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• Biden tells Quad leaders that Beijing is testing region at turbulent moment for Chinese economy

  21-09-2024 23:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CLAYMONT, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden told Indo-Pacific allies on Saturday that he believes China’s increasing military assertiveness is an effort to test the region at a turbulent moment for Beijing.
  Biden’s comments were caught by a hot mic after he and fellow leaders of the so-called Quad delivered opening remarks before the press at a summit he’s hosting near his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware. He said his administration sees Beijing’s actions as a “
  
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• Vehicle incident closes Chilliwack Lake Road - Abbotsford News

  21-09-2024 23:23
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• Diaz strikes twice, Liverpool tops the Premier League while Newcastle loses at Fulham

  21-09-2024 23:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Luis Díaz scored two fine goals inside two minutes as Liverpool beat Bournemouth 3-0 to move to the top of the English Premier League on Saturday.
  Arne Slot’s side leads Manchester City on goal difference only and the defending champion needs a draw at home to Arsenal in Sunday’s big game to reclaim first place.
  On a rare quiet day for teammate Mohamed Salah in front of goal, Díaz scored off both feet to display his own finishing skills a
  
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• Recall expands for Nutrabolics vegan bars over undeclared milk

  21-09-2024 23:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says a recall of Nutrabolics brand Feed Me Vegan Real Food Protein & Oats bars due to undeclared milk has been expanded.
  The most recent recall notice, which was issued Friday, says not to consume the recalled products if you are allergic or sensitive, warning they may cause a serious or life-threatening reaction.
  The notice says the recall includes the frosted blueberry cobbler, glazed cranberry lemon cake, caramel apple pie and chocolate coconut varietie
  
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• Edmonton Oilers promote Rychel, hire Kassian in hockey operations moves

  21-09-2024 23:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have promoted Warren Rychel to pro scouting director and added former Oiler forward Zack Kassian to the pro scouting staff.
  The Oilers, who lost the Stanley Cup final in seven games to the Florida Panthers, open their pre-season Sunday against the Winnipeg Jets.
  Aaron Nagy was appointed amateur scout, Erik Elenz was hired as video and analytics coaching co-ordinator, Dominik Zrim joined the organization as director of hockey strategy and David Evanochko was h
  
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• Six-year-old Schweder still missing, as resources from across province deployed to help with search: RCMP

  21-09-2024 23:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BURNS LAKE — Resources from across the province are being deployed to help in the search for a missing six-year-old girl, according to a B.C. RCMP press release.
  Oaklynn Schweder was last seen at about 6 p.m. on Thursday (Sept. 18) on the 6400-block of Skins Road in Southbank in Burns Lake, wearing a red and blue plaid dress, leggings with white bowties and pink socks.
  According to her family, Oaklynn is non-verbal but will make noises to communicate and she likes to go into small spaces.
  
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• Suspicious death of man near downtown Nanaimo now considered homicide

  21-09-2024 23:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NANAIMO — Investigators with the RCMP’s Serious Crimes Unit believe a man who was found near an encampment off Comox Rd. last week was the victim of foul play.
  RCMP believe 42-year-old Lee Harland was killed sometime between Sept. 9 and Sept. 12 at or near his encampment behind the Nanaimo Curling Club. His body was discovered by a passerby on Sept. 12.
  Reserve Cst. Gary O’Brien told NanaimoNewsNOW police are releasing information about several key aspects of the situation in a
  
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• Re-zoning near Vedder Road to bring 200 housing units to Chilliwack ‘supportable,’ say city planners - Fraser Valley Today

  21-09-2024 22:24
  Re-zoning near Vedder Road to bring 200 housing units to Chilliwack ‘supportable,’ say city planners  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Re-zoning near Vedder Road to bring 200 housing units to Chilliwack ‘supportable,’ say city planners

  21-09-2024 22:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A development seeking to bring approximately 200 housing units to the area around Vedder and Keith Wilson roads appears to be moving forward, with City of Chilliwack planners set to reveal the latest site design at the next council session.
  The update for city politicians on Tuesday will propose rezoning to facilitate the construction of a mixed-use commercial and residential space, which is considered “supportable” since the design aligns with the existing South V
  
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• Pairs duo Deanna Stellato-Dudek, Maxime Deschamps skate to silver in Nebelhorn Trophy

  21-09-2024 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OBERSTDORF — Reigning figure skating pairs world champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps were silver medallists to start their season at the Challenger Series Nebelhorn Trophy.
  Deschamps of Vaudreuil-Dorion, Que., and Chicago’s Stellato-Dudek skated new short and free programs in Oberstdorf, Germany, in the duo’s first competition of the 2024-25 season.
  They ranked third after their short program skated to Beyonce’s “Crazy in Love” before bumping
  
