Category Archives: Canadian Press
Dougie Hamilton has two goals, assist; Flames rout Jets for sixth straight win
CALGARY - The opening existed for just a split second, but Dougie Hamilton hit it perfectly. Hamilton’s thread-the-needle second-period goal sparked the Calgary Flames to a 6-2 thumping of the W...
Dec 10, 2016
39 dead as truck rams into vehicles on Kenya road
NAIVASHA, Kenya - A runaway truck carrying volatile gas slammed into other vehicles and burst into flames on a major road in Kenya, killing at least 39 people and injuring 10, officials said early Sun...
Dec 10, 2016
Seattle celebrates MLS Cup win in penalty shootout, Toronto feels the pain
TORONTO - While the Seattle Sounders celebrated with the Philip F. Anschutz Trophy after the MLS Cup final, numb Toronto FC players tried to process what had just happened. There are few more painful ...
Dec 10, 2016
Canadian Alex Gough races to gold medal finish at luge World Cup
WHISTLER, B.C. - Canadian Alex Gough won the women’s World Cup luge race at the Whistler Sliding Centre on Saturday night, as a very strange week on the circuit began winding down. Gough, from C...
Dec 10, 2016
Ekblad, Barkov lead Panthers to 4-2 win over Canucks
SUNRISE, Fla. - Aleksander Barkov has put an extended scoring slump behind him, and that finally helped the Florida Panthers end a losing streak Saturday night. Barkov had a goal and an assist and has...
Dec 10, 2016
Republican John Kennedy wins Louisiana Senate race in runoff
BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana voters chose Saturday to send Republican state Treasurer John Kennedy to the U.S. Senate, filling the nation’s last Senate seat and giving the GOP a 52-48 edge in th...
Dec 10, 2016
Matthews, Hyman score in 2nd, Maple Leafs beat Bruins 4-1
BOSTON - The Toronto Maple Leafs found a way to overcome a poor opening period. Auston Matthews and Zach Hyman scored in the second period, Frederik Andersen made 32 saves and the Maple Leafs beat the...
Dec 10, 2016
Max Pacioretty scores four goals as Canadiens rout Avalanche 10-1
MONTREAL - The memory of their own lopsided loss was too fresh in the Montreal Canadiens’ minds for them to get too excited about laying a one-sided beating on the Colorado Avalanche. Paced by c...
Dec 10, 2016
Canada wins gold in 4x200-metre freestyle relay at short-course worlds
WINDSOR, Ont. - Canada won gold in the women’s 4×200-metre relay in commanding fashion on Saturday night at the FINA short-course world swimming championships. The Canadian women’s te...
Dec 10, 2016
Lousiville's Lamar Jackson wins Heisman Trophy
NEW YORK - Lamar Jackson was trying to remember the last time he cried. He was pretty sure it involved losing a little league football game. On Saturday night, Louisville’s spectacular sophomore...
Dec 10, 2016