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• Chiefs Announce 2023 Matthew Hutchinson Memorial Award Recipients

  06-02-2023 23:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Chilliwack Chiefs are proud to once again be presenting our annual Matthew Hutchinson Memorial Awards this coming Saturday, during our First Responders Night, presented by Joint Force Tactical.
  Awards will be presented by members of the Hutchinson family.
  Hutchinson, a volunteer firefighter, and former Chilliwack Chief died tragically in 2016. Since then, the Chiefs have honoured his life and commitment to service by partnering with local first responders to celebrate their own each yea
  
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• Canada’s first Indigenous languages commissioner hopes to be operating by summer

  06-02-2023 23:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s first commissioner of Indigenous languages says he hopes to have his office fully operational by the summer — about two years after it was first announced.Ronald Ignace appeared before a House of Commons committee today that is studying the issue of Indigenous languages.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has prioritized revitalizing Indigenous languages as one of its goals in advancing reconciliation with First Nations, Inuit and Métis com
  
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• NHL all-star festivities netted some surprising results for Proline bettors

  06-02-2023 23:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The NHL all-star festivities presented a few surprises for Proline customers.
  The league’s best gathered last weekend in Florida but according to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., just 3.7 per cent of bettors selected forward Brock Nelson of the New York Islanders to capture the accuracy shooting competition. Captain Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers was the event favourite with 35 per cent of wagers.
  But just one per cent of bettors picked Carolina Hurricanes forwa
  
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• McKinsey doesn’t meet criteria for banning company from federal contracts: bureaucrat

  06-02-2023 23:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The deputy minister of Public Services and Procurement Canada says the federal government’s ethics rules do not disqualify consulting firm McKinsey & Company from doing business with the federal government despite scrutiny of the firm’s global track record.
  Paul Thompson is answering questions about the firm’s government contracts at a House of Commons committee this afternoon.
  He says a Canadian company would be barred from federal contracts if one of its af
  
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• Chilliwack Mural Festival has applications flooding in from across ... - Hope Standard

  06-02-2023 23:20 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack Mural Festival has applications flooding in from across ... - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  06-02-2023 23:20 via news.google.com
  
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• Alberta law society upholds requirement for members to take Indigenous course

  06-02-2023 23:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Law Society of Alberta has voted by a three-to-one margin in favour of keeping a requirement for its members to complete a course on Indigenous history and culture.
  Almost 3,500 lawyers voted on the motion, which would have struck down the society’s right to require such courses.
  After more than an hour of “spirited”online debate Monday morning, 2,609 lawyers voted against the motion while 864 supported it.
  “It wasn’t a close vote,” said E
  
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• B.C. government to make heavy use of spending surplus: Throne ... - Chilliwack Progress

  06-02-2023 23:05 via news.google.com
  
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• B.C. fire tanker crashes in Australia, both on board safe: owner

  06-02-2023 23:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PORT ALBERNI, B.C. — A Boeing 737 air tanker owned by a British Columbia company has crashed in western Australia while on deployment to a fire. 
  Coulson Aviation, based in Port Alberni on Vancouver Island, says in a statement that both pilots walked away from the accident and have been medically assessed. 
  The statement says the company is offering all the support it can to its local and international crews and is grateful to its firefighting and aviation industry colleagues in
  
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• Canada’s first four sailors named for Pan American Games in Chile

  06-02-2023 21:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KINGSTON, ONTARIO — Canada’s first four sailors for the Pan American Games in Chile later this year have been selected.
  Will Jones of Jerseyville, Ont., and Justin Barnes of Pickering, Ont., in the 49er, Mac Morrin of Kingston, Ont., in kiteboarding and Rebecca Heller of Dunrobin, Ont., in women’s iQFoil were chosen following the U.S. Open Sailing Series that concluded Sunday in Clearwater, Fla., Sailing Canada said Monday.
  Kiteboarding and iQFoil are two sailing disciplines ma
  
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• Water restrictions lifted on Sunshine Coast as disastrous drought sidestepped

