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• Canada falls to U.S., earns silver at International Para Hockey Cup

  08-10-2023 22:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OSTRAVA, Czechia — Canada earned its second consecutive silver medal at the International Para Hockey Cup on Sunday.
  The Canadians fell 4-1 to the U.S. in the gold-medal final.
  Captain Tyler McGregor of Forest, Ont., scored Canada’s lone marker on the power play 3:31 into the third period to trim the deficit to 3-1.
  Adam Kingsmill of Smithers, B.C., stopped 28-of-31 shots in net.
  Declan Farmer led the Americans with a hat trick and one assist, with Malik Jones netting the other goal.
  
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• Oilers’ sights set on hoisting Stanley Cup after string of tough post-season exits

  08-10-2023 21:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The road to the Stanley Cup has gone through Edmonton the last two NHL campaigns.
  The Oilers fell to eventual champion Colorado Avalanche in the Western Conference final in 2021-22. A year later, Edmonton was ousted in the second round by the Vegas Golden Knights, who later won it all.
  The theme at Oilers training camp was evident: Cup or bust.
  “Obviously, there’s one goal here,” said forward Leon Draisaitl. “Whether that pans out that way, we’ll se
  
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• PHOTOS: Abbotsford Canucks host inaugural hockey festival in ... - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  08-10-2023 20:41 via news.google.com
  
  PHOTOS: Abbotsford Canucks host inaugural hockey festival in ...  Agassiz Harrison Observer
  
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• Maple Leafs send forward Lafferty to Canucks in exchange for 2024 fifth-round pick

  08-10-2023 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Toronto Maple Leafs have sent forward Sam Lafferty to the Vancouver Canucks.
  In exchange, Toronto receives a 2024 fifth-round draft pick.
  The six-foot-two, 205-pound Lafferty had six points (two goals, four assists) in 19 games with the Leafs last season after being traded by Chicago in February. He added three points (one goal, two assists) in nine post-season contests for Toronto.
  Lafferty had 21 points (10 goals, 11 assists) in 51 games with the Blackhawks in 2022-23.
  The 28-year-old was
  
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• Jets head coach Bowness confident in goaltending, set on pressuring opposition

  08-10-2023 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — If an NHL team’s success begins from the net out, the smile on the face of Winnipeg Jets head coach Rick Bowness reinforced his confidence in the team’s goaltenders.
  Connor Hellebuyck is the undisputed starter as the three-time Vezina Trophy finalist (and 2020 winner) heads into the final year of his contract.
  He’ll be backed up by Laurent Brossoit, a free agent who signed a one-year deal to return to the Jets (2018-21) after winning the Stanley Cup with the Ve
  
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• Canadian universities bet on international students, but global shifts present risks

  08-10-2023 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — When the University of British Columbia announced the launch of Vantage College in 2013, the school said it envisioned the program for fee-paying international students would have enrolment of 1,000 by August 2016.
  The program would target first-year students who otherwise failed to meet UBC’s English requirements, providing them with extra language lessons in addition to their degree courses. 
  It would house the students — whose fees are now about $60,000 per
  
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• Trans Mountain route change will ‘desecrate’ sacred site: Secwépemc knowledge keeper

  08-10-2023 19:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A Secwépemc law called X7ensq’t says that if you disrespect the land and don’t take care of it properly, the land and the sky will turn on you.
  “It’s a serious law,” said Mike McKenzie, a Secwépemc knowledge keeper. He said he wonders “how much farther” people want to go in violating it. 
  McKenzie was speaking about the Trans Mountain Corp., which last week resumed construction close to Pípsell, or Jacko Lake, nea
  
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• Canadians stuck in Israel as flights are cancelled, embassy closed for Thanksgiving

  08-10-2023 19:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Some Canadians say they are stuck in Israel in the midst of deadly fighting as airlines cancel their flights out and reaching the Canadian Embassy on a holiday weekend proves difficult.
  Hamas militants out of Gaza fired thousands of rockets and sent out dozens of fighters to wage war on Israel on Saturday, with the attack and counteroffensive killing hundreds on both sides.
  Toronto residents Marie and Kendall Fullerton, who were vacationing in the country when the fighting broke out, say their s
  
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• The US will send a carrier strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean in support of Israel

  08-10-2023 19:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has ordered the Ford carrier strike group to sail to the Eastern Mediterranean to be ready to assist Israel, two U.S. officials said Sunday.
  The USS Gerald R. Ford and its approximately 5,000 sailors and deck of warplanes will be accompanied by cruisers and destroyers in a show of force that is meant to be ready to respond to anything, from possibly interdicting additional weapons from reaching Hamas and conducting surveillance.
  Hamas launched its unprecedent
  
