Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canadian Maude-Aimee Leblanc falls out of lead at Natural Charity Classic
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - Canada’s Maude-Aimee Leblanc has slipped into a tie for seventh heading into the final round of the Symetra Tour’s Natural Charity Classic. The Sherbrooke, Que., golfe...
Mar 16, 2019
Buffalo women reach NCAAs for 2nd straight season
CLEVELAND - Summer Hemphill scored 16 points and grabbed a Mid-American Conference tournament record 21 rebounds to help No. 4 seed Buffalo beat Ohio 77-61 on Saturday for an automatic NCAA Tournament...
Mar 16, 2019
Alberta Golden Bears one win away from defending national men's hockey title
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Riley Kieser, Luke Philp, and Grayson Pawlenchuk scored third-period goals to power the defending champion Alberta Golden Bears past the No. 5 Saskatchewan Huskies 3-0 in a U Sport...
Mar 16, 2019
Canadian Elena Gaskell captures Crystal Globe after bronze at home
QUEBEC - Canadian Elena Gaskell earned the Crystal Globe for the 2018-19 freestyle skiing big air campaign after capturing a bronze medal in the season-ending World Cup on Saturday. The native of Vern...
Mar 16, 2019
Wilderness survival book borrowed in 1977 is finally returned to B.C. library
VANCOUVER - A book about surviving in the outdoors has been returned to a B.C. library branch more than four decades after it was checked out. The book, “Wilderness Living: A Complete Handbook a...
Mar 16, 2019
Korea scores trio in ninth end to edge Canada 7-6 at world women's curling event
SILKEBORG, Denmark - Korea’s Min-Ji Kim scored three in the ninth end to edge Canada’s Chelsea Carey 7-6 on Saturday at the world women’s curling championship. It was the first game ...
Mar 16, 2019
Toronto Blue Jays drop games against Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees
DUNEDIN, Fla. - The Toronto Blue Jays dropped a pair of split-squad pre-season games on Saturday. Toronto lost 4-3 to the Baltimore Orioles at its home spring-training facility and dropped a 17-7 deci...
Mar 16, 2019
Canadian Bianca Andreescu is turning heads in tennis world with her stunning run
Bianca Andreescu has captured the imagination of Canadian sports fans with her Cinderella-like journey to the BNP Paribas Open women's singles final Sunday. But the Mississauga, Ont., native didn̵...
Mar 16, 2019
Raonic ousted from Paribas Open semifinals by Austrian Dominic Thiem
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Dominic Thiem outlasted Canadian Milos Raonic in three sets Saturday to reach the BNP Paribas Open final, where he’ll meet Roger Federer who advanced after Rafael Nadal wi...
Mar 16, 2019
Quebec City Muslim worshippers condemn fatal New Zealand mosque attacks
QUEBEC - A little more than two years after their own community came under attack, Muslims in Quebec City said they were in shock over the mass shootings at two New Zealand mosques Friday that claimed...
Mar 16, 2019