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• Steven Kwan, Josh Naylor hit solo homers, AL Central-leading Guardians beat Blue Jays 6-5

  23-06-2024 23:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Steven Kwan and Josh Naylor hit solo homers as Cleveland scored five straight runs in the third and fourth innings, helping the AL Central-leading Guardians beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Sunday.
  Cleveland won its fifth straight and is a season-high 23 games over .500. The Guardians and rookie manager Stephen Vogt have the best home record in the majors at 26-9 and extended their divisional lead to eight games over Minnesota.
  Tim Herrin (3-0) was awarded the win with a
  
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• Scheffler outlasts protest on 18th green, Tom Kim to win Travelers for 6th victory of year

  23-06-2024 23:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler won the Travelers Championship in a playoff on Sunday, waiting out a disruption by climate protesters on the 18th green and Tom Kim’s tying birdie on the last hole of regulation for his sixth victory of the year.
  That’s the most wins in one PGA Tour season since Tiger Woods had six in 2009.
  And Scheffler, the world’s top-ranked player, still has two months to go.
  It was Scheffler’s fourth victory of the year in the tour&rsquo
  
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• Marc Savard joins Toronto Maple Leafs coaching staff as an assistant

  23-06-2024 23:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Marc Savard was been hired by the Toronto Maple Leafs as an assistant coach on Sunday.The hiring completed head coach Craig Berube’s staff for the upcoming season.
  Berube’s coaches includes associate Lane Lambert, assistant Mike Van Ryn, goaltending coach Curtis Sanford, and video coaches Jordan Bean and Sam Kim.
  Savard joins the Maple Leafs after serving as an assistant coach with the Calgary Flames last season, following two seasons as head coach of the Ontario Hock
  
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• PHOTOS: Visitors step into backyard oases on Chilliwack Rotary Garden Tour - Chilliwack Progress

  23-06-2024 23:04 via news.google.com
  
  PHOTOS: Visitors step into backyard oases on Chilliwack Rotary Garden Tour  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• ‘Dreamt of yourself playing in that game’: McDavid, Oilers ready for Cup climax

  23-06-2024 23:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SUNRISE — Connor McDavid envisioned this moment.
  Growing up in the suburbs north of Toronto — whether it was the outdoor rinks, the arenas or on the street with friends — hockey glory danced in his mind’s eye.
  Just like countless Canadian kids.
  “You always dreamt of yourself playing in that game and scoring that big goal,” McDavid said. “You’re not sure you’re ever going to get that opportunity.”
  After a roller-coaster season and a play
  
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• North Macedonia’s parliament approves a new center-right government after May’s election

  23-06-2024 22:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s center-right leader secured parliamentary approval to lead a new coalition government in a vote late Sunday.
  Hristijan Mickoski, 46, faces significant challenges in his four-year term in office — above all to advance the small Balkan NATO member’s lengthy efforts to join the 27-nation European Union.
  At the same time, his VMRO-DPMNE party’s nationalist bent is antagonizing neighboring members of the affluent bloc, in
  
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• Inner City Boxing set for B.C. Bronze Gloves in Chilliwack - Prince George Citizen

  23-06-2024 22:39 via news.google.com
  
  Inner City Boxing set for B.C. Bronze Gloves in Chilliwack  Prince George Citizen
  
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• Max Verstappen holds off Lando Norris to win Spanish GP and increase F1 lead

  23-06-2024 20:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTMELÓ, Spain (AP) — Max Verstappen doesn’t need a dominant car to stay on course for a fourth straight Formula 1 title.
  The Dutchman proved that on Sunday when he turned in a perfectly executed performance to fend off a hard-charging Lando Norris and win the Spanish Grand Prix.
  “We should have won today,” Norris said. “We had the quickest car.”
  Mercedes and Norris’ McLaren had both closed the gap with Verstappen’s Red Bull in recent races
  
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• PHOTOS: Annual Ceremonial Review for Chilliwack's Airwolf Squadron - Chilliwack Progress

  23-06-2024 19:30 via news.google.com
  
  PHOTOS: Annual Ceremonial Review for Chilliwack's Airwolf Squadron  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• South Africa ends Canadian rugby sevens men’s dream of Olympic qualification

  23-06-2024 19:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONACO — South Africa ended the Canadian men’s Olympic dream Sunday with a 28-0 win in the semifinal of the World Rugby Sevens Repechage.
  Fatigue played a part with the depleted Canadians, having lost Alex Russell and Kalin Sager to injury, having just three men on the bench. Matt Oworu, who sat out the quarterfinal, dressed for the semifinal despite an ankle issue.
  The Canadians had needed a dramatic 24-19 win over Chile to reach the final four. Noah Flesch scored the winning try in
  
