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• Toronto’s Penny Oleksiak wins women’s 50m freestyle at Olympic swim trials

  20-05-2024 00:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Penny Oleksiak captured the women’s 50-metre freestyle event at the Olympic & Paralympic Trials on Sunday.
  Oleksiak posted a time of 25.06 seconds, going over the Olympic qualifying standard of 24.70 seconds. It was, however, a personal best for the Toronto native.
  Taylor Ruck of Kelowna, B.C., was second, touching the wall in 25.08 seconds.
  Oleksiak failed to get under the qualifying and Olympic consideration times in the women’s 200 freestyle Tuesday in finishin
  
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• Canada beats South Korea 3-0 in Volleyball Nations League action

  02-06-2024 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ARLINGTON — Attackers Kiera Van Ryk of Surrey, B.C., and Alexa Gray of Calgary each had 13 points as Canada beat South Korea 3-0 Sunday in women’s Volleyball Nations League action.
  The Canadians won each set comfortably by scores of 25-15, 25-12 and 25-18.
  Middle blocker Emily Maglio of Coquitlam, B.C., had nine points and setter Brie O’Reilly of Langley, B.C., had five aces and seven total points.
  Canada dominated in attack points (44-21), blocks (8-5) and aces (9-4).
  The Cana
  
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• Storm expected to bring dangerous conditions to some Lower Mainland rivers

  02-06-2024 21:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER – A moisture-laden weather system is forecast to bring heavy rainfall and unusually high flows to the Capilano and Seymour rivers starting Sunday morning and lasting until early Monday. Metro Vancouver officials are urging the public to exercise extreme caution near the rivers.
  Environment Canada has issued a rainfall warning for the Metro Vancouver area and the Fraser Valley, including the North Shore, predicting up to 60 millimetres of rain. The most intense showers are expecte
  
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• The Panthers are back in the Stanley Cup Final after losing in the title round last year

  02-06-2024 20:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The 2023 Stanley Cup Final had just ended, the Vegas Golden Knights were celebrating their championship and a heartbroken bunch of Florida Panthers were taking off their skates for the final time that season.
  In that moment, standing in the locker room, Aaron Ekblad made a vow.
  “We’ll find a way to come back next year,” the veteran defenseman said.
  Look, it’s not exactly uncommon for some semblance of that to be said by the team that gets a cham
  
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• Environment Canada issues rainfall warning for Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley

  02-06-2024 20:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Environment Canada has issued a rainfall warning for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, with up to 60 millimetres expected by Monday morning.
  It says the warning comes as a moisture laden Pacific frontal system moves into the south coast of British Columbia, bringing heavy rain.The weather agency says this will intensify by Sunday afternoon before easing into showers early Monday.The warning says localized flooding is possible in low-lying areas.
  Environment Canada is also
  
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• Environment Canada issues rainfall warning for Metro Vancouver, Chilliwack and Abbotsford

  02-06-2024 20:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Environment Canada has issued a rainfall warning for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, with up to 60 millimetres expected by Monday morning.
  It says the warning comes as a moisture laden Pacific frontal system moves into the south coast of British Columbia, bringing heavy rain.
  The weather agency says this will intensify by Sunday afternoon before easing into showers early Monday.
  The warning says localized flooding is possible in low-lying areas.
  Environment Canada is als
  
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• Canadian boxer Mckenzie Wright just misses out on Olympic qualification in Bangkok

  02-06-2024 20:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BANGKOK — Canadian boxer Mckenzie Wright fell just short of making the Olympics on Sunday, beaten 5-0 by Mexico’s Fatima in the quarterfinals of the women’s 50-kilogram division at a last-ditch qualifier.
  A win and the 34-year-old from Oakville, Ont., would have joined Canadians Tammara Thibeault (75 kilograms) and welterweight Wyatt Sanford (63.5 kilograms) in Paris next month.
  They booked their ticket by virtue of gold-medal performances at last year’s Pan American Game
  
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• Oilers expect Stars to push back in Game 6 of Western Conference final

