Archives for January, 2010

31 Jan by admin in Sports

Raptors nail 5th-straight win

Raptors nail 5th-straight win

Chris Bosh scored 26 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead the Toronto Raptors to their fifth victory in a row, 117-102 over the visiting Indiana Pacers on Sunday.

Tags: chris-bosh, indiana-pacers, lead-the-toronto, over-the-visiting, pacers-on-sunday, toronto, toronto-raptors, visiting

31 Jan by admin in Sports

Coyotes beat Stars on Tippett’s return

Coyotes beat Stars on Tippett’s return

Phoenix stretched its winning streak to four games with a 4-2 victory over the Dallas Stars on Sunday in Coyotes coach Dave Tippett's return to Texas.

Tags: coyotes, dallas, dallas-stars, four-games, games, stars-on-sunday, stretched-its, tippett, winning-streak

31 Jan by admin in Sports

Maple Leafs’ weekend trade explosion

Maple Leafs’ weekend trade explosion

This year's edition of the Toronto Maple Leafs probably hasn't given GM Brian Burke the levels of pugnacity, testosterone, truculence and belligerence he expected upon his hiring in November 2008. But Sunday's addition of Dion Phaneuf might change things.

Tags: brian, brian-burke, expected-upon, his-hiring, phaneuf, probably-hasn, sunday, the-levels, year

31 Jan by admin in Sports

Canada dominates skicross at Winter X Games

Canada dominates skicross at Winter X Games

Already so good in the aerials and moguls, the Canadians found another freestyle event to dominate. Led by Chris Del Bosco of Sudbury, Ont., the Canadians swept the medals in men's skicross at the Winter X Games on Sunday.

Tags: aerials, bosco, chris, freestyle, games, games-on-sunday, sudbury, swept-the-medals, the-aerials, winter

31 Jan by admin in Top Stories

U.S. deficit could reach $1.6 trillion

U.S. deficit could reach $1.6 trillion

U.S. President Barack Obama's proposed budget predicts the national deficit will crest at a record-breaking almost $1.6 trillion US in the current fiscal year, then start to recede in 2011 to just below $1.3 trillion.

Tags: barack, current, fiscal-year, national, national-deficit, predicts-the-national, president-barack, proposed-budget, the-current, then-start, will-crest

31 Jan by admin in Top Stories

Young, Bublé, Swift take pre-show Grammy Awards

Young, Bublé, Swift take pre-show Grammy Awards

Canadians Neil Young, Michael J.

Tags: annual, award, grammy, grammy-award-winners, michael-bubl, pop-starlet, taylor, taylor-swift, the-annual

31 Jan by admin in Canada, Top Stories

No regulations for GPS use despite safety risk

No regulations for GPS use despite safety risk

Transport Canada has identified the use of GPS devices as a threat to road safety but after six years of consultation with industry and safety groups has done nothing to regulate them, a CBC news investigation found.

Tags: cbc, done-nothing, gps, identified-the-use, news-investigation, road-safety, six-years, the-use

31 Jan by admin in Top Stories

Canadian actress celebrates Sundance win

Canadian actress celebrates Sundance win

Canadian Tatiana Maslany has made a big splash at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, after capturing a special jury prize for breakout performance in world cinema for her role as a rebellious teen in Grown Up Movie Star, by Newfoundland's Adriana Maggs.

Tags: after-capturing, big-splash, grown, rebellious-teen, role, sundance, sundance-film, tatiana, world-cinema

31 Jan by admin in Canada

Ignatieff wants Senate reform

Ignatieff wants Senate reform

Canada’s Senate should be reformed to impose 12-year term limits and curb the prime minister’s power to unilaterally choose senators, says Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff.

Tags: choose-senators, curb-the-prime, impose-12-year, liberal, liberal-leader, michael, prime, senate, term-limits, the-prime

31 Jan by admin in Sports

Leafs get Giguere for Blake, Toskala

Leafs get Giguere for Blake, Toskala

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced on Sunday the acquisition of veteran goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere from Anaheim for netminder Vesa Toskala and forward Jason Blake.

Tags: acquisition, anaheim, announced-on-sunday, giguere, jason, leafs, sebastien-giguere, sunday, the-acquisition, toronto, toronto-maple, toskala, veteran-goaltender

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