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This kid struck a deal with an MLB player

This kid struck a deal with an MLB player

Esmerlyn Valdez, outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, hit his first major-league homer on Sunday night, batting against the Toronto Blue Jays. The ball wound up in the hands of a tough 12-year-old negotiator — who walked away with two signed team souvenirs.

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How a Canadian Epstein survivor found her voice

How a Canadian Epstein survivor found her voice

Sharlene Rochard was a teen when she started travelling to the U.S. to model and ended up in the orbit of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Now, the Canadian survivor is transforming her personal trauma into public advocacy, telling CBC’s Katie Nicholson how she reframed her pain and found her voice.

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Spread-out Winter Olympics in Italy comes with ‘complexities,’ IOC president says
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November 18, 2025

Spread-out Winter Olympics in Italy comes with ‘complexities,’ IOC president says

When athletes from around the world arrive in Italy for…

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A month out, Milano Cortina 2026 is shaping up to be a muted Olympics
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November 18, 2025

A month out, Milano Cortina 2026 is shaping up to be a muted Olympics

Chris Jones reports from Italy ahead of the Milano Cortina…

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Cortina Olympic Village is a trailer park featuring 400 mobile homes in an alpine valley
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November 18, 2025

Cortina Olympic Village is a trailer park featuring 400 mobile homes in an alpine valley

Winter Olympians who have signed up to stay in Cortina…

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Education, Justice, Ontario/Quebec, Prairies/BC, Science

November 18, 2025

Rianna Lim

School boards caught unprepared in mass student data breach: provincial watchdogs

Privacy watchdogs in Ontario and Alberta issued their findings Tuesday…

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Business, Oil&Gas, Ontario/Quebec, Utilities

November 18, 2025

Jordan Omstead

Emissions up in Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area as reliance on gas power deepens: report

The increased use of natural gas to power the Greater…

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Ontario/Quebec

November 18, 2025

18-year-old suspect facing murder charge after fatal stabbing in Ottawa

OTTAWA — An 18-year-old suspect is facing a murder charge…

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Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande shine in good-enough Wicked: For Good
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November 18, 2025

Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande shine in good-enough Wicked: For Good

This isn’t to say the much-anticipated followup to 2024’s Oscar-nominated…

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As U.S. escalates threats on Maduro, some Venezuelans welcome regime change
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November 18, 2025

As U.S. escalates threats on Maduro, some Venezuelans welcome regime change

With U.S. warships and an aircraft carrier massing off Venezuela’s…

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North Carolina becomes latest battleground as military-aided operations ebb in other cities
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November 18, 2025

North Carolina becomes latest battleground as military-aided operations ebb in other cities

Federal immigration authorities could expand their enforcement action in North…

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