  02-06-2024 19:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — In Friday’s Western Conference final Game 5 win in Dallas, the Edmonton Oilers played probably their most complete game of the entire season.They held the Stars to just 10 shots through the first two periods and won 3-1. It never looked like the game was in jeopardy.
  With the chance to close to set a date with the Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup final, Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch believes his team will have to step up their efforts even more. What was good enough Frida
  
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• Canada rugby 7s women finish fourth in Madrid while men are relegated from HSBC SVNS

  02-06-2024 19:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADRID — A dismal season ended in relegation for Canada’s rugby sevens men on Sunday, beaten 22-14 by Spain in a win-or-bust match that dropped the loser out of the elite HSNC SVNS circuit.
  It was a 29th straight defeat for the Canadian men, including four in a row in Madrid. The Canada men, who finished eighth at the Tokyo Olympics, have been a core team on the top sevens circuit since 2012-13 and lifted the trophy in Singapore in 2017.
  Canada, which finished the season with a 3-36-
  
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• Canadian, Chinese defence ministers meet in Singapore as tensions rise over Taiwan

  02-06-2024 19:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Canadian and Chinese defence ministers met in Singapore this week, marking the first in-person meeting between those officials in years.
  Bill Blair sat down with Admiral Dong Jun on Friday while attending the Shangri-La Dialogue, an international security conference.
  In a statement issued after the meeting, Blair said he expressed concern about Beijing’s foreign interference in Canada and about its recent military exercises in Taiwan.China staged a simulated blockade of
  
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• Alcaraz defeats Canada’s Auger-Aliassime in fourth round at French Open

  02-06-2024 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime saw his run at the French Open come to an end Sunday with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 loss to No. 3 seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain.
  Alcaraz had little trouble from Auger-Aliassime, breaking the Canadian six times on 16 chances and hitting 34 winners, 20 more than Auger-Aliassime, to wrap up the match in two hours 20 minutes.
  Auger-Aliassime didn’t help his cause with 39 unforced errors, 15 more than Alcaraz.
  The 23-year-old Canadian appeared to strugg
  
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• Canada proves to be the cricket nail to a U.S. hammer in ICC T20 World Cup opener

  02-06-2024 17:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup started with a bang in Texas, with the Canadian men playing their part.
  But Canada eventually proved to be the nail to the U.S. hammer.
  After the Americans won the toss and elected to field at Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium, Navneet Dhaliwal scored 61 runs and Nicholas Kirton added 51 to lead 23rd-ranked Canada to 194 for five in its 20 overs Saturday night — the highest score by an associate team at the Men’s T20 World Cup.
  That set an imposing targe
  
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• WNBA upgrades Chennedy Carter’s foul on Caitlin Clark to a flagrant-1

  02-06-2024 17:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA on Sunday upgraded Chicago Sky guard Chennedy Carter’s foul against Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark to a flagrant-1 violation after reviewing the play.
  Carter gave a shoulder shot to Clark before an inbound pass during the third quarter of Saturday’s 71-70 win by the Fever. The officials called it an away-from-the-ball foul and didn’t review the play. It was deemed a common foul at the time.
  “I wasn’t expecting it,” Clark said
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of June 2, 2024

  02-06-2024 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers.
  Name: Steven PetersAge: 46
  Height: 6’0” ft Weight: 201lbs
  Hair: Black Eyes: Brown
  Wanted: Possess Stolen Property Under $5000
  Warrant in effect: May 28, 2024Parole Jurisdiction: Chilliwack
  Name: Dominic EthierAge: 46
  Height: 6’0” ft Weight: 183lbs
  Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue
  Wanted: Obstructing a Police Officer, Assaulting a Police Officer, Fail to Appear
  
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• Mexico votes in an election likely to choose the country’s first female president

  02-06-2024 16:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexicans will likely choose the first female president in the country’s history Sunday between a former academic who promises to further the current leader’s populist policies and an ex-senator and tech entrepreneur who pledges to up the fight against deadly drug cartels.
  Nearly 100 million people are registered to vote in the race to replace outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Voters will also elect governors in nine of the country&
  
