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• US official says Biden’s meeting with Netanyahu remains on track, despite withdrawal from race

  21-07-2024 23:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with President Joe Biden at the White House this week as planned, despite Biden’s withdrawal from the presidential race, a person familiar with Biden’s schedule said Sunday.
  The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly, said the exact timing of the meeting has not been established because Biden is recovering from COVID-19.
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• Springer homers twice as Jays down Tigers 5-4 to avoid series sweep at Rogers Centre

  21-07-2024 22:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — George Springer’s two homers and Ernie Clement’s game-winning single in the sixth inning pushed the Toronto Blue Jays to a 5-4 victory to avoid a sweep against the Detroit Tigers on Sunday.
  Springer went 3-for-4 with homers to left field in the first and second innings to help cool the red-hot Tigers (49-51) before 38,766 at Rogers Centre.
  The Blue Jays (45-54) halted the visitors’ four-game win streak, but Detroit has enjoyed an 11-5 record in July.
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• Biden’s legacy: Far-reaching accomplishments that didn’t translate into political support

  21-07-2024 21:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sitting in the Oval Office behind the iconic Resolute desk in 2022, an animated President Joe Biden described the challenge of leading a psychologically traumatized nation.
  The United States had endured a life-altering pandemic. There was a jarring burst of inflation and now global conflict with Russia invading Ukraine, as well as the persistent threat to democracy he felt Donald Trump posed.
  How could Biden possibly heal that collective trauma?
  “Be confident,&rdquo
  
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• Colton Herta dominates chaotic Honda Indy Toronto to earn first win of season

  21-07-2024 21:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Colton Herta cruised to a dominating victory at the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto, leading from pole position and maintaining control throughout the chaotic race at Exhibition Place on Sunday.
  It marked the 24-year-old American’s eighth career victory and first in over two years on the NTT IndyCar Series.
  Teammate Kyle Kirkwood started and finished in second, while four-time Toronto champion Scott Dixon rounded out the podium.
  The race featured six restarts, including
  
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• Harris, endorsed by Biden, could become first woman, second black person to be president

  21-07-2024 21:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — She’s already broken barriers, and now Kamala Harris could become the first Black woman to head a major party presidential ticket after President Joe Biden abruptly ended his reelection bid and endorsed her.
  Biden announced Sunday that was stepping aside amid widespread concerns about the viability of his candidacy.
  Harris is the first woman, Black person or person of South Asian descent to serve as vice president. She joined the Biden ticket after a rocky and abbre
  
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• Joy in Newfoundland after ‘Lucky 7′ fishers survive harrowing days lost at sea

  21-07-2024 21:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW-WES-VALLEY, N.L. — There was a powerful word being repeated in the joyful Newfoundland community of New-Wes-Valley on Sunday: “Miracle.”
  Over and over, residents out walking or chatting to one another in local stores said the fact seven fishermen from the area had somehow survived roughly 48 hours in a life-raft in the Atlantic ocean and were found by search-and-rescue crews was nothing short of miraculous.
  Daphne Crocker leaned over her balcony and spread out her hands.
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• Canada downs Puerto Rico in pre-Olympic men’s basketball tune-up game

  21-07-2024 20:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ORLEANS — Canada’s national men’s basketball team wrapped up pre-Olympic play with a 103-93 win over Puerto Rico on Sunday.
  Dillon Brooks paced the Canadian attack with 21 points, while Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Trey Lyles each chipped in with 15 off the bench.
  Canada finished its Olympic tune-up schedule with two wins and a loss. The seventh-ranked Canadians scored a convincing 85-72 victory over host France on Friday in Orleans, after dropping an 86-72 decision to the top-
  
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• What happens next: Joe Biden wants to pass the baton to Kamala Harris. Here’s how that might work

  21-07-2024 20:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — With President Joe Biden ending his reelection bid and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris, Democrats now must navigate a shift that is unprecedented this late in an election year.Democrats are set to hold their convention in Chicago on Aug. 19-22. What was supposed to be a coronation for Biden now becomes an open contest in which nearly 4,700 delegates will be responsible for picking a new standard-bearer to challenge Republican Donald Trump in the fall.
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• U.S. President Joe Biden steps aside as Democratic candidate, ending re-election bid

