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• Canadian women lose a heartbreaker to Mexico in CONCACAF under-20 semifinal

  02-06-2023 23:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Alice Soto scored in the 92nd minute to send Mexico to next year’s FIFA U-20 World Cup with a 2-1 comeback win over Canada in semifinal action Friday at the CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship.
  The goal came on a counter-attack with Hailey Gordon’s cross finding Soto at the top of the penalty box. The Mexican forward pivoted and fired a low shot past Canadian ‘keeper Faith Fenwick.
  The two finalists and third-place side at the
  
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• ‘Chaotic scene’: Vancouver police say two injured in Downtown Eastside shooting

  02-06-2023 23:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver say at least two people were sent to hospital after a shooting in the city’s Downtown Eastside. 
  They say officers responded to reports of shots fired Thursday afternoon and arrived to a “chaotic scene” as people fled the area.
  Police say they found a man with gunshot wounds, who was then taken to hospital by paramedics.
  They say a second victim arrived at the emergency room shortly after, and both men are believed to have sustained no
  
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• 8 construction workers injured as building partially collapses near Yale medical school

  02-06-2023 23:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A building under construction near the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, partially collapsed Friday when a concrete pour went awry, injuring eight people including two critically, city officials said, adding there were no fatalities.
  City firefighters and other authorities were called to Lafayette Street shortly after 12:30 p.m.
  “Our units responded immediately within minutes and found several persons in varying degrees of injury, from broken bones
  
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• Survey highlights importance of investment in B.C.'s trails, parks ... - Chilliwack Progress

  02-06-2023 22:50 via news.google.com
  
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• B.C. giving $4.5 million to upgrade children’s hospice facility

  02-06-2023 22:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government has announced $4.5 million in new funding for Canuck Place to renovate and upgrade the Vancouver children’s hospice.
  Health Minister Adrian Dix says the funding will go toward structural repairs, enhancing patient care rooms, improving ventilation and making it more accessible.
  It will also fund the construction of a new administrative building.
  Canuck Place was the first children’s hospice in North America, and Dix says the changes w
  
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• Air Canada says to expect further travel disruptions following IT ... - Chilliwack Progress

  02-06-2023 22:15 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack rape case involving two nurse co-workers from ... - Chilliwack Progress

  02-06-2023 21:46 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack Rape Case Involving Two Nurse Co-workers From ... - Abbotsford News

  02-06-2023 21:46 via news.google.com
  
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• Man charged after tirade directed at Tim Hortons staff caught on video

  02-06-2023 21:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — A 31-year-old man has been charged with assault and causing a disturbance after he unleashed an angry tirade against staff at a Tim Hortons in Surrey that was caught on video in February 2023.
  Surrey RCMP Corporal Vanessa Munn, media relations spokesperson, released a statement Friday (June 2) saying that charges have been laid against a 31-year-old man in relation to an incident that occurred in a Panorama-area drive-through earlier this year.
  On February 5, 2023, the incident in
  
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• Process underway for Han Dong's possible return to the Liberal ... - Chilliwack Progress

  02-06-2023 21:34 via news.google.com
  
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• Canada sanctions 'Russian collaborators' and political party in ... - Chilliwack Progress

  02-06-2023 21:29 via news.google.com
  
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• B.C. extends deferral of old-growth logging in Vancouver Island’s Fairy Creek

  02-06-2023 21:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has extended an order deferring old-growth logging in the Fairy Creek watershed on Vancouver Island.
  The extension to Feb. 1, 2025, applies to the order issued two years ago at the request of the Pacheedaht First Nation, whose territories encompass the entire watershed.
  A statement from the Ministry of Forests says the deferral protects just under 12 square kilometres of timber on Crown land within the watershed.
  It says the province and First Nat
  
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• Surge of supply in Fraser Valley real estate market - Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  02-06-2023 21:15 via news.google.com
  
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• Quebec Remparts set sights on Memorial Cup crown to cap dominant season

  02-06-2023 20:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KAMLOOPS, B.C. — The turning point that led to the Quebec Remparts’ dominant season dates back just over a year.
  Head coach Patrick Roy pointed to last season’s Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoff semifinal loss to eventual league champion Shawinigan Cataractes on June 1. Quebec fell 3-2 in the five-game series after having held a 2-1 edge.
  “Losing Games 4 and 5, I think it was a little bit of a slap in the face,” said the Hall of Fame goaltender. “Made
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP holding family-friendly open house next week

  02-06-2023 20:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment in Chilliwack is pulling out all the stops next weekend as it welcomes Chilliwack residents to come check out its services and police activities for a family-friendly open house.“The Chilliwack RCMP is hosting a free family friendly Open House event and we’d love for you to come!” RCMP Sgt. Krista Vrolyk said. “We want to connect with the community and showcase some of the different police tools, techniques an
  
