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Blue Jays' Sanchez ready to close the door on injury-filled 2017 season
TORONTO - Aaron Sanchez is ready to put his finger issues behind him and never look back. A frustrating season came to a close for the Blue Jays right-hander over the weekend when the team officially ...
Sep 11, 2017
Rain forecast for B.C.'s dry southeast, but officials warn against complacency
CASTLEGAR, B.C. - Evacuation orders are being lifted and highways reopened as the recovery phase begins following the most destructive wildfire season in British Columbia’s recorded history. But...
Sep 11, 2017
Red Deer RCMP respond to BB gun shooting downtown
Red Deer RCMP are on scene in the alley north of Ross Street, between 48 Avenue and 49 Avenue in response to an unfolding incident in which a man received non-life-threatening injuries from a small ca...
Sep 11, 2017
Education is key to fighting humanitarian crises: Angelina Jolie
TORONTO - With so many humanitarian crises in the world, it’s on everyone to educate themselves and continue pushing for democracy and human rights, Angelina Jolie told a Toronto conference focu...
Sep 11, 2017
The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, Sept. 11 --- FREELAND VOWS TO GET CANADIANS HOME: Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is expressing sympathy and solidarity with those Canadians trappe...
Sep 11, 2017
IOC seeks more information regarding vote-buying case
LIMA, Peru - The International Olympic Committee is seeking more information about an alleged vote-buying scheme for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics that has landed one of its own members in legal trouble...
Sep 11, 2017
Scientists to spend years studying human impact on Canada's coastlines
VANCOUVER - The federal government plans to spend more than $50 million to collect data on Canada’s coastlines to help determine how humans are impacting marine ecosystems. Fisheries and Oceans ...
Sep 11, 2017
Tractor driver was twice the legal alcohol limit on Price Edward Island: RCMP
PISQUID, P.E.I. - A P.E.I. man was arrested after allegedly driving a farm tractor while twice the legal alcohol limit. RCMP say a 60-year-old passenger in a car was injured on Saturday evening after ...
Sep 11, 2017
Census 2016 to illustrate how Canadians earn, or struggle to earn, a living
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will offer a detailed look Wednesday at the size of the gap between the country’s top income earners and those toiling at the bottom - a chasm that appears to be narro...
Sep 11, 2017
Appeals court rejects 2 more would-be heirs to Prince estate
ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Minnesota Court of Appeals says two descendants of a former security chief at Paisley Park who Prince reportedly regarded as a brother are not entitled to share in the late rock ...
Sep 11, 2017