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New Zealand returns to action in Toronto after punching 2026 World Cup ticket
TORONTO - Michael Boxall has scored just one goal for New Zealand, but it was one of consequence. Rising high, the Minnesota United defender headed home a corner from substitute Francis de Vries in th...
May 27, 2025

Oilers winger Viktor Arvidsson to play Game 4 against Stars for injured Connor Brown
EDMONTON - Oilers winger Viktor Arvidsson will draw into the lineup for the injured Connor Brown against the Dallas Stars in Game 4 of the NHL's Western Conference final on Tuesday. The 32-year-old Sw...
May 27, 2025

Canada calls in Montreal Roses' Latifah Abdu to replaced injured Nichelle Prince
Coach Casey Stoney has called in Montreal Roses forward Latifah Abdu to replace injured Kansas City Current striker Nichelle Prince for the upcoming home series against Haiti. Abdu is the second repla...
May 27, 2025

France's National Assembly adopts long-debated bill legalizing end-of-life options
PARIS (AP) - France's lower house of parliament has adopted a bill to allow adults with incurable illness to take lethal medication. As public demands grow across Europe for legal end-of-life options,...
May 27, 2025

Israeli gunfire heard as crowds of Palestinians try to reach an aid center in Gaza
MUWASI, Gaza Strip (AP) - An AP journalist says Israeli tank and gunfire was heard Tuesday while giant crowds of Palestinians tried to reach a newly opened aid distribution center in southern Gaza. Th...
May 27, 2025

No NHL, Crosby faced the powerhouse Knights: Looking back at the 2005 Memorial Cup
Corey Perry remembers playing on what felt like hockey's biggest stage well before reaching a Stanley Cup final. The year was 2005. The NHL was locked out. Rabid fans in Canada were starved for high-l...
May 27, 2025

The Supreme Court rejects a plea to block a copper mine on land in Arizona that's sacred to Apaches
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from Apaches who are fighting to halt a massive copper mining project on federal land in Arizona that they hold sacred. The justices l...
May 27, 2025

The Latest: King Charles to read throne speech after parade wraps up royal visit
OTTAWA - King Charles will formally open Parliament today by reading the speech from the throne - a rare event for Canada's monarch. Before reading the speech, the King will take part in a short parad...
May 27, 2025

Provincial government budgets funding for University of Calgary veterinary diagnostic laboratory
The province says it has budgeted $9.5 million over three years to keep what it calls "a full-service veterinary diagnostic laboratory " operating at the University of Calgary's Faculty of Veterinary ...
May 27, 2025

Huge explosion rocks a chemical plant in eastern China, no information on casualties
BEIJING (AP) - A huge explosion rocked a chemical plant in China's eastern Shandong province around noon Tuesday, according to state broadcaster CCTV, with thick plumes of black smoke visible from the...
May 27, 2025