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• Toronto FC and Philadelphia Union play to a scoreless draw at Subaru Park

  30-05-2024 03:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHESTER — Toronto FC surpassed its entire points total for last season when it picked up a point Wednesday in a scoreless draw with the Philadelphia Union in MLS play.
  Toronto (7-7-2) has 23 points with 54 still on the table during the regular season. TFC finished with 22 points last year when it finished bottom of the league at 4-20-10.
  Toronto was without Italian star Lorenzo Insigne, who was back in Italy for the birth of Mattia, his third son. But fellow Italian Federico Bernardeschi r
  
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• Sinner never gives U.S. Open opponent hope of an upset like those against Djokovic, Alcaraz

  01-09-2024 06:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jannik Sinner never gave his third-round opponent at the U.S. Open on Saturday, Chris O’Connell, even a moment to contemplate pulling off the sort of monumental upset that eliminated Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz.
  “It shows that this sport is unpredictable. Whenever you drop a little bit of your level — if it’s mental, if it’s tennis-wise or physical — at the end, it has a huge affect the result,” Sinner said. “Both oppone
  
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• Vite scores first goal of season as Whitecaps edge Austin 1-0

  01-09-2024 05:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Pedro Vite scored his first goal of the season and Vancouver didn’t concede a shot on goal Saturday night as the Whitecaps beat Austin FC 1-0.
  Vite played a one-touch pass to Ryan Gauld, who returned the favour to a darting Vite for a first-timer from the top of the penalty arc that gave Vancouver a 1-0 lead in the 70th minute.Brad Stuver had four saves for Austin (9-10-7).Vancouver (12-8-5) had a five-game unbeaten streak — including four wins — snap
  
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• Family confirms death of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin

  01-09-2024 05:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The family of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin says he has been killed in the Gaza Strip.
  The family issued a statement early Sunday, hours after the Israeli army said it had located bodies in Gaza.
  “With broken hearts, the Goldberg-Polin family is devastated to announce the death of their beloved son and brother, Hersh,” it said. “The family thanks you all for your love and support and asks for privacy at this time.”
  There was no immed
  
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• 49ers WR Ricky Pearsall shot in attempted robbery in San Francisco, condition ‘serious but stable’

  01-09-2024 04:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall was shot in the chest Saturday during an attempted robbery in central San Francisco, officials said, and he was reported to be in serious but stable condition.Mayor London Breed said in a post on the social platform X that Pearsall was shot in Union Square, which is a downtown shopping and theater district home to a popular public square of the same name.“My thoughts are with Ricky and his family at this time,” Breed said.
  
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• 49ers Pearsall shot during attempted robbery in San Fran, condition ‘serious but stable’

  01-09-2024 04:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall was shot in the chest Saturday during an attempted robbery in central San Francisco, officials said, and he was reported to be in serious but stable condition.Mayor London Breed said in a post on the social platform X that Pearsall was shot in Union Square, which is a downtown shopping and theatre district home to a popular public square of the same name.“My thoughts are with Ricky and his family at this time,” Breed said.
  
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• Varsho, Horwitz homer in 7-run first inning as Blue Jays rout Twins 15-0

  01-09-2024 04:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Toronto hit three two-run homers, including two in a seven-run first inning, and José Berríos tossed six shutout innings as the Blue Jays routed the Minnesota Twins 15-0 on Saturday night.
  Daulton Varsho and Spencer Horwitz each hit two-run home runs in the first inning off Twins starter Zebby Matthews (1-2), giving the Blue Jays a 4-0 lead just four batters into the game. Toronto scored three more runs in the inning off Matthews to take a 7-0 lead before M
  
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• B.C. Lions blitz Ottawa Redblacks 38-12, snap five-game skid in Touchdown Pacific

  01-09-2024 04:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The B.C. Lions snapped their losing skid in impressive fashion Saturday, blitzing the Ottawa Redblacks 38-12 at the CFL’s first-ever game in Victoria, B.C.
  B.C. (6-6) quarterback Nathan Rourke connected on 21-of-30 passing attempts for 325 yards, three touchdowns and an interception. He also put up the first points of the game, rushing in for another major.Dru Brown was 21-for-33 on the night, putting up 206 passing yards and a touchdown for the Redblacks (7-3-1). He was s
  