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• PHOTOS: Cyclists ride to support addiction recovery in Chilliwack - Hope Standard

  21-09-2024 21:42
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• PHOTOS: Cyclists ride to support addiction recovery in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  21-09-2024 21:42
  PHOTOS: Cyclists ride to support addiction recovery in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Newcomer Kiefer Sherwood brings speed, physicality to Vancouver Canucks

  21-09-2024 20:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PENTICTON, B.C. — Kiefer Sherwood spent several nights last spring chasing Quinn Hughes around the ice and generally pestering the Vancouver Canucks.Now the former Nashville Predators winger is wearing a Canucks jersey.After signing with Vancouver in free agency, Sherwood is at training camp in Penticton, B.C., lining up against the players he frustrated in the first round of the playoffs last season.
  His former foes have welcomed him welcomed with open arms.“I try to be hard to play
  
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• F1 champion Verstappen is a man of few words after he’s punished for swearing

  21-09-2024 20:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SINGAPORE (AP) — Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen gave only brief answers at a Saturday news conference in an apparent protest against series governing body the FIA for punishing him for swearing.
  Verstappen appeared at the FIA’s news conference for the top three in Singapore Grand Prix qualifying — he finished second — but was reluctant to speak.On Friday, Verstappen was ordered to “accomplish some work of public interest” at the FIA’s discretion for u
  
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• New center-right government in France announced 2 months after divisive elections

  21-09-2024 20:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — The French presidential palace unveiled a new center-right government Saturday more than two months after elections that produced a hung parliament and deepened political divisions.
  A left-wing coalition secured the most seats in June-July elections but failed to win an outright majority.
  Conservative French Prime Minister Michel Barnier put together the government after weeks of difficult negotiations, and President Emmanuel Macron approved it. The new government was announce
  
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• Camera technology seeking to end vehicular noise pollution endorsed by UBCM delegates

  21-09-2024 19:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER – Delegates at this week’s Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) conference called on the province to help reduce vehicular noise pollution using noise-camera technology.
  The resolution was submitted by representatives from Port Moody and supported by a Saanich councillor, who was at the forefront of a recent failed noise camera pilot for the island city, which sought to address an issue impacting “public health and community well-being.”
  The project calls for spe
  
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• Raptors 905 open tryout sets tone for entire organization as Raptors continue rebuild

  21-09-2024 19:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Rebuilding the Toronto Raptors and making them one of the top teams in the NBA again is a project that starts from the ground up.
  The Raptors 905, Toronto’s G-League affiliate, held open tryouts Saturday at the OVO Athletic Centre, the training facility for the NBA club.Luke Winn, the organization’s director of prospect strategy, said the 905 were looking for at least one player from the tryout to attend training camp.
  “I think this is a really important stage f
  
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• Three injured at Quebec mosque while trying to disarm man carrying knife: official

  21-09-2024 18:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — An official at a Montreal-area mosque where three people were injured on Friday afternoon says the victims were hurt while trying to disarm a 24-year-old man who entered the building armed with a knife.
  Rachid Azmane, an administrator at the Muslim cultural centre in Châteauguay, Que., says the man entered the mosque before prayers and drew the attention of staff, who noticed he was acting “a little bizarre” and became alarmed when they saw he was carrying a kn
  
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• Matteo Manassero leads by 3 at BMW PGA Championship, 11 years after winning it

  21-09-2024 17:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Eleven years after winning the title as a 20-year-old prodigy, Matteo Manassero moved into contention to capture the prestigious BMW PGA Championship again by shooting 9-under 63 to take a three-stroke lead after the third round on Saturday.
  It would cap a career revival for the 31-year-old Italian, who as a teenager was widely expected to become a golfing superstar only for his game to go into freefall — dropping Manassero onto the third-tier Alps Tour
  
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• Norris beats Verstappen for pole position at F1’s Singapore Grand Prix

  21-09-2024 17:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SINGAPORE (AP) — Advantage Lando Norris, but not by much.
  Formula 1’s two main title contenders will start together on the front row at the Singapore Grand Prix as Norris edged ahead of his title rival Max Verstappen in qualifying on Saturday.
  The session turned into a one-lap shootout for the top positions when a crash for Carlos Sainz Jr. interrupted the final session on a troubled day for Ferrari.
  “I was finding it a little difficult to progress much and to get a lot of lap
  