  21-07-2024 20:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON, D. C. — U.S. President Joe Biden is removing his name as the Democratic candidate in the November election following weeks of mounting pressure over the 81-year-old’s mental acuity and ability to win the faceoff with Republican rival Donald Trump.Biden says it has been his greatest honour to serve but he believes it is in the best interest of his party to stand down and focus solely on fulfilling his duties as president for the rest of his term.
  Growing numbers of Democra
  
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• More evacuation orders in B.C. as heat wave aids lightning-triggered wildfires

  21-07-2024 20:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Several lightning-triggered wildfires have forced authorities in British Columbia to issue evacuation orders as the province’s southern and eastern regions swelter in a heat wave.
  The BC Wildfire Service says the Island Pond fire about 17 kilometres south of Canal Flats, B.C., in the East Kootenay, was discovered Saturday and grew to 1.2 square kilometres overnight.
  The Regional District of East Kootenay has declared a state of local emergency and issued an evacuation order for two address
  
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• President Joe Biden drops out of the 2024 race after disastrous debate inflamed age concerns

  21-07-2024 20:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before the election.The decision comes after escalating pressure from Biden’s Democratic allies to step aside following the June 27 debate, in which the 81-year-old president trailed off, often gave nonsensical answers and failed to call out the f
  
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• Tadej Pogacar wins Tour de France for the 3rd time and in style with a victory at time trial

  21-07-2024 19:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NICE, France (AP) — Tadej Pogacar won the Tour de France for the third time and celebrated in style with a victory in Sunday’s final stage — a time trial ending in Nice.
  The 25-year-old Slovenian rider became the first cyclist to secure the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France in the same year since the late Marco Pantani in 1998.
  Two-time defending champion Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark was second overall. He also finished the stage in second place.
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• Xander the Great! Schauffele wins the British Open for his 2nd major this year

  21-07-2024 19:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TROON, Scotland (AP) — Xander Schauffele won the British Open on Sunday for his second major of the year, delivering a masterpiece at Royal Troon with a 6-under 65 to overcome a two-shot deficit and give the Americans a sweep of the majors for the first time since 1982.
  Schauffele won the PGA Championship at Valhalla two months ago by making a 6-foot birdie putt on the final hole. In a final round set up for big drama — nine players separated by three shots at the start — Schau
  
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• Second B.C. university issues trespass notice to pro-Palestinian protesters

  21-07-2024 19:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The University of Victoria in British Columbia says it has begun the process of removing the pro-Palestinian encampment on campus, telling protesters they are trespassing on school property.
  The school says in its latest encampment update that it has “taken a calm, measured and reasoned approach” to the protest since it was set up on May 1, but administrators “see no further prospect for a successful dialogue.”
  On its social media page, protesters naming
  
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• Canadian athletes have mixed feelings over Russians competing in Paris

  21-07-2024 18:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A complex issue evokes complex feelings among Canada’s Olympic and Paralympic athletes bound for Paris.
  The International Olympic and Paralympic committees allowing some Russian and Belarusian athletes entry into the 2024 Summer Games is a thorny topic.
  The curtain had barely come down on the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing when Russia invaded Ukraine with Belarusian support.
  The IOC will allow several athletes holding Russian and Belarusian passports who can prove they don’t su
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of July 21, 2024

  21-07-2024 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: Herbert HanuseAge: 33
  Height: 5’10” ft Weight: 190lbs
  Hair: Black/Brown Eyes: Brown
  Wanted: Break and Enter with Intent
  Warrant in effect: July 17, 2024
  Parole Jurisdiction: Chilliwack
  Name: Elwood PoormanAge: 42
  Height: 5’9” ft Weight: 220lbs
  Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown
  Wanted: Unlawfully at Large
  Warrant in effect: July 17, 2024Parole Jurisdictio
  
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• Sen. Joe Manchin, an independent of West Virginia, urges Biden to withdraw from race

  21-07-2024 15:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat turned independent, urged President Joe Biden on Sunday to drop his reelection bid and focus on the remaining months of his presidency.
  “I came to the decision with a heavy heart that I think it’s time to pass the torch to a new generation,” the West Virginia lawmaker told CNN’s ”State of the Union.”
  Nearly three dozen Democrats in Congress have said it’s time for Biden to leave the race. Four Democrat
  
