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Blue Jays suffer gut-wrenching 10-9 loss to underdog Seattle Mariners
TORONTO, ONTARIO - OCTOBER 08: Jordan Romano #68 of the Toronto Blue Jays walks back to the dugout after being relieved against the Seattle Mariners during the ninth inning in game two of the American League Wild Card Series at Rogers Centre on October 08, 2022 in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images)
It took the Blue Jays a village of mistakes to blow a seven-run lead against Seattle Mariners
Oct 8, 2022; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Seattle Mariners relief pitcher Diego Castillo (63) celebrates after the game against the Toronto Blue Jays in game two of the Wild Card series for the 2022 MLB Playoffs at Rogers Centre. Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports
Hockey Canada’s interim chair Andrea Skinner resigns
Toronto lawyer Andrea Skinner, shown in a handout photo, has been appointed interim chair of Hockey Canada's board of directors. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Hockey Canada **MANDATORY CREDIT**
Residents allowed to return to Florida island hit hard by Ian
Washing machines are seen inside a destroyed laundromat, on Estero Island in Fort Myers Beach, Fla., Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, one week after the passage of Hurricane Ian, (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Hurricane Julia near Nicaragua after lashing Colombia island
This Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022 satellite image made available by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Tropical Storm Julia, bottom right, at 4 p.m. EDT. Julia is gaining strength heading westward in the southern Caribbean, and authorities are preparing for a possible hurricane on Colombian islands and in Nicaragua. (NOAA via AP)
Nashville Predators beat San Jose Sharks 3-2 to sweep 2-game series in Prague
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC - OCTOBER 08: Jeremy Lauzon #3 of Nashville Predators challenges Nico Sturm #7 of San Jose Sharks during the 2022 NHL Global Series Challenge Series Czech Republic between Nashville Predators and San Jose Sharks at O2 Arena on October 08, 2022 in Prague, Czech Republic. (Photo by Martin Rose/Getty Images)
England, France, New Zealand win as Women’s Rugby World Cup kicks off
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 08: Ruby Tui of New Zealand in action during the Pool A Rugby World Cup 2021 New Zealand match between Australia and New Zealand at Eden Park on October 08, 2022, in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Greg Bowker/Getty Images)
Alphonso Davies leaves Bayern Munich game with suspected concussion after taking boot to face
Bayern's Alphonso Davies, center, leaves the field after getting injured during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich in Dortmund, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Deadly clashes in West Bank, shooting attack in Jerusalem
An Israeli border police officer walks at the scene of a shooting attack near the Shuafat refugee camp in Jerusalem, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. Israeli police say armed assailants have opened fire at an Israeli military checkpoint in east Jerusalem, seriously wounding at least two people. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
North Korea launches 2 missiles toward sea after U.S.-South Korea drills
FILE PHOTO: A North Korean flag flutters at the propaganda village of Gijungdong in North Korea, in this picture taken near the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, South Korea, July 19, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pool/File Photo
Man arrested following stabbings in Vancouver park
Tents are seen at a homeless encampment at Crab Park as the downtown skyline rises behind them in Vancouver, on Sunday, August 14, 2022. Police say one suspect is in custody after a "stabbing spree" in downtown Vancouver’s Crab Park. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Hockey N.L. withholding Hockey Canada fees amid sexual assault allegations
A Hockey Newfoundland logo is shown in a handout. The provincial hockey associations of New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador are highlighting their efforts to address sexual violence amid criticism the national governing body mishandled alleged sexual assaults.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
Maryland AG joins family’s appeal in Serial podcast case
Adnan Syed, whose case was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial,” departs the courthouse with his attorney Erica Suter, after a judge overturned Syed's 2000 murder conviction and ordered a new trial during a hearing at the Baltimore City Circuit Courthouse in Baltimore, Maryland U.S., September 19, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Herschel Walker centres pitch to Republicans on ‘wokeness’
FILE - Georgia GOP Senate nominee Herschel Walker speaks during a campaign stop at Battle Lumber Co., Oct. 6, 2022, in Wadley, Ga. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard, File)
NFL and NFLPA making changes to concussion protocol
