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• Former Trudeau Foundation CEO says she resigned after pushback on donation audit

  28-04-2023 18:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The former CEO of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation says she resigned because some members of its board of directors refused to recuse themselves from involvement in an independent forensic audit into a 2016 donation that she says was linked to China.
  Pascale Fournier and eight other board members of the foundation resigned on April 11.
  Fournier was a witness at the House of Commons ethics committee this morning as part of its study on foreign interference in Canada.
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• Myles Garrett sets NFL single-season sack record with 23rd sack

  04-01-2026 21:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Cleveland Browns All-Pro pass rusher Myles Garrett set the NFL's single-season sack record with 5:09 remaining during the fourth quarter of Sunday's game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
  Garrett sacked Joe Burrow for a 6-yard loss on first-and-10 at the Browns 45-yard line. Burrow was in the shotgun formation when he saw Garrett coming and went down.
  Garrett came into the game needing one sack to surpass the mark of 22 1/2 shared by Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Strah
  
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• N.S. couple donates 46 acres for an ‘intentional community’ with affordable housing

  04-01-2026 21:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — When Amy Hendricks and Paul Davie moved to Antigonish, N.S. from Yellowknife, they had a bit of a struggle on their hands: finding the right plot of land.“We thought, how hard could it be?” Davie said. “Then we spent a year or 18 months looking around Antigonish trying to find a place where you feel the click. It needed the right zoning, it needed space for parking.”
  Hendricks is an internal medicine doctor who has spent a large part of her practice focuse
  
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• Canada’s oil sector shouldn’t panic, stay competitive after Maduro’s seizure: expert

  04-01-2026 21:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — A political scientist says U.S. President Donald Trump's interest in transforming Venezuela's oil-rich sector is a reminder for Canada's oil and gas industry to not panic and stay competitive.
  Heather Exner-Pirot, director of energy, natural resources and environment with the think-tank Macdonald-Laurier Institute, says Canada has always competed with other oil-rich countries, and Trump's recent claims his country will "run" oil-rich Venezuela is a medium-term risk to Canada.
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• Ribbon Skirt Day leader reflects on changes since her cultural attire was shamed

  04-01-2026 21:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  In Isabella Kulak's home is a box of about a few hundred letters, notes and hand-drawn pictures of ribbon skirts sent to her from across Canada and beyond — fan mail from those who consider her story and the origins of "Ribbon Skirt Day" as inspirational.
  "I have like a whole notebook of letters, a whole stack of drawings from all these schools and it makes me feel so happy and it warms my heart," said Isabella, a shy 15-year-old, on a phone call from her home in Kamsack, Sask., located ab
  
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• Auger-Aliassime, Mboko lead Canada past China at United Cup tennis event

  04-01-2026 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SYDNEY — Félix Auger-Aliassime and Victoria Mboko have picked up where they left off to open the 2026 tennis season.
  Auger-Aliassime and Mboko led Canada past China in the United Cup mixed teams event Sunday, winning the Group B round-robin tie 3-0.
  The men's No. 5-ranked Auger-Aliassime outplayed Zhang Zhizhen 6-4, 6-4 after Mboko — 18th in the women's rankings — rallied from one set down to beat Lin Zhu 2-6, 6-2, 6-0.
  The two Canadians then partnered in a 6-1, 6-3 mixe
  
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• MLS champion Inter Miami signs Canadian ‘keeper Dayne St. Clair

  04-01-2026 19:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MIAMI — Major League Soccer champion Inter Miami CF has officially signed Canadian goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair through next season.
  The deal, announced Sunday, includes an option for the 2027 sprint season before MLS moves to a summer-to-spring calendar.
  St. Clair won MLS goalkeeper of the year last season with Minnesota United after he led the league with a 77.93 save percentage and set single-season career highs in saves (113) and shutouts (10).
  The 28-year-old from Pickering, Ont., annou
  
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• Agassiz-area ski resort opens tube park amid mechanical issues, safety concerns

