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Keeping account: How NHL teams work to maintain high standards on and off the ice
Brad Marchand doesn't have to say a word when a new player walks into the Boston Bruins' locker room. The standard and expectation was set long ago. It started with former captain Zdeno Chara and cont...
Dec 20, 2023
Northlands planning for new administration degree program
Northlands College will offer a Bachelor of Administration program in the fall of the 2024. It was announced in a media release Wednesday. The program is made possible through an agreement between the...
Dec 20, 2023
Homeless people who died on US streets are increasingly remembered at winter solstice gatherings
PHOENIX (AP) - With his gap-tooth smile, hip-hop routines and volunteer work for a food charity, Roosevelt White III was well known in the downtown Phoenix tent city known as "The Zone." But like many...
Dec 20, 2023
Intelligence watchdog's delayed report says Global Affairs program risks blowback
OTTAWA - Canada's intelligence watchdog says a program that has diplomats collecting sensitive information abroad runs the risk of blowback from foreign states. The National Security and Intelligence ...
Dec 20, 2023
Less flight disruptions expected over Christmas, but travellers should still plan ahead
It's one of the busiest travel times of the year as thousands expect to hit the skies for Christmas.Thousands of Saskatchewan residents are expected to travel for Christmas with thousands more making ...
Dec 20, 2023
Olympian, philanthropist, head of Canadian Women's Foundation appointed to Senate
OTTAWA - A former Olympian, a philanthropist and the head of the Canadian Women's Foundation have all been newly appointed to the Senate. The appointees include Marnie McBean, who was an Olympic medal...
Dec 20, 2023
Prince Albert drug trafficking case proceeding to trial
A man charged after a drug trafficking bust that occurred on Friday the 13th, is maintaining his innocence.Fabian Sylvestre, 34, entered not guilty pleas to a number of charges including possession of...
Dec 20, 2023
Canada's Macklin Celebrini ready for world junior stage: 'Doesn't cheat the game'
Macklin Celebrini was contemplating his next hockey stop. The teenage star poised to join the U.S. college hockey ranks for the 2023-24 season had plenty of NCAA schools pining for his services back i...
Dec 20, 2023
Tennis players to get protection from online abuse through new monitoring service
LONDON (AP) - A new monitoring service will help protect tennis players from online abuse and threats, the International Tennis Federation and other governing bodies said Wednesday. In their joint ann...
Dec 20, 2023
No charges in B.C. 2022 Christmas Eve bus crash that left 4 dead
VICTORIA - The British Columbia Prosecution Service says there will be no charges stemming from a bus crash on an icy highway in the province's Interior last Christmas Eve that killed four people. Ser...
Dec 20, 2023