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• Ewing’s 5 straight birdies leads to LPGA win in Cincinnati

  11-09-2022 21:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Ally Ewing ran off five straight on the back nine Sunday and closed with a 7-under 65 to hold off Xiyu Lin and win the Kroger Queen City Championship in the LPGA Tour’s return to Cincinnati.
  Ewing now has three career wins, one in each of the last three years, though she came into this tournament without a top-10 finish all year.
  The 29-year-old American played bogey-free on a rain-softened course and was pushed to the very end by Lin, who birdied two of her last th
  
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• Australian women, Fiji men win Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town

  11-09-2022 21:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The Australian women dethroned two-time defending champion New Zealand on Sunday to add the Rugby World Cup Sevens title to their HSBC World Rugby Series and Commonwealth Games championships.
  Trailing 24-10, the second-seeded Black Ferns scored late tries to cut the deficit to 24-22 but the top-seeded Australians escaped extra time when Tenika Willison’s conversion attempt drifted just wide.
  The game turned early in the second half when New Zealand’s N
  
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• Film tells story of Sister Dorothy Moore, Mi’kmaw educator who fought for her people

  11-09-2022 21:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — As a girl growing up in the Mi’kmaw community of Membertou, Sister Dorothy Moore came to know what it meant to lose one’s path and then find the way back through human kindness.
  The 89-year-old’s life has been documented in a film produced by Mary Jane Harkins, a professor of education at Mount Saint Vincent University, and is scheduled to be shown this Saturday in Halifax at the Atlantic Film Festival.
  In the film, Moore’s gentle voice describes her strug
  
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• Evacuation order expanded for northeastern B.C. town as wildfire intensifies – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  11-09-2022 20:30 via theprogress.com
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• Flamingoes, sandwiches among unusual items left at Queen tribute site in London

  11-09-2022 20:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON — A pink papier maché flamingo, a marmalade sandwich and a Queen-shaped rubber duck are among the items being left among the cards and flowers at a tribute site to the late Queen Elizabeth II in London.
  Palace officials have restricted access to the gates of Buckingham Palace, instead asking mourners to bring their cards and flowers to a dedicated site at nearby Green Park.
  On Sunday, hundreds of people at a time could be seen passing through the gates of the floral tribute g
  
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• Woman recalls meeting future queen as eight-year-old in small-town Ontario

  11-09-2022 19:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Eliette Levesque was just eight-years-old when she had her first brush with royalty, never realizing she had just met a future queen.
  In the fall of 1951, the then Princess Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip launched a 33-day tour of Canada. One of their stops was in Kapuskasing, Ont., known for its paper and pulp mill and suggested for the tour by Harold Alexander, the governor general at the time.
  Levesque, now 78, was the youngest fully enrolled Brownie in town when she was selected to p
  
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• Military ombudsman reports 10 vaccine-related complaints amid mandate – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  11-09-2022 18:30 via theprogress.com
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• Highway 1 eastbound closed between Chilliwack and Hope as area wildfire grows – Terrace Standard - Terrace Standard

  11-09-2022 18:00 via terracestandard.com
  Highway 1 eastbound closed between Chilliwack and Hope as area wildfire grows – Terrace Standard  Terrace Standard
  
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• Charity Golf Tournament in Chilliwack to Benefit Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada - openPR

  11-09-2022 17:53 via pr.com
  Charity Golf Tournament in Chilliwack to Benefit Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada  openPR
  
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• 'I cannot mourn': Former colonies conflicted over the queen – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  11-09-2022 17:40 via theprogress.com
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• A queen and her corgis: Elizabeth loved breed from childhood – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  11-09-2022 17:40 via theprogress.com
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• Biden honors 9/11 victims, vows commitment to thwart terror

  11-09-2022 16:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden marked the 21st anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, laying a wreath at the Pentagon in a somber commemoration held under a steady rain and paying tribute to “extraordinary Americans” who gave their lives on one of the nation’s darkest days.
  Sunday’s ceremony occurred a little more than a year after Biden ended the long and costly war in Afghanistan that the U.S. and allies launched in response to the terror attacks.Biden noted
  
