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NEW YORK - Chris Kreider provided a big boost to the Rangers in his return from a one-game absence. Kreider and Mika Zibanejad scored in a 6-second span late in the first period and the New York Range...

TORONTO - Serge Ibaka's three-point shots hadn't been falling all night, so when the Congolese big man set up to launch a long bomb with 30 seconds to play, and history on the line, the Scotiabank Are...

TORONTO - John Tavares scored his second goal of the night at 4:53 of overtime as the Toronto Maple Leafs escaped with a 5-4 victory against Anaheim Ducks on Friday. Auston Matthews bur...

CARSON, Calif. - Canada qualified for the Tokyo Olympics with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Costa Rica on Friday, thanks to a 72nd-minute goal by teenager Jordyn Huitema in the semifinals of the CON...

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. - Nick Taylor of Canada birdied four of his last five holes on Friday at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am to take his first 36-hole lead on the PGA Tour. Taylor, of Abbotsford, B....

BEIJING - A Chinese doctor who got in trouble with authorities in the communist country for sounding an early warning about the coronavirus outbreak died Friday after coming down with the illness. The...

BEIJING - The death toll in the viral outbreak in mainland China has risen to 722, while new cases jumped to 34,546, reversing declines over previous days. China's ruling Communist Party faced public ...

NANAIMO - A subsidy will ensure the Newcastle Island passenger ferry service operates this year. The City of Nanaimo will give a total of $150,000 over two years to Snuneymuxw First Nation to sustain ...

Kirk Douglas, the intense, muscular actor with the dimpled chin who starred in "Spartacus," "Lust for Life" and dozens of other films, helped fatally weaken the blacklist against suspected Communists ...

NANAIMO - A longstanding annual February hockey tournament has taken over the Nanaimo Ice Centre. The 39th annual Tubbers Hockey Tournament attracted 26 teams in five divisions to play on both facilit...