The NHL's plan appears robust and detailed. Once players enter so-called "bubbles" in two hub cities later this month as part of the league's plan to resuscitate its pandemic-halted season, teams should -- in theory -- be fairly well-protected from the threat of COVID-19. The NHL logo is seen on a goal at a Nashville Predators practice rink in Nashville, Tenn. on Sept. 17, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Mark Humphrey
Justin Bieber postpones rest of world tour shows due to his health
(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 20, 2016 shows Canadian singer Justin Bieber performing on stage at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris. - Bieber said on September 6, 2022 he is once again taking a break from touring, months after revealing he'd been diagnosed with a syndrome that caused him partial facial paralysis. In June the 28-year-old megastar had pushed back the North American leg of his "Justice" tour due to Ramsay Hunt Syndrome, a complication of shingles. (Photo by CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT / AFP) (Photo by CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP via Getty Images)
NHL stars Connor McDavid, Roman Josi wowed by skill across the league
Edmonton Oilers' Connor McDavid lines up for a faceoff against the Vancouver Canucks during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. McDavid has seen enough big-time opportunities slip through hockey's fingers. The NHL made a business decision when it opted against sending its stars to the 2018 Olympics in South Korea after participating at five straight Winter Games. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Novak Djokovic makes it to Astana final after Daniil Medvedev retires injured
Serbia's Novak Djokovic returns the ball to Daniil Medvedev during their ATP 500 Astana Open tennis tournament semi-final match in Astana, Kazakhstan, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Stas Filippov)
Rafael Nadal welcomes baby boy
FILE - Rafael Nadal, of Spain, celebrates after winning his match against Richard Gasquet, of France, during the third round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in New York. On Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022, Spanish media reported Mery Perelló, Nadal's wife, gave birth to a baby boy, the couple’s first child. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger, File)
Erling Haaland scores again as Manchester City rolls; Chelsea beats Wolves
Southampton goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu saves at the feet of Manchester City's Erling Haaland during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Southampton at Etihad stadium in Manchester, England, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. (Martin Rickett/PA via AP)
At least 10 dead, 60 missing after boat capsizes in Nigeria’s Anambra state
CP24 anchor Patricia Jaggernauth launches human rights complaint against Bell Media
TORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 25: Patricia Jaggernauth attends The Legacy Awards 2022 at History on September 25, 2022 in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Jeremy Chan/Getty Images)
Incoming Alberta premier Danielle Smith to run in by-election in rural riding to win seat in legislature
Danielle Smith celebrates after being chosen as the new leader of the United Conservative Party and next Alberta premier in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Erling Haaland scores again as Manchester City rolls; Chelsea beats Wolves
Southampton goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu saves at the feet of Manchester City's Erling Haaland during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Southampton at Etihad stadium in Manchester, England, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. (Martin Rickett/PA via AP)
Florida officials began planning transport of migrants in July: documents
FILE - An immigrant family makes their way to the bus transporting from St. Andrews in Edgartown, Mass., to Vineyard Haven and the ferry to Woods Hole, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Florida officials began planning to transport migrants to other states in July and told potential contractors their task would be to relocate them on a voluntary basis, according to state documents released Friday, Oct. 7. (Ron Schloerb/Cape Cod Times via AP, File)
North Korea fires two ballistic missiles after series of recent launches
FILE PHOTO: A South Korean soldiers walks past a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing a ballistic missile towards the sea off its east coast, in Seoul, South Korea, September 25, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo
Ireland ‘numb’ after 10 die at petrol station explosion in Donegal county
Emergency services work at the scene of an explosion at Applegreen service station in the village of Creeslough in Co Donegal, Ireland, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. Authorities say at least seven people have been killed in an explosion at a gas station in a small village in northwest Ireland. Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin said the death toll would likely rise. (Brian Lawless/PA via AP)
Quebec businessman and philanthropist André Chagnon, founder of Vidéotron, dead at 94
‘Malicious and targeted’ sabotage halts rail traffic in northern Germany, transport minister says
