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• ‘Hands off’: Across Canada, protesters rally against Trump

  06-04-2025 22:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Protesters rallied in several cities across the country on Sunday to demonstrate against U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to Canadian sovereignty.
  In Montreal, hundreds gathered in Mount Royal Park in a show of solidarity against his repeated remarks about making Canada the 51st state, with many sporting signs reading, “Hands off.”
  At the foot of a monument topped by a winged goddess of liberty, artists, politicians and the former head of Doctors Without B
  
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• Woll makes 25 saves to help the Maple Leafs top the slumping Hurricanes 4-1

  14-04-2025 02:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Joseph Woll made 25 saves and the Toronto Maple Leafs moved closer to clinching the Atlantic Division title by defeating the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 on Sunday, reaching the 50-win mark.
  Pontus Holmberg, Auston Matthews, William Nylander and John Tavares scored for Toronto, which has won three straight and seven of its last eight overall. Morgan Rielly had three assists.
  Toronto has 104 points, and Tampa Bay, which began the day four points back, could equal that mark a
  
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• Rory McIlroy wins Masters playoff to complete the career Grand Slam

  14-04-2025 01:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Rory McIlroy turned another major collapse into his grandest performance of all, hitting a wedge into 4 feet for birdie in a sudden-death playoff Sunday to finally win the Masters and take his place in golf history as the sixth player to claim the career Grand Slam.
  What should have been a coronation along the back nine at Augusta National turned into a heart-racing, lead-changing jaw-dropping finish at golf’s greatest theater that ended with McIlroy on his knees
  
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• Spurs rally from a 22-point deficit to beat the Raptors 125-118

  14-04-2025 00:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Keldon Johnson had 23 points, Stephon Castle added 20, and the San Antonio Spurs rallied from a 22-point deficit to beat the Toronto Raptors 125-118 on Sunday.
  Scottie Barnes had 35 points as Toronto ended its season on a two-game skid. Jamison Battle had 25 points and Jonathan Mogbo added nine points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists.
  San Antonio veterans Harrison Barnes had 18 points and Chris Paul 15. Barnes and Paul along with Julian Champagnie played all 82 games this sea
  
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• Missing driver and vehicle found 47 metres deep in water, says search and rescue

  13-04-2025 23:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KELOWNA — A search and rescue team in Kelowna, B.C., says a missing person was found about 47 metres deep in a lake after being swept away in a “massive mudslide” earlier this month.
  Central Okanagan Emergency Operations says the landslide happened on Westside Road at about 9:45 p.m. on April 1, shutting down the road in both directions.Central Okanagan Search and Rescue team says in an online statement that its team responded to the scene on April 1 after the mudslide, which s
  
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• Myles Straw drives in go-ahead run in 10th, Blue Jays beat Orioles 7-6

  13-04-2025 23:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Myles Straw drove in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning to cap a comeback that carried the Toronto Blue Jays past the Baltimore Orioles 7-6 on Sunday.
  Alejandro Kirk homered and drove in two runs for the Blue Jays, who trailed 6-3 in the eighth before rallying to earn a split of the rain-shortened two-game series.
  Ryan Mountcastle and Tyler O’Neill went deep and Gunnar Henderson had three hits for the Orioles, who were denied their first winning streak and series vi
  
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• Senators’ Cousins happy to return after extended time off due to injury

  13-04-2025 23:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Taking a punch to the head isn’t usually cause for celebration, but for Nick Cousins, it brought a smile.
  After missing 30 games with a knee injury that required surgery, the Ottawa Senators forward was just happy to be back in the thick of it — a reminder of how much he missed the game. Cousins hadn’t played since Jan. 25, when a knee-on-knee collision with Toronto’s Jacob Quillan left him sidelined.
  Following a grueling recovery, with the first part spent
  
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• AbbyPD remove more than a dozen impaired drivers Saturday