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• In Quebec, the Queen’s death raises questions about future of the monarchy in Canada

  11-09-2022 16:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The mixed reactions in Quebec to the death of Queen Elizabeth II highlight the province’s complex relationship with the monarchy.
  In the days after the Queen’s death, incumbent Premier Francois Legault — who is currently on the campaign trail ahead of an Oct. 3 election — has faced questions about whether the province should now eliminate the position of lieutenant governor, as well as  criticism from the Parti Québécois for lowering th
  
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• Eastbound Highway 1 closed east of Chilliwack due to fire west of Hope; detour via Highway 9 and 7

  11-09-2022 16:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Drive B.C. has announced Sunday morning (Sept. 11) that eastbound Highway 1 east of Chilliwack is now closed due to the Flood Falls Trail fire from Highway 9, Exit 135, to Highway 3.
  Drive B.C. reported Sunday morning, “There is a wildfire between Annis Rd. and Flood Hope Rd. for 35.3 km (2 km east of Chilliwack to Hope). Full eastbound lane closure due to nearby wildfire activity. All eastbound traffic to be detoured via highway 9 and highway 7.”
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• US marks 21st anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks

  11-09-2022 14:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — The 9/11 anniversary commemoration at ground zero has begun with a tolling bell and a moment of silence, 21 years after the start of the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil.
  Victims’ relatives and dignitaries are gathering Sunday at all three places where hijacked jets crashed on Sept. 11, 2001 — the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania.
  Vice President Kamala Harris and husband Doug Emhoff are attending the ceremony at the Na
  
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• QUIZ: How much do you know about grandparents? – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  11-09-2022 14:00 via theprogress.com
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• Military ombudsman reports 10 vaccine-related complaints, no plans to probe mandate

  11-09-2022 13:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada’s military ombudsman says his office has received fewer than a dozen complaints from service members about the Armed Forces’ vaccine requirement, and that he has not found any issues with how it is being enforced.
  The Canadian Armed Forces since December has required that all troops receive two shots of a recognized COVID-19 vaccine or face disciplinary proceedings, including forced removal from the military.
  While the vast majority of service members have bared
  
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• Fatigue, burnout hit spiritual leaders on the front lines of faith during pandemic

  11-09-2022 13:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  On Christmas Eve 2020, Rev. John Lemire got ready for work: two funerals and three masses.
  The Catholic priest in Timmins, Ont., felt “somewhat exhausted” after presiding at back-to-back funeral services but had to quickly switch to the joyful mode of celebrating Christmas. Never far from his mind were the concerns of his parishioners as another COVID-19 lockdown loomed.
  The fatigue Lemire describes is not uncommon among the country’s spiritual leaders, who some see as the forg
  
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• Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin leaves her beloved Balmoral

  11-09-2022 11:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin left her beloved Scottish estate Balmoral Castle on Sunday as the monarch who died after 70 years on the throne begins her last journey back to London for a state funeral.
  Gamekeepers from Balmoral, the summer retreat where the queen died Thursday, carried the late sovereign’s oak coffin from the castle’s ballroom to a hearse to begin a six-hour, 280-kilometer (175-mile) journey through Scottish towns to Holyroodhouse palace in Ed
  
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• River mystery: what is killing the giant sturgeon of B.C.’s Nechako River?