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• Quebec’s Port-Cartier maximum security prison evacuated as wildfire burns

  23-06-2024 19:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Correctional Service Canada says the maximum-security prison in Port-Cartier, Que. has been evacuated due to wildfires.
  The federal agency says the evacuation order was issued Friday and inmates have since been moved to other secure federal correctional facilities.
  It says victims have been notified of the relocation.
  The city in Quebec’s Côte-Nord region announced Friday that it had declared a state of emergency and ordered the evacuation of some 1,000 residents due to the fires.
  Th
  
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• Blue Jays rookie infielder Orelvis Martinez suspended 80 games for doping violation

  23-06-2024 19:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CLEVELAND — Toronto Blue Jays infielder Orelvis Martinez’s rookie season is on hold almost as soon as it began.
  Major League Baseball suspended Martinez for 80 games effective immediately after he tested positive for Clomiphene, a performance-enhancing drug. The ban comes two days after Martinez made his highly anticipated MLB debut and means he’s only eligible to return with six games left in the regular season.
  “We were both surprised and disappointed to learn of Orelvi
  
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• Former Mission mayor acclaimed as NDP candidate in Abbotsford-Mission

  23-06-2024 18:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Former Mission mayor turned Minister of Agriculture and Food Pam Alexis has been acclaimed as the B.C. NDP candidate in the Abbotsford-Mission riding.According to a news release from the B.C. NDP Saturday night (June 22), Alexis, who was born in Victoria and has lived all over the world, served her community on the boards of the Mission Chamber of Commerce and the Mission Rotary Club, reflecting her steadfast commitment to improving the lives of those around her.
  “The Valle
  
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• Organizer cancels Montreal Canada Day parade, citing red tape, politics

  23-06-2024 18:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The organizer of Montreal’s Canada Day parade has cancelled this year’s event and says red tape and politics are to blame.Nicholas Cowen issued a news release saying he has faced escalating difficulty in securing permits and funding, as well as getting approval from government authorities.
  He says the problems he encountered last year included last-minute rule changes and requests that made putting on the parade nearly impossible, including a requirement that he find
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of June 23, 2024

  23-06-2024 17:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers.
  Name: Kevin Van RooyenAge: 40
  Height: 6’2” ft Weight: 238lbs
  Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue
  Wanted: Possession/ Use / Trafficking Credit Card
  Warrant in effect: December 19, 2023
  Parole Jurisdiction: Chilliwack
  Name: Tomasz CzerwinskiAge: 47
  Height: 5’11” ft Weight: 166lbs
  Hair: White Eyes: Blue
  Wanted: Fail to Comply with Probation x3, Assault with a Weapon
  
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• EDITORIAL: Whistling a different tune - Chilliwack Progress

  23-06-2024 14:35 via news.google.com
  
  EDITORIAL: Whistling a different tune  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Sporting sequins and silver, Mama Stanley becomes an Edmonton celebrity for playoffs

  23-06-2024 14:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Edmonton Oilers fans crowd around Mary Loewen in a plaza outside the team’s home arena during every playoffs game, asking to have their pictures taken with the superfan who’s dressed as the Stanley Cup.
  Loewen dons a sequined blazer, wears silver gloves and glasses, and covers her face in silver makeup. Then she puts on her “crown” which is meant to imitate the bowl of the famous trophy.
  It has 3,500 sequins, and they were all put in by hand.
  “There
  
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• Eyes pinned to Toronto byelection as safe Liberal seat teeters under Trudeau

  23-06-2024 13:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Leslie Church seemed to know exactly what was coming as she sat down for an interview in a Toronto park Friday, three days before the byelection that could complete her journey from longtime political staffer to Liberal member of Parliament.Seated on a bench under a small shelter a few blocks from her campaign office, Church braced herself and then laughed as she was asked whether this vote is really a referendum on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.“I think there’s people tempted to cal
  
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• Over 1,000 pilgrims died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, officials say

  23-06-2024 11:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CAIRO (AP) — More than 1,000 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, officials said Sunday.
  More than half of the fatalities were people from Egypt, according to two officials in Cairo. Egypt revoked the licenses of 16 travel agencies that helped unauthorized pilgrims travel to Saudi Arabia, authorities said.
  Saudi Arabia has not commented on the deaths during the pilgr
  
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• Rodriguez, Mora score to give Timbers 2-0 win over Whitecaps

  23-06-2024 07:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jonathan Rodriguez and Felipe Mora scored first-half goals and the Portland Timbers extended their unbeaten streak to six games with a 2-0 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps in a Cascadia Cup rivalry match on Saturday night.Rodriguez scored his eighth goal of the season in the 26th minute to put the Timbers in front.
  Mora doubled the lead with a goal in the 43rd minute, his team-leading ninth goal of the year. Mora manoeuvred between a pair of defenders and blasted the
  
