Author Archives:

Kyrie Irving said late in the season the Mavericks were just getting started
Kyrie Irving was not making a threat, nor was he boasting, nor was he saying anything that would be considered outlandish. It was the final week of the regular season. He and the Dallas Mavericks had ...
Jun 01, 2024

Montreal's Auger-Aliassime advances to fourth round at French Open
PARIS - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime won his rain-interrupted match Saturday to advance to the fourth round at the French Open. The tournament's 21st-seed from Montreal was a 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 winner ov...
Jun 01, 2024

Canadian boxer McKenzie Wright one win away from qualifying for Paris Olympics
BANGKOK - Canadian boxer Mckenzie Wright earned a 5-0 decision over Serbia's Nina Radovanovic on Saturday to move within one win of punching her ticket to Paris in a last-ditch Olympic qualifier. Wrig...
Jun 01, 2024

Simpson eyes redemption as Knights set to take on host Spirit in Memorial Cup final
SAGINAW - Last season's failure fuels Michael Simpson as a shot at redemption approaches. The London Knights goaltender was previously with the Peterborough Petes, who fell 4-1 to the Seattle Thunderb...
Jun 01, 2024

Canadian men one loss away from relegation from elite rugby sevens circuit
MADRID - Canada's men's rugby sevens team faces an uphill battle to avoid relegation from the HSBC SVNS circuit after finishing bottom of its group Saturday. After losses to Uruguay and Germany on Fri...
Jun 01, 2024

River ferry sinks in Afghanistan, killing at least 20
ISLAMABAD (AP) - At least 20 people were killed when a boat sank while crossing a river in eastern Afghanistan Saturday morning, a Taliban official said. Quraishi Badlon, provincial director of the in...
Jun 01, 2024

PWPSD and GPPSD announce new principals for 2024-2025 school year
Two school divisions have announced some changes at the administration team at certain schools.The Grande Prairie Public School Division announced last Tuesday that three schools would be starting the...
Jun 01, 2024

The ANC party that freed South Africa from apartheid loses its 30-year majority
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The African National Congress party lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result Saturday that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since t...
Jun 01, 2024

Audio documentary delves into dark Cold War chapter of Canada's LGBT purge
OTTAWA - Several senior officials convened quietly in the Privy Council committee room on a Wednesday afternoon in August 1961 to discuss a troublesome issue. The group was considering a planned resea...
Jun 01, 2024

Is carbon pricing a politically feasible climate policy? Research says maybe not
OTTAWA - It was supposed to do the heavy lifting for Canada's greenhouse gas emissions targets. And it was supposed to remain a major part of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's legacy, both at home and a...
Jun 01, 2024