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New Proton Therapy Treatment Centre named in Ben Stelter’s honour announced

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Thursday, March 14, 2024
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Today, WestCan Proton Therapy Inc. announced their plans to invest in Canada’s first proton therapy treatment centre to be built in Edmonton.

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  • Today, WestCan Proton Therapy Inc. announced their plans to invest in Canada’s first proton therapy treatment centre to be built in Edmonton.
  • The centre will officially be named in honour of Ben Stelter, well-beloved six-year-old superfan and Edmonton Oilers team ambassador whose father, Mike, was a recipient of proton therapy.
  • Proton therapy, a highly precise form of radiation treatment, has long been sought after by Canadians seeking advanced cancer care.
  • On behalf of the EOCF, we would like to congratulate the Ben Stelter Foundation, Edmonton Global and WestCan Proton Therapy for bringing proton therapy treatment to Edmonton.

Pizza Pizza makes history as the Official Pizza of the PWHL

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024
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TORONTO, Jan. 17, 2024 /CNW/ - Pizza Pizza becomes the first exclusive quick-service pizza sponsor of the new Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) for its Canadian operations including the teams in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa.

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  • TORONTO, Jan. 17, 2024 /CNW/ - Pizza Pizza becomes the first exclusive quick-service pizza sponsor of the new Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) for its Canadian operations including the teams in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa.
  • Pizza Pizza is no stranger to professional sports in Canada, particularly hockey, as the pizzeria has long-standing partnerships with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, Winnipeg Jets, and its sister brand Pizza 73 with the Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames.
  • "We're beyond excited to celebrate and support the PWHL during its inaugural season," said Amber Winters, Senior Director of Marketing, Pizza Pizza.
  • "The PWHL's partnership with Pizza Pizza will contribute to the success and growth of the league during its inaugural season," said Chelsea Purcell, PWHL Senior Director of Corporate Partnerships.

Oilers Launch Holiday Homestand 50/50 - in Support of Santas Anonymous, Christmas Bureau, MADD Canada, Hope Mission and Kids Kottage

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Monday, December 11, 2023
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“The holiday season can be a difficult time for many families across Oil Country,” said Corey Smith, EOCF Board Chair.

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  • “The holiday season can be a difficult time for many families across Oil Country,” said Corey Smith, EOCF Board Chair.
  • “We are honoured to partner with Santas Anonymous, the Christmas Bureau, MADD Canada, Hope Mission and Kids Kottage through the Holiday Homestand 50/50, to help ensure that all kids and families in Oil Country experience some holiday cheer this year.
  • With significantly increased demand this year, the organization needs the support of all of Oil Country to deliver toys to over 20,000 kids each year.
  • “Thank you Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation for your partnership and outstanding support of Kids Kottage Foundation,” said Kids Kottage Co-Directors, Lori Reiter and Pam Miller.

Gift of Life Marrow Registry Drives Awareness, Celebrates Lives Saved at NHL Hockey Fights Cancer Night

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Friday, December 1, 2023
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BOCA RATON, Fla., Dec. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gift of Life Marrow Registry was proud to participate once again in the National Hockey League’s Hockey Fights Cancer initiative.

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  • BOCA RATON, Fla., Dec. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gift of Life Marrow Registry was proud to participate once again in the National Hockey League’s Hockey Fights Cancer initiative.
  • This month-long charitable program occurs annually in November and unites the NHL, its member clubs, and fans in the fight against cancer.
  • The Hockey Fights Cancer events have also provided an opportunity to showcase the miracle of blood stem cell and marrow transplants through the introduction of blood cancer survivors to their lifesaving donors.
  • This partnership has helped us reach a wider audience and educate people about the power of joining the registry.”

