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Beck scores twice, Celebrini ejected as Canada beats Switzerland in WJC exhibition
NGELHOLM, Sweden - Owen Beck scored twice as Canada beat Switzerland 6-2 in a world junior hockey championship tune-up game Friday. Beck, the only player returning from Canada's championship-winning t...
Dec 22, 2023
Hockey Canada chair looks back, sees brighter days ahead: 'The game was in trouble'
Jonathan Goldbloom knows certain topics aren't discussed at the water cooler. Headlining the list in his home province of Quebec? Politics, language and religion. Everyone, however, is happy to share ...
Dec 22, 2023
Santa Spreads Holiday Cheer at Jim Pattison Children's Hospital in Saskatoon
Santa's visit is one of many festivities of Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation (JPCHF) Project Holiday Joy initiatives, aiming to bring children and families in hospital the opportunity to en...
Dec 22, 2023
Concordia offers new award of up to $4,000 in response to Quebec tuition hike
Montreal's Concordia University has announced financial support of up to $4,000 for new Canadian undergraduate students from outside Quebec starting next fall. The school says it is introducing the Ca...
Dec 22, 2023
Redblacks sign defensive back Brandin Dandridge to two-year extension
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks have signed defensive back Brandin Dandridge to a two-year contract extension, the CFL team announced Friday. He was set to become a free agent in February. Dandridge was...
Dec 22, 2023
Canada's Kingsbury picks up sixth World Cup medal of the season with moguls bronze
BAKURIANI, Georgia - Canadian freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury picked up a bronze medal Friday at a World Cup moguls event. Kingsbury, from Deux-Montagnes, Que., scored 75.21 points, putting him just ...
Dec 22, 2023
Snow Excuses! Sask Parks Offers Winter Fun in Time for the Holiday Season
Saskatchewan residents can look forward to an exciting winter season in provincial parks with a wide range of winter programs and activities set to launch.Skate the Park"Skate the Park", a unique ice-...
Dec 22, 2023
Biden pardons thousands convicted of marijuana charges on federal lands and in Washington
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is pardoning thousands of people who were convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana on federal lands and in the District of Columbia, the White House sa...
Dec 22, 2023
Gymnastics star Simone Biles named AP Female Athlete of the Year a third time after dazzling return
There were jitters, of course. Considering all that happened, how could there not be? When Simone Biles walked onto the floor at a suburban Chicago arena in late July for her first gymnastics competit...
Dec 22, 2023
Gymnastics star Simone Biles named AP Female Athlete of the Year a third time after dazzling return
There were jitters, of course. Considering all that happened, how could there not be? When Simone Biles walked onto the floor at a suburban Chicago arena in late July for her first gymnastics competit...
Dec 22, 2023