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National rail shutdown begins as employees locked out at both major Canadian railways
In a first for Canada, freight traffic on its two largest railways on simultaneously ground to a halt overnight, threatening to upend supply chains trying to move forward from pandemic-related disrupt...
Aug 21, 2024
Blue Jays blow six-run lead in loss to Reds after Votto announces retirement
TORONTO - On a night Joey Votto ended his comeback bid to play for the Blue Jays, Toronto blew a six-run lead in an 11-7 loss Wednesday to his former team, the Cincinnati Reds. Highlighted by a five-r...
Aug 21, 2024
Canada's Diallo advances, Marino out in second round of US Open qualifying
NEW YORK - Montreal's Gabriel Diallo advanced to the final round of US Open qualifying with a 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 win over France's Titouan Droguet in men's singles action on Wednesday. Diallo hit eight dou...
Aug 21, 2024
Ken Miller, beloved former Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach, dead at 82
REGINA - Ken Miller, a beloved former head coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, has died. He was 82. The CFL team announced that Miller died Wednesday in Asheville, N.C., after a brief battle with c...
Aug 21, 2024
Guatemalan police arrest 7 accused of trafficking the 53 migrants who asphyxiated in Texas in 2022
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Guatemalan police on Wednesday arrested seven Guatemalans accused of having smuggled 53 migrants from Mexico and Central America who died of asphyxiation in 2022 in Texas after b...
Aug 21, 2024
Gear Up! Medicine Hat Lions taking donations and offering free hockey and ringette equipment
The Medicine Hat Lions Club is gearing up for their 11th year of the Gear Up Goodwill equipment program. The program helps get equipment in the hands of hockey and ringette players in need.It's runs S...
Aug 21, 2024
Harvest well underway in Cypress County, farmer concerned by railway labour dispute
Harvest is well underway for farmers in southern Alberta.Nichole Neubauer said it normally starts a little earlier in this area of the province."We're done our peas, done the wheat, well into our dry ...
Aug 21, 2024
B.C. First Nations life expectancy plunges by 6 years, says report
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia report tracking Indigenous health issues says life expectancy for the province's First Nations people has plunged by more than six years since 2017. The First Nations He...
Aug 21, 2024
Canada's Pendrith finds groove in late summer, just in time for PGA Tour playoffs
Taylor Pendrith has always been able to find his groove as summer winds down. This year, it's made him the top Canadian in the PGA Tour's playoffs. Pendrith, from Richmond Hill, Ont., tied for fifth a...
Aug 21, 2024
Struggling B.C. Lions aim to correct passing game, snap losing skid
SURREY - With his B.C. Lions slogging through a losing skid, Rick Campbell is keeping the CFL season in perspective. Yes, the Lions have lost four games in a row. No, the return of Canadian quarterbac...
Aug 21, 2024