Hamilton Cardinals sign Major League Baseball champ Fernando Rodney for 2025 season

The Hamilton Cardinals have made a “significant” addition to their lineup with the signing this week of former Major League Baseball all-star pitcher Fernando Rodney for the 2025 season. Rodney’s storied career spans 17 years in the MLB, during which he donned the jerseys of 11 teams, including the Detroit Tigers and Seattle Mariners. The 47-year-old brings…

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More organic carrots are recalled in Canada over E.coli outbreak – National

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has expanded its recall of organic baby and full-size carrots due to potential E. coli contamination. On Thursday, the CFIA updated its recall notice to include an additional product: Cal-Organic Organic Juice Carrot, in the 11.34-kg size. The notice comes after…

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Singh calls on Liberals to table separate GST break legislation, wants cheques sent to more people

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he “expects” the Liberals will split their promised multi-billion-dollar affordability package into two bills to guarantee Canadians a GST holiday next month — as he and other opposition leaders push the government to increase the number of Canadians who are eligible for planned $250 rebate cheques. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last week…

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Study finds Indigenous people cultivated hazelnuts 7,000 years ago, challenging modern assumptions

The hazelnut tree has long been a part of the landscape in parts of British Columbia. A 19th-century settler gave the village of Hazelton in northern B.C.’s Skeena region its name because of the abundance of hazelnuts in the area.  A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science indicates Indigenous peoples in what is…

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3 former NHLers attend pretrial hearings in London, Ont., ahead of world juniors sexual assault trial

Warning: This article references allegations of sexual assault. Three of the five former NHL players accused of sexual assault stemming back to when they were members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team were in a London, Ont., courtroom on Monday for the start of pretrial hearings. Dillon Dubé, Michael McLeod and Alex Formenton arrived ahead…

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