Author Archives:
Local martial artists bring home hardware
Some Prince Albert martial artists came home with hardware following a competition in Saskatoon this weekend.LDP Martial Arts athletes combined for 20 medals, including three gold, 10 silver and seven...
May 21, 2019 Members of the LDP Martial Arts Club competed in Saskatoon this weekend and brought home 20 medals. (submitted photo/Lucian Phillips)
"Fun Guy" Kawhi the latest example of NBA branding
TORONTO - Kawhi Leonard's likeness looks down from some 10 storeys high over Yonge-Dundas Square in the heart of downtown Toronto. Arms crossed. Serious face. The tagline reads: "Fun Gu...
May 21, 2019
Former Obama official Susan Rice has book out in October
NEW YORK - Susan E. Rice, the former national security adviser and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has a book coming out this fall. "Tough Love" will be published Oct. 8, Simon & Schuster a...
May 21, 2019
Jamie Oliver's UK restaurant chain collapses into insolvency
LONDON - Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's British restaurant chain has become insolvent, putting 1,300 jobs at risk. The firm said Tuesday that it had gone into administration, a form of bankruptcy prote...
May 21, 2019
Preliminary phase of Lionel Desmond inquiry begins in Nova Scotia
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - An inquiry begins its investigation today into the death of an Afghan war veteran who killed his family and himself more than two years ago in Nova Scotia. The provincial...
May 21, 2019
Canadians Weir, Taylor book berths in U.S. Open through sectional qualifier
DALLAS - Mike Weir is heading back to the U.S. Open. The Canadian golfer earned a spot in the field for the third major of the PGA Tour calendar by finishing in a tie for fifth place at a section...
May 21, 2019
Food insecurity grew in Nunavut after federal program to fight hunger: study
Newly published research has concluded that food insecurity in Nunavut grew after a federal program was brought in to fight hunger in the North. The study, published Tuesday in the Canadian Medic...
May 21, 2019
AP sources: Former CIA chief Brennan to brief Dems on Iran
WASHINGTON - House Democrats will hear from former CIA Director John Brennan about the situation in Iran, inviting him to speak next week amid heightened concerns over the Trump administration's sudde...
May 21, 2019
Australia's leader vows to get back to work after shock win
SYDNEY, Australia - A jubilant Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison vowed Sunday to get straight back to work afterashock election victory by his conservative government that has left bewildered v...
May 21, 2019
India's marathon election ends, vote count begins Thursday
KOLKATA, India - Voting in India's mammoth national election ended Sunday with the seventh and final phase of a grueling poll that lasted more than five weeks, as exit polls predicted a victory for Pr...
May 21, 2019
