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CFL commissioner says league continues to discuss potential contingency plans
TORONTO - Commissioner Randy Ambrosie says the CFL continues to discuss potential contingency plans to its 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. No decisions have been made yet but ...
Mar 25, 2020
Traffic stop leads to drugs, weapon charges for 26-year-old man
Chase Matthew Bagan, 26, faces several charges following a traffic stop last Saturday on Highway 16 near Maidstone. The Saskatchewan RCMP Roving Traffic Unit was patrolling that area Saturday afternoo...
Mar 25, 2020 RCMP recovered drugs, bear spray and cash during a traffic stop near Maidstone on March 21, 2020. (Saskatchewan RCMP)
Elderly woman taken to hospital after being struck by vehicle
At about 2:15 this afternoon, police were called to the intersection of Preston Avenue and Louise Street after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle. The pedestrian, a 70-year-old woman, was transporte...
Mar 25, 2020
Track coach Dave Scott-Thomas banned for life by Athletics Canada
Longtime coach Dave Scott-Thomas was given a lifetime ban by Athletics Canada on Wednesday, the culmination of an investigation of allegations that rocked Canada's track and field community....
Mar 25, 2020
Bach invokes Trump in defence of Olympic decision
GENEVA - A day after officially postponing the Tokyo Olympics, IOC president Thomas Bach invoked comments by President Donald Trump to defend himself from criticism on Wednesday. Bach spoke to about 4...
Mar 25, 2020
Survivors of world conflicts offer perspective amid pandemic
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - As Western countries reeling from the coronavirus pandemic awaken to a new reality of economic collapse, overwhelmed hospitals, grounded flights and home confinement, it's...
Mar 25, 2020
KHL gives up on trying to reschedule its playoffs, cancels remainder season
The Kontinental Hockey League has given up on trying to reschedule its playoffs and cancelled the remainder of the season. The Russia-based KHL is widely considered to be the strongest league outside ...
Mar 25, 2020
Tokyo's delayed Olympics: Who pays bills for another year?
TOKYO - With the Tokyo Olympics postponed until 2021, now comes the multi-billion-dollar question: Who pays the bills for the delay, and how large will they be? The most likely answer is - primarily J...
Mar 25, 2020
Timberwolves' Towns says mother hospitalized with COVID-19
MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota Timberwolves centre Karl-Anthony Towns says his mother is hospitalized and in a medically-induced coma after contracting the coronavirus. Towns talked about the condition of hi...
Mar 25, 2020
COVID-19 concerns delay construction on Sid Buckwold Bridge
Construction on the Sid Buckwold Bridge has been deferred to April 6 after Allan Construction determined more needs to be done to ensure the health and safety of its workers in the wake of the COVID-1...
Mar 25, 2020 (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
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