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• Harris scores two goals as Rapids roll past Montreal 4-1

  23-06-2024 06:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Calvin Harris scored two goals, his first multi-goal game in Major League Soccer, to help the Colorado Rapids beat CF Montreal 4-1 Saturday night.
  Colorado (8-7-4) has won three consecutive games and has conceded just one goal in that span.
  Harris drew a foul conceded by Montreal’s Raheem Edwards just outside the area and then had his header off the free kick by Djordje Mihailovic parried by goalkeeper Jonathan Sirois but headed home the putback to make it
  
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• Garrison burger restaurant closes

  23-06-2024 06:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A restaurant in Chilliwack has made the difficult decision to close its doors.In an Instagram post, BRGR BRGR, a trendy eatery offering burgers, beers and shakes at 45655 Tamihi Way near Save-On-Foods in Garrison, announced on social media that it closed its doors effective Saturday night, June 22.“Hey CHWK BRGR FANS – it’s with a heavy heart that we have made the decision to close our CHWK location, with today being our last day,” the restaurant wrote
  
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• Red Bulls extend unbeaten run at home to 12 games with 3-0 win over Toronto FC

  23-06-2024 05:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HARRISON — The New York Red Bulls stretched their unbeaten run at home to 12 games in all competitions with a 3-0 win over slumping Toronto FC in a weather-delayed MLS game Saturday.
  Brazilian forward Elias Manoel, Norwegian winger Dennis Gjengaar and substitute Cameron Harper scored for the Red Bulls (9-4-7). Toronto had few answers for the Red Bulls’ fast-paced game and offered little in attack.
  Toronto (7-10-3) has now lost three straight, is winless in its last six league outings
  
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• A fourth victim has died a day after a shooting at an Arkansas grocery store, police say

  23-06-2024 04:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Police said a fourth victim has died a day after a shooter opened fire at an Arkansas grocery store, wounding nine others and riddling cars with bullet holes as panicked bystanders scrambled for cover.The person died Saturday evening, Arkansas state police said in a statement, listing a total of 14 people as hit by gunfire: “11 civilians, two law enforcement officers and the suspect.”
  The dead were identified as Shirley Taylor, 62, Callie Weems, 23, Roy
  
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• Lirim Hajrullahu’s late field goal earns Argos 39-36 home win over winless Elks

  23-06-2024 04:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Lirim Hajrullahu’s 37-yard field goal earned the Toronto Argonauts an entertaining 39-36 win over the Edmonton Elks on Saturday night.
  Hajrullahu’s boot came after Janarion Grant’s 17-yard punt return. Edmonton (0-3) had the ball at its five-yard line with roughly 1:20 remaining but following two incompletions, the Elks had to punt and Toronto set up at the visitors’ 45-yard line.
  It was another solid effort from Toronto starter Cameron Dukes, who was 18-o
  
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• Update at 6:50 p.m. Saturday: Out of control fire near Harrison Hot Springs is now under control

  23-06-2024 03:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UPDATED STORY: As of 6:50 p.m. Saturday, BC Wildfire Service now says the fire southwest of Harrison Hot Springs is under control.
  Original story below: 
  HARRISON HOT SPRINGS — BC Wildfire Service says a small fire designated as out of control has started southwest of Harrison Hot Springs Saturday afternoon (June 22).
  According to information on the BC Wildfire Service dashboard (website), the fire was discovered Saturday (June 22) at about 2:41 p.m. Its exact location is 0.6 kilometr
  
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• Kim clings to a 1-shot lead over Scheffler, Bhatia in rain-delayed Travelers

  23-06-2024 03:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Tom Kim made enough birdies on a soft, vulnerable course to stay in front Saturday in the rain-delayed Travelers Championship, getting up-and-down for par on the final hole in near darkness for a 5-under 65 and a one-shot lead over Scottie Scheffler and Akshay Bhatia.
  The tone of this pitch-and-putt day at the TPC River Highlands was set long before thunderstorms halted play for nearly three hours. Cameron Young shot 59, the 13th sub-60 round on the PGA Tour and firs
  
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• Young posts 59 at Travelers Championship, first sub-60 round in 4 years on PGA Tour

  23-06-2024 03:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Cameron Young made a par putt from just inside 10 feet for an 11-under 59 on Saturday in the Travelers Championship, the first sub-60 round on the PGA Tour in nearly four years.
  Young made two eagles on par 4s, holing out with wedge from 142 yards on the third hole and driving the 280-yard 15th hole within four feet.
  It was the 13th sub-60 round since Al Geiberger first shot golf’s “magic number” at the 1977 Memphis Classic. Scottie Scheffler had be
  
