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Nigeria rebounds to beat Canada in pre-FIBA World Cup friendly
WINNIPEG - The Canadian national basketball men's team couldn't quite erase a 10-point deficit late in the fourth quarter, losing 90-81 to Nigeria in exhibition play on Friday nigh...
Aug 09, 2019

Drew Moor, Toronto FC take opening leg against Ottawa Fury
OTTAWA - Toronto FC is certainly in control heading back home for their Canadian Championship semifinal. Drew Moor and Tsubasa Endoh scored as Toronto FC went on the road Wednesday and took the openin...
Aug 09, 2019

Canada beats Nigeria 96-87 in Nick Nurse's Canadian team coaching debut
TORONTO - Nick Nurse is already leaving his stamp on Canada's national men's basketball team just one game into his tenure as head coach. Less than two months after guiding the Toronto Raptors to thei...
Aug 09, 2019

Williams beats Osaka 6-3, 6-4 in first meeting after controversial US Open final
TORONTO - The rematch between Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka didn't last long. Williams handled Osaka 6-3, 6-4, on Friday in the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup. It was the first time they played eac...
Aug 09, 2019

New Michael Moore-backed doc tackles alternative energy
LOS ANGELES - What if alternative energy isn't all it's cracked up to be? That's the provocative question explored in the documentary "Planet of the Humans," which is backed and promoted by filmmaker ...
Aug 09, 2019

Northern youth returns with silver medal from Toronto hockey tournament
Nicholas Charles of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band is back home after an intense hockey tournament called King of the Rings in Toronto. In all, more than 250 teams from around the world competed at the ...
Aug 09, 2019 The Sunchild Law Eagles consist of youth from several communities. (submitted photo/Eleanore Sunchild)

Hanus earns another Pan Am swimming medal for Canada with silver
LIMA, Peru - Danielle Hanus had a bounce-back performace on her second day in the pool at the Pan Am Games. Hanus won a silver medal on Wednesday in the women's 100-metre butterfly, a day after&n...
Aug 09, 2019

Dinner-concert fundraiser planned for September to benefit hospital, humanitarian effort
Those who love the golden oldies tunes will be in for a treat with an upcoming dinner-concert fundraiser.Organizers are planning an event called Rock And Rattle at the Alex Dillabough Centre in Battle...
Aug 09, 2019 Colin Baillargeon shown holding his son Jackson, right, as grandad Charles Baillargeon, left, looks on during their performance of Cat's in the Cradle the Aug. 4 show. A concert-dinner fundraiser is planned for Sept. 28. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Two Battlefords area boys heading to Western Canadian Baseball Championships
Two boys from the Battlefords area will be swinging for the fences later this month.That's as they are headed to the Western Canadian 15U Baseball Championships in Lloydminster from August 15 to 18.Le...
Aug 09, 2019 Cory and Levi with their provincial medals (supplied photo/Michelle Scherman)

Manitou Beach man advocating for organ donation after second kidney transplant
After over five years of being on a wait list for a new kidney, Michael Gaudet has undergone major surgery and is at home doing well.The Village of Manitou Beach artist and resident is now advocating ...
Aug 09, 2019 Artist Michael Gaudet poses with a piece of Manitou Reflections project following his kidney transplant surgery. (Submitted photo/Michael Gaudet)