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• Five things to know ahead of Toronto Raptors training camp in Montreal

  30-09-2024 23:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors begin their pre-season training camp on Tuesday in Montreal. Here are five things to know about what the Raptors’ pre-season will look like.
  NEVER REALLY STOPPED — Head coach Darko Rajakovic held mini-camps for his players throughout the summer. Backup centre Kelly Olynyk of Kamloops, B.C., said he was eager to attend the camp in Spain after he was done with Team Canada at the Paris Olympics. He said that it was helpful to continue to get to know h
  
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• Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA candidate won’t appear on ballot in provincial election - Fraser Valley Today

  30-09-2024 22:54 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA candidate won’t appear on ballot in provincial election

  30-09-2024 22:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Maybe there was a reason the B.C. Green Party didn’t make waves about her short-lived candidacy, or promote her like it did with other upstart candidates.Roughly a week after the provincial Greens quietly named Molly McKay as its MLA candidate in the Chilliwack-Cultus Lake riding without any fanfare or news release, the seasoned leadership vet with over a decade of experience in the nonprofit and corporate sectors will not appear on the provincial ballot.
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• Survivors call for reversal of Canada’s ‘cut’ to residential school search spending

  30-09-2024 22:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Residential school survivors say the federal government is keeping the truth about those institutions in the dark by cutting back on funding for records and ground searches looking for unmarked graves of children who died at the schools.
  More than 150,000 children were forced to attend residential schools, and many survivors detailed the horrific abuse they suffered to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. An estimated 6,000 children died while attending the schools, although e
  
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• Judge strikes down Georgia ban on abortions, allowing them to resume beyond 6 weeks into pregnancy

  30-09-2024 22:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state’s abortion law, which took effect in 2022 and effectively prohibited abortions beyond about six weeks of pregnancy.
  Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney wrote in his order that “liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections, and in its bundle of rights the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it and in it, and to reject state interference with her healthc
  
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• Raptors have ‘clean slate’ heading into new season as team leans into rebuild season

  30-09-2024 22:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Head coach Darko Rajakovic is putting on his foreman’s helmet as the Toronto Raptors lean into developing their young core this season.
  Rajakovic thinks the Raptors have a “clean slate” in his second year in Toronto and team president Masai Ujiri called it a rebuild — a term he had previously avoided — on Monday. Rajakovic spoke in construction terms at Raptors media day at Scotiabank Arena, with the venue itself still in the midst of renovations.
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• Lindor homer sends Mets to playoffs with 8-7 win over Braves, who need victory in twin-bill 2nd game

  30-09-2024 22:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — The Mets are headed to the postseason after Francisco Lindor’s two-run homer in the ninth capped a wild back-and-forth over the final two innings, giving New York an 8-7 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Monday in the opener of a makeup doubleheader squeezed in before the start of the playoffs.
  Atlanta would also earn a wild-card berth by winning the second game, which would eliminate Arizona. If the Mets sweep, the Braves would be knocked out.
  The Braves led 3-0 head
  
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• ‘It stings’: Canadiens await news on severity of Patrik Laine’s injury

  30-09-2024 22:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BROSSARD, Que. — Patrik Laine arrived in a hockey-mad market eager for a fresh start.
  That made the Finnish sharpshooter’s worrying pre-season exit even harder to swallow for Montreal Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis.
  “The No. 1 job we had to do with Patty is make him excited to come to the rink, and he was,” St. Louis said Monday at CN Sports Complex. “It stings a little more, because I feel he was excited to come to the rink.”
  Laine needed help getting
  
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• Multi-vehicle crash on Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge Saturday night sends 3 to hospital

  30-09-2024 22:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AGASSIZ — A multi-vehicle crash on the Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge Saturday night (Sept. 28) sent three people to hospital and closed the bridge for a little over an hour, forcing motorists to reroute on Highway 7 through Hope or Mission until a little after midnight.According to a statement obtained Sunday afternoon over the phone from Provincial Health Services Authority spokesperson Tanya Colledge, B.C. Emergency Health Services paramedics received a call about a vehicle incident at 11:01 p
  
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• Canadian Ryan Hunter shows very well in move from left guard to tackle

  30-09-2024 22:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ryan Hunter’s athleticism has been on full display since his arrival in the CFL, but the Canadian’s versatility is now shining through.
  An oblique/hip injury to American Isiah Cage forced the Toronto Argonauts to shift Hunter from left guard to tackle Saturday night. The move certainly didn’t hinder the offence, which had 234 rushing yards in a 37-31 home win over the Montreal Alouettes.
  “I’ve switched positions my whole career, weekly, daily so it&r
  
