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Balance of Power — Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo federal candidates debate
KAMLOOPS - In the final episode before the Oct. 21 federal election, Balance of Power host James Peters moderates a debate between four candidates vying for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo: Green Party cand...
Oct 18, 2019
Workers celebrate deal with GM, show union power in industry
DETROIT - On the picket lines at a General Motors transmission plant in Toledo, Ohio, passing cars honked and striking workers celebrated a tentative contract deal by munching on 10 pizzas dropped off...
Oct 18, 2019
Yanks' bullpen to be tested after rainout squeezes ALCS
NEW YORK - A rainy day in the Bronx has left a most daunting October test for the New York Yankees vaunted bullpen: four games, four days and already a deficit to overcome against the Houston Astros i...
Oct 18, 2019
Joe Maddon returns to Los Angeles Angels as manager
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Joe Maddon is back under the halo. Maddon agreed to a three-year deal to become the Los Angeles Angels' manager on Wednesday, reuniting the World Series-winning former bench boss of ...
Oct 18, 2019
Victoria requests cruise ship visit cap while seeking limit on ship emissions
VICTORIA - A motion that could cap the number of cruise ships docking in Victoria's harbour has been approved by city councillors. Mayor Lisa Helps and two councillors proposed the moti...
Oct 18, 2019
TSN president weighs in on the network, competition and sports media landscape
TORONTO - Ask TSN president Stewart Johnston about his start at the network and he'll fire off specifics like it was yesterday. "It was Feb. 10, 1997. I wore a full suit because I didn't know what to ...
Oct 18, 2019
Roughly 9,000 still without power in Manitoba after snowstorm
WINNIPEG - Slogging through drenched fields and exposed to open prairie in near-freezing temperatures, Manitoba Hydro crews continued to restore power Wednesday to homes and businesses hit by last wee...
Oct 18, 2019
Scheer takes fight to Bernier, Greens and NDP go head to head on West Coast
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer returns to Quebec today, a province he just left, to campaign alongside the candidate hoping to knock People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier out of the House o...
Oct 18, 2019
Pick 'Em: No clear favourite on Canadian men's curling scene this season
The days of just one or two Canadian men's curling teams being clear favourites on the domestic scene are in the rear-view mirror. With the first Grand Slam of the new campaign to ...
Oct 18, 2019
Maple Leafs set to begin life without John Tavares against Bruins
TORONTO - Alexander Kerfoot was the man in the middle at Maple Leafs' practice on Friday. The centre took up the spot normally occupied by Toronto captain John Tavares, who is out at least two weeks w...
Oct 18, 2019
