Category Archives: Canadian Press
US tells Somalia mission staffers to leave over threat
MOGADISHU, Somalia - The United States has ordered all non-essential employees of its mission to Somalia to leave the capital, Mogadishu, because of “specific threat information” against t...
Nov 04, 2017
India exhibition seeks to gain investment in food industry
NEW DELHI - India’s top chefs on Saturday poured 800 kilograms (1,760 pounds) of rice and lentils into a giant pan on a sprawling New Delhi lawn as the country hosted an exhibition to attract fo...
Nov 04, 2017
China's answer to anthem disrespect: up to 3 years in prison
BEIJING - China’s rubber-stamp legislature on Saturday made disrespecting the national anthem a criminal offence punishable by up to three years in prison amid rising nationalist appeals from th...
Nov 04, 2017
Iran displays missile during anniversary of embassy takeover
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran on Saturday displayed a surface-to-surface missile as part of events marking the anniversary of the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover and hostage crisis amid uncertainty about its nuclear...
Nov 04, 2017
Territorial losses suffered by Islamic State in Syria, Iraq
BEIRUT - With new losses, the Islamic State group has been driven from more than 96 per cent of the large parts of Iraq and Syria it once held, crushing its goal of establishing a “caliphateR...
Nov 04, 2017
Blue Bombers secure home playoff date with 23-5 win over Stampeders
CALGARY - Tristan Okpalaugo accomplished a pair of CFL firsts on Friday. Not only did Okpalaugo pick up a fumble and score his first touchdown, the six-foot-four, 260-pound defensive end also had thre...
Nov 04, 2017
Maori All Blacks score seven tries in thumping Canada 51-9 in men's rugby
VANCOUVER - Midway through the opening half of his first game leading the Canadian men’s rugby team, Kingsley Jones started to think his players might pull off a major upset. Then reality set in...
Nov 04, 2017
DeRozan scores 37 as Raptors top Jazz 109-100 for 3-3 trip
SALT LAKE CITY - Midway through the third quarter, DeMar DeRozan was frustrated. He’d been sloppy with the ball and was letting his team down. “I feel like I was just making lots of mental...
Nov 04, 2017
Friday's Games
Friday’s Games CFL Hamilton 33 Montreal 0 Winnipeg 23 Calgary 5 — NHL Edmonton 6 New Jersey 3 Nashville 5 Anaheim 3 — AHL Charlotte 6 Belleville 1 Binghamton 2 Utica 1 Chicago 2 Gran...
Nov 04, 2017
Connor McDavid sets up three goals, Oilers double up Devils 6-3
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers hope they have finally found a way to bust out of their slump. Connor McDavid had three assists as the Oilers handed the New Jersey Devils their first loss on the road t...
Nov 04, 2017