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• An Israeli strike on a school kills at least 22 people, Gaza Health Ministry says

  21-09-2024 15:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli strike on a school in northern Gaza on Saturday killed at least 22 people, the Gaza Health Ministry said.Another 30 were wounded in the strike on the school in the Zeitoun area of Gaza City, the ministry said in a statement.
  The Israeli army said earlier Saturday it struck a Hamas’ “command and control center, which was embedded inside a compound that previously served” as a school. “The Hamas terrorist organization system
  
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• Chilliwack journalist reconnects with past stories in 'Revisited' video podcast - Chilliwack Progress

  21-09-2024 14:35
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• Chilliwack journalist reconnects with past stories in 'Revisited' video podcast - Abbotsford News

  21-09-2024 14:35
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• Chilliwack man walking from Alaska passes through 100 Mile House - Chilliwack Progress

  21-09-2024 14:00
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• De Grasse soaking in the moment, enjoying reception after Olympic gold in Paris

  21-09-2024 13:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Andre De Grasse is enjoying the high of being a gold medallist once again.
  The 29-year-old from Markham, Ont., capped off an adversity-filled Olympics in August by anchoring Canada’s men’s 4×100-metre relay team to gold, a first for Canada since 1996. De Grasse has been in Toronto the last couple of weeks for the Toronto International Film Festival and several other commitments.
  “Just feeling the love,” he said. “Enjoying the ride, enjoying the highs and just
  
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• Timeline: The political shakeups leading up to the 2024 B.C. fall election

  21-09-2024 13:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — There has been a major upheaval in British Columbia politics since the last provincial vote in 2020. Here’s a look at the political timeline, resulting in two party leaders who are both running for the first time as premier in the Oct. 19 general election.Feb. 5, 2022: Kevin Falcon wins leadership of the Opposition BC Liberals. Falcon would take his seat in the provincial legislature after winning a byelection in Vancouver-Quilchena, vacated by former Leader Andrew Wilkins
  
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• Oktoberfest is open. The world’s largest folk festival begins after ceremonial keg-tapping

  21-09-2024 12:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MUNICH (AP) — Oktoberfest is open.
  Mayor Dieter Reiter officially started Oktoberfest at noon when he inserted the tap into the first keg, signaling the 189th start of the festival. Thousands of beer lovers celebrated in the Munich fairground as the first to clink their mugs during the world’s largest folk festival.
  The celebration runs through Oct. 6 in 18 large tents covering the Theresienwiese fairground.
  This year’s festival includes stepped-up security in the wake of a dea
  
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• The death toll from Israeli airstrike on a Beirut suburb rises to 31

  21-09-2024 11:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon’s health minister said Saturday that the death toll from an Israeli airstrike on a Beirut suburb the day before has risen to 31, including seven women and three children.
  Firass Abiad told reporters that 68 people were also wounded of whom 15 remain in hospital, in the deadliest Israeli airstrike on Beirut since the summer 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war.The death toll included Ibrahim Akil, a Hezbollah commander who was in charge of the group’s elite R
  
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• John Rustad, political cast off to potential B.C. premier: ‘remarkable,’ he says

  21-09-2024 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia Conservative Party Leader John Rustad was at a low point in his life two years ago, both personally and politically.He was searching for a political home after being booted from the former B.C. Liberal Party caucus.
  Rustad, 61, was also grieving back-to-back-to-back family losses and his own health had taken a downturn.
  “Twenty-twenty-two was a very difficult year for my family,” said Rustad. “My father passed away in January. My father-in-law
  
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• Eby ‘impatient’ to resolve B.C.’s hard issues of housing, opioids, affordability

  21-09-2024 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  David Eby thumbs through a stack of vinyl records at Zulu Records located in his Vancouver-Point Grey riding and says he’s reminded of his younger days working at a Sam The Record Man store over the Christmas holidays.
  “Christmas Eve, we sold a lot of Jann Arden CDs,” he said, adding the last-minute shoppers were “all dudes.”
  The leader of British Columbia’s New Democratic Party, wearing a short-sleeve collared shirt, black jeans and sneakers, sits casually at
  
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• A look at John Rustad, leader of the Conservative Party of British Columbia

  21-09-2024 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — A look at John Rustad, leader of the Conservative Party of British Columbia.
  Conservative Party of B.C. Leader John Rustad has been on a political journey over the past two years, which includes his ejection from the former B.C. Liberal Party, being acclaimed Conservative Party of B.C. leader and helping steer the party from the political hinterland to a centre-right challenger. Here are some highlights from his life and career.
  Age: 61. Born Aug. 18, 1963, in Prince George, B.C
  