Sportsnet Launches on Prime Video Channels in Canada

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Tuesday, October 10, 2023
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Prime Video members in Canada can watch live NHL hockey and all of Sportsnet's programming on Sportsnet, Sportsnet ONE, Sportsnet 360 with an add-on subscription

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  • Prime Video members in Canada can watch live NHL hockey and all of Sportsnet's programming on Sportsnet, Sportsnet ONE, Sportsnet 360 with an add-on subscription
    TORONTO, Oct. 10, 2023 /CNW/ - Prime Video today announced that Sportsnet will be the latest top-tier channel available on Prime Video Channels in Canada.
  • The Sportsnet Prime Video Channel allows subscribers to add Sportsnet as an add-on channel in their Prime Video account.
  • Prime Video users in Canada can watch live NHL hockey and all of Sportsnet's linear programming on Sportsnet national (Sportsnet, Sportsnet ONE, Sportsnet 360) and regional (Sportsnet Pacific, West, East, Ontario) channels with one convenient subscription to Sportsnet on Prime Video Channels.
  • The Sportsnet Prime Video Channel consists of the Sportsnet (East, Ontario, West, and Pacific), Sportsnet ONE, and Sportsnet 360 linear channels, bringing live games from the NHL, MLB, NBA, and more.

SiriusXM NHL Network Radio™ returns with live coverage of the 2023-24 NHL® season

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Thursday, October 5, 2023
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  • SiriusXM NHL Network Radio™ (ch.
  • In addition, SiriusXM NHL Network Radio™ will be offering subscribers comprehensive coverage of the 2023 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic™ between the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers on October 29.
  • SiriusXM NHL Network Radio™ is the only 24/7 audio channel dedicated to the NHL and is available to subscribers nationwide on SiriusXM radio (channel 91) and on the SiriusXM app ( SiriusXM NHL Network Radio™ ).
  • For a schedule of NHL games on SiriusXM go to SiriusXM.ca/NHL Keep up with SiriusXM NHL Network Radio™ on X, formerly known as Twitter and Facebook .

34th Annual Brick Invitational Hockey Tournament Returns this July

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Friday, June 30, 2023
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EDMONTON, Alberta, June 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Brick Invitational Hockey Tournament (“Brick Invitational” or the “Tournament”) is back for its 34th year, welcoming North America’s most promising young players to face-off in Edmonton from July 3 to 9, 2023.

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  • EDMONTON, Alberta, June 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Brick Invitational Hockey Tournament (“Brick Invitational” or the “Tournament”) is back for its 34th year, welcoming North America’s most promising young players to face-off in Edmonton from July 3 to 9, 2023.
  • The Brick Invitational is one of the most distinguished minor hockey tournaments around the world, with hundreds of players going on to play in junior, university and professional ranks.
  • To date, over 325 former tournament participants have gone on to play in the NHL – this year’s Stanley Cup Final boasted six Brick Invitational alumni from the 2000-2012 tournament years.
  • “A summer in Edmonton and West Edmonton Mall would never be the same without The Brick Invitational,” said Craig Styles, Tournament Chairman.

What a viral meme about Evander Kane can tell us about white supremacy in hockey

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Monday, May 15, 2023
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While the incident that resulted in the meme may not have been racially motivated, it is still about race and white supremacy.

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  • While the incident that resulted in the meme may not have been racially motivated, it is still about race and white supremacy.
  • The meme challenges viewers to consider the role of white women’s fandom in upholding and normalizing white supremacy in hockey culture.

Defining white supremacy

    • Scholars have defined white supremacy as the “institutionalization of Whiteness and White privilege.” Institutionalization occurs when rules, standards or practices are nomalized to the extent that it has become so common we do not question it.
    • White privilege describes the unearned advantages white people receive based on the colour of their skin.
    • White supremacy is invisibilized and normalized in hockey culture.

White supremacy culture

    • As white settler Canadian women, we recognize that “the burdens of dismantling white supremacy and decolonizing the sport of hockey are more justly shouldered by white settler Canadians and the hockey establishment.” Men’s ice hockey upholds white supremacy through erasure, exclusion and mandated conformity.
    • The erasure of the history of the Colored Hockey League, as highlighted by sport researchers Alex Mackenzie and Janelle Joesph, is an example of how white supremacy erases those who aren’t considered white.
    • A total of 83.6 per cent of the NHL’s workforce is white and over 90 per cent of players and nearly all coaches and officials are white.

Whiteness and surveillance

    • Racialized hockey players are often held to a higher moral standard than their white counterparts.
    • But the racism Subban endured as a Black athlete in a white sport has not received the same attention.
    • White supremacy ensures we are constantly surveilling Black players and holding them to higher moral standards than white players.

