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• Defensive back Demerio Houston prepared to launch with Calgary Stampeders

  24-05-2024 13:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Calgary Stampeders head coach and general manager Dave Dickenson wants more interceptions out of his team this CFL season.
  Demerio Houston intends to oblige him.
  The all-star cornerback was Calgary’s headlining off-season acquisition when the 27-year-old from Shelby, N.C., signed a two-year contract.
  Houston led the league with seven interceptions for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2023, including two against his current team.
  “My mentality of see-ball, get-ball, whenev
  
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• Edmonton Oilers return to Florida seeking to extend Stanley Cup final again

  17-06-2024 00:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — After scoring just four goals over the first three games of the Stanley Cup final, the Edmonton Oilers avoided elimination with widespread contributions they hope carry over into Tuesday’s Game 5.
  Mattias Janmark, Dylan Holloway, Adam Henrique and defenceman Darnell Nurse were among foot soldiers chipping in on Edmonton’s 8-1 blowout of the Florida Panthers on Saturday to avoid a sweep and send the series back to Sunrise.
  Edmonton’s stars Connor McDavid, with a
  
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• Serious rollover involving trailer slows Highway 1 in Chilliwack Sunday afternoon

  17-06-2024 00:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A vehicle incident involving a rollover slowed westbound Highway 1 traffic Sunday afternoon east of Annis Road (exit 129) in Chilliwack.
  Multiple Chilliwack Fire Department engines were dispatched to the 51100 block of Trans-Canada Highway near Rosedale after a truck and trailer reportedly crashed at approximately 12:35 p.m.
  Fire crews from Hall 1 (Cheam Avenue Hall) and Engine 4-2 (South Sumas Hall) were initially dispatched as firefighters were dealing with a fire at a medic
  
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• Daulton Varsho’s fifth-inning grand slam leads Blue Jays past Guardians 7-6

  16-06-2024 22:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Daulton Varsho’s grand slam in the fifth inning powered the Toronto Blue Jays past the Cleveland Guardians 7-6 on Sunday.
  Ernie Clement had a two-run homer in the second to give Toronto (35-36) an early lead. Addison Barger added an RBI single in the fifth.
  Jose Berrios (6-5) allowed four runs on eight hits over six innings with one strikeout. Relievers Chad Green, Brendon Little and Yimi Garcia came on after him, with Garcia surrendering two runs. Nate Pearson got the fina
  
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• B.C.’s first health centre catering to francophone community to open in the fall

  16-06-2024 22:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A new health centre dedicated to serving British Columbia’s French-language speakers will open its doors this fall in Vancouver.A statement from B.C.’s Ministry of Health says the current Vancouver Urban Health Centre cannot accommodate the needs of the Lower Mainland’s growing French-speaking community even though it offers primary care in both French and English.It says the new centre, expected to open in October in Vancouver, will be equipped with a care te
  
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• Waterman replaces injured Hoilett on Canada’s Copa America roster

  16-06-2024 21:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Joel Waterman has replaced injured winger Junior Hoilett on the Canadian men’s soccer team’s Copa America roster.
  Canada opens the tournament Thursday against reigning World Cup champion Argentina in Atlanta.
  The Canadians, ranked 49th in the world, will also face No. 32 Peru on June 25 in Kansas City and No. 42 Chile on June 29 in Orlando, Fla., in the group stage.
  Hoilett sustained a lower-body injury in training that ruled the Brampton, Ont., player out for the tour
  
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• MLS teams adjust to a summer of soccer without some of the league’s biggest names

  16-06-2024 21:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Lionel Messi could miss as many as six games with Inter Miami if Argentina wins its way to the Copa America final.
  With 12 goals and a league-leading 13 assists, Messi has helped push Miami to the top of Major League Soccer’s Eastern Conference. Questions loom about whether Miami can weather his absence during the Copa America, which starts on Thursday.
  But it’s not just the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner who will be missed.
  Inter Miami also will be without Luis Suarez, who has
  
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• Chilliwack Fire Dept. responds to 2-alarm blaze Sunday at medical building

