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• Guerrero, Varsho help Blue Jays sweep Rangers with 7-3 victory

  28-07-2024 23:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Daulton Varsho and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered to help the Toronto Blue Jays to a 7-3 win and sweep of the defending World Series-champion Texas Rangers on Sunday.
  Varsho’s two-run blast, his 13th, landed in the Rangers bullpen in a three-run first inning, while Guerrero knocked out his team-leading 19th to right field as part of a three-run third.
  The Blue Jays (49-56) won five of their nine-game homestand since the all-star break. The Rangers (51-55) lost three in a row
  
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• Teen girl reported missing in Surrey

  28-07-2024 22:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — Surrey RCMP are requesting the public’s assistance in locating a missing teen. Gabriella Doherty, a 14-year-old, was reported missing from her home in the area of 158 Street and 84 Avenue in Fleetwood on Friday (Jul. 26).
  Gabriella was last seen at approximately 8:30 a.m. on Saturday in the area of 104 Avenue and King George Boulevard in Whalley. Police and her family are concerned for her health and well-being.
  Gabriella is described as a Caucasian female with fair skin. Sh
  
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• Eleanor Harvey claims bronze for Canada’s first Olympic fencing medal

  28-07-2024 21:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Canadian fencer Eleanor Harvey has won Canada’s second medal of the Paris Olympics, capturing bronze in the women’s individual foil on Sunday.The 29-year-old from Hamilton topped Italy’s Alice Volpi 15-12 for the win, which marks Canada’s best-ever finish in an individual fencing event.
  Harvey’s aggressive start paid off with the 12th-ranked Canadian chalking up the first three points of the match.The No. 3-seed Italian battled back and cut the deficit
  
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• Canada tops Fiji 17-14 to open Olympic rugby sevens tournament

  28-07-2024 20:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Keyara Wardley scored the decisive try and Canada opened its rugby sevens campaign with a 17-14 win at the Paris Olympics on Sunday.Florence Symonds and Charity Williams also had tries for the seventh-ranked Canadians, while Chloe Daniels was 1 for 3 on conversions.Canada got off to a dominant start with Symonds scoring 3:48 into the game, and the squad took a 12-0 lead into the first half.The two sides traded scores in the second, with Olympic veteran Wardley boosting Canada&rsquo
  
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• 3 families displaced in overnight blaze at Chilliwack townhouse complex - Chilliwack Progress

  28-07-2024 20:24 via news.google.com
  
  3 families displaced in overnight blaze at Chilliwack townhouse complex  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• 3 families displaced in overnight blaze at Chilliwack townhouse - Abbotsford News

  28-07-2024 20:24 via news.google.com
  
  3 families displaced in overnight blaze at Chilliwack townhouse  Abbotsford News
  
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• Ottawa and Alberta match Red Cross fire donations as Jasper residents view damage map

  28-07-2024 20:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — As residents of Jasper learn more details about wildfire damage to their evacuated town, the Alberta and federal governments say they’ll match donations to the Canadian Red Cross for wildfire relief in the province.
  Federal Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan and Alberta Public Safety and Emergency Services Minister Mike Ellis say in a joint news release that the donation-matching initiative means every $1 donated will become $3 to support people most impacted by
  
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• Auger-Aliassime, Andreescu and Fernandez are first-round winners in Olympic tennis

  28-07-2024 20:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — It’s a great start for Canadian tennis at the Paris Olympics as Felix Auger-Aliassime, Bianca Andreescu and Leylah Fernandez all posted victories on Sunday.
  All three players waited an extra day to see their first-round singles action after heavy rain scrubbed Saturday’s schedule at Roland Garros.
  Montreal’s Auger-Aliassime fired 10 aces as he made quick work of American Marcos Giron with a 6-1, 6-4 straight-set victory.
  In the women’s draw, Andreescu, of Mi
  
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• Chilliwack townhouse fire displaces 3 families - CTV News Vancouver

