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• Eriksson Ek gets five points as Wild whip Jets 8-5 in pre-season tilt

  28-09-2024 04:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAINT PAUL — Joel Eriksson Ek scored two goals and added three assists as the Minnesota Wild grounded the Winnipeg Jets 8-5 in NHL pre-season action on Friday.
  Kirikk Kaprizov had two power-play goals for the Wild, who scored seven goals in the second period to break open a tight game.
  Ben Jones, Mats Zuccarello, Liam Ohgren and Marat Khusnutdinov also scored for the Wild who got a 36-save performance from netminder Marc-Andre Fleury. Thirteen players had at least one point for the Wild in
  
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• Flooding in Nepal’s capital kills at least 32 people

  28-09-2024 12:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Flooding caused by continuous rainfall has killed at least 32 people in Nepal’s capital, and another 12 are missing, police said Saturday.
  Rains have been pounding since Friday night and are expected to continue over the weekend. Seventeen people were also injured while 1,053 were rescued across Kathmandu, according to Nepal Police spokesman Bishwo Adhikari.
  He said all police personnel across the nation have been ordered to help in the rescue efforts.
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• First Nations, Inuit and Metis leaders say work lays ahead on road to reconciliation

  28-09-2024 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Liberal party of today is not quite the same as the one elected in 2015 promising to foster new paths and nation-to-nation relationships with Indigenous Peoples, the leaders of the three national Indigenous organizations said as they look ahead to the fourth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Monday.
  “Our reconciliation moment that started in 2015 really had, in the beginning, this blue-sky hope of a changed Canada,” said Natan Obed, the president of Inui
  
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• Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel says it killed Hezbollah’s leader in airstrike on Beirut

  28-09-2024 10:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Smoke rose from Beirut’s southern suburbs Saturday morning and the streets were empty after the area was pummeled overnight by heavy Israeli airstrikes that it said killed multiple Hezbollah commanders, including leader Hassan Nasrallah.
  Attacks on Hezbollah targets by fighter jets Friday continued into the early hours Saturday after the army said it told residents to evacuate three buildings it was targeting.
  Hours before the strikes, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United
  
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• Top-ranked Jannik Sinner has his steroid case appealed by the World Anti-Doping Agency

  28-09-2024 09:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ROME (AP) — The steroid case involving top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner was appealed by the World Anti-Doping Agency, the Montreal-based body known as WADA announced Saturday.
  WADA said it is seeking a ban of one to two years for the U.S. Open champion.Sinner tested positive twice for an anabolic steroid in March but was not banned in a decision by an independent tribunal announced by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) on Aug. 20 because the ITIA determined he was not t
  
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• Israel’s military mobilizes additional reserve soldiers as tensions escalate with Lebanon

  28-09-2024 09:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military said they were mobilizing additional reserve soldiers as tensions escalate with Lebanon.On Saturday morning, the Israeli military carried out several strikes in southern Beirut and eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. Hezbollah launched dozens of projectiles across northern and central Israel and the Israel-occupied West Bank.
  The military said Saturday morning they were activating three battalions of reserve soldiers, after earlier sending two battalion
  
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• Tiger-Cats claw out 32-29 win over Lions in overtime

  28-09-2024 08:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Running back Ante Milanovic-Litre took a direct snap and scored on a one-yard run in overtime to give the Hamilton Tiger-Cat a 32-29 win against the B.C. Lions in a nail-biting CFL game on Friday night.
  On the previous play B.C. defender Ronald Kent Jr. was called for pass interference in the end zone after a review from the command centre, bringing boos from the crowd at BC Place Stadium.
  Hamilton rallied from a 16-point deficit and scored two touchdowns late in the contest to
  
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• Kraken jump on Canucks early, net 3-1 pre-season win

