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Quarterback stability helping Riders find success
Consistency is the magic word at the quarterback position for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.The CFL team had to deal with a game of quarterback musical chairs last season due to injuries to then-starte...
Aug 22, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo. (Photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders)

Military hopes for post-Norman stability as new army commander installed
OTTAWA - Cannons boomed on Parliament Hill Tuesday as the military installed a new Canadian Army commander, hoping to march past years of instability in the most senior ranks ...
Aug 22, 2019

‘Is this some kind of joke?’: Kelliher bar owner recalls armed robbery
The owner of the Club 15 Cheers Tavern in Kelliher says he stayed back after last call early Saturday morning to do the books, thinking somebody might stop by to make a purchase from the offsale.Geral...
Aug 22, 2019 Police say the Club 15 Cheers Tavern in Kelliher was robbed by three people on Aug. 17, 2019. (Club 15 Cheers Tavern/Facebook)

Firefighters Without Borders donating gear to Hatchet Lake Dene Nation
First Nations communities across Saskatchewan including Hatchet Lake Dene Nation are benefitting from large donations from Firefighters Without Borders Canada (FWB). Within the last year, Ontario FWB ...
Aug 22, 2019 Firefighters Without Borders has donated about 1,000 sets of bunker gear in the last two years. (file photo/Government of Saskatchewan)

NAR Needs Fosters for Animal Safe Keeping Program
Fosters Needed! NAR is currently looking for fosters for the animal safe keeping program! Leaving an abusive relationship is not an easy thing to do. For the victims of domestic violence who own anima...
Aug 22, 2019

Grassy Narrows chief, NDP candidate urges Ottawa to talk turkey on mercury
OTTAWA - The chief of a northwestern Ontario reserve -and an NDP candidate in this fall's federal election - is calling on Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O'Regan to sit d...
Aug 22, 2019

Fear mounting that changes to drug pricing in Canada could stifle innovation
OTTAWA - Canadian patients and groups that advocate on their behalf are sounding the alarm about the federal government's recent changes to the way it regulates the cost of patented medicines. Toronto...
Aug 22, 2019

'We're going to act:' Military investigating reservist for hate group link
WINNIPEG - The commander of the Canadian Army says the military will take action if an investigation finds that a reserve member in Manitoba participated in a hate group. Master Cpl. Patrik Mathews, w...
Aug 22, 2019

Putrid stench envelops Cape Breton town known as premier golf destination
INVERNESS, N.S. - Known for its two world-class golf resorts, a former coal mining town in Cape Breton is quickly gaining a reputation for something other than spectacular seaside fairways. In re...
Aug 22, 2019

Area 51 events in Nevada prompt emergency crowd planning
LAS VEGAS - Fearing they could be overwhelmed with visitors, officials in the remote Nevada county that's home to the Area 51 military base have drafted an emergency declaration and a plan to team res...
Aug 22, 2019