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VIU basketball teams hope new players bring golden results
NANAIMO - Sports success stories at Vancouver Island University are plentiful and both the men's and women's basketball programs are no exception.As the Mariners begin the 2019-20 season, they'll brie...
Oct 31, 2019 Fresh off PACWEST titles for the VIU Mariners men's and women's basketball teams, and a CCAA championship for the 2019 men, the Mariners begin their 2019-20 regular season no Nov. 1 (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Redblacks look to break 10-game losing streak in final contest of dismal season
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks are getting set to suit up one more time before closing out the most disappointing season in franchise history. The Redblacks (3-14) enter Friday's game ag...
Oct 31, 2019
Saskatchewan court dismisses school shooter's appeal of sentence
Saskatchewan's highest court has dismissed a sentencing appeal by a young man who fatally shot four people and wounded seven others in a northern community.The shooter was weeks shy of turning 18 when...
Oct 31, 2019 (File photo/The Canadian Press)
Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo misses practice with back injury
REGINA - Saskatchewan Roughriders star quarterback Cody Fajardo is questionable for Saturday's key season finale after pulling a muscle in his back at practice on Wednesday. Fajardo, named the team's ...
Oct 31, 2019
Gronkowski loving life after the NFL and getting back in touch with his own body
TORONTO - It took leaving the NFL for Rob Gronkowski to truly understand his own body. The tight end stunned football fans when he announced his retirement from the New England Patriots in M...
Oct 31, 2019
Gnabry, Müller save Bayern from German Cup upset in Bochum
BERLIN - Serge Gnabry and Thomas Mller scored late to help Bayern Munich avoid an upset and beat second-division Bochum 2-1 in the German Cup on Tuesday. An own goal from Canadian teen Alphonso Davies...
Oct 31, 2019
Anger mounts as utility imposes more blackouts in California
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. - With no electricity for the fourth straight day Tuesday, chef and caterer Jane Sykes realized she would have to throw out $1,000 worth of food, including trays of brownies, cupcak...
Oct 31, 2019
Judge declines to delay South Dakota execution
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - A judge on Thursday denied a South Dakota inmate's request to delay his execution over concerns about the drug that the state plans to use. Charles Rhines, scheduled to die by leth...
Oct 31, 2019
MLB in Montreal: Bronfman sees 'another positive step' in quest to bring team back
MONTREAL - A recent admission from the office of the mayor of St. Petersburg, Fla. has put a big smile on the face of the man trying to bring a Major League Baseball team back to Montreal. On Wed...
Oct 31, 2019
Cuba Gooding Jr. pleads not guilty to new misconduct claim
NEW YORK - Cuba Gooding Jr. has pleaded not guilty to an indictment that includes allegations from a new accuser in his New York City sexual misconduct case. Prosecutors at Thursday's arraignment said...
Oct 31, 2019