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Tommy John Ehman Band performs in Loon Lake to raise money for Wounded Warriors Canada
Loon Lake residents are getting a preview of the Dog Patch Music Festival as one of the performers is set to play a concert at the Loon Lake Legion on Saturday. The legion and festival partnered to br...
Jul 11, 2019 Tommy John Ehman is a Saskatchewan Country Music Association award winner and recently preformed at Country at the Creek Music Festival. (Facebook/Tommy John Ehman)
Former Riders receiver Bagg waiting for football opportunity
Rob Bagg is waiting for his phone to ring for one more opportunity.The former Saskatchewan Roughriders receiver is at home in Kingston, Ont., waiting for a CFL team to come knocking for the 2019 seaso...
Jul 11, 2019 Rob Bagg. (submitted photo/Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Bombardier to lay off half the 1,100 workers at Thunder Bay, Ont. railway plant
Bombardier Inc. is laying off half of the 1,100 workers at its Thunder Bay, Ont., railway car plant, according to a federal government source. Two major contracts in Ontario - for the Toront...
Jul 11, 2019
While he's never won in Toronto, Hinchcliffe the headliner at his hometown race
TORONTO - When it was James Hinchcliffe's turn to speak among the panel of IndyCar drivers at Thursday's opening news conference, emcee Michael Young jokingly skipped right past the Canadian. "James H...
Jul 11, 2019
Crews rush 46 to hospital after carbon monoxide leak at Winnipeg hotel
WINNIPEG - Sergiy Bolshakov was watching TV in his Winnipeg hotel room when a firefighter knocked on the door and told him the building was being evacuated because of an emergency. The Toronto man qui...
Jul 11, 2019
Canadian lightweight John (The Bull) Makdessi added to UFC 241 card
TORONTO - Veteran Canadian lightweight John (The Bull) Makdessi will face American Devonte (King Kage) Smith next month at UFC 241 in Anaheim. It will be 17th UFC fight for Makdessi, who has won 10 an...
Jul 11, 2019
Bombers defence off to great start, looks to keep rolling against Argonauts
WINNIPEG - Brandon Alexander hasn't forgotten the criticism heaped on the Blue Bombers' defence the past few seasons, but he's glad this year has started off different. Winnipeg is the only unbeaten t...
Jul 11, 2019
Neil Bantleman returns to Canada after years in Indonesian prison, family says
The family of Neil Bantleman, a Canadian teacher jailed for years in Indonesia on disputed sexual assault charges, says the man is back in Canada. Bantleman's brother, Guy Bantleman, di...
Jul 11, 2019
Website alerts Sask. beach-goers about water quality
The Saskatchewan Ministry of Health has launched a new Healthy Beaches website to alert beach-goers to water quality.The website monitors 68 public beaches across the province to reduce the risk of sw...
Jul 11, 2019 Nicole White of the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health showcases the four different advisories beach-goers should be on the lookout for: Safe, caution, advisory issued, and no data. (Nathan Meyer/980 CJME)
Leason locks in with Capitals
One day after Aliaksei Protas signed an entry-level contract with the Washington Capitals, his Raider line mate Brett Leason did the very same thing on Thursday.The Capitals announced the team's secon...
Jul 11, 2019 Raider forward Brett Leason capped off a breakout season by signing an entry-level contract with the Washington Capitals on Thursday. (Jeff D'Andrea/paNOW Staff)