Location: New Brunswick

The winter holidays are defined by the joys and challenges of finding gifts for family and friends on your list. For many, a book is a treasure they look forward to unwrapping, one they can snuggle up with on cold winter days. Each year brings a new slate of books to add to your library, stories that immerse readers in names and places both old and…

The No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes take on the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in a Big Ten matchup in Week 10. Kickoff is scheduled for noon ET on Saturday, November 4 from New Brunswick. OSU (8-0, 5-0 B1G) is one of just a few remaining undefeated teams in college football, and they will try to stay that way ahead of their Thanksgiving weekend matchup against…

Until Adam Korsak arrived last spring, the Saskatchewan Roughriders' lineup had never included an alumnus of Rutgers University. Dating back to 1910 and the inception of the Regina Rugby Club, the ranks of the Rutgers Scarlet Knights had not been mined for as much as a tryout. Korsak made up for lost time, and then some, while enjoying a…

A controversial ruling by the commission that governs harness racing in Atlantic Canada has prompted calls for more transparency and better oversight of an industry which receives millions of taxpayer dollars and gambling revenues each year. The controversy stems from the Atlantic Provinces Harness Racing Commission's handling of a recent horse…

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P.E.I. rugby teams returned home with three medals from the Atlantic championships last weekend in Halifax. The under-19 women won gold while the under-17 and under-19 men brought home silver. The under-17 women finished fifth. Under-19 women P.E.I. used its speed and strong attacking lines to take control of the championship game against New…

Sports gambling companies in Ontario may soon have to advertise their services without the help of big-name sports stars or other celebrities. Ontario's gaming regulator is proposing an end to famous athletes and other celebrities endorsing online gambling, to make it less appealing to young gamblers who are more vulnerable to addiction. Sports…

The noise met me midway down the hallway. That's not normal. I'm usually the one making the noise, on purpose. It's a toss-up what's tougher for students. A class that starts at nine or ten in the morning, after a night of whatever it is teenagers and early twenty-somethings do the night before, can be a challenge for them. And, therefore, for…

There's never a good time to go into a slump. The NBA is such that one bad stretch of games can take what was a great season and turn it into a nightmare. That's where the Brooklyn Nets find themselves after they lost a slog of a game against the Detroit Pistons on Thursday night at Barclays Center. Even with their superstar out, that's a game the…

Christmas is just around the corner and hockey fans know what that means - the World Juniors are nearly here. The annual U20 IIHF tournament is back at its normal time of year after the 2022 edition was forced to be played in the summer. The 2023 tourney is set to begin the day after Christmas. The 10 countries that competed in August will be the…

This is part two of four of our series on youth gambling, which focuses on the changes in federal regulations around gambling and how the expanding options could expose more youth to the activity. Look for part three, which will take a closer look at the'gamblification' of video games, in an upcoming edition. Advocates for policies around safer…

Editor's note: Alex Crowe is a junior journalism major and serves as a senior sports reporter at the Northern Star. His views do not necessarily reflect those of the Star. This is an opinion piece. The 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships have arrived, giving Chicago Blackhawks fans a chance to watch up-and-coming talent amidst Chicago's…

CUMBERLAND, ME - Harness racing drivers Mike Stephenson and Matt Athearn stuck around for the season's final day of racing at Cumberland, which boasted an extra 30 percent purse increase, and were both rewarded with three driving victories each on the Monday (Dec. 26) 11-race finale. Local and remote bettors also knew value when the saw it, pushing…

Some of the Ottawa Senators' top prospects are ready to take on the world. The Senators are well-represented at the 2023 IIHF world junior championship that got under way Boxing Day in Halifax and Moncton. General manager Pierre Dorion, assistants Trent Mann and Ryan Bowness along with the rest of the scouting staff will be keeping a close eye on…

Christmas and the holiday season mostly are associated with things like family, faith, and gifts. But in the hockey world, it means the arrival of one event: the World Junior Championships. Showcasing the top under-20 hockey players in the world, the tournament begins Monday in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Moncton, New Brunswick. NHL front offices and…

A desperate attempt by Horse Racing New Brunswick to find a new venue may create a hitch in a plan by the City of Fredericton and NBEx to develop housing on the Exhibition Grounds and the mayor of Fredericton, for one, is not happy about it. "A plan has been established for this site," said Kate Rogers. "It's in our city centre, and there's so much…

Horse Racing New Brunswick will lift the curtain on the much-anticipated return to harness racing for the 2022 season on Saturday, May 14th at Exhibition Park Raceway. This is an exciting year for the self-sustained industry here in New Brunswick and the second annual N.B Breeders Stakes for three-year-olds take center stage. Established by Horse…

It was early May, 2012, and Jake Thomas had a little competition going with his family and friends for the CFL's Canadian college draft. "We actually had a toonie board: 'Let's guess where you're going to get picked,'" Thomas, on the phone from his home in New Brunswick, recalled on Monday. "And I don't know why I put my two dollars on Winnipeg in…

Harness racing is returning to Connell Park Raceway in Woodstock, New Brunswick this Friday evening (Aug. 5) as part of the Old Home Week festivities in the picturesque region. Friday night's program is stacked with some great races, including the New Brunswick Breeders stakes for two-year-old fillies and colts & geldings, an Open Trot and the…

The evaluation continued for Martin St. Louis and his staff on Saturday in Bouctouche, N.B., where the Montreal Canadiens played their eighth and final pre-season game and fell 3-2 in overtime to the Ottawa Senators. Just how complete it is now for the coach and his assistants, though, is questionable. That he couldn't ice a lineup that fully…

Wilfredo Vasquez Rides First U.S. Winner at Gulfstream; Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Guaranteed at $350000 HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - It didn't take apprentice Ailsa Morrison long to get acquainted with the Gulfstream Park this weekend, scoring aboard Summer Shandee ($55.20) in Saturday's first race in only her third mount since switching her tack from…

Know thyself" is a terrific idea. It's one of the Delphic maxims-alongside "certainty brings insanity" and "nothing to excess"-that you can find inscribed on the Temple of Apollo. Such knowing could well begin with an evolutionary conundrum: menopause. It's as if natural selection took "nothing to excess" strangely to heart in the realm of human…