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• A look at British Columbia New Democratic Party Leader David Eby

  21-09-2024 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A look at British Columbia NDP Leader David Eby.
  British Columbia NDP Leader David Eby is in his first election campaign as party leader and is looking to capture the NDP’s second consecutive majority victory on Oct. 19. Here are some highlights from his life and career.
  Age: 48. Born July 21, 1976, in Kitchener, Ont.
  Pre-politics: An award-winning human rights lawyer, who was the B.C. Civil Liberties Association executive director, an adjunct professor of law at the Univ
  
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• Ottawa’s $2B loan for satellites has Tories calling for Elon Musk to step in

  21-09-2024 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A $2.14-billion federal loan for an Ottawa-based satellite operator has Canadian politicians arguing about whether American billionaire Elon Musk poses a national security risk.
  The fight involves internet connectivity in remote regions as Canada tries to live up to its promise to connect every Canadian household to high-speed internet by 2030.
  Telesat CEO Dan Goldberg said “there appear to be some misunderstandings” about the nature of his company’s deal with th
  
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• Greens reject acrimony, setting them apart from other B.C. parties: Furstenau

  21-09-2024 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The leader of British Columbia’s Green Party faces an uphill battle one month before the provincial election as she faces off against an incumbent cabinet minister in a Victoria riding that’s long been held by a New Democrat.
  But Sonia Furstenau says returning to Victoria from the Cowichan Valley, where she was first elected to the B.C. legislature in 2017, is a homecoming.
  Furstenau says her grandparents and parents met and got married in the city, it’s where she attended univ
  
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• B.C. election campaign officially starts; Eby campaign bus on road

  21-09-2024 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The British Columbia election campaign is set to officially start today, with Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin issuing the writ for the Oct. 19 vote.
  The date, however, didn’t deter political leaders from getting a head start on the campaign.
  NDP Leader David Eby began his campaign early Friday by getting on the party’s bus and heading straight to the Metro Vancouver city of Surrey, which is expected to be a major battleground for the New Democrats and B.C. Conservatives.
  Eby
  
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• A look at Sonia Furstenau, leader of the Green Party of British Columbia

  21-09-2024 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia Green Leader Sonia Furstenau is running in the Victoria-Beacon Hill riding in the Oct. 19 election, returning to the capital after representing the Cowichan Valley riding since 2017.
  Age: 54. Born June 8, 1970.
  Pre-Politics: Bachelor’s and master’s degrees in history as well as a bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Victoria. Furstenau has worked as a high school teacher in Victoria and Shawnigan Lake and served as a director w
  
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• PHOTOS: Cyclists ride to support addiction recovery in Chilliwack - Mission City Record

  21-09-2024 09:00
  PHOTOS: Cyclists ride to support addiction recovery in Chilliwack  Mission City Record
  
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• Chilliwack man walking from Alaska passes through 100 Mile House - Williams Lake Tribune

  21-09-2024 09:00
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• Separatist rebels release New Zealand pilot after 19 months in Indonesia’s Papua region

  21-09-2024 07:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The New Zealand pilot who’s been held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region has been freed by separatist rebels, Indonesian authorities said Saturday.
  Phillip Mark Mehrtens, the pilot from Christchurch who was working for Indonesian aviation company Susi Air, was handed over early Saturday to the Cartenz Peace Taskforce, the joint security force set up by the Indonesian government to deal with separatist groups in Papua, after separatist r
  
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• Photos: Coquitlam Express win season opener, 3-1, over Chilliwack Chiefs - The Tri-City News

  21-09-2024 07:15
  Photos: Coquitlam Express win season opener, 3-1, over Chilliwack Chiefs  The Tri-City News
  
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• Saskatchewan Roughriders hold off the Calgary Stampeders 37-29

  21-09-2024 06:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Trevor Harris had a rushing touchdown and threw a TD pass to Kian Schaffer-Baker to lead the Saskatchewan Roughriders to a 37-29 win over the Calgary Stampeders on Friday night.
  Backup quarterback Shea Patterson ran for a pair of touchdowns for the Roughriders (6-7-1), who ended a seven-game winless streak.
  Brett Lauther kicked three field goals for Saskatchewan, while newly acquired running back Ryquell Armstead had an impressive debut with 207 yards rushing on 25 carries.
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• HandyDART workers reach tentative agreement with Transdev: union

