Category Archives: Canadian Press
Searing testimony heard at Vatican sex abuse summit
VATICAN CITY - The day began with an African woman telling an extraordinary gathering of Catholic leaders that her priestly rapist forced her to have three abortions over a dozen years after he starte...
Feb 21, 2019
Spain: Pro-separatist protesters clash with police
BARCELONA, Spain - Protesters backing Catalonia’s secession from Spain clashed with police and blocked major roads and train tracks across the northeastern region on Thursday during a strike cal...
Feb 21, 2019
Wednesday's Games
Wednesday’s Games NHL Chicago 5 Detroit 4 (OT) Colorado 7 Winnipeg 1 Calgary 4 N.Y. Islanders 2 Boston 3 Vegas 2 (SO) — AHL Toronto 4 Manitoba 3 Rockford 3 Grand Rapids 2 (OT) Syracuse 4 L...
Feb 20, 2019
Scores and Schedule
Wednesday’s Games NHL Chicago 5 Detroit 4 (OT) Colorado 7 Winnipeg 1 Calgary 4 N.Y. Islanders 2 Boston 3 Vegas 2 (SO) — AHL Toronto 4 Manitoba 3 Rockford 3 Grand Rapids 2 (OT) Syracuse 4 L...
Feb 20, 2019
Gaudreau snaps goal drought to help Flames double up Islanders 4-2
CALGARY - The drought is over for Johnny Gaudreau. Gaudreau’s first goal in 10 games and 30th of the season was one of two third-period goals for the Calgary Flames in a 4-2 victory over the New...
Feb 20, 2019
New study finds the developmentally disabled are vulnerable in Ontario
TORONTO - People with developmental disabilities are more likely than the non-disabled to encounter problems with Ontario’s health-care system regardless of age, sex or class, a new study sugges...
Feb 20, 2019
Duke star Williamson sprains knee after Nike shoe blows out
DURHAM, N.C. - Freshman sensation Zion Williamson was knocked out of the North Carolina-Duke rivalry game with a knee sprain after his Nike shoe blew out during the top-ranked Blue Devils’ openi...
Feb 20, 2019
MacKinnon, Calvert score 11 seconds apart; Avs beat Jets 7-1
DENVER - The Colorado Avalanche broke up their top line and broke out of their funk. Just the sort of breakthrough they needed to salvage their season. Nathan MacKinnon and Matt Calvert scored 11 seco...
Feb 20, 2019
Funky odour and uncouth heckler no match for in-form Scheidegger at Scotties
SYDNEY, N.S. - A funky odour at one end of Centre 200 didn’t throw Casey Scheidegger off her game. Neither did a heckler who barked out a comment before her final throw. The Team Wild Card skip ...
Feb 20, 2019
Impact play to 0-0 draw against Tampa Bay in pre-season, Krolicki injured
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Montreal Impact played to a 0-0 draw with the Tampa Bay Rowdies on Wednesday in an MLS pre-season game that saw Impact defender Ken Krolicki taken off the field with an elbo...
Feb 20, 2019