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• Alouettes inching closer to home playoff game as Redblacks visit on Thanksgiving

  08-10-2023 19:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes have clinched a spot in the playoffs. Next up for quarterback Cody Fajardo and co. is securing home-field advantage to begin the post-season.
  Montreal (8-7) looks to sweep an East Division rival as they host the Ottawa Redblacks (4-11) on Thanksgiving Monday, a week after a 32-15 win in the nation’s capital.
  The Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ victory on Saturday means the Alouettes can’t clinch the home playoff game this week, but a win gets them c
  
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• Maple Leafs eager to take next step after summer of change: ‘It’s a serious group’

  08-10-2023 18:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Brad Treliving wasn’t looking to change his new team’s identity.
  Or it’s culture. Or it’s core of talented forwards.
  Hired as general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs in May following the stunning and dramatic departure of Kyle Dubas from the same role weeks earlier, Treliving chose a different path.
  “I firmly believe there’s a style that you need to play at the most important times,” he said. 
  “It’s as much a mentality
  
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• NHL stars reflect on Patrice Bergeron’s legacy: ‘Perfect hockey player, perfect guy’

  08-10-2023 18:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Charlie McAvoy had done it hundreds of times. 
  When the Boston Bruins won, the players hugged their captain before exiting the ice. 
  Always.
  It started with Zdeno Chara. When the hulking defenceman moved on, he passed the torch and the ‘C’ to Patrice Bergeron. 
  The tradition continued. 
  When the record-setting, Presidents’ Trophy-winning Bruins suffered a stunning Game 7 loss to the Florida Panthers in last spring’s playoffs, the teary-eyed, 37-year-ol
  
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• Canada ‘closely monitoring’ Afghanistan after quake reportedly kills more than 2,000

  08-10-2023 18:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canadian ministers offered support to people in Afghanistan on Saturday after a powerful earthquake rocked the western part of the Central Asian country and reportedly killed more than 2,000 people.  
  Melanie Joly, minister of foreign affairs, said in a social media post that her thoughts were with Afghans as they dealt with the effects of the devastating quake.
  “Canada stands ready to support the Afghan people,” she wrote on the X platform, formerly known as Twit
  
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• Canadian men’s volleyball team punches ticket to 2024 Paris Olympics

  08-10-2023 18:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  XI’AN, China — Canada’s men’s volleyball team has punched its ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympics.
  Canada defeated Mexico 3-0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-15) at an Olympic qualification tournament on Sunday.
  The Canadians beat out Argentina, which also had a 5-2 record, for the second and final qualifying spot in Pool C on a tiebreaker. 
  Canada had a chance to qualify on Friday but fell 3-1 to Belgium, leaving the second spot up for grabs.
  Eric Loeppky of Steinbach, Man., paced
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of October 8, 2023

  08-10-2023 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: Dylan BiasonAge: 31
  Height: 5’11” ft Weight: 221lbs
  Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue
  Wanted: Breach of Undertaking
  Warrant in effect: October 3, 2023
  Parole Jurisdiction: Chilliwack
  Name: Bryan Everett O’ReillyAge: 35
  Height: 5’9” ft Weight: 155 lbsHair: Brown Eyes: Blue
  Wanted: Manslaughter
  Warrant in effect: August 25, 2023
  Parole Jurisdiction: V
  
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• ‘Most challenging Thanksgiving:’ Long weekend marked with soaring food bank use

  08-10-2023 15:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Food banks across Canada continue to face soaring need this Thanksgiving, with one executive warning that things could quickly get worse.
  Amid inflation, increasing food and housing costs, and precarious employment situations, the country’s food banks have watched the need for their goods balloon as the organizations enter what, for many, is a critical time of year for fundraising. 
  Neil Hetherington, CEO of Toronto’s Daily Bread, which supports more than 200 f
  
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• Vernon scores overtime winner to defeat Chilliwack Chiefs

  08-10-2023 15:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Julian Facchinelli’s goal at 4:37 ofovertime lifted the Vernon Vipers to a 5 – 4 victory over the Chilliwack Chiefs Saturday (Oct. 7) in Chilliwack.
  The goal ruined the Chiefs comeback bid. They trailed 4 – 3 until Brady Milburn scored with 1:49 remaining in the third period to set the stage for overtime.
  Brian Morse, Stone Rolston and Savin Virk also scored goals for the Chiefs who outshot Vernon 35 – 19.
  The Chiefs get a week off before their next gam
  
