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The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, April 5, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 10:00 p.m. ET on Monday April 5, 2021. There are 1,014,373 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada: 1,014,373 confirmed cases (58,673 active, 9...
Apr 05, 2021

Trent's 3-pointer beats buzzer as Raptors rally past Wizards
TAMPA, Fla. - Gary Trent Jr. beat the buzzer with a long 3-pointer and the Toronto Raptors rallied from a 19-point second-half deficit to beat the Washington Wizards 103-101 on Monday night. Pascal Si...
Apr 05, 2021

Dubois, Winnipeg Jets outlast pushy Ottawa Senators for 4-3 victory
WINNIPEG - Pierre-Luc Dubois scored twice and the Winnipeg Jets dumped the Ottawa Senators 4-3 Monday.Adam Lowry and Kyle Connor also scored for the Jets (23-13-3), while Andrew Copp and Nikolaj Ehler...
Apr 05, 2021

Eric Staal scores game-winner in Montreal debut as Habs down Oilers in overtime
MONTREAL - Eric Staal, in his Montreal debut, scored the overtime winner as the Canadiens rallied from a 2-0 deficit to defeat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 Monday. Staal beat Mike Smith with a wrist shot f...
Apr 05, 2021

Blue Jays spoil Rangers home opener before largest MLB crowd
ARLINGTON, Texas - Steven Matz struck out nine in his Toronto debut, Marcus Semien and Cavan Biggio hit back-to-back homers and the Blue Jays won 6-2 in the home opener for the Texas Rangers on Monday...
Apr 05, 2021

Clues from unexploded firebomb lead to charges in Portland
SALEM, Ore. - During a Black Lives Matter protest on Sept. 21, a Portland police officer was sitting in a vehicle used to broadcast warnings and loud noise at protesters when he saw a burning object s...
Apr 05, 2021

Grande Prairie Regional Hospital opening now expected in late fall 2021
Grande Prairie City Council heard from a Grande Prairie Regional Hospital Foundation delegation at Monday's meeting where council learned the new hospital is now expected to open in the late fall of 2...
Apr 05, 2021

Grande Prairie adds 109 COVID-19 cases over Easter weekend, Hinshaw provides update on P.1 variant outbreaks
There were 109 new cases of COVID-19 identified in Grande Prairie over the Easter long weekend, along with 55 recoveries, there is currently 358 active cases of COVID-19 in the Swan City, the most at ...
Apr 05, 2021

Canadian featherweight Tristan (Boondock) Connelly to fight in UFC 261 card
TORONTO - Canadian featherweight Tristan (Boondock) Connelly will face Pat Sabatini later this month at UFC 261 in Jacksonville, Fla. The 35-year-old from Victoria is coming off an upset win in his UF...
Apr 05, 2021

Arkansas governor vetoes transgender youth treatment ban
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday vetoed legislation that would have made his state the first to ban gender confirming treatments or surgery for transgender youth. The Republi...
Apr 05, 2021