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Decorated Canadian curler Jennifer Jones fast-tracking young team
CALGARY - Winning and mentorship hand in hand is what Jennifer Jones envisioned when she phoned Mackenzie Zacharias. Jones, an Olympic and two-time world curling champion, saw potential for both when ...
Nov 03, 2022
Former NHLer set to speak at Ice Wolves Sportsman Dinner
Former NHLer Eric Gryba has been invited to La Ronge to speak at the annual Ice Wolves Sportsman Dinner next week.Gryba, who was born and raised in Saskatoon, made his NHL debut in February 2013 with ...
Nov 03, 2022
Fiscal Update 2022: Ottawa to permanently eliminate student loan interest
Ottawa says it plans to make permanent the pandemic era removal of interest on student loans in an effort to reduce some of the current financial pressures on young Canadians as the cost of living ris...
Nov 03, 2022
Five things you need to know about the Liberals’ fall economic update
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals unveiled their fall economic update Thursday - a 92-page mini-budget setting out Canada's fiscal situation and outlining new policies to tackle cost-of-living woes. The w...
Nov 03, 2022
After N.S. mass shooting, American family member of victims lost faith in Mounties
HALIFAX - U.S. citizen Jennifer Zahl Bruland says the murders of her father and stepmother in Nova Scotia's mass shooting led her to stop believing in the quality of Canada's national police force. In...
Nov 03, 2022
Fall budget update promises tax credits for clean electricity and hydrogen production
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's fall economic statement creates two new federal tax credits for clean technology and low-emitting hydrogen production. The statement is Freeland's first b...
Nov 03, 2022
Avery Oitomen returns to Arrows after taking break to obtain degree in Wales
TORONTO - Wing Avery Oitomen is returning to the Toronto Arrows for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. The 23-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., played for the Arrows in 2019 before stepping away to ob...
Nov 03, 2022
Hamilton will have to win two road games to make third straight Grey Cup appearance
HAMILTON - Safety Tunde Adeleke and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats will have to become road warriors to make another Grey Cup appearance. Hamilton (8-10) visits the Montreal Alouettes (9-9) in the East Divis...
Nov 03, 2022
Saskatchewan’s Ron Delorme named to coaching staff for CHL Top Prospects Game
A former Saskatchewan Indigenous hockey player has been given another special honour in his illustrious hockey career.Former WCHL and NHL player Ron Delorme has been named an assistant coach for the 2...
Nov 03, 2022
Former goalkeeper Stephanie Labbé to be honorary coach for Special Olympics Canada
Amy Nelson and Kristy Alford say they're most excited about making new friends when they represent Canada at the Special Olympics World Games next year in Berlin. One of those new pals will be Stephan...
Nov 03, 2022