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• Blue Jays tinker with roster ahead of night game of doubleheader in Baltimore

  05-09-2022 23:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BALTIMORE — Right-handed reliever Julian Merryweather was reinstated from the Toronto Blue Jays’ 60-day injured list ahead of the second game of a doubleheader.
  Righty Casey Lawrence was optioned to triple-A Buffalo after Toronto won the doubleheader’s first game 7-3 in Baltimore on Monday.
  Catcher Zack Collins was designated for assignment after the victory.
  The moves come after right-handed reliever Zach Pop was recalled by the Blue Jays from triple-A to be the team’s 2
  
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• Gausman pitches Blue Jays past Orioles 7-3 in doubleheader opener

  05-09-2022 23:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Kevin Gausman made a triumphant return to Camden Yards and Teoscar Hernández homered, leading the Toronto Blue Jays to a 7-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Monday in the opener of a doubleheader.
  Gausman (11-9) allowed two runs and seven hits in 6 2/3 innings in his first start at Baltimore since he was acquired in a 2018 trade with the Orioles. The right-hander won consecutive starts for the first time since May.
  Toronto won its fourth in a row and increased
  
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• Health Care Foundation holds Grand Gala with Casino Royale theme – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  05-09-2022 23:00 via theprogress.com
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• Brandon Banks scores two fourth-quarter touchdowns in Labour Day return to Hamilton

  05-09-2022 22:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HAMILTON — Brandon Banks scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns to earn the Toronto Argonauts a 28-8 Labour Day victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on a misty Monday afternoon.
  Banks, in his first year with Toronto after playing eight seasons with Hamilton, capped a double-reverse at 3:33 to effectively silence the Tim Hortons Field gathering of 25,266, a record for a Ticats game at the venue. 
  The TD came after Toronto linebacker Henoc Muamba stopped quarterback Jalen Morton short on
  
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• Coast Guard ends search for 9 missing in floatplane crash

  05-09-2022 21:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard suspended the search Monday afternoon for nine people, including a child, who were missing after a floatplane crashed in the waters of Puget Sound northwest of Seattle.
  The body of a 10th person was recovered by a good Samaritan on Sunday after the crash was reported at 3:11 p.m., Coast Guard spokesperson William Colclough said Monday.
  Later Monday, the Coast Guard said it was suspending the search after “saturating an area” of more tha
  
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• Toronto Labour Day parade highlights how Gen Z is revitalizing the workers’ movement

  05-09-2022 20:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Chants, horns, drums, pop music and even bagpipes filled the air in downtown Toronto today for the return of the annual Labour Day parade.
  Hundreds of workers and dozens of unions showed up in solidarity with the workers’ movement, which labour leaders say is being revitalized by changing standards as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and younger workers.
  They say younger employees are entering the workforce in large numbers and taking a different approach to work than olde
  
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• U.S. wildfires prompt air quality advisory for Southeastern B.C.

  05-09-2022 20:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Environment Canada says smoky skies caused by wildfires burning locally and south of the border in Washington and Idaho sit over most of southeastern British Columbia, prompting the agency to release special air quality statements for the area. 
  The alerts span the Okanagan and Kooteneys and extend north to the Cariboo and Yellowhead regions. 
  The weather office says the most affected zones are in the southern interior, close to the Canada-U.S. border.
  It says the spe
  
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• Judge grants Trump bid for special master in document search – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  05-09-2022 20:00 via theprogress.com
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• New Orleans political patriarch Moon Landrieu has died

  05-09-2022 19:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) — Former New Orleans Mayor Moon Landrieu — whose early, lonely stand against segregationists in the Louisiana legislature launched a political career at the forefront of sweeping changes on race — died Monday, a family friend confirmed. He was 92.Ryan Berni, a longtime friend of the family, confirmed that Landrieu passed away early Monday.
  “He died peacefully this morning surrounded by family,” Berni told The Associated Press.
  A progressive whi
  
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• Defenceman Erik Brannstrom re-signs with Ottawa Senators after career season

