Obamas Fort Hood backlash warning The US president Barack Obama warned last night against jumping to conclusions after it was reported that an army psychiatrist who shot dead 13 people and...

Flames’ shots spark second health firing As Alberta announced two more H1N1-related deaths Friday, the province’s health superboard f ired a second person who helped organize a private H1N1...

Fears of backlash against US Muslims after shooting spree President Barack Obama yesterday joined calls from across America for calm amid fears of a backlash in the wake of the shooting spree by a Muslim soldier at...

HASAN: A SOLDIER DIVIDED SILVER SPRING, MD. • Hours before allegedly gunning down 13 at Fort Hood, Tex., army psychiatrist Major Nidal Malik Hasan bought breakfast at a store base...

Army psychiatrist kills 12 KILLEEN, Tex. — An army psychiatrist opened fire with two handguns at the Fort Hood army post on Thursday, killing 12 and wounding 31 others, army officials...

Heroic tales emerge in wake of base shooting The first frantic 911 calls had come just four minutes earlier. Kimberly Munley, a civilian police officer for the U.S. army, rounded the corner of a squat,...

Motorola dispatches Droid as smart phone wars heat up AMotorola Droid smart phone goes on sale Friday, joining the growing ranks of smart phones on the open-source operating system backed by Google. With Droid,...

GM’s European rethink may save Opel plant GENERAL Motors plans to review a new restructuring plan for its Opel and Vauxhall units ‘‘ very soon’’ that could include fewer plant closures in Europe, a...

The West bears its share Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall is not a happy camper these days, following publication of a recent report funded by TD Bank and prepared by environmental...

Will Zenyatta’s zero-loss streak end? PARCADIA, CALIF. erhaps in no other year since the inaugural running of Breeders’ Cup Day back in 1984, have so many questions been asked of an event now...

Unusual suspects deserve thanks ST. PAUL, Minn. — It wasn’t the shot heard around the world, but in Darcy Hordichuk’s world it had the decibel level of a boom box cranked to full...

Sullivan wins duel Eddie Sullivan and Tre Mason each wear No. 10, which was appropriate Friday because each delivered performances worthy of perfect 10s. If it had been an...

Rihanna ‘wrong to go back’ to Chris LOS ANGELES — Pop star Rihanna said Thursday she was “wrong” to reconcile with boyfriend Chris Brown after he assaulted her, saying she did not want other...

H1N1 to cause more deaths in northern winter – WHO The H1N1 swine flu virus has picked up steam in the northern hemisphere and is expected to cause more serious infections and deaths as cold weather sets in,...

ALBERTA’S HOLLYWOOD L CONFIDENTIA One crisp November day a few years back, Brad Pitt stood dressed as Jesse James in the quiet snow-covered foothills west of Calgary. As he squinted in the...

Warning signs were there as killer strove to leave military HIS name appears above radical internet postings discussing Islamic suicide bombers in a favourable light – something the FBI was alerted to six months...

Accused U.S. shooter quiet, amiable: friends SILVER SPRING, Md. — The U.S. army psychiatrist suspected in the shooting rampage at an army base in Fort Hood, Texas, was described yesterday as a quiet and...

Fighting dirty becoming political turnoff One of the more interesting lessons of last Tuesday’s election results in New Jersey, Virginia and upstate New York is that clean wins. Of the three races, it...