Category Archives: Canadian Press
Penguins top Senators 4-0 to earn home-ice in 1st round
PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Penguins can admit it now. The regular season is kind of a drag. Being the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions creates a target on your back that’s impossible to...
Apr 6, 2018
Farrell gets 1st career goal, Revs beat 10-man Impact 4-0
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Andrew Farrell scored his first career Major League Soccer goal in 164 appearances and the New England Revolution eased past the 10-man Montreal Impact 4-0 on Friday night. Montrea...
Apr 6, 2018
Raptors beat Pacers to clinch No. 1 in East, set record for franchise wins
TORONTO - The celebratory Atlantic Division T-shirts were draped neatly over each player’s chair in the post-game locker-room. The Toronto Raptors barely glanced at them. On an historic night th...
Apr 6, 2018
Reed takes lead as Masters takes shape without Tiger in mix
AUGUSTA, Ga. - Patrick Reed is leading a major championship for the first time, and his confidence is so high that he can only see what’s ahead of him. Maybe that’s just as well at this Ma...
Apr 6, 2018
Sask. RCMP say 14 dead, 14 hurt after truck collided with bus carrying hockey team
NIPAWIN, Sask. - RCMP say 14 people are dead and 14 people were injured Friday after a truck collided with a bus carrying a junior hockey team to a playoff game in northeastern Saskatchewan. Police sa...
Apr 6, 2018
US-China trade rift could squeeze growth and hurt consumers
WASHINGTON - Higher prices. Slower growth. Farmers losing access to their biggest foreign market. Even President Donald Trump is warning that Americans might have to accept “a little pain”...
Apr 6, 2018
Toronto FC, Club America fined by CONCACAF after Champions League altercation
MIAMI - Toronto FC and Club America were fined an undisclosed amount by CONCACAF on Friday for an ugly off-pitch incident in a Champions League semifinal earlier this week. TFC’s 3-1 first-leg v...
Apr 6, 2018
Senators players honour Jonathan Pitre with butterfly sticker on their helmets
The Senators honoured Jonathan Pitre, an Ottawa-area teen with a rare and painful skin condition who died this week, during their Friday night game at Pittsburgh. Ottawa players wore a sticker on the ...
Apr 6, 2018
Put your paws up: Detroit-area police department adds cat
TROY, Mich. - Book him, kitty. The Troy police department in suburban Detroit added a cat to the ranks Friday after auditioning five felines from the Michigan Humane Society. The cat will be used for ...
Apr 6, 2018
Alberta says people admitted to hospital from First Nation had common viruses
CALGARY - Alberta Health Services says all of the people admitted to hospital from a First Nation west of Calgary where a baby girl died had a variety of common respiratory viruses. The agency did not...
Apr 6, 2018