Rail passengers wait for a train on a platform at the main train station in Berlin on Octomer 8, 2022 following major disruption on the German railway network. - An act of "sabotage" targeting communications infrastructure was to blame for major disruption on the German railway network on Saturday, operator Deutsche Bahn said. "Cable sabotage" was the cause of the breakdown, which led to a three-hour suspension of train services throughout northern Germany, a spokesman for the company told AFP. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)
Leylah Fernandez, Bianca Andreescu headline Canadian women’s Billie Jean King Cup team
Bianca Andreescu, of Canada, returns a shot to WAng Xiyu, of China, during the third round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
Santiago Espinal returns to Blue Jays lineup for Game 2 against Mariners
Toronto Blue Jays' Santiago Espinal (5) follows through on a two-RBI single as Texas Rangers catcher Sam Huff, left, looks on in the first inning of baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. Espinal is back in the Toronto Blue Jays' lineup for Game 2 of the American League wild card series. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Tony Gutierrez
U.S. aims to hobble China’s chip industry with sweeping new export rules
FILE - The American and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 2, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. The Commerce Department is tightening export controls to limit China’s ability to get advanced computing chips, develop and maintain supercomputers, and make advanced semiconductors. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
‘Fake heiress’ Anna Sorokin released to house arrest, fights deportation
FILE — Anna Sorokin sits at the defense table during jury deliberations in her trial at New York State Supreme Court, April 25, 2019, in New York. A U.S. immigration judge cleared the way Wednesday, Oct. 5. 2022, for fake German heiress Anna Sorokin to be released from detention to home confinement while she fights deportation, if she meets certain conditions. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Unable to sell current home, first deal for Calgary townhouse fails
Done Deal, 2925 17 St. SW, Calgary
Western Canada: Alberta’s UCP has a new leader, but can Danielle Smith unify a party that remains divided?
Danielle Smith celebrates after being chosen as the new leader of the United Conservative Party and next Alberta premier in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Women students in Tehran chant ‘get lost’ as Iranian president condemns protesters
A photo depicting Mahsa Amini, a young Iranian woman who died after being arrested in Tehran by Iran's notorious "morality police," seen during a protest by Israeli women in solidarity with Iranian women in central Jerusalem, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/ Maya Alleruzzo)
Five Hong Kong teenagers sentenced in first security case involving minors
A general view of the financial Central district in Hong Kong, China July 25, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
This Ontario nurse knew our health system was broken. That still didn’t prepare her as a patient
Birgit Uwaila Umaigba is a nurse in Durham region who generated a huge social media following during the pandemic for her tweets about the struggles of healthcare workers and Ontario's overloaded healthcare system. Recently, she had a miscarriage and was only able to get a D&C after making four trips to the ER for excessive bleeding and debilitating pain. Birgit Uwaila Umaigb is photographed in Ontario on September, 25 2022. JENNIFER ROBERTS/THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Toronto’s election is easily the dullest since the amalgamated city of Toronto was created
Marcus Gee
Danielle Smith’s sovereignty act covers uncharted territory, scholars say
The Peace tower is seen on Parliament Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant down to diesel generators as shelling cuts power line
FILE PHOTO: A Russian all-terrain armoured vehicle is parked outside the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant during the visit of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expert mission in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict outside Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko//File Photo
Putin tightens infrastructure security after bomb hits Crimea bridge and damages key supply route
Black smoke billows from a fire on the Kerch bridge that links Crimea to Russia, near Kerch, on October 8, 2022. - Moscow announced on October 8, 2022 that a truck exploded igniting a huge fire and damaging the key Kerch bridge -- built as Russia's sole land link with annexed Crimea -- and vowed to find the perpetrators, without immediately blaming Ukraine. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
Sexual violence against women in Afghanistan on the rise under Taliban
An Afghan woman walks past a boundary wall along a road in Kandahar on September 12, 2022. (Photo by Javed TANVEER / AFP) (Photo by JAVED TANVEER/AFP via Getty Images)
Ontarians still facing long wait times for care as emergency department closures persist
A paramedic disinfects equipment after bringing a patient to the emergency dept at St. Michael’s Hospital, on July 14, 2022. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail. After briunging patients tothe er, paramedics can’t leave until a nurse has taken charge of the patient.
