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• Hardaway has 23 points as Pistons top Raptors 117-105; Detroit clinches playoff berth

  05-04-2025 04:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Tim Hardaway Jr. had 23 points as the Detroit Pistons fended off the Toronto Raptors 117-105 on Friday to clinch a playoff berth.
  Jalen Duren had a double-double with 21 points and 18 rebounds as Detroit (43-34) hung on to win after leading by as many as 22 points. Malik Beasley added 21 points.
  Rookie guard Ja’Kobe Walter led Toronto (28-50) with 22 points.Jakob Poeltl had a double-double for the Raptors with 10 points and 11 boards. Immanuel Quickley flirted with a triple
  
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• In the news today: Party leaders in Montreal ahead of debates

  15-04-2025 10:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Party leaders in Montreal ahead of debates
  Federal party leaders are campaigning in the Montreal area ahead of the two election debates that will take place Wednesday and Thursday.
  It will be first time Liberal Leader Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre square off in a debate.This morning, Carney is scheduled to make an announcement and have a press conference in Saint-Eustache, Que.,
  
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• Party leaders in Montreal ahead of this week’s election debates

  15-04-2025 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Federal party leaders are campaigning in the Montreal area ahead of the two election debates that will take place Wednesday and Thursday.
  It will be the first time Liberal Leader Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre square off in a debate.This morning, Carney is scheduled to make an announcement and hold a press conference in Saint-Eustache, Que., near Montreal, while Poilievre will hold a press conference in Montreal.
  Carney’s personal popularity has risen o
  
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• Statistics Canada to release March inflation reading this morning

  15-04-2025 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada will release its latest reading for inflation this morning.
  The agency is set to report its consumer price index for March.
  According to a poll provided by LSEG Data & Analytics, economists expect the annual inflation rate for March to come in at 2.6 per cent, matching the result seen in February.
  A lower Canadian dollar pushing up import costs, still-rising food prices and the early effects of tariffs are all expected to impact the March consumer price index
  
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• Singapore dissolves parliament, paving the way for general elections

  15-04-2025 09:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Singapore’s parliament was dissolved Tuesday, paving the way for general elections in which the city-state’s long-ruling People’s Action Party will seek to strengthen its dominance under Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.
  The Elections Department is expected to set a date for the polls later in the afternoon. Victory is virtually assured for the PAP, which has led Singapore since its independence in 1965.But Wong, who was sworn in as Singapore’s fourth leader in May last year,
  
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• ‘Just focus and do my job’: Tolopilo backstops Canucks to win in NHL debut

  15-04-2025 08:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Nikita Tolopilo marked a couple of big firsts on Monday.Not only did the Vancouver Canucks goalie make his first NHL start, he also collected his first win, backstopping the team to a 2-1 overtime victory against the San Jose Sharks.“To be honest, I really wasn’t too nervous,” said the 25-year-old Belarusian. “I play hockey for awhile every day. A little bit before the game but once I step on the ice, I feel good and just focus on the next shot. Just foc
  
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• Kings believe home-ice advantage will help in playoff series against Oilers

  15-04-2025 08:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — It will be the same dance partners for the first round of playoffs, but the opening venue will be different this time.
  The Los Angeles Kings beat up the depleted Edmonton Oilers 5-0 on Monday, officially earning home-ice advantage for the opening round of the NHL playoffs as the two Pacific Division rivals will meet for the fourth consecutive year in the post-season.
  Edmonton had home ice the previous three post-season encounters and won all three series.
  Kings defenceman Mikey
  
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• Kings whip depleted Oilers 5-0 in playoff preview

  15-04-2025 07:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Adrian Kempe had a goal and two assists and Warren Foegele and Kevin Fiala each had a goal and an assist as the Los Angeles Kings recorded a convincing 5-0 victory over the depleted Edmonton Oilers on Monday.
  Quinton Byfield and Vladislav Gavrikov also scored for the Kings (47-24-9) who have won seven of their last eight and officially clinched home ice for the opening round of the NHL playoffs against Edmonton. The teams will face each other in the first round for the fourth co
  
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• DeBrusk scores in OT, Vancouver Canucks edge slumping San Jose Sharks 2-1

  15-04-2025 06:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Jake DeBrusk scored with 17.6 seconds left in overtime and the Vancouver Canucks came back to down the struggling San Jose Sharks 2-1 on Monday.Brock Boeser sent a shot over the San Jose net and the puck bounced back to DeBrusk, who popped it in for his 28th goal of the season with just seconds left on the game clock.
  Linus Karlsson got the Canucks (38-29-14) on the board midway through the third period with his third goal of the season and Nikita Tolopilo stopped 15 of the 16
  
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• Canadiens miss another chance to clinch despite Demidov’s stellar debut

