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Three Brooks Bandits players picked in 2023 NHL Draft
BROOKS, AB - Three players from the Brooks Bandits and one incoming recruit have been directly drafted into the NHL today.Forward Hudson Malinoski was selected in the 5th round, 153rd overall, by the ...
Jun 29, 2023
Transgender Kansas residents can keep updating their documents despite a new law, governor says
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The Democratic governor in Kansas declared Thursday that the state will keep allowing transgender residents to alter their driver's licenses and birth certificates, despite a new l...
Jun 29, 2023
Educator and TV host Sue Johanson, who helped destigmatize the joy of sex, dead at 93
TORONTO - With her wire-rim glasses and grandmotherly demeanour, Sue Johanson seemed an unlikely candidate to be Canadian TV's foremost sex guru.But her straight talk about anal, oral and solo sex ear...
Jun 29, 2023
B.C. staff who failed to check on two abused foster children lose jobs: ministry
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says staff members at the Children's Ministry who failed to check on two Indigenous children who were systematically abused by their foster parents have lost...
Jun 29, 2023
NHL draft: Oilers ship Kailer Yamamoto to Red Wings in salary dump
NASHVILLE - NHL teams got back to wheeling and dealing on the second day of the NHL draft. After the quietest opening round on the trade front in 16 years - there were exactly zero moves made during W...
Jun 29, 2023
Canada's Carol Zhao advances to Wimbledon main draw with win in qualifying
LONDON - Canada's Carol Zhao advanced to the Wimbledon main draw with a 7-6 (4), 6-4 win over American CoCo Vanderweghe in the third round of qualifying on Thursday. Zhao will be making her first-ever...
Jun 29, 2023
Christine King Farris, the last living sibling of Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 95
ATLANTA (AP) - Christine King Farris, the last living sibling of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died. Her niece, the Rev. Bernice King, tweeted that her "beloved aunt" died Thursday. She was 95....
Jun 29, 2023
NFL suspends 3 players indefinitely, fourth gets 6 games for violating gambling policy
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The NFL suspended three players indefinitely Thursday for violating the league's gambling policy and a fourth was sidelined for six games. Isaiah Rodgers and Rashod Berry of th...
Jun 29, 2023
Meta ends contract for journalism fellowship program as Bill C-18 fallout continues
TORONTO - Digital giant Meta is terminating the contract for a fellowship program that supports the hiring of a limited number of emerging journalists at newswire service The Canadian Press The move c...
Jun 29, 2023
Alberta ends 2022-2023 fiscal year with $11.6 billion surplus
EDMONTON - Alberta's 2022-2023 fiscal year ended with a surplus of over $11 billion, the government released in a statement on Thursday. Over the last year, the provincial government paid down over $1...
Jun 29, 2023