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4 Nations Face-Off success has NHL rethinking 2026 All-Star plans at the New York Islanders' arena
MANALAPAN, Fla. (AP) - The smashing success of the 4 Nations Face-Off replacing All-Star festivities with a compelling, competitive international tournament has the NHL rethinking what to do next Febr...
Mar 19, 2025
Trump administration suspends $175 million in federal funding for Penn over transgender swimmer
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration has suspended approximately $175 million in federal funding for the University of Pennsylvania over the participation of a transgender athlete in its swimmin...
Mar 19, 2025
DOGE official is taking a leadership role at USAID, an email obtained by AP says
WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior official at Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is taking a leadership role at the U.S. Agency for International Development, giving DOGE direct authority over a...
Mar 19, 2025
Kingsbury's golden streak comes to an end with moguls world championship silver
SAINT MORITZ - Canadian freestyle skiing star Mikael Kingsbury saw his moguls world championship winning streak come to an end Wednesday. Kingsbury, from Deux-Montagnes, Que., finished second in the f...
Mar 19, 2025
Commissioner Gary Bettman says the NHL and NHLPA will begin CBA talks in early April
MANALAPAN, Fla. (AP) - NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said the league and the Players' Association will sit down to begin negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement the week of April 1. At h...
Mar 19, 2025
'I feel more like myself': Huberdeau finally comfortable, producing in Calgary
Jonathan Huberdeau was completely blindsided. Coming off a 115-point performance for the Florida Panthers in 2021-22 - a career-best campaign that included the organization's first trip to the second ...
Mar 19, 2025
UN says an international staffer was killed and 5 others wounded in a strike in the Gaza Strip
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - An international United Nations staffer was killed and five others were wounded in a strike on a U.N. guesthouse in the Gaza Strip, a U.N. official said Wednesday. Jor...
Mar 19, 2025
Canada men to play Ukraine and Ivory Coast at Canadian Shield tournament in Toronto
TORONTO - Canada will play Ukraine and the Ivory Coast in June at Toronto's BMO Field in a new four-team men's soccer tournament called the Canadian Shield. New Zealand is the other team taking part i...
Mar 19, 2025
End of consumer carbon tax leaves $1.5-billion hole in B.C. budget
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's budget shows that the impending end of the province's consumer carbon tax will leave a roughly $1.5-billion hole in its revenue streams, with one expert saying that "the...
Mar 19, 2025
Two-goal game 'a building block' for Vancouver Canucks winger Brock Boeser
VANCOUVER - Brock Boeser admitted Tuesday that he wants to do more to help the Vancouver Canucks. Hours later, he put up two goals and an assist as the Canucks thumped the league-leading Winnipeg Jets...
Mar 18, 2025