  15-04-2025 06:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — It was shaping up as a perfect script for the Montreal Canadiens to punch their ticket to the playoffs.
  After years of rebuilding, top prospect Ivan Demidov — one of the final core pieces of that rebuild — dazzled in his NHL debut.
  The 19-year-old Russian had a beautiful assist before scoring a slick first goal to give Montreal a 2-0 lead on home ice, all before the game was 14 minutes old.
  The Bell Centre was rocking. Fans were chanting “DE-MI-DOV!” and
  
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• Blue Jays starter Easton Lucas struggles in 8-4 loss to Atlanta Braves

  15-04-2025 04:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto starter Easton Lucas finally gave up his first earned run of the season on Monday night.The problem for the Blue Jays left-hander was once the Atlanta Braves started scoring, they didn’t let up.Austin Riley drove in five runs with a pair of homers and Sean Murphy hit a two-run blast to power the Braves to an 8-4 victory over the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.“Walks and homers,” said Toronto manager John Schneider. “(Lucas) wasn’t really locating
  
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• Blackhawks prospect Ryan Greene makes his NHL debut

  15-04-2025 04:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL (AP) — After a whirlwind couple of days, Ryan Greene made his NHL debut with the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday night.
  Greene skated for almost 13 minutes in a 4-3 shootout win at Montreal. Greene, who centred a line between captain Nick Foligno and rookie Oliver Moore, went 3-for-9 in the faceoff circle.
  He also is expected to play when the Blackhawks (24-46-11) close out their schedule in Ottawa on Tuesday.
  Greene had 13 goals and 25 assists in 40 games for Boston University this
  
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• Demidov dazzles, but Canadiens miss opportunity to clinch with 4-3 loss to Blackhawks

  15-04-2025 04:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Ivan Demidov electrified the crowd with a goal and an assist in his highly anticipated NHL debut, but the Montreal Canadiens missed a third opportunity to clinch a playoff spot with a 4-3 shootout loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday night.
  Frank Nazar scored the shootout winner for Chicago (24-46-11). The officials originally ruled no-goal before overturning the call after Montreal’s next shooter made his attempt.
  Tyler Bertuzzi, Lukas Reichel and Nazar scored three c
  
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• Austin Riley hits two homers, drives in five runs as Braves top Blue Jays 8-4

  15-04-2025 03:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Austin Riley drove in five runs with a pair of homers and Sean Murphy hit a two-run blast to power the Atlanta Braves to an 8-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night at Rogers Centre.
  Murphy went deep in the first inning off Toronto starter Easton Lucas (2-1) and Riley doubled Atlanta’s lead in the third. Riley added a three-run shot in the Braves’ four-run fifth inning.
  Starter Grant Holmes retired the first 12 batters he faced for Atlanta (5-11) before
  
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• FAA emergency order grounds NYC helicopter tour company involved in deadly crash

  15-04-2025 03:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Federal aviation regulators issued an emergency order Monday grounding the helicopter tour company involved in a deadly New York crash after learning it had fired its operations director minutes after he had agreed to suspend flights during the investigation.The Federal Aviation Administration said it suspected the firing was retaliation for a safety decision.
  “The FAA is taking this action in part because after the company’s director of operations voluntarily s
  
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• Trump administration freezes $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard

  15-04-2025 02:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The federal government says it’s freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and contracts to Harvard University, since the institution said Monday it won’t comply with the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus.
  In a letter to Harvard Friday, the administration called for broad government and leadership reforms, a requirement that Harvard institute what it calls “merit-based” admissions and hiring policies as well as conduct an
  
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• Somali national linked to narcotics crimes caught sneaking into U.S. from Fraser Valley

  15-04-2025 01:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BLAINE, WASHINGTON – U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Blaine, Washington Sector have arrested a Somali national with a criminal history involving narcotics after he illegally entered the U.S. last week from an area south of Surrey in Canada.According to a social media post from Chief Patrol Agent Rosario Pete Vasquez of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Blaine Station agents arrested Yusof Mohamed Ali from Somalia last Thursday, April 10 after he illegally entered the U.S. from Canada
  
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• Boxing legend George Foreman remembered for love of family, faith, cheeseburgers

  15-04-2025 01:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — George Foreman was remembered Monday in a memorial service in his hometown of Houston for his legendary boxing career as well as for his love of God, family, horses and cheeseburgers — and for his desire to help his fellow man.
  “He preached love all the time. That’s what this life is all about. It’s all about love and George was pure because George lived and believed what he preached,” said James Douglas, a longtime friend and former president o
  
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• Lions announce former head coach Larry Donovan has died at age 84

  15-04-2025 00:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Larry Donovan, a former head coach of the B.C. Lions, has died. He was 84.
  The Lions confirmed Donovan’s death Monday. The cause was not divulged.
  Donovan joined the Lions as special-teams and defensive-line coach in 1986. He succeeded Don Matthews, who was fired Oct. 30, 1987, as interim head coach and promptly led B.C. to a four-game win streak to finish atop the West Division.
  Donovan guided B.C. to a 10-8 record the following season and a berth in the ’88 Grey C
  
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• 'Sharp decline' in Chilliwack and District home sales continues, says board - Hope Standard

