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• District of Hope rescinds boil water advisory after E. Coli bacteria discovered in some areas

  09-10-2024 23:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — The District of Hope announced Wednesday afternoon (Oct. 9) it has lifted the boil water advisory that was in effect for over four days.According to a notice on its social media pages, the boil water advisory has been rescinded, but the district says its water system for the affected area will remain chlorinated until it is fully confident that the source of contamination has been identified and corrective action taken.“This precautionary measure is in line with guidelines pro
  
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• Fraser Valley woman goes missing: RCMP

  09-10-2024 23:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Mounties in Mission need help locating a 37-year-old woman who was reported missing last week.According to a statement from police, Kelly Sullivan, who also goes by Kelly Schiller, was reported missing on Wednesday, October 2. She is from Mission but may be in the Castlegar, B.C. area.Sullivan is described as a Caucasian female, 5’6″ tall, 122 pounds, with blonde hair, blue eyes and tattoos on her face, neck and hand.Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Kelly
  
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• Lions, Riders set to meet with second in West Division standings at stake

  09-10-2024 23:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Trevor Harris and the Saskatchewan Roughriders seem to be catching fire at the right time.
  Saskatchewan (8-7-1) chases a fourth straight win Saturday when it hosts B.C. (8-8) in the battle for second in the West Division.
  Saskatchewan would cement second with a win. The Riders remain mathematically in the race for first in the West although Winnipeg (10-6) would clinch top spot with a win or tie Friday night against the Toronto Argonauts (8-7).
  Toronto could clinch a playoff spot with a victory
  
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• Ruth and Naomi’s in Chilliwack appeals to community amid record demand for emergency hampers - Fraser Valley Today

  09-10-2024 22:26
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• Ruth and Naomi’s in Chilliwack appeals to community amid record demand for emergency hampers

  09-10-2024 22:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The cupboards at Ruth and Naomi’s in Chilliwack are looking pretty depleted these days.
  The social services non-profit agency posted to social media Wednesday with an urgent appeal for donations of non-perishable food items, saying it’s experiencing record-high demand for emergency hampers.“Ruth & Naomi’s Mission needs your help more than ever! With rising costs and record-high demand for emergency hampers, we’re working hard to provide food f
  
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• Higher rates of mental disorders, suicidal thoughts among transgender people: study

  09-10-2024 22:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Serious mental health disorders and thoughts of suicide are more prevalent among people who are transgender or gender diverse in Canada, researchers say.Their study published recently in the journal JAMA Network Open found transgender participants were three times more likely to meet the criteria for depression, bipolar disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and social phobia than cisgender people.
  They were also three times more likely to have had serious thoughts of suicide and
  
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• Feds move ahead with sustainable investing guidelines, but details still scarce

  09-10-2024 22:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal government is moving ahead with guidelines around sustainable investing and corporate climate disclosures, but details on the plans are scarce.
  A wide range of investors, asset managers and environmental groups have been pushing the government to roll out such guidelines, also known as green taxonomies, to attract more investment for emissions-reducing projects.Frustration has been mounting as efforts to create such guidelines h
  
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• Chilliwack patient airlifted after incident in Majuba Hill Wednesday morning - Fraser Valley Today

  09-10-2024 22:11
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• Chilliwack patient airlifted after incident in Majuba Hill Wednesday morning

  09-10-2024 22:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A Chilliwack resident was airlifted by BC Ambulance Wednesday from the grounds of Yarrow Community School after an incident in Majuba Hill.
  According to scanner traffic, multiple Chilliwack Fire Department engines and BC Emergency Health Services were dispatched at 11:25 a.m. to a residence in Majuba Hill, south of Yarrow, after an individual injured himself. Firefighters were advised to wait for police to arrive. Chilliwack RCMP arrived on scene at approximately 11:42 a.m., a
  
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• ‘I feel very, very lucky’: Canucks centre J.T. Miller set to play 800th game

  09-10-2024 21:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — There was a time J.T. Miller struggled to work his way into an NHL lineup.Now the 31-year-old is a stalwart centre for the Vancouver Canucks — and he’s set to play his 800th regular-season game Wednesday when the team opens the 2024-25 campaign against the Calgary Flames.“The older I get, the more I respect guys that can play for a long time. And super lucky, fortunate, especially health wise, to play in this many games,” Miller said Wednesday morning.
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• ‘Wired’ after election debate, NDP’s Eby says he’ll focus on relaying improvements

