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• Biden says US won’t supply weapons for Israel to attack Rafah, in warning to ally

  09-05-2024 00:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he would not supply offensive weapons that Israel could use to launch an all-out assault on Rafah — the last major Hamas stronghold in Gaza — over concern for the well-being of the more than 1 million civilians sheltering there.
  Biden, in an interview with CNN, said the U.S. was still committed to Israel’s defense and would supply Iron Dome rocket interceptors and other defensive arms, but that if Israel goes into
  
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• Boston rides Healey goal to 4-3 win in first game of PWHL championship series

  20-05-2024 02:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — Jess Healey scored from the point late in the second period to lift Boston to a 4-3 win over Minnesota on Sunday night in the first game of the inaugural Walter Cup Final, the championship series of the Professional Women’s Hockey League post-season.
  The best-of-five series continues Tuesday. Game 1 attracted 4,508 fans.
  Healey, a defenceman who had one goal during the regular season, got her first playoff goal just 15 seconds after Minnesota’s Taylor Heise
  
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• Vancouver Canucks right-winger Brock Boeser out for decisive Game 7: report

  20-05-2024 02:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Canucks star Brock Boeser will miss Game 7 of Vancouver’s second-round playoff series Monday against the Edmonton Oilers, according to reports.
  Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, citing several unnamed sources, was first to report Sunday that the 27-year-old right-winger is dealing with a blood clotting issue that is not considered life threatening. 
  Boeser has seven goals and five assists in 12 playoff appearances this year, and recorded career highs in goals (40)
  
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• Schauffele wins thriller at Valhalla for first major at PGA Championship

  20-05-2024 01:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Xander Schauffele cashed in at just the right time Sunday by making a six-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win the PGA Championship for his first major with the lowest score in major championship history.
  The Olympic gold medallist got something even more valuable in silver — that enormous Wanamaker Trophy after a wild week at Valhalla.
  Schauffele closed with a 6-under 65 to beat Bryson DeChambeau, entertaining to the very end with a 10-foot birdie of his
  
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• United States routs Kazakhstan 10-1 at world hockey championship

  20-05-2024 01:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OSTRAVA (AP) _ Brady Tkachuk had three goals and an assist to lead the United States past Kazakhstan 10-1 on Sunday at the world hockey championship.
  In a later Group B contest, Latvia prevailed over Slovakia 3-2 in a shootout to send the U.S. to the next round.
  Its fourth victory lifted the Americans into second place in Group B with 13 points, one ahead of Germany and Slovakia with a game against Latvia, which has nine points, on Tuesday to play in the preliminary round.
  Johnny Gaudreau had a
  
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• Cozens has two goals, assist as Canada edges Switzerland 3-2 at world hockey event

  20-05-2024 01:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PRAGUE, Czechia — Dylan Cozens scored twice and added an assist as Canada edged Switzerland 3-2 on Sunday to remain unbeaten at the world hockey championship.
  Canada, the defending champion, improved to 6-0 in the tournament, with one of those victories coming in overtime. Switzerland suffered its first loss in six contests.
  The win moved Canada atop the Group A standings with 17 points, two ahead of second-place Czechia. The Canadians face off against Czechia on Tuesday.
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• Pacers dunk Knicks 130-109 in Game 7, reach Eastern Conference finals

  20-05-2024 01:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton scored 26 points and the Indiana Pacers rode one of the most sensational first halves in Game 7 history to a 130-109 victory over the New York Knicks on Sunday, advancing to the Eastern Conference finals for the first time in 10 years.
  The No. 6-seeded Pacers set an NBA playoff record by shooting 67.1 per cent from the field and advanced to face the top-seeded Boston Celtics in a series that begins Tuesday. Indiana last reached the conference finals in 201
  
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• Nelly Korda wins Mizuho Americas Open by a stroke over Hannah Green for her 6th victory in 7 events

