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• Vancouver Rise, AFC Toronto play to 1-1 draw in Northern Super League

  11-05-2025 23:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Jessica De Filippo’s stoppage-time equalizer helped Vancouver Rise FC salvage a 1-1 draw against AFC Toronto on Sunday in the Northern Super League.
  De Filippo tied the game nearly five minutes after the 90-minute mark with a header off a corner kick for Vancouver (2-1-1). It was Vancouver’s only shot on target at York Lions Stadium.
  Aoi Kizaki gave Toronto (1-2-1) the 1-0 lead with a beautiful strike from outside the box in the 85th minute.
  Vancouver held 55 per cent
  
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• Chilliwack pianist brings classical music to stage - The Chilliwack Progress

  11-05-2025 23:46 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack pianist brings classical music to stage  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• U.S. authorities find body of missing Quebec hiker in New York state’s Adirondacks

  11-05-2025 23:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The body of Quebec hiker reported missing in northeastern New York state has been found, state authorities confirm.
  The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation says in a statement the body 22-year-old Leo Dufour was discovered over the weekend off Allen Mountain trail in Essex County.
  Authorities say a hiking party reported the remains found on Saturday morning.Forest rangers, a DEC investigator and New York State Police converged on the location and authorities
  
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• Jeeno Thitikul plays bogey-free and no one can catch her in the Mizuho Americas Open

  11-05-2025 23:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand turned back a pair of challenges Sunday and played bogey-free over the final 27 holes at Liberty National, closing with a 3-under 69 for a four-shot victory over Celine Boutier in the Mizuho Americas Open.
  Thitikul, who captured the Race to CME Globe and its $4 million prize to end last season, won for the first time this year and the fifth time in her LPGA Tour career.
  Nelly Korda is still trying to win for the first time this year. She
  
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• Canada wins first World Relays mixed 4×100 title from Jamaica, Great Britain and Northern Ireland

  11-05-2025 23:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GUANGZHOU, China (AP-CP) — Canada won the first ever World Relays mixed 4×100 title in Guangzhou, China on Sunday.The Canadian team of Sade McCreath, Marie-Eloise Leclair, Duan Asemota and Eliezer Adjibi finished ahead of Jamaica and Great Britain and Northern Ireland as the event made its debut at the World Athletics Relays.
  Canada recorded a winning time of 40.30, with Jamaica taking second in 40.44. Third-placed Great Britain and Northern Ireland finished with a time of 40.88.
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• ’24 Grey Cup MVP Arbuckle in competition for Argos backup job

  11-05-2025 23:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GUELPH — Being the Grey Cup MVP has earned Nick Arbuckle the chance to compete for his job with the Toronto Argonauts.
  Like all CFL teams, Toronto opened its training camp Sunday. Afterwards, head coach Ryan Dinwiddie declared the backup job behind incumbent Chad Kelly will be an open competition between Arbuckle and third-year pro Cameron Dukes.
  That’s somewhat surprising given Toronto looked to Arbuckle to start in the Grey Cup after Kelly suffered a broken ankle in its 30-28 East
  
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• Over $40K raised at Healthcare Heroes slo-pitch tournament in Abbotsford

  11-05-2025 22:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — A record number of slo-pitch teams hit a home run for Fraser Valley hospitals, raising $42,000 at the annual Healthcare Heroes Charity Tournament.
  Twenty-three teams competed to raise money for local hospitals. The tournament, hosted by the Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation (FVCHF), was held at Exhibition Park during the Easter long weekend.“We extend our gratitude to the 23 teams that participated as well as tournament coordinators, Teri Vander Wyk, Lisa Dick, Don Fi
  
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• Local canoe slalom athlete set to compete in Junior World Championships in France

  11-05-2025 22:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack local Michal Smiesko is paddling all the way to Europe after earning a spot on Canada’s National Team for canoe slalom last week.The Canadian Team Trials Kayaking Race was held on May 3 and 4 at the Tamihi Rapids, where Smiesko has been training since he was 11. He placed sixth in the Men’s Kayak Selection Race and third in the U18 category, after Ontario residents Daniel Parry and Tyler Gevaert. Smiesko is the only British Columbian in the junior roster
  