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• Canadian municipalities looking to become ‘spongier’ to build climate resilience

  08-10-2023 13:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — From green roofs in Toronto to Vancouver’s rain city strategy, Canadian cities are looking to become “sponges” in order to help mitigate some of the effects of extreme rainfall events. 
  In Montreal, Mayor Valérie Plante announced last week that the city plans to develop some 30 additional “sponge parks” designed to catch and absorb rainwater and keep it from flowing into overburdened sewers during extreme rain events.
  Those, combined wit
  
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• Policeman in Egypt kills 2 Israelis and 1 Egyptian at tourist site

  08-10-2023 11:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian policeman opened fire on Israeli tourists in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, killing at least two Israelis and one Egyptian, according to Egypt’s Interior Ministry.Extra News television channel, which has close ties to Egyptian security agencies, quoted an unidentified security official as saying that another person was wounded in the attack, which took place at the Pompey’s Pillar site in Alexandria.It said the suspected assailant was detained.Se
  
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• American mountaineer, local guide dead after avalanches hit Tibetan mountain. Two others are missing

  08-10-2023 11:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BEIJING (AP) — American mountaineer Anna Gutu and a Nepalese guide Mingmar Sherpa were confirmed Sunday dead after avalanches struck the slopes of a Tibetan mountain, while two others remained missing, according to Chinese media reports.
  The avalanches struck Tibet’s Mount Shishapangma on Saturday afternoon at 7,600 (about 25,000 ft) and 8,000 meters (about 26,000 ft) in altitude, according to state-owned Xinhua News Agency.
  Two others, American climber Gina Marie Rzucidlo and a Nepa
  
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• Earthquakes kill over 2,000 in Afghanistan. People are freeing the dead and injured with their hands

  08-10-2023 10:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Powerful earthquakes killed at least 2,000 people in western Afghanistan, a Taliban government spokesman said Sunday. It’s one of the deadliest earthquakes to strike the country in two decades.The figures couldn’t be independently verified.
  The magnitude-6.3 earthquake was followed by strong aftershocks on Saturday, a spokesperson for the country’s national disaster management authority said.
  The United States Geological Survey said the quake’s epic
  
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• Three killed in small plane crash near Chilliwack, B.C., airport - Wings

  08-10-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Three killed in small plane crash near Chilliwack, B.C., airport  Wings
  
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• PHOTOS: Abbotsford Canucks host inaugural hockey festival in ... - Chilliwack Progress

  08-10-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  PHOTOS: Abbotsford Canucks host inaugural hockey festival in ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Whitecaps’ Takaoka, Sounders’ Frei duel to scoreless draw

  08-10-2023 08:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Yohei Takaoka finished with five saves for Vancouver to offset Stefan Frei’s league-leading 13th clean sheet of the season as the Whitecaps played the Seattle Sounders to a scoreless draw on Saturday night.
  Frei did not face a shot on goal in posting his shutout for the Sounders (13-9-11), who would have clinched a top-four seed in Major League Soccer’s Western Conference with a victory. Seattle extends its unbeaten streak at home to eight, going 3-0-5 in the run
  
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• GW Graham bounces back from tough loss with 24-0 shutout win over Kelowna

  08-10-2023 07:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KELOWNA — After a tough loss at home to start the season against Vancouver College in which the Grizzlies scored only one touchdown, the GW Graham senior varsity football team looked to get back into the win column over the Thanksgiving long weekend.The Grizzlies took out whatever motivation they had on the Kelowna Owls with a resounding 24-0 road win Saturday afternoon (Oct. 7).GW Graham (1-1) sent a message early on defence with an interception by lineback Riley Ashley, to go along with
  
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• Death toll from strong earthquakes that shook western Afghanistan rises to 2,000

  08-10-2023 07:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Death toll from strong earthquakes that shook western Afghanistan rises to 2,000, says Taliban spokesman.
  THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — A powerful magnitude-6.3 earthquake followed by strong aftershocks killed dozens of people in western Afghanistan on Saturday, the country’s national disaster authority said.
  The United Nations gave a preliminary figure of 320 dead, but later said the figure was still b
  
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• Hamas fighters storm Israeli towns in surprise attack; Israel responds with deadly strikes on Gaza

