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• Toronto FC, CF Montreal derby comes twice this week with both cup and league play

  08-05-2023 23:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — It’s a double-derby week for Toronto FC and CF Montreal, two teams that have been on roller-coaster rides already this season.
  Toronto (2-3-6) hosts Montreal (4-6-0) at BMO Field on Tuesday in the Canadian Championship quarterfinal with the two teams meeting against Saturday in Major League Soccer play at Saputo Stadium.
  While both teams have 12 points in league play, Montreal appears on the rise while Toronto seems caught in a stutter-step that is preventing movement upwar
  
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• Canada’s long history of expelling diplomats

  08-05-2023 23:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s expulsion of a Chinese diplomat following allegations of a threat campaign against a Conservative MP marks the first time in five years a foreign representative is told to pack up and leave the country. 
  It’s rare but not unheard of for Canada to expel diplomats.
  Declaring someone persona non grata — an unwelcome person — is dictated by a 1961 United Nations treaty called the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. 
  It says a receiving
  
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• G.W. Graham Opportunity Fair creates conversations for Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  08-05-2023 23:50 via news.google.com
  
  G.W. Graham Opportunity Fair creates conversations for Chilliwack ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Name the City of Chilliwack's bike lane sweeper - Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  08-05-2023 23:47 via news.google.com
  
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• Alberta premier apologizes for comments linking COVID vaccinated to Nazi followers

  08-05-2023 23:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — United Conservative Leader Danielle Smith apologized Monday after a 2021 video surfaced of her saying she wouldn’t wear a Remembrance Day poppy while comparing those who got the COVID-19 vaccine to followers of Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany.
  Alberta’s election is set for May 29.
  Smith, in a statement, said while the comment was made during her previous career as a journalist and pundit, any comparisons involving the horrors of the Nazi regime are offside.
  “As ev
  
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• Eby says he met CSIS regional boss over foreign election meddling in B.C.

  08-05-2023 23:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby says he had a meeting with the regional director of Canada’s spy agency over allegations of foreign interference in the province’s elections.
  He says he was told he could not receive information because he’s not a “direct client” of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, which he says he found “frustrating.”
  But Eby says he was told the agency was “putting itself in a position” to alert
  
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• Valérie Tétreault advocates for mental health resources at National Bank Open

  08-05-2023 22:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Valérie Tétreault stepped away from competitive tennis when she was just 23 in part because she was struggling with her mental health.
  Now that she’s the tournament director for the National Bank Open, Canada’s national championship, she is improving mental health supports for the country’s tennis players.
  Tennis Canada has recommitted to its Mental Timeout program for a second year, now with the support of Beneva, the largest mutual insurance company in the count
  
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• Samsonov’s injury status unclear ahead of Game 4 with Maple Leafs facing elimination

  08-05-2023 21:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Ilya Samsonov could still play a role with his team on the brink of elimination.
  The Maple Leafs goaltender left Sunday’s 3-2 overtime loss to the Florida Panthers in Game 3 of their second-round series with an undisclosed injury after being accidentally taken out by teammate Luke Schenn.
  The big defenceman crashed into Samsonov early in the second period trying to break up a play with Toronto up 1-0. The Russian netminder stayed down while being attended to b
  
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• TB screening planned for Nunavut hamlet battling outbreak since 2021

  08-05-2023 21:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PANGNIRTUNG, Nunavut — The Nunavut government and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, a group representing Inuit in the territory, are holding a community-wide screening clinic for tuberculosis in Pangnirtung later this year. 
  The screening is to begin in September and continue through November. 
  A tuberculosis outbreak was declared in the hamlet in November 2021.
  As of late February, 39 people in the community had been diagnosed with active TB and 167 with latent TB.
  The last commun
  
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• ‘Persona non grata:’ Canada expelling Chinese diplomat after threats to Tory MP

  08-05-2023 21:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Liberal government is expelling Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei, whom Canada’s spy agency alleged was involved in a plot to intimidate Conservative MP Michael Chong and his relatives in Hong Kong.
  Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says in a statement that Canada has declared the Toronto-based diplomat as persona non grata, over what she calls “foreign interference in our internal affairs.”
  Joly, who warned last week that Beijing would retaliate if Ottawa
  
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• Defence minister says Canada wants to share advanced military technology with allies

  08-05-2023 21:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The defence minister says Canada is interested in sharing more advanced defence technology with its allies as the focus of a trilateral military deal between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States starts to expand.
  But Anita Anand would not directly say if Canada is making a formal bid to join the agreement known as AUKUS.
  The deal was announced about 18 months ago as a security pact that would see the U.S. and Britain help Australia develop a fleet of nuclear-powered
  
