• ‘I start laughing’: Sweden’s Ivar Stenberg not focused on going No. 1 at NHL draft

    MINNEAPOLIS — Ivar Stenberg can only crack a smile when the thought crosses his mind.The Swedish winger has forced himself into the conversation as the potential No. 1 pick at the 2026 NHL draft with an impressive showing in the professional ranks back home.That top spot was assumed to belong to Gavin McKenna some 12 months ago. Now there's at least a chance the team stepping to the microphone first in June will call Stenberg's name instead of the Canadian teenager."You want to go as high
  • ‘Once in a generation moment:’ Rare taiga flycatcher spotted in Vancouver

    VANCOUVER — Dozens of birders descended to Vancouver’s Sunset Beach Park on Sunday to catch a rare glimpse of a bird that avian enthusiasts say has never been recorded in Canada before.
    Compared to blue jays, which are known for their sharp blue colour, taiga flycatchers are ordinary at first glance.
    But birder Ethan Moon, who was the first to spot it on Christmas Day, says they are a rare sight in Canada as they usually breed in Eastern Russia and Mongolia and are known to migrate t
  • Pettersson’s 2-goal third period helps Sweden outlast Switzerland 4-2

    SAINT PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Lucas Pettersson netted two third-period goals to lead Sweden over Switzerland 4-2 in preliminary play of the World Junior Championships on Sunday.
    Pettersson snapped the tie at 6:28 of the third period, finishing a setup from Liam Danielsson and Eric Nilson to put Sweden ahead for good. He added an empty-net goal with 47 seconds remaining as Switzerland pressed late with the extra attacker.
    Sweden opened the scoring 53 seconds into the game when Nilson beat his ma
  • Brate-hood: Raptors, Warriors coaches commemorate Dejan Milojevic together

    TORONTO — After the Toronto Raptors and Golden State Warriors played each other on Sunday, the teams' coaching staffs raised a glass in honour of their friend and colleague Dejan Milojevic.
    Milojevic was an assistant coach with Golden State when he died in January 2024 at the age of 46 after he had a heart attack during a team dinner in Salt Lake City. He had deep ties to both the Warriors and Raptors coaches as he worked with or mentored several people in both organizations.
    "He's been re
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  • ‘I gotta shoot more’: Canada’s Michael Misa aiming find his range at world juniors

    MINNEAPOLIS — Michael Misa is used to filling the net.
    The skilful centre finished last season with 134 points across 65 games in the Ontario Hockey League before the San Jose Sharks made him the No. 2 overall pick at June's NHL draft.
    Misa earned a roster spot out of training camp and then bagged his first professional goal, but suffered an ankle injury in early November that kept him out of action a month.Now looking to help Canada capture gold at the world junior hockey championship, he
  • Canadian curler E.J. Harnden to retire from competition at end of season

    Canadian curler and Olympic champion E.J. Harnden is calling it a career.
    Harnden announced Sunday in an Instagram post that he is playing his final full season of competitive curling.
    The 42-year-old from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., currently plays second on Matt Dunstone’s Winnipeg-based team alongside his brother and lead Ryan Harnden.
    The Harnden brothers won Olympic gold at the 2014 Sochi Games on a team skipped by their cousin Brad Jacobs.
    E.J. Harnden has also captured four silver medal
  • Senators goalie Linus Ullmark takes personal leave of absence

    OTTAWA — Ottawa Senators goalie Linus Ullmark is taking a leave of absence for personal reasons.
    Senators general manager Steve Staios announced Ullmark's leave in a statement Sunday, saying he has the organization's full support.
    Staios said the team would provide no further comments at this time.
    Ullmark, Ottawa's No. 1 netminder, has a 14-8-5 record this season with a disappointing .881 save percentage and 2.95 goals-against average. He was pulled in the second period of the Senators' 7
  • Canadian RJ Barrett returns to Raptors lineup vs. Warriors after missing five weeks

    TORONTO — Canadian swingman RJ Barrett is finally back in the Toronto Raptors lineup.
    Barrett, from Mississauga, Ont., will play against the Golden State Warriors this afternoon.
    He has missed five weeks of Toronto’s season with a sprained right knee.
    Barrett was averaging 19.4 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists when he landed awkwardly from a dunk on Nov. 23.
    Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic says Barrett will be on a minutes restriction against the Warriors.
    Centres Jakob Poeltl
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  • Mikaela Shiffrin keeps World Cup slalom streak going but slams course conditions in night race

