Category Archives: Canadian Press
Son says mother who was allegedly pushed onto tracks in Calgary is thankful
CALGARY - A Calgary woman who is now paralyzed after police say she was pushed in front of an oncoming transit train is awake from life-saving surgery and feels thankful to be alive, her son says. All...
Nov 11, 2018
Jimmer Fredette has 75-point game in China
BEIJING - Former BYU star Jimmer Fredette scored 75 points in a Chinese Basketball Association game Sunday, the last 40 in the fourth quarter of the Shanghai Sharks’ 137-136 loss to the Beikong ...
Nov 11, 2018
Harris, Blue Bombers advance to West final with victory over Roughriders
REGINA - Blue Bombers head coach Mike O’Shea noticed Andrew Harris enter the media room after Winnipeg’s West Division semifinal victory and felt compelled to downplay his running backR...
Nov 11, 2018
Legendary coach Wally Buono makes CFL exit smarting from painful playoff loss
HAMILTON - Smarting from a lopsided 48-8 playoff loss, Wally Buono found one positive as he left the field for the last time Sunday. “The one thing I did think about as I was walking off the fie...
Nov 11, 2018
Aerosmith's Perry hospitalized after jamming with Billy Joel
NEW YORK - Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry has been hospitalized with breathing problems that began after a guest performance with Billy Joel in New York. Perry’s publicists said in a statement Su...
Nov 11, 2018
Man City surges clear of United but EPL title race wide open
MANCHESTER, England - However strong Manchester City looks in its title defence, Pep Guardiola’s leaders are facing more competition than anticipated in the Premier League. It’s not coming...
Nov 11, 2018
Masoli leads Ticats past Lions 48-8 in East Division semifinal contest
HAMILTON - Jeremiah Masoli showed Sunday why he’s the East Division nominee for the CFL’s outstanding player award. Masoli threw three first-half touchdowns to lead the Hamilton Tiger-Cats...
Nov 11, 2018
Ottawa to encourage more countries to offer contraception, abortion: Bibeau
MONTREAL - Canada will continue to encourage other countries to offer more family planning services including contraception and abortion because they’re key to fighting poverty, the country̵...
Nov 11, 2018
Roughriders QB Zach Collaros out for West semifinal against Blue Bombers
REGINA - Roughriders quarterback Zach Collaros has been scratched from the West Division semifinal against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Canadian Brandon Bridge will get the start at QB and be backed up ...
Nov 11, 2018
Montreal Impact attacking midfielder Ignacio Piatti named to MLS Best XI
Montreal Impact attacking midfielder Ignacio Piatti, who scored 16 goals and added a career high 13 assists this season, has been voted to the MLS Best XI. Piatti joins a star-studded squad that also ...
Nov 11, 2018