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• Danny Jansen lifts Blue Jays over Braves 6-5 for three-game sweep of Atlanta

  14-05-2023 23:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Danny Jansen’s walk-off two-run single to left field in the ninth inning gave the Toronto Blue Jays a 6-5 win and series sweep against the Atlanta Braves on Sunday.
  Down a run, the Blue Jays loaded the bases in the ninth inning. Jansen’s smash between third and short scored Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Matt Chapman.
  The Blue Jays (24-16) won for the 12th time in 15 home games in 2023, this time before a Mother’s Day crowd of 40,895 at Rogers Centre.
  The Braves (25-
  
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• Barcelona wins Spanish league for 1st time since 2019, 27th overall

  14-05-2023 23:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona won its first Spanish league title after the departure of Lionel Messi with a 4-2 victory against Espanyol on Sunday.
  Robert Lewandowski scored twice to lead the Catalan club to its first league title since 2019.The title was secured with four rounds remaining and two years after Messi left amid the club’s financial struggles.
  Alejandro Balde and Jules Koundé also scored for Barcelona, which now has 27 league titles, eight fewer than Real Madr
  
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• Manchester City 3 points away from Premier League title after Arsenal’s latest loss

  14-05-2023 22:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Manchester City is one win away from a third straight Premier League title and a fifth in six seasons under Pep Guardiola.
  English soccer’s dominant force was tested by a new rival in the form of Arsenal, but Mikel Arteta’s team has buckled under the pressure of trying to keep pace with Guardiola’s relentless trophy-winning machine.While the race is not over yet, it would take a remarkable collapse for City to throw it away now.“We have to
  
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• Veteran CFL running back Andrew Harris plans to savour final training camp

  14-05-2023 21:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GUELPH, Ont. — Andrew Harris knows all too well just how monotonous, repetitive and tedious CFL training camps can be.
  Harris, entering his 13th CFL season, reported to the start of the Toronto Argonauts’ camp Sunday at Guelph University. But this one’s much different because it’s Harris’s last as an active player.
  “It’s about enjoying the process and enjoying the journey,” said the 36-year-old Winnipeg native. “Everything (in camp) will be f
  
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• VIDEO: Vancouver FC fall to Ottawa - Chilliwack Progress

  14-05-2023 20:45 via news.google.com
  
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• Zelenskyy to make surprise visit to Paris for talks with French President Macron

  14-05-2023 19:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will make a surprise visit to Paris for talks Sunday night with French President Emmanuel Macron, extending a multi-stop European tour that has elicited fresh pledges of additional military support as his country gears up for a counteroffensive against Russian occupation forces
  Macron’s office announced the Paris leg of Zelenskyy’s trip, and France dispatched a plane to pick up Zelenskyy in Germany, where he met Chancellor Ol
  
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• MacKenzie Weegar leads Canada past Slovenia 5-2 at men’s world hockey championship

  14-05-2023 19:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RIGA, Latvia — MacKenzie Weegar scored and added two assists as Canada beat Slovenia 5-2 on Sunday at the men’s world hockey championship.
  Michael Carcone, Pierre-Olivier Joseph, and Milan Lucic also scored for Canada (2-0-0) and Jack McBain added a goal and an assist.
  “We keep talking about how we want to get better every day,” said head coach André Tourigny. “We were able to accomplish a lot in terms of our structure, which is something we need to continue
  
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• Unusually early heat wave in Pacific Northwest tests records - Chilliwack Progress

  14-05-2023 19:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Canadian rugby men finish a season-best fourth at HSBC France Sevens

  14-05-2023 18:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TOULOUSE, France — Canada ran into a buzz saw in Argentina and lost to France but still finished fourth at the HSBC Sevens on Sunday, its best finish on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series this season.
  The performance was a timely boost for the 14th-ranked Canadian men who now move to a relegation playoff next weekend in London to save their status as a core team next season.
  The Canadians, whose best showing previously this season was a 10th place in the opening stop in Hong Kong, lost 33-
  
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• Grizzlies suspend Ja Morant after another gun video appears on social media

  14-05-2023 18:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Ja Morant was suspended by the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday after he appeared to be holding a gun in another social media video that was streamed live on Instagram.
  It’s the second time in less than three months that Morant was seen on Instagram holding what appeared to be a weapon. The first led to an eight-game NBA suspension that was handed down in March and cost Morant about $669,000 in salary.
  It’s unclear what sanctions Morant may be facing for the second video, which was widely
  
