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Closer by Committee: Montoyo plans to stick with current ninth-inning approach
Some baseball teams have a defined closer role. Others go with a committee approach. For Toronto Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo, it has been a combination of the two. He started the 60-game se...
Sep 15, 2020
Coach Greg Vanney familiar with Toronto FC's home away from home in East Hartford
Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney and GM Ali Curtis sat down for a brainstorming session at the MLS is Back Tournament in Florida, wondering about possible places to play if the Canadian border remained cl...
Sep 15, 2020
Red Deer continues to have some of Canada's lowest rental rates
Red Deer has once again been identified as having one of the most affordable rental rates in all of Canada. On Tuesday, officials with Rentals.ca and Bullpen Research & Consulting released their l...
Sep 15, 2020
Sunnybrook Farm and Museum the target of break and enter
A small piece of Red Deer history has been lost following a break and enter at the Sunnybrook Farm Museum over the Labour Day weekend.Executive Director Ian Warwick says it happened the evening of Sep...
Sep 15, 2020
Red Deer down to nine active COVID-19 cases
Alberta is reporting an additional 124 cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday to bring the overall total to 15,957.The province completed 12,985 tests for the virus over the past 24 hours.Alberta has 1,491 acti...
Sep 15, 2020
Shooting outside US court in Phoenix wounds federal officer
PHOENIX - A drive-by shooting wounded a federal security officer outside the U.S. courthouse in downtown Phoenix on Tuesday, and a person has been taken into custody, authorities said. The officer was...
Sep 15, 2020
Manitoba turns shipping containers into nursing home visitation rooms
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is having shipping containers repurposed to serve as outdoor visitation rooms at personal care homes across the province. The containers are being fitted with electr...
Sep 15, 2020
Plate Trial winner Clayton being pointed to Prince of Wales Stakes
TORONTO - It appears the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes is on tap for Clayton. The three-year-old colt was back on the track Tuesday at Woodbine Racetrack, just three days after his third-place ...
Sep 15, 2020
Rampant COVID-19 school closures, lack of online learning plague poorer countries
OTTAWA - As fretful Canadian parents mull sending their children to school or opting for at-home learning, there are countries where no school at all is the only option. One is Lebanon, where th...
Sep 15, 2020
Sylvan Lake library turfs overdue fines
Sylvan Lake Municipal Library has eliminated all overdue fines for library materials, effective immediately. All existing overdue fines are forgiven, except for lost or damaged materials. "We want to ...
Sep 15, 2020