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UN: South African military plane crash-lands in Congo
GOMA, Congo - A South African air force plane crash-landed and caught fire Thursday at the Goma airport in eastern Congo but there were no casualties, authorities said. The C-130BZ military aircraft w...
Jan 09, 2020

Iranian missiles target Iraqi city used by Canadian Forces
OTTAWA - No Canadian Armed Forces troops were hurt by the barrage of Iranian missiles that hit targets in Iraq Tuesday, Canada's chief of defence staff says. "CAF families: I can assure you that all d...
Jan 09, 2020

Preds GM makes rare mid-season coaching change hiring Hynes
Nashville's David Poile did something he has rarely done in nearly 40 years as a general manager: He made a mid-season coaching change after being fed up with the Predators underachieving. Poile hired...
Jan 09, 2020

Toronto FC signs French-born defender Chris Mavinga to contract extension
Toronto FC nailed down a key part of its defence Thursday, signing centre back Chris Mavinga to a contract extension. The 28-year-old Mavinga and U.S. international Omar Gonzalez have become the ...
Jan 09, 2020

$25,000 Cash Bingo
The Meadow Lake Lion's Guaranteed $25,000 Cash Bingo will be Friday, February 28 at the Meadow Lake and District ArenaDoors open at 5:30 P.M.50/50 Quarter Bingo is from 6 - 8 P.M.The Major Games start...
Jan 09, 2020

Russia's Putin visits Syria to meet Assad, a key Iran ally
DAMASCUS, Syria - Russian President Vladimir Putin travelled to Damascus on Tuesday for a meeting with President Bashar Assad, a rare visit that comes amid soaring tensions between Iran and United Sta...
Jan 09, 2020

The CFL could be better organized heading into the new year
So somewhere at a ski resort in Ontario, the CFL bigwigs are holding their winter meetings and well, the CFL could use a good informercial.A lot of this is due to the Collective Bargaining Agreement o...
Jan 09, 2020 Greg Urbanoski

A quick look at the changing rules around Olympic athletes and sponsorship
The Canadian Olympic Committee released its marketing guidelines Tuesday for athletes and their personal sponsors during the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo from July 24 through Aug. 9.&nbs...
Jan 09, 2020

Montreal Lake Walleye Derby
This increadible event will be at Montreal Lake on March 21st. It is a 6 HR CATCH and RELEASE derby which runs from 11:00AM - 5:00PMONE HOLE PER-PERSONHOLES WILL BE PRE-DRILLED50/50 DRAWSON-SITE CANTE...
Jan 09, 2020

Royal reset: Harry, Meghan aim to control their media image
LONDON - The relationship between Britain's royals and the media is awkward, mistrustful - and seemingly inescapable. But now Meghan and Harry want out. After years of growing tension with the press, ...
Jan 09, 2020