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• Nick Kyrgios withdraws on eve of Wimbledon with a wrist injury. He was the runner-up last year

  02-07-2023 23:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Nick Kyrgios pulled out of Wimbledon the night before the tournament’s start, citing a wrist injury, a year after he reached his first Grand Slam final at the All England Club.
  His withdrawal was announced by Wimbledon on Sunday night.
  Kyrgios was seeded 30th in the men’s bracket and was scheduled to face David Goffin on Monday.
  Kyrgios will be replaced in the field by a player who lost during qualifying.
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• Maple Leafs sign forward Tyler Bertuzzi to one-year deal

  02-07-2023 23:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed forward Tyler Bertuzzi to a one-year deal worth US$5.5 million, the team announced Sunday.
  Bertuzzi, 28, had four goals and 10 assists in 29 games for the Detroit Red Wings last season before getting traded to the Boston Bruins in March for two draft picks.
  The six-foot-one, 186-pound left-winger added four goals and 12 assists in 21 contests for Boston.
  Bertuzzi became a free agent following the completion of a two-year, $9.5 million contract
  
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• 65-year-old Bernhard Langer wins the US Senior Open to break the Champions’ victory record

  02-07-2023 23:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  STEVENS POINT, Wis. (AP) — Bernhard Langer won the U.S. Senior Open on Sunday at SentryWorld to break the PGA Tour Champions’ career victory record.
  Pushing his record as the oldest winner on the 50-and-over tour to 65 years, 10 months, 5 days, the German star broke a tie with Hale Irwin for the victory mark with No. 46.
  Seven strokes ahead on the back nine, Langer bogeyed the final three holes for 1-under 70 and a two-stroke victory over home-state favorite Steve Stricker on the tre
  
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• Two people missing after landslide in Quebec’s Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region

  02-07-2023 23:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAGUENAY, Que. — Quebec provincial police are searching for two people who remain missing after a landslide following torrential rain in Quebec’s Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region Saturday.
  Police say several people were attempting to clear storm-related debris from a road in Rivière-Éternité, Que., about 170 kilometres northeast of Quebec City, when the landslide occurred around 1:30 p.m.
  “A landslide and an overflow of the Éternité River
  
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• Rickie Fowler wins Rocket Mortgage Classic in playoff over Morikawa and Canada’s Hadwin, ends 4-year drought

  02-07-2023 23:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Rickie Fowler tilted his head back, exhaled and smiled.
  He finally did it, holding on for a win after so many have slipped away.
  Refusing to crumble and collapse again, Fowler made a 12-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole of the Rocket Mortgage Classic and outlasted Collin Morikawa and Canada’s Adam Hadwin on Sunday, two weeks after squandering a chance at the U.S. Open.
  “It’s just nice to have this one out of the way,” Fowler said after winnin
  
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• Red Sox complete three-game sweep of Blue Jays behind Verdugo’s winning home run

  02-07-2023 23:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Alex Verdugo greeted Toronto Blue Jays closer Jordan Romano with a first-pitch solo home run in the ninth inning to cap the Boston Red Sox’s 5-4 comeback win and sweep the three-game series on Sunday.
  Romano (3-4) began the ninth inning with a four-seam fastball that wound up 415 feet away in the right-field seats.
  The fifth-place Red Sox (43-42) now trail the Blue Jays (45-40) in the American League East Division standings by two games. Boston reliever Chris Martin (3-4) n
  
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• Union to provide update on strike by nearly 7,400 port workers across B.C.

