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• BC NDP Minister steps back from provincial politics

  01-09-2024 02:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s Minister of State for Child Care Mitzi Dean says she won’t be running in the provincial election in October.Dean says she’s bowing out of the election to focus on her health and her family.She says “personal challenges” over the last year have affected her health, and says dropping out of the running was “one of the most difficult decisions” of her life.
  Dean says she’s grateful to her fellow caucus members and c
  
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• Berrios shines, Guerrero registers 500th career RBI as Blue Jays thump Cardinals 7-2

  15-09-2024 00:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Jose Berrios allowed two hits over seven innings to win a seventh straight start and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. registered his 500th career RBI as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 7-2 on Saturday.Davis Schneider also had three hits and two RBIs, including his first home run in 2 1/2 months, and Alejandro Kirk extended his hit streak to 10 games with an RBI single in the seventh as the Jays snatched the first two games of the teams’ interleague series.Berrio
  
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• Argentina reaches Davis Cup Final after tense win over Finland

  15-09-2024 00:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Argentina clinched a berth in the eight-team Davis Cup Final with a tense 3-0 win over Finland on Saturday.
  The Argentines have reached the quarterfinals in Malaga, Spain, in November for the first time in five years.
  They had to battle in Group D in Manchester after an opening loss to 2022 champion Canada. They beat host Britain on Friday and overcame a gritty Finland, a semifinalist last year but without its best player.
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• Edmonton Elks add defensive lineman A.C. Leonard, five others to practice roster

  14-09-2024 23:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — A.C. Leonard is back with the Edmonton Elks.
  The CFL club added the veteran defensive lineman and five other players to its practice roster Saturday.
  Leonard spent last season in the Alberta capital when he tied for the team lead with a career-high 12 sacks.
  The 32-year-old from Palatka, Fla., has also spent time with the B.C. Lions, Saskatchewan Roughriders and Ottawa Redblacks since first entering the league back in 2015.
  Leonard has 280 defensive tackles, 51 sacks, eight forc
  
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• Tropical Storm Ileana makes landfall near the coastal Mexican city of Topolobampo

  14-09-2024 23:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Ileana made landfall Saturday in Mexico near the coastal city of Topolobampo, forecasters said.
  The tropical storm formed Thursday off the Pacific coast of Mexico and was packing winds of of 40 mph (65 kph) as it moved ashore, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said.
  A tropical storm warning was in effect for portions of the Baja California Peninsula. Forecasters predicted 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 centimeters) of rain would fall with Ileana, and up t
  
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• B.C. Conservatives promise to end stumpage fees, review fire management if elected

  14-09-2024 23:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANDERHOOF, B.C. — British Columbia Conservatives are promising changes they say will bring more “stability” to the province’s struggling forestry industry.
  B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad announced his plan for the sector a week before the official launch of the provincial election campaign, saying a Conservative government would do away with stumpage fees paid when timber is harvested and instead put a tax on the final products that are produced.Rustad is promising
  
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• Christian McCaffrey is placed on injured reserve for the 49ers and will miss at least 4 more games

  14-09-2024 22:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers placed All-Pro running back Christian McCaffrey on injured reserve because of his lingering calf and Achilles tendon injuries.
  The move made Saturday means McCaffrey will miss at least four more games after already sitting out the season opener. He is eligible to return for a Thursday night game in Seattle on Oct. 10.
  McCaffrey got hurt early in training camp and missed four weeks of practice before returning to the field on a limited basi
  
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• Canada’s Newman, Arop secure third-place finishes at Diamond League track event

  14-09-2024 22:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BRUSSELS — Canada walked away with some hardware at the Diamond League track and field competition Saturday.
  Alysha Newman finished third in women’s pole vault, while Marco Arop did the same in the men’s 800-metre race.
  Newman won a bronze medal in her event at the recent Paris Olympics. Arop grabbed silver at the same distance in France last month.
  Australia’s Nina Kennedy, who captured gold at the Summer Games, again finished atop the podium. Sandi Morris of the United
  
