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Montreal Impact acquire striker Mason Toye from Minnesota FC
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact have a new attacking piece, acquiring striker Mason Toye from Minnesota FC on Thursday. Toye has seven goals and four assists in 42 career Major League Soccer game...
Oct 01, 2020

Anderson shines, Braves shut out Reds again to sweep series
ATLANTA - Ian Anderson dazzled in another shutout performance for Atlanta, and the Braves won a playoff series for the first time in almost two decades by sweeping the light-hitting Cincinnati Reds wi...
Oct 01, 2020

Meadow Lake restaurateur puts the ‘giving’ back in Thanksgiving
The coronavirus pandemic will ensure upcoming holidays look a little different for everyone this year, but one woman in Meadow Lake hopes to provide a sense of comfort for seniors this Thanksgiving.Pr...
Oct 01, 2020

Infrastructure bank to invest $10 billion in priority areas for pandemic recovery
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is promising to finally spend $10 billion that has sat in the accounts of its infrastructure financing agency for years, hoping to create thousands of post-pandemic job...
Oct 01, 2020

Alberta's Tanner Boser to face former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski
Alberta's Tanner (The Bulldozer) Boser will face former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei (The Pit Bull) Arlovski on Nov. 7. UFC officials confirmed the matchup, saying a location will be announced at a...
Oct 01, 2020

Desmond inquiry: No word on when fatality inquiry in Nova Scotia will resume
HALIFAX - Nearly seven months after the COVID-19 pandemic halted an inquiry into why a former soldier killed three family members and himself in Nova Scotia, there is still no indication of when it wi...
Oct 01, 2020

Promise of hybrid sittings clears way for Senate to deal with worker aid bill
OTTAWA - The government's representative in the Senate is promising to introduce a motion Friday to hold hybrid sittings of the upper house during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sen. Marc Gold's promise clear...
Oct 01, 2020

Local pharmacies encourage flu shot appointments ahead of 'very difficult season'
Beginning Oct. 19, Saskatchewan residents will be able to receive a flu shot to protect themselves from influenza this winter.With COVID-19 continuing to spread across the world, local health professi...
Oct 01, 2020

Colouring books educate youth about suicide
A group that works with inner city youth has donated 27 boxes of colouring books to Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC), one box for each school with the PAGC's member communities.The Kookum and Kids c...
Oct 01, 2020

Push to bring coronavirus vaccines to the poor faces trouble
LONDON - An ambitious humanitarian project to deliver coronavirus vaccines to the world's poorest people is facing potential shortages of money, cargo planes, refrigeration and vaccines themselves - a...
Oct 01, 2020