Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canada's mixed relay team takes silver at World Para Nordic Skiing Championships
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Canada’s mixed relay team captured silver in the 4×2.5 kilometre race on Saturday at the World Para Nordic Skiing Championships. Collin Cameron of Sudbury, Ont., Emily...
Feb 23, 2019
Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime advances to Rio Open final with win over Cuevas
RIO DE JANEIRO - Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime isn’t getting too far ahead of himself at the Rio Open as he prepares for his first ATP tournament final. The 18-year-old from Montreal adva...
Feb 23, 2019
R. Kelly's life mirrors that of prosecutor who charged him
In R. Kelly’s fight for his freedom, he faces a straight-talking prosecutor whose life in some ways parallels his own. Though the singer was dogged for decades by allegations he victimized women...
Feb 23, 2019
Canadian flyweight Gillian (The Savage) Robertson wins UFC bout in Prague
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Canadian flyweight Gillian (The Savage) Robertson improved her UFC record to 3-1-0 Saturday by submitting Venezuelan Veronica Macedo in the second round. Robertson (6-3-0) sto...
Feb 23, 2019
Court rejects B.C.'s request to declare Alberta oil export law unconstitutional
CALGARY - A judge has dismissed the British Columbia government’s request to declare unconstitutional an Alberta law that could restrict the flow of refined oil products to B.C. The attorney gen...
Feb 23, 2019
Toronto FC's pursuit of Spanish midfielder Alejandro Pozuelo nears crunch time
Toronto FC’s pursuit of Spanish attacking midfielder Alejandro Pozuelo is nearing crunch time. Toronto general manager Ali Curtis and president Bill Manning are back from Belgium after holding t...
Feb 23, 2019
Hernandez has two hits as Blue Jays fall to Tigers 4-0 in spring training opener
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Teoscar Hernandez has two of Toronto’s five hits as the Blue Jays fell to the Detroit Tigers 4-0 on Saturday in the first pre-season game this year for both teams. Ryan Borucki g...
Feb 23, 2019
Carey beats Silvernagle in 1-2 Page game at Scotties, Homan reaches semi
SYDNEY, N.S. - Playing a Scotties rookie with a berth in the final on the line, Alberta’s Chelsea Carey bided her time in the 1-2 Page Playoff game. When Saskatchewan’s Robyn Silvernagle f...
Feb 23, 2019
Canada's Heather McLean top 10 at world sprint speedskating championships
HEERENVEEN, Netherlands - Canada’s Heather McLean is ranked in the top 10 after the first day of races at the world sprint speedskating championships on Saturday. McLean was the top Canadian on ...
Feb 23, 2019
Sheriff: No likely survivors in jetliner crash near Houston
HOUSTON - A Boeing 767 cargo jetliner heading to Houston with three people aboard disintegrated after crashing Saturday into a bay east of the city, according to a Texas sheriff. Witnesses told emerge...
Feb 23, 2019