Category Archives: Canadian Press
Sissons scores OT winner as Predators beat Canucks 4-3
NASHVILLE - Leading by two late in the third period, the Nashville Predators nearly let this one get away. Colton Sissons made sure that didn’t happen. After the Predators allowed a pair of goal...
Dec 13, 2018
Vasilevskiy shines in return, Lightning beat Maple Leafs 4-1
TAMPA, Fla. - Andrei Vasilevskiy delivered a record-setting performance after sitting out a month. Tampa Bay’s goalie made a career-high 48 saves in his return from a broken left foot and the Li...
Dec 13, 2018
Morrissey scores in OT as Jets win third straight with 5-4 victory over Oilers
WINNIPEG - Blake Wheeler had a plan to spark the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday and it involved a familiar play. The Jets captain looked for linemate Mark Scheifele. He found the centre at the front of the...
Dec 13, 2018
Balanced attack carries Canadiens in 6-4 victory over Hurricanes
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens were determined to show their mettle after their worst performance of the season - and they did just that. Five different players scored for Montreal as the Canadiens...
Dec 13, 2018
Japan begins reclamation at disputed US base despite protest
TOKYO - Japan’s central government started main reclamation work Friday at a disputed U.S. military base relocation site on the southern island of Okinawa despite fierce local opposition. Constr...
Dec 13, 2018
CONCACAF says CPL means there is no reason for Ottawa to keep playing in USL
Given the launch of the Canadian Premier League, CONCACAF says it does not see the “exceptional circumstances” needed to sanction Ottawa Fury FC playing in the U.S.-dominated USL. The Fury...
Dec 13, 2018
Absolute discharge for B.C. man who is also accused of assaulting sex workers
VERNON, B.C. - The Crown says a man who faces a series of charges including alleged assaults of sex workers has been given an absolute discharge in a separate allegation against him by a judge in Vern...
Dec 13, 2018
No. 2 gas-producing state moves to curb air pollution
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania is aiming to curb air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from its vast natural gas exploration fields, with the governor’s administration proposing new regulat...
Dec 13, 2018
Feds: US fishermen had good year aided by lobsters, scallops
PORTLAND, Maine - U.S. commercial fishing generated more than $144 billion in sales in 2016, buoyed by growth in key species such as sea scallops and American lobsters, the federal government reported...
Dec 13, 2018
Apple to build new Austin hub, expand in other tech hotbeds
AUSTIN, Texas - Apple plans to build a $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas, that will create at least 5,000 jobs ranging from engineers to call-centre agents while adding more lustre to a Southwestern ...
Dec 13, 2018