Category Archives: Canadian Press
'Human thing to do:' transit rider who jumped on subway tracks to save fallen man
TORONTO - A Toronto transit rider heralded as a hero after rescuing a man who fell onto the subway tracks said he couldn’t have done it without the help of two strangers who jumped in with him. ...
Jun 30, 2018
Taking over Stanley Cup champion is no easy task for a coach
For Colin Campbell, going from Mike Keenan’s top assistant to head coach of the New York Rangers wasn’t a big move. “I just had to move 10 feet to another office,” Campbell sai...
Jun 30, 2018
AP source: Red Wings agree to terms with Green on new deal
Mike Green is staying with the Detroit Red Wings on a $10.75 million, two-year contract. A person with direct knowledge of the move told The Associated Press that the Red Wings agreed to terms with th...
Jun 30, 2018
Rallies across Canada protest separation of children from families in the U.S.
TORONTO - From Vancouver to Halifax, crowds of people rallied in cities across Canada on Saturday to protest a policy that separated families who were caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Although ...
Jun 30, 2018
Canadian golfer Jaclyn Lee outsted in semifinals at British Open Amateur
SOUTHPORT, England - Canadian golfer Jaclyn Lee was eliminated in Saturday’s semifinals of the Ladies’ British Open Amateur Championship. The 21-year-old from Calgary lost 4 and 3 to Germa...
Jun 30, 2018
Drake's 'Scorpion' stings streaming competition
NEW YORK - Drake’s “Scorpion” has set a record for most one-day streams for an album on Apple Music. The streaming platform says the album has logged more than 170 million streams wo...
Jun 30, 2018
Blue Jays relieve Tepera lands on 10-day DL with elbow inflammation
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays placed right-handed reliever Ryan Tepera on the 10-day disabled list Saturday with elbow inflammation in his throwing arm. The move, announced before Toronto’s af...
Jun 30, 2018
Mbappe, not Messi, stars as France beats Argentina 4-3 in World Cup
KAZAN, Russia - What Lionel Messi has never done, 19-year-old Kylian Mbappe did twice. The quick-footed French teenager scored two goals in a five-minute span of the second half to help his team rally...
Jun 30, 2018
U.S. steel tariffs result in 40 layoffs in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
SAULT STE MARIE, Ont. - A manufacturing company is laying off workers in Ontario in response to American tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. A spokesman for Tenaris, which manufactures steel pipes...
Jun 30, 2018
Australian man survives falling from train, being struck by cars in B.C.: RCMP
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - An Austalian man underwent full and partial limb amputations after falling from a train in Revelstoke, B.C. RCMP say they responded to reports of a trespasser on the CP Rail tracks ...
Jun 30, 2018