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• New trucks to replace aging vehicles at 3 Fraser Valley fire departments

  14-09-2024 22:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — A trio of Fraser Valley-area volunteer fire departments will soon receive new fire trucks after regional politicians approved a plan to replace aging vehicles.Proposals from Abbotsford-based Hub Fire Engines were approved Thursday to supply Freightliner M2 fire trucks for the Chilliwack River Valley, North Fraser, and Yale fire departments.
  The new vehicles, which average around $660,000 each, will replace three other Freightliners purchased in the early 2000s and have reached
  
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• Cavaliers and free agent forward Isaac Okoro agree to 3-year, $38 million deal, AP source says

  14-09-2024 21:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Restricted free agent forward Isaac Okoro has agreed to re-sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers on a three-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Saturday.
  Okoro’s new deal is worth $38 million, according to the person who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the contract has not been signed or announced by the team.
  ESPN.com first reported the agreement, citing Okoro’s representation.
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• Rory McIlroy survives a strong wind for a 69 to lead Irish Open over Manassero

  14-09-2024 19:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEWCASTLE, Northern Ireland (AP) — Rory McIlroy delivered enough superb shots in a strong wind Saturday for a 2-under 69, giving him a one-shot lead over Matteo Manassero in the Irish Open as McIlroy tries to erase two bad memories on home soil.
  McIlroy had to settle for bogey on the par-5 closing hole at Royal County Down when he hit a half-shank from the rough for his third shot. Even so, the wind was so severe that he matched the low score of the third round. Only three other players sh
  
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• Pole fire disrupts power for hydro customers near Roseberry Road in Chilliwack

  14-09-2024 19:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Close to 100 B.C. Hydro customers were affected by an outage Friday night after a power pole caught fire in Chilliwack.
  Chilliwack Fire says they were called out just before 9:30 p.m. to Roseberry Road just east of Tyson and north of Watson Roads of a possible electrical blaze.
  Firefighters reported flames at the top of the pole upon arrival.
  B.C. Hydro characterized the incident as an “equipment failure” and said crews were still on the scene Saturday morning rest
  
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• FVRD to issue notice alerting potential buyers of outstanding fines on Mission Property

  14-09-2024 19:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Fraser Valley’s regional politicians have approved a bylaw officer’s recommendation to warn potential purchasers of unpaid fines via the land title office for a building once intended to be a cannabis production facility.
  Bylaw Enforcement staff say they’ve conducted eight site inspections, issued seven enforcement letters, and 13 notices of violation since August 2023, addressing an expired building permit at 11185 Farms Road.
  A report from Bylaw Compliance
  
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• Masquerade Ball in Abbotsford seeks funding for ‘life-saving equipment’

  14-09-2024 18:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD – A mid-November masquerade ball is set to be another important fundraiser for the Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation (FVHCF), which is seeking to upgrade vital equipment.
  The event is scheduled for the Clarion Hotel & Conference Center on North Parallel Road and will feature a champagne reception, silent and live auctions, along with live entertainment in the ballroom.
  Proceeds will help upgrade essential equipment that supports the unit’s specialized programs and f
  
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• Korda and Corpuz get a good bounce and help maintain Americans’ big Solheim Cup lead over Europe

  14-09-2024 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GAINESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Allisen Corpuz got lucky with a worm-burner of a fairway wood and Nelly Korda took advantage, helping the Americans thwart a potential European rally and take an 8-4 lead midway through Saturday’s matches at the Solheim Cup.
  The United States entered the day with a 6-2 advantage at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, the biggest one-day margin in Solheim Cup history, and split the morning session as it tries to prevent Europe from capturing the cup for a record four
  
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• Bologna prepares for Champions League debut with draw at promoted Como

