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• Judge says detained Tufts student must be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont

  18-04-2025 23:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A federal judge on Friday ordered that a Turkish Tufts University student detained by immigration authorities in Louisiana to be brought to Vermont by May 1 for a hearing over what her lawyers say was apparent retaliation for an op-ed piece she co-wrote in the student newspaper.U.S. District Judge William Sessions said he would hear Rumeysa Ozturk’s request to be released from detention. Her lawyers had requested that she be released immediately, or at least brought back to Vermont.The 30-
  
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• Judge blocks Trump administration’s from passport changes affecting transgender Americans

  18-04-2025 23:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from enacting a policy that bans the use of “X” marker used by many nonbinary people on passports as well as the changing of gender markers.
  In an executive order signed in January, the president used a narrow definition of the sexes instead of a broader conception of gender. The order says a person is male or female and it rejects the idea that someone can transition from the sex assigned at birth to anot
  
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• After early end to season, Canucks enter off-season with looming questions

  18-04-2025 23:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — One year after reaching Game 7 of the second round of the playoffs, the Vancouver Canucks begin their summer a month earlier.
  After a season filled with injuries, drama, turmoil and a 19-point drop in the Western Conference standings, questions loom as the team heads into the off-season.
  Most pressing: Can forward Elias Pettersson find a way to return to his all-star form? And what does the future hold for coach Rick Tocchet?
  In the first of an eight-year contract that made him
  
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• Graphic videos of beatings, sexual assault found on phone of Fraser Valley woman involved in human trafficking

  18-04-2025 22:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY — The Canadian Press is reporting that court documents in the case of a violent Fraser Valley human sex trafficker say police found graphic videos of beatings and sexual assaults on her phone.
  Jennifer Stephens pleaded guilty in January 2025 to 17 charges including assault causing bodily harm, unlawful confinement, sexual assault with a weapon and several other offences related to sex trafficking of a person under 18.
  An “admissions of fact” document entered into B.C. S
  
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• PWHL chooses Vancouver as 1st expansion city with 2nd market to be determined, AP source says

  18-04-2025 22:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The PWHL’s first expansion team will be based in Vancouver with an announcement scheduled for next week, a person with knowledge of the decision confirmed to The Associated Press on Friday.
  The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the league has not revealed its plans. The Province newspaper in Vancouver first reported the city being selected for PWHL expansion.
  On hold for now is the league announcing a second expansion city, with Seattle being considered, the person said. T
  
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• Abrego Garcia told visiting senator he was no longer being held at notorious Salvadoran prison

  18-04-2025 22:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen is recounting the chronology of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s travel to El Salvador, saying he told him he was initially taken to Baltimore, then Texas, then put on a plane with “no idea where he was going.”
  Upon arriving, Abrego Garcia said he was “traumatized” by being at the CECOT prison but said that “nine days ago” he was moved to a different facility.”
  Abrego Garcia’s wife, Jennifer, wiped
  
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• Court document sheds light on B.C. human trafficker’s violent encounters with victims

  18-04-2025 22:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW WESTMINSTER — Court documents in the case of a violent B.C. human sex trafficker say police found graphic videos of beatings and sexual assaults on her phone.Jennifer Stephens pleaded guilty in January 2025 to 17 charges including assault causing bodily harm, unlawful confinement, sexual assault with a weapon and several other offences related to sex trafficking of a person under 18.
  An “admissions of fact” document entered into B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster, provid
  
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• ‘Lived and died in those series’: Battle of Ontario vets on 2000s Leafs-Sens rivalry

  18-04-2025 22:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Darcy Tucker gets stopped on the street from time to time.
  Fans are usually looking for a picture or an autograph. If the conversation continues, it often shifts to what the 50-year-old is most remembered for during his time with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
  As a key figure in the Battle of Ontario.
  Tucker was front and centre in a heated rivalry that saw Toronto beat Ottawa four times in the post-season between 2000 and 2004. People are still eager years later to share their personal stories of tho
  
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• Chilliwack residents turn out for first advance polling day, prompting long wait times - Fraser Valley Today

  18-04-2025 22:09 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack residents turn out for first advance polling day, prompting long wait times  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Surrey structure fire sends one to hospital in serious condition - The Chilliwack Progress

  18-04-2025 22:07 via news.google.com
  Surrey structure fire sends one to hospital in serious condition  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack residents turn out for first advance polling day, prompting long wait times