    SEMMERING, Austria (AP) — After dominating the first four World Cup slaloms this season, Mikaela Shiffrin has only just managed to keep her winning streak intact ahead of the 2026 Olympics.
    Not that Sunday's night slalom in Austria, the final event of the calendar year, could make the American ski star particularly happy.
    Shiffrin came from half a second behind in the first run to edge out world champion Camille Rast of Switzerland, but then slammed race conditions on the Panorama course.
  • Oilers place forward David Tomasek on waivers for contract termination

    EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers placed forward David Tomasek on waivers to terminate his contract on Sunday following the NHL's holiday roster freeze.
    Tomasek had three goals and two assists in 22 games with the Oilers this season after signing a one-year, US$1.2-million deal last April.
    The 29-year-old from Czechia had played his entire professional career in Europe — with stops in Czechia, Finland, Russia and Sweden — before joining the NHL club this season.
    Tomasek is expecte
  • Castle Fun Park and Abbotsford Canucks invite community to New Year’s Eve party

    ABBOTSFORD — Following December’s major flooding through Sumas Prairie, a pair of community-based organizations are working together to ring in the New Year. Castle Fun Park and the Abbotsford Canucks are leading a community celebration and food drive. The New Year’s Eve party and food drive will support Archway Community Services.
    The party will run from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday at the Castle Fun Park along Highway 1. The event promises a combination of entertainment and
  • Trump welcomes Zelenskyy for talks, asserts Russia and Ukraine both want peace, however elusive

    WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday he believes both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin truly want peace, as he welcomed the “brave” Ukrainian leader for talks at his Florida resort.“The two leaders want it to end,” Trump said at the outset of the meeting at Mar-a-Lago. Before Zelenskyy arrived, Trump spoke with Putin by phone for more than an hour, and planned to speak with him again soon after.G
  • One person is dead and another is injured in midair helicopter crash in New Jersey, officials say

    HAMMONTON, N.J. (AP) — One person was killed and another was left critically injured after two helicopters crashed in southern New Jersey on Sunday, officials said. The Federal Aviation Administration described the crash as a midair collision.Hammonton Police Chief Kevin Friel said rescuers responded to a report of an aviation crash at about 11:25 a.m. on Sunday, and police and fire crews subsequently extinguished flames that engulfed one of the helicopters.One person was killed and anothe
  • US ski star Shiffrin keeps streak going with come-from-behind win in World Cup night slalom

    SEMMERING, Austria (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin came from behind to win a World Cup night slalom in tough conditions Sunday and extend her winning streak in the discipline to six races.
    The American was fourth, more than half a second off the pace, in the opening session on a rapidly deteriorating course, but posted the fastest time in the evening to beat first-run leader Camille Rast.
    The world champion from Switzerland finished 0.09 seconds behind. Italian-born prodigy Lara Colturi, 19, who c
  • Kyrgios beats Sabalenka in latest ‘Battle of the Sexes’ in tennis

    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Nick Kyrgios won the latest version of the “Battle of the Sexes” in tennis, beating top-ranked women’s player Aryna Sabalenka 6-3, 6-3 in an exhibition match that represented light entertainment rather than another landmark moment for gender equality.There was laughing and joking between the players, some under-arm serves, over-the-top grunting on shots, and even some dancing from Sabalenka during a timeout to entertain the crowd at the
  • Knife attack near Suriname’s capital Paramaribo kills at least 9 people, including kids, police say

    PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — A knife attack outside Suriname ’s capital of Paramaribo killed at least nine people, including five children, police said Sunday.Officials said the victims included the attacker's children and neighbors who came to their aid. Local media reported the victims were located at multiple homes.The attack took place in Richelieu in the Commewijne district about 25 kilometers (15 miles) east of Paramaribo. Neighbors said the attack began after the suspect, a 43-
  • Matthew Tkachuk practises with Panthers for first time this season

    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk is back on the ice with the Florida Panthers, appearing at practice on Sunday for the first time this season and more than four months after he had surgery to repair a sports hernia and torn adductor muscle.
    Tkachuk has not played since Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final, when the Panthers clinched their second consecutive title by again topping the Edmonton Oilers. He went through the summer trying to rehab — but eventually decided that he n
  • French actor Brigitte Bardot remembered in Canada for fighting seal hunt

