Category Archives: Canadian Press
Wednesday's Games
Wednesday’s Games World Junior Hockey Championship Quarterfinals at Vancouver Finland 2 Canada 1 (OT) Russia 8 Slovakia 3 – Quarterfinals at Victoria Switzerland 2 Sweden 0 United States 3...
Jan 02, 2019
Premier Notley says Calgary MLA Stephanie McLean has resigned
CALGARY - Former Alberta cabinet minister Stephanie McLean has resigned months after announcing she wouldn’t seek re-election this spring. Premier Rachel Notley posted Wednesday night on Faceboo...
Jan 02, 2019
Ariana Grande, Childish Gambino among Coachella headliners
LOS ANGELES - The organizers of the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival have announced the top acts scheduled to appear at the multiday event in April. Goldenvoice, the promoter of the event...
Jan 02, 2019
Russia advances to world juniors semifinals after trouncing Slovakia 8-3
VANCOUVER - Klim Kostin scored twice to lead Russia past Slovakia 8-3 on Wednesday in their quarterfinal matchup at the world junior hockey championship. Russia (5-0-0-0) has not lost a game in the to...
Jan 02, 2019
McDavid scores twice as Oilers top Coyotes 3-1 to stop skid
GLENDALE, Ariz. - Wins have been hard to come by for the Edmonton Oilers lately, but Connor McDavid keeps piling up points. McDavid scored two goals and assisted on another to help the Oilers end a si...
Jan 02, 2019
China lunar probe sheds light on the 'dark' side of the moon
BEIJING - China’s burgeoning space program achieved a lunar milestone on Thursday: landing a probe on the mysterious and misnamed “dark” side of the moon. Exploring the cosmos from t...
Jan 02, 2019
Flames rally for 5-3 win, hand Red Wings 6th straight loss
DETROIT - Johnny Gaudreau capped a memorable day with another splendid performance. Gaudreau had a goal and three assists, and the Calgary Flames rallied for a 5-3 victory over the Detroit Red Wings o...
Jan 02, 2019
Elias Petterson's hat trick powers Canucks to 4-3 overtime win vs. Senators
OTTAWA - Elias Pettersson thought this was a pretty good day. The Vancouver Canucks rookie scored his third goal of the night in overtime to lead the Canucks to a 4-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators ...
Jan 02, 2019
Finland ousts Canada from world juniors with dramatic 2-1 overtime win
VANCOUVER - It wasn’t just Canada’s junior hockey team that was devastated Wednesday night - it was the entire country, says defenceman Ian Mitchell. The defending champions were ousted fr...
Jan 02, 2019
U.S. defeats Czechs in world junior hockey quarterfinal; Jack Hughes returns
VICTORIA - Jack Hughes was pleased to finally get back into the United States’ lineup and help contribute to a 3-1 victory over the Czech Republic on Wednesday in the quarterfinal of the world j...
Jan 02, 2019