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Utah governor becomes latest to veto transgender sports ban
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Utah Gov. Spencer Cox vetoed a ban on transgender students playing girls' sports on Tuesday, becoming the second Republican governor to overrule state lawmakers who have taken on...
Mar 22, 2022

Mustangs, Terriers first round series shifts to Yorkton
The Melfort Mustangs and Yorkton Terriers are now in a best of five to advance to the SJHL's second round of the playoffs.This after the first two games of the series were split in Melfort by scores o...
Mar 22, 2022

Canadian Cory Johnston content with fifth place at Bassmaster event in Santee Cooper
Cory Johnston never competes for fifth place but the Canadian was more than content with that finish in the Bassmaster Elite event at South Carolina's Santee Cooper Lakes. Johnston, of Cavan, Ont., we...
Mar 22, 2022

Catchers work to develop rapport with new Blue Jays pitchers Gausman and Kikuchi
Before newly signed free agents Kevin Gausman and Yusei Kikuchi arrived at Blue Jays spring training, Toronto catchers Danny Jansen, Reese McGuire and Alejandro Kirk were already reviewing video of th...
Mar 22, 2022

Ottawa mayor urges feds to bring workers back downtown to save local businesses
OTTAWA - The mayor of Canada's capital city is urging the federal government to send its workers back to their downtown offices to bolster flagging local businesses. Jim Watson says Ottawa has one of ...
Mar 22, 2022

B.C. logging company won't dispute First Nation land claim, lawyer tells court
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for a British Columbia logging company says his client takes no position on whether a First Nation has title over an area it claims on Vancouver Island's west coast. However, Geof...
Mar 22, 2022

Local boxers put on a show at provincials
Editor's note: This story was amended to show Lukas Tamayo did in fact win his match. Previous information saying he lost was taken from the Boxing Saskatchewan website.Boxing Saskatchewan's Provincia...
Mar 22, 2022

Walk-in clinic for COVID-19 vaccination ends April 9
The Battlefords will hold one final COVID-19 clinic, as Saskatchewan continues to progress from pandemic restrictions.April 9 is the last availability at the Walk-in Clinic at the Frontier Centre in N...
Mar 22, 2022

Q&A: The NDP and Liberals have a confidence and supply agreement. So what is it?
OTTAWA - The Liberals and the NDP have a penned a deal that would keep the minority government led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in power until 2025 and move ahead on some mutually agreeable polici...
Mar 22, 2022

Riders sign O-lineman Maurice Simba to contract
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are hoping their latest signing can lead to no more worries along the offensive line.The CFL team announced Tuesday it had signed Maurice Simba.The national O-lineman, who...
Mar 22, 2022