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Roughriders re-sign receiver Shaq Evans
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have scratched a big name off their list of pending free agents.The CFL team announced Friday it had signed receiver Shaq Evans to a one-year contract extension. Evans was...
Feb 07, 2020 Saskatchewan Roughriders receiver Shaq Evans. (File photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Town of Nipawin responds to the motion defeat of researching a SUMA/SARM amalgamation
The Town of Nipawin headed home a bit saddened, but not completely surprised, following a motion defeat at the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) convention.During the SUMA conventio...
Feb 07, 2020 (File photo/northeastNOW Staff).
Bolton reviewing letter from White House about manuscript
Former national security adviser John Bolton's team on Friday accused the White House of trying to suppress his unpublished book after word surfaced that the National Security Council had sent him a l...
Feb 07, 2020
'The chill is real,' Canada's ambassador to China says of fraught relationship
OTTAWA - Canada's ambassador to China says there is a chill in relations between the two countries since the People's Republic imprisoned two Canadians, but his top priority remains winning their...
Feb 07, 2020
Son clinches Tottenham's 3-2 win over Southampton in FA Cup
LONDON - Son Heung-min's late penalty secured Tottenham's progress in the FA Cup on Wednesday, clinching a 3-2 victory over Southampton in a fourth-round replay. Son was awarded the penalty despite go...
Feb 07, 2020
Autopsy: Nick Gordon died from heroin overdose
ORLANDO, Fla. - Bobbi Kristina Brown's ex-partner died last month from a heroin overdose, an autopsy found. Nick Gordon, whose legal name is Nicholas Bouler, died from an accidental overdose on New Ye...
Feb 07, 2020
Battleford Beaver Blues on hunt to defend championship, as playoffs begin
For the Battleford Beaver Blues men's hockey team, winning is something that has become synonymous with the team's name amongst the senior hockey ranks in the region. Fresh off winning the league cham...
Feb 07, 2020 The Battleford Beaver Blues took home the Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League championship last season, pictured here. With a league-best 14-2 record heading into the playoffs this year, the Beaver Blues are amongst the favorites to win the title once again. (File photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Three Sask. communities hoping to be first in province named Kraft Hockeyville
A rink from Saskatchewan has never won Kraft Hockeyville.Three communities from the province are looking to be the first.Dinsmore, Moose Jaw and Pense are all hopeful 2020 is the year a Saskatchewan c...
Feb 07, 2020 The village of Dinsmore (top left), City of Moose Jaw (bottom left), and Town of Pense (top right) are all competing for Kraft Hockeyville 2020. (krafthockeyville.ca)
Guernsey residents allowed home 34 hours after oil car derailment, fire
Nearly 90 people who live in Guernsey, Sask. are allowed to return to their homes after an evacuation order was lifted by emergency officials at 4 p.m. Friday.The order was initially placed Thursday m...
Feb 07, 2020 A track view of the derailment on the eastern outskirts of Guernsey on Feb. 6, 2020. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Toronto FC signs veteran Argentina winger/forward Pablo Piatti as third DP
Toronto FC has signed Argentine winger/forward Pablo Piatti as its new designated player. The 30-year-old Piatti leaves Barcelona-based Espanyol for Major League Soccer on a free transfer. Having pass...
Feb 07, 2020