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Carleton Ravens basketball coach Dave Smart joins staff of NHL's Ottawa Senators
OTTAWA - D.J. Smith has added longtime Carleton Ravens basketball coach Dave Smart to the Ottawa Senators coaching staff. Smith, who earned his first victory as an NHL head coach Saturday ag...
Oct 12, 2019
Premier, Sask. trade delegation stuck in Japan by powerful typhoon
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and part of a trade delegation to Asia are caught up in Typhoon Hagibis.Japanese meteorologists expect the typhoon to be the worst to hit the country in six decades with...
Oct 12, 2019 Premier Scott Moe (centre) in Japan as part of a trade delegation in Oct. 2019. (Scott Moe/Twitter)
Scherzer no-hit try into 7th, Nats top Cards, lead NLCS 2-0
ST. LOUIS - Max Scherzer followed Anbal Snchez's near no-hitter with a try of his own and the stingy Washington Nationals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1 on Saturday for a 2-0 lead in the NL Champion...
Oct 12, 2019
Namestnikov has first goals as a Senator in Ottawa's 4-2 victory over Lightning
OTTAWA - Vladislav Namestnikov scored his first two goals for his new team late in the third as the Senators topped the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Saturday for Ottawa's first win of the season. Colin ...
Oct 12, 2019
Typhoon causes a 3rd game to be cancelled at Rugby World Cup
TOKYO - Rugby World Cup organizers have cancelled a third game because of Typhoon Hagibis, deciding early Sunday morning to call off the last of the Pool B games between Canada and Namibia. World Rugb...
Oct 12, 2019
Hawks blow out Broncos 7-2 heading into Thanksgiving break
The Nipawin Hawks showed a sense of urgency against the Humboldt Broncos.After starting the 2019-20 Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) season by winning their first six games, the Hawks dropped ...
Oct 12, 2019 Nipawin Hawks' rookie forward Burke Simpson (centre) celebrates after his second goal of the game puts his team up for good. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)
McDavid, Draisaitl help unbeaten Oilers defeat Rangers 4-1
NEW YORK - Connor McDavid scored the tiebreaking goal and Leon Draisaitl had two goals and an assist, all in the third period, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the New York Rangers 4-1 Saturday for their ...
Oct 12, 2019
Mourners gather for slain teenager's funeral in Hamilton today
HAMILTON - Dozens of mourners drove muscle cars and motorcycles to the funeral of a 14-year-old stabbing victim in honour of the boy's love of classic automobiles. Many wore pink to tribute ...
Oct 12, 2019
'No human is limited': Kipchoge runs sub-2 hour marathon
VIENNA - Roger Bannister, 1954. Neil Armstrong, 1969. Eliud Kipchoge, 2019? Like the sub-four minute mile and walking on the moon, running a marathon in less than two hours had seemed impossible - unt...
Oct 12, 2019
Montreal demonstrators protest Turkish military invasion in northern Syria
MONTREAL - Demonstrators gathered in Montreal Saturday to protest Turkey's incursion into northeast Syria, warning of humanitarian disaster and U.S. strategic folly. Members of the Kurdish-C...
Oct 12, 2019