Murray Wood: When football is just a game
There is extra anticipation around the Roughriders' first-place showdown with the Elks tonight. Murray Wood says everyon...
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Assault charge against MLA Nadine Wilson withdrawn
An assault charge against Saskatchewan Rivers MLA Nadine Wilson has been withdrawn. She had been charged back in March after an incident with a family member. Her lawyer, Mark Brayford, said in a rele...
Nov 27, 2019 (file photo/paNOW staff)
How to avoid a season of stress
It's the season for giving, getting together with friends and enjoying family. It sounds wonderful, but for many, the pressure of getting the perfect gift, hosting the perfect party and cooking the pe...
Nov 27, 2019
Riders re-sign Loucheiz Purifoy through 2021
Facing a lengthy list of possible free agents, the Saskatchewan Roughriders have announced their first extension of the CFL off-season. Defensive back and returner Loucheiz Purifoy has signed an exten...
Nov 27, 2019
Impeachment fight leaves voters cold in contested Wisconsin
RACINE, Wis. (AP) - There's not a lot that Republicans and Democrats in this political battlefield agree on, but the impeachment probe into President Donald Trump may have surfaced one: The public hea...
Nov 27, 2019
Sexual assault suspect arrested
Saskatoon police have arrested a man who was wanted in a sexual assault investigation. Ernest Jimmy was found at a home in the 300 block of Douglas Crescent Wednesday morning. During the arrest, polic...
Nov 27, 2019 Ernest Jimmy
(Saskatoon police)
Calgary coach in limbo after allegedly using racial slurs
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Bill Peters' status as the Calgary Flames coach - and whatever future he might have in the sport - have been placed into question while the NHL and the team investigate allegations he ...
Nov 27, 2019
Cellphones, radio, TV stations to broadcast emergency alert system test today
OTTAWA - Wireless devices, radio and TV stations will issue emergency messages today, but there isn't anything to be alarmed about. The squawky signals from provincial and territorial emergency manage...
Nov 27, 2019
Sask. ag minister happy to see end of rail strike
It was just moments before Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit went on the air with John Gormley on Tuesday that the news broke — CN Rail and the Teamsters union had reached a tentativ...
Nov 26, 2019
Taste of Saskatchewan may take hiatus next summer
It's hard to imagine a summer without Taste of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. That might happen next summer. The curveball came up during budget deliberations Tuesday. Councillor Zach Jeffries brought up ...
Nov 26, 2019 More than 80,000 people visited Taste of Saskatchewan over the first four days, organizers say they're on track to beat attendance records (JT Marshall/ 650 CKOM)
Producers anxious to get grain moving by rail again
It's already been a very difficult year for prairie farmers. The CN Rail strike was yet another blow. The president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS), Todd Lewis, said t...
Nov 26, 2019 (Canadian National Railway Company/Facebook)
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