  18-04-2025 22:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack voters waited out in the sunshine for day one of advance polls.Residents on social media have been sharing long lineups at various polling stations since they opened at 9 a.m. Friday, April 18. Users claimed it took 45 minutes to get through Stitó:s Lá:lém Totí:lt School, while those at Imagine High and GW Graham said the process took about an hour.“An hour and a half to vote,” said one commenter. “Three stations for thr
  
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• Star sprinter Andre De Grasse looking forward to seeing AFC Toronto opener

  18-04-2025 21:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Andre De Grasse will be watching with pride when AFC Toronto takes the field for the first time Saturday at BMO Field.
  The star sprinter, part of the Northern Super League team’s ownership group, is flying in from Florida where he has been training to take in the match against Montreal Roses FC at BMO Field.
  “Can’t miss it. I’ve got to catch the home opener,” De Grasse said. “We’re creating history here.”
  De Grasse will watch the ga
  
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• ‘Embracing the pressure’: Jets look to make good on playoff expectations versus Blues

  18-04-2025 21:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Judgement Day has arrived for the Winnipeg Jets.
  Despite the NHL team’s long list of regular-season accomplishments, many hockey fans will only view this campaign as a success if the Jets go deep in the playoffs.
  The quest begins Saturday when Winnipeg takes on the St. Louis Blues in Game 1 of its best-of-seven Western Conference first-round playoff series before a “whiteout” full house at Canada Life Centre.
  “Regardless of how well your regular season go
  
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• ‘Proud cities, proud franchises’: Leafs, Sens ready to reignite Battle of Ontario

  18-04-2025 21:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  John Tavares remembers watching the knife-edged action as a young hockey player dreaming of the big stage.
  Auston Matthews has seen the highlights and heard the stories.
  The run-through-a-wall passion. The crackling atmosphere. The tension. The drama.
  The Battle of Ontario was among hockey’s biggest rivalries for a time. The dormant dogfight is set to reignite anew.
  The Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators open their first-round NHL playoff series Sunday night at Scotiabank Arena, the f
  
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• Toronto FC’s search for its first win of MLS season continues at Real Salt Lake

  18-04-2025 21:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The hunt for Toronto FC’s first win of the season continues Saturday at Real Salt Lake with coach Robin Fraser hoping his team finally gets rewarded for its recent improved play.
  “When the season starts — I think I feel this way every season I’ve ever coached — you can’t wait to get the first win. And when you win your first game of the year, it’s the best feeling, because now that monkey’s off your back. And when you’re into the ninth game a
  
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• Stampeders to rock on in B.C. without Ronnie - The Chilliwack Progress

  18-04-2025 21:00 via news.google.com
  Stampeders to rock on in B.C. without Ronnie  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Blue Jays reinstate outfielder Nathan Lukes from paternity list

  18-04-2025 20:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have reinstated outfielder Nathan Lukes from the paternity list.
  Lukes will also be active for Friday’s series opener at home against the Seattle Mariners.
  The 30-year-old last played in Toronto’s 8-4 loss to Atlanta on Monday.
  Lukes is batting .167 with three RBIs in 12 games this season for the Blue Jays.
  This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 18, 2025.The Canadian Press
  
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• AFC Toronto looks to turns nerves into excitement for opening NSL game at BMO Field

  18-04-2025 20:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — After 10 weeks of training, AFC Toronto should be well-drilled for its opening game in the Northern Super League. But coach Marko Milanovic knows some things cannot be recreated.
  Like playing in front of 14,500-plus at BMO Field.
  “I think it’s impossible to prepare the players for the nerves that they’ll be feeling. It’s hard to replicate that in training,” Milanovic said before AFC Toronto’s training session in the rain Friday at the lakefront
  
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• Swimmer at Vancouver’s Wreck Beach presumed drowned after search unsuccessful

  18-04-2025 20:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Police say a man is missing after swimming at Vancouver’s Wreck Beach and is presumed drowned after an extensive search was called off due to darkness.Mounties say the detachment that serves the area around the University of British Columbia got a call about a distressed swimmer at the popular clothing-optional beach on Thursday afternoon.
  An RCMP news release says the man was reportedly “yelling for help and struggling to swim.”Police say a bystander attempte
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs coach, forward nominated for BCHL awards - Fraser Valley Today

  18-04-2025 19:59 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack Chiefs coach, forward nominated for BCHL awards  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs coach, forward nominated for BCHL awards

