What do the following authors have in common: J.D. Salinger, Emily Brontë, and Oscar Wilde? They are famous for writing just one novel.

J.D. Salinger? The Catcher in the Rye. Emily Brontë? Wuthering Heights. And Oscar Wilde? The Picture of Dorian Gray. Home runs. Classics. Enduring favourites. Lasting fame. Millions of copies sold around the planet. But in each case, there were no follow-ups. They were all one and done.

J.D. Salinger became a recluse. Emily Brontë died shortly after the publication of Wuthering Heights. And Oscar Wilde stayed with writing plays. As novelists go, they are all one-hit wonders.

When it comes to music, one-hit wonders are an endless source of amusement. How can someone become internationally famous for decades when they only have one song that anyone cares about?

These are special cases where lightning is captured exactly once. And no matter how many more songs these artists wrote, they would never, ever achieve that extreme level of fame again. A single song overshadows every other effort.

Let’s apply this to the history of alt-rock. What songs and artists qualify?

It took a bunch of research, but I think I managed to crack it using a combination of statistics. And we’re now up to episode four of five in this mission: the 50 all-time biggest alt-rock one-hit wonders.

Songs heard on this show:

• Doctor and the Medics, Spirit in the Sky
• Enigma, Sadeness (Part 1)
• Edwyn Collins, A Girl Like You
• Peter Schilling, Major Tom (Coming Home)
• White Town, Your Woman
• Meredith Brooks, Bitch
• Marcy Playground, Sex and Candy
• The Caesars, Jerk It Out
• Chumbawamba, Tubthumping
• The La’s, There She Goes

Here’s Eric Wilhite’s playlist.

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VANCOUVER -Barry Walker has spent every Vancouver Whitecaps game this season leading fan chants and holding up signs that read “STAY CAPS STAY.”

The 75-year-old superfan said the posters replace the ones he previously carried that said “Go Caps Go.” He swapped them out as rumours around the future of the Major League Soccer club grew in recent months.

“Of course we want our Whitecaps to stay. We don’t want them to go to another city, so that’s the intention of the signs,” he said in an interview Friday.

Walker, who said he has not missed a Whitecaps home match in 12 years, has made it his mission to increase fanfare at the games.

“The crowds are getting more educated. They’re loving the team more and every year is getting a little better,” he said. “The last couple of years have been fantastic.”

Similar calls were made earlier this week by midfielder Thomas Muller, who encouraged fans to fill the lower bowl during games at BC Place.

The Whitecaps faced Sporting Kansas City at BC Place on Friday, winning 3-0.

An announced crowd of 21,777 fans attended the match, marking the 18th consecutive MLS game with more than 20,000 people at the stadium.

Throughout the game, the crowd was engaged, gasping at a near header goal at the 2nd minute, then jumping from their seats and erupting in cheers when Emmanuel Sabbi scored a scrappy goal at the 13th minute mark.

The same energy came at 23rd and 28th minutes, as the team scored two more before halftime.

Fan Kevin Schachter, 42, said it is “huge” for him to have a local MLS team in Vancouver where he can attend games live.

The Winnipeg native said he moved to Vancouver a few years ago and has become “quite a significant supporter since.”

“I know there’s a risk of losing the club and that would be devastating,” he said in an interview.

The team made its first MLS Cup final appearance last year, where it fell to Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami.

New Whitecaps fan Lauren Bugliarisi said it is her first year with season tickets.

“We started following closely after the end of last season when it was picking up and we were winning a lot after the playoffs,” the 30-year-old said in an interview ahead of kickoff Friday.

“It feels like the first team that I’ve followed that has gone far. It’s just nice to get to cheer for Vancouver and see us go far and be doing well.”

Bugliarisi said she feels the excitement around the sport has continue to grow this year as the FIFA World Cup nears. Vancouver will host seven matches in June and July.

“That’s part of the reason why we started following Vancouver as well,” she said of the tournament. “It feels like it’s going to be this next wave of sports for our city.”