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• OPINION: Week of education in downtown Chilliwack an amazing ... - Chilliwack Progress

  02-06-2023 20:21 via news.google.com
  
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• Denying bail OK if for a ‘just cause,’ says Charter statement on Liberal reform bill

  02-06-2023 20:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government’s Charter statement for its proposed bail reforms says there is “just cause” to deny bail if certain requirements are met.Justice Minister David Lametti introduced a bill last month that would make it harder for some repeat violent offenders to seek pretrial release by putting the onus on them to prove why they should be granted bail.
  Lawyers have raised concerns the law could be subject to a challenge under the Charter of Rights and Freedo
  
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• Passenger train derails in India, killing at least 50 and trapping many others

  02-06-2023 20:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — Two passenger trains derailed in India on Friday, killing at least 50 people and trapping hundreds of others inside more than a dozen damaged coaches, officials said.
  About 400 people were injured and taken to hospitals after the accident, which happened nearly 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) northwest of the capital of New Delhi, officials said. The cause was under investigation.
  Dattatraya Bhausaheb Shinde, the top administrator in the Balasore district, said at least 50
  
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• Vancouver Coastal Health reverts to new overdose text alert system for bad drugs

  02-06-2023 20:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Vancouver Coastal Health is joining other health authorities in the province in a move to a unified provincial text alert system warning of toxic drugs.
  Vancouver began its own system called Radar in 2017, while a toxic drug and health alert system developed by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control has been adopted by all other health districts in the last year. 
  Those who want to get the alerts need to text the word “join” to 253787, and Vancouver Coastal says in a statement that
  
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• Chilliwack Park Society to hold B.C. Trails Day activity Saturday at Little Mountain

  02-06-2023 19:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Families and individuals alike are invited to take part in B.C. Trails Day this weekend courtesy of the Chilliwack Park Society.Join the society, in partnership with Tourism Chilliwack, for a trail party Saturday morning, June 3 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Little Mountain.
  There will be food, friends, fun, music, kids crafts, and nature walks. Come with work gloves and clippers and help them maintain this beautiful network, or just enjoy the sites and sounds of the forest with a
  
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• Trudeau continues to stand by David Johnston despite calls that he step down

  02-06-2023 19:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is committed to keeping David Johnston in place as Canada’s special rapporteur on foreign interference, despite a majority of MPs voting in favour of his stepping down from the gig.
  Trudeau said in Toronto today that he looks forward to public hearings the governor general is expected to hold “across the country” over the coming months before he releases a final report by the end of October. 
  The House of Commons passed
  
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• TFC sees positive news on injury front and a less congested schedule in weeks ahead

  02-06-2023 19:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  While Toronto FC coach Bob Bradley says there is positive news when it comes to the club’s lengthy injury list, squad rotation remains a luxury as TFC prepares for Saturday’s game at Minnesota United.
  “In a perfect world rotation would be nice, a nice consideration,” Bradley said with a wry smile. “But obviously we have limited options so we are going to see where guys are … There’s a lot of work going on downstairs (in the trainer’s room).”
  
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• CF Montreal heads to Philadelphia hoping to duplicate last year’s road resurgence

  02-06-2023 19:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — CF Montreal had a difficult start on the road last year before embarking on a trip that defined its season.
  Montreal was 0-4-1 away from Stade Saputo before consecutive comeback road wins in early April against Cincinnati and the New York Red Bulls. Those results sparked a change of mentality for Montreal and helped it secure the best road record in Major League Soccer history since the end of the shootout era. 
  In a similar position this season, Montreal will be looking to
  
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• Hottest May since Chilliwack temperature records began in 1895 ... - Chilliwack Progress

  02-06-2023 19:03 via news.google.com
  
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• Feds open to cutting plastic production but global agreement will be hard: Guilbeault

  02-06-2023 18:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says he is not opposed to cutting back on how many plastic products are made as the world works toward a global treaty to eliminate plastic pollution.
  But he says that may become one of the biggest sticking points in the negotiations, which are supposed to conclude at the end of next year.
  The second round of those talks wrap up in Paris today and Guilbeault says Canada is going to host the next round about a year from now.
  Environment groups
  
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• Nearly 700 more international firefighters coming to Canada to help battle fires

  02-06-2023 18:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Almost 700 firefighters from South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the United States are set to arrive in Canada over the next two weeks to help with the unusually severe start to the wildfire season.
  There are already more than 500 international firefighters, incident commanders and other workers in Alberta, which has been battling multiple severe fires since early May.
  Most of the additional help will also go to Alberta, though some are being sent to Nova Scotia where out-of-
  
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• Statue of Queen Elizabeth repaired and reinstalled, two years after vandalism

