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Guerrero, Jays reach $14.5M deal, skip arbitration
TORONTO (AP) - Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Toronto Blue Jays avoided salary arbitration Friday night by agreeing to a $14.5 million contract for next season. Toronto had 12 players eligible for arbi...
Jan 13, 2023
Scheifele scores twice as Jets dump Penguins 4-1
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Mark Scheifele scored twice, including the go-ahead goal late in the second period and the Winnipeg Jets soared past the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Friday night. Scheifele's first go...
Jan 13, 2023
Montgomery leaves trash talk behind in Vegas to lead Sony
HONOLULU (AP) - PGA Tour rookie Taylor Montgomery quietly went about his work with a 4-under 66 on Friday for the early lead in the Sony Open, hardly looking like a guy who would willingly trash talk ...
Jan 13, 2023
Nanaimo's Matthew Wood highly ranked for this year's NHL Entry Draft
NANAIMO - Arguably the most talent player ever to come out of Nanaimo appears destined to be a first round National Hockey League draft pick in late June.Central Scouting's mid-season NHL Entry Draft ...
Jan 13, 2023
Pierre Poilievre speech to Frontier Centre as part of daylong visit to Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - Conservative party leader Pierre Poilievre is defending his decision to speak to a group that has come under fire for comments on residential schools and discrimination. Poilievre spoke tod...
Jan 13, 2023
Historic international curling tour stops in Qualicum Beach
QUALICUM BEACH - Every five years competitive curlers meeting up for a longstanding tradition between competitors in Canada and Scotland. At stake is the prized 120-year-old Strathcona Cup, the oldest...
Jan 13, 2023
Alberta NDP: 'A lot of lying going on' about premier's role in COVID-19 prosecutions
Alberta's Opposition NDP leader says Premier Danielle Smith has entangled herself in a web of lies and needs to come clean over what she has been saying to prosecutors pursuing COVID-19 health violati...
Jan 13, 2023
Respiratory illnesses leveling off after early season peak
NANAIMO - Following elevated numbers of people sick from seasonal illnesses, the province reported more positive signs following a turbulent early start to flu season.During a Friday, Jan 13 media bri...
Jan 13, 2023
Philadelphia Eagles sign former Calgary Stampeder tackle Julian Good-Jones
PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Eagles signed former Calgary Stampeder tackle Julian Good-Jones on Friday. Good-Jones had a workout with the Eagles in November. The six-foot-four. 319-pound Good-Jones...
Jan 13, 2023
Brazil prosecutors request Bolsonaro probe for inciting riot
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The Brazilian prosecutor-general's office on Friday asked the Supreme Court to include former president Jair Bolsonaro in its investigation into who incited the Jan. 8 riot in th...
Jan 13, 2023