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• Quebec town devastated by fishing accident that killed local man, four children

  04-06-2023 23:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Residents of a small northeastern Quebec village are devastated by the news that a local man and two of his children were among five people killed in a weekend fishing mishap, one of the man’s relatives said Sunday.
  Keven Girard, 37, and four children died early on Saturday when they were caught in the shifting tides of the St. Lawrence River while fishing for capelin. 
  Police identified Girard on Sunday but declined to name the children. But Girard’s aunt by marriage, Vivian La
  
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• Belt hits tiebreaking homer in 7th, Blue Jays sweep Mets 6-4

  04-06-2023 23:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Belt broke a seventh-inning tie with a two-run homer and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Mets 6-4 on Sunday for a three-game sweep.
  Vladimir Guerrero Jr. also went deep for the Blue Jays, who blew a four-run lead but quickly recovered. Toronto has won four straight and six of seven.
  Tommy Pham hit two of New York’s four solo homers. Pete Alonso and Starling Marte also connected for the Mets (30-30), who completed a 3-3 homestand that started with a thr
  
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• 2 small fires burning 'out-of-control' near Harrison Lake - Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  04-06-2023 23:29
  
  2 small fires burning 'out-of-control' near Harrison Lake - Chilliwack ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canada’s Alena Sharp wins Champions Fore Change Invitational on the Epson Tour

  04-06-2023 21:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW BERN, N.C. — Hamilton’s Alena Sharp has won the second Epson Tour title of her career.
  Sharp won the Champions Fore Change Invitational by two strokes on Sunday.
  Gigi Stoll of the United States finished second at 15-under overall at Taberna Country Club.
  She also won the Visit Mesa Gateway Classic on what was then known as the Symetra Tour in 2014.
  Selena Costabile of Thornhill, Ont., tied for 14th at 7 under.
  Sharp is eighth on the second-tier tour’s money list.This report
  
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• Canada rallies to beat Costa Rica and qualify for FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup

  04-06-2023 21:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Substitute Annabelle Chukwu scored twice in extra time Sunday to send Canada to next year’s FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup with a 5-3 comeback win over Costa Rica in the third-place match at the CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship.
  Kayla Briggs dispossessed a Costa Rican defender and Ella Ottey sent in a perfect cross for an unmarked Chukwu to knock home in the 101st minute. Chukwu had come off the bench to open the second half and had
  
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• Tickets now on sale for Charcuterie on the Pier event - Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  04-06-2023 20:45
  
  Tickets now on sale for Charcuterie on the Pier event - Chilliwack ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Candidates for BC byelections finalized

  04-06-2023 20:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Both B-C byelections scheduled for later this month will have five names on the ballot.
  Voters in the Greater Victoria riding of Langford-Juan de Fuca and in Vancouver-Mount Pleasant will cast their ballots on June 24.
  Elections B-C says the New Democrats, B-C United, the B-C-Greens, Conservative Party and the Communist Party of B-C all have candidates in both byelections.
  The Langford riding was held by former premier John Horgan who retired from politics earlier this year, wh
  
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• Canada’s Wilkerson, Humana-Paredes win beach volleyball bronze in Czech Republic

  04-06-2023 18:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OSTRAVA, Czechia — Canadian beach volleyball duo Brandie Wilkerson and Melissa Humana-Paredes won bronze on Sunday at the Ostrava Beach Pro Tour Elite 16 tournament.
  The Torontonians defeated Switzerland’s Nina Brunner and Tanja Hüberli 2-0 (21-16, 21-14) in the third-place contest in the Czech Republic.
  “I think with this game we went in with the mentality of leaving it all out on the court,” said Humana-Paredes. “It’s been a long week, so we wanted to p
  
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• Ministers to deliver update as Quebec forest fires continue to burn

  04-06-2023 18:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec cabinet ministers are expected to deliver an update this morning on the wildfires raging across far-flung parts of the province, as Canadian Armed Forces members prepare to help fight the threat.
  About 2,000 residents of Lebel-sur-Quévillon, about 620 kilometres northwest of Montreal, received a mandatory evacuation notice on Friday evening due to forest fires nearby.
  Mayor Guy Lafrenière said Saturday the fire continued to threaten the municipality even tho
  
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• Missing man’s body recovered at Iowa apartment collapse site; two others still missing

  04-06-2023 17:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — The body of one of three men who had been missing after the partial collapse of an apartment building in Davenport, Iowa, has been found, a city official confirmed Sunday.
  Branden Colvin Sr.’s body was recovered Saturday, city spokeswoman Sarah Ott said. Two other men — 51-year-old Ryan Hitchcock and 60-year-old Daniel Prien — are still unaccounted for. Colvin, 42, is the first person confirmed to have died in the collapse.
  No other details were imm
  
