Category Archives: Canadian Press
O'Reilly's overtime goal lifts Blues past Maple Leafs 3-2
ST. LOUIS - In the beginning of the season, the St. Louis Blues were finding ways to lose games. Now, they’re managing to pull out wins. Ryan O’Reilly scored 34 seconds into overtime and t...
Feb 19, 2019
China closes Tibet to foreigners for sensitive anniversaries
BEIJING - China is barring foreign travellers from Tibet over a period of several weeks that includes a pair of sensitive political anniversaries questioning the legitimacy of Beijing’s rule ove...
Feb 19, 2019
Michigan Gov. Whitmer blocks immigrant detention plan
LANSING, Mich. - Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer blocked the sale of a former state prison that was proposed as the site of a privately operated federal immigration detention centre, drawing praise f...
Feb 19, 2019
Tatar scores winner as Canadiens edge Blue Jackets to snap four-game slide
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens put an end to a tough losing streak on Tuesday. Tomas Tatar scored the go-ahead goal in the third period and the Montreal Canadiens held on to defeat the Columbus Blu...
Feb 19, 2019
Toronto FC loses 4-0 in Panama in ugly start to CONCACAF Champions League play
LA CHORRERA, Panama - A sluggish Toronto FC suffered a nightmarish start to its Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League campaign in a 4-0 loss Tuesday to Panama’s Club Atletico Independiente de la ...
Feb 19, 2019
Trump chooses Jeffrey Rosen for deputy attorney general
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he intends to nominate Jeffrey Rosen, a longtime litigator and deputy transportation secretary, to replace Rod Rosenstein as deputy attorney general...
Feb 19, 2019
Quebec minister refuses to bend on bill upping legal age to consume cannabis
Quebec junior health minister Lionel Carmant is refusing to bend on legislation that seeks to increase the legal age of cannabis consumption from 18 to 21 and ban the product from all public areas acr...
Feb 19, 2019
Toronto Defiant Overwatch academy team to be known as the Montreal Rebellion
MONTREAL - The Toronto Defiant’s Overwatch academy team will be known as the Montreal Rebellion. The Montreal feeder team will play in the Overwatch Contenders League. The squad will be housed i...
Feb 19, 2019
Cherry enjoys Hurricanes' "Bunch of Jerks" shirts but still against celebrations
Don Cherry doesn’t think the Carolina Hurricanes are very funny. But he admits their shirts are. The TV hockey commentator called the Hurricanes a “bunch of jerks” on Saturday night ...
Feb 19, 2019
Mother accused of murdering daughters had reached breaking point: defence
LAVAL, Que. - People who saw a Quebec woman on the day she is alleged to have killed her two daughters testified that she acted “as if she was in a coma” and was “disconnected from r...
Feb 19, 2019