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Santander and Roden hit home runs to power Blue Jays to 6-3 victory over Braves
TORONTO - Anthony Santander belted a three-run homer and Alan Roden hit a two-run shot to lift the Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night. Both blasts came off Atl...
Apr 15, 2025
Nazar scores in OT as Blackhawks edge Senators 4-3
OTTAWA - The Chicago Blackhawks closed out their season with a 4-3 overtime win over the Ottawa Senators Tuesday night with Frank Nazar scoring the winner 48 seconds into the extra frame. The Blackhaw...
Apr 15, 2025
Gas firm says a contractor is dead in a gas plant fire near Fort St. John, B.C.
FORT ST. JOHN - A contractor has been killed and another person hurt in a fire in a gas plant north of Fort St. John, B.C. Alberta-based Tourmaline Oil, which runs the Gundy oil and gas extraction fac...
Apr 15, 2025
La Loche teen wins gold in Indigenous paddle making at Skills Canada competition
Claire Haynes remembers the first and only time she dipped a paddle made of her own hands into the water. "We were out on (Lac La Loche) and I couldn't wipe the smile off my face," she said of her exp...
Apr 15, 2025
Sask. housing sales increase as numbers fall nationally due to market uncertainty
The Saskatchewan home sales forecast is telling a much different story than what is being realized across Canada. The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) downgraded its forecast for home sales thi...
Apr 15, 2025
UPDATE: A fourth teenage boy charged in shooting incident at Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation
Update: April 17, 3:16 p.m.Ahtahkakoop RCMP said a fourth teenage boy wanted in connection with a shooting incident on April 12 was arrested by Prince Albert Police on Thursday.He is scheduled to appe...
Apr 15, 2025
Catching up with Mayor Hawtin on takeaways from the 2025 SUMA
North Battleford Mayor Kelli Hawtin says this year's Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) Convention and Trade show provided both insight and inspiration as council looks to tackle maj...
Apr 15, 2025
Four students injured in shooting at Dallas high school, police say
DALLAS (AP) - A shooting at a Dallas high school on Tuesday injured four students who were taken to hospitals, police said. Authorities did not say what led up to the shooting at Wilmer-Hutchins High ...
Apr 15, 2025
Sharks captain Logan Couture ends his hockey career because of debilitating injury
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Logan Couture began dreaming of playing in the NHL as a 3-year-old carrying around a stick nearly everywhere he went. After playing 15 seasons and more than 1,000 games in the ...
Apr 15, 2025
Melfort Fire Department adds to fleet of trucks
The Melfort Fire Department (MFD) has welcomed a new fire truck to its fleet. The 2025 Freightliner was custom-built by Fort Garry Fire Trucks of Winnipeg. Engine 221 will now become the department's ...
Apr 15, 2025