  06-02-2023 21:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SECHELT, B.C. — For the first time since last May, the Sunshine Coast Regional District has lifted water conservation regulations affecting a large part of its area north of Vancouver.
  A statement from the regional district says, effective immediately, Stage 1 water conservation regulations have been removed in the Chapman water system.
  In October, the regional district said the reservoir — which serves about 90 per cent of residents in the area — was at risk of “imminent
  
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• Man struck in head with axe at downtown Nanaimo bus stop - Chilliwack Progress

  06-02-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Justin Rose wins at Pebble Beach to end 4-year drought

  06-02-2023 21:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Justin Rose took all the drama out of a long week with three quick birdies that sent him to a three-shot victory Monday in the wind-delayed AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, ending four years without winning and making him eligible for the Masters.
  Rose played it safe down the closing holes, finishing with four simple pars for a 6-under 66, three shots clear of Brendon Todd (65) and Brandon Wu (66).
  “An incredible week from start to finish with so much happeni
  
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• Quebec minister ‘surprised’ asylum seekers given free bus tickets from New York City

  06-02-2023 20:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s immigration minister says she was “surprised” to learn the City of New York is helping to provide free bus tickets to migrants heading north to claim asylum in Canada.
  Christine Fréchette says the story highlights the need for Ottawa to solve the problem at Roxham Road, which is an unofficial border crossing south of Montreal used by tens of thousands of people last year to claim asylum.
  New York City Mayor Eric Adams told Fox 5 this morning tha
  
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• Federal government not protecting Parliament Hill interpreters: tribunal

  06-02-2023 20:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government has been found in breach of the labour code for failing to protect Parliament Hill interpreters from workplace injuries.
  A tribunal known as the Labour Program has ruled in favour of the Canadian Association of Professional Employees, a union that argued the translation bureau was not adequately protecting employees who are working in hybrid settings.
  Experts have told Parliament that the staff who translate meetings between English and French are being put
  
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• Ammunition can be dropped off at RCMP in Chilliwack to be ... - Chilliwack Progress

  06-02-2023 20:41 via news.google.com
  
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• Opposition parties demand answers as Liberals say little about Chinese balloon

  06-02-2023 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Opposition parties say the public deserves answers about a Chinese balloon’s incursion over Canadian territory.
  The federal government is offering few details about the balloon’s flight over Canada before the U.S. military revealed its presence over the western state of Montana last week.
  While Beijing says it was a weather research balloon that got blown off course, Ottawa and Washington are alleging that it was being used to spy on sensitive military sites.
  The Liber
  
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• Stranger passes out in B.C. home with drugs and a gun - Chilliwack Progress

  06-02-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Canadian government announces $46.5 million for deep-sea research

  06-02-2023 20:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The federal government is investing more than $46 million over the next five years to see what’s under Canada’s oceans and then protect it.
  Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray says understanding of the marine environment is “relatively meagre” given that oceans covers 70 per cent of the Earth’s surface.
  Speaking during a Vancouver news conference at the International Marine Protected Areas Congress, Murray says the investment will allow Canada to get a
  
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• Strike, lockout notices loom over negotiations between City of Yellowknife, union

  06-02-2023 20:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  YELLOWKNIFE — Unionized staff with the City of Yellowknife are gearing up for a strike and the city is preparing to lock out employees as the two sides try to reach a new collective agreement. 
  The city and Union of Northern Workers, a component of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, were in mediation Monday and expected to continue negotiations Tuesday.
  The union gave notice to the city Saturday saying if an agreement is not reached, the staff it represents will go on strike Wedne
  
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• Former health minister says new health deal won’t succeed without specific targets

  06-02-2023 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Former health minister Jane Philpott says the targeted funding agreements Ottawa signed with the provinces six years ago have not transformed health care in this country like many hoped they would.
  She says she has a lot of hope, but also a lot of anxiety, that new talks beginning Tuesday in Ottawa will bring both the investments and the accountability needed to fix what is ailing Canada’s health-care systems.
  Philpott was the federal health minister in 2016 when the federal
  