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• Badji and Pirani’s late goals help lowly D.C. United cool off Toronto FC 3-1

  01-09-2024 03:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Attacker Dominique Badji scored in the dying minutes of the match as lowly D.C. United cooled off Toronto FC with a 3-1 victory on Saturday.
  Midfielder Martin Rodriguez, himself a sub, had scored earlier in the second half for D.C. United (7-12-9). Gabriel Pirani added another goal in injury time to put the Major League Soccer match out of reach.
  Rodriguez replaced defender Christopher McVey after halftime as the visitors changed their tactics to be more aggressive.
  Substitute mi
  
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• BC NDP Minister steps back from provincial politics

  01-09-2024 02:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s Minister of State for Child Care Mitzi Dean says she won’t be running in the provincial election in October.Dean says she’s bowing out of the election to focus on her health and her family.She says “personal challenges” over the last year have affected her health, and says dropping out of the running was “one of the most difficult decisions” of her life.
  Dean says she’s grateful to her fellow caucus members and c
  
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• Scheffler closes in on $25 million FedEx Cup prize with late burst of birdies

  01-09-2024 02:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Scottie Scheffler birdied four of his last five holes Saturday at East Lake for a 5-under 66 that kept Collin Morikawa at bay and moved the No. 1 player in golf one round away from capping his season with a $25 million FedEx Cup prize.
  Scheffler extended his lead to five shots over Morikawa going into the final round of the Tour Championship, and no one else was closer than nine shots.
  Sahith Theegala might have been two shots closer except for calling a two-shot penalty on
  
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• Travis Kelce’s racehorse Swift Delivery finishes second in Toronto

  01-09-2024 01:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO (AP) — A racehorse named Swift Delivery that three-time Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce bought into has finished second in its latest start.
  Sent off as the even-money favourite, Swift Delivery was beaten in the $125,000 Toronto Cup Stakes at Woodbine on Saturday. He paid $2.50 and $2.10 as his two-race winning streak ended.
  Swift Delivery was last in the field of six in the early going of the one-mile race on the E.P. Taylor turf course. Under Patrick
  
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• Jin Young Ko takes 2-shot lead in Boston after Ryu struggles

  01-09-2024 01:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NORTON, Mass. (AP) — Jin Young Ko took advantage of an early collapse by Haeran Ryu and turned her own bad break into a birdie Saturday for a 5-under 67 that took her from a six-shot deficit to a two-shot lead over Lauren Coughlin in the FM Championship.
  Ryu was coming off a career-best 62 on the TPC Boston that staked the 23-year-old from South Korea to a six-shot lead going into the weekend of the $3.8 million event.
  It was gone in a matter of six holes.Ryu took double bogey on the first
  
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• Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo loses to American Tommy Paul in U.S. Open third round

  01-09-2024 00:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Gabriel Diallo’s run at the U.S. Open is over.
  The 22-year-old from Montreal lost 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-1, 7-6 (3) to No. 14 seed Tommy Paul of the United States in the third round of the Grand Slam tennis tournament.
  Diallo, ranked 143rd in the world entering the tournament, qualified for only his second main draw at a major.
  He upset No. 24 seed Arthur Fils of France in the second round and world No. 84 Jaume Munar of Spain in the main-draw opener.
  In women’s doubles, de
  
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• Canada upgrades to silver, still seeks gold after Day 3 of Paralympics

  01-09-2024 00:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Canada upgraded its medal colour at the Paralympics on Saturday, but is still searching for its first gold in Paris after Day 3.
  Nicholas Bennett of Parksville, B.C., swam to silver in the men’s S14 200-metre freestyle before Tess Routliffe of Caledon, Ont., placed second in the women’s SM7 200-metre individual medley.
  The double silver brings Canada’s medal haul to six after the country totalled four bronze medals through two days of full competition.
  Routliffe w
  
