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• Vancouver Whitecaps searching for first win over Seattle Sounders in five years

  16-09-2022 23:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — For the second year in a row, the Vancouver Whitecaps need a big result against their regional rivals in order to preserve their faint playoff hopes. 
  History, though, is not on Vancouver’s side.
  With just three games left on the regular-season schedule, the ‘Caps (10-14-7) are in desperate need of a win over the Seattle Sounders (12-15-3) at B.C. Place on Saturday. Vancouver sits four spots and six points out of a post-season berth while Seattle is two places
  
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• Stinging memory fuels Calgary Stampeders in clash with B.C. Lions

  16-09-2022 23:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Momentum, yes, but Calgary Stampeders head coach Dave Dickenson doesn’t want his team feeling untroubled with the B.C. Lions in town.
  A 56-28 win over the Edmonton Elks last week and a modest two-game win streak indicates the Stampeders are functioning at a high level heading into Saturday’s home game against the Lions. 
  “When you do well, I think you get momentum and yes, I think you can carry that forward,” Dickenson said Friday. “I also think
  
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• Key West honors Queen Elizabeth at Southernmost Point marker

  16-09-2022 23:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — The Southernmost Point marker in Key West, Florida, a landmark delineating the continental United States’ southernmost spot of land, became a memorial to Queen Elizabeth II on Friday when city workers installed a British flag and royal purple banner at the much-photographed site beside the Atlantic Ocean.The tribute was particularly fitting because the long-reigning monarch, who died Sept. 8 at age 96, visited the Florida Keys in 1991.“We do have a connect
  
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• LETTER: Trustee looking to ban books obviously hasn't read them – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  16-09-2022 23:30 via theprogress.com
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• King stands vigil; Wait to see queen's coffin hits 24 hours – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  16-09-2022 23:30 via theprogress.com
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• Coach ponders injuries, form and playing time for Canada's soccer roster – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  16-09-2022 23:30 via theprogress.com
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• Household Hazardous Waste Day in Chilliwack coming on Oct. 1 – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  16-09-2022 23:26 via theprogress.com
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• Teen stabbed in altercation with other youths in Surrey, B.C.: Mounties

  16-09-2022 23:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY, B.C. — Mounties say a 13-year-old has been injured in a stabbing attack in Surrey, B.C. 
  Police say officers responded to reports of the stabbing in a park on Thursday and found the wounded teen, who was transported to hospital with injures that are not life-threatening.
  They say officers along with the Lower Mainland Integrated Police Dog Service conducted a ground search and found a knife, but the suspects have not been located.
  Police say they have yet to determine if the k
  
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• LETTER: Where major industrial projects happen, indigenous women go missing – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  16-09-2022 23:11 via theprogress.com
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• Premier tells B.C. municipal leaders not to expect ‘lolly,’ stresses collaboration

  16-09-2022 23:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WHISTLER, B.C. — Premier John Horgan says working together at all levels of government is the best way to approach and resolve British Columbia’s most pressing issues, including health care, public safety and housing.Horgan told local elected leaders at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention that he wasn’t there to make splashy funding announcements, which he called lolly, but rather to start or continue collaborative initiatives aimed at bringing results.
  The premier ment
  
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• Chilliwack avian influenza case signals risks from wild bird migration | BC Gov News - BC Gov News

  16-09-2022 22:34 via news.gov.bc.ca
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• Trevali CEO resigns; embattled miner entered into creditor protection last month

  16-09-2022 22:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Trevali Mining Corp. says its president and chief executive, as well as its chief operating officer, have both resigned.
  The Vancouver-based miner says Ricus Grimbeek, who has served as CEO since 2019, will step away from the company. It says chief operating officer Derek du Preez will also depart effective Oct. 14.
  Trevali also says the Supreme Court of British Columbia has approved the company’s application for a sales and investment solicitation process for its wholly
  
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• Construction underway on renovation of Abbotsford Police Department headquarters, as city now has 157,000 residents

  16-09-2022 22:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — Abbotsford Police Department headquarters are about to get a fresh new look in an expanded building to better suit their needs and the needs of a city with well over 150,000 people.The City of Abbotsford announced Friday (Sept. 16) that construction will commence on the expansion and renovation of the Abbotsford Police Department headquarters.The updated building will provide officers and civilian staff with the space and tools to do their jobs safely and effectively as they s
  
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• Man convicted in killing of ex-Texas Tech basketball star

