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Two-time Silver Slugger winners Hernandez, Springer among Blue Jays' nominees
TORONTO - Outfielders Teoscar Hernandez and George Springer are two of six Toronto Blue Jays named as finalists for Major League Baseball's Silver Slugger award. Both are two-time winners of the award...
Oct 27, 2022
B.C. government declines support for Indigenous-led 2030 Olympic bid
VICTORIA - The government of British Columbia will not support an Indigenous-led bid to host the 2030 Olympics in the province. Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport Lisa Beare issued a stateme...
Oct 27, 2022
Horse-drawn wagon rides returning to Northern Spirit light show
The Peace Draft Horse Club says in a Facebook post that there will be horse-drawn wagon rides at this year's Northern Spirit Light Show.Provincial COVID regulations meant the wagon rides could not be ...
Oct 27, 2022
Democracy meets divinity in Savannah, where the word of God is a simple one: vote
SAVANNAH, Ga. - From the oldest African-American pulpit in the United States, Rev. Thurmond Neill Tillman's fiery Sunday sermon is as much about having faith in democracy as it is about spreading the ...
Oct 27, 2022
Toronto Arrows sign veteran Irish back, look to add talent in MLR dispersal draft
TORONTO - The Toronto Arrows added international experience Thursday by signing veteran Irish back Noel Reid for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. The 32-year-old Reid arrives from England's London ...
Oct 27, 2022
Police forces too thinly stretched to administer firearm buyback program, chiefs say
OTTAWA - Canadian police chiefs are urging the federal government not to rely on resource-strapped police forces to carry out a planned gun buyback. Two years ago, the government announced a ban on ov...
Oct 27, 2022
Peace region receives high praise for being a "leader in net-zero energy production"
The Peace Region received high praise at an event held in Calgary between municipal governments.They were highlighted for their working relationship with the MD of Greenview, County of Grande Prairie,...
Oct 27, 2022
Union calling for prime minister to fire Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay
OTTAWA - A union representing thousands of Veterans Affairs Canada employees is asking the prime minister to replace Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay. In a letter to Prime Minister Justin T...
Oct 27, 2022
Saskatchewan legislature member says invite for killer to throne speech an 'error'
REGINA - A member of Saskatchewan's legislative assembly says it was a mistake for him to invite a notorious convicted killer to sit in on the provincial government's tough-on-crime throne speech. Lyl...
Oct 27, 2022
Hockey Canada signs on to Abuse-Free Sport following months of controversy
CALGARY - Hockey Canada says it has become a full signatory to Abuse-Free Sport, the new independent program to prevent and address maltreatment in sport in Canada. All complaints of abuse, discrimina...
Oct 27, 2022