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• US judge orders Trump administration to restore legal aid to unaccompanied migrant children

  02-04-2025 06:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge in California on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore legal aid to tens of thousands of migrant children who are in the United States without a parent or guardian.The Republican administration on March 21 terminated a contract with the Acacia Center for Justice, which provides legal services for unaccompanied migrant children under 18 through a network of legal aid groups that subcontract with the center. Eleven subcontractor
  
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• Vancouver voters look to fill two council seats in municipal byelection

  05-04-2025 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Voters in Vancouver are heading to the polls today — but not for the federal election that’s still weeks away from its conclusion.
  Vancouverites will instead cast their ballots in the municipal byelection to select two new councillors to fill seats vacated by the Green Party’s Adriane Carr and OneCity’s Christine Boyle.
  The vote is anticipated to be a litmus test for Mayor Ken Sim’s ABC party, which swept to power in 2022 with all its candidates fo
  
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• Federal leaders set to campaign across the country today

  05-04-2025 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Federal party leaders are starting the second full weekend of the federal election campaign at opposite ends of the country.
  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is in B.C. while NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is in Atlantic Canada.
  Singh is set to make an announcement in St. John’s in the morning, before travelling to Halifax for a late-afternoon campaign event.
  Meanwhile, Poilievre is scheduled to hold a press conference in Osoyoos, B.C. at 10:30 a.m. Pacific time.Liberal Leader
  
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• Senate GOP approves framework for Trump’s tax breaks and spending cuts after all-night session

  05-04-2025 08:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans plugged away overnight and into early Saturday morning to approve their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts framework, hurling past a hard line of Democratic opposition toward what President Donald Trump calls the “big, beautiful bill” that’s central to his agenda.
  The vote, 51-48, fell along mostly party lines. It could not have come at a more difficult political moment. The U.S. economy is churning after Trump’s v
  
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• How close is Alex Ovechkin to breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record?

  05-04-2025 06:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals has tied the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky.
  Ovechkin scored twice on home ice Friday night and needs one more to take sole possession of the record.
  Ovechkin entered the season 42 short of breaking the regular-season record by “The Great One” that had long seemed unapproachable. The 39-year-old Russian is in his 20th NHL season and was on pace to get to 895 in February before breaking his left leg in a shin-on-shin collision in
  
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• Rose scores, Canadian women’s soccer team blanks Argentina 3-0

  05-04-2025 06:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Jade Rose scored her first goal for Canada’s women’s soccer team, helping the country to a 3-0 victory over Argentina in a friendly matchup on Friday.The 22-year-old defender from Markham, Ont., touched a ball over the line off of a free kick in the 24th minute to open the scoring.
  Nichelle Prince also scored for the seventh-ranked Canadians, converting a rebound in the 39th minute for her 17th goal for the senior national team.Hometown talent Julia Grosso sealed th
  
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• Korda won’t defend Match Play title on the weekend after a rough day for the world’s top players

  05-04-2025 05:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — Nelly Korda, the world’s top-ranked player, won’t be around this weekend to defend her T-Mobile Match Play championship.
  She needed to defeat Ariya Jutanugarn, but lost 1-up Friday on the final day of round-robin play and failed to qualify for the round of 16.
  Korda’s struggles typified the week for the world’s top 10 players. Eight played in this tournament at Shadow Creek, but only second-ranked Jeeno Thitikul advanced to the knockout
  
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• Rookie Ja’Kobe Walter, finally healthy, throwing weight around for Toronto Raptors

  05-04-2025 05:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — After another solid scoring performance Toronto Raptors rookie Ja’Kobe Walter still wanted to put the team first.
  Walter had 22 points to lead Toronto’s offence in a 117-105 loss to the Detroit Pistons on Friday. Asked about his improved play after returning from a strained right quad on March 23, Walter tried to defer to talking about the Raptors as a whole.
  “For myself? Or for the team?” Walter asked back.
  “I think I’m pretty pleased with jus
  
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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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• Whitecaps, City of Vancouver in talks over new soccer stadium

  05-04-2025 04:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have entered talks with the City of Vancouver about building a new soccer stadium.The Whitecaps ownership group issued a statement Friday saying the club and municipality are discussing the construction of a purpose-built venue at the PNE fairgrounds on the city’s eastern edge.The statement says the ownership group has always been clear about the importance of “a suitable venue to both fan experience and financial performance for any professi
  
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• Ovechkin scores twice to tie Gretzky’s NHL goals record at 894 as the Capitals beat the Blackhawks

  05-04-2025 04:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin tied Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record by scoring the 893rd and 894th of his career, the second being the game winner, as the Washington Capitals rallied to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-3 on Friday night.
  Ovechkin scored No. 894 on the power play with 13:47 left in regulation to put Washington ahead after Dylan Strome tied it earlier in the third period. The 39-year-old Russian superstar also opened the scoring with his 893rd less than four minutes in.It all
  
