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• NHL roundup: Ovechkin scores and Capitals beat Bruins 4-3

  02-04-2025 07:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored his 891st career goal, moving him four away from passing Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record, and Dylan Strome broke a third-period tie on Tuesday night to lead the Washington Capitals to a 4-3 National Hockey League victory over the Boston Bruins.Nic Dowd and Tom Wilson also scored for Washington. Charlie Lindgren made 21 saves to help the Eastern Conference-leading Capitals snap a three-game losing streak.David Pastrnak had two goals, Vinni Lettieri scored
  
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• Coleman rises to the challenge with two goals in Flames’ 4-1 win over Ducks

  04-04-2025 08:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Desperately needing a win to stay in the hunt in the Western Conference playoff race, the Calgary Flames got a big game on Thursday night from veteran forward Blake Coleman.
  Coleman scored twice, including the short-handed game-winner halfway through the second period, as the Flames won 4-1 over the Anaheim Ducks.
  “I think guys showed up, played well, good home game,” said Coleman, who has 15 goals. “We’ve got to turn the page here pretty quick, but can bu
  
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• Blues beat Penguins in OT for 11th straight win

  04-04-2025 07:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Robert Thomas scored a power-play goal in overtime and the St. Louis Blues tied a franchise record with their 11th consecutive win, 5-4 over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night.
  Jake Neighbours scored twice and Pavel Buchnevich and Jordan Kyrou also scored for the Blues. Joel Hofer made 24 saves as St. Louis set a franchise record with its 10th straight home win.
  Bryan Rust, Rickard Rakell and Rutger McGroarty each had a goal and an assist and Connor Dewar also score
  
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• The Oilers beat the Sharks 3-2 despite losing Leon Draisaitl to an undisclosed injury

  04-04-2025 07:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Jeff Skinner tipped in the tiebreaking goal late in the second period and the Edmonton Oilers overcame an injury to Leon Draisaitl and beat the San Jose Sharks 3-2 on Thursday night.
  Skinner scored just a few minutes after Draisaitl went to the locker room with an undisclosed injury. He never returned to the game.
  Connor Brown and Viktor Arvidsson also scored to give the Oilers their third straight win. Calvin Pickard made 27 saves.
  Edmonton kept pace with Los Angel
  
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• Comrie records shutout as Jets beat Golden Knights 4-0 in matchup of divisional leaders

  04-04-2025 07:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Backup Eric Comrie made 26 saves for his second shutout in two months as the Winnipeg Jets beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-0 on Thursday night in a matchup of Western Conference divisional leaders.
  The Jets took a step toward securing the Central Division and home-ice advantage for the Stanley Cup playoffs. They have three more points than Washington in the race for the Presidents’ Trophy and four more than Dallas in the Central.
  Vegas, after back-to-back losses this
  
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• NHL leading goal scorer Leon Draisaitl leaves Oilers’ game with an injury

  04-04-2025 06:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — NHL leading goal scorer Leon Draisaitl left the Edmonton Oilers’ game against the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night with an undisclosed injury and is doubtful to return.
  Draisaitl appeared to get hurt midway through the second period and skated gingerly to the bench before leaving to go to the dressing room. He didn’t return for the rest of the second period and the team said he was not expected to return to the game.
  Draisaitl had an assist earlier in t
  
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• Coleman, Wolf lead Flames to 4-1 win over Ducks

  04-04-2025 06:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Blake Coleman scored twice and rookie goaltender Dustin Wolf made 26 stops to lead the Calgary Flames to a 4-1 NHL victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night.
  Nazem Kadri, with his team-leading 31st goal, and Kevin Rooney also scored for Calgary (36-27-12), which improved to 6-2-1 in its last nine.
  Olen Zellweger scored for Anaheim (33-34-8).
  Desperately trying to stay in the Western Conference playoff chase, Calgary climbs to within five points of the Minnesota Wild for th
  
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• Sens’ line of Pinto, Greig, Amadio play big role in shutting down opposition’s best

