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• Ukraine war proves value of LNG Canada, CEO tells global gas conference in Vancouver

  10-07-2023 23:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The head of the LNG Canada export facility in British Columbia says price and supply volatility worldwide since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shows the value of his company’s project as a source of “affordable, reliable” and “responsibly produced” liquefied natural gas.
  Project CEO Jason Klein has told the LNG 2023 conference in Vancouver that the project is close to 85-per-cent complete and will aim to compete globally, not only on price but
  
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• Trudeau says cluster bombs ‘should not be used’ after U.S. sends munitions to Ukraine

  10-07-2023 23:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will continue to strongly advocate that cluster bombs “should not be used,” after the United States announced it is sending the munitions to help Ukraine’s war effort against Russian aggressors. 
  Trudeau told reporters in Latvia on the eve of a summit held by the NATO military alliance that Canada abides by an international treaty prohibiting the use of explosives that scatter small bombs across a wide terrain.
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• Canadian Pacific Kansas City extends sponsorship of LPGA’s Canadian Women’s Open

  10-07-2023 23:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Canadian Pacific Kansas City has extended its sponsorship of the LPGA Tour’s Canadian Women’s Open.
  The new agreement keeps CPKC as the title sponsor for the 2025 and 2026 tournaments with an option for 2027 and 2028.
  The railway company has been the title sponsor of Canada’s women’s golf championship since 2013.
  Golf Canada said Monday in a statement that, as a result of the sponsorship extension, the purse for the Canadian Women’s Open will incre
  
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• Pierre Poilievre ‘does not agree’ with ‘straight pride’ message in photo at Stampede

  10-07-2023 22:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A spokesman for Pierre Poilievre says the federal Conservative leader does not agree with the message of “straight pride,” after he was photographed with a man wearing a T-shirt bearing those words.
  Sebastian Skamski says Poilievre had been posing with “hundreds of people” at the Calgary Stampede on Saturday when he was photographed with an individual “without reading what was written on his shirt.”
  The bright green T-shirt featured the symbols
  
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• Northwest Territories to increase minimum wage by nearly 5.6 per cent

  10-07-2023 21:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  YELLOWKNIFE — The Northwest Territories government says it plans to increase the minimum wage by almost 5.6 per cent to reflect an increase in the consumer price index.
  The territory says its minimum hourly wage will increase from $15.20 to $16.05 beginning Sept. 1.
  The Northwest Territories last increased its minimum wage by $1.74 in September 2021, when it had been unchanged since April 2018.
  The territorial government says beginning this year, the minimum wage will be adjusted each Sept
  
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• Campfire ban announced across B.C., water restrictions could soon ... - Chilliwack Progress

  10-07-2023 21:30
  
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• ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ director Bruce Beresford to helm biopic on golfer Moe Norman

  10-07-2023 21:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Oscar-nominated director Bruce Beresford has signed on to helm a film based on the life of Canadian golf legend Moe Norman. 
  The director behind “Driving Miss Daisy” and “Tender Mercies” says in a release he was charmed by the story of the “delightfully eccentric” athlete who died in 2004 at age 75. 
  Newfoundland native David Carver is producing the biopic, titled “The Place I Belong,” with Winnipeg-born comedian David Steinberg and his f
  
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• Yankees’ Gerrit Cole and Diamondbacks’ Zac Gallen to start MLB All-Star Game

  10-07-2023 20:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — The New York Yankees’ Gerrit Cole will start Tuesday night’s All-Star Game for the American League and Arizona’s Zac Gallen will open on the mound for the NL.
  AL manager Dusty Baker of Houston and NL manager Rob Thomson of Philadelphia announced their starting lineups on Monday before the annual Home Run Derby.
  Cole will start for the first time in his sixth All-Star nod. He is 9-2 with a 2.85 ERA and 123 strikeouts in 117 innings. The 32-year-old right-han
  
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• Blockade continues at Winnipeg landfill after deadline passes

  10-07-2023 20:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Dozens of protesters are continuing to block a Winnipeg landfill after a city-imposed deadline ordering them to leave passed. 
  The barricade at the Brady Road landfill was reinforced with more than a dozen tires and wood planks this morning.
  The blockade began Thursday after the Manitoba government decided against searching a different landfill north of the city, Prairie Green, where the remains of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran are believed to have been dumped.
  Melissa R
  
