Sebastian Aho sparked a three-goal surge late in the first period and Frederik Andersen made a comfortable 18 saves for his third shutout of the playoffs as the Carolina Hurricanes cruised past the Montreal Canadiens 4-0 on Wednesday to grab a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference final.

American Airlines pilot Andrew Anderson tells The National about the moment he delivered a tribute speech to his co-pilot and childhood friend Andre Turner before a flight to Toronto.

The Trump administration has quietly instructed federal prosecutors in Miami to avoid pursuing criminal investigations into Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez, a longtime target of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, according to current and former U.S. law enforcement officials — the latest sign of warming relations between the White House and the oil-rich nation.

Esmerlyn Valdez, outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, hit his first major-league homer on Sunday night, batting against the Toronto Blue Jays. The ball wound up in the hands of a tough 12-year-old negotiator — who walked away with two signed team souvenirs.

Existing PWHL teams can protect three players each from signing with expansion teams to start, as part of a multi-phase off-season "player distribution process" that begins Monday.

A richly illustrated 13th-century French tome describing the adventures of King Arthur is heading to the auction block after more than 700 years tucked away in private collections.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has said 700,000 people in the province signed petitions indicating they want a referendum about either remaining in Canada or separating. CBC’s Fact Check team takes a look at the context behind that number.

Members of Grassy Narrows First Nation and Wabaseemoong Independent Nations in northwestern Ontario have joined forces to call for the shutdown of the Dryden paper mill, as efforts continue to address mercury contamination in the English-Wabigoon River System. They also want the province to take swift action to clean up the river. Here's the latest on how both communities are being impacted.

Matthew Perry's live-in personal assistant, who had a central role in the Friends star's descent into ketamine addiction and injected him with the fatal dose of the drug, was sentenced Wednesday to three years and five months in prison.

The Black Sabbath frontman’s family announced a partnership with two tech companies, Hyperreal and Pronto Hologram, to “create the digital DNA of Ozzy Osbourne, voice, image [and] movement," during a chat about the future of Ozzy’s brand at the Licensing Expo in Las Vegas.