Alison Martin, 31, sported a Whitecaps scarf as she made her way to her seats alongside her father.

They’ve have seasons tickets since around 2015, she said, and have “pretty much been to every game since.”

“I love coming to these games. I find it’s the best sporting experience throughout the Lower Mainland, and now that we also have the (Northern Super League’s) Vancouver Rise, it is fantastic,” Martin said, noting she has seasons tickets to Rise games as well.

“It just seems like every weekend there’s a soccer game.”

She said the fan experience has grown in recent years.

“It’s always just been so electric. I always tell people like if you want to have a good sporting experience come to a Whitecaps game,” Martin said.

“If they left the city, it would be really sad and I think there would be a huge gap in the sporting community and the energy of the city.”

For some, including Schachter, it’s about soaking up every minute of live professional soccer in case the end is near.

“If this is the last time we have a top-tier team, I want be here for every moment of that,” he said.

But Walker is doing what he can to prevent that from happening, and is encouraging other Vancouverites to do the same.

“I think people should know they should come here and watch the Whitecaps. Simple as that, because it’s going to help the team stay here,” he said. “We have to get behind the team.”

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 17, 2026.

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The Toronto Raptors are back in the playoffs, and their hype videos are doing things a little differently this time.

There’s no thumping bass or blaring beats in the promotional reels on social media. Instead, a more emotional, piano-driven score accompanies Scottie Barnes and RJ Barrett dunking and hitting fadeaways.

The man behind that sound is Toronto composer Tony Ann, whose pop-leaning neoclassical style is quickly winning over the city’s sports teams.

“I tell so many people my biggest inspirations and heroes are athletes. I grew up watching Vince Carter with the Raptors and Michael Jordan with the Wizards — I know that wasn’t his prime anymore, but it was still pretty cool,” says the 32-year-old, speaking from Antwerp, Belgium.

He’s midway through a European tour that’s taken him from small towns in Switzerland to ornate concert halls in London.

“You can really see the diligence, the hard work, the dedication, motivation — you know, all the training that they need to endure. I take that into my practice and the way I try to carry out my career.”

The Beijing-born, Toronto-bred pianist was also tapped by the Toronto Blue Jays for a pump-up video during their post-season run last fall — a clip that opens with him playing the familiar “Charge!” theme at the Rogers Centre before drifting into something more intricate and meditative.

He’s not just scoring the moment — he stars in the videos as well. The Raptors’ hype reels show Ann in a jersey at centre court in Scotiabank Arena, hammering out his dramatic track “Rush of Life” on the keys.

The Raptors begin their playoff run Saturday against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

“I got to shoot some free throws. I missed all of them, but it was really cool,” Ann chuckles. “It really was a bucket list thing for me.”

He says the collaborations grew out of a conversation with his label Universal Music Canada about his passion for sports. That led first to a partnership with Paris Saint-Germain Football Club in 2023, with a video where he showcased his piano chops at Parc des Princes stadium.

Raptors parent company Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment says it partnered with Ann to help excite fans “no matter their language, their age or their culture.”

“We also saw a synergy between Tony’s story of determination and hard work to perfect his craft and the dedication and passion the Raptors continue to commit to this post-season,” says Sherry Jean, the company’s senior manager of digital content strategy.

His massive online presence may have been a factor, too — he boasts more than three million Instagram followers. Ann broke out in 2017 after a video cover of a Chainsmokers song caught the EDM duo’s attention and earned him a spot in their touring band. Since then, he’s built an international following via a modernized take on classical music and an instinctive feel for what lands online.

“I would never categorize my music in the same world as 1800s artists like Beethoven and Chopin. That’s true classical music. I’m really closer to the world of pop music,” he says.

“The harmonies are very simple. The melodies are a bit easier to understand and digest. I’m not really trying to impress musicians by throwing a bunch of chords in my music just to sound smart.”

He notes his more accessible approach appeals to a younger crowd: “When I look out at the stands, I see a lot of kids or people my age.”

