Author Archives:
5 Blue Jays pitchers combine on 4-hitter, beat Red Sox 2-1
BOSTON - Five Toronto pitchers combined on a four-hitter and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. scored the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning on a groundout, lifting the Blue Jays over the Boston Red Sox 2-1 on Sa...
Aug 08, 2020
Nagasaki urges nuke ban on 75th anniversary of US A-bombing
TOKYO - The Japanese city of Nagasaki on Sunday marked its 75th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing, with the mayor and dwindling survivors urging world leaders including their own to do more for a...
Aug 08, 2020
Canadian featherweight Gavin Tucker looks impressive in UFC win in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS - Canadian featherweight Gavin Tucker looked impressive in stopping Justin (The Guitar Hero) Jaynes in the third round on a UFC Fight Night card Saturday. The 34-year-old from Ship Cove, N.L...
Aug 08, 2020
Two dead in Manitoba after RCMP believe tornado threw their vehicle into a field
VIRDEN, Man. - RCMP say a man and a woman are dead after a tornado touched down at a farm in western Manitoba on Friday evening and carried a vehicle they were believed to have been in ...
Aug 08, 2020
COVID-19 exposure risk at Regina Superstore
The provincial health authority is warning that someone who later tested positive for COVID-19 visited a Superstore location in Regina.It happened on Aug. 5 sometime between 6 p.m and 7 p.m at the Roc...
Aug 08, 2020
Tuch scores in OT, Knights beat Avs 4-3 for top seed
EDMONTON - Alex Tuch scored 4:44 into overtime, Jonathan Marchessault had two goals and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 on Saturday to earn the No. 1 seed in the Western Confe...
Aug 08, 2020
Canada to match donations to Lebanon relief
OTTAWA - The federal government will match all individual donations from Canadians to humanitarian relief efforts in Lebanon following this week's deadly explosion in Beirut. International Development...
Aug 08, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Aug. 8
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 3:58 p.m. on Aug. 8, 2020: There are 119,221 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 60,367 confirmed (including 5,692 deaths, 50,886 resolv...
Aug 08, 2020
Canada to match donations to Lebanon relief
OTTAWA - The federal government will match all individual donations from Canadians to humanitarian relief efforts in Lebanon following this week's deadly explosion in Beirut. International Development...
Aug 08, 2020
MLS to resume season following Florida tournament, Canadian teams not yet included
Buoyed by the MLS is Back tournament and confident of its coronavirus protocols, Major League Soccer will resume its regular season with teams playing in their home cities. The league's 26 teams will ...
Aug 08, 2020