Category Archives: Canadian Press
Aleppo cease-fire unravels, raising spectre of bloody end
BEIRUT - A cease-fire to evacuate rebel fighters and civilians from the remaining opposition-held neighbourhoods of Aleppo unraveled on Wednesday, once again raising the spectre of a bloody end to the...
Dec 13, 2016
United States beats Canada East 3-1 at 2016 world junior A challenge
BONNYVILLE, Alta. - Bobby Dow scored the lone goal for his team as Canada East dropped a 3-1 decision to the United States on Tuesday in preliminary-round play at the 2016 world junior A challenge. De...
Dec 13, 2016
Tuesday's Games
Tuesday’s Games NHL Columbus 3 Edmonton 1 Carolina 8 Vancouver 6 San Jose 3 Toronto 2 (SO) Buffalo 6 Los Angeles 3 Washington 4 N.Y. Islanders 2 Chicago 2 N.Y. Rangers 1 Arizona 4 Detroit 1 Nash...
Dec 13, 2016
Laceration hazard prompts recall of some food processors
TORONTO - A recall has been issued for about 300,000 Cuisinart food processors sold in Canada because of a laceration hazard. Health Canada says the recall covers a silver-coloured blade in certain mo...
Dec 13, 2016
Blue Jackets make it seven straight wins, beat Oilers 3-1
EDMONTON - The Columbus Blue Jackets didn’t start strong. But the way they finished was all that mattered. Sam Gagner had a goal and an assist as the red-hot Blue Jackets won their seventh strai...
Dec 13, 2016
Police kill unarmed man, 73, who they thought had gun
LOS ANGELES - An unarmed 73-year-old man refused to take his hand out of his pocket and stop walking toward officers who believed he had a gun when they fatally shot him, the incoming police chief of ...
Dec 13, 2016
Third-period struggles persist as yet another lead slips away from Leafs
TORONTO - No team in the National Hockey League has entered the third period with a lead more times this season than the Toronto Maple Leafs. The problem? The Leafs have closed those games out only 62...
Dec 13, 2016
MLB owners ratify labour deal in 29-1 vote
NEW YORK - A person with knowledge of the meeting says baseball owners have ratified the sport’s new collective bargaining agreement by a 29-1 vote. Speaking on the condition of anonymity becaus...
Dec 13, 2016
Reaction to the death of Canadian actor Alan Thicke
Here is some of the reaction to the death of actor Alan Thicke of Kirkland Lake, Ont. - “I am shocked & devastated at the news of Alan Thicke’s death. A friend for many years, he wrote...
Dec 13, 2016
Sydney swelters through hottest December night in 148 years
SYDNEY, Australia - Sydney residents sweltered through the city’s second hottest night on record and its hottest December night in 148 years, with many cooling off at beaches long after dark. A ...
Dec 13, 2016