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• Man reported missing on Vancouver Island found dead down steep embankment, police say

  31-08-2024 23:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PORT ALBERNI, B.C. — Police on Vancouver Island say a man reported missing Friday was found dead down a steep embankment in Port Alberni.Port Alberni Mounties say an adult male was reported missing Friday after not coming back to his family’s home after going out that night.They say he was spotted around 1 a.m. on Aug. 30 leaving a friend’s home and found dead that afternoon.Police say fire and rescue crews went to the embankment and had to use a helicopter to retrieve his body
  
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• Reeling Roughiders host surging Blue Bombers in Labour Day Classic

  31-08-2024 22:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers are two teams travelling on different paths heading into their first-place showdown in the CFL West Division on Sunday.
  Saskatchewan, which held first place with a 5-5-1 record on Saturday, jumped out of the gate this season with a 4-0 run. However, things have changed in recent weeks with the Riders struggling to one tie and four losses in their last five games.
  On the other hand, the Bombers opened the season with four strai
  
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• Two new senate appointments for Alberta include critic of school pronoun policy

  31-08-2024 21:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A corporate lawyer and a professor who has been a vocal critic of Alberta’s planned legislation on pronouns in schools are both now senators representing the province.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Saturday that Gov.-Gen. Mary Simon has named Daryl Fridhandler and Kristopher Wells to fill vacancies in the Senate.
  The statement from Trudeau’s office notes Fridhandler is a corporate lawyer, arbitrator, mediator and businessman with over 40 years of legal experience.It says We
  
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• Inmate who escaped from federal facility in Laval, Que., now back in custody

  31-08-2024 21:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — An inmate convicted of murder who escaped from a federal facility in Laval, Que., on Friday evening is now back in custody after he returned to facility of his own accord.
  Correctional Service Canada had issued a release Saturday morning saying staff at the Laval Federal Training Centre’s minimum-security unit realized Tamusi Angiyou was unaccounted for during the 10:45 p.m. count.But the facility’s acting warden, Sandro Bartucci, told the Canadian Press that the 51-
  
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• Police arrest one man days after alleged homicide in Laurentians region

  31-08-2024 20:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Police have arrested a 47-year-old man related to an alleged homicide in Quebec’s Laurentians region.Provincial police began investigating the case on Wednesday after receiving reports of suspected gunshots in Saint-Lin-Laurentides around 3:30 p.m.
  The victim, a 51-year-old man, died of gunshot wounds in hospital later that day.Police arrested the suspect in Saint-Lin-Laurentides, a community about 70 kilometres north of Montreal, on Friday evening.
  Quebec provincial polic
  
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• Carolina Hurricanes reach 8-year, $63.2 million deal with rising forward Seth Jarvis

  31-08-2024 19:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Carolina Hurricanes have signed forward Seth Jarvis to an eight-year, $63.2 million contract in a move that keeps a top young forward with the team for the long term.
  The team announced the deal Saturday, saying that it includes more than $29.2 million in signing bonuses for the No. 13 overall pick in the 2020 draft.
  “Seth is a cornerstone player for our franchise,” general manager Eric Tulsky said in a statement. “He took another huge step last season, playing in all situa
  
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• Mississippi bus crash kills 7 people and injures 37

  31-08-2024 19:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOVINA, Miss. (AP) — Seven people were killed and dozens were injured in Mississippi after a commercial bus overturned on Interstate 20 on Saturday morning, according to the Mississippi Highway Patrol.
  Six passengers were pronounced dead at the scene and another died at a hospital, according to a news release. The bus was traveling west when it left the highway near Bovina in Warren County and flipped over. No other vehicle was involved.Thirty-seven passengers were taken to hospitals in Vi
  
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• Canadian swimmer Nicholas Bennett earns Paralympic silver medal in Paris

