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• Putin says Russia wants buffer zone in Ukraine’s Kharkiv but has no plans to capture the city

  17-05-2024 12:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region aims to create a buffer zone but has no plans to capture the city.
  Speaking to reporters Friday on a visit to Harbin, China, Putin said that Moscow launched attacks in the Kharkiv region in response to the Ukrainian shelling of Russia’s Belgorod region.
  “I have said publicly that if it continues we will be forced to create a security zone, a sanitary
  
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• Simpson eyes redemption as Knights set to take on host Spirit in Memorial Cup final

  01-06-2024 18:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAGINAW — Last season’s failure fuels Michael Simpson as a shot at redemption approaches.
  The London Knights goaltender was previously with the Peterborough Petes, who fell 4-1 to the Seattle Thunderbirds in last year’s Memorial Cup semifinal. Simpson earned playoff MVP honours after the Petes defeated the Knights in the Ontario Hockey League championship series.
  Simpson was traded to London in September, where he helped the Knights win the OHL title this year. Now he looks ahe
  
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• Canadian men one loss away from relegation from elite rugby sevens circuit

  01-06-2024 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADRID — Canada’s men’s rugby sevens team faces an uphill battle to avoid relegation from the HSBC SVNS circuit after finishing bottom of its group Saturday.
  After losses to Uruguay and Germany on Friday, the Canadian men were beaten 14-7 by the U.S. on Saturday to finish fourth in Qualifier Pool A. That means they will play the Pool B winner Sunday with relegation from the 12-country elite rugby sevens series on the line.
  Unbeaten Spain topped Pool B going into its preliminary
  
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• Risk of localized flooding Sunday through Fraser Valley

  01-06-2024 17:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Environment Canada has issued a Special Weather Statement warning of heavy rain for parts of the B.C. Lower Mainland including the Fraser Valley.While rain is in the forecast all weekend, the warning speaks specifically to Sunday. It says residents can expect up to 60 mm of rain.
  Forecasters say a Pacific frontal system will arrive on the South Coast Sunday morning before spreading east to Abbotsford, Chilliwack and Hope.
  The rain will begin Sunday morning and continue through
  
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• River ferry sinks in Afghanistan, killing at least 20

  01-06-2024 15:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — At least 20 people were killed when a boat sank while crossing a river in eastern Afghanistan Saturday morning, a Taliban official said.
  Quraishi Badlon, provincial director of the information and culture department in Nangarhar province, said that the boat sank while crossing a river in Mohmand Dara district, killing 20 people including women and children.
  Badlon said that the boat was carrying 25 people, according to village residents, of whom five survived.
  So far five
  
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• New safety measures targets B.C. commercial vehicles

  01-06-2024 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Starting today, new regulations under B.C.’s Motor Vehicle Act require commercial vehicles with dump boxes that can rise above 4.15 metres to have in-cab warning devices installed. The new mandate is meant to improve road safety for all drivers by preventing infrastructure crashes caused by raised dump boxes.
  The regulation applies to all commercial vehicles operating in B.C., including those from out of province. Drivers of non-compliant vehicles will face a $598 fine,
  
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• The ANC party that freed South Africa from apartheid loses its 30-year majority

  01-06-2024 13:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The African National Congress party lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result Saturday that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule 30 years ago.
  With nearly 99% of votes counted, the once-dominant ANC had received just over 40% in the election on Wednesday, well short of the majority it had held since the famed all-race vote of 1994 that ended apartheid and brought it
  
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• Is carbon pricing a politically feasible climate policy? Research says maybe not

  01-06-2024 12:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — It was supposed to do the heavy lifting for Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions targets.
  And it was supposed to remain a major part of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s legacy, both at home and abroad — part of an urgent global push to fight climate change.
  But instead of fulfilling those Liberal hopes, carbon pricing has become a significant political liability.
  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s crusade against the consumer carbon price and his promise to
  
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• Audio documentary delves into dark Cold War chapter of Canada’s LGBT purge

  01-06-2024 12:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Several senior officials convened quietly in the Privy Council committee room on a Wednesday afternoon in August 1961 to discuss a troublesome issue.
  The group was considering a planned research program that might identify people whose “instability” would preclude them, on security grounds, from being posted to sensitive government positions.
  On this occasion, the RCMP commissioner and various high-level public servants were joined by Carleton University psychology pro
  
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• Vancouver synagogue holding service after arson attack

  01-06-2024 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A Vancouver synagogue is set to hold its first service after an arson attack charred the building’s front door and left the Jewish community shaken.
  Rabbi Andrew Rosenblatt says he anticipates the Schara Tzedeck synagogue on Oak Street will be “fuller than usual” today for Sabbath and he’s encouraging members of the congregation to turn out.
  Rosenblatt says the arson attack in which someone used an accelerant to set a fire at the synagogue’s front
  
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• B.C. Lions close out pre-season with dominant 26-9 victory over Edmonton Elks

  01-06-2024 07:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Vernon Adams Jr. threw for 116 yards and a touchdown and his B.C. Lions closed their pre-season with a decisive 26-9 win over the Edmonton Elks on Friday.
  Adams — B.C.’s starting quarterback — connected on 7 of 9 attempts before being swapped out for Jake Dolegala, who put up 118 passing yards with one TD and two interceptions. Chase Brice took over for the Lions late in the third quarter and finished with 81 passing yards.
  Jarret Doege made good on 8 of 10 pa
  
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• Chilliwack firefighters contain travel trailer blaze

  01-06-2024 06:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — There were no injuries as a result of a fire that destroyed a travel trailer in Chilliwack Friday (May 31).In a news release the Chilliwack Fire Department said atapproximately 1 p.m., it responded to reports of a possible structure fire on the 50000 block of Yale Road. Eighteen firefighters from Halls 1, 2, and 4 were dispatched to the scene.
  Upon arrival, firefighters discovered a fully involved travel trailer engulfed in flames and threatening nearby structures. The quick w
  
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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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