Category Archives: Canadian Press

Flare-throwing mars Moscow derby between Spartak and CSKA
MOSCOW - Crowd trouble marred a Moscow derby between archrivals Spartak and CSKA on Saturday, with the Russian Premier League game briefly stopped as flares were thrown into groups of fans. The refere...
Oct 29, 2016

Hamilton and Rosberg duel will start 1-2 in Mexico
MEXICO CITY - Lewis Hamilton kept up the pressure and Nico Rosberg responded on his final lap. The Mercedes duo will start 1-2 at the Mexican Grand Prix on Sunday after Rosberg rallied from difficult ...
Oct 29, 2016
China's Shanshan Feng leads Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Shanshan Feng birdied four of her final six holes after a long lightning delay Saturday to top the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia leaderboard when darkness suspended play. The 27-ye...
Oct 29, 2016
Province-wide electronic voting in P.E.I. plebiscite a first: election officials
CHARLOTTETTOWN, P.E.I. - Prince Edward Islanders can cast their ballots electronically in the province’s plebiscite on electoral reform that began Saturday afternoon. Elections P.E.I. says the o...
Oct 29, 2016

Halloween, zombies, movies changing Mexico's Day of the Dead
MEXICO CITY - Hollywood movies, zombie shows, Halloween and even politics are fast changing Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebrations, which traditionally consisted of quiet family gatherings at the...
Oct 29, 2016

Runaway cow returns to barn after nearly a week on the loose in N.B.
RUSAGONIS, N.B. - A wayward cow is back in the barn after almost a week on the run in New Brunswick. Beef farmer Wayne Morgan says he was corralling his cattle from a pasture area on Oromocto Island, ...
Oct 29, 2016
Tsonga beats Karlovic, plays top-seed Murray in Vienna final
VIENNA - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga saved a match point before beating Ivo Karlovic 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (6) and setting up a final against top-seeded Andy Murray at the Erste Bank Open on Saturday. Murray advanced ...
Oct 29, 2016

Child of 'Britain's Schindler' appeals for help for refugees
LONDON - The daughter of a stockbroker nicknamed ‘Britain’s Schindler’ for saving Jewish children from the Nazis appealed Saturday for the child refugees of today to be treated with ...
Oct 29, 2016
Dozens feared dead after airstrikes hit prisons in Yemen
SANAA, Yemen - Dozens of prisoners and security personnel were feared dead after Saudi-led airstrikes on Saturday battered two prisons inside a security headquarters in a western port city, security a...
Oct 29, 2016
Syrian airstrikes on Aleppo amid intense clashes
BEIRUT - Syrian government forces launched a counteroffensive Saturday under the cover of airstrikes in an attempt to regain control of areas they had lost to insurgents the day before in the northern...
Oct 29, 2016