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• 3 injured after Sunday morning crash on Highway 7 near Maple Ridge, Mission

  11-05-2025 22:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Three people are in hospital after a serious collision on Lougheed Highway Sunday morning, May 11.At 9:20 a.m., BCEHS received a call regarding a motor vehicle incident near 287th Street and Highway 7 in the Mission area. Provincial Health Services Authority spokesperson Peter Darbyshire confirmed that paramedics from four ambulances cared for and took three patients to hospital.Two are now stable, while one remains in critical condition.DriveBC shared a post at around 11:30 a.m.
  
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• ‘Head of the snake’: Matthew Tkachuk impressed by play of former teammate Chris Tanev

  11-05-2025 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE — Matthew Tkachuk watched Chris Tanev block hundreds of shots and take even more hits in their time with the Calgary Flames.
  A gritty, in-your-face forward himself, he grew to appreciate the hard-nosed defenceman’s approach over two seasons as teammates.
  That admiration has only grown as adversaries.
  Tkachuk and his Florida Panthers are battling Tanev’s Toronto Maple Leafs in the second round of the playoffs in a series that, like most of his time in the NHL, ha
  
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• Quebec lends forest fire teams to battle Saskatchewan and Ontario blazes

  11-05-2025 21:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUÉBEC — Quebec’s forest fire prevention agency says it is sending reinforcements to Ontario and Saskatchewan to help teams fight several forest and brush fires.
  Two CL-415 firefighting aircraft and their crews will head to Dryden, Ont., while two other of the same aircraft will head to Meadow Lake, Sask.
  Quebec’s forest fire prevention agency, known as SOPFEU, says the teams departed Sunday from Quebec City.
  The agency says the current situation in Quebec allows for res
  
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• Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 15 people, mostly women and children

  11-05-2025 21:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas says Edan Alexander, the last living American hostage in Gaza, will be released as part of efforts to establish a ceasefire, reopen crossings into the territory and resume the delivery of aid.
  The Hamas statement does not say when the release will happen.
  The announcement on Sunday night comes shortly before U.S. President Donald Trump visits the Middle East this week. Trump is not planning to visit Israel.
  Alexander is an Israeli-American soldier who
  
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• Five Starbucks shops in Ontario ratify first collective agreements

  11-05-2025 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The United Steelworkers union says workers at five Starbucks locations in Ontario have ratified their first collective agreements.
  The union says the union-led contracts are a significant milestone in the push for collective bargaining at the coffee giant.
  Locations include shops in Ajax, Kitchener-Waterloo and Toronto.
  The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
  Union drives at Starbucks in Canada have had a bumpy road, including the company closing its onl
  
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• US blanks newcomer Hungary for 2nd straight shutout at hockey worlds, Canada routs Latvia

  11-05-2025 20:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HERNING, Denmark (AP) — The United States routed newcomer Hungary 6-0 for its second shutout victory at the ice hockey world championship on Sunday.
  Canada recorded its second win from two games by routing Latvia 7-1.
  Frank Nazar had two goals and an assist, Cutter Gauthier scored twice and Conor Garland and Logan Cooley added a goal and an assist each for the Americans in the Group B game in Herning.
  Nazar deflected in a shot by Logan Cooley to open the scoring with 5:53 left in the openi
  
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• Edmonton Oilers stay with Skinner in net, Calvin Pickard still out with injury

  11-05-2025 20:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Goaltender Stuart Skinner will start for the Edmonton Oilers in Game 4 of their second-round playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights.
  Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch said Calvin Pickard remains day-to-day with an injury and will not play Monday.
  Edmonton returned to Skinner in Game 3, which the Oilers lost 4-3 at Rogers Place. It was Skinner’s first playoff start since Pickard replaced him for the third game of the first round against the Los Angeles Kings.
  Pickar
  
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• Fleury shines, Canada routs Latvia 7-1 at world men’s hockey championship

