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Toronto Blue Jays get closer Ken Giles back from injured list
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Toronto Blue Jays closer Ken Giles has been reinstated from the 45-day injured list and was active for Friday's home game against the New York Mets. Giles has been on the injured ...
Sep 11, 2020
B.C. moves to end divisive old-growth forest policies, protects nine areas
HAZELTON, B.C. - The British Columbia government says it's taking a new and more all-encompassing approach to protecting the province's old-growth forests. Forests Minister Doug Donaldson says the gov...
Sep 11, 2020
Trainer Josie Carroll will have history on her side at Queen's Plate
TORONTO - Trainer Josie Carroll will have history on her side Saturday. Carroll will be chasing a third career victory in the $1-million Queen's Plate at Toronto's Woodbine Racetrack. She'll have...
Sep 11, 2020
Saskatchewan court allows teepee protest camp to stay on legislature lawn
REGINA - A Saskatchewan judge has ruled a Metis man can stay on the lawn of the provincial legislature to finish his hunger strike against high suicide rates. The government took Tristen Dur...
Sep 11, 2020
Meals in the Fields gives back to farming community this fall
A North Battleford area beef producer is one of the latest winners in the Meals in the Fields contest.Connie Walker said it was a thrill to receive free Domino's Pizza for her family and crew, along w...
Sep 11, 2020
$30M in improvements coming for B.C. logging road where two students died
VICTORIA - Improvements are coming to a narrow logging road on Vancouver Island where members of the local First Nations as well as two university students have lost their lives. Indigenous Relations ...
Sep 11, 2020
A COVID lookback during National Trucking Week
COVID-19 has done a lot to change things on the work front, with many setting up offices at home and learning how to hold virtual meetings.But for truckers, who were quickly classed as essential servi...
Sep 11, 2020
Shahab reflects on first six months of pandemic in Saskatchewan
Six months ago, many people in Saskatchewan had never heard of terms like social distancing or effective reproductive number. They never considered wearing a face mask to the grocery store.Things have...
Sep 11, 2020
Supreme Court of Canada to hear Sask. challenge of carbon tax this month
Saskatchewan's challenge of the federal government's carbon tax is to be heard by the Supreme Court of Canada starting on Sept. 22.The country's top court issued its agenda for the month Friday and th...
Sep 11, 2020
Steeler Smith-Schuster impressed with Canadian rookie Chase Claypool
JuJu Smith-Schuster can see Canadian rookie receiver Chase Claypool having a big year with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Pittsburgh selected the six-foot-four, 238-pound Claypool, a native of Abbotsford, B...
Sep 11, 2020