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L.A. Kings add Canadian Olympian Manon Rheaume to front-office staff
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Kings have hired former star goaltender Manon Rheaume to a front-office position, furthering the recent trend of women landing high-profile jobs with NHL teams. The Kings...
Jul 07, 2022

Supreme Court Justice Breyer has options as a retiree
WASHINGTON (AP) - Until last week when he swore in Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, his successor on the Supreme Court, Justice Stephen Breyer had a rigorous, intellectually challenging job with the hig...
Jul 07, 2022

WNBA players union 'stands with' Griner after guilty plea
Brittney Griner's guilty plea Thursday has not lessened the support the Olympic gold medalist continues to receive from her WNBA peers. The Phoenix Mercury All-Star pleaded guilty to drug possession c...
Jul 07, 2022

Penguins re-sign Letang; Avalanche acquire goalie Georgiev
MONTREAL (AP) - Moves are already happening around the NHL several hours before the draft begins, with the reigning Stanley Cup winners making a move to shore up their goaltending situation and a rece...
Jul 07, 2022

Montreal drag queen to meet with elected officials after library storytime cancelled
MONTREAL - A well-known Montreal performer whose drag queen storytime event at a local library was cancelled says he's been invited to meet with elected officials. Sbastien Potvin, who performs as Bar...
Jul 07, 2022

WNBA players union 'stands with' Griner after guilty plea
Brittney Griner's guilty plea Thursday has not lessened the support the Olympic gold medalist continues to receive from her WNBA peers. The Phoenix Mercury All-Star pleaded guilty to drug possession c...
Jul 07, 2022

Canadian figure skater Veronik Mallet announces retirement
OTTAWA - Canadian figure skater Veronik Mallet announced her retirement from competitive skating on Thursday. The 28-year-old from Sept-les, Que., Que. won silver in the women's single competition at ...
Jul 07, 2022

Hill Pool closed due to water line break
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Hill Pool will be closed Thursday and Friday and potentially over the weekend so crews can repair a water line break.According to the City of Medicine Hat, crews need to break throu...
Jul 07, 2022

What to know about ride wristbands for the Medicine Hat Stampede
MEDICINE HAT, AB - They'll say 2020 but midway wristbands are available now for the 2022 Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede.They went on sale last week at South Country Co-op grocery stores and ga...
Jul 07, 2022

B.C. Lions sign offensive lineman Perkins to two-year extension
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions have signed American offensive lineman Kent Perkins to a two-year contract extension. The six-foot-five, 306-pound Dallas native made his debut in Week 2 of the 2021 CFL sea...
Jul 07, 2022