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AL roundup Jose Bautista hits 2 HRs in Torontos 4-3 win over Tampa Bay
TORONTO - Jose Bautista homered twice and drove in the winning run with a 10th-inning single, leading the Toronto Blue Jays to a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday.Bautista went 4 for 4 with a walk and four RBIs. Three other players had one hit, but that was it for Toronto's offense.Facing Cesar Ramos (1-1), Colby Rasmus reached on an infield single to begin the 10th. Rasmus ...
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Canada U.S. test at Edmonton rugby park as tune-up for World Cup qualifiers
Opening game of Pacific Nations Cup runs on Saturday; Canadian manager ecstatic team will ‘get high-quality games’ against Fiji, Tonga next ...
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Top hockeynight tweets from Wednesday
The focus was on the Senators and the Penguins in Game 4 on Wednesday night, and the goals just piled up. The Twitter world was there to respond as Pittsburgh defeated Ottawa ...
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Wharnsby Senators down to their final lifeline
Dejected Ottawa Senators goalie Craig Anderson was peppered with six goals by the Pittsburgh Penguins before being pulled in the third period Wednesday night. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian ...
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Boil-water advisory caused by a whoops moment in Montreal
Café Joe employee Felix-Antoine Boily-Audet, left and café owner Mélanie Desjardins are using bottled water for the coffee they served at the restaurant. Routine maintenance gone wrong at one of Montreal’s biggest water filtration plants spurred the largest boil-water advisory in the city’s history on ...
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Stanley Cup Stories Penguins stars burn Senators
Pittsburgh Penguins' Jarome Iginla, centre, celebrates after scoring against the Ottawa Senators with teammates Evgeni Malkin, left, James Neal (18) and Kris Letang, right, during the second period of Game 4 on Wednesday night. (Blair ...
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Prolific Penguins put Senators in 3-1 series hole
Penguins' Chris Kunitz beats Senators goalie Craig Anderson in the second period Wednesday night in Ottawa. Pittsburgh erased a 2-1 deficit in the period, scoring six straight goals en route to a 7-3 win. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian ...
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Canadian businessman goes on trial in Cuban corruption crackdown
HAVANA (Reuters) - A Canadian businessman who has confessed to bribing Cuban officials was scheduled to go on trial in Havana on Thursday, almost two years after his arrest in a sweeping government crackdown on ...
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Mirvish posts big and small wins in Toronto critics’ awards
Good news came in all sizes for Mirvish Productions at the Toronto Theatre Critics' Awards this year, as the commercial producer picked up plaudits for both their biggest show and smallest show of the ...
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Canadian Intellectuals to Give a Lecture on Hugo Chavez Legacy
Ottawa, May 23 (Prensa Latina) Canadian intellectuals will deliver a lecture today, at the University of Ottawa, on the legacy of the deceased Venezuelan President for his country, Latin America and the Caribbean. The writer Arnold August and the economist Michel Chossudovsky will talk on the main aspects of the political life of the Venezuelan revolutionary leader, his efforts to recover ...
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Did You See That Sidney Crosby continues to amaze
Pittsburgh Penguins centre Sidney Crosby (87) reacts after scoring against Ottawa Senators goalie Craig Anderson, bottom left, during the third period of Game 4 Wednesday night. (Blair ...
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Rangers D-man Anton Stralman to miss Game 4
Either Matt Gilroy or, possibly Roman Hamrlik, will dress in place of Rangers defenceman Anton Stralman, right, against the Bruins Thursday. Stralman played one shift after absorbing a hit from Boston forward Milan Lucic in Game 3 of their second-round NHL playoff series on Tuesday. (Bruce Bennett/Getty ...
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Heat win on LeBron Jamess OT buzzer-beater layup
MIAMI (AP) LeBron James made a layup as time expired in overtime, and the Miami Heat found a way to beat the Indiana Pacers 103-102 in a wild Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Wednesday night. James finished with 30 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for the Heat - his ninth postseason triple-double, and barely anyone noticed. All that mattered was the last shot, which simply saved the ...
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Winterhawks down Blades to clinch Memorial Cup semifinal berth
The Portland Winterhawks scored three times in the third period Wednesday to defeat the Saskatoon Blades 4-2 in the final round-robin game at the MasterCard Memorial Cup. With the score tied 1-1, Chase De Leo gave Portland the lead for good at 4:08 of the third when he jammed a loose puck past Blades goalie Andrey Makarov as the Winterhawks (2-1) clinched a spot in Friday's semifinal. The ...
