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Blue Jays score three runs in 10th, beat Athletics 6-5
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - With several star players sidelined, the Toronto Blue Jays are counting on everybody else staying ready to handle any role, any time. Pinch-hitter Santiago Espinal hit a tiebrea...
Sep 04, 2023
Essential workers head back early to Yellowknife to be ready for everyone else
YELLOWKNIFE - Officials in Yellowknife, as well as staff with the Northwest Territories, are getting ready for the start of a mass migration home of wildfire evacuees that's still on track for Wednesd...
Sep 04, 2023
Blue Jays score three runs in 10th, beat A's 6-5 in Oakland
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Pinch-hitter Santiago Espinal hit a tiebreaking double in Toronto's three-run 10th inning on the first pitch thrown by Francisco Prez that scored Mason McCoy from second base, a...
Sep 04, 2023
Fish with a funny float gets a CT scan at the Denver Zoo
DENVER (AP) - A fancy-looking French angelfish that was found one day with a funny float has its buoyancy back after taking some time out of its tropical trappings to get a CT scan at the Denver Zoo. ...
Sep 04, 2023
TMU suspends men's soccer team, investigating alleged 'concerning behaviour'
Toronto Metropolitan University has suspended its men's soccer team and is investigating it for what it describes as "serious and concerning behaviour." The school issued a statement saying it had rec...
Sep 04, 2023
Canada's Dabrowski, partner Routliffe advance to U.S. Open quarterfinals by walkover
NEW YORK - Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand advanced to the U.S. Open women's doubles quarterfinals on Monday. The duo moved on by way of a walkover. They were sup...
Sep 04, 2023
B.C. Coroner's inquest jury recommends police body cameras after fatal shooting
NELSON, B.C. - A jury in a coroner's inquest into the police killing of a British Columbia man eight years ago says the province and the RCMP should speed up the introduction of police body cameras. T...
Sep 04, 2023
CFL slaps Riders defensive lineman Robertson with one-game suspension for head butt
TORONTO - The CFL has suspended Saskatchewan defensive end Pete Robertson for a game following his head butt of Winnipeg quarterback Zach Collaros during a game Sunday. The CFL announced the suspensio...
Sep 04, 2023
Ontario Premier Doug Ford asks Bank of Canada to halt rate hikes
Another provincial premier is making a direct appeal to the Bank of Canada to stop raising interest rates. Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he wrote directly to the central bank's governor Tiff Macklem ...
Sep 04, 2023
Boil water advisory enters fourth day in two Montreal suburbs, lifted in Longueuil
MONTREAL - A boil water advisory affecting more than 60,000 residents of two Montreal suburbs is now in its fourth day, despite being lifted in the neighbouring community that supplies their drinking ...
Sep 04, 2023