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NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says Winnipeg is a 'strong NHL market'
WINNIPEG - NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says Winnipeg is a strong NHL market where "hockey matters," and that he believes the attendance issues affecting the team will be resolved. Bettman spoke to r...
Feb 27, 2024
Jehovah's Witnesses conference returning to Medicine Hat in June, economic boost expected
An event that brought $4 million in economic activity last time it was in Medicine Hat is returning to the city this summer.The annual Jehovah's Witnesses Convention will run June 21 to 23 at Co-op Pl...
Feb 27, 2024
Canada women look to keep rolling at CONCACAF W Gold Cup against Costa Rica
Having won twice already, the Olympic champion Canadian women are assured of making the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF W Gold Cup. But a victory Wednesday over No. 43 Costa Rica in its final Group C ga...
Feb 27, 2024
B.C. Premier Eby apologizes to Doukhobors, for wrongs that 'echoed for generations'
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby has officially apologized in the Victoria legislature to members of the Doukhobor religious community, including children who were forcibly taken from the...
Feb 27, 2024
Canada Special Olympics Winter Games open in Calgary
Starting today, Alberta is welcoming 800 top Special Olympians to the 2024 Canada Special Olympics Winter Games.The event runs Feb. 27 to March 2 in Calgary."Alberta is ready to host Canada's top comp...
Feb 27, 2024
'The partners that we wanted': Flexible workspace rebranding to Regus Medicine Hat
A local flexible workplace provider that started up over a decade ago is rebranding its space in downtown Medicine Hat.The 640 Professional Building on 3rd Street will be transformed into a Regus-bran...
Feb 27, 2024
Lu Dort thinks more high school programs will help grow basketball in Montreal
OKLAHOMA CITY - Luguentz Dort likes the direction that basketball in Montreal is headed, but he would make just one tweak. Dort is having an excellent season as the starting small forward for the West...
Feb 27, 2024
San Francisco apologizes to Black residents for decades of racist policies
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Supervisors in San Francisco formally apologized Tuesday to African Americans and their descendants for the city's role in perpetuating racism and discrimination. "On behalf of th...
Feb 27, 2024
Canada's Pamela Ware looks for redemption at diving World Cup in Montreal
MONTREAL - Top Canadian diver Pamela Ware is looking for redemption this weekend after a world championship to forget earlier this month. Following a stellar 2023 season that included five World Cup m...
Feb 27, 2024
20 years since NHL's record-setting brawl, fighting is down across the league but not going anywhere
Minnesota's Marcus Foligno took a hit, delivered one of his own to Chicago's Jarred Tinordi, and the two big guys dropped the gloves. Outdoors in front of 82,000 people in the Meadowlands, it took eve...
Feb 27, 2024