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South Dakota governor formally launches reelection campaign
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, who's considered a rising star in the Republican Party, formally launched her reelection campaign Friday. Her campaign said in a statement that she h...
Nov 12, 2021

Active COVID cases fall sharply in Air Ronge, La Ronge, LLRIB communities
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Air Ronge, La Ronge and Lac La Ronge Indian Band communities has fallen sharply from one month ago. As of Nov. 10, there was only one active case on-reserve and ...
Nov 12, 2021

Better Late Than Never: Wait almost over for Hockey Hall of Fame's pandemic class
TORONTO - Kevin Lowe waited 19 years for the call. Doug Wilson's phone sat silent longer still - 24 consecutive springs of eligibility before it finally rang. So another 365 days for the Hockey Hall o...
Nov 12, 2021

Alouettes need win against Blue Bombers team that will rest some players
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes are facing the team with the best record in the CFL on Saturday - but it won't quite be the Winnipeg Blue Bombers that have dominated all year. Montreal needs to win ...
Nov 12, 2021

Riders prepare to brave elements in showdown with visiting Elks
REGINA - When it comes to playing football in cold weather, CFL head coaches Craig Dickenson and Jaime Elizondo agree that it's a case of mind over matter. Dickenson's Saskatchewan Roughriders and Eli...
Nov 12, 2021

Remembrance Day gatherings disrupted in British Columbia
A lawyer says he and his two young daughters left what he thought was a Remembrance Day ceremony In Kamloops after it turned out to be a protest against British Columbia's vaccine mandate. Jay Michi s...
Nov 12, 2021

NHL suspends Canucks' Poolman for two games for high sticking Avs' Sherwood
NEW YORK - The NHL has suspended Vancouver Canucks defenceman Tucker Poolman for two games for high-sticking Colorado Avalanche forward Kiefer Sherwood. The incident took place in the third period of ...
Nov 12, 2021

Bannon indicted on contempt charges for defying 1/6 subpoena
MARKS, Miss. (AP) - Steve Bannon, a longtime ally to former President Donald Trump, was indicted Friday on two counts of contempt of Congress after he defied a congressional subpoena from the House co...
Nov 12, 2021

Alberta deletes Nazi 'both sides' reference in decades-old school guidance document
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is deleting a decades-old reference in a curriculum guidance paper that urges teachers to focus on positive and negative aspects of the Nazi Germany regime. Education...
Nov 12, 2021

Man who went to space with Shatner dies in plane crash
HAMPTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - A man who traveled to space with William Shatner last month was killed along with another person when the small plane they were in crashed in a wooded area of northern Ne...
Nov 12, 2021