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Longtime Canadian Press sportswriter Neil Stevens saw it all and told it well
Former Canadian Press sportswriter Neil Stevens, who earned Hall of Fame recognition in both lacrosse and hockey while criss-crossing the globe in more than three decades with the national news agency...
Apr 01, 2022
Hope Solo arrested on DWI, child abuse charges
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Former U.S. women's national team star goalkeeper Hope Solo was arrested after she was found passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle in North Carolina with her 2-year-old t...
Apr 01, 2022
U.S. authorities issue final order allowing P.E.I. table potatoes back over border
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has lifted the final barrier that was keeping table potatoes from Prince Edward Island out of the United States. A final federal order posted today clea...
Apr 01, 2022
Athletes can battle effects of maltreatment in sport well into adulthood
Brittany Rogers is an adult now and three years removed from her athletic career, yet the cutting words of her childhood gymnastics coaches still play like a broken record in her mind. You're fat. You...
Apr 01, 2022
Vice Mark Nichols ready for return to Team Gushue lineup at world curling playdowns
Forced into isolation due to COVID-19, Team Gushue vice Mark Nichols could only watch on television as his teammates won the Canadian men's curling championship last month. Now Nichols is set to retur...
Apr 01, 2022
Wolf Creek’s capital plan has been approved; what goes into it and what does it mean?
Wolf Creek Public Schools' Board of Trustees has approved its three-year capital plan, but many people may be wondering a few things from a statement like that. What is a capital plan? What does it me...
Apr 01, 2022
As Pope Francis prepares to come to Canada, a look at past papal visits
OTTAWA - Standing before a room of nearly 200 Indigenous delegates at the Vatican, Pope Francis apologized Friday for the Roman Catholic Church's role in residential schools. The Pope said he felt sha...
Apr 01, 2022
Red Deer Polytechnic Indoor Track recognized by the ACAC
Two members of the Red Deer Polytechnic Indoor Track team and their head coach have been honoured by the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) for their accomplishments this season. Justine Lars...
Apr 01, 2022
Flames' Gaudreau named second star, Habs' Caufield top rookie for March
NEW YORK - Calgary Flames left-wing Johnny Gaudreau was named the NHL's second star for March, while Montreal Canadiens forward Cole Caufield was named the month's top rookie. Gaudreau ranked second i...
Apr 01, 2022
Loss of namesake bar and grill hits tiny Alabama community
FAUNSDALE, Ala. (AP) - With fewer than 100 residents and only a handful of buildings, this west Alabama community doesn't have much aside from an old water tower and the namesake Faunsdale Bar and Gri...
Apr 01, 2022