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• Sq’éwqel (Seabird Island) says tap water is safe to drink after VIA Rail train fuel spill in early March

  26-03-2024 19:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEABIRD ISLAND — Following extensive water sampling and analysis to assess contamination and risk factors, Sq’éwqel (Seabird Island) says tap water is safe to drink after a VIA Rail passenger train collided with debris on railroad tracks in early March, causing thousands of litres of diesel fuel to spill near Agassiz.Seabird Island wrote on its Facebook page Monday (Mar. 25) that tap water in the area has been found to be safe. All six monitoring wells will continue to be test
  
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• Spicer, Owusu score late goals to lift Toronto FC to comeback win in Orlando

  28-04-2024 04:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. — Late goals by Tyrese Spicer and Prince Owusu lifted Toronto FC to a dramatic 2-1 comeback win over Orlando City SC in Major League Soccer play Saturday night.
  Orlando had seemed headed to victory thanks to Duncan McGuire’s 37th-minute strike. But Federico Bernardeschi’s long ball found Kobe Franklin on the right of the penalty box and his cross was headed in by Spicer in the 87th minute.
  Three minutes later, Owusu headed in Bernardeschi’s cross for his fif
  
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• Kim, Green tied for lead in LPGA Tour’s JM Eagle LA Championship

  28-04-2024 04:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Grace Kim stumbled to a 5-over 76 on Saturday in the LPGA Tour’s JM Eagle LA Championship — and still held onto a share of the lead.
  It was that kind of a day at Wilshire Country Club, the tree-lined layout made difficult by bumpy poa annua greens and tricky wind conditions.
  “It’s tough for everyone today,” Kim said. “It was just one of those days. It’s just golf.”
  Four strokes ahead entering the day after rounds of 64 and
  
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• Stamkos scores twice, Lightning avoid elimination with 6-3 win over Panthers

  28-04-2024 02:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Steven Stamkos scored his fourth and fifth goals of the series and the Tampa Bay Lightning avoided elimination with a 6-3 victory over the Florida Panthers in Game 4 of the first-round playoff matchup Saturday night.
  Game 5 is Monday night at Florida. Only four times in 206 tries has an NHL team rebounded from a 3-0 deficit to win a series.
  Stamkos opened the scoring during the Lightning’s three-goal first period and helped ease Florida’s sustained pressure d
  
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• Panthers put more offensive playmakers around young QB Bryce Young in NFL draft

  28-04-2024 02:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Carolina Panthers new coach Dave Canales has emphasized to Bryce Young that he shouldn’t feel as if he has to do it all by himself this upcoming season.
  Carolina backed up that talk in the NFL draft by continuing to put more players around Young to make the young QB’s job easier.
  The Panthers used three of their first four picks on skill position players, selecting South Carolina wide receiver Xavier Legette in the first round and running back Jonathon Br
  
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• Two sent to hospital as a result of a collision between a motorhome and truck near Mission

  28-04-2024 02:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — A two-vehicle collision near Hatzic last weekend sent two people to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
  A news release from Mission RCMP says the crash occurred on April 21 at 10:45 p.m. when a motorhome collided with a pickup truck on the Lougheed Highway, just east of Coleman Road.
  Police say the motorhome was traveling east on the Lougheed Highway when it veered off the road, prompting the driver to over-correct. The erratic maneuver sent the motorhome into the path o
  
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• Former BYU teammates Fishburn, Blair lead Zurich Classic of New Orleans

  28-04-2024 01:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AVONDALE, La. (AP) — Former BYU teammates Patrick Fishburn and Zach Blair shot a 12-under 60 in better-ball play Saturday to take the third-round lead in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, the PGA Tour’s only team event.
  At 23-under 193, Fishburn and Blair had a one-stroke lead over Luke List and Henrik Norlander, with the Irish duo of Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry — tied for the lead after each of the first two rounds — two strokes back.
  Fishburn and Blair, both winless o
  
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• De Grasse edges Olympic 100-metre champ in East Coast Relays

