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Canadian Championship on the line as Montreal Impact face Whitecaps
VANCOUVER - A Canadian clash in Vancouver this weekend will have big implications for MLS teams on both sides of the field. The Vancouver Whitecaps (3-6-0) weathered a rough run of play after ret...
Sep 11, 2020

Toronto Blue Jays get closer Ken Giles back from injured list
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Toronto Blue Jays closer Ken Giles has been reinstated from the 45-day injured list and was active for Friday's home game against the New York Mets. Giles has been on the injured ...
Sep 11, 2020

B.C. moves to end divisive old-growth forest policies, protects nine areas
HAZELTON, B.C. - The British Columbia government says it's taking a new and more all-encompassing approach to protecting the province's old-growth forests. Forests Minister Doug Donaldson says the gov...
Sep 11, 2020

Alberta government to expand private day surgery use
CALGARY - The Alberta government plans to expand the use of privately run day-surgery clinics as part of a plan to boost procedures by 150 per cent. Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro says the prov...
Sep 11, 2020

Drive-in movie fundraiser this weekend to support the United Way
A drive-in movie fundraiser for the United Way is taking place at Evergreen Park this weekend.The fundraiser is being organized by Investors Group and Dean Hunt Private Wealth and will take place in t...
Sep 11, 2020

Trainer Josie Carroll will have history on her side at Queen's Plate
TORONTO - Trainer Josie Carroll will have history on her side Saturday. Carroll will be chasing a third career victory in the $1-million Queen's Plate at Toronto's Woodbine Racetrack. She'll have...
Sep 11, 2020

Saskatchewan court allows teepee protest camp to stay on legislature lawn
REGINA - A Saskatchewan judge has ruled a Metis man can stay on the lawn of the provincial legislature to finish his hunger strike against high suicide rates. The government took Tristen Dur...
Sep 11, 2020

Grande Prairie Fish and Wildlife help free elk stuck in hundreds of feet of wire
Alberta Fish and Wildlife have had to rescue a bull elk that was stuck in several hundred feet of wire in a field near Grande Prairie.In a Facebook post, Alberta Fish and Wildlife said that on Septemb...
Sep 11, 2020

$30M in improvements coming for B.C. logging road where two students died
VICTORIA - Improvements are coming to a narrow logging road on Vancouver Island where members of the local First Nations as well as two university students have lost their lives. Indigenous Relations ...
Sep 11, 2020

Steeler Smith-Schuster impressed with Canadian rookie Chase Claypool
JuJu Smith-Schuster can see Canadian rookie receiver Chase Claypool having a big year with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Pittsburgh selected the six-foot-four, 238-pound Claypool, a native of Abbotsford, B...
Sep 11, 2020