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Reds first baseman Joey Votto still romantic for Rogers Centre
TORONTO - SkyDome will always have a special place in Joey Votto's heart. And yes, the six-time all-star has to correct himself and say Rogers Centre when speaking about Toronto's ballpark. Votto retu...
May 20, 2022
MADD's Crashed Car Campaign underway
MADD Grande Prairie & Area has its Crashed Car Campaign out in time for the long weekend.An upside-down car emblazoned with messages against drinking and driving is currently situated at 100 Stree...
May 20, 2022
Judge: COVID asylum restrictions must continue on border
EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) - A federal judge in Louisiana is refusing to end pandemic-related restrictions on migrants seeking asylum on the southern border. The judge on Friday blocked a plan by Presiden...
May 20, 2022
With two 'keepers in protocol and another injured, Whitecaps run into crisis in goal
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps are struggling to find someone fit to tend goal for their Major League Soccer match on Sunday at Charlotte FC. The Whitecaps announced Friday that goalkeepers Isaac...
May 20, 2022
Bill would give CRTC power over user-generated content, but it won't use it: chair
OTTAWA - The chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission says a federal bill would give it power to regulate user-generated content, such as homemade videos posted on YouT...
May 20, 2022
Morreale says J. Cole signing not just about creating buzz for CEBL
TORONTO - Mike Morreale says as of late Thursday evening, there were "thousands and thousands and thousands" of people on the waiting list to buy tickets for the Scarborough Shooting Stars inaugural s...
May 20, 2022
Peace Regional RCMP seeks public help in early morning home invasion
Peace Regional RCMP is asking for the public's help with a home invasion that took place on May 20 at 5:28 a.m. at an apartment complex on 77 avenue in Peace River. Two male suspects reportedly smashe...
May 20, 2022
Canada considering smallpox vaccine for monkeypox cases, says Dr. Theresa Tam
OTTAWA - The risk posed by monkeypox is low, but nearly everyone in Canada is susceptible because routine vaccination against smallpox ended decades ago, top public health officials said Friday. Monke...
May 20, 2022
Costs reach $25.6 million for public inquiry into 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - The public inquiry into Nova Scotia's mass shooting has already cost $25.6 million to investigate the April 18-19, 2020, rampage - and there are still about five months remaining in its mand...
May 20, 2022
Canadian men upset Argentina in rugby sevens tournament in Toulouse
TOULOUSE, France - David Richard's try with less than 30 seconds remaining lifted Canada to a 19-12 upset win over Argentina on Friday at the HSBC France Sevens. Argentina came into the tournament in ...
May 20, 2022