  04-04-2025 05:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Shane Pinto, Ridley Greig, and Michael Amadio have been a key line for Ottawa Senators head coach Travis Green.
  The trio have been an effective shutdown line for the Senators (40-29-6), with Green often challenging them to shut down the opposition’s top line. Thursday night, the trio rose to the challenge of shutting down league-leading scorer Nikita Kucherov in a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning.
  Kucherov, who played a team-high 25:09, was kept off the scoresheet.
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• Canadiens’ third line firing on all cylinders during playoff race

  04-04-2025 05:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Brendan Gallagher, Christian Dvorak and Josh Anderson have bounced back in a big way after facing their share of doubters last season.
  And they’re doing it together.
  As the games get tougher, the veteran third line is playing a key role with the Montreal Canadiens chasing a playoff spot for the first time in four years.
  Gallagher had a goal and an assist in a dominant 4-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.
  Dvorak also scored, and while Anderson didn’t make
  
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• Canada’s Shaedon Sharpe coming into focus in third NBA season with Trail Blazers

  04-04-2025 05:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Shaedon Sharpe’s having a record-setting season for himself and for a Canadian.
  Sharpe’s 36-point performance led the Portland Trail Blazers past Toronto 112-103 on Thursday, tying a personal best and scoring the most points by a Canadian against the Raptors. Sharpe wasn’t even aware that he had made history at Scotiabank Arena until after the win.
  “I didn’t know that until I had to interview with (Trail Blazers courtside reporter Brooke Olzendam) af
  
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• Canadian teenager Erin Brooks reaches round of 16 at Surf City El Salvador Pro

  04-04-2025 05:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LA LIBERTAD — Canadian teenage surfer Erin Brooks advanced to the round of 16 at the Surf City El Salvador Pro on Thursday.
  The 17-year-old moved on by finishing runner-up in her opening heat to Australian Isabella Nichols, who posted a total score of 10.33. Brooks was next at 8.90 ahead of American Sawyer Lindblad at 8.47
  The event is the fourth stop of the season on the World Surf League’s Championship Tour.
  Brooks came to El Salvador sixth in the standings after finishing third la
  
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• Canadian Jeremy Kennedy impresses in split-decision loss at PFL World Tournament

  04-04-2025 05:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ORLANDO — Canadian underdog Jeremy (JBC) Kennedy gave unbeaten Russian featherweight Movlid (Killer) Khaybulaev a scare but ended up on the wrong end of a split decision Thursday in the first round of the Professional Fighters League World Tournament.
  The judges scored it 28-29, 29-28, 29-28 for Khaybulaev, the 2021 PFL 145-pound champion. Kennedy buried his face in his hands in disbelief after the scores were announced.
  Despite not having fought since June 2023, the 34-year-old Khaybulaev
  
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• Canada’s Brooke Henderson win in another rout and Nelly Korda hangs on in LPGA Match Play

  04-04-2025 04:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — Brooke Henderson needed only 27 holes to win two matches. The Canadian needs to win one more to be assured of reaching the weekend at the T-Mobile Match Play.
  One day after a 6-and-5 win in the opening round, Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., pulled away late by winning five of the last seven holes Thursday in a 5-and-4 win over Peiyun Chien of Taiwan.
  One more day of round-robins matches remain at Shadow Creek before the winner of each of the 16 groups advance
  
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• Ullmark, Senators hold off Lightning for 2-1 victory

  04-04-2025 03:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Linus Ullmark made 31 saves as the Ottawa Senators earned a 2-1 victory to snap the Tampa Bay Lightning’s four-game winning streak on Thursday.
  Trailing 2-1 to start the third period, the Lightning (44-26-5) pressed for the equalizer but were unable to beat Ullmark.
  Ullmark was at his best in the final few minutes of regulation, turning away a number of shots.
  Jake Sanderson, with his second in as many games, gave the Senators (40-29-6) a 2-0 lead burying a Tim Stutzle drop
  
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• Gallagher has two points, Canadiens dominate struggling Bruins in 4-1 win

