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Saskatoon to host UFC's first Canadian event of 2020 with June Fight Night card
Saskatoon will host the UFC's first Canadian event of 2020. The UFC announced Wednesday that the SaskTel Centre will host a Fight Night televised card on June 20. While the main event has yet to be an...
Mar 04, 2020

Saskatchewan Huskies looking for second national women's basketball title
OTTAWA - The top-seeded Saskatchewan Huskies women's basketball team heads into this week's national championship loaded with talent and big expectations. The Huskies have appeared in t...
Mar 04, 2020

Bloomberg out, Biden resurgent after Super Tuesday victories
WASHINGTON - New York billionaire Mike Bloomberg suspended his presidential campaign Wednesday and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren was reassessing her candidacy, as the winnowing process in the De...
Mar 04, 2020

Majority of Canadians unhappy with Trudeau's handling of blockade crisis: poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests Canadians weren't happy with Justin Trudeau's handling of the natural-gas pipeline dispute in British Columbia that led to nationwide ra...
Mar 04, 2020

Regional flood mitigation program taking small step to realization
DUNMORE, AB - A nearly $170 million flood mitigation project for southeastern Alberta is nearing the start of its first phase with Cypress County councillors voting Tuesday to support funding for the ...
Mar 04, 2020 One of dozens of farms and ranchers left under water following flash flooding in Cypress County in the spring of 2010. (CHAT News file photo)

It's up again for stocks as Wall Street's wild ride extends
NEW YORK - Stocks jumped Wednesday morning and clawed back much of their sharp losses from the day before as Wall Street's wild, virus-fueled swings extend into a third week. Health care stocks led th...
Mar 04, 2020

CP NewsAlert: Ottawa Senators fire CEO Jim Little
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have fired new CEO Jim Little, continuing a trend of departures for club executives. Little was named CEO on Jan. 10. The Senators say Little's conduct was "inconsistent" ...
Mar 04, 2020

Bank of Canada cuts key rate to 1.25 per cent amid coronavirus concerns
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is cutting its key interest rate target by half of a percentage point, dropping it to 1.25 per cent in response to the economic shock from the novel coronavirus outbreak. T...
Mar 04, 2020 Canadian Press image

PM creates COVID-19 cabinet committee to deal with novel coronavirus
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has created a new cabinet committee to deal with the novel coronavirus outbreak, which began in China but now has spread around the world. The COVID-19 cabinet c...
Mar 04, 2020

Iran says 92 dead amid 2,922 cases of the new coronavirus
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran says the new coronavirus has killed 92 people amid 2,922 confirmed cases across the Islamic Republic. Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour announced the new figures at a ne...
Mar 04, 2020