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Toronto Blue Jays announce Rogers Centre to get massive overhaul
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays are determined to modernize Rogers Centre. Team president Mark Shapiro announced on Thursday that the Blue Jays would be making major renovations to their downtown ball...
Jul 28, 2022
Flooding in central Appalachia kills at least 3 in Kentucky
JACKSON, Ky. (AP) - Rescue workers plucked people off rooftops amid fast-rising water Thursday in central Appalachia, where torrential rains unleashed devastating flooding that caused at least three d...
Jul 28, 2022
Mountie has 'impression' Liberal government interfered with N.S. mass shooting probe
HALIFAX - A senior Mountie says he believes political inference was behind RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki's determination to have police release details on the guns used in the Nova Scotia mass shooti...
Jul 28, 2022
Advocates say the federal government can do more to address opioid use stigma
OTTAWA - New federal government research says that stigmatizing views about opioid use disorder - unfair perceptions and disapproval of people who take these drugs - continue to be held by a significa...
Jul 28, 2022
Montreal says vaccine — not limiting sexual partners — best way to fight monkeypox
Montreal health officials say men who have sex with men should get vaccinated against monkeypox instead of limit the number of people they have sex with. City public health director Dr. Mylne Drouin s...
Jul 28, 2022
More B.C. heat records fall, conditions prompt flood watch, but no heat emergency
VANCOUVER - Temperature records are melting across British Columbia as a prolonged heat spell grips the province but Emergency Management BC says it is not anticipating an extreme heat emergency. A st...
Jul 28, 2022
Canada's debt level sustainable over long term: parliamentary budget officer
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says Canada's current fiscal policy is sustainable over the long term. The PBO's latest fiscal sustainability report finds that Canada's overall debt level is...
Jul 28, 2022
Toronto Raptors add Spanish forward Juancho Hernangomez to roster
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have signed forward Juancho Hernangomez. Terms were not disclosed, but ESPN reported the deal is for one year. The six-foot-nine, 214-pound Madrid native averaged 3.3 poi...
Jul 28, 2022
Latest piece of downtown Nanaimo-VIU active transportation link established
NANAIMO - Upgrades are substantially complete to the City's latest piece of their active transportation puzzle.Replacement of underground storm sewer and water main on Fourth St., between Harewood Rd....
Jul 28, 2022
Former NHL defenceman Robidas joins Canadiens' coaching staff as assistant
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens have named former NHL defenceman Stephane Robidas as an assistant coach on Martin St. Louis' staff. The 45-year old Robidas spent last season as head coach of the Mag...
Jul 28, 2022