Category Archives: Canadian Press
Coach Maurice wants Jets to stay loose ahead of potential elimination game
WINNIPEG - Paul Maurice wants the Winnipeg Jets to focus on fun, not the magnitude of Sunday’s game against the Vegas Golden Knights. The expansion Golden Knights are up 3-1 in the best-of-seven...
May 19, 2018
Titan use two short-handed goals to get past Broncos in OT at Memorial Cup
REGINA - Penalty killing has been a strength for the Acadie-Bathurst Titan throughout their league championship playoff run and it paid off for them once again in their Memorial Cup opener. Liam Murph...
May 19, 2018
Rikers Island inmates get a taste of ancient Greece
NEW YORK - Some inmates at New York City’s biggest jail got a taste of ancient Greece this weekend. A theatre company went to Rikers Island on Saturday to perform skits from plays by Sophocles t...
May 19, 2018
Justify wins foggy Preakness, keeps Triple Crown bid alive
BALTIMORE - Justify rounded the final turn and hit the top of the stretch winded but with the lead. The roar from the crowd was delayed, hushed by the thick fog that enveloped the track. When Justify ...
May 19, 2018
Hinchcliffe accepts blame for Indy 500 qualifying failure
INDIANAPOLIS - James Hinchcliffe made one thing perfectly clear Saturday. Only he and his team are to blame for missing the Indianapolis 500. Not Pippa Mann. Two rain delays, poor timing and a loose t...
May 19, 2018
Whitecaps rally for 2-2 draw with FC Dallas
FRISCO, Texas - Anthony Blondell’s substitution in the 68th minute sparked the Vancouver Whitecaps as they climbed out of a two-nil hole to tie FC Dallas 2-2 on Saturday. Kei...
May 19, 2018
PC Leader Doug Ford hammered over alleged data theft; police probe urged
SAULT STE MARIE, Ont. - The rookie leader of Ontario’s poll-leading Progressive Conservatives came under concerted attack on Saturday over allegations his candidates for next month’s elect...
May 19, 2018
Canada's Vincent-Lapointe, Vincent win canoeing gold at World Cup event
SZEGED, Hungary - Canadian sprint paddlers Laurence Vincent-Lapointe and Katie Vincent won gold on Saturday in the women’s C2 500-metre event at the International Canoe Federation’s f...
May 19, 2018
'Like a warzone:' People evacuated as fires burn through Manitoba city's downtown
BRANDON, Man. - Leanne Marlow saw the flames engulf the building across the street from her Brandon, Man., apartment before the smoke alarm started to ring throughout her building. Her cat, Buddy, sca...
May 19, 2018
Montreal designer creates 'elegant' look for Jessica Mulroney at royal wedding
MONTREAL - A Montreal designer says seeing her custom dress on tastemaker Jessica Mulroney at the royal wedding was a wonderful experience, and it’s giving her brand an international boost. Anto...
May 19, 2018