Category Archives: Canadian Press
Ottawa's Weidemann wins silver at long-track speedskating World Cup
TOMASZOW MAZOWIECKI, Poland - Ottawa’s Isabelle Weidemann captured the silver medal in the women’s 5,000 metres on Sunday, the final day of races at the World Cup long-track speedskating i...
Dec 09, 2018
In Canada, the term 'nationalism' doesn't seem to have a bad rap. Here's why.
OTTAWA - On a historic Remembrance Day, a century after the end of the First World War, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a Paris crowd that decaying trust in public institutions will lead citizens t...
Dec 09, 2018
Canada finishes 11th at Cape Town Sevens after 24-14 loss to Argentina
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Canada finished 11th for the second HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series tournament in a row Sunday, losing 24-14 to Argentina in the consolation Challenge Trophy semifinals at the...
Dec 09, 2018
Samuel Girard wins 500-metre short-track gold as Canada takes five medals
ALMATY, Kazakhstan - Samuel Girard of Ferland-et-Boilleau, Que. was golden on Sunday, earning his first international medal of the season on Sunday at the World Cup short-track speedskating event in K...
Dec 09, 2018
Mikaela Shiffrin wins World Cup parallel slalom event
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland - Mikaela Shiffrin won a World Cup event for the third time in eight days, beating Petra Vlhova in the head-to-head final of parallel slalom on Sunday. Shiffrin trailed midway ...
Dec 09, 2018
Toronto mayor, TTC union ask Ontario govt to step in on transit modernization
TORONTO - As the transit agency in Canada’s most populous city prepares to do away with its decades-old payment system, Toronto’s mayor and the union representing transit workers are askin...
Dec 09, 2018
UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway smashes records with bloody UFC 231 win
TORONTO - The tributes were quick to roll in after featherweight champion Max (Blessed) Holloway’s bloody, brutal and lopsided TKO win over No. 1 challenger Brian (T-City) Ortega at UFC 231. ...
Dec 09, 2018
Man City's Raheem Sterling says media coverage fuels racism
MANCHESTER, England - British newspapers are helping to “fuel racism” with their portrayal of black footballers, Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling said Sunday as police investigate wh...
Dec 09, 2018
Boy who was ISIL captive behind movement to bring bicycles to refugee children
WINNIPEG - Emad Mishko Tamo looks excitedly at his bright-green mountain bike and talks about how he’s looking forward to summer cycling adventures with other Yazidi refugee children in his comm...
Dec 09, 2018
Canada's Nelson impresses in short-notice UFC fight despite second-round loss
TORONTO - Canadian fighter Kyle (The Monster) Nelson packed light for his regular three-hour trip from cottage country to Stoney Creek, Ont., for training this week. He had the essentials though and t...
Dec 09, 2018