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• Blue Jays claim RHP Luis Frias off waivers from Diamondbacks

  10-08-2024 23:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have claimed right-handed Luis Frias off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks.The Blue Jays announced the acquisition Saturday and option Frias to their Triple-A affiliate in Buffalo.
  Frias had a 9.95 earned-runs average in seven games with the Diamondbacks this season
  The six-foot-three, 245-pound pitcher has a 6.55 ERA over 54 career games in the Major League.
  The 26-year-old from the Dominican Republic has spent most of the season with Arizona’s Tr
  
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• Sinner advances to NBO Montreal quarterfinal with win over Tabilo

  10-08-2024 23:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Top seed Jannik Sinner of Italy has advanced to the National Bank Open quarterfinal with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Alejandro Tabilo of Chile on Saturday.
  Tabilo, despite representing Chile, was born in Toronto. No Canadians remain in the men’s singles tournament — or the women’s singles in Toronto.
  Sinner will play No. 5 seed Andrey Rublev of Russia on Saturday night at IGA Stadium for a spot in the men’s semifinal.
  Several players are competing twice on Saturd
  
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• Hotel workers in Montreal picket for third day in protest of contract impasse

  10-08-2024 23:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Workers at Montreal’s Queen Elizabeth hotel protested for a third straight day on Saturday in the middle of the busy summer tourist season, and they were joined by picketers from two other city hotels to speak out against an impasse in their contract talks.
  The confederation of unions that represents the workers and is known as CSN says 1,000 members were on the picket line on Saturday, with 600 from the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, 350 from Marriott Château Champlain and
  
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• Toronto Nationals to face defending champion Montreal Tigers in GT20 Canada final

  10-08-2024 22:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BRAMPTON, Ont. — Guyana all-rounder Romario Shepherd took four wickets and then hit back-to-back fours to lead the Toronto Nationals into the final of the Global T20 cricket tournament with a five-wicket win Saturday over the Brampton Wolves.
  Toronto will face the defending champion Montreal Tigers in Sunday’s championship game at the CAA Centre.
  There was controversy off the pitch with the Bangla Tigers Mississauga exiting after refusing to play a rain-shortened elimination match Fr
  
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• More than 400 lightning strikes spark eight new wildfires, BC Wildfire Services says

  10-08-2024 22:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BRITISH COLUMBIA — The agency monitoring wildfires in British Columbia’s says eight new blazes have sprung up in the southern regions of the Northwest Fire Centre after more than 400 lightning strikes hit the area on Friday night.The BC Wildfire service says four of the new fires are burning west of the Witset community, which is home to about 611 on-reserve members.
  The service says while the blazes fires are all small in size, assessing some of them has been “a challenge&rdqu
  
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• Ferguson officer critically injured at protest on the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown’s death

  10-08-2024 22:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — A Ferguson, Missouri, police officer was critically injured outside the city’s police station during protests on the 10th anniversary of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, a pivotal moment in the national Black Lives Matter movement, police said Saturday.Ferguson police chief Troy Doyle said Officer Travis Brown suffered a severe brain injury Friday after being knocked to the ground.
  “He is in an area hospital right now fighting for his life,” Doyle
  
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• Canada’s Phil (Wizard) Kim wins gold in breaking at Paris Olympics

  10-08-2024 21:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Canada’s Phil Kim has won a gold medal in men’s breaking at the Olympic Games.
  The 27-year-old from Vancouver, who goes by B-Boy Phil Wizard in breaking circles, captured the first men’s Olympic gold in the sport.
  Breaking made its Olympic debut in Paris, but it isn’t on the menu for Los Angeles in 2028.
  Kim defeated home-country favourite Danis Civil (Dany Dann) of France in the final by winning all three rounds of their battle.
  Kim also beat Civil 2-0 in t
  
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• Emma Navarro beats American counterpart Taylor Townsend to make NBO semifinals

  10-08-2024 21:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Emma Navarro has advanced to the semifinals at the National Bank Open.
  The No. 8 seed downed American counterpart Taylor Townsend 6-3, 7-6 (5) at Sobeys Stadium on Saturday afternoon.Navarro will meet either No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka or Amanda Anisimova on Sunday for a spot in the women’s final.
  Townsend’s unlikely run as a “lucky loser” — the first to make a WTA 1000 quarterfinal — at Canada’s tennis championship came to an end on Centre Cou
  
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• Jasper’s mayor says date when evacuees can return home will be announced Monday

  10-08-2024 21:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Jasper’s mayor says wildfire evacuees will learn Monday when they will be allowed to return home.
  Richard Ireland told an online news conference on Saturday that details on the exact time of the announcement haven’t been finalized, but news on the date when people will be permitted back into the town will be delivered by members of the unified command on Monday.
  About 20,000 visitors to Jasper National Park and 5,000 town residents were forced out last month due to fires, and flames
  