  04-01-2026 19:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  AGASSIZ — Opening day for a local ski hill’s tube park near Agassiz and Harrison Hot Springs was a bumpy ride for some guests this weekend.
  Sasquatch Mountain Resort invited visitors to its tube park opening on Friday, January 2.
  However, some families soon found that six of the eight tubing runs were closed, resulting in only about 20 ticket sales and forcing the resort to turn away dozens of guests.
  “Some of us had our own toboggans and went down a small incline. Moments
  
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• Rubio says US won’t govern Venezuela but will press for changes through oil blockade

  04-01-2026 18:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested Sunday that the United States would not take a day-to-day role in governing Venezuela other than enforcing an existing “oil quarantine” on the country, a turnaround after President Donald Trump announced a day earlier that the U.S. would be running Venezuela following its ouster of leader Nicolás Maduro.Rubio's statements on TV talk shows seemed designed to temper concerns about whether the assertive American act
  
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• Gunmen kill at least 30 villagers and abduct others during raid in northern Nigeria

  04-01-2026 18:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MINNA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 30 villagers have been killed and several others are missing after gunmen raided a village in northern Nigeria’s Niger state, police said Sunday, the latest in a cycle of deadly violence in the conflict-hit region.The gunmen stormed the Kasuwan-Daji village in the Borgu local government area on Saturday evening and opened fire on residents. They also razed down the local market and several houses, state police spokesman Wasiu Abiodun said in a statement
  
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• Jets’ Stanley, Flames’ Beecher face NHL player safety hearings for roughing

  04-01-2026 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Winnipeg Jets defenceman Logan Stanley and Calgary Flames forward John Beecher will face hearings with the NHL's department of player safety Sunday for separate roughing incidents.
  Stanley dropped his gloves and punched an unsuspecting Brady Tkachuk 12:07 into the second period of the Jets' 4-2 loss to the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.
  The 27-year-old Stanley was assessed a roughing minor and an illegal equipment minor while Tkachuk, who was furious after receiving the blow, was g
  
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• Abbotsford police seek man suspected of stealing from liquor store

  04-01-2026 17:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who reportedly stole from a liquor store last week.
  On Monday, December 29, and Wednesday, December 31, photos released by police show the man allegedly committing two thefts from a store in the 3100 block of Mt. Lehman Road.One image shows the man wearing a white Puma hat, a white Denim Tears hoodie and jeans. Another photo shows the man with a red-orange Under Armour hat, a black RAW
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of January 4, 2026

  04-01-2026 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Here are two people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers.
  Name: Leigh MingAge: 41
  Height: 5’9” ft Weight: 201lbs
  Hair: Black Eyes: Brown
  Wanted: Breach of Parole Conditions
  Warrant in effect: December 22, 2025
  Parole Jurisdiction: Fraser Valley
  Name: Joseph WindigoAge: 24
  Height: 5’7” ft Weight: 211lbs
  Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown
  Wanted: Unlawfully at Large
  Warrant in effect: December 23, 2025
  Parole Jurisdiction
  
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• Boat capsizes in Nigeria’s Yobe state, leaving 25 dead and 14 missing

  04-01-2026 14:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  YOBE, Nigeria (AP) — A passenger boat capsized in northern Nigeria’s Yobe state, leaving at least 25 people dead while 14 others remained missing, emergency services said Sunday.The boat was carrying residents who had gone to the local market as well as some who were involved in fishing or farming when it capsized along the Yobe River in Yobe state’s Garbi town on Saturday night, the Yobe emergency management agency said.Out of the 52 passengers on board the boat, 13 were rescu
  
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• Tangled cars and billowing smoke: Remembering Hinton rail disaster 40 years later

  04-01-2026 14:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HINTON — Colin Hanington followed a plume of smoke to reach one of the deadliest railway crashes in Canadian history, and almost 40 years later remembers the silence when he got there.
  Hanington was volunteer firefighter doing what he could to help after a CN Rail freight train and a Via Rail Super Continental passenger train collided east of Hinton, Alta., on Feb. 8, 1986.
  Twenty-three people died.
  He was 22 at the time. Initial details about the scope and the location of the crash that d
  
