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• Jaques scores twice, Minnesota beats Boston 3-0 to even PWHL final

  22-05-2024 06:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — Michela Cava and Sophie Jaques scored less than two minutes apart late in the first period and Minnesota beat Boston 3-0 on Tuesday night to even the PWHL championship series at a game apiece.
  Nicole Hensley made 20 saves in relief of Maddie Rooney, who was in net the previous five games, two of them shutouts.
  “It feels amazing (to get the shutout),” Hensley said. “Obviously Maddie has been carrying our team, it’s nice to be able to help out our
  
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• ‘State of Palestine’ applies to join South Africa’s case at top UN court accusing Israel of genocide

  03-06-2024 19:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Palestinian officials have applied on behalf of the “State of Palestine” at the top U.N. court for permission to join South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza.
  The request published Monday says that Israel’s ongoing military operation is “part of a systematic effort to wipe Palestinian society and its culture and social institutions from the map.” The request to the International Court of Justice was signed by
  
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• Elected leaders should read Supreme Court decisions before speaking, says top justice

  03-06-2024 19:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The chief justice of the Supreme Court is sending a warning about the risks elected officials run by reacting to decisions from the court without first having read the rulings themselves.Richard Wagner issued that call during his annual news conference on the work of the top court and other matters pertaining to the administration of justice.Wagner says he is concerned about the spread of false information on court rulings, and politicians criticizing rulings based in part on whic
  
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• Hamilton Tiger-Cats sign veteran defensive back Jonathan Moxley

  03-06-2024 19:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats signed veteran American defensive back Jonathan Moxley on Monday.
  Moxley, 29, spent four seasons with the Calgary Stampeders (2019, 2021-23), registering 78 total tackles (70 defensive) and three interceptions in 50 regular-season appearances.The five-foot-10, 195-pound Florida native came to the CFL after spending time in the NFL with Tampa Bay (2017) and Arizona (2017-18).
  Moxley played collegiately at Boise State (2013-16). He appeared in 52 games, rec
  
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• Elks-Riders CFL game moved to afternoon to accommodate Game 1 of Stanley Cup final

  03-06-2024 19:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The CFL has moved the Elks’ season opener against the Saskatchewan Roughriders to an afternoon start to allow sports fans in Edmonton to also watch the Oilers in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final.
  The game originally scheduled for Saturday at 5 p.m. MT will now start three hours earlier.
  Game 1 of the NHL final is scheduled for Saturday at 6 p.m. MT in Sunrise, Fla.
  The Oilers advanced to their first Stanley Cup final since 2006 with a six-game win over the Dallas Stars in t
  
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• Popular Chilliwack diner temporarily closes, plans to relocate to Vedder Road

  03-06-2024 19:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A popular diner on South Sumas Road serving hearty breakfast omelettes and a variety of lunchtime sandwiches in an industrial area of Chilliwack has closed ahead of its relocation to Sardis.
  According to an update on its Instagram page in May, Little Beetle, which was voted Chilliwack’s No. 1 lunch restaurant, has closed effective May 27 as it relocates to 6640 Vedder Road in the Tim Hortons/BMO shopping centre at Vedder Road and Stevenson Road.“In the summer of 20
  
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• Quebec to spend $31 to boost security at courthouses after violent incidents

  03-06-2024 18:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONGUEUIL, Que. — The Quebec government is pledging $31 million to add security checkpoints and more special constables to the province’s courthouses after recent violent incidents that raised safety concerns.
  Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette and Public Security Minister François Bonnardel made the announcement today in Longueuil, where an interpreter was seriously injured in a courthouse knife attack early this year.
  Part of the funding announced today will allow walk-th
  
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• AFN national chief blasts governments’ inaction on fifth anniversary of MMIWG report

  03-06-2024 18:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — On the fifth anniversary of a national inquiry’s report into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is blasting all levels of government for what she calls slow progress to stop the crisis.
  Only two of the more than 150 calls to action focused on First Nations people have been implemented since 2019, Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says.
  That’s despite constant calls from advocates for more funding from all levels o
  
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• BC United loses another MLA to BC Conservatives

  03-06-2024 18:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SOUTH SURREY — The B.C. Conservative Party says Surrey South MLA Elenore Sturko has left BC United and joined their party as a way to “rebuild the coalition that’s needed to defeat the NDP.”
  According to a news release from the Conservative Party of B.C. Monday morning (June 3), Sturko is a former RCMP spokesperson and military veteran who was elected in a by-election in 2022 by winning 52 percent of the vote.“It’s easy to dismiss the polls, but it’s imp
  
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• Elks optimistic of brighter 2024 after several seasons of futility

  03-06-2024 18:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks won all of four games in the 2023 season. The Green and Gold has just 11 wins over the previous three CFL campaigns. The team hasn’t been to the playoffs since 2019.
  Yet, as training camp wrapped up, two words were consistently on the lips of general manager and head coach Chris Jones and his players.“Grey Cup.”
  How could a team that’s been so far out of the playoff races over the past half-decade see itself as a contender for the league
  
