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• Georgia’s president says a controversial foreign influence bill passed by parliament is unacceptable

  16-05-2024 13:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili said Thursday a “foreign influence” bill passed by parliament that critics call a threat to free speech is “unacceptable” and can’t be modified.
  In an interview with The Associated Press, Zourabichvili harshly criticized the ruling Georgian Dream party for pushing the bill that also is widely seen as a threat to Georgia’s aspirations to join the European Union.
  The bill requires media and no
  
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• One dead in daylight shooting in Ridge Meadows

  01-06-2024 06:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RIDGE MEADOWS — A man is dead following a shooting in Maple Ridge late Friday (May 31) afternoon. In a news release, Ridge Meadows RCMP says officers responded to a report of gunfire at approximately 5:12 p.m. near 223 Street and Lougheed Highway.First responders found the victim with life-threatening injuries. Despite efforts from BC Emergency Health Services and front-line officers, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
  Witnesses reported seeing a male suspect fleeing the area. The Integr
  
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• Fair paces Stamps to 31-10 pre-season win over Blue Bombers

  01-06-2024 06:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Campbell Fair’s five field goals lifted the Calgary Stampeders to a 31-10 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in CFL pre-season action Friday.
  Running backs Peyton Logan and LeVante Bellamy recorded touchdowns for Calgary in a match that was delayed a half hour because of severe weather in the area.
  Winnipeg is auditioning punt and kick returners this season as the team couldn’t afford to keep veteran Janarion Grant, who signed with the Toronto Argonauts.
  Chris Sm
  
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• Schneider’s two-run walkoff homer in 14th inning gives Jays a 5-3 win over Pirates

  01-06-2024 05:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Davis Schneider hit a two-run homer in the 14th inning to give the Toronto Blue Jays a 5-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday at Rogers Centre.With Cavan Biggio aboard as the automatic runner, right-hander Kyle Nicolas got Ernie Clement and Kevin Kiermaier on groundouts.That set the stage for Schneider, who turned on a first-pitch fastball for his seventh homer of the season.
  Reliever Genesis Cabrera (2-1) retired all five batters he faced to help Toronto (27-29) exten
  
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• Nugent-Hopkins leads Oilers past Stars to take 3-2 lead in Western Conference final

  01-06-2024 05:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS — The Edmonton Oilers are one victory from the Stanley Cup final.
  Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored two power-play goals as Edmonton smothered the Dallas Stars 3-1 to take a 3-2 lead in the NHL’s Western Conference final on Friday.
  Philip Broberg had the other goal for Edmonton. Stuart Skinner made 19 saves. Evan Bouchard added two assists.
  Wyatt Johnston replied for Dallas, which has lost two in a row and now faces elimination after leading the best-of-seven series 2-1. Jake Oetting
  
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• Trudeau endorses proposal outlined by Biden to wind down Israel-Hamas war

  01-06-2024 04:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is endorsing a proposal put forward by U.S. President Joe Biden today that seeks to bring about the end of the Israel-Hamas war.Trudeau says in a social media post that all parties must seize the opportunity to end the suffering and return to a path to peace.
  He says Canada has been calling for an immediate ceasefire, an urgent increase in unhindered humanitarian assistance and the release of all hostages.Biden detailed a three-phase deal proposed by
  
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• Spirit rout Warriors 7-1 to book spot in Memorial Cup final and meeting with Knights

  01-06-2024 04:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAGINAW — Ethan Hay had two goals and two assists in leading the host Saginaw Spirit to a 7-1 semifinal win over the Moose Jaw Warriors on Friday to punch their ticket into Sunday’s Memorial Cup final.
  Saginaw will next meet the Ontario Hockey League champion London Knights, who advanced to the final after going 3-0 in the round robin. The Spirit fell 4-2 to the Knights in the round-robin finale on Wednesday.
  Saginaw looks to be the first team to win as a first-time participant in th
  
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• Ward leads Redblacks to 19-13 pre-season win over Alouettes

