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• Man reported missing on Vancouver Island found dead down steep embankment, police say

  31-08-2024 23:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PORT ALBERNI, B.C. — Police on Vancouver Island say a man reported missing Friday was found dead down a steep embankment in Port Alberni.Port Alberni Mounties say an adult male was reported missing Friday after not coming back to his family’s home after going out that night.They say he was spotted around 1 a.m. on Aug. 30 leaving a friend’s home and found dead that afternoon.Police say fire and rescue crews went to the embankment and had to use a helicopter to retrieve his body
  
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• Reeling Roughiders host surging Blue Bombers in Labour Day Classic

  31-08-2024 22:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers are two teams travelling on different paths heading into their first-place showdown in the CFL West Division on Sunday.
  Saskatchewan, which held first place with a 5-5-1 record on Saturday, jumped out of the gate this season with a 4-0 run. However, things have changed in recent weeks with the Riders struggling to one tie and four losses in their last five games.
  On the other hand, the Bombers opened the season with four strai
  
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• Two new senate appointments for Alberta include critic of school pronoun policy

  31-08-2024 21:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A corporate lawyer and a professor who has been a vocal critic of Alberta’s planned legislation on pronouns in schools are both now senators representing the province.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Saturday that Gov.-Gen. Mary Simon has named Daryl Fridhandler and Kristopher Wells to fill vacancies in the Senate.
  The statement from Trudeau’s office notes Fridhandler is a corporate lawyer, arbitrator, mediator and businessman with over 40 years of legal experience.It says We
  
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• Inmate who escaped from federal facility in Laval, Que., now back in custody

  31-08-2024 21:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — An inmate convicted of murder who escaped from a federal facility in Laval, Que., on Friday evening is now back in custody after he returned to facility of his own accord.
  Correctional Service Canada had issued a release Saturday morning saying staff at the Laval Federal Training Centre’s minimum-security unit realized Tamusi Angiyou was unaccounted for during the 10:45 p.m. count.But the facility’s acting warden, Sandro Bartucci, told the Canadian Press that the 51-
  
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• Police arrest one man days after alleged homicide in Laurentians region

  31-08-2024 20:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Police have arrested a 47-year-old man related to an alleged homicide in Quebec’s Laurentians region.Provincial police began investigating the case on Wednesday after receiving reports of suspected gunshots in Saint-Lin-Laurentides around 3:30 p.m.
  The victim, a 51-year-old man, died of gunshot wounds in hospital later that day.Police arrested the suspect in Saint-Lin-Laurentides, a community about 70 kilometres north of Montreal, on Friday evening.
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• Carolina Hurricanes reach 8-year, $63.2 million deal with rising forward Seth Jarvis

  31-08-2024 19:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Carolina Hurricanes have signed forward Seth Jarvis to an eight-year, $63.2 million contract in a move that keeps a top young forward with the team for the long term.
  The team announced the deal Saturday, saying that it includes more than $29.2 million in signing bonuses for the No. 13 overall pick in the 2020 draft.
  “Seth is a cornerstone player for our franchise,” general manager Eric Tulsky said in a statement. “He took another huge step last season, playing in all situa
  
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• Mississippi bus crash kills 7 people and injures 37

  31-08-2024 19:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOVINA, Miss. (AP) — Seven people were killed and dozens were injured in Mississippi after a commercial bus overturned on Interstate 20 on Saturday morning, according to the Mississippi Highway Patrol.
  Six passengers were pronounced dead at the scene and another died at a hospital, according to a news release. The bus was traveling west when it left the highway near Bovina in Warren County and flipped over. No other vehicle was involved.Thirty-seven passengers were taken to hospitals in Vi
  
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• Canadian swimmer Nicholas Bennett earns Paralympic silver medal in Paris

  31-08-2024 18:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Canadian swimmer Nicholas Bennett has won a silver medal at the Paralympic Games in Paris.
  The 21-year-old from Parksville, B.C., was second in men’s 200-metre freestyle to claim the first Paralympic medal of his career.
  Britain’s William Ellard set a world record of one minute 51.30 seconds to take gold at La Defense Arena.
  Bennett finished in 1:53.61 ahead of bronze medallist Jack Ireland of Australia.
  Bennett, who is autistic, races the S14 classification for athlete
  
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• Sudden death of ‘Johnny Hockey’ means more hard times for beleaguered Columbus Blue Jackets

  31-08-2024 17:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Columbus Blue Jackets officials could hardly believe their luck when they persuaded superstar Johnny Gaudreau to pass up larger markets and sign here two years ago.
  Ecstatic fans looked to “Johnny Hockey” to score goals and jump-start the fortunes of a struggling team that had reached the playoffs just six times in the previous 21 seasons and advanced beyond the opening round only twice.
  A few other big stars had spent time with the Blue Jackets, but for one reason or another they di
  
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• Abbotsford golf event supports Fraser Valley Child Development Centre - Chilliwack Progress

  31-08-2024 17:00 via news.google.com
  Abbotsford golf event supports Fraser Valley Child Development Centre  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Polio vaccine campaign begins in Gaza a day before an expected pause in fighting

