Five people were killed Saturday when two small planes collided in the air northeast of Saskatoon, Canada, officials said.
Potash Corporation, the world's largest fertilizer producer, said Tuesday it has received and rejected a $38.56 billion unsolicited takeover bid from BHP Billiton, calling the mining giant's offer "grossly inadequate."
Authorities in Alaska are examining two wolves to see if they are the animals that killed a jogger last week, said a wildlife biologist investigating the attack.
CNN's Patrick Oppmann visits a sanctuary, where staff try to speak for rescued wolves.
Normally, "hot spot" isn't the first phrase that comes to mind when talking about Saskatchewan, Canada.
Cold, landlocked, and boasting as its largest metropolis the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan may not be top of mind for most Americans. But the Canadian province is one of the richest spots in the world when it comes to natural resources. It's the world's largest producer of uranium. It's the biggest producer of the fertilizer potash (current price: $1,000 a ton, up from $300 this time last year). It is the world's largest exporter of green lentils and chickpeas. And it's home to enormous supplies of oil and gas: The U.S. buys more oil from Saskatchewan than it does from Kuwait. No wonder the CEO of one Fortune 500 company - Jim Prokopanko of Mosaic, which has a potash mine near the town of Esterhazy - describes the prairie province as "the next sovereign wealth fund."
Jon, I am heading to the U.S. Open for the first time this year. Any tips or hints to pass on? -- Corey Huber, Regina, Saskatchewan
CTV's Murray Oliver was broadcasting live when a massive balloon took off without a daredevil skydiver.
French parachutist Michel Fournier vowed Tuesday to try again to launch a record-breaking skydive in August, hours after a "freak" accident over Canada aborted his second attempt to do so.
French skydiver Michel Fournier's bid for a record-breaking parachute jump from Earth's stratosphere was aborted Tuesday when the balloon that was to carry him into the far reaches of the sky slipped away from his flight crew.
A skydiver will try to break records by jumping from the edge of the earth. CTV reports.
Tune in Friday for our U.S. Open seed reports. Also, I'll try and do daily "baguettes" from the Open starting Monday.
Their mission cut short by Hurricane Dean, astronauts aboard the shuttle Endeavour wrapped up their work in orbit Monday and prepared to come home.
Joel Rheault ducks beneath the steel door of the elevator cage and steps into a freezing rainstorm -- 1,600 feet below ground, at the mouth of a cavernous concrete tunnel. Wind whips the water dripping from his hard hat as Rheault switches on his headlamp, climbs into a Toyota Land Cruiser that's been parked underground, and drives off into the darkness.
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Scott Niedermayer had victoriously skated around with the Stanley Cup before. Three times to be exact. Each time he had won it, he took it back to his home in Cranbrook, British Columbia, where he would gather with friends and family for a barbeque. At sunset, they would sit around a campfire with the Cup and point out certain names etched into the silver chalice and tell stories. Everyone would get to hold the trophy and tell a tale. Well, everyone except one.
I spent most of the day in front of the tube on Sunday, but there was no Super Bowl for your faithful scribe. While every other guy in North America was pounding beers and chicken wings and rating the commercials, I was poring over two-week-old game film of 16-year-old hockey phenom John Tavares.
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DALLAS -- After sitting through the NHL's third-ever YoungStars game Tuesday night, I can only say I hope it is the last. I'm betting the sparse and snoozing crowd at the American Airlines Center would agree. The two-day All-Star party is a fine event, festive and entertaining. But this game, dull and miscast, is no way to get it going.
They're stuck in our brains and uttered by our lips: catchphrases from TV shows past and present. You hear them and use them -- so much so, they've become part of the American lexicon.
Frenchman Michel Fournier is readying himself and equipment to attempt a record-setting free fall from the stratosphere.
On World Refugee Day, Angelina Jolie proved again that she is not your typical celebrity.
Weyerhaeuser Co. on Friday unveiled further closures in a string of factory shutdowns and said more changes lie ahead.
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Investors may hope to see some guidance from Wednesday's July durable goods reports and revised second-quarter gross domestic product figures due on Friday. Stocks finished Tuesday again near the unchanged mark.
The free-trade pact between Canada and the U.S. doesn't mention hockey pucks. But there they were when the National Hockey League chose Ottawa, Canada, and Tampa, Florida, as sites for new teams. P...
A familiar sight from Little League baseball is coming to professional sports. Three of the seven teams in the World Basketball League, an NBA rival now in its third season, have corporate sponsors...
WINNIPEG -- A Saskatchewan man . . . has won a $1,308 sex-discrimination case. Jon Braidek of Carrot River, Sask., had applied to count trees at a provincial nursery operated by Saskatchewan Parks ...
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