Category Archives: Canadian Press
Philippines searches for 18 crewmen of ship sunk by typhoon
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine coast guard pressed its search Tuesday for 18 crewmen from a cargo ship that sank at the height of Typhoon Nock-Ten, which struck the country on Christmas Day. Coa...
Dec 27, 2016
Investigators study flight recorder from Black Sea jet crash
SOCHI, Russia - Investigators recovered the flight-data recorder from a crashed Russian military plane Tuesday and began reviewing its contents to learn why the jet went down moments after takeoff, ki...
Dec 27, 2016
Mall fights send post-holiday shoppers scrambling for exits
BEACHWOOD, Ohio - Fights broke out at malls around the country Monday night sending shoppers, who were looking for post-holiday deals, scrambling for the exits. No one was seriously injured in the mal...
Dec 26, 2016
Monday's Games
Monday’s Games World Junior Hockey Championship At Toronto Canada 5 Russia 3 United States 6 Latvia 1 At Montreal Sweden 6 Denmark 1 Czech Republic 2 Finland 1 — Spengler Cup At Davos, Swi...
Dec 26, 2016
Lowry leads Raptors to 95-91 win over skidding Trail Blazers
PORTLAND, Ore. - No matter what city they visit lately, the Toronto Raptors feel right at home. Kyle Lowry scored 27 points and the Raptors won their franchise-best seventh consecutive road game Monda...
Dec 26, 2016
China plans to land probes on far side of moon, Mars by 2020
BEIJING - China vowed Tuesday to speed up the development of its space industry as it set out its plans to become the first country to soft land a probe on the far side of the moon, around 2018, and l...
Dec 26, 2016
Canada sails past Russia to open world juniors with 5-3 win
TORONTO - One year ago to the day Team Canada lost the opener of the world junior hockey championship, an omen perhaps to the worst showing for the country in almost 20 years. The Canadians got it rig...
Dec 26, 2016
South Korean ruling party splits over impeached president
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - While lawyers desperately tried to restore the impeached South Korean president’s powers, politics advanced without her Tuesday as parties and potential candidates po...
Dec 26, 2016
Thousands attend Mexican girl's party following viral invite
LA JOYA, Mexico - Looking overwhelmed by the attention, yet resplendent in an elaborate fuchsia dress and gleaming tiara, Rubi Ibarra celebrated her 15th birthday on Monday in a rural Mexican village ...
Dec 26, 2016
Pepper spray used to disperse crowd after fight at Ohio mall
BEACHWOOD, Ohio - Police in Ohio say officers have used pepper spray to disperse a large crowd following a fight at an upscale shopping mall. Cleveland.com (http://bit.ly/2ilwL9o ) reports the fight b...
Dec 26, 2016