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A Blue Jays return to the World Series next year won't be easy, but fans have hope

A Blue Jays return to the World Series next year won’t be easy, but fans have hope

It was a tough Game 7 loss on Saturday, and Blue Jays fans were still licking their World Series wounds this week when Toronto pitcher Shane Bieber exercised his player option, forgoing free agency to stay with the club. Just like that, fans, analysts — and even Blue Jays executives — were talking about the possibility that the team could be back on baseball’s biggest stage next year.

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How the son of Russian spies paved the legal path for B.C. ostrich cull

How the son of Russian spies paved the legal path for B.C. ostrich cull

In his battle for Canadian citizenship, Alexander Vavilov got an opportunity denied to the owners of B.C.’s Universal Ostrich Farms — a chance to argue his case before Canada’s top court. In the process, the son of Russian spies set a legal standard for decision-making “reasonableness” that would doom the B.C. birds six years later.

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Drug probe wiretaps revealed Venezuelan military’s ‘Cartel of the Suns’ is real, says ex-Colombian agent
Star

January 3, 2026

Drug probe wiretaps revealed Venezuelan military’s ‘Cartel of the Suns’ is real, says ex-Colombian agent

The broker told his client he had a relative in…

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Venezuela's Maduro pleads not guilty to drugs, weapons charges as he tells U.S. court, 'I am a decent man'
Star

January 3, 2026

Venezuela’s Maduro pleads not guilty to drugs, weapons charges as he tells U.S. court, ‘I am a decent man’

Venezuelan government could become ‘instrument of Trump,’ scholar fearsA Venezuelan…

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Rubio says U.S. won’t govern Venezuela but will press for changes through oil blockade
Star

January 3, 2026

Rubio says U.S. won’t govern Venezuela but will press for changes through oil blockade

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested Sunday that the United…

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Trump says U.S. is 'going to run' Venezuela until safe transition of power can take place
Star

January 3, 2026

Trump says U.S. is ‘going to run’ Venezuela until safe transition of power can take place

LatestThe United States says it captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro…

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Environment, Lifestyle, Ontario/Quebec

January 3, 2026

Giraffe dies after being caught in opening habitat door at Toronto Zoo

TORONTO — The Toronto Zoo says a 13-year-old giraffe has…

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Ontario/Quebec

January 2, 2026

Dog dead, pedestrian wounded in collision: Toronto police

Toronto police say a dog died and pedestrian was seriously…

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Justice, Ontario/Quebec

January 2, 2026

Child critically injured in Markham, Ont., house fire: police

MARKHAM — Police in York Region say a child was…

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Charges pending after health-care worker assaulted at Edmonton hospital
Star

January 2, 2026

Charges pending after health-care worker assaulted at Edmonton hospital

Union officials say a violent assault on a health-care worker…

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Business, Labour, National, Politics

January 2, 2026

Catherine Morrison

Remote work option ending for thousands of public, private sector workers in 2026

OTTAWA — The new year will bring some big changes…

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