  16-06-2024 21:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Multiple Chilliwack Fire Department engines were dispatched to 45625 Hodgins Avenue after a fire broke out at a medical building near Chilliwack General Hospital.
  According to scanner traffic and a social media post from Chilliwack resident Julie Hiscock, firefighters were dispatched shortly before noon.
  An image shared by Hiscock shows burn marks to the exterior of the building. Additional images shared on her Facebook post show smoke emanating from the exterior of the buildi
  
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• Andreescu drops Libema Open women’s final in three sets to Samsonova

  16-06-2024 20:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ‘S-HERTOGENBOSCH — Bianca Andreescu lost a hard-fought Libema Open women’s final Sunday in three sets to Liudmila Samsonova in the grass-court Wimbledon tune-up.
  Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., fell 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 to the second-seeded Samsonova, who had to finish her rain-interrupted semifinal earlier in the day.
  “It’s upsetting, but I know there are good things coming for me,” Andreescu said.
  She played her second tournament since she was sidelined for nine mo
  
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• Sending Canadian vessel to Cuba alongside Russia’s was carefully planned: Minister

  16-06-2024 19:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — National Defence Minister Bill Blair’s office is defending the decision to send a Canadian ship to Cuba where it docked alongside some of Russia’s fleet, calling it a “carefully” planned move to increase its presence in the region.Spokesman Daniel Minden issued a statement on Sunday saying the visit to Havana’s port “was carefully and fulsomely planned,” and the minister authorized it on the advice of the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian J
  
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• Riot police in Germany intervene to stem fan clashes before Serbia-England match at Euro 2024

  16-06-2024 19:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — Riot police in Germany intervened to stop brawling soccer fans before Sunday’s match between Serbia and England at the European Championship soccer tournament in Germany.
  Social media footage showed men throwing chairs at each other outside a restaurant festooned with Serbian flags in the western city of Gelsenkirchen. One group quickly left the scene as riot officers arrived and wrestled at least one man to the ground.
  A Serbian fan told The Associated
  
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• Dabrowski, Routliffe win Nottingham women’s doubles title ahead of Wimbledon

  16-06-2024 19:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NOTTINGHAM — Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and teammate Erin Routliffe have won the women’s doubles title at the Rothesay Open, which is a grass-court warmup for Wimbledon.
  The top seeds outlasted Britain’s Harriet Dart and Diane Parry of France 5-7, 6-3, 11-9 in the final.
  It was the first win of 2024 for Dabrowski and Routliffe, who were the 2023 U.S. Open women’s doubles champions.
  The duo reached the final of the Miami Open in March.
  They advanced to the final in
  
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• Ukraine keen to show its spirit at Euro 2024 with added motivation to advance

  16-06-2024 18:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MUNICH (AP) — Three years ago Ukraine reached the quarterfinals of the pandemic-delayed Euro 2020 in the country’s most successful European Championship to date.
  But a lot has changed since then.
  The war following the Russian invasion has been going on for two years and has been a constant and uniting force for this Ukraine squad, which kicks off its Euro 2024 campaign against Romania in Munich on Monday.
  “I went through many things in football and life and the fact I’m h
  
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• Pilgrims commence the final rites of Hajj as Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha

  16-06-2024 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Masses of pilgrims on Sunday embarked on a symbolic stoning of the devil in Saudi Arabia under the soaring summer heat. The ritual marks the final days of the Hajj, or Islamic pilgrimage, and the start of the Eid al-Adha celebrations for Muslims around the world.
  The stoning is among the final rites of the Hajj, which is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. It came a day after more than 1.8 million pilgrims congregated at a sacred hill, known as Mount Ararat, outside
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of June 16, 2024

  16-06-2024 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers.
  Name: Paul RasmussenAge: 52
  Height: 6’3” ft Weight: 220lbs
  Hair: Grey (Bald) Eyes: Blue
  Wanted: Unlawfully at Large
  Warrant in effect: June 9, 2024Parole Jurisdiction: New Westminster
  Name: Kenneth FieldAge: 42
  Height: 6’0” ft Weight: 210lbs
  Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue
  Wanted: Fail to Comply with Probation
  Warrant in effect: June 11, 2024
  Parole Jurisdict
  
