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50 years later, Tommy John surgery remains a game-changer
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - There is a bridge that runs from Tommy John and Dr. Frank Jobe in 1974, all the way to Shohei Ohtani, Justin Verlander and Bryce Harper. A thread that connects an increasing num...
Mar 13, 2024
Returns from Tommy John surgery may seem routine. Recovery can be full of grief, angst and isolation
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - One August morning in 2022 while all alone at the Oakland Coliseum, Daulton Jefferies plopped down in the grass and wept. The pitcher cried for a good 45 minutes. Six years afte...
Mar 13, 2024
In the news today: Canadians wary of online regulation, according to new poll
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Canadians wary of online regulation: poll A new survey suggests fewer than half...
Mar 13, 2024
MPs to question main contractor on ArriveCan app at House committee
OTTAWA - MPs will have another chance to question the people behind the main contract for the ArriveCan app at a House committee meeting today. This will mark the third time GC Strategies partner Kris...
Mar 13, 2024
'Old MacDonald went broke': Technology helps grain farmers confront weather woes
British Columbia grain farmer Malcolm Odermatt says all he can do is pray for rain this spring after repeated droughts sabotaged his harvest last year. Odermatt, who is also the president of the BC Gr...
Mar 13, 2024
Poll: Canadians unsure online harms bill will make social media safer
OTTAWA - Fewer than half of Canadians believe the federal government's plan to regulate social media sites will make platforms safer, a new survey suggests. Polling firm Leger recently asked Canadians...
Mar 13, 2024
Alberta Premier Smith says face-to-face meeting today with Prime Minister Trudeau
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet up face-to-face in Calgary today. Smith's office says the two will meet in the morning, and Smith will head to Edmo...
Mar 13, 2024
Politicians want more competition but supply management still a 'sacred cow'
OTTAWA - There aren't many issues that garner support across party lines in Ottawa these days. But when it comes to the supply management system for egg, poultry and dairy products - the mechanism tha...
Mar 13, 2024
Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if threatened, Putin tells state media
President Vladimir Putin said that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if there is a threat to Russian statehood, sovereignty, or independence. Speaking in an interview with Russian state televisio...
Mar 12, 2024
An explosion in a building outside Beijing kills 1 person and injures 22
BEIJING (AP) - Rescuers were responding to a suspected gas leak explosion Wednesday in a building in northern China that has killed one person and injured 22, authorities said. The explosion came earl...
Mar 12, 2024