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Alberta heavyweight Tanner (The Bulldozer) Boser signs UFC contract extension
TORONTO - Alberta heavyweight Tanner (The Bulldozer) Boser, who is fighting on short notice as an injury replacement on the UFC's July 25 card in Abu Dhabi, has signed a contract extension covering fo...
Jul 16, 2020
COVID-19 cases growing in Saskatchewan, 42 new infections reported in one day
Saskatchewan had its largest daily increase of 42 new COVID-19 cases today, bringing the provincial total to 923.There have also been three more recoveries to report.There are a growing number of COVI...
Jul 16, 2020
Powell angry at NBA for limiting players to "cookie cutter" list of slogans
Norm Powell is angry that the NBA for limiting players to a "cookie-cutter" list of social justice messages. Social and racial justice is a theme of the NBA's restart in Florida, a...
Jul 16, 2020
Province says Jays cleared to play at home, but final decision lies with feds
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he's looking forward to the Toronto Blue Jays playing at Rogers Centre this season after a member of his government said the Major League Baseball team has bee...
Jul 16, 2020
Police capture kangaroo hopping through Fort Lauderdale
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Police officers captured an unlikely suspect bouncing through a Florida neighbourhood Thursday morning. After receiving a call about a kangaroo running loose, Fort Lauderdale p...
Jul 16, 2020
Haying operations in Prince Albert area dampened by rainfall
Thanks to mother nature, farmers in the Prince Albert and Shellbrook areas are playing catch up.Rain in the region has delayed haying operations. According to this week's Crop Report from the Ministry...
Jul 16, 2020
Major new pipelines and mines must show path to net zero to get approved
OTTAWA - Proposals for new mines, power plants, pipelines and railways in Canada will have to include plans to hit net zero emissions by 2050 if they have any hope of getting approved. The federal gov...
Jul 16, 2020
Burris, Brock, Childress and Hufnagel among 2020 Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees
Four members of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2020 have ties to the Saskatchewan Roughriders.Offensive linemen Clyde Brock and Freddie Childress, quarterback Henry Burris and builder J...
Jul 16, 2020
Feds, provinces reach deal on funding for reopening, Trudeau announces
OTTAWA - The federal, provincial and territorial governments have reached a deal on billions of dollars in transfers to continue reopening economies amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Jus...
Jul 16, 2020
Feds, provinces reach deal on funding for reopening from COVID-19
OTTAWA - The federal, provincial and territorial governments have reached a deal on billions of dollars in transfers to continue reopening economies amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Jus...
Jul 16, 2020
