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Vilardi steers Jets to 6-2 win over Avalanche
WINNIPEG - Gabriel Vilardi scored twice and Alex Iafallo broke an 18-game goal-scoring drought as the Winnipeg Jets defeated the Colorado Avalanche 6-2 on Saturday. Iafallo also had an assist that hal...
Dec 16, 2023

Josh Anderson scores twice, Canadiens hold off Islanders for 5-3 win
MONTREAL - Josh Anderson scored twice as the Montreal Canadiens held on for a 5-3 win over the New York Islanders on Saturday night. Anderson beat a goalie for the first time this season. He entered t...
Dec 16, 2023

Ohtani and Acuña win MLB's Hank Aaron Awards as outstanding offensive performers
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Shohei Ohtani and Ronald Acua Jr. won the 2023 Hank Aaron Awards on Saturday, presented by Major League Baseball to the most outstanding offensive performer in each league. The MLB aw...
Dec 16, 2023

Canada beats U.S. 3-2 in Rivalry Series shootout
SARNIA, Ont. - Marie-Philip Poulin scored in a shootout as Canada finally got into the win column in the women's hockey Rivalry Series with a 3-2 victory over the United States on Saturday at Progress...
Dec 16, 2023

Ottawa youth facing terrorism charges in alleged plot against Jewish people: RCMP
OTTAWA - RCMP say an Ottawa youth has been arrested and charged with terrorism-related offences that allegedly targeted Jewish people. The Mounties say the young person arrested Friday was charged wit...
Dec 16, 2023

Zuccarello scores in shootout to give Wild 2-1 win against Canucks
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Mats Zuccarello scored in the shootout and the Minnesota Wild beat the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 on Saturday. Frederick Gaudreau scored in regulation and Filip Gustavsson made 35 sa...
Dec 16, 2023

Salmon Valley Santa and volunteer firefighters brought toys to kids in community
PRINCE GEORGE - Santa and the Salmon Valley Volunteer Fire Department made their rounds on Saturday to spread some Christmas cheer to the little ones in the community."We were doing the fourth annual ...
Dec 16, 2023

Germany sweeps women's singles at luge World Cup; Canada's Susko places ninth
WHISTLER, B.C. - Julia Taubitz led a German podium sweep in the women's singles at the 2023 Eberspacher Luge World Cup circuit stop at the Whistler Sliding Centre on Saturday. Taubitz grabbed gold wit...
Dec 16, 2023

People's Party candidate must stop using 'engineer,' B.C. Supreme Court rules
VICTORIA - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ruled that a Vancouver Island People's Party of Canada candidate who ran against Elizabeth May in the last federal election must stop describing h...
Dec 16, 2023

National 'bring a friend to the mosque' event aims to foster dialogue and combat hate
MONTREAL - A Muslim group is organizing mosque visits across Canada this weekend in hopes of building bridges with other communities after an uptick in Islamophobic and antisemitic hate incidents nati...
Dec 16, 2023