Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Global Affairs numbers show disproportionate level of cuts to staff based overseas
OTTAWA - Canada's foreign service cuts are disproportionately affecting positions based abroad, with those rotational positions being eliminated at three times the rate of those for Global Affairs sta...
May 20, 2026
Brittney Sykes, Marina Mabrey combine for 61 points as Tempo tip the Mercury 98-90
PHOENIX (AP) - Brittney Sykes had 31 points, Marina Mabrey added 30 points and six 3-pointers, and the Toronto Tempo beat the Phoenix Mercury 98-90 on Tuesday night. Toronto created some separation in...
May 19, 2026
South Carolina House backs congressional map favoring GOP but bill faces a more skeptical Senate
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Republicans in the South Carolina House cast aside Democratic objections and endorsed a congressional redistricting plan just after midnight Tuesday, moving to give the GOP a sho...
May 19, 2026
Jalen Brunson leads Knicks back from 22 down in the 4th for 115-104 win over Cavs in OT in Game 1
NEW YORK (AP) - Jalen Brunson sparked one of the NBA's greatest postseason comebacks, a rally from a 22-point deficit in the fourth quarter, and finished with 38 points as New York beat the Cleveland ...
May 19, 2026
Rice, McMahon homer in hot 5-4 win for Yankees over Blue Jays
NEW YORK (AP) - Ben Rice hit a two-run homer that broke a fifth-inning tie and the New York Yankees held off the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on a 33 Celsius night Tuesday in the Bronx. Ryan McMahon pulled N...
May 19, 2026
Eric Lauer's cost to Dodgers is $600,001, Blue Jays sending just over $2.5 million to L.A.
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Pitcher Eric Lauer added just $600,001 to the Los Angeles Dodgers' pricey payroll. Los Angeles acquired the 30-year-old left-hander from Toronto on Sunday. As part of the swap, the Bl...
May 19, 2026
Former political rivals head to rematch in Alabama governor's race and runoffs for US Senate seat
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama will get a rematch between two high-profile nominees for governor while candidates of both major parties will head to runoff elections next month for an open U.S. Senat...
May 19, 2026
Georgia Republicans dig in for runoffs for Senate and governor as campaigns go into overtime
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia Republicans will keep duking it out among themselves as they head toward a runoff to pick their candidates for governor and U.S. Senate in the battleground state after Tuesday's...
May 19, 2026
Shapiro-backed Democrats win House primaries in Pennsylvania swing districts the party hopes to flip
WARMINSTER, Pa. (AP) - Democrats in Pennsylvania backed by Gov. Josh Shapiro won their primaries Tuesday to shape a congressional slate in which they hope to flip the state's four swing districts and,...
May 19, 2026
Washing ceremony marks settlement of Canadian Tire racial profiling complaint
VANCOUVER - The sounds of Indigenous drums and song bounced off the walls of an East Vancouver banquet hall Tuesday evening as members of British Columbia's Heiltsuk Nation gathered for a traditional ...
May 19, 2026