Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Oilers ousted from first round of Stanley Cup playoffs after Game 6 loss to Ducks
ANAHEIM - For the first time in three years, the Edmonton Oilers will not be seeing a Stanley Cup final. The Oilers were eliminated Thursday night thanks to a 5-2 loss to the Anaheim Ducks in Game 6 o...
Apr 30, 2026
Wild beat Stars 5-2 for first playoff series win in 11 years
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Quinn Hughes led Minnesota to its first playoff series victory in 11 years, scoring twice in the Wild's 5-2 victory over the Dallas Stars in Game 6 on Thursday night. Minnesota ...
Apr 30, 2026
Buxton hits 3rd homer in 4 games, Jeffers also goes deep as Twins top Blue Jays 7-1
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Byron Buxton homered for the third time in four games and Ryan Jeffers hit a go-ahead, two-run drive that led the Minnesota Twins over the Toronto Blue Jays 7- 1 on Thursday night i...
Apr 30, 2026
Alina Müller, Jamie Lee Rattray score 2 minutes apart and the Fleet beat Charge 2-1 in PWHL playoffs
LOWELL, Mass. (AP) - Alina Mller and Jamie Lee Rattray scored less than two minutes apart late in the second period, and the Boston Fleet beat the Ottawa Charge 2-1 on Thursday night to begin a best-o...
Apr 30, 2026
Melanie Green ace carries her to share of LPGA lead in Mexico. Korda is 2 behind
PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico (AP) - Melanie Green got the surprise of her life with a hole-in-one she didn't know she made Thursday. It carried her to a 6-under 66 and a share of the lead with Brianna Do ...
Apr 30, 2026
North Texas man executed as his cousin claims he was shooter in fatal 2008 robbery
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A North Texas man who claimed he wasn't the shooter in a fatal robbery that killed two people nearly 18 years ago and who said prosecutors misused rap lyrics he wrote to secur...
Apr 30, 2026
Canadiens embrace chance to close out series before home crowd: 'Going to be loud'
TAMPA - Kaiden Guhle and several of his teammates are about to enter uncharted territory. The Montreal Canadiens can close out their first-round series and eliminate the experienced Tampa Bay Lightnin...
Apr 30, 2026
Complainant in Nikolaj Sorensen sexual assault case reveals identity
The woman who has alleged Canadian-Danish figure skater Nikolaj Sorensen sexually assaulted her has publicly identified herself, saying she hopes doing so will help create a safer environment in the s...
Apr 30, 2026
Alberta's Smith lauds new major Canada-U.S. oil pipeline permit, citing advocacy
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says a key approval for a cross-border oil pipeline project to deliver more of the province's crude to the United States is coming after years of advocacy fro...
Apr 30, 2026
Florida man executed for the killing of his brother's teenage stepdaughter nearly 50 years ago
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man convicted of beating and choking his brother's 13-year-old stepdaughter to death nearly 50 years ago was executed Thursday evening. James Ernest Hitchcock, 70, was pr...
Apr 30, 2026