  28-09-2024 06:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEATTLE — The Seattle Kraken scored the first three goals of the game then hung on to defeat the Vancouver Canucks 3-1 on Friday in NHL pre-season action at Climate Pledge Arena.
  Eeli Tolvanen, Brandon Montour and Ryan Winterton, who also had an assist, scored for the Kraken, who dropped a 3-1 decision to the Canucks on Tuesday in Vancouver.
  Defenceman Tyler Myers scored for the Canucks to reduce the deficit to 3-1 but that’s all the offence the visitors could muster on this night.
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• Surging Blue Bombers blitz Elks 55-27, clinch playoff spot

  28-09-2024 05:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Zach Collaros threw a career-high six touchdown passes to ignite the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in a 55-27 victory over the Edmonton Elks that extended their win streak to seven games and clinched a playoff spot for the eighth consecutive season.
  Winnipeg’s first four series of the game resulted in TD catches by Nic Demski, Keric Wheatfall and Brady Oliveira, plus a field goal by Sergio Castillo.
  The explosion of points had the team’s third straight sellout crowd of 32,24
  
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• Marlins strike early, crush Blue Jays 15-5

  28-09-2024 04:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Xavier Edwards hit three triples and Jonah Bride homered twice as the Miami Marlins crushed the Toronto Blue Jays 15-5 on Friday at Rogers Centre.The Marlins (60-100) broke through early, plating three runs in the first inning off Jays’ starter Jose Berríos. Miami built some heavy momentum and never slowed down, recording 17 hits.
  Edwards emerged as the Marlins’ hero in this contest, going 3-for-5 with four RBIs. Bride hit two homers, his 10th and 11th of the s
  
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• Tigers clinch AL wild card with 4-1 win, White Sox set loss record

  28-09-2024 03:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Riley Greene hit an RBI double and the Detroit Tigers scored two runs on wild pitches in a 4-1 win over the record-breaking Chicago White Sox on Friday night, clinching a spot in the playoffs for the first time in a decade.
  Detroit completed a late-season surge to grab an American League wild card, and the White Sox earned an unwanted place in baseball history by setting a modern major league mark with 121 losses this season.
  The Tigers will play AL Central champion Houston
  
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• Suwannapura tops contingent of Razorbacks on NW Arkansas leaderboard

  28-09-2024 02:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ROGERS, Ark. (AP) — Jasmine Suwannapura birdied the final two holes for an 8-under 63 and the top spot Friday on a leaderboard crowded with Arkansas Razorbacks in the LPGA Tour’s Walmart NW Arkansas Championship.
  Opening in gusty morning conditions at Pinnacle Country Club, Suwannapura played the back nine in 5-under 30, closing with the birdies on the par-3 17th and par-5 18th.
  “We just have fun out there,” said Suwannapura, the 31-year-old Thai player with two career LP
  
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• Discovery Day and Home Tour tickets expected to sell out before event, says Heritage Chilliwack

  28-09-2024 01:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Heritage Chilliwack Society says tickets for next week’s look inside five unique heritage properties are not likely to last due to limited availability.
  Organizers say there are only a set number of passes for the fall 2024 Heritage Discovery Day & Home Tour, and that they’ve previously sold out well before the event.
  A 1912 log house with stunning views of the valley and a 1939 Tudor Revival are highlights of the October 5 experience.
  The home tours are se
  
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• Skrlik upsets Carey in PointsBet quarterfinals, Homan and Lawes through to semifinals

  28-09-2024 01:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Kayla Skrlik advanced to the women’s semifinals of the PointsBet Invitational with an 8-6 upset of second seed Chelsea Carey on Friday.
  Skrlik’s Calgary foursome started with a three-point opening end. After Carey responded with two points in the second, Skrlik took control of the match with two in the third and a steal of one in the fourth.
  Trailing by four points entering the ninth end, Carey scored a point then followed with a steal of one, but wasn’t able to
  
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• Man killed in Langley shooting also connected with Mission road rage incident, say police

  28-09-2024 00:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION – RCMP say one of two suspects connected to an early September road rage incident in Mission was also the man shot dead in Langley last Saturday.
  Investigators say the 38-year-old, hit by gunfire near 196 Street and 84 Avenue around 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 21, was also the male suspect in a grey Honda Civic that engaged a couple at a drive-thru in Mission on September 8.
  Two young adults were seriously injured during that altercation at the Tim Hortons near Lougheed Highway and the Ceda
  
