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• Up in smoke: Workers remove dozens of apparent marijuana plants from Wisconsin Capitol tulip garden

  17-05-2024 23:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Someone’s plans to harvest dozens of apparent marijuana plants grown on the Wisconsin state Capitol grounds have gone up in smoke.
  The plants sprouted in a tulip garden outside the Capitol, WMTV-TV reported Thursday.
  Tatyana Warrick, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Administration, told The Associated Press in an email Friday that workers had removed the plants, but that her agency couldn’t determine if they were marijuana or hemp. Both are forms o
  
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• Caitlin Clark and Indiana Fever edge Angel Reese and Chicago Sky for 71-70 win

  02-06-2024 00:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark tossed the ball high into the air as time expired Saturday. Veteran guard Kelsey Mitchell just started clapping.
  Finally, after four consecutive home losses, the Fever were celebrating.
  In the latest matchup between college rivals Clark and Angel Reese, and on a day former South Carolina star Kamilla Cardoso made her regular-season pro debut in front of another sellout crowd at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Clark finished with 11 points, eigh
  
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• Pirates dump Blue Jays 8-1 to end Toronto’s four-game win streak

  01-06-2024 23:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ke’Bryan Hayes and Bryan Reynolds homered to power the Pittsburgh Pirates to an 8-1 victory over Toronto on Saturday afternoon and end the Blue Jays’ four-game winning streak.Hayes hit a two-run shot in Pittsburgh’s three-run first inning and Reynolds added a two-run homer in the ninth.Vladimir Guerrero Jr. scored the lone run for the Blue Jays (27-30) in front of 36,484 spectators on a sunny afternoon at Rogers Centre. Toronto starter Yusei Kikuchi lasted 5 1/3
  
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• Triple-A catcher who was hit by a backswing is out of the hospital, resting and recovering

  01-06-2024 23:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Catcher Payton Henry of the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons was released from the hospital on Saturday, a day after he was struck by a batter’s backswing and carted off the field on a stretcher.
  “I’m doing pretty good and hoping to recover as quick as possible,” Henry posted Saturday on the social platform X, thanking people for their prayers and concern.
  Henry was hit in the back of the head by the swing from Syracuse Mets third baseman Pablo Reyes in
  
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• Champions League final: Real Madrid seals 15th European Cup after 2-0 win over Borussia Dortmund

  01-06-2024 23:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — Vinicius Junior scored and sealed a record-extending 15th European Cup for Real Madrid after a 2-0 win against Borussia Dortmund in the final on Saturday.The Brazil forward doubled Madrid’s lead in the 83rd minute at Wembley Stadium, nine minutes after after Dani Carvajal headed the Spanish giant in front.Victory sealed a record-extending fifth Champions League title for coach Carlo Ancelotti, his third with Madrid.
  Dortmund paid the price for not making the most of its
  
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• Leon, Lacasse lead Canadian women’s soccer team past Mexico 2-0

  01-06-2024 22:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Adriana Leon and Cloé Lacasse scored in the second half to lift Canada to a 2-0 win over Mexico in a pre-Olympic women’s international soccer friendly Saturday.
  Leon corralled a pass from Evelyne Viens in the 73rd minute before slotting a left-footed strike past Mexican goalkeeper Celeste Espino to open the scoring in front of 15, 319 fans on a sunny, 27 C afternoon at Saputo Stadium.
  Lacasse made it 2-0 in the 86th by calmly placing the ball into the back of the ne
  
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• Bottom feeders in November, Oilers sit one win away from Stanley Cup final

  01-06-2024 21:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS — Kris Knoblauch arrived to find a locker room in turmoil.
  The Edmonton Oilers — among the Stanley Cup favourites when training camp opened — had got off to a disastrous start to the NHL season.
  The club was in a tailspin, languishing near the bottom of the standings despite a roster led by superstar forwards Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl.
  There were plenty of questions, and not many answers, when Knoblauch took over for the fired Jay Woodcroft in November with the O
  
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• Bisons catcher Henry hospitalized overnight after getting hit by backswing, now resting, recovering

  01-06-2024 20:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Catcher Payton Henry of the Buffalo Bisons was hospitalized overnight after he was struck by a batter’s backswing on Friday night and carted off the field on a stretcher.
  In a statement Saturday, the Toronto Blue Jays’ Triple-A affiliate said Henry was discharged from hospital and “doing well as he continues to rest and recover.”
  Henry was hit in the back of the head by the swing from Syracuse Mets third baseman Pablo Reyes in the seventh innin
  
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• On a wing and a prayer, pigeon rescued by a French Open chair umpire during match