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• QUIZ: Exploring visions of the future - Chilliwack Progress

  04-01-2026 13:54 via news.google.com
  QUIZ: Exploring visions of the future  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Gunmen raid village in northern Nigeria, killing at least 30 people and abducting others

  04-01-2026 13:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MINNA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 30 villagers have been killed while several others were abducted by gunmen who raided a village in northern Nigeria’s Niger state, police said Sunday, the latest in a cycle of deadly violence in the conflict-hit region.The gunmen stormed the Kasuwan-Daji village in Niger state’s Borgu local government area on Saturday evening and opened fire on residents. They also razed down the local market and several houses, Niger state police spokesman Wasiu
  
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• Gunmen raid village in northern Nigeria, killing over 30 people and abducting others

  04-01-2026 12:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MINNA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 30 villagers have been killed while several others were abducted by gunmen who raided a village in northern Nigeria’s Niger state, police said Sunday, the latest in a cycle of deadly violence in the conflict-hit region.The gunmen stormed the Kasuwan-Daji village in Niger state’s Borgu local government area on Saturday evening and opened fire on residents. They also razed down the local market and several houses, Niger state police spokesman Wasiu
  
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• Young Atlanta Hawks bring out the best in Toronto native Nickeil Alexander-Walker

  04-01-2026 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Nickeil Alexander-Walker is putting together the best season of his seven-year NBA career piece-by-piece.
  Alexander-Walker is averaging career highs in every significant stat category this season including points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks for the Atlanta Hawks. The 27-year-old from Toronto said after Saturday's 134-117 loss to the Raptors that he has learned how to do all the behind-the-scenes stuff well.
  "Little, small deeds, over time become big when you add them al
  
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• Flames frustrated with effort, errors in 4-3 loss to Predators

  04-01-2026 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — The Calgary Flames entered Saturday's NHL game against the Nashville Predators on a hot roll and they started the game that way, too.
  But when momentum slipped away, they couldn't get it back and, in the end, Nicolas Hague's goal with 29 seconds remaining in the third period gave the Predators a 4-3 victory.
  The loss snapped Calgary's three-game winning streak and was just its fourth loss in the last 13.
  The Flames had really been sizzling at home with five straight wins and a 10
  
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• Chabot refuses to let facial injury spoil superb effort against Jets

  04-01-2026 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Thomas Chabot will likely be shopping for soft foods in the days ahead.
  The Ottawa Senators' defenceman took a puck to the face and is dealing with a mouthful of stitches, the latest painful reminder of the hazards of the job.
  Chabot suffered the injury Saturday night against the Winnipeg Jets when Tanner Pearson’s clearing attempt caught Chabot straight in the mouth.
  The 28-year-old immediately left the ice but returned for the third period wearing a full bubble and said he
  
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• ‘Can’t describe a better script’: Bruins centre Minten thrills in hometown debut

  04-01-2026 11:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — With dozens of family and friends in the stands, Fraser Minten played hero against his hometown team Saturday night.
  The 21-year-old centre muscled in a shot from the top of the crease with 19 seconds left in overtime to lift the Boston Bruins to a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks.
  It was Minten's second goal of the night — one that marked his first NHL game at Rogers Arena.
  “You can't describe a better script," said Bruins head coach Marco Sturm."He's a young
  
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• RCMP investigate gunfire on First Nation in Saskatchewan after deadly shooting

  04-01-2026 09:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Police in northern Saskatchewan are investigating a report of gunshots on a First Nation and whether they're tied to a deadly shooting there last week.
  Mounties say they were called late Friday to Big Island Lake Cree Nation about 400 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon.
  They say they didn't find anyone with injuries and are looking to determine whether there is any connection to an early morning shooting on Dec. 30.
  That shooting has left one person dead and three others with injuries.
  Security h
  
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• One-Goal Game Sets the Stage for Rematch