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• Deputy minister had no reason to think Mendicino unaware of Bernardo move: department

  10-07-2023 20:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal Public Safety Department is defending a decision by its top officials not to contact the minister directly about the transfer of notorious serial killer Paul Bernardo to a medium-security prison.
  Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino has for weeks been dealing with the fallout from the Correctional Service of Canada’s decision to move Bernardo in late May from a maximum-security prison in Ontario to an institution in Quebec known for offering treatment programs
  
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• Source: Redblacks have contacted Bethel-Thompson regarding CFL return

  10-07-2023 20:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Ottawa Redblacks have reached out to McLeod Bethel-Thompson about a potential return to the CFL.
  According to a league source, Ottawa (1-3) has made an inquiry to the veteran quarterback. On Saturday night, incumbent Jeremiah Masoli suffered a lower-body injury in the second quarter of the Redblacks’ 21-13 road loss to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1-3).
  The league source spoke on the condition of anonymity as Ottawa hasn’t yet disclosed the nature of Masoli’s injury or how long
  
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• Fernandez, partner out of Wimbledon mixed doubles with 3rd-round loss to British pair

  10-07-2023 19:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON — Canada’s Leylah Fernandez and Dutch partner Wesley Koolhof lost 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 to the British tandem of Olivia Nicholls and Jonny O’Mara on Monday in third-round mixed doubles action at Wimbledon.
  The fourth-seeded team of Fernandez, from Laval, Que., and Koolhof combined for five aces, but hit into seven double-faults — including one on match point — and were broken four times on 11 chances.
  Nicholls and O’Mara went up a break in the third set to take
  
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• Canada coach Bev Priestman looks to provide balance for players at World Cup

  10-07-2023 19:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  When the Canadian women’s soccer team struck gold at the Tokyo Olympics in the summer of 2021, it did so in a COVID bubble far from family and friends.
  And while the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand will take place in more normal conditions, with some loved ones able to make the long trip watching from the stands, weeks away from home can take their toll. 
  Coach Bev Priestman has planned accordingly.
  Priestman is taking a page from her time as an assistant coach with England, un
  
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• Lightning sparks about 200 new wildfires across B.C. as heat grips Interior

  10-07-2023 19:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Hundreds of lightning strikes in many parts of British Columbia almost tripled the number of active wildfires in the province over the weekend, with most burning in central and northern B.C.
  The BC Wildfire Service is reporting more than 300 fires, with 87 spotted in the last 24 hours and almost 200 of the total number ranked as out of control.
  The wildfire service is bracing for challenging conditions, with lightning storms still in the forecast for most of the week, as well a
  
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• Pair survives going over waterfall in Golden Ears Park - Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  10-07-2023 19:45
  
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• Vancouver Canucks reach affiliation deal with ECHL’s Kalamazoo Wings

  10-07-2023 19:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks have signed a one-year affiliation contract with the ECHL’s Kalamazoo Wings.
  It will mark the fourth time the K-Wings have acted as the Canucks’ secondary minor-league affiliate.
  Vancouver and Kalamazoo first established a partnership from 1984 to 1987 while the K-Wings were members of the International Hockey League.
  Kalamazoo also served as an affiliate club for the Canucks organization from 2011 to 2015 and again from 2017 to 2021. 
  The
  
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• Off-duty Mountie saves three from burning home in Lake Cowichan ... - Chilliwack Progress

  10-07-2023 19:42
  
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• Man dead after apparent alleyway shooting in Surrey, B.C., burned car found nearby

  10-07-2023 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — RCMP say a man is dead after he was found unresponsive in an SUV in a Surrey, B.C., alleyway, where officers were responding to reports of a shooting.
  Surrey RCMP say in a statement the man was found in a white Ford Edge in the alleyway north of 96 Avenue and 130 Street around 5 p.m. on Sunday, and was later declared dead at a hospital.
  Officers say they’re investigating whether there’s any connection between the homicide and the discovery of a burnt-out vehicle
  
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• Busy weekend on the roads for Abbotsford police

