Murray Wood: All hail the placekicker! Except when he misses
Alex Hale was supposed to make us forget about Brett Lauther, but how can we? Murray Wood says Hale has struggled, while...
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Montreal Impact designated player Saphir Taider off to Saudi Arabian club on transfer
Montreal Impact midfielder and designated player Saphir Taider has been transferred to Saudi Arabia's Al Ain FC. The 28-year-old Algerian international had four goals and six assists in 11 games for M...
Oct 14, 2020
Teams, players navigating NHL free agent market largely stuck in neutral
Marc Bergevin and his counterparts believed they had a pretty good grasp on how NHL free agency was going to pan out. With the league's salary cap staying at US$81.5 million because of the COVID-19 pa...
Oct 14, 2020
Winnipeg Jets sign defenceman Nelson Nogier to two-year, two-way contract
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets have signed defenceman Nelson Nogier on a two-year, two-way contract. The deal carries an average annual value of US$725,000 in the NHL. Nogier, 24, played 58 games for th...
Oct 14, 2020
Sask. reports 25 new COVID cases, 254 active cases
Saskatchewan reported 25 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the ninth straight day with a double-digit total of new cases. There have been 231 cases in that span. So far in October, there have been 2...
Oct 14, 2020 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Canadian wrestler and 2014 Commonwealth Games champion Korey Jarvis retires
GUELPH, Ont. - Canadian wrestler Korey Jarvis, who won a gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, announced his retirement Wednesday. Jarvis, from Elliot Lake, Ont., defeated India's Rajeev Tomar in...
Oct 14, 2020
Wood prices to drop, but will remain high into 2021 says homebuilder
A Saskatchewan home building company is predicting a reprieve from high wood prices by Christmas after COVID-19 caused a construction wood shortage across the country. "It's quite high, but we expect ...
Oct 14, 2020 (Warman Home Centre/Facebook)
Two Ecole Harbour Landing School classrooms move to remote learning
Two classes at Ecole Harbour Landing Elementary School are moving to remote learning for the next week. Two students at the school tested positive for COVID-19. Regina Public Schools said it was alert...
Oct 14, 2020
More COVID-19 exposures reported in Regina, Saskatoon and P.A.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is alerting the public to possible COVID-19 exposures in Regina, Saskatoon and Prince Albert. The exposures happened at the following locations: Regina Oct. 6 —...
Oct 14, 2020
'Shy' midfielder Michael Baldisimo catching attention with Vancouver Whitecaps
VANCOUVER - Michael Baldisimo is the kind of midfielder who shows no fear as he strips opponents of the ball. The young Vancouver Whitecaps player looks composed as he threads passes across a congeste...
Oct 14, 2020
Canadian World Cup and Olympic ski racing organizer Darrell MacLachlan dies at 63
CALGARY - An facilitator of international skiing in Canada has died.Darrell MacLachlan was chief of race for men's alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, B.C., and the annual World Cup...
Oct 14, 2020
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