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Kikuchi struggles highlight Blue Jays' need for consistency in starting rotation
TORONTO - A recent run of poor form and inability to make the necessary adjustments have seemingly left Toronto Blue Jays starter Yusei Kikuchi's spot in the rotation on thin ice. With an eight-game h...
Jun 28, 2022
Dennis Egan, former Alaska lawmaker and broadcaster, dies
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Former Alaska state Sen. Dennis Egan, the son of the state's first governor, has died. He was 75. Alaska Senate Democrats in a statement announced that Egan died Tuesday morning....
Jun 28, 2022
Andreescu, Shapovalov move on at Wimbledon, Auger-Aliassime out
LONDON - Bianca Andreescu continued her successful grass-court season with a convincing 6-1, 6-3 win over Emina Bektas in first-round action at Wimbledon on Tuesday. Men's 13th seed Denis Shapovalov a...
Jun 28, 2022
Federal Green Party launches leadership race, will pick new leader in November
OTTAWA - The beleaguered federal Green Party launched a leadership contest on Tuesday with the hopes of announcing a new leader on Nov. 19. The Greens will take applications for the job until Aug. 5 a...
Jun 28, 2022
Clean fuel standards allow companies to get both tax credits and sell carbon credits
OTTAWA - Canada's new emissions standards for gasoline and diesel will allow oil companies that get a federal tax break for installing carbon capture and storage systems to generate credits based on t...
Jun 28, 2022
Cassidy Hutchinson, Trump White House aide, now in spotlight
WASHINGTON (AP) - Just two years out of college, Cassidy Hutchinson watched as a valet mopped up the president's lunch after he smashed his plate against the wall. Donald Trump was in a rage because h...
Jun 28, 2022
RCMP official: Lucki claimed direct pressure from federal minister to name guns
HALIFAX - A scathing letter from an RCMP communications manager released today says RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki referred to direct pressure from the federal public safety minister to release firear...
Jun 28, 2022
Canadian divers Wiens, Zsombor-Murray win 10m synchro bronze at worlds
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Rylan Wiens and Nathan Zsombor-Murray teamed up to give Canada its first diving medal at the world aquatics championships Tuesday with a third-place finish in the men's 10-metre sy...
Jun 28, 2022
Fire-ravaged Lytton, B.C., could soon 'thrive again,' says Insurance Bureau of Canada
VANCOUVER - The Insurance Bureau of Canada says there is now a path to begin the recovery for Lytton, B.C., almost a year after two people died and most of the community was destroyed by a wildfire. A...
Jun 28, 2022
Toronto FC seeing improvements on the field as Insigne waits in the wings
TORONTO - Approaching the halfway mark of the MLS season, Toronto FC is 5-8-3 and five points out of the playoff picture with Italian star Lorenzo Insigne waiting in the wings. There is plenty of work...
Jun 28, 2022