Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canada's McMorris wins silver medal in slopestyle with qualifying score
PARK CITY, Utah - Canadian snowboard star Mark McMorris won the silver medal in slopestyle at the freestyle world championships without competing in Sunday’s final. Organizers of the event said ...
Feb 10, 2019
Canadian Blondin wins mass-start silver at speedskating world championship
INZELL, Germany - Canada’s Ivanie Blondin won the silver medal in the women’s mass start on Sunday at the ISU world single distance championships. The Ottawa native pulled away during the ...
Feb 10, 2019
'The Lego Movie 2' opens No. 1 but everything is not awesome
NEW YORK - “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part” was easily the top ticket-seller in theatres over the weekend, but the film’s $35 million opening failed to stack up to its expected ha...
Feb 10, 2019

Bissonnette judge's 'unusual' sentencing decision likely to be appealed: experts
MONTREAL - A Quebec judge’s “unusual” decision to modify the Criminal Code as he sentenced six-time murderer Alexandre Bissonnette to a life sentence with no possibility of parole fo...
Feb 10, 2019
Tabloid CEO's lawyer denies Enquirer tried to extort Bezos
WASHINGTON - The National Enquirer committed neither extortion nor blackmail by threatening to publish intimate photos of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, an attorney for the head of the tabloid’s parent ...
Feb 10, 2019
Senate fixes vibrating camera ahead of TV broadcasting debut
OTTAWA - Viewers won’t have to adjust their television sets when the Senate starts broadcasting its meetings, as the upper chamber says it has fixed a problem with one of its brand new cameras. ...
Feb 10, 2019
Canada's Boutin wins 1,000-metre gold medal at short-track World Cup
TORINO, Italy - Canada’s Kim Boutin won her first individual gold medal of the season Sunday, finishing atop the podium in the women’s 1,000-metre race at the ISU short-track World Cup. Mi...
Feb 10, 2019

Ducks fire coach Randy Carlyle amid 7-game losing streak
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Anaheim Ducks general manager Bob Murray tried to give Randy Carlyle as much time as possible to turn things around. But a seven-game losing streak and freefall into last place in th...
Feb 10, 2019
Biathlon World Cup sprint races cancelled due to frigid temperatures
CANMORE, Alta. - Arctic temperatures in Alberta have forced organizers to cancel competition at the biathlon World Cup. The sprint races had initially been postponed to Sunday, but the International B...
Feb 10, 2019

Matty Russell leads the way as Toronto Wolfpack cruise to rugby league win
ROCHDALE, England - Winger Matty Russell scored four tries Sunday as the Toronto Wolfpack cruised to a 58-6 win over the Rochdale Hornets in Betfred Championship play. The game was a matchup of the to...
Feb 10, 2019