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• Canadian Luiji Vilain comfortable, confident entering second season with Vikings

  08-05-2023 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Experience has been the great equalizer for Canadian Luiji Vilain.
  The 25-year-old Ottawa native is preparing for his second training camp with the Minnesota Vikings. The six-foot-four, 252-pound outside linebacker made the NFL team’s final roster last year as an undrafted free agent.
  With an NFL camp under his belt, Vilain not only knows what lies ahead but also how to prepare for and attack it.
  “Comfortable and confident definitely best describe how I’m feeling right now,&rdq
  
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• Wisniewska, Vander Vies named chefs de mission for Paralympics, Parapan Am Games

  08-05-2023 21:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Karolina Wisniewska and Josh Vander Vies have been named Canada’s chefs de mission for the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris and 2023 Parapan Am Games in Santiago, Chile.
  It’s the first time two individuals have shared the chef de mission role.
  Wisniewska, who was born in Calgary and lives in Montreal, was assistant chef for the 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympics.
  She competed in Para alpine skiing at the 1998, 2002, and 2010 Games, winning eight medals — four silver a
  
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• Playoff runs elusive for some NHL veterans

  08-05-2023 21:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Playoff hockey deep into spring is a new experience for some NHL veterans.
  A long career in the league doesn’t guarantee a lot of post-season games.
  Retired defenceman Jay Bouwmeester didn’t get in an NHL playoff game until his 11th season in 2013 at the age of 30, although he did win a Stanley Cup six years later.
  Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Mark Giordano is the embodiment of playoff patience in this year’s post-season.
  At 39, Giordano is playing in a second round for the f
  
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• Maple Leafs in tough down 3-0 to Panthers: ‘Anything worth achieving is hard’

  08-05-2023 21:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Sheldon Keefe thought this script was a thing of the past.
  The Toronto Maple Leafs overcame a maddening hurdle and confounding mental block when they topped the Tampa Bay Lightning in the opening round of the playoffs for their first series victory in nearly two decades.
  After a string of frustrating post-season failures, the team’s high-paid stars finally excelled in key moments, the goaltending held up, and the Original Six franchise — at long last &md
  
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• Report finds mismanagement, risk to public funds at BC Housing under former CEO

  08-05-2023 21:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is restricting new funding to a major non-profit housing provider after an independent review found mismanagement by a former top executive atthe province’s housing corporation.
  The forensic investigation by Ernst and Young says the probe uncovered “significant risks to public funds” and lack of government oversight at BC Housing, the Crown corporation that develops, manages and administers subsidized housing.
  The report found mi
  
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• Indigenous leaders gather with emergency responders in Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  08-05-2023 21:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Family, friends gather at private funeral for Gordon Lightfoot in his hometown

  08-05-2023 20:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ORILLIA, Ont. — Close friends and family of Gordon Lightfoot came together for a small, private funeral on Monday held at the Orillia, Ont. church where he was once a choir boy.
  A group of roughly 50 people assembled inside St. Paul’s United Church for the nearly two-hour ceremony that included a choir performance.
  Outside, the local community went about the day as any other, with some doing yard work and a few curious onlookers wandering past the church to see what was happening.
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• CFL unveils several rule changes for upcoming regular season

  08-05-2023 19:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The football won’t have to be handled in order for a single to be awarded on a kickoff starting this CFL season.
  The removal of that requirement was among the changes unanimously approved by the CFL’s board of governors, the league announced Monday. The adjustments were originally proposed by the CFL’s rules committee.
  The change aligns the single rule on kickoffs with all other kicking plays.
  The CFL is also restricting the number of players within two yards of
  
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• Canucks’ top pick Lekkerimaki aims to put adversity behind him to grow as a player

  08-05-2023 19:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks’ top draft pick from 2022 says he’s looking to develop and put last season’s illness and injury struggles behind him.
  Forward Jonathan Lekkerimaki signed an entry-level three-year deal with the Canucks over the weekend.
  The Canucks drafted Lekkerimaki, who plays right wing, 15th overall in the first round of the 2022 NHL entry draft.
  The Swedish forward suffered a season-ending foot injury in February but returned to help Djurgardens IF r
  
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• U.K. seeks closer ties with Canada in science, military and technology