  05-09-2022 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Defenceman Erik Brannstrom has signed a one-year deal with the Ottawa Senators.
  The US$900,000 contract is for the 2022-23 season. 
  Brannstrom, 23, hit new career highs in assists (14), points (14) penalty minutes (30) and games (53) with the Senators last season. He also played in nine games for the American Hockey League’s Belleville Senators.
  “Erik is among our group of young players who we’re looking upon to take another step forward next season,”
  
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• Judge grants Trump bid for special master in document search

  05-09-2022 18:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday granted a request by former President Donald Trump’s legal team to appoint a special master to review documents seized by the FBI from his Florida home last month and also temporarily halted the Justice Department’s use of the records for investigative purposes.
  The decision by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon came despite the objections of the Justice Department, which said an outside legal expert was not necessary in part because o
  
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• Former TFC defender savours U.S. Open Cup run with second-tier Sacramento Republic FC

  05-09-2022 18:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Todd Dunivant won the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in 2005 as a member of the Los Angeles Galaxy. After a 17-year wait, the former Toronto FC defender has another crack at hoisting the historic trophy — this time as president and GM of second-tier Sacramento Republic FC.
  The USL Championship side takes on Orlando City SC at the MLS team’s home stadium on Wednesday with the cup on the line. The game is already a sellout with 25,500 expected in attendance.
  Sacramento kicked off its cup run
  
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• Iqaluit water issues a matter of Arctic security, Nunavut MP Lori Idlout says

  05-09-2022 16:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut’s capital was able to avert a water-shortage crisis last week, but the member of Parliament for the territory says infrastructure in the North is an issue of Arctic security.
  Lori Idlout says federal investments in the North have often been inadequate to meet all of the infrastructure needs of communities and Ottawa tends to respond to emergencies rather than invest in long-term prevention.
  “They always seem to forget how important Arctic sovereignty
  
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• Israeli army: ‘High possibility’ soldier killed reporter

  05-09-2022 15:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli army said Monday there was a “high possibility” that a soldier killed a well-known Al Jazeera journalist in May, as it announced the results of its investigation into the killing. But it said the shooting was accidental and no one would be punished.
  Shireen Abu Akleh was killed in May while covering Israeli military raids in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinians blamed Israel for the killing. Israel initially said she may have been killed by mili
  
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• Spiralling sales settled in August, Fraser Valley Real Estate Board reports – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  05-09-2022 14:30 via theprogress.com
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• QUIZ: In honour of workers – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  05-09-2022 14:00 via theprogress.com
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• March honours 100-year anniversary of Chinese student school strike over segregation

  05-09-2022 13:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — The first day of school in Victoria one hundred years ago marked the start of a student strike over segregation that helped Chinese-Canadians solidify their place in a country that was not always welcoming, say historians and cultural experts.  
  It was on Sept. 5, 1922, that the British Columbia capital’s more than 200 Chinese-Canadian students refused to attend Victoria School Board mandated Chinese-only schools, launching a one-year student strike that eventually sa
  
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• Health-care labour shortage a long time coming, requires shift to team-based care

  05-09-2022 13:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Nearly two and a half years since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the staffing conundrum initially driven by high infection rates has evolved into an acute labour challenge.
  Herb Emery, the Vaughan Chair in regional economics at the University of New Brunswick, said when it comes to staff shortages, the pandemic was “like the straw that broke the camel’s back.” 
  “These emerging shortages have been present for decades,” Emery said. “So,
  
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• Kenya’s Supreme Court upholds Ruto’s presidential win

  05-09-2022 12:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s Supreme Court has unanimously rejected challenges to the official results of the presidential election and upheld Deputy President William Ruto’s win.
  Opposition candidate Raila Odinga had alleged irregularities in the otherwise peaceful Aug. 9 election that was marked by last-minute drama when the electoral commission split and traded accusations of misconduct.
  The court found little or no evidence for the various claims and called some “not
  
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• Pierre Poilievre: Quick facts about the Conservative leadership candidate

  05-09-2022 12:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — One could say Pierre Poilievre has grown up on Parliament Hill. Elected as a member of Parliament at just 25, he quickly earned a reputation for being a political pit bull with his ideologically-driven, combative performances in debates. He is deeply popular among the Conservatives’ grassroots and over the years has amassed one of the largest social media followings of any Canadian politician. 
  Born: Poilievre was born June 3, 1979. He was adopted by his parents Marlene
  
