2 h. ago Brewers edge Cubs in Game 5 to earn NLCS matchup with Dodgers

MILWAUKEE — Ending their recent run of playoff frustration earned the Milwaukee Brewers a new nickname from their manager. Pat Murphy has referred to his team as the “Average Joes,” a nod to their small-market status and lack of big names. But after the Brewers beat the rival Chicago Cubs 3-1 in the decisive fifth […]

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5 h. ago SIMMONS: Vladdy brings power, personality to latest showdown against Cal Raleigh

On the biggest stage in baseball, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. knocked out Aaron Judge in the American League Divisional Series. Now comes a tougher fight: Guerrero versus Cal Raleigh in the American League Championship Series. Judge hit 53 home runs this season. Raleigh, the Seattle Mariners catcher, hit 60. One of those two will win the […]

Economics

7 h. ago Colby Cosh: When will Wab Kinew run out of patience for soft judges?

Kinew was polite about a judge's call to bail a foreign trucker who fled Canada after a fatal child-killing crash, but that can change

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9 h. ago Deachman: Catherine McKenna's dark and cautionary optimism of running like a girl

She was mocked as a "Climate Barbie', doxxed and threatened. But the Ottawa MP's book, Run Like A Girl, shows hope for women in politics.

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13 h. ago This Toronto couple is the team behind one of the city's hottest new supper clubs

Toronto couple Uzma Ahmed and Ali Amarshi have been running one of Toronto's hottest supper clubs for the past year, all while juggling full-time jobs.When you're really passionate about something, you can always find the time to do it.That's the sentiment that Ali Amarshi, one-half of the team behind Rakabi, a South Asian supper club that's making waves on the Toronto food scene, tells me allows him to balance running the venture with his full-time job as a tech product designer.His partner (both in business and in life), Uzma Ahmed, works in the mental health field as a social worker and psychotherapist. Together, in whatever spare time they're able to scrounge up, they run Rakabi, a supper club and event pop-up they created as a means of exploring and sharing their South Asian roots with the city, and what better way to do so than through food?    View this post on Instagram          &n...

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18 h. ago No Bo? Time running out on Blue Jays and Bichette for ALCS return

How do you say Bo Bichette isn’t ready to play in the American League Championship Series — which gets under way here on Sunday night — without really saying he isn’t ready? There’s always the possibility that Blue Jays manager John Schneider is being coy, but it certainly sounded as though the odds remain long […]

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21 h. ago Blue Jays fans across Canada prepared to go to Seattle to cheer their team

Some Toronto Blue Jays fans are preparing to cross the border to support the team as it takes on the Seattle Mariners in the American League Championship Series. Jays-Mariners games typically draw a big contingent of western Canadian fans to T-Mobile Park but a post-season run is adding to the enthusiasm. An extra Victoria-to-Seattle sailing […]

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26 h. ago Rankin aims to keep Elks’ playoff hopes alive on Saturday against Blue Bombers

EDMONTON — Through the first eight games of the Edmonton Elks season, running back Justin Rankin averaged 5.2 yards a carry for 308 yards, twice was held to zero yards in a game, and scored just two touchdowns. The Elks were 2-6 over that stretch. In the seven games since, the five-foot-10, 215-pound native of […]

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26 h. ago B.C.'s history becomes song thanks to folk trio Tiller's Folly

This time, the long-running Celtic/roots band strums the story of women in Okanagan fruit industry

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45 h. ago Man charged in sexual assault of woman and girl in west Edmonton

Investigators have reason to believe the man attempted to hug or touch several other individuals in the area of 156 Street and Stony Plain Road on Sept. 29

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45 h. ago Codelco to Feel Accident Impact Into 2026 in Blow to Recovery

Codelco’s top mine will run well below capacity for the next several months, signaling that the impact of a deadly accident will drag on well into next year, said people with knowledge of the matter.

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46 h. ago Laval Rocket head coach Pascal Vincent optimistic as new AHL season begins

Laval made it to the final four last season and looks to have another strong squad, with key veterans and a nice balance of talented youth.

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46 h. ago B.C. restaurants, stores say alcohol supplies running low as strike drags on

The strike by the B.C. General Employees Union is in its sixth week and all government liquor and cannabis stores are behind picket lines.

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47 h. ago What do the Jays need to reach the World Series? More big moments like they had in ALDS

What does it take to win the World Series? Maybe George Springer, owner of seven World Series home runs — just one fewer than Joe DiMaggio and three fewer than Reggie Jackson — understands that better than most of his Blue Jays teammates. It takes moments to win championships. Personal moments. Huge moments. Team moments. […]

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47 h. ago Toronto Blue Jays playoff hero almost gave up on baseball entirely

For those tuning in to the Toronto Blue Jays this week for the first time in a while, Nathan Lukes wouldn't really look all that out of place from any other player on the team.In 12 at-bats, Lukes put up four hits and picked up five runs batted in to help the Blue Jays knock off the New York Yankees in a four-game ALDS series.Lukes' biggest moment came with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning of Game 4, delivering a two-run single that would end up bringing home the series-winning run.Nathan for YouNathan Lukes delivers a clutch 2-run single in the 7th! pic.twitter.com/cIvnwP7ExS— MLB (@MLB) October 9, 2025But Lukes, who made his MLB debut at age 28 with the Blue Jays back in 2023, admitted this week that he almost retired from baseball while still in the minors.A 2015 seventh-round draft pick by Cleveland out of Sacramento State, Lukes' path to playoff hero wasn't exactly straightforward. Only a year after being drafted, he was traded to the Tamp...

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47 h. ago Madeleine McCann family testifies against woman who claimed she was missing girl

Julia Wandel, from Poland, is accused of stalking Madeleine McCann's family. She denies the charge and insists she is the girl who went missing in 2007.

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48 h. ago Scammers pretending to sell Girl Guide cookies prompt consumer warnings in B.C. and Ontario

Interested buyers can find bona fide sellers though the Girl Guides' cookie finder web page

Economics

49 h. ago Le propriétaire des Sharks espère «ne pas avoir à repêcher McKenna»

Hasso Plattner, le propriétaire des Sharks de San Jose, a surpris bien des partisans avec une déclaration étonnante.

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50 h. ago Israeli troops withdraw from Gaza, Canadians react as first phase of peace deal begins

Canadian Maureen Leshem, whose cousin was held hostage by Hamas and has since been released, says she's 'genuinely optimistic'

Economics

52 h. ago Carney previews items in budget, including school food program, automatic tax filing

OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency will prepare pre-filled tax returns for more low-income people with simple tax situations to ensure they get access to benefit programs. That’s one of a number of programs Prime Minister Mark Carney said today will be included in the upcoming federal budget. The CRA already runs an automatic filing […]

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