  08-05-2023 19:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Britain is seeking closer ties with Canada as it reshapes its foreign policy in the wake of its departure from the European Union.
  But British High Commissioner Susannah Goshko says her country is also pushing Ottawa to boost its defence spending.
  The United Kingdom updated its national security and foreign policy last month following uncertainty after its exit from the European Union and tumultuous politics under prime ministers Liz Truss and Boris Johnson.
  The new plan is lookin
  
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• Police arrest suspect in Atlanta shooting; 1 dead, 4 wounded

  08-05-2023 19:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Police arrested a man accused of opening fire inside the waiting room of an Atlanta medical practice Wednesday, killing one woman and wounding four. Workers and others in a bustling commercial district took shelter for hours during the manhunt.
  Authorities swarmed the city’s midtown neighborhood shortly after noon in search of the shooter. Police said in a statement that the suspect, whom they identified as 24-year-old Deion Patterson, was captured in Cobb County, just
  
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• Abbotsford Police make an arrest after a reported indecent act at Elwood Park

  08-05-2023 19:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — A 56-year-old man has been arrested and charged after allegedly committing an indecent act in Elwood Park Wednesday (May 3).
  At approximately 9:36 a.m., Abbotsford Police Patrol Officers received a call from a woman reporting an indecent act in progress at Elwood Park on Maclure Road. The caller stated a man had been exposing himself to individuals in the park.
  In a news release, Abbotsford police say officers arrived at the park shortly after the call and spotted a suspect in
  
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• Pilot program for temporary agricultural workers extended after rocky pandemic start

  08-05-2023 18:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says the government will expand a pilot project to attract more temporary foreign workers to jobs in Canada’s agricultural industry for another two years.
  The government launched the program three years ago to offer temporary workers in the agriculture and food sector a pathway to permanent residency in Canada.
  It was due to end later this month but Fraser says it’s going to continue until 2025.He says the pilot experienced some challenges during the
  
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• Water levels peak, flood warning lifted for Grand Forks, B.C.

  08-05-2023 18:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GRAND FORKS, B.C. — The risk of flooding near the British Columbia community of Grand Forks has been downgraded from a warning to an advisory.
  After heavy rain and rapid snowmelt, the province’s river forecast centre says water levels in the Boundary Region have peaked, including on the Kettle and Granby rivers running through Grand Forks. 
  The centre says rivers are expected to recede into the middle of the week but could rise again by next weekend due to more snowmelt at highe
  
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• Meta has team working to block news on Facebook, Instagram from Canadian users

  08-05-2023 18:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A representative for Meta says the tech giant has a team that is working toward blocking news for its Canadian users on Facebook and Instagram.Rachel Curran, head of public policy for Meta Canada, says the content-blocking team is preparing to end the availability of news on those social media platforms should the Liberal government’s online news bill pass.
  Appearing before the House of Commons heritage committee today, Curran says the company will remove news in a way that
  
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• Driver in deadly Texas crash charged with manslaughter

  08-05-2023 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The driver of an SUV that crashed into a crowd of people at a bus stop in Brownsville, Texas, killing eight, has been charged with manslaughter, police said Monday.
  Authorities believe driver George Alvarez, 34, of Brownsville, lost control after running a red light Sunday morning and plowed into a crowd of Venezuelans outside a migrant center. Authorities were still investigating whether the crash was intentional.
  Police Chief Chief Felix Sauceda said Alvarez was
  
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• Report: The Weeknd becomes latest celebrity attached to bid for NHL’s Senators

  08-05-2023 18:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Weekend is the latest celebrity to join the race to purchase the NHL’s Ottawa Senators, according to a report from the Ottawa Sun.
  The recording artist from Toronto, whose birth name is Abel Tesfaye, has agreed to be a partner in a bid led by Toronto billionaires Jeffrey and Michael Kimel, according to Sun columnist Bruce Garrioch.
  The Weeknd, who purchased a stake in esports company OverActive Media in 2019, has not publicly confirmed his interest in purchasing the Sena
  
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• In West Virginia, police exhume body of suspect in 1975 murder of Montreal teenager

  08-05-2023 17:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Police in Longueil, Que., say the body of a suspect in the 1975 murder of a Montreal teenager has been exhumed in the United States.
  Sgt. Francis Charette says DNA tests are currently being conducted on the remains of Franklin Maywood Romine, who died in 1982.
  Romine’s body was exhumed from a West Virginia cemetery last week.
  Charette says Romine was identified through new investigative techniques and that investigators have confirmed he was present in Montreal at the time
  
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• Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to provide update on provincial wildfire situation

