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Former U.S. Open champ Stephens ends five-year victory drought at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Sloane Stephens picked up her first win at the Australian Open since 2019 when she beat wild-card entry Olivia Gadecki 6-3, 6-1 on Monday to reach the second round. The 30-...
Jan 15, 2024

'I'm down to die': Chilling texts, interviews describe days before James Smith killings
The jury at the Coroner's Inquest on the deaths on the James Smith Cree Nation (JSCN) and Weldon being held in Melfort heard some increasingly ominous messaging leading up to the stabbings.Staff Serge...
Jan 15, 2024

Iowa's leadoff caucuses are underway after Donald Trump urged Republicans to give him a huge victory
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Voting began Monday night in the Iowa caucuses, where former President Donald Trump is aiming for a victory that sends a resounding message that neither life-threatening cold n...
Jan 15, 2024

NHL roundup: Canucks' superb road trip ends with 4-3 shootout loss to Blue Jackets
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Kirill Marchenko scored the only goal in a four-round shootout to lift the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 4-3 win over Vancouver on Monday, ending the Canucks' five-game road winning...
Jan 15, 2024

NHL announces PWHL's three-on-three all-star rosters
TORONTO - Marie-Philip Poulin, Sarah Nurse, Hilary Knight, Kendall Coyne Schofield and Taylor Heise headline the two dozen women named to the NHL all-star festival's three-on-three tournament. The 24 ...
Jan 15, 2024
Sask. airports, travel agencies playing catch up during extreme cold
Extreme cold warnings across the prairies have left travellers facing a chaotic storm of flight cancellations and delays.According to CJ Dushinski with the Saskatoon Airport Authority, the airport has...
Jan 15, 2024

North Korea scraps agencies managing relations with South as Kim Jong Un cites hostility with rival
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea has abolished key government organizations tasked with managing relations with South Korea, state media said Tuesday, as authoritarian leader Kim Jong Un said he ...
Jan 15, 2024

Classes cancelled in Air Ronge, La Ronge on Tuesday due to provincial strike
Teachers in the tri-communities, as well as from Weyakwin, will be protesting outside La Ronge's Mistasinhk Place on Tuesday as part of a province-wide one-day strike.That means classes at Churchill C...
Jan 15, 2024

Mother Nature proves no match for Bills fans attending Buffalo's playoff game vs. Steelers
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) - In the end, Mother Nature was no match for Bills Mafia. With the remnants of a lake-effect snowstorm moving north on Monday, the Bills' hearty fanbase took over, helping dig ...
Jan 15, 2024

AP VoteCast: Iowa caucusgoers want big changes, see immigration as more important than the economy
WASHINGTON (AP) - Iowa Republicans are headed to their state's caucuses Monday with a greater desire to focus on immigration than address the health of the U.S. economy - a possible sign that cultural...
Jan 15, 2024