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• Hope Cinema reopens for soft launch this weekend

  03-01-2026 18:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HOPE — A beloved theatre’s new lease owner is inviting residents for snacks and a chat as the gears on Hope Cinema’s projector begin turning again.This afternoon, at 1 p.m., the newly named Almsgiving Hope Cinema and Performance House will be opening its doors for guests to learn more about the theatre’s upcoming plans and programs over popcorn and other treats.
  Owner Ali Marsman says she has also been learning about the projector over the past couple of weeks and is look
  
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• Cuba says 32 Cuban officers were killed in US operation in Venezuela

  05-01-2026 04:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HAVANA (AP) — An American military operation in Venezuela killed 32 Cuban officers over the weekend, the Cuban government said Sunday in the first official death count provided of the American strikes in the South American nation.The Cuban military and police officers were on a mission the Caribbean country’s military was carrying out at the request of Venezuela’s government, according to a statement read on Cuban state TV on Sunday night.What the Cubans were working on in the
  
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• Los Falcons de Atlanta despiden al coach Raheem Morris y al gerente general Terry Fontenot

  05-01-2026 03:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ATLANTA (AP) — Los Falcons de Atlanta despiden al coach Raheem Morris y al gerente general Terry Fontenot.
  The Associated Press
  
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• Cuba says 32 Cuban officers were killed in US action in Venezuela

  05-01-2026 03:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HAVANA (AP) — An American military operation in Venezuela killed 32 Cuban officers over the weekend, the Cuban government said Sunday in the first official acknowledgement of the deaths.The Cuban military and police officers were on a mission the Caribbean country’s military was carrying out at the request of Venezuela’s government, according to a statement read on Cuban state TV on Sunday night.What the Cubans were working on in the South American nation was unclear, but Cuba
  
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• Sweden tops Finland in shootout to make final at world junior hockey championship

  05-01-2026 02:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SAINT PAUL — Anton Frondell had already tried a move to the backhand and another to the forehand.The Swedish centre decided on a more straightforward approach with the third shootout effort Sunday.
  Now his country has a chance to capture just its third gold medal at the world junior hockey championship.
  Frondell scored the winner in the eighth round of the shootout as Sweden topped Finland 4-3 in a wild semifinal at the annual men's under-20 tournament.The No. 3 overall pick at the 2025 NH
  
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• Trump says that Ukraine didn’t target Putin residence in a drone strike as Kremlin claims

  05-01-2026 02:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday told reporters that U.S. national security officials have determined that Ukraine did not target a residence belonging to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a drone attack last week, disputing Kremlin claims that Trump had initially greeted with deep concern.Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov last week said Ukraine launched a wave of drones at Putin’s state residence in the northwestern Novgorod region that the Russian
  
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• Sweden tops Finland in a shootout to make final at world junior hockey championship

  05-01-2026 01:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SAINT PAUL — Anton Frondell scored the winner in the eighth round of the shootout as Sweden topped Finland 4-3 to make the final at the world junior hockey championship on Sunday.The No. 3 overall pick at the 2025 NHL draft by the Chicago Blackhawks sealed the victory with a shot through Petteri Rimpinen's five-hole on the forward's third attempt after his first two were denied.
  Ivar Stenberg and Eddie Genborg added a goal and an assist each in regulation for the Swedes, while Linus Erikss
  
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• From rivals to linemates: Victoire’s Marie-Philip Poulin, Abby Roque form dynamic duo

  05-01-2026 01:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LAVAL —Marie-Philip Poulin and Abby Roque were never meant to be teammates.
  One player is Canada's captain. The other was a rising star for the United States. They faced off at the 2021, 2022 and 2023 World Championships, plus the 2022 Olympics.
  A draft-day trade that sent Roque from the New York Sirens to Poulin's Montreal Victoire in June shocked many fans who never expected the two rivals to play for the same team.
  Seven months later, not only are they doing that, but they are forming o
  
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• Environment Canada lifts coastal flooding bulletin for southern B.C.