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• Brian Harman builds 4-shot lead at Texas Open

  05-04-2025 03:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Brian Harman found the range with his iron shots and converted eight birdie putts Friday, none outside 12 feet, for a 6-under 66 that gave him a four-shot lead over Keith Mitchell going into the weekend at the Valero Texas Open.
  Harman has his first 36-hole lead since Bay Hill a year ago, and this is the largest lead he’s had at the midway point since he led by five at Hoylake in 2023 when he won the British Open.
  “Just know that I’ve done it before and
  
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• Gretzky witnesses Ovechkin moving 1 goal back of his record as he joins the chase in person

  05-04-2025 02:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Wayne Gretzky witnessed Alex Ovechkin scoring his 893rd goal to move one back of tying his NHL record, as the Canadian great made his first in-person appearance during this chase.
  Gretzky said it was important to “the integrity of the game” to make sure he was there in case Ovechkin broke his mark, just like Gordie Howe was when he set the record in the spring of 1994.
  “When I broke Gordie’s record my dad told me that same night be as proud of the
  
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• Ovechkin scores his 893rd goal. He needs 1 to tie Gretzky and 2 to break the NHL record

  05-04-2025 01:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin did not take long to move one goal away from tying and two from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record.
  Ovechkin beat Spencer Knight 3:52 into the Washington Capitals’ home game against the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night. He took a pass from Dylan Strome behind the net and banked the puck off the far post and Knight’s back and in.After a few seconds, Ovechkin’s personal goal song, “Shake, Rattle & Roll” by Big Joe Tur
  
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• Ovechkin scores his 893rd career goal. He needs 1 to tie Gretzky and 2 to break the NHL record

  05-04-2025 01:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin has scored his 893rd career goal to move one back of tying and two away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record.
  Ovechkin beat Spencer Knight 3:52 into the Washington Capitals’ home game against the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night. He moved closer to making hockey history with Gretzky in attendance for the first time during the chase.
  Scoring in a fourth consecutive game, Ovechkin reached 40 goals for a 14th time in 20 seasons, which is the m
  
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• Edmonton Oilers’ Leon Draisaitl expected back before playoffs after sustaining lower-body injury

  05-04-2025 01:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Edmonton Oilers center Leon Draisaitl is “out short term” but should return “well before” the playoffs begin after sustaining a lower-body injury against the San Jose Sharks the previous night, head coach Kris Knoblauch said Friday.
  Draisaitl, who leads the NHL with 52 goals this season, didn’t practice Friday and won’t play against the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday. He missed the second half of the second period and all of the third p
  
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• Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick to miss end of Toronto Raptors season with injuries

  05-04-2025 00:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Brandon Ingram won’t make his Toronto Raptors debut this season.
  Head coach Darko Rajakovic says it “isn’t realistic” for Ingram to fully recover from a sprained ankle before Toronto’s season ends.
  Rajakovic also says that sophomore swingman Gradey Dick will be shut for the rest of the season with a bone bruise on his knee. Toronto has five games remaining heading into a meeting with Detroit on Friday.
  Ingram was traded by the New Orleans Pelicans to
  
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• Former B.C. teacher, 85, guilty of indecent assaults on his Grade 6 students

  05-04-2025 00:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NORTH VANCOUVER — A B.C. provincial court judge has found an 85-year-old former elementary school teacher guilty of nine sex-related charges, most involving his former Grade 6 students.There were 12 complainants, all male, who said Brian Moore assaulted them when they were children, ranging in age from seven to 12 years old.
  The trial heard that Moore was a teacher at a North Vancouver elementary school and often took some of his students on swimming, water-skiing and snow skiing trips.Jud
  
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• Chilliwack group returns for river spring cleaning this weekend

  05-04-2025 00:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — As the Soowahlie First Nation prepares to clean up one end of the Chilliwack River and its surrounding area this weekend, a local group is hosting a biannual Adopt-A-River campaign tomorrow (Apr. 5).The Chilliwack/Vedder River Cleanup Society (CVRCS) has teamed up with the City of Chilliwack and the Fraser Valley Regional District for this spring’s cleanup event at Thompson Regional Park.“Under the City’s Adopt a River program, community groups adopt sections
  
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• Alonso and Soto power Mets past Blue Jays 5-0 in Citi Field opener

  05-04-2025 00:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Alonso hit an early two-run homer, Juan Soto added an RBI double in his home debut at Citi Field and the New York Mets beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-0 on Friday.
  Tylor Megill (2-0) pitched two-hit ball over 5 1/3 innings and New York’s bullpen, off to a terrific start, took it from there as the Mets ended Toronto’s four-game winning streak.Soto and Brandon Nimmo each had an RBI double off rookie left-handed reliever Mason Fluharty in a three-run sixth. Starl
  
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• Canada’s Jacobs beats Austria’s Genner to secure top seed at world playdowns

