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Beavers headline NSRBL Thursday slate, looking to keep season alive
The North Battleford Beavers kick off a busy Thursday slate in the North Sask River Baseball League (NSRBL), as the team travel to Unity for Game 2 of their quarterfinal best-of-three series with the ...
Jul 14, 2022

Senators lock up young sniper Josh Norris with eight-year, $63.6-million contract
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have locked up a big piece of their young core by signing Josh Norris to an eight-year, US$63.6-million contract. The 23-year-old led the Senators with 35 goals in 2021-22...
Jul 14, 2022

Bombers set to host Stampeders in showdown of CFL's last two unbeaten teams
WINNIPEG - Mike O'Shea downplayed Friday's battle of the unbeaten, but the Winnipeg head coach hopes CFL fans will be hyped. The 5-0 Blue Bombers host the 4-0 Calgary Stampeders at IG Field, with both...
Jul 14, 2022

RCMP Report: Assault victim treated in Saskatoon, suspect identified
A North Battleford man was hospitalized Monday evening after being assaulted with a hammer.Police were called to a residence on the 2000 block of 99th Street, where they found a male in 40s suffering ...
Jul 14, 2022

Ivana Trump, first wife of former president, dies at 73
NEW YORK (AP) - Ivana Trump, who formed half of a publicity power couple in the 1980s as the first wife of former President Donald Trump and mother of his oldest children, has died in New York City, h...
Jul 14, 2022

Federal government sends $2B in health transfers, other funding to provinces
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the provinces, territories and municipalities have now received more than $2.85 billion promised months ago for health care, transit systems and classr...
Jul 14, 2022

Man acquitted in Air India bombing shot dead in B.C.: family of victim
SURREY, B.C. - Ripudaman Singh Malik, the man acquitted in the 1985 Air India terrorist bombing, appears to have been killed in a shooting in Surrey, B.C., according to several media outlets. Vancouve...
Jul 14, 2022

Canadians Kellett, DeFrancesco excited to make Honda Indy Toronto debuts
TORONTO - Racecars will once again be whizzing past Toronto's scenic Princes' Gates all weekend, with the statue Winged Victory looming over Turn 1 of the Exhibition Place track. Local drivers Dalton ...
Jul 14, 2022

CFL commissioner Ambrosie still bullish on league adding 10th franchise
HALIFAX - The global pandemic pushed it to the back burner but commissioner Randy Ambrosie says expansion has always been on the CFL's radar. On Saturday, the Toronto Argonauts and Saskatchewan Roughr...
Jul 14, 2022

Veteran goaltender Cam Talbot looks to being leadership to young Ottawa core
OTTAWA - Cam Talbot is not sure what his first season in Ottawa will bring, but believes he still has a lot to offer the Senators as they look to become a playoff contender. The Senators acquired Talb...
Jul 14, 2022