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Cavan Biggio hit for cycle, just like dad Craig

BALTIMORE - Cavan Biggio hit for the cycle, just like his dad. Biggio homered in the third inning, singled in the sixth, doubled in the eighth and tripled in the ninth to boost the Toronto Blue Jays o...

Sep 19, 2019

Hays robs Guerrero, Jays sweep Orioles with 8-4 victory

BALTIMORE - Cavan Biggio homered and had three RBIs to offset a spectacular, homer-robbing catch by Austin Hays, and the Toronto Blue Jays used a six-run seventh inning to beat the Baltimore Orioles 8...

Sep 19, 2019

Invasive giant bee-eating hornets nest found in Nanaimo, B.C.

NANAIMO, B.C. - A nest of invasive Asian giant hornets has been discovered and destroyed in a park south of Nanaimo, B.C. The provincial government says its experts and a group of local beekeeper...

Sep 19, 2019

Justin Trudeau's painful blackface past a teachable moment: observers

TORONTO - The image of a smiling Justin Trudeau in a turban and dark makeup is unquestionably offensive, but law professor and former Ontario human rights commissioner Errol Mendes says the ...

Sep 19, 2019

AP Source: GM's offer to UAW would add lower-paying jobs

DETROIT - A General Motors offer to invest $7 billion in U.S. facilities includes $2 billion from joint ventures and suppliers for new plants that would pay workers less than the top union wage, a per...

Sep 19, 2019

From minstrel shows to campus firestorms, Canada's long history of blackface

Justin Trudeau's political fate hangs in the balance as a series of images of the Liberal leader wearing blackface and brownface have roiled the federal election campaign. The scandal has shocked many...

Sep 19, 2019

B.C. auditor says tighter expense rules, oversight needed at B.C. legislature

VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general says tighter rules on expenses for top officers at the legislature are needed following allegations of spending abuses made by Speaker Darryl Pl...

Sep 19, 2019

'Hard-headed' Mike Reilly becomes CFL's last quarterback standing

SURREY, B.C. - Amid a disappointing season for the B.C. Lions, Mike Reilly is accomplishing a feat unrivalled by his colleagues across the league - he's staying healthy. Due to a spate of injurie...

Sep 19, 2019

How did Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau's blackface stay secret for so long?

OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says deep embarrassment, as well as ignorance, led him to keep his memories of having darkened his skin to dress up as racial minorities, more than onc...

Sep 19, 2019

Producers beyond angry at A&W campaign involving Riders

A recent A&W advertisement filmed at the July 20 Saskatchewan Roughrider football game outside Mosaic Stadium raised the ire of some cattle producers who felt the burger chain was leveraging the b...