By Sheri Monk
The call came late at night, after the Ottawa Senator’s 5-2 loss to the Capitals in Washington Jan. 7, which saw the team’s leading goal scorer, Milan Michalek injured and out with a possible concussion.

By Sheri Monk
In the early-morning hours of Dec. 31, Erika and Jeff Pederson ushered their three sons to safety after breaking through a bedroom window to escape the burning inferno which used to be their home.

By Sheri Monk
Colin Patterson may be a Stanley Cup-winning hockey player, but when he was in college, all he really wanted was his degree.

By Sheri Monk
When folks in the Southwest complain about a lack of water, it usually refers to a summer drought. And while a Canadian lack of moisture may mean a poor crop or hauling water for cattle, for others, it can be a life or death situation.

With William Wardill
The Deep-sea Dane
Emma Maersk is not some old Dane’s daughter. Emma Maersk is the largest container ship in the world. Longer and heavier than a Nimitz- class aircraft carrier, she is too wide to pass through the Panama Canal.

By Dorian Geiger
An exclusive interview with Canadian gold medal Olympian Joan McCusker.
Joan McCusker is possibly best known for her role as the second on the late Sandra Schmirler’s dynamic Canadian Olympic gold medal curling team of 1998 and their dominance of the Scott Tournament of Hearts in the early-mid ‘90s. McCusker has also racked up three Worlds Women’s Curling Championships.

By Dorian Geiger
In a patriotic frenzy of celebration, the torch came through Swift Current on Sunday, heralded by people from across the Southwest.

Rage, rage against the dying of the light. A famous line from a famous poem by Dylan Thomas. A famous line only the media business could have possibly made so intimately relevant for me.

By Sheri Monk
A newly-separated women seeking refuge in the town of her birth feels she is being driven out because of two dogs – which happen to be Rottweilers.

By Sheri Monk
Jim Hornell, CEO of Cypress Health Region, granted The Badger an interview in response to last week’s article about a former hospital manager’s concerns with the system.
“I just want to say that I have no intention of getting into a point-by-point rebuttal of a disgruntled manager who has chosen to resign. Some of these issues and some of the points she raised highlight some issues that are quite common in healthcare across the country,” said Hornell. “I’m happy to try and make a comment or two on some …