  05-04-2025 00:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MOOSE JAW — Canada’s Brad Jacobs defeated Austria’s Mathias Genner 8-2 to secure a semifinal berth at the BKT World Men’s Curling Championship.Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert needed only seven ends to complete the victory at the Temple Gardens Centre.The Calgary-based team brought in alternate Tyler Tardi in the fifth end to give him his first taste of game action this week.The Canadians clinched first place and will take a 10-1 record into their round-
  
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• Rolling Vancouver Whitecaps set for tough test against surging Colorado Rapids

  04-04-2025 23:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have been on a roll to start the Major League Soccer season.The Whitecaps (4-1-1) head into the weekend sitting atop the Western Conference standings and tied for the league lead in points (13) with Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami.But the club’s toughest test is yet to come.On Saturday, Vancouver will host the Colorado Rapids (3-1-2), who are chasing them for the No. 1 spot. A win would vault the Rapids over the ‘Caps into the top of the tab
  
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• Oilers star Draisaitl expected back from injury in time for playoffs

  04-04-2025 23:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES — Edmonton coach Kris Knoblauch says there is no timetable for Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl to return from his latest injury, but he expects to have his leading scorer back before the playoffs.
  Knoblauch updated reporters on Draisaitl’s status as the team practised in Los Angeles. Draisaitl did not skate in Friday’s session and Knoblauch confirmed he would not play in Saturday’s game against the Kings.
  Draisaitl left Edmonton’s 3-2 win over the Sharks o
  
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• Toronto Argonauts re-sign global punter John Haggerty

  04-04-2025 22:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Global punter John Haggerty re-signed with the Toronto Argonauts on Friday.
  Contract details weren’t divulged. Haggerty became a free agent Feb. 11.Haggerty, a 30-year-old Australian, was an East Division all-star in 2024 after posting the CFL’s second-best punt average of 50.3 yards, a career high.The six-foot-five, 225-pound Haggerty averaged a league-best 48 yards per punt in 2023 and was again a division all-star in 2022.
  Toronto selected Haggerty fourth overall i
  
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• Carney, Singh pledge support for CBC to defend sovereignty, fight misinformation

  04-04-2025 22:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Mark Carney and the NDP’s Jagmeet Singh expressed support Friday for federal spending to ensure a strong national public broadcaster, a notion Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre dismissed as something Canada simply can’t afford.On the federal election trail, Carney and Singh each said a healthy CBC/Radio-Canada is crucial to protecting the country’s sovereignty in the face of attacks from U.S. President Donald Trump and the general rise of misinf
  
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• Supreme Court allows Trump administration to cut teacher-training money, for now

  04-04-2025 22:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration’s plea to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in teacher-training money as part of its anti-DEI efforts, while a lawsuit continues.
  The justices split 5-4, with Chief Justice John Roberts joining the three liberal justices in dissent.
  The cuts had been temporarily blocked by a federal judge in Boston, who found that they were already affecting training programs aimed at addressing a nationwide teacher shor
  
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• LA County reaches $4 billion agreement to settle sexual abuse claims at juvenile facilities

  04-04-2025 22:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County has reached a $4 billion agreement to settle nearly 7,000 claims of sexual abuse in juvenile facilities since 1959, officials said Friday.
  The agreement, which still needs approval from the Los Angeles County board of supervisors, would be the largest in history and have long-lasting financial effects for the county, officials said.
  “On behalf of the County, I apologize wholeheartedly to everyone who was harmed by these reprehensible acts,”
  
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• Police seize cocaine, fentanyl, Tesla Model 3 in joint Lower Mainland investigation

  04-04-2025 22:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRASER VALLEY — Police have found a number of drugs, cash and guns after a week-long investigation across the Lower Mainland, including the Fraser Valley.Source: Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit – British Columbia
  According to a news release on Friday (Apr. 4), the Uniform Gang Enforcement Team found the items between March 18 and March 24 in areas ranging from Chilliwack and Maple Ridge to Surrey and Langley. The seized items include:Three firearms: a shotgun, a semi-automat
  
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• B.C. touts speed of major housing program to mark one-year anniversary

  04-04-2025 21:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NORTH VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s government celebrated the first anniversary of one of its cornerstone housing programs at the groundbreaking of a 179-unit rental building in North Vancouver, which it says went from concept to construction in 14 months.
  Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon says approximately 1,400 homes are underway since the start of the BC Builds program with nearly 2,500 more in various stages of early development.
  The $950 million multi-year program provides grants a
  
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• Judge blocks Trump from dismantling agency that funds community groups in Latin American countries

  04-04-2025 21:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge agreed on Friday to block the Trump administration from dismantling an independent agency that distributes grant money to community development groups in Latin American and Caribbean countries.
  U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan ruled that the administration doesn’t have the authority to remove the head of the Inter-American Foundation, which is governed by a bipartisan nine-member board.
  Congress created the foundation more than 50 years ago. It has
  
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