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• Kylian Mbappé has signed a contract to join Real Madrid

  03-06-2024 19:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADRID (AP) — Kylian Mbappé has signed a contract to play for Real Madrid in a union of the sport’s top talent and its most successful club.
  Madrid said on Monday that Mbappé agreed to a five-year contract.
  The 25-year-old World Cup winner with France joins a Madrid team that is already loaded with talent and still celebrating its record-extending 15th European Cup title.
  Until now, Mbappé has played club soccer only for French teams — first at Monaco and f
  
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• Volunteers aim to keep a 1882 steam locomotive chugging along in Manitoba

  27-07-2024 07:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — A steam locomotive made in 1882 and billed as Canada’s oldest operating one is in need of some tender loving care, and the volunteers who have kept it running on a vintage railway north of Manitoba’s capital are raising funds for the fixup.
  Steam Locomotive No. 3, as it’s known, is neither efficient, fast nor energy-conscious compared with more modern locomotives. Shovelling coal into a fire to create steam leads to a lot of dirt, noise and thick black smoke. B
  
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• Barbu breaks 28-year-old Canadian record in 100-metre freestyle para multi-class

  27-07-2024 06:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Marian Barbu’s morning swim in the men’s 100-metre freestyle para multi-class on Friday broke a Canadian record that had stood since 1996.
  The start of Day 3 of the Speedo Canadian Swimming Championships brought some of the fastest swimming since the 20th century.
  Barbu, of the Club aquatique St-Eustache, was just looking to have fun and swim well in prelims. That was until he broke a Canadian record that had stood for almost 30 years.
  Barbu raced to the wall in a tim
  
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• ‘We will rebuild’: A look inside the wildfire devastation in Jasper

  27-07-2024 06:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JASPER NATIONAL PARK — Richard Ireland’s eyes well up with tears as he gazes in silence towards his home and sees memories of a lifetime burnt to ashes.
  The mayor of Jasper then leans over what remains of the small, cosy home he grew up in — a piece of a concrete wall — and says all he can think about is a framed photograph that was taken after his family moved in when he was two years old, lost somewhere in the rubble.
  “We grew up here … a family of five kid
  
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• The Philippines says its forces sailed to hotly disputed shoal guarded by China without any clashes

  27-07-2024 06:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine government personnel transported food and other supplies Saturday to a fiercely disputed shoal occupied by a Filipino navy contingent but closely guarded by Beijing’s forces in the South China Sea and no confrontations were reported, Philippine officials said.
  It was the first Philippine government supply trip to the Second Thomas Shoal, which has been the scene of increasingly violent confrontations between Chinese and Philippine forces, since t
  
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• Orlando City flattens CF Montreal 4-1 in Leagues Cup

  27-07-2024 05:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ORLANDO — CF Montreal surrendered three goals in the first half en route to a 4-1 setback to Orlando City Soccer Club in the group stage opener of the 2024 Leagues Cup on Friday.
  The Floridians got goals from Dagur Thorhallsson (seventh minute), Facundo Torres (37th minute), Ramiro Enrique (45th minute stoppage time) and Martin Ojeda (57th minute).
  Josef Martínez scored his fifth goal of the year for Montreal in the 69th minute to prevent the shutout.
  “Orlando wanted this game
  
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• Clement plays hero as Jays trip Rangers 6-5

  27-07-2024 04:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ernie Clement’s bases loaded single in the ninth inning gave the Toronto Blue Jays a walk-off 6-5 win in their series opener against the Texas Rangers on Friday.
  The win was Toronto’s (47-56) third in seven starts since the MLB All-Star break and halted the Rangers’ (51-53) five-game win streak.
  Jays’ reliever Chad Green (3-2) got all four batters he faced in the eighth and ninth, including two strikeouts. Texas reliever Josh Shorz (2-1) put the winning ru
  
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• Redblacks roll over Stampeders 33-6, remain unbeaten at home

