Pokemon

• Pokemon card sales spiked amid COVID-19. Now, stores are taking them off the shelves

  The value of Pokemon cards has also soared online, with one rare Pikachu illustrator card selling on Ebay for more than $3.6 million.

  Canada

  May 17
• Halifax gaming shop uses humour and community support to overcome robbery

  Thousands of dollars in stolen Pokémon merchandise won't slow down The Deck Box, a local Halifax business on Brunswick Street.

  Crime

  Feb 4
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• Pokemon Go player shot dead after witnessing armed robbery

  Cayla Campos, 21, and her boyfriend were playing Pokemon Go in their car when a robbery occurred nearby, according to police in Albuquerque, N.M.

  Trending

  Oct 22, 2019
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• Ryan Reynolds voices Pikachu in first-ever live-action Pokemon movie

  "Detective Pikachu" is set to release in 2019.

  Entertainment

  Nov 12, 2018
• Pokemon Go… to the Calgary Stampede?

  Albertan Pokemon fans and players say it's time for a Pokemon Go event in Canada.

  Tech

  Mar 29, 2018
• Pokemon Go lawsuit a no go as Alberta plaintiff drops legal action

  Barbra-Lyn Schaeffer had complained that players were inundating her and her husband's home, 160 kilometres northeast of Calgary, because it was the site of a Pokegym.

  Tech

  Mar 29, 2018
• Ryan Reynolds to star in live-action Pokémon movie

  'Detective Pikachu' will begin shooting mid-January in London, U.K. next year.

  Entertainment

  Dec 7, 2017
• Russian agents used Pokemon Go to stoke racial tensions during U.S. election: report

  Russian-linked operatives ran a Pokemon Go contest designed to help stoke racial tensions in the U.S., according to a CNN investigation.

  Tech

  Oct 14, 2017
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• Police seize $65K worth of cocaine from Pokemon backpack in Kingston, Ont.

  Police in Kingston, Ont., say two men are facing charges after officers seized more than half a kilogram of cocaine from a backpack modelled after a large Pokeball, an item in the wildly popular Pokemon games.

  Crime

  Sep 30, 2016
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• WATCH: Sighting of rare Pokemon prompts stampede at a park in Taipei

  Taipei's Beitou Park has become a popular spot for players of the smartphone game Pokemon Go after news surfaced that rare monsters often appear there.

  Tech

  Aug 24, 2016