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How do you get to the Grey Cup? Practice, practice, and yes, more practice
As the 2019 CFL season moves towards its finish, the Saskatchewan Roughriders yet again showed while they can be competitive with Calgary, they are not quite there yet with a 30-28 loss to the Stamps ...
Oct 15, 2019 by Greg Urbanoski
AccuWeather predicts a blustery start to winter season
If you were hoping for a warmer winter, it appears you're out of luck.AccuWeather, a forecasting service based out of the U.S. predicts the northeast can expect high winds, a regular amount of snow an...
Oct 15, 2019 Winter is fast approaching and another weather service has made a winter
prognostication. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Felicity Huffman starts serving prison time in college scam
DUBLIN, Calif. - "Desperate Housewives" star Felicity Huffman reported Tuesday to a U.S. prison in California to serve a two-week sentence in a college admissions scandal, a representative said. A bri...
Oct 15, 2019
Evaristo says Booker win a landmark for black British women
LONDON - Winning the Booker Prize is one big step for Bernardine Evaristo - and, she hopes, a giant leap for British women writers of colour. This week the London-based writer shared the prestigious p...
Oct 15, 2019
'Blond hair everywhere:' Nurse first on scene remembers Humboldt Broncos crash
Vivian York recalls that the debris was still flying when she drove up to an intersection where the Humboldt Broncos hockey bus and a semi-truck carrying peat moss had just collide...
Oct 15, 2019
Climate activist Greta Thunberg tweets that she plans to visit Alberta
EDMONTON - Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has announced that's she's going to Alberta. The 16-year-old tweeted that she'll be heading north following "a few days of well needed rest...
Oct 15, 2019
Toronto Argonauts, Winnipeg Blue Bombers players earn CFL top performer nods
Toronto Argonauts wide receiver S.J. Green, Winnipeg running back Andrew Harris and Blue Bombers defensive back Marcus Sayles are the CFL's top performers for Week 18. Green had a season-high 170 rece...
Oct 15, 2019
Vancouver Canucks call up defenceman Ashton Sautner from AHL affiliate
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have recalled defenceman Ashton Sautner from their American Hockey League affiliate in Utica, N.Y. The 25-year-old Sautner has one assist in two games with Utica this...
Oct 15, 2019
Town of Lanigan named finalist in Kraft Heinz Project Play
A Saskatchewan community has been named a finalist for Kraft Heinz Project Play.The Town of Lanigan has made the top four as members fundraise for a new pool in the community.The current pool in Lanig...
Oct 15, 2019 The Town of Lanigan is hoping to be the recipient of the $250,000 grand prize from Kraft Heinz Project Play to go toward a new pool in the town. (submitted photo/Town of Lanigan)
Bloc's Yves-Francois Blanchet eyes Conservative and Liberal Quebec City ridings
LEVIS, Que. - Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet is taking his campaign to the Quebec City area, hoping his party's recent momentum will lead to a breakthrough in the pro...
Oct 15, 2019