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Judge, Stanton, Urshela homer to lead Yanks to 7-2 victory over Blue Jays
TORONTO - Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and Gio Urshela homered to power the New York Yankees to a 7-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night in the opener of a critical three-game serie...
Sep 28, 2021
Activist, historian, writer among `genius grant' recipients
CHICAGO (AP) - A historian devoted to keeping alive the stories of long-dead victims of racial violence along the Texas-Mexico border and a civil rights activist whose mission is to make sure people w...
Sep 28, 2021
LEADING OFF: Yanks' Cole faces Jays in potential last start
A look at what's happening around the majors Wednesday ___ WILD, WILD EAST Yankees ace Gerrit Cole makes what might be his final start of the regular season in a critical showdown against Toronto. New...
Sep 28, 2021
Trudeau says moving on vaccine mandate for federal workers, travellers priority No. 1
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government's first priority postelection will be to move ahead with plans to require travellers to be fully vaccinated before getting on a plane or trai...
Sep 28, 2021
Maryland newspaper gunman gets more than 5 life prison terms
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - A man who killed five people at a newspaper in Maryland was sentenced on Tuesday to more than five life sentences without the possibility of parole. Anne Arundel County Judge Mic...
Sep 28, 2021
B.C. judge denies injunction extension over Fairy Creek logging
VICTORIA - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has denied a forest company's application to extend an injunction against blockades by people opposed to the logging of old-growth trees in the Fairy ...
Sep 28, 2021
Canadian Conference of Bishops pledge $30M for survivors of residential schools
OTTAWA - The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops is pledging to fundraise $30 million for projects to help residential school survivors heal from their trauma. President Raymond Poisson says it wa...
Sep 28, 2021
Vancouver school trustees vote in favour of masks for students in K-3 grades
VANCOUVER - School trustees in Vancouver have voted unanimously in favour of requiring masks to be worn by students in kindergarten to Grade 3. Mask mandates set by British Columbia's provincial healt...
Sep 28, 2021
Kamloops council enacts new bylaw governing local film production
KAMLOOPS - For the first time in its history, the City of Kamloops now has a bylaw to govern film productions taking place within city limits.Council passed the new bylaw at its regular meeting Tuesda...
Sep 28, 2021
Forge FC defeats Panama's Independiente, advances to CONCACAF League quarterfinal
PANAMA CITY - Mo Babouli and Kyle Bekker scored as 10-man Forge FC defeated Panama's Independiente 2-0 Tuesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Scotiabank CONCACAF League. Babouli was in the thick of...
Sep 28, 2021