  31-08-2024 18:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Canadian swimmer Nicholas Bennett has won a silver medal at the Paralympic Games in Paris.
  The 21-year-old from Parksville, B.C., was second in men’s 200-metre freestyle to claim the first Paralympic medal of his career.
  Britain’s William Ellard set a world record of one minute 51.30 seconds to take gold at La Defense Arena.
  Bennett finished in 1:53.61 ahead of bronze medallist Jack Ireland of Australia.
  Bennett, who is autistic, races the S14 classification for athlete
  
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• Sudden death of ‘Johnny Hockey’ means more hard times for beleaguered Columbus Blue Jackets

  31-08-2024 17:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Columbus Blue Jackets officials could hardly believe their luck when they persuaded superstar Johnny Gaudreau to pass up larger markets and sign here two years ago.
  Ecstatic fans looked to “Johnny Hockey” to score goals and jump-start the fortunes of a struggling team that had reached the playoffs just six times in the previous 21 seasons and advanced beyond the opening round only twice.
  A few other big stars had spent time with the Blue Jackets, but for one reason or another they di
  
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• Polio vaccine campaign begins in Gaza a day before an expected pause in fighting

  31-08-2024 16:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — A campaign to inoculate children in Gaza against polio and prevent the spread of the virus began on Saturday, Gaza’s Health Ministry said, as Palestinians in both the Hamas-governed enclave and the occupied West Bank reeled from Israel’s ongoing military offensives.
  Children in Gaza began receiving vaccines, the health ministry told a news conference, a day before the large-scale vaccine rollout and planned pause in fighting agreed to by Israel and the U.N. Wor
  
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• Distillery and Beer Festival returns to Chilliwack in September

  31-08-2024 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Mark down September 21 on your calendar to attend the annual Fraser Valley Distillery and Beer Festival. The night at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre will showcase B.C. spirits and craft beers while offering samples of delicious foods from local restaurants.
  Catering will be provided by Lakeside Beach Club, featuring its popular “Two-Buck-a-Shuck” Oyster Bar, which is returning by popular demand.
  Festival-goers will also have the chance to meet some of the makers be
  
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• Heavy road traffic expected through Fraser Valley and on ferries for holiday weekend

  31-08-2024 14:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The last long weekend of the summer is set to bring heavy traffic across British Columbia as residents take advantage of the final days of the season. B.C. Ferries is preparing for a significant surge, expecting to carry 530,000 passengers and over 204,000 vehicles over the Labor Day weekend.
  The Ministry of Transportation is advising drivers to stay alert and prioritize safety on the roads. With traffic expected to be particularly dense on popular routes, the Ministry suggest
  
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• Guerrilla gardeners unafraid to break law to fight climate, affordability crises

  31-08-2024 14:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Brenda Dyck went rogue for the first time about 40 years ago.She remembers how she grabbed her gardening tools, marched into a grassy field beyond her rental home, dug a small hole in the ground and planted her first apple tree.
  “It was like a dopamine hit for me,” says the 61-year-old from her home in British Columbia’s remote Cariboo Mountains.
  “I’ve always been a hard-core gardener. I eat, sleep and breathe gardening.”
  She says she now regularly treks to a
  
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• No start date for Supreme Court renovation amid lengthy relocation delay

  31-08-2024 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Preparation of a temporary new home for the Supreme Court of Canada is three years behind schedule due to a series of unforeseen challenges.
  At the same time, officials say there are no firm dates for beginning — or wrapping up — badly needed renovations to the top court’s stately permanent building on Ottawa’s Wellington Street.
  A thorough revamp of the Supreme Court building had originally been set to take place between 2023 and 2028.
  While the work took
  
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• Frances Tiafoe tops Ben Shelton in an all-American US Open rematch and now will face Popyrin

  31-08-2024 06:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Frances Tiafoe loves the spotlight. Loves interacting with a crowd. Loves the electricity of being an American at the U.S. Open, at Arthur Ashe Stadium, in particular. What he loves most of all, of course, is coming out on the right side of a match in that environment, at that arena.Add in the heightened tension of a fifth set against a friend and countryman he lost to in the quarterfinals at Flushing Meadows a year ago, Ben Shelton, and Tiafoe’s attention-grabbing vi
  
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