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Dobson scores in OT to give Islanders 3-2 win over Oilers
NEW YORK - Noah Dobson scored 3:52 into overtime to give the New York Islanders a 3-2 victory over the slumping Edmonton Oilers on Saturday. Anders Lee and Anthony Beauvillier scored for the Islanders...
Jan 01, 2022

Bennett's 2 goals lead Panthers past Canadiens 5-2
SUNRISE, Fla. - Sam Bennett scored twice and Sergei Bobrovsky made 29 saves to lead the Florida Panthers past the Montreal Canadiens 5-2 on Saturday for their third straight win. Aleksander Barkov, Fr...
Jan 01, 2022

Ontario and Quebec set new COVID-19 case count records, hospitalizations climb
Ontario and Quebec are heading into a new year with record-setting COVID-19 case counts, as well as rising virus-related deaths and hospitalizations. Public health officials in Ontario reported 18,445...
Jan 01, 2022

House fire in Brooks claims one life
BROOKS, AB - Firefighters in Brooks are responding to a fatal house fire.At approximately 3:50 am on Saturday, January 1, officials were called to a home on Greenbrook Road.Upon the arrival of RCMP, t...
Jan 01, 2022

Ontario and Quebec set new COVID-19 case count records, hospitalizations climb
Ontario and Quebec are heading into a new year with record-setting COVID-19 case counts, as well as rising virus-related deaths and hospitalizations. Public health officials in Ontario reported 18,445...
Jan 01, 2022

This weekend's Canes games postponed due to COVID
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Anyone looking to attend either of the New Year's long weekend's Lethbridge Hurricanes games will need to come up with new plans.14 players on the team have been put on the WHL's COVI...
Jan 01, 2022

Canadiens Evans, Romanov enter COVID-19 protocol ahead of matinee at Florida
SUNRISE, Fla. - Two more Montreal Canadiens players entered the NHL's COVID-19 protocols on Saturday. Forward Jake Evans and defenceman Alexander Romanov were placed on the protocol list just hours be...
Jan 01, 2022

Canadian bobsledder De Bruin wins her second gold medal of the season in Latvia
SIGULDA, Latvia - Canadian bobsledder Christine de Bruin captured her second gold medal of the season, winning the monobob at a World Cup on Saturday. The 32-year-old from Stoney Plain, Alta., felt fo...
Jan 01, 2022

Liberals eye easing access to maternity, parental leave in EI review, minister says
OTTAWA - Federal Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough says the government is looking at removing rules that make it difficult for some to get their full parental leave as part of a review of the emplo...
Jan 01, 2022

Local entrepreneurs introduce Neuwly - a new app to explore the world and events through live-streaming
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Lethbridge hasn't been known as a hot bed of tech and software development, but there has been some very good inroads in that regard.MPP (Moreland Professional Projects) set-up shop...
Jan 01, 2022