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• Twins bullpen 3-hits Tigers in 2-0 win behind Kirilloff’s RBI single in 5th

  17-06-2023 23:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota’s bullpen teamed up for a three-hitter, Alex Kirilloff delivered an RBI single in a breakthrough fifth inning against Detroit starter Joey Wentz, and the Twins beat the Tigers 2-0 on Saturday afternoon.
  José De León started with two perfect innings for the Twins, who opted for an all-reliever game to give their rotation a break during this stretch of 16 games without a day off.
  Brent Headrick (1-0) claimed his first major league victory with
  
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• US Open in LA turns into a quiet major with limited crowds and tough walk

  17-06-2023 23:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES — This U.S. Open is not to be mistaken as “Golf, But Louder” on so many levels.
  Mostly the loud part.
  Bringing the second-oldest championship in golf to Los Angeles Country Club — so exclusive that some Angelenos don’t know it’s there — was always going to come with a cost. It’s a small footprint in the rotation of U.S. Open courses, meaning a small crowd compared with the likes of Oakmont or Pinehurst No. 2.
  The North course is magnifi
  
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• Vinícius and Brazil teammates wear black shirts in stand against racism

  17-06-2023 22:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Brazil sent a message against racism by swapping its bright yellow shirts for an all-black look during a friendly against Guinea in Barcelona on Saturday.
  Brazil said this was the first time its outfield players have worn black shirts.
  Forward Vinícius Júnior, appearing for Brazil, has been racially abused in Spain this season while playing for his Real Madrid club at away games.Before the friendly at Espanyol’s stadium, the teams posed in front
  
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• IndyCar champ Will Power shoves Scott Dixon after crash during practice for Road America

  17-06-2023 22:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) — Reigning IndyCar champion Will Power shoved Scott Dixon after the two were involved in a crash on Saturday that severely damaged both cars during practice at Road America.
  Dixon, the six-time IndyCar champion, had spun on course and re-entered the track ahead of Romain Grosjean and Power. Dixon allowed enough room for Grosjean to get by, but as Power approached the gap closed and Power couldn’t avoid hitting Dixon.
  The two cars spun off course and Power slam
  
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• ‘Beavers, lumberjacks’: Finnish driver tips his cap to Canada at Grand Prix

  17-06-2023 22:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Spectators at the Canadian Grand Prix might notice a driver sporting a helmet that looks a lot like home.
  Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas said he wanted his special design for the race to represent what comes to mind when he thinks of Canada.
  “Beavers, obviously, lumberjacks, ice hockey, maple syrup,” Bottas, who drives for Alfa Romeo, said this week.
  The helmet is light blue, with some green forest, lumberjacks chopping wood and, of course, beavers, carrying that woo
  
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• Burlesque show coming to Chilliwack brewery - Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  17-06-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Military investigates sexual misconduct allegation against Snowbirds pilot

  17-06-2023 22:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MOOSE JAW, Sask. — The Royal Canadian Air Force says it is investigating a sexual misconduct allegation against a Snowbirds pilot.
  The commanders of 1 and 2 Canadian Air Divisions issued a statement on Saturday saying the allegation has been made against a member of 431 Squadron, which is based in Moose Jaw, Sask., and the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service is investigating.
  Department of National Defence spokeswoman Jessica Lamirande says the member is a pilot with the aerial
  
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• Sweden dispatches Canadian duo in round of 16 at World Cup of Darts

  17-06-2023 20:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRANKFURT — Sweden defeated Canada 8-5 Saturday to reach the quarterfinals of the My Diesel Claim World Cup of Darts for the first time.
  Canadians Jeff (The Silencer) Smith and Matt (Ginja Ninja) Campbell were tied with Dennis Nilsson and Oskar Lukasiak after 10 legs.
  But legs of 15, 14 and 15 darts from the Swedish duo saw them pull away from the 12th-seeded Canadians with Nilsson nailing a double-16 to complete the win.
  Canada defeated India 4-2 and Hungary 4-1 to advance to the round of
  
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• Haaland scores but Norway loses to Scotland in Euro qualifying

  17-06-2023 20:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Erling Haaland scored on his return to Norway and it wasn’t enough as Scotland came back to win 2-1 on Saturday and keep a perfect record in qualifying for next year’s European Championship.
  Haaland opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 61st minute but when he was substituted, Scotland seized the lead with two goals in two minutes.
  Haaland was brought down by defender Ryan Porteous as they vied to meet an incoming cross from Alexander Sorloth. Haaland hit the resulting pena
  