  28-04-2024 01:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA — Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse edged reigning Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs to win the 100 metres at the East Coast Relays on Saturday.
  The 29-year-old from Toronto posted a time of 10.103 seconds to Jacobs’ 10.106 seconds at the University of Florida.
  Jacobs was born in the United States, but represents Italy. American Trayvon Bromell was third in 10.135 seconds.
  De Grasse, Jacobs and Bromell, who all train together at the Tumbleweed Track Club in Jackson
  
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• Utah GOP nominates Lyman for governor’s race, but incumbent Cox still seen as primary favorite

  28-04-2024 00:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State Rep. Phil Lyman was selected as the Utah Republican Party’s gubernatorial nominee Saturday, though political observers say incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox remains the likely favorite in the upcoming primary.
  Lyman, a former county commissioner turned legislator, is best known for organizing an illegal ATV ride in 2014 in protest of a federal land decision.
  As a hardline conservative, he appealed to convention delegates who also tend to skew farther right, but U
  
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• Mookie Betts leads Dodgers past Blue Jays 4-2; Toronto drops fifth consecutive game

  28-04-2024 00:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Mookie Betts went 3 for 5, including a triple and an RBI single, as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 on Saturday.
  Chris Taylor and Shohei Ohtani each had an RBI single in the second inning as Los Angeles (18-11) stretched its win streak to six. 
  Canadian-American first baseman Freddie Freeman’s sacrifice fly scored Betts in the first.
  Tyler Glasnow (5-1) had nine strikeouts, allowing a run on two hits and three walks over six innings. Joe Kelly, R
  
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• Powerful penalty kill a big part of playoff success for Vancouver Canucks

  27-04-2024 23:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NASHVILLE — Killing penalties hasn’t always been a strength for the Vancouver Canucks. 
  The team’s penalty kill struggled through much of 2022-23 and threatened to be the worst in NHL history. After rebounding slightly late in the regular season, Vancouver still finished with a league-worst 71.6 per cent success rate. 
  Now the special teams unit has become a strength for the Canucks, particularly in the first-round playoff series against the Nashville Predators which
  
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• Jets blueliner Dillon “day to day” after suffering gash to left hand in loss to Avs

  27-04-2024 23:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DENVER — Winnipeg Jets coach Rick Bowness says defenceman Brenden Dillon is “day to day” after suffering a hand injury in Game 3 against the Colorado Avalanche.Bowness says team doctors did a “fantastic job” of stitching him up, adding there was no significant damage.
  Dillon appeared to suffer a deep cut to his left hand from a skate blade during a melee at the end of the Jets’ 6-2 loss Friday at Ball Arena.
  Bowness did not have details on how many stitches we
  
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• Canadians in the spotlight as Chelsea loses to Barcelona in Women’s Champions League

  27-04-2024 23:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP-CP) — Kadeisha Buchanan was sent off and fellow Canadian Ashley Lawrence conceded a penalty as Chelsea’s Women’s Champions League run ended in the semifinal, dispatched 2-1 on aggregate by Barcelona after losing Saturday’s second leg 2-0.
  Aitana Bonmati scored and won the penalty to lead Barca past the Londoners.
  Buchanan looked incredulous when Romanian referee Juliana Demetrescu showed her a red card in the 59th minute after issuing a second caution for the C
  
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• Oilers coach calls McDavid and Draisaitl’s playoff performances remarkable

  27-04-2024 23:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES — Kris Knoblauch is five months into watching Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl go to work.
  The Oilers rookie head coach witnessed the dynamic duo drag Edmonton back from a disastrous start to the regular season, and they’ve elevated their game even further this spring.
  McDavid leads the playoffs with nine points, joining Wayne Gretzky as the only players in NHL history with eight assists through the first three games of a post-season.
  Draisaitl, meanwhile, has three goal
  
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• PWHL Minnesota to host new league’s 2024 entry draft

