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Commentator, former Blue Jays catcher Buck Martinez announces retirement
Toronto Blue Jays announcer Buck Martinez has announced his retirement, ending a career that saw the former big-league catcher call over 4,000 Blue Jays games over four-plus decades in the booth. Source link
Trump shares election conspiracy social media video with racist depiction of Obamas
U.S. President Donald Trump is sparking backlash from Democrats over a late-night social media repost in which Barack and Michelle Obama are superimposed atop the bodies of apes. Source link
Woman who accuses Sørensen of sexual assault says comments by French ice dancer ‘create dangerous environment'
The woman who accused Canadian-Danish figure skater Nikolaj Sørensen of sexual assault says public comments by French ice dance team Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron create a “dangerous environment for skaters who need to report abuse” and contribute to a culture of silence in the sport. Source link
Canada's unemployment rate ticks down, economy loses 25,000 jobs in January
Canada’s unemployment rate ticked down to 6.5 per cent in January, and the economy lost 25,000 jobs, Statistics Canada said on Friday. Source link
'Very exciting': Canadian athletes happy see NHL players back at Winter Olympics
Ivanie Blondin remembers the moment Sidney Crosby walked through the door. Canada had table tennis set up in the country’s athlete lounge at the 2014 Olympics. The hockey icon picked up a paddle. Blondin did the same. Source link
Lindsey Vonn tests injured knee in Olympic downhill training, pumps fist after successful run
A week after rupturing the ACL in her left knee, Lindsey Vonn opened her chase for Olympic gold at the age of 41 with an aggressive and successful training run down the Olympia delle Tofane downhill course on Friday, two days before the race. Source link
Alberta cuts access to health care for some foreign workers, raising concerns in the Bow Valley
Alberta has stopped offering provincial health coverage to some people on working holiday and young professional visas, a change that came into effect earlier this year without a public announcement. The shift is raising concerns in the Bow Valley, where tourism businesses rely heavily on international workers. Source link
Athletes, advocates celebrating steps towards gender equality at Milano-Cortina Olympics
The Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics will be the most gender-balanced Olympic Winter Games in history, a feat being celebrated by Canada’s sports organizations and Olympians. Women are set to make up 47 per cent of the athletes on a program with 50 women’s events — both Olympic Winter Games records. Source link
At least 31 killed, more than 160 injured in mosque bombing in Pakistan's capital
A massive bombing ripped through a Shia mosque on the outskirts of Pakistan’s capital during Friday prayers, killing 31 people and wounding at least 169 others, police said. Source link
He fled B.C. in 2015. Now he's been connected to 2 suspected biolabs in the United States
A man who fled B.C. in 2015 with the threat of multimillion dollar court judgments and a sentence for civil contempt hanging over his head, has been linked to the discovery of two suspected biolabs in California and Las Vegas, Nev. Source link