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• WestJet to shut down Sunwing Airlines, merge it with mainline business

  17-06-2023 20:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — WestJet is planning to wind down Sunwing Airlines, integrating the low-cost carrier into its mainline business within two years as part of a plan to streamline operations.
  In an internal memo obtained by The Canadian Press, Sunwing Airlines president Len Corrado says the change will unlock growth opportunities for the 18-year-old company as well as its employees.
  The decision comes barely a week after WestJet opted to fold budget subsidiary Swoop’s operations under its flag
  
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• Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz crashes in rainy final practice at Canadian Grand Prix

  17-06-2023 20:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Rainy weather at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve got the best of Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz, who crashed out of the Canadian Grand Prix’s final practice session Saturday.
  Sainz drew a red flag on the track after spinning at high speed on Turn 1 and sliding into the barricades, damaging his front wing and left rear tire midway through the session.
  The Ferrari crew had three hours to repair the vehicle before the afternoon qualifying session, which determines where drivers start
  
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• Canada’s Michael Woods moves into first place at La Route d’Occitanie in France

  17-06-2023 20:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Defending champion Michael Woods won the third stage of La Route d’Occitanie on Saturday to move into the overall lead with one stage remaining.
  The 36-year-old from Ottawa has a 10-second advantage over Spain’s Cristián Rodríguez going into Sunday’s finale, a 164.7-kilometre stage in southern France.
  “This has already been a great race for me,” Woods said. “It’s a nice step in the right direction and I’m really excited for the Tour (
  
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• U.S. deploys high-tech Pentagon program to help Canada detect, suppress new wildfires

  17-06-2023 20:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Defense has deployed a new high-tech fire detection system to help Canada battle one of its worst wildfire seasons on record.
  The White House says the FireGuard system uses real-time data from drones and satellites to help detect new flareups in remote areas before they burn out of control. 
  It’s just the latest helping hand from the U.S. since smoke from wildfires in Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec began drifting south of the border earlier t
  
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• Vegas Golden Knights victory parade expected to rival New Year’s Eve on Strip, planners say

  17-06-2023 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tens of thousands of Vegas Golden Knights fans, maybe more, are expected at the heart of the Las Vegas Strip on Saturday for a Stanley Cup victory parade and a rally to mark the team’s first-ever NHL championship.
  Las Vegas police prepared Friday for upwards of 100,000 people to cram viewing areas along Las Vegas Boulevard for a celebration that planners were comparing to annual New Year’s Eve fireworks shows that in past years have drawn estimates of 400,000 p
  
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• Tiafoe to play Struff in Stuttgart final after beating Fucsovics

  17-06-2023 18:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Frances Tiafoe will contest his first grass-court final after the American player outlasted Marton Fucsovics in a marathon Stuttgart Open tiebreak on Saturday.
  Tiafoe won their semifinal 6-3, 7-6 (11) after saving six set points in the tiebreak. He seized his chance at 11-10 down to win the next three points, sealing victory with a stinging return shot.
  “Crazy match, crazy second set, I’m just happy to get through,” he said. “I wasn’t
  
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• Government changes curb out of province purchases of diabetes drug

  17-06-2023 18:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The number of B-C’s online prescriptions for the diabetes drug Ozempic filled by Americans have fallen by 99 per cent after the province introduced laws restricting foreign sales in April.
  The B-C Health Ministry says 30-thousand-seven-hundred prescriptions for the injectable medication were mailed to the United States from Jan. 1st to April 19th.
  That number has fallen to one-hundred-and-eleven prescriptions shipped to American residents between April 20th and May 31st.
  
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• Enbridge to pay Bad River band $5.1M in Line 5 profits, move pipeline by 2026: judge

  17-06-2023 17:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. must pay an Indigenous band in Wisconsin more than US$5 million in Line 5 profits and relocate the controversial cross-border pipeline within the next three years, a U.S. judge says.A rupture on territory that belongs to the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa would constitute a clear public nuisance under federal law, district court Judge William Conley said in a decision late Friday.But while the order affirms that Enbridge has been tresp
  
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• Wildfire in southern N.S. occurred amid some of driest recorded conditions: scientist

  17-06-2023 17:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — A federal scientist with the Canadian Forest Service is pointing to the driest conditions since the Second World War as a key factor behind the largest wildfire in Nova Scotia in the past century. 
  Sylvie Gauthier says she reviewed the records and found the 235-square-kilometre fire in Barrington Lake that swept over bogs, fields and woodlands in southern Nova Scotia had the fourth highest rating for dryness of the woods since 1900, and the highest since 1944.
  The province&r
  
