Major League Baseball will give at least $100 million US over 10 years to the Players Alliance and help raise an additional $50 million US aimed at increasing the number of Blacks playing the sport and eventually making the big leagues.
Day: July 13, 2021
The National for July 12: Multiple people are dead after a crane collapsed in downtown Kelowna, B.C. Plus, the WHO sounds the alarm over access to COVID vaccines.
Canadians with loved ones in Cuba are watching with anxiety after thousands took to the streets of Havana and elsewhere in the country in some of the largest displays of anti-government sentiment in decades on Sunday, followed by quiet on the streets on Monday.
Judy Anderson, a retired science professor from Winnipeg, has been planning a trip to outer space with billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic for more than a decade and made a $20,000 down payment on the $200,000 ticket. She says her trip seems closer to reality after Branson’s Sunday journey.
The Edmonton Oilers have acquired defenceman Duncan Keith and forward Tim Soderlund from the Chicago in exchange for blue liner Caleb Jones and a conditional third-round draft pick in 2022.