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Sabres snap 8-game skid with 5-2 win over Senators
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Jack Eichel scored a goal and added two assists, and the Buffalo Sabres closed their home schedule by snapping an eight-game skid with a 5-2 win over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday ni...
Apr 4, 2019

Capitals win Metropolitan Division, beat Canadiens 2-1
WASHINGTON - Nic Dowd put Washington ahead for good early in the second period, Braden Holtby made 33 stops and the Capitals clinched the Metropolitan Division title with a 2-1 victory over the Montre...
Apr 4, 2019

Bauer pulled after 7 no-hit innings in Indians' 4-1 win
CLEVELAND - Trevor Bauer was pulled by manager Terry Francona after seven hitless innings and 117 pitches, and watched from the dugout as Toronto's Freddy Galvis broke up Cleveland's bid for a combine...
Apr 4, 2019

Steven Stamkos leads Tampa Bay Lightning over Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1
TORONTO - Steven Stamkos scored once and also set up Alex Killorn's winner with under six minutes to go in regulation as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Thursday. ...
Apr 4, 2019

Michelle Williams aids cause of equal pay for equal work
WASHINGTON - Michelle Williams, who has seen firsthand the disparity in men and women's pay, joined lawmakers and activists Tuesday in the Capitol to support the principle of equal pay for equal work....
Apr 4, 2019

Notley and Kenney focus on trust in only leadership debate of Alberta campaign
EDMONTON - Alberta's two main political leaders used the only election debate to drill in on trust, with Jason Kenney saying Rachel Notley can't run the economy and Notley saying Kenney...
Apr 4, 2019 United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney, left to right, Alberta Liberal Party leader David Khan, Alberta New Democrat Party leader and incumbent premier Rachel Notley and Alberta Party leader Stephen Mandel pose before the start of the 2019 Alberta Leaders Debate in Edmonton, Alta., on Thursday, April 4, 2019. (Codie McLachlan/The Canadian Press)

Soccer Hall of Famer Jim Blundell, a prolific goal-scorer, dies at 79
Jim Blundell chose to play for Vancouver Firefighters FC in the late 1950s "because I was going to get a job out of it." That's exactly what happened. Blundell joined the Vancouver Fire Departmen...
Apr 4, 2019

Maduro loyalists strip Venezuela's Juan Guaido of immunity
CARACAS, Venezuela - Maduro loyalists stripped Venezuela's Juan Guaid of immunity Tuesday, paving the way for the opposition leader's prosecution and potential arrest for supposedly violating the cons...
Apr 4, 2019

Ex-reality TV cast member gets 1-year term in fraud case
NEW YORK - A former cast member of the reality TV series "Bad Girls Club" was sentenced to a year in prison for stealing the debit card information of a man found dead from a drug overdose in his Manh...
Apr 4, 2019

April 4 a good day to expect precipitation
On the last half-dozen April 4th's, counting this one, there has been rain or snow on all but one.That was in 2017.Environment Canada records indicate that on April 4, 2014, Grande Prairie had 1.2 cen...
Apr 4, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith