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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
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
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
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
County of Grande Prairie council approves contract for road overlay program
The County of Grande Prairie has hired Knelson Sand & Gravel Ltd. to do this year's road overlay program.A contract worth just over $1.4 million was approved at Monday's council meeting.Reeve Lean...
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
Grande Prairie product signs NHL contract
Ever since he was picked 179th overall in the 2020 NHL Draft, Medicine Hat Tigers goaltender Garin Bjorklund's goal has been securing an NHL contract.On Friday, he did just that.The Washington Capital...
Apr 29, 2022