By Sudhin Thanawala The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the NCAA’s use of college athletes’ names, images and likenesses in video games and TV broadcasts violated antitrust laws but struck down a plan allowing schools to pay athletes up to $5,000. The 9th U.S. […]
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By Albert Aji And Bassem Mroue The Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria Syrian President Bashar Assad welcomed Wednesday’s decision by Russia to send troops to his war-torn country, saying the military support from Moscow is the result of a Damascus request. The development came as Russian military jets carried out airstrikes […]
By Dan Joling The Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska Royal Dutch Shell’s decision to end its quest for oil in the Arctic waters off Alaska sparked jubilation among environmental activists, who said Tuesday that they will seize the opportunity to seek an end to all drilling to in the region. But […]
By David Friend The Canadian Press TORONTO Google is adding two new smartphones to the growing number of iPhone alternatives scheduled to hit shelves before the start of the busy holiday shopping season. Both the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P were unveiled by Google on Tuesday, with the technology giant […]
The Associated Press U.S. President Barack Obama today pledged all possible tools—military, intelligence, and economic—to defeat the Islamic State group. But he also acknowledged the extremist group has taken root in Syria and Iraq, is resilient, and continues to expand. Obama spoke as chairman of a U.N. gathering of world […]
The Canadian Press SYDNEY, N.S.—A school board on Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton Island has banned school dances for students in Grades 6-8—a move that’s prompted hundreds of people to sign an online petition demanding the dances be reinstated. The Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board said yesterday its administration made the […]
The Canadian PressMichelle McQuigge The growing number of baby-boomers entering the ranks of senior citizens has brought about a fundamental shift in Canada’s demographic makeup, Statistics Canada said today. The agency said the number of Canadians aged 65 or older edge out the number of children under the age of […]
The Canadian Press IQALUIT, Nunavut—Nunavut’s chief coroner supports the verdict of a fatality inquest jury that found suicide should be declared a public health emergency in the territory. An official acknowledgment that Nunavut’s suicide rate is a crisis might be the way to break a logjam in the territory’s ability […]
The Canadian Press DULUTH, Minn.—Former Canadian women’s hockey team coach Shannon Miller and two other former University of Minnesota-Duluth female coaches have filed a discrimination lawsuit against the school saying they lost their jobs because they’re female and gay. Miller, from Melville, Sask., led the Bulldogs to five NCAA women’s […]
The Canadian Press QUEBEC CITY—The first NHL game at the new Videotron Centre was hardly a classic. But that was to be expected when the Pittsburgh Penguins showed up to face the Montreal Canadiens in a pre-season game without big guns Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and Phil Kessel. But even […]
The Associated Press WASHINGTON—At the close of another eventful afternoon at Nationals Park, Washington general manager Mike Rizzo placed his hands around a microphone at the outset of an unusual post-game news conference and said, with a hint of a smile, “I was really rootin’ for a no-hitter today.” Anything […]
The Canadian Press GREEN BAY, Wis.—Green Bay Packers’ coach Mike McCarthy is running out of superlatives to describe Aaron Rodgers. Every week, his MVP quarterback dissects defences in painstakingly methodical fashion. Rodgers threw for 333 yards and five touchdowns, including three to Randall Cobb, as Green Bay beat the Kansas […]
