Category Archives: Canadian Press
Iraqi troops resume Mosul fight after 2-week lull
MOSUL, Iraq - Breaking a two-week lull in fighting, Iraqi troops backed by the U.S.-led coalition’s airstrikes and artillery pushed deeper into eastern Mosul on Thursday in a multi-pronged assau...
Dec 29, 2016
Wednesday's Games
Wednesday’s Games 2017 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship At Montreal Sweden 4 Switzerland 2 At Toronto United States 5 Slovakia 2 — 2017 Spengler Cup HC Lugano 4 Mountfield HK 3 HC Din...
Dec 28, 2016
Durant, Warriors deliver down stretch to hold off Raptors
OAKLAND, Calif. - The Golden State Warriors played one of their most dominant quarters to start the game, building a 25-point lead. Then, there were turnovers and second chances for Toronto and they h...
Dec 28, 2016
Ryan Miller makes 36 saves, Canucks hang on to beat Kings 2-1
VANCOUVER - Ryan Miller had an easy time in the first period Wednesday night. The same can’t be said for the final 40 minutes. Miller recorded 36 saves as the Vancouver Canucks edged the Los Ang...
Dec 28, 2016
Final goodbye: Roll call of some of those who died in 2016
Death claimed transcendent political figures in 2016, including Cuba’s revolutionary leader and Thailand’s longtime king, but also took away royals of a different sort: kings of pop music,...
Dec 28, 2016
Final goodbye: Roll call of some of those who died in 2016
Death claimed transcendent political figures in 2016, including Cuba’s revolutionary leader and Thailand’s longtime king, but also took away royals of a different sort: kings of pop music,...
Dec 28, 2016
NYPD to allow Sikhs to wear turbans, grow beards
NEW YORK - The New York Police Department is now allowing Sikh (seek) officers to wear turbans in place of the traditional police cap and grow beards up to a half-inch long for religious reasons. Poli...
Dec 28, 2016
Joey Votto backs out of playing for Canada at World Baseball Classic
Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto has declined to play for Canada at the upcoming World Baseball Classic. The 33-year-old from Toronto was the National League’s most valuable player in 20...
Dec 28, 2016
Fan hospitalized after falling from balcony at Panthers game
SUNRISE, Fla. - A fan was conscious and taken to a hospital after falling from a balcony during a Florida Panthers game at BB&T Arena on Wednesday night. Lt. Gus Fernandez of the Sunrise Fire-Resc...
Dec 28, 2016
NewsAlert: DeMar DeRozan passes Chris Bosh for most points in Raptors history
OAKLAND, Calif. - DeMar DeRozan has passed Chris Bosh to become the Toronto Raptors’ all-time leading scorer. DeRozan needed 15 points to set the new franchise mark entering Wednesday’s ga...
Dec 28, 2016