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CFL's Calgary Stampers name former OL Jay McNeil as team president
CALGARY - Jay McNeil is the new president of the Calgary Stampeders. The former Stampeders offensive lineman was promoted to the post Tuesday. He succeeds John Hufnagel, who will remain with the organ...
Jan 23, 2024

Heat are trading Kyle Lowry to the Hornets for Terry Rozier, AP source says
MIAMI (AP) - Kyle Lowry is being traded by the Miami Heat to the Charlotte Hornets for Terry Rozier in a swap of point guards, a person with knowledge of the agreement told The Associated Press on Tue...
Jan 23, 2024

Canadian tight end Tanner McLachlan to miss Senior Bowl with injury
Theo Johnson will be the lone Canadian tight end at the 2024 Reese's Senior Bowl. Jim Nagy, the Senior Bowl's executive director, said in an interview Tuesday that Tanner McLachlan, of Lethbridge, Alt...
Jan 23, 2024

Piwapan Wellness Centre Margaret Beament Scholarship
The Piwapan Wellness Centre is still accepting applications for the following scholarship:Apply Online Now: www.pwcprograms.com/scholarship/
Jan 23, 2024
Sask. keeps grazing rates for Crown lands frozen for 2024
In an effort to help ranchers who have struggled with dry conditions for the past few years, grazing rates on Crown lands in Saskatchewan will remain frozen at 2022 levels.In addition, producers who h...
Jan 23, 2024

'Oppenheimer' dominates Oscar nominees, Gerwig passed over for best director
NEW YORK (AP) - After a tumultuous movie year marred by strikes and work stoppages, the Academy Awards showered nominations Tuesday on Christopher Nolan's blockbuster biopic, "Oppenheimer," which came...
Jan 23, 2024

Turkey’s parliament agrees to hold a long-delayed vote on Sweden’s NATO membership
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkish legislators scheduled a long-delayed vote Tuesday on Sweden's bid to join NATO, in a step that could remove a major hurdle for the previously nonaligned Nordic country's ...
Jan 23, 2024

Veteran Canadian midfielder Jonathan Osorio named captain of Toronto FC
Canadian midfielder Jonathan Osorio has been named captain of Toronto FC. The 31-year-old from Toronto succeeds veteran midfielder Michael Bradley, who retired at the end of last season. Osorio, who j...
Jan 23, 2024

Class-action lawsuit over COVID-19 outbreaks in Quebec long-term care is approved
MONTREAL - A judge has authorized a class-action lawsuit against the Quebec government on behalf of all residents of public long-term care homes that experienced major COVID-19 outbreaks during the pa...
Jan 23, 2024

I Did It - Who Says you Can’t Teach an Old Dog, New Tricks?
Happy New Year and cheers to a new year. Another year has gone by, and we were having above average temperatures, but that has all changed and welcome to the deep freeze - to what winter typically is....
Jan 23, 2024