  08-10-2023 06:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas militants broke out of the blockaded Gaza Strip and rampaged through nearby Israeli communities, killing at least 250 people and abducting others in an unprecedented surprise attack during a major Jewish holiday Saturday. Israel responded with strikes in Gaza that killed 232 and signaled more as its prime minister said the country is at war and vowed to inflict an “unprecedented price.”In an assault of startling breadth, Hamas gunmen rolled into as many a
  
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• Chiefs Drop Close One Against Vipers

  08-10-2023 06:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Photo Credit Darren Francis
  By Ryleigh Mulvihill
  CHILLIWACK- Julian Facchinelli scored the game-winner at 4:37 in overtime to lift the Vernon Vipers to a 5-4 win at the Chilliwack Coliseum Saturday night.
  Facchinelli’s chance came on the only shot of the powerplay period for the Vipers, but he made it count. After driving the puck down the ice, Facchinelli beat Chiefs goalie Cole Savage over the shoulder upstairs to secure the win.
  The Vernon Vipers (4-1-0) won their fourth in a row, while
  
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• Canadiens complete comeback to sink Senators 6-4

  08-10-2023 05:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — With the regular season just days away, Montreal coach Martin St. Louis was happy to see his team commit to the game plan and be rewarded with a 6-4 win over the Ottawa Senators.
  The Montreal Canadiens had led the entire game, but in a span of 16 seconds watched as the Senators grabbed a 4-3 lead early in the third period.
  “We could have let the game get away from us,” admitted St. Louis. “The guys showed confidence in how we play a team game.”
  The Canadien
  
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• Harper homers, Phillies shut down Braves 3-0 in Game 1 of NLDS

  08-10-2023 05:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — This is Bryce Harper’s favourite time of year. 
  Ranger Suárez and a parade of hard-throwing Philadelphia relievers are enjoying themselves, too.
  Harper hit his 12th career post-season homer, Suárez and a half-dozen teammates combined on a five-hitter, and the Phillies stifled baseball’s most prolific offence for a 3-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves in Game 1 of the NL Division Series on Saturday night.
  In a playoff rematch between division riv
  
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• Tiger-Cats rough up slumping Riders 38-13 in CFL mismatch

  08-10-2023 04:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats handed the Saskatchewan Roughriders their fifth straight loss with a 38-13 CFL victory on Saturday at Mosaic Stadium.
  The victory improves the Tiger-Cats’ record to 8-8-0 and moves them into a tie for second place in the East Division with the Montreal Alouettes. At 8-7-0, the Alouettes have a game in hand on the Tiger-Cats. Both teams have clinched playoff berths and are now playing for the right to host the East Division semifinal on Nov. 4.
  The los
  
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• Red Wings rally to edge Maple Leafs 4-3

  08-10-2023 04:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DETROIT — The Detroit Red Wings finished a successful NHL pre-season schedule with a come-from-behind 4-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday at Little Caesars Arena.
  After spotting the visitors a 2-0 lead, the Red Wings roared back with goals by Ben Chiarot, Dylan Larkin, Joe Veleno and Daniel Sprong. Christian Fischer and Jeff Petry each chipped in with two assists.
  Max Ellis, Thomas Miller and Sam Lafferty scored and Kyle Clifford had two assists for the Leafs, who finished
  
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• Toronto FC’s misery on the road continues, blanked 3-0 by the New York Red Bulls

  08-10-2023 03:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HARRISON, N.J. — Two goals by Brazil’s Luquinhas helped the New York Red Bulls to a 3-0 victory over Toronto on Saturday as TFC finished the away half of its dismal MLS season without a single win.
  Tom Barlow also scored for the Red Bulls, who needed a victory to keep their post-season hunt alive going into the Oct. 21 final round of the regular season. New York has made the playoffs the last 13 campaigns.
  Toronto (4-19-10) has picked up just four out of a possible 51 points away fro
  
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• Montreal beats Timbers 4-1, MLS playoff push intact

  08-10-2023 03:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — CF Montreal took another step toward the Major League Soccer post-season, securing a decisive 4-1 win over the Portland Timbers at Stade Saputo on Saturday.
  Sunusi Ibrahim (28th minute), Mahala Opoku (35th), Mathieu Choinière (64th) and Mason Toye (75th) scored for Montreal (12-16-5), which handed Portland (11-12-10) its first loss in seven MLS matches.
  The win ends Montreal’s winless run of seven games, the joint-longest in club history.
  Montreal has made a habit o
  
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• Chilliwack plane crash victims identified as trainee pilots from Mumbai - iHeartRadio.ca

  08-10-2023 03:09 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack plane crash victims identified as trainee pilots from Mumbai  iHeartRadio.ca
  
