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Canada falls 5-3 in World Baseball Classic tune-up against MLB's Seattle Mariners
PEORIA, Ariz. - Kaden Polcovich's two-run homer in the eighth inning lifted the Seattle Mariners to a 5-3 win over Canada on Thursday in an exhibition game leading up to the World Baseball Classic. Do...
Mar 09, 2023

Federal Court approves 'historic' $2.8B residential day schools settlement
VANCOUVER - A Federal Court judge has approved a $2.8 billion settlement agreement between the Canadian government and plaintiffs representing 325 First Nations whose members went to residential day s...
Mar 09, 2023

Texas executes inmate for killing 4 during drug robbery
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Texas has executed an inmate convicted of the drug-related killings of four people more than 30 years ago, including a woman who was 9-months pregnant. Arthur Brown Jr., 52, r...
Mar 09, 2023

Report: Trump invited to testify before NY grand jury
NEW YORK (AP) - Former President Donald Trump has been invited to testify next week before a New York grand jury that has been investigating hush money payments made on his behalf during his 2016 pres...
Mar 09, 2023

Liberals set to begin consultation on creation of foreign influence registry
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is poised to take the next step toward creating a registration system to help prevent foreign meddling in Canadian affairs. Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino plans...
Mar 09, 2023

Blue Jays beat Braves, lose to Rays in split-squad spring training games
George Springer hit a two-run homer as a Toronto Blue Jays split squad beat the Atlanta Braves 3-1 in spring training baseball action Thursday. Another Jays split squad was defeated 6-1 by Tampa Bay a...
Mar 09, 2023

Canadians can experience several means of foreign interference: expert
OTTAWA - Allegations of foreign interference in Canada's democracy have dominated discussions on Parliament Hill for the past week, with the prime minister unveiling new measures aimed at investigatin...
Mar 09, 2023

Law delaying expansion of assisted dying regime to March 2024 passes
OTTAWA - A Liberal bill to delay the planned expansion of Canada's medically assisted dying regime has passed third reading in the Senate. The expansion, which was originally slated for March 17, woul...
Mar 09, 2023

Germany: Deaths, injuries in shooting inside Hamburg church
BERLIN (AP) - Shots were fired inside a church in the northern German city of Hamburg on Thursday night, and an unspecified number of people were killed or wounded, police said. Police said on Twitter...
Mar 09, 2023

St-Onge, COC respond to letter calling for hard ban of Russian, Belarusian athletes
Canada's sport minister and the Canadian Olympic Committee have restated that Russia and Belarus should be excluded from the next Olympics, but differ on if athletes from those countries could be allo...
Mar 09, 2023