  04-04-2025 03:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Brendan Gallagher had a goal and an assist as the Montreal Canadiens blanked the Boston Bruins 4-1 in a heated rivalry matchup Thursday night.
  Cole Caufield — with his team-leading 35th — and Christian Dvorak also scored while Nick Suzuki added an empty-net goal for Montreal (36-30-9), which won its third consecutive game amid a playoff race. Sam Montembeault made 18 saves.
  Elias Lindholm replied for Boston (30-37-9) in the third period to ruin Monteambeault’s
  
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• South Korea’s Constitutional Court is set to rule on the impeachment of Yoon

  04-04-2025 03:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Constitutional Court is set to rule Friday on the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, either removing him from office or restoring his powers four months after the conservative leader threw the country into turmoil with an ill-fated declaration of martial law.
  The court was scheduled to issue its verdict in a nationally televised session to begin at 11 a.m. A ruling to uphold parliament’s impeachment and remove Yoon from office requir
  
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• Brown University to see half a billion in federal funding halted by Trump administration

  04-04-2025 02:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is planning to halt more than half a billion dollars in contracts and grants awarded to Brown University, adding to a list of Ivy League colleges that have had their federal money threatened as a result of their responses to antisemitism, a White House official said.Nearly $510 million in federal contracts and grants are on the line, said the official, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the plan and spoke on condition of anonymity.In a
  
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• Sam Ryder takes only 21 putts for a 63 and leads Texas Open

  04-04-2025 02:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Sam Ryder wasn’t sure his neck would feel good enough for him to play Thursday in the Valero Texas Open. He found a swing and hardly missed a putt on his way to a 9-under 63 and a one-shot lead over Keith Mitchell in the final tournament before the Masters.
  Mitchell played bogey-free in the morning for a 64, highlighted by a 3-wood from 286 yards that stopped rolling about 3 feet from the pin for a tap-in eagle on the par-5 eighth.
  Former British Open champion Bria
  
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• Yukon targets Elon Musk’s companies in response to U.S. tariffs

  04-04-2025 02:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Yukon government says it’s ending rebates for all Tesla products, as it targets companies associated with tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, who is also a senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump.
  A statement from Premier Ranj Pillai says the moves are in response to the latest round of tariffs imposed by the United States which he says continue to destabilize global markets and leave Yukoners uneasy about their futures.
  The statement says the government is also reviewing satellite inte
  
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• Scottie Barnes ready to go for Raptors vs. Blazers after being listed as questionable

  04-04-2025 00:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Scottie Barnes is back in the lineup for the Toronto Raptors tonight.
  Barnes had been listed as questionable on Toronto’s personnel report ahead of the Raptors game with the Portland Trail Blazers.
  The 23-year-old Barnes has been struggling with a finger joint contusion.
  Toronto head coach Darko Rajakovic announced before the game that Barnes would be playing, however.
  Barnes is averaging 19.2 points, 7.7 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game this season.
  The Raptors, who are a
  
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• Canadian women’s soccer team ‘turning a new leaf’ under coach Casey Stoney

  04-04-2025 00:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Returning to B.C. Place is a bit surreal for Casey Stoney.
  Ten years ago, she played there as part of the England squad that finished third in the 2015 World Cup. On Friday, she’ll return to the turf as head coach of the Canadian women’s soccer team.
  “Full circle moment for me,” Stoney said Thursday. “It’s very different in terms of being the head coach of the national team here and the privilege that comes from it. So I’m just excited.
  
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• Judge scraps ‘unintelligible’ order to free self-professed hitman claiming asylum

  04-04-2025 00:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A Federal Court judge has ordered that a self-described hitman associated with a Mexican drug cartel remain in custody, throwing out a refugee board member’s ruling that he be released pending his asylum case.
  Justice Julie Blackhawk says the application for release must be reconsidered by a different board member than the original one whose reasoning she found “unintelligible.”
  She says it’s “impossible to reconcile” Immigration and Refugee Boa
  
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• Bump from Canadian women’s hockey team bittersweet for Hannah Miller

