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McEwen’s Saskatchewan rink defeats Team Canada at 2024 Brier
Mike McEwen outdueled Brad Gushue as Saskatchewan knocked off the defending Canadian champions 7-6 on Saturday at the Montana's Brier.McEwen, who was good on 89 per cent of his shots, stole points in ...
Mar 3, 2024
Inaccurate data on forest fuels may stoke B.C. wildfires, study finds
VANCOUVER - Wildfire fighting and forest management decisions are potentially being hampered by inaccurate government data that misrepresents forest fuel loads in British Columbia's Interior, a new st...
Mar 3, 2024
Curling portion of SSFA 55+ Games to begin Monday
Over 70 people from across Saskatchewan will take to North Battleford's Northland Power Curling Centre early next week to compete in the curling portion of the Saskatchewan Senior Fitness Association ...
Mar 3, 2024
Winter storm closes highways to the Battlefords
All roads lead to nowhere for the residents of the Battlefords. The Highway Hotline has issued a report which shows nothing but red on the map and everything has shut down. The area had been under a w...
Mar 3, 2024
Long time between Briers, Newfoundland and Labrador lead back in it 35 years later
REGINA - Alex Smith is back in the Canadian men's curling championship 35 years after his last appearance in Saskatoon in 1989. Newfoundland and Labrador's lead at the Montana's Brier in Regina was a ...
Mar 3, 2024
Lawmakers elect Shehbaz Sharif as Pakistan's new premier. Protests in parliament greet appointment
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Lawmakers in Pakistan's National Assembly elected Sunday Shehbaz Sharif as the country's new prime minister for the second time as allies of imprisoned former premier Imran Khan in pa...
Mar 3, 2024
AI has come for music. So far, there's a Great Big Sea between people and algorithms
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The production is slick, the drums are on point, and the vocals sound great, but a titan of Newfoundland and Labrador's music scene hears something off about "It Could Be Worse" and...
Mar 3, 2024
North Stars battle Mustangs the distance, but fall in OT
The Battlefords North Stars found themselves on the wrong end of the box score for a fifth straight, Saturday, falling 5-4 to the Melfort Mustangs on home ice at the Access Communications Centre. Desp...
Mar 3, 2024
NHL roundup: Draisaitl scores 30th goal as Oilers clip Kraken 2-1
SEATTLE (AP) - Leon Draisaitl scored his 30th goal of the season off the league-leading 73rd assist from Connor McDavid, Brett Kulak scored early in the third period, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the ...
Mar 3, 2024
Sharangovich shines as Flames rally to burn Penguins 4-3
CALGARY - Yegor Sharangovich scored twice, including the game-winner with 50 seconds left in the third period, as the Calgary Flames rallied from a two-goal, third-period deficit on Saturday for a rou...
Mar 3, 2024