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• NDP name veteran Liberal M.P. as candidate in Langley-Abbotsford

  21-07-2024 14:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — John Aldag, a longtime advocate for Canadian parks and and former M.P., has officially accepted the BC NDP nomination in Langley-Abbotsford for the upcoming provincial election in the fall. Aldag was elected twice in the federal riding of Surrey-Cloverdale, resigning as a Liberal M.P. in May to run for the NDP in the provincial vote.
  A news release from the BC NDP says Aldag grew up on a prairie farm, where he learned the values of kindness, hard work, and the significance of
  
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• Trio of Fraser Valley artists to perform at Chilliwack brewery - Abbotsford News

  21-07-2024 14:32 via news.google.com
  
  Trio of Fraser Valley artists to perform at Chilliwack brewery  Abbotsford News
  
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• Blues, rock, hip-hop on music menu at Chilliwack venue - Chilliwack Progress

  21-07-2024 14:30 via news.google.com
  
  Blues, rock, hip-hop on music menu at Chilliwack venue  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• China and the Philippines reach deal in effort to stop clashes at fiercely disputed shoal

  21-07-2024 12:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — China and the Philippines reached a deal they hope will end confrontations at the most fiercely disputed shoal in the South China Sea, two Philippine officials said Sunday.
  The Philippines occupies Second Thomas Shoal but China also claims it, and increasingly hostile clashes at sea have sparked fears of larger conflicts that could involve the United States.
  The crucial deal was reached on Sunday, after a series of meetings between Philippine and Chinese diplomat
  
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• Bangladesh’s top court scales back government jobs quota after deadly unrest killed scores

  21-07-2024 10:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s top court on Sunday scaled back a controversial quota system for government job applicants, in a partial victory for student protesters after days of nationwide unrest and deadly clashes between police and demonstrators that have killed scores of people.
  Students, frustrated by shortages of good jobs, have been demanding an end to a quota that reserved 30% of government jobs for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s war of indepe
  
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• Dynamo finds a way to beat, frustrate Whitecaps with late comeback

  21-07-2024 07:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — After battling back from a two-goal deficit in the first half, the Vancouver Whitecaps allowed goals nine minutes apart late in the second half in a wild 4-3 setback to the Houston Dynamo in a Major League Soccer match Saturday night that snapped their six-game unbeaten streak.
  Striker Fafa Picault scored twice and assisted on a goal by defender Ranko Veselinovic for the Whitecaps.
  Houston’s Griffin Dorsey scored his second goal of the night with a shot through traffic in
  
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• Abbotsford Police Dept. locates missing senior

  21-07-2024 07:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — UPDATE — Police in Abbotsford have confirmed they have located a 73-year-old man who was reported missing Saturday (Jul. 20).
  His name and image has been removed from FraserValleyToday.ca for privacy reasons.
  
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• Calmer winds quiet Shetland Creek fire behaviour; Highway 1 remains open

  21-07-2024 06:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ASHCROFT. — Updates provided by municipal authorities in the villages of Ashcroft and Cache Creek Saturday (July 20) lend some reasons for hope in the fight against the Shetland Creek wildfire.
  The fire grew again overnight Friday to Saturday. It is now mapped at 14,785 hectares.
  However, both the Village of Cache Creek and the B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) indicated winds were forecast to calm for much of the day Saturday. BCWS said there may still be extreme fire behaviour Saturday aftern
  
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• Abbotsford Police Dept. locatesmissing senior

  21-07-2024 06:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — UPDATE — Police in Abbotsford have confirmed they have located a 73-year-old man who was reported missing Saturday (Jul. 20).
  His name and image has been removed from FraserValleyToday.ca for privacy reasons.
  