  10-07-2023 19:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Officers with the Abbotsford police department had their hands full patrolling city streets over the weekend.
  In a tweet Monday, AbbyPD reported patrol officers and members of the traffic enforcement unit pulled eight high-risk drivers off the streets.
  Over the weekend, patrol officers and members of the traffic enforcement unit removed eight high-risk drivers from our communities roadways. AbbyPD is committed to proactively ensuring our roads are safe. #strengthincommunity #R
  
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• No Quebec wildfires considered out of control for first time since end of May

  10-07-2023 19:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — For the first time since the end of May Quebec’s forest fire prevention agency says there are no out-of-control wildfires in the province.
  The agency, called SOPFEU, says there are currently 57 blazes in the southern half of the province, including 38 that are under control and 19 that are considered contained.
  The agency considers a fire contained when it is no longer growing but could regain strength.
  In early June, there were more than 100 out-of-control fires burning i
  
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• Services returns for Shaw customers across B.C. Interior - Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  10-07-2023 18:45
  
  Services returns for Shaw customers across B.C. Interior - Chilliwack ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Judge who led Desmond inquiry accuses N.S. government of spreading misinformation

  10-07-2023 18:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government is facing accusations from a judge who says misinformation and ignorance were behind the attorney general’s decision last week to dismiss him as the commissioner leading a high-profile inquiry.
  Provincial court Judge Warren Zimmer was appointed in July 2018 to lead the fatality inquiry that investigated why Afghanistan war veteran Lionel Desmond killed three family members and himself in 2017.
  In a July 6 letter to inquiry lawyers, Zimmer says the
  
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• Police investigate homicide in Whalley - Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  10-07-2023 18:20
  
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• Impasse at strikebound B.C. ports not broken by Saturday’s round of negotiations

  10-07-2023 17:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Striking British Columbia dock workers and their employer held a round of bargaining over the weekend, the first since negotiations collapsed one week ago, but neither side is saying when, or if, more talks are planned.
  About 7,400 members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada have been on strike since July 1, idling all cargo handling at the Port of Vancouver, Canada’s busiest harbour.
  Prince Rupert, the country’s third busiest port, and more th
  
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• Buy local urges BC Tree Fruits, as U.S. cherries flood market ... - Chilliwack Progress

  10-07-2023 17:40
  
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• Venus Williams granted wild card to compete at National Bank Open

  10-07-2023 17:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Venus Williams will be competing at the National Bank Open in August.
  Tennis Canada announced Monday that the 43-year-old has received a wild-card entry into the main draw of the tournament. 
  It will be the former No. 1 and seven-time Grand Slam champion’s 12th appearance at the event, with her best result being a final appearance in 2014 after defeating her sister Serena.
  The top-20 wild card that Williams was awarded is reserved for players who were either former Wo
  
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• Canadiens sign forward Mitchell Stephens to one-year, two-way contract

  10-07-2023 17:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BROSSARD, Que. — The Montreal Canadiens have signed forward Mitchell Stephens to a one-year, two-way contract.
  The 26-year-old from Peterborough, Ont., had 20 goals and 21 assists in 68 games with the American Hockey League’s Laval Rocket last season.
  Stephens has three goals and 10 assists over 72 career NHL games with Tampa Bay and Detroit.
  He was selected in the second round (33rd overall) by the Lightning in the 2015 NHL draft.This report by The Canadian Press was first published
  
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• Of house and home - Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  10-07-2023 16:30
  
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• Cineplex box office revenues near pre-COVID levels - Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  10-07-2023 16:30
  
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• Wildfires spark evacuations in multiple northern B.C. locations ... - Chilliwack Progress

  10-07-2023 15:30
  
  Wildfires spark evacuations in multiple northern B.C. locations ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• As Canadian cities make pandemic patios permanent, standards ... - Chilliwack Progress

  10-07-2023 15:30
  
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• West Fraser Timber selling pulp mill in Hinton, Alta., to Mondi Group

  10-07-2023 15:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. has signed a deal to sell its unbleached softwood kraft pulp mill in Hinton, Alta., to Mondi Group, an integrated packaging and paper company.
  Mondi says it is paying US$5 million for the mill and plans invest 400 million euros to expand the facility.
  It plans to add a 200,000-tonne-per-year kraft paper machine that it expects to be operational in the second half of 2027.
  West Fraser will continue to supply fibre to the Hinton mill under a long-term
  
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• At least two injured in shooting near Toronto’s busy Yonge and Bloor intersection