  27-04-2024 22:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Professional Women’s Hockey League will hold its second draft in Minnesota in June, though an exact date and location have yet to be announced.
  The six-team PWHL announced Saturday that its Minnesota club will be the host team of a draft of 42 picks over seven rounds.
  The first draft was held Sept. 18, 2023 in Toronto nearly three months before the league’s first game on Jan. 1.
  Minnesota selected American forward Taylor Heise with the first overall pick in 2023,
  
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• Montreal’s Desbiens earns first PWHL shutout in 2-0 victory over Ottawa

  27-04-2024 22:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Ann-Renee Desbiens posted the first shutout of her Professional Women’s Hockey League career in Montreal’s 2-0 win over host Ottawa on Saturday.
  Desbiens, who backstopped Canada to a gold medal in the world championship final earlier this month, stopped all 28 shots she faced.
  Laura Stacey and Maureen Murphy scored for Montreal (10-3-5-5), which had a playoff spot secured in the PWHL’s inaugural season.
  Ottawa’s Emerance Maschmeyer, the No. 2 goalie on the
  
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• Dashcam video plea made in case of missing Abbotsford man

  27-04-2024 21:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — As Abbotsford police continue their search for a 27-year-old missing man, they are asking the public for dashcam video in one particular area.Police have confirmed Wesley Bosman was seen on Highway 11, just north of Hazelwood Avenue. Investigators are asking the public for dashcam video was captured Tuesday, April 23 between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. along Highway 11, between Hazelwood Avenue and the Mission bridge. If you have video, contact investigators contact with AbbyPD at 604-8
  
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• Transit trips up among seniors since Montreal introduced free fare program, city says

  27-04-2024 21:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Montreal says public transit trips were up between 15 and 20 per cent among people age 65 and over in the six months after it made the service free for local seniors.
  The program, which took effect on July 1 of last year, offers residents who are 65 or older free fare for transit trips within the city of Montreal and suburbs on Montreal Island.
  The six-month results were released in a 2025 budget planning document the city published earlier this week.
  Montreal also reports 47 per cent of eligibl
  
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• Unbeaten Leverkusen pulls off another escape; injuries hit Bayern, Dortmund before Champions League

  27-04-2024 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Bayer Neverlosing.
  Bayer Leverkusen escaped again with another stoppage-time goal to preserve its German record unbeaten season by drawing with Stuttgart 2-2 on Saturday.
  Robert Andrich scored in the sixth minute of stoppage time for Leverkusen to stretch its record to 46 games unbeaten across all competitions.
  It was the second consecutive game that Leverkusen, the Bundesliga champion, scored after the regular 90 minutes of play to keep its unbeaten streak. Josip Stani&scaro
  
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• IHIT, Mounties investigating sudden death of Surrey woman

  27-04-2024 19:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — British Columbia’s homicide team has been called in to help Mounties investigate the death of a woman in Surrey.
  The RCMP says it received a report around 8:30 p.m. Friday about a sudden death of a woman at a home in the city.
  They say officers responded and found the 33-year-old inside the residence.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has now been called in to work in tandem with the RCMP, though the Mounties say they are still in the evidence-gathering phase of the
  
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• IHIT, Mounties investigating sudden death of Surrey, B.C., woman

  27-04-2024 19:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — British Columbia’s homicide team has been called in to help Mounties investigate the death of a woman in Surrey.
  The RCMP says it received a report around 8:30 p.m. Friday about a sudden death of a woman at a home in the city.
  They say officers responded and found the 33-year-old inside the residence.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has now been called in to work in tandem with the RCMP, though the Mounties say they are still in the evidence-gathering phase
  
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• Canada’s Sarah Mitton second in Diamond League shot put

  27-04-2024 19:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SUZHOU, China — Canada’s Sarah Mitton finished second in shot put in Diamond League track and field behind reigning world champion Chase Jackson of the United States on Saturday.
  Mitton of Brooklyn, N.S., led after a first-round heave of 19.86 metres, which Chase bettered in the second round at 20.03. 
  Mitton also finished second to Jackson in the 2023 world championship.
  Song Jiayuan of China was third at 19.83 metres Saturday.
  Mitton finished fourth last week in Xiamen, China,
  