  01-06-2024 20:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — This one’s for the birds: A pigeon landed on the court during a French Open match Saturday, leading the chair umpire to use a towel to rescue the fallen fowl.
  The pigeon dropped to the red clay at Court Suzanne Lenglen — and remained on the ground — during a changeover in the fourth set of 2021 U.S. Open champion Daniil Medvedev’s third-round victory over Tomas Machac at Roland Garros.
  Chair umpire Damien Dumusois, um, flew into action, climbing down fr
  
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• Firkus becomes first-ever Warrior to win CHL player of the year, earns top scorer

  01-06-2024 19:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRANKENMUTH — Jagger Firkus of the Moose Jaw Warriors has been named the David Branch Player of the Year Award winner at the Canadian Hockey League awards.
  Firkus became the first player in Warriors history to win the award and did so after leading the CHL with 126 points (61 goals, 65 assists), to also earn the top scorer award.
  Easton Cowan of the London Knights and Mathieu Cataford of the Halifax Mooseheads were the other two finalists for CHL player of the year.
  Saginaw’s Zayne P
  
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• Blue Jays place closer Jordan Romano on injured list due to right elbow inflammation

  01-06-2024 19:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have placed closer Jordan Romano on the 15-day injured list due to right elbow inflammation.
  The 31-year-old right-hander has a 1-2 record, eight saves and a 6.59 earned-run average over 15 appearances this year.Romano, from Markham, Ont., missed the first 17 games of the season with a similar elbow issue.
  Yimi Garcia and Chad Green are expected to be the primary high-leverage relief options for the Blue Jays while Romano is out.
  The move to the IL was retro
  
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• Electric scooter ignited fire sends two to hospital

  01-06-2024 19:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Two people were taken to Chilliwack General Hospital as a result of a fire in an apartment complex on the 45000 block of Trethewey Avenue Friday (May 31) evening. The fire was reported at approximately 9:45 p.m., prompting a response of 17 firefighters from Halls 1 and 4.
  In a news release from the Chilliwack Fire Department, firefighters reportedly arrived to find residents evacuating the smoke-filled first floor. The building’s sprinkler system had already activated, h
  
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• Chad Daybell sentenced to death for killing wife and girlfriend’s 2 children in jury decision

  01-06-2024 19:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Chad Daybell has been sentenced to death for the murders of his wife and his girlfriend’s two youngest children in Idaho.The sentence was handed down Saturday after an Idaho jury unanimously agreed that imposing the death penalty would be a just resolution to the triple-murder case. The sentence marks the end of a grim investigation that began with a search for two missing children in 2019. The next year their bodies were found buried in Daybell’s eastern Id
  
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• Kyrie Irving said late in the season the Mavericks were just getting started

  01-06-2024 19:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Kyrie Irving was not making a threat, nor was he boasting, nor was he saying anything that would be considered outlandish. It was the final week of the regular season. He and the Dallas Mavericks had just clinched a division title and Irving was asked to talk about what it means.
  He didn’t look back. He looked ahead.
  “We just know that the job isn’t finished,” Irving said in Miami that night. “And we’re just getting started.”
  Turns out, he was right. The
  
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• Montreal’s Auger-Aliassime advances to fourth round at French Open

  01-06-2024 19:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime won his rain-interrupted match Saturday to advance to the fourth round at the French Open.
  The tournament’s 21st-seed from Montreal was a 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 winner over No. 15 Ben Shelton of the United States.
  Auger-Aliassime was up 5-4 on Friday before rain suspended the match.He took the initial five games when play resumed Saturday.
  Auger-Aliassime, 23, has never reached the French Open quarterfinals.
  To do so this year, he’ll have to
  
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• Canadian boxer McKenzie Wright one win away from qualifying for Paris Olympics

  01-06-2024 18:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BANGKOK — Canadian boxer Mckenzie Wright earned a 5-0 decision over Serbia’s Nina Radovanovic on Saturday to move within one win of punching her ticket to Paris in a last-ditch Olympic qualifier.
  Wright, who turned 34 on Friday, meets Mexico’s Fatima Herrera on Sunday with an Olympic berth on the line.
  The 50-kilogram fighter from Oakville, Ont., is the last of the nine Canadians still alive at the tournament. Scarlett Delgado lost a 5-0 points decision earlier Saturday to Mong
  
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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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• Chilliwack Spartans make splash at Olympic Trials in Toronto - Chilliwack Progress

  01-06-2024 14:35 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack Spartans make splash at Olympic Trials in Toronto  Chilliwack Progress
  
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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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