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• Researchers name newest baby orca spotted in B.C. waters

  10-07-2022 23:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — A young southern resident killer whale spotted swimming in the waters off the west side of Vancouver Island now has a name.
  The Center for Whale Research based in Washington state says it has dubbed the latest addition to the K Pod as K45 after staff spotted it in a tight group with other family members northeast of Race Rocks.
  The centre says it received video and photographs of a possible new calf in April and June, but now a field biologist was among those who confirmed its p
  
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• ‘Happy Stampede’: Prime minister mobbed by admirers at Stampede events

  10-07-2022 23:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Inch by inch. Step by step. It could be the lyrics to a country and western song featured at the Calgary Stampede, but in reality it was the progress Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was making Sunday as he attended a pancake breakfast in Calgary.
  The annual 10-day celebration of the cowboy way of life has become an irresistible magnet for politicians of all political stripes.
  Trudeau is no exception and has made an appearance year-after-year.
  “This is a moment to gather and t
  
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• Industry minister to meet with Rogers CEO after “unacceptable” network outage

  10-07-2022 22:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Canada’s industry minister will convene a meeting with the leader of Rogers Communications in the wake of a massive outage that paralyzed the company’s network and hampered several crucial services, his office announced on Sunday, even as some customers continued to report service disruptions.
  A statement released from the office of François-Philippe Champagne said he plans to meet with Tony Staffieri and other telecom leaders to discuss the importance of impro
  
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• Sri Lanka opposition meets to name new government amid turmoil – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  10-07-2022 22:33
  
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• Report: Uber lobbied, used 'stealth' tech to block scrutiny – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  10-07-2022 22:33
  
  Report: Uber lobbied, used 'stealth' tech to block scrutiny – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Mission baseball player named All-American Second Baseman – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  10-07-2022 21:33
  
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• After scrappy win over Panama, Canadian women look to find flow against Costa Rica

  10-07-2022 20:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  After a frustrating, uneven win over Panama that saw 74 stoppages in play according to coach Bev Priestman, Canada looks to find its flow Monday against Costa Rica at the CONCACAF W Championship in Mexico. 
  The sixth-ranked Canadian women prevailed 1-0 Friday, despite No. 57 Panama’s low defensive block and time-wasting tactics. That, combined with an opening 6-0 victory over No. 76 Trinidad and Tobago, earned Olympic champion Canada a berth in the 2023 World Cup in Australia and New
  
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• Canada wins World Cup silver in women’s eight rowing

  10-07-2022 20:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LUCERNE, Switzerland — The Canadian women’s eight rowing crew captured silver at the World Cup III on Sunday.
  The crew, which included three members (Sydney Payne, Avalon Wasteneys and Kristen Kit) of Canada’s 2020 Olympic gold-medal winning team, crossed the line in six minutes 8.09 seconds.The Canadians finished just ahead of third-place Romania (6:08.19) but well back of the gold-medal winning Australians (6:06:51).
  The silver in Lucerne was the first senior international me
  
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• Toronto FC adds to roster but results yet to come as Bob Bradley remakes MLS team

  10-07-2022 19:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The number of fans lining the barriers that line the player entrance at BMO Field before games has grown in recent weeks, with Lorenzo Insigne jerseys already evident.
  The star power is growing at Toronto FC.
  But results will take more time, as evidenced from Saturday’s 2-2 tie when a goal in stoppage time by San Jose substitute Jack Skahan — his first in MLS — spoiled a TFC comeback that saw Deandre Kerr and Jonathan Osorio score four minutes apart in the secon
  
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• Novak Djokovic beats Nick Kyrgios for 7th Wimbledon title

  10-07-2022 18:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Novak Djokovic waited. He waited for Nick Kyrgios to lose focus and lose his way. Waited to find the proper read on his foe’s big serves. Waited until his own level rose to the occasion.
  Djokovic is not bothered by a deficit — in a game, a set, a match. He does not mind problem-solving. And at Wimbledon, for quite some time now, he does not get defeated.Djokovic used his steady brilliance to beat the ace-delivering, trick-shot-hitting Kyrgios 4-6, 6-3,
  
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• Hamilton Tiger-Cats sign veteran punter Jon Ryan

  10-07-2022 17:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats signed Canadian punter Jon Ryan and American kicker Seth Small on Sunday.
  Ryan, a 40-year-old Regina native, spent the last two seasons with the Saskatchewan Roughriders following a 12-year NFL career with the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks.
  Ryan spent 10 seasons with the Seahawks, winning a Super Bowl title in 2014.
  He suited up for 28 games in his two seasons with the Roughriders and averaged 48.1 yards per punt.
  Small, 22, attended training cam
  
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• Leclerc holds on to win Austrian GP, Verstappen 2nd

  10-07-2022 17:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SPIELBERG, Austria (AP) — Charles Leclerc revived his Formula One title challenge by holding on to win the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday for a third victory of the season, while his Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz’s hopes of a second-place finish ended when his engine blew as he was about to attack Max Verstappen’s Red Bull.
  Leclerc was clearly stressed in the closing laps as his throttle was not working properly, making it more difficult to control his speed into turns.
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• Russian rocket attack kills 15 in Ukraine; others trapped

