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Blue Jays to play most home games in Buffalo during COVID-19 pandemic
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays will play most of their home games at their top minor-league affiliate's stadium in Buffalo, N.Y. this season. The Blue Jays announced the decision Frida...
Jul 24, 2020
Canadian Jesse (The Body Snatcher) Ronson looks forward to UFC return
Six years after his last UFC fight, Canadian Jesse (The Body Snatcher) Ronson is back. The 34-year-old from London, Ont., moves up a weight class to take on Danish welterweight Nicolas (Lokomotivo) Da...
Jul 24, 2020
Court orders 4th sentencing for actress in 2010 fatal crash
A former "Melrose Place" actress who has already served a sentence for a fatal drunken driving crash could go back to prison. The complicated legal history of the case against Amy Locane includes thre...
Jul 24, 2020
Homicide, thefts, fraud: Winnipeg police says alarming increases in brazen crime
Winnipeg's police chief says there was an alarming increase in the level of brazen crime in the city last year, with the number homicides double the average. The 2019 Annual Statistical Reports&n...
Jul 24, 2020
Major Larry Bridger retiring from Salvation Army Red Deer
It's the end of an era at the Salvation Army in Red Deer as after more than nine years at the helm, Major Larry Bridger and his wife Marilyn are retiring.Larry says their time in Red Deer has been a m...
Jul 24, 2020
Mel Gibson has recovered after coronavirus hospitalization
LOS ANGELES - Mel Gibson spent a week in a Los Angeles hospital in April after testing positive for COVID-19, his representative said Friday. The 64-year-old actor and director has completely recovere...
Jul 24, 2020
RCMP watchdog calls for report deadlines to ensure timely Mountie responses
OTTAWA - The RCMP watchdog is calling for statutory timelines to ensure the Mounties respond to complaint findings in a timely way. The Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP ...
Jul 24, 2020
Health experts tell Ottawa to hurry domestic vaccine funding amid China delays
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is being pressed to approve funding for a made-in-Canada COVID-19 vaccine to lessen the risk Canadians will have to line up and wait on a foreign-made pandemic cure. Fo...
Jul 24, 2020
CHL appoints independent panel to review hazing and abuse
The Canadian Hockey League has announced that it has appointed an Independent Review Panel to review the current policies and practices in the league that relate to hazing, abuse, harassment and bully...
Jul 24, 2020
Scheer calls on Trudeau to resign over WE deal
OTTAWA - Outgoing Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should resign over his role in the controversy involving the We organization. Scheer has previously called for Fi...
Jul 24, 2020