  28-07-2024 19:18 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack townhouse fire displaces 3 families  CTV News Vancouver
  
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• New York Giants waive Canadian quarterback Nathan Rourke

  28-07-2024 18:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EAST RUTHERFORD — The New York Giants are releasing Canadian quarterback Nathan Rourke.
  Giants head coach Brian Daboll announced the move Sunday.
  New York claimed Rourke, 26, of Victoria, off waivers May 7 but he didn’t see much action during the first week of the Giants’ training camp.
  Rourke finished last season with New England. He was inactive for two games before dressing as a backup in the Patriots regular-season finale versus the New York Jets on Jan. 7.
  New England plac
  
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• Fierce comeback thrusts Canadian fencer Eleanor Harvey into Olympic semifinal

  28-07-2024 17:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — In a dramatic match that saw her opponent fall to her knees after the final blow, Canadian fencer Eleanor Harvey advanced to the semifinals in the women’s foil individual event at the Paris Olympics.
  Harvey narrowly defeated Italian Martina Favaretto on Sunday 15-14, staging a fierce comeback after trailing 10-4 midway through the second frame.
  She will face the American Lauren Scruggs on Sunday evening for the semifinals, chasing a possible medal for Canada.The 19-year-old l
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of July 28, 2024

  28-07-2024 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: Cory Jackson-CampbellAge: 23
  Height: 6’2” ft Weight: 252lbs
  Hair: Black/Brown Eyes: Brown
  Wanted: Breach of Release Order x4
  Warrant in effect: July 17, 2024
  Parole Jurisdiction: Chilliwack
  Name: Karey ClyneAge: 42
  Height: 5’11” ft Weight: 141lbs
  Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue
  Wanted: Trafficking a Controlled Substance, Possession for the Purpose of Tr
  
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• No injuries but three families left homeless after fire rips through Chilliwack townhouse Sunday morning

  28-07-2024 16:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Members of the Chilliwack Fire Department were called into action early Sunday (Jul. 28) morning.
  A call for a structure fire in the 45000 block of Hodgins Avenue was received around 3:30 a.m.
  Image: Fire at townhouse on Hodgins Avenue early Sunday morning. / Julie Hiscock
  The fire was across the street from the Chilliwack Coliseum.
  The Chilliwack Fire Department said approximately 40 firefighters from Halls 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 responded to the blaze and were able to knock down
  
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• Trudeau announces Sept. 16 byelections in ridings in Quebec, Manitoba

  28-07-2024 16:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called a pair of byelections to fill vacant seats in Quebec and Manitoba.Voters will go to the polls in the Elmwood—Transcona riding in Manitoba and the Montreal-area riding of LaSalle—Émard—Verdun on Sept. 16.
  The Manitoba riding was held by the New Democratic Party until MP Daniel Blaikie resigned in March to go work for the office of the province’s Premier, Wab Kinew.Blaikie had held the federal seat since the 2015 election.
  The
  
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• No injuries but three families left homeless after fire rips through Chilliwack townhouse Sunday morning - Fraser Valley Today

  28-07-2024 16:12 via news.google.com
  
  No injuries but three families left homeless after fire rips through Chilliwack townhouse Sunday morning  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Fire rips through Chilliwack townhouse Sunday morning

  28-07-2024 16:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Members of the Chilliwack Fire Department were called into action early Sunday (Jul. 28) morning.
  A call for a structure fire in the 45300 block of Hodgins Avenue was received around 3:30 a.m.Image: Fire at townhouse on Hodgins Avenue early Sunday morning. / Julie Hiscock
  The fire was across the street from the Chilliwack Coliseum.Crews were able to knock down the flames before the fire could spread to other homes in the neighbourhood.
  Witnesses at the scene say the fire occur
  
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• LETTER: A note of thanks for 911 service, paramedics - Chilliwack Progress

  28-07-2024 15:28 via news.google.com
  
  LETTER: A note of thanks for 911 service, paramedics  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Abbotsford council to consider secondary suite program to boost housing supply

