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GINTA: We need to keep it real — that's where the magic lives
I'D RATHER NOT DRIVE on a day when the weather predictions call for heavy snowstorm. But we had already bought the tickets and it would have taken a lot to make us miss this unique performance. We lef...
Jan 06, 2020 Image Credit: Caravan Farm Theatre
Former CFL star receiver Reggie Begelton signs deal with Green Bay Packers
GREEN BAY, Wis. - Reggie Begelton is a Green Bay Packer. The former Calgary Stampeders star receiver signed a reserve/future deal with Green Bay on Monday. The CFL club released Begelton last week to ...
Jan 06, 2020
Armstrong woman pleads guilty to string of arsons
ARMSTRONG, B.C. - A woman accused of setting a string of fires in the Armstrong area during the spring of 2018 entered guilty pleas in B.C. Supreme Court in Vernon Monday on what was supposed to be he...
Jan 06, 2020 Image Credit: Tiffany Goodwein / Vernon Matters
Calgary neurologist pleads guilty to dozens of assaults dating back to 1980s
CALGARY - A retired neurologist has admitted in court to sexually assaulting 28 female patients over three decades. Keith Hoyte, 71, pleaded guilty to 28 counts as his trial was to begin Monday i...
Jan 06, 2020
Staal scores in overtime to give Wild 3-2 win over Jets
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Eric Staal didn't need to be reminded he hadn't scored in overtime in eight years. The Minnesota Wild's veteran centre was well aware. Staal ended his drought in overtime, Minnesota ...
Jan 06, 2020
Leafs fan, 8, gets birthday cake with Maple Leaf Foods logo by mistake
MONTREAL - A young Toronto Maple Leafs fan from Quebec got a big letdown Saturday when he discovered that a bakery mix-up had left him with a birthday cake honouring Toronto-based packaged m...
Jan 06, 2020
Leafs fan, 8, gets birthday cake with Maple Leaf Foods logo by mistake
MONTREAL - A young Toronto Maple Leafs fan from Quebec got a big letdown Saturday when he discovered that a bakery mix-up had left him with a birthday cake honouring Toronto-based packaged m...
Jan 06, 2020
B.C. Lions lead coach Rick Campbell unveils his 2020 coaching staff
VANCOUVER - B.C. Lions head coach Rick Campbell has settled on a staff for 2020. Campbell, who the Lions hired in December to replace the departed DeVone Claybrooks, unveiled his staff for the up...
Jan 06, 2020
Yamamoto already comfortable with Oilers linemates Draisaitl and Nugent-Hopkins
TORONTO - The way Kailer Yamamoto laughs and jokes around with his teammates in the Edmonton Oilers locker room, you'd think he was a seasoned NHL veteran. But the truth is the 21-year-old Yamamo...
Jan 06, 2020
Canadian players return home from world juniors after winning gold
TORONTO - Members of Canada's world junior hockey team were greeted by dozens of friends, family and supporters at Pearson International Airport on Monday afternoon after winning gold a day earli...
Jan 06, 2020