  13-04-2025 23:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — There’s been no shortage of impaired drivers in Abbotsford as AbbyPD’s Traffic Enforcement Unit removed 13 drivers in a single overnight shift on Saturday, April 12.“The increasing number of impaired drivers remains a significant concern for us. Many have asked why this is happening, and there could be various reasons,” wrote the Abbotsford Police Department in a social media post.
  Officers have now taken more than 350 impaired drivers off the roads thi
  
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• Stutzle caps two-goal showing with OT winner to lift Sens past Flyers 4-3

  13-04-2025 22:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Tim Stutzle capped a two-goal effort with the power-play winner 1:40 into overtime to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 4-3 comeback win over the Philadelphia Flyers Sunday afternoon.
  With a playoff spot already secured, the Senators (44-30-6) opted to rest several regulars against the Flyers (33-37-10). Nick Jensen, who’s been managing a lower-body injury, along with David Perron, Ridly Greig, and Nick Matinpalo, were all given the afternoon off.Fabian Zetterlund tied things at
  
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• United States doubles Canada 2-1 in women’s world hockey championship

  13-04-2025 21:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE — Defenders Lee Stecklein and Megan Keller scored for the United States in a 2-1 win over Canada at the women’s world hockey championship Sunday.
  The U.S. (3-0) secured first in Pool A with a game remaining against Switzerland on Tuesday.Canada (2-1) concludes Pool A against host Czechia (1-2) on Monday.
  Laura Stacey scored Canada’s lone goal.American goalie Aerin Frankel stopped 18 shots for the win. Canada’s Ann-Renee Desbiens made 26 s
  
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• Canada’s Homan falls 5-4 to Tirinzoni at AMJ Players’ Championship curling final

  13-04-2025 21:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Canada’s Rachel Homan fell 5-4 to Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni in the women’s curling final of the AMJ Players’ Championship on Sunday.After a scoreless first two ends, Tirinzoni scored in the third and fourth ends to take a 2-0 edge.Homan’s Ottawa-based rink trimmed the deficit in half in the fifth. However, the Swiss side made it a 4-1 game in the sixth.
  Homan, though, was not down just yet. Homan’s side scored three in the seventh, forcin
  
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• Poilievre promises tougher ethics rules, takes aim at Carney’s assets

  13-04-2025 21:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to tighten financial transparency rules for elected officials — and is using that promise to take aim at Liberal Leader Mark Carney.
  Poilievre told a press conference in Ottawa on Sunday that if his party forms government, he’ll ban what he calls “shadow lobbying.”
  “We will eliminate the lobbying loophole and require anyone who is acting as an adviser to government officials to declare themselves and r
  
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• Local group hosts environment-focused candidates forum for Abbotsford-South Langley

  13-04-2025 20:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ALDERGROVE — Candidates running to represent the Abbotsford–Langley riding will each have a chance to flex their earth-minded policies at a unique All-Candidates meeting in Aldergrove on Wednesday, April 16.The Bertrand Creek Enhancement Society (BCES) is hosting the event at the Langley Arts Council on 26670 29th Avenue.
  Five of the six candidates have been confirmed to attend:Aeriol Alderking – People’s Party of Canada
  Dharmasena Yakandawela – NDP
  Kevin Gillies &n
  
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• UPDATE: South Fraser SAR locate missing six-year-old

  13-04-2025 20:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  FRASER VALLEY — The South Fraser Search and Rescue team has reported that the six-year-old who went missing on April 12 has been found alive and safe.
  The name and image of the boy have been removed from this story for privacy reasons.
  
