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Forward Shane Wright cements exceptional season with rookie of the year award
TORONTO - Kingston Frontenacs forward Shane Wright has cemented an exceptional season in the Ontario Hockey League by capturing the rookie of the year award. The OHL made the announcement Th...
May 14, 2020
Grande Prairie's average rental prices see big drop in April
A full month of COVID-19 lockdowns and business closures has had an impact on the rental markets across Canada, including in Grande Prairie.According to figures provided by Rentals.ca, the average ren...
May 14, 2020
Canucks' Demko says being off the ice during pandemic can be 'overwhelming'
Thatcher Demko doesn't have many complaints about his personal circumstance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Holed up just outside San Diego, Calif., the Vancouver Canucks goalie has been enjoying t...
May 14, 2020
UK government keen on EPL resuming in June, with conditions
MANCHESTER, England - The Premier League received government backing on Thursday to resume next month - if games become more accessible to fans shut out of stadiums and the world's richest soccer comp...
May 14, 2020
Premier Francois Legault says Montreal not ready to reopen schools, businesses
MONTREAL - With the COVID-19 situation in Montreal still very fragile, the Quebec government said Thursday that elementary schools in the greater Montreal area will remain closed until late August. Pr...
May 14, 2020
Ontario stage one reopening includes stores, surgeries, tennis, dog grooming
TORONTO - Ontarians will be able to go shopping, play golf or tennis, and get their dogs groomed - but not visit family - starting next week as stage one of the province's reopening kicks in, Premier ...
May 14, 2020
Beckett Cypher, 21-year-old son of Melissa Etheridge, dies
LOS ANGELES - Melissa Etheridge said Wednesday that her son Beckett Cypher has died. Etheridge released a statement saying opioid addiction was behind Cypher's death. "Today I joined the hundreds of t...
May 14, 2020
Reassurances emerge after second oilsands mine work camp outbreak
CALGARY - Observers say the second outbreak of COVID-19 at an oilsands mine work camp in northern Alberta is concerning but the industry is dealing with the risk in an appropriate way.Oilsands analyst...
May 14, 2020
Rare baby owl now being reared by its parents in unique B.C. breeding program
LANGLEY, B.C. - Members of a unique program in Langley, B.C., are celebrating the successful hatching of a northern spotted owl chick, bolstering a population that numbers fewer than 10 of the bi...
May 14, 2020
Storm VP provides outlook on 2020-21 AJHL season amid COVID-19
With COVID-19 throwing a wrench into everyone's future plans, Vice President of the Grande Prairie Storm Chris Millsap says right now there are no plans for the league to cancel the upcoming AJHL seas...
May 14, 2020