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Toronto Blue Jays clinch post-season berth with Orioles' loss to Red Sox
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays secured a playoff berth Thursday without even taking the field. Canada's lone big-league team started the day with a magic number of one and locked up a wild-card spot ...
Sep 29, 2022
Becoming a firefighter: first calls
Opinion: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the writer of this piece do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints ofnortheastNOWor Pattison Media. Another summer of...
Sep 29, 2022
Judge Watch, Frankie Lasagna and Homer No. 61: On an unusual night at the ballpark
TORONTO - Baseball writers in Toronto were rather displeased a few years back when the press box was moved from behind home plate to a perch way out by the left-field foul screen. The location paid of...
Sep 29, 2022
Eighth arrest in Gallagher murder
An eighth person has been charged in connection with the death of Megan Gallagher. Robin Tyler John, age 34, was arrested at a correctional facility on Beardy's and Okemasis First Nation this morning ...
Sep 29, 2022
B.C. pharmacists to renew, issue prescriptions as part of reworked health plan
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is expanding the power of pharmacists to renew and issue prescriptions as part of a wide-ranging strategy to relieve pressure on family doctors and emergency departments. ...
Sep 29, 2022
National chief says Canada's reconciliation actions taking long road; 40 years away
VICTORIA - The road to reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples in Canada remains a long one, says Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald, who estimates it will take 40 years at the...
Sep 29, 2022
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to be recognized at P.A.'s riverfront
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Friday will be recognized in Prince Albert at one of the city's most iconic Indigenous artifacts.At the Sisters in Spirit Monument along the riverbank,...
Sep 29, 2022
Russian oligarch charged in U.S. evaded sanctions to deliver flowers to Canadian: FBI
OTTAWA - A Russian oligarch indicted in the United States today for conspiring to circumvent its sanctions regime stands accused of, among other things, having flowers delivered to a former member of ...
Sep 29, 2022
Prime Minister Trudeau visits storm-damaged Quebec islands, promises aid for region
HAVRE-AUBERT, Que. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Quebec's les-de-la-Madeleine today, promising federal support for the archipelago hammered by post-tropical storm Fiona last weekend. Trudeau...
Sep 29, 2022
WHL teams with Orange Shirt Society before National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
CALGARY - The Western Hockey League and the Orange Shirt Society announced a new partnership on Thursday with initiatives to recognize and commemorate the legacy of residential schools. Orange Shirt D...
Sep 29, 2022