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Visiting Avalanche score a weird one to beat the Senators 5-4
OTTAWA - Mikko Rantanen had a goal and two assists and Lars Eller scored a bizarre winner as the Colorado Avalanche won their fourth straight game with a 5-4 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Thursd...
Mar 16, 2023
Pascal Siakam's double-double lifts Raptors over visiting Thunder 128-111
TORONTO - Pascal Siakam's double-double powered the Raptors past the Oklahoma City Thunder 128-111 on Thursday as Toronto earned back-to-back wins. Siakam led the Raptors (34-36) with 25 points, 14 re...
Mar 16, 2023
California to transform prison with death row legacy
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to transform a state lockup that is home to the nation's largest number of death row inmates into a facility where prisoners can receive ed...
Mar 16, 2023
Local RMs call on government to speed up internet service at rural schools
Concerns related to slow internet speed in rural areas and the impact on schools, were front and centre during this week's Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities convention (SARM).One of the...
Mar 16, 2023
Deer shot and killed by arrow in Manitou Beach
Editorial note: This story contains a photo that may be disturbing to some readers.Conservations officers are asking the public for help after a deer was killed in the Resort Village of Manitou Beach....
Mar 16, 2023
Princeton stuns Arizona 59-55 in March Madness
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Tosan Evbuomwan and Princeton used a late-game run to earn the school's first NCAA Tournament win in 25 years, topping No. 2 seed Arizona 59-55 on Thursday. The 15th-seeded T...
Mar 16, 2023
Melfort world champion chuckwagon racer to have entrance signs established throughout community
Layne MacGillivray is set to be the new face of the City of Melfort, at least when people are entering the community.The world-champion chuckwagon racer was born and raised in Melfort, graduating from...
Mar 16, 2023
Guards union says second pigeon with a backpack found in B.C. prison
VANCOUVER - A pigeon wearing a tiny empty backpack has been captured inside a federal prison in British Columbia, in what a union official says was likely another plan by inmates to smuggle drugs. The...
Mar 16, 2023
Vancouver councillor supports foreign interference probe at municipal level
Vancouver Coun. Lenny Zhou says he is in full support of a foreign interference probe for elections at all levels of Canada's governments after he was named in a newspaper report on the issue. Zhou sa...
Mar 16, 2023
Government finds discrimination at Canadian Human Rights Commission, union says
OTTAWA - A union representing public service lawyers says the government has found there was discrimination and systemic racism in an institution specifically designed to root it out. The Association ...
Mar 16, 2023