Category Archives: Canadian Press
Ontario-bred Channel Maker to run in Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational
Jockey Javier Castellano will have his hands full Saturday in the inaugural US$7-million Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational. Castellano will ride Ontario-bred Channel Maker, a five-year-old g...
Jan 25, 2019
Van der Wiel says goodbye to Toronto, blames differences with TFC coaches
TORONTO - Dutch international Gregory van der Wiel blames “difference with the coaching staff” for his split with Toronto FC. And the 30-year-old defender appeared to take a parting shot a...
Jan 25, 2019
Fiat Chrysler recalls pickups; power steering can fail
DETROIT - Fiat Chrysler is recalling more than 182,000 pickup trucks worldwide to fix an electrical problem that can knock out the power steering. The recall covers Ram 1500 pickups from the 2019 mode...
Jan 25, 2019
Dave Dickenson feels his brother is deserving of Riders' head-coaching job
Stampeders head coach Dave Dickenson doesn’t see the Calgary-Saskatchewan rivalry getting more intense now that his older brother has the same position with the Roughriders. The Riders unveiled ...
Jan 25, 2019
Crown stays manslaughter charge against former Calgary pastor in son's death
CALGARY - The Alberta Crown has stayed a manslaughter charge against a former pastor who had been accused in his infant son’s death. Cyrus Nel was three months old when he died in a Calgary hosp...
Jan 25, 2019
Calgary Stampeders re-sign top returner Terry Williams
CALGARY - One of the heroes of the Calgary Stampeders’ 2018 Grey Cup win is staying with the CFL team. Terry Williams, who returned a punt 97 yards for a touchdown in the Stamps’ Grey Cup ...
Jan 25, 2019
Vancouver Whitecaps sign Brazilian winger Lucas Venuto
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have added Brazilian winger Lucas Venuto to their growing roster. The club used targeted allocation money to acquire the 24-year-old from FK Austria Wien in the Aus...
Jan 25, 2019
Ohio governor delays execution, orders look at other drugs
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday delayed next month’s execution of a condemned Ohio man and ordered the prison system to look at alternative lethal injection drugs. The announcement b...
Jan 25, 2019
Asylum seekers worry new US policy will mean more waiting
TIJUANA, Mexico - Eusebio Gomez thought his arduous journey to the U.S. and monthslong wait in the border town of Tijuana, Mexico, would end when he made it to American soil. But a shift in the Trump ...
Jan 25, 2019
Canada rugby sevens team playing for four-year-old diagnosed with leukemia
The Canadian men’s rugby sevens team will wear orange laces at the New Zealand Sevens this weekend in support of Paisley MacRury, a four-year-old from Abbotsford, B.C., who is battling leukemia....
Jan 25, 2019