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Raiders try to bounce back in pivotal Game 4
Following an excruciating overtime loss to the Saskatoon Blades on Tuesday night, the Prince Albert Raiders will try to bounce back Wednesday night as their first round playoff series continues.Saskat...
Apr 3, 2024
One-handed Calgary fighter Jake Peacock ready to entertain on One Championship stage
Calgary's Jake (The One) Peacock is looking forward to putting on a show Friday in his Muay Thai debut in the One Championship promotion. It's fair to say his opponent, Japanese bantamweight Kohei (Sa...
Apr 3, 2024
Two Canadians stranded by Taiwan earthquake, says firefighting agency
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's firefighting service says two Canadians were among a group of people stranded by rock slides in a gorge after the island's strongest earthquake in 25 years. The agency says i...
Apr 3, 2024
NHLers on the evolution of power plays and penalty killing
Mark Giordano has witnessed the NHL's power-play evolution up close. The league's oldest player this season at age 40, the Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman quarterbacked the Calgary Flames' No. 1 unit i...
Apr 3, 2024
Tigers and Mets postponed by rain for 2nd straight day, will play doubleheader Thursday
NEW YORK (AP) - For the second consecutive day, the scheduled game between the Detroit Tigers and New York Mets was postponed because of rain. Wednesday night's game will be made up as part of a singl...
Apr 3, 2024
Sweden opens world women's hockey championship with 3-1 win over Denmark
UTICA, N.Y. - Lina Ljungblom scored the winning goal as Sweden opened up the 2024 world women's hockey championship with a 3-1 win over Denmark on Wednesday. Ljungblom's goal came late in the second p...
Apr 3, 2024
Blue Jackets captain Boone Jenner's wife gives birth to stillborn baby, the couple says
COLUMBIS, Ohio (AP) - Columbus Blue Jackets captain Boone Jenner's wife, Maggie, delivered a stillborn baby on Sunday, the couple said in a statement released by the club. The Jenners said Wednesday t...
Apr 3, 2024
Anger and anxiety in Newfoundland after abrupt end to Growlers hockey team
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The sudden end of the Newfoundland Growlers has left sports fans crushed and business owners anxious in a capital city spurned before by professional hockey teams. John Riche, a Rea...
Apr 3, 2024
Water Security Agency says reservoirs in southwest Sask. likely won’t fill up
Most of Saskatchewan's reservoirs are brimming with water - or will be - when summer arrives.However, the Water Security Agency (WSA) said in an update Wednesday that six of 45 major reservoirs in the...
Apr 3, 2024
Advocacy groups decry federal government's shutdown of mental health website, app
Mental health and addictions experts are slamming the federal government's decision to shut down an online service where people could find free counselling and peer support over the last four years. H...
Apr 3, 2024