  28-07-2024 14:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — In an effort to address the growing housing crisis, Abbotsford City Council is set to consider the proposed Secondary Suite Incentive Program when it meets this week. The initiative aims to expand secondary suite approvals and legalize unauthorized secondary suites, fulfilling a key commitment under the City’s $25.6 million Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) grant from the federal government.
  In late 2023, the City secured up to $25.6 million from the federal HAF, a country-
  
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• Government withholding funding ‘related to suspended Canada Soccer officials’

  28-07-2024 14:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Canada sports minister Carla Qualtrough says the government is withholding some of Canada Soccer’s funding following a spying scandal involving the Olympic women’s soccer team.
  FIFA docked six points from the team due to a drone spying scandal at the Paris Games.
  It also banned head coach Bev Priestman and two assistants for a year each and fined Canada Soccer around $313,000.Qualtrough says the funding, which is “related to the suspended officials,” is bein
  
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• Slocan region in interior B.C. evacuated due to multiple wildfires

  28-07-2024 13:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A small town in the B.C. interior has been evacuated due to wildfires raging nearby.
  The Regional District of Central Kootenay issued a statement Saturday night issued an evacuation order for the village of Slocan.
  The evacuation order also applies to over 400 properties in the areas around the village, a community about 370 kilometres east of Kelowna.
  Several fires are burning out of control in the area, including the Komonko Creek and Aylwin Creek wildfire.
  Both blazes total over 29 square kil
  
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• Venezuelan election could lead to seismic shift in politics or give President Maduro six more years

  28-07-2024 12:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Polls have opened in Venezuela, where people are voting Sunday in a presidential election whose outcome will either lead to a seismic shift in politics or extend by six more years the policies that caused the world’s worst peacetime economic collapse.
  Whether it is President Nicolás Maduro who is chosen, or his main opponent, retired diplomat Edmundo González, the election will have ripple effects throughout the Americas. Government opponents a
  
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• Quebec municipalities using artificial intelligence to track tree cover, cars, pools

  28-07-2024 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Municipalities in Quebec’s capital region have recently begun using artificial intelligence to track everything from tree cover to cars — and even backyard pools.
  The Communauté métropolitaine de Québec, which groups Quebec City and its suburbs, says the groundbreaking project will help member municipalities achieve their environmental targets, assess parking availability and monitor urban development. But as more Canadian cities adopt AI tools,
  
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• 11 killed by mudslide in China as heavy rains from tropical storm Gaemi drench region

  28-07-2024 07:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BEIJING (AP) — Eleven people were killed after a mudslide hit a house in southeastern China on Sunday as heavy rains from what remained of a tropical storm drenched the region, state media said.
  Elsewhere in China, a delivery person on a scooter was killed Saturday after being hit by a falling tree in Shanghai, apparently because of storm-related winds, according to The Paper, a digital news outlet.
  The deaths were the first in China that appear linked to Typhoon Gaemi, which weakened to a
  
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• River Lions beat BlackJacks 109-97, finish CEBL regular season unbeaten at home

  28-07-2024 07:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — The Niagara River Lions marked Fan Appreciation Night at the Meridian Centre on Saturday with a 109-97 win over the visiting Ottawa BlackJacks.
  The River Lions, who finished the regular season with a 10-0 home record and 14-6 overall for first in the Canadian Elite Basketball League’s Eastern Conference, also earned home court advantage for the East semifinal on Aug. 4, where they’ll meet the winner of the Scarborough Shooting Stars-BlackJacks play-in gam
  
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• Toronto FC edges New York Red Bulls 5-4 in Leagues Cup penalty shootout

