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TORONTO — Rookie Richard Urena has been showing he's comfortable at the big league level ever since the Blue Jays called him up earlier this month. He proved it again on Tuesday night.

TORONTO — Margaret Atwood says the upcoming TV adaptation of her acclaimed historical novel "Alias Grace" is "very powerful" and gave her "real nightmares.

RICHMOND, B.C. — Some councillors of a Vancouver-area city with a large Chinese population say they hope formalizing a policy of education and outreach will put to rest a divisive, decades-long dispute over including English on store signs.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia must jettison its "come from away" attitude that views immigrants as outsiders if it wants to attract newcomers to grow the province's population and economy, the head of a Halifax immigrant-settlement agency says.

EDMONTON — As Albertans ardently debate whether to keep changing their clocks, the government estimates that a referendum on a bill about ending the twice-yearly time change would cost millions.

OTTAWA — Jagmeet Singh is no stranger to thinking on his feet — or to racism.

TORONTO — A light heavyweight bout between Toronto's Misha Cirkunov and Glover Teixeira has been shifted to the Dec. 16 "Fight Night" show in Winnipeg. The two were originally slated to meet Oct. 28 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

TORONTO — Audiences at the Toronto International Film Festival are used to the string of pre-movie announcements that traditionally unfold before the main attraction: requests to turn off cellphones, kudos to festival volunteers, and shoutouts to the

Toronto FC forwards Jozy Altidore and Sebastian Giovinco were listed as day-to-day after skipping on-field training Tuesday. Both players left Saturday's 4-0 win over the San Jose Earthquakes early.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays reinstated catcher Russell Martin from the disabled list on Tuesday ahead of their game against the Baltimore Orioles. Martin hasn't played since Aug.