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• Tkachuk, Larkin, Marner earn NHL weekly honours following Atlantic all-star game win

  06-02-2023 19:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Florida left-winger Matthew Tkachuk, Detroit centre Dylan Larkin and Toronto Maple Leafs right-winger Mitch Marner were named the NHL’s three stars for last week.
  Tkachuk represented the host Panthers at the all-star game, scoring four times and assisting on three goals to capture MVP honors and lead the Atlantic Division to a championship.
  His seven points on the day tied for the second-most in one 3-on-3 tournament, behind only Sidney Crosby’s 2019 performance when the Pittsburgh P
  
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• Disturbed coming to Abbotsford on May 12 - Chilliwack Progress

  06-02-2023 19:27 via news.google.com
  
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• Crown wants sex assault case of fashion mogul Peter Nygard to move more quickly

  06-02-2023 19:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Crown says it wants the Quebec sexual assault case involving Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard to proceed more quickly.
  Nygard’s case has been put off for months because he faces charges in Toronto and in the United States, and prosecutor Jérôme Laflamme told a Quebec court judge today the complainant wants the legal proceedings to advance.
  Nygard, 81, was first arrested in Winnipeg in 2020 under the Extradition Act after being charged with nine sex-rela
  
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• Sleepy start to 2023 for Chilliwack real estate market - Chilliwack Progress

  06-02-2023 19:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Tracing fishing gear to protect North Atlantic right whales is positive step: expert

  06-02-2023 18:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Researchers say they can learn about the evolving habits of endangered North Atlantic right whales by tracing the fishing gear from which the animals are freed. 
  Canada’s Fisheries Department says gear that was disentangled from a whale in United States waters in January was traced back to the southern coast of Nova Scotia.
  It says the finding represents the first whale entanglement confirmed to be related to Canada’s lobster fishery in more than five years. 
  The connection
  
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• Rogue Langley pig turned Cowichan sanctuary resident dies - Chilliwack Progress

  06-02-2023 18:47 via news.google.com
  
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• City of Iqaluit announces partial water shutdown; boil water advisory in effect

  06-02-2023 18:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  IQALUIT, Nunavut — The City of Iqaluit has shut down water services for parts of the city after a series of issues with the piped water system over the weekend. 
  The city announced the emergency partial shutdown Monday, saying it needed to fix a break in the system causing a sewer back up into the legislative building.
  The city had previously shut down all water service Saturday afternoon while crews repaired the water line near the Astro Hill complex.
  Water service was restored to mo
  
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• Canada ‘stands ready’ to help after deadly earthquake rocks Turkey, Syria: Trudeau

  06-02-2023 18:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada stood ready to provide help in the aftermath of a deadly 7.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked Turkey and Syria, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday, with over 2,300 people reported dead. 
  Authorities feared the death toll could climb as rescue workers and residents searched the rubble of toppled buildings for survivors.
  Trudeau said the reports and images from Turkey and Syria were “devastating”. 
  “Canada stands ready to provide assistance,” he said
  
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• Quebec premier calls Montreal byelection to replace ex-Liberal leader Anglade

  06-02-2023 18:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebecers living in the Montreal riding of the former Quebec Liberal party leader will vote March 13 in a byelection to choose her replacement.
  Saint-Henri-Sainte-Anne was held by Dominique Anglade, who resigned after her once-dominant party won less than 15 per cent of the vote in the October election but held on as official Opposition.
  The riding is prized by left-wing Québec solidaire, which stole two Montreal ridings from the Liberals in the last election and is hopin
  
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• Fire alarm at Surrey, B.C., apartment building leads to homicide discovery

  06-02-2023 18:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — Homicide detectives have taken over an investigation after a dead woman and a critically injured man were found as fire crews answered an alarm at a Surrey, B.C., apartment.
  RCMP say firefighters discovered the scene while responding to the alarm and sprinkler activation at the building in the Guildford neighbourhood Sunday evening.
  The survivor has life-threatening injuries, but police say the public is not believed to be at risk.
  Members of the Integrated Homicide Investig
  