  28-07-2024 04:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HARRISON, N.J. — Toronto FC, thanks to goalkeeper Sean Johnson, edged the New York Red Bulls 5-4 in a penalty shootout after their 2024 Leagues Cup opener ended in a scoreless draw in regulation time Saturday.Matty Longstaff, Kosi Thompson, Derrick Etienne Jr., Jonathan Osorio and Shane O’Neill scored penalties for Toronto.
  Red Bulls goalkeeper Ryan Meara, normally the backup to Paraguayan international Carlos Coronel, stopped Jahkeele Marshal-Rutty on TFC’s sixth attempt.That
  
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• Ryan Reynolds’ Wrexham AFC defeats hometown Whitecaps 4-1 in Vancouver

  28-07-2024 04:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds watched Wrexham AFC take down his hometown Vancouver Whitecaps 4-1 on Saturday night at BC Place.
  Wrexham, a third-tier English club co-owned by Reynolds and popularized by the “Welcome to Wrexham” docuseries, made its first trip to Vancouver.
  The match was played in the Whitecaps’ stadium and was officially a neutral-site international friendly, but many of the 34,738 fans were decked out in red and white jerseys and scarves, happ
  
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• Hajrullahu’s 34-yard field goal gives Argos 16-14 overtime win over Bombers

  28-07-2024 04:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Lirim Hajrullahu’s 34-yard field goal in overtime earned the Toronto Argonauts a wild 16-14 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Saturday night.
  Hajrullahu connected for three points after Winnipeg’s Sergio Castillo missed from 41 yards out on his club’s first possession of overtime for a single.
  Toronto (4-3) earned a second straight win but only its third victory in nine matchups against the Bombers.
  Winnipeg (2-6) suffered a second straight loss and fell
  
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• Jhonattan Vegas takes 3rd-round lead in 3M Open, Canada’s Pendrith drops

  28-07-2024 02:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BLAINE, Minn. (AP) — Jhonattan Vegas birdied six of the final eight holes for an 8-under 63 and a one-stroke lead over Matt Kuchar on Saturday in the 3M Open.
  Vegas had a 16-under 197 total at the TPC Twin Cities. The 39-year-old Venezuelan has three PGA Tour victories, the last a successful title defence in the 2017 Canadian Open.
  “Just kind of makes you feel like you’re doing the right thing and you’ve just got to keep working hard,” Vegas said.
  The 46-year-old Ku
  
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• Japan’s Mao Saigo sets course and tournament record at CPKC Women’s Open

  28-07-2024 02:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Japan’s Mao Saigo had the round of her life on Saturday at Earl Grey Golf Club.
  Saigo fired an 11-under 61 — a tournament and course record — to climb the 2024 CPKC Women’s Open leaderboard.
  The impressive outing saw her drain nine birdies while holing out from the fairway for eagle on the par 4, 433-yard 10th hole.
  “I’m very proud of myself because that was the best round probably since I started playing golf,” said Saigo through an inte
  
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• Blue Jays trade longtime catcher Danny Jansen to Red Sox for three prospects

  28-07-2024 02:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays traded catcher Danny Jansen to the Boston Red Sox for three prospects on Saturday.
  Jansen had played his entire MLB career in Toronto and was the longest-serving Blue Jay on the roster, making his debut with the club on Aug. 13, 2018.
  The 29-year-old has six home runs, 18 RBIs and a .212 batting average this season.
  In return, Toronto received infielder Cutter Coffey, infielder Eddinson Paulino and right-handed pitcher Gilberto Batista.
  The Blue Jays have be
  
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• Gausman, Varsho lead Toronto Blue Jays to 7-3 win over Texas Rangers

  28-07-2024 00:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Kevin Gausman’s 118-pitch complete game and Daulton Varsho’s three-run first-inning homer spearheaded the Toronto Blue Jays to a 7-3 win against the Texas Rangers on Saturday.
  Gausman (9-8) gave up three runs on four hits and three walks with eight strikeouts before 35,917 at Rogers Centre.
  He didn’t allow a run after the third inning to give the Blue Jays (48-56) two straight wins in their series against Texas (51-54) and their fourth win in eight games since t
  
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