  10-07-2022 17:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHASIV YAR, Ukraine. (AP) — Dozens of Ukrainian emergency workers labored Sunday to pull people out of the rubble after a Russian rocket attack smashed into apartment buildings in eastern Ukraine. The strike killed at least 15 people and scores were thought to be still trapped a day later.
  The strike late Saturday evening hit apartment blocks in a residential quarter of the town of Chasiv Yar, inhabited mostly by people who work in nearby factories. Ukraine’s Emergency Services said
  
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• 'It's difficult': Ukrainian newcomers struggle to make ends meet in Canada – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  10-07-2022 17:30
  
  'It's difficult': Ukrainian newcomers struggle to make ends meet in Canada – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canadian tech talent still in demand, despite layoffs and recession predictions – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  10-07-2022 17:30
  
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• ‘It’s difficult’: Ukrainian newcomers struggle to make ends meet in Canada

  10-07-2022 16:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Sabina Abilova and Andrii Koziura sit at the dinner table in their basement apartment, laptops open, searching for jobs that might help them pay for next month’s rent. 
  The Ukrainian newcomers arrived in Toronto just a few weeks ago, looking to escape the conflict in their country, and have been burning through their savings as they’re faced with the high cost of living in the city. 
  “The prices here are quite high,” Abilova, 28, says in an inter
  
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• Chilliwack homeowner clashes with City Council over rezoning, densification

  10-07-2022 15:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A Chilliwack homeowner clashed with members of the Chilliwack City Council at their meeting this past week over an application to demolish a home in his neighbourhood and facilitate a four-lot subdivision.
  James Reddyk, who lives near the property in question and bought his home in 2015, objected repeatedly to the proposal by OTG Developments Ltd. to demolish the home at 46852 First Avenue and develop four bare-land strata lots.Reddyk was the only person to speak against the d
  
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• Supreme Court of Canada sets date for Chilliwack trustee Barry Neufeld’s defamation lawsuit

  10-07-2022 15:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack School District Board of Education trustee Barry Neufeld says he has raised over $90,000 since 2018 to fund his legal defamation suit against the former head of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation.Neufeld, who was first elected to the school board in 1993, will have his day before the Supreme Court of Canada on October 12 in Ottawa. Neufeld says he plans to attend in person.The legal proceedings stem from comments made by Neufeld in which he criticized several aspec
  
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• QUIZ: How much do you know about our rights and freedoms? – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  10-07-2022 14:00
  
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• CRIMESTOPPERS: 'Most wanted' for the week of July 10 – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  10-07-2022 14:00
  
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• Ottawa’s share of health-care funding to be top concern at premiers’ meeting in B.C.

  10-07-2022 13:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A group representing emergency room doctors across the country has a message for Canada’s premiers: come up with a co-ordinated plan to prevent their workplaces from being closed due to staffing shortages that are creating an unprecedented crisis in health care.
  Dr. Atul Kapur, a spokesman for the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians, said premiers gathering at a meeting in Victoria on Monday and Tuesday need to prioritize the recruitment and retention of health-care professionals,
  
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• Ottawa’s plan to off-load military sexual assault cases sparks feud with provinces

  10-07-2022 13:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A dispute between the federal government and provinces over funding and other resources is slowing efforts to transfer military police investigations and prosecutions of alleged sexual crimes to civilian authorities.
  Defence Minister Anita Anand said last November the Canadian Armed Forces would start transferring criminal sexual offences to civilian police forces and courts on an interim basis.
  The decision followed an interim recommendation from Supreme Court justice Louise Arbo
  
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• Researchers name newest baby orca spotted in B.C. waters - Chilliwack Progress

  10-07-2022 09:00
  
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• CRIMESTOPPERS: ‘Most wanted’ for the week of July 10 - Chilliwack Progress

  10-07-2022 09:00
  
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• Mariners win 7th in row, top Blue Jays 2-1 on Santana homer

  10-07-2022 07:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Carlos Santana hit his first home run since being acquired by Seattle, lining a two-run shot off Toronto starter Alek Manoah that lifted the Mariners to a 2-1 win over the Blue Jays on Saturday night.
  Seattle won its seventh straight and has taken 15 of its past 18. The 15-3 stretch is the best 18-game stretch by the Mariners since 2003. Santana’s homer came in the seventh inning after Seattle had managed just one hit off Manoah through the first six. J.P. Crawford led
  
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• Mets retire Keith Hernandez’s No. 17 in Citi Field ceremony

  10-07-2022 04:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — About an hour before addressing the packed house at Citi Field, a concentrated Keith Hernandez stared in deep study at his index cards in a mostly empty interview room — his big brother sitting just a step away.Always prepared. Always a pro. Always with Gary by his side.
  A rock-steady leader for the New York Mets’ last championship team, Hernandez received a rare honor Saturday when the club retired his No. 17 jersey before a game against the Miami Marlins.&ldqu
  
