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Toronto-based esports organization OverActive Media announces partnership with Bell
TORONTO - OverActive Media president and CEO Chris Overholt says he can envision jerseys for his organization's esports teams hanging next to NHL and NBA gear in sports stores, and scoring updates for...
Jun 27, 2019

Defence in Calgary manslaughter case says recorded prayer not a confession
CALGARY - A defence lawyer has argued his client was not admitting he killed his young grandson when police recorded him praying for forgiveness. Allan Perdomo Lopez is on trial for man...
Jun 27, 2019

Steinauer isn't concerned about Ticats becoming complacent after big win
HAMILTON - Orlondo Steinauer isn't concerned with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats getting too full of themselves following their emphatic victory last week over the Toronto Argonauts. Hamilton improved t...
Jun 27, 2019

Prospect of breakdancing becoming Olympic sport draws mixed reactions
TORONTO - Canadian breakdancers are expressing mixed feelings about the danceform moving closer to becoming an Olympic sport - with some enthusiastic about the possibility and others concern...
Jun 27, 2019

Prospect of breakdancing becoming Olympic sport draws mixed reactions
TORONTO - Canadian breakdancers are expressing mixed feelings about the danceform moving closer to becoming an Olympic sport - with some enthusiastic about the possibility and others concern...
Jun 27, 2019

CCHS students release rainbow trout in Downton Lake
Students at Churchill Community High School were given a firsthand view of the life cycle of rainbow trout after raising them in a classroom and releasing them in Downton Lake. It's the second year Gr...
Jun 27, 2019 Downton Lake is already stocked with rainbow trout. (submitted photo/Jaimie Mack)

Province posts lower than project deficit, year-end financial report shows
Saskatchewan's financial health for 2018-19 was better than expected, according to the provincial government.Figures released by the provincial government on Thursday showed that Saskatchewan finished...
Jun 27, 2019 Saskatchewan Finance Minister Donna Harpauer. (file photo/980 CJME)

Plastics forks at Trudeau lunch a sign of hypocrisy: Conservatives
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a hypocrite over plastic cutlery that was available at a lunch meeting he held with youth activists in his Montreal ri...
Jun 27, 2019

A quick look at a some of the new appointees to the Order of Canada
OTTAWA - On Thursday, Rideau Hall unveiled a list of 83 new appointees to the Order of Canada. Here are short profiles of a few who are being given one of the country's highest honours....
Jun 27, 2019

Blues sign coach Craig Berube to 3-year contract extension
ST. LOUIS - The Blues made official Tuesday what everyone had expected the moment Craig Berube led St. Louis to a remarkable turnaround capped by the first Stanley Cup championship in franchise histor...
Jun 27, 2019