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• Medal streak ends for Canada at Paris Olympics with 3×3 basketball loss to U.S.

  05-08-2024 22:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — The Maple Leaf was not raised on Day 10 of the Paris Olympics after Canadian athletes were held off the podium for the first time at the Games.
  The women’s 3×3 basketball team had given hope that Canada would stretch its opening medal streak to a record 10 days when it led the United States halfway through its bronze-medal game.
  But the Canadians couldn’t hang on, meaning Canada would hold at 17 medals (five gold, four silver, eight bronze) entering the final six
  
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• Ex-Trump attorney Jenna Ellis to cooperate in Arizona fake electors case, charges to be dropped

  05-08-2024 22:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Former president Donald Trump’s campaign attorney Jenna Ellis, who worked closely with Rudy Giuliani, will cooperate with Arizona prosecutors in exchange for charges being dropped against her in a fake electors case, the state attorney general’s office announced Monday.
  Ellis has previously pleaded not guilty to fraud, forgery and conspiracy charges in the Arizona case.
  “Her insights are invaluable and will greatly aid the State in proving its case in court
  
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• Watchdog to probe fatal police shooting of axe-wielding man in Trois-Rivières, Que.

  05-08-2024 22:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TROIS-RIVIÈRES, Que. — Quebec’s police watchdog will probe the fatal police shooting of a man in Trois-Rivières, Que., who was allegedly wielding an axe Sunday night.
  According to the watchdog, a 911 call came in just before 8 p.m. about a man acting erratically in the city, which is about halfway between Montreal and Quebec City.
  When municipal police arrived at the scene about 10 minutes after the emergency call, the man was allegedly perched on a public monument, hol
  
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• UN fires additional staffers after probe finds potential involvement in Oct. 7 attack on Israel

  05-08-2024 21:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.N. said Monday it fired additional staff members from its agency for Palestinian refugees, bringing the total to nine employees terminated, after an internal investigation found they may have been involved in the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack against Israel.
  The U.N. secretary-general’s office announced the move in a brief statement to journalists. Farhan Haq, deputy spokesperson for the secretary-general. did not elaborate on the UNRWA staffers’ likely role in
  
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• Trudeau meets officials, evacuees following Jasper wildfire

  05-08-2024 21:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HINTON, Alta. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Hinton, Alta., to get a briefing on the status of the Jasper wildfire.
  Trudeau is expected to tour the mobile incident command centre Monday, and meet with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, Jasper Mayor Richard Ireland and Jasper evacuees.
  He is not expected to tour the town of Jasper itself.
  More than 20,000 people were evacuated from the town and Jasper National Park nearly two weeks ago as a wildfire inched closer to the area, destroying
  
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• Canada’s Fung knocked out of NBO qualifying by American Volynets

  05-08-2024 20:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO —
  Canada’s Stacey Fung won’t reach the National Bank Open main draw.
  Fung was knocked out in the second round of women’s singles qualifying with a 6-1, 6-3 loss to top qualifier Katie Volynets of the United States on Monday at Sobeys Stadium.
  The 27-year-old Fung, from Vancouver, won just seven of 32 points on first serve and conceded eight of nine break points
  Carol Zhao of Richmond Hill, Ont., was scheduled to play Ashlyn Krueger of the United States later Monda
  
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• Pedestrian struck in downtown Chilliwack - Abbotsford News

  05-08-2024 20:52 via news.google.com
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• UPDATE: Chilliwack 4-year-old drowns in pond outside pool facility - Chilliwack Progress

  05-08-2024 20:50 via news.google.com
  UPDATE: Chilliwack 4-year-old drowns in pond outside pool facility  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Pedestrian struck in downtown Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  05-08-2024 20:50 via news.google.com
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• Canadians down Puerto Rico to win opening game at CONCACAF Girls’ U-15 Tournament

  05-08-2024 20:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ALAJUELA — Isabella Lanzillotta’s 43rd-minute goal lifted Canada to a 1-0 victory over Puerto Rico in its opening match Monday at the CONCACAF Girls’ U-15 Championship.
  The goal by the midfielder from Mississauga, Ont., was assisted by Hamilton’s Olivia Tapping.
  The young Canadians face El Salvador on Tuesday and Mexico on Thursday in Group B play. The top two teams from Group A, which features the U.S., host Costa Rica, Haiti and Jamaica, and Group B advance to Friday&rs
  
