• The Canadian Press

    Ravens agree to 2-year extension with wide receiver Rashod Bateman

    OWINGS MILLS, Md (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens gave wide receiver Rashod Bateman a two-year contract extension on Wednesday that will keep the 2021 first-round pick with the team through the 2026 season. The team announced the extension Wednesday, ending speculation about whether the team would trade him. They had until May 2 to decide whether or not to exercise a fifth-year option. Bateman, drafted 27th overall, instead became the first first-round wide receiver to sign a second contract with the

  • Associated Press

    Shohei Ohtani's hard-hit blast adds to torrid start in 1st season with Dodgers

    Shohei Ohtani’s 450-foot home run on Tuesday night at Nationals Park was the hardest hit of his career. “I thought I hit it really good,” Ohtani said Wednesday through his interpreter, Will Ireton. It is the hardest-hit home run by a Dodger in the Statcast era, which began in 2015.

  • Local Journalism Initiative

    Federal ministers visit Sunshine Coast to detail $4 billion in reconciliation commitments

    Over $4 billion of this year's federal budget will go towards advancing Indigenous reconciliation. shíshálh Nation lhe hiwus yalxwemult (Chief Lenora Joe) and hihewus (councillors) were joined by Terry Beech, Minister of Citizen Services, Mark Holland, Minister of Health and Patrick Weiler, MP for West Vancouver–Sunshine Coast–Sea to Sky Country on April 23 at the tems swiya Museum to highlight measures of this year's budget that will have a significant impact for Indigenous communities. Weiler