Category Archives: Canadian Press
Depleted Bills hold on for 16-12 win over Bengals
CINCINNATI - The depleted Bills lost their top receiver and their top running back during what felt like an elimination game. They had just enough left to be the one standing at the end. LeSean McCoy ...
Nov 20, 2016
2025 Rugby League World Cup awarded to Canada and U.S. as sport looks to expand
TORONTO - Pro rugby league is coming to Canada next year in the form of the Toronto Wolfpack. And the sport’s best will converge on North America in 2025 for the 2025 Rugby League World Cup. The...
Nov 20, 2016
Jutanugarn wins LPGA player of the year, Hull wins finale
NAPLES, Fla. - Ariya Jutanugarn was unable to accept the CME Globe trophy when it was first being presented to her, needing both hands to hold a big plastic cube stuffed with $1 million in cash. That&...
Nov 20, 2016
Final PGA Tour event goes another day in 4-man playoff
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. - Billy Horschel thought he hit the winning putt, taking quick steps to the right to watch the ball track toward the cup only for it to burn the left edge. No problem. He’...
Nov 20, 2016
Eskimos won't defend Grey Cup title after East Final loss to Redblacks
OTTAWA - For two years the Edmonton Eskimos could do no wrong against the Ottawa Redblacks, winning all five meetings between the two teams including last year’s Grey Cup in Winnipeg. This year,...
Nov 20, 2016
Halifax conference ends on uncertain note as world awaits Trump White House
HALIFAX - After three days of discussion, the Halifax International Security Forum ended with a collective shrug as political thinkers from around the globe expressed uncertainty about how the electio...
Nov 20, 2016
Asia-Pacific summit closes with call to work for free trade
LIMA, Peru - Leaders of 21 Asia-Pacific nations ended their annual summit Sunday with a call to resist protectionism amid signs of increased free-trade skepticism, highlighted by the victory of Donald...
Nov 20, 2016
Canada's Blondin wins third medal of World Cup season, a silver in mass start
NAGANO, Japan - Canada’s Ivanie Blondin raced to silver in the women’s mass start event Sunday for her third medal of the World Cup long-track speedskating season. Blondin, from Ottawa, ro...
Nov 20, 2016
Veteran Henry Burris leads Redblacks past Eskimos 35-23 in East Division final
OTTAWA - Kienan Lafrance put the Ottawa Redblacks on his shoulders Sunday. The sophomore running back came off the bench to run for 157 yards and a key touchdown to earn Ottawa an exciting 35-23 win o...
Nov 20, 2016
Michaelle Jean, at helm of la Francophonie, says Canada can inspire Trump
OTTAWA - Stepping up Canadian engagement in multilateralism - including a United Nations peacekeeping mission to Africa - can set an example for the world that even U.S. president-elect Donald Trump m...
Nov 20, 2016