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The Rangers need to find answers quickly against the Panthers, or their Cup wait will reach 31 years
NEW YORK (AP) - After two rounds of the NHL playoffs, there were hopes the New York Rangers had a chance to end their 30-year Stanley Cup drought. The defending Eastern Conference champion Florida Pan...
May 23, 2024
Canadian swimmer Ruslan Gaziev suspended for anti-doping violations
OTTAWA - Canadian Olympic swimmer Ruslan Gaziev has been suspended 18 months for anti-doping rule violations. The 24-year-old from Toronto failed to provide drug testers with a quarterly outline of hi...
May 23, 2024
Arizona doctors can come to California to perform abortions under new law signed by Gov. Newsom
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Arizona doctors can temporarily come to California to perform abortions for their patients under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. California's law is a response to Arizona's Su...
May 23, 2024
Ohio governor calls special session to pass legislation ensuring President Biden is on 2024 ballot
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio's Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said Thursday that he is calling a rare special session of the General Assembly next week to pass legislation ensuring that President Joe Biden...
May 23, 2024
Ottawa willing to add to list of medications covered by pharmacare bill: minister
OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland says the government is open to adding more medications to the list of drugs covered by its proposed pharmacare program. Holland made the comments at a parliamenta...
May 23, 2024
The collapse of a building on Spain’s Mallorca island leaves 4 people dead, officials say
MADRID (AP) - Four people died and 21 more were injured Thursday when a building collapsed on the island of Mallorca, Spanish emergency authorities said. The accident occurred in the city of Palma on ...
May 23, 2024
Canadian stars Nurse, Sutton-Brown hope Toronto's WNBA team inspires new generation
Vince Carter's highlight-reel dunks for the Toronto Raptors in the early 2000s inspired a generation of Canadian basketball players. Hamilton's Kia Nurse is hoping that a new WNBA franchise awarded to...
May 23, 2024
Montreal police arrest 20-year-old suspect in Jewish school shooting last November
MONTREAL - Montreal police say they have arrested a 20-year-old man in connection with gunshots that were fired at a Jewish school in the city in late 2023. Last November, police found bullet holes in...
May 23, 2024
'Five feet nothing': Pickton's safety likely behind Quebec move, says ex-prison judge
VICTORIA - When serial killer Robert Pickton was transferred from British Columbia's Kent Institution to a maximum-security prison in Quebec about six years ago, correctional authorities gave no publi...
May 23, 2024
Canada and U.S. suspend all fishing for Canadian-origin Yukon River chinook salmon
WHITEHORSE - Canada and the United States are suspending all fishing for Canadian-origin Yukon River chinook salmon for seven years in an attempt to protect the dwindling species. The agreement covers...
May 23, 2024