  27-07-2024 04:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks are 4-0 at home for the first time since 1978 after a decisive 33-6 win over the Calgary Stampeders on Friday night.
  The Redblacks, who improved to 5-2, are off to their best CFL start ever after seven games and are riding a three-game winning streak for the first time since 2018. Ottawa took the lead two minutes into the game and never looked back.
  The Stampeders (3-4) remain winless on the road (0-4). After a league-leading performance last week, Jake Maier
  
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• New business featuring guided tours of Chilliwack and its rich history opens for business

  27-07-2024 03:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack resident Michael Berger has parlayed a passion for art and history into a niche business that aims to enchant and educate visitors to Chilliwack about its storied past.Berger has opened Chilliwack Tours, a new business committed to showcasing the rich history, vibrant public art and colorful muralsthrough immersive 60-90 minute walking tours that illuminate hidden gems and cultural treasures of Chilliwack.“Chilliwack is a city with a rich tapestry of history a
  
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• Choi takes 2-shot lead over Canadian Ames at Senior British Open at Carnoustie

  27-07-2024 03:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (AP) — K.J. Choi of South Korea has a two-shot lead over Canadian Stephen Ames at the Senior British Open after carding a second consecutive 3-under 69 Friday.
  Choi surged ahead after he eagled the par-5 12th hole and had a 36-hole total of 6-under 138 at Carnoustie.
  “Today’s iron shots were better than yesterday and still inside six, seven foot; the putter, reading is very difficult,” Choi said. “Couple of mistakes on some shots and couple of m
  
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• Canadian Taylor Pendrith leads 3M Open, pursues second win of the year

  27-07-2024 03:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BLAINE, Minn. (AP) — Taylor Pendrith shot a 7-under 64 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead over Matt NeSmith into the weekend in the 3M Open.
  Playing in windier afternoon conditions, Pendrith made a 30-foot birdie putt on the par-4 16th and tapped in for another birdie on the par-5 18th. He had a 12-under 130 total at the TPC Twin Cities, playing the first 36 holes without a bogey.
  The 33-year-old Canadian from Richmond Hill, Ont., won the CJ Cup Byron Nelson in May in Texas for his first
  
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• Canada advances at CONCACAF U-20 with 2-1 win over El Salvador

  27-07-2024 03:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  IRAPUATO — A goal by forward Mataeo Bunbury in stoppage time pushed Canada to its second win on Friday in the group stage of the 2024 CONCACAF men’s under-20 soccer championship in Mexico.
  Bunbury’s goal in the 93rd minute after checking into the match in the 74th minute lifted the Canadian side over El Salvador 2-1, pushing Canada’s record at the international tournament to 2-0-1.
  Another forward, Santiago Lopez, scored Canada’s first goal in the 21st minute of the
  
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• Whitecaps aware of attention ahead of tilt with Wrexham, popularized by Ryan Reynolds

  27-07-2024 01:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Vanni Sartini has only seen a handful of episodes of “Welcome to Wrexham.”
  But the head coach of Vancouver Whitecaps FC said that was enough for him to understand the value of the platform that is being offered when his squad squares off against the Welsh side from the FX docu-series in an international friendly on Saturday at BC Place.
  “A lot of the fans that (will be) here are Whitecaps fans that come regularly,” Sartini said Friday. “But maybe s
  
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• Department of Fisheries untangles gear from humpback whale off B.C.’s coast

  27-07-2024 01:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Fisheries and Oceans Canada says it has successfully untangled fishing gear on a humpback whale off British Columbia’s coast that was first spotted by a ferry passenger.Paul Cottrell, the department’s marine mammal co-ordinator, says a rescue team found the whale off Texada Island after the ferry passenger called it in on Thursday, and managed to free the animal from “recreational prawn gear” that was stuck in its mouth.Cottrell says the whale named Smok
  
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• CONCACAF confirms 2022 complaint against Canada for alleged drone spying