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• CFL initiates review of possible Chad Kelly reinstatement after receiving assessment

  10-08-2024 20:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The CFL has initiated a review to determine a possible reinstatement for suspended Toronto Argonauts quarterback Chad Kelly.
  The league announced Saturday it has received Kelly’s confidential psychological assessment, a requirement as part of his suspension on May 7, and will complete an examination of the results with the help of experts before making a decision.
  Kelly was suspended for Toronto’s two exhibition games and at least its first nine regular-season contest
  
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• Canada’s Marco Arop wins silver in men’s 800 metres at Paris Olympics

  10-08-2024 19:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Canada’s Marco Arop has claimed Olympic silver in the men’s 800 metres on Saturday at Stade de France after being edged at the finish line by Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi.
  The 25-year-old hailing from Edmonton stopped the clock in a Canadian-record time of one minute 41.20 seconds.
  Wanyonyi held on for gold, beating Arop by one-hundredth of a second in 1:41.19.
  Algeria’s Djamel Sedjati, who entered the race unbeaten this year, took bronze in 1:41.50.
  Arop enter
  
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• Videos and 911 calls from Uvalde school massacre released by officials after legal fight

  10-08-2024 19:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Police videos and 911 calls from the 2022 Uvalde, Texas, school massacre, which left 19 students and two teachers dead, were released Saturday by city officials after a prolonged legal fight.
  The release of the records came in response to a lawsuit brought by The Associated Press and other news organizations after Uvalde officials refused to publicly release documents related to the shooting at Robb Elementary School.
  The delayed law enforcement response — nearly 400 of
  
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• Kaite Vincent’s sprint canoe gold gives Canada record medal haul at Paris Games

  10-08-2024 18:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Katie Vincent rewrote the record book multiple times as she surged over the finish line in the women’s 200-metre sprint canoe final at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
  The 28-year-old canoeist from Mississauga, Ont., won the race in a world-record time of 44.12 seconds. And she won Canada’s eighth gold medal, and 25th overall, in Paris. Both totals set a new standard for Canadian athletes at a non-boycotted Olympics.
  Vincent just beat out Nevin Harrison of the United Sta
  
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• Quebec recovering from historic rainfall, power outages as storm remnants move east

  10-08-2024 18:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAK — Quebec is starting to recover after the remnants of Hurricane Debby pummeled several regions of the province with heavy rainfall on Friday, knocking power out and flooding roadways and basements.Provincial police in the Mauricie region are searching for an 80-year-old pedestrian after a roadway collapsed and the man was swept into the Batiscan River late on Friday.
  Emergency services were called to the scene in the municipality of Notre-Dame-de-Montauban at around 11:30 p.m., bu
  
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• Elks’ ground game surging as they prepare for limping Lions

  10-08-2024 16:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The B.C. Lions are 5-3, the Edmonton Elks are 1-7, owners of the worst record in the CFL.
  But, the Elks could very well be considered the favourites when the two teams meet Sunday at Commonwealth Stadium.The Lions are on a two-game losing streak, were shut out 25-0 by Winnipeg last week, and are without starting quarterback Vernon Adams Jr., who suffered a knee injury in that whitewash by the Bombers.
  The Elks are coming off a win, a 42-point showing in Saskatchewan, with Canadi
  
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• Three small wildfires burning out of control in Chilliwack area - Fraser Valley Today

  10-08-2024 15:17 via news.google.com
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• Three small wildfires burning out of control in Chilliwack area

  10-08-2024 15:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The BC Wildfire Service is dealing with three fires burning in the Chilliwack area on Saturday (Aug. 9) morning. All three are small but are considered to be burning out of control.
  The Harrison Hill fire was spotted Friday north of Chilliwack. The BCWS says the fire is burning in an area with steep terrain. It’s not threatening any homes but the BCWS warns residents the fire will produce visible smoke through the day. The BCWS says the fire is under investigation but si
  
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• Fraser Canyon Hospital to host Run for Hope fundraiser

  10-08-2024 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — The Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation (FVHCF) and the Auxiliary to the Fraser Canyon Hospital are gearing up for this year’s RUN FOR HOPE – Walk, Run & Have Fun! The event is set for Saturday, October 5 along a scenic 5K route beside the Coquihalla River and through Thacker Park.
  Whether you’re a seasoned runner or prefer a leisurely stroll, the event will cater to all fitness levels and is dog-friendly. The 5K loop starts and ends at Fraser Canyon Hospital.
  