  08-05-2023 16:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is expected to provide an update on the province’s ongoing wildfires later this afternoon.
  A press conference is scheduled for 3 p.m. MDT.  Smith will be joined by Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis and other officials.
  Several thousand people have been ordered to leave their homes as more than 100 wildfires burn across Alberta.
  Smith activated the cabinet’s emergency management committee Friday and said there would be daily media briefings on the w
  
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• Figure skater Piper Gilles reveals she has been treated for Stage 1 ovarian cancer

  08-05-2023 16:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian figure skater Piper Gilles says she has been treated for Stage 1 ovarian cancer.
  Gilles made the announcement Sunday in a video on Instagram.
  The 31-year-old Gilles and skating partner Paul Poirier earned bronze in ice dancing at the world championships this year.
  They also won gold at three World Cup events this year, including Skate Canada.
  She and Poirier represented Canada at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
  Gilles had told reporters that she had an appendix removed in January but reveale
  
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• RCMP issue alert for rural residents in central Alberta : In The News for May 8

  08-05-2023 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 May 8 …
  What we are watching in Canada …
  RCMP have issued an emergency alert for residents living in a rural community in central Alberta. Mounties say an armed and dangerous person was last seen in the area of Township Road 422 and Range Road 245a in Ponoka County. They say the alert is in effect for everyone within 20 kilo
  
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• Ottawa expected to announce renewal of federal gun and gang violence program

  08-05-2023 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Liberal government is expected to announce the renewal of its multimillion-dollar federal gun and gang violence program today.
  Ottawa says Marco Mendicino, federal Minister of Public Safety, will make an announcement at 9:30 a.m. about the government’s work to prevent gun and gang violence.
  In November 2017, the federal government announced approximately $327.6 million in new federal funding over five years to tackle an increase in gun violence and gang activity in Canad
  
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• Canada’s electronic waste more than tripled in 20 years, study indicates

  08-05-2023 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada’s electronic waste more than tripled in the last two decades and is expected to keep increasing, a new study indicates, with researchers urging better e-waste management to reduce environmental harm and bring economic rewards.
  Researchers from the University of Waterloo conducted what they called a comprehensive estimate of e-waste in Canada to better understand the lifecycle of electronic items from point of sale to disposal.
  The study, published in the Journal of Hazardous Materia
  
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• 'Life is really good': Enjoying retirement the right way in Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  08-05-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Kraken ride 2nd period outburst, thump Stars 7-2 in Game 3

  08-05-2023 07:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Jordan Eberle sparked a five-goal outburst in the second period with his fourth goal of the playoffs, Philipp Grubauer made 24 saves and the Seattle Kraken beat the Dallas Stars 7-2 on Sunday night to take a 2-1 series lead in their Western Conference semifinal.Eberle was the recipient of an unfortunate bounce, beating Dallas goalie Jake Oettinger at 2:10 of the second period after the puck hit Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen in the face and fell to Eberle’s stick.
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• Tourist boat capsizes in southern India, at least 22 dead

  08-05-2023 06:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — A double-decker boat carrying more than 30 passengers capsized off a beach in southern India on Sunday night, and more than 22 people including children died, officials said.
  Police officer Abdul Nazar said the rescue teams were expecting to recover more bodies from inside the boat. He said authorities were investigating what caused the tourist boat to overturn near Thoovaltheeram beach in Tanur, a coastal town in Kerala state’s Malappuram district.
  The dead included
  
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• SUV driver hits crowd at Texas bus stop near border; 8 dead

  08-05-2023 05:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The death toll has risen to eight after an SUV slammed into a crowd of people waiting for a bus Sunday outside a migrant shelter in the border city of Brownsville, Texas. At least 10 others were injured, police said, as they prepared to arrest the hospitalized driver.
  With no bench at the unmarked city bus stop, some of the victims were sitting on the curb around 8:30 a.m. when the driver hit them, surveillance video from the Bishop Enrique San Pedro Ozanam Center
  
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• VIDEO: Vancouver FC’s very first home game ends with a tie - Chilliwack Progress

  08-05-2023 05:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Former Liberal cabinet minister Marc Lalonde has died at age 93

  08-05-2023 04:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has confirmed that former federal Liberal minister Marc Lalonde has died at age 93. 
  Lalonde was the principal secretary to former prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau from 1968 to 1972.
  Trudeau said in a tweet on Sunday evening that Lalonde “was brilliant” and that his death represents an “enormous loss” to Canada.
  Trudeau says Lalonde “ultimately transformed the way we thought about health and, in doing so, he no
  
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• Panthers beat Maple Leafs in OT, take 3-0 series lead