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• ‘Systemic difficulties’ hampered review of Canada’s cyberspy ... - Chilliwack Progress

  14-05-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Canadian offensive lineman Theren Churchill traded from Argonauts to Elks

  14-05-2023 18:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Canadian offensive lineman Theren Churchill has been traded by the Toronto Argonauts to the Edmonton Elks.
  Toronto gets a 2024 conditional sixth-round draft pick that can be escalated to a fifth-round pick in return.Churchill was drafted by the Argonauts in the first-round of the 2020 CFL Draft and won a Grey Cup with Toronto last season.
  The 28-year-old Churchill played in 10 games in 2021 and 11 games in 2022.The six-foot-six, 295-pound lineman from Stettler, Alta., played col
  
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• Israeli army says rocket fired from Gaza into Israel, testing fragile cease-fire

  14-05-2023 17:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military says Palestinian militants have fired a rocket into southern Israel.
  The launch on Sunday comes less than 24 hours after a cease-fire was reached between Israel and the Islamic Jihad militant group in the Gaza Strip.
  The army said the rocket set off air-raid sirens in southern Israel, but landed in an open area.
  THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A fragile cease-fire be
  
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• Voters to choose MPs in four federal byelections across country next month

  14-05-2023 17:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Voters in four federal ridings will go to the polls next month.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the four byelections will be held June 19 to fill seats in three provinces.
  In the Manitoba riding of Winnipeg South Centre, Liberal candidate Ben Carr is looking to win the seat held by his father, longtime MP and former cabinet minister Jim Carr, who died in December.
  The southern Manitoba riding of Portage-Lisgar was left vacant when Conservative MP and former interim party leader
  
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• Central Fraser Valley Fiddlers celebrate 50th anniversary - Chilliwack Progress

  14-05-2023 17:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Take Back Alberta pushes out one premier, aims to make its voice heard in election

  14-05-2023 16:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — David Parker is a shadowy figure hiding in plain sight in Alberta’s political scene, now roiling in a May 29 election campaign deemed too close to call.
  He organized a grassroots movement called Take Back Alberta, which took down one premier, and current premier Danielle Smith attended his wedding. 
  He also organized the vote to elect half the board of Smith’s governing United Conservative Party.
  To some, he is on a noble apolitical mission to return power to th
  
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• Chilliwack Fire Department deals with hedge fires along Victoria

  14-05-2023 15:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Firefighters in Chilliwack responded to a pair of hedge fires reported in the city early Saturday (May 13) morning.
  The first fire was reported at approximately 2 a.m. in the 45000 block of Victoria Avenue. It was quickly put out by personnel who had responded from Hall 1.
  Just 15 minutes later, a second call was received. It was reporting a hedge fire at the corner of Victoria Avenue and Robson Street, just a couple of blocks away from the first fire. Neighbours managed to st
  
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• Greens call on government to act to end Fraser Valley transit strike

  14-05-2023 15:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The BC Green Caucus has called on B.C.’s NDP government to take steps to end the outsourcing of essential public services to for-profit corporations and to ensure that public workers in the province receive a living wage.
  In a news release, Sonia Furstenau, Leader of the B.C. Greens, says the ongoing transit strike in the Fraser Valley has underscored the need for the government to put an end to the outsourcing practice.
  Furstenau said that for seven weeks, thousands of pe
  
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• Minor damaged reported from fire likely ignited by smokers

  14-05-2023 15:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Members of the Chilliwack Fire Department were called out to an early morning fire Saturday (May 13).In a news release, fire officials say they were called to a structure fire in the 7000 block of Maitland Avenue. Upon their arrival, they found that residents had managed to douse the flames themselves.Firefighters moved in to ensure the fire was completely extinguished. Damage was limited in the home.
  It is believed the fire was ignited by discarded smoking materials. Fire off
  
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• Minor damage reported from fire likely ignited by smokers

  14-05-2023 15:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Members of the Chilliwack Fire Department were called out to an early morning fire Saturday (May 13).
  In a news release, fire officials say they were called to a structure fire in the 7000 block of Maitland Avenue. Upon their arrival, they found that residents had managed to douse the flames themselves. Firefighters moved in to ensure the fire was completely extinguished. Damage was limited in the home.
  It is believed the fire was ignited by discarded smoking materials. Fire o
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of month/date

