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• Royce Lewis hits go-ahead 3-run homer in 8th, lifting the Twins past the Blue Jays 4-3

  01-09-2024 23:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Royce Lewis hit a go-ahead three-run home run in the eighth inning and the Minnesota Twins rallied to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Sunday.
  Bailey Ober started and pitched six solid innings, and Jhoan Duran earned his 20th save for Minnesota, which is 3 1/2 games behind AL Central-leading Cleveland.
  Ernie Clement homered for Toronto, which lost for the fourth time in six games.
  Trailing 3-1 heading into the eighth inning, Ryan Jeffers and Austin Martin singled off Bl
  
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• RCMP investigating after deceased male found off Coquihalla Highway near Merritt

  01-09-2024 22:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MERRITT — Merritt RCMP received a report of a deceased male just off the roadway near Exit 286 of Highway 5 in Merritt on Friday (Aug. 30).
  Through a comprehensive examination of the scene by a collision reconstructionist, the investigation has determined that the deceased male was likely struck by a southbound vehicle as it approached Exit 286.By speaking with friends and family of the deceased male, the collision is believed to have occurred between sunset on August 27 and the report to
  
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• Toronto Argonauts chase third straight Labour Day win over Hamilton Tiger-Cats

  01-09-2024 21:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — It’s an anniversary Scott Milanovich would much rather forget.
  On Monday, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats will host the archrival Toronto Argonauts in the annual Labour Day clash. The contest will mark the 10th anniversary of the club’s first-ever game at Tim Hortons Field.
  The Ticats opened the venue with a 13-12 Labour Day victory over the Argos, whose head coach was none other than Milanovich.
  “I’ve blocked that one out of my mind,” said Milanovich, in h
  
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• Defending champs Dabrowski, Routliffe advance to U.S. Open women’s doubles quarters

  01-09-2024 21:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe run at a possible repeat at the U.S. Open lives on.
  The defending women’s doubles champions defeated Italy’s Angelica Moratelli and Romania’s Jaqueline Cristian 7-5, 7-6 (3) on Sunday to advance into the quarterfinals.
  Ottawa’s Dabrowski and Routliffe won the final two games of the second set to force a tiebreaker.They then earned their final three points by way of forced errors from
  
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• Paralympic debut in the books, para rower Jacob Wassermann looks to L.A. in 2028

  01-09-2024 20:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — The Paralympic learning curve was steep, but worth it for Jacob Wassermann.
  Less than two years after taking up the sport of para rowing and six years after he survived a bus crash that killed members of his Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team, Wassermann raced the men’s singles B final Sunday in Paris.
  The 24-year-old from Humboldt, Sask., was the youngest competitor in the field. In his third race in three days, Wassermann finished 10th overall in the 2,000-metre distance a
  
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• Canadian wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos earns Paralympic silver in men’s 400m

  01-09-2024 20:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Canadian wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos has earned a silver medal at the Paralympic Games.
  The Dorval, Que., native finished with a season-best time of 47.24 seconds in the men’s T53 400-metre final to collect his 12th career medal in his fifth Paralympics.
  Paralympic and world-record holder Pongsakorn Paeyo of Thailand struck gold in 46.77 seconds.
  Meanwhile, American Brian Siemann took bronze in 47.84 seconds.
  The 44-year-old Lakatos was the leading qualifier in Heat 2 earl
  
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• Toronto woman grappling with grief, anger after death of cousin held hostage by Hamas

  01-09-2024 20:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — A Toronto-based woman whose family lives in Israel says she is wrestling with both anger and grief after learning a cousin taken hostage by Hamas has died in the Gaza Strip.Maayan Shavit says 40-year-old Carmel Gat was among six hostages whose bodies were recovered by the Israeli army in Gaza on Saturday shortly after they were killed.
  The militant group seized more than 200 hostages in the Oct. 7 attack that triggered the ongoing war, and more than 1,200 Israelis were killed, in
  
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• Police searching for missing Langley woman

  01-09-2024 19:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY — RCMP in Langley are appealing to the public for help in locating a 40-year-old woman who has gone missing from the area.
  Langley RCMP say Jennifer Kerntopf was reported missing on August 25 but she hasn’t been seen in Langley since August 11.
  Image: Jennifer Kerntopf hasn’t been seen in Langley since August 11. / Image supplied by RCMP
  The woman is described as being 5’5” and has a medium build. Kerntopf has brown hair and brown eyes.Anyone with informatio
  
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• Cyclist Mike Sametz withdraws from Paralympic road races with injury

