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Montoyo hopes Blue Jays can call Toronto home during shortened MLB season
TORONTO - Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo knows where he'd like the team to play its home games this season: the friendly confines of Toronto's Rogers Centre. Montoyo was asked on Saturday...
Jul 11, 2020
Rowdy Tellez unfazed by Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s move to first base for Blue Jays
TORONTO - Rowdy Tellez doesn't think much is going to change for him on the Toronto Blue Jays, even as he is being asked by the team to share first-base duties with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. The Blue Jays...
Jul 11, 2020
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, NHLPA chief Don Fehr reflect on RTP, CBA deals
After months of negotiations, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and NHL Players' Association executive director Don Fehr finally had a chance to breathe Saturday. Both men also acknowledged there's still ...
Jul 11, 2020
NHL's Canadian hubs offer little economic benefit, but morale boost is valuable: experts
TORONTO - A plan to operate NHL game hubs in Edmonton and Toronto could draw hundreds of hockey players and staff to both Canadian cities, but business experts say their presence won't give ...
Jul 11, 2020
Trump commutes longtime friend Roger Stone's sentence
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump called Roger Stone to inform his longtime political confidant that he would commute his sentence for crimes related to the Russia investigation, Stone told The Asso...
Jul 11, 2020
Bob Clark, soon to be Alberta Hockey Hall of Famer and former minister, passes away
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney issued a statement Saturday following news of the passing of former Alberta Minister Bob Clark.Elected in 1960 at the age of 23, Clark was born and raised in central Alber...
Jul 11, 2020
Olds College getting $21.4 million from the province
Olds College is receiving a huge chunk of money from the province to be spent on capital maintenance.The $21.4 million is earmarked for the redevelopment of the James Murray Building and expansion of ...
Jul 11, 2020
Stars' Polak, Canucks' Baertschi won't report to NHL camps
Dallas defenceman Roman Polak and Vancouver forward Sven Baertschi on Saturday joined the list of players who won't be reporting to training camp for the resumption of the NHL season. Baertschi told t...
Jul 11, 2020
Toronto FC coach likes what he sees ahead of MLS is Back Tournament opener
Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney, a good judge of his team, liked what he saw in training this week at the MLS is Back Tournament. It helped that it rained Friday morning in Florida, making for cool condi...
Jul 11, 2020
Bosnian-Canadians mark 25th anniversary of Srebrenica massacre
Mirela Hodzic Sivic's mother has told her stories about her father, but she doesn't have her own. Those memories were lost in the carnage of the Srebrenica massacre that claimed his life a quarter of ...
Jul 11, 2020