  09-10-2024 21:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RICHMOND, B.C. — British Columbia New Democrat Leader David Eby says he was “wired” and had trouble falling asleep after the televised election debate, adding that he would see his performance as successful if those watching at home felt he was focused on their priorities.
  But Eby says he didn’t think he spoke enough about all the ways his “team is committed to supporting British Columbians with the cost of daily life.”
  He says his government is “finally
  
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• Canadian Karina LeBlanc to step down as Thorns GM, take new role with team ownership

  09-10-2024 20:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PORTLAND — Canadian Karina LeBlanc is stepping down as GM of the Portland Thorns at the end of the NWSL season, the team announced Wednesday.
  The former Canadian international goalkeeper will transition to a new role with RAJ Sports, the sports investment platform for the Bhathal family which owns the Thorns and the expansion WNBA team set to begin play in Portland in 2026.
  “Karina provided stability for the Thorns during a very tumultuous time, contributed to a NWSL championship in
  
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• MLSE boss says ‘everything is on the table’ at Toronto FC, including the Italians

  09-10-2024 20:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Change is coming at Toronto FC.
  And while Toronto (11-19-4) was just eliminated from playoff contention, work has been underway for months on what’s needed to revive the ailing Major League Soccer franchise.
  “TFC is a complete rebuild … Everything is on the table,” said Keith Pelley, president and CEO of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment.“We don’t have a club identity, a club ethos, currently right now for TFC … I kind of realized tha
  
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• Scottie Barnes to return to Raptors lineup on Friday in pre-season game in Washington

  09-10-2024 20:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Scottie Barnes will return to the Toronto Raptors lineup on Friday.
  He will start against the Wizards in a pre-season game in Washington, D.C.
  It will be his first competitive basketball game since he was injured on March 1.
  Barnes was named to his first all-star team in February before breaking his hand while blocking a shot.
  The former NBA rookie of the year was averaging 19.9 points, 8.2 rebounds and 6.1 assists over 60 games before his season-ending surgery.
  Barnes officially
  
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• 5 dead after a small plane crashes on Santa Catalina Island off the Southern California coast

  09-10-2024 20:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AVALON, Calif. (AP) — Five people were killed when a small plane crashed during takeoff from Santa Catalina Island off the Southern California coast, authorities said Wednesday.
  The twin-engine Beechcraft 95 crashed shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday, just moments after it departed from Catalina Airport near the island city of Avalon, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
  Five people were on board, the FAA said initially. Five adults were found dead at the scene in rugged terrain abo
  
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• 6 spots to watch salmon return in Chilliwack using online map - Mission City Record

  09-10-2024 20:05
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• 6 spots to watch salmon return in Chilliwack using online map - Chilliwack Progress

  09-10-2024 20:05
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• 6 spots to watch salmon return in Chilliwack using online map - Abbotsford News

  09-10-2024 20:05
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• Language, lack of money and fear are matters of life and death with Milton approaching Florida

  09-10-2024 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Milton is expected to unleash its greatest force over hundreds of thousands of immigrants who don’t speak English, most of them Latin Americans harvesting oranges and tomatoes in the fields along Florida’s I-4 corridor, washing dishes in restaurants, cleaning hotel rooms and working construction.
  For the Spanish speakers and a smaller number of African refugees , new lives in the U.S. were already a daily struggle because of the language barrier and lack
  
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• Boissonnault appointed to lead federal government’s effort to rebuild Jasper

  09-10-2024 19:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JASPER, ALTA. — Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault has been tasked by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to lead the federal government’s share of the work to rebuild Jasper, Alta.
  In July, a wildfire destroyed one-third of the Rocky Mountain tourist town and displaced some 2,000 residents.
  Boissonnault, an Edmonton member of Parliament, will be responsible for co-ordinating federal resources with the Alberta government, the municipality and Indigenous groups.
  “This role that th
  
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• Abbotsford PD seeks 2 suspects in residential break and enter

