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John "Chud" Chidley-Hill

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Your favourite sports reporter's favourite sports reporter. I cover basketball, golf and baseball for The Canadian Press. The No. 1 advocate for midtown Toronto, Cinnabons everywhere, and embracing your nerdiest passions. Reach me: jch@cp.org

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Thanks Nicole, it's still a shock. But I appreciate your work, I believe it could save lives!

11.03.2026 18:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Colorectal cancer screening age should be lowered to 45 from 50, Canadian Cancer Society says Says people under 50 are two-to-2.5 times more likely to be diagnosed with colorectal cancer than they were in previous generations

Geoff Rohoman, a former 680 News reporter and my longtime friend, died last June after a long battle with colorectal cancer. He was 41. @nicireland.bsky.social wrote today about how the Canadian Cancer Society recommends lowering the age of testing www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

11.03.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The trailer for EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU FOR MONEY. In select theaters starting April 17th πŸΏπŸ€‘πŸ€£

10.03.2026 20:02 πŸ‘ 5293 πŸ” 1565 πŸ’¬ 139 πŸ“Œ 286

today at the World Metaphors Classic the leader of the USA didn't bother to find out the details of the situation his team was in and blindly assumed they would win a matchup they ended up losing, jeopardizing their long-term standing for no good reason

11.03.2026 13:27 πŸ‘ 3361 πŸ” 863 πŸ’¬ 68 πŸ“Œ 31

in case you've never seen it, this is Roger Ebert on The Mummy

10.03.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 13605 πŸ” 3105 πŸ’¬ 91 πŸ“Œ 236
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Canadian Nembhard learning from legendary Kidd in rookie season with Mavericks Ryan Nembhard’s had many great influences in his basketball career. His father Claude is the chief executive officer of the Ontario Basketball Association, his brother Andrew is the starting point gua...

I've had a many good experiences with Canada's NBA players, but the Nembhards always stand out to me. It was a pleasure speaking with Ryan Nembhard last night before his Dallas Mavericks played the Toronto Raptors at Scotiabank Arena

www.tsn.ca/nba/article/...

10.03.2026 00:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

An oil shock would be a real good time for Canada to import an absolute ton of cheap EVs, but how? HOW?

06.03.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 99 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2
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Leafs should trade Matthews, but their addiction to being a contender means they won’t Teams with no prospects, no good draft picks, and no assets it’s willing to trade doesn’t go from bad to good - it goes from bad to worse
06.03.2026 22:34 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

hey quick Q for anyone, does food take a lot of oil to grow, package, and distribute

06.03.2026 21:17 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1
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Guerrero honoured to represent Dominican Republic at World Baseball Classic Canada plays its first game at WBC on Saturday against Colombia

Unbelievably, Vladimir Guerrero Sr. never got to represent the Dominican Republic at the World Baseball Classic. He got to tell his son, Toronto Blue Jays superstar Vladimir Guerrero Jr., that he would be the first in the family to do it

www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/artic...

05.03.2026 18:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Guerrero honoured to represent Dominican Republic at World Baseball Classic Canada plays its first game at WBC on Saturday against Colombia

Unbelievably, Vladimir Guerrero Sr. never got to represent the Dominican Republic at the World Baseball Classic. He got to tell his son, Toronto Blue Jays superstar Vladimir Guerrero Jr., that he would be the first in the family to do it

www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/artic...

05.03.2026 18:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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PHOTOS: The Nelson and area women who protect us - Nelson Star Ahead of International Women’s Day, meet local first responders

Ahead of International Women’s Day, we decided to celebrate all the women serving in first-responder roles. It’s a photo gallery, but took a lot of work to co-ordinate. Really happy with how it turned out and thankful that subjects bought in as enthusiastically as they did.

05.03.2026 15:58 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also let the TDSB rent out its parking lots overnight and weekends.

05.03.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Blue Jays fans keeping Dunedin economy afloat during turbulent times for tourism The Toronto Blue Jays have made Dunedin, Fla., into a virtual oasis during turbulent economic times in Florida. Canadians’ broad grassroots boycott of the United States has had a massive impact on the...

Visiting Dunedin, Fla., felt like walking around an inexplicably tropical and neighbourhood of Toronto when I went down south to cover spring training. There was Blue Jays signs, flags, murals everywhere... as well as Gulf of America shirts for sale. toronto.citynews.ca/2026/02/27/b...

03.03.2026 19:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Carter and McGrady trying to bring Bills, Raptors fans together When Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady bought a minority stake in the Buffalo Bills, they insisted they’d do more than just contribute to the NFL team financially.

When Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady became minority owners of the Buffalo Bills they said they didn't want to just be financiers. That was evident last night as they tried to blend the Raptors and Bills fanbases into one www.tsn.ca/nba/article/...

04.03.2026 16:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Raptors keep learning hard lessons against NBA's top 10 teams Point guard Jalen Brunson finished with 26 points and 10 assists as New York (40-22) won its third consecutive game.

Losses to top-10 teams keep piling up for the Raptors. Every time it happens they all say the right things about learning lessons, becoming "battle hardened" but all-star Brandon Ingram, who loves the process, says it's frustrating to keep losing these big games toronto.citynews.ca/2026/03/04/t...

04.03.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Esteemed colleague Ian Harrison just pointed out to me that the Toronto Raptors attempted more three-pointers (10) than two-pointers (8) in the first quarter against the New York Knicks. They're 9 for 18 on field-goal attempts and 4-for-10 from beyond the arc

04.03.2026 01:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

inspiring how every 3? 4? years, the World Baseball Classic gives the Great Britain team a new jersey that just says GREAT BRITAIN on the front in generic lettering

03.03.2026 15:48 πŸ‘ 327 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 26

The walking embodiment of political strongman theory, who admires Putin and Orban, somehow seems totally unaware of the phenomenon

03.03.2026 23:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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ANALYSIS: Would a bigger convention centre just be a bigger waste of money? | TVO Today The premier wants to compete for the largest conventions in North America. The math doesn’t add up.

New from me at TVO, arguing that convention centres are a colossal waste of money and whether Toronto attracts the annual conference of dental surgeons is simply not a pressing public policy matter. www.tvo.org/article/anal...

03.03.2026 17:44 πŸ‘ 62 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
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Blue Jays fans keeping Dunedin economy afloat during turbulent times for tourism The Toronto Blue Jays have made Dunedin, Fla., into a virtual oasis during turbulent economic times in Florida. Canadians’ broad grassroots boycott of the United States has had a massive impact on the...

Visiting Dunedin, Fla., felt like walking around an inexplicably tropical and neighbourhood of Toronto when I went down south to cover spring training. There was Blue Jays signs, flags, murals everywhere... as well as Gulf of America shirts for sale. toronto.citynews.ca/2026/02/27/b...

03.03.2026 19:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Now THAT is an argument I buy

03.03.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It also begs the question -- is the Metro Toronto Convention Centre booked every weekend? Is the Enercare Centre? I don't know for sure, but I doubt it. So if there's not the demand for those two spaces, why flood the market?

02.03.2026 22:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

X2 is simply a movie I don't think about

28.02.2026 02:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Raptors looking for more consistency after losses | Globalnews.ca The Toronto Raptors are well aware that they need to find a way to play a consistent 48 minutes and hold on to leads against the NBA's best teams.

The Toronto Raptors are well aware that they need to improve at closing out against the top teams in the NBA. They spent practice today working at just that globalnews.ca/news/1171060...

28.02.2026 01:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Holds up

27.02.2026 16:28 πŸ‘ 7357 πŸ” 1478 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 48

If these guys had even the tiniest shred of capability for self-reflection they’d realize they were used as props by people who are literally putting words in their mouths but alas

26.02.2026 21:52 πŸ‘ 1810 πŸ” 328 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 7
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'More afraid': Girl set on fire at Saskatoon school tells court how life has changed SASKATOON - A teen who was set on fire by another student at a Saskatoon high school says she's recovering but no longer wants to talk to people.

A teen who was set on fire by another student at a Saskatoon high school says she's recovering but no longer wants to talk to people. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/mor...

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Raptors bigs' strategy works against Wembanyama but Toronto still comes up short TORONTO β€” When the Toronto Raptors announced their starting lineup against the San Antonio Spurs, there was a small surprise at centre with rookie Collin Murray-Boyles taking the tipoff instead of vet...

The Toronto Raptors deployed a different kind of lineup against Victor Wembanyama, with veteran Jakob Poeltl coming off the bench and rookie Collin Murray-Boyles starting. The strategy worked as Wemby was limited to just 12 points... but Toronto still lost
ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/raptors...

26.02.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Raptors bigs' strategy works against Wembanyama but Toronto still comes up short TORONTO β€” When the Toronto Raptors announced their starting lineup against the San Antonio Spurs, there was a small surprise at centre with rookie Collin Murray-Boyles taking the tipoff instead of vet...

The Toronto Raptors deployed a different kind of lineup against Victor Wembanyama, with veteran Jakob Poeltl coming off the bench and rookie Collin Murray-Boyles starting. The strategy worked as Wemby was limited to just 12 points... but Toronto still lost
ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/raptors...

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