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• Bills open camp seeking to shake sting of ’13 Seconds’ loss

  24-07-2022 23:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Try as the Buffalo Bills might in seeking to start fresh on a new season, the sting of those infamous 13 seconds still lingers some six months later.
  In opening training camp on Sunday before a sold-out crowd of about 6,000 fans serving as a loud and boisterous backdrop of the sky-high Super Bowl expectations revolving around the team, the Bills were unable to finish the day without reflecting back on how their previous season ended abruptly in January.The disappoint
  
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• Jonas Vingegaard, king of the mountains, wins Tour de France

  24-07-2022 23:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — King of the mountains. Champion on the Champs-Elysees.
  Jonas Vingegaard blossomed from a talented rookie to a dominant leader in his own right over three weeks of epic racing to win his first Tour de France title on Sunday.
  The former fish factory worker from Denmark dethroned defending champion Tadej Pogacar with memorable performances in the mountains in cycling’s biggest race.
  The 25-year-old Vingegaard, who was runner-up to Pogacar in his first Tour last year, excelled in
  
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• UPDATE: Victims of gang-related daytime shooting in Whistler identified - Chilliwack Progress

  24-07-2022 23:50 via theprogress.com
  
  UPDATE: Victims of gang-related daytime shooting in Whistler identified  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Attempted arson in woods near Fraser River Heritage Park in Mission - Chilliwack Progress

  24-07-2022 23:50 via theprogress.com
  
  Attempted arson in woods near Fraser River Heritage Park in Mission  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Tapia, Blue Jays take advantage of Boston blunders for sweep

  24-07-2022 23:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Raimel Tapia had three hits and drove in four runs, giving him 10 RBIs for the series, and Vladimir Guerrero had four hits for the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday as they pounded the bumbling Boston Red Sox 8-4 to complete a three-game sweep.Two days after Tapia had an inside-the-park grand slam in a record-setting 28-5 victory, he had a bases-loaded triple to spot Toronto to a 5-0 lead off top Boston prospect Brayan Bello (0-2) — one of five players in the Red Sox lineup w
  
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• Alcaraz loses Hamburg thriller; 1st tour title for Musetti

  24-07-2022 23:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Lorenzo Musetti needed six match points Sunday to upset top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-4 in the final of the Hamburg European Open.
  The 20-year-old Italian claimed his first tour-level title in 2 hours, 47 minutes.Alcaraz was aiming to improve his 5-0 record in finals and was also chasing his fifth title this year alone after wins in Madrid, Barcelona, Miami and Rio de Janeiro.
  The 19-year-old Spaniard fought back from 5-3 down in the second set and saved
  
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• Wildfire near Lytton, B.C., smaller than believed but heat creates challenges

  24-07-2022 22:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LYTTON, B.C. — The estimated size of a wildfire burning near Lytton, B.C., has been reduced thanks to more accurate mapping, however the BC Wildfire Service warns there’s still a risk it will grow. 
  The wildfire service says in an update the Nohomin Creek wildfire has scorched nearly 22 square kilometres of land, not the 25 square kilometres previously reported. 
  It says hot and dry conditions this week will not only increase the risk of fire activity but is also adding ext
  
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• ‘Suspicious’ fire at Abbotsford apartment building under investigation - Chilliwack Progress

  24-07-2022 22:40 via theprogress.com
  
  ‘Suspicious’ fire at Abbotsford apartment building under investigation  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Muhammad Ali’s ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ belt sells for $6.1M

  24-07-2022 22:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Muhammad Ali’s championship belt from his 1974 “Rumble in the Jungle” heavyweight title fight was sold at auction on Sunday for $6.18 million.
  The winner of the heated competition for the belt was Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, according to Heritage Auctions in Dallas.In a tweet Sunday, Irsay confirmed he acquired the belt for his collection of rock music, American history and pop culture memorabilia that is currently touring the country.The belt will b
  
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• Pilot program to assist B.C. farmers and ranchers prepare for extreme weather events: ‘It’s great to see that support’

  24-07-2022 22:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ROSEDALE — A new pilot program announced by the province will allow B.C. farmers and ranchers to prepare for extreme weather conditions such as wildfires, flooding, and extreme heat. One dairy farmer from Rosedale is eager for the start of the program and said it would be a step in the right direction.
  “I think it’s positive to see a program assisting farmers in taking further steps to adapt to whatever the climate issues are in their region,” said Sarah Sache of West Riv
  
