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Administration switches off rule for thriftier light bulbs
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration turned its deregulatory focus Wednesday to light bulbs, scrapping a rule that would have phased out less energy efficient incandescent bulbs. The move slows a yea...
Sep 04, 2019

Judge orders Anheuser-Busch to halt 'corn syrup' labels
Big beer is still duking it out over corn syrup. A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Anheuser-Busch to stop using Bud Light packaging that implies rival brews made by MillerCoors contain corn syrup. ...
Sep 04, 2019

NTSB: Autopilot flaw, driver inattention caused Tesla crash
DETROIT - A design flaw in Tesla's Autopilot semi-autonomous driving system and driver inattention combined to cause a Model S electric car to slam into a firetruck parked along a California freeway, ...
Sep 04, 2019

Roughriders prepare for Bombers rematch following Labour Day Classic win
It could be another emotion-filled rematch when the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers meet in the Banjo Bowl in Winnipeg on Saturday.The Roughriders emerged victorious in the Labour D...
Sep 04, 2019 Kicker Brett Lauther (12) stretches before Saskatchewan Roughriders practice on Aug. 20, 2019. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)

Northern Saskatchewan Football League engaging hundreds of young athletes
Approximately 200 high school athletes are preparing for another season with the Northern Saskatchewan Football League which starts next week.There's a significant change in how the six-man league wil...
Sep 04, 2019 Senator Myles Venne School is returning to the league this season. (submitted photo/Mark Williment)

August third wettest on record for La Ronge
August was the third wettest on record for La Ronge in the last 54 years. That's according to Environment and Climate Change Canada Meteorologist Terri Lang, who said 103.6 millimeters of rain was rec...
Sep 04, 2019 More than 100 millimeters of rain fell in the tri-communities last month. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

Rebecca Lee-Bentham to play against men in Mackenzie Tour event in Montreal
Coming off a three-year break from elite competition, Rebecca Lee-Bentham is finding ways to keep golf interesting. She'll be the only woman in the field when the Mackenzie Investments Open tees ...
Sep 04, 2019

Argos general manager Jim Popp not looking to shuffle CFL team's roster
TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts are in the East Division basement, but GM Jim Popp isn't looking to shuffle his roster. Toronto (1-9) has dropped three straight to stand fourth in the East Division, f...
Sep 04, 2019

Conservation group: Bolivia fires ravaged big cat habitat
RIO DE JANEIRO - A conservation group says one of Latin America's key habitats for jaguars suffered extensive devastation during fires in Bolivia. The South America director for the New York-based Pan...
Sep 04, 2019

Some in flooded Quebec town angry new dike will block their waterfront views
MONTREAL - Some lakeside residents of a town northwest of Montreal that was severely flooded last spring after a dike ruptured are now upset the government's repairs to the structure will ob...
Sep 04, 2019