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• Verstappen wins Spanish GP from pole for 40th career victory

  04-06-2023 17:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTMELO, Spain (AP) — Max Verstappen of Red Bull won the Spanish Grand Prix from pole position on Sunday to strengthen his hold on the Formula One championship.
  The two-time defending champion was never challenged on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya after beating Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari to the first turn.
  Lewis Hamilton crossed the finish line second in his Mercedes to equal his best finish of the season. Fellow Mercedes driver George Russell completed the podium.
  Verstappen has wo
  
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• Novak Djokovic breaks his tie with Rafael Nadal by reaching 17th French Open quarterfinals

  04-06-2023 17:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic broke a tie with rival Rafael Nadal by reaching the French Open quarterfinals for the record 17th time, never truly in trouble during a 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Juan Pablo Varillas on Sunday.
  Djokovic is closing on bettering Nadal in a more prestigious category: Grand Slam singles championships. Both currently sit at 22. For Djokovic, that total includes two at Roland Garros, in 2016 and 2021, and he can become the first man to own at least three trophies from
  
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• Saskatchewan Roughriders release veteran Canadian running back LaFrance

  04-06-2023 17:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Veteran Canadian running back Kienan LaFrance is looking for a new team.
  The 32-year-old Winnipeg native was among 22 players released by the Saskatchewan Roughriders, the team announced Sunday. 
  CFL teams had until 10 p.m. ET on Saturday to reduce their rosters in time for the start of the regular season.
  Both Saskatchewan and the B.C. Lions announced their roster moves Sunday.
  The CFL kicks off its ’23 regular season Thursday with B.C. taking on the Calgary Stampeders.
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• Injured-ravaged Toronto Arrows suffer 11th loss of Major League Rugby season

  04-06-2023 17:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The injury-ravaged Toronto Arrows’ winless streak in Major League Rugby now stands at 11 after a 48-26 loss to the Houston SaberCats.
  The Arrows (1-11-2, 15 points) have gone 0-9-2 since posting their lone win of the season, 27-26 over the expansion Chicago Hounds on March 11 in Bridgeview, Ill.
  Houston (9-5-0, 48 points) ran in seven tries Saturday with Louritz van der Schyff scoring two of them and Keni Nasoqeqe, Wynand Grassmann, Joseph Taufete’e, Drew Wild and Chr
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of June 4, 2023

  04-06-2023 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers.Name: Christopher Le BlondAge: 56
  Height: 5’9 Weight: 181lb
  Hair:Brown Eyes: Hazel
  Wanted: Fail to Comply with Probation Order
  Warrant in effect: May 30, 2023
  Parole Jurisdiction: ChilliwackName: Kory NiedzielskiAge: 38
  Height: 6’1” ft Weight: 175lbs
  Hair: BrownEyes: Green
  Wanted: Fail to Comply with Probation Order
  Warrant in effect: May 30, 2023
  Parole Ju
  
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• Identity, not ideology, key to Alberta political divide, survey suggests

  04-06-2023 16:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The internet memes starting meme-ing within days of Monday’s Alberta provincial election.
  “If you voted Rachel Notley, you don’t support Alberta,” said one, referring to the leader of the province’s defeated New Democrats.
  “Having the city of Edmonton in Alberta is insulting,” said another, after the provincial capital rejected the governing United Conservatives in every one of its 20 ridings.“The senseless insults and degrading co
  
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• QUIZ: How much do you know about gardens and gardening ... - Chilliwack Progress

  04-06-2023 13:50
  
  QUIZ: How much do you know about gardens and gardening ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Innu kids learn from their own as Labrador First Nations take control of schooling

  04-06-2023 13:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SHESHATSHIU, N.L. — Inside a wide, white canvas tent behind the Sheshatshiu Innu School in Labrador, the first drop of sweet molasses dough falling into a bubbling pan of fat gives off an aroma that prompts a group of third graders to look up, almost in unison.
  Munik Aster, a pre-kindergarten teacher at the school, calls the scent “Innu heaven.”
  Aster is one of 11 Innu teachers who graduated last September from an Indigenous educator program offered through Ontario’s Nipi
  
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• ‘Travesty’ or ‘forward thinking’? Hundreds weigh in on one-click citizenship oath

