Category Archives: The Canadian Press
N.S. resort is the latest using high-tech blankets to save snow for next ski season
HALIFAX - It's 125 metres long, 35 metres wide, almost 11 metres high, and with a little luck, it will still be around when the next ski season starts. Ski Martock, a resort about 60 kilometres northw...
May 22, 2026
Ebola: How it spreads, the treatments available and why this outbreak is so devastating
TORONTO - As a rare strain of Ebola virus continues to spread in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, here's what Canadians need to know. ARE THERE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EBOLA? Yes. There are a f...
May 22, 2026
Canadiens pounce as Hurricanes emerge from long playoff break with breakdowns, miscues
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The off days added up for the Carolina Hurricanes after they swept their way to another Eastern Conference Final, leading to the longest between-rounds playoff break in more than ...
May 21, 2026
'It's in my DNA': Danault back loving hockey life with Canadiens
RALEIGH - Phillip Danault found himself in a tough spot. The veteran centre's role had diminished significantly with the Los Angeles Kings. The result was an ugly stat line of zero goals and five assi...
May 21, 2026
Maya Caldwell leads balanced Lynx to 100-72 rout of expansion Tempo
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Reserve Maya Caldwell led a balanced attack with 16 points and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Toronto Tempo 100-72 on Thursday night. It was the worst loss for the expansion Tempo, who...
May 21, 2026
Canadiens pounce on Hurricanes early in 6-2 win to open Eastern Conference Final
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The Montreal Canadiens pounced for four first-period goals on slow-starting Carolina - coming off the longest postseason break in more than a century - and handed the Hurricanes t...
May 21, 2026
George Springer homers and Blue Jays hold Yankees to 3 hits, winning 2-0 for 4-game split
NEW YORK (AP) - George Springer homered, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. reached base three times and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 2-0 on Thursday night to split a four-game series. Springer ...
May 21, 2026
'Baffling': Reaction to Alberta's referendum on a separation referendum
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Thursday that a referendum on Oct. 19 will include a question about whether Albertans want, at a future date, to hold a binding referendum on the province quitting ...
May 21, 2026
Brooks Koepka is 1 back at the Byron Nelson, with Scottie Scheffler lurking in his hometown event
McKINNEY, Texas (AP) - Scottie Scheffler won't be the wire-to-wire winner of his hometown CJ Cup Byron Nelson again this year. For now, the world's top-ranked player is chasing a leaderboard that incl...
May 21, 2026
Alberta is to vote on whether to hold a separation referendum. Here's how we got here
Premier Danielle Smith announced Thursday that Albertans will be going to the polls Oct. 19 to vote on whether there should be a future binding referendum on the province quitting Canada. Here's a tim...
May 21, 2026