  18-04-2025 19:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Chiefs are getting some recognition for their hard work this season.
  20-year-old forward Mateo Mrsic has been named to the Second Team of BCHL’s year-end All-Stars. The six-man team includes Penticton Vees goaltender Will Ingemann, Lucas Lemieux of the Trail Smoke Eaters, Langley Rivermen forward Ryan Schelling, and Brooks Bandits players Nathan Free and Ethan Beyer.
  Mrsic is also in the running for the Vern Dye Memorial Trophy — Most Valuable Player. He joins
  
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• Trump says Ukraine-Russia talks ‘coming to a head’ and ‘no one is playing’ him in push to end war

  18-04-2025 19:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) —President Donald Trump on Friday said negotiations between Ukraine and Russia are “coming to a head” and insisted that neither side is “playing” him in his push to end the grinding war.
  The comments from Trump came after Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned earlier Friday that the U.S. may “move on” from trying to secure a Russia-Ukraine peace deal if there is no progress in the coming days, after months of efforts have failed to bring an en
  
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• Canadiens defenceman David Savard says he plans to retire after NHL playoffs

  18-04-2025 19:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BROSSARD — Montreal Canadiens defenceman David Savard says this season will be his last in the NHL.
  Savard revealed his decision Friday as the Canadiens prepare to play the Washington Capitals in a first-round series beginning Monday.
  The 34-year-old from Saint-Hyacinthe, Que., arrived in Montreal via free agency in July 2021. His four-year, US$14-million contract expires at the end of this season.
  Savard played in parts of 14 seasons with the Canadiens, Columbus Blue Jackets and Tampa Bay
  
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• Surrey self-advocate joins inaugural delegation to B.C. premier - The Chilliwack Progress

  18-04-2025 18:00 via news.google.com
  Surrey self-advocate joins inaugural delegation to B.C. premier  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Here’s what to know about advance voting in Canada’s 2025 federal election

  18-04-2025 17:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Advance voting for the 2025 federal election gets underway this long weekend.
  Canadians who are at least 18 years old can vote at their assigned polling station anytime from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on April 17, 18, 19 or 20.
  Where to vote
  There are two ways to know where to advance vote.
  Those who are registered ahead of time should have received a voter information card in the mail by April 11. It will tell you your assigned polling station for advance and election day voting.
  Other
  
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• Wisconsin governor can lock in 400-year school funding increase using a veto, court says

  18-04-2025 16:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Democratic governor of Wisconsin’s creative use of his uniquely powerful veto can lock in a school funding increase for 400 years, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday.
  The split ruling from the liberal-controlled court affirms the partial veto power of Wisconsin governors, which is the broadest of any state and has been used by both Republicans and Democrats to reshape spending bills passed by the Legislature.
  Wisconsin is the only state where governors can
  
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• 10,000 pages of records related to the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy are released

  18-04-2025 16:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Approximately 10,000 pages of records related to the 1968 assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy have been released.
  The Friday release continues the disclosure of national secrets ordered by President Donald Trump. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard says in a statement the RFK files’ release will “shine a long-overdue light on the truth.”
  Gabbard says, “Nearly 60 years after the tragic assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, the
  
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• Okanagan same-sex couple met with discrimination booking Mexican wedding - The Chilliwack Progress

  18-04-2025 16:41 via news.google.com
  Okanagan same-sex couple met with discrimination booking Mexican wedding  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Okanagan man who stabbed Mountie to remain in supervised facility - The Chilliwack Progress

  18-04-2025 16:37 via news.google.com
  Okanagan man who stabbed Mountie to remain in supervised facility  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Women’s championship returns to April in Olympic year, new wrinkles for PWHL, players

  18-04-2025 16:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE — The 2026 women’s world hockey championship will be held in April two months after the Olympic Games conclude in Milan-Cortina, Italy.
  There wasn’t a women’s championship in the same calendar year as a Winter Games until 2022, when Herning and Frederikshavn, Denmark, hosted the tournament Aug. 25 to Sept. 4.
  International Ice Hockey Federation women’s committee chair and Hungarian Hockey Federation president Zsuzsanna Kolbenheyer s
  
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• Poilievre promises to end ban on single-use plastic straws, other items

  18-04-2025 16:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to end the federal single-use plastic ban on items like straws and grocery bags if his party is elected.
  Poilievre campaigned in Montreal this morning, as he and other federal leaders returned to the campaign trail following the two national leaders’ debates Wednesday and Thursday.Liberal Leader Mark Carney is campaigning in Hamilton later today, while NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is also holding an event in Quebec.
  Poilievre s
  
