Category Archives: The Canadian Press
A court in Slovakia sentences the man in the attempted assassination of prime minister to 21 years
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) - A court in Slovakia on Tuesday convicted the man in last year's attempted assassination of the country's populist Prime Minister Robert Fico of a terror attack and sentence...
Oct 21, 2025
'Most real I've ever felt': Fan who caught Springer's home run ball savours moment
TORONTO - Michael Angeletti says he knew he would catch George Springer's home run ball before it actually happened. The Toronto native was sitting in the front row out in left field at Rogers Centre ...
Oct 21, 2025
Toews starting to feel comfortable playing with Jets
CALGARY - Jonathan Toews' first NHL goal in more than 2 1/2 years was a pivotal one on Monday night. Toews' power play marker at 2:41 of the third period came off a deflection of a Neal Pionk point sh...
Oct 21, 2025
Springer Dinger: Blue Jays come back for 4-3 win over Mariners to reach World Series
TORONTO - Comeback wins were a big reason why the Toronto Blue Jays reached the American League Championship Series. George Springer topped them all with a come-from-behind moment that will go down as...
Oct 21, 2025
'Believe in everybody' Scherzer tells Bieber before Blue Jays win ALCS
TORONTO - Surefire Hall of Famer Max Scherzer pulled Shane Bieber aside the night before Game 7 of the American League Championship Series to give him one simple piece of advice: "Believe in everybody...
Oct 20, 2025
NHL roundup: Canadiens beat Sabres 4-2 with three third-period goals
MONTREAL (AP) - Lane Hutson, Juraj Slafkovsky and Jake Evans scored in the third period, helping the Montreal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 on Monday night. Oliver Kapanen also scored for Mont...
Oct 20, 2025
Japan's parliament elects Sanae Takaichi as nation's first female prime minister
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country's first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partn...
Oct 20, 2025
Scheifele scores late as Jets burn Flames 2-1
CALGARY - Mark Scheifele's torrid start continued on Monday, extending his goal streak to five games with the game-winning marker at 15:06 of the third period as the Winnipeg Jets rallied to defeat th...
Oct 20, 2025
Hot rookies helping to make Canadiens tougher to play against
MONTREAL - A year after having the rookie of the year in the lineup, the Montreal Canadiens might even have a better group this season. Led by Oliver Kapanen, who scored the opening goal - his rookie-...
Oct 20, 2025
Fernandez, Mboko win opening matches in Tokyo's Pan Pacific Open
TOKYO - Leylah Fernandez continues to roll in Japan. The 23-year-old from Laval, Que., who won the Japan Open in Osaka on Sunday for her fifth career singles title, defeated Maria Sakkari of Greece in...
Oct 20, 2025