  02-06-2023 18:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — A bronze statue of Queen Elizabeth that was toppled on the grounds of the Manitoba legislature has been repaired and put back in place.
  The three-metre-high statue was one of two monuments hauled to the ground on Canada Day in 2021 by demonstrators following the discovery of suspected unmarked graves at a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C.
  The statue landed face-first when it was toppled and was damaged in several areas, but remained intact.
  Charles Brunet, the owner of
  
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• Vancouver home sales rise in May, nearing 10-year average: real estate board

  02-06-2023 18:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says May home sales rose 15.7 per cent from a year earlier.
  The B.C. board says Vancouver’s housing market is showing signs of heating up heading into the summer, as prices increased for the sixth consecutive month. 
  The board says sales for the month totalled 3,411, which was 1.4 per cent below the 10-year seasonal average of 3,458.
  The composite benchmark price for all residential properties in Metro Vancouver was $1,188,0
  
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• Quebec north shore city declares state of emergency as forest fires multiply

  02-06-2023 18:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A city on Quebec’s north shore has declared a state of emergency as forest fires rage in the vicinity.
  Sept-Îles Mayor Steeve Beaupré says certain sectors of the city have been ordered to evacuate by 4 p.m. today as a preventive measure, with an emergency shelter set up in nearby Port-Cartier.
  Earlier this week, another out of control forest fire in northern Quebec forced the evacuation of about 500 homes in Chapais, east of Chibougamau.
  Chapais Mayor Isabelle
  
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• ‘Good riddance’ or ‘don’t unfriend us’? Publishers torn over Meta move to block news

  02-06-2023 18:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Independent publishers across Canada are expressing mixed feelings about Meta’s decision to temporarily block news on Instagram and Facebook for some Canadian users. 
  The company says it’s a response to the Liberal government’s Bill C-18, which would require tech giants to pay publishers for linking to or otherwise repurposing news content, and it plans to block news in Canada completely if the bill passes in the Senate. 
  Kerry Benjoe, president of Eagl
  
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• Dabrowski, Fernandez headed for third-round women’s doubles showdown at French Open

  02-06-2023 18:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Canadians Gabriela Dabrowski and Leylah Fernandez are headed for a third-round showdown in the women’s doubles draw at the French Open.
  Ottawa’s Dabrowski and Brazilian partner Luisa Stefani, the eighth-seeded team at Roland Garros, advanced with a 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 win over Hungary’s Dalma Galfi and Katarzyna Piter.
  Serving was the difference, with Dabrowski and Stefani committing one double-fault compared to 15 for Galfi and Piter, who landed just 49 per cent of the
  
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• Feds funding programs to support people with disabilities joining the ... - Chilliwack Progress

  02-06-2023 18:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack woman on disability benefits teeters on the brink of ... - Chilliwack Progress

  02-06-2023 18:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack Woman On Disability Benefits Teeters On The Brink Of ... - Abbotsford News

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• As debt limit crisis abates, environmental critics fear dangerous pipeline precedent

  02-06-2023 17:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — The U.S. has narrowly averted another debt ceiling crisis, but environmentalists say the solution comes at too steep a price for the planet. 
  Once signed by President Joe Biden, the bill passed late Thursday in the Senate will also fast-track a controversial pipeline project in West Virginia. 
  The Sierra Club says that creates a “dangerous precedent” for similar projects, including a stalled underwater tunnel for Enbridge-owned Line 5 in Michigan. 
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• Deal approved, Biden will address budget, debt agreement from ... - Chilliwack Progress

  02-06-2023 17:56 via news.google.com
  
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• CBC embracing free streaming channels for local news, comedy ... - Chilliwack Progress

  02-06-2023 17:54 via news.google.com
  
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• Trudeau government proclaims annual day against gun violence ... - Chilliwack Progress

  02-06-2023 17:51 via news.google.com
  
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• Meta to test blocking news on Instagram, Facebook for some ... - Chilliwack Progress

  02-06-2023 17:46 via news.google.com
  
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• Poilievre links Pride with freedom but stays mum on parades, condemns Uganda bill

  02-06-2023 17:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is wishing LGBTQ people a happy Pride Month, saying it marks a symbol for freedom, but he has not specified whether he’ll be seen at any Pride events.
  Poilievre says he sees Pride month as celebrating “freedom from bigotry” and the right to be viewed as an individual instead of being lumped together in a group identity.
  The Conservative leader says he sees Canadians’ ability to form families however they choose to is par
  
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• Justice Department says it won’t charge Pence over handling of classified documents

  02-06-2023 16:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Department of Justice has informed former Vice President Mike Pence ‘s legal team that it will not pursue criminal charges related to the discovery of classified documents at his Indiana home.
  The department sent a letter to Pence’s attorney on Thursday informing him that, after an investigation into the potential mishandling of classified information, no criminal charges will be sought.
  The news comes days before Pence plans to launch his campaign for the R
  
