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Blue Jays select right-hander Alek Manoah to roster ahead of start in New York
NEW YORK - The Toronto Blue Jays selected pitcher Alek Manoah to the active roster ahead of his start against the New York Yankees on Thursday afternoon. Manoah, a six-foot-six 260-pound right-hander,...
May 27, 2021
Canadian Olympic track and field trials get green light in Montreal
MONTREAL - Athletics Canada says it has approval from provincial and municipal health authorities to stage the Olympic and Paralympic Trials next month at Montreal's Claude Robillard Sports Complex. T...
May 27, 2021
IHIT, RCMP probing discovery of body off Trans Canada Highway near Yale
YALE, B.C. - RCMP in Boston Bar have called in the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) after the discovery of a body off the Trans Canada Highway.Mounties were called to a spot north Yale at...
May 27, 2021
WHL raises $600,000 through Suits Up Campaign
CALGARY, AB - The Western Hockey League and RE/MAX of Western Canada are proud to announce that over $600,000 has been raised through three seasons of the 'RE/MAX Presents: WHL Suits Up to Promote Org...
May 27, 2021
Echaquan's care at Quebec hospital should have been taken more seriously: head nurse
MONTREAL - The head nurse at a Quebec hospital where Joyce Echaquan died last September told a coroner's inquest today the Indigenous patient's care should have been taken more seriously. Echaquan, a ...
May 27, 2021
Northern MP calls for national public bus plan
SMITHERS - A northern MP is calling on the federal government to come up with a national plan for bus passenger transportation in Canada.It comes on the heels of Greyhound's recent decision to end ser...
May 27, 2021
US tells Russia it won't rejoin Open Skies arms control pact
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration informed Russia on Thursday that it will not rejoin a key arms control pact, even as the two sides prepare for a summit next month between their leaders. U.S...
May 27, 2021
Toronto FC says Alejandro Pozuelo could return from injury Saturday in Columbus
After missing Toronto FC's first 10 games through injury, it appears Spanish playmaker Alejandro Pozuelo is finally ready for liftoff this weekend. The reigning MLS MVP has been sidelined since injuri...
May 27, 2021
Right whale protection: Conservation group calls for mandatory speed limits for ships
HALIFAX - An ocean conservation group trying to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales says it wants mandatory speed limits in the Cabot Strait. Oceana Canada says new satellite data indicates...
May 27, 2021
N.S. Mi'kmaq to start season with scaled-down plans for fishery in St. Marys Bay
INDIAN BROOK, N.S. - A Mi'kmaq community is scaling down plans for a lobster harvest in southwestern Nova Scotia next week, after Ottawa threatened to pull traps that aren't licensed by the Fisheries ...
May 27, 2021