  14-05-2023 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list isprovided by Crime Stoppers.
  Name: Brianna BrownHeight: 5’5” ftWeight: 141lbs
  Hair: BrownEyes: Brown
  Wanted: Theft of Motor VehicleWarrant in effect: May 2, 2023
  Parole Jurisdiction: ChilliwackName:Cameron LowAge: 30
  Height: 5’6” ft Weight: 165lbs
  Hair: BlackEyes: Brown
  Tattoos: Chest- “BULLY” and Right Forearm- Eagle
  Wanted: Unlawfully at Large
  Warrant in effect: May
  
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• CRIMESTOPPERS: ‘Most wanted’ for the week of May 14 - Chilliwack Progress

  14-05-2023 14:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Quebec avian flu cases higher than expected as bird deaths near 1 million: expert

  14-05-2023 13:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Poultry farmers in Quebec are grappling with a series of outbreaks of deadly avian flu, as the number of birds that have died or been euthanized due to the disease since early last year nears the one million mark. 
  Sylvain Junior Henrie, who co-owns Ferme La Caboche in Rimouski, Que., said poultry farmers are all taking extra precautions. 
  At his farm northeast of Quebec City, people change boots and coveralls before entering any buildings. He’s waiting until lat
  
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• How an ‘energizer bunny,’ cheeseburgers and $14 billion helped Canada woo Volkswagen

  14-05-2023 12:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The $14-billion deal that will see Volkswagen, the world’s largest automaker, set up a manufacturing presence in Canada for the first time in history, took a year of negotiations on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
  But the talks that led Volkswagen to choose southwestern Ontario for the location of its first battery plant outside Europe all started with a whim.
  Out of the blue in early 2022, Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne decided he should call the company’s th
  
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• Pipeline plot twist: where Line 5 threatens nature, now nature is a threat to Line 5

  14-05-2023 12:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — The controversial Canada-U.S. oil and gas conduit known as Line 5 could be facing its toughest challenger yet: the very watershed the pipeline’s detractors are trying to protect. 
  Spring flooding has washed away significant portions of the riverbank where Line 5 intersects Wisconsin’s Bad River, a meandering, 120-kilometre course through Indigenous territory that feeds Lake Superior and a complex network of ecologically delicate wetlands.
  The Bad River Band of
  
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• A timeline of negotiations toward the Volkswagen battery plant in Canada

  14-05-2023 12:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — March 15, 2021: Volkswagen AG announces its intention to build six new electric vehicle battery manufacturing plants by 2030.
  March 17, 2022: Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne cold calls Scott Keogh, who was then the CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, and invites him to Canada for a meeting.
  April 27, 2022: The regional board members of Volkswagen in North America travel to Toronto to meet with Champagne and Vic Fedeli, minister of economic development in Ontar
  
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• UPDATE: Chilliwack Fire Department tackles several early-morning ... - Chilliwack Progress

  14-05-2023 08:43 via news.google.com
  
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• Turkey’s elections for presidency, parliament underway

  14-05-2023 07:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Voters in Turkey are heading to the polls on Sunday for landmark parliamentary and presidential elections that are expected to be tightly contested and could be the biggest challenge Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces in his two decades in power.
  The vote will either grant the increasingly authoritarian Erdogan a new five-year term in office or set the NATO-member country on what his opposition contender calls a more democratic path.
  Polling began at 8 a.m.
  
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• Mission RCMP need public’s help locating 36-year-old woman

  14-05-2023 07:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Mission RCMP are asking for public assistance in locating a 36-year-old female who was reported missing on Thursday, May 11.
  In a press release issued Saturday night (May 13) by Constable Harrison Mohr, media relations spokesman for the Mission RCMP detachment, Jasmine Trepanier is described as a Caucasian female, 5’6″ tall, 130 pounds, with blonde hair and blue eyes.
  The RCMP released two photos of Trepanier, including the one attached to this story showing her with
  
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• Eberle nets 2, Kraken force Game 7 with 6-3 win over Stars

  14-05-2023 04:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Jordan Eberle scored twice, Eeli Tolvanen had a goal and two assists, and the Seattle Kraken beat the Dallas Stars 6-3 on Saturday night to force a deciding Game 7 in their Western Conference semifinal series.
  Tolvanen’s goal in the opening minutes of the second period gave Seattle a 3-1 lead. Rookie Tye Kartye scored his third of the playoffs beating Jake Oettinger with a wrist shot less than three minutes later, and the Kraken withstood several pushes by the Stars to
  
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• CF Montreal beats Toronto FC 2-0 for sixth consecutive win

