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'I'm just very grateful': Tigers' Basha preparing for CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game
Next week, some of this nation's top hockey talent will head to Moncton, N.B., for the Kubota CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game. One of those players will be Tigers left winger Andrew Basha.Team Canada Red w...
Jan 18, 2024

Furue leads Tournament of Champions with 65, defending champion Henderson four shots back
ORLANDO, Fla. - Ayaka Furue of Japan did not see any signs of a fast start coming until she opened her 2024 LPGA Tour season on Thursday with a red-hot performance. Furue made seven birdies in a round...
Jan 18, 2024

Our Town: Police Point Park
This episode of Our Town explores the history of Medicine Hat's Police Point Park. New episodes of Our Town are posted Thursdays. Our Town is brought to you by Cancarb.Our Town is produced by Brian Ko...
Jan 18, 2024

Post-game handshakes are back in Newfoundland and Labrador amateur hockey
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Hockey players in Newfoundland and Labrador will once again be lining up to shake hands after their games. Hockey NL, the governing body for amateur hockey in the province, has reve...
Jan 18, 2024

Hunter Biden agrees to deposition with House Republican after months of defiance, committee says
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hunter Biden has agreed to appear before House Republicans for a private deposition next month, ending months of defiance from the president's son, who had insisted on testifying pub...
Jan 18, 2024

Alberta investigators ask public for information related to Fort McMurray officer-involved shooting
Alberta investigators are asking the public for any information related to an officer-involved shooting in Fort McMurray earlier this month.An RCMP Wood Buffalo detachment officer fired his gun Jan. 1...
Jan 18, 2024

Congress votes to avert a shutdown and keep the government funded through early March
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress sent President Joe Biden a short-term spending bill on Thursday that would avert a looming partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies into March. The House approv...
Jan 18, 2024

Four children with strep A have died in B.C. in the past month, disease centre says
VANCOUVER - Four children under the age of 10 who had streptococcal infections have died since mid-December, in what the BC Centre for Disease Control says is part of a surge in such infections. A bul...
Jan 18, 2024

N.B. men cleared of 1983 murder hope Trudeau's interest in case spurs compensation
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Two men recently acquitted of a 1983 murder for which they served lengthy prison terms say they appreciate the prime minister taking an interest in their case. Robert Mailman, 76, a...
Jan 18, 2024

Canadian record holder, world champion pole vaulter Shawn Barber dead at 29
Former Canadian world champion pole vaulter Shawn Barber has died. He was 29 years old. Barber died Wednesday night, his agent Paul Doyle told The Canadian Press. The specific cause of death was not d...
Jan 18, 2024