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• Charge approved for Vancouver police officer in 2023 pedestrian crash

  28-09-2024 00:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The BC Prosecution Service says it has approved a charge against a Vancouver police officer over a collision with a pedestrian in 2023.The service says Sgt. William Briscoe faces a charge under the Motor Vehicle Act of “driving without reasonable consideration for other persons using the highway,” after the Independent Investigations Office of B.C. filed a report into the crash.The Independent Investigations Office said last October that it was investigating after a
  
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• Wisconsin Supreme Court says Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name will remain on swing state’s ballot

  28-09-2024 00:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name will remain on the state’s presidential ballot, upholding a lower court’s ruling that candidates can only be removed from the ballot if they die.
  The unanimous decision from the liberal-controlled court marks the latest twist in Kennedy’s quest to get his name off ballots in key battleground states where the race between Republican Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Kama
  
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• Harris arrives at the US-Mexico border to try to show that her record is more than Trump criticisms

  28-09-2024 00:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DOUGLAS, Ariz. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris arrived Friday at Arizona’s border with Mexico, making her first visit to the international boundary since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee as she confronts one of her biggest vulnerabilities ahead of the November election.
  Harris stepped out of her motorcade on a dusty desert road outside Douglas, Arizona, and shook hands with two men from the U.S. Border Patrol. Harris, wearing sunglasses, slacks and a black coat, chatt
  
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• Internationals storm back at Presidents Cup to tie elite golf tournament 5-5

  28-09-2024 00:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  L’ÎLE-BIZARD–SAINTE-GENEVIÈVE, Que. — The International team stormed back with a 5-0 second-round shutout at the Presidents Cup to tie the United States 5-5 in the overall score.
  A 15-foot putt by South Korea’s Si Woo Kim sealed the fifth foursome, alternate ball, match of the day.
  He and fellow Korean Byeong Hun An beat world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and Russell Henley 1 Up in Friday’s final match.
  The elite biennial tournament sees 12 Americans face 12
  
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• Agassiz contractor wins bid to build multi-use pathway from Silver Creek to ‘essential amenities’ in Hope

  27-09-2024 23:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE – A project aimed at connecting a residential neighborhood to essential amenities in Hope using a multi-use pathway is a step closer to reality.
  Municipal staff say the Richmond Hill Multi-Use Pathway Project will be built by Agassiz’s Timbro Contracting Ltd., which was awarded the undertaking Thursday and is expected to begin construction this fall.
  The two-kilometre passageway along Flood Hope Road between Exit 170 and Silverview Road will include the repaving of a portion of
  
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• ‘Every point matters’: Whitecaps look to fell Timbers in playoff push

  27-09-2024 23:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Another week, another critical game for the Vancouver Whitecaps.
  The Whitecaps (13-9-7) have just five games left on their regular-season calendar and, on Saturday, will face the Portland Timbers (12-10-8), a regional rival who sit just two points behind them.
  “We always say that every point counts, but maybe (Saturday) they count more,” said Whitecaps head coach Vanni Sartini. “It would give us the possibility to shift the focus on what’s ahead of us in
  
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• Wayne Gretzky dusts off golf clubs one more time for hole-in-one exhibition

  27-09-2024 23:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  L’ÎLE-BIZARD—SAINTE-GENEVIÈVE — Wayne Gretzky is happy to come out of retirement for one day. As a golfer, however.
  The Hockey Hall of Famer and the NHL’s all-time leading scorer played with professional golfer Michael Block on Friday at the Ultra Hole Challenge presented by Michelob ULTRA, an exhibition where each player had 90 attempts to get a hole-in-one.
  Gretzky used to regularly play the Pebble Beach Pro-Am with his son-in-law, former world No. 1 Dustin
  
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• Montreal police make arrest in Presidents Cup golf apparel theft