  16-09-2022 22:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DALLAS (AP) — A jury convicted a 25-year-old man of capital murder Friday in the killing of former Texas Tech basketball star Andre Emmett, who had brief stints with the Memphis Grizzlies and New Jersey Nets after college.
  The Dallas County jury deliberated about four hours before finding Larry Daquan Jenkins guilty of the September 2019 slaying. Jenkins was then sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, since prosecutors weren’t seeking the death penalty.
  Prosec
  
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• Quebec senator already out of Tory caucus now quits party after Poilievre victory

  16-09-2022 21:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A Quebec senator says Pierre Poilievre’s first week as Conservative leader has left him “comfortable” with his decision to leave the party. 
  Sen. Jean-Guy Dagenais had endorsed former Quebec premier Jean Charest in the recent leadership race, and hasn’t sat in the Conservative senators caucus since 2019. 
  Dagenais says he disagreed with Poilievre’s support of last winter’s trucker convoy in Ottawa and his proposal to fire the governor
  
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• Day parole extended for woman who killed Victoria teenager Reena Virk 25 years ago

  16-09-2022 21:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Day parole has been extended for a woman convicted of murdering Victoria teenager Reena Virk almost 25 years ago. 
  A Parole Board of Canada decision says 40-year-old Kerry Sim, who was formerly known as Kelly Ellard, has been authorized to remain on day parole but with numerous conditions. 
  Sim was 15 years old when she and a group of teenagers swarmed and beat Virk, and her trial heard she and a co-accused later followed the 14-year-old girl to continue the beating a
  
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• Bouchard leaves match with injury, Marino defeated at Chennai Open

  16-09-2022 21:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHENNAI, India — Eugenie Bouchard left her doubles semifinal with an injury while Rebecca Marino was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the singles draw Friday at the Chennai Open tennis tournament.
  Bouchard, from Westmount, Que., and Belgian partner Yanina Wickmayer were trailing Russia’s Anna Blinkova and Natela Dzalamidze of Georgia 3-6, 1-1 when Bouchard retired due to an undisclosed injury.
  The doubles contest started minutes after Bouchard lost 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 to Argentina’
  
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• Four Chilliwack-area RCMP officers ready to roll with Cops for Cancer 2022 – Hope Standard - Hope Standard

  16-09-2022 21:00 via hopestandard.com
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• Security high in London as world leaders begin arriving for queen’s funeral

  16-09-2022 20:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON — The outpouring of public mourning and affection for Queen Elizabeth II is taking place against the backdrop of an “unprecedented” security operation that is only expected to grow larger as world leaders arrive in London for Monday’s funeral.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was expected to land Friday as part of a Canadian delegation that includes Gov. Gen. Mary Simon and four former prime ministers.
  Hundreds of thousands of members of the public are expected to tra
  
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• RCMP continue to investigate 2 'suspicious' fatalities in Golden – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  16-09-2022 20:22 via theprogress.com
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• Contingent from RCMP to lead Queen Elizabeth’s funeral procession in London

  16-09-2022 20:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The Royal Canadian Mounted Police say five of the force’s officers will be leading Queen Elizabeth’s funeral procession in London on Monday.
  The service says the officers are part of the RCMP musical ride, a troop of riders and their horses, and will participate in a ceremonial capacity. 
  Sgt. Maj. Scott Williamson, riding master for the RCMP, says the musical ride has had a “very special” and “quite personal” relationship with the queen. 
  He says th
  
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• Longtime Chilliwack resident and community advocate Ian Carmichael to challenge Ken Popove in mayoral race

  16-09-2022 20:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Ian Carmichael is a firm believer in working for better.It’s not only his campaign motto but a theme that describes Chilliwack as a fast-growing community.“Our city is at a cross roads. We know that if we don’t ask for better, we aren’t likely to get it,” said Carmichael, whose family roots in the Fraser Valley date back to the mid-19th century. “We also know that better comes with effort. So as we face the challenges of today and the future
  
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• Queen remembered for 'normalizing' women on world stage, advancing feminism – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  16-09-2022 20:00 via theprogress.com
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• West Virginia governor Justice signs abortion ban into law

  16-09-2022 19:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Republican Gov. Jim Justice on Friday signed into law a ban on abortions at all stages of pregnancy, making West Virginia the second state to enact a law prohibiting the procedure since the U.S. Supreme Court’s June ruling overturning its constitutional protection.
  The bill will go into effect immediately, except for the criminal penalties, which will go into effect in 90 days, he said. Justice described the legislation on Twitter as “a bill that protec
  
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• Women in Politics event in Chilliwack will discuss why more women aren't elected to office – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  16-09-2022 19:27 via theprogress.com
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• Surprise is key part of migrant travel from Florida, Texas

