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WINNIPEG - Paul Maurice got ringing endorsements Thursday from his players and boss after he signed a multi-year contract extension this week to remain head coach of the Winnipeg Jets. They praised hi...

DUNEDIN, Fla. - Hyun-Jin Ryu is now the clear ace of a major league rotation - with all the pressure and responsibility that comes with that. "We win games by having all the players put in their effor...

WIGAN, England - The depleted Toronto Wolfpack suffered their third straight Super League loss, beaten 32-10 by the Wigan Warriors on Thursday. For the third straight week, the transatlantic rugb...

A number of 13- and 14-year-olds were robbed while playing hockey Wednesday night in Swift Current. According to the RCMP, two Swift Current bantam teams were playing at the Fairview East Hockey Arena...

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...