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Leafs down Bruins, will play Lightning in first round of the playoffs
TORONTO - William Nylander scored twice as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Boston Bruins 5-2 on Friday in a regular-season finale that saw both teams rest most of their stars ahead of the playoff...
Apr 29, 2022

Last-placed Canadiens end season with 10-2 rout of league-best Panthers
MONTREAL - Cole Caufield scored his first NHL hat trick and the Montreal Canadiens crushed the Presidents' Trophy champions Florida Panthers in a 10-2 win Friday night. As Tyler Pitlick netted Montrea...
Apr 29, 2022

Rahm grabs 2-shot lead going into weekend at Mexico Open
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) - Jon Rahm faced the wind and handled it just as well Friday in the Mexico Open, making eight birdies on his way to a 5-under 66 that staked the world's No. 2 player to a ...
Apr 29, 2022

Houston Texans select Metchie III in second round of NFL draft
LAS VEGAS - John Metchie III is a Houston Texan. The Texans selected the Alabama star receiver in the second round, No. 44 overall, of the 2022 NFL draft Friday night. Metchie was the first Canadian t...
Apr 29, 2022

Stricker shares the lead and looks like he was never away
THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) - Steve Stricker played his first round in 201 days and it seemed as though he was healthy as ever, opening with a 5-under 67 on Friday to share the lead in the Insperity Inv...
Apr 29, 2022

'The warning is helpful and now I know:' Nanaimo drivers told once more to slow down & move over
NANAIMO - For the second time in six months, Nanaimo drivers were told a simple message: slow down and move over.Local RCMP officers along with reps from BCAA staged a mock scene along Hwy. 19A near D...
Apr 29, 2022

B.C. premier stresses importance of co-operation within forestry sector
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's premier says the only way the provincial forest industry will grow is through partnerships with First Nations and companies. In the keynote address to the BC Council of ...
Apr 29, 2022

Canada's Auger-Aliassime loses to Korda in Estoril Open quarterfinals
ESTORIL, Portugal - Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime was eliminated from the Estoril Open tennis tournament after a 6-2, 6-2 quarterfinal loss to American Sebastian Korda on Friday. Auger-Aliassime, t...
Apr 29, 2022

Palestinian assailants shoot dead Israeli guard in West Bank
JERUSALEM (AP) - Palestinian assailants shot and killed a security guard at the entrance of a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank late Friday, the Israeli military said, in a fresh attack that...
Apr 29, 2022

Former Tory MP Leona Alleslev misses fundraising deadline for leadership race
OTTAWA - Former Conservative MP Leona Alleslev says she has failed to raise the thousands of dollars needed to make it as a candidate in the party's leadership race Alleslev announced she was no longe...
Apr 29, 2022