Category Archives: Canadian Press
Drake Caggiula scores late, Oilers beat Blues for third straight win
EDMONTON, B.C. - The Edmonton Oilers are starting to make up for their early-season struggles. Drake Caggiula scored the go-ahead goal at 19:10 of the third period as the Oilers won their third game i...
Dec 21, 2017
Canada's envoy to the Rohingya crisis issues interim report
TORONTO - Canada’s special envoy on the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar says it’s hard to put the extent of the humanitarian crisis into words. Bob Rae issued his interim report on Thursday nig...
Dec 21, 2017
Point, Stamkos score in shootout as Lightning beat Senators
TAMPA, Fla. - It took longer than the Lightning wanted, but the NHL’s top team finally prevailed against a struggling Atlantic Division foe. Tampa Bay never led against the Ottawa Senators until...
Dec 21, 2017
DeRozan scores 45 points, Raptors rally to beat 76ers
PHILADELPHIA - With DeMar DeRozan knocking down 3-pointers early, Toronto Raptors coach Dwane Casey thought he was back in Seattle. Down the stretch, Casey watched DeRozan do what’s made him a t...
Dec 21, 2017
Birthday boy McAvoy sends Bruins past Jets in shootout
BOSTON - Tuukka Rask’s wire-to-wire dominance helped to ensure that Charlie McAvoy’s 20th birthday had a happy ending. Rask was nearly impenetrable for over 65 minutes before McAvoy scored...
Dec 21, 2017
June Rowlands, Toronto's first female mayor, dies at the age of 93
TORONTO - The first female mayor of Toronto has died. June Rowlands was 93. Bruce Rowlands says his mother died on Thursday night at a long-term care facility. Rowlands was elected mayor in 1991 and s...
Dec 21, 2017
Former Scouts Canada troop leader sentenced for shooting scout with pellet gun
CALGARY - A former leader of a Scouts Canada troop has received a conditional community sentence for shooting a 12-year-old scout four times with a pellet gun. Todd Robertson, who is 49, had pleaded g...
Dec 21, 2017
Coroner: Gunfire killed all 58 victims in Las Vegas shooting
LAS VEGAS - All 58 victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting died of gunshot wounds, a coroner Thursday, revealing that no one was killed trying to escape from an outdoor concert that turned into a massa...
Dec 21, 2017
Raul Castro confirms he will stay Cuba's president to April
HAVANA - Raul Castro confirmed Thursday that he will continue as Cuba’s president into April, two months longer than expected, as parliament extended the political cycle citing delays made neces...
Dec 21, 2017
Australia ends airstrike operations in Iraq and Syria
SYDNEY, Australia - Australia has announced an end to its airstrike operations against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria. The country’s six Super Hornet fighter jets will soon head home ...
Dec 21, 2017