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Lafreniere nets SO winner, Rangers top Oilers 5-4 to extend win streak to seven games
EDMONTON - Alexis Lafreniere scored the shootout winner and added a goal in regulation as the red-hot New York Rangers earned a 5-4 comeback victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday night. Chris Kre...
Feb 17, 2023

Maple Leafs acquire O'Reilly, Acciari in three-team trade with Blues, Wild
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired forwards Ryan O'Reilly and Noel Acciari in a three-team trade, the club announced Friday night. Toronto sent forwards Mikhail Abramov and Adam Gaudette ...
Feb 17, 2023

Toronto Arrows score 10 late points but lose 17-10 to Rugby ATL in MLR season opener
ATLANTA - Trailing 17-0, the Toronto Arrows scored 10 late points but could not catch Rugby ATL and lost their Major League Rugby season opener 17-10 Friday. Atlanta led 12-0 at the break on tries by ...
Feb 17, 2023

Athanasiou, Kane lead Blackhawks to 4-3 OT win over Senators
OTTAWA - Andreas Athanasiou scored the game-winning goal 2:52 into overtime to lift the Chicago Blackhawks to a 4-3 victory over Ottawa on a celebratory Friday night for the Senators. Patrick Kane sco...
Feb 17, 2023

Homa feeling at home and leads at Riviera as Tiger makes cut
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Max Homa in the lead at his hometown PGA Tour event used to give him chills. Now he's playing so well it almost feels normal. Homa, a winner last month down the coast at Torrey Pine...
Feb 17, 2023

Injury prevention key for Island skiers and snowboarders over long weekend
NANAIMO - It's one of the final long weekends of the cooler winter months, prime opportunity for skiers and snowboarders to 'shred some pow' one last time.However health officials are urging caution i...
Feb 17, 2023

Canadian rookie Cooper Gallant showing well at first Elite Series event
OKEECHOBEE, Fla. - It's becoming quite an Elite Series debut for Canadian Cooper Gallant. The 25-year-old from Bowmanville, Ont., will advance to the second round of his first-ever Elite Series event ...
Feb 17, 2023

Judge lifts limit on number of workers who can picket in Yellowknife
YELLOWKNIFE - The Union of Northern Workers says it is pleased with a ruling by a Northwest Territories Supreme Court judge to lift restrictions on the number of people who can picket outside city fac...
Feb 17, 2023

6 fatally shot in small Mississippi town, suspect in custody
ARKABUTLA, Miss. (AP) - Six people were fatally shot Friday at multiple locations in a small town in rural Mississippi near the Tennessee state line, and authorities blamed a lone suspect who was take...
Feb 17, 2023

Montreal judoka Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard fights to gold at Tel Aviv Grand Slam
TEL AVIV, Israel - Montreal judoka Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard fought to a gold medal in the under-63-kilogram category on Friday at the Tel Aviv Grand Slam. Beauchemin-Pinard won her third career gol...
Feb 17, 2023