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• Houston rookie Canadian receiver John Metchie III diagnosed with leukemia

  24-07-2022 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Texans rookie wide receiver John Metchie III announced Sunday that he has been diagnosed with a form of leukemia.
  In a statement posted on the Texans’ Twitter account, the Brampton, Ont., product says he is getting treatment for acute promyelocytic leukemia, “the most curable form,” and expects “to make a recovery at a later point in time.” 
  “As a result of this diagnosis, I will likely not be playing football this season,&rdq
  
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• Jonas Vingegaard wins Tour de France for 1st time

  24-07-2022 20:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark won his first Tour de France title on Sunday after coming out on top of a thrilling three-week duel with defending champion Tadej Pogacar.
  The 25-year-old Vingegaard became the first Danish rider to win cycling’s biggest race since Bjarne Riis in 1996. He finished 3 minutes, 34 seconds ahead of second-place Pogacar.Vingegaard, who was runner-up to Pogacar last year, built his success in the mountains.
  Jasper Philipsen won Sunday’s last s
  
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• Wiebes wins on Champs Elysees as women’s Tour returns

  24-07-2022 19:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — Lorena Wiebes of the Netherlands sprinted to victory on Sunday in the first stage of the women’s Tour de France which returned after a 33-year absence.The Team DSM rider struck in the last 150 meters of the 82-kilometer (51-mile) circuit in Paris to beat former Olympic champion Marianne Vos to the line on the Champs-Elysees.
  Wiebes punched the air in celebration.
  Tour of Flanders champion Lotte Kopecky was third.It’s the first time since 1989 that a women’s e
  
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• B.C. police watchdog investigating fatal police shooting in Nanaimo, B.C.

  24-07-2022 19:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NANAIMO, B.C. — The RCMP says one man has died following a police shooting in Nanaimo, B.C.
  Mounties say in a news release frontline officers were called to a reported confrontation between a man and woman outside a vehicle near the south end of the city on Saturday afternoon. 
  They allege the man produced a weapon when officers arrived.
  The statement says shots were fired by police and the man was injured.
  It says paramedics with BC Emergency Health Services attended to the man, howe
  
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• Pope lands in Canada, set for apologies to Indigenous groups

  24-07-2022 19:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Pope Francis began a fraught visit to Canada on Sunday to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses by missionaries at residential schools, a key step in the Catholic Church’s efforts to reconcile with Native communities and help them heal from generations of trauma.
  Francis flew from Rome to Edmonton, Alberta, where his welcoming party included Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mary May Simon, an Inuk who is Canada’s first Indigenous governor
  
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• MPs look into alleged political interference in N.S. shooting probe

  24-07-2022 19:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — MPs on the House of Commons public safety committee meet Monday to explore whether there was political meddling with the RCMP as it investigated the April 2020 shootings in Nova Scotia. 
  Just over a week after a gunman murdered 22 people during a 13-hour shooting spree, RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki held a meeting with top officers in Nova Scotia that has been described by those in attendance as tense.
  Supt. Darren Campbell, who was in charge of the investigation, wrote in h
  
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• Arenado, Goldschmidt unvaccinated, won’t make Toronto trip

  24-07-2022 18:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Two of the St. Louis Cardinals’ best players, third baseman Nolan Arenado and first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, won’t be making the trip to Toronto for a short series with the Blue Jays because they haven’t received the COVID-19 vaccination. 
  The Cardinals announced Sunday that catcher Austin Romine also will not be going to Canada with the team for its Tuesday and Wednesday games.
  Canada has restrictions on travelers who aren’t vaccinated again
  
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• Translators to deliver Pope’s words in languages forbidden in residential schools

  24-07-2022 18:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — When Pope Francis arrives in Canada and is expected to beg forgiveness for Catholic-run residential schools, a team of translators will be dedicated to making sure no words are lost for those receiving the apology.
  Henry Pitawanakwat, who comes from the Three Fires Confederacy of Manitoulin Island in Ontario, is on that team and will translate the Pope’s words into the Ojibwa language.
  From the late 1800s until 1996, Canada removed Indigenous children from their homes and
  