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• Blue Bombers blitz B.C. Lions 43-22 in battle of CFL unbeatens

  10-07-2022 04:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The first head-to-head meeting between two of the CFL’s stingiest teams turned out to be a high-scoring affair. With both sides unbeaten entering Saturday’s contest at BC Place, the visiting Winnipeg Blue Bombers blitzed the B.C. Lions 43-22.
  Winnipeg quarterback Zach Collaros passed for 288 yards and three touchdowns, while Janarion Grant ran back the game’s opening kickoff for a major to give his team an early 7-0 lead.
  Dru Brown added a quarterback sneak fo
  
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• Toronto FC comeback falls short as Earthquakes score late for a 2-2 tie

  10-07-2022 03:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Jack Skahan scored his first MLS goal in stoppage time to lift the San Jose Earthquakes into a 2-2 tie with Toronto FC on Saturday.
  Goals by Deandre Kerr and Jonathan Osorio had seemed to give Toronto the comeback win until the late stunner, which came seconds after Toronto goalkeeper Quentin Westberg had made a fine save off Jeremy Ebobisse.
  But an attempted clearance by Ifunanyachi Achara sent the ball back into the Toronto penalty box and Skahan beat Westberg in the 92nd minut
  
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• Lowly Sporting KC upsets host CF Montreal 2-1

  10-07-2022 03:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — CF Montreal grabbed an early lead but Sporting Kansas City bounced back to steal a 2-1 Major League Soccer victory at Stade Saputo Saturday night.
  Romell Quioto scored for Montreal (9-8-2) but goals from Roger Espinoza and Remi Walter gave Sporting Kansas City (5-11-4) all three points.
  After a standout 2-1 road win against the Seattle Sounders on June 29, Montreal found themselves with back-to-back losses.
  Having lost their last two league games, the MLS bottom-dwellers remaine
  
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• Canadian women to play for Globl Jam gold after 85-60 win over the U.S.

  10-07-2022 03:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Shy Day-Wilson is missing a few days of her Duke Blue Devils training camp this week.
  But the 19-year-old from Toronto wasn’t going to pass up a chance to play for Canada, and in front of a hometown crowd for the first time in years.
  Day-Wilson had 18 points and seven assists to lift Canada’s women’s under-23 basketball team to an 85-60 victory over the United States on Saturday, and into Sunday’s gold-medal game of the inaugural Globl Jam tournament.
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• Canadian Cooper Gallant third in Bassmaster Northern Open

  10-07-2022 01:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Steady, gradual improvement paid off nicely for Canadian Cooper Gallant on Saturday.
  Gallant, of Bowmanville, Ont., finished third in the Bassmaster Northern Open tournament at Oneida Lake. Gallant had a final-day weight of 18 pounds 15 ounces to finish with a three-day total of 53 pounds seven ounces and secure US$17,760.
  American Casey Smith finished first with an overall weight of 55 pounds 13 ounces and claimed the $52,300 top prize.
  Gallant opened the event with a wei
  
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• Chilliwack woman to celebrate birthday with 100-km ultra marathon fundraiser for Special Olympics – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  10-07-2022 01:24
  
  Chilliwack woman to celebrate birthday with 100-km ultra marathon fundraiser for Special Olympics – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack woman to celebrate birthday with 100-km ultra marathon fundraiser for Special Olympics – Abbotsford News - Abbotsford News

  10-07-2022 01:24
  
  Chilliwack woman to celebrate birthday with 100-km ultra marathon fundraiser for Special Olympics – Abbotsford News  Abbotsford News
  
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• Chilliwack woman to celebrate birthday with 100-km ultra marathon fundraiser for Special Olympics - Abbotsford News

  10-07-2022 01:24
  
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• Timbers success in Seattle continues, topple Sounders 3-0

  10-07-2022 01:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Jaroslaw Niezgoda scored in the 24th minute, Santiago Moreno and Dairon Asprilla connected late in the second half and the Portland Timbers remained unbeaten in their past seven regular-season games in Seattle with a 3-0 victory over the Sounders on Saturday.The victory continued a run of success for the Timbers playing three hours to the north against their most heated rival. Portland has not lost a regular-season match to the Sounders in Seattle since May 27, 2017. That st
  
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• BC Superstore workers vote to accept new deal, avoid strike – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  10-07-2022 00:17
  
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• Report: WWE boss McMahon’s hush cash bill over $12 million

  10-07-2022 00:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The longtime World Wrestling Entertainment impresario Vince McMahon agreed to pay more than $12 million over the past 16 years to suppress allegations of sexual misconduct and infidelity, the Wall Street Journal reports.
  The amount is significantly larger than what was previously known.
  Four women — all formerly affiliated with WWE — signed agreements with McMahon, 76, that bar them from discussing their relationships with him, the Journal reported on Friday, ci
  
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• 'Uniquely suited': Indigenous priest in charge of liturgy for Pope's visit – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  10-07-2022 00:03
  
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