Category Archives: Canadian Press
NewsAlert: Powerful earthquake in western Japan, no danger of tsunami
TOKYO - A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 shakes western Japan, but there is no danger of a tsunami being caused. The Meteorological Agency said the earthquake occurred Friday ...
Oct 20, 2016
Canadian Olympian Clayton unbeaten as a pro after win over Agaton
MONTREAL - Custio Clayton (10-0) of Dartmouth, N.S. stopped Ramses Agaton (17-5-3) in the eighth round in a welterweight battle Thursday night at the Montreal Casino. Super-middleweight Dario Bredicea...
Oct 20, 2016
Under fire in Mosul, IS attacks another Iraqi city
KIRKUK, Iraq - Islamic State militants launched a wave of pre-dawn attacks in and around the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Friday, killing at least 14 people and setting off fierce clashes with Kur...
Oct 20, 2016
Yoga pants parade to protest man's comments on women's wear
BARRINGTON, R.I. - Yoga pants-wearing women plan to parade through a coastal Rhode Island town, protesting a man who says the outfits look tacky and ridiculous. The Providence Journal reports (http://...
Oct 20, 2016
Goodyear christening 2nd airship in fleet replacing blimps
AKRON, Ohio - Goodyear is officially welcoming the second airship in the fleet replacing its famous blimps. The replacements look much like their predecessors but aren’t technically blimps becau...
Oct 20, 2016
Over 50,000 evacuated in typhoon's path in southern China
BEIJING - Typhoon Haima forced the evacuations of more than 50,000 people in southern China after hammering the northern Philippines with ferocious wind and rain, triggering flooding, landslides and p...
Oct 20, 2016
No Comeback Required: Surprising Canucks stay perfect, down Sabres 2-1
VANCOUVER - After three straight edge-of-your-seat comeback victories, the surprising Vancouver Canucks showed they can also protect a lead. Jacob Markstrom made 26 saves and Daniel Sedin scored the w...
Oct 20, 2016
Arnold Newman photography exhibit opens at upstate NY museum
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. - A new exhibit of the renowned portrait photographer Arnold Newman’s work has opened at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown. “Arnold Newman: Luminaries of the Twentie...
Oct 20, 2016
Scores and Schedule
Thursday’s Games National League Championship Series Chicago 8 Los Angeles 4 (Cubs lead series 3-2) — NHL Pittsburgh 3 San Jose 2 Anaheim 3 Philadelphia 2 Boston 2 New Jersey 1 Washington ...
Oct 20, 2016
Cubs beat Dodgers 8-4, head home with 3-2 lead in NLCS
LOS ANGELES - One win away. Two chances at home. Seven decades of waiting. The Chicago Cubs closed in on their first World Series trip since 1945 by beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-4 on Thursday in ...
Oct 20, 2016