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• Captain sentenced to 4 years for criminal negligence in fiery deaths of 34 aboard scuba boat

  02-05-2024 23:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a scuba dive boat captain to four years in custody and three years supervised release for criminal negligence after 34 people died in a fire aboard the vessel.
  The Sept. 2, 2019, blaze was the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history, and prompted changes to maritime regulations, congressional reform and several ongoing lawsuits.
  Captain Jerry Boylan was found guilty of one count of misconduct or neglect of ship officer las
  
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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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• Canadian women score historic rugby win, defeating World Cup champion New Zealand

  19-05-2024 09:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Fancy Bermudez scored two tries as Canada recorded a historic rugby win over New Zealand on Sunday, holding on to dispatch the reigning World Cup champion 22-19 and win the Pacific Four Series.
  The Canadian women had lost all 17 previous meetings with the Black Ferns, with 10 of those defeats by 27 points or more. The six-time world champions won 52-21 the last time they met, last July in Ottawa in the same tournament.
  The closest Canada has come to a win was a
  
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• Disputed penalty in final minutes gives Whitecaps 1-1 draw against Sounders

  19-05-2024 07:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Ryan Gauld scored on a penalty kick in the fifth minute of second-half stoppage time, and the Vancouver Whitecaps salvaged a 1-1 Major League Soccer draw with the Seattle Sounders on Saturday night.
  Gauld’s tying goal came following a lengthy video review where referee Victor Rivas and video official Pierre-Luc Lauziere determined Seattle defender Nouhou committed a handball inside the penalty area in the 90th minute.
  Gauld sent Seattle goalkeeper Stefan Frei the wrong
  
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• Canada beats Thailand 3-1 at Volleyball Nations League tournament

  19-05-2024 06:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO — Canada picked up an important victory in Volleyball Nations League action on Saturday night with a 25-21, 25-13, 20-25 and 25-17 over winless Thailand.
  Canada, which started the day ranked 11th and trying to nail down an Olympic berth, improved to 3-1 in the VNL competition.
  Seven women’s teams have already qualified for the Paris Games. The remaining five spots will be filled by the next five best teams at the end of the VNL preliminary phase.
  “There are no ea
  
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• Washington’s free throws cap rally as Mavs beat Thunder 117-116 to reach West finals

  19-05-2024 05:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS (AP) — P.J. Washington Jr. made two free throws before an intentional miss with 2.5 seconds left, lifting the Dallas Mavericks to a 117-116 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night and into the Western Conference finals for the second time in three seasons.
  Washington was fouled by Canadian Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on a 3-point attempt after Chet Holmgren had put the Thunder in front 116-115 with a dunk on an assist from his star guard with 20 seconds remaining.
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• Oilers crank up the offence, beat Canucks 5-1 to force Game 7

  19-05-2024 05:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Evan Bouchard and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each had a goal and two assists and Connor McDavid had three assists as the Edmonton Oilers staved off elimination with a dominant 5-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks in Game 6 of their best-of-seven, second-round playoff series on Saturday.
  Dylan Holloway, Zach Hyman and Evander Kane also scored for the Oilers who forced a winner-take-all seventh game in Vancouver on Monday night.
  Nils Hoglander replied for the Canucks who are attempting
  
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• Bernardeschi scores three goals as rampant Toronto FC thumps CF Montreal 5-1

  19-05-2024 03:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Federico Bernardeschi scored a hat trick and fellow Italian Lorenzo Insigne had two assists as Toronto FC humbled an injury-ravaged CF Montreal 5-1 in Major League Soccer play Saturday.
  The stylish Bernardeschi, sporting new bleached cornrows, scored in the 12th, 58th and 60th minutes on a night Montreal fans will want to forget. Matty Longstaff and Prince Owusu also scored for Toronto (7-6-1) before a jubilant announced crowd of 28,261 at BMO Field.
  Down 5-0, Sunusi Ibrahim pull
  
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• Panthers captain Barkov wins Selke Trophy as NHL’s best defensive forward

  19-05-2024 03:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov has won the Selke Trophy as the NHL’s best defensive forward, the league announced Saturday night.
  Barkov is a two-time Selke winner after also finishing first in voting for the award in 2021. He was a big part of the Panthers allowing the fewest goals this season and won 57.3% of his faceoffs, ranking ninth among players with at least 50 games and 500 attempts.
  The 28-year-old centre from Finland received 156 of 194 first-pl
  
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• Usyk beats Fury by split decision, becomes undisputed heavyweight champion

