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ICBC sorry for suggesting deceased BC Mountie liable for on-duty deadly crash
VICTORIA - The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia is apologizing for wrongly suggesting a deceased Mountie was liable for the on-duty crash that claimed her life, saying it's taking to steps to...
Dec 23, 2019
Share the Warmth campaign continues as over 900 more donations come in
More winter wears have been donated to local groups from the Business Network International's (BNI) Northern Connection chapter in Grande Prairie.The BNI's Share the Warmth campaign ran this past Nove...
Dec 23, 2019 Don Murray with Richmond Dry Cleaners and Nicky Cawson with BNI Alberta (photo courtesy of Nicky Cawson)
Grande Prairie RCMP charge five more in impaired driving blitz
Five more people have been charged by Grande Prairie RCMP with criminal impaired driving, as a result of a continued effort to reduce impaired driving this holiday season.After charging four people th...
Dec 23, 2019 The RCMP's Mobile Breath Test Unit racked up more drunk drivers this past weekend (Photo: Shaun Penner)
Dubnyk records shutout as Wild blank Flames 3-0
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Devan Dubnyk recorded his first shutout of the season and Joel Eriksson Ek and Luke Kunin each scored for Minnesota in the Wild's 3-0 win over the Calgary Flames on Monday. Dubnyk ma...
Dec 23, 2019
Plays of the year: 2019 had a flair for the dramatic
Thousands of pro games, hundreds of thousands of college games, millions of high school games and billions of youth-league, rec-league, bar-league and whatever other sort of league games you can think...
Dec 23, 2019
Toronto Raptors star Kyle Lowry earns East player of the week nod
Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry has been named the NBA's Eastern Conference player of the week. Lowry averaged 24.5 points, 10 assists, 6.5 rebounds and 39.6 minutes while helping the inju...
Dec 23, 2019
Roenick suspended by NBC Sports for inappropriate comments
Former NHL forward Jeremy Roenick was suspended indefinitely by NBC Sports on Monday for his inappropriate comments about coworkers. Roenick made a series of questionable remarks about fellow hockey b...
Dec 23, 2019
Jeff Mallett replaces John Furlong as Vancouver Whitecaps' executive chair
Vancouver Whitecaps executive chair John Furlong will retire from the club on Dec. 31. Whitecaps co-owner/director Jeff Mallett will assume the executive chair position, formalizing his role as the pu...
Dec 23, 2019
Celtics' Kanter thanks Trudeau for clearing way for him to play vs. Raptors
Boston Celtics centre Enes Kanter says he will be able to play in his team's Christmas Day game in Toronto against the Raptors after discussions with the Canadian government. In a column in The Globe ...
Dec 23, 2019
Scoring in Bunches: Maple Leafs outscore Hurricanes 8-6 in wild matinee
TORONTO - After experimenting with his lines at the start of the game, Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe considered reverting back to the norm after some second-period struggles on Monday. He decid...
Dec 23, 2019