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'Just do your best': Defending superstar Bedard a tough task for CHL's top prospects
LANGLEY, B.C. - Containing teen phenom Connor Bedard is no easy feat - just ask the top players in the Canadian Hockey League. Hot off his second gold medal for Canada at the world junior hockey champ...
Jan 24, 2023
Scott Rolen elected to baseball's Hall of Fame
NEW YORK (AP) - Slick-fielding third baseman Scott Rolen was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame on Tuesday with five votes to spare above the 75% needed. The seven-time All-Star and eight-time Gold Gl...
Jan 24, 2023
Scott Rolen elected to baseball's Hall of Fame
NEW YORK (AP) - Slick-fielding third baseman Scott Rolen was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame on Tuesday with five votes to spare above the 75% needed. The seven-time All-Star and eight-time Gold Gl...
Jan 24, 2023
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lloydminster staff honoured with Queen's Jubilee Medals
Two long-standing staff members at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lloydminster (BBBS) were honoured with Queen's Jubilee Medals recently. Brenda Robinson, executive director, and Jacqueline Weed, directo...
Jan 24, 2023
'Disappointing' that U.S. pressing ahead with duties on Canadian softwood lumber: Ng
WASHINGTON - Canada's international trade minister says the United States appears to be pressing ahead with what she calls "unjustified" duties on softwood lumber imports. Mary Ng says the anti-dumpin...
Jan 24, 2023
Freeland silent on tanks for Ukraine, but says victory would boost world economy
OTTAWA - The United States and Germany are taking steps to send battle tanks to Ukraine, but Canada still will not say whether it plans to make a similar move to help the war-torn country. Foreign Aff...
Jan 24, 2023
Arkansas officers charged in violent arrest caught on video
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Two former Arkansas law enforcement officers are charged with civil rights violations in the violent arrest of a man outside a convenience store that was caught on video and w...
Jan 24, 2023
Veteran Canadian goalkeeper Erin McLeod leaves Orlando Pride for Iceland
ORLANDO, Fla. - Veteran Canadian goalkeeper Erin McLeod and her wife, Iceland international midfielder Gunny Jonsdottir, are leaving the NWSL's Orlando Pride to play in Iceland. The 39-year-old from S...
Jan 24, 2023
Battlefords Chamber of Commerce's new chair inducted
It was a time for new beginnings at the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce's chair's inductee ceremony Tuesday. Outgoing chair Derek Schmidt, of Bill and Don's Men's Wear, officially passed the gavel to ...
Jan 24, 2023
Board voting on superintendent departure after teacher shot
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A Virginia school board is scheduled to vote this week on the departure of its superintendent after a 6-year-old student shot and wounded his teacher. The Newport News School Boar...
Jan 24, 2023