Category Archives: Canadian Press

Blue Jays turn to right-hander Marco Estrada to start Game 1 of ALCS
Toronto right-hander Marco Estrada set the early tone for the American League Division Series in his start last week in Texas. The Blue Jays are hoping for a repeat performance in the AL Championship ...
Oct 11, 2016
Police looking for owner of 100 goats spotted wandering Ontario road
GEORGINA, Ont. - Police in southern Ontario say they’re looking for the owner of a wayward herd of about 100 goats. York Regional Police say officers responded Tuesday to a report that approxima...
Oct 11, 2016

Clinton brings in Gore as closer on climate change
MIAMI - Al Gore laid out the environmental stakes of the presidential race in stark terms during a campaign stop for Hillary Clinton Tuesday, arguing that electing her opponent would lead to “cl...
Oct 11, 2016
49ers name Colin Kaepernick starting quarterback
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The San Francisco 49ers are putting their future back into Colin Kaepernick’s hands. Coach Chip Kelly announced the decision Tuesday to bench Blaine Gabbert and to give bac...
Oct 11, 2016
Opposition leader in Newfoundland and Labrador plans to resign: party president
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador says Paul Davis has indicated his intention to resign as party leader. Party president Mark Whiffen says the fo...
Oct 11, 2016
Turkish parliament endorses extending state of emergency
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey’s parliament has endorsed a government decision to extend a state of emergency declared in the aftermath of a failed military coup by three months. The government imposed...
Oct 11, 2016

Canadain golfer Mackenzie Hughes set to make debut as full-fledged PGA member
Patience is paying off for Canadian golfer Mackenzie Hughes. Thing are falling into place for the 25-year old from Dundas, Ont., who will be making his debut as a full-fledged PGA Tour member this wee...
Oct 11, 2016

Fleet of youth, speed and skill coming to the Maple Leafs this season
TORONTO - Just over two months after Brendan Shanahan was hired to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs, the club used its top draft pick on small but skilled Swedish teenager William Nylander. The selection ...
Oct 11, 2016
Militant attack on Shiite shrine in Afghan capital kills 14
KABUL - At least 14 people were killed in a militant attack on a Shiite shrine in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Tuesday, an official said. Another 26 people were wounded in the attack on Sakhi Shrine ...
Oct 11, 2016

Obama pushes US goal to send humans to Mars by 2030s
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama sought Tuesday to reinvigorate his six-year-old call for the U.S. to send humans to Mars by the 2030s, a mission NASA has been slowly and quietly trudging away at. ...
Oct 11, 2016