  10-07-2023 14:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — At least two people have serious injuries following a shooting in downtown Toronto.
  Officers were called to 7 Charles Street West just after 6 a.m. this morning.
  Police are releasing few details, but say a male and female victim were rushed to hospital with serious injuries
  An unknown number of suspects fled the scene in a vehicle.
  Police say there are road closures in the area, but subway commuters are not expected to be affected.
  The scene of the shooting is just one block sout
  
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• Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar stabbed multiple times at Florida federal prison: AP sources

  10-07-2023 14:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted of sexually abusing female gymnasts, was stabbed multiple times during an altercation with another incarcerated person at a federal prison in Florida.
  Two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press the attack happened Sunday at United States Penitentiary Coleman in Florida. The people said he was in stable condition Monday.
  One of the people said he had been stabbed in the back and in the chest.
  The pe
  
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• Abbotsford man named Shell's North American Driver of the Year ... - Chilliwack Progress

  10-07-2023 14:30
  
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• Kremlin says Putin met with Wagner leader days after abortive mutiny

  10-07-2023 12:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Kremlin’s spokesman says Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin days after a short-lived rebellion by the mercenary chief and his private army.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday that the three-hour meeting took place June 29 and also involved commanders from the military company Prigozhin founded.Wagner mercenaries have fought alongside Russian troops in Ukraine. Prigozhin has a long-simmering conflict with Russia&r
  
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• Erdogan says Turkey could approve Sweden’s NATO membership if Europeans ‘open way’ to Turkey EU bid

  10-07-2023 12:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country could approve Sweden’s membership in NATO if European nations “open the way” to Turkey’s bid to join the European Union.
  Erdogan, whose country has been holding off its final approval to Sweden’s NATO membership, made the comments in Ankara on Monday before departing to the alliance’s summit meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania.
  Turkey is a candidate to join the EU, but its member
  
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• Dutch prime minister says he will leave politics after next election

  10-07-2023 10:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, the Netherlands’ longest serving premier, said Monday he will leave politics after a general election sparked by his government’s resignation.
  Rutte, the leader of the conservative People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy, or VVD, announced his decision at a hastily arranged parliamentary debate.
  “Yesterday morning I made a decision that I will not be available again as a leader of the VVD. When a new Ca
  
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• In the news today: Premiers meet to discuss new health care money, Trudeau in Latvia

  10-07-2023 10:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today …
  Premiers meet to discuss use of new health dollars …
  Provincial and territorial premiers are kicking off a three-day meeting in Winnipeg today in which the chaos in Canada’s health care systems will be front and centre.
  They’re gathering to discuss how to use $46 billion in new health funding that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered in February, in e
  
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• Premiers meeting in Winnipeg to discuss use of new health dollars, affordability

  10-07-2023 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Provincial and territorial premiers are kicking off a three-day meeting in Winnipeg today in which the chaos in Canada’s health care systems will be front and centre.
  They’re gathering to discuss how to use $46 billion in new health funding that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered in February, in exchange for provinces and territories committing to targeted reforms.
  All but Quebec have accepted the funding offer, but none have submitted plans on the targets and timelines they&rsquo
  
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• No way of ‘adjudicating facts’ in deals between corrupt firms and prosecutors: judge

  10-07-2023 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  When Philippines businessman Rizalino Espino was named as a participant in a bribery scandal involving a Canadian company, he assumed his day in court meant that a judge would hear him out and weigh his version of the facts.
  Instead, it didn’t matter what evidence his lawyer presented.
  A judge in Quebec wrote in May that there was “no possibility of adjudicating facts” in the case, in which the court approved a remediation agreement between federal prosecutors and a Quebec fore
  
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• AFN takes tumultuous road to annual meeting after ousting national chief

  10-07-2023 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Hundreds of Indigenous leaders are to gather in Halifax this week for the Assembly of First Nations annual meetingas the advocacy organization tries to forge a path forward after the tumultuous leadership and ousting of its national chief. 
  “I think this is another opportunity to try to reset and get some work done,” said Scott McLeod, chief of Nipissing First Nation in Ontario. 
  Former national chief RoseAnne Archibald has said she may attend the meeting, scheduled to take
  
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• Prime Minister Trudeau meets with Latvian leaders, Canadian troops ahead of NATO