Being fluent in social media also helps.

Ann’s #playthatword series routinely goes viral on TikTok and Instagram, with the pianist improvising original melodies based on words suggested by fans. Next week, the Raptors will release a video featuring him taking on the challenge with the word “Raptors.”

He says the team gave him some guidelines for the piece: “They wanted it to be energetic, exciting, something that was optimistic, something that sounded hopeful.”

What Ann ended up creating, he adds, is “something fast-tempo, uplifting and kind of like EDM.”

“Raptors basketball has a lot of high-paced intensity …. I just wanted to create something that matched with the ambience. I didn’t want to create something that felt like a breakup ballad.”

Ann had a conscious uncoupling of his own a few years ago — after years of living in Los Angeles pursuing music, he decided to move back to Toronto.

“I missed the seasons,” he says.

“Toronto’s always going to be a very special place for me. When I see a Canadian flag there’s definitely some feelings of emotions, because this is my home.”

As for his feelings on the Raptors’ matchup versus the Cavaliers?

“Raptors in six,” he says.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 18, 2026.

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EDMONTON – When the Edmonton Oilers and Anaheim Ducks open their first-round NHL playoff series Monday, it will be a complete reversal from 2017, the last time the teams met in the playoffs.

Back then, the Ducks used their veteran lineup to subdue the young, mostly inexperienced Oilers 4-3 in a second-round series. Now the roles are flipped with a veteran, playoff-hardened Edmonton team facing a young, run-and-gun Ducks squad.

The Ducks’ top four scorers — forwards Cutter Gauthier, Leo Carlsson and Beckett Sennecke, and defenceman Jackson LaCombe — average 21 years old.

“They have a lot of young talent over there that has led the way through the regular season, so it will be a focus of ours to be hard on them, not give them anything easy,” Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins said of the young Ducks.

“We know in general they want to play a fast game, play on the run and on the go,” he said after Friday’s practice, which saw backup goaltender Cal Picard return. “That’s not how we want to play. We want to play tight defensively and make things really difficult for them and wait for our chances.”

The Oilers finished second in the Pacific Division, two points back of Vegas, after a 6-2-2 run to close the regular season. The Ducks were third but went 2-6-2 over their final 10 games.

The Oilers, Stanley Cup finalists the last two years, head into the series feeling confident after having found their defensive game in the last few weeks of the regular season.

“The push we had the last month or so, we’ve played a lot better,” veteran defenceman Mattias Ekholm. “We had some big guys go down, and guys come in and fill those spots. The guys in here feel as good as they have all year, going into the playoffs, which absolutely can help our group.”

What could also help the Oilers would be the return of forward Leon Draisaitl. He’s been out since March 15, but for the past several days has been skating with the team and spending upwards of 90 minutes on the ice.

“He looks good on the ice,” head coach Kris Knoblauch said of Draisaitl. “He’s pushing himself in the gym and on the ice.”

Still, Knoblauch was not prepared to commit to whether the big German forward would be ready for Monday night’s series opener. Whenever he does return, it will give the Oilers two high-powered offensive lines and two solid defensive units that have also been contributing to scoring recently.

Their much-improved defensive play in the final weeks of the season has the Oilers confident they’ll find ways to handle the spirited Ducks.

“They’ve got some really high-end skill up front,” Ekholm said of the Ducks. “On the back end, they’ve got great goaltending; they’ll be a tough opponent for sure. But we’re starting at home, and hopefully we can take advantage of that. It’s going to be hard all the way through.”

Expectations are high in Edmonton, with players confident they can compete with anybody. But as Knoblauch cautioned, a lot has to go right — solid goaltending, good health, continued defensive play — and even then, winning often comes down to the right bounces.

“We have a lot of belief in here,” captain Connor McDavid, the NHL scoring leader for a sixth time, said. “It takes skill to win in the playoffs, and we feel pretty good about having that skill, having been there and won a lot of playoff games.”

