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‘I’m coming in as the backup’: Franklin joins Roughriders
James Franklin is ready to be the backup quarterback in Saskatchewan.The Saskatchewan Roughriders announced they signed the 28-year-old pivot to a one-year contract on Tuesday - the first day of CFL f...
Feb 12, 2020 James Franklin. (File photo by Johany Jutras/CFL.ca)

Forward Pierre Engvall inks two-year extension with Toronto Maple Leafs
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed forward Pierre Engvall to a two-year, US$2.5-million extension. The 23-year-old native of Sweden has seven goals and seven assists in 35 games with the Le...
Feb 12, 2020

Ottawa launches consultations on Indigenous ownership of Trans Mountain pipeline
CALGARY - The federal government is launching a new set of consultations with Indigenous groups that will determine if and how they might take part in ownership of the Trans Mountain pipeline and...
Feb 12, 2020

'A lost soul': How Leafs goalie Jack Campbell rediscovered his love for hockey
TORONTO - Jack Campbell wasn't in a good place. Billed as the next Jonathan Quick or Ryan Miller - the next great American goalie - the former first-round pick had made just one NHL appearan...
Feb 12, 2020

Bar owner, manager given 9 years for gang sexual assault in Toronto bar
TORONTO - A former bar owner and his manager were sentenced on Wednesday to a total of nine years each for the hours-long drugging and sexual assault of a barely conscious woman in 2016. In passi...
Feb 12, 2020

ENGAGING URBAN ABORIGINAL PEOPLE IN NORTH BATTLEFORD
The Coalition of Aboriginal Peoples of Saskatchewan (CAPS) President, John Hanikenne, says there is little doubt that self-government for urban Indigenous peoples will improve conditions challenging A...
Feb 12, 2020

QuickQuotes: Journalists, politicians react to Christie Blatchford's death
Veteran newspaper columnist Christie Blatchford, whose fiery polemics framed Canadian news for five decades, has died at 68. Word of her death sparked an outpouring of online tributes from r...
Feb 12, 2020

Montreal Alouettes dip into free-agent waters to sign four players
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes bolstered their Canadian content Wednesday, signing defensive tackles David Menard and Junior Luke and linebackers Alexandre Gagne and Frederic Chagnon. All four...
Feb 12, 2020

27th Saskatchewan Book Awards
The shortlist for the 27th Saskatchewan Book Awards was announced today in Regina and Saskatoon at each city's public library. Blanket Toss Under Midnight Sun by Paul Seesequasis has been nominated fo...
Feb 12, 2020

Minnesota United loans Canadian goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair to San Antonio FC
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. - Minnesota United has loaned Canadian goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair to San Antonio FC of the USL Championship for the 2020 season. "This is a great opportunity for Dayne," Minnesota...
Feb 12, 2020