  03-04-2025 23:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Hannah Miller chose to reflect more on her selection to Canada’s roster for the women’s world hockey championship than the International Ice Hockey Federation rule that knocked her off it.
  The 29-year-old forward from North Vancouver, B.C., was among 25 players named to the Canadian team March 21.
  Canada opens defence of its gold medal April 10 against Finland in Ceske Budejovice, Czechia.
  Miller would have represented Canada for the first time in over a decade, but she ran afoul of
  
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• B.C. police investigate after rock thrown through Tesla windshield strikes passenger

  03-04-2025 23:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver are investigating whether a Tesla was intentionally targeted when a rock smashed through its windshield, seriously injuring a passenger.
  A statement from the Vancouver Police Department says the woman was struck in East Vancouver on Sunday night.
  The statement says the pregnant woman had been travelling northbound on Nanaimo Street in a grey 2022 Telsa around 8:45 p.m. when the two-pound rock came through the windshield and hit her before ending up on the fl
  
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• High anxiety over softwood lumber despite tone change from U.S.: B.C. premier

  03-04-2025 23:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  British Columbia’s premier says he is encouraged to see a shifting tone in U.S. President Donald Trump’s talks with Canada, but concerns remain about how tariffs could devastate the province’s softwood lumber sector.
  Premier David Eby says he will be travelling to Prince George in the B.C. Interior to speak with forest industry representatives, in light of Trump’s statements that the United States doesn’t need Canadian lumber.
  Eby, who spoke with Prime Minister Mark
  
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• Elbows Up! Latest chapter of Canada-U.S. rivalry set for Friday at curling worlds

  03-04-2025 23:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MOOSE JAW — Three fights in nine seconds? Now that would be a story.
  Elbows up? Only if you count the arm motion from heavy sweeping.
  The latest on-ice battle between Canada and the United States is set for Friday night in the round-robin finale at the BKT World Men’s Curling Championship.
  But unlike the fiery showdowns between the longtime rivals at the recent 4 Nations Face-Off, the Roaring Game’s version will be much different. One thing that remains the same, though, is the
  
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• Chilliwack First Nation issues call to action surrounding homeless camp near Vedder Bridge

  03-04-2025 22:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A Chilliwack First Nation plans to ask residents of a homeless encampment near the Vedder Bridge to leave this weekend due to numerous issues associated with the camp.
  According to a event flyer containing the Soowahlie FN logo on it, and brought to the attention of Fraser Valley Today by Chilliwack resident Ross Aikenhead, Soowahlie First Nation in Chilliwack is inviting the community to join them this Sunday, April 6 at noon, as they practice their traditional rights and see
  
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• U-Vic’s overdose polices didn’t ‘meet the moment’ before student’s death: report

  03-04-2025 22:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — There were several points at which a University of Victoria student could have been saved before she died of a drug overdose last year, but instead a report says she didn’t get the naloxone or respiratory support needed to survive.The report by former Abbotsford, B.C., police chief Bob Rich looks into the January 2024 overdose death of 18-year-old Sidney McIntyre-Starko, who used street drugs laced with fentanyl with two other students in a university residence.A timeline
  
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• Canada men continue climb back to HSBC SVNS circuit via second-tier Challenger Series

  03-04-2025 22:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Alex Russell will captain Canada in the final round of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Krakow, Poland, where the Canadian men will look to take a step closer to regaining their spot in the elite HSBC SVNS circuit.
  After the April 11-12 event at Henryk Reyman Municipal Stadium, the top four Challenger Series teams move on to the HSBC SVNS promotion/relegation playoff May 3-4 in Carson, Calif. There they will face off against the bottom four teams in the HSBC SVNS standings to det
  
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• Canada’s largest tulip festival farm experience to open soon in Agassiz

  03-04-2025 22:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AGASSIZ — Buoyed by the arrival of spring conditions, Canada’s largest tulip festival farm experience is less than two weeks away from opening its 40 breathtaking acres of vibrant blooms to the public in gorgeous Agassiz.With a projected opening date of April 15, the Harrison Tulip Festival beckons to spectators and flower aficionados alike with more than 12 million tulip and daffodil bulbs planted, accentuated by more than 100 tulip varieties and 15 double daffodil varieties, amid t
  
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