VANCOUVER — Canadian police have not seen a spike in cannabis-impaired driving one month since legalization, but there needs to be more awareness of laws around storing marijuana in vehicles and passengers smoking weed, law enforcement officials say. The Canadian Press canvassed police forces and provincial and territorial Crowns across the country and while some…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Washington enters its ninth straight week at No. 1 in the USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Huskies (41-2) swept then-No. 25 California in a rain-shortened Pac-12 series and brought their winning streak to 12 games. For the second consecutive week they were one vote shy of being the…
British investor and passionate Kremlin critic, Bill Browder, already sentenced in absentia in Russia for large-scale fraud, has been accused of organizing a criminal network, with a Moscow court sanctioning his arrest. The court indicted Browder on Friday, ordering the man to be taken into custody for a period of two months from the moment…
Canadian air traffic controllers are carrying out a simple, but heartfelt gesture for their American counterparts — they’re buying them dinner amidst the U.S. government shutdown. Air traffic controllers (ATC) in Moncton, N.B. and Gander, Nfld. sent pizza over to controllers manning the stations at the New York Air Traffic Control Center (ZNY), in Ronkonkoma,…
LAUSANNE, Switzerland – The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today unveiled the 2017 end-of-the-year standings in the Official WBSC Softball World Rankings Presented by ENEOS. National Team softball competitions experienced record levels in 2017, with 24 new nations earning ranking points for the first time, expanding the WBSC Softball World Rankings Presented by ENEOS from…
The world’s debt currently exceeds $86,000 per person on average, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The US, China, and Japan are the top three global borrowers, accounting for more than half of the global debt. The IMF has calculated that their share of debt exceeds that of output. It stated that the emergence…
Louisville, Ky. – The National Fastpitch Association has launched its scoring seminar for 2018. It is developed to guide coaches, scorekeepers and anyone who is or may not be familiar with the intricacies of scoring a softball game. The Association along with the assistance of collegiate sports information directors were tasked with providing an inside look…
The story shook Canadians across the country. It dominated front pages, broadcasts and social media timelines. And yet it’s easy to forget just how big of a story April’s Humboldt Broncos bus crash was. The team was headed to a junior hockey playoff game when tragedy struck. Sixteen people were killed in the crash and…
The unique Tu-134UBL plane, also known as the ‘Black Pearl,’ has returned to the air after undergoing repairs, with the comeback flight caught in spectacular footage. It was developed on the basis of the Tu-134 passenger jet in early 1990s to train pilots and navigators from Tu-160 and Tu-22M3 strategic nuclear-capable bombers. Around 90 such…
QUEBEC — The new Coalition Avenir Quebec government says it will cut immigration to the province by roughly 20 cent next year. Immigration Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette tabled the plan in the legislature today, following through on one of the Coalition’s most contentious campaign promises. Liberal immigration critic Dominique Anglade is questioning how the government expects…