  14-05-2023 03:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Winger Lassi Lappalainen and striker Chinonso Offor both scored as CF Montreal beat Toronto FC in Major League Soccer play to win the Canadian Classique 2-0 on Saturday night.
  Defender George Campbell earned an assist on the first goal for Montreal (5-6-0), which won its sixth straight game in all competitions.
  Toronto (2-4-5) spent the final 34 minutes down to 10 men after winger Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty received a red card.
  Goalkeeper Sean Johnson was the standout player for th
  
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• Smith says she’ll consider changes amid concerns wildfires politicized in election

  14-05-2023 02:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — United Conservative Leader Danielle Smith says she will consider making changes amid questions over whether she is politicizing Alberta’s wildfire crisis by using party news conferences to deliver fire updates meant for the broader public.
  Smith says she is just trying to be helpful and deliver as much information as she can, but says she is open to another approach.
  “I’m happy if you want me to just refuse taking your questions on wildfires,” Smith told
  
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• PHOTOS: Equestrian event in Chilliwack draws riders from ... - Hope Standard

  14-05-2023 02:14 via news.google.com
  
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• Oilers on playoff ropes, need home victory to extend series with Golden Knights

  14-05-2023 02:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS — The Vegas Golden Knights have the Edmonton Oilers on the playoff ropes in their second-round series.
  The Oilers need a win at home Sunday to avoid elimination and force a Game 7 finale in Las Vegas on Tuesday.
  Edmonton is the lone Canadian NHL club left in Stanley Cup contention this year and faces an uphill battle to stay in it.
  Oilers head coach Jay Woodcroft shifted attention away from that scenario Saturday to the Golden Knights trying to become the first team in the series
  
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• Eckroat, Dou, Palmer share third-round lead at Byron Nelson

  14-05-2023 01:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — Scottie Scheffler is looking up on the leaderboard at the AT&T Byron Nelson at a couple of contemporaries without nearly the resume the Dallas resident has built over the past 15 months.
  In fact, Austin Eckroat and China’s Marty Dou are seeking a first PGA Tour victory.
  The Oklahoma-raised Eckroat shot an 8-under 63, one better than Dou, and the pair shared a two-shot lead with Texan Ryan Palmer at 16-under after the third round of the Nelson on Saturday.&n
  
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• Defending champion Minjee Lee of Australia takes 3-shot lead into Founders Cup finale

  14-05-2023 01:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) — Defending champion Minjee Lee of Australia overcame an opening bogey for a 5-under 67 and a three-stroke lead Saturday, heading in the final round of the Founders Cup.
  No. 6 in the world, Lee had four birdies and an eagle after dropping a stroke on the par-4 first at Upper Montclair Country Club. The 26-year-old had a 12-under 204 total in her bid to join Jin Young Ko as the only players to successfully defend a title in the event that honours the 13 founding members o
  
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• Alberta county warns of danger when residents fight wildfires themselves

  14-05-2023 01:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. — As frustration mounts over the response to wildfires that have forced thousands of Albertans to flee their homes and rural properties, one county is warning its residents against “unsanctioned acts” it says put lives in danger.
  The County of Grande Prairie issued a statement saying a member of the public who was operating their own personal bulldozer on Friday “put themselves and crews in danger by knocking trees into the fire and nearly running ov
  
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• Chicago Sky top Minnesota Lynx 82-74 in WNBA’s first-ever game in Canada

  14-05-2023 00:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Kahleah Copper had 18 points and nine rebounds in leading the Chicago Sky to a 82-74 win over the Minnesota Lynx on Saturday in the WNBA’s first-ever game in Canada.
  Kayana Traylor and Robyn Parks combined for 25 points off the bench and Morgan Bertsch added 12 for Chicago.
  Tiffany Mitchell had 19 points and six assists for Minnesota. Rachel Banham and Kayla McBride contributed 13 points apiece, respectively.
  Bridget Carleton of Chatham, Ont., had three points and two rebou
  
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• Teen filmmakers' work to be screened at 3rd annual Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  14-05-2023 00:27 via news.google.com
  
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• Toronto records back-to-back wins after beating Braves 5-2

  14-05-2023 00:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — A single from Bo Bichette and Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s sacrifice fly brought in two runs in the seventh inning to push the Toronto Blue Jays to a 5-2 come-from-behind win against the Atlanta Braves on Saturday.
  The victory gave the Blue Jays (23-16) back-to-back wins to begin the three-game set against the National League-leading Braves (25-14).
  With one out in the seventh inning, Kevin Kiermaier belted a single to left field for his third hit of the game. He advanced to sec
  
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