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Nolan: Actions, not words, needed to combat racism in hockey
Ted Nolan has dealt with racism throughout his decades-long association with hockey.He recalls one coach making fun of him by saying he was "stickhandling by chopping the puck with a tomahawk."Despite...
May 27, 2021

Official: Shooter said he hated work years before killing 9
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A gunman who killed nine people at a California rail yard where he worked appeared to target some of the victims, a sheriff told The Associated Press on Thursday, while a Biden...
May 27, 2021

Trans Mountain pipeline begins construction of tunnel in Burnaby, B.C.
BURNABY, B.C. - Construction has begun on the 2.6-kilometre tunnel in Burnaby, B.C., for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. The company says in a news release the work on the tunnel connec...
May 27, 2021

Humboldt bobsledder inducted into Sask. Sports Hall of Fame
Olympic bobsledder and Humboldt native Lyndon Rush has been inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame.Rush said it's an honour to be celebrated by his home province."People from Saskatchewan ...
May 27, 2021

SJHL coaches to meet next week in Nipawin
The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) will be holding a coaches meeting featuring staff from each of the league's 12 member teams next week. Taking place June 3-5 in Nipawin, the meetings will ...
May 27, 2021

Njoo says Canadian Olympians can help vaccination drive before Tokyo
OTTAWA - Canada's deputy chief public health officer says the country's Olympians can be "great role models" by getting vaccinated before the Tokyo Games. Dr. Howard Njoo says he was part of recent di...
May 27, 2021

CRA estimates 30,000 self-employed people may not have to repay CERB
OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency says thousands of self-employed workers who received emergency benefits last year won't have to repay any of it, as long as they meet certain conditions.For anyone w...
May 27, 2021

California to offer $116M in coronavirus vaccine prize money
LOS ANGELES (AP) - California is giving away the country's largest pot of vaccine prize money, $116.5 million, in an attempt to get millions more inoculated before the most populous U.S. state fully r...
May 27, 2021

Quebec partially reopens major bridge in Montreal closed last week for safety reasons
MONTREAL - The Quebec government says a major Montreal bridge closed last week for safety reasons will be gradually reopened to traffic starting Friday. The le-aux-Tourtes bridge, one of the main brid...
May 27, 2021

Canadian makes NFL history, landing executive job with Eagles
PHILADELPHIA - Canada's Catherine Raiche has become the highest-ranking woman in personnel in NFL history after receiving a promotion from the Philadelphia Eagles. Raiche was named vice president of f...
May 27, 2021