Category Archives: Canadian Press
Messam, Parades lead the way as Stampeders grind out 21-17 victory over Lions
VANCOUVER - Calgary Stampeders head coach Dave Dickenson hounded his team all week about their sloppy practices after enjoying some time off to heal bumps and bruises. The club grinded out the win on ...
Aug 19, 2017
Friday's Games
Friday’s Games CFL Ottawa 37 Hamilton 18 Calgary 21 B.C. 17 — NFL pre-season Seattle 20 Minnesota 13 — MLB American Baltimore 9 L.A. Angels 7 Boston 9 N.Y. Yankees 6 Seattle 7 Tampa ...
Aug 18, 2017
Northwestern prof, Oxford staffer extradited to Chicago
CHICAGO - Two employees of elite universities charged in the fatal stabbing of a 26-year-old hair stylist were returned to Chicago early Saturday to face charges of first-degree murder in the brutal k...
Aug 18, 2017
Lebanon starts offensive to clear border of IS militants
BEIRUT - Lebanon’s U.S.-backed army on Saturday launched its biggest military operation yet against Islamic State militants who in 2014 gained a foothold along the tiny Mediterranean countryR...
Aug 18, 2017
Suspect in killings of 2 Fla. officers arrested at bar
KISSIMMEE, Fla. - A police officer in Florida died from his injuries Saturday, a day after his colleague was killed when a suspect fired at them during a scuffle while they were on patrol. The suspect...
Aug 18, 2017
Receiver Ricky Collins Jr. acquired by Tiger-Cats in trade with Roughriders
HAMILTON - Wide receiver Ricky Collins Jr. was acquired by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Friday night in a trade with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Hamilton also got a seventh round pick in the 2018 CFL ...
Aug 18, 2017
Maher's foot carries Redblacks to 37-18 win over Ticats; Hamilton still winless
HAMILTON - Ottawa Redblacks kicker Brett Maher kept putting points on the board even as his team’s drives were stalling against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Friday night. He kicked six straight fi...
Aug 18, 2017
New York Knicks sign undrafted Canadian guard Xavier Rathan-Mayes
NEW YORK - Canadian guard Xavier Rathan-Mayes signed with the New York Knicks on Friday night. The six-foot-three, 210-pound native of Markham, Ont., went undrafted in the 2017 draft out of Florida St...
Aug 18, 2017
Venezuela's ousted chief prosecutor flees to Colombia
BOGOTA - Venezuela’s ousted chief prosecutor and her husband - two of President Nicolas Maduro’s most outspoken critics - fled the country and landed Friday afternoon in Colombia. Luisa Or...
Aug 18, 2017
B.C. premier and jobs minister sued by fired LNG advocate claiming $5 million
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s fired liquefied natural gas advocate is suing Premier John Horgan, the province’s jobs minister and a New Democrat MP in a lawsuit claiming $5 million in dam...
Aug 18, 2017