecutor’s office said Saturday.
  While there has not yet been confirmation based on forensic examination, physical characteristics — including hair and clothing — means there is a high likelihood that the bodies are those of the three tourists,
  
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• “A tiny city:” Pro-Palestinian campus protesters organize for another week

  05-05-2024 21:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A group of pro-Palestinian protesters who have set up an encampment at McGill University’s downtown Montreal campus say they’re better organized and prepared than ever as the protest stretches into a second week.
  Protester Ari Nahman says the encampment has become a “tiny city” complete with dozens of rainproofed tents, a library, a stockpile of donated supplies and makeshift wooden sidewalks to keep the mud at bay.
  Today, encampment members could be seen
  
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• Gallery 7 Theatre to present final production of the season: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

  05-05-2024 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Gallery 7 Theatre season will culminate next month with the presentation of Mark Haddon’swork, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” as adapted for the stage by Simon Stephens. The production will run from May 17 to 25, 2024, at the Matsqui Centennial Auditorium.
  The play has been the recipient of numerous awards, including 7 Olivier Awards and 5 Tony Awards. According to a news release from the theatre group, it’s been lauded by criti
  
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• Maple Leafs star centre Auston Matthews among finalists for Selke Trophy

  05-05-2024 18:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto Maple Leafs star centre Auston Matthews is a finalist for the NHL’s Selke Trophy.
  Florida Panthers centre Aleksander Barkov and Carolina Hurricanes centre Jordan Staal are also nominated for the honour awarded to the best defensive forward in the league.
  Members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association submitted ballots for the Selke Trophy at the end of the regular season, with the top three vote-getters designated as finalists.
  Matthews already won this season’s Mauri
  
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• Snowfall possible Sunday along mountain passes east of Fraser Valley

  05-05-2024 18:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Environment Canada has issued a Special Weather Statement warning of the possibility of snowfall at higher elevations along highways east of Chilliwack.
  The national weather agency says a frontal system is approaching B.C.’s southern coast on Sunday (May 5). It is expected to cross through the province tonight and leave the province by Monday evening.The system is expected to produce snowfall along the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt, Highway 3 from Hope to Prince
  
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• Canadian rugby sevens men face relegation battle at HSBC SVNS season finale in Madrid

  05-05-2024 18:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SINGAPORE — For the second year in a row, Canada’s men will have to fight to retain their status as a core team on the world rugby sevens circuit.
  The Canadian men wrapped up another disappointing outing Sunday, beaten 17-12 by Samoa in the 11th-place playoff at the HSBC Singapore SVNS. It marked the sixth time in seven events this season — and the fifth straight tournament — that the rebuilding Canada side finished last.
  The Canadian men now head to Madrid for the final
  
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• Nylander defends Leafs’ core after playoff exit, Toronto again picks up the pieces

  05-05-2024 18:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON — William Nylander stood in a solemn visitors locker room at TD Garden just before midnight.
  The Maple Leafs had battled back from a 3-1 series deficit against the Boston Bruins with consecutive 2-1 victories — including one that required extra time — in their first-round playoff series to push the club’s Original Six rival to the limit before suffering a devastating Game 7 overtime loss. 
  Nylander’s message was emphatic.
  “Look, I don’t think
  
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• As Ottawa replaces watchdog for firms operating abroad, advocates urge full reform

  05-05-2024 18:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Advocates are calling on Ottawa to profoundly change the powers of the watchdog who monitors Canadian corporations operating abroad, as the Liberals review how a new ombudsman should take on the job.
  The Trudeau government replaced a monitor for the mining sector five years ago with what it called the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise.
  The office only launched its first investigations last summer and completed just one case in March, finding a Vancouver firm had not
  
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• Aston Villa slips up in race for Champions League after 1-0 loss at Brighton

  05-05-2024 17:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — A bad week got worse for Aston Villa on Sunday after a surprise 1-0 loss at Brighton in the race for the top four in the Premier League.Unai Emery’s team lost 4-2 at home to Olympiakos in the first leg of their Europa Conference League semifinal on Thursday. And on a day when Villa could have secured its place in next season’s Champions League, it suffered another setback.Joao Pedro’s 87th-minute goal at the Amex Stadium gave hope to fifth-place
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of May 5, 2024

  05-05-2024 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers.
  Name: Melvin PennellAge: 45
  Height: 5’11” ft Weight: 186lbs
  Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue
  Wanted: Breach of Undertaking and Driving While Disqualified.
  Warrant in effect: April 16, 2024Parole Jurisdiction: Chilliwack
  Name: Randy RyleAge: 36
  Height: 5’9” ft Weight: 145lbs
  Hair: Black Eyes: Brown
  Wanted: Unlawfully at Large.
  Warrant in effect: April 14, 2024
  
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• B.C. man wants homes for thousands of books he soon won’t be able to read

  05-05-2024 15:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — In the 10 years since John William started to lose his vision, he’s been finding new ways to enjoy his vast personal library. 
  Right now, that involves glasses and a magnifying glass with bright lights illuminating the pages. 
  But he says it’s time to say goodbye to much of his collection, about 3,500 books.
  “Aside from going blind, I’ve had four spine surgeries and my doctor has warned me on numerous occasions to stop lifting things over five
  
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• Chilliwack council to consider reinstatement of road safety policy

  05-05-2024 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack City Council will consider bringing a long-standing traffic calming policy back to life at Tuesday’s regular council meeting. Traffic Calming is the use of primarily physical interventions to mitigate safety hazards along roads by modifying driver behaviour, while enhancing conditions for non-motorized street users.
  The policy was written in 2000 to deal with road safety complaints in Chilliwack but had a moratorium placed on it just two years later. Although
  
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