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Crepeau emerging as a confident presence in goal for Vancouver Whitecaps
Vancouver Whitecaps goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau doesn't want to be labelled a leader. Instead, he wants his teammates to see him as "a brother on the field" who'll fight for them and have their backs. C...
May 14, 2019

Comedian Tim Conway of 'The Carol Burnett Show' dies at 85
NEW YORK - Tim Conway, the impish second banana to Carol Burnett who won four Emmy Awards on her TV variety show, starred aboard "McHale's Navy" and later voiced the role of Barnacle Boy for "Spongebo...
May 14, 2019

Saskatchewan Roughriders sign veteran punter Jon Ryan to one-year deal
REGINA - Punter Jon Ryan has returned home. The 37-year-old Regina native signed a one-year deal with the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Tuesday. The six-foot, 217-pound Ryan returns to the CFL following...
May 14, 2019

Volunteer for Food Bank Garden
The Lac La Ronge Food Bank at Scattered Sites are working to plant a Garden of Hope this spring. This garden will be available for those who use Foodbank or Scattered Sites.They could use planting vol...
May 14, 2019

Saskatchewan getting new 474 area code
Some Saskatchewan residents will soon be getting new phone numbers.After 10 months of deliberations, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has approved a plan to add t...
May 14, 2019 (Submitted photo/CKOM News)

Monday's Scoreboard
Monday's GamesWHL FinalsVancouver 2, PA 3 (OT)PA wins series 4-3 World Hockey ChampionshipUnited States 3 Finland 2 (OT)Canada 6 Slovakia 5Russia 3 Czech Republic 0Sweden 9 Norway 1 Stanley Cup Playof...
May 14, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW staff)

Sheriff: Carnival worker from Virginia shot, killed 3 women
Authorities in Virginia have linked the slayings of two missing women and a missing teenage girl to a carnival worker who met the victims through the travelling show. The sheriff's office in rural Was...
May 14, 2019

Women's hockey walkout could prematurely end careers
For some women hockey players, the price for demanding a professional league that pays could be not getting a chance to play in it. About 200 women vow to not play in any North American...
May 14, 2019

Chief of defence staff, DND deputy minister brief federal cabinet
OTTAWA - Canada's top general and the deputy minister of national defence are attending the federal cabinet this morning a week after the criminal case against the military's former second-in-com...
May 14, 2019

Nutrien lays off 80 workers at Vanscoy mine
Nutrien says a tight potash market is prompting job cuts at its mine near Vanscoy, Sask.The company announced Tuesday morning that it would be eliminating 20 staff and 60 hourly positions at the mine,...
May 14, 2019 (Submitted photo/CKOM News)