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Canadians down Trinidad 3-0 to qualify for CONCACAF U-20 Championship
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad And Tobago - Canada booked its ticket to the CONCACAF U-20 Championship with a 3-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday, completing a perfect 3-0-0 run in Group D qualifying...
Feb 27, 2024

Rapidly expanding wildfires in the Texas Panhandle prompt evacuations
CANADIAN, Texas (AP) - A rapidly widening Texas wildfire doubled in size Tuesday and prompted evacuation orders in at least one small town as strong winds, dry grass and unseasonably warm highs fueled...
Feb 27, 2024

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says Winnipeg is a 'strong NHL market'
WINNIPEG - NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says Winnipeg is a strong NHL market where "hockey matters," and that he believes the attendance issues affecting the team will be resolved. Bettman spoke to r...
Feb 27, 2024

Canada women look to keep rolling at CONCACAF W Gold Cup against Costa Rica
Having won twice already, the Olympic champion Canadian women are assured of making the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF W Gold Cup. But a victory Wednesday over No. 43 Costa Rica in its final Group C ga...
Feb 27, 2024

Northlands celebrate new dental therapy program in La Ronge
Community members, special guests, staff and students came together at the Northlands College Canoe Campus in La Ronge on Tuesday to celebrate the opening of its dental therapy lab.The celebration beg...
Feb 27, 2024

B.C. Premier Eby apologizes to Doukhobors, for wrongs that 'echoed for generations'
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby has officially apologized in the Victoria legislature to members of the Doukhobor religious community, including children who were forcibly taken from the...
Feb 27, 2024

'I got him, I got him': Officer recounts arrest of Myles Sanderson
While Const. Heidi Marshall chased Myles Sanderson's stolen Chevy Avalanche down Highway 11, she spent some moments thinking about what would happen to her two young children if she died. Advanced dri...
Feb 27, 2024

'Beautiful landscape': Waskesiu the site of two feature films
It's not exactly Hollywood, but it's as close as Saskatchewan has to a perfect backdrop for a movie.The picturesque hamlet of Waskesiu will be the site of two movie sets in the coming weeks, with both...
Feb 27, 2024

Sask. woman raising money to help family stuck in Gaza
"Every minute, they live in danger."Those are the words from a Saskatchewan woman who has been working endlessly to bring her family to Canada from the war in Gaza.Sabreen Algherbawi and her children ...
Feb 27, 2024

Lu Dort thinks more high school programs will help grow basketball in Montreal
OKLAHOMA CITY - Luguentz Dort likes the direction that basketball in Montreal is headed, but he would make just one tweak. Dort is having an excellent season as the starting small forward for the West...
Feb 27, 2024