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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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New species of dinosaur-era dragonfly discovered by a research student in Alberta's Badlands
Star

August 27, 2025

New species of dinosaur-era dragonfly discovered by a research student in Alberta’s Badlands

Growing up in Medicine Hat, Alberta, about 125 kilometres southeast…

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'It's our right': This Sask. Cree community is fighting to become newest First Nation in Canada
Star

August 27, 2025

‘It’s our right’: This Sask. Cree community is fighting to become newest First Nation in Canada

The Peter Chapman Band in central Saskatchewan is building new…

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Sports

August 27, 2025

Jays closer Hoffman gives up two homers, blows save opportunity in 7-5 loss to Twins

TORONTO — The game-tying solo shot stung. The go-ahead homer…

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Sports

August 27, 2025

Closer Hoffman gives up two homers as Twins come back for 7-5 win over Blue Jays

TORONTO — The Minnesota Twins hit two homers off Toronto…

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Teen under care of Sask. Social Services sick for days before taken to hospital, inquest hears
Star

August 26, 2025

Teen under care of Sask. Social Services sick for days before taken to hospital, inquest hears

The pediatric ICU doctor who saw Brandon Schafer-Kovacs when he…

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Ontario/Quebec

August 26, 2025

Longtime CNE organizer’s fairground photos, taken over 35 years, now on display

TORONTO — Gregg “Scooter” Korek first started working for the…

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Health, Ontario/Quebec

August 26, 2025

Likely source of legionnaires’ disease found in London, Ont., as outbreak redeclared

Public health officials in London, Ont., have redeclared an outbreak…

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Autopsy shows Norwegian trekker drowned in northern Manitoba, family says
Star

August 26, 2025

Autopsy shows Norwegian trekker drowned in northern Manitoba, family says

The family of a Norwegian hiker whose body was recovered…

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Justice, Ontario/Quebec

August 26, 2025

Accused killer lived in Barrie, Ont., encampment with two victims: police

BARRIE — Two men who were murdered and dismembered and…

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