  04-06-2023 12:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Allowing new Canadians to take the oath of citizenship by clicking a box online is a disgusting idea that will cheapen the process and open the door to fraud — or a forward-thinking notion that will help decrease a backlog of citizenship applications, depending on who you ask. 
  That’s according to the hundreds of comments the government received about the idea over the last few months. 
  In February, the Liberals asked the public to weigh in on their plan to l
  
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• June means trouble for B.C. wildfires with hot, dry forecast set to compound drought

  04-06-2023 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Underlying drought, unseasonably warm temperatures last month and hot, dry conditions in the June forecast mean “the table has been set” for significant wildfire activity this summer, an official with the British Columbia Wildfire Service says.
  Lead fire weather forecaster Matt MacDonald said he and his colleagues have been waiting to see if this month might bring desperately needed rain.
  “The classic adage we hear every year is the intensity of the fire season will greatly dep
  
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• Canadian soldiers, American firefighters now battling blazes in Nova Scotia

  04-06-2023 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — Canadian soldiers and firefighters from abroad are now on the ground helping to extinguish wildfires burning in several parts of Nova Scotia for the past week.
  Members of the Canadian Armed Forces and a number of American firefighters arrived in the province on Saturday and will be deployed to combat the most significant blazes. 
  Those include the wildfire that forced thousands of people from their homes near Halifax, though that blaze is no longer considered to be burning o
  
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• Panthers not about to panic over Game 1 loss to Golden Knights

  04-06-2023 07:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Florida Panthers coach Paul Maurice might have been channelling his inner Aaron Rodgers when he told the assembled media Saturday night to “breathe.”
  The Panthers had minutes earlier lost Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final 5-2 to the Vegas Golden Knights, giving up three goals in the third period.
  Maurice, whose Florida team rallied from a 3-1 series deficit in the first round to beat the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Boston Bruins, knows it’s way too ear
  
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• Late penalty helps Vancouver Whitecaps claim point in 1-1 draw with Kansas

  04-06-2023 06:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A late penalty from Ryan Gauld helped lift the Vancouver Whitecaps to a 1-1 Major League Soccer draw with Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night at B.C. Place.
  Vancouver (5-5-6) appeared to be heading for defeat after having a goal called off in the first half for offside and other goalscoring chances called back for the same.
  Kansas (4-8-5) opened the scoring in the 20th minute after Whitecaps midfielder Pedro Vite went to clear the ball by flicking it up, only to put it out f
  
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• Abbotsford Police say a 13-year-old boy is missing, was last seen Friday

  04-06-2023 05:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department is looking to locate a missing teenaged boy who was last seen Friday, June 2 in the 33000 block of George Fraser Way.
  In a tweet issued Saturday evening at 8:28 p.m., Abbotsford Police report 13-year-old Matthew Fall is 5’6″ tall, has brown hair, and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt, black sweatpants and dark-framed glasses.Anyone with information on Matthew’s whereabouts is asked to call the Abbotsford P
  
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• UPDATE: 2 out of control wildfires reported north of Agassiz ... - Chilliwack Progress

  04-06-2023 05:49
  
  UPDATE: 2 out of control wildfires reported north of Agassiz ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Golden Knights rally in third to tip Panthers in Stanley Cup final opener

  04-06-2023 05:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Zach Whitecloud scored from long-range with just over 13 minutes left, after Adin Hill made arguably the best save of the playoffs, and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Florida Panthers 5-2 Saturday night in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final.
  Whitecloud’s goal put Vegas ahead, a crucial penalty kill followed and captain Mark Stone scored an insurance marker that was reviewed for a high stick and confirmed. That combination, plus Hill’s 31 saves, gave Vegas the l
  
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• Minnesota United scores late to earn 1-1 tie on the road against Minnesota United

  04-06-2023 04:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAINT PAUL, Minn. — Kervin Arriaga scored in the 89th minute to lift Minnesota United into a 1-1 tie with Toronto FC in MLS play Saturday.
  After going down to a 58th-minute Lorenzo Insigne goal, Minnesota turned it on in the dying minutes
  Toronto centre back Aime Mabika made a goal-saving block off a Mender García shot from close range in the 87th minute. And Toronto goalkeeper Sean Johnson made a marvellous save off a header only to see the ball go to Arriaga who sidestepped two de
  
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• Carranza sparks Union to 3-0 MLS victory over Montreal.