Hockey fan culture

    • Fans also play a key role in upholding white supremacy in hockey — particularly white women because ice hockey has a predominantly white fan base in North America.
    • The exclusionary practices that keep men’s ice hockey elite, heterosexual and white are reflected in its fandom.
    • Legal scholar Martine Dennie has written about what it means to be a hockey fan in Calgary.

Combating white supremacy

    • Combating white supremacy involves exposing the way it operates as an undercurrent.
    • True interrogations of white supremacy don’t focus on individual acts of overt racism — instead, they reveal how normalized and systemic it is.
    • The Kane vs. Karen meme challenges white women to consider our role in perpetuating white supremacy.

Leafs and Oilers in the NHL playoffs: Can I cheer on a team I usually hate?

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Tuesday, May 9, 2023
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It’s been 30 years since a Canadian NHL team has won the Stanley Cup.

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  • It’s been 30 years since a Canadian NHL team has won the Stanley Cup.
  • It’s a familiar debate among many Canadian hockey fans: if one’s team is no longer in contention for the Stanley Cup, does their allegiance switch to any remaining Canadian team — even one they usually hate?

Hockey allegiance

    • The sentiment to support a Canadian team, or more accurately any Canadian team, doesn’t appear to be a recent creation.
    • Hewitt, Sporting Editor of the Toronto Daily Star noted in 1930: “Montréal’s Canadiens today returned the Stanley Cup to Canada, birthplace of hockey … the Stanley Cup is returned home after a two-year sojourn in the United States.” So while it might seem natural for Canadian fans to seek an oasis in a time of drought by rooting for any Canadian team, the question remains: Why do many Canadian hockey fans feel the urge to support teams they would ordinarily delight in rooting against?
    • Perhaps the answer lies within the connection between Canadian national identity and the National Hockey League itself.

Hockey and nationhood

    • While hockey is undoubtedly one of Canada’s national pastimes and passions, the NHL occupies an outsized presence in our collective cultural imagination.
    • This unusual dynamic led author Ryan Edwardson to argue the following in his book Canadian Content: Culture and the Quest for Nationhood:
      “Canada provides a fascinating case study in which to explore how nationhood has been defined and pursued through culture.”
      “Canada provides a fascinating case study in which to explore how nationhood has been defined and pursued through culture.” While sport plays a role in many nations’ cultural identities, Canada’s symbolic identification with hockey culture, and chiefly the performance and reputation of our NHL representatives, leaves our sense of nationhood vulnerable.
    • When our self-conception becomes too closely tied to the fate of our NHL teams, their performance is a direct reflection of our own national quality and character.

Americanization of hockey

    • As the NHL has expanded beyond six, 12, 14, 16, 18, 22 and eventually 32 teams, a new encroachment emerged in the minds of some Canadian hockey fans: Americanization.
    • Throughout the mid- to late-20th century, an influx of American popular culture into Canada caused genuine concern about hockey being subsumed by the voracious economic appetite of America after the Second World War.
    • With aggressive and repeated American expansion, hockey itself has changed with it.

Canadian rivalries

    • Regardless of this perceived American encroachment into hockey, there are still Canadian fans unwilling to let go of their rivalries — even if it means rooting for another Canadian team.
    • Canadian national hockey includes many historical, geographic and even linguistic rivalries against other Canadian teams.
    • The sentiment expressed by The Hockey Sweater’s main character is familiar to many segments of Canadian hockey fans as well.

High Tide Celebrates its 76th Store Opening in Alberta on the '420' Holiday

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Thursday, April 20, 2023
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This opening marks High Tide's 152nd Canna Cabana retail cannabis location in Canada and its 76th store in Alberta.

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  • This opening marks High Tide's 152nd Canna Cabana retail cannabis location in Canada and its 76th store in Alberta.
  • This store is located in Oliver, one of the oldest inner-city neighbourhoods in Edmonton.
  • "I am excited to announce the opening of our 9th store in Edmonton, 76th store in Alberta and our 152nd store nationally.
  • We remain proactive in building, managing, and high-grading our real estate portfolio in Alberta and beyond," added Mr. Grover.