Category Archives: Canadian Press
Dorsett has 2 goals, assist in Canucks' 4-2 win over Sabres
BUFFALO, N.Y. - The Vancouver Canucks bounced back on the second night of a back-to-back. Derek Dorsett had two goals and an assist in the Canucks’ 4-2 comeback victory over the Buffalo Sabres o...
Oct 20, 2017
Nets' national anthem singer kneels to finish performance
NEW YORK - The national anthem singer at the Brooklyn Nets’ home opener took a knee at the end of her performance. Justine Skye was nearing the completion of the song Friday night when she went ...
Oct 20, 2017
Rebecca Marino's return to professional tennis delayed by ITF regulation
MONTREAL - Rebecca Marino’s return to professional tennis has been delayed due to International Tennis Federation administrative regulations. The 26-year-old Marino, from Vancouver, was looking ...
Oct 20, 2017
Went to the bar: Alberta mother pleads guilty after child left in freezing car
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A southern Alberta mother who left her child in a locked and freezing SUV while the woman went drinking has pleaded guilty to failing to provide the necessaries of life. The 25-yea...
Oct 20, 2017
Experts say Chile poet did not die of cancer, deepen mystery
SANTIAGO, Chile - A team of international scientists said Friday that Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda did not die of cancer or malnutrition, rejecting the official cause of death but not laying ...
Oct 20, 2017
N.B. premier says mandate 'accomplished,' will meet with lieutenant-governor
FREDERICTON - The premier of New Brunswick says he’s going to meet with the province’s lieutenant-governor on Monday at a time when his party has “accomplished” its current man...
Oct 20, 2017
Bail set at $100K for 2 Polish band members in rape case
SPOKANE, Wash. - The final two members of the Polish metal band Decapitated had bail set at $100,000 each Friday on rape and kidnapping charges after they were arrested for the gang-rape of a woman on...
Oct 20, 2017
Feds: Right whales should remain on endangered list
PORTLAND, Maine - As the North Atlantic right whale nears the end of a year of dangerously high mortality, federal ocean regulators are calling for it to remain listed as endangered, according to a re...
Oct 20, 2017
Berry disappointed: Bear tries to eat fake fruit on Manitoba woman's door wreath
STE. ANNE, Man. - It would have been one berry disappointed bear. Kim Bouwman was sitting in her rural home Thursday in Ste. Anne, about 40 kilometres southeast of Winnipeg, when she caught something ...
Oct 20, 2017
Delon Wright steps up in new role as leader of Raptors' second unit
TORONTO - Early in the second quarter of Toronto’s opening-night win over Chicago, Delon Wright pump-faked then drove to the hoop, tossing up an acrobatic basket that landed him on his back side...
Oct 20, 2017