Category Archives: Canadian Press

BERLIN - German firefighters say that five people, including four children, have been killed after a blaze ripped through their home in the southern city of Nuremberg. Firefighters told the dpa news a...

OUTSIDE BAGHOUZ, Syria - The ground assault into the last area held by the Islamic State group intensified Saturday as U.S.-backed Syrian fighters made “remarkable progress” amid heavy cla...

MOSCOW - Zhores Alferov, a Russian physicist and Nobel Prize laureate, has died. He was 88. His death was announced Saturday by the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, where Alferov...

LONDON - British air accident authorities are investigating the aborted takeoff of a Laudamotion flight from London’s Stansted Airport to Vienna that left eight people injured. Passengers report...

WARRI, Nigeria - More than 50 people are missing after a leaking oil pipeline exploded and caused a stampede in southern Nigeria, a local official said Saturday. The blast early Friday caused massive ...

TORONTO - There was no winning ticket for the $10 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Mar. 8 will be approximately $16 million. The Canad...

WHISTLER, B.C. - Canada’s Justin Kripps and Cam Stones are in contention halfway through two-man bobsled runs at the world championships. Kripps of Summerland, B.C., and Stones of Whitby, Ont., ...

Friday’s Games NHL Winnipeg 5 Nashville 3 Montreal 4 N.Y. Rangers 2 Buffalo 4 Pittsburgh 3 (OT) Washington 3 N.Y. Islanders 1 Philadelphia 6 New Jersey 3 Carolina 5 St. Louis 2 Vegas 3 Anaheim 0...

Friday’s Games NHL Winnipeg 5 Nashville 3 Montreal 4 N.Y. Rangers 2 Buffalo 4 Pittsburgh 3 (OT) Washington 3 N.Y. Islanders 1 Philadelphia 6 New Jersey 3 Carolina 5 St. Louis 2 Vegas 3 Anaheim 0...

LANGFORD, B.C. - Kyle Baillie and Andrew Coe scored second-half tries but it wasn’t enough as Canada fell 39-23 against Argentina XV on Friday at the Americas Rugby Championship. Ciaran Hearn co...