Candidates for Vancouver School Board trustee pledge to reinstate honours courses
A empty hallway is seen at McGee Secondary school in Vancouver,on Sept. 5, 2014. The union representing Ontario's high school teachers will be releasing the results of their strike votes today. A media advisory also says the president of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation will be talking about the union's "next steps." THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
This Thanksgiving, some families divided by the pandemic think of ways to mend fences
Border enforcement won’t solve the U.S. migrant crisis
Edward Alden is a visiting professor of U.S.-Canada economic relations at Western Washington University and the author of The Closing of the American Border: Terrorism, Immigration and Security Since 9/11.
Review of switched-at-birth cases in Newfoundland could help answer questions families deserve to know, expert says
Caroline Wier-Greene with her birth parents and siblings (L-R) Randy Lush, Ruth Lush, Caroline, Wilfred Lush, Tina Lush-Snow and seated, Jason Lush. Photo by Greg Locke / Globe and Mail
Vancouver heads to the polls on Oct. 15. A guide to parties’ platforms
People walk past a sign directing voters to a polling station in Vancouver, on Saturday October 20, 2018. British Columbians are heading to the polls to cast their votes in municipal elections being held across the province. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Parents are seething with anger about the Hockey Canada revelations
Marsha Lederman
‘We will need to find a new possible.’ Ken Dryden on the biggest question young Canadians face: Climate change
Taiwan’s museums craft plans to safeguard treasures in case of invasion
A general view of Taiwan's National Palace Museum in Taipei on March 13, 2019. (Photo by Sam YEH / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images)
Canada is wasting its waste. It’s time to harness one of the world’s most squandered natural resources
How your right to know is getting stymied by the Denial Machine
Campbell Clark
Cree artist Kent Monkman slips from tightrope in ambitious ROM show
Kent Monkman Studio
Processed food was linked to 1970s inflation. Today’s health-savvy Canadians are finding other cheap options
July 5, 1978. Shoppers buying groceries in Loblaws' newly-opened 'no-frills' supermarket. Freelance Photo by Steve Patriquen / The Globe and Mail
OPEC ignores the White House and does what it always does – maximizes its oil revenues
Eric Reguly
Canada has some of the world’s cleanest electric power. And we’re about to need a lot more of it
Oilfield pumpjack on an oil well, foreground, and wind energy turbines on a wind farm near Carmangay, Alberta on Sept. 10. 2020. (THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Larry MacDougal)
This stock market isn’t pivoting away from raising interest rates any time soon
Ian McGugan
‘Russians have never been able to form a society in which personal freedoms matter more than getting along with a long series of autocratic rulers.’ The war in Ukraine, plus other letters to the editor for Oct. 8
Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a video conference with a group of award-winning teachers at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia, October 5, 2022. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
NASCAR teams call revenue model ‘broken,’ warn of layoffs
Drivers compete in the Ally 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at the Nashville Super Speedway in Lebanon, Tenn., on June 26, 2022. Dion ÒRockoÓ Williams, who had been preparing for a career in the NFL, instead inspired dozens of people of color to join him in the mostly white pit crews of NASCAR. (Michael Noble Jr./The New York Times)
Canucks crush Coyotes 4-0 in final pre-season test
Arizona Coyotes' Barrett Hayton, right, checks Vancouver Canucks' Jack Rathbone into the Arizona bench during the second period of a pre-season NHL hockey game in Vancouver, on Friday, October 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
K-pop group BTS members face possible military conscription
FILE - RM, center, accompanied by other K-pop supergroup BTS members from left, V, Jungkook, Jimin, Jin, J-Hope, and Suga speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. South Korea’s military appears to want to draft members of the K-pop supergroup BTS for mandatory military duties, as the pubic are sharply divided over whether they must be exempted from the service. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Bus catches fire in India, killing 11 and injuring 24
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