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Toronto Blue Jays add right-handed starter Clay Buchholz
DUNEDIN, Fla. - The Toronto Blue Jays have signed right-hander Clay Buchholz to a one-year, US$3 million contract. The 34-year-old went 7-2 with a 2.01 ERA in 16 starts and 98.1 innings for the Arizon...
Mar 05, 2019
Prime minister's Regina trip cancelled in favour of private meetings in Ottawa
REGINA - A scheduled visit by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Regina has been cancelled. Eleanore Catenaro, a spokeswoman for Trudeau, confirmed to The Canadian Press this morning...
Mar 05, 2019
In the news today, Mar. 5
Eight stories in the news for Tuesday, Mar. 5 --- PM MORE CONCILIATORY AFTER SECOND MINISTER RESIGNS OVER SNC-LAVALIN Treasury Board president Jane Philpott resigned from cabinet Monday sayi...
Mar 05, 2019
Trudeau's feminist agenda has led to change, but more funding needed: reports
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government has enacted genuinely feminist policies but needs to back them up with more money if it wants to make a lasting difference, Oxfam Canada says. The charity released its&...
Mar 05, 2019
Coerced-sterilization allegations a 'crisis' that demands public inquiry: chief
OTTAWA - An Alberta First Nations leader says ongoing concerns about coerced sterilization of Indigenous women is nothing short of a "crisis" and he wants to see a public inquiry into the allegat...
Mar 05, 2019
Dubnyk, Wild beat Flames to spoil Jarome Iginla's jersey retirement
CALGARY - On an emotional night in which Calgary retired Jarome Iginla's jersey, Devan Dubnyk sent the fans home unhappy. Minnesota's goaltender made 35 saves leading the Wild to a 4-2 victory on Satu...
Mar 05, 2019
'I have lost confidence': Jane Philpott's cabinet resignation letter
OTTAWA - Jane Philpott suddenly resigned from Justin Trudeau's cabinet Monday, linking her decision to the fallout from the SNC-Lavalin affair. Below is the full text of her letter to Trudea...
Mar 04, 2019
Last of 13 players injured in Humboldt Broncos bus crash released from hospital
SASKATOON - The final Humboldt Broncos player who was injured in a bus crash last spring has been released from hospital. The family of Morgan Gobeil says in a statement that the 19-year-old...
Mar 04, 2019
Obama tells Winnipeg audience that politics being driven by passions not facts
WINNIPEG - Barack Obama says there is a danger in the United States and around the world with politics being driven by passions disconnected from facts. "I think the danger that we have sometimes now ...
Mar 04, 2019
Obama tells Winnipeg audience that politics being driven by passions not facts
WINNIPEG - Barack Obama says there is a danger in the United States and around the world with politics being driven by passions disconnected from facts. "I think the danger that we have sometimes now ...
Mar 04, 2019