  19-05-2024 01:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Oleksandr Usyk has defeated Tyson Fury by split decision to become the first undisputed heavyweight boxing champion in 24 years.
  Usyk (22-0) added Fury’s WBC title to his own WBA, IBF and IBO belts with a spectacular late rally highlighted by a ninth-round knock-down in a back-and-forth bout between two previously unbeaten heavyweight champs. Two judges favoured Usyk, 115-112 and 114-113, while the third gave it to Fury, 114-113.
  Usyk started quickly, but
  
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• Seize the Grey wins the Preakness, ends Mystik Dan’s Triple Crown bid

  19-05-2024 01:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Seize the Grey went wire to wire to win the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, giving 88-year-old Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas a seventh victory in the race and ending Mystik Dan’s Triple Crown bid.
  The grey colt took advantage of the muddy track just like Lukas hoped he would, pulling off the upset in a second consecutive impressive start two weeks after romping in a race on the Derby undercard at Churchill Downs. Seize the Grey went off at 9-1, one of the longest shots on the board.
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• Korda grabs 2-shot lead at Mizuho Americas Open

  19-05-2024 01:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Nelly Korda shot a 7-under 65 Saturday and will take a two-stroke lead over Hannah Green into the final round of the Mizuho Americas Open in a bid to win for the sixth time in her last seven events on the LPGA Tour.
  After seeing Rose Zhang snap her tour record-tying five tournament winning streak in the Cognizant Founders Cup last week, the top-ranked Korda has gotten better every round in posting a three-round 13-under 203 total at scenic Liberty National at Jersey City, New Jersey.
  Green, whos
  
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• Toronto’s Summer McIntosh victorious in 200-metre butterfly at Olympic trials

  19-05-2024 00:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto’s Summer McIntosh emerged victorious once again, winning the women’s 200-metre butterfly at the Olympic & Paralympic Trials on Saturday night.
  McIntosh finished with a time of two minutes 4.33 seconds to go under the Olympic qualifying time of 2:08.43.
  It’s the fourth event in which the 17-year-old has gone under qualifying time at the trials.
  She was dominant in her 400-metre freestyle victory on Monday and followed it up the next night with a comfortable win in th
  
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• DeLuca’s two-run homer lifts Rays over Blue Jays 5-4; Toronto blows 4-0 lead

  19-05-2024 00:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Jonny DeLuca’s two-run homer in the eighth inning completed the Rays comeback as Tampa Bay rallied past the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Saturday.
  Jose Caballero had an RBI single and Amed Rosario added a two-run single in the sixth as Tampa Bay (25-22) scored five unanswered runs for its fourth straight win.
  Zach Eflin (4-4) allowed four runs on nine hits over six innings. Relievers Erasmo Ramirez, Jason Adam and Garrett Cleavinger combined for three scoreless innings.
  Daulton
  
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• Shane Lowry ties a major championship record by shooting a 9-under 62 to get into the mix at the PGA

  18-05-2024 23:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Shane Lowry tied a major championship record by shooting a 9-under 62 in the third round of the PGA Championship on Saturday.
  The 37-year-old Irishman recorded nine birdies without a bogey at a very gettable Valhalla to match the lowest round ever in any of the four major tournaments.
  Four players previously posted a 62 across the PGA Championship, Masters, British Open and U.S. Open, the latest by Xander Schauffele in the opening round at Valhalla on Thursday.
  Just
  
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• Cool weather could lead to more snow along highways connecting the Fraser Valley to the Interior

  18-05-2024 22:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Environment Canada’s Special Weather Statement warning of snowy weather for the Coquihalla Highway and Okanagan Connector has been extended to Sunday.
  Environment Canada says a cold and unstable airmass is continuing to reside over British Columbia’s interior, producing precipitation in the form of rain in low-lying areas and snow at higher levels.The statement warns travellers along the Coquihalla from Hope to Kamloops and the Okanagan Connector from Merritt to Ke
  
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• Giuliani becomes final defendant served indictment among 17 accused in Arizona fake electors case

  18-05-2024 22:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Arizona’s attorney general says former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been served an indictment in the state’s fake elector case alongside 17 other defendants for his role in an attempt to overturn former President Donald Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
  Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes posted the news regarding the Trump-aligned lawyer on her X account late Friday.
  “The final defendant was served moments ago. @RudyGiuliani nobody is above the law,&rdq
  
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• Canadian women’s 3×3 hoops team advances to quarterfinals at Olympic qualifier

  18-05-2024 20:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DEBRECEN, Hungary — The Canadian women’s 3×3 basketball team is off to the quarterfinals at an Olympic qualifying tournament after defeating Czechia 17-10 on Saturday.
  Canada went undefeated in group play after also beating Chile and Lithuania on Thursday and will play a to-be-determined opponent in the quarterfinals Sunday.
  The Canadian women must finish in the top three teams in the tournament to qualify for this summer’s Olympics in Paris.
  Katherine Plouffe led the way
  