  09-10-2024 19:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Police in Abbotsford say they’re investigating a reported break and enter that happened early Tuesday morning at a home near Trestle Avenue and Lefeuvre Road in Abbotsford.According to a statement from Constable Artur Stele, spokesperson for the Abbotsford Police Department, AbbyPD patrol officers were dispatched for the report of a residential break and enter Tuesday morning, Oct. 8 at 3:17 a.m. When officers arrived, they were told that the victims had discovered two u
  
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• Canada adds $15M to aid for Lebanon and will match $6M in donations

  09-10-2024 19:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada is adding another $15 million to its humanitarian aid package for Lebanon after an escalation in the conflict between Israel and the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah.
  International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen says the new money will help Canadian and international aid groups provide food, water, emergency health care and other assistance in Lebanon, though the exact allocations are yet to be determined.
  The funding comes on top of $10 million in aid announced by
  
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• Gunshots hit Montreal building owned by man with two other properties hit by arson

  09-10-2024 19:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal police arrested three people, including two teenagers, after gunshots were fired Tuesday night at a building owned by a man withtwo properties targeted by deadly fires.
  Police say gunfire hit the building in Old Montreal owned by Emile Benamor, the man who owns two other buildings in the district that were targeted since 2023 by alleged arson, leading to the deaths of nine people.
  Benamor owns the Notre-Dame Street East building that went up in flames last Friday, claim
  
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• CEPCO pleased to welcome elegant new restaurant to downtown Chilliwack - Fraser Valley Today

  09-10-2024 19:29
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• CEPCO pleased to welcome elegant new restaurant to downtown Chilliwack

  09-10-2024 19:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Economic Partners Corporation, a private company that strives to help create economic growth in Chilliwack, says it is pleased to welcome a new Italian restaurant to the former home of Gord Ray/Skelton Men’s Wear on Wellington Avenue in downtown Chilliwack.CEPCO posted to social media this week that it is delighted to welcome Amato Trattoria to 45949 Wellington Avenue, near Five Corners. The restaurant is the newest enterprise of Raffaele Aiello, the owner of
  
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• Liberal MP says his House of Commons penalty should have been the same as Poilievre’s

  09-10-2024 19:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Liberal MP Yvan Baker says there should not have been different punishments doled out to him and to Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre for comments each of them made in the House of Commons.
  House Speaker Greg Fergus sanctioned Baker in March after the Toronto MP alleged that people supporting Russian President Vladimir Putin had “taken over the Conservative party.”
  This week Poilievre was sanctioned for accusing Joly of pandering to supporters of the terrorist organ
  
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• Language barriers and lack of money is a matter of life and death with Milton approaching Florida

  09-10-2024 19:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Milton is expected to unleash its greatest force over hundreds of thousands of immigrants who don’t speak English, most of them Latin Americans harvesting oranges and tomatoes in the fields along Florida’s I-4 corridor, washing dishes in restaurants, cleaning hotel rooms and working construction.
  For the Spanish speakers and a smaller number of African refugees , new lives in the U.S. were already a daily struggle because of the language barrier and lack
  
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• Chilliwack council approves OCP amendment, motions to facilitate 218-unit development in South Vedder - Fraser Valley Today

  09-10-2024 18:58
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• Chilliwack council approves OCP amendment, motions to facilitate 218-unit development in South Vedder

  09-10-2024 18:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack councillors approved a third reading of an Official Community Plan amendment and related motions at their meeting Tuesday (Oct. 8) that generally pave the way for a 218-unit residential development and mixed-use development along Vedder Road, south of Keith Wilson Road, in Chilliwack.The applicant, Castillo Developments Incorporated, looks to build two six-storey buildings sited on top of a shared two-level underground parkade featuring 218 residential units, of whi
  
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• Foreign affairs minister urges Canadians to leave Florida ahead of devastating storm

  09-10-2024 18:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canadians in Florida should leave and people planning to travel there should postpone as the state braces for the impact of Hurricane Milton.The storm was downgraded this morning to a Category 4 but is expected to bring deadly storm surge, rain and winds.
  It’s expected to make landfall later today in the Tampa Bay area, which is home to more than 3.3 million people, and then move east affecting other populated areas including
  