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• Tree fruit growers concerned with lack of government response

  10-08-2024 14:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — B.C. Agriculture Minister Pam Alexis says news is coming soon on how the government intends to respond to the closure of the B.C. Tree Fruits Cooperative, which has left apple growers scrambling.Peter Simonsen, the president of the B.C. Fruit Growers’ Association, has warned there could be a “carpet of apples” when the fruit is left to fall off the trees if growers can’t afford to pick them.
  He is calling on the provincial government to step in and acquir
  
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• Donations sought for puzzle sale fundraiser benefiting Chilliwack food bank - Chilliwack Progress

  10-08-2024 14:35 via news.google.com
  Donations sought for puzzle sale fundraiser benefiting Chilliwack food bank  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• ‘Not forgotten’: Family, advocates reflect 10 years after death of Tina Fontaine

  10-08-2024 14:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — When Elroy Fontaine thinks about his older sister, Tina Fontaine, his mind takes him to a park in Winnipeg’s Point Douglas neighbourhood.It’s where the two would sometimes hang out together.
  A decade after the tragic death of the 15-year-old girl, one that shocked the country and was the catalyst for a national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, Elroy Fontaine still stops by the special spot.
  The siblings spent time in provincial care but w
  
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• Seoul says North Korea has flown more trash balloons toward South Korea

  10-08-2024 13:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea is again flying balloons likely carrying trash toward the South, adding to a bizarre psychological warfare campaign amid growing tensions between the war-divided rivals.
  South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Saturday that the winds could carry the balloons to regions north of the South Korean capital, Seoul. Seoul City Hall and the Gyeonggi provincial government issued text alerts urging citizens to beware of
  
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• Tropical storm Debby remnants brings significant rainfall to Montreal, Eastern Canada

  10-08-2024 12:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Montreal was drenched in a record amount of rain Friday as a storm system continued to pass through Eastern Canada.
  Environment Canada figures show Montreal received 157 millimetres of rain on Friday, which broke the previous all-time daily record for rainfall set back in November 1996.
  The precipitation was due to the remnants of tropical storm Debby and a low pressure system that had formed over the Great Lakes.
  Other communities that received a significant amount of rainfall include Gatineau,
  
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• Family grieves victims of Chilliwack car crash - CTV News Vancouver

  10-08-2024 07:23 via news.google.com
  Family grieves victims of Chilliwack car crash  CTV News Vancouver
  
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• UPDATE: Two small wildfires identified near Chilliwack - Abbotsford News

  10-08-2024 07:13 via news.google.com
  UPDATE: Two small wildfires identified near Chilliwack  Abbotsford News
  
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• An Israeli airstrike on a school in Gaza City kills over 60 people, Palestinian health officials say

  10-08-2024 06:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Palestinian health authorities say an Israeli airstrike hit a school-turned-shelter Saturday in Gaza City, killing more than 60 people.
  The Health Ministry’s Ambulance and Emergency service said the strike on the Tabeen school in central Gaza City also wounded 47 people.
  The Israeli military acknowledged the strike, claiming it hit a Hamas command center within the school. It didn’t provide evidence.
  It is the latest Israeli strike on a school housing displaced peo
  
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• No Canadian clubs left in Leagues Cup after CF Montreal falls 2-0 to Philadelphia

  10-08-2024 05:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHESTER — All Canadian clubs have been eliminated from Leagues Cup play after CF Montreal fell Friday to the Philadelphia Union 2-0 in the tournament’s round-of-32.
  Both Philadelphia goals came in stoppage time, with forward Tai Baribo scoring both — one in the dying minutes of the first half, the other in the game’s 96th minute.
  Philadelphia outshot Montreal 13-8 in the match, with seven shots on goal versus only two for the Canadian club. Montreal did have the advantage
  
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• Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski, partner Erin Routliffe advance to NBO doubles quarters

  10-08-2024 05:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Gabriela Dabrowski is back on home soil looking for more hardware.
  The Olympic bronze medallist from Ottawa took a first step Friday night.
  Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand ground out a 6-7, 7-6, [10-5] victory over Peyton Stearns of the U.S. and Poland’s Magda Linette in women’s doubles at the National Bank Open.
  “It wasn’t pretty, but we managed,” Dabrowski said. “We stuck together and it helped us get through.”
  Last
  
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• DaShaun Amos. Janarion Grant score key TDs to rally Argos past Stampeders 39-25

  10-08-2024 05:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — DaShaun Amos and Janarion Grant scored key second-half touchdowns to rally the Toronto Argonauts past the Calgary Stampeders 39-25 on Friday night.
  Amos, a former Stampeder, returned an interception 55 yards for the touchdown at 5:13 of the fourth quarter. Then Ka’Deem Carey, another former Calgary player, ran in the two-point convert to put Toronto ahead 29-22 before a BMO Field gathering of 13,481.
  Tommy Stevens’ two-yard TD run at 2:06 gave Calgary the 22-21 lead.
  