  01-06-2024 04:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Lewis Ward helped the Ottawa Redblacks complete a perfect 2-0 pre-season Friday with four field goals in a 19-13 win over the Montreal Alouettes.
  Ward also converted the only touchdown of the game to account for 13 Ottawa points, including a 17-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter.
  Dru Brown started at quarterback for the Redblacks and completed 20 of 33 pass attempts for 247 yards with one interception.
  Dustin Crum played the fourth quarter in relief of Brown and was three
  
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• Mital shines as Argos beat Tiger-Cats 25-14 in pre-season-tilt

  01-06-2024 04:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GUELPH, Ont. — The Toronto Argonauts may have found their next top receiver.
  Kevin Mital, the fifth overall pick in this year’s CFL draft, caught five passes for 104 yards and a touchdown as the Argonauts beat the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 25-14 in the teams’ final pre-season game on Friday at Alumni Stadium in Guelph, Ont.
  Mital’s biggest play of the game came in the third quarter when he broke free down the sideline, caught a deep pass from quarterback Bryan Scott and broke a
  
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• Voting begins in the last round of India’s election, a referendum on Modi’s decade in power

  01-06-2024 03:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — Indians began voting Saturday in the last round of a six-week-long national election that is a referendum on Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decade in power.
  The election is considered one of the most consequential in India’s history. If Modi wins, he’ll be only the second Indian leader to retain power for a third term after Jawaharlal Nehru, the country’s first prime minister.
  The seventh round of voting in 57 constituencies across
  
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• Donald Trump’s attorney says he was ‘shocked’ the former president took the verdict with ‘solemness’

  01-06-2024 03:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyer told The Associated Press he was surprised at Trump’s stoic demeanor as he listened to the verdict that made him the first former U.S. president convicted of a crime. Todd Blanche was sitting to Trump’s left in the Manhattan courtroom as the verdict was read — the jury foreman repeating the word “guilty” 34 times.
  “I was shocked at how he took the verdict,” Blanche said. “He just stood there and jus
  
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• Ex-husband of B.C. woman Tatjana Stefanski is charged with her murder

  01-06-2024 03:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LUMBY, B.C. — Police in British Columbia say the ex-husband of Tatjana Stefanski has been charged with her murder, more than six weeks after she was reportedly abducted from her home in the village of Lumby and was later found dead.
  RCMP say Vitali Stefanski is charged with second-degree murder and is in custody, pending a court appearance.
  Police say Tatjana Stefanski was reported to have been taken from her home on April 13, and her body was found the next day.
  RCMP say a man believed to
  
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• Lexi Thompson makes a tearful exit from U.S. Women’s Open

  01-06-2024 02:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Lexi Thompson stood off to the side of the ninth green after hitting what could be her final stroke — a three-inch bogey putt — in the U.S. Women’s Open. It was just like any other round until she headed toward the scoring room.“We’ll miss you, Lexi,” one fan yelled above the applause.
  This isn’t the way she wanted to leave — a 78 in the opening round Thursday, four straight bogeys around the turn Friday that doomed any
  
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• David Hearn makes cut at RBC Canadian Open after long PGA Tour layoff

  01-06-2024 01:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — It’s been six long months since David Hearn played in a PGA Tour event. It’s been even longer since the 44-year-old Canadian made a cut.
  But he will tee it up in the third round of the RBC Canadian Open on Saturday.
  Hearn was the low Canadian on Thursday after a 3-under 67 round but then he laboured to a 3-over score on Friday to make the even-par cut and return to the third round of a PGA Tour event.“It certainly wasn’t what I was looking for but with as
  
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• Vancouver Police arrest 14 pro-Palestinian protesters for blocking rail lines

  01-06-2024 01:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Police say they have arrested 14 people at a protest by pro-Palestinian demonstrators who were blocking rail lines in East Vancouver.
  Cst. Tania Visintin says protesters who were blocking the Canadian National Railway lines refused multiple requests to move and some “became hostile” with officers.
  She says in a statement that more than three hours after police were called, 14 protesters were arrested for mischief and obstruction at 2:30 p.m.Visintin says investigato
  
