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Meacham promoted to manage Buffalo, Blue Jays Triple-A team
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Bobby Meacham is moving up the Toronto Blue Jays coaching ranks after being named manager of the team’s Triple-A affiliate, the Buffalo Bisons. Meacham spent the past three years...
Nov 28, 2016
Crosby among goal-scoring greats; Dubnyk goes from castaway to star; NHL's best line?
Sometimes lost in Sidney Crosby’s many accomplishments is his prowess as a goal-scorer. The Pittsburgh Penguins captain is actually one of the greats of his generation with respect to finding th...
Nov 28, 2016
Albanian artist builds Mother Teresa's mosaic with staples
PRISTINA, Kosovo - An Albanian artist on Monday unveiled a portrait of Mother Teresa using staples, in a call for European countries to stop raising fences to shut their borders to refugees. Built in ...
Nov 28, 2016
James Taylor announces summer 2017 tour of 4 baseball parks
BOSTON - Singer-songwriter James Taylor has announced a summer tour of four baseball parks, culminating in a date at Fenway Park, home of his beloved Boston Red Sox. Taylor and his All-Star Band will ...
Nov 28, 2016
Ottawa slams Saskatchewan over private MRIs that let 'people jump the queue'
REGINA - Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott says Saskatchewan needs to stop allowing people who can pay for private MRI scans to jump the queue or risk losing health-care funding. Saskatchewan̵...
Nov 28, 2016
Saskatchewan reaches deal with Ottawa on future of coal-fired power plants
REGINA - Saskatchewan says it has reached a deal with Ottawa that will allow the province to keep using coal-fired power plants in “a responsible manner” beyond 2030. The agreement will al...
Nov 28, 2016
Canadian women drop to No. 3 in rugby rankings as England moves up after win
TORONTO - England’s 39-6 weekend win over Canada has moved the Red Roses back into second spot in the world women’s rugby rankings at the expense of the Canadians. New Zealand, which beat ...
Nov 28, 2016
The Latest: Pence says 'hearts go out' to Ohio State victims
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Latest on an attack at the Ohio State University campus (all times local): 7:50 p.m. Republican Vice-President-elect Mike Pence says his team’s “hearts go out to the f...
Nov 28, 2016
Nova Scotia teachers begin work-to-rule next Monday, don't plan to strike yet
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia teachers are withdrawing from extracurricular activities as of next Monday as they start work-to-rule, but have no immediate plans to walk off the job altogether. The union said ...
Nov 28, 2016
Terrorism suspected in car-and-knife attack at Ohio State
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Somali-born Ohio State University student plowed his car into a group of pedestrians on campus and then got out and began stabbing people with a butcher knife Monday before he was s...
Nov 28, 2016