  08-05-2023 03:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SUNRISE, Fla. — Sam Reinhart scored at 3:02 of overtime as the Florida Panthers defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Sunday to take a commanding 3-0 lead in their second-round playoff series.
  The centre grabbed the puck behind the net and wrapped it around on a surprised Joseph Woll before the Panthers spilled off the bench. It was Reinhart’s fifth goal of the playoffs.
  Anthony Duclair and Carter Verhaeghe had the other goals for Florida, which won the first two games on the road
  
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• Thailand wins International Crown LPGA match play event

  08-05-2023 02:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Atthaya Thitikul birdied the 16th hole to cap a dominating week that carried Thailand to a victory over Australia on Sunday for the country’s first International Crown team match play title.
  Thitikul beat Stephanie Kyriacou 4 and 2 to improve to 5-0 on the week and earn the clinching point in the final. Patty Tavatanakit had already beaten Hannah Green 4 and 3 in the other singles match.
  Sisters Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn won their match over Minjee Lee and Sara
  
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• Maple Leafs goaltender Ilya Samsonov exits Game 3 against Panthers with injury

  08-05-2023 02:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SUNRISE, Fla. — Maple Leafs goaltender Ilya Samsonov left Game 3 of Toronto’s second-round playoff series with the Florida Panthers early in Sunday’s second period with an injury.
  Leafs defenceman Luke Schenn crashed into the Russian netminder on an odd-man rush as he tried to break up the play.
  Samsonov stayed down and was looked at by Toronto’s trainer before exiting to the locker room.
  Rookie goaltender Joseph Woll entered off the bench in Samsonov’s place for To
  
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• Heavy police presence near Skwah First Nation in Chilliwack Sunday

  08-05-2023 00:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — There is a heavy police presence near the entrance to Skwah First Nation, close to Ashwell Road and Wellington Avenue, as Chilliwack RCMP officers gather in large numbers on the north side of town.
  According to a picture on social media from Mike Ervin, there were at least five RCMP cruisers stationed near the entrance to Skwah First Nation in Chilliwack at around 3:25 p.m. Sunday afternoon.
  The entrance to Skwah First Nation at Ashwell and Wellington has been blocked off by t
  
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• Devils answer in Game 3, rout Canes 8-4, deficit now 2-1

  08-05-2023 00:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Jack Hughes scored two goals, set up two more and had a near fight as the New Jersey Devils began the task of digging out of another hole with a 8-4 win over the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Sunday.
  Timo Meier, Nico Hischier and Damon Severson added their first goals of playoffs and Vitek Vanecek returned to the net and made 26 saves in helping New Jersey cut its deficit in the best-of-seven series to 2-1.
  The eight goals were the m
  
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• Heavy police presence on Skwah First Nation in Chilliwack - Hope ... - Hope Standard

  08-05-2023 00:36 via news.google.com
  
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• Heavy Police Presence On Skwah First Nation In Chilliwack - Abbotsford News

  08-05-2023 00:36 via news.google.com
  
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• Merrifield has 4 RBIs, Blue Jays win 10-1, Pirates skid at 7

  08-05-2023 00:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Whit Merrifield had four RBIs, three on his first home run this season, and the Toronto Blue Jays routed Pittsburgh 10-1 Sunday for a three-game sweep that extended the Pirates’ losing streak to seven.
  Merrifield put the Blue Jays ahead with a run-scoring infield single in the first following a 95-minute rain delay and opened a 4-0 lead in the third when he sent a hanging curveball from Roansy Contreras (3-3) into the left-field bleachers. The two-time All-Star last
  
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• Clark holds off Schauffele for first PGA win at Wells Fargo

  08-05-2023 00:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Wyndham Clark shot 68 on Sunday for a four-shot victory over Xander Schauffele at the Wells Fargo Championship to earn his first career win on the PGA Tour.
  The 29-year-old Clark struggled to hold back tears as he sank a bogey putt on the 18th hole to seal the win.
  Clark finished the tournament at 19-under 265, the second-lowest score in relation to par in tournament history behind only three-time champion Rory McIlroy’s 21-under 267 in 2015 when par for the co
  
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• Liberal party’s demand for electoral-reform council not a priority, Trudeau says

  08-05-2023 00:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he doesn’t expect his government to move on electoral reform, despite his party membership calling for a national council to examine the issue.
  This weekend, grassroots Liberals voted in favour of a resolution that asks the government to create a national citizen’s assembly on electoral reform.
  The proposal notes that the idea has been on the party books since 2014, and that Trudeau won the 2015 election on a promise to end the curren
  
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