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• Chilliwack couple looks back at 'miracle' survival of Easter Sunday car crash - The Chilliwack Progress

  18-04-2025 14:30 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack couple looks back at 'miracle' survival of Easter Sunday car crash  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack couple looks back at 'miracle' survival of Easter Sunday car crash - The Abbotsford News

  18-04-2025 14:30 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack couple looks back at 'miracle' survival of Easter Sunday car crash  The Abbotsford News
  
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• Adekugbe eager for return as Vancouver Whitecaps look to continue hot start

  18-04-2025 13:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Sam Adekugbe has spent the last six weeks rooting for the Vancouver Whitecaps as the club surges up the Major League Soccer standings.What the left back really wants, though, is to get back on the field.“(Ryan Gauld) and I were talking the other day — we feel like cheerleaders. And we’re just eager to be a part of it,” Adekugbe said Thursday. “When things are going well, you want to be a part of it, and you want to enjoy the moments when they&rsquo
  
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• A British and an Israeli woman were along 4 killed in a cable car crash south of Naples

  18-04-2025 12:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ROME (AP) — Three tourists were among four people who died when a cable car crashed south of Naples, including a British and an Israeli woman, an Italian official said Friday.Only two of the three foreign victims have been identified since the accident on Thursday, said Marco De Rosa, the spokesperson for the mayor of Vico Equense.According to initial information, a traction cable snapped, bringing both an upward and a downward-going cable cars to a halt as they traversed Monte Faito in th
  
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• Wildfire south of Princeton under control - The Chilliwack Progress

  18-04-2025 09:00 via news.google.com
  Wildfire south of Princeton under control  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• B.C. researchers confirm footprints of three-toed dinosaur with club-like tail

  18-04-2025 07:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Armoured dinosaurs with clubbed tails once roamed in what is now northeastern British Columbia, a new study suggests, leaving three-toed footprints across the landscape when the Rocky Mountains were still in their infancy.
  The study published this month in the peer-reviewed Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology analyzed fossilized footprints dating back about 100 million years in the Tumbler Ridge area, northeast of Prince George, as well as northwestern Alberta.
  It concluded the tracks belonged to
  
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• Parekh, Morton score in NHL debuts, and the Flames beat the playoff-bound Kings 5-1

  18-04-2025 06:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sam Morton and Zayne Parekh scored in their NHL debuts, Nazem Kadri had two goals and the Calgary Flames beat the playoff-bound Los Angeles Kings 5-1 on Thursday night in the regular-season finale.
  Taylor Ward scored in his NHL debut for the Kings, whose four-game winning streak ended with only their fifth loss in 22 games since the trade deadline. Los Angeles failed to set new franchise highs for points and victories, instead matching the 2015-16 team’s 48 wins an
  
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• Yankees were winners as visitors for the first time in their spring training home

  18-04-2025 06:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The New York Yankees were winners as visitors in their spring training home for the first time.New York was back at Steinbrenner Field for a four-game series against the displaced Tampa Bay Rays, who are using their AL East rival’s ballpark for their home games this season.
  Ben Rice had his first big league four-hit game and drove in two runs, Oswaldo Cabrera hit a solo homer and New York rallied to beat the Rays 6-3.
  “It was a great environment,” Yanke
  
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• NY Rangers’ Panarin, MSG made settlement payments after employee sexual assault allegations: report

  18-04-2025 06:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL said the New York Rangers informed the league last year they were looking into sexual assault allegations by a team employee against player Artemi Panarin after a report detailing the situation and settlement payments made to the woman surfaced Thursday.
  “The club retained an outside law firm to conduct an independent investigation, which the league was fully apprised of,” the NHL said in a statement. “We consider the matter closed.”
  The Athl
  
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• Senators forward Tkachuk says he’ll be ready for series opener against Maple Leafs

  18-04-2025 05:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Brady Tkachuk says he’s ready to go.
  After missing the Senators’ last eight games with an upper-body injury, the Ottawa captain returned to the lineup for Thursday’s regular-season finale against Carolina but didn’t finish the night.
  Tkachuk sat out the third period of the Senators’ 7-5 victory after taking a stick to the face. He said it was a precautionary move and he’d be good to go for Sunday’s playoff opener in Toronto.
  “Yeah, n
  
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• ‘Fun stuff starts now’: Leafs turn attention to Senators in playoff Battle of Ontario

