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Prince Albert's Andy Smith takes WHL player of the week honours

CALGARY - Andy Smith of the Prince Albert Raiders has earned the Western Hockey League's player of the week honours. Smith, 19, scored four goals and added three assists in three games to help the Bruins post a 2-0-1-0 record...

Smith Named WHL Player of the Week

November 17, 2008 - Western Hockey League (WHL) Chilliwack Bruins The BOSTON PIZZA WHL Player of the Week is forward Andy Smith of the Chilliwack Bruins. The Bruins acquired Smith, a 19-year-old from Rosetown, Saskatchewan from...

Alberta contacts 954 people about dirty syringes

The Canadian Press EDMONTON -- Alberta Health says it has contacted more than 1,000 people who may have been infected by the re-use of single-use syringes in the High Prairie area. The province says 954 patients who underwent...

MacNeil replaces Stinziani at the 2008 ADT Canada Russia Challenge

November 17, 2008 - Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) CAPE BRETON, NS - The QMJHL selection committee for the 2008 ADT Canada Russia Challenge has announced that forward Nick MacNeil of the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles...

Cadets taste the skies

Soaring the skies over Prince Albert on Saturday gave air cadets a brief glimpse of the opportunities in the program; some cadets will even earn a pilot's license. "We have so many opportunities for them," said Captain Deborah...

One dead in rollover by Sturgeon Lake First Nation

MATTHEW GAUK The Prince Albert Daily Herald A 35-year-old man is dead after being thrown from a rolling vehicle shortly after midnight this morning. He was one of three people in the vehicle at the time. The other passenger was...

National chief accuses federal government of underfunding native schools

The Prince Albert Daily Herald TOBIQUE, N.B. - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says the federal government isn't properly funding aboriginal schools and it may take the courts to resolve the issue. Phil...

Special Branch

Your account has been frozen. The German consort of Queen Victoria is attributed with popularising the Christmas tree in Britain in the mid-19th century, introducing a custom that was long established on the continent. But as...

Korean Student Violinist Wins International Honor

Violinist Shin Hyun-su, a 21-year-old student at the Korean National University of Arts, won the First Grand Prize Jacques Thibaud in the Long-Thibaud International Contest, one of the world's most prestigious competitions for...

Dispatches from the Monaco Media Forum

This was my second year of klatsching with leaders in the media technology space. This event is a personal luxury, and not just because it's in Monte-Carlo, though that helps. It's also a place where I get to take two steps...