Author Archives:
Former Jays infielder Damaso Garcia, a two-time all-star, dead at 63
TORONTO - Former Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Damaso Garcia, a two-time all-star and a big part of the club's rise to prominence in the 1980s, has died at the age of 63. Garcia, who had ...
Apr 15, 2020
Woodbine CEO Lawson postpones 2020 Pepsi North America Cup harness event
TORONTO - Woodbine Entertainment CEO Jim Lawson says the 2020 Pespi North America Cup has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Lawson made the announcement Wednesday during a question-and...
Apr 15, 2020
US relief checks begin arriving as economic damage piles up
WASHINGTON - Government relief checks began arriving in Americans' bank accounts as the economic damage to the U.S. from the coronavirus piled up Wednesday and sluggish sales at reopened stores in Eur...
Apr 15, 2020
Premiers don't want Emergencies Act used during COVID-19 pandemic
REGINA - Canada's premiers have sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau saying they do not want the Emergencies Act invoked over COVID-19. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe's office said the lette...
Apr 15, 2020
People in Nanaimo told to adjust donation & recycling habits
NANAIMO - While it's business as usual for curbside collection and recycling depots, the landscape for certain post-use products has been adjusted.Recent images of overflowing Diabetes Canada donation...
Apr 15, 2020 Items piled up outside Diabetes Canada bins in Nanaimo late last week. Most of the mess has since been cleaned up. (Kirsten Gellein)
Trudeau bats away WHO questions, says Canada focused on fighting COVID-19
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau refused Wednesday to join the escalating global debate about the World Health Organization's handling of the COVID-19 crisis, insisting Canada remains f...
Apr 15, 2020
'What's going to happen?' Alberta teen recounts brush with death from COVID-19
OKOTOKS, Alta. - Matt Greenshields never worried about COVID-19 until he found himself thinking about death as he was being wheeled down the empty, darkened hallways of a hospital on his way...
Apr 15, 2020
Canada needs to increase testing capacity before life can return to normal: PM
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada needs a much greater capacity to test for the novel coronavirus before life can return to normal. The federal government and public health officials ...
Apr 15, 2020
Harsh policing and big fines don't make people safer from COVID-19: criminologists
Corey Yanofsky, a data scientist living in Ottawa, took his dog out for a walk last week and ended up with an $880 fine for standing in the wrong place during the COVID-19 pan...
Apr 15, 2020
Wolfpack player James Cunningham likely laid low by virus after hamstring surgery
James Cunningham just wasn't feeling right, as if he was about to come down with something. So the Toronto Wolfpack hooker/scrum half, recovering from earlier hamstring surgery, was sent home some fiv...
Apr 15, 2020