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Canucks cancel morning skate after Schenn, Lahmmikko test positive for COVID-19
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have cancelled practice after two players tested positive for COVID-19. The club says it was informed of defenceman Luke Schenn's positive result on Monday and winger...
Dec 14, 2021
Rebels sign first-round pick Josephson to WHL Standard Player Agreement
The Red Deer Rebels are pleased to announce that forward Ollie Josephson has signed a Western Hockey League Standard Player Agreement with the club.Josephson, a product of Victoria, B.C., was selected...
Dec 14, 2021
Connor McDavid calls potential five-week Olympic quarantine for COVID-19 'unsettling'
Connor McDavid calls the idea potentially having to quarantine up to five weeks in China because of a positive COVID-19 test at the Beijing Olympics "unsettling" as the NHL's participation at the Game...
Dec 14, 2021
2021 champions crowned at Wrangler National Finals Rodeo over the weekend
It was a two man race in the bareback riding going into the final round of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Kaycee Feild entered the round wanting to lock down a sixth World title while second year...
Dec 14, 2021
Pandemic hindering women's calls to shelters
In Central Alberta, 591 women with 345 children were admitted to emergency shelters from April 1, 2020 to May 31, 2021. In total, 66,687 Albertans were aided through residential stays, outreach servic...
Dec 14, 2021
Quebec university classrooms are not safe spaces, says academic freedom committee
MONTREAL - A committee mandated by the Quebec government to investigate academic freedom says university classrooms should not be considered safe spaces. The committee, headed by former Parti Qubcois ...
Dec 14, 2021
Three more Calgary Flames enter COVID-19 protocol
CALGARY - Three more Calgary Flames have entered the NHL's COVID-19 protocol. The Flames confirmed in a short statement on social media Tuesday that defenceman Noah Hanifin and forwards Milan Lucic an...
Dec 14, 2021
Quebec, Ontario each reporting more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases today
Ontario and Quebec are each reporting more than 1,000 new cases of COVID-19, ahead of separate briefings later today from the top health officials in both provinces. Ontario is reporting 1,429 new COV...
Dec 14, 2021
Official: Felt intimidated at meeting with Noem, daughter
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - The former director of a South Dakota appraiser agency says she was intimidated at a meeting Gov. Kristi Noem called where state officials discussed her daughter's application for ...
Dec 14, 2021
UN nuclear chief: Limited Iran access giving 'blurred image'
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog warned Tuesday that the restrictions faced by his inspectors in Iran threaten to give the world only a "very blur...
Dec 14, 2021