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• Verstappen wins French GP as Leclerc crashes, Hamilton 2nd

  24-07-2022 17:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LE CASTELLET, France (AP) — Defending Formula One champion Max Verstappen won the French Grand Prix on Sunday after Charles Leclerc crashed out as Ferrari’s woes resurfaced, falling 63 points behind the Red Bull driver in the championship.
  Lewis Hamilton finished second in his 300th GP — securing a fourth-straight podium — while George Russell overtook Sergio Perez’s Red Bull following a virtual safety car restart late in the race to give Mercedes its first podium d
  
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• Italy’s Bernardeschi, Insigne turns heads in their MLS debut with Toronto FC

  24-07-2022 17:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Italian stars Federico Bernardeschi and Lorenzo Insigne combined for a goal and two assists for Toronto FC in their MLS debut Saturday, a 4-0 win over expansion Charlotte FC.
  The 28-year-old Bernardeschi is the first player to record a goal and an assist before halftime of his first MLS appearance since Fredy Montero for Seattle in 2009. He also joined Alejandro Pozuelo, who was traded to make room for the former Juventus winger, as the only TFC player to score a goal and registe
  
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• Brooke Henderson wins Evian Championship for 2nd major title

  24-07-2022 17:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) — Brooke Henderson rolled in an 8-foot birdie putt at the 18th hole to win the Evian Championship by one stroke on Sunday after a wild final round, sealing her second major championship title.
  The Canadian was soaked in champagne on the 18th green after her even-par round of 71 that saw her finish ahead of LPGA rookie Sophia Schubert on 17-under 267.
  Henderson won the Women’s PGA Championship in 2016 at the age of 18.
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• Kodiaks face tough-outting in season-opening loss in Chilliwack - CKPGToday.ca

  24-07-2022 17:00 via ckpgtoday.ca
  
  Kodiaks face tough-outting in season-opening loss in Chilliwack  CKPGToday.ca
  
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• Pope flies to Canada for ‘penitential trip’ aimed at Indigenous reconciliation

  24-07-2022 16:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Pope Francis is en route to Canada to embark on what he describes as a “penitential trip” aimed at reconciliation with Indigenous people for the Catholic Church’s role in residential schools.
  The pope told reporters on a plane set to land in Edmonton later today that the six-day visit must be handled with care.
  The pontiff is also set to travel to Quebec City and Iqaluit.
  While in Alberta, the Pope is scheduled to visit the former Ermineskin Indian Residential School in the com
  
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• Landfills and climate change increasing polar bear-human conflicts in Arctic: report

  24-07-2022 16:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Climate change and human impacts on the land are behind a growing number of encounters between people and polar bears around the Arctic, new research concludes. 
  “What we have seen is an increase in intensity (of encounters) and increased occurrences in places where polar bears don’t normally occur,” said Geoff York, a researcher with Polar Bears International and co-author of a new paper published in Oryx, a journal from Cambridge University Press. 
  Although no agenc
  
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• Advocates say Canada should commit $1.2 billion to fight against AIDS, TB and malaria

  24-07-2022 13:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Advocacy groups working to end extreme poverty say they hope Canada will use an upcoming international AIDS conference in Montreal to commit new funding for a global organization that fights AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. 
  But the groups say they’re worried Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s commitment to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will fall short.
  Elise Legault, Canada director at the ONE Campaign, an international non-governmental or
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Pope Francis leaves Rome for Indigenous reconciliation visit in Canada

  24-07-2022 09:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ROME — Pope Francis has left Rome to begin his visit to Canada aimed at reconciliation with Indigenous people for the Catholic Church’s role in residential schools.
  A plane carrying the Pope is scheduled to arrive later today in Edmonton.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Pete Rose to appear on field in Philadelphia next month

  24-07-2022 06:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pete Rose will make an appearance on the field in Philadelphia next month for the first time since receiving a lifetime ban from Major League Baseball.
  Rose agreed to the lifetime ban in August 1989 after an investigation for MLB by lawyer John Dowd found Rose placed numerous bets on the Cincinnati Reds to win from 1985-87 while playing for and managing the team.
  Baseball’s career hits leader will be part of Phillies alumni weekend, and will be introduced on the f
  
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• Shaqiri shines as Chicago Fire torch Vancouver Whitecaps for 3-1 win

