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The National Men’s Baseball Championships wrapped up on Sunday in Regina. 

In the bronze medal game, members of the Marysburg Royals were in both dugouts as Team Saskatchewan battled the host, Regina Trappers.  

Team Saskatchewan won the bronze medal game 13-3.  

Marysburg’s Tom Hooker was the leadoff hitter for Team Saskatchewan, and had two hits, scored a pair of runs and also stole two bases.  

Through the first half of the 2025 Canadian Football League (CFL) regular season has a record 8-0 against six of their eight CFL opponents. 

The one team that has had the Roughriders number this year is the Calgary Stampeders.  

On Saturday, the Stampeders completed a two-game sweep over the Roughriders after a 32-15 victory at McMahon Stadium.  

Approximately $17,900 worth of fentanyl, a replica firearm, and other drug-related evidence was seized following a traffic stop on Friday night. 

At 10:38 p.m. on August 22, the Winnipeg Police Service received a call from a concerned citizen about a 2019 Chevrolet Malibu being driven recklessly on Portage Avenue after entering the city from the Perimeter Highway. 

Two more Cochranites who were part of Team Alberta are returning with medals from the Canada Summer Games that wrapped up yesterday in St. John’s, N.L.

Leyton Balint, 18, won a silver medal as a member of Alberta’s women’s volleyball team.

The team faced Ontario in the final after going undefeated in the preliminary round and through two playoff rounds. Alberta dug deep but ultimately fell 3–1 in a hard-fought match.

The Sylvan Lake Wranglers have named the first-ever co-winners of their Volunteer of the Year Award.

Tammy Whitney and Brandi Maxon were recognized for their contributions during the team’s championship season.

The Wranglers said in a social media statement the pair "took this season to the next level" by supporting players throughout the playoffs to running what they called the “most happening beer garden in the league.”

“Their tireless efforts not only met the standard — they exceeded it,” the team said.

Weyburn's Deana Mainil competed in the Myoflex Canadian National Pickleball Championships, held August 19th to 24th at the Taylor Tennis Center in Winnipeg.

She said more than 720 athletes competed on the venue's 32 courts.

It was a rowdy and rumbling weekend as the Prairie Dirt Racing Association (PDRA) Tour returned to the southwest for a round of races to close off summer in conjunction with the Swift Current Ag & Ex's first-ever Cowboys & Chrome event. 

The Swift Current Stock Car Association hosted the races at the Swift Current Motor Speedway, with a full lineup of cars, including an all-new kids' modified class.

Team Saskatchewan's final medal count at the 2025 Canada Summer Games came in at 48. Athletes donning the green and white earned 13 gold, 14 silver, and 21 bronze medals over two weeks of competition out east in St John's, Newfoundland.

The closing ceremony took place on Sunday as double-gold diver Lila Stewart joined fellow two time gold medalist in Para Athletics Brendan Cote-Williamson as flag bearers. 

The Estevan Motor Speedway hosted the final races of their season last night, as racers grabbed their final points on the way to the championships. All five classes were on the speedway as the season came to an end, crowning five winners.

Speedway President Brad Pierson talks about the night and how the track held up.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders arrived in Calgary on Saturday night primed to avenge a 24-10 home loss to the Stampeders back in July, but their efforts were thwarted as the home side took a 32-15 win to sweep the season series against the Roughriders while also handing Saskatchewan their second loss of the season.