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• Former Liberal MP Raj Grewal seeks dismissal of charges due to lack of evidence

  06-02-2023 16:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A former Liberal MP is in Ontario court today to seek the dismissal of two criminal charges connected to his time in office. 
  Raj Grewal’s lawyer is expected to argue that prosecutors have not presented enough evidence to find him guilty of breach of trust. 
  The Crown has sought to prove that Grewal used his political office for personal gain, offering access to events with the prime minister and help with immigration files in exchange for large loans that went tow
  
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• Governments, B.C. coastal First Nations endorse marine protection ... - Chilliwack Progress

  06-02-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Jesse Marsch fired by Leeds after a year in charge

  06-02-2023 16:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LEEDS, England (AP) — American coach Jesse Marsch was fired by Leeds on Monday after nearly a year in charge of the Premier League team.
  Leeds hasn’t won any of its last seven games in the league and has dropped into 17th place in the 20-team division, only out of the relegation zone on goal difference.
  Marsch’s last game was a 1-0 loss at Nottingham Forest on Sunday, after which he said there was a belief inside the club that results would improve.
  The 49-year-old Marsch was h
  
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• Gloomy economic outlook, elevated mortgages drag down 2023 B.C. housing market: BCREA

  06-02-2023 16:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Real Estate Association says the chill across the province’s property sector will drag on through this year, but it calls for a strong rebound in 2024.
  The association makes the prediction in its housing forecast for the first quarter of the year.
  Association chief economist Brendon Ogmundson blames expected sluggish sales this year on a slowing economy and ongoing, elevated mortgage rates.
  But he is looking forward to 2024 when the association says a
  
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• Jaromír Jágr scores his record 1,099th goal at almost 51

  06-02-2023 15:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PRAGUE (AP) — Jaromír Jágr celebrated his 51st birthday about a week early by scoring his 1,099th goal to overtake Wayne Gretzky at the top of the chart.
  Jágr, who will turn 51 on Feb. 15, scored for the Kladno Knights on Sunday in 5-4 loss at Trinec in the Czech league.
  The winger, who was the NHL’s second highest point scorer in 2018 when he was released by the Calgary Flames, got his 1,099 goals in professional games and at international tournaments.
  Já
  
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• Islanders sign Horvat to 8-year deal after trading for him - Chilliwack Progress

  06-02-2023 15:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Source: Defensive lineman Anthony Lanier to remain with Saskatchewan Roughriders

  06-02-2023 15:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Anthony Lanier II is staying with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
  According to a CFL source, the defensive lineman will be returning to the Riders on a one-year deal worth a guaranteed $250,000. The contract includes a $100,000 signing bonus and $10,000 bonus for reporting to training camp and passing a physical.
  The source spoke on the condition of anonymity as the Roughriders have not formally announced the agreement.
  Lanier, 29, spent the last two seasons with Saskatchewan. He appeared in 11 re
  
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• American skier Shiffrin fails to finish first race at worlds

  06-02-2023 14:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MERIBEL, France (AP) — American skier Mikaela Shiffrin failed to finish the slalom portion of the women’s combined event Monday on the opening day of the world championships.
  Shiffrin was leading the race but skied out with only a few gates left before the finish.
  The American was trailing leader Federica Brignone by 0.96 seconds after the super-G portion but has made up the difference before skiing out.
  The combined event adds the results of a super-G run and a slalom run.
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• Serenade your sweetheart with singing valentine from Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  06-02-2023 14:30 via news.google.com
  
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• B.C.’s economy, health care and housing to be the focus of throne speech: Eby

  06-02-2023 13:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s economy will be a key focus for politicians as they return to the legislature for the spring sitting.
  Premier David Eby says economists are predicating a “global slowdown and potentially recession” and his government is focused on keeping the economy strong by building trade relationships and supporting businesses.
  The session starts with a speech from the throne today, which Eby says will outline the government’s key priorities of heal
  
