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• Vancouver Canucks forward J.T. Miller takes 'great pride' in new deal – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  06-09-2022 23:51 via theprogress.com
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• Teen couple arrested after man stabbed multiple times in downtown Vancouver – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  06-09-2022 23:40 via theprogress.com
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• Police watchdog investigating man's death in B.C. jail cell – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  06-09-2022 23:18 via theprogress.com
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• B.C. to start fall COVID-19 booster campaign with recently approved bivalent vaccines

  06-09-2022 23:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia residents can soon expect to receive an invitation to book a second COVID-19 booster shot as the province launches its fall immunization campaign. 
  Health Canada recently approved bivalent vaccines that offer protection against COVID-19 variants, including the Omicron variant, which the province says will be a major part of the fall campaign.
  Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the immunization campaign will also include more opportunities to g
  
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• Two years after dumping the Clan, Simon Fraser teams will be known as the Red Leafs

  06-09-2022 23:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BURNABY, B.C. — Two years after dumping their controversial Clan nickname, Simon Fraser University’s sports teams will be called the Red Leafs.
  SFU announced the news on Tuesday after what the Burnaby, B.C. school called an extensive consultation process that began in 2020.“I’m proud that the university is moving forward under the Red Leafs name,” SFU president Joy Johnson said in a statement. “We feel it captures the heritage and spirit of SFU, and its unique
  
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• Valley Huskers stun defending national champions in BCFC road win – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  06-09-2022 21:30 via theprogress.com
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• Ex-Miss America Mund’s entry pushes Dem out of ND House race

  06-09-2022 21:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Former Miss America Cara Mund’s entry into North Dakota’s U.S. House race has led the Democratic candidate to drop out, citing pressure from his own party to step aside.
  Mund entered the race in August as an independent, citing her support for abortion rights as a major reason. Tuesday was the deadline for her to submit 1,000 petitions to qualify for the ballot.
  North Dakota’s only House seat is currently held by GOP Rep. Kelly Armstrong, who won his
  
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• 'I'm just getting started,' says incumbent Chilliwack mayor in bid for second term – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  06-09-2022 21:00 via theprogress.com
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• Mail-in ballot packages are ready to go out for Chilliwack municipal election – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  06-09-2022 20:44 via theprogress.com
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• Third man convicted in the 2017 killing north of Hope – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  06-09-2022 20:42 via theprogress.com
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• Possible sighting of stabbing suspect on Saskatchewan First Nation, RCMP say – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  06-09-2022 20:30 via theprogress.com
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• Saskatchewan stabbing spree highlights rural policing challenges, experts say

  06-09-2022 20:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  An ongoing manhunt for a suspect in a mass stabbing that shattered some small communities in Saskatchewan is raising fresh questions about rural policing in Canada. 
  Police are continuing to search for Myles Sanderson, a 30-year-old suspect in the deadly stabbing rampage that happened northeast of Saskatoon over the weekend.
  Experts say efforts to apprehend him are likely hampered by the Prairie province’s vast geography, network of criss-crossing back roads and underfunded policing s
  
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• Family of slain Calgary mother and daughter express fear, pain at sentencing hearing

  06-09-2022 19:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Family members of a mother and her young daughter who were killed and buried in a shallow grave west of Calgary say they have struggled with fear and overwhelming pain since their deaths.
  They made the comments in victim impact statements that were read into the record today as part of a sentencing hearing for Robert Leeming at the Court of Queen’s Bench in Calgary.
  Leeming, who is 37, had pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Jasmine Lovett, but not guilty in the d
  
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• Nearly 200 Fraser Health jobs switching back to union positions – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  06-09-2022 19:39 via theprogress.com
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• Crews keep close watch on one B.C. wildfire, as another delays school in northeast

  06-09-2022 19:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Wildfire officials in British Columbia say they are working with BC Parks and the Transportation Ministry to prepare for the spread of a blaze that has charred 19 square kilometres of bush in a provincial park east of Vancouver.
  The lightning-caused fire is burning south of Highway 3 in E.C. Manning Park, roughly five kilometres southwest of the Manning Park Resort.
  It’s not immediately threatening the resort, Highway 3 or other infrastructure, but the BC Wildfire Service says the blaze ha
  
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• Juul to pay nearly $440M to settle states’ teen vaping probe

  06-09-2022 19:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs will pay nearly $440 million to settle a two-year investigation by 33 states into the marketing of its high-nicotine vaping products, which have long been blamed for sparking a national surge in teen vaping.
  Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced the deal Tuesday on behalf of the states plus Puerto Rico, which joined together in 2020 to probe Juul’s early promotions and claims about the safety and benefits of it
  