  31-08-2024 16:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — A campaign to inoculate children in Gaza against polio and prevent the spread of the virus began on Saturday, Gaza’s Health Ministry said, as Palestinians in both the Hamas-governed enclave and the occupied West Bank reeled from Israel’s ongoing military offensives.
  Children in Gaza began receiving vaccines, the health ministry told a news conference, a day before the large-scale vaccine rollout and planned pause in fighting agreed to by Israel and the U.N. Wor
  
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• Distillery and Beer Festival returns to Chilliwack in September - Fraser Valley Today

  31-08-2024 15:02 via news.google.com
  Distillery and Beer Festival returns to Chilliwack in September  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Distillery and Beer Festival returns to Chilliwack in September

  31-08-2024 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Mark down September 21 on your calendar to attend the annual Fraser Valley Distillery and Beer Festival. The night at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre will showcase B.C. spirits and craft beers while offering samples of delicious foods from local restaurants.
  Catering will be provided by Lakeside Beach Club, featuring its popular “Two-Buck-a-Shuck” Oyster Bar, which is returning by popular demand.
  Festival-goers will also have the chance to meet some of the makers be
  
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• Heavy road traffic expected through Fraser Valley and on ferries for holiday weekend

  31-08-2024 14:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The last long weekend of the summer is set to bring heavy traffic across British Columbia as residents take advantage of the final days of the season. B.C. Ferries is preparing for a significant surge, expecting to carry 530,000 passengers and over 204,000 vehicles over the Labor Day weekend.
  The Ministry of Transportation is advising drivers to stay alert and prioritize safety on the roads. With traffic expected to be particularly dense on popular routes, the Ministry suggest
  
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• Purple loosestrife operation saw big patches pulled at Cultus Lake - Chilliwack Progress

  31-08-2024 14:30 via news.google.com
  Purple loosestrife operation saw big patches pulled at Cultus Lake  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Guerrilla gardeners unafraid to break law to fight climate, affordability crises

  31-08-2024 14:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Brenda Dyck went rogue for the first time about 40 years ago.She remembers how she grabbed her gardening tools, marched into a grassy field beyond her rental home, dug a small hole in the ground and planted her first apple tree.
  “It was like a dopamine hit for me,” says the 61-year-old from her home in British Columbia’s remote Cariboo Mountains.
  “I’ve always been a hard-core gardener. I eat, sleep and breathe gardening.”
  She says she now regularly treks to a
  
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• No start date for Supreme Court renovation amid lengthy relocation delay

  31-08-2024 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Preparation of a temporary new home for the Supreme Court of Canada is three years behind schedule due to a series of unforeseen challenges.
  At the same time, officials say there are no firm dates for beginning — or wrapping up — badly needed renovations to the top court’s stately permanent building on Ottawa’s Wellington Street.
  A thorough revamp of the Supreme Court building had originally been set to take place between 2023 and 2028.
  While the work took
  
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• Frances Tiafoe tops Ben Shelton in an all-American US Open rematch and now will face Popyrin

  31-08-2024 06:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Frances Tiafoe loves the spotlight. Loves interacting with a crowd. Loves the electricity of being an American at the U.S. Open, at Arthur Ashe Stadium, in particular. What he loves most of all, of course, is coming out on the right side of a match in that environment, at that arena.Add in the heightened tension of a fifth set against a friend and countryman he lost to in the quarterfinals at Flushing Meadows a year ago, Ben Shelton, and Tiafoe’s attention-grabbing vi
  
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• Defending champion Novak Djokovic is shocked at the US Open, one night after Carlos Alcaraz lost

  31-08-2024 06:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Defending champion Novak Djokovic was shocked at the U.S. Open one night after Carlos Alcaraz was, bowing out in the third round with a 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 loss to 28th-seeded Alexei Popyrin of Australia on Friday night.
  The No. 2-seeded Djokovic was trying to become the first player in tennis history with 25 Grand Slam singles titles. Instead, he finishes a year without claiming at least one major championship for the first time since 2017. Before that, it hadn’t happ
  
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• 7 US troops hurt in raid with Iraqi forces targeting Islamic State group militants that killed 15

  31-08-2024 05:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Seven American troops were hurt in a joint raid with Iraqi commandos targeting the Islamic State group, the United States military told The Associated Press on Saturday.
  Five were wounded in the operation, a U.S. military official told the AP, while two others were hurt in falls. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the issue.“All personnel are in stable condition,” the official said.
  The raid killed 15 people Thursday. The
  
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• Pablo López, Griffin Jax and Jhoan Duran pitch Twins past Blue Jays 2-0, ending 4-game skid

  31-08-2024 05:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Pablo López pitched 7 2/3 shutout innings and Jhoan Duran rebounded from a rough outing to record the save as the Minnesota Twins snapped a four-game skid and beat the Toronto Blue Jays 2-0 on Friday night.
  López (13-8) allowed six hits and and struck out three without a walk. The 28-year-old right-hander extended his scoreless streak to 20 2/3 innings and won for the fourth time in five decisions.López got the first two outs of the eight before Nath
  
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• Scottie Scheffler leads by 4 at East Lake as Morikawa and Schauffele try to keep it close