  11-09-2022 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Fisheries scientists in British Columbia have recovered the bodies, but have few other clues and no prime suspect.
  So what is killing the giant sturgeon of the Nechako River?
  Government scientists are asking for the public’s help to solve that mystery after 11 of the iconic and endangered fish were recently found dead in the Nechako in central B.C. 
  The fish were all adults of a species that can grow to six metres in length and live for more than 100 years. 
  The
  
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• Quebec election: Legault heads to CAQ stronghold as Anglade visits Laval

  11-09-2022 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault will be campaigning in the Centre-du-Québec region one day after his party released its costed platform.
  The incumbent premier is scheduled to hold a rally with supporters in the afternoon in the Drummond–Bois-Francs riding, where his party received more than 50 per cent of the vote in 2018.
  Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade is scheduled to hold a news conference at the Montmorency Métro station in
  
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• First the win, now the work: What Pierre Poilievre has to do next as new Tory leader

  11-09-2022 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Pierre Poilievre is waking up today as the new leader of the Conservative party, coming off a landslide win. 
  Before he can take time to enjoy the victory, he has a list of things to do.
  The House of Commons is set to resume sitting in nine days, meaning Poilievre and his inner circle have to decide who will fill their critic roles. 
  Poilievre has no shortage of names to pick from, given how 62 out of the party’s other 118 members of Parliament chose to back him in
  
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• Powell River Kings open preseason with win over Chilliwack - Powell River Peak

  11-09-2022 09:12 via prpeak.com
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• Steven Spielberg debuts his movie memoir ‘The Fabelmans’

  11-09-2022 08:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO (AP) — Steven Spielberg premiered his much-anticipated “The Fabelmans” to thunderous applause at the Toronto International Film Festival, debuting his most autobiographical film and one the 75-year-old filmmaker said he’s been building toward his whole life.“The Fabelmans,” which Spielberg wrote with Tony Kushner, draws extensively from the director’s own childhood — from his parents, played by Michelle Williams and Paul Dano in the film, a
  
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• Rubio, Rapids defeat Whitecaps 3-1

  11-09-2022 07:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Diego Rubio found the back of the net for the Colorado Rapids in a 3-1 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday.
  Rubio’s penalty kick put the Rapids (9-12-9) ahead for good at 2-1 in the 33rd minute.
  The Rapids also got one goal each from Jonathan Lewis and Gyasi Zardes.
  The Whitecaps’ (9-14-7) goal was scored by Brian White.
  The Rapids outshot the Whitecaps 24-15, with five shots on goal to four for the Whitecaps.
  William Yarbrough saved three o
  
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• Nate Diaz chokes out Tony Ferguson to end chaotic UFC 279

  11-09-2022 07:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nate Diaz stopped Tony Ferguson with a guillotine choke early in the fourth round of the hastily arranged main event of UFC 279 on Saturday night.
  The 37-year-old Diaz (21-13) finished his current UFC contract by finishing fellow veteran Ferguson (25-9) in a matchup only made on Friday after Khamzat Chimaev badly missed weight for his main-event bout with Diaz.
  Chimaev stopped Kevin Holland with a D’Arce choke 2:13 into the first round of their grudge match, which wa
  
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• Mariners use 2 homers, Kirby’s pitching to stop Braves 3-1

  11-09-2022 06:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SEATTLE (AP) — Sam Haggerty and Eugenio Suárez each hit a solo homer, George Kirby pitched into the seventh inning and the Seattle Mariners beat Atlanta 3-1 on Saturday night to snap the Braves’ eight-game winning streak.A day after the Braves took sole possession of first place in the NL East for the first time all season, they fell a half-game behind the Mets again after New York beat Miami earlier in the night.It was another night of dominant pitching, and two big swings by
  
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• Huge quake hits Papua New Guinea, extent of damage unclear

  11-09-2022 05:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Renagi Ravu was meeting with two colleagues at his home in the Papua New Guinea highlands Sunday morning when a huge magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck.
  Ravu tried to stand up from his chair but couldn’t maintain his balance and ended up in a kind of group hug with his colleagues, while plates and cups crashed from his shelves to the ground. His children, ages 9 and 2, had their drinks and breakfast spill over.
  Ravu, who is a geologist, said he tried to ca
  
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• Jays score early, often in 11-7 win over Rangers