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• Chasing first major title, Amy Yang takes 2-shot lead into final round of KPMG Women’s PGA

  23-06-2024 03:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAMMAMISH, Wash. (AP) — Amy Yang shot a 1-under 71 on Saturday to take a two-shot lead into the final round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship as she chases her first major victory.
  Yang was at 7-under 209 at Sahalee Country Club, remaining steady around the greens on the tree-lined course that requires utmost accuracy and precision.
  “I grew up watching so many great players in the past, and I saw them winning all the major championships, “Yang said. “I dreamed ab
  
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• First responders dispatched for quad rollover on Vedder Mountain FSR Saturday

  23-06-2024 02:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — BC EHS, Chilliwack Search and Rescue, and Cultus Lake Fire have been dispatched Saturday just before 5 p.m. for an apparent quad rollover and entrapment on, or near, Vedder Mountain Forest Service Road beyond Parmenter Road in Chilliwack.
  According to scanner traffic, a male suffered an undisclosed leg injury in the quad rollover. There may have been a 20-foot fall involved, but this has not been corroborated by authorities, only heard over the scanner.A helicopter landing zon
  
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• Out of control fire breaks out near Harrison Hot Springs: BC Wildfire Service

  23-06-2024 02:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HARRISON HOT SPRINGS — BC Wildfire Service says a small fire designated as out of control has started southwest of Harrison Hot Springs Saturday afternoon.According to information on the BC Wildfire Service dashboard (website), the fire was discovered Saturday (June 22) at about 2:41 p.m. Its exact location is 0.6 kilometres southwest of Miami Creek.BC Wildfire Service defines out of control as a wildfire that is spreading or it is anticipated to spread beyond the current perimeter, or con
  
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• CN apologizes for whistles in Chilliwack, but cites safety after train death - Peace Arch News

  23-06-2024 01:21 via news.google.com
  
  CN apologizes for whistles in Chilliwack, but cites safety after train death  Peace Arch News
  
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• CN apologizes for whistles in Chilliwack, but cites safety after train death - Maple Ridge News

  23-06-2024 01:20 via news.google.com
  
  CN apologizes for whistles in Chilliwack, but cites safety after train death  Maple Ridge News
  
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• Thousands of racers take to the water as part of Vancouver Dragon Boat Festival

  23-06-2024 01:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Racers took to the water for what organizers say is North America’s largest dragon boat festival in Vancouver.
  More than 6,000 racers and 250 entries from across North America and Australia are expected to compete in the two-day event racing a special fleet of 12-metre, 250-kilogram boats for a variety of distances.
  The competition went ahead even after sewage leaked from a broken pipe earlier in the week into False Creek where the races are held.
  Organizers set up hand-w
  
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• Ramírez, Kwan homer as AL Central-leading Guardians beat Blue Jays 6-3 to go 22 games over .500

  23-06-2024 00:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — José Ramírez and Bo Naylor hit two-run homers and Steven Kwan added a solo shot while pushing his average back near .400, leading the Cleveland Guardians to a 6-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday.
  All three homers came off José Berríos (6-6) as the AL Central-leading Guardians (48-26) moved 22 games over. 500 for the first time this season.
  Rookie Daniel Schneemann also homered for Cleveland, which has 86 homers in 74 games after hitti
  
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• PHOTOS: Parade sails along streets during Cultus Lake Day - Chilliwack Progress

  23-06-2024 00:38 via news.google.com
  
  PHOTOS: Parade sails along streets during Cultus Lake Day  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Pro-Palestinian protesters set up encampment in Montreal’s Victoria Square

  23-06-2024 00:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A new pro-Palestinian encampment has popped up in downtown Montreal’s Ville-Marie borough.
  Members of the Divest for Palestine Collective issued a statement on Saturday saying participants had set up camp in Victoria Square near the office of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Quebec, the provincial pension fund manager.
  Montreal police confirmed protesters began barricading themselves in Victoria Square using construction materials at around 1:20 p.m.
  Const.
  
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• Canada Day festivities in Hope to be scaled back a bit due to reduced federal funding; no fireworks planned

  23-06-2024 00:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — The manager of recreation services for the Fraser Valley Regional District says Canada Day festivities will be scaled back a bit in the District of Hope due to a much smaller funding allocation from Heritage Canada.
  According to a memo from FVRD manager Mike Freimark, the FVRD Recreation Services will be organizing Canada Day activities in Hope alongside the District of Hope, Hope Motorsports Group and the Lions Club. Freimark said Canada Day is a significant day for Hope residents
  
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