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Wait time and primary care reforms stalled
Shortening wait times for hip and knee replacements, increasing electronic health records and starting a national pharmacare strategy are stalled, according to a new progress report. The Health Council of Canada releases its report on health care renewal in Saskatoon on ...
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Man stabbed in Vancouver
Vancouver police are investigating after a man was stabbed in the city's Downtown Eastside on Wednesday night. The incident occurred around 7:40 p.m. at the intersection of Gore Avenue and Keefer Street. Emergency responders found the man, who has not been identified, in the 400 block of Prior Street. The man suffered serious injuries in the stabbing and is receiving emergency treatment ...
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Calgary Zoo forced to destroy penguin eggs
"Even though we all want to have penguin chicks, we take it very seriously that they are in captivity for a reason -- for education but also to maintain a healthy viable population in zoos in case something happens to the ones in the wild," said curator Dr. Malu ...
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford sacked as football coach
Rob Ford coaches the Don Bosco football team. (CRAIG ROBERTSON/Toronto Sun files) Players on the Don Bosco Eagles football team are backing now ex-coach Mayor Rob Ford, who was dumped Wednesday by the Toronto Catholic District School Board. A statement from the TCDSB Wednesday says Ford was notified of the boardâs decision to âpursue a different directionâ with a ...
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Pittsburgh take commanding lead over Ottawa
(38 mins ago) Pittsburgh's Jarome Iginla and James Neal each scored twice as the Penguins routed the Ottawa Senators 7-3 on Wednesday night to take a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series. Sidney Crosby, Chris Kunitz and Pascal Dupuis also scored for Pittsburgh, and Tomas Vokoun made 30 saves. Down 2-1 after the first period, the Penguins scored twice in a 40-second span ...
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Senators on thin ice after Penguins crush Ottawa in Game 4
Pittsburgh Penguins' Jarome Iginla (centre) is congratulated by teammates Evgeni Malkin (left) and James Neal after scoring against the Ottawa Senators during second period NHL playoff action in Ottawa, Wednesday May 22, 2013. (Adrian Wyld/THE CANADIAN ...
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Judge concludes convicted dealer’s rights ‘were not taken seriously’ by Ottawa police
OTTAWA -- A defence lawyer said she plans to seek a reduced sentence for a convicted drug dealer after a judge concluded that an Ottawa police officer repeatedly violated the man's rights, including intentionally causing him pain by standing on his ankles in the cellblock.Ontario Superior Court Justice Timothy Ray found that while Const. Paul Greenwood "might have gained ...
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Prolific Penguins regain momentum in Game 4
OTTAWA (AP) Jarome Iginla and James Neal each scored twice and the Pittsburgh Penguins routed the Ottawa Senators 7-3 on Wednesday night to take a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series. Sidney Crosby, Chris Kunitz and Pascal Dupuis also scored for Pittsburgh, and Tomas Vokoun made 30 saves. Down 2-1 after the first period, the Penguins scored twice in a 40-second span early in the ...
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Cherry says Canuck coaches thrown down the drain
Hockey Night in Canada's Don Cherry says three good guys in Canucks head coach Alain Vigneault and assistants Rick Bowness and Newell Brown go down the drain for the poor performance of GM Mike Gillis. (Darryl Dyck/Canadian ...
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Lindale fire doubles in size within hours
A fire which was discovered west of Lindale, Alta. around 3 p.m. Wednesday more than doubled in size over a couple of hours. According to Brazeau County, the fire grew from 17 hectares around 6 p.m. to 36 hectares just after 8 p.m. One out-building has been destroyed so far. The fire jumped Township Road 500 early Wednesday evening. The evacuation order affects people who live along Township ...
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Smudge the Hotel Macdonalds friendliest greeter
Edmonton's Hotel Macdonald has taken an unusual step to help stressed-out travelers feel at home --a "canine ambassador'" who welcomes guests with a wag of her tail. Smudge the yellow Labrador Retriever "works" from Monday to Friday. Her duties include offering a friendly greeting to anyone who passes through the doors of the elegant Fairmont hotel and ...
Toronto Digest
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Toronto's historical hospital due for upgrade
Toronto East General Hospital is undergoing a massive redevelopment and expansion plan that aims to update the tired facility, which is one of the oldest in the city.
Toronto East General Hospital was opened in 1929 and has been in continual operation ever since, located at 825 Coxwell Avenue in the capital of Ontario, the hospital is a community teaching hospital and has a bed capacity of 470. It treated over 60,000 people in its emergency room last year and provided in-patient care to over 19,000 people. Read more
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