  01-09-2024 18:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Para cyclist Mike Sametz of Calgary withdrew from the Paralympic Games in Paris because of injury.
  The 28-year-old crashed in training for road races. Sametz fractured his right hip and will require surgery, the medal-winning cyclist said in a joint statement released Sunday by the Canadian Paralympic Committee and Cycling Canada.
  “It’s been a chaotic few days since I had an unfortunate accident on Wednesday,” Sametz said. “I landed awkwardly on my right hip
  
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• German exit polls show far-right party leading in one state election and close second in another

  01-09-2024 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BERLIN (AP) — The far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, was on track to become the strongest party in a state election for the first time Sunday in the country’s east, and was roughly level with mainstream conservatives in a second vote, exit polls showed.
  A new party founded by a prominent leftist was also making an immediate impact, while the parties in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s governing coalition were set for weak results.
  The exit polls for ARD and ZDF public televisio
  
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• Canadian swimmer Aurelie Rivard earns Paralympic silver medal

  01-09-2024 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Canadian swimmer Aurelie Rivard has won a silver medal at the Paralympic Games in Paris.
  The 28-year-old from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., was second in the women’s 100-metre freestyle to Emeline Pierre of France.
  Rivard claimed the 12th Paralympic medal of her career and her second in Paris.She was a bronze medallist in the 50-metre freestyle on opening night at the pool.
  Rivard will also race the 400-metre freestyle in Paris.
  She was born with an underdeveloped left hand
  
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• Blue Jays recall Eisert, De Los Santos from Triple-A Buffalo

  01-09-2024 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Toronto Blue Jays have recalled left-handed pitcher Brandon Eisert and infielder Luis De Los Santos from Triple-A Buffalo.
  Both players will also be active for Sunday afternoon’s contest against the Minnesota Twins.
  The Blue Jays entered Sunday 7 1/2 games behind Minnesota for the final American League wild-card spot.
  Eisert, 26, is 4-2 with a 3.99 earned-run average along with two saves this season for Buffalo.
  De Los Santos, 26, has six home runs and 16 RBIs in 43 games for Buffalo.
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of September 1, 2024

  01-09-2024 17:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers.
  Name: Kenneth QuockAge: 44
  Height: 5’7” ft Weight: 150lbs
  Hair: Black/Balding Eyes: Brown
  Wanted: Fail to Comply with Probation Order
  Warrant in effect: August 21, 2024
  Parole Jurisdiction: Chilliwack
  Name: Kaiya Marie WesselAge: 32
  Height: 4’9” ft Weight: 98lbs
  Hair: BlondeEyes: Green
  Wanted: Possession of Stolen Property, Breach of Release Order, a
  
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• ‘May She Soar’ – Memorial dedicated to fallen member of Canadian Snowbirds in Kamloops

  01-09-2024 16:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MemorialKAMLOOPS – Fulton Field Park in Kamloops officially opened with a dedication ceremony to honour Royal Canadian Air Force Captain Jenn Casey. Casey tragically lost her life when a Snowbird plane lost power flying over Kamloops and crashed in May of 2020. Military personnel, local dignitaries, friends and Casey’s family attended the event, taking in the memorial art display — a Royal Canadian Air Force CT-114 Tutor Snowbird consisting of maple leaves.
  “It’s ha
  
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• Chilliwack Hospice Society rolls out grief support programs for fall - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2024 14:30 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack Hospice Society rolls out grief support programs for fall  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Some Quebec seniors homes struggle to stay afloat due to regulations, rising costs

  01-09-2024 12:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Jacques Marchildon says sprinklers were the nail in the coffin for Villa Marie-Ange, the 14-person seniors residence he co-owns in St-Adelphe, Que. In the coming months, the two-storey building in the Mauricie region between Montreal and Quebec City will be put up for sale and the people currently living there will all be moved elsewhere.His will join a list of more than 500 seniors homes that have closed in the past five years, according to the province. Owners and researchers
  
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• Liberal immigration pivot forces Canada to reckon with approach to labour shortages

  01-09-2024 12:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Liberal government’s decision to reel in the temporary foreign worker program after loosening the rules to help businesses find workers after the pandemic is sparking a contentious debate about whether governments should even try to address labour shortages.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday that his government is bringing back stricter rules to stem the flow of low-wage temporary foreign workers, and he urged businesses to hire and train Canadian workers
  
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• Large-scale polio vaccinations begin in war-ravaged Gaza

