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Blues beat Bruins 3-2 in OT, tie Stanley Cup at game apiece
BOSTON - Carl Gunnarsson scored on a delayed penalty 3:51 into overtime, Jordan Binnington made 21 saves and the St. Louis Blues beat the Boston Bruins 3-2 on Wednesday night to tie the Stanley Cup Fi...
May 29, 2019
Kuraly, Bruins rally, beat Blues 4-2 in Stanley Cup opener
BOSTON - Torey Krug flew down the ice with his helmet off, like his big, bad predecessors on the Boston defence from the days of Eddie Shore and Bobby Orr. He lined up St. Louis centre Robert Thomas a...
May 29, 2019
Man found guilty of murdering Winnipeg woman found in barrel in backyard
WINNIPEG - A man has been convicted of killing a woman whose body was found in a barrel in the backyard of a Winnipeg home they shared with several other women. A jury has found Perez Cleveland, who i...
May 29, 2019
NBA calls Raptors about Drake's antics on Scotiabank Arena sidelines
TORONTO - The NBA wants to tone down Drake's on-court antics. The Canadian Press has learned the league made a call to the Raptors to discuss the Toronto rapper's behaviour on the sidelines. Drak...
May 29, 2019
Impact down Real Salt Lake 2-1; Montreal's first win in four games
MONTREAL - Omar Browne and Saphir Taider, from the penalty spot, scored to give the Montreal Impact a 2-1 victory over Real Salt Lake on Wednesday night. Evan Bush made three saves for the Impact (7-6...
May 29, 2019
'Jeopardy' champ James Holzhauer nears Ken Jennings' record
LOS ANGELES - James Holzhauer's "Jeopardy" winning streak is still going and he may be on track to surpass Ken Jennings' record earnings in the next month. Holzhauer on Monday won his 28th straight ga...
May 29, 2019
The big flag might stay; 'The Profit' might not go to jail
RALEIGH, N.C. - Maybe television's "The Profit" won't have to make business deals behind bars after all. Marcus Lemonis, star of CNBC's so-named reality television show, had said Wednesday that he wou...
May 29, 2019
Trudeau warns internet regulation could be used to repress citizens, free speech
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says governments need to be wary of taking steps to regulate social media platforms that could be used by authoritarian regimes to further repress free spee...
May 29, 2019
An emotional day for many at North West College Southern Graduation ceremony in Battlefords
For Kelsey Fox, Wednesday was a time for happy tears as she crossed the stage to receive her diploma, dressed in her long black gown, while wearing the customary mortarboard, a symbol of her crowning ...
May 29, 2019 North West College graduate Kelsey Fox shown following Wednesday's ceremony. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Riders’ Fajardo is ready to stake his claim
Cody Fajardo has a wish.Over his first three seasons in the CFL, Fajardo has been used primarily as a short-yardage quarterback, a third-stringer deployed only to plow ahead for a yard or two to move ...
May 29, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo during a training-camp workout in Saskatoon. (Wray Morrison/650 CKOM)