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Blue Jays starter Eric Lauer in form as Toronto dumps Arizona 8-1
TORONTO - Pitcher Eric Lauer has done a little bit of everything for the Toronto Blue Jays since his season debut seven weeks ago. The 30-year-old left-hander has worked in short relief, served in a b...
Jun 18, 2025

Bichette homers, Guerrero drives in three runs as Blue Jays dump Diamondbacks 8-1
TORONTO - Bo Bichette homered and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drove in three runs as the Toronto Blue Jays rolled to an 8-1 rout of the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday night. Bichette and Addison Barger h...
Jun 18, 2025

Israel’s military warns people to evacuate the area around Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Israel's military warned people Thursday to evacuate the area around Iran's Arak heavy water reactor. The warning came in a social media post on X. It included a sat...
Jun 18, 2025

Ottawa Charge, Toronto Sceptres filling in rosters with PWHL player signings
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Charge have re-signed forward Rebecca Leslie to a two-year contract extension and forward Taylor House for another year. They were the first players to sign with the Professional W...
Jun 18, 2025

Canadian Food Inspection Agency finds rare disease at B.C. commercial pigeon premises
CHILLIWACK - Canada's food inspection agency says it has uncovered a case of Newcastle disease at a commercial pigeon operation in Chilliwack, B.C., requiring the birds to be culled and the premises t...
Jun 18, 2025

Yuvraj Samra's half-century powers Canada past the Bahamas in T20 World Cup qualifier
KING CITY - Teenage opening batsman Yuvraj Samra put on a show Wednesday as Canada made short work of the Bahamas, winning by 10 wickets in a rain-shorted game at the Americas Qualifier for the ICC Me...
Jun 18, 2025

Carbon budget to keep global warming at 1.5 C could be exhausted in 3 years: report
The world is on pace to emit enough greenhouse gas emissions over the next three years to blow by an international target to limit global warming to 1.5 C, according to a new study co-authored by a Ca...
Jun 18, 2025

Renewed Indo-Canada ties concern protesters on anniversary of Nijjar killing
VANCOUVER - Protesters marking the second anniversary of the killing of B.C. Sikh community leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar say they're concerned about the renewal of Canada's relations with India, whose ...
Jun 18, 2025

Union slams package company DHL's ask for federal strike intervention
OTTAWA - Unifor sent a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney and cabinet ministers this week decrying a request from package company DHL to intervene in a strike. That request was made by DHL in a lett...
Jun 18, 2025

SPSA says air tankers grounded due to federal regulation compliance
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) is firing back at the Sask. NDP's claims that it is unacceptable for four of the province's 10 existing air tankers to be grounded. During a daily wildfire...
Jun 18, 2025