Category Archives: Canadian Press

IRBIL, Iraq - Iraq’s self-ruled Kurdish region held its long-delayed parliamentary elections on Sunday, a year after a vote for independence sparked a punishing backlash from Baghdad, leaving Ku...

MAKASSAR, Indonesia - An early warning system that might have prevented some deaths in the tsunami that hit an Indonesian island on Friday has been stalled in the testing phase for years. The high-tec...

COPENHAGEN - There won’t be a Nobel Prize in Literature this year but the Swedish Academy that awards the prestigious prize is still in the limelight. Jean-Claude Arnault, a French citizen who i...

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $33 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder on the Prairies. The ...

Saturday’s Games (All times Eastern) CFL Hamilton 40, B.C. 10 Winnipeg 30, Edmonton 3 — NHL Pre-season Edmonton 4, Calgary 3 Philadelphia 4, Boston 1 Detroit 5, Toronto 1 Ottawa 3, Montrea...

Saturday’s Games (All times Eastern) CFL Hamilton 40, B.C. 10 Winnipeg 30, Edmonton 3 — NHL Pre-season Edmonton 4, Calgary 3 Philadelphia 4, Boston 1 Detroit 5, Toronto 1 Ottawa 3, Montrea...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Gegard (The Dreamcatcher) Mousasi stopped Canadian Rory (The Red King) MacDonald in the second round in a battle of champions Saturday night at Bellator 206. Referee Herb Dean stepp...

KELOWNA, B.C. - Goals were hard to come by for the Vancouver Canucks during the pre-season, but Bo Horvat is glad the team’s scoring woes are happening now, rather than later. The Canucks closed...

DETROIT - Jonathan Bernier made 25 saves against his former club to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs in pre-season action on Saturday Dominic Turgeon, Vili Saarijar...

CARSON, Calif. - New coach, same result for the Vancouver Whitecaps. Vancouver (11-12-7) dropped their third in a row with a 3-0 loss to the the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday night just days after di...