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Ottawa Senators sign forward Tim Stuetzle to three-year, entry-level contract
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators signed forward Tim Stuetzle to a three-year, entry-level contract on Sunday. The Sens selected the 18-year-old native of Viersen, Germany with the third overall pick in th...
Dec 27, 2020
559 new COVID-19 cases reported for last three days, seven deaths reported Sunday
Over the past three days, the Saskatchewan Health Authority reported 559 new COVID-19 cases. On Friday, 229 cases were reported with 125 in acute care and 29 in intensive care (ICU), 132 cases were re...
Dec 27, 2020
Former Montreal Expos pitcher Derek Aucoin dies at 50 from brain cancer
MONTREAL - Canadian pitcher Derek Aucoin, who played two games for the Montreal Expos in 1996, died of brain cancer on Saturday night, his family said. He was 50. "There are very few words to express ...
Dec 27, 2020
Cheating a 'free-for-all' at virtual high schools, teachers say
It took less than a month for students attending virtual school to devise new ways to cheat. From texting friends on the sly to downloading apps that spit out answers, educators say the pandemic-induc...
Dec 27, 2020
Activist, champion: Naomi Osaka is AP Female Athlete of Year
With tennis, like so much of the world, shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic, Naomi Osaka found herself with time to read and think. And while she won the U.S. Open for her third Grand Slam t...
Dec 27, 2020
Burger and The Kickback foster love of running in underserved Toronto communities
TORONTO - Every weekend, Hakim Mohamed and his nine-year-old twin daughters Amira and Anisa run. They head from their Regent Park house in downtown Toronto toward Riverdale Park. They'll run for an ho...
Dec 27, 2020
Cheating a 'free-for-all' at virtual high schools, teachers say
It took less than a month for students attending virtual school to devise new ways to cheat. From texting friends on the sly to downloading apps that spit out answers, educators say the pandemic-induc...
Dec 27, 2020
Baseball Hall of Famer, knuckleballer Phil Niekro dies at 81
ATLANTA - Baseball Hall of Famer Phil Niekro, who pitched well into his 40s with a knuckleball that baffled big league hitters for more than two decades, mostly with the Atlanta Braves, has died after...
Dec 27, 2020
Hope and the Future: YWCA Prince Albert wants to build on momentum of new cold-weather shelter
The COVID-19 pandemic makes 2020 a year many may prefer to forget, but there is hope for the future. We've decided to make that the focus of our series of end-of-year stories.One of the rare bright sp...
Dec 27, 2020
Man charged in Illinois bowling alley shooting that killed 3
ROCKFORD, Ill. - A U.S. serviceman from Florida has been charged in a shooting at an Illinois bowling alley that left three people dead and three wounded, authorities said Sunday. Winnebago County Sta...
Dec 27, 2020