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• Chilliwack Pride Festival prepares for July date

  02-06-2024 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack Pride Festival is set to take over Central Village in downtown Chilliwack.With the theme “Every Heart Matters,” this year’s festival promises a colourful day filled with over 150 local vendors, service providers, activities, food trucks, and live entertainment on July 21 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  Presented by The Book Man in partnership with Willow Reichelt, the festival promises to focus on the importance of belonging and inclusivity. The theme,
  
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• ‘Rotten rock’: Climate change altering the face of Canadian mountaineering

  02-06-2024 14:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Abbot Pass hut stood for decades in a rugged saddle between two iconic peaks, overlooking the limpid turquoise of Banff National Park’s Lake Louise — a destination for alpinists from around the world until the ground melted beneath it and forced its closure.University of Calgary researchers have now used a century’s worth of entries from the hut’s log to illuminate how climate change is erasing historic climbs, making others more dangerous and altering the face of Can
  
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• A mass parachute jump over Normandy kicks commemorations for the 80th anniversary of D-Day

  02-06-2024 13:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France (AP) — Parachutists jumping from World War II-era planes hurled themselves Sunday into now peaceful Normandy skies where war once raged, heralding a week of ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
  On June 6, 1944, soldiers from across the United States, Britain, Canada and other Allied nations waded ashore through hails of fire on five beaches.
  World leaders including U.S. President Joe Biden, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and British royals
  
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• A CBSA strike could soon snarl border traffic. Here’s what you need to know

  02-06-2024 12:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Just as the summer travel season gets into gear, Canadians and visitors could find themselves waiting in long lines at the border — delays that could also deal a blow to the economy.It all depends on what happens with a potential strike by workers at the Canada Border Services Agency, which could start as soon as Thursday.What’s going on?
  More than 9,000 Public Service Alliance of Canada members who work for the CBSA, including border guards, have secured a strike mand
  
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• Ten years after Moncton shootings, RCMP still struggling with supervisor training

  02-06-2024 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — Almost 10 years after a disturbed man with a rifle killed three Mounties in Moncton, N.B., the RCMP have yet to fully implement a key recommendation from a 2014 review aimed at preventing such deadly encounters.
  On the evening of June 4, 2014, Justin Bourque was armed with a semi-automatic rifle and a shotgun when he left his mobile home on a self-described mission to kill police officers. Driven by paranoia and hatred for government, the 24-year-old labourer fatally shot constab
  
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• Iran’s hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registers for June 28 presidential election

  02-06-2024 08:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered Sunday as a possible candidate for the presidential election, seeking to regain the country’s top political position after a helicopter crash killed the nation’s president.
  The populist former leader’s registration puts pressure on Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In office, Ahmadinejad openly challenged the 85-year-old cleric, and his attempt to run in 2021 was
  
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• Husband pleads guilty in 2021 Langley homicide

  02-06-2024 07:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY — Obnes Regis, the husband of Naomi Onotera, pleaded guilty to charges of manslaughter and indignity to human remains on Friday (May 31) according to a news release from the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT). The plea comes nearly three years after Onotera was reported missing from her Langley home on August 29, 2021.
  Initially led by the Langley RCMP as a missing person investigation, the case was handed over to the IHIT when evidence suggested foul play. IHIT, utilizi
  
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• Zelenskyy urges top defense officials to attend upcoming summit on ending Russia’s war on Ukraine

  02-06-2024 06:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SINGAPORE (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged a group of top defense officials at Asia’s premier security conference on Sunday to attend an upcoming conference on ending the Russian war on Ukraine.
  Zelenskyy told the group of more than 500 delegates from about 40 countries that he was “disappointed” some world leaders had not yet confirmed attendance at the conference in Switzerland in about two weeks.
  He did not specify any country by name, but possible
  
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• Kreilach scores in injury time, Vancouver Whitecaps down Colorado Rapids 2-1