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• THE CHILLIWACK PROGRESS- Chilliwack Chiefs to host 2 Alberta teams for 1st time at Coliseum

  09-10-2024 18:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
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• Ottawa Redblacks sign American quarterback Tyrie Adams to contract extension

  09-10-2024 18:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks signed American quarterback Tyrie Adams to a one-year contract extension Wednesday.
  Adams, 27, hasn’t thrown a pass in 2024 after suffering a season-ending knee injury in 2023 against Edmonton. In that game, he completed 14-of-20 passes for 185 yards and a TD while rushing three times for 31 yards in a 26-7 victory.
  Adams, a Florida native, played collegiately at Western Carolina (2016-19). He left as the school’s all-time leader in completions (73
  
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• Official languages report questions enrolment cap on Quebec English junior colleges

  09-10-2024 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s official languages commissioner is expressing concern over Quebec’s decision to cap the number of students who can enrol in the province’s English-language junior colleges.Raymond Théberge says in a report released today that he’s also worried about the province’s decision to raise tuition for out-of-province students at the university level.
  He writes that Quebec’s English junior colleges and universities play a valuable role by
  
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• Vehicle hits fire hydrant, utility pole in Chilliwack crash - Chilliwack Progress

  09-10-2024 18:19
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• Vehicle hits fire hydrant, utility pole in Chilliwack crash - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  09-10-2024 18:16
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• Quebec puts youth protection office branch under trusteeship after shocking report

  09-10-2024 18:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Quebec government has put a branch of the province’s youth protection office under trusteeship following a report that alleges the rights of dozens of children have been violated.La Presse reported this morning on an internal document from Quebec’s human rights commission, which found that the youth protection office serving central Quebec and the Mauricie region is removing children from their parents too quickly.The document cited government statistics showing
  
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• Rents rise 2.1% in September, marking fifth straight monthly slowdown: report

  09-10-2024 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — A new report says growth in average asking rents across Canada last month slowed to the lowest rate since October 2021, at 2.1 per cent year-over-year.
  The report from Rentals.ca and Urbanation finds average asking rents sat at $2,193 for September, marking the fifth straight month that the annual rate has slowed from May’s nine per cent growth.
  Urbanation president Shaun Hildebrand says rents in Canada are increasing at the slowest pace in nearly three years, which he attr
  
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• Maple Leafs goalie Woll out for opener against Canadiens, Stolarz to start

  09-10-2024 17:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Toronto goalie Anthony Stolarz will get the start in place of injured Joseph Woll when the Maple Leafs visit the Montreal Canadiens to open their NHL season on Wednesday night.
  Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube said Woll experienced some “lower-body tightness” on Tuesday and is being kept out for precautionary reasons.
  Dennis Hildeby will serve as Toronto’s backup. Canadiens netminder Samuel Montembeault will start in front of Cayden Primeau.
  Stolarz joined t
  
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• Biden and Netanyahu hold their first conversation in weeks. Trump recently called the Israeli leader

  09-10-2024 17:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday were holding their first call in weeks, a conversation that comes as Israel expands its ground incursion into Lebanon and considers how to respond to Iran’s recent ballistic missile attack.
  Netanyahu’s office also confirmed that the prime minister had recently spoken with former President Donald Trump.
  Trump, a Republican who is the midst of a close White House race against Democrat
  
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• Chilliwack forum moderator replaced to maintain 'non-partisan' approach - Chilliwack Progress

  09-10-2024 17:19
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• Former Sen. Tim Johnson, the last Democrat to hold statewide office in South Dakota, dies at 77

  09-10-2024 17:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Former Sen. Tim Johnson, a centrist who was the last Democrat to hold statewide office in South Dakota and who was adept at securing federal funding for projects back home during his three decades in Washington, has died. He was 77.
  Johnson, who was first elected to Congress in 1986 and retired from the Senate in 2015, died Tuesday night of complications from a recent stroke, family friend Steve Hildebrand said in a news release. He was surrounded by family.
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• Time to evacuate is running out as Hurricane Milton closes in on Florida