  16-09-2022 19:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — The chief executive of Martha’s Vineyard Community Services was wrapping up work Wednesday when she looked outside to see 48 strangers nearing her office with red folders that included brochures for her organization.The Venezuelan migrants who were flown to the wealthy Massachusetts island from San Antonio by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said they were told they were going to Boston.DeSantis took from the playbook of a fellow Republican, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, b
  
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• Canada to play two pre-World Cup warm-ups in Europe without captain Atiba Hutchinson

  16-09-2022 19:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Canada will be without talismanic captain Atiba Hutchinson for World Cup warm-ups later this month against Qatar and Uruguay.
  A bone bruise has sidelined the 39-year-old Besiktas midfielder, Canada’s all-time men’s cap leader with 97. Canada coach John Herdman says his medical staff will be flying out to see Hutchinson after the two friendlies to check on his injury comeback with the hope that he will be ready by the end of October.
  Toronto FC defender Doneil Henry (l
  
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• Pressure off CF Montreal with MLS playoff position all but secured

  16-09-2022 19:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — With CF Montreal’s rain-soaked win over Chicago on Tuesday evening at Stade Saputo, the club has done enough to secure home field advantage for the first round of the Major League Soccer Playoffs. 
  Now needing a single win to secure second place in the Eastern Conference, much of the pressure is off head coach Wilfried Nancy’s shoulders as Montreal (17-9-5) prepares for a road game Saturday against the New England Revolution.
  “The only pressure for us is t
  
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• RCMP searching for missing Indigenous woman from Surrey

  16-09-2022 18:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY — Surrey RCMP are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing 36-year-old woman who hasn’t been seen for over a month.
  Brandi Forsythe was reported missing on September 13, 2022 by her family. She was last seen on August 8 in the 13300 block of Central Avenue in Surrey. Police and family are concerned for Brandi’s well-being, as it is unusual for her to be out of contact for this length of time.
  Brandi Forsythe is described as a 36-year-old Indigenous
  
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• Sperm whales’ clicking dialects are evidence of ‘non-human culture’, say scientists

  16-09-2022 18:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — In the dark depths of the Pacific Ocean, there are a lot of conversations going on.
  Click-click-click-click-click. That’s the sound of a sperm whale.Click-click-click-click, pause, click. That’s a sperm whale that lives in the same area but is from a different group.Sperm whales, the largest toothed animal in the world and easily recognized by their huge, rounded foreheads, use series of Morse-code-like clicks, known as “codas,” to communicate.Scientists
  
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• Toronto FC visits Orlando, knowing its playoff hopes could end in the Florida heat

  16-09-2022 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The door will likely slam this weekend on Toronto FC’s faint post-season hopes. But the rebuilding continues at TFC.
  Thirteenth-place Toronto (9-15-7, 34 points) visits fifth-place Orlando City (12-12-6, 42 points) on Saturday, with TFC sitting six places and seven points out of the playoffs in the Eastern Conference and only nine points left on the table from its three remaining regular-season games.
  A win by seventh-place Columbus or a Toronto loss are high among the scenarios that would
  
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• Jets remove ‘C’ from Wheeler, will play next season without a captain

  16-09-2022 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets have removed the “C” from Blake Wheeler’s jersey and will play the next NHL season without a captain.
  Jets head coach Rick Bowness, who took over behind the bench in the off-season, said in a statement that Winnipeg will start the campaign “with a group of assistants still to be determined.”
  Bowness said the Jets want to expand their leadership base.
  Wheeler took over as Jets captain before the 2016-17 season. He replaced Andrew La
  
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• All-candidates debate for mayor and Chilliwack City Council happens Wednesday, Sept. 28 at Cultural Centre

  16-09-2022 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — One of the few opportunities for Chilliwack residents to hear all 12 candidates for city council, as well as the two candidates for mayor, square off in one venue happens Wednesday, September 28 at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre.The Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce and the Downtown Business Improvement Association announced earlier this week that they will co-sponsor the candidates forum.The Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce and BIA don’t typically conduct a candidates debate
  
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• Part 1: Chilliwack Teachers' Association questions school board candidates – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  16-09-2022 18:00 via theprogress.com
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• Part 1: Chilliwack Teachers' Assocation questions school board candidates – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  16-09-2022 18:00 via theprogress.com
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• Calls grow to streamline licensing for doctors as health-care systems struggle

  16-09-2022 17:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — As Canadian health-care systems buckle under the weight of doctor shortages, the past president of the Canadian Medical Association is calling for a national licensing pathway for doctors — and some provinces are on board.
  Dr. Katharine Smart said in a recent interview that the current system in which each province has its own licensing system is confusing and bureaucratically cumbersome, particularly for doctors trained outside of Canada.
  She says a national
  