  20-05-2024 01:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Nelly Korda won a back nine showdown with Hannah Green of Australia with a par on the 18th hole to capture the Mizuho Americas Open by a stroke Sunday for her sixth win in seven starts on the LPGA Tour this year.
  The victory made the 25-year-old American the first player since Inbee Park (2013) to record six wins in a single season.“Oh, my gosh, six,” Korda said. “I can’t even really gather myself right now with that, the head to head that H
  
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• Toronto’s Penny Oleksiak wins women’s 50m freestyle at Olympic swim trials

  20-05-2024 00:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Penny Oleksiak captured the women’s 50-metre freestyle event at the Olympic & Paralympic Trials on Sunday.
  Oleksiak posted a time of 25.06 seconds, going over the Olympic qualifying standard of 24.70 seconds. It was, however, a personal best for the Toronto native.
  Taylor Ruck of Kelowna, B.C., was second, touching the wall in 25.08 seconds.
  Oleksiak failed to get under the qualifying and Olympic consideration times in the women’s 200 freestyle Tuesday in finishin
  
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• Alek Manoah shines over seven innings as Blue Jays fend off Rays 5-2 to avoid sweep

  19-05-2024 22:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Alek Manoah was superb for seven scoreless innings, striking out seven, as the Toronto Blue Jays fended off the Tampa Bays Rays 5-2 on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep.
  Manoah (1-1) allowed just one walk and one hit in his best start of the season. He dropped his earned-run average from 4.91 to 3.00.
  It was Manoah’s first win since a 7-3 victory in Boston on Aug. 4 as he struggled through 2023 and began this season on the injured list with shoulder soreness.
  Daniel Vogelb
  
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• Carolina Hurricanes re-sign coach Rod Brind’Amour and staff to multi-year deals

  19-05-2024 21:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes have re-signed coach Rod Brind’Amour and his staff to multiyear contracts, keeping one of the best in the NHL behind the bench around for the long term.
  The team announced the re-signings Sunday for Brind’Amour, assistants Jeff Daniels and Tim Gleason, goaltending coach Paul Schonfelder and video coach Chris Huffine.
  “Rod has been instrumental to the success we’ve had over the last six seasons,” team president and g
  
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• Northern Rockies Regional Municipality says four homes lost in B.C. wildfire

  19-05-2024 20:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FORT NELSON, B.C. — The Northern Rockies Regional Municipality in British Columbia says four homes have been lost in a wildfire that forced the evacuation of Fort Nelson more than a week ago. 
  In an update posted late Saturday, the municipality says forecasted rain has provided “a window for progress,” but problematic drought conditions remain. 
  It says fire crews have placed “structural protection measures” on 200 homes in Fort Nelson, and crews are being
  
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• Man City wins record fourth-straight Premier League title after 3-1 win against West Ham

  19-05-2024 19:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City won a record fourth-straight Premier League title on Sunday by beating West Ham 3-1 in the final game of the season.City is the first team to be crowned champion of English soccer’s top division four years in a row after holding off the challenge of second-place Arsenal, which beat Everton 2-1.Two goals from Phil Foden in the first half set Pep Guardiola’s team on course for its latest title. Mohammed Kudus pulled a goal back for West
  
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• Luton relegated from Premier League after one season

  19-05-2024 19:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LUTON, England (AP) — Luton has been relegated after just one season in the Premier League.
  The team lost 4-2 at home to Fulham on the final day of the season on Sunday and joins Sheffield United and Burnley in going down to the second-tier Championship.
  Luton needed to beat Fulham and for Nottingham Forest, which began the day in fourth-to-last place, to lose at Burnley. There also needed to be a 12-goal swing in goal difference in Luton’s favor. Forest wound up winning 2-1.
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• Max Verstappen holds off Lando Norris to win Emilia Romagna Grand Prix and extend F1 lead