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• Verlander holds Twins scoreless, Astros power to 6-4 win in ALDS opener

  08-10-2023 02:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Justin Verlander pitched six shutout innings, Yordan Alvarez homered twice and the Houston Astros held on for a 6-4 win over the Minnesota Twins in their American League Division Series opener Saturday.
  Jose Altuve hit a leadoff home run and Alvarez had three RBIs as the defending World Series champions earned their 10th straight victory in Game 1 of a Division Series.
  Verlander settled in after a shaky start and the Astros built a 5-0 lead through six innings with big swing
  
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• Downtown Montreal reaches 100 millimetres of rain as warnings persist

  08-10-2023 02:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Rain drenched much of Quebec on Saturday, leading to minor flooding that partially submerged several roadways and seeped into some basements, says a meteorologist with Environment Canada.
  Since precipitation began Friday evening, Julien Chartrand says one hundred millimetres of rain have fallen on downtown Montreal and more is on the way.
  Just south of the city on Saturday, the weather station at the St-Hubert Airport in Longueuil, Que. recorded the province’s highest rain
  
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• Griffin stretches lead to 3 in Mississippi as he aims for first PGA Tour win

  08-10-2023 01:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Ben Griffin moved into position for his first PGA Tour victory with another bogey-free round Saturday for a 6-under 66, giving him a three-shot lead in the Sanderson Farms Championship.
  Griffin got up-and-down for par on his final three holes, the last one from a bunker to the right of the 18th green. He made the six-footer to keep his distance over Carl Yuan, who had a 67.
  At stake for Griffin is a spot in the Masters, starting the year at Kapalua for The Sentry and
  
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• Canada's dramatic summer weather has altered the fall colours ... - Chilliwack Progress

  08-10-2023 01:20 via news.google.com
  
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• Maltais, Howe mine more gold at Canadian long-track speedskating championships

  08-10-2023 01:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Valérie Maltais and Connor Howe had the golden touch in their respective 1,500-metre races on the third day of the Canadian long-track speedskating championships on Saturday.
  Maltais, of La Baie, Que., won the women’s title — besting a field of 23 skaters — with a time of 1:55.60. It was the 33-year-old Maltais’s third medal in Calgary, having already won gold in the 3,000 and silver in the 5,000.
  Isabelle Weidemann of Ottawa, Ont., added silver (1:
  
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• Vehicle fire along Hwy. 1 slows Saturday traffic westbound through Chilliwack

  08-10-2023 00:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A vehicle fire has heavily impacted westbound Highway 1 traffic near Annis Road Saturday afternoon (October 7) through Chilliwack.
  According to scanner traffic, Chilliwack Fire was dispatched to the report of a fully involved vehicle fire at 2:54 p.m. Saturday near Annis Road.
  Engines 1, 2, 4 and Tender 1 from the Chilliwack Fire Department were called to the scene of the fire.
  An image from Drive BC shows traffic backed up heavily in the westbound lanes of Highway 1, east of
  
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• Canada cricketers defeat Bermuda to qualify for ICC T20 World Cup for first time

  08-10-2023 00:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON, Bermuda — Canada is headed to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup for the first time ever after defeating Bermuda by 39 runs Saturday.
  Canada won the toss and elected to bat first at the National Sports Centre. Each team was restricted to 18 overs, down from 20, due to the delayed start and weather conditions
  The Canadian batsmen finished strongly with Nicholas Kirton sparking a 20-run final over for a total of 132 runs for four wickets. Opener Navneet Dhaliwal led Canada with 45 r
  
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• Texas’ shaky bullpen escapes late as Rangers hold off Orioles 3-2 to open ALDS

  08-10-2023 00:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Andrew Heaney and Dane Dunning helped Texas reach the sixth inning with a lead, and the Rangers’ maligned bullpen held on through some anxious moments for a 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles in Game 1 of their AL Division Series on Saturday.
  Josh Jung homered and made a nice play at third base to start a critical double play for Texas, which improved to 3-0 in these playoffs — all on the road.
  After leading the AL West most of the season but squandering th
  
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• California governor vetoes bill that would have banned caste discrimination

  08-10-2023 00:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Saturday that would have made California the first U.S. state to outlaw caste-based discrimination.
  Caste is a division of people related to birth or descent. Those at the lowest strata of the caste system, known as Dalits, have been pushing for legal protections in California and beyond. They say it is necessary to protect them from bias in housing, education and in the tech sector — where they hold key roles.
  Earlier this year, Sea
  
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