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• A ‘weird’ debate: vice-presidential hopefuls to face off ahead of razor-thin election

  30-09-2024 21:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Tim Walz and JD Vance are set to face off Tuesday in the only debate for the vice-presidential hopefuls during the razor-thin race to November’s election.Walz, the Democratic governor of Minnesota, and Vance, the Republican senator from Ohio, are expected to play the political attack dog.
  Todd Graham, a professor of debate at Southern Illinois University, said Walz has one main job: to keep saying Vance is too weird for the White House.“Vance is going to say, basic
  
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• Governments ‘need to be mapping a very different course’ with Indigenous peoples, Rustad says during Chilliwack stop

  30-09-2024 21:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK – B.C.’s Conservative leader suggested that politicians need to do more for Canada’s First Nations through “economic reconciliation” and “strategically” returning land.
  During a stop in Chilliwack on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, John Rustad insisted upon “mapping a very different course” with the country’s Indigenous peoples, saying the “big government approach” over the decades has “been t
  
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• 23 bilingual municipalities ask judge to suspend portions of Quebec’s language law

  30-09-2024 19:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A group of 23 bilingual municipalities are in Quebec Superior Court today to ask a judge to suspend the application of several portions of the province’s 2022 language reform.Lawyer Julius Grey told the Montreal courtroom that the law contains measures that will have “enormous consequences” for cities that have the right to serve citizens in both French and English.
  Grey says the law could prevent cities from writing contracts in English, would grant the govern
  
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• Biden administration doubles down on tough asylum restrictions at border

  30-09-2024 19:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Monday it is making asylum restrictions at the southern border even tougher, as it’s increasingly eager to show voters uneasy over immigration that it is taking a hard stance on border security.
  The new rules, which toughen restrictions announced in June, bar migrants from being granted asylum when U.S. officials deem that the southern border is overwhelmed.
  Under the previous rules, the U.S. could restrict asylum access when the number
  
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• Son of Canadian parents killed in Lebanon urges Ottawa to ramp up evacuation efforts

  30-09-2024 19:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The son of a Canadian couple killed during Israeli strikes on Lebanon last week says Ottawa must do more to help citizens leave the country as fighting between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group intensifies.Kamal Tabaja says his 75-year-old father Hussein Tabaja and 70-year-old mother Daad Tabaja were trying to flee their southern Lebanon village last Monday when an Israeli bomb strike hit their car.He says their bodies were officially identified at a hospital on Saturday through DNA testin
  
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• Faculty strike: McGill University threatens to cancel semester for law students

  30-09-2024 18:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — McGill University is threatening to cancel law school classes for the rest of the semester if it can’t reach an agreement today with a faculty union that has been on strike since August.The university says it will drop its legal challenge of the faculty’s right to unionize — a key demand of the Association of McGill Professors of Law — if the union agrees to negotiate working conditions collectively with other employee associations at the school.
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• Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim shooting down another US-made drone as US acknowledges losing one

  30-09-2024 18:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed Monday they shot down another American-made MQ-9 Reaper drone over the country, with videos purportedly showing a surface-to-air missile striking it. The U.S. military acknowledged losing a drone.
  The claimed attack comes as the one-year anniversary of the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip approaches. The Houthis have targeted ships traveling through the Red Sea over the war as U.S.-led airstrikes pound their positions
  
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• The US is sending a few thousand more troops to the Middle East to boost security

  30-09-2024 18:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sending an additional “few thousand” troops to the Middle East to bolster security and to be prepared to defend Israel if necessary, the Pentagon said Monday.
  The increased presence will come from multiple fighter jet squadrons, Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh told reporters.
  It follows recent strikes in Lebanon and the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, a significant escalation in the war in the Middle East, this time between I
  
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• Winter tire rules on many B.C. highways start Oct. 1

  30-09-2024 18:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA – British Columbia’s regulations requiring winter tires or chains on select roadways across the province start Tuesday and drivers could be fined if caught without them.
  As of Oct. 1, RCMP and other policing agencies can prevent drivers from travelling and issue fines for non-compliance on some thoroughfares requiring winter tires, chains, or both.
  Regions affected by the rules are mainly in the north, including most Interior roads, with some sections of the South Coast, suc
  
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• Dikembe Mutombo, a Hall of Fame player and tireless advocate, dies at 58 from brain cancer

  30-09-2024 17:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Famer who was one of the best defensive players in NBA history and a longtime global ambassador for the game, died Monday from brain cancer, the league announced. He was 58.
  His family revealed two years ago that he was undergoing treatment in Atlanta for a brain tumor. The NBA said he died surrounded by his family.
  “Dikembe Mutombo was simply larger than life,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said. “On the court, he was one of the greatest sh
  