    French actor Brigitte Bardot who died Sunday at the age of 91, was also an animal rights activist and a vocal opponent of Canada's seal hunt.
    Bardot, who became one of the greatest screen sirens of the 20th century, is known to be the first high-profile celebrity to speak out against Canada's seal hunt in 1976.
    The following year, she travelled to Newfoundland to witness it herself. Asked by reporters what her plans were for the trip, Bardot replied "to save baby seals, that's all."
    During that
  • A knife attack outside Suriname’s capital Paramaribo kills at least 9 people, police say

    PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — A knife attack outside Suriname’s capital of Paramaribo killed at least nine people, including children, police said Sunday.Officials said the victims, which included five minors, were the children and neighbors of the attacker.In a statement issued Sunday, Suriname’s Police Corps said the suspect, a male, attempted to attack police officers who arrived on the scene and was injured during his arrest. He is now recovering in a hospital.
    The Associated
  • Blue Jackets’ All-Star defenseman Zach Werenski placed on injured reserve

    COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Blue Jackets placed All-Star defenseman Zach Werenski on injured reserve retroactive to Dec. 20 on Sunday.
    Werenski, second in the league among defensemen in goals (14) and points (40), is considered day-to-day by Columbus after suffering a lower body injury late during the Dec. 20 game at the Anaheim Ducks. He is also second among all players in ice time, averaging 26:48 per game.
    Forward Mathieu Olivier was activated off injured reserve after missing 13 games wi
  • CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of December 28, 2025

    CHILLIWACK — Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers.
    Name: Twyla AhpayAge: 24
    Height: 5’4” ft Weight: 185lbs
    Hair: Black Eyes: Brown
    Wanted: Assault, Unlawfully at Large
    Warrant in effect: September 9, 2025
    Parole Jurisdiction: Vancouver with Canada Wide Warrants
    Name: Meagan HicksAge: 45
    Height: 5’7” ft Weight: 150lbs
    Hair: Blonde Eyes: Green
    Wanted: Assault with a Weapon, Mischief $5000 or Under, and
  • Blue Jays named The Canadian Press team of the year after deep playoff run

    TORONTO — A feeling of uncertainty hung in the air at training camp last February when the Toronto Blue Jays began preparations for the 2025 campaign.The team was coming off a last-place finish, its homegrown face of the franchise remained unsigned beyond the season and the possibility of playoff contention seemed iffy at best.
    What a difference a year makes.
    The Blue Jays completed a worst-to-first turnaround and rode the momentum into a memorable post-season that saw them go all the way
  • Highways are relatively quiet as the first week of the holiday season concludes

    HOPE — Following a series of closures and partial closures over the holidays, it could be somewhat clear sailing for motorists travelling between the Fraser Valley and the B.C. Interior Sunday. But drivers should expect traffic to be heavy in sections as peoplereturn home from the first week of holiday celebrations.
    Highway 1 through the Fraser Canyon and the Coquihalla Highway are both open and without any major delays. Highway 3, linking Hope to Princeton, is open but motorists will be s
  • TOP STORIES: ‘This win is your win!’ Chilliwack Search and Rescue tells community - Chilliwack Progress

    TOP STORIES: ‘This win is your win!’ Chilliwack Search and Rescue tells community  Chilliwack Progress
  • Advocates push for advance MAID requests two years after Parliament recommendation

    OTTAWA — Sandra Demontigny knew something wasn't right when she couldn't remember buying herself a new pair of boots. They were a splurge — a little out of character for the mother of three — and she had been excited about bringing them home.
    "I saw them near the door and I asked my kids, 'Who bought these boots? I've never seen them,'" she said."The kids were saying, 'No, (they're) yours. You bought them and you really like them."Sliding her feet inside, she realized she could
  • Wild thrilled to open road trip with gritty, come-from-behind win over Jets

    WINNIPEG — The Minnesota Wild snapped a two-game losing streak on Saturday by handing the Winnipeg Jets their fifth straight loss.
    Matt Boldy scored his second goal of the game 39 seconds into overtime to lead the Wild to a 4-3 come-from-behind win before a sold-out crowd of 15,225 at Canada Life Centre.
    “I think it's good,” said Wild coach John Hynes. “I mean, we knew we were coming in here losing the last two games off the break. And this is a big stretch of games for u
  • Sharks sensation Celebrini marks milestone with win over Canucks in Vancouver

