Author Archives: Syndicated Content

EDMONTON - Overlooked amid the Edmonton Oilers' erratic season has been the steady, albeit unspectacular, performance of rookie forward Matt Savoie. The 22-year-old native of St. Albert, a bedroom com...

Labor rights activist Dolores Huerta revealed she was among women and girls who say they were sexually abused by Csar Chavez, the widely admired Latino icon who brought to light the struggles of farmh...

Labor rights leader Dolores Huerta says she was sexually abused by Csar Chavez amid reported allegations of abuse by others during his tenure as president of The United Farm Workers union. On Wednesda...

A Canadian computer scientist is one of this year's recipients of a prestigious award nicknamed the Nobel Prize of computing. Universit de Montral professor Gilles Brassard has won the A.M. Turing Pri...

RICHMOND - Investigators say a fatal crash last April of a small plane on a training flight near Abbotsford, B.C., was likely caused by the pilot not following "best practices" for mountain flying. Th...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Sidney Crosby is back. The Pittsburgh Penguins' captain was productive almost immediately in his return to the lineup Wednesday night after missing nearly a month with a lower-bod...

SWIFT CURRENT - The leader of a cult that bedevilled residents of a Saskatchewan village for two years is no longer facing charges, disappointing and angering the mayor. Romana Didulo, head of the so-...

TORONTO - Health Canada has announced a recall of Tim Hortons ceramic mugs because they may crack or break when filled with hot liquid. The affected mugs are white on the outside and pink on the insid...

WASHINGTON - Trade talks with Canada ahead of the mandatory review of the continental trade pact are lagging behind those with Mexico, United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Wednesd...

VANCOUVER - The Canada Revenue Agency says a worker arrested in Vancouver for alleged identity theft and trafficking of private information is no longer with the agency. A spokesman with the agency di...