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• Israeli troops kill 5 Palestinian gunmen in West Bank raid

  06-02-2023 12:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AQABAT JABR, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces killed five Palestinian gunmen linked to the Islamic militant Hamas group in a raid on refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Monday, the latest bloodshed in the region that will likely further exacerbate tensions.
  The Palestinian president’s office called the violence a crime, urging the United States to pressure Israel to hold back on its incursions. The military said the raid was meant to apprehend a militant cell that staged a botch
  
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• Premier League accuses Man City of financial breaches

  06-02-2023 11:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Premier League accused Manchester City of numerous breaches of financial regulations between 2009-18 on Monday.
  The period covers the first nine full seasons under the club’s Abu Dhabi ownership, during which City won the league on three occasions — in 2012, 2014 and 2018.
  The Premier League said it has referred the alleged breaches to an independent commission.
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• Where trapping is still a way of life, Quebec lithium projects spark fears for future

  06-02-2023 11:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEMASKA, QUE. — As Freddy Jolly’s pickup truck travels the dusty roads through the spruce forests outside Nemaska, Que., the one radio station fades in and out, and Jolly fills the gaps between country ballads with conversation.
  “There are fewer moose than before due to logging,” Jolly says as he scans the horizon.
  This is Eeyou Istchee in northern Quebec, the traditional land of the James Bay Cree, with a surface area equivalent to two-thirds of France. The 65-year-old C
  
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• In The News for Feb. 6 : How will the loonie fare in 2023?

  06-02-2023 10:18 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 Feb. 6 …
  What we are watching in Canada …
  Experts say the outlook for the loonie in 2023 largely depends on commodity prices, how the U.S. dollar fares, and whether central banks are successful in avoiding a major recession. 
  The Canadian dollar recently rose to its highest level in more than two months against the U.S.
  
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• Chilliwack Mural Festival has applications flooding in from across ... - Chilliwack Progress

  06-02-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
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• China accuses US of indiscriminate use of force over balloon

  06-02-2023 04:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BEIJING (AP) — China on Monday accused the U.S. of indiscriminate use of force when the American military shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon Saturday.
  The U.S. shot down a balloon off the Carolina coast after it traversed sensitive military sites across North America. China insisted the flyover was an accident involving a civilian aircraft.Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng said he lodged a formal complain with the U.S. Embassy on Sunday over the “U.S. attack on a Chinese civilian
  
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• Powerful 7.8 quake knocks down buildings in Turkey, Syria

  06-02-2023 04:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A 7.8 magnitude quake knocked down multiple buildings in southeast Turkey and Syria early Monday and many casualties are feared.At least 10 deaths were reported initially in Turkey.
  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Twitter that “search and rescue teams were immediately dispatched” to the areas hit by the quake.
  “We hope that we will get through this disaster together as soon as possible and with the least damage,” he wrote.
  There
  
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• Siakam, Raptors rally past Grizzlies 106-103 as Morant sits

  06-02-2023 03:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Pascal Siakam scored 19 points, including a pair of free throws with nine seconds left, and the Toronto Raptors rallied from a 15-point deficit to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 106-103 on Sunday.
  Jaren Jackson Jr. missed a 3-pointer with 5.2 seconds left that would have tied the game for the Grizzlies, who played without star Ja Morant because of right wrist soreness.
  Toronto won its second straight game and went 4-3 on its season-long seven-game road swing. Memphis has
  
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• Rodgers, Silverman take pro-am at Pebble as Rose grabs 54-hole lead

  06-02-2023 01:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers finally gets his name on the Wall of Champions behind the first tee at Pebble Beach, joining a long list that includes Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer.
  Justin Rose would love nothing better than to be on an adjacent plaque for winning the PGA Tour event at Pebble.
  Rose, whose third round was suspended by wind strong enough to blow his golf ball across the green, returned Sunday morning at Monterey Peninsul
  
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