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Canadian captain Kirby Dach out with injury for entire world junior championship
EDMONTON - Canadian captain Kirby Dach will miss the world junior hockey championship after suffering a wrist injury in a pre-tournament game against Russia on Wednesday night.The Blackhawks prospect ...
Dec 24, 2020
Wapiti Valley Ski Hill not opening this season
As ski hills across the province make efforts to open for the season, Wapiti Ski Hill north of Melfort has announced they won't be opening at all.In a Facebook post earlier this week, it was indicated...
Dec 24, 2020
Top wide receiver Shaq Evans signs one-year extension with Saskatchewan Roughriders
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed star wide receiver Shaq Evans to a one-year contract extension. The six-foot-one, 210-pound Evans was fourth in the league with 1,334 receiving yards ...
Dec 24, 2020
Germany dealing with multiple positive COVID-19 tests ahead of world juniors
EDMONTON - Germany won't have nine players available for its first two games at the world junior hockey championship because of COVID-19 protocols. A release by the International Ice Hockey Federation...
Dec 24, 2020
RCMP say it will be spring before investigation wraps into Alberta bus rollover
JASPER, Alta. - RCMP say it will be at least spring before an investigation wraps up into last summer's deadly tour bus rollover in the Alberta Rocky Mountains. Three people were killed and 14 were cr...
Dec 24, 2020
Hope and the Future: NCHCF takes positives from 2020, looking for more normalcy in 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic makes 2020 a year many may prefer to forget but there is hope for the future. We've decided to make that the focus of our series of end-of-year stories.Even outside of the curren...
Dec 24, 2020
Royal LePage Hodgins Realty in Melfort makes generous community donations ahead of Christmas
Royal LePage Hodgins Realty got into the giving spirit leading up to Christmas.The Real Estate company in Melfort provided over $4000 to charities and organizations in the area in their 12 days of Chr...
Dec 24, 2020
Pandemic pushed up timeline for long-sought EI review, Qualtrough says
OTTAWA - Canada's employment minister says plans to revamp the employment insurance system have been put on a faster path thanks to COVID-19. The pandemic has exposed shortcomings in EI, including tha...
Dec 24, 2020
Ontario posts new case record as Trudeau strikes hopeful note in holiday message
Ontario is reporting a new daily record for COVID-19 infections as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledges this Christmas won't be the one Canadians had hoped for. Canada's most populous province r...
Dec 24, 2020
Military bases struggling with personnel shortages, internal review finds
OTTAWA - An internal review by the Department of National Defence has found that Canadian military bases across the country are struggling with personnel shortages. The reviewers found the average bas...
Dec 24, 2020