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Foltynewicz, Duvall lead Braves to 3-0 win over Cardinals
ATLANTA - Adding another chapter to his remarkable turnaround season, Mike Foltynewicz threw seven crisp innings before pinch-hitter Adam Duvall hit a two-run homer that carried the Atlanta Braves to ...
Oct 04, 2019

John Tavares named captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs
TORONTO - John Tavares said recently when he used to dream about playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs there wasn't a 'C' on his jersey. Just being on the ice in blue and white was enough. Now the ...
Oct 04, 2019

Study shows water bills becoming unaffordable for low-income households in North Battleford, other Sask. cities
A study by a University of Regina professor shows water bills for low-income households in several Saskatchewan cities are becoming increasingly unaffordable.The report by Jim Warren, an assistant pro...
Oct 04, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Indie pot shops seek cooperative wholesale, distribution
Some of Saskatchewan's private independent cannabis shops are forming a co-operative to thwart what they see as the challenges from the already dominant corporate sector in the new legal cannabis mark...
Oct 04, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Indictment: ‘Party and play’ sex and drug use turned deadly
LOS ANGELES - Wealthy California political donor Ed Buck was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury for two overdose deaths in his West Hollywood apartment and charged with providing methamphetami...
Oct 04, 2019

‘I want to be No. 1’: Hughes climbing all-time sacks list
Charleston Hughes finds himself at No. 8 on the all-time CFL sacks list, but he's not satisfied with his current position."It feels good to be top 10, but when it's all said and done, I want to be No....
Oct 04, 2019 Charleston Hughes is leading the CFL in sacks entering Week 17. (File photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders)

US tariffs on EU goods would include cheese, wine, aircraft
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration plans to impose tariffs on $7.5 billion worth of European imports _ from gouda cheese to single-malt whiskey to large aircraft _ beginning Oct. 18 to retaliate ag...
Oct 04, 2019

Spanish farmers fear 'unfair' blow of US tariffs
CXD3RDOBA, Spain - Olives are harvested the old-fashioned way on Juan Luque's farm in southern Spain, as men thrash the gnarly tree limbs with poles, raining the small green fruit into the motorized c...
Oct 04, 2019

Court papers say UK's Johnson would seek delay if no deal
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson would seek an extension to the Oct. 31 Brexit deadline if no withdrawal deal with the European Union is reached by mid-October, according to a document re...
Oct 04, 2019

Saskatchewan Roughriders receiver Jordan Williams-Lambert ready for return
REGINA - Jordan Williams-Lambert is hoping to pick up where he left off with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Williams-Lambert, the CFL's West Division most outstanding rookie in 2018, makes his return t...
Oct 04, 2019