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It was fair to call Saskatchewan’s win on Tuesday afternoon at the Montana’s Brier a Western-style shootout. The offence dominated play early and often in the Mike McEwen rink’s win over Alberta’s Aaron Sluchinski, 11-6. Saskatchewan was in a bind early after Colton Flasch missed a hit on the wings, allowing Alberta to sit as […]

Disruption was the theme Monday at the Canadian men’s curling championship. Four teams posted upsets over higher seeds in the Montana’s Brier, which added spice to the playoff race in Regina. Northwest Territories Jamie Koe pulled off a curling coup by beating defending champion Brad Gushue 7-5, although the latter recovered with an 8-3 win over […]

Brad Gushue was cruising at the 2018 Canadian men’s curling championship in Regina. After winning a first Brier in storybook fashion in his hometown of St. John’s N.L. and a world championship in 2017, the pressure was off and his curling team fired on all cylinders in Regina. But a lesson was learned there to […]

Hot on the heels of the Scotties last week in Calgary last week, comes the Montana’s Brier. The national men’s curling championship will be getting underway Friday at Brandt Centre. One of the big storylines is returning champion Brad Gushue, who is looking to be only the second team to win three straight championships. The […]

Rachel Homan has won the Canadian women’s curling championship with a dramatic 5-4 win over Jennifer Jones. Homan and teammates Emma Miskew claimed the fourth Scotties Tournament of Hearts victories of their careers, but first since 2017. Jones, needing to draw to the button on her final rock, came up just short, allowing Homan to […]

A day after eliminating a heavyweight from contention, Kate Cameron continued her climb into Canadian women’s elite curling by reaching the national championship’s semifinal. Cameron’s team out of Winnipeg’s Granite Curling Club downed Alberta’s Selena Sturmay 6-4 in a playoff game Saturday to get to Sunday’s semifinal in Calgary. After halting Kerri Einarson’s run of […]

Legendary multisport star and local Sporting legend Gerry James has passed away at the age of 89. James joined the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 1952 as the youngest CFL player at age 17.  During his eleven years with Winnipeg, James won four Grey Cups and was named the top Canadian twice While on the ice, […]

Its been a busy day around the CFL, with teams snapping up free agents like appetizers at a party. The Saskatchewan Roughriders have been busy. The Riders confirmed the signing of AJ Ouellette to a two year deal. Ouellette had a career year with the Toronto Argonauts last season, and the explosive back will have […]

CFL free agency is set to open Tuesday with much of the guesswork seemingly having already been done. Many pending free agents reached agreements in principle with other teams last week during the CFL’s open-window period. It began Feb. 4 with teams being allowed to speak with players who were slated to hit the open […]

SASKATOON, Saskatchewan (AP) — Ashton Bell and Renata Fast scored in a 2:38 span of the third period and Canada stayed alive in the Rivalry Series, rallying to beat the United States 4-2 on Wednesday night in Game 5. Canada cut the Americans’ series lead to 3-2 with two games left. They will remain in Saskatchewan for Game 6 […]