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• Kamala Harris poised to become the Democratic presidential nominee

  05-08-2024 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON D.C.— U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is set to become the Democrats’ standard-bearer for the 2024 presidential election. The official announcement will be made Monday night, following the results of online voting by delegates.
  The moment caps a tumultuous period for the party after President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance and subsequent withdrawal from the race.
  Harris, the daughter of immigrants, rose through California’s political and law enforc
  
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• Water flowing through the site of the Chilcotin River landslide

  05-08-2024 20:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WILLIAMS LAKE — Images released by the provincial government show water has begun flowing past the landslide area that blocked the Chilcotin River for days.
  A social media post by the Tsilhqot’in National Government advises local residents to stay away from the banks of the Chilcotin River. The post states “as the water flows out of the lake that has formed, the banks of the river that were submerged may slump in.” It goes on to state, “as the channel is cut through
  
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• Water flowing through the site of the Chilcotin landslide

  05-08-2024 20:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WILLIAMS LAKE — Images released by the provincial government show water has begun flowing past the landslide area that blocked the Chilcotin River for days.
  A social media post by the Tsilhqot’in National Government advises local residents to stay away from the banks of the Chilcotin River. The post states “as the water flows out of the lake that has formed, the banks of the river that were submerged may slump in.” It goes on to state, “as the channel is cut through
  
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• Prosecutors plan to charge former Kansas police chief over his conduct following newspaper raid

  05-08-2024 19:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two special prosecutors said Monday that they plan to file a criminal obstruction of justice charge against a former central Kansas police chief over his conduct following a raid last year on his town’s newspaper.
  In an lengthy report summarizing the findings of their investigation, the special prosecutors, Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett and Riley County Attorney Barry Wilkerson, note that the staff of the newspaper that was raided, the Marion Coun
  
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• Canada drops close match to Germany, will face U.S. for Olympic 3×3 bronze

  05-08-2024 19:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Canada will play for bronze in women’s 3×3 basketball after losing 16-15 to Germany in a spirited semifinal at the Paris Olympics on Monday.Paige Crozon, Kacie Bosch and Katherine Plouffe each had four points for Canada, while Michelle Plouffe contributed three.Germany got 11 points from Sonja Greinacher, including a bucket that snapped a 15-15 deadlock with a single second left on the game clock.The Canadians were up 9-5 at the midway point before running into foul tro
  
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• Canada’s Shapovalov retains ranking points, prize money after DQ in Washington

  05-08-2024 17:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada’s Denis Shapovalov will retain his ranking points and prize money after appealing his disqualification from the quarterfinals of the Mubadala Citi DC Open.
  Shapovalov lost his first set 7-6 (5) in a match against American Ben Shelton on Friday and trailed 6-3 in a tiebreaker in the second set when he threw his racket to the court and began shouting at a fan in the stands.
  As Shelton was about to serve for triple match point, the 25-year-old Shapovalov again argued with a fan. He was
  
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• B.C. landslide: Evacuation order north of where Chilcotin and Fraser rivers merge

  05-08-2024 17:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Authorities in British Columbia have issued an evacuation order for an area just north of where the Chilcotin River meets the Fraser River because of the danger of flooding caused by a landslide.
  In a news release Sunday night, officials with the Cariboo Regional District say residents must leave immediately and that people who choose to stay do so at their own risk.
  The evacuation order covers 3.5 square kilometres.
  A massive landslide last week at Farwell Canyon located about 22 kilometres sou
  
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• Pope Francis’ close ally, Cardinal Sean O’Malley, retires as archbishop of Boston at age 80

  05-08-2024 16:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Pope Francis on Monday accepted the resignation of Cardinal Sean O’Malley as archbishop of Boston and named the current bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, Richard Henning, to replace him as leader of one of the most important Catholic archdioceses in the United States.
  “When I arrived it was a time of great crisis and of great pain because of the terrible scourge of sexual abuse,” O’Malley told a news conference as he reflected on all changes the chur
  
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• A passion for cars – and puzzles – fits this Chilliwack service manager perfectly - Chilliwack Progress

