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Local hockey, curling, skiing this weekend
NWJHLThere are four games in the Northwest Junior Hockey League Friday; Wheat Kings in Fairview, Beaverlodge in Fort St. John, Sexsmith in La Crete, and Peace River in Dawson Creek. Saturday, Fairview...
Jan 05, 2024
Sweet revenge: U.S. beats hosts Sweden for world junior gold
GOTHENBURG, Sweden - The United States got the revenge it desperately craved. Isaac Howard scored twice in the second period as the Americans beat host Sweden 6-2 to capture gold at the world junior h...
Jan 05, 2024
Wildfires in Alberta burned 10 times more area in 2023 than the five-year average
Alberta Wildfire says it saw an average number of wildfires last year, but the area burned across the province set a record.The province saw a total of 1,088 wildfires that burned about 22,000 square ...
Jan 05, 2024
President Joe Biden lambastes Trump for Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a day 'we nearly lost America'
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (AP) - President Joe Biden warned Friday that Donald Trump's efforts to retake the White House in 2024 pose a grave threat to the country, the day before the third anniversary of the...
Jan 05, 2024
Rays shortstop Wander Franco faces judge as prosecutors accuse him of having sex with a 14-year-old
PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic (AP) - Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco appeared in a Dominican court Friday to face allegations that he had a brief relationship with a 14-year-old girl and gav...
Jan 05, 2024
Rays shortstop Wander Franco faces judge as prosecutors accuse him of having sex with a 14-year-old
PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic (AP) - Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco appeared in a Dominican court Friday to face allegations that he had a brief relationship with a 14-year-old girl and gav...
Jan 05, 2024
Canada blocks citizenship for Russian activist convicted for blog posts opposing war
OTTAWA - Federal officials are blocking a pro-democracy activist from Canadian citizenship because a Russian court convicted her for blog posts opposing Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Maria Kartasheva ...
Jan 05, 2024
NRA chief Wayne LaPierre says he's resigning days before trial scrutinizing his leadership, spending
NEW YORK (AP) - The longtime head of the National Rifle Association said Friday he is resigning, just days before the start of a civil trial over his spending of millions of dollars' worth of travel, ...
Jan 05, 2024
Former CF Montreal goalkeeper James Pantemis signs with the Portland Timbers
PORTLAND, Ore. - Former CF Montreal goalkeeper James Pantemis has signed with the Portland Timbers. The 26-year-old from Montreal joined his hometown team's academy in 2014 and signed a first-team con...
Jan 05, 2024
South Asian communities grapple with extortion threats in B.C., Ontario, Alberta
VANCOUVER - It started with a voice mail demanding payment of some kind, then a series of missed phone calls, later came the gun shots targeting the home of a Metro Vancouver business owner whose fami...
Jan 05, 2024