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Rangers' captain Jacob Trouba earns NHL's Mark Messier Leadership Award
NEW YORK (AP) - From one former New York Rangers to a current one, Jacob Trouba was selected as the winner of the Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award, the league announced on Tuesday. The award winner i...
May 14, 2024
County of Grande Prairie changes the size of the evacuation order zone
The County of Grande Prairie has changed the size of the wildfire evacuation order area brought about by the Teepee Creek wildfire. As of 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 14, the evacuation zone includes Tow...
May 14, 2024
Peace Region Energy Show gets underway at Evergreen Park Wednesday and Thursday
It's back! The bi-annual Peace Region Energy Show, formerly the Petroleum Show, will take over at the TARA Centre and surrounding space Wednesday, May 15 and Thursday, May 16.The show is put on in col...
May 14, 2024
Canadian swimmers McIntosh, Harvey finish 1-2 in women's 200 free at Olympic Trials
TORONTO - Canadian teenage swimming sensation Summer McIntosh has her second straight victory at the Olympic & Paralympic Trials. She finished first in the women's 200-metre freestyle at the Toron...
May 14, 2024
B.C. needs dedicated, cross-government wildfire strategy: former minister
A former British Columbia forests minister says the province is on the right track as it responds to worsening wildfires, but the scale of the challenge is so great, it's falling behind and needs to p...
May 14, 2024
Colorado Avalanche try to forge ahead after losing Valeri Nichushkin to six-month suspension
DENVER (AP) - The nameplate above the locker for Valeri Nichushkin has already been removed at the Colorado Avalanche's practice facility. It could be just for now - or possibly for good. For a second...
May 14, 2024
Orioles-Blue Jays game is rained out, to be made up as part of a July 29 doubleheader
BALTIMORE (AP) - Toronto manager John Schneider was encouraged by his team's improved health. But a rainout probably wasn't the worst thing. The Blue Jays' game against the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesda...
May 14, 2024
Jesse Marsch takes the long road to coaching the Canadian men's soccer team
Jesse Marsch's roots are in Racine, Wis., on the shore of Lake Michigan between Milwaukee and Chicago. Thanks to a pilot project, the city's public schools were organized so kids from different socio-...
May 14, 2024
B.C. First Nation surveys school site as it hosts meeting on unmarked graves
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - A First Nations community in B.C.'s northern Interior that is hosting a gathering of Indigenous groups involved in the search for unmarked graves says it's conducting a geophysic...
May 14, 2024
Whitehorse bans online voting for local elections over risk of foreign interference
WHITEHORSE - There will be no internet voting for Whitehorse council this year, after a concern of foreign interference prompted a 6-to-1 vote to remove the idea from the city's proposed election byla...
May 14, 2024