Author Archives:
Mental health services tackle spike in Ag communities
Farmers often struggle with difficult times in silence.It's sparked the creation of organizations like the Do More Agriculture Foundation.One of the driving forces behind it was a series of 2017 Twitt...
Sep 15, 2019 Farmers from the area around Milestone, Sask. gathered together to combine 450 acres for the family Brian Williams, who died on Aug. 17. (Jeff Brown/YouTube)
Mounties lay secrets-law charges against RCMP intelligence official
OTTAWA - Cameron Jay Ortis, a senior RCMP intelligence official, made a brief court appearance Friday on charges of breaching Canada's secrets law. Ortis, 47, was charged under thr...
Sep 15, 2019
Gasol completes historic double, Spain wins World Cup
BEIJING - Marc Gasol looked to the sky as confetti fell, some sticking to his massive shoulders, and then cradled and kissed the giant golden chalice that goes to the World Cup champions. He's getting...
Sep 15, 2019
Provincial cabinet minister resigns over 'race card' comment about Innu Nation
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A provincial cabinet minister in Newfoundland and Labrador has resigned for making comments in a voicemail message deemed racist by one of the province's largest Indigenous gro...
Sep 15, 2019
Connor McDavid cleared to practise as he rehabs knee at Oilers training camp
EDMONTON - It's so far, so good for Connor McDavid at training camp as he rehabs his knee. The Edmonton Oilers' superstar captain was cleared for practice and didn't require a non-contact jersey ...
Sep 15, 2019
Saturday's Scoreboard
WHLPrince Albert 5, Regina 2Moose Jaw 2, Brandon 1Saskatoon 6, Winnipeg 2Swift Current 2, Lethbridge 1Edmonton 2, Prince George 1 (OT)Calgary 2, Medicine Hat 1Kamloops 3, Kelowna 2Spokane 3, Tri-City ...
Sep 15, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
‘I knew I was going to make it’: Lauther’s last-minute field goal lifts Riders past Montreal
Saskatchewan Roughriders kicker Brett Lauther wasn't perfect Saturday night, but he hit the most important kick of the night when it mattered.Lauther kicked a 39-yard field goal with 25 seconds remain...
Sep 15, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders kicker Brett Lauther kicks a field goal against the Montreal Alouettes on Sept. 14, 2019. (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Party leaders contend with posts and past lives from candidates in campaign
OTTAWA - The federal party leaders have spent the first days of the election campaign talking policy, as they'd like, and dismissing and defending candidates over old social-media posts, which they'd ...
Sep 15, 2019
4 Nations tournament cancelled because of Swedish boycott
STOCKHOLM - The Swedish Ice Hockey Federation has cancelled the Four Nations women's hockey tournament in November because it can't guarantee its players' participation due to an ongoing pay dispute. ...
Sep 15, 2019
Olympic bob champ Kaillie Humphries says she's forced to slide for U.S.
CALGARY - Kaillie Humphries says Canada's governing body of bobsled has left her no other option than to compete for another country. The two-time Olympic champion is suing Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton i...
Sep 15, 2019
