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Vancouver Whitecaps forward Brian White named MLS player of the month for April
NEW YORK - Vancouver Whitecaps forward Brian White has been named Major League Soccer's player of the month for April. White scored five goals over his three MLS appearances in April for league-leadin...
Apr 30, 2025
Canada's top court to decide whether to hear a trailblazing youth-led climate case
TORONTO - Canada's highest court is set to decide whether it will hear arguments in a trailblazing climate change lawsuit that could clarify whether governments are constitutionally required to tackle...
Apr 30, 2025
Evason named Canada coach, Huska among assistants for world hockey championship
CALGARY - Columbus Blue Jackets head coach Dean Evason will lead Canada's staff at the upcoming world hockey championship. Hockey Canada announced Canada's coaching staff for the tournament on Wednesd...
Apr 30, 2025
A legacy of hope and laughter for Gaudreau brothers as family, friends and hockey community grieves
WESTVILLE, N.J. (AP) - The family called him John. It wasn't until John Gaudreau played for Boston College that he picked up the "Johnny Hockey" nickname that followed him through 11 seasons in the NH...
Apr 30, 2025
Carolina Hurricanes reach 3-year, $9.5 million extension with forward Taylor Hall
The Carolina Hurricanes have reached a three-year, $9.5 million extension with forward Taylor Hall through the 2027-28 season. The team announced the signing Wednesday, a day after the Hurricanes clos...
Apr 30, 2025
Mental health trouble leads to public safety issues, Vancouver's mayor says
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim says people are "sick and tired" of inquiries and reviews into the recurring pattern of people in a mental health crisis that become a public safety crisis. Sim say...
Apr 30, 2025
Peterman, Gallant thump Finland 13-2 at world mixed doubles curling championship
FREDERICTON - Canada's Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant closed in on a playoff spot at the world mixed doubles curling championship with a 13-2 rout of Finland in Wednesday's early draw. Canada scor...
Apr 30, 2025
Carrier a game-time decision with Canadiens facing elimination in Game 5
ARLINGTON - Alexandre Carrier will be a game-time decision with the Montreal Canadiens facing elimination in Game 5 against the Washington Capitals on Wednesday. Head coach Martin St. Louis said "a co...
Apr 30, 2025
Leafs still in Battle of Ontario driver's seat, but past playoff failures loom large
TORONTO - Auston Matthews stood in a sombre, all-too-familiar-feeling locker room. The Maple Leafs captain said all the right things to a wall of cameras flanked by reporters moments after his team wa...
Apr 30, 2025
Hockey players' sexual assault trial shown security, phone videos
LONDON - A young woman prosecutors allege was sexually assaulted by five hockey players in June 2018 said it was "all consensual" in a cellphone video recorded near the end of the encounter. The video...
Apr 30, 2025