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Maple Leafs defenceman Jake Muzzin out about four weeks with broken hand
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have suffered another blow on defence with the loss of Jake Muzzin to a broken hand. The Leafs announced Wednesday that Muzzin will be out for about four weeks after ...
Feb 26, 2020

German man drives car into Carnival crowd, injures 30
BERLIN - A man intentionally drove a car into a crowd at a Carnival parade in a small town in central Germany, injuring around 30 people including children, officials said Monday. The driver, a 29-yea...
Feb 26, 2020

Two men killed in separate snowmobile incidents over the weekend
The RCMP responded to two fatal snowmobile crashes over the weekend.On Friday night, the Outlook RCMP responded to a single-snowmobile collision in the RM of Fertile Valley. A 44-year-old man was pron...
Feb 26, 2020 (Saskatchewan RCMP)

Pioneering black NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson dies
Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who calculated rocket trajectories and earth orbits for NASA's early space missions and was later portrayed in the 2016 hit film "Hidden Figures," about pioneering b...
Feb 26, 2020

Death toll rises to 22 from Delhi riots during Trump trip
NEW DELHI - At least 22 people were killed and 189 injured in three days of clashes in New Delhi that coincided with U.S. President Donald Trump's first state visit to India, with the death toll expec...
Feb 26, 2020

US, South Korea militaries face new enemy in viral outbreak
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The U.S. and South Korean militaries, used to being on guard for threats from North Korea, face a new and formidable enemy that could hurt battle readiness: a virus spreadi...
Feb 26, 2020

Teachers’ union, province have ‘productive’ discussion
Parents with kids in school can likely breathe a sigh of relief, at least for this week.Patrick Maze, the president of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF), said his meeting Tuesday with Educat...
Feb 26, 2020 (File photo/CJME News Staff)

'No way out': Demographics drive GOP nosedive on West Coast
BEND, Ore. - In the early 1990s, the population of Bend was around 25,000 and leaned Republican. A lumber mill operated along the banks of the Deschutes River in Oregon's high-desert country. Today, t...
Feb 26, 2020

Volunteering Opportunities in Big River, Shellbrook, Canwood
The following are Volunteer Service Opportunities in Big River, Shellbrook and Canwood for the week of February 24, 2020.The Volunteer Service Department is in need of caring, compassionate and commit...
Feb 26, 2020

Roseneath Theatre's OUTSIDE Touring with OSAC
Roseneath Theatre - "Outside" (ON) for Grades 7-12 audiences will be touring March 2-March 9 with OSAC's Performing Arts in Schools Programwww.roseneath.caOutside is the story of Daniel, a teen who tr...
Feb 26, 2020