Blue Jays acquire catcher Sprock from Twins in exchange for right-hander Nance
TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have acquired catcher Ryan Sprock from the Minnesota Twins in exchange for right-hander Tommy Nance and international signing bonus pool space. Sprock has played 67 games between the Twins single-A affiliate in Fort Myers, Fla., and their high-A affiliate in Cedar Rapids, Ia., with a batting average of .297, […]
Media consortium seeks Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shooting documents (BC)
A consortium of media outlets has gone to court in British Columbia to obtain information about guns used in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting and the firearms seized from the home of the attacker.
The consortium, which includes The Canadian Press, was in provincial court in Vancouver on Friday see...
EPA inks clean-up agreement with Montana aluminum plant
The owner of a sprawling, long-shuttered aluminum plant in Columbia Falls has agreed to pay $57.6 million to mitigate pollution associated with decades of aluminum smelting. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a statement Tuesday applauding an agreement with Columbia Falls Aluminum Company that outlines the cleanup objectives for one of northwestern Montana’s largest industrial […]