TALE OF THE TAPE:

Regular-season series: 2-1 Edmonton

Goals for per game: Edmonton, 3.44 (6th); Anaheim, 3.23 (13th)

Top scorer: Edmonton, Connor McDavid, 138; Anaheim, Cutter Gauthier, 69

Starting goaltenders: Edmonton, Connor Ingram, 16-10-3, 2.60 GAA, .899 save percentage; Anaheim, Lukas Dostal, 30-20-4, 3.10, .888.

Power play: Edmonton, 30.6 (1st); Anaheim, 18.6(23rd)

Penalty kill: Edmonton, 77.8 (20th); Anaheim 76.4 (27th)

The big stat: McDavid and Draisaitl scored a combined 29 power-play goals; Cutter Gauthier and Chris Kreider totalled 19 for the Ducks.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 18, 2026.

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Warning: This story contains sensitive subject matter involving suicide.

The lawyer for Kenneth Law says his client will plead guilty to 14 counts of assisting suicide, while the Crown will withdraw 14 counts of first-degree murder.

Matthew Gourlay confirmed the development to Global News late Friday, saying a date for the plea will be scheduled in May when Law appears before a judge in Newmarket, Ont., on Monday. He said the parties are still working out an agreed statement of facts.

Law had been set to stand trial on 14 counts each of first-degree murder and aiding suicide, with proceedings expected to last eight weeks.

The trial of the Ontario man accused of selling lethal substances online to people who later used them to take their own lives had been pushed back to April.

Law’s trial had already been rescheduled to January 2026 but was postponed again to the spring as the Crown and defence awaited a Supreme Court of Canada decision in a separate case that could impact the proceedings.

The Crown is appealing a ruling by Ontario’s top court that suggests a person may only be liable for murder if they provided a person who died by suicide with the lethal substance and “overbore the victim’s freewill in choosing suicide.”

Police have alleged that Law ran several websites that were used to sell sodium nitrite and other items that can be used for self-harm, shipping them to people in more than 40 countries.

They have said all charges against him relate to the same 14 people, who were between the ages of 16 and 36.

Ontario’s Ministry of the Attorney General did not immediately respond to Global News’ request for comment Friday evening.

If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, support is available 24/7 by calling or texting 988, Canada’s national suicide prevention helpline.

 

 

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Plummeting from a Presidents’ Trophy winner to failing to make the NHL playoffs was “unacceptable, this season,” Winnipeg Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck assessed Friday.

“This year, it was chaos,” said Hellebuyck, who won both the Vezina and Hart Trophy the previous season.

Hellebuyck recorded a lowly 2.86 goals-against average and an .895 save percentage last season.

“We came off to a pretty good start,” he said. “I wouldn’t say we were playing great at the start, but we got a good start (9-3).

“I played good enough to win a gold medal (at the Winter Olympics). And I’m telling you, my game wasn’t different before or after.”

Winnipeg finished with a deplorable 35-35-12 record.

“To take the step back that we did this year just felt very wrong,” Hellebuyck said. “From the Presidents’ Trophy to this, it felt like this should have never happened.

“And it did. I’m part of it. I’m not saying that I’m not a big part of it too. I am. Looking at the future, it takes time. It takes time to re-evaluate those things.”

The Jets as a team were all part of it.

“Just, to a man, it just wasn’t good enough this year,” said forward Kyle Connor. “We had such high expectations as a team, winning the Presidents’ Trophy and the year prior (making the playoffs) and it was a very disappointing year.

“Frustrating in a lot of aspects.”

It also won’t be easy to get back into playoff contention next year.

“It’s hard,” said Hellebuyck, 32. “Can you get the pieces you need? Will the players come?

“Those are always questions you have in Winnipeg. I’ve made it my home and I like it here, but I think the majority of the league doesn’t feel the same way.”

Yet, Hellebuyck and other Jets remained optimistic about the future.

“We know the group that we have, the core that we have, and the skill and the talent,” said forward Cole Perfetti. “And we showed what we were capable of last year.

