Author Archives:
Quarterback Streveler returns to Winnipeg Blue Bombers
WINNIPEG - Chris Streveler is back with the Winnipeg Bombers. The American quarterback agreed to terms on a one-year deal with the CFL club Wednesday. He returns to Winnipeg after spending the last th...
Jan 31, 2024
Formula One rejects Michael Andretti's bid to join series, will reconsider when GM has engine built
Formula One rejected Andretti Global's application to join the global racing series in 2025 or 2026 but said Wednesday it is willing to revisit the issue in 2028 when General Motors has an engine read...
Jan 31, 2024
Akim Aliu says Kim Davis has missed 'massive opportunity' with NHL on diversity
Akim Aliu had high hopes for Kim Davis - especially after their early dialogue. The NHL's executive vice-president of social impact, growth initiatives and legislative affairs seemed open, Aliu though...
Jan 31, 2024
Eight southern Alberta communities set heat records Tuesday
MEDICINE HAT, AB - It was a record-setting warm day across much of Alberta on Tuesday, January 30, 2024.For the second day in a row, Environment Canada has announced that several communities set new d...
Jan 31, 2024
Vancouver Canucks sign general manager Patrik Allvin to extension
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have signed general manager Patrik Allvin to a multi-year contract extension. Allvin, 49, was hired as the team's general manager on Jan. 26, 2022, replacing the fire...
Jan 31, 2024
Top UN court rejects most of Ukraine's terror financing and discrimination case against Russia
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The United Nations' top court on Wednesday rejected large parts of a case filed by Ukraine alleging that Russia bankrolled separatist rebels in the country's east a decad...
Jan 31, 2024
Figure skaters Behnke and Sauve to serve as Canadian flag-bearers at Youth Olympics
GANGNEUNG, Korea, Republic Of - Canadian figure skaters Annika Behnke and Kole Sauve will serve as closing ceremony flag-bearers at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, the Canadian Olympic Committee said ...
Jan 31, 2024
PGA Tour strikes $3 billion deal with Fenway-led investment group. Players to get equity ownership
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) - The PGA Tour is getting a $3 billion investment from Strategic Sports Group in a deal that would give players access to more than $1.5 billion as equity owners in the new P...
Jan 31, 2024
'Muscling': Alberta government won't stock B.C. wines that sell direct to consumers
LETHBRIDGE, AB - An interprovincial wine war is fermenting after Alberta's liquor wholesaler told vintners in British Columbia that it won't stock their products in retail stores unless they stop ship...
Jan 31, 2024
Canada’s fertility rate hit all-time low in 2022
OTTAWA, ON - Statistics Canada says the country's fertility rate reached an all-time low of 1.33 children per woman in 2022.The federal agency says that's part of a downward trend that began in 2009.T...
Jan 31, 2024