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NEW YORK - Mall owners Simon Property Group and Brookfield Property Partners are close to a deal to buy department store chain J.C. Penney out of bankruptcy and keep the chain running. Penney's lawyer...

Waiver wire pickups. Japanese league veterans. Returnees from injury layoffs. Minor-league free agent signings. The Toronto Blue Jays' bullpen is a varied collection of pitchers that has man...

NANAIMO - A person of interest in the tragic murder of a Nanaimo teen is now officially charged. Nanaimo RCMP announced a charge of first degree murder was laid against Steven Michael Bacon. Bacon was...

FREDERICTON - Another political party in New Brunswick has dropped a candidate for next week's provincial election because of past comments made online. The People's Alliance party has confirmed that ...

Although 2019-20 was a strange, start-and-stop season on the PGA Tour, it was also arguably the best-ever campaign for Canadian golfers. Mackenzie Hughes, Adam Hadwin, Corey Conners and...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Toronto Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo says first baseman Rowdy Tellez will likely go on the 10-day injured list after an MRI exam revealed a right knee strain. Tellez was repl...

OTTAWA - WE Charity says it is closing its Canadian operations, blaming COVID-19 and the political fallout from the Liberal government's plan to have it run a multimillion-dollar student-voluntee...

NANAIMO - The number of flu shots available in B.C. is reaching a new high during the COVID-19 pandemic. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced an additional 450,000 doses of the flu vac...

EDMONTON - When the Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Islanders left the familiar confines of the NHL's Toronto bubble last weekend, they masked up to board physically distanced buses and then flew wes...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's fall and winter pandemic battle plan involves ramping up COVID-19 testing, contact tracing and a campaign to administer almost two million flu shots. Health Ministry...