Category Archives: The Canadian Press
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
Saanich, B.C., man pleads guilty in voyeurism case involving 652 victims: police
SAANICH - A man has pleaded guilty in a voyeurism investigation involving 652 women and girls, which police in Saanich, B.C., say is believed to be the most "prolific" case prosecuted in Canada. The d...
May 21, 2026
'Get used to it': Hamilton here to stay in F1, Verstappen happy with rule changes
MONTREAL - Lewis Hamilton says he's not going anywhere. Max Verstappen, meanwhile, sounds increasingly likely to stay. The pair of former world champions fielded questions Thursday about whether they ...
May 21, 2026
Man convicted of killing a woman and her 4-year-old daughter is executed in Florida
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man convicted of fatally stabbing his cousin's girlfriend and the couple's 4-year-old daughter was put to death Thursday evening, becoming the seventh person executed by ...
May 21, 2026
2-time NASCAR champ Kyle Busch dies at 41 after being hospitalized with a 'severe illness'
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) - Kyle Busch, a two-time Cup Series champion who won more races than anyone across NASCAR's three national series, has died. He was 41. The Busch Family, Richard Childress Racing an...
May 21, 2026