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Man found guilty of murdering Winnipeg woman found in barrel in backyard
WINNIPEG - A man has been convicted of killing a woman whose body was found in a barrel in the backyard of a Winnipeg home they shared with several other women. A jury has found Perez Cleveland, who i...
May 29, 2019
NBA calls Raptors about Drake's antics on Scotiabank Arena sidelines
TORONTO - The NBA wants to tone down Drake's on-court antics. The Canadian Press has learned the league made a call to the Raptors to discuss the Toronto rapper's behaviour on the sidelines. Drak...
May 29, 2019
Impact down Real Salt Lake 2-1; Montreal's first win in four games
MONTREAL - Omar Browne and Saphir Taider, from the penalty spot, scored to give the Montreal Impact a 2-1 victory over Real Salt Lake on Wednesday night. Evan Bush made three saves for the Impact (7-6...
May 29, 2019
'Jeopardy' champ James Holzhauer nears Ken Jennings' record
LOS ANGELES - James Holzhauer's "Jeopardy" winning streak is still going and he may be on track to surpass Ken Jennings' record earnings in the next month. Holzhauer on Monday won his 28th straight ga...
May 29, 2019
The big flag might stay; 'The Profit' might not go to jail
RALEIGH, N.C. - Maybe television's "The Profit" won't have to make business deals behind bars after all. Marcus Lemonis, star of CNBC's so-named reality television show, had said Wednesday that he wou...
May 29, 2019
Trudeau warns internet regulation could be used to repress citizens, free speech
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says governments need to be wary of taking steps to regulate social media platforms that could be used by authoritarian regimes to further repress free spee...
May 29, 2019
Fire ban for areas north of river in P.A. and for RM
A wildfire in the city's Nisbet forest area could be catastrophic at this time according to Prince Albert's acting fire chief.Kris Olsen was speaking after ordering a fire ban for all residential part...
May 29, 2019 There is now a fire ban north of the river in P.A.as the wildfire risk jumps quickly from moderate to extreme. (Submitted/Government of Saskatchewan)
Riders’ Fajardo is ready to stake his claim
Cody Fajardo has a wish.Over his first three seasons in the CFL, Fajardo has been used primarily as a short-yardage quarterback, a third-stringer deployed only to plow ahead for a yard or two to move ...
May 29, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo during a training-camp workout in Saskatoon. (Wray Morrison/650 CKOM)
Saskatchewan gets poor grade in education efficiency
The cost of education continues to rise in Canada, but the authors of a new study say Saskatchewan is not getting good bang for its public investment.A study by the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of ...
May 29, 2019 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)
Size of an apple: Girl becomes tiniest newborn to survive
SAN DIEGO - When she was born, the baby girl weighed about the same as an apple. A San Diego hospital on Wednesday revealed the birth of the girl and said she is believed to be the world's tiniest sur...
May 29, 2019