  18-04-2025 05:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Craig Berube wanted to finish Thursday night healthy.
  That mission accomplished, the Maple Leafs and their head coach can now solely focus on what the group has been working toward all season — the Stanley Cup playoffs.
  A mouth-watering first-round matchup awaits.
  Toronto came back from a 3-1 deficit in Thursday’s third period before beating the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 to put a bow on a meaningless regular-season finale for both teams.
  “Hard for the players,&rdquo
  
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• Crosby and Ovechkin shine in Penguins’ 5-2 win over Capitals

  18-04-2025 05:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin put on a show in the regular-season finale on Thursday night, showcasing their greatness in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 5-2 win over the Washington Capitals.
  Ovechkin finished his record-breaking season by netting his 897th career goal in the second period. Crosby, meanwhile, finished his 20th season in the NHL with a goal and an assist to push him past the 90-point barrier for the ninth time.
  The Capitals begin the quest for the franchi
  
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• Federal judge in Baltimore temporarily limits DOGE access to Social Security data

  18-04-2025 04:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday imposed new restrictions on billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, limiting its access to Social Security systems that hold personal data on millions of Americans.
  U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander issued a preliminary injunction in the case, which was brought by a group of labor unions and retirees who allege DOGE’s recent actions violate privacy laws and present massive information security risks. Hollander
  
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• Yan Liu, Ashleigh Buhai share lead at 63 in the LPGA Tour’s JM Eagle LA Championship

  18-04-2025 04:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Yan Liu birdied the final three holes in chilly conditions Thursday afternoon for a 9-under 63 and a share of the first-round lead with Ashleigh Buhai in the LPGA Tour’s JM Eagle LA Championship.
  With the temperature barely reaching 60 degrees (15.5 degrees Celsius) at El Caballero Country Club, Liu overcame an opening bogey to play the next nine in 7 under — making a 6-foot eagle putt on the par-5 16th and five birdies.
  “I got bogey and next hole I tel
  
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• Ottawa Senators close regular season with 7-5 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes

  18-04-2025 03:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators tuned up for the post-season on Thursday night with a 7-5 win over the Carolina Hurricanes in the regular-season finale for both teams.
  Star forward Brady Tkachuk returned to the Ottawa lineup after missing eight games with an upper-body injury.However, he took a stick to the face at 14:53 of the second period and didn’t return for the third.
  It was all Ottawa (45-30-7) for the first 17 minutes of the game with the Senators taking a 3-0 lead on goals from
  
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• Leafs top Wings in regular-season finale; Toronto set to meet Ottawa in playoffs

  18-04-2025 03:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Scott Laughton scored 56 seconds into overtime as the Toronto Maple Leafs downed the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 in the regular-season finale for both teams Thursday.
  Auston Matthews, Philippe Myers and Chris Tanev had the other goals for Toronto (52-26-4). Joseph Woll stopped 31 shots. Mitch Marner had two assists.
  Justin Holl, with a goal and an assist against his former team, Austin Watson and Alex DeBrincat replied for Detroit (39-35-8). Cam Talbot made 16 saves.The game meant noth
  
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• US airstrikes targeting a Yemeni oil port have killed 20 people, Houthis say

  18-04-2025 03:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. airstrikes targeting the Ras Isa oil port held by Yemen’s Houthi rebels killed 20 people and wounded 50 others, the group said early Friday.
  The strikes, confirmed by the U.S. military’s Central Command, represent one of the highest death tolls so far in the campaign launched by the administration of President Donald Trump that began March 15.
  The Houthis’ al-Masirah satellite news channel aired graphic footage of the aftermath of t
  
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• Florida State gunman used deputy mom’s former service weapon to kill 2 and wound 6, authorities say

  18-04-2025 03:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The 20-year-old son of a sheriff’s deputy opened fire Thursday at Florida State University with his mother’s former service weapon, killing two people and wounding at least six others, investigators said.
  Officers quickly arrived and shot and wounded the shooter after he refused to comply with commands, said Tallahassee Police Chief Lawrence Revell.
  Authorities have not yet revealed a motive for the shooting, which began around lunchtime just outside th
  
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• Organizers say Canada Super 60 has drawn interest from cricketers from 34 countries

  18-04-2025 02:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Pakistan’s Naseem Shah, England’s Alex Hales and Australia’s Chris Lynn are among the more than 1,350 cricketers who have put their hands up for the new Canada Super 60 league, organizers say.
  The league features the short-form 10-over version of the game. Matches last about 90 minutes with each team batting for 10 overs (60 balls), making for all-action contests with batsmen swinging for the boundary in search of runs.
  The Canada Super 60 is set to launch in Ju
  
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