“Obviously, not going as far in the playoffs as we had hoped, but to be the best team n the regular season, I think everyone in this group believes it, too. There’s no doubt that we’re a playoff team and that was just a one-off.”

Meanwhile, both captain Adam Lowry and Perfetti suggested they came back from their respective injuries too soon, which affected their play.

Jets forward Mark Scheifele’s season isn’t over. He’ll play for Canada at the world hockey championship in Switzerland, May 15-31.

“I’m really excited for it,” said Scheifele, who was snubbed by those picking the Olympic squad earlier this year. “Any chance you have the opportunity to go and compete for your country, you’ve got to take it with honour, and I’m just excited to play more hockey.

“I love this game, I love playing, I love competing. I want to go over there and win a gold medal and do that with some good friends, so I’m really excited for that opportunity.”

Scheifele recorded a franchise-record 103 points this season.

Jets defenceman Dylan DeMelo will also play for Canada.

After missing two full seasons, forward Jonathan Toews suited up for 82 games with Winnipeg. He scored 11 goals and finished with 29 points and was noncommittal about his hockey future.

“If I’m being honest with myself and I look back to a couple years ago where I was at, yeah, it definitely feels like a huge accomplishment,” said the Winnipeg native. “I’m very proud that I went after it and did what I could to get back to this level and to play in the NHL again. That being said, I think there were parts of my game that really struggled early on.

“I’m super happy and proud that I went after the dream of playing in the NHL again. But, at the same time, you have expectations in your mind of what kind of player you can be and how you want to contribute to your team. And obviously, I wasn’t anywhere close to that, unfortunately.”

If Toews does decide to return, he said it will be as a Jet.

“He’s been an absolute treat to be around, a treat to learn from, a treat to have dinner with, pick his brain on so many things,” Scheifele said. “I hope he keeps playing.

“I think he was fantastic for us.”

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Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says about a quarter of the homes at risk of flooding on Peguis First Nation are being protected so far, as the community braces for rising water on the nearby Fisher River.

The First Nation north of Winnipeg, in the Interlake region, has estimated that about 225 homes are in danger.

Kinew visited Peguis a day earlier to help with sandbagging, along with hundreds of other volunteers.

Preparations began last week after the First Nation was warned it could see flooding like in 2022, when roughly 2,000 residents were forced out and hundreds of homes were damaged.

The Manitoba and federal governments say a long-term prevention solution is on the way for the flood-prone community.

The province says runoff is expected to begin next week across much of central Manitoba.
Its latest flood bulletin says a partial snowmelt is underway across the central and southern regions, resulting in rising water levels and increased ice movement on rivers and creeks.

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Taylor Elgersma doesn’t view coming to the CFL and signing with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers this week as a consolation prize.

The Canadian quarterback from London, Ont., told reporters in a video call Friday that his attempts to play in the NFL and United Football League are behind him for now and “it was time to come home.” 

“My focus is on being a Bomber right now and becoming the best version of myself and helping this team win,” Elgersma said during a stop in Arkansas on his way driving to Canada from Texas.

“This is where I am, and this is where I’m excited to be. I see a long future here, and this is where my mindset is. If doors reopen (down south) sometime down the line, I think that would be a situation that I would have to consider then. Right now, I just signed here, and I’m excited to be here.”

The Blue Bombers signed the 24-year-old Elgersma to a standard rookie contract (two years plus an option) Thursday, and he’ll report to rookie camp May 6.

Winnipeg selected the six-foot-five, 227-pound quarterback in the second round (18th overall) of the 2025 CFL draft after a standout career at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Elgersma was the 2024 Hec Crighton Trophy winner as Canadian university football’s top player after passing for 4,252 yards with 35 touchdowns and 11 interceptions for the Golden Hawks. He was invited to the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., the annual U.S. college showcase event, becoming the first quarterback from a Canadian university to receive an invitation.

“Growing up, I always envisioned myself being a pro football player. Period,” he said. “And then after I got drafted (by the Bombers), I was ecstatic. And then the opportunities down south opened up.”