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• Vegas Golden Knights championship parade expected to rival New Year’s Eve on Strip, planners say

  17-06-2023 17:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tens of thousands of Vegas Golden Knights fans, maybe more, are expected at the heart of the Las Vegas Strip on Saturday for a Stanley Cup victory parade and a rally to mark the team’s first-ever NHL championship.
  Las Vegas police prepared Friday for upwards of 100,000 people to cram viewing areas along Las Vegas Boulevard for a celebration that planners were comparing to annual New Year’s Eve fireworks shows that in past years have drawn estimates of 400,000 p
  
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• Ottawa, N.S. provide funds for Pictou County Sports Hall of Fame, community facility

  17-06-2023 17:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TRENTON, N.S. — The Nova Scotia government has announced funding for a new facility that will house the Pictou County Sports Hall of Fame.Ottawa is providing $2.2 million for the facility in Trenton, N.S., while the province is investing $1.5 million and the municipality is providing the land.
  A news release says the building will include new exhibits highlighting African Nova Scotian and Mi’kmaq athletes who came from the county in northeastern Nova Scotia.In addition to the museum,
  
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• Saudi FM in Tehran as part of restoration of diplomatic ties after a 7-year rift

  17-06-2023 15:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat arrived in the Iranian capital on Saturday, the latest step in the restoration of diplomatic ties between the two Mideast rivals, Iranian state media reported.
  Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan was officially welcomed by his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amirabdollahian, Iran TV said.He also carried a message from the Saudi king to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. The two are due to meet later Saturday.Prince Faisal is expe
  
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• Sudan officials say airstrike kills 17, including 5 children, in capital Khartoum

  17-06-2023 15:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CAIRO (AP) — An airstrike in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Saturday killed at least 17 people, including five children, health officials said, as fighting continued between rival generals seeking to control the country.
  The attack was one of the deadliest of the clashes in urban areas of Khartoum and elsewhere in Sudan between the military and a powerful paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces.
  There was no immediate comment Saturday from either side of the conflict and it
  
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• Residents and tourists alike excited for the return of the Montreal Grand Prix

  17-06-2023 13:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — One of downtown Montreal’s most famous nightlife streets has been turned over to pedestrians this weekend, but it’s not part of Mayor Valérie Plante’s much-publicized campaign to calm traffic in the city.
  The Canadian Grand Prix, the unofficial kickoff to Montreal’s summer festival season, is back, and most people on Crescent Street Friday were ogling high-priced cars and checking out booths with Formula One-themed activities. On nearby Ste-Catheri
  
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• At least 41 killed in rebel attack on Ugandan school near Congo border

  17-06-2023 12:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan authorities recovered the bodies of 41 people, including 38 students, who were burned, shot or hacked to death after suspected rebels attacked a secondary school near the border with Congo, the local mayor said Saturday.At least six people were abducted by the rebels, who fled across the porous border into Congo after the raid on Friday night, according to the Ugandan military.The victims included the students, one guard and two members of the local community
  
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• Mayor of western Manitoba community says outpouring of support apreciated

  17-06-2023 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DAUPHIN, Man. — The mood remains somber in Dauphin, Man., as area residents learn more details of a highway crash that killed 15 people and injured 10.
  Mayor David Bosiak says people are sad, and the effect on the city and surrounding area will be multi-generational.
  He adds residents appreciate the support and condolences that have come in from across Canada as the mourning continues.
  Those expressions come from, among others, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who said Canadians stand with t
  
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• PHOTOS: Vegan festival in Chilliwack attracts plant-based foodies ... - Chilliwack Progress

  17-06-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
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• PHOTOS: Vegan Festival In Chilliwack Attracts Plant-based Foodies - Abbotsford News

  17-06-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Zach Collaros throws 2 TDs, rushes for one as Blue Bombers beat Roughriders 45-27

  17-06-2023 06:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat the Saskatchewan Roughriders 45-27 on Friday night at Mosaic Stadium in Regina to go 2-0.
  Bombers quarterback Zach Collaros went 22/30, threw two touchdowns and rushed for one in the win.
  Bomber back-up quarterback Dru Brown also punched in two touchdowns in the win.
  The Roughriders matched the Blue Bombers early in the game, with quarterback Trevor Harris throwing for over 400 yards and three touchdowns.
  But Harris, who was injured at the end of las
  
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• Jansen homers again as the Blue Jays beat slumping AL West-leading Texas 2-1

