Category Archives: Canadian Press
Alaskans plunge into 32-degree water in annual event
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - More than a thousand people in Alaska on Saturday dressed up as elves or in other elaborate costumes while some stripped down to barely anything to take part in a polar plunge. The...
Dec 17, 2016
Cherry weighs in on Alexei Emelin's hits against Avs: 'the jerk of jerks'
TORONTO - Hockey commentator Don Cherry directed his ire at Montreal Canadiens defenceman Alexei Emelin on Saturday night’s episode of Coach’s Corner. Emelin threw a hip check at Avalanche...
Dec 17, 2016
Rebecca Johnston leads Canada past United States 5-3 in women's hockey
PLYMOUTH, Mich. - Rebecca Johnston had a hat trick as Canada’s national women’s hockey team rallied past the United States 5-3 on Saturday in an exhibition game. Jillian Saulnier and Natal...
Dec 17, 2016
Penguins' Marc-Andre Fleury briefly leaves game after taking skate to chin
TORONTO - Pittsburgh goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury was forced to briefly leave the game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Penguins in the opening minutes after taking a skate blade under the chin on ...
Dec 17, 2016
Venezuela extends use of 100-bolivar bill following protests
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela’s government on Saturday extended the use of its 100-bolivar bill until Jan. 2, after its decision to pull the banknote out of circulation left the country largely...
Dec 17, 2016
Canadian Max Parrot, Sebastien Toutant finished 1-2 at World Cup snowboard event
COPPER MOUNTAIN, Canada - Max Parrot of Bromont, Que., finished 2016 the way he wanted. Parrot and Canadian teammate Sebastien Toutant finished 1-2 on Saturday in the World Cup big air snowboard event...
Dec 17, 2016
Calgary's Alex Gough takes third in women's World Cup luge competition
PARK CITY, Utah - Calgary’s Alex Gough finished third Saturday in a women’s World Cup luge event. Gough claimed the bronze medal with a time of one minute 29.584 seconds. American Erin Ham...
Dec 17, 2016
Home Hardware Stores co-founder Walter Hachborn dies at 95
Walter Hachborn, co-founder of Home Hardware Stores and member of the Order of Canada, has died, he was 95. A statement from Home Hardware says Hachborn died Saturday, but does not give any further de...
Dec 17, 2016
Ibrahimovic, Costa light up misty day in EPL
LONDON - As fog engulfed English stadiums, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Diego Costa illuminated the Premier League on Saturday. And the 35-year-old Ibrahimovic is fast catching the striker seven years his j...
Dec 17, 2016
Canadian Alex Harvey earns season-best seventh-place World Cup finish
LA CLUSAZ, France - Canadian Alex Harvey earned a season-best seventh-place finish Saturday but feels he missed a great chance to register his first podium finish of the World Cup cross-country ski se...
Dec 17, 2016