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• Fraser Valley real estate listings surge in May, benchmark home sells for $1.5 million

  02-06-2023 16:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — After a series of interest rate hikes in the latter half of 2022 put many buyers and sellers in a wait-and-see approach, a pause on further rate hikes may have contributed to a recent surge in property listings.According to a statement Friday (June 2) from the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board, the Fraser Valley real estate market saw an injection of supply in May as new listings surged by more than 40 per cent over April. At 3,533, new listings were just below May 2022 levels (
  
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• Ticats one of many CFL teams that will have different starter in 2023

  02-06-2023 16:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Bo Levi Mitchell tops the changing quarterback landscape in the CFL this season.
  The veteran quarterback enters his ninth season as a league starter but first with Hamilton. The Tiger-Cats signed Mitchell to a three-year deal shortly after acquiring his rights from the Calgary Stampeders, the team he’d been the starter with since 2014.
  Hamilton will be one of seven CFL teams to have a different starter this season. Only the Ottawa Redblacks (Jeremiah Masoli) and Winnipeg Bl
  
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• Montreal Canadiens re-sign winger Michael Pezzetta to two-year contract extension

  02-06-2023 15:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens have signed winger Michael Pezzetta to a two-year, $1.625-million contract extension, the club announced Friday.
  The Toronto native had seven goals and 15 points in 63 games with the team in 2022-23 — his first full NHL season.
  Pezzetta, 25, led Montreal in hits with 239, while his 77 penalty minutes topped all Canadiens forwards.
  Selected with the 160th pick at the 2016 draft, the six-foot-one, 210-pound winger has 12 goals and 26 points in 112 care
  
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• Former Jamaican Olympian Ricardo (Big 12) Brown headlines Victoria boxing card

  02-06-2023 15:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Giant heavyweight Ricardo (Big 12) Brown, a former Jamaican Olympian now fighting out of Toronto, looks to add to his 7-0-0 pro record Saturday when he takes on Mexican boxer Miguel Angel Flores Gomez in Victoria.
  The fight headlines the “Round 3” card at the Victoria Conference Centre at the Empress Hotel.
  At six foot 7 1/2 and 275 pounds, Brown will stand out in a crowd. The four-time Jamaican national champion, who now makes his home in Brantford, Ont., competed at the Tokyo Olymp
  
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• Fort Bragg drops Confederate namesake for Fort Liberty, part of US Army base rebranding

  02-06-2023 15:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FORT LIBERTY, N.C. (AP) — Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony some veterans said was a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to current and prospective Black service members.
  The change was part of a broad Department of Defense initiative, motivated by the 2020 George Floyd protests, to rename military installations that had been named after confederate soldiers.
  The Black Lives Matter demonstrations that erupted na
  
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• Nuggets get an NBA Finals gem from difference-maker Murray

  02-06-2023 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DENVER (AP) — The highlight of Game 1 for Jamal Murray came when he dribbled into the paint, put all his weight on his surgically repaired left knee, made a full clockwise turn, then faded away and swished a mid-range jumper.
  The Kitchener, Ont. native’s most important contribution to Denver’s first win in the franchise’s first appearance in the NBA Finals — well, take your pick.
  Murray’s 26-point, 10-assist night in the 104-93 win over Miami on Thursday almos
  
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• Golden Age Danish Artists Used Beer Byproducts in Their Paintings

  02-06-2023 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not!Nineteenth century Danish painters incorporated byproducts from beer in their artwork, according to a new study in the journal Science Advances. Researchers analyzed paintings from the Danish Golden Age and believe the painters used yeast and grains from breweries to prep their canvases. The discovery will be a major aid in preserving the paintings.
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• Canadian rider Riley Pickrell to turn pro in 2024 with Israel-Premier Tech team

  02-06-2023 14:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian rider Riley Pickrell is turning pro with the Israel-Premier Tech team next year, making the move from the Premier Tech Academy.
  The 21-year-old from Victoria will join fellow Canadians Michael Woods, Derek Gee, Hugo Houle and Guillaume Boivin on the Israel Premier-Tech pro roster.
  Pickrell is the fifth Israel Premier-Tech rider to graduate to the pro team from the academy.
  “I am excited to welcome Riley to IPT in 2024. Following in the footsteps of his former academy teammates, De
  
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• Blue Jays starting pitchers bond over meals together on the road

  02-06-2023 13:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — As the Toronto Blue Jays prepared for a three-game interleague series in New York against the Mets this weekend their starting rotation did some additional research: looking for the best restaurants.
  Kevin Gausman, Chris Bassitt, Yusei Kikuchi, Alek Manoah and José Berríos make a point of going out for meals together as often as they can, whether it’s in the cafeteria at Rogers Centre or at well-reviewed restaurants on the road. Although they never play at the
  
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