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Blazers' Masters signs entry-level deal with Minnesota Wild
KAMLOOPS - Yet another Kamloops Blazer has signed a pro contract.The Minnesota Wild have announced the signing of 19-year-old defenceman Kyle Masters to a three-year, entry-level contract.The Wild dra...
Mar 09, 2023
Poulin leads experienced Team Canada in quest for third straight women's hockey title
CALGARY - Captain Marie-Philip Poulin will lead an experienced squad when Canada seeks its third straight women's world hockey title next month. Hockey Canada released its 23-player roster for the tou...
Mar 09, 2023
U.S. President Joe Biden's long-awaited Canada visit to happen March 23-24
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to Ottawa on March 23 for his first in-person visit to Canada since taking office in 2021. The White House says Biden will spend two days in Canada, d...
Mar 09, 2023
Former Paralympian Patrick Jarvis named Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton interim CEO
CALGARY - Former Paralympian Patrick Jarvis was named the interim chief executive officer for Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton on Thursday. Jarvis's appointment comes after a tumultuous year for Bobsleigh Ca...
Mar 09, 2023
Toronto Blue Jays fans fifth least annoying in Major League Baseball
Toronto Blue Jays fans have earned themselves a good reputation around Major League Baseball. A recent survey of fans voted Blue Jays supporters the fifth least annoying and 11th best-behaved in all o...
Mar 09, 2023
Former CFL player Darnell Sankey making quick adjustment to playing in XFL
It hasn't taken Darnell Sankey long to adjust to life in the XFL. Sankey, the CFL's leading tackler in each of the last two seasons, had eight tackles (five solo, two for loss) and half a sack in the ...
Mar 09, 2023
Alberta agency to conduct independent probe of B.C. RCMP Prince George detachment
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team will lead a probe into allegations of historic misconduct by members of the Prince George RCMP detachment, an...
Mar 09, 2023
Federal environment minister says Alberta silence over oilsands spill 'worrisome'
Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says Alberta's nine-month silence over two releases of toxic oilsands tailings water is worrisome. He says Alberta is supposed to notify the federal gove...
Mar 09, 2023
BC Civil Liberties Association revokes award granted to Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond
VANCOUVER - Another award has been stripped from Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, the former judge, law professor and British Columbia representative for children and youth whose claims of Indigenous ancestr...
Mar 09, 2023
Security committee of parliamentarians begins latest foreign interference study
OTTAWA - The committee of parliamentarians that oversees national security says it has begun a study of foreign interference, following a request from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In a statement, th...
Mar 09, 2023
