Thursday February 8, 2024
- Trial dates set for Bradley Beaulieu of Yellowknife, who faces charges stemming from an accident on Highway 35, between Paddle Prairie and High Level last June.
The crash left a 33 year-old woman from Yellowknife dead, and a man with serious injuries. - Kyser Steven Yasinski will be spending three months in prison.
Yasinski pleaded guilty to theft charges, stemming from an incident last July, who was originally facing assault accusations. - Officials say that through local contractors and partial proceeds from the MD and the Town of Fairview, the repair to the roof of the Fairview Curling Club can get started.
Curlers and Board members have been using the rink in Whitelaw for the time being. The hope is to have the Fairview club up and running by this fall. - Thanks to the What’s for Dinner campaign, Peace Country Coop was selected to donate $2,000 worth of KRAFT and Heinz products to the Grimshaw Food Bank.
Officials with the Coop say the Food Bank was very content with the donation, thanks to patrons of Peace Country Coop. - Edmonton NDP MLA Rakhi Pancholi will run to be the Alberta NDP’s next leader.
She joins Kathleen Ganley in the race to replace Rachel Notley, who will step down in June. - Bell Media announces widespread layoffs and the sale of 45 of its 103 regional radio stations.
The radio stations being sold are in British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada. - Danika Aubin is currently in her first season of playing college hockey at Manhattanville College, a Division 3 school in New York.
Aubin is from Guy and says this can help motivate more young girls in minor hockey today. (Interview on App) - The Provincial Men’s Curling championships are underway in Hinton.
Sexsmith’s Daylan Vavrek dropped to the B pool with a 12-2 loss in five ends to Kevin Koe of Edmonton this morning.
Peace River’s Scott Webb, who is also in the B pool, plays this afternoon against Ryan Parent of Calgary. - NPHL Playoffs start tonight with two games.
Spirit River plays in Grande Prairie, and Fort St. John is in Dawson Creek. Valleyview plays in Manning tomorrow to start their series. - Three Canadian teams are playing in the NHL tonight…
Calgary is in New Jersey, Vancouver is in Boston, and Winnipeg is in Philidelphia. - Toronto Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. won his arbitration case on Wednesday and will receive a salary of $19.9 million this season.
Guerrero hit .264 last season with 26 homers and 94 RBIs. He earned $14.5 million in 2023. - 2 cm of snow is forecasted in the Peace and Big Lakes this afternoon with a chance of flurries in the Mackenzie.
Highs this afternoon will be around -5, except around -10 in the Mackenzie.
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