Fans tuning in to the Red Deer Rebels game on Tuesday night caught a glimpse of what could be a potential first-round playoff series in the upcoming WHL postseason.In a showdown with the Eastern Conference-leading Prince Albert Raiders, the two teams delivered an instant classic.The Rebels came out on top with a 4-3 co...

WINNIPEG - Mark Scheifele scored at 2:06 of overtime to lift the Winnipeg Jets to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks in front of 13,929 at Canada Life Centre on Tuesday. Cole Perfetti forced the extra frame for Winnipeg, tying the game 2-2 with ...

TORONTO - One streak had to end Tuesday night in Toronto. The Montreal Victoire made sure it wasn't theirs. Marie-Philip Poulin scored the shootout winner as the league-leading Victoire beat the Sceptres 4-3 at Coca-Cola Coliseum for their sixth straig...

TORONTO - Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns each had a double-double to help the New York Knicks fend off the Toronto Raptors 111-95 on Tuesday. Brunson finished with 26 points and 10 assists as New York (40-22) won its third consecutive game. Towns...

TORONTO - When Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady bought a minority stake in the Buffalo Bills, they insisted they'd do more than just contribute to the NFL team financially. That was evident as they hosted Bills Night on Tuesday as the Toronto Raptors hos...

CALGARY - NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman was tight-lipped on Tuesday about potential bids to host the 2028 World Cup of Hockey. Bettman, who was in Calgary to attend the Flames-Dallas Stars game in the evening, says he's not going to encourage speculati...

TORONTO - Thousands of soccer fans in Toronto, donning their favourite team colours, gathered Tuesday to celebrate 100 days until the FIFA World Cup kicks off this summer. The event, organized by the City of Toronto at the Rebel nightclub, had live per...

CALGARY - NHL commissioner Gary Bettman declined an opportunity Tuesday to weigh in on the political aspect of the U.S. hockey celebration at the Milan Cortina Olympics, but did say he thought what was portrayed "was unfortunate and not accurate." "I k...

CALGARY - NHL commissioner Gary Bettman was hesitant to lay out details about potential bids to host the World Cup of Hockey in Alberta, but suggested Tuesday that there was interest. The NHL and NHL Players' Association announced last year the World C...

Tickets for the playoffs in Mexico that will determine two of the final World Cup berths are being sold by FIFA for less than $17, far less than the $4,185 to $8,680 FIFA is charging for this year's final in New Jersey. FIFA put tickets on sale Tuesday...

A lockdown had to be put in place at a school in Lacombe on Monday.Lacombe Police Service (LPS) has confirmed that at 3:45 p.m., École James S. McCormick School (5424 50 Street) was the subject of a threat that turned out to be a prank call.As a precautionary measure, the school implemented a lockdown, with offi...

Sam La Roue is getting another chance to be a football player. The six-foot-four, 220-pound receiver figured he was done in the sport after the Western Mustangs lost 51-31 to Wilfrid Laurier in the 2024 Yates Cup. But on Friday, La Roue, currently a de...

DUNEDIN - Riley Tirotta hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated Canada's national baseball team 10-7 in an exhibition game Tuesday afternoon. Tirotta's homer came after Canada came back to tie the game after giving ...

United States coach Emma Hayes is expecting to face a tougher Canada on Wednesday than the side that meekly succumbed 3-0 to the Americans in July the last time they met. "Canada is in a different place," Hayes told a pre-match news conference Tuesday....

NEW YORK (AP) - Atlanta Braves outfielder Jurickson Profar was suspended for the 2026 season by Major League Baseball on Tuesday following his second positive test for a performance-enhancing drug. Profar tested positive for exogenous tes...

A unique and exciting sprint dog mushing event in Red Deer is set for this weekend. On March 7 and 8 at the River Bend Golf & Recreation Area, the public is invited to attend the free event called Solstice Surge and watch some of the province's best racers in multiple disciplines. Event organizer and competitor Jen...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Jack Hughes was enthralled by Lorne Michaels' stories that highlighted his time at "Saturday Night Live" and enjoyed sharing the stage with brother Quinn and U.S. women's captain Hilary Knight on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fal...

DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) - Max Scherzer says the note his daughter composed asking the Toronto Blue Jays to re-sign the three-time Cy Young Award winner arose as his kids were writing letters to Santa Claus in December. After Scherzer agreed last week to a $...

ST. JOHN'S - Unorthodox preparation didn't hamper Kevin Koe's curling team to start the Montana's Brier. Alberta's Koe, Tyler Tardi, Aaron Sluchinski and Karrick Martin won a fifth straight game and remained undefeated team atop Pool B after a pivotal ...

VANCOUVER - Signs of the FIFA World Cup are slowly beginning to emerge in Vancouver and Toronto - literally. Windows at the former Hudson's Bay flagship store in downtown Vancouver now don the tournament's logo in a variety of colours with the words "...

TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs put a positive spin on their fourth straight loss since the Olympics. The Maple Leafs gained a point in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday, but they will enter their final 21 regular-season games ...

VANCOUVER - Adam Foote knows a deflated feeling has periodically crept into the Vancouver Canucks' locker room this season. It's something the head coach wants to banish - quickly. "That's what we've got to keep out. And the players are aware of it. ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Kirill Marchenko scored his second goal of the game 1:04 into overtime and the Columbus Blue Jackets edged the New York Rangers 5-4 Monday night after squandering a four-goal lead. Columbus built a 4-0 advantage through th...

VANCOUVER - Two goals from Lian Bichsel powered the Dallas Stars to a lopsided 6-1 victory over the struggling Vancouver Canucks on Monday. Colin Blackwell, Jason Robertson and Matt Duchene each scored and notched a helper for the Stars (37-14-9), who...

TORONTO - Matvei Michkov and Trevor Zegras scored in a shootout and the visiting Philadelphia Flyers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2, extending the hosts' losing streak to four games on Monday. William Nylander scored on the Maple Leafs' first shootou...

WEEK IN REVIEWAfter splitting a pair of home games last weekend, the Rebels kick off the final month of the regular season with a busy four-game week. March 1 - Owen DeWitt tipped home the game winning goal late in period two as the Rebels downed the visiting Swift Current Broncos 4-2 at the Marchant Crane Centrium. Al...

The Innisfail Eagles faced their first real adversity of the post-season this past weekend and answered with a statement.After storming out to a 2-0 series lead in their North Central Hockey League (NCHL) Semi-Final matchup, the Eagles were handed their first defeat of the playoffs Friday night on home ice. The Lacombe...

CALGARY - Canadian women's hockey team leadership is in transition after a heartbreaking overtime loss to the United States in the Olympic Games final. Head coach Troy Ryan has indicated he likely won't return for a seventh season, so a new head coach ...