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• 80 countries at Swiss conference agree territorial integrity of Ukraine must be basis of any peace

  16-06-2024 14:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OBBÜRGEN, Switzerland (AP) — Eighty countries jointly called Sunday for the “territorial integrity” of Ukraine to be the basis for any peace agreement to end Russia’s war, though some key developing nations at a Swiss conference did not join in.
  The joint communique capped a two-day conference at the Burgenstock resort in Switzerland marked by the absence of Russia, which was not invited, but that many attendees hoped could join in on a roadmap to peace.
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• German police shot a man allegedly threatening them with an ax in a city hosting Euro 2024 match

  16-06-2024 13:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BERLIN (AP) — German police said Sunday they shot and wounded a man who was threatening them with an axe and a firebomb in the northern city of Hamburg, hours before it hosted a match in the Euro 2024 soccer tournament.
  The man was receiving medical treatment, Hamburg police said in a post on X, without providing further details.
  The incident occurred in the downtown St. Pauli area of the city, which German media said was thronged with thousands of fans ahead of Sunday’s match betwee
  
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• Climate change disasters require emergency plans for dialysis patients, experts say

  16-06-2024 13:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  When catastrophic floods severed a bridge and washed away or closed highways in southern British Columbia, Mitchell Dyck and other patients needing regular life-saving dialysis had to be flown to hospital by helicopter.
  The flooding caused by record-breaking rain in November 2021 shut down every route to the rest of Canada and made it impossible for Dyck to make the 25-minute drive from his home in Chilliwack to the dialysis unit of the Abbotsford Regional Hospital.Dyck, now 25, was receiving ov
  
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• New signs warning of great white sharks in the works for some East Coast beaches

  16-06-2024 12:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — There’s growing evidence that the number of great white sharks is on the rise along Canada’s East Coast, where plans are in the works to post warning signs for beachgoers for the first time.
  Fred Whoriskey, director of the Ocean Tracking Network at Dalhousie University in Halifax, says the population of these apex predators appears to be growing because of successful conservation measures and a rapidly growing food supply, mainly grey seals.
  “We’re probabl
  
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• Trudeau says Russia needs to be accountable for ‘genocide’ of taking Ukrainian kids

  16-06-2024 11:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BURGENSTOCK — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Russia needs to be accountable “for the element of genocide” he says it’s committing by taking thousands of Ukrainian children from their home.He addressed reported this morning at the summit on peace in Ukraine taking place in Switzerland.
  More than 90 countries are attending the summit this weekend, which aims to spark discussions of a path toward ending the war between Russia and Ukraine.
  With Russia absent from the summ
  
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• Israeli military announces ‘tactical pause’ in attempt to increase flow of aid into hard-hit Gaza

  16-06-2024 06:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military on Sunday announced a “tactical pause” in its offensive in the southern Gaza Strip to allow the deliveries of increased quantities of humanitarian aid.
  The army said the pause would begin in the Rafah area at 8 a.m. (0500 GMT, 1 a.m. eastern) and remain in effect until 7 p.m. (1600 GMT, noon eastern). It said the pauses would take place every day until further notice.
  The pause is aimed at allowing aid trucks to reach the nearby Israel-cont
  
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• McDavid, Oilers avoid sweep, thump Panthers 8-1 in Game 4 of Stanley Cup final

  16-06-2024 05:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Oilers still have life in the Stanley Cup final.
  Connor McDavid had a goal and three assists as Edmonton thumped Florida 8-1 on Saturday to cut the Panthers’ lead in the best-of-seven title series to 3-1.
  Dylan Holloway, with two goals and an assist, Mattias Janmark, with a goal and an assist, Adam Henrique, Darnell Nurse, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Ryan McLeod also scored for the Oilers, who finally solved Sergei Bobrovsky by putting five pucks past the Panthers netminde
  
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• Teens Buck, Bajraktarevic spark Revolution to 3-2 win over Whitecaps