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• Simoneau wins solo technical gold in World Cup artistic swimming

  01-06-2024 01:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MARKHAM, Ont. — Jacqueline Simoneau, who calls the Montreal suburb of Chambly home, won the women’s solo technical gold medal at the World Aquatics artistic swimming World Cup on Friday.
  The 27-year-old Simoneau finished with 246.7950 points at the Pan Am Pool, finishing ahead of China’s Huiyan Xu (244.2050) and Viktoria Reichova (203.2616) of Slovakia.
  Kyra Hoevertsz of Aruba was fourth at 183.4433, Karina Magrupova of Kazakhstan was fifth at 162.8166 and Mya Fortin of Gatinea
  
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• Marian Robinson, mother of Michelle Obama, dies at 86

  01-06-2024 01:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Marian Shields Robinson, the mother of Michelle Obama who moved with the first family to the White House when son-in-law Barack Obama was elected president, has died. She was 86.
  Mrs. Robinson’s death was announced by Michelle Obama and other family members in a statement that said “there was and will be only one Marian Robinson. In our sadness, we are lifted up by the extraordinary gift of her life.”
  She was a widow and lifelong Chicago resident when sh
  
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• Priestman wants Canadian players to be themselves while pushing for Olympic spots

  01-06-2024 00:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Bev Priestman’s message to her squad during the international window is clear: just be yourself.
  The Canadian women’s national soccer team coach doesn’t want her players to put additional pressure on themselves as they fight for roster spots in two upcoming pre-Olympic friendlies against Mexico.
  The No. 9-ranked Canadians host No. 31 Mexico on Saturday afternoon at Montreal’s Saputo Stadium before a rematch on Tuesday at Toronto’s BMO Field.
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• Whitecaps look to capture road momentum for home game against Rapids

  31-05-2024 23:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — It hasn’t been an easy month for the Vancouver Whitecaps.Between Major League Soccer play and a bid to defend their Canadian Championship title, the ‘Caps are playing nine games in six cities in 29 days.
  Now Vanni Sartini is asking his players to make one final push before next week’s international break. He wants the team to once again give its all when Vancouver (6-5-4) hosts the Colorado Rapids (6-6-4) on Saturday.“Put everything that you have in your
  
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• Florida sheriff’s office fires deputy who fatally shot Black airman at home

  31-05-2024 23:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A Florida sheriff on Friday fired a deputy who fatally shot a Black airman at his home while holding a handgun pointed to the ground.Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden fired Deputy Eddie Duran, who fatally shot Senior Airman Roger Fortson on May 3 after responding to a domestic violence call and being directed to Fortson’s apartment.Body camera video shows that when the deputy arrived outside Fortson’s door, he stood silently for 20 seconds outside and listened, but no voices inside a
  
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• Blue Jays starter Alek Manoah placed on 15-day injured list with right elbow sprain

  31-05-2024 23:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto Blue Jays starter Alek Manoah was placed on the 15-day injured list Friday due to a right elbow sprain and was scheduled for an in-person evaluation with orthopedic surgeon Dr. Keith Meister next week.The 26-year-old right-hander, who missed the first five weeks of the season due to right shoulder inflammation, was removed in the second inning of Wednesday’s 3-1 win in Chicago after experiencing discomfort in his throwing arm.“Alek’s MRI revealed a right
  
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• Cowan fuelled by critics as he aims to keep proving them wrong at Memorial Cup

  31-05-2024 22:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAGINAW — Easton Cowan’s big-game reputation has only grown this season, but he’s had some added motivation pushing him to another level.
  The star right-winger of the London Knights was drafted in the first round (28th overall) in last year’s NHL draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs, going higher than he was projected to go.
  In his only full season with London, he tallied 53 points (20 goals, 33 assists) in 68 regular-season games in 2022-23. He added 21 points (nine goals, 1
  
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• Canadian boxer Mckenzie Wright moves on at Olympic boxing qualifier in Bangkok

