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AP sources: MLBers keep service time in deal; draft may trim
NEW YORK - Players agreed to a deal with Major League Baseball that would preserve service time in the event this season is cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic, but left open details of what...
Mar 27, 2020

Kelly Taylor stand up comedy on Facebook live!
Monday at 7pm on the X-FM Facebook page join us as our very own Kelly Taylor is jumping on the Facebook live trend and doing a FREE live and local stand up set for PA.With artists like Garth Brooks an...
Mar 27, 2020

Saskatchewan Provincial Parks – Support The National Effort And Stay Home
With warm weather in the forecast for this weekend, Saskatchewan Parks is reminding residents provincial parks are not open at this time. "We understand many people are eager to get out of the house a...
Mar 27, 2020

Federal deficit to top $112 billion in coming year due to COVID-19, PBO says
OTTAWA - Parliament's budget watchdog is projecting that the federal deficit for the coming fiscal year could be $112.7 billion, a jump of $89.5 billion from previous forecasts as government spending ...
Mar 27, 2020

Trudeau seeking U.S. decision on troops at border; calls possibility a mistake
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it would be a mistake for the United States to position troops near the Canadian border. Trudeau says today he's told that to the T...
Mar 27, 2020

An Eight game schedule? The CFL Commissioner live on line answering questions? Will the Riders go black or blitz?
Well, as the Covid-19 virus rages and people are hopefully starting to realize this is not a B movie unfolding for us, sports, in particular the CFL, are looking to answer some hard questions about wh...
Mar 27, 2020

2 Olympic champions among 4 Russians with new doping charges
MONACO - Two Olympic gold medallists were among four Russian track and field athletes charged with doping offences. Andrei Silnov, the 2008 Olympic high jump champion, and Natalya Antyukh, the 2012 ch...
Mar 27, 2020

Supreme Court rules against speeder in dangerous-driving case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a reasonable person should foresee the risk of driving almost three times the speed limit towards a major city intersection. The decision today comes in ...
Mar 27, 2020

Canada stays at No. 8 in FIFA women's rankings, but now shares spot with Brazil
Canada remains eighth in the latest FIFA women's world soccer rankings, but now has some company. Brazil, which tied Canada 2-2 at the Tournoi de France earlier this month, moved up one spot to join t...
Mar 27, 2020

Shrinking economy and rate cuts as COVID cases surpass 4,000 in Canada
TORONTO - A shrivelling economy, sharply higher federal deficit and lower interest rates are among the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic as the steadily growing case load of infections in Canada surpas...
Mar 27, 2020