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Kiner-Falefa drives in winning run to give Blue Jays a 3-2 walkoff win over Orioles
TORONTO - Isiah Kiner-Falefa drove in Cavan Biggio with the winning run in the ninth inning to give the Toronto Blue Jays a 3-2 walkoff victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday at Rogers Centre...
Jun 05, 2024

Toddler killed and mother injured during tornado in Detroit suburb
LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) - A tornado killed a 2-year-old boy and injured his mother Wednesday when a tree fell on their house in suburban Detroit, while emergency workers in Maryland were responding to rep...
Jun 05, 2024

B.C. teachers' union denies Holocaust education group funds, recognition: advocates
VANCOUVER - Jewish organizations say the British Columbia Teachers' Federation has denied specialist recognition of a Holocaust education group, making it ineligible to receive union funding as a teac...
Jun 05, 2024

Wildfire plan wants 50% of Canadians to act in response to climate change by 2025
CRANBROOK, B.C. - Canadian federal, provincial and territorial forest ministers have signed on to a national strategy that they say aims to raise awareness of wildfire risks across the country. B.C. F...
Jun 05, 2024

Space for Algonquin Peoples to open near Parliament, but no date set
OTTAWA - Algonquin leaders and the federal government have signed an agreement committing to a new space for Algonquin Peoples in Ottawa's parliamentary precinct, five years after the former grand chi...
Jun 05, 2024

River Valley Resilience Retreat celebrates second anniversary
Gathered together in a small living room and kitchen area, a group veterans, first responders, politicians, and family members, have come together to celebrate and say thank-you. Wednesday's event at ...
Jun 05, 2024

Russian warships headed to Caribbean for drills as tensions rise over Ukraine, US officials say
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. has been tracking Russian warships and aircraft that are expected to arrive in the Caribbean for a military exercise in the coming weeks, in a Russian show of force as tensi...
Jun 05, 2024

Teachers have refused arbitration, says Sask. Ed.
Saskatchewan teachers have refused to send the collective agreement to binding arbitration, said the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education in a news release late on Wednesday. The government and school t...
Jun 05, 2024

First Nations students receive $15K per year scholarships from TD Canada Trust
Two women from Saskatchewan, including one from La Ronge and another from Meadow Lake, are recipients of the 2024 TD Scholarship for Indigenous Peoples. They are two of 25 successful applicants, which...
Jun 05, 2024

Canada's Lance Stroll unfazed by his F1 detractors: 'I do my talking on the track'
MONTREAL - Lance Stroll hears the criticism, but he says he pays it no mind. The Canadian's legitimacy as a Formula One driver is sometimes dismissed by pundits and fans because his father, billionair...
Jun 05, 2024