  01-09-2024 10:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian health authorities and United Nations agencies on Sunday began a large-scale campaign of vaccinations against polio in the Gaza Strip, hoping to prevent an outbreak in the territory that has been ravaged by the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
  Authorities plan to vaccinate children in central Gaza until Wednesday before moving on to the more devastated northern and southern parts of the strip. The campaign began with a small number of vaccinations on S
  
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• Health authorities begin large-scale polio vaccinations in war-ravaged Gaza

  01-09-2024 09:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian health authorities and United Nations agencies on Sunday began a large-scale campaign of vaccinations against polio in the Gaza Strip, hoping to prevent an outbreak in the territory that has been ravaged by the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
  Authorities plan to vaccinate children in central Gaza until Wednesday before moving on to the more devastated northern and southern parts of the strip. The campaign began with a small number of vaccinations on S
  
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• Timothy Lake Obituary - Chilliwack, BC - Dignity Memorial

  01-09-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
  Timothy Lake Obituary - Chilliwack, BC  Dignity Memorial
  
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• Winless Canada loses Pacific Nations Cup match 28-15 to U.S. rugby squad

  01-09-2024 07:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES — Despite scoring first in a must-win game, Canada’s men’s rugby team lost its second straight Pacific Nations Cup match on Saturday, dropping a 28-15 decision to the United States.
  Peter Nelson opened the scoring for Canada in the fourth minute with a penalty kick from 48 metres out to go up 3-0. The U.S. responded moments later, with a penalty kick from Luke Carty to tie the game.
  Two tries by American Connor Mooneyham gave the U.S. a 10-point lead in the 15th min
  
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• Sinner never gives U.S. Open opponent hope of an upset like those against Djokovic, Alcaraz

  01-09-2024 06:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jannik Sinner never gave his third-round opponent at the U.S. Open on Saturday, Chris O’Connell, even a moment to contemplate pulling off the sort of monumental upset that eliminated Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz.
  “It shows that this sport is unpredictable. Whenever you drop a little bit of your level — if it’s mental, if it’s tennis-wise or physical — at the end, it has a huge affect the result,” Sinner said. “Both oppone
  
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• Vite scores first goal of season as Whitecaps edge Austin 1-0

  01-09-2024 05:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Pedro Vite scored his first goal of the season and Vancouver didn’t concede a shot on goal Saturday night as the Whitecaps beat Austin FC 1-0.
  Vite played a one-touch pass to Ryan Gauld, who returned the favour to a darting Vite for a first-timer from the top of the penalty arc that gave Vancouver a 1-0 lead in the 70th minute.Brad Stuver had four saves for Austin (9-10-7).Vancouver (12-8-5) had a five-game unbeaten streak — including four wins — snap
  
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• Family confirms death of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin

  01-09-2024 05:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The family of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin says he has been killed in the Gaza Strip.
  The family issued a statement early Sunday, hours after the Israeli army said it had located bodies in Gaza.
  “With broken hearts, the Goldberg-Polin family is devastated to announce the death of their beloved son and brother, Hersh,” it said. “The family thanks you all for your love and support and asks for privacy at this time.”
  There was no immed
  
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• 49ers WR Ricky Pearsall shot in attempted robbery in San Francisco, condition ‘serious but stable’

  01-09-2024 04:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall was shot in the chest Saturday during an attempted robbery in central San Francisco, officials said, and he was reported to be in serious but stable condition.Mayor London Breed said in a post on the social platform X that Pearsall was shot in Union Square, which is a downtown shopping and theater district home to a popular public square of the same name.“My thoughts are with Ricky and his family at this time,” Breed said.
  
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• 49ers Pearsall shot during attempted robbery in San Fran, condition ‘serious but stable’

  01-09-2024 04:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall was shot in the chest Saturday during an attempted robbery in central San Francisco, officials said, and he was reported to be in serious but stable condition.Mayor London Breed said in a post on the social platform X that Pearsall was shot in Union Square, which is a downtown shopping and theatre district home to a popular public square of the same name.“My thoughts are with Ricky and his family at this time,” Breed said.
  
