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Canada men's basketball team's training-camp roster missing key players
TORONTO - It was supposed to be the summer Canada's top basketball talent finally stepped up to the plate, when the toughest task for the team's staff would have been selecting a s...
Aug 7, 2019

Annual hockey camp set to start
Female hockey players from Prince Albert and the surrounding area are set to get some top level instruction.The fifth annual North Female Hockey Program is set to begin Aug. 19 to 21 at the Art Hauser...
Aug 7, 2019 The North Female Hockey Program is set to begin Aug. 16 to 21. (submitted photo/North Female Hockey Program)

Consular officials visit Canadian Michael Kovrig detained in China
OTTAWA - Consular officials in China have met for the 10th time with a detained Canadian, Global Affairs Canada said Monday. The department said it cannot provide details on the Monday visit...
Aug 7, 2019

Global stocks rebound as China eases up on currency
LONDON - Stock markets turned higher on Tuesday as China stabilized its currency after allowing it to depreciate against the dollar in response to President Donald Trump's decision to put more tariffs...
Aug 7, 2019

Quarterback Trevor Harris to face Redblacks for first time since departure
For the first time since leaving Ottawa, Edmonton Eskimos quarterback Trevor Harris will face his old team this week. The 33-year-old spent three seasons with the Redblacks, winning a Grey Cup in 2016...
Aug 7, 2019

No parole for more than a decade for man who killed Winnipeg bus driver
WINNIPEG - The man convicted of killing a Winnipeg bus driver in what a judge described as a brutal and explosive stabbing will not be eligible for parole for 12 years. Irvine Jubal Fraser, who was 58...
Aug 7, 2019

Oka calls for moratorium on land transfer and seeks RCMP presence in Kanesatake
OKA, Que. - The Quebec town of Oka is calling on the federal government to impose a moratorium on the proposed transfer of lands to the neighbouring community of Kanesatake. It is also asking for...
Aug 7, 2019

Top Blue Jays prospect Nate Pearson feels his work ethic will pay off
ERIE, Pa. - Nate Pearson grabs his glove and jogs out to the visiting bullpen at UPMC Park on a hot but tolerable Saturday afternoon. He goes through his normal off-day routine like the rest of the Ne...
Aug 7, 2019

Stocks slide as rate cuts stoke fear of an economic slowdown
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks tumbled in early trading Wednesday as central banks around the world cut interest rates and increased fears that global growth is being crimped by the U.S.-China trade war. Ever...
Aug 7, 2019

El Paso, with deep Mexican American past, rallies amid pain
EL PASO, Texas - The massacre that killed 22 people at a Walmart in El Paso struck a city that has long been the cradle of Mexican American culture and immigration and suffered through bloody episodes...
Aug 7, 2019

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