Elgersma signed with the Green Bay Packers last May as an undrafted free agent. He got into three exhibition games and completed 16-of-23 passes for 166 yards and a TD. He was released and later had NFL looks with the New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers, Chicago Bears and Miami Dolphins.

He joined the Birmingham Stallions of the UFL earlier this year, but could only practise and not play due to work visa issues,

“The timing with us (Winnipeg) being two weeks out from training camp, it was time for me to make it clear that this is where I was going to be, this is where I wanted to be,” he said.

Some people predict Elgersma might be the heir to 37-year-old Bombers starter Zach Collaros, who’s in the final year of his contract.

“Any time you’re in a building with someone of his calibre, it’s important that you soak up every single thing that you can from him. All the information, all the tips that I can gain from him, I want to learn them,” he said of Collaros.

“I would also say there are a lot of other guys in this room and in this building that I have a lot of respect for.”

Bombers veteran backup Chris Streveler recently retired, and depth quarterback Chase Artopoeus also decided to leave the game. Terry Wilson dressed for 36 Bomber games over the past two seasons, but has only had 22 pass attempts.

Winnipeg also signed quarterback Bryce Perkins, last season’s UFL most valuable player and offensive player of the year with the Michigan Panthers, and Payton Thorne, who was in the Cincinnati Bengals’ camp last season.

Elgersma is well aware of other Canadian quarterbacks leaving their mark on the CFL, including Nathan Rourke of the B.C. Lions and Tre Ford, who signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in February after four seasons in Edmonton.

He said being a starting CFL quarterback would be a dream come true, especially representing athletes coming out of U Sports.

“Having a Canadian at the helm, I think it brings a lot of excitement to a fan base,” Elgersma said. “I think it brings a lot of excitement to the league, and I think it’s a good thing for this league to have guys like that, and it’s a good thing for Canadians to have guys to look up to.

“For me, that’s one thing that’s super exciting, is I hope one day there’s young kids out there who choose to play football because there’s Canadians at the quarterback position that are leading the way. There have been great guys that are doing it right now, and I hope to follow in their footsteps.”

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Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says Ottawa has hinted that it wants liquefied natural gas shipping out of Churchill by 2030 or federal support for an expansion of a port in the community could be off the table.

Kinew met with Prime Minister Mark Carney this week in Ottawa to discuss, among other things, a plan to expand the Port of Churchill as part of a trade corridor through northern Manitoba.

The premier says Carney presented an “aggressive” timeline of getting LNG flowing out of the town within the next four years through an energy corridor that Kinew has said could include a pipeline to ship energy from Western Canada.

The federal government has set a goal to increase the country’s LNG production to 50 million tonnes per year by 2030, and says it is working with provincial, territorial and Indigenous partners.

The project to upgrade the Port of Churchill was among several shortlisted last year by the federal government as “transformative” projects, although major improvements would be needed to rail, port and other infrastructure.

Kinew says he interpreted Carney’s comments as an ultimatum that if the province wants the Churchill project to move forward, it has to be done in the next four years.

“The federal government has made it very clear, they want to build big things and they want to build things fast,” Kinew told reporters at an unrelated event on Friday.

“If it gets bogged down and doesn’t move forward in that timeline, then the ship will probably sail and Manitoba won’t see that benefit, the Western Canadian economy, the Canadian economy won’t see that benefit.”

Manitoba has long touted Churchill, a town of 900 people on the shore of Hudson Bay, as a port with huge potential to ship goods via the Arctic Ocean to Europe and elsewhere.

The ongoing trade dispute with the United States, and growing calls to find new ways to ship energy from Western Canada, has renewed interest in the idea.

Studies are underway to gauge private-sector interest and examine the use of icebreakers to extend the port’s short shipping season.

Carney’s office referred questions to federal Energy Minister Tim Hodgson.

Hodgson’s office said they are working with the province and prospective proponents on all elements of this project, including potential for energy exports. It did not respond to questions on whether a timeline is in place.

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