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Vancouver forward J.T. Miller hoping Canucks get to finish what they started
J.T. Miller hasn't thought twice about having the best statistical season of his career stopped in its tracks. The frustration of seeing the Vancouver Canucks' resurgent campaign put on ice is an...
Apr 1, 2020
Buying time; Tokyo Games postponement a boon for injured Canadian athletes
When TJ Sanders isn't on the volleyball court running Canada's offence, he's often laying on his back with his feet on a chair courtside. Canada's starting setter has managed a painful back injur...
Apr 1, 2020
Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment leaders take pay cuts in wake of COVID-19
TORONTO - Top Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment executives are taking pay cuts in the wake of COVID-19 shutting down the company's sports and entertainment business. A memo to MLSE ...
Apr 1, 2020
WATCH: COVID-19 update from Dr. Hinshaw for April 1
Alberta's chief medical officer of health will provide her daily update on COVID-19 in the province.Dr. Deena Hinshaw will speak at a media conference scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m.You can watch the ...
Apr 1, 2020
Scenarios for Indigenous COVID-19 response include calling in the army: Miller
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says the federal government is ready to call in the army to help First Nations, Inuit or Metis communities contend with COVID-19. Indigenous leaders f...
Apr 1, 2020
Students in St. Patrick School boundary to be moved to Mother Teresa next school year
Students in the boundary for the St. Patrick School will be moved to Mother Teresa School for the 2020/2021 school year.There are around 230 students in the St. Patrick School boundary right now. Nine...
Apr 1, 2020 Photo: Grande Prairie and District Catholic School Board
Victim Services still providing essential services during COVID-19 pandemic
The Grande Prairie and District Victim Services office may be closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but their work is ongoing.Victoria Johnson, the President of the Board, says they are maintaining ess...
Apr 1, 2020
Canola exports to China will continue, key licenses still blocked
Canola trade will continue with China, but a pair of key export licenses remain blocked.There had been reports Tuesday that an agreement to resume full trade had been reached.Valhalla farmer and Alber...
Apr 1, 2020 Photo by Curtis Galbraith
Ujiri would love to season salvaged, but global health should be focus right now
TORONTO - Masai Ujiri would love to see the remainder of the NBA season salvaged somehow. But the Toronto Raptors president said, amid the global COVID-19 pandemic that has brought the sports world to...
Apr 1, 2020
Wolfpack stuck between a rock and a hard place as rugby league ponders future
TORONTO - As English rugby league faces an uncertain future due to COVID-19, the Toronto Wolfpack find themselves once again between a rock and a hard place. The team's next payday comes the...
Apr 1, 2020