  11-09-2022 05:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Danny Jansen homered and matching a career high with four hits, Santiago Espinal tied his career highs with three hits and three RBIs, and Raimel Tapia hit a three-run homer as Toronto’s bottom of the order led an early onslaught in an 11-7 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday night.All 11 Blue Jays runs came in the first four innings, helping Kevin Gausman to his fourth consecutive win. The Blue Jays are a season-best 18 games over .500 and pulled withi
  
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• Fire near Hope has spread to near exit 160, Hunter Creek Rd. and St. Elmo Road, as evacuation alert extends to Laidlaw

  11-09-2022 05:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  FLOOD HOPE — The Flood Falls Trail fire has now expanded westward to near Exit 160 along Highway 1, the Hunter Creek Road and St. Elmo Road exit, as smoky skies smother Chilliwack and the Fraser Valley with hazardous air quality conditions.
  At last count, BCWS says the fire has now grown to 271 hectares, according to an update posted Saturday night, Sept. 10 at 8:20 p.m.
  On Saturday evening, pursuant to the B.C. Emergency Program Act, and on the recommendation of the B.C. Wildfire Service
  
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• Stampeders add to Elks misery with 56-28 road win

  11-09-2022 05:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Tommy Stevens scored four short-yardage touchdowns as the Calgary Stampeders helped the Edmonton Elks equal an unfortunate record for consecutive home losses with a 56-28 drubbing in the Labour Day rematch on Saturday.
  The Stampeders (8-4) have won three of their last four games.
  Edmonton (3-10) tied a CFL record for most consecutive losses at home at 14, having not won at Commonwealth Stadium since Oct. 12, 2019. The home sick stretch of 14 losses ties the record for futility p
  
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• Quebec welterweight Yohan (White Lion) Lainesse wins on UFC 279 undercard

  11-09-2022 04:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LAS VEGAS — Canadian welterweight Yohan (White Lion) Lainesse posted his first UFC victory, earning a split decision Saturday over American Darian Weeks on the UFC 279 undercard.
  The judges scored it 29-28, 28-29, 29-28 for the 30-year-old from Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Que. Weeks looked surprised as the scorecards were announced.
  “It was a close fight,” said the six-foot-one Lainesse. “I have a big problem — it’s always been my gas tank because I’m a
  
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• Air quality advisory issued due to B.C., U.S. wildfires and blaze in Vancouver

  11-09-2022 04:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — An air quality advisory has been issued for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley because of “high concentrations of fine particulate matter” from wildfire smoke in British Columbia and the United States.
  The organization Metro Vancouver says a fire burning at a wood recycling facility in the city is also contributing to the poor air quality in multiple municipalities, including Burnaby, Richmond, New Westminster, Surrey and Coquitlam.
  It says wildfire smoke affecti
  
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• Toronto FC’s MLS playoff hopes take a blow as Atlanta United wins 4-2

  11-09-2022 04:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ATLANTA — Toronto FC’s slim playoff hopes took a huge hit Saturday in a 4-2 loss to Atlanta United with Mexican defender Juan Jose Purata scoring an unlikely hat trick.
  All three goals came off corners, with the cherry on the cake coming in the 88th minute as Purata doubled his Major League Soccer season output in one outing.
  Thiago Almada scored in the 74th minute to give Atlanta a 3-2 lead after Toronto had twice pulled even. The Argentine designated player took advantage of the To
  
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• Quick Sketch: Meet new Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre

  11-09-2022 03:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Pierre Poilievre was already a familiar face in the House of Commons, where he is known for being a political pit bull. Now the longtime Ottawa-area member of Parliament will lead the Conservative party, after a resounding first-ballot victory in the leadership race.
  Born: June 3, 1979.
  Early years: Poilievre says he had a normal, middle-class childhood. His parents divorced when he was a teenager and he spent his youth playing competitive sports such as football, hockey and wrest
  
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• Quotes about Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative leadership victory

  11-09-2022 03:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Pierre Poilievre was announced Saturday as the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. Here is a selection of quotes about Poilievre’s win and from new leader himself.Poilievre:
  “We will restore Canada’s promise in a country where it doesn’t matter who you love, or if your name is Smith or Singh, Martin or Mohammed, Chang or Charles; a country where the dreamer the farmer, the worker, the entrepreneur, the survivor, the fighter, the ones who get kno
  