  10-07-2023 09:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RIGA, Latvia — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is making his third visit to Latvia today, where he’s set to meet with the country’s leaders and with Canadian troops. 
  Around 800 Canadian Armed Forces members are part of the Canada-led NATO battle group in the Baltic country, making it the largest overseas mission. 
  Defence Minister Anita Anand recently announced that a Leopard 2 tank squadron with 15 tanks and around 130 personnel will be joining the mission starting th
  
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• Chilliwack firefighters limit damage in Sunday house fire

  10-07-2023 06:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Nearly two dozen firefighters worked quickly to protect a home from major damage in an afternoon fire Sunday.
  A news release from the Chilliwack Fire Department says, firefighters from four fire halls responded to a house fire in the 49000 block of Chilliwack Central Road at 3:26 p.m.
  When they arrived, they saw smoke rising from the two-storey home. The lone occupant of the home had already evacuated the home.
  Once firefighters got into the house they found a small fire in th
  
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• U.S. trips Canada 3-2 in shootout to reach Gold Cup semifinal

  10-07-2023 05:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Matt Turner stopped two penalty kicks, and the United States edged Canada 3-2 in a shootout after a 2-2 draw Sunday night for a berth in a CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinal against Panama.
  In a game that was scoreless until the 88th minute, the U.S. tied the score when Canada’s Scott Kennedy had an own goal in the 115th minute, six minutes after Jacob Shaffelburg put Canada ahead.
  Brandon Vázquez gave the U.S. a 1-0 lead but Steven Vitória made it 1-1 in the
  
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• Lions pounce on Alouettes’ miscues in 35-19 victory

  10-07-2023 04:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Shaun Shivers scored a touchdown in his debut as the B.C. Lions rebounded from their first loss of the season to blitz the Montreal Alouettes 35-19 on Sunday.
  Playing in front of a home crowd at B.C. Place, Vernon Adams Jr. went 20-for-25 with one touchdown.
  The Lions (4-1) also benefited from special team mishaps from the Alouettes, including a blocked field goal attempt that was returned by cornerback Jalon Edwards-Coopers.
  Cody Fajardo went 24-for-38 for the Alouettes (2-2)
  
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• Allisen Corpuz wins U.S. Women’s Open for her first LPGA title

  10-07-2023 03:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Allisen Corpuz became the first American in 20 years to make the U.S. Women’s Open her first LPGA title, closing with a 3-under 69 on Sunday and handling her historic moment at Pebble Beach as if she had been there before.
  Corpuz, a 25-year-old from Hawaii, pulled away with a big par putt and back-to-back birdies on the back nine to enjoy the most scenic walk in golf up the 18th fairway, the Pacific Ocean on her left and her place secured as the first U.S.
  
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• Red Wings trade for DeBrincat, send players and draft picks to Senators

  10-07-2023 03:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Red Wings acquired Michigan native Alex DeBrincat from the Ottawa Senators on Sunday in exchange for two players and draft picks.
  The Red Wings signed the 25-year-old DeBrincat, a two-time 41-goal scorer from Farmington Hills, to a four-year extension worth about $7.8 million annually.
  In exchange for DeBrincat, the Senators acquired forward Dominik Kubalik, defensive prospect Donovan Sebrango, a conditional 2024 first-round draft pick and Detroit’s 2024 fo
  
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• Sepp Straka wins John Deere Classic with final-round 62

  10-07-2023 01:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SILVIS, Ill. (AP) — Sepp Straka won the John Deere Classic on Sunday with a final-round 9-under 62 that could have been much better, making double bogey on the final hole but taking the title by two shots when Brendon Todd and Alex Smalley were unable to catch him.
  The 30-year-old Austrian who played in college at Georgia won for the second time on the PGA Tour, moved to No. 27 in the world and increased his chances of representing Europe in the Ryder Cup this fall in Rome. He shot 73 on T
  
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• Hundreds rally in Vancouver to support striking B.C. port workers

  10-07-2023 01:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Hundreds of people gathered in Vancouver today for a rally to support striking British Columbia port workers as their job action stretches into its second week.
  Representatives from labour groups as far away as Australia and New Zealand spoke in support of the strikers, who continue to push for improved wages amid the growing cost of living and protection from what they see as an overuse of contractors for maintenance work.
  About 7,400 members of the International Longshore and
  
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