Category Archives: Canadian Press
Keith Jackson, 89, announcer with 'Whoa, Nelly!' call, dies
Keith Jackson laid down the soundtrack to Saturday for a generation of college football fans with phrases such as his signature “Whoa, Nelly!” From the World Series to the Olympics, NFL to...
Jan 13, 2018

LiAngelo, LaMelo Ball scoreless in pro debut in Lithuania
PANEVEZYS, Lithuania - LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball went scoreless in their pro basketball debut, finishing a combined 0 for 7. The younger brothers of Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball played in the L...
Jan 13, 2018
Surging water levels wash away part of railway bridge east of Montreal
SHERBROOKE, Que. - Surging water levels in a Quebec river have washed away part of a railway bridge east of Montreal. Genesee & Wyoming Canada Inc., which owns the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railwa...
Jan 13, 2018

Katie Couric breaks silence on Matt Lauer: 'I had no idea'
Katie Couric, who was Matt Lauer’s “Today” co-host for several years, broke her silence Saturday on sexual misconduct allegations against him. Couric told People magazine: “I h...
Jan 13, 2018
Chelsea Manning files for US Senate bid in Maryland
NORTH BETHESDA, Md. - Chelsea Manning will run for the U.S. Senate in Maryland. The transgender former Army officer who was convicted of leaking classified documents filed her statement of candidacy w...
Jan 13, 2018
Canadian sleds finish fourth in women's and men's bobsled World Cup
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland - Canada’s Alysia Rissling and Heather Moyse and the team of Justin Kripps and Jesse Lumsden both finished fourth on Saturday in women’s and men’s World Cup b...
Jan 13, 2018

Chan wins record 10th Canadian title, Daleman wins gold on 20th birthday
VANCOUVER - Patrick Chan has accomplished what no other Canadian skater has, absolutely dominating his event in this country for a decade. The 27-year-old from Toronto captured a record 10th national ...
Jan 13, 2018
Julien Locke top Canadian in cross-country World Cup sprint
DRESDEN, Germany - Julien Locke cranked out a career-best 15th-place finish at a World Cup cross-country skiing city sprint race in Dresden, Germany on Saturday. The second-year member of the National...
Jan 13, 2018

Swiss law that prohibits boiling live lobsters raises eyebrows in Quebec
MONTREAL - A new Swiss law that bans the practice of boiling lobsters alive is eliciting more smiles than concern on this side of the Atlantic. The rules, which come into effect in March, stipulate th...
Jan 13, 2018

Missile-alert mistake feeds doubts about a real emergency
HONOLULU - A blunder that caused more than a million people in Hawaii to fear that they were about to be struck by a nuclear missile fed skepticism Sunday about the government’s ability to keep ...
Jan 13, 2018