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• Arike Ogunbowale and Caitlin Clark lead WNBA All-Stars to 117-109 win over U.S. Olympic team

  21-07-2024 05:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arike Ogunbowale set the WNBA All-Star scoring record with 34 points and Caitlin Clark made the most of her All-Star debut as the WNBA team beat the U.S. Olympic team 117-109 on Saturday night.
  It was the second consecutive win for the WNBA All-Star team over the Olympians. The All-Stars also won in 2021 led by Ogunbowale, who was MVP of both that game and this one.
  That loss was the only one that the Americans had in 2021 en route to winning their seventh consecutive Olympi
  
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• Commissioner Engelbert excited about WNBA’s new media rights deal

  21-07-2024 04:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The WNBA has the framework in place for a $2.2 billion, 11-year media rights deal as part of the NBA’s massive, recently approved deal.
  WNBA players union executive director Terri Jackson has expressed concerns about the league being undervalued in the NBA’s $76 billion deal approved by its board of governors earlier this week, but Commissioner Cathy Engelbert believes all sides will be happy once it’s completed.
  “I think we’re going to do somet
  
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• Ticats earn first victory of the season with 27-24 decision over Toronto Argonauts

  21-07-2024 04:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — James Butler and Destin Talbert scored touchdowns set up by turnovers as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats held on to beat the Toronto Argonauts 27-24 for their first win of the season Saturday night.
  Hamilton (1-5) earned just its second win in its last 12 games against its longtime rival. The Ticats narrowly averted dropping to 0-6 for the first time since 2017 (0-8 start), delighting the Tim Hortons Field gathering of 22,910.
  Hamilton’s defence came into the game having forced a
  
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• Laryea’s goal lifts Toronto FC to 1-0 win over CF Montreal

  21-07-2024 03:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Toronto FC took a major step forward in their pursuit of a Major League Soccer playoff position with a 1-0 victory on Saturday over Eastern Conference rival CF Montreal 1-0.
  Richie Laryea’s first-half goal at Stade Saputo allowed (9-14-3) to gain three points of separation, ending Montreal’s (6-10-9) home unbeaten run at nine games in the process.
  This is the first time since 2019 that Toronto has won both MLS ties in the same season.
  The first chance came Montreal&r
  
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• Shed, tree catch fire at Chilliwack mobile home park - Chilliwack Progress

  21-07-2024 03:23 via news.google.com
  
  Shed, tree catch fire at Chilliwack mobile home park  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• North Korea flies more balloons likely carrying trash after the South resumes propaganda broadcasts

  21-07-2024 03:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea launched more balloons likely carrying rubbish toward South Korea on Sunday, two days after the South restarted blaring anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts across the border in retaliation for the North’s repeated balloon campaigns, Seoul officials said.
  South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the North Korean balloons were flying north of Seoul, the South Korean capital, after crossing the border.
  It said the South Korean public should b
  
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• Abbotsford Police Dept. appeals for help in locating missing senior

  21-07-2024 02:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Police in Abbotsford are appealing for help from the public in locating a missing 73-year-old man who walked away from Abbotsford Regional Hospital earlier today (July 20).
  According to a social media post, AbbyPD says 73-year-old John Sola left ARH at 1:32 p.m. Saturday afternoon, leaving authorities concerned for his well-being. Police say all attempts to locate Sola have not been successful, prompting police to seek help from the public.Police say Sola has dementia and may
  
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• My Boy Prince overcomes bad start to secure victory in $150,000 Plate Trial

  21-07-2024 02:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — It wasn’t perfect but My Boy Prince still showed Saturday he deserves to be considered among the favourites for next month’s $1-million King’s Plate.
  My Boy Prince, with Sahin Civaci aboard, reared at the start but still recovered to win the $150,000 Plate Trial Stakes on Saturday at Woodbine Racetrack. The 1-5 favourite earned a 1 1/4-length victory in the 1 1/8-mile race in 1:51.12.
  Also on the same card, jockey Sofia Vives guided Kin’s Concerto to victo
  
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• Motorcyclist killed in crash with fire truck in Vancouver

  21-07-2024 01:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A motorcyclist has died after a collision involving a Vancouver fire truck responding to a call.
  Vancouver Fire Rescue Services say in a statement that the crash happened this afternoon near Lost Lagoon on the Stanley Park Causeway.
  The crash has closed the road to traffic, and Vancouver Fire Rescue Services say the causeway will remain closed for the investigation.
  The statement says the unidentified motorcyclist died at the scene despite efforts by emergency personnel, and a
  
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• Parkinson Superwalk returns to Chilliwack with 3 modest routes - Chilliwack Progress

  21-07-2024 01:09 via news.google.com
  
  Parkinson Superwalk returns to Chilliwack with 3 modest routes  Chilliwack Progress
  
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