  11-05-2025 19:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  STOCKHOLM — Veteran goalie Marc-Andre Fleury made 16 saves as Canada routed Latvia 7-1 on Sunday to remain undefeated in two games at the world men’s hockey championship.
  Kent Johnston and Travis Konecny had two goals apiece, while Nathan MacKinnon, Macklin Celebrini and Barrett Hayton also scored at Avicii Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.
  Captain Sidney Crosby added three assists for Canada, which opened the tournament with a 4-0 win over Slovenia on Saturday.
  Fleury, who is set to retir
  
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• RCMP trying to identify people who may have information about Chilliwack house fire - CTV News

  11-05-2025 19:34 via news.google.com
  RCMP trying to identify people who may have information about Chilliwack house fire  CTV News
  
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• Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in Ukraine, a Gaza ceasefire and release of hostages in Sunday appeal

  11-05-2025 12:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza with the release of hostages and delivery of humanitarian aid in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff.“Never again war!” Leo said from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica.
  Recalling the end of World War II 80 years ago, Leo quoted Pope Francis in denouncing the number of conflicts ravaging the globe today, saying it was a “third world war in pieces.
  
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• Edmonton Oilers bitten at the buzzer in 4-3 loss to Vegas Golden Knights

  11-05-2025 12:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — An own goal gave the Edmonton Oilers a chance at another come-from-behind win in the NHL playoffs, but an own goal in the last second of the game took it away.
  Reilly Smith’s shot behind sprawling Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner deflected off the stick of Leon Draisaitl and into Edmonton’s net with four-tenths of a second remaining on the clock Saturday in a 4-3 victory for the Vegas Golden Knights.
  Edmonton leads the best-of-seven, second-round series 2-1, but it was a
  
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• Quebec sovereigntists watch Alberta referendum talk with optimism, disdain

  11-05-2025 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — As Alberta flirts with the possibility of a referendum on separation, Quebec sovereigntists are watching with interest — and a healthy dose of skepticism.
  Some are hoping a wave of separatist sentiment in Alberta will put wind in the sails of Quebec’s own independence movement, which took a blow in the recent federal election when the Liberals made big gains in the province at the expense of the sovereigntist Bloc Québécois.But others see Alberta’
  
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• Iran and the US begin a 4th round of negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program in Oman

  11-05-2025 11:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran and the United States began a fourth round of negotiations Sunday over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program, officials said, just ahead of a visit by President Donald Trump to the Middle East this week.The round of talks, again happening in the sultanate of Oman, likely will see Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi mediating. American officials believe the talks will include both indirect and direct portions, as in previous round
  
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• Ukrainian president welcomes Russian overtures, but says ceasefire must come before peace talks

  11-05-2025 10:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is pleased to see that Russia is finally engaging with finding an end to the war, but there must be a ceasefire before peace talks can start.
  Calling it a “positive sign,” he said on X Sunday that “the entire world has been waiting for this for a very long time. And the very first step in truly ending any war is a ceasefire.”
  “There is no point in continuing the killing even for a single day.
  
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• Passenger bus skids off a cliff in Sri Lanka, killing 21 people and injuring at least 14 others

  11-05-2025 10:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A passenger bus skidded off a cliff in Sri Lanka’s tea-growing hill country on Sunday, killing 21 people and injuring at least 14 others, an official said.
  The accident occurred in the early hours of Sunday near the town of Kotmale, about 140 kilometers (86 miles) east of Colombo, the capital, in a mountainous area of central Sri Lanka, police said.Deputy Minister of Transport and Highways Prasanna Gunasena told the media that 21 people died in the accident
  
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• B.C., federal government support dredging Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet, others opposed

  11-05-2025 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  British Columbia’s energy minister is backing plans to dredge and deepen Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet to accommodate fully loaded oil tankers, despite concerns from environmentalists, experts and First Nations.
  The plan, floated recently by Prime Minister Mark Carney, could result in fewer tankers carrying more oil from the Trans Mountain pipeline to markets abroad.The expanded TMX pipeline has been operating since May 2024 and there have been calls to expand it again to help diversify
  
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• Vehicle overturns in Chilliwack, cutting power to nearly 2,000 customers Saturday night