  31-08-2024 04:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Scottie Scheffler put on another clinic from tee-to-green at East Lake on Friday for a 5-under 66 and a four-shot lead at the Tour Championship that didn’t seem as big as it looked.
  Collin Morikawa and Xander Schauffele had something to do with that.
  In a second round that brought a sense of urgency for those chasing the No. 1 player in golf, Morikawa responded with nine birdies, two on the final two holes after a 93-minute storm delay, for an 8-under 63.
  Schauffele fi
  
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• Premier League leads spending as transfer window closes. Ivan Toney to Saudi Arabia

  31-08-2024 04:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  English Premier League clubs again flexed their financial muscles by spending about $2.6 billion in the summer transfer window that closed Friday for Europe’s five big domestic leagues.
  And once again Chelsea was first in line with an outlay of $290 million as owners Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital continue to look for a winning combination at Stamford Bridge.
  The Saudi Pro League’s window remains open for a few more days — enough time for more deals like the one announced ea
  
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• Mine review begins in Yukon despite First Nation concerns

  31-08-2024 02:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Yukon government says an independent review of a catastrophic ore slide and cyanide solution spill at a gold mine in June is now underway, in a process that’s going ahead despite concerns raised by the local First Nation.
  A statement from the Ministry of Mines says the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun has reviewed draft terms of reference and there’s an “open invitation” for it to participate.
  But the First Nation this week accused the government of trying to “er
  
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• Dumbbell toy from Fisher-Price Baby Biceps Gift Set recalled due to choking hazard

  31-08-2024 02:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Health Canada says a recall has been issued for the dumbbell toy from the Fisher-Price Baby Biceps Gift Set because of a choking hazard.
  A kettlebell toy, protein shake bottle and wearable headband that are also part of the set are not included in the recall.
  The agency says grey caps on the end of the dumbbell toys can come off, posing a choking hazard to infants.
  It says as of Aug. 15, Fisher-Price has received four reports in Canada and seven in the United States of the ends of the dumbbell t
  
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• Four-year sentence for B.C. woman who posed as a care aide to defraud seniors

  31-08-2024 01:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — Police say a British Columbia woman who posed as a care aide and defrauded seniors has been sentenced to four years in jail, less time served, as well as two years of probation.
  A statement from Surrey RCMP says 20 victims were identified in Surrey, Richmond and White Rock, and the woman has been ordered to pay about $60,000 in restitution.
  Police say Ana Chamdal attended the residences or care homes of elderly victims under the ruse of providing them health services, then o
  
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• Dallas officer killed and 2 wounded by man who targeted police, chief says

  31-08-2024 00:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS (AP) — A man accused of fatally shooting a Dallas police officer and wounding two others was targeting police, the police chief said Friday.
  “Our officers were targeted for nothing more than the uniform they wear and for the brave and honorable job that they do,” Chief Eddie Garcia said during a news conference.
  The officer who was killed was identified as Darron Burks, 46, who joined the force recently after teaching math at a high school for about 17 years.
  Garcia said
  
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• Johnny Gaudreau put family first, never forgot South Jersey roots even as NHL career blossomed

  31-08-2024 00:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Johnny Gaudreau was finally home in New Jersey, the NHL star with show-stopping skills back again this week for a big assist for his family as groomsman in the wedding of baby sister Katie.Little brother Matthew was part of the wedding party, too. So was the eldest of the four Gaudreau siblings, sister Kristen, the maid of honor. All were looking ahead to one more glorious day in a life seemingly filled with them as the first family of hockey in South Jersey.
  The weddin
  
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• Remembering Johnny Hockey: Johnny Gaudreau and brother Matthew shined on and off the ice

  31-08-2024 00:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Getting a nickname in hockey is not only a sign of affection but a sense that a player has really made it. Wayne Gretzky became the “Great One,” Mario Lemieux was “Super Mario” and the late Gordie Howe remains “Mr. Hockey” to the sport’s players and fans everywhere.
  “Johnny Hockey” was the one bestowed on Johnny Gaudreau, and it stuck to the talented, beloved player wherever he went. It was a reminder of his skills and unselfishness on and of
  
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• Haeran Ryu has bogey-free 62 and opens up a big lead at TPC Boston

  31-08-2024 00:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NORTON, Mass. (AP) — Haeran Ryu kept making birdies and wanted to post her lowest round on the LPGA Tour on Friday. She accomplished that with a 10-under 62 that gave her a six-shot lead among early starters in the FM Championship.
  Ryu had a run of four straight birdies on the front nine and the back nine at the TPC Boston with its small targets and firm greens. And she had a simple explanation for them.
  “Just an amazing day because my shots, everything next to the hole. And my putts
  
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• Teck Resources announces new business structure after exiting coal

  31-08-2024 00:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Teck Resources Ltd. says it’s taking on a new business structure as it shifts to a pure-play energy transition metals company.The company says it now has two regional business units, one for North America and one for Latin America.President and CEO Jonathan Price says the change simplifies Teck’s business with a streamlined leadership team, and regional structure, supporting the company’s strategy focused on growth in copper.The company also reshuffled its exe
  
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