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Bombers' Willie Jefferson named CFL's outstanding defensive player
CALGARY - Defensive end Willie Jefferson of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers is the CFL's top defensive player. The six-foot-seven, 245-pound Jefferson captured the honour Thursday night at the CFL awards ba...
Nov 21, 2019
Desjardins CEO defends his bank in front of legislators amid massive data breach
QUEBEC - Desjardins Group President and CEO Guy Cormier defended his bank on Thursday, following revelations that one of its employees stole data belonging to all 4.2 million of th...
Nov 21, 2019
Homegrown Winnipeg Blue Bombers keen to end their city's Grey Cup drought
CALGARY - The local talent on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers roster made decisions to come home during their football careers. CFL rushing leader Andrew Harris, receiver Nic Demski, lin...
Nov 21, 2019
Bale in Madrid jibe after helping Wales reach Euro 2020
Gareth Bale laughed and danced with his Welsh international teammates behind a flag that had the message: "Wales. Golf. Madrid. In That Order." The forward can look forward to playing in another major...
Nov 21, 2019
Ron MacLean says he doesn't believe former co-host Don Cherry is racist
EDMONTON - Days after addressing Don Cherry's dismissal during a "Hockey Night in Canada" broadcast, sports broadcaster Ron MacLean said that he doesn't believe his former co-host is racist....
Nov 21, 2019
US agency to consider expanded drilling in Alaska reserve
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Trump administration will consider a new management plan and expanded oil drilling for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, an Indiana-size area that former Interior Secretar...
Nov 21, 2019
Big Stone drop-in centre receives warm welcome
Faced with the issue of a lack of activities for youth in their community, the Big Stone Community Committee made it their goal last summer to fix it.The drop-in centre was officially opened on Oct. 1...
Nov 21, 2019 (Facebook/ Big Stone Community Committee)
How GM ended up suing its crosstown rival
DETROIT - Automakers sue each other on occasion, but no one in Detroit can remember one accusing another of bribing union officials to get an unfair labour cost advantage. Yet that's what happened Wed...
Nov 21, 2019
WeWork cuts nearly 20% of workforce in restructuring effort
NEW YORK - WeWork is slashing nearly 20% of its workforce, embarking on a painful restructuring of its money-losing operation that doomed its stock market debut and left the office-sharing company on ...
Nov 21, 2019
One man dead, another seriously injured after shooting incident
Two adult males were transported to the hospital as a result of a shooting incident today in the Mikisiw residential area on the Lac La Ronge Indian Band.According to a media release from La Ronge RCM...
Nov 21, 2019 (file photo/larongeNOW Staff)