  02-07-2023 23:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The union representing thousands of striking British Columbia port workers says it plans to offer an update on negotiations later today. 
  The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada says it will provide more details on the ongoing talks at a 3:30 p.m. news conference in Vancouver. 
  It will mark the first time the union has spoken publicly since nearly 7,400 members walked off the job on Saturday morning.
  The BC Maritime Employers Association has previously
  
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• Korpisalo looks to bring ‘consistency’ to Senators’ goal, help end playoff drought

  02-07-2023 22:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Joonas Korpisalo is hopeful he can be the final piece to help the Ottawa Senators take the next step.
  The Senators signed the 29-year-old goaltender to a five-year, US$20 million contract on the opening day of free agency Saturday. Korpisalo said he had a few other options, but liked the direction of the Senators.
  “There’s a couple of things with Ottawa that stood out right there,” Korpisalo said on a Zoom call with reporters Sunday morning. “Playing agains
  
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• Calgary Flames sign defenceman Jordan Oesterle

  02-07-2023 22:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The Calgary Flames have signed defenceman Jordan Oesterle to a one-year contract.
  The 31-year-old from Dearborn Heights, Mich., compiled four goals and 15 assists in 97 games over the previous two seasons with the Detroit Red Wings.
  Oesterle has 19 goals and 65 assists in 349 career NHL games with Detroit, Arizona, Chicago and Edmonton.
  The Western Michigan University product was a member of the U.S. team that won a bronze medal at the 2018 men’s world championship.
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• Evacuation alert remains for Kelowna residents near Knox Mountain wildfire

  02-07-2023 22:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KELOWNA — Emergency crews in Kelowna say they’re still working to contain a wildfire on Knox Mountain that spurred an evacuation of area residents on Canada Day.
  A statement from the Central Okanagan Emergency Operations Centre says lighter winds Sunday aided firefighters in keeping the fire from growing, but crews are dealing with hot spots and flare-ups.
  The centre says residents in the Poplar Point, Knox Mountain, Magic Estates and Clifton areas near the fire will remain on evacua
  
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• Evacuation alert remains for Kelowna, B.C., residents near Knox Mountain wildfire

  02-07-2023 22:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KELOWNA — Emergency crews in Kelowna, B.C., say they’re still working to contain a wildfire on Knox Mountain that spurred an evacuation of area residents on Canada Day. 
  A statement from the Central Okanagan Emergency Operations Centre says lighter winds Sunday aided firefighters in keeping the fire from growing, but crews are dealing with hot spots and flare-ups. 
  The centre says residents in the Poplar Point, Knox Mountain, Magic Estates and Clifton areas near the fire wi
  
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• Canada’s Fernandez hopes to turn doubles success into singles resurgence at Wimbledon

  02-07-2023 21:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada’s Leylah Fernandez has one clear goal for the rest of the year: raising her singles ranking.
  The 20-year-old from Laval, Que., is on a tear in doubles this year, coming off an appearance in the French Open final with American partner Taylor Townsend. But her singles play hasn’t met expectations. 
  Fernandez heads into Wimbledon ranked 95th in the world — far off the No. 51 she entered the French Open with in May, and even further from the career-high No. 13 she held
  
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• Fowler beats Abbotsford’s Hadwin and one other in playoff at PGA Tour event

  02-07-2023 20:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DETROIT — Rickie Fowler returned to the winner’s circle for the first time in four years, defeating Abbotsford’s Adam Hadwin and Colin Morikawa on the first playoff hole at the PGA Tour’s Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit Sunday.
  Fowler made a clutch birdie on the 72nd hole to finish at 24 under par in the tournament and a tie with Hadwin and Morikawa.
  Hadwin started the final round one shot behind Fowler. He fired a five-under-par 67 to earn his way into the playoff.
  
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• Fowler beats Abbotsford’s Hadwin and one other in PGA Tour event

  02-07-2023 20:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DETROIT — Rickie Fowler returned to the winner’s circle for the first time in four years, defeating Abbotsford’s Adam Hadwin and Colin Morikawa on the first playoff hole at the PGA Tour’s Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit Sunday.
  Fowler made a clutch birdie on the 72nd hole to finish at 24 under par in the tournament and a tie with Hadwin and Morikawa.
  Hadwin started the final round one shot behind Fowler. He fired a five-under-par 67 to earn his way into the playoff.
  
