Category Archives: Canadian Press
In Christmas message, queen honours cities hit by terror
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II is using her annual Christmas message to pay tribute to the way the cities of London and Manchester pulled together after extremist attacks this year. Remarks pre-recorded ...
Dec 24, 2017
Peru's president grants medical pardon for jailed Fujimori
LIMA, Peru - Peru’s president announced Sunday night that he granted a medical pardon to jailed former strongman Alberto Fujimori, who was serving a 25-year sentence for human rights abuses, cor...
Dec 24, 2017
Raja the cat returned to family 3 years later
GEORGETOWN, Del. - Raja the cat once was lost, but now is found - three years later. On Tuesday, a man brought a stray cat to a shelter in Georgetown, Delaware, run by the Brandywine Valley chapter of...
Dec 24, 2017
Chargers stay in AFC playoff mix with 14-7 win over Jets
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Philip Rivers and the Los Angeles Chargers are still hanging around in the AFC playoff hunt. They had to sweat out a 14-7 win against the New York Jets on Sunday, but they̵...
Dec 24, 2017
Rams clinch 1st NFC West title since '03, beat Titans 27-23
NASHVILLE - The Los Angeles Rams and first-year coach Sean McVay saved the real celebration for the locker room. That’s where McVay, the youngest coach in modern NFL history, channeled wrestler ...
Dec 24, 2017
Bengals coach Marvin Lewis still coy about future after win
CINCINNATI - Marvin Lewis knew what everybody was wondering: Is this his farewell to Cincinnati? “I guess everybody’s writing me off,” Lewis said, after his Bengals rallied for a 26-...
Dec 24, 2017
Defence propels Saints past Falcons, into playoffs
NEW ORLEANS - Whether it was the weirdest interception of Marshon Lattimore’s football life or a ball-dislodging hit by Tyeler Davison near the goal line, the Saints’ defence poetically ti...
Dec 24, 2017
Playoff-bound Panthers riding high behind opportunistic 'D'
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Panthers defence appears to be peaking at the right time. Carolina clinched a post-season berth on Sunday with a 22-19 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in large part behind the ...
Dec 24, 2017
Browns move to brink of winless season, lose 20-3 to Bears
CHICAGO - The Cleveland Browns got pushed to the brink of a winless season, and the anger and embarrassment were as easy to spot as the mistakes they made. DeShone Kizer called it a low point in his l...
Dec 24, 2017
Falcons' goal-line failures, mistakes define loss to Saints
NEW ORLEANS - If the Atlanta Falcons end up just missing the NFL post-season, they’ll have to spend a long off-season regretting a cornucopia of mistakes in a 23-13 loss to the New Orleans Saint...
Dec 24, 2017