  11-05-2025 07:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — BC Hydro says a motor vehicle accident in Chilliwack Saturday night has led to a power outage affecting nearly 2,000 customers.
  According to its outage map dashboard, a motor vehicle accident is responsible for 1,924 customers losing power east of downtown Chilliwack Saturday night.
  Power is expected back on by 3 a.m. Sunday morning.
  Hydro crews are on scene.
  According to scanner traffic, Chilliwack firefighters were dispatched at about 7:50 p.m. after getting a report of a ro
  
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• Vehicle overturns in Chilliwack, cutting power to nearly 2,000 customers Saturday night - Fraser Valley Today

  11-05-2025 07:32 via news.google.com
  Vehicle overturns in Chilliwack, cutting power to nearly 2,000 customers Saturday night  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Albanian election sees old rivals, new parties and an ambitious promise of European Union membership

  11-05-2025 07:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Prime Minister Edi Rama is seeking a fourth term as Albania’s prime minister in a general election on Sunday, after taking on his political nemesis in a boisterous campaign dominated by the country’s uphill effort to join the European Union.
  Rama’s Socialist Party says it can deliver EU membership in five years, sticking to an ambitious pledge while battling conservative opponents with public recriminations and competing promises of pay hikes.
  Openi
  
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• Bichette, Barger propel Blue Jays to 6-3 comeback win over Mariners

  11-05-2025 07:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Addison Barger hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied from a three-run deficit to beat the Seattle Mariners 6-3 on Saturday night.
  Bo Bichette’s two-run homer in the fifth began Toronto’s comeback. Barger tied it 3-3 with an RBI groundout in the sixth, and Alejandro Kirk finished with four hits.
  Myles Straw provided insurance with a two-run single off Carlos Vargas (1-2) in the eighth.
  Mason Fluharty (3-0) worked 1 1/3 per
  
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• Bichette and Barger propel Blue Jays to 6-3 comeback win over Mariners

  11-05-2025 07:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Addison Barger hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied from a three-run deficit to beat the Seattle Mariners 6-3 on Saturday night.
  Bo Bichette’s two-run homer in the fifth began Toronto’s comeback. Barger tied it at 3 with an RBI groundout in the sixth, and Alejandro Kirk finished with four hits.
  Myles Straw provided insurance with a two-run single off Carlos Vargas (1-2) in the eighth.
  Mason Fluharty (3-0) worked 1 1/3 pe
  
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• NHL playoffs: Smith’s last-second goal lifts Vegas over Edmonton 4-3 in Game 3

  11-05-2025 06:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON, Alta. (AP) — Reilly Smith scored with 0.4 seconds left on a shot that deflected in off Edmonton forward Leon Draisaitl’s stick to give the Vegas Golden Knights a stunning 4-3 playoff victory in Game 3 on Saturday night.
  Vegas cut Edmonton’s lead to 2-1 in the best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal series after Oilers star Connor McDavid tied it with 3:02 to go with a centring pass that went in off defender Brayden McNabb’s skate.
  After Corey Perry gave Edmon
  
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• Canadians shine at UFC 315 in Montreal

  11-05-2025 06:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — UFC fans in Montreal had to wait more than a decade for the sport’s return to the Bell Centre.
  Their patience, however, was rewarded with a 4-2 showing by the Canadians on the fight card for UFC 315 on Saturday night.
  The card is headlined by welterweight title bout pitting Belal Muhammad and Jack Della Maddalena and a women’s flyweight title matchup between Valentina Shevchenko and Manon Fiorot.
  Aiemann Zahabi (13-2) of Laval, Que., shocked UFC Hall of Famer Jose Al
  
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• Golden Knights beat the buzzer to stun Oilers 4-3, trim series deficit to 2-1

  11-05-2025 06:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Reilly Smith scored his second goal of the game with just 0.4 seconds left in regulation time as the Vegas Golden Knights came from behind to defeat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 on Saturday to cut their deficit in half in the second-round playoff series.
  Smith took a hopeful shot on goal that would have gone wide but deflected off the stick of Oiler Leon Draisaitl and into the net.
  Nicolas Roy and William Karlsson also scored for the Golden Knights, who lost the first two games of th
  
