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Canada's Washington has grown into one of the NCAA's top scorers in her fifth season
For the three weeks in December that Canadian Keishana Washington led the NCAA in scoring, the congratulatory messages poured in. To the point it became overwhelming. "It was a lot of messages from fa...
Jan 18, 2023

Canadian freestyle skier Rachael Karker skies for joy post-Beijing
CALGARY - What Rachael Karker wants to do in her first season after winning an Olympic medal is unwind and ski. The Canadian earned halfpipe bronze in her Olympic debut last year in Beijing behind cha...
Jan 18, 2023

Injured Montreal Canadiens forward Juraj Slafkovsky out three months
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens say forward Juraj Slafkovsky will be out three months with a lower-body injury. Montreal provided an injury update on several players Wednesday, a day after placing f...
Jan 18, 2023

Federal committee will probe government contracts with McKinsey
OTTAWA - A federal committee overseeing government operations is launching a parliamentary inquiry into contracts awarded to consulting firm McKinsey & Company. The firm recently came into the spo...
Jan 18, 2023

Canada's Adam Hadwin and Brooke Henderson enter first golf tournaments of 2023
Two of the biggest names in Canadian golf will return to competitive play on Thursday. Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford, B.C., is in the field for the American Express, his first PGA Tour event in 2023. Broo...
Jan 18, 2023

Northern View - Time for a flat tax
Another new year is upon us and so it's tax season once again.I've always wondered about the logic of the entire process where we spend our own time and money gathering documents and hiring accountant...
Jan 18, 2023

Statistics Canada finds people of colour generally more educated but paid less
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada reports that visible minorities are generally more likely than their white counterparts to earn a university degree but less likely to find a job that pays as well. The find...
Jan 18, 2023

Toronto Arrows return entire coaching staff for 2023 MLR season under Peter Smith
TORONTO - The Toronto Arrows are returning their coaching staff for the 2023 Major League Rugby season under head coach Peter Smith. Smith is entering his fifth season as an Arrows coach and the secon...
Jan 18, 2023

Traffic stop yields stolen items, guns and drugs
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George RCMP have said that a traffic stop on Friday, January 13, yielded a number of stolen items.The traffic stop was on Queensway near Patricia Boulevard, a gun case was seen ...
Jan 18, 2023

Polar bear attack victims young mother and 1-year-old son
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A 24-year-old woman and her 1-year-old son were identified Wednesday as the victim of a fatal polar bear attack in an isolated Alaska Native village. Summer Myomick of Saint M...
Jan 18, 2023