Category Archives: Canadian Press

TORONTO - The NHL has launched an investigation into the possible use of a homophobic slur in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 6-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night. Television cameras pic...

EDMONTON - The opportunity was there and the Edmonton Oilers took advantage. Leon Draisaitl scored 35 seconds into overtime and had a pair of assists as the Oilers beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Mon...

SAO PAULO - Brazilian striker Coutinho, a 1962 World Cup winner who Pele considered his favourite attacking partner at Santos FC, died on Monday. He was 75. Santos announced Coutinho’s death in ...

PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Flyers have transformed from the worst team in the NHL to not-so-bad in the East. Their recent run toward respectability could net them the playoff berth that seemed in...

CLEVELAND - Even with Kawhi Leonard back in the lineup, the best fight Toronto put up in Cleveland was when Serge Ibaka threw a punch at Marquese Chriss. Ibaka and Chriss were ejected for fighting dur...

TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs looked at Monday’s matchup against the NHL’s top team as a measuring stick. What they got was major wake-up call. Tyler Johnson and Cedric Paquette had tw...

PAISLEY, Scotland - Canadian international Liam Millar’s late goal gave Kilmarnock a 1-0 win over St. Mirren in Scottish Premiership play Monday. The 19-year-old from Brampton, Ont., on loan fro...

MIAMI - Mixed martial artist and boxer Conor McGregor has been arrested in South Florida for stealing the cellphone of someone who was trying to take his photo, authorities said. According to a Miami ...

BALTIMORE - The Baltimore City Council voted unanimously Monday to confirm Michael Harrison as the city’s new police commissioner, formally putting him in command of a deeply troubled police for...

MONTREAL - The Quebec Council on Tobacco and Health said Monday that smokers who won a recent court victory are being denied justice after an Ontario judge granted cigarette maker JTI-Macdonald Corp. ...