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Vancouver Canucks downplay Phil Kessel signing, add emphasis on team
Vancouver Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet says he’s open to a reunion with Phil Kessel, but he’s prioritizing his team. Kessel skated with the Vancouver Canucks’ AHL affiliate on Wednesday in Abbotsford, B.C. He played all 82 regular-season games with the Golden Knights during their Stanley Cup run last season. Kessel was traded to the ... Read More »
Alberta expecting to get federal estimate of its share of Canada Pension Plan by fall
EDMONTON – Albertans will have to wait until the fall before they learn what the federal government thinks they should get if the province quits the Canada Pension Plan. Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner says they’ve been told Canada’s chief actuary plans to strike a panel this spring to explore how much Alberta should get, ... Read More »
OpenAI reveals Sora, a tool to make instant videos from written prompts
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – The maker of ChatGPT on Thursday unveiled its next leap into generative artificial intelligence with a tool that instantly makes short videos in response to written commands. San Francisco-based OpenAI’s new text-to-video generator, called Sora, isn’t the first of its kind. Google, Meta and the startup Runway ML are among the ... Read More »
Zendaya stuns at ‘Dune: Part Two’ world premiere in vintage silver cyborg suit by Mugler
LONDON (AP) – Zendaya is on a fashion roll, in a cyborg “Dune: Part Two” kind of way. The co-star of the highly anticipated film sequel stunned Thursday at its world premiere when she hit the sand-strewn carpet in a silver robot suit straight from the archive of Mugler. It’s from the French fashion house’s ... Read More »
Prince Harry hits 99 km/h on skeleton sled in B.C., says ‘everybody should do it’
WHISTLER, B.C. – Prince Harry has raced down one of the world’s fastest bobsled tracks in Whistler, B.C., reaching speeds of almost 100 kilometres per hour on a tiny skeleton sled. Cowbells rang out as the prince finished his run, and when he was helped off the track, he took off his helmet and said ... Read More »
Two women killed, one critically injured in stabbing attack west of Montreal
VAUDREUIL-DORION, Que. – Two women were killed and a third was critically injured in a stabbing attack Thursday in a condo tower west of Montreal, provincial police said. Sgt. Catherine Bernard said a 44-year-old man was arrested at the scene in Vaudreuil-Dorion, Que., and was in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Bernard said the suspect was ... Read More »
Rob Manfred says he will retire as baseball commissioner in January 2029 after 14 years
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday he will retire when his current term ends in January 2029. Speaking at a spring training news conference, Manfred noted he will be 70 years old and been commissioner for 14 years when his term ends on Jan. 25, 2029. “You can only have so ... Read More »
In fiery testimony, Fani Willis hits back at misconduct claims that threaten future of Trump case
ATLANTA (AP) – Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis took the witness stand Thursday and forcefully pushed back against what she described as “lies” about her romantic relationship with a special prosecutor during an extraordinary hearing over misconduct allegations that threaten to upend one of four criminal cases against Donald Trump. A visibly upset Willis, ... Read More »
Yukon says there’s no plan for Dawson City bridge, despite PM’s comment
DAWSON CITY, Yukon – The Yukon government is pouring cold water on a suggestion by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that a bridge is being built across the Yukon River in Dawson City, after years of struggle to construct a sanctioned winter route over ice. A statement from the territorial government says it believes Trudeau meant ... Read More »
Dispute may have led to the mass shooting after the Chiefs Super Bowl parade, police say
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The mass shooting that unfolded amid throngs of people at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration, killing one person and wounding almost two dozen others, appeared to stem from a dispute between several people, authorities said Thursday. Police Chief Stacey Graves said the 22 people injured Wednesday ranged between ... Read More »
FBI informant charged with lying about Joe and Hunter Biden’s ties to Ukrainian energy company
An FBI informant has been charged with lying to his handler about ties between President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a Ukrainian energy company. Alexander Smirnov falsely told FBI agents in June 2020 that executives associated with the Ukrainian energy company Burisma paid Hunter and Joe Biden $5 million each in 2015 and 2016, ... Read More »