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• Police in Surrey, B.C., searching for non-verbal six-year-old missing since Saturday

  13-04-2025 19:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — Police in Surrey, B.C., are scouring the city today in search of a non-verbal six-year-old boy who has been missing since Saturday afternoon.The Surrey Police Service says dozens of search and rescue volunteers are helping with the search, adding police dogs and a helicopter have also been deployed.Police say the boy was last seen sometime between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Saturday in the area of Northview Park.
  The missing child is described as having black hair and brown eyes. He was
  
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• Gabon’s coup leader Nguema elected president with 90% of votes cast, provisional results show

  13-04-2025 18:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Gabon’s interim president who staged a 2023 coup that ended a decadeslong political dynasty, has been elected president, according to provisional results announced by the country’s interior ministry.
  Nguema, 50, recorded a landslide victory with 90.35% of the votes cast, defeating seven other candidates, including immediate past prime minister Alain Claude Bilie-By-Nze, Interior Minister Hermann Immongault said as he a
  
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• Police seek public assistance to locate missing Fraser Valley child

  13-04-2025 18:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRASER VALLEY — The Surrey Police Service (SPS) and RCMP are asking for the public’s help finding a six-year-old who went missing yesterday, April 12.According to a statement from SPS Staff Sgt. Lindsey Houghton, Khang Tran was reported missing in the area of Northview Park, near 156 Street and 112A Avenue shortly before 8 p.m. He was last seen sometime between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.Source: SPS
  Tran is described as having black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a blue jacket,
  
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• Raptors sign centre Colin Castleton

  13-04-2025 18:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors signed centre Colin Castleton , the team announced Sunday.
  The length of the contract and financial details of it were undisclosed.Castleton signed consecutive 10-day contracts with the Raptors in March before most recently signing a 10-day contract with Philadelphia.
  He is averaging 4.5 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 16.1 minutes in 25 games (four starts) with Memphis, Philadelphia and Toronto this season.
  The six-foot-11, 250-pound Castleton has score
  
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• Canada falls 2-1 to Japan, has four-year streak of making BJK Cup Finals halted

  13-04-2025 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TOKYO — Canada fell 2-1 in its tie against Japan on Sunday, snapping its four-year streak of making the Billie Jean King Cup Finals.
  With both teams having defeated Romania, the only other team in the group, both teams needed a win to make the Finals.Canada will instead head for the 2025 Playoffs in November, where it will look to earn a spot in the 2026 Billie Jean King Cup Qualifiers.“Overall, I really do believe it was a great day. It was a very tough day, all matches were very cl
  
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• Ontario family seeks help finding son who disappeared in Mont-Tremblant in February

  13-04-2025 18:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — An Ontario family is asking the public for help in finding their 22-year-old son who disappeared while on a ski trip in Mont-Tremblant, Que. 70 days ago.
  Liam Toman went missing at around 3 a.m. on Feb. 2 after leaving a bar in the ski village north of Montreal after a night of dinner and drinks with friends.The family says he was last seen on camera walking back towards his hotel, but never went inside.
  His parents and stepmother have been looking for him ever since, while Queb
  
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• Police: Someone set fire to Pennsylvania governor’s residence; no one was injured

  13-04-2025 17:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Police say they evacuated Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family from the official governor’s residence after someone set fire to the building.
  No one was injured.
  The fire broke out overnight on the first night of the Jewish holiday of Passover, which Shapiro and his family had celebrated at the governor’s official residence in the state capital of Harrisburg. State Police said in a statement that, while the investigation was ongoing, they were “prepared
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of April 13, 2025

  13-04-2025 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: Scott TonksAge: 42
  Height: 5’9” ft Weight: 194lbs
  Hair: Blonde/Brown Eyes: Blue
  Wanted: Traffic in Controlled Substance x2, and Possess Controlled Drug/Substance for Trafficking x2
  Warrant in effect: April 1, 2025
  Parole Jurisdiction: Chilliwack
  Name: Nicole LawAge: 45
  Height: 5’9” ft Weight: 205lbs
  Hair: Brown Eyes: Hazel
  Wanted: Unlawfully at
  
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• Polls open in Ecuador’s presidential runoff as voters choose between incumbent and a leftist lawyer