  04-06-2023 04:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Julián Carranza scored a goal in each half to lead the Philadelphia Union to a 3-0 Major League Soccer victory over CF Montreal on Saturday night.
  Carranza staked the Union (9-4-3) to a 1-0 lead when he took a pass from Matt Real in the 12th minute and scored.
  Philadelphia increased its lead to 2-0 on Mikael Uhre’s sixth goal of the season — unassisted in the 36th minute.
  Carranza used an assist from Dániel Gazdag in the 61st minute to net his
  
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• Regina Pats phenom Connor Bedard makes history at CHL Awards ... - Chilliwack Progress

  04-06-2023 03:30
  
  Regina Pats phenom Connor Bedard makes history at CHL Awards ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Rose Zhang shoots 66, takes lead into Mizuho Americas Open finale

  04-06-2023 02:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Two-time NCAA champion Rose Zhang moved into position to win in her professional debut, shooting a 6-under 66 on Saturday to take a two-shot lead into the final round of the Mizuho Americans Open.
  The former Stanford star had six birdies in a bogey-free round on a raw, overcast day at Liberty National in jumping to the top of the leaderboard. It’s nothing new for the 20-year-old from California who won 12 of 20 events in her two years in college, with many vi
  
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• Celtic clinches domestic treble after winning Scottish Cup

  04-06-2023 01:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Celtic clinched the domestic treble after beating Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3-1 in the Scottish Cup final at Hampden Park on Saturday.
  It was the eighth time Celtic has completed the clean sweep of league, League Cup and Scottish Cup, a world record.
  It was a first treble for Canadian international Alistair Johnston, who started for Celtic. The 24-year-old right back, who has won 34 caps for Canada, joined the Scottish powerhouse in January from CF Montreal.
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• Mbappe wins record 5th French golden boot, Canadian David third in scoring race

  04-06-2023 01:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe won a record fifth straight French golden boot on Saturday while Rennes clinched a Europa League spot and Auxerre was relegated. 
  Mbappe’s goal in a 3-2 loss to Clermont finished his league tally on 29 and made him the top scorer for the fifth time, tied with French great Jean-Pierre Papin and retired Argentine strikers Carlos Bianchi and Delio Onnis.
  Canadian international Jonathan David finished third in the scoring race,
  
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• McIlroy tied for lead at Memorial by making fewest mistakes

  04-06-2023 00:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Rory McIlroy realized Muirfield Village was playing so tough that he set a goal of just trying to break 70. He didn’t quite get there, and his 2-under 70 still was enough for him to share the lead Saturday in the Memorial.
  It helped that Hideki Matsuyama went from leading to dropping off the leaderboard in a span of six holes. And that Patrick Cantlay went into the water and over the green on his way to a triple bogey. David Lipsky bogeyed his last two holes.
  What
  
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• Bettman: NHL still committed to keeping Coyotes in Arizona after arena referendum failed

  04-06-2023 00:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Commissioner Gary Bettman says the NHL is still committed to Arizona after Tempe voters rejected a referendum for a Coyotes arena.
  Bettman said the team is looking at other areas around Phoenix for a long-term home.“It’s a good market, and if we can make it work, we’ll make it work,” Bettman said. “We’ve had our challenges.”
  Bettman, who held his annual state of the league news conference Saturday before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup F
  
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• Alberta’s provincewide state of emergency to end as wildfire situation improves

  04-06-2023 00:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Alberta’s public safety and emergency services minister says a provincewide state of emergency that was declared nearly a month ago to deal with unprecedented wildfires will end Saturday at midnight.
  Mike Ellis told a news conference the wildfire situation in Alberta remains serious but, overall, things have improved significantly and it’s anticipated they will continue to improve.
  He says support will not stop for communities affected by active wildfires, including
  
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• RCMP looking for older woman travelling towards Hope

  04-06-2023 00:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE— Mounties in B.C. are asking for the public’s help in locating a Vancouver Island woman who was last seen nearly three weeks ago on her way from Sidney to Hope.
  According to a news release Friday (June 2) from Corporal Andres Sanchez Flores of the Sidney RCMP detachment, Mounties in Sidney are seeking public assistance in locating Nancy Wilde, who was last seen on May 17 after travelling from Sidney to Hope.
  Cpl. Sanchez Flores says it is believed that Ms. Wilde may be travellin
  
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• Regina Pats phenom Connor Bedard makes history at CHL Awards

  04-06-2023 00:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Connor Bedard made Canadian Hockey League history on Saturday.
  The presumed No. 1 pick of this year’s NHL draft won the CHL Top Prospect, Top Scorer, and David Branch Player of the Year awards. It’s the first time since the Top Scorer award was introduced in 1994 that a player has won all three in a single season.
  Bedard — set to turn 18 years old on July 17 — had 143 points (71 goals, 72 assists) in 57 regular-season games starring for the Regina P
  
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