Sunday, November 5th, 2023
Neck guards in high demand as more hockey leagues make them mandatory
Maritime Hockey League will now require players to wear neck gear following death of former NHL player In a normal year, Maggie MacTavish says she would sell about 200 neck guards out of her sports equipment store in Fredericton. She’d only sell a handful to a few new skaters this time of year. But MacTavish estimates she has sold about 50 over the last week. “With the uptick, certainly I think most stores are going to find they didn’t have enough,” said MacTavish, co-owner of MacTavish’s Source For Sports. The demandRead more
Victims’ families anxious ahead of pretrial for alleged Winnipeg serial killer
Pretrial motions for Jeremy Skibicki, accused of murdering 4 women, scheduled to begin Monday morning Donna Bartlett has been trying to put it out of her mind, but the thought of hearing details in a courtroom next week about her granddaughter’s death has been hard to shake. “The closer it gets, the more anxious I get, the more easy to set off,” she said. “Sometimes I just want to break down and cry, and I can’t do that. I got my kids and everybody else — so I try andRead more