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Beausoleil sisters 'excited for opportunity' to return to national curling stage
A pair of familiar faces around the local curling rink will be competing on the national stage, Feb 5-11, at the 2023 U18 Curling Championships.Sisters Ava and Leah Beausoleil will compete at this yea...
Jan 25, 2023

Recreational golf continues to grow in Canada and United States in 2022
Recreational golf continued to reach new heights of popularity in 2022. Lightspeed Commerce, which does data management for golf courses, released its industry-wide annual report on Wednesday. It show...
Jan 25, 2023

Winnipeg's Valour FC signs Jordan international forward Jaime Siaj
Valour FC has signed Jordan international forward Jaime Siaj. The 27-year-old joins the Winnipeg-based Canadian Premier League team after a season with Finn Harps FC of the League of Ireland Premier D...
Jan 25, 2023

Afghan soldier seeking US asylum freed from Texas custody
HOUSTON (AP) - An Afghan soldier seeking U.S. asylum who was detained for months after being arrested while trying to cross the Mexico border has been freed from immigration detention and reunited wit...
Jan 25, 2023

Former NFL tight end Luke Willson could see veteran quarterback Brady joining 49ers
Tom Brady continues to ponder his NFL future but Luke Willson could see the veteran quarterback returning home for his 24th NFL campaign. Brady, 45, completed his third season with the Tampa Bay Bucca...
Jan 25, 2023

Arendz wins gold, Hudak takes silver in biathlon at para Nordic worlds
STERSUND, Sweden - Canada's Mark Arendz skied to a gold medal in the men's standing 10-kilometre biathlon Wednesday at the 2023 Para Nordic World Championships. Brittany Hudak added a bronze medal in ...
Jan 25, 2023

Probe into Alberta residential school links unpasteurized milk to children's deaths
SADDLE LAKE CREE NATION - A new report from a group looking into children who died and went missing at a residential school northeast of Edmonton says unpasteurized milk was responsible for the deaths...
Jan 25, 2023

New high-efficiency diesel plant opens in N.W.T. community
UTSEL K'E - A new high-efficiency diesel power plant has opened in Lutsel K'e in the Northwest Territories. It's expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about 100 tonnes every year and allow fo...
Jan 25, 2023

Alberta NDP questions fate of premier's long-promised advisory panel on public health
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's long-promised public health science advisory panel, which has been beset by slipped deadlines and confusing messaging, has the NDP Opposition questioning wh...
Jan 25, 2023

Spain: 1 dead in attack with bladed weapon at church
MADRID (AP) - One person was killed and another severely injured in an attack carried out by a person with a bladed weapon at a church in the southern city of Algeciras on Wednesday, Spain's interior ...
Jan 25, 2023