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Reports: Free agent reliever Chad Green signs two-year deal with Toronto Blue Jays
TORONTO - Free-agent reliever Chad Green has signed a two-year deal with the Toronto Blue Jays, according to several media reports. Sportsnet, the Athletic, and Fantrax all confirmed the US$8.5 millio...
Jan 31, 2023
White House: Harris will attend Tyre Nichols' funeral
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Vice President Kamala Harris plans to attend the funeral of Tyre Nichols, who died three days after he was beaten by Memphis police officers just minutes from his home, the White...
Jan 31, 2023
Commission probing use of Emergencies Act for 2022 trucker protests granted extension
OTTAWA - The commission investigating the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act to quell the trucker protests last winter in Ottawa has asked for more time to complete its report. A governme...
Jan 31, 2023
Private operators to also be included in Alberta child care expansion
EDMONTON, AB - The Governments of Canada and Alberta have provided updates on a plan that will create tens of thousands of new child care spaces in the province.Work is ongoing on the Alberta-Canada W...
Jan 31, 2023
CF Montreal striker Kei Kamara opens up about contract, trade request
MONTREAL - Kei Kamara says his affection for Montreal has not changed, even as the striker's contract dispute with the city's Major League Soccer club dominates training camp. Kamara spoke to the medi...
Jan 31, 2023
By the numbers for British Columbia's overdose crisis
VICTORIA - British Columbia's chief coroner released overdose figures for 2022, showing 2,272 residents died from toxic drugs last year. Lisa Lapointe says drug toxicity remains the leading cause of u...
Jan 31, 2023
Omaha police fatally shoot armed man in Target store
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Omaha police say they fatally shot a man who entered a Target store with an AR-15-style rifle on Tuesday and "plenty of ammunition." Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said officers searc...
Jan 31, 2023
Canadian striker Tosaint Ricketts retires from professional soccer
VANCOUVER - Former Vancouver Whitecaps striker Tosaint Ricketts has announced his retirement from professional soccer. The 35-year-old Edmonton native will stay on with the Major League Soccer team as...
Jan 31, 2023
St-Onge urges provinces to accelerate efforts to make sports safer for athletes
OTTAWA - Sport Minister Pascale St-Onge says ending abuse in sport will require complaints processes that include provincial-level athletes, not just national ones. St-Onge and provincial sport minist...
Jan 31, 2023
St-Onge urges provinces to accelerate efforts to make sports safer for athletes
OTTAWA - Sport Minister Pascale St-Onge says ending abuse in sport will require complaints processes that include provincial-level athletes, not just national ones. St-Onge and provincial sport minist...
Jan 31, 2023