Provincial News

TORONTO — This time, Nick Arbuckle and the Toronto Argonauts made a solid lead stand to earn their first home win of the season.

REGINA — The first-place Saskatchewan Roughriders are finding ways to win despite the lack of a killer instinct.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew called a byelection Friday that will test whether his NDP government’s popularity can spread to a longtime Progressive Conservative stronghold. Voters in the Spruce Woods constituency will go to the polls Aug.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government says it has settled a lawsuit with the family of a woman who died during the COVID-19 pandemic while in the process of being transferred out of province due to a shortage of hospital beds.

REGINA — RCMP have charged a man with attempted murder after a police officer was shot on a southeast Saskatchewan First Nation.

OTTAWA — The NDP has released the official rules for its leadership race — and they're telling candidates they must gather specific numbers of signatures from supporters in diverse regional, racial and LGBTQ+ groups.

RICHMOUND — RCMP say a man has been charged with assaulting two police officers in a southwestern Saskatchewan village where so-called followers of the "Queen of Canada" have set up a compound.

LEAF RAPIDS — Power is out in the northern Manitoba town of Leaf Rapids after a wildfire entered the community earlier this week and destroyed some infrastructure.

BRANDON — Const. Moshe Linov said he was simply doing his job, but the Manitoba officer who rushed to a high school and stopped a sword attack before more students could be hurt was celebrated Thursday for his heroic actions.

BRANDON — Manitoba's governing New Democrats nominated their candidate Thursday for a looming byelection in the Spruce Woods constituency.