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• Wynn’s goal is always to be disruptive and get to the opposing quarterback

  16-09-2022 17:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HAMILTON — The defensive formations and schemes in pro football are detailed and complicated but the ultimate goal for Dylan Wynn has never wavered.
  The Hamilton Tiger-Cats defensive tackle’s main priority, game in and game out, revolves around being disruptive, getting to the quarterback and making his life miserable 
  “Isn’t that the story about football, though,” Wynn said with a smile. “That’s what we’ve been told since we were kids.
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• Many high-level athletes struggle with ‘unravelling of identity’ in retirement

  16-09-2022 17:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Kaetlyn Osmond has been like a boat adrift at sea.
  Four years after retiring from competition, the world figure skating champion says she’s just now starting to find her feet as a former athlete.
  “Definitely more difficult than expected,” Osmond said. “Mentally, retirement is difficult because you lose a large part of your identity you’ve had your whole life.”
  The past few weeks have seen several high-profile athletes retire. Serena Williams announced she is &
  
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• Smile Cookie campaign to support hospitals in Chilliwack, Hope – Hope Standard - Hope Standard

  16-09-2022 17:00 via hopestandard.com
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• More comprehensive services required to curb B.C. drug deaths, doctor says – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  16-09-2022 16:30 via theprogress.com
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• Floods in Italy kill 10; Survivors plucked from roofs, trees – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  16-09-2022 16:30 via theprogress.com
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• B.C.'s five remaining 'wildfires of note' see rain, cooler temperatures – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  16-09-2022 16:30 via theprogress.com
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• B.C. Liberal leader promises increased housing supply, regional mental health centres – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  16-09-2022 16:30 via theprogress.com
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• B.C.’s five remaining ‘wildfires of note’ see rain, cooler temperatures

  16-09-2022 16:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Cool, showery weather is helping wildfire crews make progress on the five highly visible or potentially damaging wildfires currently burning in British Columbia.
  The Regional District of Central Kootenay has lifted all evacuation alerts posted earlier this month for an area of Fry Creek, Birchdale and Johnsons Landing on the east shore of Kootenay Lake, north of Nelson.
  It says the nine-square kilometre, lightning-caused wildfire sparked on Aug. 25 remains active but is no long
  
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• Agnico Eagle signs deal to partner with Teck on mine in Mexico

  16-09-2022 15:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. has signed a deal with Teck Resources Ltd. to take a 50 per cent stake in a copper-zinc project in Mexico for US$580 million.
  Under the agreement, Agnico Eagle will become a joint venture partner with Teck in Minas de San Nicolás, S.A.P.I. de C.V., which owns the San Nicolás development project in Zacatecas, Mexico.
  Teck chief executive Don Lindsay says the opportunity to add the operating and development experience of Agnico Eagle should g
  
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• B.C. divers help uncover Newfoundland's lost Liberator, ending 80-year search – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  16-09-2022 14:10 via theprogress.com
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• Quebec election: Leaders return to campaign trail after first televised debate

  16-09-2022 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s major party leaders are back on the campaign trail today after last night’s leaders’ debate.
  All five leaders are scheduled to attend a summit in Montreal this morning organized by Quebec’s association of municipal governments.
  Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault is also scheduled to meet his party’s Montreal-based election team and speak with reporters.
  Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade is planning to attend a rall
  
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• Queen remembered for ‘normalizing’ women on world stage, advancing feminism

  16-09-2022 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Queen Elizabeth didn’t make bold proclamations about the rights of women but rather it was in her small, everyday deeds that she advanced the feminist cause, experts say.
  Sarika Bose, a University of British Columbia lecturer in Victorian literature and an expert on the Royal Family, said that until her death last week, the queen was one of the most well-known women in the world. She served in the Second World War and was not just a head of state or commander of the British armed forces bu
  
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• Four Chilliwack-area RCMP officers ready to roll with Cops for Cancer 2022 – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  16-09-2022 09:00 via theprogress.com
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• Fowler begins with new caddie, coach and early 67 in Napa

  16-09-2022 05:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NAPA, Calif. (AP) — Rickie Fowler began his 15th professional season Thursday. From clubs to coach to caddie, just about everything is new for the five-time PGA Tour winner.
  Fowler, whose last victory was the 2019 Waste Management Phoenix Open, enjoyed immediate success.
  He shot a 5-under 67 and was among nine players who finished their rounds four shots behind leader Justin Lower at the Fortinet Championship.
  Lower, beginning his second PGA Tour season, concluded his career-low, 9-under 6
  
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