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• Elenore Sturko leaves BC United party for Conservatives to ‘defeat the NDP’

  03-06-2024 18:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Another BC United member has left the party to join the Conservative Party of BC just months before the provincial election.Surrey South MLA Elenore Sturko says in a statement that she’s joining the provincial Conservatives to “rebuild the coalition that’s needed to defeat the NDP.”Her move comes after Lorne Doerkson, the former BC United caucus chair, defected from the official Opposition on Friday, bringing the number of Conservative members in the legi
  
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• Head coach Mace looks to change culture as Riders move on from disappointing seasons

  03-06-2024 18:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — The 2024 CFL campaign will be a season of change for the Saskatchewan Roughriders with new head coach Corey Mace at the helm.Mace signed a three-year contract with the Riders in November to replace Craig Dickenson, who served as Saskatchewan’s head coach for the previous four seasons.The Riders compiled a 34-34 record under Dickenson but struggled in his last two seasons with 6-12 marks in both 2022 and 2023. Saskatchewan ended both those seasons with seven-game losing strea
  
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• Bethel-Thompson to take charge of Elks’ present while mentoring their future

  03-06-2024 18:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  McLeod Bethel-Thompson is back in the CFL, tasked with solidifying the Edmonton Elks’ present while providing for their future.
  The 35-year-old quarterback signed a one-year deal with Edmonton in January after leading the USFL in passing in 2023 and guiding the Boston Breakers to a 7-3 record.The year before, Bethel-Thompson was the CFL’s top passer and helped the Toronto Argonauts win the Grey Cup.
  Edmonton’s last playoff appearance was in 2019. It has finished fifth in the We
  
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• Deep, talented Blue Bombers look for fifth straight trip to Grey Cup

  03-06-2024 17:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Zach Collaros could have a problem this season, but it’s a good one.
  The Winnipeg Blue Bombers veteran quarterback has to divvy up passes and touches to keep his hungry offensive teammates happy as the CFL team aims for a fifth straight trip to the Grey Cup.
  “It’s a problem that everybody would want, obviously,” Collaros said. “And I wouldn’t even call it a problem.
  “We’re built the right way here and those guys wouldn’t be h
  
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• Canada calls Minnesota forward Tani Oluwaseyi into camp for European friendlies

  03-06-2024 17:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada coach Jesse Marsch has brought Minnesota United forward Tani Oluwaseyi into camp for friendlies against the Netherlands and France.
  It’s a first national team call-up for the 24-year-old who has turned heads this season with seven goals and four assists for the Loons. Oluwaseyi has played in all 15 league games, with six starts, for Minnesota (8-3-4) and leads the team in goals with five more than designated player Teemu Pukki, Finland’s leading scorer.
  Born in Abuja, Oluwasey
  
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• Calgary Stampeders seek return to former glory in 2024

  03-06-2024 17:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders need improvement on both sides of the football to return to the CFL’s upper echelon.
  A 2-5 start and losing five games by three points or less in 2023 contributed to a 6-12 record in Dave Dickenson’s first season holding down the dual roles of general manager and coach.Calgary’s worst record in almost two decades was still enough to win the turtle derby for the third and final playoff spot in the West Division, but a team that regularly wo
  
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• B.C. Lions eager to ‘do a little more’ in hunt for Grey Cup

  03-06-2024 17:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Garry Peters noticed something was a little different as his B.C. Lions teammates filtered into training camp last month.
  Instead of using camp to get their bodies into peak physical condition, guys were already in game shape when they arrived.
  The difference shows how the Lions are already putting in extra work as the team chases the Grey Cup this year, Peters said.
  “A lot of guys mindsets are a lot different than its been in the past. We know we’ve always been goo
  
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• Jonas Brothers named to perform at halftime of 2024 Grey Cup game in Vancouver

  03-06-2024 17:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Jonas Brothers will be the halftime entertainment at the 2024 Grey Cup game in Vancouver.
  The CFL and B.C. Lions made the joint announcement Monday.
  The pop-rock band — consisting of brothers Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas — will make its second appearance in Vancouver in roughly a year. The brothers performed in the city in November 2023 during its tour in support of “The Album.”
  The Jonas Brothers have sold over 20 million albums globally.The band has had 26 Billboard Ho
  
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• Feds create $530M fund for cities to adapt to climate change

  03-06-2024 17:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canadian cities and towns facing an uphill battle to stave off the effects of climate change will share more than half a billion dollars from a new federal adaptation fund.
  The Local Leadership for Climate Adaptation initiative will offer up to $1 million to local governments for projects that upgrade or adjust their infrastructure and natural environment to be more protected from extreme weather events including floods, fires and major storms.
  There will be a separate stream of f
  
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• Trudeau pitches strong ties to Mexico’s new leader Claudia Sheinbaum amid U.S. tumult

  03-06-2024 16:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is welcoming the election of Mexico’s next president, Claudia Sheinbaum, and pitching closer ties between the two counties as they ponder the future of North American relations.
  Mexicans elected Sheinbaum as their first female president Sunday, and in October she will replace Andrés Manuel Lopéz Obrador.
  The election comes three months after the Liberals reimposed a visa requirement for Mexican visitors over concerns that the 2016
  
