Category Archives: Canadian Press

US envoy meets with Taliban co-founder ahead of new talks
DOHA, Qatar - U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad met with one of the founders of the Taliban for the first time on Monday ahead of the latest round of talks with the insurgents aimed at ending the 17-year wa...
Feb 24, 2019

Vietnam vows 'maximum level' security for Trump-Kim summit
HANOI, Vietnam - With North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on an armoured train barrelling through China toward Vietnam’s capital, and U.S. President Donald Trump en route to Hanoi, Vietnamese offici...
Feb 24, 2019
Media watchdog says Williams cartoon didn't breach standards
SYDNEY, Australia - The Australian Press Council has ruled there was no breach of its standards of practice in a cartoon of tennis star Serena Williams which attracted global condemnation after being ...
Feb 24, 2019
Sunday's Games
Sunday’s Games NHL Arizona 4 Winnipeg 1 Calgary 2 Ottawa 1 Washington 6 N.Y. Rangers 5 (OT) San Jose 5 Detroit 3 Dallas 4 Chicago 3 Minnesota 2 St. Louis 1 (OT) — AHL Bridgeport 5 Hershey ...
Feb 24, 2019

R. Kelly leaves jail after posting $100K in sex abuse case
CHICAGO - R. Kelly walked out of a Chicago jail Monday after posting $100,000 bail that allows him to go free while awaiting trial on charges that he sexually abused four people dating back to 1998, i...
Feb 24, 2019

Austin Czarnik scores late goal to lift Flames over Senators 2-1
OTTAWA - Matthew Tkachuk's Calgary Flames defeated the Ottawa Senators 2-1 Sunday night, but it was younger brother Brady Tkachuk who earned family bragging rights. In the inaugural meeting between th...
Feb 24, 2019
Magic end Raptors' winning streak at 7 with 113-98 victory
TORONTO - Terrence Ross scored 28 points against his former team, Nikola Vucevic had 23 points and 12 rebounds and the Orlando Magic beat the Raptors 113-98 on Sunday, ending Toronto’s winning s...
Feb 24, 2019
Kyle Wiltjer with team-high 19 points, Canada beats Venezuela to win group
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Kyle Wiltjer had 19 points and eight rebounds as Canada’s men’s basketball team secured first place in Group F with a 95-55 win over Venezuela on Sunday in FIBA Wo...
Feb 24, 2019

Former Raptor Terrence Ross leads Magic to 113-98 rout of Toronto
TORONTO - Sitting hunched over at his locker, Kyle Lowry scanned the scoring report from Sunday night’s loss then brusquely tossed it aside. The game was definitely one to forget. Terrence Ross,...
Feb 24, 2019
Canadian teenager Felix Auger-Aliassime falls to Laslo Djere in Rio Open final
RIO DE JANEIRO - Canadian teenager Felix Auger-Aliassime lost 6-3, 7-5 to Serbia’s Laslo Djere in the final of the Rio Open on Sunday. The 18-year-old from Montreal became the youngest player to...
Feb 24, 2019