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Ottawa Charge, Toronto Sceptres filling in rosters with PWHL player signings
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Charge have re-signed forward Rebecca Leslie to a two-year contract extension and forward Taylor House for another year. They were the first players to sign with the Professional W...
Jun 18, 2025

Canadian Food Inspection Agency finds rare disease at B.C. commercial pigeon premises
CHILLIWACK - Canada's food inspection agency says it has uncovered a case of Newcastle disease at a commercial pigeon operation in Chilliwack, B.C., requiring the birds to be culled and the premises t...
Jun 18, 2025
Hawks host 2025 AGM, optimistic about upcoming season
The Nipawin Hawks hosted their Annual General Meeting on Tuesday evening as they reviewed the 2024/25 season and looked ahead to the 2025/26 campaign.At the AGM, the Hawks elected their new Board of G...
Jun 18, 2025

Yuvraj Samra's half-century powers Canada past the Bahamas in T20 World Cup qualifier
KING CITY - Teenage opening batsman Yuvraj Samra put on a show Wednesday as Canada made short work of the Bahamas, winning by 10 wickets in a rain-shorted game at the Americas Qualifier for the ICC Me...
Jun 18, 2025

Carbon budget to keep global warming at 1.5 C could be exhausted in 3 years: report
The world is on pace to emit enough greenhouse gas emissions over the next three years to blow by an international target to limit global warming to 1.5 C, according to a new study co-authored by a Ca...
Jun 18, 2025

Battlefords United FC continues to impress in Saskatoon
The Battlefords United Football Club (BUFC) had seven teams in Saskatoon this past weekend for the Sask. Cup and Skills Centre tournament, earning a silver medal and multiple MVP awards, while also di...
Jun 18, 2025

Renewed Indo-Canada ties concern protesters on anniversary of Nijjar killing
VANCOUVER - Protesters marking the second anniversary of the killing of B.C. Sikh community leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar say they're concerned about the renewal of Canada's relations with India, whose ...
Jun 18, 2025

Melfort Lions Club resurrected after 14-year absence
The Melfort Lions Club is once again back in business. The club disbanded in 2011 but a recent effort to re-start the service club was successful. "For the past several months, some Melfort residents ...
Jun 18, 2025

Union slams package company DHL's ask for federal strike intervention
OTTAWA - Unifor sent a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney and cabinet ministers this week decrying a request from package company DHL to intervene in a strike. That request was made by DHL in a lett...
Jun 18, 2025

SPSA says air tankers grounded due to federal regulation compliance
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) is firing back at the Sask. NDP's claims that it is unacceptable for four of the province's 10 existing air tankers to be grounded. During a daily wildfire...
Jun 18, 2025