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After some very low points in their tumultuous history, the Flint Firebirds are being taken seriously. And it was no easy task making it happen. The Firebirds had a questionable reputation at bes...

WINNIPEG - Now that his NFL dream is all but over, Willie Jefferson has decided to stay in his comfort zone. The star defensive end passed on more lucrative offers to remain with the Winnipeg Blue Bom...

Unionized electrical workers at SaskPower have a new contract with the company that takes them through to the end of 2022 and gives them a seven per cent wage increase spread out over six years. The C...

TORONTO - Nick Nurse remembers Nate Bjorkgren as a good-looking kid with a "full head of hair, and not a bad player" when Bjorkgren walked onto the University of South Dakota's bas...

A demonstration in support of blockades protesting a B.C. pipeline project has arrived in Saskatoon. Dozens of people took over the intersection of Idylwyld Drive and 22nd Street in downtown Saskatoon...

In her nearly five-decade career, journalist Christie Blatchford covered every kind of story possible. Blatchford passed away Wednesday after battling cancer since November. She was 68. One assignment...

High schools in Saskatchewan have new elective courses to offer students in financial literacy. Assistant Deputy Minister of Education Susan Nedelcov-Anderson told John Gormley what students learn in ...

A game in the middle of the 2019 CFL season helped convince Solomon Elimimian to sign a contract extension with the Saskatchewan Roughriders for the 2020 campaign. "The Labour Day Classic was one of t...

OTTAWA - Canada will aim $6.5 million at research on stopping the spread of the novel coronavirus, after co-ordinating with researchers around the world on tackling the outbreak. Representatives of th...

Kerri Einarson is enjoying the prospect of a direct entry into the Canadian women's curling championship. Winning the Manitoba women's curling crown means avoiding Friday's sudden-...