  05-01-2026 00:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Environment Canada has lifted a special weather statement for possible flooding from stormy weather and high tides along parts of British Columbia's south coast.
  The bulletin had spanned most of the Vancouver Island coastline along with the Sunshine Coast and Greater Victoria and Metro Vancouver areas, saying some flooding was likely as high tides combined with a low pressure system.
  Strong winds and waves had been projected to push water levels above the highest astronomical tides this weekend,
  
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• Vancouver Whitecaps transfer Canadian midfielder Ali Ahmed to Norwich City

  05-01-2026 00:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have transferred Canadian midfielder Ali Ahmed to Norwich City of the English Championship.The club announced the move Sunday, with sporting director and CEO Axel Schuster saying in a release that the 25-year-old Toronto product had made it clear to the club that "a contract extension would not be possible" because he wanted to play outside of Major League Soccer.
  The 'Caps did not say how much they will receive for the transfer, but did say the club wil
  
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• Blue Jays officially sign Japanese infielder Kazuma Okamoto to four-year, US$60M deal

  05-01-2026 00:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays officially signed Japanese infielder Kazuma Okamoto to a four-year, US$60-million contract Sunday.
  Okamoto, whose deal with the Blue Jays was widely reported Saturday, is a six-time all-star in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball league.
  The 29-year-old third baseman and first baseman hit .327 with 15 homers and 49 RBIs in 69 games last season for the Yomiuri Giants. He missed over half the season with an elbow injury.
  Under MLB’s posting agreement wi
  
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• FVHCF opens monthly donations for youth mental wellness in Abbotsford Foundry

  04-01-2026 23:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — The Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation (FVHCF) is looking to raise funds for a program that helps struggling youth touch grass, explore trails and observe their natural environment.
  Monthly wellness walks at the Abbotsford-based Foundry are designed to support youth aged 13 to 18 with mental health challenges by providing opportunities to connect with nature.“These walks are incredibly rich in both content and benefits,” said recreation therapist Jenna Paterson.&
  
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• Novak Djokovic cuts ties with the PTPA players’ association he co-founded

  04-01-2026 23:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Novak Djokovic is cutting ties with the Professional Tennis Players Association, a group he co-founded that sued the sport's governing bodies last year, writing on social media Sunday that “my values and approach are no longer aligned with the current direction of the organization.”The 24-time Grand Slam champion announced at the 2020 U.S. Open that he and now-retired Canadian player Vasek Pospisil were launching the PTPA. They said they were aiming to offer representation for player
  
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• Hutson’s first career OT goal gives Canadiens 4-3 win over struggling Stars

  04-01-2026 23:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DALLAS (AP) — Defenceman Lane Hutson scored with 1:20 left in overtime and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Dallas Stars 4-3 on Sunday.
  It was the 13th career goal and first in OT for Hutson, last season’s Calder Trophy winner with six goals and 60 assists.
  Brendan Gallagher, Oliver Kapanen and Juraj Slafkovsky also scored for the Canadiens, who went 4-1-2 playing seven consecutive road games, the last five following the NHL's Christmas break. They split a back-to-back after losing 2-
  
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• Djokovic cuts ties with players’ group he co-founded due to concerns over transparency, governance

  04-01-2026 23:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Novak Djokovic has cut ties with the Professional Tennis Players Association, the players’ union he co-founded, saying “it has become clear that my values and approach are no longer aligned with the current direction of the organization.”
  The 24-time Grand Slam champion launched the breakaway organization alongside Canadian player Vasek Pospisil in 2021.
  Djokovic said Sunday evening on X that he had “ongoing concerns regarding transparency, governance, and the way my voic
  
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• Marie-Philip Poulin scores twice, Victoire snap skid with 3-2 OT win over Frost

  04-01-2026 23:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LAVAL — Marie-Philip Poulin scored her second goal of the game 3:12 into overtime as the Montreal Victoire defeated the Minnesota Frost 3-2 in Professional Women’s Hockey League action Sunday afternoon.
  Poulin skated through the Minnesota defence before her backhand effort beat goaltender Maddie Rooney in front of a sold-out crowd of 10,172 at Place Bell. She extended her career-high five-game point streak.
  Abby Roque also scored for Montreal (3-2-0-4), with Poulin assisting on the g
  
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• Mexico condemns U.S. military action in Venezuela, protesters call for Ottawa support

  04-01-2026 21:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — As countries around the world condemn the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by the United States, protesters in Ottawa are calling for the federal government to support the right to self-determination for the Venezuelan people and for the U.S. to back away.
  Dozens of protesters gathered in front of the U.S. embassy steps away from Parliament Hill to denounce President Donald Trump's actions in the country that extracted Maduro and his wife from their home in a m
  
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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.
  Sh
  
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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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