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‘He wanted to talk:’ Saskatchewan woman recalls finding Mountie killer in field
SPIRITWOOD, Sask. - For a Saskatchewan woman who discovered a fugitive Mountie killer hiding in her family's hayfield more than a decade ago, the intense search for two young murder suspects in northe...
Aug 01, 2019 (Submitted photo/Canadian Press)
CBS stands by 'Bull,' star in wake of misconduct claim
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - CBS is standing behind "Bull" and its star, who is getting leadership training in the wake of a sexual harassment settlement. CBS Entertainment President Kelly Kahl told a TV c...
Aug 01, 2019
Fox's Tomi Lahren apologizes for tweet on Kamala Harris
NEW YORK - Fox News personality Tomi Lahren is apologizing for an offensive tweet directed at Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Lahren hosts a show on the digital Fox Nation site and is...
Aug 01, 2019
Local paleontologist recalls dig for Scotty the T-Rex 25 years later
It was April 1994 when Grant Schutte and paleontologist Tim Tokaryk, while on a road trip to Drumheller, decided to stop by a ranch outside of Frontier in southern Saskatchewan to investigate the site...
Aug 01, 2019 1050 CJNB morning show host Grant Schutte is seen in 1994 digging at the site where Scotty the T-Rex was found. (supplied/Grant Schutte)
Lack of oxygen likely caused fatal plane crash near Calgary, says TSB report
A lack of oxygen likely played a role in a plane crash southwest of Calgary that killed two people, an investigation by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada found. The board said in a report rele...
Aug 01, 2019
US coach Jill Ellis stepping down after 2 World Cup titles
With two Women's World Cup titles in hand, U.S. national team coach Jill Ellis says it's time to move on. Ellis announced Tuesday that she's resigning, just more than three weeks after the United Stat...
Aug 01, 2019
Friends, co-workers mourn 4 members of same family found dead in Markham, Ont.
The four people found dead in a Markham, Ont., home over the weekend came from three generations of what appeared to be a happy family, friends said Tuesday, as they mourned the victims of what police...
Aug 01, 2019
Micah Johnson battled through injuries to become CFL force
Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive tackle Micah Johnson battled through a bevy of injuries to become one of the CFL's top defensive players."There's been too many times I wasn't supposed to be playing...
Aug 01, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive tackle Micah Johnson (2) at practice on July 29, 2019. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Statistics agency takes second look at ethnicity question ahead of 2021 census
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada officials estimate the number of people identifying as Jewish in the 2016 census could have been double what it was if not for a small change on the questionnaire. The numbe...
Aug 01, 2019
FBI calls killer at California festival 'kind of a loner'
GILROY, Calif. - The 19-year-old gunman who opened fire at a Northern California food festival was "kind of a loner" and much of his life was shrouded in mystery, the FBI said Tuesday as investigators...
Aug 01, 2019