  19-05-2024 18:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  IMOLA, Italy (AP) — In the real world or the virtual world, Max Verstappen remains the driver to beat.
  The defending Formula 1 champion held off a challenge from McLaren’s Lando Norris to win the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on Sunday and extend his standings lead.Verstappen doubled up this weekend by taking part in an online 24-hour race, driving stints for his team from a simulator set up in the Imola paddock. He won that, too, making his F1 victory his second of the day.
  Verstappen s
  
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• Federal byelection announced for June 24 in Toronto St. Paul’s riding

  19-05-2024 18:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Prime Minister’s Office has announced a federal byelection will be held in the Ontario riding of Toronto—St. Paul’s on June 24 to fill the seat left vacant by longtime Liberal cabinet minister Carolyn Bennett. 
  Bennett announced in December that she was retiring as an MP after 26 years in the House of Commons, including more than 10 years in cabinet.
  She has since been named Canada’s ambassador to Denmark.
  Toronto-St. Paul’s used to be consi
  
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• Ex-partner to face charges after 55-year-old woman killed in Montreal

  19-05-2024 18:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A 55-year-old woman is dead and her former partner is facing charges in what police say is Montreal’s 13th homicide of the year.Police were called Saturday evening to an apartment in the Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension borough, where they found the victim with fatal upper body wounds.Police spokesman Jean-Pierre Brabant said the suspect, a 71-year-old man, went to the police station to turn himself in.Brabant said the man is the woman’s ex-husband or
  
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• Led by John Herdman, resurgent Toronto FC putting recent dismal past behind it

  19-05-2024 17:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto FC’s bid under John Herdman to put its recent dismal past behind it took a step forward Saturday with a lopsided 5-1 win over CF Montreal.
  Victories over TFC’s archrival are always welcome, especially if they are emphatic.
  But Saturday’s romp improved Toronto’s record to 7-6-1, good for 22 points which matched the club’s entire total last season when it finished last in MLS at 4-20-10. And this year’s team achieved that with 20 regular-season outings r
  
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• Canadian women make rugby history with win over the Black Ferns in New Zealand

  19-05-2024 17:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — At the Rugby World Cup in 2022, Canada pushed top-ranked England to the limit before falling 26-19 in the semifinal. eventually finishing fourth at the tournament.
  On Sunday, the Canadian women took the next step with a historic 22-19 victory over New Zealand, winning the Pacific Four Series and replacing the Black Ferns at No. 2 in the world rankings behind England.
  “I feel like we’ve been knocking on the door and pushing to make a statement on the
  
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• Biden tells Morehouse graduates that he hears their voices of protest over the war in Gaza

  19-05-2024 17:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday told the graduating class at Morehouse College that he heard their voices of protest over the Israel-Hamas war, and that scenes from the conflict in Gaza have been heartbreaking.“I support peaceful nonviolent protest,” he told students, some who wore keffiyeh scarves around their shoulders on top of their black graduation robes. “Your voices should be heard, and I promise you I hear them.”
  The president told the crowd tha
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of May 19, 2024

  19-05-2024 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Here are two people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers.
  Name: Warren David BonsellAge: 55
  Height: 5’7” ft Weight: 189lbs
  Hair: GreyEyes: Hazel
  Wanted: Unlawfully at Large
  Warrant in effect: May 14, 2024Parole Jurisdiction: Surrey
  Name: Mark DayAge: 35
  Height: 6’1” ft Weight: 272lbs
  Hair: BlackEyes: Brown
  Wanted: Unlawfully at LargeWarrant in effect: May 10, 2024
  Parole Jurisdiction: Surrey
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• Slovak prime minister’s condition remains serious but prognosis positive after assassination bid

  19-05-2024 15:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s populist prime minister, Robert Fico, remained in serious condition on Sunday but has been given a positive prognosis four days after he was shot multiple times in an assassination attempt that has sent shockwaves across the deeply polarized European Union nation, the defense minister said.
  “The worst of what we feared has passed, at least for the moment. But his condition remains serious,” Robert Kalinak told reporters outside
  
