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Mustangs busy weekend begins Friday at home against Hawks
The Melfort Mustangs will welcome the Nipawin Hawks to the Northern Lights Palace on Friday night for their eighth and final meeting of the season.Melfort is 6 and 1 against the Hawks this season, out...
Mar 07, 2025

Raiders acquire quarterback Geno Smith from Seahawks for a 3rd-round pick, AP source says
Geno Smith is heading to the Las Vegas Raiders, a person with knowledge of the trade told The Associated Press on Friday. The person, speaking on condition of anonymity because the teams haven't annou...
Mar 07, 2025

Mystery solved? A submerged car from the 1950s may belong to a missing Oregon family
After two days of dredging, a crane on Friday pulled a Ford station wagon from the Columbia River that officials believe belonged to an Oregon family who disappeared while on a trip 66 years ago to co...
Mar 07, 2025

Saskatchewan has cards to play: Moe on tariffs and Trump
In one of his first public appearances since the start of the on and off tariff war between Canada and the United States, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe pointed out that when it comes to things like p...
Mar 07, 2025

Dunston and Gushue win qualifying games to reach Page playoff 1-2 game at Brier
KELOWNA, B.C. - Top-ranked Matt Dunstone of Manitoba and defending champion Brad Gushue won qualifying matches Friday at the Montana's Brier to advance to the Page playoff 1-2 game. Dunstone defeated ...
Mar 07, 2025

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Hudson's Bay seeks creditor protection, plans restructuring
TORONTO - Hudson's Bay, Canada's oldest company that dates back to 1670, has filed for creditor protection and intends to restructure the business. The department store company says it has been facing...
Mar 07, 2025

Eby says electricity export tariffs similar to Ontario's are not 'priority' for B.C.
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says the province has no plan to follow Ontario and levy a 25 per cent surcharge on electricity exports to the United States. Eby says imposing such a fe...
Mar 07, 2025

Feds refuse protection order for southern resident orcas, rejecting ministers' advice
OTTAWA - The federal government is rejecting the recommendations of two of its own ministers and refusing to issue an emergency order protecting southern resident killer whales from "imminent threats"...
Mar 07, 2025

Leafs nab centre Scott Laughton, defenceman Brandon Carlo ahead of NHL trade deadline
The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired centre Scott Laughton and defenceman Brandon Carlo ahead of Friday's NHL trade deadline. The Leafs sent a conditional 2027 first-round draft pick and forward prospect ...
Mar 07, 2025

A South Carolina man executed by firing squad is the first US prisoner killed this way in 15 years
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina man convicted of murder was executed by firing squad Friday, the first U.S. prisoner to die by that method in 15 years. Brad Sigmon, 67, was pronounced dead at 6...
Mar 07, 2025