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Canadian baseball star Joey Votto announces retirement after 17 MLB seasons
TORONTO - Canadian baseball star Joey Votto is retiring. The 40-year-old first baseman announced his retirement in an Instagram post Wednesday evening. Votto played 17 MLB seasons, earning six all-sta...
Aug 21, 2024
B.C. First Nations life expectancy plunges by 6 years, says report
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia report tracking Indigenous health issues says life expectancy for the province's First Nations people has plunged by more than six years since 2017. The First Nations He...
Aug 21, 2024
Canada's Pendrith finds groove in late summer, just in time for PGA Tour playoffs
Taylor Pendrith has always been able to find his groove as summer winds down. This year, it's made him the top Canadian in the PGA Tour's playoffs. Pendrith, from Richmond Hill, Ont., tied for fifth a...
Aug 21, 2024
Struggling B.C. Lions aim to correct passing game, snap losing skid
SURREY - With his B.C. Lions slogging through a losing skid, Rick Campbell is keeping the CFL season in perspective. Yes, the Lions have lost four games in a row. No, the return of Canadian quarterbac...
Aug 21, 2024
Majority of Proline players backed Lions win in Rourke's '24 debut
Proline bettors were firmly behind Nathan Rourke's return to the CFL last week. Rourke made his '24 debut Sunday night when the B.C. Lions hosted the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. It was Rourke's first CFL g...
Aug 21, 2024
Brazil will restrict entry of some foreign nationals, aiming to curb migration to US and Canada
SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazil will begin imposing restrictions on the entry of some foreign citizens from Asia seeking refuge in the South American nation as a means to migrate to the United States and Cana...
Aug 21, 2024
Brazil will restrict entry of some foreign nationals, aiming to curb migration to US and Canada
SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazil will begin imposing restrictions on the entry of some foreign citizens from Asia seeking refuge in the South American nation as a means to migrate to the United States and Cana...
Aug 21, 2024
Veteran cornerback Houston among CFL leaders in interceptions with Stampeders
He's wearing different colours, but Demerio Houston is still doing his thing. The Calgary Stampeders cornerback stands tied for second in the CFL in interceptions with four, two behind Saskatchewan's ...
Aug 21, 2024
Missouri death row inmate agrees to new plea, drops innocence bid
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri death row inmate on Wednesday dropped his innocence claim and entered a new no-contest plea in an agreement that calls for a new sentence of life in prison without parol...
Aug 21, 2024
Northwestern Quebec helicopter crash victims identified as couple and their grandson
D'ELVERT LAKE - The Quebec coroner's office has identified the three people who died in a helicopter crash late Sunday in the province's northwest. Eighty-year-old Grard Legault and 77-year-old Aurore...
Aug 21, 2024