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Canadian Paralympians happy to be home after great experience in Paris
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Upon touching down on home soil, Paralympic silver medallist Jesse Zesseu called his first Games a surreal moment. Several Canadian Paralympians returned home at Toronto Pearson In...
Sep 09, 2024

Sidney Crosby 'pretty optimistic' on contract extension with Penguins
LAS VEGAS - Sidney Crosby is confident he will have a new contract signed before the start of the NHL regular season. Speaking at the NHL/NHLPA player media tour's North American leg Monday, the Pengu...
Sep 09, 2024

Fuel prices drop around Saskatchewan
You may have noticed around Saskatchewan that the price of gas has started to substantially drop. In the last week alone, the average price of gas in Prince Albert went from $1.65 per litre down to an...
Sep 09, 2024

B.C. set up a panel on bear deaths, will review conservation officer training
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is partnering with a bear welfare group to reduce the number of bears being euthanized in the province. Nicholas Scapillati, executive director of Grizzly Be...
Sep 09, 2024

Canada Soccer and national team players move closer to long-awaited labour deal
TORONTO - Canada Soccer has reached a "framework" for a long-awaited labour agreement with its men's and women's national teams. But the deal is contingent on a reworked deal with Canadian Soccer Busi...
Sep 09, 2024

Home destroyed by arson to be demolished
The owner of the house on 101st Street in North Battleford will have his property demolished. The house, which caught fire mid-June and was deemed arson, was found in disrepair by the director of prot...
Sep 09, 2024

BC United sources leak 'extremism' file on B.C. Conservatives' executive Isidorou
VICTORIA - Sources in the Official Opposition BC United party have leaked a file on the "extremism" of the B.C. Conservatives' executive director, Angelo Isidorou, less than two weeks after the partie...
Sep 09, 2024

Canada coach Jesse Marsch expects Mexico to present a tough test in Texas friendly
Despite Mexico failing to impress at this summer's Copa America and firing coach Jaime Lozano after failing to get out of the group stage, Canada coach Jesse Marsch is expecting a tough test Tuesday w...
Sep 09, 2024

PWHL names and logos receive mixed reactions: 'You will never please everyone'
Hockey star Hilary Knight wouldn't expect anything less. More than a year after the circuit was founded, the Professional Women's Hockey League unveiled much-anticipated names and logos for all six fr...
Sep 09, 2024

Two new group homes coming to Biggar
Premier Scott Moe announced a partnership with Farm in the Dell and the Town of Biggar to develop two new group homes for 10 people with intellectual disabilities. Farm in the Dell will also operate a...
Sep 09, 2024