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• Two injured after pleasure boat collides with ferry north of Quebec City

  02-07-2023 20:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAINT-JOSEPH-DE-LA-RIVE, Que. — Quebec provincial police say a woman was seriously injured after the small boat she was riding in collided with a ferry in the St. Lawrence River north of Quebec City.
  Police spokeswoman Sgt. Béatrice Dorsainville says the woman was one of four people in the boat, all of whom fell in the water after the collision.
  Dorsainville says all four were rescued by the Coast Guard, but two people in their 50s suffered injuries.
  She says the woman’s life
  
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• ‘Open for business:’ Top N.W.T. Mountie says Indigenous recruitment a priority

  02-07-2023 20:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  YELLOWKNIFE — The head of the RCMP in the Northwest Territories says one of his top priorities is recruiting more Indigenous members and staff.
  In his first media address since taking over as commanding officer of the RCMP’s G division in November 2022, Chief Supt. Syd Lecky said recruitment and retention has long been a challenge for police in the territory.
  “We’re open for business,” he said. “Recruiting in the Northwest Territories is alive and well, especi
  
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• Jets acquire defenceman Kniazev from Sharks in exchange for Gawanke

  02-07-2023 18:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets have acquired defenceman Artemi Kniazev from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for blue liner Leon Gawanke.
  The 22-year-old Kniazev played 61 games for the AHL’s San Jose Barracuda in 2022-23 and recorded 28 points (five goals, 23 assists) and 32 penalty minutes.
  The native of Kazan, Russia made his NHL debut for the Sharks on Nov. 4, 2021, his lone NHL game to date.Kniazev was San Jose’s second-round pick (48th overall) in the 2019 NHL draft.
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• Nearly 200 households in need of shelter after moving day in Quebec: housing agency

  02-07-2023 17:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Nearly 200 Quebec households have been forced to find temporary shelter after failing to find a new place to live on the province’s annual moving day, the provincial housing agency said Saturday. 
  The Société d’habitation du Québec said among the people who have contacted regional housing offices or it’s customer service centre for help, “178 households are currently being rehoused temporarily, either with people close to them or
  
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• Abbotsford police close a section of the Fraser Highway to investigate overnight crash

  02-07-2023 14:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Officials with the Abbotsford Police department are asking the public to avoid the Fraser Highway betweenBradner Road and Lefeuvre Road.The section of the road was closed shortlyafter 1 a.m. Sunday (Jul. 2) following a report of a crash. Authorities were called to the scene and blocked the road to allow officers to safely investigate the incident.
  Further details of the incident have not been released by police.
  This story will be updated when more information becomes availabl
  
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• A new reality for summer day camps: possible disruptions due to air quality

  02-07-2023 14:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The summertime goal at Nicolas Hurtado’s camp is to get kids playing as much soccer as possible.
  But in the wake of exceedingly poor outdoor air quality, last-minute prep for summer fun at his north Toronto soccerclub has focused on planning much more sedate, indoor activities: arts and crafts, playing with bubbles and as a last resort, movie screenings.
  They’ll need alternative pursuits that can occupy kids for a few hours if they are forced indoors by poor air quali
  
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• Baltimore block party shooting leaves 2 dead and 28 injured, including 3 critically hurt, police say

  02-07-2023 13:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Two people were killed and 28 were wounded when gunfire erupted at a block party in Baltimore Sunday morning, including three who are in critical condition, police said.Baltimore Police Department Acting Commissioner Richard Worley told reporters there were a total of 30 victims during a press conference at the scene.
  The shooting took place just after 12:30 a.m. at a block party in the Brooklyn Homes area in the southern part of the city, Worley said.
  All of the victims w
  
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• Sneakers of the House: Canada’s MPs embrace comfort, style in office footwear trend

  02-07-2023 13:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA, Ill. — You won’t catch Omar Alghabra in a pair of Jordans. 
  The federal transport minister has been loyal to the Adidas brand ever since he was a kid playing soccer in Saudi Arabia.
  “Adidas was the shoe of choice for kids in the late ’70s and early ’80s,” Alghabra said. The ones known as the “originals” — black with three thick white stripes down the sides — were “a big deal.”
  That nostalgia is what drives his c
  
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• Montreal wants more affordable housing, developers want to make a profit