  16-06-2024 04:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Teenagers Noel Buck and Esmir Bajraktarevic scored first-half goals and the New England Revolution ran their win streak to three with a 3-2 Major League Soccer victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night.
  The Revolution (5-10-1) grabbed a 1-0 lead in the seventh minute on the 19-year-old Buck’s first goal of the season. Buck scored unassisted, finding the net for the fifth time in 41 career appearances — 27 starts — with the Revs.
  Ryan
  
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• B.C. Lions collect first victory of the season, beating Calgary Stampeders 26-17

  16-06-2024 04:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Vernon Adams Jr. threw for 277 yards and the B.C. Lions downed the Calgary Stampeders 26-17 to collect their first win of the season on Saturday.
  The quarterback connected on 17 of 29 attempts, including two touchdowns, and drove in another major for the Lions (1-1).
  Jake Maier went 26 for 33 with 339 passing yards, two TDs and one interception as Calgary (1-1) took its first loss of the CFL campaign.The Lions’ defence was effective throughout the game, sacking Maier four
  
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• Shawn Austin set to perform at 152nd Chilliwack Fair

  16-06-2024 04:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack & District Agricultural Society has announced Shawn Austin as the main performer for the 152nd Chilliwack Fair on Friday, August 9 at Chilliwack Heritage Park.The show, included with gate admission, will start around 9 p.m. after the rodeo.Shawn Austin has quickly become one of Canada’s top country talents with hits like “Tailgate To Heaven”, “Slip”, and “Settle for a Drink.”The Vancouver singer and songwriter has al
  
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• Chicago Fire take advantage of sloppy Toronto FC defending to post first away win

  16-06-2024 03:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Chicago Fire, taking advantage of sloppy defending, scored three second-half goals — including two just three minutes apart — to defeat a depleted Toronto FC 4-1 for its first away win of the MLS season Saturday.
  Maren Haile-Selassie, Hugo Cuypers, Mauricio Pineda and Allan Arigoni scored for Chicago (4-8-6), which came into the game tied for 27th in the league on offence, averaging 1.00 goals a game.
  Lorenzo Insigne replied for Toronto (7-8-3) in a contest that s
  
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• CF Montreal holds Western leader Real Salt Lake to scoreless draw

  16-06-2024 03:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — With four key players back from injury, CF Montreal played to a scoreless tie on Saturday at Stade Saputo against Western Conference-leading Real Salt Lake.
  This was Montreal’s (4-7-6) fourth 0-0 draw of the Major League Soccer season, while Salt Lake City (9-2-7) extended its undefeated streak to 14 games.
  Both teams began the match timidly, not pressing too high and leaving as little space to be exploited as possible. It took 15 minutes for the first shot on target to fi
  
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• Shooting at splash pad in Detroit suburb leaves ‘numerous wounded victims,’ authorities say

  16-06-2024 02:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Gunfire erupted at a splash pad in the Detroit suburb of Rochester Hills as families were frolicking in the water to beat the summer heat, leaving multiple people wounded, authorities said. Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard told reporters that “it sounds like we have nine, maybe 10 victims with gunshot wounds, victims of varying kinds of injuries.”
  Authorities said they believed they had a possible suspect contained in a home nearby. A handgun a
  
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• DeChambeau a one-man show at Pinehurst No. 2, leads U.S. Open by 3

  16-06-2024 02:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — Bryson DeChambeau turned Pinehurst No. 2 into a one-man show Saturday in the U.S. Open.
  When he wasn’t smashing eight drives of 340 yards or more, he was getting his right hip worked on between holes. He pumped fists and entertained thousands of sun-baked fans on his way to a 3-under 67 and a three-shot lead going into the final round.
  At stake is a chance to capture a second U.S. Open title with a reimagined game — still powerful as ever — and a ph
  
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• Updated: Severe thunderstorm warning downgraded to ‘severe thunderstorm watch’ Saturday

  16-06-2024 00:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  **Update at 4:15 p.m. Saturday: Environment Canada has downgraded the severe thunderstorm warning previously issued to a severe thunderstorm warning. From Environment Canada: Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing strong wind gusts, large hail and heavy rain. Funnel clouds have been observed this afternoon in the Fraser Valley near Yarrow and conditions are such that they may reform over the next several hours. Remember, severe thun
  
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