Category Archives: Canadian Press
Lucic, Kassian each score twice to power Oilers in 7-2 win over Sabres
EDMONTON - A couple of players in the midst of major scoring slumps broke out big time for the Edmonton Oilers on Monday. Milan Lucic and Zack Kassian each scored a pair of goals, each doubling their ...
Jan 14, 2019
Canada's Andreescu, Bouchard, Shapovalov into second round at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu continued her stellar start to the 2019 season, advancing to the second round of the Australian Open after a lengthy, three-set victory over A...
Jan 14, 2019
Petry swats in OT winner to lead Montreal past Boston 3-2
BOSTON - Somewhere along the way, Canadiens defenceman Jeff Petry must have learned a little baseball, too. The son of major league pitcher Dan Petry scored the game-winner just 15 seconds into overti...
Jan 14, 2019
Soderberg scores first-career hat trick as Colorado downs Toronto 6-3
TORONTO - The Maple Leafs talked ahead of Monday’s game about how matching a reeling opponent’s desperation level would be crucial. They didn’t come close. Carl Soderberg scored his ...
Jan 14, 2019
National Capital Commission extends LeBreton Flats dispute deadline
OTTAWA - The National Capital Commission has granted the parties involved in a dispute over a plan to build a community featuring a new downtown arena for the Ottawa Senators more time to resolve thei...
Jan 14, 2019
Serena Williams wins Australian Open return; Venus gets by
MELBOURNE, Australia - This was quite a return for Serena Williams. Almost as if she never left. In her first match at the Australian Open since winning the 2017 title while pregnant - and her first o...
Jan 14, 2019
Murder charge against senior with dementia who died last week withdrawn
CALGARY - The Crown says a second-degree murder charge against a Calgary senior accused in his wife’s death has been withdrawn following his death. Fred van Zuiden was found unfit to stand trial...
Jan 14, 2019
For NDP's Jagmeet Singh, the pressure rises as the votes draw closer
OTTAWA - Critics of NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh say his performance in a weekend TV interview is a sign he may not be prepared for the challenges of the election year ahead. His supporters shrugged it of...
Jan 14, 2019
RCMP to review arrests at B.C. pipeline blockade and create temporary detachment
SURREY, B.C. - The RCMP will review the actions of officers who arrested 14 people at an Indigenous pipeline blockade in northwestern British Columbia, and will also erect a temporary detachment to ma...
Jan 14, 2019
Canadian women's rugby sevens team opens against Fiji at Sydney Sevens
TORONTO - Canada has been drawn in a group with Fiji, Ireland and Russia at the HSBC Sydney Sevens. The Feb. 1-3 tournament is the third round of the World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series. The Canad...
Jan 14, 2019