Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canadian Elena Gaskell captures Crystal Globe after bronze at home
QUEBEC - Canadian Elena Gaskell earned the Crystal Globe for the 2018-19 freestyle skiing big air campaign after capturing a bronze medal in the season-ending World Cup on Saturday. The native of Vern...
Mar 16, 2019
Wilderness survival book borrowed in 1977 is finally returned to B.C. library
VANCOUVER - A book about surviving in the outdoors has been returned to a B.C. library branch more than four decades after it was checked out. The book, “Wilderness Living: A Complete Handbook a...
Mar 16, 2019
Korea scores trio in ninth end to edge Canada 7-6 at world women's curling event
SILKEBORG, Denmark - Korea’s Min-Ji Kim scored three in the ninth end to edge Canada’s Chelsea Carey 7-6 on Saturday at the world women’s curling championship. It was the first game ...
Mar 16, 2019
Toronto Blue Jays drop games against Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees
DUNEDIN, Fla. - The Toronto Blue Jays dropped a pair of split-squad pre-season games on Saturday. Toronto lost 4-3 to the Baltimore Orioles at its home spring-training facility and dropped a 17-7 deci...
Mar 16, 2019
Canadian Bianca Andreescu is turning heads in tennis world with her stunning run
Bianca Andreescu has captured the imagination of Canadian sports fans with her Cinderella-like journey to the BNP Paribas Open women's singles final Sunday. But the Mississauga, Ont., native didn̵...
Mar 16, 2019
Raonic ousted from Paribas Open semifinals by Austrian Dominic Thiem
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Dominic Thiem outlasted Canadian Milos Raonic in three sets Saturday to reach the BNP Paribas Open final, where he’ll meet Roger Federer who advanced after Rafael Nadal wi...
Mar 16, 2019
Quebec City Muslim worshippers condemn fatal New Zealand mosque attacks
QUEBEC - A little more than two years after their own community came under attack, Muslims in Quebec City said they were in shock over the mass shootings at two New Zealand mosques Friday that claimed...
Mar 16, 2019
Indianapolis Children's Museum removes Michael Jackson items
INDIANAPOLIS - The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis has removed three Michael Jackson items from exhibits after a new documentary renewed allegations of child sexual abuse against the late sing...
Mar 16, 2019
Lawyer: US Navy veteran held in Iran sentenced to 10 years
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A U.S. Navy veteran from California has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in Iran, his lawyer said Saturday, becoming the first American known to be imprisoned there s...
Mar 16, 2019
McKeever, Wilkie capture Para-nordic gold, silver medals, respectively
SAPPORO, Japan - Canadians Brian McKeever and Natalie Wilkie captured Para-nordic World Cup medals Saturday. McKeever, of Canmore, Alta., and guide Graham Nishikawa, of Whitehorse, won the men's 10-ki...
Mar 16, 2019