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Blue Jays president Shapiro says he supports ActiveTO after asking for it to be moved
Toronto Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro says his comments about ActiveTO in early June were widely misinterpreted. Shapiro spoke with reporters on Thursday, his first public appearance since writing ...
Jul 28, 2022
Daley protests LGBTQ+ intolerance at Commonwealth Games
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) - Olympic gold medalist Tom Daley protested intolerance toward the LGBTQ+ community at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games on Thursday. The British diver, who is ma...
Jul 28, 2022
Daley protests LGBTQ+ intolerance at Commonwealth Games
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) - Olympic gold medalist Tom Daley protested intolerance toward the LGBTQ+ community at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games on Thursday. The British diver, who is ma...
Jul 28, 2022
Highway double take: Albuquerque sign spelled without 'R'
ALBUQUERQUE, N,M. (AP) - It made drivers on Route 66 and Interstate 40 in New Mexico do double takes. A newly upgraded state Department of Transportation sign erected last week that pointed drivers to...
Jul 28, 2022
Red Deer Hospital Lottery prize presentation
Keys to this year's Red Deer Hospital Lottery grand prize dream home were officially handed over to a couple from central Alberta this week.On July 25, Red Deer Regional Health Foundation (RDRHF) staf...
Jul 28, 2022
Morales-Williams persevered through pandemic to become one of Canada's top sprinters
Virtually every day after COVID-19 closed high schools and shuttered sports facilities in Ontario, Christopher Morales-Williams would get dressed as if he was going to track practice. Instead, the 17-...
Jul 28, 2022
Toronto FC looks to move on after painful penalty shootout loss in cup final
TORONTO - Having lost one cup final this week in a painful penalty shootout, Toronto FC now sees itself facing 12 more. That's how many games left Toronto (6-12-4) has left in the MLS regular season. ...
Jul 28, 2022
Defense contractor held without bail in ID theft mystery
HONOLULU (AP) - A U.S. defense contractor accused of living under the name of a dead Texas boy for decades was ordered detained Thursday by a federal judge in Honolulu after a federal prosecutor added...
Jul 28, 2022
Los Angeles County avoids new mask rule as COVID stabilizes
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles County dropped a plan to impose a universal indoor mask mandate this week as COVID-19 infections and rates of hospitalizations have stabilized, a top health official sai...
Jul 28, 2022
Alberta on the Plate to highlight locally grown food and who produces it
More than 100 establishments in 27 Alberta communities are participating in the upcoming Alberta on the Plate dine-around festival.From Aug. 12-21, Alberta on the Plate will showcase the province's bo...
Jul 28, 2022