Category Archives: Canadian Press
Montreal Impact sees season end in painful loss to arch-rival Toronto FC
TORONTO - In an otherwise quiet Montreal Impact dressing room Wednesday night, Ambroise Oyongo sat at his locker, deliberately tossing his shoes and shin-pads, one at a time, across the room into a bi...
Nov 30, 2016
MLB players, owners reach tentative labour deal
IRVING, Texas - Baseball players and owners reached a tentative agreement on a five-year labour contract Wednesday night, a deal that will extend the sport’s industrial peace to 26 years since t...
Nov 30, 2016
Chad Johnson stops 39 shots as Flames shut out Maple Leafs 3-0
CALGARY - Chad Johnson and the Calgary Flames didn’t show any signs of fatigue on Wednesday night. The red-hot goaltender made 39 saves and Freddie Hamilton and Kris Versteeg scored in the openi...
Nov 30, 2016
Lowry scores 29, Raptors overcome turnovers in win over Grizzlies
TORONTO - Raptors coach Dwane Casey didn’t like what he saw in the first three quarters of Wednesday’s game. But his team came through for him in the final 12 minutes. Kyle Lowry poured in...
Nov 30, 2016
TFC dispatches Montreal in extra time to win wild game and reach MLS Cup final
TORONTO - The champagne bottles spelling out TFC on the floor of the Toronto FC locker-room told the story. As did the big bin of empty beer cans. In its 10th season, Toronto FC is one game away from ...
Nov 30, 2016
Colombia's congress ratifies peace accord with rebels
BOGOTA - After five decades of war, more than four years of negotiations and two signing ceremonies, Colombia’s congress late Wednesday formally ratified a peace agreement allowing leftist rebel...
Nov 30, 2016
Former Royal Winnipeg Ballet student suing school, former instructor
WINNIPEG - A former student with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet is suing the company and a former instructor, alleging she was sexually assaulted and exploited in the 1990s. She says she suffered mental di...
Nov 30, 2016
Health Canada moves to restrict chemicals used to make deadly drug fentanyl
OTTAWA - The Canadian government is moving to control six chemicals used to make the deadly opioid fentanyl in an effort to contain the growing overdose death toll. Health Canada announced Wednesday t...
Nov 30, 2016
House OKs bill bolstering medical research, drug approvals
WASHINGTON - The House easily approved a sweeping biomedical bill Wednesday that would help drug and medical device companies win swifter government approval of their products, boost disease research ...
Nov 30, 2016
House OKs intelligence bill that sets up new panel on Russia
WASHINGTON - The House on Wednesday passed a 93-page intelligence policy bill that calls for a high-level panel to counter Russian political interference around the globe. It’s a measure that mi...
Nov 30, 2016