  27-07-2024 01:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A complaint was filed against Canada at the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship, alleging the Canadian women’s team had used a drone to watch a rival country’s training session.
  CONCACAF confirmed the complaint was made against Canada by a rival federation, but said nothing came of it.
  The federation in question, believed to be Panama, made the allegation after seeing a drone at training that did not belong to them.
  “They suspected it was Canada,” said a CONCACAF spokesman.Canad
  
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• FBI says Trump was indeed struck by bullet during assassination attempt

  27-07-2024 01:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI said former President Donald Trump was struck in the ear by a bullet during an assassination attempt on July 13, as the agency moved Friday to clarify what happened after nearly two weeks of confusion and conflicting accounts.
  In a statement issued Friday evening, the FBI said “what struck former President Trump in the ear was a bullet, whether whole or fragmented into smaller pieces, fired from the deceased subject’s rifle.”
  The statement came t
  
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• Former Senators assistant Bob Jones dies after battle with ALS

  27-07-2024 00:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Former Ottawa Senators assistant coach Bob Jones has died, the team announced Friday.
  He was 54.
  The team didn’t provide a cause of death, but the Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., product revealed in January 2023 he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis — commonly known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease.
  Jones was hired by the Senators in July 2019 as a member of former head coach D.J. Smith’s staff.
  He joined the club following a long career at other l
  
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• Argonauts returner Janarion Grant chasing CFL record against former team

  27-07-2024 00:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Janarion Grant is already providing the Toronto Argonauts huge returns just six games into his tenure.
  The speedster has recorded special-teams TDs in three straight games — two on punt returns and one from a kickoff. Another trip to the end zone Saturday against his former team, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, would put Grant into the CFL record book.
  That’s heady stuff considering the five-foot-10, 173-pound Grant was unemployed until Toronto (3-3) came calling May 28. B
  
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• Aussie Hannah Green hopes Canadian caddie boosts chances at CPKC Open

  27-07-2024 00:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Australian Hannah Green has high hopes that a Canadian connection can help her win one of her favourite golf tournaments.
  Sitting at 5-under par through two rounds of play at the 2024 CPKC Women’s Open, Green commended her Canadian caddie Nate Blasko, of Kingston, Ont., for helping her take on the challenging conditions at Earl Grey Golf Club.
  “He’s from the other side of the country, but (it would) be pretty cool for us to both win here,” said Green, who
  
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• Utah officials deny clemency for man set to be executed for 1998 killing of his girlfriend’s mother

  27-07-2024 00:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah officials denied clemency Friday to a man who is set to be executed for the stabbing death of his girlfriend’s mother in 1998.
  The decision regarding the fate of Taberon Dave Honie, who is scheduled to die by lethal injection Aug. 8, was announced in a one-paragraph notice from Scott Stephenson, chair of the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole..
  “After carefully reviewing all submitted information and considering all arguments from the parties, the Board
  
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• Blue Jays trade reliever Yimi Garcia to Mariners for two prospects

  27-07-2024 00:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays traded relief pitcher Yimi Garcia to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for two prospects on Friday.
  The 33-year-old appeared in 29 games for Toronto this season, putting up a 3-0 record to go along with 2.70 earned-run average, 0.80 WHIP and 42 strikeouts.
  Garcia signed with Jays as a free agent after the 2021 season, making a combined 163 appearances in three seasons.
  He has also played for the Dodgers, Marlins and Astros during a career spanning more than 4
  
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• After grind of MLS regular season, Toronto FC looks forward to Leagues Cup challenge

  27-07-2024 00:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Like the rest of Major League Soccer, Toronto FC is taking a break from regular-season play to focus on the Leagues Cup.
  After the grind of a busy summer schedule, the annual cup tournament for MLS and Liga MX sides offers a new challenge. Toronto, which currently sits eighth in the Eastern Conference at 9-14-3 and occupying one of the final two wild-card playoff berths, will resume its post-season push when league play resumes Aug. 24.
  Toronto opens Leagues Cup play Saturday at
  
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• Bell Canada president admits ‘congestion’ issues slowed down Yukon cell network