  14-09-2024 17:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MILAN (AP) — Bologna’s preparations for its Champions League debut are not going well though it managed to spoil Como’s first Serie A home match in 21 years on Saturday.
  Bologna came from two goals down to salvage a 2-2 draw to gather three points from its opening four matches.
  Bologna hosts Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday. Its only other appearance in Europe’s top competition was in 1964 in the preliminary round of the old European Cup.
  AC Milan is also winless as it prepa
  
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• Man United beats Southampton 3-0 as Marcus Rashford ends goalless run

  14-09-2024 17:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Marcus Rashford snapped a 12-game barren run in front of goal as Manchester United beat Southampton 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday.
  Rashford doubled United’s lead at Saint Mary’s after Matthijs de Ligt’s scored his first for the club. Substitute Alejandro Garnacho scored a third in the sixth minute of stoppage time.
  The win came after back-to-back defeats for United in a disappointing start to the season.
  Rashford hadn’t scored since United’s 4-3 win over Liv
  
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• Leclerc qualifies on pole for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Title challenger Norris 17th

  14-09-2024 17:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Charles Leclerc qualified on pole position for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Saturday as Max Verstappen was sixth and Lando Norris only 17th in a session that could have a big impact on the Formula 1 title race.
  Ferrari’s Leclerc, who won the last race in Italy, was fastest by .321 seconds from McLaren’s Oscar Piastri, with the second Ferrari of Carlos Sainz Jr. in third. Pole marked a dramatic turnaround for Leclerc, who crashed in the first practice ses
  
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• MPs to face new political realities on their return to Ottawa

  14-09-2024 16:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — On Monday Parliamentarians will return to the familiar stone walls of West Block in Ottawa to find the political landscape has shifted significantly.
  When they last gathered in the capital the Liberals knew their prospects were poor after languishing in the polls for more than a year, but they were secure in the knowledge the New Democrats would prevent them from toppling before they table the next budget, at least.
  But the summer saw several seismic shifts that mean the governmen
  
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• Iran says it successfully launched a satellite in its program criticized by West over missile fears

  14-09-2024 16:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran launched a satellite into space Saturday with a rocket built by the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, state-run media reported, the latest for a program the West fears helps Tehran advance its ballistic missile program.Iran described the launch as a success, which would be the second such launch to put a satellite into orbit with the rocket. There was no immediate independent confirmation of the launch’s success.Footage later released by Irani
  
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• ‘Challenges every single muscle’: Champion tree climber turns work into passion

  14-09-2024 14:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Climbing up trees, wrangling with ropes and navigating twisted odd-angled limbs may not be everyone’s idea of a great day.But it is to Jordyn Dyck, who has turned her job as an arborist into a passion leading to international tree-climbing competitions.
  “(In my) mid-20s, I had tried a bunch of different jobs — mostly labour-intensive ones — and just nothing was really fulfilling my soul in the way that I kind of needed. And then somebody told me you could
  
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• New book captures ‘intimate look’ at Terry Fox with journal entries, interviews

  14-09-2024 12:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — When Barbara Adhiya first learned that Terry Fox had run the length of a marathon a day during his journey across Canada, she was shocked.
  Like most Canadians, Adhiya had known about the icon’s 1980 mission to raise funds for cancer research through a 4,700-mile run from Newfoundland to British Columbia, but not much about Fox’s childhood, the day-to-day grind of his run and his deep connection to his supporters.The editor and writer’s new book, “Hope by T
  
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• Canadian men lose to Tonga, finish sixth at Pacific Nations Cup rugby tournament

  14-09-2024 11:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TOKYO — Tonga ran in three first-half tries and relied on some stingy second-half defence to defeat Canada 30-17 in the fifth-place match Saturday at the Pacific Nations Cup rugby tournament.
  While the Canadian men fared well at set pieces, they were hurt by inopportune mistakes — often triggered by some physical Tonga defence. And the flowing Tongan attack took advantage.
  The young Canadians had the ball in the Tonga end for long stretches of the second half but were unable to turn
  
