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A so-called "overpay" for top free agent Shohei Ohtani would be worth it for the Toronto Blue Jays considering all the extra benefits such a signing would create, a Canadian sports management associate professor said.

Rugby Canada has unveiled its strategic plan for 2024 to 2027, a wish list with some bold ambitions. Among them is having Canada "recognized and respected worldwide as a top-12 rugby nation on and off the field.

MONTREAL — CN says it's acquiring Iowa Northern Railway, pending regulatory review. In a press release Wednesday, CN says it has signed and closed an agreement to acquire the railway, which serves upper Midwest agricultural and industrial markets.

MONT-LAURIER, Que. — Residents forced from their homes in Quebec's Laurentians region over fears a dike could burst and unleash a torrent of water won't be able to return for another 11 days.

Canada's sport minister is supporting the Haudenosaunee Nationals' bid to compete as a separate nation in lacrosse at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

Former editors at Reader's Digest Canada are reflecting on the bite-sized magazine's outsized impact in the publishing landscape, following reports that the brand would shutter operations at its Canadian edition in the new year.

OTTAWA — Defence Minister Bill Blair has announced the names of the seven people asked to review Canada's military colleges and recommend whether they should stay open, and if so, how they should change.

REGINA — Saskatchewan's auditor says wait times have spiked for people needing brain and spine surgeries, and there has been a sharp increase in detox clients reporting they are homeless.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe says she's leaving her post after 13 years, saddened by her agency's inability to sway policies to reduce the "tragic impacts" of toxic drugs on thousands of people. The B.C.

COLLINGWOOD, Ont. — Ontario's Craigleith Ski Club will host double snowboard World Cup slalom events in February. FIS, the world governing body of skiing, announced Wednesday on its website that the private alpine ski resort near Collingwood, Ont.