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• Joly targets polarization in UN speech, urges liberals to reclaim the word ‘freedom’

  30-09-2024 17:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is asking members of the United Nations to counter growing political polarization.
  Joly is addressing the UN General Assembly on behalf of Canada after the annual gathering of leaders and ministers in New York.
  Joly says countries need to work together to uphold rules on sovereignty and human rights, or the world will slip into more crises like those in Haiti and Afghanistan.
  She also says liberal democracies need to reclaim the word &l
  
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• Controlling interest in owner of hockey brand Bauer to be sold to Fairfax affiliates

  30-09-2024 17:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The owner of Bauer Hockey says affiliates of Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. will acquire controlling interest in its overall business.Peak Achievement Athletics Inc. did not reveal the value of the deal, but says the transaction will hand Fairfax an equity interest previously owned by asset management company Sagard Holdings Inc.
  Peak expects the transaction to close in the fourth quarter, when Fairfax will assume oversight of Bauer and Peak’s Cascade Lacrosse and Maverik Lacrosse bands.
  
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• Raptors president Masai Ujiri says there are no issues with Edward Rogers

  30-09-2024 16:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto Raptors team president Masai Ujiri tried to lay to rest rumours that he has friction with Edward Rogers, the executive chair of Rogers Communications, Inc.
  Ujiri says he and Edward Rogers have the “same exact relationship for 10 years” and that it’s “great.”
  He was speaking at the Raptors’ media day ahead of training camp.
  Ujiri’s comments come nearly two weeks after Rogers Communications announced it was going to acquire rival te
  
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• Supplies rushed to communities isolated by Helene as death toll rises to nearly 100

  30-09-2024 16:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A crisis unfolded in western North Carolina as officials rushed to get more water, food and other supplies to flood-stricken areas without power and cellular service Monday, three days after Hurricane Helene ripped across the U.S. Southeast. The death toll from the storm approached 100.
  At least 94 people across several states were killed. A North Carolina county that includes the mountain city of Asheville reported 30 people killed.
  Gov. Roy Cooper predicted the tol
  
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• FBI to pay $22M to settle claims of sexual discrimination at training academy

  30-09-2024 15:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has agreed to pay more than $22 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging female recruits were singled out for dismissal in training and routinely harassed by instructors with sexually charged comments about their breast size, false allegations of infidelity and the need to take contraception “to control their moods.”The payout to 34 women dismissed from the FBI’s training academy in Quantico, Virginia, still subject to approval by a fede
  
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• Canadian women move up to No. 2 in World Rugby rankings after win over France

  30-09-2024 15:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada has climbed into second place in World Rugby’s women’s rankings, thanks to its 46-24 weekend win over No. 4 France at the WXV tournament.
  The Canadians’ rise came at the expense of reigning World Cup champion New Zealand, which dropped to third after losing 29-27 to Ireland in the final match of Sunday’s opening triple-header at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver.
  Ireland moves up one rung to No. 6, dropping Australia to seventh in the new rankings. Canada takes on Ir
  
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• One-man show about silly, foul-mouthed Scottish deity returns to Chilliwack - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  30-09-2024 14:35 via news.google.com
  One-man show about silly, foul-mouthed Scottish deity returns to Chilliwack  Agassiz Harrison Observer
  
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• A man gets life in prison in Russia for a car bomb that wounded a writer

  30-09-2024 14:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Monday sentenced a man convicted over a car bombing that seriously wounded nationalist writer Zakhar Prilepin to life in prison.
  Prosecutors said the May 2023 bombing in the Nizhny Novogorod region was conducted at the direction of Ukraine’s security services. Prilepin was serious injured and his driver died in the bombing.The convicted defendant, Alexander Permyakov, is from Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region and once fought with the Russian-backe
  
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• France’s Le Pen denies wrongdoing as she and her party go on trial accused of embezzling EU funds

  30-09-2024 13:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen denied violating any rules as she and her National Rally party and two dozen others went on trial on Monday, accused of embezzling European Parliament funds, in a case that has the potential to derail her political ambitions.
  Arriving at the court in Paris, Le Pen said “we have not violated any political and regulatory rules of the European Parliament” and vowed to present “extremely serious and extremely solid arguments&
  
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• Cheering on Canada ‘bittersweet’ for injured rugby star Sophie de Goede

