Category Archives: Canadian Press
Tolls rises as Haiti digs out from Hurricane Matthew
JEREMIE, Haiti - People across southwest Haiti were digging through the wreckage of their homes Friday, salvaging what they could of their meagre possessions after devastating Hurricane Matthew killed...
Oct 06, 2016
Canadians Duhamel and Radford in first place after pairs short at Finlandia
ESPOO, Finland - Canadian figure skaters Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford are in first place after the pairs short program at the ISU Challenger Series Finlandia Trophy. Duhamel, of Lively, Ont., and R...
Oct 06, 2016
Estrada superb, Bautista wields big bat as Blue Jays thump Texas in ALDS opener
ARLINGTON, Texas - It was a beatdown but this time the bad blood stayed under the surface. Toronto rocked Cole Hamels for five runs in the third inning and a near flawless Marco Estrada delivered 8 1/...
Oct 06, 2016
Uncertainty over Hurricane Matthew still affecting sports
MIAMI - Fear of the damage that powerful Hurricane Matthew may cause prompted two college football postponements Thursday, and had the NFL plotting just-in-case scenarios for games scheduled in Tampa ...
Oct 06, 2016
African refugees alleging rights abuses get go-ahead to sue Canadian mining firm
VANCOUVER - Foreign workers who have accused a Vancouver-based company of human rights abuses at an African mine will have their case heard in the Canadian legal system. In a judgment released Thursda...
Oct 06, 2016
Driver of Calgary commuter train caused crash, can't remember what happened
CALGARY - A transit official says human error is to blame for a Calgary commuter train that crashed last month during peak morning rush hour. The light-rail train failed to stop as it was approaching ...
Oct 06, 2016
Backpage.com raided, CEO arrested for sex-trafficking
DALLAS - State agents raided the Dallas headquarters of adult classified ad portal Backpage and arrested Chief Executive Officer Carl Ferrer on Thursday following allegations that adult and child sex-...
Oct 06, 2016
Ducks, Kings, Blackhawks, Blues among many threats to conquer the West
It’s pretty well impossible to go back-to-back in the west. The Detroit Red Wings (2009) were the last team to repeat as champions of the NHL’s top conference, the only such squad to do so...
Oct 06, 2016
Manitoba Liberal says obesity should be protected under human rights code
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba politician wants obese people protected from discrimination under the province’s human rights code. Jon Gerrard, one of only three Liberal legislature members, has introduc...
Oct 06, 2016
Judge: Dead NY Rangers player a victim of organized sports
NEW YORK - A New York Rangers player who died in 2011 of an accidental overdose of prescription painkillers and a minor league hockey player who supplied him with pills are victims of organized sports...
Oct 06, 2016