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Jays to start 2024 with 10-game road trip as Rogers Centre improvements continue
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays will embark on a second consecutive 10-game season-opening road trip to start the next Major League Baseball campaign as renovations are set to continue at Rogers Centr...
Jul 13, 2023
Feds doing 'broader review' of social media after banning TikTok from work devices
OTTAWA - The government is taking a look at possible threats from other social-media applications, after banishing TikTok from the mobile devices of federal public servants for privacy and security re...
Jul 13, 2023
Lawyer asks for court to adjourn hearing on injunction to end landfill blockade
WINNIPEG - A lawyer representing some of those demonstrating at a Winnipeg landfill has asked for an adjournment during a court hearing on an injunction to end the blockade. Dozens of protesters have ...
Jul 13, 2023
Ottawa police, fire services say tornado touched down in city suburb of Barrhaven
Ottawa police say they are responding to a tornado that touched down in a suburb in the city's south end. Police are advising residents to seek shelter. They say officers are resounding in Barrhaven a...
Jul 13, 2023
B.C. expected to request Ottawa's help with worsening wildfires: minister
Canada's Emergency Preparedness Minister says he is expecting a "fairly substantive" request for help from British Columbia as wildfires worsen. Bill Blair tells The Canadian Press the government oper...
Jul 13, 2023
Andreescu, tournament champion in 2019, among wild cards for National Bank Open
MONTREAL - Three Canadians have been given the last wild-card entries into this year's National Bank Open women's tennis tournament, including 2019 champion Bianca Andreescu. Leylah Fernandez and Rebe...
Jul 13, 2023
Back from injury, rising star Jayde Riviere looks forward to second Women's World Cup
Just 22, Jayde Riviere already has a glittering soccer resume. And she is expected to add to that reputation at the Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The fullback from Markham, Ont., who...
Jul 13, 2023
Experts doubt whether illegal magic mushroom stores will advance drug policy
MONTREAL - Magic mushroom stores are opening illegally across Canada, challenging the country's drug laws, but experts say the illicit vendors are unlikely to radically advance acceptance of the hallu...
Jul 13, 2023
Parents hope soccer net bill will prevent deaths of more children
TORONTO - The parents of two children killed by unanchored, movable soccer nets say they hope an Ontario bill that would require those goals to be properly secured will prevent future tragedies. The l...
Jul 13, 2023
Supreme Court won't examine sharing of Canadian bank account info with U.S.
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a challenge of legislation that allows account information held by Canadian financial institutions to be shared with U.S. authorities. The case began...
Jul 13, 2023