  27-09-2024 23:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal police say they’ve arrested a man in connection with the theft of tens of thousands of dollars in golf merchandise tied to the Presidents Cup PGA Tour being held this week in the city.
  Police say that on Sept. 20 and Sept. 21 a person entered a downtown Montreal hotel and stole numerous official items and clothing “from a major golf tournament.”
  The tournament is taking place at the Royal Montreal Golf Club in the city’s L’Île-Bizard&
  
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• Agassi contractor wins bid to build multi-use pathway from Silver Creek to ‘essential amenities’ in Hope

  27-09-2024 23:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE – A project aimed at connecting a residential neighborhood to essential amenities in Hope using a multi-use pathway is a step closer to reality.
  Municipal staff say the Richmond Hill Multi-Use Pathway Project will be built by Agassiz’s Timbro Contracting Ltd., which was awarded the undertaking Thursday and is expected to begin construction this fall.
  The two-kilometre passageway along Flood Hope Road between Exit 170 and Silverview Road will include the repaving of a portion of
  
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• Canada booking seats on flights out of Lebanon as violence escalates

  27-09-2024 22:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Global Affairs Canada began booking blocks of seats on the few remaining commercial flights leaving Lebanon on Friday as it issued another urgent plea for any Canadians in the country to leave immediately.
  “Please prioritize your safety,” Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said in a statement on X Friday afternoon.
  Joly and Defence Minister Bill Blair have been asking Canadians in Lebanon to leave for months as fighting between Israel and Hezbollah escalated.
  
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• Amos, Argos’ defence hope to match Alouettes’ physical play Saturday

  27-09-2024 22:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — DaShaun Amos and the Toronto Argonauts defence plan to fight fire with fire Saturday night.
  Toronto (7-7) hosts the Montreal Alouettes (11-2-1) at BMO Field. The Argos are currently just four points ahead of Hamilton in the battle for third in the East Division while the Alouettes can clinch home-field advantage for the Nov. 9 conference final with a victory.
  Even if Toronto wins, Montreal would still earn top spot if the Saskatchewan Roughriders beat the Ottawa Redblacks on Satu
  
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• Man, 31, charged with causing indignity to body in missing Quebec woman case

  27-09-2024 22:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD, Que. — A man has been charged with causing indignity to a body in connection with the case of a Quebec woman who went missing southwest of Montreal.
  Nicholas Gravel, 31, was charged Friday, a day after the body of the 29-year-old missing woman was found near her home in Hemmingford, Que., a village of about 1,000 people near the Quebec-U.S. border.
  The woman, whose name is protected by a publication ban, had been reported missing on Sept. 21.
  The charge filed agai
  
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• No deal after two days of negotiating in the Vancouver grain workers strike

  27-09-2024 22:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Negotiations to end a strike by grain terminal workers in Metro Vancouver have stalled, with the employers’ association saying it’s “disappointed” with the results of two days of talks.A statement from the Western Grain Elevator Association says the employer bargaining unit had increased its offer to settle “outstanding issues,” but that was rejected.
  Picket lines went up at six grain terminals in Metro Vancouver Tuesday after the negotiators
  
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• Rescue missions after Helene’s flooding include dozens stranded on Tennessee hospital roof

  27-09-2024 22:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Patients and their caregivers sought shelter Friday on a Tennessee hospital’s roof after flooding caused by Hurricane Helene drove them from the building’s interior and conditions made rescue efforts difficult.
  The dramatic scene at Unicoi County Hospital near the North Carolina border was one of several that played out across the southern U.S. in Helene’s wake, as flooding caused by its storm surge and rain sent thousands of police officers, firef
  
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• B.C. Conservatives, NDP have full candidate slates. But it’s about more than votes

  27-09-2024 22:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — In the last provincial election, the B.C. Conservatives fielded just 19 candidates — and received less than 2 per cent of the vote.
  Now the party’s website lists a full slate of 93 candidates for the Oct. 19 election, covering every B.C. riding, ahead of the close of nominations on Saturday, and polls suggest the party under Leader John Rustad is running neck and neck with the governing NDP.
  David Black, an associate professor at the school of communications and cul
  
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