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• Helicopter carrying Iran’s president suffers a ‘hard landing,’ state TV says without further details

  19-05-2024 15:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a “hard landing” on Sunday, Iranian state television reported, without immediately elaborating.Raisi was traveling in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province. State TV said the incident happened near Jolfa, a city on the border with with the nation of Azerbaijan, some 600 kilometers (375 miles) northwest of the Iranian capital, Tehran.
  Rescuers were attempting to reach the site, stat
  
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• Congolese army says it has foiled a coup. Self-exiled opposition leader threatens president

  19-05-2024 15:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s army says it “foiled a coup” early Sunday morning and arrested the perpetrators, including several foreigners, following a shootout between armed men in military uniform and guards of a close ally of Congo’s president that left three people dead in the capital, Kinshasa.
  At first, local media identified the armed men as Congolese soldiers but then reported they were linked to self-exiled opposition leader Christian Malanga who later po
  
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• Chilliwack and Abbotsford mortgage-free homeowners below the national average

  19-05-2024 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — More than one-third of homeowners in the Fraser Valley are mortgage-free according to a new national study released by Casivoo, an online gambling analysis website.
  Thunder Bay in northern Ontario ranks at the top across Canada with 47 per cent of homeowners being mortgage-free. From a total of 37,700 private households, 17,745 have paid off their mortgages.
  The top city in British Columbia is Victoria. The provincial capital is ranked fourth nationally with 43.2 per cent or 4
  
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• In the fight for planetary health, how do we preserve our mental health?

  19-05-2024 12:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — It was early May and wildfire season had already started to rage in Western Canada when seven people settled into a monthly support-group meeting over Zoom.  
  The facilitator, Toronto-based Kady Cowan, opened the conversation by prompting others to acknowledge any climate change-related concerns weighing on their minds. Worrying her, Cowan said in her soothing voice, were the unprecedented “zombie fires” burning in British Columbia that feed on peat and woody tre
  
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• Economists to have a close eye on April inflation report as BoC rate decision nears

  19-05-2024 12:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Forecasters expect this week’s inflation report to show Canada’s inflation rate fell last month, but financial markets are still unsure whether a June interest rate cut is in the cards for the Bank of Canada. 
  Statistics Canada is set to release its April consumer price index report Tuesday. The new inflation data will be consequential for the Bank of Canada as it gears up for its June 5 interest rate decision.
  BMO chief economist Douglas Porter says he expects th
  
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• Canadian immigration asks medical worker fleeing Gaza if he treated Hamas fighters

  19-05-2024 12:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Lawyers are questioning Canada’s approach to screening visa applications for people in Gaza with extended family in Canada after one applicant, a medical worker, was asked whether he had treated members of Hamas.
  The Canadian Press obtained a redacted letter sent to the applicant by a Canadian immigration officer, which asks if he has “ever provided medical care to injured Hamas members.” If he has not, the letter asks him to say how he was able t
  
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• As Canada renews strategy for Rohingya crisis, advocates urge rethink

  19-05-2024 12:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — As Canada’s strategy for supporting Rohingya people expires, advocates are calling for a rethink of how Ottawa is trying to limit suffering in refugee camps in Bangladesh, and to rout the military junta overseeing ethnic violence in Myanmar.
  “We cannot turn away from this,” said Bob Rae, Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations.
  In October 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed Rae as a special envoy to Myanmar, following brazen violence by Buddhist
  
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• Canucks must ‘want that big moment’ heading into decisive Game 7: coach

  19-05-2024 11:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — All season long, the Vancouver Canucks have preached resilience.Now comes the ultimate test.After an ugly 5-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday, the Canucks need to once again showcase their ability to bounce back as the two teams prepare for a decisive Game 7 Monday in the second-round playoff series.
  The two sides are now tied at 3-3 in the best-of-seven matchup.
  “Our job right now is we got to flush this game,” said head coach Rick Tocchet. “Obviously
  
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