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An exciting project that has been in incubation for far too long is now full steam ahead. Read More

Remember your bestie from back in the day, the one with whom you had a falling out? Read More

You could make a case they are the two most important players on the Calgary Flames’ roster, pillars both. Read More

On this date, March 31, in history: Read More

Here is what tickled the funny bone of our editorial cartoonists this past week: Read More

Seems like we've been talking about Leon Draisaitl quite a bit at the Cult of Hockey lately. Pre-game Saturday, when I wrote of his impending return to a depleted Edmonton Oilers line-up badly in need of a boost. Post-game, when David Staples awarded him the highest grade of any Oiler after yet another brilliant performance by #29 powered the squad to a thrilling comeback win over Calgary Flames. The #1 item in Kurt Leavins' Sunday column, 9 Things. Draisaitl in the headline and the feature image each time, not to mention front and centre in the post-game podcast embedded in this post. Read More

It’s one thing to score in the regular season. The Calgary Hitmen did that in spades as a top-five goal-getting team during the 2024-25 schedule. Read More

Amtrak service between Vancouver and Seattle has been reduced to buses only as the rail giant deals with the sudden loss of 25 passenger cars on its Cascades route. Read More

It started on opening night and didn't seem like a big deal. Read More

The Alberta government is investigating rising gas prices across the province, just days before the federal consumer carbon tax is set to be scrapped. Read More

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Veteran mediator Vince Ready has been called in to resolve a labour dispute that has left the Kootenay Lake ferry running on essential service-only since last fall. Read More

Horrible road conditions delayed the Saskatchewan Junior Female Hockey League championship series, so the Regina Rebels waited one extra day before travelling to Outlook and winning their decisive game 4-1 against the hometown Mainline Ice Hawks on Saturday. Read More

The luck of the Irish has arrived in Calgary as goalkeeper Jackie Burns (Cookstown, Northern Ireland) and forward Sarah Griffith (Naperville, Ill.) have added their names to Calgary Wild FC's soccer roster. Read More

Thatcher Demko is always up for a big challenge. Read More

Goalie Stuart Skinner will not be on the plane to Vegas on Monday afternoon as the Edmonton Oilers start their road trip, which means Calvin Pickard is the net presence for the foreseeable future. Read More

This in from the Edmonton Oilers practice, some good news on major Edmonton Oilers trade acquisition Trent Frederic, but iffy news on the injury status of Connor McDavid, Stuart Skinner, Mattias Ekholm and John Klingberg. Read More

A fired-up Jenny Kwan attacked Liberal MP Paul Chiang on Sunday for his controversial suggestion that Canada should send a Conservative candidate to Hong Kong and collect a "bounty" from China. Read More

Kandi Gorko had just woken up Wednesday when she received the phone call every parent dreads — her teenage son had been killed in a car crash earlier that morning. Read More

It will be a light plane that carries the Edmonton Oilers on their last long road trip of the regular season. Read More