‘I frankly commend Canada for its measured and sober response,’ U.S. senator says Two of the president’s fiercest Republican foes have come to Canada’s defence as a trade war brews between the U.S. and its neighbour to the north over steel and aluminum tariffs — with at least one senator […]

I’ve thought about death a lot over the past few years. About dying. And what it might be like if I wasn’t around. I’ve struggled a ton since I retired from hockey in 2011, and I’ve faced a bunch of different personal demons. But recently I’ve been unable to shake […]

U.S., Mexico also part of successful bid The World Cup is coming to Canada. FIFA member associations gathering in Moscow on Wednesday voted 134-65 in favour of the joint North American bid by Canada, the U.S. and Mexico to host the 2026 World Cup, beating out Morocco. There was one […]

President’s trade bravado puts Federal Reserve in awkward spot as U.S. dollar rises The head of the U.S. Federal Reserve may be the world’s most powerful central banker, but U.S. President Donald Trump has put him in an awkward position. And contrary to the president’s promise to increase U.S. exports, […]

Singapore (CNN) – Nearly five hours of unprecedented and surreal talks between US President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un culminated on Tuesday with fulsome declarations of a new friendship but just vague pledges of nuclear disarmament. For Trump, that amounted to a triumphant outcome in his extraordinary gamble […]

05 June 2018, New Delhi –India went big in their commitment to Beat Plastic Pollution today, with an announcement to eliminate all single-use plastic in the country by 2022. This unprecedented ambitious move against disposable plastic will drastically stem the flow of plastics from 1.3 billion people and business in […]

Jerry Morales, the mayor of Midland, Texas, and a local restaurateur, is being whipsawed by the latest Permian Basin shale-oil boom. It’s fueling the region and starving it at the same time. Sales-tax revenue is hitting a record high, allowing the city to get around to fixing busted roads. But […]

Even if the president strikes a deal with North Korea, his approach will harm America and the world PICTURE this: next week in Singapore President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un crown their summit with a pledge to rid the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons. A few days later America […]

LAS VEGAS — A young Barry Trotz remembers taping his stick before the conversation that changed his hockey life. It was 1982 and he was at his first (and only) NHL training camp with the Washington Capitals. He was gearing up when he saw newly minted Capitals GM David Poile […]

The body that runs Canada’s university sports system has signed up a U.S. marketing powerhouse to work on a national strategy to secure millions of dollars from Canada’s corporate giants. U Sports, the governing body for athletics at 56 Canadian universities, hopes to pull in tens of millions of dollars […]