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Alouettes, Redblacks tie 20-20 to cap CFL pre-season play
Montreal Alouettes quarterbacks Antonio Pipkin and Vernon Adams Jr., each threw a touchdown, while Ottawa Redblacks pivots Will Arndt and Danny Collins threw for over 100 yards and an interc...
Jun 06, 2019
Cole Watson's touchdown catch earns Argos exhibition win over Ticats
HAMILTON - Dakota Prukop's 43-yard touchdown pass to Cole Watson in the fourth quarter led the Toronto Argonauts to a 30-23 exhibition win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Thursday night. Watson's ...
Jun 06, 2019
Living Sky met two, partially met one of four 2017 recommendations: Auditor's report
A follow-up by the provincial auditor of Living Sky School Division found it met two, partially met one but missed one of four recommendations from a 2017 audit on engaging students from Grade 7 to 12...
Jun 06, 2019 (file photo/CKOM)
Dekker Centre Season launch a celebration of what’s ahead
The Dekker Centre is hosting its 2019-20 Season Launch June 12. Beginning at 6:30 p.m., General Manager of the Dekker Centre, Kali Weber, said the event is all about getting the community involved in ...
Jun 06, 2019 The Dekker Centre's Season Launch will feature live music, food and a look at what’s to come this season. (Facebook/Dekker Centre)
Students go back to the past during Museum Days at WDM
It was hands-on learning at its best.A total of about 1,200 elementary-school students in the Battlefords and surrounding area stepped back into history this week at the Western Development Museum to ...
Jun 06, 2019 Students take a ride in a horse-drawn carriage during Museum Days at the Western Development Museum, Thursday. The event continues on Friday, June 7. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Education of Nunavut high school students, adult learners found wanting: auditor
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut is failing to prepare its high school and mature students for further education or for the working world, says a highly critical report from the federal auditor general...
Jun 06, 2019
Ellsworth hoping football journey continues at Mosaic Stadium
The Saskatchewan Roughriders take the field at Mosaic Stadium on Thursday to wrap up their CFL pre-season schedule against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.Saskatchewan is hoping for a better result with man...
Jun 06, 2019 Austin Ellsworth prepares for a drill during Saskatchewan Roughriders training camp on June 4, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Extradition hearing for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou set for early next year
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Supreme Court has accepted a plan by the defence team for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou that would see her extradition hearing begin Jan. 20, more than a year after she ...
Jun 06, 2019
Canadian veterans prepare to return to Juno Beach for 75th anniversary of D-Day
OTTAWA - Albert Roy was a fresh-faced 20-year-old from St. Jean Baptiste, Man., when Canadian, American and British troops stormed ashore on D-Day to begin the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi c...
Jun 06, 2019
New charges laid against father in death of 7-year-old Quebec girl
GRANBY, Que. - New charges have been laid against the father of a seven-year-old Granby girl who died in late April after being found badly injured in the family home east of Montreal. The 3...
Jun 06, 2019