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Edwin Jackson officially joins Blue Jays, setting stage for record
TORONTO - Right-hander Edwin Jackson is poised to set a major-league record on Wednesday for the Toronto Blue Jays. Jackson was selected to the Blue Jays' roster on Wednesday morning, clearing the way...
May 15, 2019
Tuesday's Scoreboard
Tuesday's GamesNSRBLUnity Midgets 5, Meadow Lake 10Unity Seniors 8, Macklin 7Mervin 4, Lloyd Twins 9Standard Hill 11, St. Walburg 1 World Hockey ChampionshipDenmark 9 Britain 0Germany 4 France 1Latvia...
May 15, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW staff)
CFL on verge of strike or training camp
Well, I don't know about you, but on Friday morning I plan to get my first and perhaps last grasp on watching CFL players as the Riders rookie camp wraps up its second of two days at Mosaic Stadium.Af...
May 15, 2019
Scientists challenge claim that Labrador is site of planet's oldest life
A team of geological researchers is challenging claims that some of the earliest life forms were discovered in northern Labrador in an ancient portion of the earth's surface. The argument that a rocky...
May 15, 2019
Seeking playoff return, Sabres hire Ralph Krueger as coach
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Ralph Krueger has officially been named the new coach of the Buffalo Sabres as the franchise seeks to return to the playoffs after an eight-year absence. The Sabres announced the hire ...
May 15, 2019
Documentary about pedophile priests shakes up Poland
WARSAW, Poland - A new documentary revealing cases of sexual abuse by priests has deeply shaken Poland, one of Europe's most Roman Catholic societies, eliciting an apology from the church hierarchy an...
May 15, 2019
UK halts export of 'Lady Chatterley' copy from famous trial
LONDON - The British government used its powers to preserve the nation's cultural treasures on Monday to halt the export of a tattered paperback copy of "Lady Chatterley's Lover." The copy of the once...
May 15, 2019
Danger subsiding after B.C. properties threatened by several weekend wildfires
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service has come through its busiest period of the young 2019 wildfire season, responding to several blazes, including one that prompted an evacuation order&...
May 15, 2019
Police investigating rappers' ties to shootings around Miami
SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. - A weekend of shootings involving rap musicians and their entourages in South Florida for a huge hip-hop festival left two people dead and four wounded, multiple vehicles ridd...
May 15, 2019
'Empire' to get 1 more season on Fox amid schedule shake-up
NEW YORK - "Empire" will return for its final season this fall on Fox - with Jussie Smollett a question mark - and should count itself lucky. Fox, the lowest-rated network among the big four broadcast...
May 15, 2019