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BMSA recognized with Softball Sask year-end awards
Battlefords Minor Softball Association (BMSA) has been recognized with a pair of Softball Saskatchewan's prestigious year-end awards, recognizing the program's excellence.Battlefords Minor Softball wa...
Oct 25, 2022

City looking for ways to deter thefts of catalytic converters
With catalytic converter thefts on the rise, the City of North Battleford is looking at ways to possibly fine people who are found with one illegally in their possession. Council approved the administ...
Oct 25, 2022

SaskEnergy offers safety, cost-cutting tips as furnaces fire up
Winter hasn't fully set in yet, but the cold weather has started to arrive, and that means many people are waking up their furnaces after several dormant months. SaskEnergy is providing tips for both ...
Oct 25, 2022

Clean fuel standard would cost people heavily and not reduce emissions: McTeague
A new clean fuel standard set by the Canadian government could take a bite out of people's wallets, a gas analyst said Tuesday.Dan McTeague, the president of the Canadians for Affordable Energy, said ...
Oct 25, 2022

Canadians must choose between hobbies and children's lives: gun-control group
OTTAWA - An umbrella group of gun-control advocates says any exceptions to the federal handgun freeze should be very narrowly defined. Wendy Cukier of the Coalition for Gun Control told the House of C...
Oct 25, 2022

Minister rejects Rogers-Shaw deal, sets conditions for Freedom Mobile sale
OTTAWA - Industry Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne says he will not approve the proposed deal between Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc., though he left the door open to a revi...
Oct 25, 2022

CF Montreal coach Nancy is looking ahead to improvement next season
MONTREAL - For most teams, finishing the season with the league's third-best record, playing in the Eastern Conference semifinals, and breaking both club and Major League Soccer records along the way ...
Oct 25, 2022

B.C. Lions QB Nathan Rourke set to start against Winnipeg Blue Bombers
SURREY, B.C. - Head coach Rick Campbell says he expects star quarterback Nathan Rourke to start for the B.C. Lions this week. Rourke was a dominant force early in the season, throwing for 3,281 yards ...
Oct 25, 2022

Scrum half Ross Braude returns for third season with the Toronto Arrows
TORONTO - The Toronto Arrows have re-signed Canadian international scrum half Ross Braude for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. The South African-born Braude, who qualifies to represent Canada throu...
Oct 25, 2022

Judge in Quebec racial profiling case orders end to random traffic stops
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has issued a major racial profiling ruling today, invalidating laws that allow police to randomly pull over drivers for traffic stops. Justice Michel Yergeau r...
Oct 25, 2022