Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canada Soccer honours six former players during Costa Rica friendly
TORONTO - Canada Soccer took time out to honour its own Sunday, celebrating six former players including Canada Soccer Hall of Fame inductee Amy Walsh. “It feels pretty amazing,” said midf...
Jun 11, 2017
Future of LPGA stop in Cambridge uncertain as Manulife's sponsorship run ends
CAMBRIDGE, Ont. - The LPGA Tour says it would like to return, but the future of the Manulife LPGA Classic remains uncertain as the title sponsor will not be back for the 2018 season. Manulife, an inte...
Jun 11, 2017
Interracial couples still face strife 50 years after Loving
WASHINGTON - Fifty years after Mildred and Richard Loving’s landmark legal challenge shattered the laws against interracial marriage in the U.S., some couples of different races still talk of fa...
Jun 11, 2017
Clock ticking on CONCACAF World Cup bid as work starts on 2026 planning
TORONTO - The clock is already ticking on the 2026 World Cup bid. Canadian soccer officials, along with their U.S. and Mexican partners, will find out in August whether they face competition to host t...
Jun 11, 2017
49 victims of Pulse massacre remembered in daylong services
ORLANDO, Fla. - Church bells tolled 49 times, a giant rainbow flag hung from a county government building and the names of the victims of the Pulse nightclub attack were read aloud at various ceremoni...
Jun 11, 2017
Crosby, Pens cap amazing year with 2nd straight Stanley Cup
NASHVILLE - Even Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins are going to be challenged trying to top this. Crosby was awarded his second consecutive Conn Smythe Trophy as the MVP of the Stanley Cup pla...
Jun 11, 2017
Sailor airlifted from another distressed vessel in transatlantic race
HALIFAX - Canadian military aircraft were sent Sunday to help another sailor who ran into trouble during a transatlantic race on the weekend, rescue officials said. The joint rescue co-ordination cent...
Jun 11, 2017
Body of Canadian killed fighting ISIL returned to Canada, mother says
The mother of a Canadian killed while fighting Islamic State militants in Syria said her heart was heavy as she put her hands on a casket containing the body of her son. Tina Martino of Niagara Falls,...
Jun 11, 2017
Toddler, 3, found unconscious in swimming pool in Drummondville, Que.
DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. - A three-year-old boy is fighting for his life after being found unconscious at the bottom of a pool in Drummondville, Que. Provincial police say family members lost sight of the ...
Jun 11, 2017
Tottering Theresa May names new UK Cabinet as critics circle
LONDON - Embattled British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed ministers to her shaky government Sunday, as some Conservative colleagues rallied to support her - and others said her days were numbere...
Jun 11, 2017