  24-07-2022 06:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Xherdan Shaqiri had a goal and an assist Saturday, lifting the surging Chicago Fire to a 3-1 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps at B.C. Place Stadium.
  Chris Mueller and Rafael Czichos also scored for Chicago (7-10-5), which extended its Major League Soccer win streak to three games.
  Lucas Cavallini had the lone goal for a Whitecaps (7-10-5) side that remains three points below the playoff bar in MLS’s Western Conference.
  Twenty-year-old Canadian goalkeeper Isaac Boehmer
  
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• De Grasse leads Canada to men’s 4x100m relay gold at world championships

  24-07-2022 05:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EUGENE, Ore. — The Canadian men’s 4×100-metre relay team is golden at the world track and field championships.
  Six-time Olympic medallist Andre De Grasse anchored a team of Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake and Brendon Rodney to victory on Saturday in a time of 37.48 seconds, the fastest in the world this season.
  The gold was Canada’s third medal of the world championships.
  The Americans took silver in 37.55, while Great Britain finished third (37.83).
  The victory was a terrific
  
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• CP NewsAlert: De Grasse leads Canada to men’s 4x100m gold at world championships

  24-07-2022 05:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EUGENE, Ore. — The Canadian quartet of Andre De Grasse, Brendon Rodney, Jerome Blake, and Aaron Brown, won gold in the men’s 4×100-metre relay at the world track and field championships on Saturday.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Marco Arop wins bronze for first career world championship medal in 800m

  24-07-2022 05:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EUGENE, Ore. — Marco Arop continues his immense rise in the men’s 800-metre ranks.
  The Edmonton native earned his first world championship medal with a bronze on Saturday at the world track and field championships. For the 23-year-old, ranked fourth in the world, it was a full circle moment.
  “This will hold a special place in my heart. First world championship medal — it all comes full circle,” Arop said. “Starting from Doha world champs and making the final,
  
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• Piercy leads rainy 3M Open by 4 after long third round

  24-07-2022 04:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BLAINE, Minn. (AP) — Scott Piercy shot a 5-under 66 at rain-soaked TPC Twin Cities on Saturday in round that was delayed more than 6 1/2 hours to take a four-stroke lead into the final round of the 3M Open.
  The 43-year-old Piercy had a 18-under 195 total. He has four PGA Tour victories.
  Emiliano Grillo was second after a 67. Tony Finau and Doug Ghim were tied for third, five strokes back. They each shot 65.
  The top Canadian is Michael Gligic of Burlington, Ont., who is tied for 24th at 5 u
  
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• Quioto scores to lift Montreal past DC United 2-1

  24-07-2022 04:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Romell Quioto scored a crucial goal in Montreal’s 2-1 victory against D.C. United on Saturday.
  Quioto’s goal came in the 35th minute to put Montreal (11-8-2) up 2-0. Joel Waterman assisted the goal. Quioto scored all of Montreal’s goals in the game.
  James Pantemis had four saves for Montreal.Steve Birnbaum scored for United (5-12-3).
  D.C. United outshot Montreal 13-10, with five shots on goal to Montreal’s three.Rafael Romo saved one of the three s
  
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• Felix comes out of retirement, helps 4×400 relay into final

  24-07-2022 04:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Enjoying retired life, Allyson Felix was eating hot wings and sipping on a root beer float in Los Angeles when the phone rang.She was needed back in Oregon for the prelims of the 4×400 women’s relay. Could she return to world championships? She was on her way.
  The most decorated sprinter in U.S. history jumped on a plane and was on the track Saturday night for the “last” time to help the Americans advance to the final.
  Back into retirement she go
  
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• Italian stars show off their skills as Toronto FC hammers Charlotte FC

  24-07-2022 03:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Federico Bernardeschi scored one goal and set up another and Lorenzo Insigne collected an assist on their MLS debut as Toronto FC celebrated its new Italian star power with a 4-0 romp over expansion Charlotte FC on Saturday.
  Captain Michael Bradley, who had 14 goals in his previous 258 MLS games, scored twice with Jonathan Osorio adding a single. Mark-Anthony Kaye had two assists as TFC led 4-0 at halftime.
  Insigne and Bernardeschi came off at the break, with an eye to their fitn
  
