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Blue Jays first baseman Tellez likely to go injured list with knee strain
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Toronto Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo says first baseman Rowdy Tellez will likely go on the 10-day injured list after an MRI exam revealed a right knee strain. Tellez was repl...
Sep 09, 2020

WE Charity closing Canadian operations, Kielburger brothers leaving
OTTAWA - WE Charity says it is closing its Canadian operations, blaming COVID-19 and the political fallout from the Liberal government's plan to have it run a multimillion-dollar student-voluntee...
Sep 09, 2020

Wembley man wins $100,000 in lottery
Ken Earnshaw of Wembley has taken home $100,000 after matching the last six digits of the winning EXTRA number on a LOTTO MAX ticket for the April 14 draw.Earnshaw checked his lotto numbers on the Lot...
Sep 09, 2020

How NHL consolidated from 2 bubbles to 1 to finish playoffs
EDMONTON - When the Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Islanders left the familiar confines of the NHL's Toronto bubble last weekend, they masked up to board physically distanced buses and then flew wes...
Sep 09, 2020

B.C.'s fall pandemic response plan includes more testing, tracing and flu shots
VICTORIA - British Columbia's fall and winter pandemic battle plan involves ramping up COVID-19 testing, contact tracing and a campaign to administer almost two million flu shots. Health Ministry...
Sep 09, 2020

N.S. Tories say justice minister in conflict of interest in mass shooting inquiry
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Tory leader says the province's attorney general is in conflict of interest when it comes to setting terms of reference for the public inquiry into the April mass shooting...
Sep 09, 2020

Potential Wolfpack owner Carlo LiVolsi says he will take care of players
TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack are currently a team without a league, an insolvent rugby league franchise whose missed payroll totals some 500,000 pounds ($854,620). But where others see a sporti...
Sep 09, 2020

Steve Nash eager to get started on new career as Nets coach
NEW YORK - Steve Nash was a leader, a guy who loved to get the best out of his teammates on the court and build relationships with them off it. Those qualities helped the Canadian become a Hall of Fam...
Sep 09, 2020

Official claims pressure to alter Homeland Security intel
WASHINGTON - An official at the Department of Homeland Security said in a whistle-blower complaint released Wednesday that he was pressured by agency leaders to suppress details in his intelligence re...
Sep 09, 2020

Alberta RCMP attend 178 crashes, hand out close to 2600 tickets on the long weekend
Alberta RCMP say they were called to 178 collisions over the Labour Day long weekend. Of those 178 collisions, three people were killed. Mounties say they also handed out 2592 traffic tickets and issu...
Sep 09, 2020