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Bassitt sounds off on MLB rule changes

Descrease article font size Increase article font size DUNEDIN, Fla. – Count Blue Jays right-hander Chris Bassitt among the early critics of Major League Baseball’s rule changes for the 2024 season. “We’re yet again having to learn new rules,” Bassitt said Sunday. “Hopefully in 2025 we stop doing this charade.” …

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Manitoba cheesemaker honors centuries-old recipe passed down by Trappist monks – Winnipeg

Dustin Peltier, owner of Loaf and Honey, has been making his Golden Prairie cheese since 2018 from a recipe passed on by Manitoba’s Trappist monks who made the cheese in 1905. Brother Alberic’s recipe has been around for centuries and was passed down to Peltier  “This is a replica of …

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Einarson opens defence of Canadian curling title with a win, but minus lead Harris

Kerri Einarson opened her bid for a record fifth straight Canadian women’s curling championship with a victory, but minus lead Briane Harris whose absence went unexplained. Neither the skip nor Curling Canada provided an explanation Friday on why Harris was abruptly deemed “ineligible” to compete at the Scotties Tournament of …

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RCMP lay more charges in alleged Ottawa teen terror plot, charging ‘co-conspirator’

The RCMP announced Friday they are laying two additional charges against a young person the force arrested in late December on terror-related charges for allegedly plotting an attack on the Jewish community. They have also charged a second young person as an alleged co-conspirator, the force said in a statement. …

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Hope grows for Stouffville garden amid cenotaph, armoured tank relocation plan

The sunlight that pierced through the clouds in Stouffville shone on the snow-covered plants at Memorial Park. At the corner of Park Dr. and Booth Dr., large stones encircle a collection of  greenery:  liatris, black-eyed susans, coreopsis, and tulips, to name a few. The “ecosystem” was built by volunteers with …

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Community members hold vigil to remember Manitoba family killed – Winnipeg

Descrease article font size Increase article font size More than 100 community members gathered Friday night in Carman to pay their respects to five people who were killed last weekend. Last Sunday, 30-year-old Amanda Clearwater, her three children, six-year-old Bethany, four-year-old Jayven and two-and-a-half month old Isabella, and her 17-year-old …

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Respiratory transmission in the community continues to fluctuate: report

Descrease article font size Increase article font size From Jan. 28 to Feb. 10, 2024, the CRISP report shows the number of positive tests for the virus that causes COVID-19 increased marginally this week. “Test positivity for the most recent surveillance week was 9.0 per cent, an increase from 7.8 …

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Government, opposition look to reset narrative as Ontario legislature returns

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to reopen the provincial legislature on Tuesday with hopes of putting the bruising Greenbelt scandal behind him and focusing on the next provincial election – looking to define which political party is focused on making life more affordable. Ford’s Progressive Conservatives are set to …

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Six youths arrested following stabbing in Square One Mall in Mississauga – Toronto

Six youths were taken into custody, and one person was sent to a Mississauga-area hospital after a stabbing in Square One Mall Friday evening. According to emergency responders, reports of a possible stabbing came in around 5 p.m. Peel police say six people under the age of 18 were allegedly …

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