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• Prince Owusu’s goal leads Montreal to first win of MLS season, 1-0 over NYCFC

  11-05-2025 04:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Prince Owusu scored the game’s only goal and CF Montreal defeated New York City 1-0 on Saturday for the visitors’ first win of the Major League Soccer season.
  Montreal’s Jonathan Sirois made two stops for the clean sheet and Matt Freese made seven saves for NYCFC.
  In the third minute of the second half, Owusu scored with a difficult left-footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Victor Loturi assisted.
  NYCFC had 60.5 per cent posse
  
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• Svechnikov, Andersen lead Hurricanes past Capitals 4-0, lead series 2-1

  11-05-2025 03:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Andrei Svechnikov pounced on a loose faceoff puck for his sixth post-season goal while Frederik Andersen had 21 saves as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 4-0 on Saturday night to take a 2-1 lead in their second-round NHL playoff series.
  Svechnikov sprang into the circle to beat John Carlson to the puck and beat Logan Thompson at 12:34 of the second for the game’s first goal in what turned out to be the start of Carolina’s game-seizing su
  
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• Recount sees Liberals take Quebec riding of Terrebonne by single vote

  11-05-2025 02:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — An official with Elections Canada says the seat for a Quebec riding has flipped from the Bloc Québécois to the Liberals by a single vote after a judicial recount was completed.
  Elections Canada says the seat for the Montreal-area riding of Terrebonne has now gone to Tatiana Auguste, bringing the Liberals to 170 seats in the House of Commons.
  Elections Canada had said the difference between Auguste and incumbent Bloc Québécois MP Nathalie Sinclair-Desg
  
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• Thitikul regains lead at Liberty National with Korda on her heels

  11-05-2025 02:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Jeeno Thitikul handled a strong wind and a double bogey at the turn by making nine birdies Saturday for a 7-under 65 that gave her a one-shot lead over Celine Boutier going into the final round of the Mizuho Americas Open.
  Defending champion Nelly Korda missed a pair of birdie opportunities on the back nine at Liberty National and settled for a 68, leaving her only two shots behind as the No. 1 player in women’s golf goes for her first win of the year.
  The LP
  
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• Former Cheam students share memories during 150th anniversary of Chilliwack school - The Chilliwack Progress

  11-05-2025 02:06 via news.google.com
  Former Cheam students share memories during 150th anniversary of Chilliwack school  The Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Russia’s Putin proposes direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on May 15, ‘without preconditions’

  11-05-2025 01:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed restarting direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on May 15, “without preconditions,” an offer that came in response to Ukraine and its allies urging Moscow to commit to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire.Putin referenced the unsuccessful 2022 peace talks that took place in Istanbul in the first month of Moscow’s full-scale invasion, and proposed “restarting” them without preconditions in remarks to reporters in the early hour
  
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• Straka, Lowry handle blustery conditions at Truist, head into final round tied at Philly Cricket

  11-05-2025 01:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FLOURTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Sepp Straka shot a 4-under 66 and Shane Lowry had a 67 in blustery conditions Saturday to share the lead heading into the final round of the Truist Championship.
  Straka started the round two strokes behind and offset his only bogey with five birdies — two in the final four holes — and made a clutch par putt from 16 1/2 feet at the 18th on the Philadelphia Cricket Club’s Wissahickon Course to finish at 14 under.
  Lowry moved into a tie for the lead by
  
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• Lorenzo Insigne scores a goal, sets up another as Toronto FC defeats D.C. United

  11-05-2025 00:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Lorenzo Insigne scored his first MLS goal in 11 months and set up another as Toronto FC defeated D.C. United 2-0 on Saturday for its first home win this season.
  It was one-way traffic in the first half with Toronto launching 14 shots (including five on target) to one for D.C., whose off-target shot came in stoppage time. But TFC’s goal-scoring drought continued until the 49th minute when a diving Insigne headed home Theo Corbeanu’s cross on a rapid-fire Toronto counte
  
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