  13-04-2025 14:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorians are voting Sunday in the country’s presidential election runoff, facing the choice between incumbent President Daniel Noboa and leftist lawyer Luisa González.It’s the second presidential runoff election in less than two years in the South American country, where voting is mandatory. Polling stations opened at 7 a.m. local time, with more than 13 million people eligible to vote.
  Both Noboa and his challenger, González, have promise
  
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• Toronto condo market unlikely to see jolt as conditions vary elsewhere in Canada

  13-04-2025 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Experts say the Greater Toronto Area condo market is unlikely to awaken from its lull any time soon even as other major Canadian cities see somewhat more promising demand.
  As supply continues to pile up in the GTA, some say affordability is still a key problem holding would-be buyers back from placing their offers, despite the fact that borrowing costs have come down over the past year.
  “Sure, the rates have fallen … but it’s still not night and day difference,
  
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• More than 20 people killed in Russian missile attack on Ukrainian city of Sumy

  13-04-2025 11:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — More than 20 people were killed in a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday, the city’s acting mayor and Ukraine’s General Prosecutor’s Office said.
  Two ballistic missiles struck the heart of the city at around 10:15 a.m. as people gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday, according to officials. Videos posted from the scene on official channels showed bodies on the ground amid debris and smoke around central Sumy.
  “On this brig
  
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• Canada’s Corey Conners in contention in final round of Masters

  13-04-2025 11:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AUGUSTA — A Canadian is in contention heading into the final round of the Masters, the first major of the men’s golf season.Corey Conners of Listowel, Ont., is third at Augusta, four shots back of third-round leader Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland.Nick Taylor of Abbotsford, B.C., starts the day tied for 37th, 10 shots back of McIlroy.
  Mike Weir of Brights Grove, Ont., is the only Canadian male to ever win a major.
  He claimed the green jacket as Masters champion in 2003, inspiring a
  
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• Overtime woes continue to haunt Vancouver Canucks

  13-04-2025 08:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Another overtime, another disappointing loss for the Vancouver Canucks.After coughing up a two-goal lead in the third period, the Canucks fell 3-2 to the Minnesota Wild in extra time on Saturday.Vancouver’s overtime record fell to 9-14 this season.“Little careless mistakes have cost us overtime,” said Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet. “If you got back to all the overtimes, there’s some carelessness you need to clean up.”Kirill Kaprizov set up
  
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• Blue Jackets roll past Capitals 7-0, Ovechkin a healthy scratch

  13-04-2025 07:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Adam Fantilli scored twice and Jet Greaves stopped 22 shots for his first career shutout, leading the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 7-0 win over the Alex Ovechkin-less Washington Capitals on Saturday.Ovechkin, who broke Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goal-scoring mark on Sunday, was a healthy scratch to rest up for the playoffs. Washington has already clinched the Metropolitan Division and the top seed in the Eastern Conference.
  The victory kept Columbus in the hunt fo
  
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• Zuccarello scores in OT, Minnesota Wild edge Vancouver Canucks 3-2

  13-04-2025 07:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Mats Zuccarello scored at the 3:47 mark of overtime as the Minnesota Wild rallied to beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Saturday.Kirill Kaprizov sprung Zuccarello for a breakaway and the right-winger stickhandled his way toward the crease before wrapping a shot in around Vancouver goalie Kevin Lankinen.The Wild (44-30-7) fell behind 2-0 midway through the second period after the Canucks (37-29-14) got goals from Marcus Pettersson and Jake DeBrusk.Brock Faber got Minnesota on the
  
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• CF Montreal still looking for first win but sticking to Donadel’s system

  13-04-2025 06:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — As the final whistle blew and CF Montreal fell 1-0 to visiting Charlotte FC at Stade Saputo on Saturday, the sobering reality of how much work remains to be done began to set in.
  “It definitely hurts more because we’re at home,” said captain Samuel Piette. “The last games were very interesting and we knew that at home you can go chase those three points, especially early in the season.
  “It’s frustrating because you know that you deserve a bett
  
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