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Hockey Canada grants Calgary defenceman Landon DuPont exceptional player status
CALGARY - Hockey Canada granted Landon DuPont, a 14-year-old defenceman from Calgary, exceptional player status Monday. That means DuPont will be eligible for the Western Hockey League draft May 9 and...
Apr 08, 2024
Crown blames most of Ali murder trial delays on defence and 'extraordinary events'
VANCOUVER - A Crown lawyer says holdups to the trial of a man found guilty of murdering a 13-year-old Burnaby, B.C., girl were mostly attributable to the defence and "discrete exceptional events," as ...
Apr 08, 2024
Arrests in northern B.C. over allegations of trafficking safe-supply drugs
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Police in Prince George, B.C., say they have arrested two people over allegations they were trafficking safe-supply drugs that are prescribed as an alternative to the toxic drug ...
Apr 08, 2024
Grande Prairie Regional Association of Volunteer Organizations organizing National Volunteer Week festivities Apr. 14-20
Grande Prairie Regional Association of Volunteer Organizations is gearing up for National Volunteer Week.From April 14-20, GPRAVO will be organizing various activities and partnerships to honour the c...
Apr 08, 2024
A total solar eclipse begins its race across North America. Clouds may spoil the view for some
MESQUITE, Texas (AP) - A chilly, midday darkness fell across North America on Monday as a total solar eclipse began its race across the continent, thrilling those lucky enough to behold the spectacle ...
Apr 08, 2024
NAIA approves transgender policy limiting women's sports to athletes whose biological sex is female
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, the governing body for mostly small colleges, announced a policy Monday that essentially bans transgender athletes from women's sports. The NAIA'...
Apr 08, 2024
AP study: Nine MLB teams cut payroll this winter, and the average salary is up just 1.5%
NEW YORK (AP) - San Diego cut payroll by $96 million in the past year, the New York Mets by $50 million and the Los Angeles Angels by $49 million, among nine teams that slashed spending in a tepid fre...
Apr 08, 2024
Vatican's denouncement of gender theory, surrogacy 'deeply harmful': LGBTQ+ group
A leading Canadian LGBTQ+ rights group says the Vatican's declaration that gender-affirming surgery and surrogacy are violations of human dignity is "deeply harmful" and discriminatory. Egale Canada s...
Apr 08, 2024
NAIA approves transgender policy limiting women's sports to athletes whose biological sex is female
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, the governing body for mostly small colleges, announced a policy Monday that essentially bans transgender athletes from women's sports. The NAIA'...
Apr 08, 2024
Kucherov, Crosby and Panarin are NHL's three stars of the week
NEW YORK - Forwards Nikita Kucherov of the Tampa Bay Lightning, Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Artemi Panarin of the New York Rangers were named the NHL's three stars Monday. Kucherov ea...
Apr 08, 2024