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West Island native charged with the tall order of reversing the fortunes of a team enduring the most calamitous season in its history.

It was the year a mediocre bunch made it to the Stanley Cup finals and then morphed into the worst team in the history of the CH.

When my brother Chuck and I were young we created fictitious hockey teams with made up names when we played tabletop. With our dad being a sportswriter we were familiar

Massive wildfires across the West have worsened the air in Colorado, contributing to roughly double the number of days residents are exposed to dangerous fine particulate matter known as PM 2.5 versus a decade ago. Researchers say the air can be hazardous even if you don't see or smell smoke.

In a 4-3 vote, Steamboat Springs City Council voted Tuesday to implement the bicycle safety stop, which would allow bicyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs and stop lights as stop signs when there are no cars in an intersection. The idea was first presented to council by Routt County Riders and Bicycle Colorado in January. The two groups presented data from the state of Idaho and other Colorado communities that have implemented the law and seen decreases in crashes between cars and bicycl...

Jack Todd: Its time for Canadiens to roll dice with Cole Caufield You’re not going to beat the Leafs with “a power kill and a penalty play.” You need goals. Author of the article: Jack Todd  •  Special to Montreal Gazette Publishing date: May 23, 2021  •  8 hours ago  •  4 minute read  •  Canadiens Cole Caufield skates against the Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena on May 6, 2021, in Toronto. The Canadiens do have a couple of advantages going into Game 3 at the Bell...

Article content Cole Caufield will get his first taste of NHL playoff action when the Canadiens face the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series Monday night at the Bell Centre (7 p.m., CBC, SN, TVA Sports, TSN 690 Radio, 98.5 FM). The series is tied 1-1 after the first two games in Toronto. The Canadiens won Game 1 by a 2-1 score and the Leafs won 5-1 in Game 2. Caufield was a healthy scratch for the first two games after scoring four goals in 10 games during the reg...

AN Otley resident celebrated her 100th birthday last week with three generations of her family who had travelled from all over the country to be with her on the special day. Hilda Todd, who lives at Whiteley Croft Garth in Otley, was also overwhelmed with birthday wishes and cards sent by the people of Otley after seeing a post by her niece Rachel Yaffe on Facebook. Born to Arthur and Alice Roberts on May 19th, 1921 in Rawcliffe Bridge, East Yorkshire, Hilda is the last surviving sibling ...

The City of Victoria, the planners designing the infrastructure, and so many more people have repeatedly stressed that the new All Ages and Abilities infrastructure that has been built in the last five-plus years is NOT just for the avid cyclist, or anyone who calls themselves that. Avid cyclists, the one per cent, have been using our roads for years and feel very comfortable. The new ­infrastructure is for the 99 per cent, the rest of us. We are the the families with kids, the grandparents...

Article content It’s not easy to choose a Most Embarrassing Week for the National Hockey League. I mean, this is the league that invited Nickelback to sing at its awards show. But the Tom Wilson attacks on Pavel Buchnevich and Artemi Panarin, followed by the laughable $5,000 fine levied to Wilson, followed by a statement from the Rangers critical of the Department of Player Safety, followed by a serious $250,000 fine to the Rangers for telling the truth, followed by the firing of Rangers pres...