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• Eastgate under evacuation alert as blaze near Princeton gets aggressive – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  06-09-2022 19:01 via theprogress.com
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• Redblacks sign American defensive back Dandridge and quarterback Crum

  06-09-2022 18:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Defensive back Brandin Dandridge and quarterback Dustin Crum signed deals with the Ottawa Redblacks on Tuesday.
  The two Americans were available after being cut from the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs.
  Dandridge, 26, returns to the Redblacks. He appeared in eight games for Ottawa last season with 12 tackles and four interceptions.
  Crum, 23, enters the CFL for the first time.He played college football for Kent State, where he completed 576 passes for 7,420 yards, and 55 touchdowns.
  
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• Stitó:s Lá:lém Totí:lt Elementary-Middle School formally opens; Vedder Elementary expansion complete

  06-09-2022 18:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — More than 1,000 Chilliwack students will move into new school spaces today as the new Stitó:s Lá:lém Totí:lt Elementary-Middle school opens and a major expansion at Vedder Elementary is now complete.
  According to a press release issued Tuesday (Sept. 6), the province contributed $65.9 million towards Stitó:s Lá:lém Totí:lt and Vedder Elementary.“A great school is at the heart of every strong community, and our gover
  
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• Vancouver Canucks forward J.T. Miller takes ‘great pride’ in new deal

  06-09-2022 18:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — J.T. Miller says his new contact could free him up to play more consistent hockey for the Vancouver Canucks.
  The 29-year-old forward spoke to media on Tuesday after signing a seven-year, US$56-million deal with the Canucks on Friday.
  Miller said he takes great pride in the contract and wants to win with the current group of players in Vancouver. 
  Miller led the team in scoring with 99 points (32 goals, 67 assists) last season and was set to become an unrestricted free agen
  
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• Canada Sports Betting survey suggests many in Ontario cool to sports wagering

  06-09-2022 18:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Over three months after the full launch of Ontario’s sports-betting industry, a survey conducted by Canada Sports Betting suggests a majority of people in the province haven’t taken to wagering on athletic events.
  Canada Sports Betting surveyed 1,222 people between July 19-20 regarding their views on the regulated sports-betting market. It came after the industry in Ontario fully launched April 4 with 619 of the respondents (51 per cent) being male and the remaining 6
  
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• Huitema helps Canadian national soccer squad top Australia – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  06-09-2022 18:30 via theprogress.com
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• Local business leader, lifelong Chilliwack resident Huitema Read announces run for Chilliwack City Council

  06-09-2022 18:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — A versatile business leader and entrepreneur with a long history in Chilliwack will run for a seat on the Chilliwack City Council this fall.Local business leader and lifelong Chilliwack resident Nicole Huitema Read announced Tuesday (Sept. 6) her run for one of the six seats to be filled on Chilliwack’s City Council in this fall’s election.Huitema Read is the general manager of Community Futures South Fraser, an organization that works collaboratively with Chilliwa
  
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• Michigan signals intent to appeal decision keeping Line 5 dispute in federal court

  06-09-2022 18:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Michigan’s chief law enforcement officer wants to appeal a judge’s decision to keep the Line 5 pipeline dispute in federal court. 
  In court documents, Attorney General Dana Nessel suggests District Court Judge Janet Neff made errors in her Aug. 18 ruling. 
  That’s when Neff rejected efforts to get the dispute moved back to state court, where Michigan may have a better chance of success.
  Nessel filed a motion last week indicating she plans to pursue a
  
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• Canada to open world junior hockey championships against Czechs in Halifax

  06-09-2022 18:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Canada’s junior men’s hockey team face Czechia to open its defence of its world championship gold medal on Boxing Day in Halifax.
  Hockey Canada and the International Ice Hockey Federation released the schedule on Tuesday for the tournament, Dec. 26 to Jan. 5 in Moncton and Halifax.Canada is in Group A in Halifax with Sweden, Czechia, who the Canadians beat in the 2022 semifinal, Germany and Austria.
  Finland, the defending silver medallists, open the tournament on Boxi
  
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• New Mexico bars commissioner from office for insurrection

  06-09-2022 18:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico state district court judge has disqualified county commissioner and Cowboys for Trump cofounder Couy Griffin from holding public office for engaging in insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
  State District Court Judge Francis Mathew issued a ruling Tuesday that permanently prohibits Griffin from holding or seeking local or federal office.Griffin was previously convicted in federal court of a misdemeanor for entering Capitol grounds on Jan. 6. H
  
