Category Archives: Canadian Press
Vinnie Hinostroza scores winner as Coyotes down slumping Maple Leafs 4-2
TORONTO - Mike Babcock felt his team didn’t have a lot of luck. John Tavares thought there were a lot of things to build on. But in the end, all Sunday amounted to was another loss for the scuff...
Jan 20, 2019
Kids suffer headaches at tournament after CO builds up in Saskatchewan arena
MONTMARTRE, Sask. - A kids’ hockey tournament in Saskatchewan has been cancelled after some players developed headaches and officials suspected they may have been suffering from carbon monoxide ...
Jan 20, 2019
Adam Long wins Desert Classic; Canadian Adam Hadwin finishes tied for second
LA QUINTA, Calif. - Adam Long bounced around golf’s backwoods for years, winning only a lone Hooters Tour event. Now, he’s headed to the Masters as a PGA Tour winner. Long won the Desert C...
Jan 20, 2019
Pettersson leads Canucks to 3-2 win over Red Wings in return from injury
VANCOUVER - Elias Pettersson tallied two points in his return to the lineup for the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday, but the star rookie was more concerned his mistakes. “I felt I lost the puck a fe...
Jan 20, 2019
Softball qualifier for 2020 Toyko Olympics to be held in Surrey, B.C.
Canada has been tapped to host an Olympic softball qualifying event this summer ahead of the 2020 Games in Tokyo, the World Baseball Softball Confederation announced Sunday. The WBSC revealed that the...
Jan 20, 2019
Ji survives cold and wind to win LPGA Tour opener
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Eun-Hee Ji of South Korea outlasted the cold and wind to close with a 1-under 70 and win the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions by two shots Sunday in the LPGA Tour seaso...
Jan 20, 2019
Merger talk, equality on the minds of players at CWHL all-star game
TORONTO - Natalie Spooner dreams of a day when women’s professional hockey players won’t have to rush home from work to make it to practice. Hilary Knight hopes the narrative of the sport&...
Jan 20, 2019
School where fans displayed Trump flag pulls out of MLK game
MINNEAPOLIS - A Minnesota high school where fans displayed a President Donald Trump re-election flag has pulled out of a basketball invitational hosted by a Minneapolis school on Martin Luther King Jr...
Jan 20, 2019
Ontarians helping homeless stay warm as the province endures extreme cold
As most of Ontario endures an extreme cold snap this weekend, with some areas seeing wind chill values as low as -30 C, various groups and shelters are increasing their services to help the homeless s...
Jan 20, 2019
250 passengers stranded aboard airplane in frigid Labrador for 16 hours
HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. - An end is finally in sight for passengers who spent 16 gruelling hours on a plane grounded on a tarmac in frigid Happy Valley-Goose Bay, N.L., though a passenger was lef...
Jan 20, 2019