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Jays recall Thomas Hatch from triple-A, option Jay Jackson after suspicious homer
TORONTO - Right-handed reliever Thomas Hatch has been recalled by the Toronto Blue Jays. Hatch was brought up from triple-A Buffalo in time to be active for Toronto's Tuesday night game against the vi...
May 16, 2023
Veteran receiver Wieneke settling into life with Saskatchewan Roughriders
SASKATOON - He's adjusting to a new team and new offence but Jake Wieneke doesn't have to worry about developing a chemistry with his quarterback. Wieneke is in his first training camp with the Saskat...
May 16, 2023
Rent, mortgage interest helped drive inflation higher in April: Statistics Canada
OTTAWA, ON - The first increase in annual inflation since its June 2022 peak was driven in part by higher mortgage interest costs and higher rent prices, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.Mortgage intere...
May 16, 2023
Massachusetts US Attorney Rachael Rollins to resign after Justice Department ethics probe
BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins will resign after a monthslong ethics investigation by the Justice Department's inspector general into her appearance at a political fundraise...
May 16, 2023
As tidal power firms ebb, Fisheries minister strikes task force to smooth regulation
HALIFAX - The federal fisheries minister is creating a task force to smooth the regulation of Bay of Fundy tidal power after a key player sought bankruptcy protection last week. Joyce Murray said toda...
May 16, 2023
Parliamentary committee calls for modernized Safe Third Country Agreement
OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee is calling for Canada's Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States to include new exemptions allowing some asylum seekers to make claims in Canada after arr...
May 16, 2023
CF Montreal face biggest test of the season against high-flying FC Cincinnati
MONTREAL - Major League Soccer's most in-form team will meet its top home club on Wednesday when CF Montreal visits Cincinnati FC. Currently riding a four-game win streak in MLS and six in all competi...
May 16, 2023
New Liberal law would make it harder for some repeat violent offenders to get bail
OTTAWA, ONT - The Liberals' new bail-reform legislation includes new measures that would make it more difficult for some repeat violent offenders to get released on bail.Justice Minister David Lametti...
May 16, 2023
Senators urge Ottawa to give sanctions regime the same clarity, assessment as allies
OTTAWA - The Senate foreign-affairs committee is calling on Ottawa to clarify the reasons it issues sanctions and improve the ways it assesses whether financial embargoes and travel bans are actually ...
May 16, 2023
Tuberculosis outbreak declared in third Nunavut hamlet
NAUJAAT, Nunavut - Nunavut's Department of Health has declared a tuberculosis outbreak in a third community. The department says there are six cases of active tuberculosis and 10 cases of latent tuber...
May 16, 2023