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Stampeders activate star quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell off 6-game injured list
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders have activated star quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell from the six-game injured list. The team made the announcement Thursday, adding Mitchell has returned to practice. Mit...
Aug 31, 2019
Crown says Alberta couple on trial in meningitis death failed son by not seeking treatment
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - An Alberta prosecutor says a couple that failed to seek medical attention for their son who later died of bacterial meningitis were aware that he was suffering from a form of the d...
Aug 31, 2019
Justice Ginsburg reports she's 'very well' following cancer
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she's on her way to being "very well" following radiation treatment for cancer. The 86-year-old justice was speaking Saturday at the Library...
Aug 31, 2019
Labour leader Sid Ryan quits campaign for Ontario NDP nomination
OTTAWA - Longtime labour leader Sid Ryan has dropped out of the NDP nomination race in Oshawa, Ont., because he says the party didn't approve his candidacy in time to hav...
Aug 31, 2019
Man rejected from babysitting jobs files human rights complaints against parents
EDMONTON - A legal group wants complaints from a man who says parents discriminated against him when they didn't hire him as a babysitter thrown out. The Justice Centre for Co...
Aug 31, 2019
10th annual Spirit of the North Bike-A-Thon
PRINCE GEORGE - Since 2010, the Bike-A-Thon has raised more than $130,000 to support healthcare initiatives in Northern BC through Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation.The fundraiser has supporte...
Aug 31, 2019
Another slow start for TWolves, manage draw in home opener
PRINCE GEORGE - The UNBC Timberwolves Men's Soccer team earned a 1-1 draw in their home opener Friday night.Abou Cisse notched the lone goal for the local squad in the second half. That evened the gam...
Aug 31, 2019 Courtesy UNBC Athletics/Twitter
Honeymoon will have to wait for Traer and Scrubb, who's in China for World Cup
DONGGUAN, China - Catherine Traer and Thomas Scrubb were working out last summer on the basketball court Traer's dad Rick had built in the family's backyard. The two players work out there regularly b...
Aug 31, 2019
"What an adventure" - Nick Nurse thrilled to be coaching Canada at World Cup
DONGGUAN, China - Nick Nurse could have been relaxing and recharging after the Toronto Raptors' heady and historic - and long - NBA championship run. Instead, the 52-year-old Iowan was on th...
Aug 31, 2019
Lowry has former Raptor Valanciunas hopeful he'll receive NBA championship ring
DONGGUAN, China - Jonas Valanciunas is putting his trust in former teammate Kyle Lowry. The longtime Raptors forward, who was shipped to Memphis at the NBA trade deadline this past season,&n...
Aug 31, 2019