Category Archives: Canadian Press
Room for Improvement: Kings frustrated after 1-3 road trip through Canada
TORONTO - Los Angeles Kings head coach John Stevens couldn’t help but laugh when asked if his team needs to work on its breakaway speed. “And not the offensive zone or not on the power pla...
Oct 15, 2018
Chacin, Brewers' bullpen blank Dodgers 4-0 for 2-1 NLCS lead
LOS ANGELES - The Milwaukee Brewers know they can count on their intimidating bullpen to get outs. They may not have been expecting a twice-demoted shortstop to generate so much offence. Jhoulys Chaci...
Oct 15, 2018
Craig Anderson stops 37 shots, leads Ottawa over Dallas 4-1
OTTAWA - For the first time in a long time the Ottawa Senators are having fun and picking up wins at the same time. The Senators defeated the Dallas Stars 4-1 Monday night on the back of a 37-save per...
Oct 15, 2018
Tomas Plekanec scores in his 1,000th NHL game, Canadiens beat Red Wings 7-3
MONTREAL - It looked like Tomas Plekanec “drank from the fountain of youth” before Monday night’s game. That’s how head coach Claude Julien described the veteran Plekanec, who ...
Oct 15, 2018
No one hurt after trespassing in rural Alberta escalates to gunfight: police
SPIRIT RIVER, Alta. - Police in northwestern Alberta say a suspect is in custody after a gunfight broke out between a suspected trespasser and a resident of a rural property. RCMP in Spirit River say ...
Oct 15, 2018
Judge tosses Stormy Daniels' defamation suit against Trump
WASHINGTON - A federal judge dismissed Stormy Daniels’ defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump on Monday, saying the president made a “hyperbolic statement” against a polit...
Oct 15, 2018
Microsoft co-founder, philanthropist Paul Allen dies at 65
SEATTLE - Paul G. Allen, who co-founded Microsoft with his childhood friend Bill Gates before becoming a billionaire philanthropist who invested in conservation, space travel and professional sports, ...
Oct 15, 2018
Girdles and socket wrenches: Sears was the Amazon of its day
Before there was Amazon - or, for that matter, Home Depot or Walmart or Kmart - there was Sears. From its beginnings as a mail-order watch business in Minneapolis 132 years ago, the company grew to be...
Oct 15, 2018
Gilgeous-Alexander will be an intriguing Canadian storyline in NBA this season
TORONTO - In the Los Angeles Clippers’ final pre-season game against Maccabi Haifa last week, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander drove to the hoop from halfcourt before muscling through two opponents for a...
Oct 15, 2018
Quebec bar suspends lawyer involved in effort to have senior declared unfit
MONTREAL - The Quebec bar has suspended a Montreal lawyer involved in an effort to force an elderly woman from her home and have her declared mentally unfit. Charles Gelber will serve an 18-month susp...
Oct 15, 2018