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Snowboard sensations put on a Big Air show December 09, 2023 - 8:01 PM

EDMONTON - No Canadians made it to the podium at Saturday night’s FIS World Cup Big Air Snowboard event at Commonwealth Stadium. But the night saw some snowboarding history being made.
Reasons why Rogers might be looking to drop Stroumboulopoulos as 'HNIC' host June 21, 2016 - 6:26 AM

TORONTO - Back when he was The Guy on MuchMusic and, later, on CBC talk shows, George Stroumboulopoulos was often affectionately referred to as "Canada's boyfriend." Parachuted two seasons ago onto venerable "Hockey Night in Canada," however, he was seen by many hard-core hockey fans as that punk boyfriend you don't want anywhere near your daughter.
Experts say James' flash almost impossible to stop on television June 12, 2015 - 2:56 PM

NEW YORK, N.Y. - His team getting clobbered in the NBA Finals and his head bloodied in a collision with a camera was bad enough for LeBron James. Now he's trapped in the endless online loop of the moment he got caught with his pants down on national television.
Jake (The Juggernaut) Ellenberger looks to put Canadian Rory MacDonald to UFC test July 26, 2013 - 9:47 AM

SEATTLE - Jake (The Juggernaut) Ellenberger remembers training at Pat Miletich's camp in Iowa back in the day, enduring a trial of fire with a room full of unforgiving, hard-nosed veterans.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo

Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same

Kamloops council to expand tax exemptions for new rental builds
Developers have more land to choose from if they want to cut costs on new rental buildings in Kamloops. The City is looking to expand a tax exemption program to span massive swaths of Kamloops in order to encourage development. Previously r

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