Category Archives: The Canadian Press

Murphy, Murray lead Pelicans to 122-111 win over Raptors in Ingram's return to New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Trey Murphy III scored 28 points, Dejounte Murray added 27 and the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Toronto Raptors 122-111 on Wednesday night, spoiling Brandon Ingram's return to the ...
Mar 11, 2026

Demidov scores game-winner, Canadiens beat Senators 3-2
OTTAWA - Ivan Demidov scored the game-winner to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-2 win over the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday. Demidov also had an assist in the game. Juraj Slafkovsky and Alexandre T...
Mar 11, 2026

Stanton homers twice, Blue Jays fall 8-1 to Yankees in spring training game
TAMPA - Giancarlo Stanton hit a pair of home runs for the New York Yankees in an 8-1 spring training win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday. Stanton clouted a two-run homer in a four-run third in...
Mar 11, 2026

Victoria Mboko, Mirra Andreeva ousted from Indian Wells women's doubles
INDIAN WELLS - Canada's Victoria Mboko and doubles partner Mirra Andreeva of Russia lost their Indian Wells BNP Paribas Open quarterfinal in straight sets to Kazakhstan's Anna Danilina and Serbia's Al...
Mar 11, 2026

Clarification: Iran-School Strike story
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a story published March 11, 2026, The Associated Press reported that a Pentagon office was discussing the updating of out-of-date no-strike lists. The story should have made clear...
Mar 11, 2026

Texas man executed for fatally stabbing girlfriend and her son as survivor of attack looks on
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A Texas man was put to death Wednesday evening for fatally stabbing his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son in 2013, apologizing profusely to her older son who survived the atta...
Mar 11, 2026

Canadian women's basketball team drops FIBA World Cup qualifying opener to Turkey
ISTANBUL - Bridget Carleton scored a game-high 24 points as Canada erased a 19-point deficit, but ultimately fell 71-69 to Turkey in the FIBA women's World Cup qualifying opener Wednesday. Calgary's Y...
Mar 11, 2026

King Charles 'expressed his concern' over Alberta separatism in meeting: grand chief
EDMONTON - The grand chief of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations says King Charles "expressed his concern" after hearing about Alberta's separatist push in a face-to-face meeting with Indigen...
Mar 11, 2026

Canada advances to World Baseball Classic quarterfinals, faces United States
SAN JUAN - Canada advanced to the World Baseball Classic's playoff round for the first time in the international tournament's 20-year history. Bo Naylor had an RBI double and Otto Lopez followed with ...
Mar 11, 2026

VPD officers could have de-escalated encounter ending in Myles Gray's death: expert
VANCOUVER - A police use-of-force expert has told a public hearing that Vancouver police officers missed opportunities to de-escalate their encounter with Myles Gray that ended with his death in 2015,...
Mar 11, 2026