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Riders’ Maas finally gets to see offence in action
After a year-and-a-half of waiting and countless Zoom calls, Jason Maas is starting to see his offence come to fruition.After being let go as head coach of the Edmonton Football Team in November 2019,...
Jul 19, 2021

Banner program to honour area veterans coming to Melfort
The Melfort Legion banner program will aim to honour area veterans in time for Remembrance Day.The Legion, along with Melfort Communities in Bloom, have partnered in an effort to fly commemorative ban...
Jul 19, 2021

Veteran centre Mike Filer announces retirement after eight seasons with Tiger-Cats
Mike Filer is putting himself and his family ahead of the game of football. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats veteran centre retired Monday after playing eight seasons with the CFL club. Filer, 31, re-signed Ma...
Jul 19, 2021

Mounties say human remains located in search for missing Manitoba man
WINNIPEG - Mounties say they have found human remains while investigating the case of a missing Manitoba man whose neighbor is a suspect in his disappearance. The remains were found in the Rural Munic...
Jul 19, 2021

Radar search for graves at site of former residential school in Delmas a long process
The radar search for graves at the former residential school site at Delmas could take many more months before it is fully complete.Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs project lead on the ground searches...
Jul 19, 2021

EXPLAINER: How California could recall its governor
LOS ANGELES - California will hold a recall election Sept. 14 that could remove first-term Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office. The date was set by Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, a Democrat and Newso...
Jul 19, 2021

'Better job' needed in teaching Canadians about residential schools: Carey Price
KELOWNA, B.C. - The Montreal Canadiens' Carey Price says more needs to be done to make more people aware of the history of residential schools. Price, from Anahim Lake, B.C., has previously spoken abo...
Jul 19, 2021

Province reports 85 new cases, no new deaths over past three days
The province reported a combined 85 new cases of COVID-19 today and over the weekend, as well as 206 combined recoveries. Thirty-three new cases of COVID-19 and 55 recoveries were reported in Saskatch...
Jul 19, 2021

3 dead near Michigan country music festival were school pals
BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) - Three young men who likely died from carbon monoxide exposure while camping near a country music festival in Michigan were pals who played high school football together. They we...
Jul 19, 2021

Chief: Bomb squad caused Los Angeles fireworks explosion
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles bomb technicians grossly miscalculated the weight of homemade fireworks last month when they detonated them in a containment chamber, causing a catastrophic explosion th...
Jul 19, 2021