3 d. ago Fears over migration and crime push Chile’s presidential race to the right

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Fans sported MAGA-style caps. AC/DC blasted from the speakers. Red, white and blue flags flapped in the wind. Crowds whooped and cheered as the man of the hour lamented the surge of migrants across the border. “This country isn’t falling apart,” he bellowed. “It is being shot to pieces, by bullets.” […]

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5 d. ago Distillery District, Canada’s Wonderland holiday hot spots open this week

Winter-themed destinations operating until early January to warm spirits of festival-goers

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2 w. ago Will the Toronto Blue Jays get a White House invite if they win the World Series?

The 1992 World Series championship team visited the White House when George Bush was in office.

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2 w. ago World Series anthem singers revealed and this Toronto Blue Jays legend is throwing first pitch

After much speculation, the Toronto Blue Jays legend that will throw out the first pitch before Friday's World Series game has been revealed.Former Blue Jays centre fielder Devon White will throw the ceremonial first pitch before Game 6 at Rogers Centre in Toronto, according to Keegan Matheson of MLB.com. The 62-year-old follows Cito Gaston (Game 1) and Joe Carter (Game 2) to receive this honour during the World Series.White played five seasons in Toronto, winning five consecutive Gold Gloves from 1991 to 1995. A legendary leadoff batter, White was a member of the Blue Jays' World Series winning teams in 1992 and 1993.The anthem singers have also been revealed.David Grenon will sing O Canada, while John Vincent has been tasked with the Star Spangled Banner.Hopefully they get the lyrics right, because the singer that performed the Canadian national anthem last game in Los Angeles got more than a few of them wrong.

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2 w. ago Canada's Wonderland fires back at complaints about Halloween Haunt

Canada's Wonderland's annual Halloween Haunt has been a spooky season staple for thrillseekers across the Greater Toronto Area, and while the event remains one of the hottest tickets in town this season, some underwhelmed guests say the Haunt has lost its edge this year.Visitors have taken to social media to express frustration with what they characterize as a downgrade from previous years, including complaints alleging fewer scare actors, an additional $10 fee to enter the mazes, and an overcrowded park filled with younger children.One Reddit user noted, "Wicked Hollow had 3 scare actors in it, and the area was weirdly well-lit. A couple of years ago, it was dark and smoky, and had 6-7 scare actors (and was much better)." Others echoed similar frustrations, with one user writing that "the mazes are the exact same year after year" and that "there were MUCH fewer scare actors in the mazes. We barely saw any act...

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2 w. ago If Blue Jays win the World Series, will they go to the White House? Here’s what we know

Only one professional sports team from Canada has ever visited with a president in Washington

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2 w. ago Canada's Wonderland will be decked out in 7 million lights this holiday season

Canada's Wonderland is transforming for the holiday season with the return of WinterFest, the sixth edition of the colourful seasonal event that's become a holiday staple at the park.This year's edition of WinterFest — debuting in mid-November — will deck the park in twinkling lights and offer visitors everything from themed attractions to in-park entertainment.Each night kicks off with a tree lighting ceremony on International Street, where two 50-foot Christmas trees will come to life with thousands of lights and ornaments. But the Christmas trees aren't the only things that will light up at the park.WinterFest boasts a total of seven million lights ready to set the park aglow each night of the event.Visitors can enjoy over 40 attractions and experiences, from live shows and skating to festive eats and shopping. This year also brings two new performances: Small Town Snowmance, a love story presented by the Wonderland Player...

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3 w. ago Ontario's Blue Mountain Resort adding its own version of a 'fast pass' for skiing

If you're a skier or snowboarder in the GTA, there's nowhere that can really compete with Blue Mountain. Yes, the Collingwood resort is pretty minuscule compared to competitors in B.C.,  Alberta, and elsewhere in the world, but it's the biggest we've got in Ontario, with 43 trails and 147 hectares (364 acres) of skiable terrain.As such, the slopes at Blue can get quite packed during peak times. While this has been somewhat balanced out by options like the 5x7 pass, which doesn't include weekend-day riding, the resort's parent company has turned to more extreme options for the upcoming season: a controversial fast pass of sorts.Employed for years at high-traffic attractions like Canada's Wonderland and, more recently, the CNE, fast passes are both loathed and celebrated, depending on whether you're willing to shell out the extra bucks to skip long lineups after you've already paid a hefty price for admission.Blue ...

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3 w. ago Canada's Wonderland turning everything blue and white ahead of World Series

World Series hype has taken over the entire country, and Canada's Wonderland is getting in on the bandwagon by painting two of its landmarks in blue light to support the Toronto Blue Jays' historic postseason run.A bit of a pivot from the spooky seasonal lighting scheme of Wonderland's ongoing Halloween Haunt, the theme park will bathe its iconic Wonder Mountain as well as its Windseeker attraction in blue and white light to cheer on the Toronto Blue Jays.In a Thursday press release, Canada's Wonderland noted that the new blue lighting "is not to be confused with 'Dodgers Blue,' of course!"In addition to Wonder Mountain and Windseeker's temporary blue illumination, Wonderland staff will don Toronto Blue Jays baseball caps on game days for the duration of Halloween Haunt.Wonderland will boast this temporary blue look starting Thursday, Oct. 23, through Sunday, Oct. 26, and will extend next week from Thursday, Oct. 30, to Saturday, Nov. 1, sh...

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4 w. ago Jamie Sarkonak: Alberta’s licence plate redo threatens to swap heritage for tackiness

Replacing the traditional red-on-white plate with B.C. blue on a busy background pulled from a stock image bin would be a huge downgrade

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