  21-09-2024 06:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The union representing HandyDART workers in Metro Vancouver says a tentative agreement has been reached with the company that runs the door-to-door transit service, after an 18-day strike and months of bargaining.
  The Amalgamated Transit Union says Local 1724 will hold a ratification vote in the coming days.
  About 600 HandyDART employees had been on strike since early September, pausing all service except essential medical trips.
  The union says the new contract includes signifi
  
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• Liegghio’s late field goal earns Ticats 33-31 win over Argos

  21-09-2024 04:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Marc Liegghio’s 48-yard field goal on the final play rallied the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to a thrilling 33-31 win over the Toronto Argonauts on Friday night.
  Liegghio’s boot capped a solid seven-play, 35-yard drive with no timeouts for Hamilton. It came after Lirim Hajrullahu’s 28-yard field goal with 56 seconds remaining put Toronto ahead 31-30.
  Hajrullahu’s kick came after Liegghio connected from 15 yards out at 12:50 to give Hamilton a 30-28 advantage. But
  
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• Trespass notices give Encampment residents deadline to clear out site at Abbotsford City Hall

  21-09-2024 04:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Nearly 60 people living in an encampment behind Abbotsford City Hall have received trespass notices, requiring them to leave the site for at least 10 days, starting at noon on Monday.
  In an email, city spokesperson Melissa Godbout said the notices were issued Thursday in accordance with the Trespass Act and the city’s Parks Bylaw.
  They were given due to ‘safety concerns’ observed by local authorities.
  “Even with the daily support from Abbotsford Police
  
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• Aranda homers, 6 pitchers combine on a 5-hitter and Rays beat Blue Jays 1-0

  21-09-2024 03:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jonathan Aranda homered, six Tampa Bay pitchers combined on a five-hitter, and the Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 1-0 on Friday night.
  Aranda went deep against José Berríos (14-10) with one out in the sixth inning.
  The loss ended Berríos’ seven start winning streak, during which he had a 1.51 ERA. The right-hander allowed one run, six hits, one walk and had six strikeouts in six innings.
  After Rays starter Tyler Alexander gave up two
  
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• Court rules nearly 98,000 Arizonans whose citizenship hadn’t been confirmed can vote the full ballot

  21-09-2024 03:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday that nearly 98,000 people whose citizenship documents hadn’t been confirmed can vote in state and local races.
  The court’s decision comes after officials uncovered a database error that for two decades mistakenly designated the voters as having access to the full ballot.
  Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, a Democrat, and Stephen Richer, the Republican Maricopa County recorder, had disagreed on what status the voters should ho
  
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• South Carolina inmate dies by lethal injection in state’s first execution in 13 years

  21-09-2024 01:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina put inmate Freddie Owens to death Friday as the state restarted executions after an unintended 13-year pause because prison officials couldn’t get the drugs needed for lethal injections.
  Owens was convicted of the 1997 killing of a Greenville convenience store clerk during a robbery. While on trial, Owens killed an inmate at a county jail. His confession to that attack was read to two different juries and a judge who all sentenced him to death.
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• Vancouver Canucks goalie Silovs confident, calm heading into new season

  21-09-2024 01:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PENTICTON, B.C. — Arturs Silovs was the Vancouver Canucks breakout star during last season’s playoffs — and not only for his fashion sense.Now, with Vancouver’s leading goalie Thatcher Demko sidelined by a rare muscle injury, Silovs appears poised to take over the crease once again.The 23-year-old Latvian remains unfazed by the opportunity.“Just have to take it one day at a time. Take it as a challenge and be prepared,” he said at the Canucks training camp in
  
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• Canadian cricketers defeat Oman for second straight win in World League 2 play

  21-09-2024 01:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KING CITY, Ont. — Harsh Thaker scored 93 runs and captain Nicholas Kirton added 57 to help Canada defeat Oman by 59 runs Friday in ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 play.
  It marked a second straight half-century for Kirton, who scored 73 runs not out in Monday’s decisive 103-run win over Nepal in the opening match of the triangular series.
  The Canadians finished at 276 for eight in their 50 overs Friday. In response, Oman was 217 all out with four overs remaining in a determined effort
  
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• Joly says around 45,000 Canadians are in Lebanon as violence escalates

  21-09-2024 00:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says close to 45,000 Canadians are in Lebanon months after warning there is no guarantee Ottawa can evacuate them if the situation deteriorates further.Joly has been urging Canadians to leave the country for months after attacks between Israel and Lebanon.
  But the government has never been clear how many people that includes.
  Global Affairs Canada has only provided the number of Canadians who proactively registered with the embassy, a f
  
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