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• What Pierre Poilievre’s polarizing past on Parliament Hill says about his present

  05-09-2022 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Pierre Poilievre’s first words in the House of Commons were a sure sign of things to come. 
  It was October 2004, and though at 25 years old he was one of the youngest faces in the room, he had beenpreparing for this moment. 
  As a teen, he had read economist Milton Friedman’s 1962 book “Capitalism and Freedom.” At 15, he had joined the board for his member of Parliament in Calgary, Preston Manning. By 20, he had penned an essay about being prime mi
  
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• Canada expects a stiffer challenge from Australia in women’s soccer rematch

  05-09-2022 11:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canada is expecting a response from a motivated Australia when the teams meet Tuesday in Sydney in the second game of their women’s soccer friendly series.
  The seventh-ranked Canadians won 1-0 when the teams met Saturday at Suncorp Stadium, thanks to an 11th-minute wonder strike from distance by Manchester United forward Adriana Leon. 
  The 12th-ranked Matildas, led by Chelsea star Sam Kerr, had their chances but could not beat goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan. Australia coach Tony Gustavsso
  
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• 7 dead after powerful quake shakes southwest China

  05-09-2022 10:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BEIJING (AP) — A strong earthquake killed at least seven people, triggered landslides and shook residents in a major city under lockdown in southwestern China on Monday, state media reported.
  The 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck a mountainous area in Luding county in Sichuan province shortly after noon, the China Earthquake Networks Center said.Sichuan, which sits on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau where tectonic plates meet, is regularly hit by earthquakes. Two quakes in June killed at lea
  
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• UN says part of Somalia will reach famine later this year

  05-09-2022 10:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The United Nations says “famine is at the door” in Somalia with “concrete indications” famine will occur later this year in the southern Bay region. This falls just short of a formal famine declaration in Somalia as thousands are dying in a historic drought made worse by the effects of the war in Ukraine.
  U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths told reporters that he was “shocked to my core these past few days” on a visit to So
  
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• Sask. premier says flags will be at half-mast one day for each life lost

  05-09-2022 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Flags at provincial government buildings in Saskatchewan are at half-mast as the manhunt continues for two suspects in a stabbing rampage on a First Nation and in a nearby village that left 10 people dead and 15 others injured.
  The attacks took place at 13 different locations on the James Smith Cree Nation and nearby Weldon, northeast of Saskatoon, with police getting the first reports on the First Nation before 6 a.m. Sunday.
  A dangerous persons alert remains in effect from Alberta to Manitoba
  
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• Fossil found on P.E.I. older than first dinosaur to have walked the Earth

  05-09-2022 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Lisa Cormier was walking her dog down a familiar path on the beach at Cape Egmont, P.E.I.,  last month looking for sea glass when she spotted what looked like intertwined branches. A closer look revealed something much more shocking — a more than half-metre-long rib cage with a spine and a skull buried in Prince Edward Island’s characteristic red earth.
  “The entire skeleton was there,” said the school teacher in a recent interview. 
  Her mother-in-law, Cormier sa
  
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• 1 dead, 9 missing after floatplane crashes in Puget Sound

  05-09-2022 06:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LANGLEY, Wash. (AP) — One person was killed and nine people remained missing after a floatplane crashed in Puget Sound in Washington state on Sunday, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
  The agency said in a press release the plane was flying from Friday Harbor, a popular tourist destination in the San Juan Islands, to Renton, a southern suburb of Seattle. The Coast Guard previously said the plane was flying to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
  The crash was reported at 3:11 p.m. and happened in
  
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• Quebec’s party leaders spread out around the province on Labour Day

  05-09-2022 05:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s main party leaders are spreading out around the province this Labour Day, after a Sunday spent campaigning in the Greater Montreal Area.
  Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade is heading east to Trois-Rivières, one day after her party unveiled its costed platform.
  Anglade on Sunday revealed a plan that includes $41 billion in spending over the next five years, funded in part by new taxes on the wealthy, on vacant buildings and on web giants.
  Her party plans to ru
  
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• Montreal rallies from early deficit with four-goal outburst to deal TFC a costly loss