  26-07-2024 23:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Bell Canada president Mirko Bibic says the company takes complaints from Yukon residents about poor cellphone service in the territory “extremely seriously.”
  Bibic responded to a letter sent by Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai this week to the company, expressing frustrations about poor cellphone service in the territory where the company is the dominant player.He says in a letter of response that Bell investigated once it was told about the problems customers were having, and found that th
  
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• Celine Dion stages comeback with performance at Paris Olympics opening ceremony

  26-07-2024 23:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Celine Dion staged the comeback of her career during the opening ceremony at the Olympic Games in Paris.
  The Quebecois vocal powerhouse performed publicly for the first time since revealing she was diagnosed with stiff person syndrome, singing “L’Hymne à l’amour” originally performed by Édith Piaf.
  Dion was the grand finale of a show that ran for more than three hours and featured performances by Lady Gaga and Aya Nakamura. About 6,800 athletes paraded down
  
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• Turpel-Lafonde won’t sue CBC over Cree heritage report that took ‘heavy toll’: lawyer

  26-07-2024 23:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The lawyer for a former judge whose claims to be Cree were questioned in a CBC investigation says his client is not considering legal action against the broadcaster after the Law Society of British Columbia this week backed her claims of Indigenous heritage.
  Instead, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond wants to “get on with her life,” lawyer David Wotherspoon said Friday, a day after the release of an agreed statement of facts between his client and the society that said an independent genetici
  
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• Damages to college athletes to range from a few dollars to more than a million under settlement

  26-07-2024 23:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Thousands of former college athletes will be eligible for payments ranging from a few dollars to more than a million under the $2.78 billion antitrust settlement agreed to by the NCAA and five power conferences, a deal that also paves the way for schools to directly compensate athletes while attempting regulate payments from boosters.
  Details of the sprawling plan were filed Friday in federal court in the Northern District of California, a little more than two months after the framework of an ag
  
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• Blue Jays recall RHP Rodriguez from Buffalo prior to series with Rangers

  26-07-2024 22:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays recalled pitcher Yerry Rodriguez from Triple-A Buffalo and activated him ahead of Friday’s game against the Texas Rangers.
  In a corresponding move, Toronto optioned pitcher Ryan Burr to Buffalo.
  Rodriguez, a 26-year-old righthanded pitcher from the Dominican Republic, was traded to the Blue Jays from the Rangers in June in exchange for minor-league pitcher Josh Mollerus.
  Rodriguez has appeared in 12 MLB games this season, all with Texas, recording one
  
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• B.C. port employers say foremen’s union plans industry-wide strike vote

  26-07-2024 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The BC Maritime Employers Association says it has been told by a lawyer for the foremen’s union that an industry-wide strike vote will take place in coming weeks.
  The employers’ group says the lawyer for ILWU Local 514 informed them of the vote this week after a case management meeting with the Canada Industrial Relations Board.
  No one could immediately be reached for comment from the ship and dock foreman’s union, whose 730 members work at British Columbia&rs
  
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• Veteran guard Russell Westbrook agrees to 2-year deal with Denver Nuggets, AP source says

  26-07-2024 22:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DENVER (AP) — Russell Westbrook has agreed to a two-year contract with the Denver Nuggets, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Friday.
  The deal provides Denver with a much-needed backup point guard for oft-injured star Jamal Murray and gives the 35-year-old veteran and nine-time All-Star a chance to play with a championship contender that is one year removed from its first NBA title.
  Westbrook, 35, will make the minimum salary of $3,303,711 next season with a m
  
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• Jets sign defenceman Simon Lundmark to a one-year, two-way contract extension

  26-07-2024 22:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets have defenceman Simon Lundmark on a one-year, two-way contract extension, the NHL club announced Friday.
  The contract has an average annual value of US$775,000 at the NHL level.
  The 23-year-old from Stockholm had 17 points (five goals, 12 assists) in 67 games for the American Hockey League’s Manitoba Moose last season.
  Winnipeg selected Lundmark in the second round, 51st overall, at the 2019 NHL draft.
  He has 48 points (12 goals, 36 assists) and 54 penalt
  
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