Category Archives: Canadian Press
Show me the money: Toronto FC sells star striker Sebastian Giovinco to Saudi club
TORONTO - The Sebastian Giovinco era in Toronto is over. Toronto FC, unwilling to meet the Italian international’s contract demands, sold Giovinco to Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal FC on Wednesday....
Jan 30, 2019
HFX Wanderers sign local teenager Scott Firth to Canadian Premier League roster
HALIFAX - Teenage midfielder Scott Firth has become the first Halifax-born player to join the CPL’s HFX Wanderers FC. The 17-year-old previously played locally for Suburban FC and the Nova Scoti...
Jan 30, 2019
Calgary's Cavalry FC adds former England U-17 forward Jordan Brown to CPL roster
Calgary’s Calvary FC has signed English striker Jordan Brown. The 22-year-old, who came up through the Arsenal academy, has played for West Ham United and Germany’s Hannover 96. Most recen...
Jan 30, 2019
CHL-topping Prince Albert Raiders have bigger goals ahead: coach
VANCOUVER - The Prince Albert Raiders are in the midst of a record-setting season, but coach Marc Habscheid says there’s still fine tuning to be done for the Canadian Hockey League’s top t...
Jan 30, 2019
Families of Humboldt Broncos victims share statements on how crash changed lives
MELFORT, Sask. - A sentencing hearing is being held this week for the driver of a transport truck involved in a deadly crash with the Humboldt Broncos hockey team bus. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu pleaded gui...
Jan 30, 2019
Canadian rugby sevens women's squad look to repeat Sydney success
The Canadian women’s rugby sevens squad returns to the Sydney Sevens with good memories. Canada was third at the event last season and won it all the season before. “That gives the team th...
Jan 30, 2019
McGill puts off decision on changing contentious Redmen team name
Montreal’s McGill University said Wednesday that it needs more time to decide what to do about its sports teams’ contentious Redmen name. Principal Suzanne Fortier said in a statement that...
Jan 30, 2019
'Not out of the woods:' Alberta easing oil production cuts as price improves
EDMONTON - Alberta is easing mandatory production cuts as the price of oil increases, but industry players remain concerned about the underlying problem that drove the curtailment in the first place: ...
Jan 30, 2019
Opera singer Daniels, husband arrested on sex assault charge
DALLAS - A renowned opera singer and University of Michigan professor is in police custody on allegations that he and his husband in 2010 sexually assaulted a singer in Houston. Countertenor David Dan...
Jan 30, 2019
Railroad settles civil suit in 2014 death of film worker
SAVANNAH, Ga. - A railroad owner has settled a civil lawsuit by the family of a film worker killed in a 2014 train collision on its tracks in Georgia, ending the company’s appeal of a $3.9 milli...
Jan 30, 2019