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Five Canadians to watch in NCAA women's basketball tournament
There are a few Canadian women with sights set on leaving their imprint at March Madness. The NCAA women's basketball tournament begins Wednesday with two First Four games, followed by 32 first-round ...
Mar 19, 2024

Major League Baseball announces each team's starting pitcher for opening day
It didn't have the drama of the NCAA Tournament bracket release of two days earlier, but MLB held its own unveiling Tuesday by announcing the starting pitching matchups for all season openers. At leas...
Mar 19, 2024

Saskatchewan Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission (SATCC) getting $1M boost from province for extra training seats
The Saskatchewan Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission (SATCC) is getting a $1 million boost from the province, according to a press release from the government's Ministry for Immigration ...
Mar 19, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Quebec, Ottawa reach agreement on health-care funding
Quebec has reached an agreement in principle on health-care funding with the federal government. Premier Franois Legault's office says the proposed infusion of $900 million in health transfer payments...
Mar 19, 2024

CFL officials take different philosophies into league's national combine
They're the glamour events of any football combine but neither the bench press nor the 40-yard dash are major points of emphasis in Chris Jones's evaluation of a pro prospect. The Edmonton Elks head c...
Mar 19, 2024

Toronto FC's Richie Laryea expected to be out three months after hamstring surgery
Toronto FC's injury concerns grew Tuesday with news that Canadian international fullback Richie Laryea will be out for three months following hamstring surgery. The MLS club says Laryea will undergo s...
Mar 19, 2024

Former NHL enforcer Chris Simon dead at age 52
Chris Simon, once one of the hockey's most feared enforcers, has died. He was 52. The NHL Players' Association confirmed the news via Simon's family that he died Monday night. The cause of death wasn'...
Mar 19, 2024

Mustangs sign Buffaloes forward
The Melfort Mustangs have announced a new signing for the 2024/25 season.Talen Lewis has committed to the Blue and Green for the upcoming year.The 2006-born forward from Airdrie, Alta., spent this sea...
Mar 19, 2024
Labour prof lays out what could happen as province, teachers continue to fight
Frustration is mounting for many in Saskatchewan as the provincial government and teachers' union continue their contract fight, and the question on the lips of many is "When will this end?"Both sides...
Mar 19, 2024

Hullabaloo over fate of Saskatchewan Hoopla basketball tournament overshadows budget
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is set to release its 2024 budget Wednesday, a day expected to be overshadowed by teacher protests and heightened hullabaloo over the fate of Hoopla. Hoopla, the p...
Mar 19, 2024