  05-08-2024 15:17 via news.google.com
  A passion for cars – and puzzles – fits this Chilliwack service manager perfectly  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Abbotsford Airshow returns Friday to the Fraser Valley

  05-08-2024 15:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The skies over Abbotsford will once again be filled with the roar of jets and the dazzling spectacle of aerial acrobatics as the 2024 Abbotsford International Airshow takes flight on August 9, 10, and 11. This year’s event promises an impressive lineup of performers, featuring some of the world’s premier aviation teams.
  Among the highlights is the US Air Force Raptor Demonstration Team, showcasing the F-22 Raptor, the USAF’s leading fifth generation fighter a
  
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• One-day outdoor book sale returns to Chilliwack Rotary site - Chilliwack Progress

  05-08-2024 14:35 via news.google.com
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• Internet down in Bangladesh as protesters plan to march to capital after a weekend of violence

  05-08-2024 09:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Broadband internet and mobile data services were cut off across Bangladesh on Monday as anti-government protesters vowed to march to the capital to demand the prime minister’s resignation after a weekend of violence that left dozens of people dead, as the military ordered an indefinite curfew.
  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is facing her biggest political challenge since winning a fourth term in an election boycotted by the main opposition parties in January.Th
  
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• Hurricane Debby to bring heavy rains and catastropic flooding to Florida, Georgia and S. Carolina

  05-08-2024 07:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The center of Hurricane Debby is expected to reach the Big Bend coast of Florida early Monday bringing potential record-setting rains, catastropic flooding and life-threatening storm surge as it moves slowly across the northern part of the state before stalling over the coastal regions of Georgia and South Carolina.
  Debby was located about 100 miles (161 kilometers) west of Tampa, Florida, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph). The storm was moving north at 12
  
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• CEBL playoffs: Ahmad roars for River Lions, Surge upset Stingers

  05-08-2024 05:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — Khalil Ahmad is going to Montreal for Championship Weekend — he made sure Sunday his entire team is going with him.
  The two-time Clutch Player of the Year scored 13 consecutive points in Target Score time as the Niagara River Lions rallied from behind to trump the visiting Ottawa BlackJacks 94-91 in the Canadian Elite Basketball League’s Eastern Conference semifinal.
  The River Lions, who finished first in the Eastern Conference this season with a 14-6 rec
  
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• Tropical Storm Debby strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane as it heads toward Florida

  05-08-2024 05:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tropical Storm Debby has strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane as it approaches Florida.
  Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said on Sunday evening that the storm has maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph). The storm was located about 100 miles west southwest of Tamapa and it was moving north at 12 mph (19 kph).
  Debby is the fourth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season after Tropical Storm Alberto, Hurricane Beryl and Tropical Storm
  
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• Stampeders rally in final quarter to knock off Argonauts 27-23

  05-08-2024 04:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders scored 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to knock off the Toronto Argonauts 27-23 on Sunday.
  Rene Paredes kicked his third and fourth field goals of the game late in the fourth quarter to lead the Stampeders to their come-from-behind victory.
  Paredes split the uprights from 44 yards out at 12:55 to give the Stampeders (4-4) their first lead of the game before Calgary’s defence went to work.
  Mike Rose sacked Toronto quarterback Cameron Dukes f
  
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• Franklin scores off the bench as Toronto edges Mexico’s Pachuca 2-1 in Leagues Cup

  05-08-2024 04:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Substitute Kobe Franklin scored in the 78th minute Sunday to give Toronto FC a 2-1 win over Mexico’s Pachuca and top spot in their preliminary group at the Leagues Cup.
  Fellow sub Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty set up the goal, beating a defender down the left flank and then sending in a cross that Franklin acrobatically volleyed past goalkeeper Carlos Moreno. It was a first-ever TFC goal for the 21-year-old homegrown product.
  Derrick Etienne Jr. also scored for Toronto, which led
  
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• Canadians Fung, Zhao advance to second round of qualifying at NBO Toronto

  05-08-2024 03:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Canadians Carol Zhao and Stacey Fung advanced to the second round of qualifying at the National Bank Open on Sunday.
  Zhao, of Richmond Hill, Ont., replaced Hailey Baptiste as an alternate after Baptiste withdrew due to travel issues. Zhao defeated Kristina Mladenovic of France 7-5, 6-1.
  Vancouver’s Fung outlasted Jule Niemeier of Germany 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.
  Three other Canadians were knocked out of the event.
  Montreal’s Eugenie Bouchard fell 7-5, 5-7, 6-4 to Moyuka Uchijim
  
