The Canadian Press CALGARY–City administrators in Calgary are recommending councillors adopt a ban on public consumption of cannabis when pot becomes legal later this year. A report that is to be debated this week says a new bylaw should restrict all forms of cannabis consumption in public places, or in […]
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By Eddie Pells The Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — Somewhere between all those heart-stoppers and tearjerkers, all the upset-riddled brackets and things we’d never seen before, the best team in college basketball was hiding in plain sight. How could anyone have missed Villanova? Sparked by a 31-point night off the […]
By Ken Thomas The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Trump administration says it is amenable to a White House meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, raising the prospect of the Russian president’s first Washington visit in more than a decade even as relations between the two […]
By Malcolm Ritter The Associated Press :NEW YORK — Can legalizing marijuana fight the problem of opioid addiction and fatal overdoses? Two new studies in the debate suggest it may. Pot can relieve chronic pain in adults, so advocates for liberalizing marijuana laws have proposed it as a lower-risk alternative […]
By Sara Moulton The Associated Press Preserved lemons, aka lemon pickles, are a delicious and unique treat that have long delivered a ton of salty and acidic crunch to the cuisines of North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia and to America in recent years. You can buy lemon […]
By Tara Deschamps The Canadian Press TORONTO — Aeroplan parent company Aimia Inc. apologized Monday for a survey it circulated in mid-March that “offended” customers with questions on immigration and marriage, but one expert said the queries shouldn’t be much of a surprise because they pop up in plenty of […]
The Canadian PressKelsey Patterson MONTREAL–New Jersey Devils forward Taylor Hall couldn’t have picked a better time to score his first career short-handed goal. Hall scored the winner in the third period–a short-handed breakaway–as New Jersey rallied to beat the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 yesteray to remain in the thick of the […]
The Associated PressJohn Marshall SAN ANTONIO–Michigan’s game plan used to revolve around offence–hitting enough shots to outscore teams. Sometimes it worked. Many times, often on the biggest stages, it didn’t. The Wolverines have made a shift in recent years, transforming into one of the nation’s best defensive teams. If shots […]
The Associated Press HUMBLE, Tex.–Ian Poulter made a 20-foot birdie putt on the final hole to force a playoff and won the Houston Open on the first extra hole with a par to earn the last spot in the Masters. One week after Poulter mistakenly was told he had locked […]
The Canadian PressGregory Strong TORONTO–Justin Smoak felt like he let the team down in the first inning when he struck out with two men on and nobody out. The Toronto slugger made up for it in a big way. Smoak belted a two-run homer in the seventh inning, then launched […]
The Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky.–A half-century after getting a divorce, a Kentucky couple plans to get married again. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported 83-year-old Harold Holland and 78-year-old Lillian Barnes will exchange wedding vows on April 14 in Lexington. Their grandson will perform the ceremony at a local Baptist church. Holland […]
The Associated PressChristopher Bodeen BEIJING–China’s defunct Tiangong 1 space station mostly burned up on re-entry into the atmosphere over the central South Pacific today, Chinese space authorities said. The experimental space laboratory re-entered around 8:15 a.m. (Beijing time), the China Manned Space Engineering Office said. Scientists monitoring the craft’s disintegrating […]
