Category Archives: Canadian Press

'Upper-body' injury sidelines B.C. Lions quarterback Travis Lulay
VANCOUVER - Veteran B.C. Lions quarterback Travis Lulay has been sidelined with another injury. The 34-year-old left the Lions’ matchup with the Ottawa Redblacks at the end of the second quarter...
Sep 07, 2018
U.S. wildfire crosses border into Waterton Lakes National Park in southern Alberta
WATERTON LAKES NATIONAL PARK, Alta. - Parks Canada says a fire burning in the United States has now crossed the border into Waterton Lakes National Park in southwestern Alberta. Officials say fire act...
Sep 07, 2018

Pillar hits solo shot in 11th inning to give Jays a 3-2 walkoff win over Indians
TORONTO - With a lineup loaded with prospects and callups, it was the Toronto Blue Jays’ longest-tenured player who provided the dramatics on Friday night. Kevin Pillar hit a solo shot in the 11...
Sep 07, 2018

Goalie Filip Gustavsson embracing opportunity at Senators rookie camp
LAVAL, Que. - Ottawa Senators rookie goalie Filip Gustavsson knows he’s been given a chance of a lifetime and he doesn’t intend to waste it. Gustavsson is being touted as Ottawa’s ne...
Sep 07, 2018
Achonwa with game-high 16 points, Canada beats Japan in exhibition
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Natalie Achonwa had a game-high 16 points and 11 rebounds as Canada hung on to beat Japan 76-69 on Friday in an exhibition tune-up for the 2018 World Cup. Miranda Ayim added 15 poi...
Sep 07, 2018

Former Disney star jailed in Vegas domestic battery case
LAS VEGAS - Authorities say former Disney star Orlando Brown has pleaded no contest in Las Vegas to reduced charges in two criminal cases and remains jailed pending trial in a misdemeanour domestic ba...
Sep 07, 2018
Cruise ship regains power, will be docked overnight
BOSTON - The U.S. Coast Guard says a cruise ship that became disabled off the Massachusetts coast is docking in Rhode Island and must be inspected before it can continue on its way to New York. The St...
Sep 07, 2018
Mac Miller, who collaborated with rap royalty, dies at 26
LOS ANGELES - Mac Miller, the platinum hip-hop star whose rhymes vacillated from party raps to lyrics about depression and drug use, and earned kudos from the likes of Jay-Z and Chance the Rapper, die...
Sep 07, 2018

Judge will review complaint over refinery near national park
BISMARCK, N.D. - North Dakota regulators are enlisting an administrative law judge to help untangle some of the legal questions surrounding whether an oil refinery can be built near Theodore Roosevelt...
Sep 07, 2018
Australian cyclist Matthews beats out hard-luck Belgian for Quebec win
QUEBEC - Belgium’s Greg Van Avermaet just can’t take that last step. With the winner of the previous two Grand Prix cycling races occupied (three-time world champion Peter Sagan of Slovaki...
Sep 07, 2018