Category Archives: Canadian Press

Leonard's 31 lead Raptors past Pelicans, 127-104
NEW ORLEANS - Kawhi Leonard was bound to have a big night. New Orleans was without its best on-the-ball defender in Jrue Holiday and best rim protector in Anthony Davis. Those absences gave Leonard an...
Mar 08, 2019
Michael Hutchinson makes 42 saves, Marlies blank Rocket 3-0
LAVAL, Que. - Michael Hutchinson stopped all 42 shots his way as the Toronto Marlies blanked the Laval Rocket 3-0 on Friday in American Hockey League action. Dmytro Timashov opened the scoring at 11:5...
Mar 08, 2019
Receiver Derel Walker looking to make a big splash this season with Argos
TORONTO - He’s the CFL’s highest-paid non-quarterback and Derel Walker intends on playing like it in 2019. Walker was the Toronto Argonauts’ biggest splash in free agency, signing a ...
Mar 08, 2019

Trump budget will seek funds for border wall, Space Force
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will be making a significant request for border wall funds and seeking money to stand up Space Force as a new branch of the military in the White House budget being...
Mar 08, 2019
Judge extends authority to more families separated at border
SAN DIEGO - A federal judge who ordered that more than 2,700 children be reunited with their parents on Friday expanded his authority to potentially thousands more children who were separated at the b...
Mar 08, 2019
Canada's Bianca Andreescu beats Dominika Cibulkova to reach third round
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Canada’s Bianca Andreescu is into the third round at the BNP Paribas Open. Andreescu kept up her recent run of success by beating Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, ...
Mar 08, 2019
Argos GM Jim Popp says club still unsure about veteran Ray's future
Toronto Argonauts GM Jim Popp continues to wait on Ricky Ray. Popp said Friday night Ray still hasn’t informed the CFL club about his football future. The 39-year-old quarterback suffered a seas...
Mar 08, 2019
Video of 'seal bomb' tossed into B.C. waters draws negative online reaction
VANCOUVER - A commercial fisherman who tossed a small explosive into water teeming with sea lions off the coast of British Columbia says he wasn’t trying to hurt the creatures. The video prompte...
Mar 08, 2019

Tobacco firm JTI-Macdonald obtains creditor protection after Quebec court ruling
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - JTI-Macdonald Corp. says it’s been granted creditor protection following a Quebec Court of Appeal decision upholding a landmark judgment ordering it and two other companies t...
Mar 08, 2019
Germany's Hermann, Latvia's Dukurs win skeleton world titles in Whistler
WHISTLER, B.C. - Tina Hermann led a German podium sweep in women’s skeleton action while Latvia’s Martins Dukurs won the men’s event Friday at the bobsled and skeleton world champion...
Mar 08, 2019