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• New York Giants take Canadian Johnson in fourth round of NFL draft

  27-04-2024 19:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DETROIT — Theo Johnson’s NFL career will begin with the New York Giants.
  New York selected the Penn State tight end with the seventh pick of the fourth round, No. 107 overall, in the NFL draft Saturday.
  Johnson became the second Canadian off the board. Isaiah Adams of Ajax, Ont., an offensive lineman at Illinois, was taken in the third round by the Arizona Cardinals on Friday
  The six-foot-six, 260-pound Johnson of Windsor, Ont., appeared in 45 games over four seasons at Penn State, r
  
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• Canada’s Leylah Fernandez out of Madrid Open in third-round loss to Jabeur

  27-04-2024 19:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADRID — Canadian tennis player Leylah Fernandez was ousted Saturday in the third round of the Madrid Open in a three-set loss to Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur. 
  The eight-seeded Jabeur outlasted the 21-year-old from Montreal for a 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 victory that lasted two hours 24 minutes.
  Jabeur had the advantage in first return points won at almost 33 per cent to 26 for Fernandez, who was the 32nd seed in the tournament.
  Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime was scheduled to face 19th-se
  
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• Leafs winger William Nylander on course to suit up in Game 4 against Bruins

  27-04-2024 18:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — William Nylander is poised to join the Stanley Cup chase.Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe says the team is preparing as if the star winger will suit up for Game 4 of Toronto’s first-round playoff series with the Boston Bruins after sitting out the first three contests with an undisclosed injury.Boston leads the Original Six matchup 2-1.Nylander scored 40 goals for the second consecutive campaign and added a career-high 98 points in the regular season. He had 10 points i
  
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• Help needed to keep charity ball hockey tournament going in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  27-04-2024 18:36 via news.google.com
  
  Help needed to keep charity ball hockey tournament going in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Sweden’s Wranaa siblings win world mixed doubles curling championship

  27-04-2024 18:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ÖSTERSUND, Sweden — Swedish brother and sister Rasmus and Isabella Wranaa won the world mixed doubles curling championship Saturday with an 8-4 doubling of Estonia.
  The Swedes scored two in the second end and stole a point in the third to lead 3-1 and control the game early.
  Estonia’s Marie Kaldvee and Harri Lill trailed by a point after six ends, but the Wranaa siblings scored a deuce in the seventh and stole another point in the eighth to seal the victory.
  Norway’s Krist
  
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• Workplace safety officials investigating truck driver death at Port of Montreal

  27-04-2024 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Montreal’s port authority says a man has died after an apparent accident at one of its wharves.
  Port of Montreal spokesperson Renée Larouche says the authority was notified of an accident involving a truck driver at the Viau shipping terminal northeast of downtown at around 2 p.m. on Friday.
  Police and emergency services were called to the scene.
  Larouche says Quebec’s workplace safety board — the Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé
  
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• Woman dies after head-on collision on highway west of Montreal

  27-04-2024 17:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LACHUTE, Que. — Quebec provincial police say a 51-year-old woman has died after a head-on collision in the town of Lachute, roughly 50 kilometres west of Montreal, early this morning.Police spokesperson Frédéric Deshaies says preliminary information suggests a vehicle heading west on Quebec highway 50 entered the oncoming traffic lane and hit the car the woman was driving.
  She was initially brought to the hospital in critical condition but later died.
  Deshaies says police arr
  
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• FRVD approves Regional Growth Strategy

  27-04-2024 16:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) has set in place an updated Regional Growth Strategy (RGS). Fraser Valley Future 2050 builds on its predecessor document while integrating new legislation and addressing evolving regional concerns. The RGS sets a roadmap for the region’s development with input from various stakeholders.
  “The approval of the RGS is a significant milestone for the region,” said Jason Lum, FVRD Board Chair. “It signifies a shared
  
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