    VANCOUVER — Macklin Celebrini already has a long list of accomplishments during his young NHL career.He added another Saturday night — a win in his hometown.Celebrini scored and contributed an assist as his San Jose Sharks doubled up the Canucks 6-3 in Vancouver."I think we all wanted this one pretty bad and it's cool to kind of win here," said the 19-year-old centre.“I had a lot of family here and obviously spent some time at home spending Christmas up here, so it was awesome
  • Nylander a question mark, but Leafs’ power play improves

    TORONTO — William Nylander will make the trip to Detroit for the Toronto Maple Leafs outing against the Red Wings on Sunday. But whether the skilled Swede suits up remains to be seen.
    Nylander departed early in the second period of the Maple Leafs 7-5 win against their provincial rival, the Ottawa Senators, on Saturday.
    “Well, he's coming on a trip, so that's a good sign,” Toronto head coach Craig Berube said. “But lower-body (discomfort) right now. We'll see how he is to
  • Flames find energy at home to get back in playoff hunt

    CALGARY — The Calgary Flames scorching hot play at home continued Saturday night and came in front of their first sellout crowd since last year's New Year's Eve game against the Vancouver Canucks.
    With an announced attendance of 19,289 packed into Scotiabank Saddledome on a cold night, the Flames knocked off the Edmonton Oilers 3-2, avenging the 5-1 loss to their divisional rival in the final game before the holiday break.
    “It was pretty clear from puck drop, we didn't have any anyth
  • Flames remain hot at home, burn Oilers 3-2

    CALGARY — Blake Coleman's 11th goal of the season, tying him for the team lead, was the game winner on Saturday as the Calgary Flames edged the visiting Edmonton Oilers 3-2.
    Yegor Sharangovich and Ryan Lomberg also scored for Calgary (16-18-4), which climbs to within three points of a wild-card spot in the NHL's Western Conference.
    Evan Bouchard and Connor McDavid scored for Edmonton (19-14-6). The Oilers won the front end of the back-to-back games between the provincial rivals, winning 5-
  • Vancouver product Macklin Celebrini nets two points, Sharks double up Canucks 6-3

    VANCOUVER — Vancouver product Macklin Celebrini had a goal and an assist, powering the visiting San Jose Sharks to a 6-3 victory over the Canucks on Saturday.The 19-year-old centre extended his point streak to seven games with five goals and nine assists across the stretch.Igor Chernyshov buried his first NHL goal and added a helper for the Sharks (18-17-3), while Ryan Reaves, John Klingberg, William Eklund and Collin Graf also scored.
    Yaroslav Askarov stopped 24 of the 27 shots he faced a
  • Samuelsson, Sabres make it eight in a row with 4-1 win over Bruins

    BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Mattias Samuelsson had a goal and two assists as the Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 4-1 on Saturday night for their eighth straight victory.Samuelsson’s three-point night came together in a three-goal second period with assists on goals by Ryan McLeod and Peyton Krebs.Josh Norris added an empty-netter late and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 21 saves for Buffalo.The Sabres’ win streak is their longest since they won 10 in a row in November 2018.David Pastr
  • NHL roundup: Samuelsson, Sabres make it eight in a row with 4-1 win over Bruins

    BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Mattias Samuelsson had a goal and two assists as the Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 4-1 on Saturday night for their eighth straight victory.
    Samuelsson’s three-point night came together in a three-goal second period with assists on goals by Ryan McLeod and Peyton Krebs.
    Josh Norris added an empty-netter late and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 21 saves for Buffalo.
    The Sabres’ win streak is their longest since they won 10 in a row in November 2018.
    David P
  • Polls open for Myanmar’s first election since military seized power

    YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Voters went to the polls Sunday for the initial phase of Myanmar ’s first general election in five years, held under the supervision of its military government while a civil war rages throughout much of the country.Critics charge that the election is designed to add a facade of legitimacy to military rule, which began after the army ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. Her party won a landslide victory in the 2020 election but was
  • Boldy scores in OT as Wild rally to beat Jets 4-3

    WINNIPEG — Matt Boldy scored two goals, including the winner just 39 seconds into overtime, to lead the Minnesota Wild to a 4-3 come-from-behind victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday night.
    Mats Zuccarello and Kirill Kaprizov also scored for Minnesota.
    Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor, with a goal and an assist, and Josh Morrissey replied for Winnipeg.
    Jesper Wallstedt stopped 23 of 26 shots for Minnesota (23-10-6).
    Connor Hellebuyck made 15 saves for Winnipeg (15-18-3) before a sold-ou
  • Matthews shakes slump, Maple Leafs shake Senators 7-5

