Category Archives: The Canadian Press

Blue Jays earn 45th comeback win of the year with 5-4 walkoff vs. Orioles
TORONTO - Forty-five times there has been magic in the Toronto Blue Jays dugout. Alejandro Kirk's sacrifice fly in the ninth inning completed yet another Blue Jays comeback as Toronto stunned the Balt...
Sep 13, 2025
Notable Speech rallies to triumph in $1 million Woodbine Mile race
TORONTO - Notable Speech rallied to win the $1 million Woodbine Mile race on Saturday. Trained by Charles Appleby for owner-breeder Godolphin, the chestnut colt, under William Buick, was sent on his w...
Sep 13, 2025

Brewers become first MLB team to clinch playoff spot this season
MILWAUKEE (AP) - The Milwaukee Brewers have become the first major league team to clinch a playoff spot this season. According to MLB, the New York Mets' 3-2 loss to the Texas Rangers on Saturday seal...
Sep 13, 2025

League-leading AFC Toronto thumps Vancouver Rise 7-0 in NSL action
TORONTO - Esther Okoronkwo and Kaylee Hunter each scored twice and AFC Toronto piled up six second-half goals in a 7-0 thumping of the Vancouver Rise on Saturday in Northern Super League soccer action...
Sep 13, 2025

B.C. farm says it will ask Supreme Court of Canada to stop the cull of 400 ostriches
VICTORIA - A spokesperson for Universal Ostrich Farms says the farm will ask the Supreme Court of Canada to stop the culling of 400 ostriches hit by avian flu, but it is not clear yet whether Canada's...
Sep 13, 2025

Canada routs Australia in Women's Rugby World Cup quarterfinal, New Zealand up next
BRISTOL - Alysha Corrigan scored two tries in a dominant first half and Canada routed Australia 46-5 in Women's Rugby World Cup quarterfinal action Saturday. Asia Hogan-Rochester opened the scoring wi...
Sep 13, 2025

Canada wins Davis Cup tie with Israel in empty Halifax stadium, protests continue
HALIFAX - Canada advanced to the 2026 Davis Cup Qualifiers with a 4-0 win over Israel in a best-of-five tie played in an empty Halifax stadium amid protests. Liam Draxl of Newmarket, Ont., and Cleeve ...
Sep 13, 2025

Veteran midfielder Sophie Schmidt done for the season after undergoing knee surgery
HOUSTON - The Houston Dash have placed veteran Canadian midfielder Sophie Schmidt on the season-ending injury list after undergoing knee surgery. The 37-year-old from Abbotsford, B.C., was hurt Sept. ...
Sep 13, 2025

Anti-Israel protests turn the Spanish Vuelta cycling race into a diplomatic battleground
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - As an alderperson in northwestern Spain, Rosana Prieto tends to the running of her tiny village and is far removed from major cities, often rocked by protests over geopolitical...
Sep 13, 2025

RCMP feared traitor Kim Philby knew 'most interesting' Canadian secrets: documents
OTTAWA - The early-1960s revelation that British spy Kim Philby had worked for Moscow alarmed Canadian intelligence officials who feared that he had betrayed confidences gleaned from Soviet defector I...
Sep 13, 2025