Author: News Room

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The NBA playoffs officially got underway Saturday, but the Toronto Raptors didn’t get the start they were hoping for. Toronto fell 126-113 to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference first-round series, marking the team’s first playoff appearance in four years.The playoffs follow the NBA’s play-in tournament, which ran from Tuesday to Friday and determined the final two seeds in each conference.Teams that lost in the play-in were eliminated, while winners advanced to the first round. Get breaking National news Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as…

NEW YORK, NY, April 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Third Space Art Foundation will present 1922 Revisited, a live arts program during the preview week of the Venice Biennale (May 5–9, 2026). Curated by Dr. Janine A. Sytsma, the program brings together artists from across Africa and its diasporas to engage a historical moment in the Biennale’s exhibition history. The project takes as its point of reference the 1922 Venice Biennale, in which African objects were presented within a broader exhibition context. The surviving record of this exhibition is fragmentary, consisting of limited archival materials. A century later, 1922 Revisited…

A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge says the provincial government made an unreasonable decision last year when it banned most people from entering the woods to prevent wildfires during an extreme drought. In a decision released Friday, Justice Jamie Campbell said the provincewide ban imposed on Aug. 5, 2025, did not meet the standard for reasonableness because the province failed to consider the impact on Charter rights.“It was not a fleeting or insignificant restriction,” Campbell wrote. “It substantially affected peoples’ lives.”The ban prohibited “entry into the woods for the purposes of travelling, camping, fishing or picnicking or any other purpose,…

MONACO, April 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AlphaPepe has crossed 1,000 users on its AI DEX demo and the milestone signals a level of live product engagement that most presale projects never reach before listing. Capital continues entering at a pace that draws direct comparisons to the earliest days of meme coins that went on to deliver life-changing returns to early participants. The crypto news around AlphaPepe is building ahead of a planned Q2 2026 exchange listing while XRP trades near $1.41 following the SEC’s official digital commodity classification with the XRP price prediction now targeting $5.00 as the CLARITY…

According to Nikkei Asia, even as suppliers ramp up DRAM production, manufacturers are only expected to meet 60 percent of demand by the end of 2027. SK Group chairman has even said that shortages could last until 2030.The world’s largest memory makers — Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron — are all working to add new fabrication capacity, but almost none of it will be online until at least 2027, if not 2028. SK opened a fab in Cheongju in February, but that is the only increase in production among the three for 2026.Nikkei says that production would need to increase…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Hockey fans across Canada lean into excitement as the NHL playoffs begin Saturday, with three Canadian teams set to compete for hockey’s top prize, the Stanley Cup. The Ottawa Senators opened the playoffs on the road against the Carolina Hurricanes, marking the first Canadian appearance in this year’s post-season.The Montreal Canadiens are scheduled to begin their run Sunday against the Tampa Bay Lightning, while the Edmonton Oilers are set to open their series Monday.The Oilers, led by one of the league’s most potent offences, are widely seen as Canada’s strongest contender heading…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 18, 2026 12:09 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Quebec’s Court of Appeal overturned a guilty verdict against a renowned skating coach accused of sexual assault and gross indecency. Richard Gauthier was found guilty of assaulting a young athlete in the 1980s and sentenced to 12 months in jail in 2023. Get breaking National news Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won’t miss a trending story. Gauthier’s lawyers argued the verdict should be overturned in accordance with rules prohibiting multiple…

Five-year-old Anaya was smiling and dancing as she waved a small Canadian flag during her father’s Canadian citizenship ceremony Friday, unable to contain her excitement. Her dad, Ashis Mandal, was among 30 new Canadians from 18 countries sworn in during a ceremony at Halifax’s Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Anaya and her mother Sneha Majumder were beaming as they watched Mandal take the citizenship oath.“I’m so, so happy,” Anaya said.“We’re all so happy,” her mother added.The special ceremony held by Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab took place during Citizenship Week — which falls between April 12-18 this year — a week the government says is…

CLEVELAND – Even though he was wearing camouflage, there was no missing Arno Yellowman at Rocket Arena. Yellowman was decked out head-to-toe in a camo-coloured Raptors costume for Game 1 of Toronto’s NBA playoff series against Cleveland on Saturday. Yellowman made the trip from Sarnia, Ont., to cheer on the Raptors against the hometown Cavaliers.“‘It just came together in one day, and here it is,” said Yellowman of the homemade costume, adding that he had been a fan “forever.” He was one of many Raptors supporters on hand for the matinee that kicked off the league’s 2026 playoffs. Get breaking…

NEW YORK, April 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BitsStrategy has officially unveiled its new quantum AI trading app, a next-generation trading solution built to help users make faster, more data-driven decisions in increasingly complex financial markets. Designed to combine intelligent automation with a simpler app-based experience, the new launch reflects a broader demand for trading tools that can turn market data into clearer action. For many users, the problem with modern trading is no longer access to information. It is the opposite. There is too much information, too much noise, and too little time to process it well. Prices move…