Category Archives: Canadian Press
Teravainen's three points lift Hurricanes to 5-2 win over Canucks
VANCOUVER - Bo Horvat says the Vancouver Canucks simply need to play better if they want a chance at a spot in the post season. The team ended a five-game points streak on Wednesday with an ugly 5-2 l...
Jan 23, 2019
Government shutdown poses increasing risk to wider economy
WASHINGTON - At this time of year, John Sprinkle and his wife would normally be planning their summer vacation. Not now. Sprinkle, a furloughed federal employee, is about to miss his second paycheque ...
Jan 23, 2019
Canada's Fernandez advances to junior girls semis at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez cruised into the semifinals of the Australian Open’s junior girls’ tournament on Thursday, downing France’s Manon Leonard 6-...
Jan 23, 2019
Canadiens beat Coyotes 2-1 to spoil Galchenyuk's return to Montreal
MONTREAL - There was a pair of unlikely heroes for the Montreal Canadiens Wednesday night as Claude Julien praised his video replay coaches for being instrumental in the team’s victory. It was a...
Jan 23, 2019
Osaka vs. Kvitova for Australian Open title, No. 1 ranking
MELBOURNE, Australia - Naomi Osaka never made it past the fourth round at any of the first 10 Grand Slam tournaments of her career. Now, still just 21, she’s suddenly on the verge of a second co...
Jan 23, 2019
Nazem Kadri's hat trick leads Maple Leafs over Capitals 6-3
TORONTO - The jubilant cheers coming from the Maple Leafs’ locker-room could have very easily been swapped out for a collective sigh of relief. Nazem Kadri recorded his fifth-career hat trick as...
Jan 23, 2019
Pacers beat Raptors after losing Oladipo with knee injury
INDIANAPOLIS - A promising season for the Indiana Pacers was instantly transformed when Victor Oladipo’s leg buckled and he fell to the floor in pain. Indiana showed earlier this season it can w...
Jan 23, 2019
Governor convicted of blasphemy freed from Indonesian prison
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A polarizing Christian politician whose campaign comments ignited the largest protests in years in Muslim-majority Indonesia was freed Thursday after serving nearly two years in p...
Jan 23, 2019
Singapore to reduce military training after actor's death
Singapore’s military said Thursday it will reduce the length, intensity and frequency of its training programs after an actor in the reserves died from injuries he sustained overseas. Aloysius P...
Jan 23, 2019
Ovechkin goal against Leafs ties Fedorov for most NHL points by a Russian
TORONTO - Alex Ovechkin reached another career milestone Wednesday but any celebration was muted as the Washington Capitals’ slide reached seven games. Ovechkin’s goal in a 6-3 loss to the...
Jan 23, 2019