4 d. ago Canadians not allowed to buy tickets to potential Toronto Blue Jays series versus Yankees

The New York Yankees are gatekeeping home playoff tickets, and Toronto Blue Jays fans in Canada aren’t allowed to purchase any.With the ALDS slated to begin this weekend, the Yankees are battling it out with the Boston Red Sox in the AL Wild Card series for a shot at the Blue Jays. No matter who wins, the Jays will host the first two games of the five-game series starting on Saturday.Games 3 and 4 will move over to either Yankee Stadium in New York or Fenway Park in Boston. Both are relatively close to Toronto, which should make it easier for fans to follow the team on the road, but the Yankees aren’t too fond of that idea.With the MLB postseason opening up on Monday, it was revealed that the Yankees aren’t allowing any fans outside of the states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut to purchase playoff tickets on Ticketmaster.That means that if the Yankees advance to play the Blue Jays in the ALDS, Canadian fans will be shut out of buyin...

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4 d. ago Canadians blocked from buying tickets to potential Blue Jays series versus Yankees

The New York Yankees are gatekeeping home playoff tickets, and Toronto Blue Jays fans in Canada aren’t allowed to purchase any.With the ALDS slated to begin this weekend, the Yankees are battling it out with the Boston Red Sox in the AL Wild Card series for a shot at the Blue Jays. No matter who wins, the Jays will host the first two games of the five-game series starting on Saturday.Games 3 and 4 will move over to either Yankee Stadium in New York or Fenway Park in Boston. Both are relatively close to Toronto, which should make it easier for fans to follow the team on the road, but the Yankees aren’t too fond of that idea.With the MLB postseason opening up on Monday, it was revealed that the Yankees aren’t allowing any fans outside of the states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut to purchase playoff tickets on Ticketmaster.That means that if the Yankees advance to play the Blue Jays in the ALDS, Canadian fans will be shut out of buyin...

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1 week ago ’Just terrible over there,’ Premier Ford says of Marineland belugas

Niagara Falls park recently requested export permits from feds to move whales out of Canada

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1 week ago ’Just terrible over there,’ Premier Ford says of situation at Marineland

Niagara Falls park recently requested export permits from feds to move whales out of Canada

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1 week ago 'A second chance at life': B.C. hiker grateful for rescue — and his bright watch

Gerald Yang is grateful to be alive he found himself jammed against a tree on a Grouse Mountain cliff face, waiting for rescue. Read more.

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1 week ago Marineland plan to sell beluga whales amid animal 'fire sale' draws concerns

Ontario theme park Marineland has been under scrutiny for years due to animal welfare concerns, and even the controversial attraction's plan to finally end its display of marine mammals is drawing the ire of animal rights groups.Marineland is reportedly in the process of selling off its remaining marine mammals as part of a deal to sell the park after years of closure rumours.  It's a move that one would be forgiven for assuming was welcomed by animal welfare activists. However, with its history of multiple whale deaths, animal welfare investigations and even actual criminal convictions for animal cruelty, it should come as no surprise that major issues have been raised about the planned sale of the park's remaining beluga whales.World Animal Protection Canada is raising concerns over reports that Marineland is seeking a federal permit to export its remaining 31 beluga whales, describing the move as part of a "fire sale" as the park prepares to o...

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2 w. ago After leaving Stanley Park, Bright Nights to join Noel Surrey festival

Bright Nights is the largest annual fundraiser for the B.C. Professional Firefighters Burn Fund and spent 27 years in Vancouver's Stanley Park.

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2 w. ago Vancouver's Bright Nights festival fundraiser in Stanley Park moving to Surrey

Bright Nights is the largest fundraiser for the B.C. Professional Firefighters Burn Fund but with Stanley Park's miniature train out of service the festival hasn't been as busy.

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2 w. ago Vancouver's Bright Nights festival fundraiser moves from Stanley Park to Surrey

Bright Nights is the largest fundraiser for the B.C. Professional Firefighters Burn Fund but with Stanley Park's miniature train out of service the festival hasn't been as busy.

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2 w. ago Bright Nights fundraiser leaving Vancouver: Global BC exclusive

Global News has learned the front-runner spot is the Cloverdale Fairgrounds, which does not have a train but has hosted the Noel Surrey Festival.

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2 w. ago Things to do in Calgary in September: Pride Trivia Night | Harvest Fair | Alberta Biodiversity Festival

Events, activities and festivals in Calgary in September

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4 w. ago Craig’s detective returns as new ‘Knives Out’ lights up Toronto fest

Daniel Craig led an A-list cast to Toronto with his latest “Knives Out” whodunit movie, one of several star-studded world premieres on a packed Saturday night at North America’s biggest movie festival. The darkest of the now-trilogy of Oscar-nominated murder mysteries, “Wake Up Dead Man” is set at a small-town church in upstate New York, […]

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last month Prime Minister Mark Carney takes stage at TIFF’s opening night, honours John Candy

Prime Minister Mark Carney called the Toronto International Film Festival “a testament to part of what makes Canada unique” as he helped kick off its 50th edition on Thursday. Carney took the stage to applause ahead of the screening of opening-night film John Candy: I Like Me, a documentary celebrating the late Canadian comedian. He […]

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