  02-07-2023 13:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — For six years, the City of Montreal has been sitting on a vast piece of land that could help relieve a housing shortage, but private developers, whom the city needs to realize its vision for an affordable “eco neighbourhood,” have so far expressed little interest.
  Montreal has an ambitious plan for the site, a former horse racing track turned into a vacant wasteland more than twice the size of the Chinatown neighbourhood downtown. But Montreal’s ambitions are e
  
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• B.C. Lions pumped about battle of CFL’s undefeated with Argos

  02-07-2023 12:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — CFL fans have just begun learning Chad Kelly’s name.
  But B.C. Lions defensive back Garry Peters has the book on the 29-year-old quarterback who shot into the spotlight when he came off the bench to lead the Toronto Argonauts to the Grey Cup last November, and is 2-0 as a starter so far this season.
  “Me and him went to school together, so that’s my boy,” said Peters, who shared the field at Clemson with Kelly from 2012-13. But the nephew of Hall of Fam
  
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• PHOTOS: Patriotic people come together for Canada Day ... - Chilliwack Progress

  02-07-2023 06:34 via news.google.com
  
  PHOTOS: Patriotic people come together for Canada Day ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canada ties Guatemala, has back against wall in Gold Cup after second straight draw

  02-07-2023 06:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOUSTON — Canada battled to a 0-0 draw against Guatemala Saturday night, a result that left the national men’s soccer team with its back against the wall in CONCACAF Gold Cup play.
  Canada went into the match hoping for a win to boost their chances of advancing out of Group D play but were outplayed by Guatemala for long stretches.
  Canada pressed in the game’s late stages.
  Forward Jacob Shaffelburg had a chance in the 75th minute but couldn’t get a clean shot away allowing
  
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• Visiting Blue Bombers storm past Alouettes 17-3

  02-07-2023 05:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes’ two-game unbeaten streak came to an abrupt end on Saturday night as they dropped a 17-3 decision to the dominant Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
  Heavy rain and lightning forced the CFL to delay the Canada Day contest by nearly two hours. Kickoff was first delayed to 8 p.m. ET, but later further delayed as it became clear the severe weather wasn’t letting up as soon as officials hoped. The game was originally slated to start at 7 p.m. ET.
  It wasn’
  
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• Sporting KC cruises to 3-0 victory over Whitecaps

  02-07-2023 05:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Rémi Walter and Alan Pulido scored first-half goals and Sporting Kansas City breezed to a 3-0 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night.
  Walter found the net for the first time this season when he took a pass from Gadi Kinda in the 33rd minute and scored the only goal Kendall McIntosh and Sporting KC (6-10-6) would need.
  Pulido used assists from Walter and Tim Leibold in the second minute of stoppage time to put Sporting KC up 2-0 at halftime. Pulido
  
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• New York scores early to edge CF Montreal 1-0

  02-07-2023 05:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — It took an incredible first half scissor kick from New York City FC’s Matias Pellegrini to stop CF Montreal’s home clean sheet and win streak at six games with a 1-0 defeat.
  Pellegrini’s goal in the 33rd minute stood as the winner for New York (5-7-9) which claimed its first road win of the Major League Soccer season.
  Montreal (8-10-2) has found success in this run by imposing themselves and dictating the tempo early on, but struggled on Canada Day. The hosts c
  
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• Julio’s late goal for Real Salt Lake sinks Toronto FC 1-0

  02-07-2023 03:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — A goal in extra time from substitute Anderson Julio gave Real Salt Lake a 1-0 win and spoiled interim Terry Dunfield’s debut for Toronto FC on Saturday.
  After TFC defender Aime Mabika cleared an attempt off the line, Julio smashed in the rebound.
  Dunfield replaced a fired Bob Bradley last Monday in the hopes the TFC (3-8-10) can turn around its struggles this Major League Soccer season.
  TFC faced a team that has performed well away from Utah this season as Real Salt Lake (8
  
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• Nine new Canadian citizens sworn in before Toronto Blue Jays game

