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New head coach Nick Nurse preparing Canada for long FIBA World Cup run
TORONTO - Nick Nurse is going to prepare Canada's men's basketball team for a long haul. A group of 29 players - including 17 NBAers - were invited to Canada's training camp on Tuesday ahead of t...
Jul 16, 2019

Chuckwagon safety questioned after Calgary Stampede
A high number of horse deaths during the 2019 Calgary Stampede chuckwagon races has led to some calling for the event to be banned.A total of six horses died during this year's races, bringing the num...
Jul 16, 2019 A photo of the chuckwagon races during Sport Days in 2017. (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Canada opts for blend of experience and youth for rugby sevens Pan Am teams
Some familiar faces will be missing as Canada looks to defend its Pan American Games titles in men's and women's rugby sevens. Injuries and the desire to rest some veterans and to test ...
Jul 16, 2019

Arbitrator upholds CFL’s suspension against Ticats’ linebacker Lawrence
TORONTO - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats will be without linebacker Simoni Lawrence for two games.Arbitrator William Kaplan rejected Lawrence's appeal Tuesday of the two-game suspension levied against him la...
Jul 16, 2019 (Submitted photo/CKOM News)

Former gun panel chair Jack Major says committee was 'an afterthought' for feds
OTTAWA - A former chairman of the federal advisory panel on firearms says he found the committee to be a well-meaning but ultimately pointless exercise because members were not all...
Jul 16, 2019

Powell says financial crisis accelerated economic changes
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the 2008 financial crisis accelerated major changes in the U.S. and global economies, leading to slower growth, lower inflation an...
Jul 16, 2019

P.A. group accused of robbery to face preliminary inquiry
All four members of a Prince Albert group accused of committing a string of robberies are set for preliminary inquiries.The two women in the case, 22-year-old Rikki Steinkey and 23-year-old Tonisha Fu...
Jul 16, 2019 Melfort Provincial Court. (file photo/northeastNOW Staff)

Lawyer sentenced to 5 years for scamming Barkley, others
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A lawyer convicted of swindling NBA star Charles Barkley and using the name of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to bolster an investment scam was sentenced to five years i...
Jul 16, 2019

Mature white-tailed deer left for waste near St. Brieux
A mature white-tailed deer left for waste has SaskTip looking for the culprits.Humboldt Conservation Officers received a call on July 8 from a landowner who discovered the deer left in a field about t...
Jul 16, 2019 The white-tailed deer was found in a field southeast of St. Brieux. (Facebook/Sasktip)

Melfort's Back Alley Tour back for third year
The Back Alley Tour is back for a third consecutive year in Melfort on Thursday, July 18 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.Artists will be in the back alley behind the Northern Lights Gallery to show off their wor...
Jul 16, 2019 Pat Davidson is a Saskatoon base artist that does caricatures. He was at the 2018 Back Alley Tour as well. (submitted photo/Sandra Dancey)