  14-04-2025 23:52 via news.google.com
  'Sharp decline' in Chilliwack and District home sales continues, says board  Hope Standard
  
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• Whitecaps striker White named MLS player of the matchday after four-goal outing

  14-04-2025 23:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Vancouver Whitecaps striker Brian White was named Major League Soccer’s player of the matchday Monday following his offensive outburst in the team’s 5-1 win over Austin FC.
  The 29-year-old American scored four goals in Saturday’s victory, becoming the first ‘Caps player to accomplish the feat in an MLS game.He was last named player of the matchday July 1 after he put up a hat trick in Vancouver’s 4-3 win over St. Louis City SC.White has six goals i
  
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• First Nations Health Authority backs harm reduction on B.C. overdose anniversary

  14-04-2025 23:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WEST VANCOUVER — The top doctor at British Columbia’s First Nations Health Authority says deaths from toxic drugs may have dipped, but now is not the time to pull back on life-saving measures, especially given “misinformation” in the public discourse.Dr. Nel Wieman says Indigenous Peoples continue to be disproportionately represented among the deaths as B.C. marks the ninth anniversary of the toxic drug crisis being declared a public health emergency.
  She says her team is
  
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• Attack by gunmen leaves at least 40 people dead in Nigeria, the country’s president says

  14-04-2025 22:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s president said on Monday that at least 40 people were killed when Muslim gunmen, believed to be herders, attacked a Christian farming community in the north-central part of the country, the latest in an increasing wave of violence in the West African country.President Bola Tinubu also said he has ordered an investigation over the late Sunday night attack on the Zike community, extending his condolences to the victims and their families.
  “I have i
  
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• Trump floats another pause on automobile tariffs

  14-04-2025 22:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump floated another possible pause on automobile tariffs after 25 per cent duties were placed on vehicles and auto part imports earlier this month.When asked about short-lived product exemptions in the Oval Office today, Trump says he is looking at something to help car companies.
  He pointed specifically to companies that manufacture vehicles in Canada and Mexico.
  Trump says those companies may need more time to adjust supply chains back to America.
  Tru
  
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• Short turnaround: Raptors upbeat about 2025-26 season after just one rebuilding year

  14-04-2025 22:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Scottie Barnes leaned back in his chair, ran his hands through his hair, looked around the room and grinned when asked about the 2025-26 Toronto Raptors.
  “My expectations for the team? I expect us to be really good,” said Barnes. “For sure getting into the playoffs and making a great run. With the team that we have, there are no excuses.“We should be in the playoffs and make a good run.”
  A carousel of Raptors players rotated through the podium at the
  
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• Canada scores five third-period goals, downs Czechia 7-1 in women’s world hockey

  14-04-2025 21:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE — Marie-Philip Poulin and Kristin O’Neill each scored twice for Canada in a 7-1 win over host Czechia at the women’s world hockey championship Monday.
  Daryl Watts, Sophie Jaques and Jennifer Gardiner also scored for the defending champions, who capped Pool A with a 3-1 record and will face Pool B’s second seed, still to be determined, in Thursday’s quarterfinals.
  Canadian goalie Kristen Campbell made 18 saves for her second win of t
  
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• US Army to control land on Mexico border as part of base, migrants could be detained, officials say

  14-04-2025 21:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A long sliver of federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border that President Donald Trump is turning over to the Department of Defense would be controlled by the Army as part of a base, which could allow troops to detain any trespassers, including migrants, U.S. officials told The Associated Press.
  The transfer of that border zone to military control — and making it part of an Army installation — is an attempt by the Trump administration to get around a federal l
  
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• Ticats quarterback sees addition of Kenny Lawler benefiting veteran Tim White

  14-04-2025 21:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  They’re teammates now with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, but Tim White wants a lot more than just friendship from Kenny Lawler this season.
  Lawler signed a two-year deal with Hamilton as a free agent following four seasons with Winnipeg (2019, 2021, 2023-4) and another with Edmonton (2022). During his time with the Blue Bombers, Lawler earned two Grey Cup rings (2019, 2021) and a CFL all-star nod (2021).
  Lawler will bring his big-play ability to a Hamilton offence that last season not only boas
  
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• Impaired dump truck driver caught in Chilliwack: BC Highway Patrol - CityNews Vancouver

  14-04-2025 21:36 via news.google.com
  Impaired dump truck driver caught in Chilliwack: BC Highway Patrol  CityNews Vancouver
  
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• ‘We should be fine’: Impact of U.S. tariffs not a major worry for new Flames arena

  14-04-2025 21:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — It’s three floors down and nowhere to go but up for the new $900-million arena for the NHL’s Calgary Flames, even with the ongoing tariff war with the United States.
  The building — to be named Scotia Place — is being built in the shadow of the Saddledome and its iconic saddle-shaped concave roof.The hockey arena is part of a new $1.2-billion event centre and entertainment district near the city’s downtown.Groundbreaking on the project occurred nine m
  
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