Category Archives: Canadian Press
Flames top Panthers 4-2 for sixth straight win
SUNRISE, Fla. - The Calgary Flames are riding a hot streak up the Pacific Division standings. Mikael Backlund had an empty-net goal and a pair of assists, helping lift the Flames to their sixth straig...
Jan 12, 2018

Canucks rally in the second period to beat Blue Jackets 5-2
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Blue Jackets are limping into their five-day break after another surprising loss to one of the NHL’s worst teams. Sven Baertschi sparked a four-goal second period for Vancou...
Jan 12, 2018
CanniMed files $725M lawsuit against Aurora, others over takeover bid
Saskatoon-based CanniMed Therapeutics Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Aurora Cannabis Inc., alleging what it calls “multiple claims of wrongdoing” related to Aurora’s hostile bid to...
Jan 12, 2018
American singer on hand to watch Duhamel and Radford skate to her song
VANCOUVER - Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford’s skate to April Meservy’s cover of U2’s “With or Without You” drew the singer herself to Vancouver on Friday. The singer/song...
Jan 12, 2018
Canadian skier Cassie Sharpe wins World Cup gold medal in halfpipe
Cassie Sharpe was tired of waiting to unleash her latest trick in competition. So with a World Cup victory assured on Friday, the freestyle skier from Comox, B.C., used her third and final run down th...
Jan 12, 2018
Crown gets go-ahead to prosecute Greek shipping company in B.C. fuel spill
VANCOUVER - A Greek shipping firm accused of operating a vessel that spilled thousands of litres of fuel into Vancouver’s English Bay will be prosecuted regardless of whether it participates in ...
Jan 12, 2018

Canadian broadcaster cuts Charles Dutoit's name from radio
SAN FRANCISCO - Conductor Charles Dutoit’s name has become so toxic following accusations of sexual assault that Canada’s national broadcaster has stopped saying his name on air when radio...
Jan 12, 2018
Quebec ABI smelter workers think they will be locked out for a long time
MONTREAL - Workers at the ABI aluminum smelter in Becancour, Que. said Friday they expected to be locked out of work for a long time. The United Steelworkers Local 9700 said the facility’s 1,030...
Jan 12, 2018
More cases of influenza B detected this flu season: health officials
VANCOUVER - More Canadians are coughing, sniffling and sneezing though what health officials say is a flu season with higher than normal activity. The flu season began in December and the Public Healt...
Jan 12, 2018

Jays starter Aaron Sanchez hopes blister saga behind him after 2017 'disaster'
BURNABY, B.C. - Aaron Sanchez felt like he was trying to run in quicksand last season. Coming off a breakout campaign where the Toronto Blue Jays starter led the American League in earned-run average ...
Jan 12, 2018