Category Archives: Canadian Press
South Korean court orders easing of decades-old abortion ban
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - In a major reversal, South Korea’s constitutional Court on Thursday ordered the easing of the country’s decades-old ban on most abortions, one of the strictest ...
Apr 11, 2019
UK's May faces Parliament after EU grants Brexit extension
LONDON - A clearly frustrated European Union has given Britain a few more months to find a way out of its Brexit quagmire. Now it’s up to Britain’s squabbling politicians to work out if th...
Apr 11, 2019
New Zealand's new gun laws get final assent to take effect
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand’s governor general on Thursday formally signed into effect sweeping gun laws outlawing military style weapons, less than a month after a man used such guns ...
Apr 11, 2019
Scores and Schedule
Wednesday’s Games NHL Playoffs First Round Columbus 4 Tampa Bay 3 (Columbus leads series 1-0) N.Y. Islanders 4 Pittsburgh 3 (OT) (N.Y. Islanders leads series 1-0) St. Louis 2 Winnipeg 1 (St. Lou...
Apr 10, 2019
Wednesday's Games
Wednesday’s Games NHL Playoffs First Round Columbus 4 Tampa Bay 3 (Columbus leads series 1-0) N.Y. Islanders 4 Pittsburgh 3 (OT) (N.Y. Islanders leads series 1-0) St. Louis 2 Winnipeg 1 (St. Lou...
Apr 10, 2019
Sudan's military overthrows president amid bloody protests
CAIRO - Sudan’s military overthrew President Omar al-Bashir on Thursday after months of bloody protests against his repressive 30-year rule. But pro-democracy demonstrators vowed to keep up thei...
Apr 10, 2019
Pavelski's painful goal leads Sharks past Golden Knights 5-2
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Joe Pavelski lost a couple of teeth, had stitches in his lip and his mouth was still bloody long after taking Brent Burns’ point shot right off his chin . Pavelski was also ab...
Apr 10, 2019
Rookie scores in debut, Stars beat Preds for 1-0 series lead
NASHVILLE - Miro Heiskanen turned in a post-season debut to remember, even if the Dallas rookie defenceman didn’t wind up writing himself into the NHL’s record book because of a late scori...
Apr 10, 2019
Clippers honour broadcaster Ralph Lawler for long career
LOS ANGELES - Ralph Lawler called his 3,229th and last regular season game for the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night. Lawler, who turns 81 on April 21, plans to end his 60-year broadcasting care...
Apr 10, 2019
Bailey lifts Islanders past Penguins 4-3 in OT in Game 1
UNIONDALE, N.Y. - Josh Bailey didn’t have much time to think when he saw the puck on the side of the crease after Mathew Barzal’s try hit the left goalpost in overtime. Bailey just swooped...
Apr 10, 2019