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Peacock's Sunday package to be called 'MLB Sunday Leadoff'
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - Peacock's Sunday morning Major League Baseball package will be called "MLB Sunday Leadoff," NBC Sports said Wednesday. Peacock will stream games produced by NBC Sports for 18 st...
Apr 13, 2022
Bail review begins for Pat King, a key figure in convoy protest
OTTAWA - Ontario Superior Court began hearing arguments to release Ottawa convoy organizer Pat King on bail after his lawyer requested a review of the initial decision to keep him in jail until his tr...
Apr 13, 2022
N.S. mass killer shot himself in head as police were opening fire at gas station
HALIFAX - A public inquiry heard evidence today that the Nova Scotia gunman who murdered 22 people in 2020 likely shot himself in the head within seconds of two officers firing on him. Dr. Matthew Bow...
Apr 13, 2022
Canada captain Atiba Hutchinson joins Simcoe County FC ownership group
TORONTO - Canada captain Atiba Hutchinson has joined Simcoe County Rovers FC's ownership group. The League1 Ontario team says the 39-year-old Hutchinson, a native of Brampton, Ont., who captains Turke...
Apr 13, 2022
Ukraine tennis players juggle matches, war raging at home
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - When Ukrainian women's tennis player Katarina Zavatska first learned that Russia had invaded her homeland, she was unable to pick up a racket for more than a week. Every waking ...
Apr 13, 2022
Trudeau says budget measures will help Canadians weather Bank of Canada rate hike
LAVAL, Que. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government's new budget will help Canadians weather the Bank of Canada's new interest rate hike, its highest in more than 20 years. Trudeau told re...
Apr 13, 2022
Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment chair Larry Tanenbaum joins Steve Pagliuca's bid to buy Chelsea
The bid for Chelsea launched by Boston Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca has added Canadian sports tycoon Larry Tanenbaum ahead of Thursday's expected deadline for improved offers for the Premier League...
Apr 13, 2022
Trudeau welcomes talk of Russia's action in Ukraine as genocide
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau says it is "absolutely right" that people are describing Russia's actions in Ukraine as genocide. The prime minister says there are official, legal procedures for determining w...
Apr 13, 2022
Were the Mandates Really Legal?
Recently I had the honour of speaking with one of the original creators of our Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Honourable Mr. Brian Peckford. Peckford also served the Province of Newfoundland and ...
Apr 13, 2022
COVID-19 vaccines in national stockpile starting to expire as uptake slows
OTTAWA - Health Canada says almost 1.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines held in a national inventory have expired since January. That includes more than 420,000 doses of Moderna's vaccine that expir...
Apr 13, 2022