  05-09-2022 03:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — CF Montreal rallied with four straight goals after going down 2-0 early to beat Toronto 4-3 in an all-action contest Sunday, dealing TFC a body blow in its bid to make the Major League Soccer playoffs.
  There was a wild start to the game with Toronto scoring in the fifth and seventh minute, only to have Montreal respond with goals in the 19th and 21st. Only three matches in league history have seen both teams score multiple goals faster, according to Stats Perform, a sports data a
  
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• Liegghio’s late 55-yard field goal lifts Blue Bombers to 20-18 win over Roughriders

  05-09-2022 03:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  REGINA — A 55-yard field goal by Marc Liegghio lifted the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to a 20-18 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Sunday at Mosaic Stadium.
  The field goal, the longest of Liegghio’s CFL career, came with 2:49 left in the fourth quarter and gave the Bombers their only lead of the game. The victory clinched a playoff spot for the 11-1 Bombers with the Riders dropping to 6-6 with the tough defeat. Winnipeg is 7-0 on the road this season.
  The teams combined for 34 p
  
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• Timeline of the police response to stabbings in Saskatchewan that killed at least 10

  05-09-2022 03:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  On Sept. 4, two suspects allegedly went on a rampage across part of Saskatchewan. Police say 10 people died and 15 others were injured over the 13 locations where the attacks took place. Here’s a timeline of the police response. All times local: 
  5:40 a.m. – RCMP receives multiple calls from James Smith Cree Nation about stabbings at different locations.
  7:12 a.m. – Saskatchewan RCMP issues dangerous persons alert, says police trying to locate two suspects. Area residents
  
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• RCMP searching for suspects after 10 dead, 15 injured in Saskatchewan stabbings

  05-09-2022 02:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  JAMES CREE FIRST NATION – A stabbing rampage on a Saskatchewan First Nation and in a nearby village left 10 people dead and 15 others injured, provincial RCMP said Sunday as officers continued to search for two suspects in the case.
  “We believe some of the victims have been targeted by the suspects and others have been attacked randomly,” Rhonda Blackmore, the assistant commissioner in charge of Saskatchewan RCMP, told reporters in Regina.
  “It is horrific what has occurre
  
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• Chilliwack teen determined to attend first day of school, despite battling cancer

  05-09-2022 02:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Like most teenagers, 16-year-old Ethan Fleming is looking forward to the first day of school coming up this week—reconnecting with friends, a clean slate for a brand-new school year, and endless possibilities.
  Unfortunately, the Chilliwack teen will have to work hard to attend the first day of classes as he is currently battling cancer.
  Tanna Fleming said her son has been fighting three types of cancer from a very young age—osteosarcoma since the age of seven, myel
  
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• Chileans resoundingly reject new progressive constitution

  05-09-2022 02:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chileans resoundingly rejected a new constitution to replace a charter imposed by the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet 41 years ago, dealing a stinging setback to President Gabriel Boric who argued the document would have ushered in a progressive era.
  With 96% of the votes counted in Sunday’s plebiscite, the rejection camp had 61.9% support compared to 38.1% for approval amid what appeared to be a heavy turnout with long lines at polling states. Voting was
  
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• Stampeders looking to return to winning ways against Elks in Labour Day Classic

  05-09-2022 00:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Jake Maier has redemption on his mind heading into Monday’s game between his Calgary Stampeders and the Edmonton Elks.
  After being on the losing end of a 32-20 decision to the Elks during the 2021 Labour Day Classic, the Calgary quarterback is hoping for a much better outcome this time around.
  “It’s a new year, new game, new opponent, new style,” said Maier, who earned the nod from coach Dave Dickenson as Calgary’s starting quarterback over Bo Levi M
  
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• Sheriff: 2 dead in Northern California wildfire

  05-09-2022 00:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WEED, Calif. (AP) — A sheriff says two people have died in a blaze that ripped through a Northern California town.Siskiyou Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue says Sunday that they could confirm two deaths in the fire that burned buildings in the town of Weed.LaRue did not immediately provide names or other details including age or gender of the two people who died.
  The blaze sparked Friday and forced thousands of people from the area.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows bel
  
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