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'Job's not done:' Leafs' captain Tavares staying even-keeled with big Game 5 ahead
TORONTO - The opportunity at hand is not lost on Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares. And he says it's a great one for his team to rise to. Toronto holds a 3-1 lead in its first-round playoff ser...
Apr 26, 2023

Road rage shooter convicted of 1st-degree murder
BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) - A Colorado man who shot and killed a 13-year-old boy after a road rage confrontation and wounded the boy's mother, brother and a witness was found guilty of first-degree murder ...
Apr 26, 2023

Canadian DL Tavius Robinson eagerly anticipating 2023 NFL draft
Tavius Robinson is neither anxious nor nervous about the 2023 NFL draft. The University of Mississippi defensive lineman believes he did everything possible this off-season to show NFL coaches, scouts...
Apr 26, 2023

Passaglia, Cutler and other football alumni demand removal from SFU Hall of Fame
BURNABY, B.C. - Canadian Football Hall of Famers Lui Passaglia, Dave Cutler and Doug Brown are among 11 football-only members of the Simon Fraser University Sports Hall of Fame who are demanding they ...
Apr 26, 2023

Jets forward Scheifele ruled out for must-win Game 5 against Golden Knights
LAS VEGAS - Winnipeg Jets forward Mark Scheifele will not play in Thursday's must-win Game 5 against the Vegas Golden Knights. Head coach Rick Bowness says Scheifele does not have the necessary range ...
Apr 26, 2023

Southern Albertans highlight Team Canada's junior roller derby team
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Canada's top 35 youth roller derby athletes gathered in Toronto for the first time on April 22-23, 2023, for their first in-person practice and games as a national team.Team Canada is...
Apr 26, 2023

B.C. coroner's inquest hears updated toxicology results for Myles Gray
BURNABY, B.C. - A forensic toxicologist says an initial drug screening report suggested Myles Gray had a natural psychoactive compound in his system when he died, but followup testing showed the low c...
Apr 26, 2023

Bichette's homer, two RBI singles help Blue Jays complete sweep of White Sox
TORONTO - Bo Bichette had a home run and two RBI singles as the Toronto Blue Jays swept the Chicago White Sox with an 8-0 victory on Wednesday afternoon. Whit Merrifield stretched his on-base streak t...
Apr 26, 2023

Saskatchewan man left brain-dead after altercation with police has died: family
SASKATOON - Relatives of an Indigenous man left brain-dead after an altercation with police in Prince Albert, Sask., say he has died. Boden Umpherville, who was 40, had been hospitalized since he was ...
Apr 26, 2023

Quebec man sentenced to prison for creating AI-generated, synthetic child pornography
MONTREAL - A Quebec Court judge has sentenced a Quebec man to prison for using artificial intelligence to produce synthetic images of child pornography. Provincial court judge Benoit Gagnon sentenced ...
Apr 26, 2023