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• Five people found dead in eastern Romania as rainstorms leave scores stranded

  14-09-2024 11:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Five people in eastern Romania have been found dead after torrential rainstorms left scores of people stranded in flooded areas, emergency authorities said Saturday
  Rescue services scrambled to save 95 people in the hard-hit eastern counties of Galati and Vaslui. The bodies were found in the localities of Pechea, Draguseni, Costache Negri, and Corod, the Department for Emergency Situations said without providing details on how they died.
  Emergency authorities rele
  
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• Air Canada, pilots still far apart as strike notice deadline approaches

  14-09-2024 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Labour talks between Air Canada and its pilots are approaching a midnight deadline, when either side could trigger the start of a shutdown for Canada’s largest airline.
  After more than 14 months of negotiations, starting Sunday the two sides will be in a position to provide 72-hour notice of a strike or lockout that could disrupt travel for the more than 100,000 passengers who fly the airline daily.
  In the days leading up to the deadline, the two sides have said they remain far apart on th
  
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• Toronto Argonauts snap two-game slide with 33-17 victory over B.C. Lions

  14-09-2024 07:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Chad Kelly and the Toronto Argonauts snapped their two-game losing skid in decisive fashion Friday night, downing the B.C. Lions 33-17.Argos quarterback Kelly connected on 18-of-28 pass attempts for 268 yards, including a touchdown, and added a rushing major.
  Lirim Hajrullahu made six field goals for Toronto (8-6), including a 51-yard kick to open the scoring in the first quarter.Nathan Rourke went six for 12, throwing for 110 yards for the Lions (7-7). He also contributed a ru
  
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• Tree-hugging Patton Kizzire takes lead at Silverado in FedEx Cup Fall opener

  14-09-2024 05:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Patton Kizzire hugged a tree on the way to the first tee Friday as part of a mental exercise, then patiently worked his way around Silverado to take the lead into the weekend in the FedEx Cup Fall series opener.
  Working with a new mental coach who has him embracing a more relaxed and even approach, Kizzire shot a 7-under 65 for a one-stroke advantage over David Lipsky in the Procore Championship.
  Kizzire joked about some of the things his new mental coach has him doing, like walking around baref
  
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• Kirk’s walk-off single in 11th inning lifts Blue Jays past Cardinals 4-3

  14-09-2024 04:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Alejandro Kirk’s long single with the bases loaded provided the Toronto Blue Jays with a walk-off 4-3 win in the 11th inning of their series opener against the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday.
  With the Cardinals outfield in, Kirk drove a shot off the base of the left-field wall to give the Blue Jays (70-78) their fourth win in 11 outings and halt the Cardinals’ (74-73) two-game win streak before 30,380 at Rogers Centre.
  Kirk enjoyed a two-hit, two-RBI outing.
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• Canada’s Marina Stakusic falls in Guadalajara Open quarterfinals

  14-09-2024 04:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GUADALAJARA — Canada’s Marina Stakusic fell 6-4, 6-3 to Poland’s Magdalena Frech in the quarterfinals of the Guadalajara Open tennis tournament on Friday.
  The 19-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., won 61 per cent of her first-serve points and broke on just one of her six opportunities.Stakusic had upset top-seeded Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (0) on Thursday night to advance.
  In the opening round, Stakusic defeated Slovakia’s Anna Karolína Schmiedlov&aacu
  
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• Stampeders return to Maier at QB eyeing chance to get on track against Alouettes

  14-09-2024 02:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Mired in their first four-game losing skid in 20 years, the Calgary Stampeders are going back to Jake Maier at quarterback on Saturday after he was benched for a game.
  It won’t be an easy assignment.
  Visiting McMahon Stadium are the Eastern Conference-leading Montreal Alouettes (10-2) who own the CFL’s best record. The Stampeders (4-8) have fallen to last in the Western Conference.
  “Six games is plenty of time, but also it is just six games,” said Maier. &
  
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