  30-09-2024 12:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Sitting on the sidelines hasn’t been easy for Sophie de Goede.Perched in the press box at BC Place on Sunday, the Canadian rugby star leapt from her seat every time her teammates appeared poised to make a big play against France at the WXV 1 tournament.
  Six weeks out of surgery for a torn anterior cruciate ligament and with her knee locked in a large brace, de Goede should not be leaping — she simply can’t resist.
  “It’s a bit of a bittersweet feeli
  
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• France striker Antoine Griezmann retires from international soccer

  30-09-2024 11:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADRID (AP) — France striker Antoine Griezmann says he is retiring from international soccer.
  The 33-year-old Atletico Madrid player has played 137 matches with France, scoring 44 goals.
  He started with Les Bleus in 2014 and won the 2018 World Cup.
  “It’s with a heart full of memories that I close this chapter of my life,” Griezmann said in a message posted on Instagram. “”Thank you for this wonderful tricolor adventure and see you soon.”
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• In the news today: Ontario MPP wants paid holiday for TRC day

  30-09-2024 10:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Ontario MPP wants paid holiday for TRC day
  Ontario’s only First Nation representative at Queen’s Park plans to soon table proposed legislation, in his own Indigenous language, to have the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation declared a paid provincial holiday.The day is a federal statutory holiday, but not a provincial one in Ontario.
  New Democrat deputy leader Sol Mamakwa, who represe
  
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• National ceremony in Ottawa will mark Truth and Reconciliation Day

  30-09-2024 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A National Day for Truth and Reconciliation ceremony is planned in Ottawa this afternoon to honour the survivors of Canada’s residential school system and the children who never returned home.
  The event on Parliament Hill is set to begin at 3 p.m. ET and includes survivors and Indigenous leaders, while other events are planned in locations across Canada throughout the day.
  Gov. Gen. Mary Simon will host a sacred fire ceremony in the morning at Rideau Hall before joining the
  
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• Marathon goat: animal runner wins hearts and a medal after crashing Newfoundland race

  30-09-2024 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH, N.L. — He may not have logged the fastest time or even gone the full distance, but residents of a Newfoundland town agree the goat who unexpectedly joined the local weekend half marathon was the event’s undisputed champion.
  Partway through Sunday’s T’Railway Trek half marathon in Conception Bay South, N.L., an eager 68-kilogram (150 pound) goat named Joshua broke free from his collar and joined the runners on the route.
  He kept pace for nearly a quar
  
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• B.C. campaign enters week 2 with full list of candidates, leaders’ debate ahead

  30-09-2024 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s election campaign is entering its second week with each party’s team of candidates in place and the leaders looking ahead to the upcoming televised debate.
  The Oct. 9 debate will be one of the few occasions B.C. voters will see the leaders of the New Democrats, B.C. Conservatives and the Greens face each other during the campaign.
  NDP Leader David Eby and B.C. Conservatives Leader John Rustad spent the first week of the campaign taking verbal perso
  
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• Japan’s likely next leader says he will call an election for Oct. 27 once he takes office

  30-09-2024 09:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TOKYO (AP) — Shigeru Ishiba, the head of Japan’s governing party, said on Monday he plans to call a parliamentary election on Oct. 27 after he is formally elected as prime minister on Tuesday.
  Ishiba was elected party leader to succeed outgoing leader Fumio Kishida in a party vote Friday. Ishiba is assured to be elected as next prime minister because the Liberal Democratic Party and its ruling coalition controls parliament.
  Ishiba has said he will hold an election as soon as possible
  
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• Flooding deaths in Nepal reach 193 as recovery work is stepped up

  30-09-2024 06:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The number of people killed by flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall over the weekend in Nepal has reached 193 while recovery and rescue work has been stepped up, officials said Monday.
  A police statement said there were 31 people who were still reported missing and 96 people were injured across the Himalayan nation.
  Many of the deaths were in the capital, Kathmandu, which got heavy rainfall, and much of southern part of the city was flooded.At least t
  
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• Flooding toll in Nepal reaches 193 as recovery work is stepped up

  30-09-2024 06:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The number of people killed by flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall over the weekend in Nepal has reached 193 while recovery and rescue work has been stepped up, officials said Monday.
  A police statement said there were 31 people who were still reported missing and 96 people were injured across the Himalayan nation.
  Many of the deaths were in the capital Kathmandu which got heavy rainfall and much of southern part of the city was flooded. At least thr
  
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• Suwannapura eagles 2nd playoff hole to win NW Arkansas Championship

  30-09-2024 04:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ROGERS, Ark. (AP) — Jasmine Suwannapura made a 12-foot eagle putt on the second hole of a playoff with Lucy Li to win the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship on Sunday.
  Suwannapura — playing in the group behind Li — also eagled the par-5 18th in regulation to force the playoff at Pinnacle Country Club. They each birdied the 18th on the first extra hole.
  Suwannapura shot a career-best 10-under 61, playing the back nine in 7-under 28, to match Li at 17-under 196. Tied for 25th enter
  
