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Triple-A Sharks to wrap preseason with weekend showcase in Swift Current
The Battlefords Triple-A Sharks will travel to Swift Current this weekend to wrap their preseason schedule with a league showcase. Featuring all seven teams from the Saskatchewan Female Under-18 AAA H...
Sep 29, 2021

Olympic swimmer who stormed Capitol pleads guilty to felony
WASHINGTON (AP) - Five-time Olympic swimming medalist Klete Keller pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony charge for storming the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot and faces 21 to 27 months in prison....
Sep 29, 2021

"All or Nothing" series offers unprecedented peek behind Maple Leafs' curtain
TORONTO - The emotions of the moment are raw. Maple Leafs goalie Jack Campbell is in tears. Star forwards Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner cut lonely figures, heads bowed, in a despondent locker room....
Sep 29, 2021

Olympic swimmer who stormed Capitol pleads guilty to felony
WASHINGTON (AP) - Five-time Olympic swimming medalist Klete Keller pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony charge for storming the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot and faces 21 to 27 months in prison....
Sep 29, 2021

Greens should investigate Annamie Paul's racism claims, says leadership contender
OTTAWA - The Green activist who came second to Annamie Paul in the last leadership race says he is being urged by many to stand again. Dimitri Lascaris, a Montreal-based lawyer and activist, is "vacil...
Sep 29, 2021

Strong support for Honouring Walk; Flag-Raising ceremony
The City of North Battleford, Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs Inc. (BATC), Red Pheasant Communications representatives, as well as many other supporters, came together Wednesday at the Don Ross Centr...
Sep 29, 2021

Prisons bureau: Death toll in Ecuador prison clash tops 100
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - The death toll in a gang battle in a penitentiary in the coastal city of Guayaquil has risen to more than 100 as authorities find more bodies, Ecuador's prison service said Wedne...
Sep 29, 2021

Former MP 'happy yet emotional' for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
La Loche Mayor Georgina Jolibois is proud of the work she did during her time as an MP to make Sept. 30 a federal holiday."Thinking about the next few days, I feel happy yet emotional in the sense tha...
Sep 29, 2021

Former Flames captain returns to Saddledome in Kraken colours
CALGARY - Mark Giordano didn't wait until the NHL regular season to return to the Saddledome. The former Flames captain feels it's important to get pre-season games in with the Seattle Kraken, who plu...
Sep 29, 2021

Truth and Reconciliation Day personal for new governor general, Mary May Simon
OTTAWA - Governor General Mary May Simon has some very personal reflections on the eve of Canada's first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. As the daughter of a white father and Inuk mother, M...
Sep 29, 2021