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Canadian tight end McLachlan to miss Senior Bowl with training injury
NFL officials will have to wait to see Canadian tight end Tanner McLachlan up close and personal. The six-foot-five, 240-pound tight end at Arizona had accepted an invitation to attend the Reese's Sen...
Jan 23, 2024

Blue Bombers home venue to be renamed Princess Auto Stadium in April
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers will have a new home this season. The CFL club announced Tuesday its home venue will go by the name of Princess Auto Stadium. The official change will come about i...
Jan 23, 2024

Canucks' Tocchet reflects on year behind the bench in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Rick Tocchet took over the Vancouver Canucks a year ago, with the team struggling to find wins and consistency in how it played. Bruce Boudreau had been fired following a period of extende...
Jan 23, 2024

Chinook’s Edge teacher Renu Mathew fires up excitement for pottery on national TV show
Teaching ceramics classes at cole Olds High School is something teacher Renu Mathew loves to do, and now her passion will be shared beyond classroom walls. Officials with Chinook's Edge School Divisio...
Jan 23, 2024

'Sabotage': Nails placed in tree trunks at future Quebec EV battery plant site
MONTREAL - Swedish manufacturer Northvolt says the site of its future electric vehicle battery plant near Montreal was sabotaged after nails were driven into trees that are set to be cut down. Northvo...
Jan 23, 2024

Former NBAer Joel Anthony finding new ways to grow basketball in Montreal
Joel Anthony still fondly remembers all the veteran players who helped him through his NBA career and the local stars who inspired him as a young kid growing up in Montreal. Now he wants to do the sam...
Jan 23, 2024

Canadian men to meet U.S. in exhibition basketball play before Paris Olympics
TORONTO - Canada's senior men's basketball team will have an early test leading up to the 2024 Paris Olympics. Canada Basketball announced the team will face the U.S. in exhibition play in Las Vegas o...
Jan 23, 2024

James Smith members who helped after massacre say inquest should have heard from them
MELFORT, Sask. - Members of a Saskatchewan First Nation who provided support after a mass stabbing say a coroner's inquest should be hearing about their response. Cindy Ghostkeeper-Whitehead said she'...
Jan 23, 2024

New Hampshire Republicans want big changes, but some have concerns about Trump, AP VoteCast shows
WASHINGTON (AP) - New Hampshire Republicans are voting Tuesday night with a desire to curb immigration and overhaul the federal government, yet they have some misgivings about former President Donald ...
Jan 23, 2024

Ponoka woman sentenced in alleged shooting incident last year
A 90-day jail term has been handed to a central Alberta woman charged in an alleged Ponoka shooting last year.Tracy Lightfoot, 48, of Ponoka, was also sentenced to 12 months of probation, and given a ...
Jan 23, 2024