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• Canada’s Galarneau advances to second round of qualifying at NBO Montreal

  05-08-2024 03:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Canada’s Alexis Galarneau advanced to the second round of qualifying at the National Bank Open with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Facundo Diaz Acosta of Argentina on Sunday.
  Galarneau saved seven of eight break points en route to winning the first-round match in one hour 39 minutes.
  The 25-year-old from Laval, Que., will play Rinky Hijkata of Australia in the next round.
  Other Canadians didn’t have the same success Sunday.
  Nicolas Arseneault of Ontario lost 6-3, 6-2 to Bra
  
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• Over-top move of water at B.C. landslide site expected within hours, says government

  05-08-2024 03:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s emergency management ministry says water is expected to start moving over the top of the massive landslide site currently blocking the Chilcotin River within hours.
  The ministry says in a statement area modelling suggests water is expected to start moving over-top of the landslide site late Sunday or early Monday and enter the riverbed below the slide area.
  The statement says minimal seepage from the slide site is being observed, but the water level behi
  
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• Water expected to begin passing over the Chilcotin River landslide soon

  05-08-2024 02:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — New modelling suggests water will start to move over overtop the landslide along the Chilcotin River Sunday (Aug. 4) or early on Monday.
  In a news release Sunday afternoon, provincial authorities say in the best-case scenario, it is anticipated that it will take 12 to 24 hours for the trapped water to pass through the blockage. The scenario predicts flows below typical spring flooding peaks on the Fraser River but significantly higher than usual on the Chilcotin River. If the wa
  
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• Soto hits tying homer before LeMahieu’s single in 10th gives Yankees 4-3 win over Blue Jays

  05-08-2024 01:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — DJ LeMahieu hit a game-winning single through a five-man infield in the 10th inning to give the New York Yankees a rain-delayed 4-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday.
  Juan Soto launched a tying homer in the seventh and Gleyber Torres had two hits for the Yankees, who won for the seventh time in eight games. New York remained tied atop the AL East with Baltimore, which won 9-5 at Cleveland.
  Aaron Judge was intentionally walked three times by the last-place Blue Ja
  
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• Health Canada recalling Gerber brand baby cereal due to possible Cronobacter

  05-08-2024 01:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Health Canada has issued a recall for Gerber brand Oat Banana & Mango Baby Cereal due to possible Cronobacter contamination.
  The affected products were sold online and in stores in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan and possibly other provinces and territories.The cereal was sold in 227 g packages with a best-before date of May 30, 2025.
  Health Canada says people should not consume the recalled product and should throw it out or return it to the
  
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• Canadians help New England Free Jacks retain Major League Rugby championship

  05-08-2024 01:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN DIEGO — Jayson Potroz’s boot accounted for 15 points Sunday as the New England Free Jacks defeated the Seattle Seawolves 20-11 to win the Major League Rugby championship for the second year in a row.
  New England had significant Canadian help in defending its title.
  Canadians Andrew Quattrin, Cole Keith, Kyle Baillie, Conor Keys and Piers von Dadelszen started in the New England pack.
  Fellow Canadians Foster Dewitt, Josh Larsen, Ethan Fryer (a U.S.-Canadian dual citizen) and Ben L
  
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• G7 foreign ministers say ‘no country stands to gain’ from rising Middle East tensions

  05-08-2024 01:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Jolie and her G7 counterparts have issued a joint statement calling for a de-escalation of tensions in the Middle East.The foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States issued the statement, along with the High Representative of the European Union.
  The statement, which was released Sunday by Global Affairs Canada, says the ministers are expressing their “deep concern at the
  
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• Federal cabinet minister Pablo Rodriguez being sought to lead Quebec Liberal Party

  05-08-2024 00:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A spokesperson for Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez says he is fielding “a lot of requests” to join the race to lead the Quebec Liberal Party.
  But Rodriguez, the Quebec lieutenant for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, has not confirmed whether he will seek the leadership of the provincial party.
  Jacques Martineau, director of communications for Rodriguez, says the minister is “sincerely touched by the many requests he received” to make the leap to provinci
  
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