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Japanese-Canadian baseball team, internment highlighted in new heritage minute
VANCOUVER - A new heritage minute is sharing the story of a pioneering baseball team in British Columbia and the shameful government policy that tore them apart. Composed of Japanese Canadian players,...
Feb 20, 2019
Japanese-Canadian baseball team, internment highlighted in new heritage minute
VANCOUVER - A new heritage minute is sharing the story of a pioneering baseball team in British Columbia and the shameful government policy that tore them apart. Composed of Japanese Canadian players,...
Feb 20, 2019
French court hits Swiss bank UBS with $5.1 billion penalty
PARIS - A French court ordered Switzerland’s largest bank, UBS, to pay 4.5 billion euros ($5.1 billion) in fines and damages for helping wealthy French clients evade tax authorities, sending a s...
Feb 20, 2019
Hamilton Tiger-Cats re-sign veteran Canadian centre Mike Filer to deal
HAMILTON - Mike Filer is staying put. The veteran Canadian centre re-signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Wednesday. The 28-year-old will return for his eighth season with the CFL club. Filer, a six...
Feb 20, 2019
Canadian advocates, bishops at odds over how to tackle sex abuse ahead of summit
Canada’s top Catholic bishop says he hopes to emphasize the importance of believing victims when he discusses sexual abuse with his international counterparts during a gathering at the Vatican t...
Feb 20, 2019
Study moves Oak Bay, B.C., closer to contraceptive control for problem deer
OAK BAY, B.C. - A contraception program to reduce the population of habituated, urban deer is one step closer in the Victoria-area District of Oak Bay. Councillors have reviewed a report compiled with...
Feb 20, 2019
Make sure measles shots up to date, Public Health Agency says in wake of B.C. outbreak
TORONTO - Canada’s top doctor is urging Canadians who haven’t been vaccinated against measles to get their shots in the wake of a B.C. outbreak of the disease and the always present danger...
Feb 20, 2019
Top sailor loses case against FedEx for lost rare coins worth as much as $38,000
HALIFAX - A top Canadian naval officer is out 50 rare coins he valued at $38,000 with little to show for it, after a Nova Scotia small claims court found FedEx Canada not liable for the full value of ...
Feb 20, 2019
Canadian driver Wickens posts heartwarming video of dance with fiancee
Canadian race car driver Robert Wickens’ latest update on his rehabilitation from a horrifying crash took a heartwarming turn when he stood up for a brief dance with his fiancee. Wickens posted ...
Feb 20, 2019
Longtime skip Russ Howard as smooth on the air as he was on the ice
SYDNEY, N.S. - Longtime skip Russ Howard wasn’t expecting to embark on a long television broadcasting career when he first entered the booth nearly two decades ago. “In 2001, we lost the p...
Feb 20, 2019