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• Berrios, Guerrero lift Blue Jays to 3-1 series-opening win over Athletics

  10-08-2024 03:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Jose Berrios struck out eight and Vladimir Guerrero extended his hit streak to 21 games with two singles in the Toronto Blue Jays’ 3-1 series-opening win against the Oakland Athletics on Friday.
  Guerrero also scored the winning run in the sixth inning, coming around to touch the plate on Alejandro Kirk’s fielder’s choice groundout to third as the Blue Jays (54-62) won for the eighth time in their last 11 outings at home.
  The Blue Jays’ hot first baseman si
  
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• Small fire detected southeast of Cultus Lake, not far from the U.S.-Canada border, deemed out of control

  10-08-2024 03:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LIUMCHEN MOUNTAIN (FRASER VALLEY AREA E) — A new wildfire has been detected southeast of Cultus Lake, close to the U.S.-Canada border, by provincial firefighting personnel.
  According to a news tip from Chilliwack resident Ross Aikenhead, Fraser Valley Today has learned that a 0.1-hectare fire is now burning south of the Chilliwack River Valley, just east of Liumchen Mountain. Its location has been designated as exactly 4.9 kilometres west of Tamihi Creek, generally southeast of Cultus Lake
  
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• Mount Seymour Little League team turns heads at Junior League Baseball World Series

  10-08-2024 02:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TAYLOR — The 2024 Junior League Baseball World Series is over for the Mount Seymour Little League team. But the North Vancouver all-star squad made its mark on and off the diamond
  The Mount Seymour 13- and 14-year-olds won the provincials in early July in Saanich, B.C., then the nationals in Lethbridge, Alta., defeating Quebec 22-11 on July 31 to win the Canadian Junior Little League Championship final.
  That earned them a trip to the double-elimination tournament in Michigan that saw eight
  
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• 'We lost our baby': Family remembers Chilliwack crash victims - CTV News Vancouver

  10-08-2024 02:44 via news.google.com
  'We lost our baby': Family remembers Chilliwack crash victims  CTV News Vancouver
  
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• B.C. Mounties looking for ‘dangerous’ man after victim set on fire

  10-08-2024 02:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — Mounties are looking for a suspect after a man was lit on fire in Surrey, B.C.Police say the public should call 911 if they see 33-year-old Kalid Yimer who is believed to be in the Lower Mainland or travelling to Alberta.
  Cpl. Sarbjit Sangha says Yimer is believed to be violent and dangerous and he should not be approached.
  Police say a man was found Aug. 2 with serious burns after a suspect threw an accelerant on him, then lit him on fire.
  Police say the suspect fled in a s
  
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• US ambassador confirms Mexican drug lord Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada was brought to US against his will

  10-08-2024 02:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Mexico confirmed Friday that drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was brought to the United States against his will when he arrived in Texas in July on a plane along with fellow drug lord Joaquín Guzmán López.
  Zambada’s attorney had earlier claimed the longtime chief of the Sinaloa cartel had been kidnapped. But officials had not confirmed that and Zambada’s age and apparent ill-health had led some to spec
  
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• Langley, B.C., RCMP officer hit and injured by vehicle whose driver fled

  10-08-2024 00:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY, B.C. — Police in Langley, B.C., say one of their officers has been taken to hospital after being struck by a vehicle whose driver fled the scene.
  RCMP say an officer was conducting traffic enforcement when the crash occurred on Friday.
  They say the suspect drove away heading northbound toward downtown Langley.
  The officer was taken to hospital with what police say are believed to be non-life-threatening injuries.
  The Mounties are asking anyone with information, including dash-came
  
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• Polar bears kill worker in attack off Baffin Island in Nunavut

  10-08-2024 00:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  IQALUIT — A worker has died after being attacked by two polar bears off the eastern coast of Baffin Island in Nunavut.
  The Nasittuq Corporation says in a statement that employees responded to the attack Thursday at its work site on Brevoort Island.
  It says one of the bears was then killed.
  The company, which offers technical site services and facility management, says it’s working with local authorities and regulatory agencies to investigate what happened.
  It’s not releasing th
  
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• Cannabis oils and softgels recalled due to intoxicating ingredients: Heath Canada

  10-08-2024 00:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Health Canada has announced a recall of several cannabis oils and softgels because they may contain unexpected amounts of THC and HHC.
  The agency says both ingredients are intoxicants and could pose a danger to consumers.The affected products include specific dosages of Emprise CBN+CBD Softgels, NuLeaf Naturals Full Spectrum Hemp Multicannabinoid Oil and Oil Softgels, and Ultra Plus Multicannabinoid Oil and Softgels.
  They were sold to consumers by authorized retailers in British Columbia, Albert
  
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• Bob Kuliesa - Chilliwack Progress

  10-08-2024 00:07 via news.google.com
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