    TORONTO — Captain Auston Matthews shook off a slump with a goal and two assists, and Matthew Knies scored twice to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a sloppy 7-5 win against the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.
    In the first game for the provincial rivals after the three-day Christmas break, the Maple Leafs (17-15-5) extended their mini win streak to two games. The Senators (18-14-5) dropped their second straight before 18,859 at Scotiabank Arena.
    Matthews had gone four games without a point but
  • About 20 weather warnings in effect across Canada as rain, snow, cold hammer country

    EDMONTON — About 20 weather warnings from Environment Canada are set to remain in effect for swaths of the country over the weekend, as the weather agency forecasts more snowfall, blizzards, freezing rain, rain and shivering temperatures from coast to coast.
    Marianna Greenhough, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, says the best thing Canadians can do is be aware of the warnings.
    "They could be impactful for you depending on what you're doing," she said in a Saturday interview.
    "It's d
  • Seven people treated for smoke inhalation after fire at Nanaimo, B.C., motel

    NANAIMO — Seven people were treated for smoke inhalation in hospital after a fire broke out in a motel in Nanaimo, B.C.Mounties in Nanaimo say officers and fire crews responded to the Value Lodge motel at around 3 a.m. on Friday for the fire.
    BC Emergency Health Services says in a Saturday statement that seven patients were taken to hospital for smoke inhalationPolice say the cause of the fire is still under investigation.
    The Value Lodge posted a statement on its website, saying the motel
  • Goldeneyes embrace positives of tough start on the road

    EDMONTON — It has been a challenging beginning to their Professional Women’s Hockey League existence for the Vancouver Goldeneyes.
    The expansion franchise has won just two of its first seven games and are winless in six road games after a heart-breaking 3-2 overtime loss to the Minnesota Frost on Saturday in Edmonton.
    And it doesn’t get any easier in the next few weeks, although the team is now heading home.
    “We’re only home for one game and then we’re back on
  • Hage scores in OT, Canada squeaks by Latvia 2-1 at world junior hockey championship

    MINNEAPOLIS — Michael Hage scored on a power play 44 seconds into overtime as Canada survived a blown late lead to pick up a 2-1 victory over Latvia at the world junior hockey championship Saturday.
    Cole Reschny had the other goal for the Canadians. Jack Ivankovic made 26 saves. Gavin McKenna had two assists.
    Rudolfs Berzkalns replied for Latvia. Nils Maurins stopped 36 shots.Hage buried a one-timer on a 4-on-3 man advantage off a McKenna setup in the extra period to rescue his country bef
  • Polls open for military-ruled Myanmar’s first election in 5 years

    YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Voters went to the polls Sunday for the initial phase of Myanmar ’s first general election in five years, held under the supervision of its military government while a civil war rages throughout much of the country.Critics charge that the election is designed to add a facade of legitimacy to military rule, which began after the army ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. Her party won a landslide victory in the 2020 election but was
  • Elaine Chuli shines in net for Sceptres against former team Victoire at Bell Centre

    MONTREAL — After watching two Professional Women’s Hockey League games at the Bell Centre from the home bench, Elaine Chuli finally got her chance to play in the arena, only this time as a member of the visiting Toronto Sceptres.
    Chuli played 19 games over the first two PWHL seasons for the Montreal Victoire, but signed with Toronto during the off-season. In her first start against her former team, she made 29 saves in a 2-1 victory. It was her third straight victory as she moved to
  • Heise’s OT winner lifts Frost past Goldneyes 2-1 in Takeover Tour stop in Edmonton

    EDMONTON — Taylor Heise scored her first goal of the season 3:57 into overtime Saturday afternoon to give the Minnesota Frost a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Goldeneyes as the Professional Women’s Hockey League Takeover Tour hit Edmonton’s Rogers Place.
    Heise worked her way into the left faceoff circle before rifling a shot just under the crossbar to give the Frost (3-1-1-2) the win and keep Vancouver (2-1-1-4) winless on the road.
    Abby Hustler also scored for Minnesota, with
  • One man is dead after crashing into a power pole in Chilliwack: RCMP - Castanet

    One man is dead after crashing into a power pole in Chilliwack: RCMP  Castanet

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