  02-06-2024 06:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Damir Kreilach scored in the first minute of injury time and the Vancouver Whitecaps grabbed a 2-1 victory over the Colorado Rapids on Saturday.The ‘Caps (7-5-4) appeared poised to settle for a draw until Kreilach — who came on as a substitute in the 83rd minute — put a shot through Rapids goalkeeper Zack Steffen for the win.
  Sebastian Berhalter also scored for Vancouver, while Djordje Mihailovic replied for Colorado (6-7-4).Whitecaps ‘keeper Yohei Takao
  
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• Jones, Gous power the U.S. to a seven-wicket win over Canada at ICC T20 World Cup

  02-06-2024 06:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GRAND PRAIRIE — Aaron Jones scored 94 not out and Andries Gous added 65 to power the U.S. to a remarkable seven-wicket win over Canada in the opening match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup on Saturday night.
  It was a disappointing debut for the Canadians, who batted well but were unable to deal with the American No. 3 and 4 batsmen.
  The U.S. won the toss and elected to field at the Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium, some 20 kilometres west of Dallas.
  Canada, ranked 23rd in the world, finis
  
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• Pachuca wins CONCACAF Champions Cup title with 3-0 win over Columbus Crew

  02-06-2024 06:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PACHUCA, Mexico (AP) — Salomón Rondón scored a pair of goals and Pachuca won its sixth CONCACAF Champions Cup title with a 3-0 victory over the Columbus Crew on Saturday night.Emilio Rodriguez added a goal in the victory at Pachuca’s Estadio Hidalgo that earned the club a spot in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, which will be held for the first time in the United States.The win was Pachuca’s 31st straight at home in Champions Cup matches. The Liga MX team has the sec
  
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• Panthers going back to Stanley Cup final, top Rangers 2-1 to win East title

  02-06-2024 05:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 23 shots, Sam Bennett and Vladimir Tarasenko scored, and the Florida Panthers are headed to the Stanley Cup final for the second consecutive year after beating the New York Rangers 2-1 on Saturday night.
  The Panthers — who lost the final to Vegas last year — won the Eastern Conference final in six games.
  Florida will face either Edmonton or Dallas for the Cup, the title series set to start on June 8.
  Artemi Panarin scored with 1:40
  
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• Toronto FC salvages 2-2 draw with DC United after drawing red cards

  02-06-2024 04:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Mateusz Klich scored on a penalty kick in the fifth minute of stoppage time to rally D.C. United to a 2-2 draw on Saturday night after Federico Bernardeschi and Nicksoen Gomis received red cards late to leave Toronto FC two men down.
  Bernardeschi fed a wide-open Derrick Etienne Jr. the ball in the centre of the box and Etienne sent a right-footed shot past D.C. United goalkeeper Alex Bono to give Toronto (7-7-3) a 1-0 lead in the second minute.
  Bernardeschi gave Toronto a
  
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• Piette scores equalizer for Montreal in 2-2 draw with Union

  02-06-2024 04:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Samuel Piette found the net for the first time this season, scoring in the 66th minute to rally CF Montreal to a 2-2 draw with Philadelphia on Saturday night in a Major League Soccer match that saw the Union’s Jack Elliott and Montreal’s Ariel Lassiter hit with red cards.
  Montreal (4-7-5) grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first minute when Sunusi Ibrahim found the net for a third time in his last two matches. Rookie Dominic Iankov notched his second assist on Ibrahi
  
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• Novak Djokovic keeps his French Open title defense going by getting past Lorenzo Musetti in 5 sets

  02-06-2024 03:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic’s French Open title defense — and his hold on the No. 1 ranking — are still alive thanks to a 7-5, 6-7 (6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 comeback victory over 22-year-old Italian Lorenzo Musetti in a third-round match that lasted 4 1/2 hours and did not conclude until Sunday after 3 a.m., the latest finish in tournament history.It is Djokovic’s 369th win at a Grand Slam tournament, tying Roger Federer for the most in tennis history.Djokovic briefly look
  
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