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• Pierre Poilievre: A look at the new Conservative leader’s key campaign promises

  11-09-2022 03:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Pierre Poilievre was elected as the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada on Saturday night, a definitive first-ballot victory after a campaign that focused on securing more “freedom” for Canadians.
  Here is a look at some key pledges from his leadership campaign.
  Energy
  Poilievre has promised to cancel Ottawa’s carbon price on consumer goods and build more pipelines. He says Canada would rely on technology to tackle its greenhouse-gas emissions, but hasn
  
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• Ons Jabeur vows to keep fighting after loss in US Open final

  11-09-2022 03:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Ons Jabeur dropped her racket in disgust after one poor shot in the U.S. Open final. Minutes later, she was on the court right along with it after lunging to hit a volley that flew out of bounds.
  Jabeur picked herself up and kept on fighting Saturday, and that’s exactly what she intends to do after a second straight Grand Slam tournament ended in disappointment.
  “Definitely I’m not someone that’s going to give up,” Jabeur said. “I am sure
  
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• Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl congratulates Pierre Poilievre on successful CPC leadership bid

  11-09-2022 03:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — With the support of over two-thirds of local Conservative Party of Canada members in Chilliwack-Hope who voted for the eventual winner, Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl is congratulating his friend, Pierre Poilievre, tonight on his election Saturday (Sept. 10) as the new CPC leader.Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl endorsed and championed Poilievre from the get-go as a principled leader who will make the case for conservatism.“Congratulations to my friend, Pierre Poilievre, f
  
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• Blue Bombers pick Roughriders apart in one-sided Banjo Bowl

  11-09-2022 02:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — Zach Collaros threw for four touchdowns as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers scored on their first eight possessions in a crushing 54-20 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Saturday.
  The Bombers, who didn’t punt until three minutes was left in the fourth quarter, put up a string of six touchdowns and a pair of field goals in front of a sold-out crowd of 33,234 fans at IG Field for the 18th edition of the Banjo Bowl.
  Winnipeg (12-1) has clinched the three-game CFL season s
  
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• Large collection of sturgeon found dead along Fraser River – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  11-09-2022 01:30 via theprogress.com
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• Ewing takes 1-shot lead over Fassi on LPGA in Cincinnati

  11-09-2022 01:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Ally Ewing shot into the lead with a fast start and stayed there on a soggy course Saturday for a 5-under 67 to build a one-shot lead over Maria Fassi in the Kroger Queen City Championship.
  Ewing’s first order of business this deep in the LPGA Tour season is to make sure she is among the 60 who reach the final event, which she has done every year since 2017. A victory would take care of that.
  Ewing has not finished in the top 10 all year, but she was practically fla
  
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• Green Party president resigns, saying her ‘optimism has died’

  11-09-2022 00:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The president of the Green Party of Canada has resigned, telling members in a letter that her “optimism has died” amid ongoing party turmoil.
  The Canadian Press has obtained a letter from Lorraine Rekmans, who writes that she can no longer serve because “there is no vision for a better future, but only an effort to look back and settle old scores, while the planet burns.”
  Rekmans writes that she has been marginalized, insulted and denigrated by leadership c
  
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• Iga Swiatek beats Ons Jabeur for 1st US Open title, 3rd Slam

  11-09-2022 00:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Iga Swiatek beat Ons Jabeur 6-2, 7-6 (5) in the U.S. Open final on Saturday to claim her first championship at Flushing Meadows and third Grand Slam title overall.
  The No. 1-ranked Swiatek cemented her status as the dominant figure in women’s tennis by triumphing at the tournament that is expected to be the last of Serena Williams’ career.
  Swiatek’s victory over No. 5 Jabeur improved her record in tour-level matches to 55-7 with seven trophies in 2022. Bot
  
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