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• Cone Zone Campaign Urges Caution to Protect Roadside Workers

  18-05-2024 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The annual Cone Zone safety awareness campaign launched this week in the Fraser Valley and other parts of British Columbia, emphasizing the need for drivers to slow down and obey work zone laws to protect roadside workers.
  “Every time you drive through a roadside work zone, you’re not just passing cones and barriers. You’re in someone’s workplace,” said Trace Acres, Program Director for Road Safety at Work. The campaign is managed with support fro
  
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• Member of Israel’s War Cabinet says he’ll quit the government June 8 unless there’s a new war plan

  18-05-2024 20:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Benny Gantz, a member of Israel’s three-man War Cabinet, has threatened to resign from the government if it doesn’t adopt a new plan for the war in Gaza, a move that would leave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu more reliant on his far-right allies.
  His announcement on Saturday escalates a divide within Israel’s leadership more than seven months into a war in which it has yet to accomplish its stated goals of dismantling Hamas and returnin
  
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• Power, Cozens lead Canada to 5-3 win over Finland at hockey worlds

  18-05-2024 19:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PRAGUE, Czechia — Owen Power had a goal and two assists as defending champion Canada remained undefeated at the world hockey championship with a 5-3 win over Finland Saturday.
  Dylan Cozens — with a goal and an assist — Brandon Tanev, and Brandon Hagel also scored before Dawson Mercer added an insurance goal into an empty net.
  Captain John Tavares pitched in with two assists, and netminder Jordan Binnington made 29 saves.
  Hagel tapped home a feed from Tavares with 9:28 remaining
  
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• Cline, Tuttosi give Canada rugby women powerful one-two punch at hooker

  18-05-2024 19:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  With the Canadian women already qualified for the 2025 Rugby World Cup by virtue of their fourth-place finish at the last tournament, coach Kevin Rouet is adding to the depth in his squad.
  And nowhere is that more evident than at hooker.
  Emily Tuttosi, named to World Rugby’s Women’s 15s dream team of the year in 2022 alongside Canada captain Sophie de Goede, has been finishing Canada matches at the Pacific Four Series while Edmonton’s Sara Cline starts.
  Rouet has chosen that se
  
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• Oilers to start Stuart Skinner in net for must-win Game 6 vs. Canucks

  18-05-2024 19:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers will start Stuart Skinner in net tonight for a must-win Game 6 of their second-round playoff series against the Vancouver Canucks.
  Skinner replaces goalie Calvin Pickard, who was Edmonton’s starter for Games 4 and 5. 
  The 25-year-old Skinner was in net for the first three games of the best-of-seven series before he was replaced in the third period of Game 3 after allowing four goals on 15 shots. 
  Pickard came on in relief, making his NHL playo
  
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• General manager Ross Atkins preaches patience as Toronto Blue Jays struggle

  18-05-2024 18:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins is preaching patience.
  Atkins addressed reporters at Rogers Centre this morning, hours before Toronto hosted the Tampa Bay Rays this afternoon.
  The 20-minute news conference in front of the home dugout was mainly focused on the Blue Jays’ disappointing 19-24 record.
  Atkins says that although the results haven’t been there, he’s encouraged by the sense of urgency in Toronto’s clubhouse.
  He says that he appreciates manag
  
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• Fog delayed PGA Championship at Valhalla, where the cut is 1-under 141

  18-05-2024 18:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Once the rain cleared out, fog moved in at the PGA Championship.
  Thick fog covered Valhalla on Saturday morning, causing a two-hour delay before the second round resumed. It forced tournament organizers to send players off in groups of threes on both nines for the third round.
  Xander Schauffele had a one-shot lead over Collin Morikawa after 36 holes, with Masters champion Scottie Scheffler three shots back as he tries to clear his head and get back into a routine fol
  
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• Bayer Leverkusen completes undefeated Bundesliga

  18-05-2024 17:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BERLIN (AP) — League champion Bayer Leverkusen became the first team to complete a Bundesliga season unbeaten on Saturday.
  Early goals from Victor Boniface and Robert Andrich gave Leverkusen a 2-1 win over Augsburg in their last game of the season, while Cologne’s hopes of avoiding the drop evaporated in a 4-1 loss at Heidenheim.
  Leverkusen hasn’t lost a game in any competition all season.
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  AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccerCiarán Fahey, The Associated Press
  
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