After Clottey, Pacquiao fans want Mayweather next The ease with which Pacquiao outclassed Clottey over 12 rounds—at times, the Filipino looked as if he were simply working up a sweat in a sparring session—left...

Clinton upbraids Netanyahu over housing plans Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton rebuked Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Friday about the state of the U.S.-Israeli relationship,...

At least 3 die in B.C. slide Three people are dead and more than 12 others are believed injured after an avalanche roared down Boulder Mountain near Revelstoke, B.C., on Saturday...

Tide of sex abuse claims engulfs the Vatican Clerical sex abuse victims yesterday began “sidewalk vigils” in more than 30 US cities in solidarity with their fellow sufferers on the other side of the...

CLINTON ADMONISHES NETANYAHU WASHINGTON • In a rare, sharp rebuke, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday chided Israel for plans to build new homes in east Jerusalem saying it sent...

Angels get wrists slapped Prosecutors are appealing a judge’s decision to hand short jail terms to two members of the Hells Angels who pleaded guilty to trafficking large quantities of...

U.S. retail sales post surprising gain in February There was a surprising increase in U.S. retail sales in February, a month notable for the snowstorms that buried major eastern cities and shut down the...

Gold miners suspend the hedging NEWYORK — Gold miners, a corporate species of which B.C. has its fair share, almost always voice bullish sentiments about the price of the yellow metal. But...

Lehman execs ‘may have been negligent’ INVESTMENT bank Lehman Brothers used accounting gimmicks and had been insolvent for weeks before it filed for bankruptcy in September 2008, but there was not...

Koe earns date in final HALIFAX — Alberta skip Kevin Koe advanced to today’s final of the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier where his rink can become the first ever to win a national title...

Pacquiao turns Clottey into Texas toast ARLINGTON, Texas — Fighting on the star, Manny Pacquiao showed once again why he is the star. With the biggest fight crowd in the U.S. in 17 years cheering...

Discouraging word never heard from Burrows It seems more and more likely Donald Fehr may well take the head job with the NHL Players Association — and although that’s not a certainty, it seems highly...

LEAFS WIN BATTLE OF THE AWFUL TORONTO – Maple Leafs linemates Tyler Bozak, Nikolai Kulemin and Phil Kessel combined for eight points in the Maple Leafs’ third straight victory, 6-4 over the...

Road to obesity begins before birth Pam Levin’s daughter weighed less than five pounds at birth. But by the time the child turned three, Levin and her husband had begun to bristle at some of the...

Koe rink rolls into final with undefeated Ontario HALIFAX — Alberta skip Kevin Koe advanced to the final of the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier, where his crew of third Blake MacDonald, second Carter Rycroft and lead...

Mum tells of rift with second ‘Jihad Jane’ LEADVILLE — Before she disappeared last year 31-year-old nurse Jamie Paulin-Ramirez told her family she had converted to Islam and said they’d go to hell if...

Paralympics could serve as an Olympics dress rehearsal Could not the Paralympics be held prior to the Olympics? It would assist the Olympics by acting as a dress rehearsal for operations. Interest would be...

Liberal policy drift playing well for Harper Remember when the economy was the most pressing issue facing the nation, at least according to Michael Ignatieff? That’s so last week. What has Liberals...