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U.S. FAA to probe baseball coach in cockpit during a flight from Denver to Toronto
LOS ANGELES - Authorities in the United States are investigating after a video surfaced on social media of a hitting coach for the Colorado Rockies sitting in the cockpit of an aircraft "at cruise alt...
Apr 19, 2024
Senior women's box lacrosse returns to Nanaimo after 10+ year absence
NANAIMO - The Senior Women Timbermen make their season debut this weekend.Team member Jenna Krajinovic said it's the first time in more than ten years Nanaimo has had a senior women's squad and they'v...
Apr 19, 2024
First Nation solar farm in B.C. expected to save 1.1 million litres of diesel a year
ANAHIM LAKE, B.C. - A First Nation in central British Columbia will build what the federal government says will likely be the largest off-grid solar project in Canada. Nearly $16 million in federal an...
Apr 19, 2024
Lululemon cutting over 100 jobs in Washington distribution centre closure
VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc. says it is cutting more than 100 jobs as it plans to close a distribution centre in Washington state. It says some employees at the Sumner, Wash. centre will be re...
Apr 19, 2024
Police to search Saskatoon landfill for woman missing since 2020
SASKATOON - Police are planning to search a Saskatoon landfill for a woman who has been missing for almost four years. Mackenzie Lee Trottier was last seen in December 2020. Police say a substantial a...
Apr 19, 2024
Maple Leafs, Bruins set to renew playoff hostilities: 'Here we go again'
BOSTON - Auston Matthews has closed the book on his staggering regular season. The Maple Leafs sniper came one shot - one crossbar - short of becoming just the ninth player in NHL history to reach 70 ...
Apr 19, 2024
TSS Rovers FC replace Victoria Highlanders in Canadian Championship field
TSS Rovers FC are replacing the inactive Victoria Highlanders in this year's Canadian Championship and will face Pacific FC of the Canadian Premier League in the preliminary round. The Highlanders sec...
Apr 19, 2024
PWHL Montreal ready to set attendance record against Toronto at the Bell Centre
MONTREAL - Danile Sauvageau says there's so much interest in the Professional Women's Hockey League game at the Bell Centre that she's searching for ways to outsmart the arena's security. "People are ...
Apr 19, 2024
Disability expert resigns from federal advisory group over benefit program
OTTAWA - One of Canada's leading disability scholars is quitting a federal advisory board, saying the government failed to properly fund the disability benefit. Michael Prince, a professor of social p...
Apr 19, 2024
Leafs, Jets, Oilers and Canucks carry Canada's Cup hopes with drought at 30 years
Josh Morrissey remembers the city coming to life before his eyes. A nine-year-old Flames fan in the spring of 2004, he was captivated by every Jarome Iginla chance and Miikka Kiprusoff save during Cal...
Apr 19, 2024