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Longtime QMJHL commissioner Gilles Courteau announces retirement
MONTREAL - Longtime Quebec Major Junior Hockey League commissioner Gilles Courteau said he will retire part way through the 2023-24 season. Courteau, who has been involved in the league for 47 years, ...
Dec 16, 2022

'If all else fails, we will blockade': Chiefs call for Sask. bill to be scrapped
SASKATOON - Chiefs in Saskatchewan sent a message to the provincial government to scrap a controversial bill or the new year could start with blockades. "Political avenues, legal avenues are in place,...
Dec 16, 2022

Right-handed pitcher Chris Bassitt officially signs with Toronto Blue Jays
TORONTO - Chris Bassitt is officially a member of the Toronto Blue Jays. Bassitt and the Blue Jays have agreed to a new three-year deal worth $63 million. Several media outlets had reported that the 3...
Dec 16, 2022

Former Canada foes face off Saturday to decide third place at the World Cup
If nothing else, Saturday's third-place playoff at the World Cup serves as a reminder of the tough neighbourhood that Canada found itself in in its return to the men's soccer showcase after a 36-year ...
Dec 16, 2022

RCMP calling for more resources as violent gun crime rises in Sask.
Violent gun crime has risen by 43 per cent in RCMP jurisdictions in Saskatchewan since 2017, and police say they need more resources in order to proactively address the problem.According to the Mounti...
Dec 16, 2022

Alberta wraps up fall legislature sitting dominated by controversial sovereignty act
EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition NDP says the first sitting under Premier Danielle Smith was a short, chaotic mess with the passage of a sovereignty act that dooms the province to confusion over who fo...
Dec 16, 2022

Biden signs bill to keep government open through Dec. 23
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden signed legislation Friday to fund the government for an additional week as lawmakers race to finish work on a full-year spending package before they head home for...
Dec 16, 2022

North West College celebrates grand opening of new health training lab
North West College celebrated the launch of the new Cenovus Energy Simulation Learning Centre at its campus in North Battleford Thursday. The new health training lab expansion was made possible with s...
Dec 16, 2022

Five Sask. food security projects getting $1.1M in funding from feds
The federal government is funding five projects in Saskatchewan that are strengthening food security in Indigenous, remote, and northern communities.Marie-Claude Bibeau, the Minister of Agriculture an...
Dec 16, 2022

Spanish playmaker Victor Vazquez back for second stint with Toronto FC
TORONTO - Spanish playmaker Victor Vazquez has rejoined Toronto FC. The 35-year-old spent the past two seasons with the Los Angeles Galaxy. Vazquez left Toronto in January 2019 to join a club in Qatar...
Dec 16, 2022