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• Canadian lightweight Kyle (The Monster) Nelson loses UFC bout by decision in London

  24-07-2022 03:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON — Canadian lightweight Kyle (The Monster) Nelson, returning to action after a 22-month-absence, started strongly but faded en route to a loss by decision to England’s Jai (Black Country Banger) Herbert on a UFC Fight Night card Saturday.
  All three judges scored it 29-28 to Herbert (12-4-0), each giving him the last two rounds.
  Nelson (13-5-0) scored more significant strikes, 41 to 36 according to UFC Stats, but Herbert had more control time, five minutes 57 second compared to
  
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• Friends launch 'Help Keep Harold Smiling' fundraiser for popular Chilliwack street cleaner - Chilliwack Progress

  24-07-2022 03:30 via theprogress.com
  
  Friends launch 'Help Keep Harold Smiling' fundraiser for popular Chilliwack street cleaner  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• RCMP says photos released of suspects in inmate escape plot were stock images

  24-07-2022 03:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COQUITLAM, B.C. — The RCMP says images it released of two men who allegedly helped an accused murderer escape custody were actually stock images and not photos of the suspects. 
  Const. Deanna Law says in a statement investigators believe the photos left behind by associates of Rabih Alkhalil resemble them but are, in fact, different people. 
  Alkhalil — who uses the first name “Robby” — disappeared just three weeks before court documents show his first-degr
  
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• Blue Jays ride Manoah’s arm more than their bats, beat Bosox

  24-07-2022 02:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — All-Star Alek Manoah pitched six sharp innings as the Toronto Blue Jays relied more on his arm than their bats to keep up their season-long dominance of the Red Sox, beating Boston 4-1 Saturday.
  A day after Toronto set a team record for runs — and posted the most ever scored against the Red Sox — in a 28-5 romp, Manoah set the tone in the team’s fifth straight win.
  Boston lost for the eighth time in nine games. Red Sox fans were sure to get a cheer on Sunday
  
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• Chilliwack resident says neighbourhood near double homicide has good families in an otherwise great community

  24-07-2022 01:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — As investigators continue processing the scene of Thursday’s double homicide on McNaught Road, a resident of the area says the neighbourhood has a silver lining.While investigators from the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) have located the Jeep YJ associated with suspected gunman Eric Shestalo, Jennifer Samuell has a different take on the overall area located about a kilometre east of downtown Chilliwack.Samuell, who lives off nearby Menzies Street, was actu
  
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• Verlander 1st 13-game winner, Astros beat Mariners 3-1

  24-07-2022 01:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Justin Verlander became the major leagues’ first 13-game winner, striking out nine and topping 99 mph in his final inning to lead the Houston Astros over the Seattle Mariners 3-1 on Saturday.
  Verlander (13-3) allowed four hits in seven innings to win his fifth straight start and lower his ERA to 1.86, second in the American League to Shane McClanahan’s 1.71 for Tampa Bay.A 39-year-old right-hander, who missed last season while recovering from Tommy John surgery,
  
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• Price of gas in Kelowna drops below $2 a litre

  24-07-2022 01:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  On Saturday, some gas stations in the Central Okanagan were showing prices of $1.999, something not seen since mid-May.
  
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• Camping event in Montreal goes ahead as Parks Canada, homeless advocates strike deal

  24-07-2022 01:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Montreal camping event that generated backlash from homeless advocates is going ahead after Parks Canada and its critics agreed to work together.
  The urban camping event will take place tonight along the Lachine Canal in the heart of Montreal, with protesters’ tents pitched alongside those of paying customers.
  The series of events, dubbed learn-to-camp, are described as an opportunity to learn basic camping skills for the price of over $100 per tent.
  The events drew back
  
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• Flames GM Brad Treliving on losing Tkachuk, Gaudreau: ‘We’re going to deal with it’

  24-07-2022 00:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving is playing the hand he’s been dealt.
  Treliving spoke with media on Saturday, a day after the Flames sent star forward Matthew Tkachuk and a conditional fourth-round pick to the Florida Panthers in a trade. The deal comes nine days after Johnny Gaudreau left Calgary as a free agent, signing with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
  Gaudreau led Calgary with 115 points last season and Tkachuk was second with 104.
  “You can crawl over to the corner in
  
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