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• Chelsea hires Enzo Maresca, a former assistant to Pep Guardiola, as head coach

  03-06-2024 16:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Enzo Maresca, a former assistant to Pep Guardiola, was hired as Chelsea head coach on Monday, just weeks after leading Leicester back to the Premier League.
  The 44-year-old Italian signed a five-year deal as the replacement for Mauricio Pochettino, who left by mutual consent on May 21, and is Chelsea’s fourth permanent manager since the club came under American ownership midway through 2022.
  “We are delighted to welcome Enzo to Chelsea. He has proven himself to be an excellent coach
  
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• Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum as president, the first woman to hold the job

  03-06-2024 15:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum claimed victory in Mexico’s presidential election, becoming the first woman selected for the job by promising to continue the political course set by her populist predecessor despite widespread discontent with persistent cartel violence and disappointing economic performance.
  The climate scientist and former Mexico City mayor was the favored successor of outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. But her cool temper offers a sha
  
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• President Joe Biden’s son Hunter arrives for jury selection in a federal gun case

  03-06-2024 14:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter arrived at court Monday for jury selection in a federal gun case against after the collapse of a deal with prosecutors that would have avoided the spectacle of a trial so close to the 2024 election.Hunter Biden, who spent the weekend with his father has been charged in Delaware with three felonies stemming from a 2018 firearm purchase when he was, according to his memoir, in the throes of a crack addiction. He has been accused
  
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• Rainfall warning continues Monday for Abbotsford, Chilliwack and Hope

  03-06-2024 14:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Environment Canada has extended a rainfall warning for the Fraser Valley from Abbotsford to Hope into Monday (Jun 3).
  Canada’s national weather agency says a disturbance continues to cross through the South Coast this morning. The disturbance is expected to deliver heavy rains to the regions. The rain is expected to ease off to showers by the afternoon.It warns that heavy downpours could lead to flash flooding as smaller creeks and already swollen rivers jump their banks
  
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• Iran’s hard-line parliament speaker Mohammad Qalibaf registers as a presidential candidate

  03-06-2024 14:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s hard-line parliament speaker registered Monday for country’s June 28 presidential election.
  The entry of Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf brings a prominent candidate with close ties to the country’s parliamentary Revolution Guard into the race to replace President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash with seven others on May 19.
  Qalibaf initially became speaker following a string of failed presidential bids and 12 years as the le
  
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• Onward Oilers; Edmonton prepares for Stanley Cup final against Florida Panthers

  03-06-2024 11:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers are where they have long expected themselves to be, which is playing for the Stanley Cup.
  The Oilers open the best-of-seven NHL championship Saturday night against the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Fla.Edmonton makes its first Stanley Cup final appearance since 2006, when the Oilers lost in seven games to the Carolina Hurricanes, and are four wins from hoisting Lord Stanley’s trophy above their heads 34 years after Edmonton’s
  
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• Georgia’s parliament speaker signs a divisive foreign influence bill into law

  03-06-2024 10:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The speaker of Georgia’s parliament said he gave the final endorsement on Monday to a divisive “foreign agents” bill that has prompted weeks of protests by critics who say it will restrict media freedom and jeopardize Georgia’s chances of joining the European Union.
  Shalva Papuashvili signed the bill into law after the legislature, controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party, dismissed the veto of President Salome Zourabichvili.The bill, wh
  
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• Royal Regina Rifles statue to be unveiled at Juno Beach to mark D-Day’s 80th year

  03-06-2024 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — A statue depicting the Canadians who fought Nazi Germany 80 years ago will have a permanent home near the beaches they stormed on D-Day.
  The Royal Regina Rifles statue is to be unveiled Wednesday at Juno Beach in France, a day ahead of the milestone anniversary of the invasion that launched the beginning of the end of the Second World War.
  The names of 458 soldiers from the infantry unit who died during that conflict are etched in the statue’s base.
  The Regina Rifles were am
  
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• Lanny McDonald brings Stanley Cup to Calgary police officer who helped save his life

  03-06-2024 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Former Calgary Flames co-captain and Hockey Hall of Famer Lanny McDonald surprised a city police officer who helped save his life earlier this year by paying him a visit with the Stanley Cup in tow.
  Const. Jose Cives performed chest compressions on McDonald at Calgary’s airport in early February after the 71-year-old collapsed while returning from the NHL’s all-star game in Toronto.
  Cives had no idea that McDonald, who played with the team during its 1989 Stanley Cup
  
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• Expert to testify in Winnipeg trial about mental state of admitted serial killer

  03-06-2024 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — An admitted serial killer’s mental state is expected to be the focus of a murder trial that resumes in Winnipeg.
  Jeremy Skibicki, who is 37, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the deaths of four Indigenous women in Winnipeg in 2022.
  Crown prosecutors have said the killings were racially motivated and Skibicki preyed on the vulnerable victims at homeless shelters.
  Skibicki’s lawyers admit he killed the women but argue he should be found not criminally re
  
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