Category Archives: Canadian Press
Japan's Abe re-elected as party head, to stay on as PM
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was re-elected as head of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party in a landslide Thursday, paving the way for up to three more years as the nation’s leader...
Sep 20, 2018
Wednesday's Games
Wednesday’s Games NHL Pre-season Boston 3 Calgary(ss) 1 Carolina 6 Tampa Bay 1 Philadelphia 6 N.Y. Rangers 4 Detroit 3 Pittsburgh 2 (OT) Florida 5 Montreal 2 Toronto 4 Ottawa 1 St. Louis 3 Minne...
Sep 19, 2018
Scores and Schedule
Wednesday’s Games NHL Pre-season Boston 3 Calgary(ss) 1 Carolina 6 Tampa Bay 1 Philadelphia 6 N.Y. Rangers 4 Detroit 3 Pittsburgh 2 (OT) Florida 5 Montreal 2 Toronto 4 Ottawa 1 St. Louis 3 Minne...
Sep 19, 2018
Fresh-faced Calgary Flames team posts 4-1 victory over Vancouver Canucks
VANCOUVER - Spencer Foo and the Calgary Flames young guns made the most of their chance to impress Cail MacLean on Tuesday night. MacLean felt Calgary’s prospects went into the pre-season game a...
Sep 19, 2018
Mexico's Tigres downs Toronto FC 3-1 in Campeones Cup battle of champions
Toronto FC lost the inaugural Campeones Cup on home turf Wednesday, the latest misstep in a season gone wrong. Toronto started brightly against the Mexican champions Tigres UANL but went behind late i...
Sep 19, 2018
Luongo calls Domi 'gutless' after sucker punching Ekblad in pre-season game
MONTREAL - Florida Panthers goalie Roberto Luongo said Max Domi’s sucker punch on Aaron Ekblad was “gutless.” Domi was given a match penalty for punching Ekblad right in the nose in ...
Sep 19, 2018
Orioles avoid three-game sweep with 2-1 over Blue Jays
BALTIMORE - One night after setting a dubious record for losses, the Baltimore Orioles were ready to savour a rare win against a division rival. Rookie DJ Stewart hit his first major league home run a...
Sep 19, 2018
Tyler Ennis leads Maple Leafs past Senators 4-1 in pre-season game
OTTAWA - Mike Babcock liked a lot of what he saw, but knows his team has a ways to go before the start of the regular season. The Toronto Maple Leafs coach has reason to smile after Tyler Ennis scored...
Sep 19, 2018
Arthur Mitchell, pioneering black ballet dancer, dies at 84
NEW YORK - Arthur Mitchell, who broke barriers for African-Americans in the 1950s as a ballet dancer with the New York City Ballet and who would go on to become a driving force in the creation of the ...
Sep 19, 2018
UFC's Jones suspended 15 months by USADA; can return in fall
LOS ANGELES - Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is eligible to return to competition by late October after completing a 15-month suspension for a doping violation. The U.S. Anti-Doping A...
Sep 19, 2018