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Vancouver Canucks acquire goalie Louis Domingue in deal with New Jersey Devils
VANCOUVER - An injury to goaltender Jacob Markstrom triggered the Vancouver Canucks' only deal at the NHL trade deadline. General manager Jim Benning acquired veteran goaltender Louis Domingue from th...
Feb 26, 2020
NHL Notebook: Joel Quenneville hoping to take Panthers down familiar path
Joel Quenneville sees a lot of similarities between his new team and the old one. When he took over behind the Blackhawks' bench four games into the 2008-09 season, Chicago had a roster loaded wi...
Feb 26, 2020
Receiver T.J. Jones's free-agent deal with Argos on hold due to CBA wording
TORONTO - Rob Fry and receiver T.J. Jones remain in a holding pattern. Jones agreed to a free-agent contract with the Toronto Argonauts on Feb. 14 reportedly worth $200,000 annually. However, the deal...
Feb 26, 2020
Colorado set to become 22nd state with no death penalty
DENVER - Colorado is close to becoming the 22nd U.S. state to abolish the death penalty. Lawmakers in the Democrat-majority House on Wednesday approved the repeal bill and sent it to Democratic Gov. J...
Feb 26, 2020
New lawsuit: Mississippi prison has 'abhorrent conditions'
JACKSON, Miss. - The Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman is a violent, rat-infested place where inmates live in "abhorrent conditions" and their medical needs are routinely ignored, attorneys s...
Feb 26, 2020
La Ronge RCMP arrest five, seize sawed off shotgun
La Ronge RCMP have arrested five individuals after locating and seizing a sawed-off shotgun. That's according to an RCMP media release, which states officers responded to a complaint of a loud gatheri...
Feb 26, 2020 The incident occurred shortly after midnight. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Injury-depleted Wolfpack add two players on loan from Wigan Warriors
TORONTO - The injury-depleted Toronto Wolfpack have added forwards Ben Kilner and Jack Wells on a one-month loan from Wigan Warriors. The two could be eligible to play in Toronto's Super League game S...
Feb 26, 2020
Number of distracted driving tickets drops again
For the third straight month, the number of distracted driving offences recorded in Saskatchewan decreased.According to SGI, Saskatchewan police officers issued 509 tickets for distracted driving in J...
Feb 26, 2020 (CKOM News Staff)
Kaminski named SJHL Coach of the Year
La Ronge Ice Wolves Head Coach Kevin Kaminski is the co-winner of the Canalta Hotels Coach of the Year Award for the 2019-20 season."It's significant for the Ice Wolves to have the success they've had...
Feb 26, 2020 Kevin Kaminski is a co-winner of the Coach of the Year accolade. (submitted photo/Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League)
OD deaths decrease in B.C. but officials say safer drug supply needed
VICTORIA - Overdose deaths linked to illicit drugs dropped by 36 per cent last year in British Columbia compared with 2018 but the death toll remains almost as high as when the province declared ...
Feb 26, 2020