  31-05-2024 22:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BANGKOK — Canadian boxer Mckenzie Wright won a 5-0 decision over Argentina’s Aldana Florencia Lopez on Friday to advance to the round of eight in the women’s 50-kilogram division at a last-ditch Olympic qualifier.
  The 33-year-old from St. Davids, Ont., whose opponent was a bronze medallist at the 2022 IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships, meets Serbia’s Nina Radovanovic on Saturday.
  But Sara Kali, a 32-year-old from Montreal, lost her round-of-eight bout 5-0 to Ca
  
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• BC United caucus chair Lorne Doerkson defects to Conservatives

  31-05-2024 22:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The caucus chair for the BC United party is defecting to the BC Conservatives, adding to the woes of the province’s official opposition.
  Lorne Doerkson, who represents Cariboo-Chilcotin, and BC Conservative Leader John Rustad announced the move that increases the party’s numbers in the legislature to three.
  The move comes after talks between the two right-of-centre parties broke down amid failure to settle on a deal to avoid vote splitting in the fall provincial elec
  
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• BC United MLA defects, joins BC Conservatives

  31-05-2024 22:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The B.C. Conservative Party welcomed its third MLA to the party Friday (May 31) following the defection of Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Lorne Doerkson from BC United.
  According to a news release from the party, Doerkson was first elected as MLA for Cariboo-Chilcotin in 2020. Doerkson, a long-time resident of the Cariboo-Chilcotin, has a diverse professional background. He spent 20 years in the newspaper industry, followed by roles in the automobile industry and financial services as a
  
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• Toronto FC gets Laryea back but no firm word on Insigne’s availability for D.C. game

  31-05-2024 22:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto FC gets Richie Laryea back after a three-month injury absence but Lorenzo Insigne’s status is uncertain ahead of Saturday’s game at D.C. United.
  Insigne missed Wednesday’s scoreless draw in Philadelphia to be back in Naples, Italy, for the birth of his third son, Mattia.
  “We’re doing everything we can on our side (to get him back). He is as well,” coach John Herdman said Friday. “There’s just one little wrinkle we’re trying to get ove
  
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• Serial killer Robert Pickton dies following prison assault

  31-05-2024 22:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUÉBEC — Serial killer Robert Pickton has died after he was assaulted in prison earlier this month, Quebec provincial police and Correctional Service Canada say.
  The correctional service says Pickton, an inmate at Port-Cartier Institution in Quebec, died on Friday at the age of 74.
  It says in a statement that Pickton’s next of kin have been notified as well as victims who had registered to be told.
  It says an investigation is underway into the May 19 assault that involved anot
  
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• Woman sentenced to 20 years in prison for conspiring to murder Connecticut mom

  31-05-2024 21:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — A woman convicted of helping her boyfriend plot and cover up the murder of his estranged wife, Jennifer Dulos, during contentious divorce and child custody proceedings in Connecticut was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday.
  A state judge in Stamford handed down the punishment to Michelle Troconis in the 2019 disappearance of Dulos, whose body has never been found since she disappeared from her New Canaan home.
  Troconis, 49, was convicted in March of conspiracy to
  
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• Yuka Saso and Minjee Lee set a target below par at tough Women’s Open

  31-05-2024 21:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Minjee Lee and Yuka Saso, recent champions of the strongest test of golf, set the target Friday morning with a few mistakes, a few birdies and a steady diet of pars to share the lead midway through the second round of the U.S. Women’s Open.
  Lee, whose two majors include a Women’s Open at Pine Needles two years ago, made consecutive bogeys at the turn and then played mistake-free the rest of the way for a 1-under 69 at Lancaster Country Club.
  Saso, the Wome
  
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• NBA’s Mavs and NHL’s Stars chase a Dallas double with their deepest playoff run together

  31-05-2024 21:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Dereck Lively II of the Dallas Mavericks tossed the question back at the reporter when the rookie centre was asked if he knew why so many fans shouted “Stars” during the national anthem at his home games.
  “You tell me why,” Lively said, prompting the explanation that supporters of Dallas’ NBA team were offering a shout-out to fans of the NHL’s Stars, who for years have yelled their team’s nickname both times it comes up during “
  
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