  17-06-2023 05:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Danny Jansen homered for the third time in two games, Kevin Gausman worked six innings to win his fourth consecutive decision and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the slumping AL West-leading Texas Rangers 2-1 on Friday night.Jansen hit a two-run homer in the fifth off Martín Pérez (6-3). A day earlier, Jansen had two solo homers for the Blue Jays’ only runs in a 4-2 loss at Baltimore.
  Gausman (6-3) struck out four to increase his AL-high total to 121
  
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• ‘We know what’s at stake’: Manitoba minibus drivers say safety paramount for seniors

  17-06-2023 02:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  For seniors in communities across Manitoba, minibuses or handivans are essential means of travel.
  “Without the use of the handivan as a service, there isn’t much else for seniors who are in wheelchairs or walkers to be able to move around,” said Justin Cicholski, manager of a non-profit handivan service in Neepawa, Man., a town about 190 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg.
  Fifteen people on a handibus who were headed out on a day trip from a seniors centre to a casino were killed
  
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• Canadians dispatch Hungary to reach round of 16 at World Cup of Darts

  17-06-2023 02:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRANKFURT — Canada improved to 2-0-0 at the 450,000-pound ($762,360) My Diesel Claim World Cup of Darts on Friday, dispatching Hungary 4-1.
  The 12th-seeded Canadians missed three match darts before Jeff (The Silencer) Smith stepped up and hit the double-20 required to win the tie and move into the round of 16 against Sweden. The winner of that matchup will face either No. 2 Wales or Denmark in the quarterfinals.
  Smith and Matt (Ginja Ninja) Campbell produced 93 and 126 checkouts, respectiv
  
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• Home and camper on the wish list for Victoria, B.C., couple after $35M lotto win

  17-06-2023 01:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A couple from Victoria, B.C., are $35 million richer after claiming the whopping sum at a B.C. Lottery Corp. celebration in Vancouver.  
  Lahsen Rezrazi and Debbie Ramsay say they plan on buying a home and a camper van with the prize money after splitting the $70 million jackpot with another winner in Ontario for the June 6 draw.
  Rezrazi says he stopped at a grocery store for milk and cream on his way to pick up Ramsay from work where he checked his lottery tickets. 
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• Two-vehicle accident propels car into front yard of home near downtown Chilliwack Friday

  17-06-2023 01:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Fire Department, RCMP, and B.C. Emergency Health Services responded to the 9300 block of Corbould Street near downtown Chilliwack Friday afternoon for a two-vehicle accident that left one car on the front yard of a home.
  In a picture shared by a Chilliwack realtor who prefers to remain anonymous, a black Honda Fit-looking vehicle ended up just a few metres from making contact with what appears to be a single-family home near the corner of Corbould Street and Kipp Av
  
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• Renewable diesel refinery is first in Canada, completed in B.C.

  17-06-2023 01:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Construction has been completed on a stand-alone renewable diesel refinery in British Columbia, the first of its kind in Canada.
  Officials, including Premier David Eby, were in Prince George to celebrate the milestone for the $380-million facility run by Tidewater Renewables.
  A government statement says the process involves blending feedstocks, such as canola and tallow, with transportation fuels to lower their carbon intensity.
  Tidewater CEO Rob Colcleugh says the fa
  
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• Tuesday game will be tribute to goalie's dad - Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  17-06-2023 01:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack man gets 5 year sentence in violent kidnapping and ... - Hope Standard

  17-06-2023 01:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack Man Gets 5 Year Sentence In Violent Kidnapping And ... - Abbotsford News

  17-06-2023 01:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Manitoba RCMP say transport truck in crash that killed 15 had right of way

  17-06-2023 00:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DAUPHIN, MAN. — Manitoba RCMP say dash-cam footage seized from a transport truck that collided with a minibus full of seniors shows the bus pulled into the lane where the truck had the right-of-way.Fifteen people from in and around Dauphin, Man., died and 10 are in hospital, with six of the survivors in critical condition.Supt. Rob Lasson says police are not assigning blame at this time and continue to investigate.He says officers are looking into whether the truck had mechanical problems
  
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• Vancouver Canucks buy out defenceman Oliver Ekman-Larsson's ... - Chilliwack Progress

  17-06-2023 00:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Council OKs 'Chilliwack 150' street banners but one councillor says ... - Chilliwack Progress

  17-06-2023 00:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Musician returns to Chilliwack for intimate hometown concerts ... - Chilliwack Progress

  17-06-2023 00:13 via news.google.com
  
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