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Alaine Chartrand won't compete at start of next figure skating season
OTTAWA - Two-time Canadian figure skating champion Alaine Chartrand will not compete in the 2019-20 Grand Prix and Challenger series events. Skate Canada announced Thursday that the 23-year-old from P...
Jul 04, 2019
Defenceman Ben Chiarot signs three-year deal with Montreal Canadiens
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens have signed former Winnipeg Jets defenceman Ben Chiarot to a three-year contract. The deal has an average annual value of US$3.5 million. The six-foot-three, 219-poun...
Jul 04, 2019
Cody Ceci, Alex Kerfoot sign contract extensions with Toronto Maple Leafs
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed two of their newest acquisitions to contract extensions. Defenceman Cody Ceci agreed to a one-year extension with an average annual value of US$4.5 millio...
Jul 04, 2019
Races and Family Fun at Duck Lake
The PA Professional Chariot and Chuckwagon Association Sasktel Pro Tour will be at Duck Lake July 12-14 and includes many other activities including Goat Tipping, Mutton Busing, Barrel Racing, Relay R...
Jul 04, 2019
Hollywood casting call for Indigenous talent
If you're a budding Indigenous actor in our region, here's a chance for stardom.Paramount Pictures is looking for a female lead and supporting male to play Native American high school students in an u...
Jul 04, 2019 Rez Sisters, a play featuring a cast of around eight performers was staged by Spark Theatre in 2017. (Gord Barnett/ P.A. Spark Theatre)
Canadian rugby sevens men look to book Olympic ticket at North America qualifier
The Canadian men's rugby sevens team looks to join Canada's women this weekend in booking its ticket to the 2020 Olympics. And while the automatic qualification of the U.S. - thanks to ...
Jul 04, 2019
Fire kills 14 Russian sailors aboard deep-sea submersible
MOSCOW - Fire broke out on one of the Russian navy's deep-sea research submersibles, and toxic fumes from the blaze killed 14 sailors aboard, Russia's Defence Ministry said Tuesday, although it releas...
Jul 04, 2019
Supreme Court of Canada rejects Saskatchewan hit-man murder appeal
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the appeal of a Saskatchewan man convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in a planned killing gone wrong. Joshua Dylan Petri...
Jul 04, 2019
Graphic, sexually explicit Facebook posts roil Border Patrol
CLINT, Texas - The head of the U.S. Border Patrol slammed as "completely inappropriate" sexually explicit posts about U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and comments questioning the authenticity of a ...
Jul 04, 2019
Woody Allen makes La Scala debut directing comic opera
MILAN - Woody Allen said Tuesday as he prepared for his directing debut at Milan's La Scala opera house that he has "always had a warm and affectionate following in Europe." Allen was greeted with app...
Jul 04, 2019