  04-01-2026 07:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  By: Shaelee Dombrowski
  Chilliwack, B.C. –The Chiefs’ first game of 2026 saw Chilliwack face the Langley Rivermen for the first time this regular season. It was the first of two meetings between the two teams this weekend, and also the first time Brad Rihela and Chris Price were back in the Chilliwack Coliseum since their time with the Chiefs, this time on the opposing bench.
  Chilliwack got on the board first, just 3:39 into the first period. Jack Plandowski scored his team-leading 16
  
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• Minten scores in overtime, Boston Bruins top Vancouver Canucks 3-2

  04-01-2026 07:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Fraser Minten scored with 19 seconds left in overtime and the Boston Bruins edged the Canucks 3-2 in Vancouver on Saturday.
  Minten, playing his first NHL game in his hometown, opened the scoring for the Bruins (22-18-2) in the first period with a power-play goal in front of dozens of family and friends.
  Elias Lindholm also scored on the man advantage for Boston, David Pastrnak had two assists, and Jeremy Swayman stopped 31 of the 33 shots he faced.
  It was the Bruins' second str
  
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• Schaefer scores 2nd goal of game in OT to give Islanders 4-3 win over Maple Leafs

  04-01-2026 04:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Matthew Schaefer scored twice, including at 4:11 of overtime, and the New York Islanders beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 on Saturday night.Adam Pelech and Emil Heineman also scored, and Jonathan Drouin and Mathew Barzal each had two assists for the Islanders, who won for the second time in three games. David Rittich had 18 saves in his seventh straight start, with Ilya Sorokin dressing as the backup for the first time since Dec. 19.Auston Matthews had two goals for the Map
  
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• Matthews passes Mats Sundin to set Maple Leafs’ franchise record with his 421st career goal

  04-01-2026 04:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews scored twice in the second period against the New York Islanders on Saturday night to pass Mats Sundin and set the franchise record for career goals with 421.“It means a lot, it’s a very historical franchise,” Matthews said. “There’s a lot of pride. … I am very humbled. I couldn’t do it without the great group of guys around me.”His first goal tied Sundin at 420 when Matthews entere
  
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• Thompson, Jaques, Daniel score third-period goals, Goldeneyes rally to 4-3 victory over Fleet

  04-01-2026 04:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DETROIT (AP) — Claire Thompson, Sophie Jaques and Izzy Daniel scored consecutive goals in the third period to rally the expansion Vancouver Goldeneyes to a 4-3 victory over the Boston Fleet on Saturday night during a Takeover Tour stop at Little Caesars Arena.Jamie Lee Rattray scored for the first time this season to give front-running Boston (6-0-1-2) a 3-1 lead just 19 seconds into the third period.Vancouver (3-1-1-5) shook it off and used goals by Thompson at 4:21, and Jaques on the pow
  
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• Hague burns Flames with late goal as Predators net 4-3 victory

  04-01-2026 04:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Michael Bunting had a goal and three assists on Saturday to lead the Nashville Predators to a 4-3 victory over the Calgary Flames.
  Erik Haula, playing in his 800th career NHL game, scored twice for Nashville (19-18-4), while Nicolas Hague scored the game-winner with 28 seconds remaining in the third period. Steven Stamkos chipped in with a pair of assists.
  Yan Kuznetsov, Rasmus Andersson and Blake Coleman, with his team-leading 13th goal, also scored for the Flames (18-19-4), who
  
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• Schaefer scores in overtime to give Islanders 4-3 win over Maple Leafs

  04-01-2026 04:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Matthew Schaefer scored twice, including at 4:11 of overtime, and the New York Islanders beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 on Saturday night.
  Adam Pelech and Emil Heineman also scored, and Jonathan Drouin and Mathew Barzal each had two assists for the Islanders, who won for the second time in three games. David Rittich had 18 saves in his seventh straight start, with Ilya Sorokin dressing as the backup for the first time since Dec. 19.
  Auston Matthews scored two goals for th
  
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