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• Chilliwack School District launches search for new CFO/Secretary-Treasurer; applications to close Sept. 27

  06-09-2022 17:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack School District will have big shoes to fill following the announcement earlier this year that chief financial officer Gerry Slykhuis will retire by the end of 2022.
  Slykhuis, a Chilliwack resident, has been the secretary-treasurer since September 2013. He brought more than 40 years of financial expertise to the position. His responsibilities included finance, maintenance, student transportation and capital projects.SD33 has begun its search for his replacement;
  
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• Conservative interim leader Candice Bergen won’t be running in next election

  06-09-2022 17:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — As the Conservative party prepares to welcome a new leader this week, its interim leader says she won’t be running in the next federal election. 
  Candice Bergen took over the role of interim opposition leader after Erin O’Toole was ousted by the Conservative caucus in February following a disappointing election loss last September. 
  The 57-year-old Bergen was first elected in 2008 in Manitoba’s Portage-Lisgar riding, and was appointed as Parliamentary s
  
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• Liberal cabinet meeting in Vancouver, looks to regroup ahead of fall sitting

  06-09-2022 16:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet are in Vancouver today for the start of a three-day retreat as they prepare for a fall sitting of Parliament, facing yet another Conservative leader.
  The Liberal government is wrapping up the most normal summer since COVID-19 began, but one that brought new problems and raised questions about the government’s management skills.
  Liberal strategist Tim Barber says the cabinet has to find a way to demonstrate its competence.
  He says
  
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• Canadian international Tesho Akindele hopes to lift U.S. Open Cup with Orlando City

  06-09-2022 16:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canadian international Tesho Akindele has been on the mark of late for Orlando City SC, scoring late goals to secure wins over Charlotte FC and New York City FC.
  He hopes that bodes well for Wednesday’s Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup final against visiting Sacramento Republic FC of the second-tier USL Championship.
  “It’s been a big couple of weeks for me personally,” said Akindele. “Obviously being able to score two really big goals for our team. But then just for our tea
  
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• Environment Canada ends air quality advisories for southeastern B.C. – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  06-09-2022 16:30 via theprogress.com
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• Coast Guard ends search for 9 missing in floatplane crash – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  06-09-2022 16:30 via theprogress.com
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• 2 men wanted after failing to return to B.C. psychiatric hospital – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  06-09-2022 16:30 via theprogress.com
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• Ex-Mountie says hunt for stabbing suspect complicated by vast open space of Prairies

  06-09-2022 16:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WELDON, Sask. — A former Mountie says the vast open spaces of the Prairies could complicate the manhunt for one of the suspects in Sunday’s deadly stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan.
  “This is a huge area, and there’s a whole lot of nothing,” said retired RCMP officer Sherry Benson-Podolchuk. “There’s a lot of places people can hide.”
  Her comments come as police continue to search for 30-year-old Myles Sanderson. Police say he may be injured, is consi
  
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• More student spaces open at Chilliwack schools | BC Gov News - BC Gov News

  06-09-2022 15:34 via news.gov.bc.ca
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• Canada’s Pendrith and Conners named to Presidents Cup international team

  06-09-2022 15:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canada’s Taylor Pendrith and Corey Conners have been named to the international team at the upcoming Presidents Cup.
  It’s the first time that more than one Canadian will compete in the best-on-best tournament that sees a team from the United States play an international squad.
  Conners, from Listowel, Ont., was an automatic selection after finishing the PGA Tour season fourth on the international team standings.
  Pendrith, from Richmond Hill, Ont., was a captain’s selection, offi
  
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• A 50/50 lottery jackpot will change lives

  06-09-2022 14:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — A lottery happening in BC is life-changing for both ticket buyers and vulnerable animals across the province.
  The BC SPCA Lottery for Animals in Need is a 50/50 lotto, and this year the winner could potentially take home up to $1.2 million.
  Alina Wilson from the BC SCPA said, “It’s your chance to join other committed animal lovers in changing animals’ lives and maybe yours too.”
  Tickets are $15 each, three for $40, or six for $60, and all the tickets so
  
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• Adriana Leon scores twice to lead Canada past Australia in women’s soccer friendly

  06-09-2022 13:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SYDNEY, Australia — Adriana Leon, finding the target for the third time in two games, scored twice Tuesday to give Canada a 2-1 comeback win over Australia in a women’s soccer friendly.
  The 12th-ranked Australians pressed No. 7 Canada and were quick on the counter-attack in taking a 1-0 first-half lead. But the Canadians came out with renewed purpose after the break, pulling ahead on Leon goals in the 48th and 64th minute before some 27,000 at the newly rebuilt Allianz Stadium.
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• Osbournes Set To Return to Reality TV – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  06-09-2022 10:30 via theprogress.com
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• Sask. stabbing suspect at large, NS shooting inquiry : In The News for Sept. 6 2022

