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Jays begin early training camp, keen to make strides after wild-card exit last fall
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Feelings of optimism, joy and excitement were ever-present Monday at the Toronto Blue Jays' player development complex as a couple dozen players kicked off spring training ahead of the...
Feb 13, 2023
Body recovered near Lake Louise
LAKE LOUISE, AB - Parks Canada has completed its investigation into the death of a person in the Lake Louise area of Banff National Park.At approximately 11 p.m. on Feb. 10, a Parks Canada visitor saf...
Feb 13, 2023
New federal telecom policy will require CRTC to enact rules to improve competition
OTTAWA - The final version of a new telecom policy directive first unveiled by the federal government in May of last year is now in force. The government's new directive to the Canadian Radio-televisi...
Feb 13, 2023
Leave use of notwithstanding clause up to provinces, say Conservative and Bloc MPs
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives joined the Bloc Qubcois to try and send a message to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that it is up to the provinces to decide how to use the notwithstanding clause. Bl...
Feb 13, 2023
UN says Syria agrees to open 2 new crossings for quake aid
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Syria's president has agreed to open two new crossing points from Turkey to the country's rebel-held northwest to deliver desperately needed aid and equipment fon millions of ear...
Feb 13, 2023
Player Jim Rutledge and writer Robert Stanley Weir to join Canadian Golf Hall of Fame
Jim Rutledge was mowing his lawn in Victoria when Ted Fletcher, chair of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame's selection committee, gave him a call. Rutledge and reporter Robert Stanley Weir would be the n...
Feb 13, 2023
Noon Interview: Ed Stiles Feb. 13
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Clinical exercise physiologist Ed Stiles stretched himself over the past couple of years by co-authoring Guide to Wellness Through Stretching.Stiles wrote the book with physical the...
Feb 13, 2023
Liberal MP wants to expedite having Canada Soccer before parliamentary committee
It appears Canada Soccer may soon join Hockey Canada in coming under the scrutiny of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage. Liberal MP Anthony Housefather says the parliamentary committee has al...
Feb 13, 2023
IFAF approves Canadian rules in competitions, use of the Canadian rulebook
VANCOUVER - The International Federation of American Football has approved Canadian rules in international competition and the use of the Canadian Amateur Football rulebook in IFAF-sanctioned global c...
Feb 13, 2023
'I bet on us:' Raptors confident in figuring it out entering later stretch of season
TORONTO - It's been a season full of highs and lows for the 10th-place Toronto Raptors, but all-star forward Pascal Siakam says confidence hasn't wavered with just 24 games left in the regular season....
Feb 13, 2023