Category Archives: Canadian Press
Berglund feels at peace a month after quitting Sabres
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Patrik Berglund tells Sweden’s Hockeypuls.se he feels at peace and has no regrets after abruptly ending his hockey career by walking away from the Buffalo Sabres a little over tw...
Jan 18, 2019
'I really don't need the money': Halifax man to give huge poker win to charity
HALIFAX - A Halifax man who won over US$671,000 at an international poker tournament in the Bahamas doesn’t plan on keeping a single cent of his unlikely winnings. Scott Wellenbach, a 67-year-ol...
Jan 18, 2019
Israeli police arrest 11 people after cocaine seizure at Port of Halifax
HALIFAX - Israeli police have arrested 11 suspects in Tel Aviv after authorities in Halifax found nearly five kilograms of cocaine in a container headed for the Middle East. The Canada Border Services...
Jan 18, 2019
Wendy Williams to take health-related break from TV show
LOS ANGELES - Wendy Williams is taking an extended break from her TV talk show to deal with health issues related to her immune system disorder, her family said Friday. The family wrote in a statement...
Jan 18, 2019
Fourteen-year-old Gogolev poised to make Canadian figure skating history
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Stephen Gogolev might be two years too young to compete internationally as a senior skater. But he’s poised to become the youngest skater ever to capture a Canadian senior tit...
Jan 18, 2019
Canada's Brooke Henderson vaults in front at LPGA Tour season opener
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Canada’s Brooke Henderson kept out of trouble and kept bogeys off her card Friday on her way to a four-under 67 and a two-shot lead in the Diamond Resorts Tournament of ...
Jan 18, 2019
Canada's Mikael Kingsbury finally pushed off top of podium at World Cup
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - Mikael Kingsbury’s perfect start to the moguls season finally came to an end on Friday. The Canadian settled for fifth in a World Cup event, marking the first time in five st...
Jan 18, 2019
Team World way in front of North America at Continental Cup
LAS VEGAS - Team North America is on the board at the Continental Cup, but Team World remains in command at the annual team curling event. Team World leads 13.5 to 4.5 after winning two of three men&#...
Jan 18, 2019
Elderly Helmut Oberlander again appeals stripping of citizenship
TORONTO - A 94-year-old man found to have lied about his membership in a Second World War Nazi death squad has launched yet another appeal of the government’s decision to strip him of his Canadi...
Jan 18, 2019
Canadian charged with indecency in Australia after flight from Hong Kong
ADELAIDE, Australia - A Canadian man is accused of performing indecent acts on a flight from Hong Kong to Australia. Australian Federal Police arrested the 28-year-old man on arrival in Adelaide on Th...
Jan 18, 2019