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Auston Matthews extends goal streak as Leafs down Canucks 3-1
TORONTO - Auston Matthews extended his career-best goal streak to eight games with the winner midway through the third period before Alexander Kerfoot added some insurance just 11 seconds later as the...
Feb 08, 2021
Senators show grit but fall just short in close loss to the visiting Oilers
OTTAWA - Former Senator Tyler Ennis scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and goaltender Mike Smith won in his season debut as the Edmonton Oilers earned a hard-fought 3-1 victory over Ot...
Feb 08, 2021
Bus cancellations and school closures for Feb. 9
The following school closure and bus cancellations have been announced for Tuesday, February 9, due to the extreme cold weather.- In Chinook's Edge School Division all buses are cancelled and all scho...
Feb 08, 2021
Union leaders send Chicago schools reopening plan to members
CHICAGO - Leaders of the Chicago Teachers Union agreed Monday to let its thousands of members vote on a plan to get students back into classes amid the coronavirus pandemic. But the union's house of d...
Feb 08, 2021
Canadian Leylah Annie Fernandez ousted from Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - Canadian Leylah Annie Fernandez has been ousted from the Australian Open. The 18-year-old Fernandez was dropped in straight on Tuesday in the first round by 18th-seeded Elise Me...
Feb 08, 2021
Top federal public servant will take time off for cancer treatment
OTTAWA - The top federal public servant will be taking some time out for cancer treatment. Ian Shugart, clerk of the Privy Council, sent a message Monday to his colleagues announcing that he received ...
Feb 08, 2021
Mayor not letting up fight for local EMS dispatch service
Since a press conference held with three other mayors last week, Tara Veer says there have been more "absolutely staggering" examples proving that EMS dispatch consolidation is not in the best interes...
Feb 08, 2021
Mustard Seed's Coldest Night of the Year fundraiser goes ahead virtually
The 10th annual Coldest Night of the Year fundraiser put on by The Mustard Seed, like many fundraising events, has gone virtual this year.Though the actual date of the event is February 20, throughout...
Feb 08, 2021
Hinshaw hints at regional approach to lifting restrictions
On the first day of Alberta's Step 1 to easing COVID-19 restrictions across the province, Dr. Deena Hinshaw says they are watching how the moves impact different parts of the province and signalled a ...
Feb 08, 2021
Red Deer with 276 active COVID-19 cases, up one from Sunday
Alberta confirmed 269 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday.That's out of 6,184 test results over the past 24 hours for a positivity rate of about 4.3 per cent.The number of active cases in the province is ...
Feb 08, 2021