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Brayden Point scores twice, Lightning embarrass Maple Leafs 7-3 in Game 1
TORONTO - Brayden Point scored twice as the Tampa Bay Lightning humiliated the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-3 in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series Tuesday. Nikita Kucherov and Corey Perry both added...
Apr 18, 2023

Shesterkin, Kreider help Rangers rip Devils 5-1 in Game 1
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Igor Shesterkin made 27 saves, Chris Kreider scored two power-play goals and the New York York Rangers stunned the New Jersey Devils 5-1 on Tuesday night in Game 1 of their first-r...
Apr 18, 2023

Maple Leafs' Bunting receives match penalty for hit on Lightning's Cernak
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Michael Bunting received a match penalty for an illegal check to the head on Tampa Bay Lightning defenceman Erik Cernak during Tuesday night's NHL playoff game. The inciden...
Apr 18, 2023

CF Montreal beats Vaughan 2-0, Toronto FC up next in Canadian Championship
MONTREAL - CF Montreal cruised to their first win in three games, beating the Vaughan Azzurri 2-0 on Tuesday night, advancing to the quarterfinals of the Canadian Championship. Sean Rea (30th minute) ...
Apr 18, 2023

CP NewsAlert: With no deal with feds in hand, union says federal workers will strike
OTTAWA - Canada's largest federal public-service union says that some 155,000 workers will go on strike after talks with the government failed to produce an agreement before its 9 p.m. ET deadline. MO...
Apr 18, 2023

Missing Canadian women and girls called family from Syrian camp, lawyer says
A lawyer for two Canadian women and three teen girls, who were set to be repatriated from northeastern Syria earlier this month, says they were mistreated by guards and are being detained in a camp pr...
Apr 18, 2023

Fairy Creek old-growth protesters celebrate as contempt prosecution has 'collapsed'
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Prosecution Service says it has withdrawn contempt charges against 11 old-growth logging protesters accused of breaching a court injunction during blockades at Fairy Creek on Vanc...
Apr 18, 2023

B.C. mom whose son was killed urges people to call police, not film violence
VANCOUVER - The mother of a teenager stabbed to death on a transit bus in Surrey, B.C., says she hopes her son's death will bring change. Holly Indridson said while she believes there needs to be more...
Apr 18, 2023

Transition to PG Surgery Centre seamless
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Surgery Centre is the newest asset in Northern Health's portfolio. The health authority has taken over without a hiccup at the centre. "And what we will do is this ne...
Apr 18, 2023

Edmonton Oilers seek a rebound after the playoff win that got away
EDMONTON - History repeating itself is the next goal for the Edmonton Oilers. A pair of squandered two-goal leads in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Kings isn't how the Oilers intended to open ...
Apr 18, 2023