  06-09-2022 10:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Sept. 6 …
  What we are watching in Canada …
         A fugitive wanted in a deadly stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan
   has a nearly two-decade long criminal record and a propensity for
   violence when intoxicated, a parole board document says.
       The Parole Bo
  
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• Make overdose education mandatory in B.C. schools amid drug emergency, advocates say

  06-09-2022 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — When a teenage girl collapsed on the SkyTrain in Coquitlam, B.C., passengers calling 911 thought she had fainted or was having an epileptic seizure. 
  It was only when paramedics administered naloxone that some realized she’d overdosed on an opioid, said Chloe Goodison, who was sitting beside her.
  “She shot back to life,” recalled Goodison, who was jarred by the thought that a girl who seemed about her own age of 16 could have died, with no one around her
  
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• Anglade on the offensive on Quebec campaign trail as Legault shores up base

  06-09-2022 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade is going on the offensive on the campaign trail today, while Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault will be visiting ridings his party already holds.
  Anglade will visit three different ridings held by Legault’s party, including the one-time Liberal stronghold of Châteauguay that her party lost by just over 1,000 votes in 2018.
  The riding on Montreal’s South Shore is one of five that Anglade has said she is
  
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• 30-year-old Myles Sanderson is still at large, may be injured

  06-09-2022 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Police say one of two suspects in Sunday’s deadly stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan is still at large.
  They say 30-year-old Myles Sanderson may be injured, adding he is considered dangerous and should not be approached.
  The body of the other suspect in the attacks, 31-year-old Damian Sanderson, was discovered outdoors in a grassy area on the James Smith Cree Nation on Monday, not far from one of the crime scenes.
  Leaders of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations have issued an urgen
  
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• Mountie’s testimony before the N.S. mass shooting inquiry Tuesday won’t be broadcast

  06-09-2022 09:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Today the RCMP officer once described by another police officer as a “friend” of the man behind the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia will testify before the inquiry investigating the rampage, though it will not be broadcast.
  Const. Greg Wiley, who is scheduled to testify via video Tuesday afternoon, will be the first witness before the inquiry whose video or audio testimony will not be available on the livestream that has been used throughout the proceedings.
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• CP NewsAlert: Parole document says past drug, alcohol had caused suspect to lose mind

  06-09-2022 06:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A Parole Board of Canada document says a fugitive wanted in a deadly stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan has a history of drug and alcohol abuse that had caused him to lose his mind.
  It also says Myles Sanderson has amassed 59 criminal convictions over the last two decades.
  Sanderson is wanted as a suspect in the stabbings on Sunday that left 10 people dead and 18 wounded on the James Smith Cree Nation and the village of Weldon, northeast of Saskatoon.
  Sanderson was sentenced to his first federal s
  
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• Earthquake kills 65, triggers landslides in southwest China

  06-09-2022 06:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BEIJING (AP) — The powerful earthquake that set off landslides and shook buildings in southwestern China killed at least 65 people and injured hundreds, state media said Tuesday.
  At least 16 other people are missing a day after the 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck a mountainous area in Luding county in Sichuan province, which sits on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau where tectonic plates meet and is hit regularly by quakes. The temblor shook buildings in the provincial capital of Chengdu, wh
  
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• Begelton paces Stampeders to 26-18 win over hard-luck Elks

  06-09-2022 01:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Reggie Begelton caught a pair of touchdown passes from Jake Maier to lead the Calgary Stampeders to a 26-18 Labour Day victory over the Edmonton Elks in front of 30,479 fans at McMahon Stadium.
  Ka’Deem Carey had a rushing touchdown for the Stampeders (7-4), who avenged a 32-20 loss to the Elks a year ago during the annual Labour Day Classic contest.
  Rene Paredes had a field goal and a single for the Stamps, who won their 400th home game in franchise history.
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• Tiafoe ends Nadal’s 22-match Slam streak in US Open 4th Rd

  06-09-2022 00:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Frances Tiafoe ended Rafael Nadal’s 22-match winning streak at Grand Slam tournaments by beating the 22-time major champion 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the U.S. Open’s fourth round on Monday.
  Tiafoe is a 24-year-old from Maryland who is seeded 22nd at Flushing Meadows and reached the second major quarterfinal of his career.
  He is the youngest American man to get that far at the U.S. Open since Andy Roddick in 2006, but this was not a case of a one-sided crowd backing
  
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