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• Varsho, Horwitz homer in 7-run first inning as Blue Jays rout Twins 15-0

  01-09-2024 04:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Toronto hit three two-run homers, including two in a seven-run first inning, and José Berríos tossed six shutout innings as the Blue Jays routed the Minnesota Twins 15-0 on Saturday night.
  Daulton Varsho and Spencer Horwitz each hit two-run home runs in the first inning off Twins starter Zebby Matthews (1-2), giving the Blue Jays a 4-0 lead just four batters into the game. Toronto scored three more runs in the inning off Matthews to take a 7-0 lead before M
  
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• B.C. Lions blitz Ottawa Redblacks 38-12, snap five-game skid in Touchdown Pacific

  01-09-2024 04:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The B.C. Lions snapped their losing skid in impressive fashion Saturday, blitzing the Ottawa Redblacks 38-12 at the CFL’s first-ever game in Victoria, B.C.
  B.C. (6-6) quarterback Nathan Rourke connected on 21-of-30 passing attempts for 325 yards, three touchdowns and an interception. He also put up the first points of the game, rushing in for another major.Dru Brown was 21-for-33 on the night, putting up 206 passing yards and a touchdown for the Redblacks (7-3-1). He was s
  
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• Badji and Pirani’s late goals help lowly D.C. United cool off Toronto FC 3-1

  01-09-2024 03:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Attacker Dominique Badji scored in the dying minutes of the match as lowly D.C. United cooled off Toronto FC with a 3-1 victory on Saturday.
  Midfielder Martin Rodriguez, himself a sub, had scored earlier in the second half for D.C. United (7-12-9). Gabriel Pirani added another goal in injury time to put the Major League Soccer match out of reach.
  Rodriguez replaced defender Christopher McVey after halftime as the visitors changed their tactics to be more aggressive.
  Substitute mi
  
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• BC NDP Minister steps back from provincial politics

  01-09-2024 02:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s Minister of State for Child Care Mitzi Dean says she won’t be running in the provincial election in October.Dean says she’s bowing out of the election to focus on her health and her family.She says “personal challenges” over the last year have affected her health, and says dropping out of the running was “one of the most difficult decisions” of her life.
  Dean says she’s grateful to her fellow caucus members and c
  
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• Scheffler closes in on $25 million FedEx Cup prize with late burst of birdies

  01-09-2024 02:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Scottie Scheffler birdied four of his last five holes Saturday at East Lake for a 5-under 66 that kept Collin Morikawa at bay and moved the No. 1 player in golf one round away from capping his season with a $25 million FedEx Cup prize.
  Scheffler extended his lead to five shots over Morikawa going into the final round of the Tour Championship, and no one else was closer than nine shots.
  Sahith Theegala might have been two shots closer except for calling a two-shot penalty on
  
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• Travis Kelce’s racehorse Swift Delivery finishes second in Toronto

  01-09-2024 01:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO (AP) — A racehorse named Swift Delivery that three-time Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce bought into has finished second in its latest start.
  Sent off as the even-money favourite, Swift Delivery was beaten in the $125,000 Toronto Cup Stakes at Woodbine on Saturday. He paid $2.50 and $2.10 as his two-race winning streak ended.
  Swift Delivery was last in the field of six in the early going of the one-mile race on the E.P. Taylor turf course. Under Patrick
  
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• Jin Young Ko takes 2-shot lead in Boston after Ryu struggles

  01-09-2024 01:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NORTON, Mass. (AP) — Jin Young Ko took advantage of an early collapse by Haeran Ryu and turned her own bad break into a birdie Saturday for a 5-under 67 that took her from a six-shot deficit to a two-shot lead over Lauren Coughlin in the FM Championship.
  Ryu was coming off a career-best 62 on the TPC Boston that staked the 23-year-old from South Korea to a six-shot lead going into the weekend of the $3.8 million event.
  It was gone in a matter of six holes.Ryu took double bogey on the first
  
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• Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo loses to American Tommy Paul in U.S. Open third round

  01-09-2024 00:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Gabriel Diallo’s run at the U.S. Open is over.
  The 22-year-old from Montreal lost 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-1, 7-6 (3) to No. 14 seed Tommy Paul of the United States in the third round of the Grand Slam tennis tournament.
  Diallo, ranked 143rd in the world entering the tournament, qualified for only his second main draw at a major.
  He upset No. 24 seed Arthur Fils of France in the second round and world No. 84 Jaume Munar of Spain in the main-draw opener.
  In women’s doubles, de
  
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• Canada upgrades to silver, still seeks gold after Day 3 of Paralympics

  01-09-2024 00:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Canada upgraded its medal colour at the Paralympics on Saturday, but is still searching for its first gold in Paris after Day 3.
  Nicholas Bennett of Parksville, B.C., swam to silver in the men’s S14 200-metre freestyle before Tess Routliffe of Caledon, Ont., placed second in the women’s SM7 200-metre individual medley.
  The double silver brings Canada’s medal haul to six after the country totalled four bronze medals through two days of full competition.
  Routliffe w
  
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