  02-07-2023 02:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — It’s going to take Robert Rohr quite a while to process his first day as a Canadian citizen.
  Rohr was one of nine people who became Canadian citizens on Saturday during pre-game festivities at Rogers Centre in front of more than 40,000 baseball fans. The citizenship ceremony was part of the Blue Jays’ Canada Day celebrations before a 7-6 loss to the Boston Red Sox.
  “I’ll probably go home and wake up in the middle of the night sweating and be like, ‘W
  
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• Flurry of action in NHL free agency as Leafs lose O’Reilly, Sens sign Korpisalo

  02-07-2023 02:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Toronto Maple Leafs waved farewell to a number of familiar faces.
  And added some big-time toughness up front along with skill on defence.
  The Ottawa Senators, meanwhile, have a new No. 1 goaltender.
  Ryan O’Reilly bolted Toronto as free agency opened Saturday, signing a four-year, US$18-million contract with the Nashville Predators after he was acquired via trade in February from the St. Louis Blues.
  The Predators also plucked Luke Schenn from Toronto, inking the bruising defenceman to
  
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• Fowler leads Rocket Mortgage Classic by one shot, 2 Canadians on his heels

  02-07-2023 01:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Rickie Fowler birdied six of his final eight holes Saturday to surge into the Rocket Mortgage Classic lead at 20 under, giving him another chance to end a four-year PGA Tour victory drought.
  Fowler had an 8-under 64 to take a one-stroke lead over Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford, B.C., at Detroit Golf Club. Two weeks ago in Los Angeles in the U.S. Open, Fowler squandered a chance with a closing 75 in a fifth-place tie.Hadwin had a 63 to tie the tournament record. Fellow Canadian Ta
  
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• Canucks bolster blueline with Carson Soucy signing from Kraken ... - Chilliwack Progress

  02-07-2023 01:59 via news.google.com
  
  Canucks bolster blueline with Carson Soucy signing from Kraken ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Skin lesions on endangered killer whales are getting worse, study ... - Chilliwack Progress

  02-07-2023 01:58 via news.google.com
  
  Skin lesions on endangered killer whales are getting worse, study ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• More police enforcement on roads, lakes during busy summer ... - Hope Standard

  02-07-2023 01:52 via news.google.com
  
  More police enforcement on roads, lakes during busy summer ...  Hope Standard
  
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• More Police Enforcement On Roads, Lakes During Busy Summer ... - Abbotsford News

  02-07-2023 01:52 via news.google.com
  
  More Police Enforcement On Roads, Lakes During Busy Summer ...  Abbotsford News
  
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• Langer takes 2-shot lead in U.S. Senior Open

  02-07-2023 01:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  STEVENS POINT, Wis. (AP) — Bernhard Langer took a two-stroke lead Saturday in the U.S. Senior Open at difficult SentryWorld in the 65-year-old German star’s bid to break the PGA Tour Champions’ career victory record.
  Fan favourites Steve Stricker and Jerry Kelly — both from Madison, 150 kilometres to the south — were right behind, with Retief Goosen and Y.E. Yang the only other players under par with a round left on the punishing tree-lined course with thick rough a
  
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• Kelowna Mounties assisting with evacuation efforts as crews battle wildfire

  02-07-2023 01:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KELOWNA — Mounties in Kelowna, B.C., say they’re assisting with the evacuation of a residential area due to a wildfire on Knox Mountain near Okanagan Lake. 
  Cpl. Judith Bertrand says the cause of the fire is unknown and the number of residents facing evacuation is unclear as the situation is still unfolding. 
  Bertrand says the area around Knox Mountain is quite dense and a popular spot for tourists, and police are assisting fire crews with the evacuation to ensure public sa
  
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• Boston Red Sox seal win over Blue Jays on Canada Day

  02-07-2023 01:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Rafael Devers had an early two-run homer and later added an RBI single as the Boston Red Sox fended off the Toronto Blue Jays 7-6 on Saturday.
  Justin Turner had a home run and an RBI double as Boston (42-42) improved to 6-0 against Toronto in 2023. Masataka Yoshida also drove in a run.
  Kutter Crawford (3-4) held Toronto to just two runs on three hits and two walks, striking out five over 5 2/3 innings. Josh Winckowski came on in relief and Kenley Jansen picked up the five-out sav
  
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