Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Schneider scores go-ahead run as Blue Jays top Dodgers 4-3 to end six-game skid
TORONTO - Davis Schneider scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning to lift the Toronto Blue Jays to a 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday to end their six-game losing streak. Schneid...
Apr 08, 2026
Angels' Jorge Soler and Braves' Reynaldo López receive suspensions following brawl
ANAHEIM - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Jorge Soler and Atlanta Braves pitcher Reynaldo Lpez each received seven-game suspensions from Major League Baseball on Wednesday, a day after they were ...
Apr 08, 2026
Golf Canada CEO Laurence Applebaum optimistic about Canadian chances at Augusta
The Masters marks the unofficial start of spring for Canadian golfers, but Golf Canada's chief executive officer is hopeful that it could mean a little bit more this year. Laurence Applebaum says watc...
Apr 08, 2026
Official says construction of light-rail station to Montreal airport is on track
MONTREAL - Officials at Montreal-Trudeau International airport say a new $600-million light-rail station is still on track to be delivered next year. Project director Steeve Bouffard says the REM stat...
Apr 08, 2026
North Dakota back at Frozen Four, with top NHL draft prospect Keaton Verhoeff in tow
Keaton Verhoeff has experienced some big changes over the last 10 months. The hulking defenceman switched from the Western Hockey League to the NCAA, went from living with a billet family to figuring ...
Apr 08, 2026
A timeline of floor crossings from the opposition benches to Mark Carney's Liberals
OTTAWA - Marilyn Gladu became the fifth opposition member of Parliament to cross the floor to Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberals on Wednesday, a day before the Liberal party convention in Montreal....
Apr 08, 2026
David Eby confident Indigenous MLAs will vote to pause B.C's DRIPA legislation
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby said he's sure his government will retain the legislature's confidence and pass his plan to suspend sections of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenou...
Apr 08, 2026
Quebec immigration minister under investigation for alleged ethics breach
QUBEC - Quebec's immigration minister says he will fully collaborate with an investigation by the legislature's ethics commissioner into whether he violated conflict of interest rules. Jean-Franois Ro...
Apr 08, 2026
Former commercial pilot Shaheer Cassim admits guilt in B.C. plane hijacking
RICHMOND - Federal prosecutors say a British Columbia man has pleaded guilty to two terrorism offences after he stole a small plane on Vancouver Island last July, triggering a security incident at Van...
Apr 08, 2026
Jim Whittaker, first American to climb Everest, dies at 97
SEATTLE (AP) - Jim Whittaker, who in 1963 became the first American to reach the top of Mount Everest, has died. He was 97. Whittaker's 1963 ascent to the summit of Mount Everest came 10 years after S...
Apr 08, 2026