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• Malkin, Crosby pace Penguins to 5-2 pre-season win over Senators

  30-09-2024 04:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SUDBURY, Ont. — The Pittsburgh Penguins went “old school” on Sunday, getting three goals from Evgeni Malkin and two from Sidney Crosby to defeat the Ottawa Senators 5-2 in an NHL pre-season contest at Sudbury Community Arena.
  The Senators had built a 2-1 first-period lead on goals from Nick Cousins and Tim Stutzle, but the Penguins’ veterans rallied to take a 3-2 lead into the third period, then added two more in the final frame despite being badly outshot 30-19.
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• Parts of Christina Lake evacuated due to out-of-control wildfire

  30-09-2024 03:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHRISTINA LAKE, B.C. — Parts of a British Columbia Interior community is under tactical evacuation due to the threat of a nearby wildfire.
  The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary says the evacuation is underway at Christina Lake in and around Brown Road, Caitlin Road and Kensington Place.
  Residents evacuated from the area are asked to go to the parking lot of the Christina Lake Community Hall and wait for volunteers for assistance.
  The BC Wildfire Service says the out-of-control blaze n
  
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• Host Canada dominates France 46-24 to open WXV 1 tournament

  30-09-2024 02:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Canada’s women’s 15s rugby squad opened its WXV 1 tournament with a dominant 46-24 victory over France on Sunday.
  Fancy Bermudez and Laetitia Royer each scored a pair of tries for the world No. 3 Canadians, while Paige Farries, Emily Tuttosi and Asia Hogan-Rochester each contributed one apiece.
  Alex Tessier booted four conversions and a penalty kick for the home nation, who are hosting the international tournament for the first time.
  Fourth-ranked France got tries f
  
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• Parts of Christina Lake, B.C., evacuated due to out-of-control wildfire

  30-09-2024 01:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHRISTINA LAKE, B.C. — Parts of a British Columbia Interior community is under tactical evacuation due to the threat of a nearby wildfire.
  The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary says the evacuation is underway at Christina Lake in and around Brown Road, Caitlin Road and Kensington Place.
  Residents evacuated from the area are asked to go to the parking lot of the Christina Lake Community Hall and wait for volunteers for assistance.
  The BC Wildfire Service says the out-of-control blaze n
  
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• Ferry trips in the Kootenays halted due to job action: union

  30-09-2024 01:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BURNABY – The union representing about 90 staff members who operate inland ferries in the Kootenays says it has started a job action that could affect four routes in the coming days.
  On Sunday, the B.C. General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) alerted the public that Upper Arrow Lake sailings between Shelter Bay and Galena Bay, south of Revelstoke, would be canceled after 3 p.m.
  The BCGEU says the work stoppage is an ‘overtime ban’ connected to negotiations seeking wage increases
  
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• Mike McEwen wins curling’s PointsBet Invitational men’s crown with win over Gushue

  30-09-2024 01:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Mike McEwen has won curling’s PointsBet Invitational men’s championship with an 8-3 win over Brad Gushue on Sunday.
  McEwen’s team won all four of their games to take home $50,000 in prize money from the single-knockout tournament in Calgary.
  The men’s final was a rematch of the 2024 Canadian men’s curling championship final in Regina, where Gushue prevailed 9-5 to claim his sixth Brier.
  McEwen’s team from Saskatchewan scored four in the first e
  
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• Biden said he hopes to visit Helene-impacted areas this week if it doesn’t impact emergency response

  30-09-2024 00:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he will visit Hurricane Helene-impacted areas this week as long as it does not disrupt rescue and recovery operations.
  Biden was briefed again on Sunday evening about the impact of the devastating storm on an enormous swath of the Southeast.
  A North Carolina County that includes the mountain city of Asheville reported earlier Sunday that 30 people were killed due to the storm, pushing the overall death toll to at least 84 people across several sta
  
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• Eby says more than 90 per cent of British Columbians to benefit from tax cut promise

  30-09-2024 00:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — New Democrat Leader David Eby says he’s making a tax relief election promise that will benefit more than 90 per cent of people in British Columbia.
  He says the NDP would implement an annual tax cut of $1,000 for the average family starting next year if elected to form government on Oct. 19.
  Eby says the plan will exempt $10,000 of individual income from annual taxes every year, which will reduce taxes by more than $1,000 for most households and more than $500 for indiv
  
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