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Strasburg, Nationals reach record $245M, 7-year deal
SAN DIEGO - Stephen Strasburg returned to the Washington Nationals with a record contract on the first day of the winter meetings, a deal that puts fellow free agent pitcher Gerrit Cole in position fo...
Dec 09, 2019
Siakam scores 22, Raptors beat Bulls 93-92 to stop slide
CHICAGO - Pascal Siakam scored 22 points, and the Toronto Raptors held on to beat the Chicago Bulls 93-92 on Monday night when Zach LaVine missed a runner in the closing seconds. The defending NBA cha...
Dec 09, 2019
Duclair scores twice, Nilsson makes 38 saves as Senators beat Bruins 5-2
OTTAWA - Wins haven't come easily or often for the Ottawa Senators this season, but Monday night they found a way to beat one of the top teams in the league. The Senators (13-17-1) were led by Anthony...
Dec 09, 2019
Unfinished hides, residential schools in major Ottawa Indigenous art exhibition
OTTAWA - When you walk through the doors of the National Gallery of Canada and spy children playing on a massive new art installation now gracing the main entrance, it's clear the galle...
Dec 09, 2019
RCMP not negligent in death of B.C. teen whose overdose was filmed: watchdog
LANGLEY, B.C. - British Columbia's police watchdog has concluded two Langley RCMP officers were not negligent in their response to a report of a teenage boy who was in distress after consuming a large...
Dec 09, 2019
Local MP applauds as coast guard works to secure derelict ship from N.S. river
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - The Canadian Coast Guard has secured a listing navy vessel from a Nova Scotia river, in the latest major case to occur in a federal cabinet minister who has champion...
Dec 09, 2019
Feds charge Volkswagen with violating environment law for faking emissions tests
OTTAWA - German auto giant Volkswagen appears ready to strike a plea deal with Canada after being charged Monday for allegedly importing cars into this country that company executives knew violated em...
Dec 09, 2019
Freeland heads to Mexico in effort to finalize new NAFTA revisions
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is to meet American and Mexican officials in Mexico City on Tuesday amid reports a deal to revise the new North American free-trade...
Dec 09, 2019
Train derailment near Guernsey causes oil car fire, closes Highway 16
The RCMP is telling drivers to avoid Highway 16 east of Saskatoon after a train hauling crude oil went off the tracks and caught fire early Monday.CP Rail said the derailment happened west of Guernsey...
Dec 09, 2019 (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Melfort's Christmas Castle returning for a second year
For the second Christmas season in a row, Melfort's Christmas Castle is set to open tonight.The community project was a vision of a local doctor who felt there should be more activity on Main Street o...
Dec 09, 2019 Melfort's Christmas Castle will open to the public tonight. (Angie Rolheiser/northeastNOW Staff)