Category Archives: Canadian Press
Expats watch U.S. midterms unfold at viewing parties across Canada
TORONTO - American expatriates and political junkies crowded a university library, pubs and other venues across Canada on Tuesday to watch the incoming results of the crucial U.S. midterm congressiona...
Nov 06, 2018
Spain finds 17 dead migrants, 100 survivors in Mediterranean
MADRID - Spanish rescue workers combed the seas and shores of southern Spain on Tuesday, searching for 17 missing migrants a day after finding the bodies of 17 other migrants who died trying to cross ...
Nov 05, 2018
Despite House loss, Trump still sees midterms success
WASHINGTON - Resigned to the loss of one-party control over Washington in Tuesday’s elections, President Donald Trump stared down the prospect of endless House investigations, stymied policy eff...
Nov 05, 2018
Monday's Games
Monday’s Games NFL Tennessee 28 Dallas 14 — NHL Montreal 4 N.Y. Islanders 3 (SO) Washington 4 Edmonton 2 New Jersey 5 Pittsburgh 1 Boston 2 Dallas 1 (OT) Philadelphia 5 Arizona 2 — A...
Nov 05, 2018
Scores and Schedule
Monday’s Games NFL Tennessee 28 Dallas 14 — NHL Montreal 4 N.Y. Islanders 3 (SO) Washington 4 Edmonton 2 New Jersey 5 Pittsburgh 1 Boston 2 Dallas 1 (OT) Philadelphia 5 Arizona 2 — A...
Nov 05, 2018
Murray scores 48 as Nuggets beat Celtics 115-107
DENVER - Canada’s Jamal Murray simply got caught up in the moment when he hoisted a long shot with the clock winding down. He took some heat for it. No disrespect meant, he maintained. Murray, f...
Nov 05, 2018
People magazine names Idris Elba 2018's Sexiest Man Alive
LOS ANGELES - People magazine has named Idris Elba as 2018’s Sexiest Man Alive, and the British actor says the honour has given him a boost of self-confidence. Elba, who starred in “The Wi...
Nov 05, 2018
Fox, NBC and Facebook turn down Trump ad deemed racist
NEW YORK - NBC, Fox News Channel and Facebook all said Monday they will stop airing President Donald Trump’s campaign advertisement that featured an immigrant convicted of killing two police off...
Nov 05, 2018
Armia lifts Canadiens past Islanders 4-3 in shootout
NEW YORK - After his team’s first four skaters in the shootout couldn’t beat goalie Thomas Greiss, Montreal Canadiens coach Claude Julien decided to go with the right-handed Joel Armia ins...
Nov 05, 2018
New Zealand fisherman's ocean rescue of toddler 'miraculous'
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A New Zealand fisherman plucked a toddler from the ocean in a “miraculous” rescue after thinking he was watching a doll float past. Gus Hutt was at the beach chec...
Nov 05, 2018