Category Archives: Canadian Press
Dalai Lama hospitalized with chest infection, feeling better
NEW DELHI - The Dalai Lama has been hospitalized in the Indian capital with a chest infection and is feeling better, his spokesman said Wednesday. The 83-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader is under med...
Apr 9, 2019
Hamid gets 4th shutout in 6 games, United plays to 0-0 draw
WASHINGTON - Bill Hamid had his fourth shutout in six games this season and D.C. United tied the Montreal Impact 0-0 on Tuesday night. United (3-1-2) rebounded from its first loss of the season last S...
Apr 9, 2019
Silvernagle defeats Homan in first draw of Players' Championship
TORONTO - Robin Silvernagle scored a single in the extra end to edge Ottawa’s Rachel Homan 5-4 on Tuesday in both skips’ opening match of the Grand Slam of Curling’s Players’ C...
Apr 9, 2019
Magic Johnson abruptly resigns as Lakers' president
LOS ANGELES - Magic Johnson abruptly quit as the Los Angeles Lakers’ president of basketball operations Tuesday night, citing his desire to return to the simpler life he enjoyed as a wealthy bus...
Apr 9, 2019
New Jersey Devils win NHL draft lottery for second time in three years
TORONTO - Devils general manager Ray Shero has made it clear his team needs to accumulate more talent. The luck of the draw helped New Jersey take a huge step in that direction Tuesday. The Devils wil...
Apr 9, 2019
Vancouver man faces new money-laundering charge in college admissions scandal
Vancouver businessman David Sidoo faces an additional charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering for his alleged role in a college admissions scandal in the United States. In a new indictment fro...
Apr 9, 2019
Dykstra sues Darling over book claiming racist tirade
NEW YORK - Lenny Dykstra has sued former New York Mets teammate Ron Darling, St. Martin’s Press and Macmillan Publishing Group over a passage in the pitcher’s new book accusing the outfiel...
Apr 9, 2019
Canadiens forward Jonathan Drouin disappointed with season-ending slump
BROSSARD, Que. - Canadiens forward Jonathan Drouin doesn’t need to check social media or turn on a television to get a sense of how Montrealers have felt about him for the last month. “I&#...
Apr 9, 2019
Red Sox stumble again, beaten in home opener by Toronto 7-5
BOSTON - The Boston Red Sox blanketed Fenway Park with pieces of the city’s championship past to welcome the newest members of their World Series title club. It wasn’t enough to ward off a...
Apr 9, 2019
Retailers try to lure customers with free Uber rides
NEW YORK - While shoppers are getting everything from morning coffee to complete work wardrobes delivered to their homes, some businesses are working with ride-hailing company Uber to entice customers...
Apr 9, 2019