  09-10-2024 16:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The National Weather Service says a tornado is on the ground in the lightly populated Everglades area of South Florida.
  The service posted a photo on the social platform X of the funnel crossing the highway Wednesday morning with the words: “TORNADO crossing I-75 as we speak! Seek shelter NOW!”
  Forecasters had warned that tornadoes and other severe weather was likely Wednesday as Hurricane Milton made its approach into Florida.
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• The death toll in a gang attack on a small Haitian town rises to 115, a local official says

  09-10-2024 16:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PONT-SONDÉ, Haiti (AP) — The death toll in a brutal gang attack last week on a small town in central Haiti has risen to 115, a local official told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
  The attack on residents of Pont-Sondé on Oct. 3 was one of the biggest massacres that Haiti has seen in recent history.
  Myriam Fièvre, mayor of the nearby city of Saint-Marc, said Wednesday that the toll had risen to 115 and would likely keep rising because authorities are still looking for
  
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• Ottawa Senators sign goalie Ullmark to four-year contract extension

  09-10-2024 16:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have signed goaltender Linus Ullmark to a four-year contract extension.
  The NHL team says the deal is worth US$33 million with an average annual value of $8.25 million.
  Ottawa acquired the 31-year-old Ullmark last June in a trade with the Boston Bruins.
  Ullmark has a 138-73-23 record over nine NHL seasons with the Buffalo Sabres and Boston.
  He won the Vezina Trophy as the league’s most outstanding goaltender for his play in the 2022-23 season.
  The Senator
  
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• NHLers discuss long-term injured reserve rules: ‘Obviously a loophole in the system’

  09-10-2024 15:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Nick Suzuki and the Montreal Canadiens were dreaming big.
  The club stunned the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round of the 2021 playoffs before sweeping the Winnipeg Jets and besting the Vegas Golden Knights.
  The second of two pandemic-truncated seasons — this one with unique divisions — would see Montreal face the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Stanley Cup final.
  Suzuki, then a second-year centre, soon felt like his team was battling with one hand tied behind its back.
  The NHL’s
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs to host 2 Alberta teams for 1st time at Coliseum - Chilliwack Progress

  09-10-2024 14:39
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• Canada’s Fernandez defeats Rakhimova to advance to Round of 16 in Wuhan

  09-10-2024 14:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WUHAN (AP) — Canada’s Leylah Fernandez battled past Russia’s Kamilla Rakhimova 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (4) on Wednesday to reach the Round of 16 at the Wuhan Open.
  Fernandez, ranked 28th in the world, took two hours and 55 minutes to seal her win against Rakhimova, the world No. 66, at the hard court event.
  Fernandez, of Laval, Que., will face the winner of the match between China’s Zheng Qinwen, gold medalist at the Paris Olympics, and Romania’s Jaqueline Cristian, ranked 75
  
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• Six Canadian squads open their NHL seasons tonight

  09-10-2024 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Edmonton Oilers came up a goal and win short in June of winning the Stanley Cup and breaking Canada’s 31-year drought of hoisting the NHL’s most coveted trophy.
  The Oilers, who lost a 2-1, Game 7 heartbreaker to the Florida Panthers in the championship series, are aiming to make the tough trek back to the final starting tonight when they open their regular season against the visiting Winnipeg Jets, who lost to the Colorado Avalanche in five games in the opening round of last seas
  
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• Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for work on proteins

  09-10-2024 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded Wednesday to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for their work with proteins.
  Baker works at the University of Washington in Seattle, while Hassabis and Jumper both work at Google Deepmind in London.
  Hans Ellegren, secretary general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences that decides on the winner, announced the prize.
  THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel
  
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• NHL player Nazem Kadri tells his story so far in book “Dreamer: My Life on the Edge”

  09-10-2024 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Pulling out a chunk of his idol Joe Thornton’s beard in a fight, riding the roller-coaster of being a Toronto Maple Leaf and becoming the first Muslim player to win a Stanley Cup are chronicled in Nazem Kadri’s book “Dreamer: My Life On The Edge”.
  The 34-year-old NHL player from London, Ont., has a story to tell with a few revelatory twists.“I wanted it to be inspirational and motivating, but kind of lighthearted and humorous at the same time,”
  
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