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Kadri's OT winner lifts Flames past Bruins 3-2 for second straight win
CALGARY - Nazem Kadri scored the game-winning goal 3:56 into overtime leading the Calgary Flames to a 3-2 win over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night. Kadri took the puck up ice on a 3-on-1 and fired...
Feb 22, 2024

Canada opens CONCACAF W Gold Cup play with lopsided 6-0 win over El Salvador
HOUSTON - Adriana Leon had two goals and Cloe Lacasse scored one and set up two more as Canada cruised to a 6-0 over El Salvador at the inaugural CONCACAF W Gold Cup on Thursday. It was a first-ever m...
Feb 22, 2024

Penguins give fading postseason hopes a needed boost in 4-1 win over reeling Canadiens
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Bryan Rust and Drew O'Conner scored 21 seconds apart in the second period to break open a close game and the Pittsburgh Penguins gave their flagging postseason hopes a boost with a 4...
Feb 22, 2024

Norris, Senators send Stars to fourth straight defeat with 4-1 victory
OTTAWA - Josh Norris led the way with a pair of goals as the Ottawa Senators defeated the Dallas Stars 4-1 Thursday night. Thomas Chabot and Shane Pinto also scored for Ottawa (24-27-3), which has won...
Feb 22, 2024

Barnes's double-double leads Raptors past Nets; Toronto stays alive in play-in chase
TORONTO - Scottie Barnes had a double-double to power the Raptors past the Brooklyn Nets 121-93 on Thursday to snap Toronto's three-game losing skid. Barnes finished with 18 points, 12 rebounds and th...
Feb 22, 2024

Erik van Rooyen opens with a 63 in bid to win again in Mexico
VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) - Erik van Rooyen made two eagles Thursday on his way to an 8-under 63 for a one-shot lead in the Mexico Open at Vidanta, a strong start in his bid to win a second PGA Tour title...
Feb 22, 2024

Canada's Marino ousted from Puerto Vallarta Open after second-round loss
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico - Canada's Rebecca Marino dropped a 3-6, 6-4, 2-6 decision to France's Leolia Jeanjean in second-round play at the Puerto Vallarta Open on Thursday. The Vancouver native had 13...
Feb 22, 2024

Alaska man found guilty of first-degree murder in violent killing captured on stolen memory card
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A man who recorded the violent death of an Alaska Native woman on his cellphone was unanimously convicted of first-degree murder on Thursday in her death and that of another A...
Feb 22, 2024

'Kids have an innate curiosity:' Nanaimo Science taking over Country Club Centre
NANAIMO - An ever-expanding showcase of science and the world around us is taking over a local shopping centre.'Science Sunday' runs at Country Club Centre on Sunday, Feb. 25 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., f...
Feb 22, 2024

4 charged in transporting suspected Iranian-made weapons. Two SEALs died in intercepting the ship
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Four foreign nationals were charged Thursday with transporting suspected Iranian-made weapons on a vessel intercepted by U.S. naval forces in the Arabian Sea last month. Two Navy ...
Feb 22, 2024