PRINCE GEORGE - The UNBC Timberwolves women's soccer team has a new player commitment.Coach Neil Sedgwick says it's 2008-born defender Reese Brewer who has committed to the club starting in 2026The 5'9" Brewer plays for Burnaby FC where in 2024 she captured a provincial silver medal. Academically, she'll be pursui...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars are practicing again on home ice following an eight game road trip that saw them win five. It was the longest road trip of the season, and the team is certainly enjoying being back home."Being back in Prince George, feeling the intensity around this weekend and how the cro...

PRINCE GEORGE - For more than twenty years, Mike Hawes has made a positive impact in Prince George. This week, the Spruce Kings extended their contract as General Manager for another four years. Over the past two decades, he has focused on building more than just a hockey team. As a Prince George native, Hawes is dedic...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings have signed Mike Hawes to a four-year contract extension.The team says his current contract is set to expire on May 31, 2026 and add the new contract will keep him with the team until May 31, 2030.Hawes has been with the Spruce Kings since the 2005/2006 season and has been...

NEW YORK (AP) - Alexis Lafreniere scored the go-ahead goal on a deflection in the third period, and the New York Rangers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-2 on Thursday night to pick up their first regulation win at home in more than three months. It was ...

CALGARY - Dylan Cozens' power-play goal 6:33 into the third period was the game-winner as the Ottawa Senators defeated the Calgary Flames 4-1 on Thursday night. Lars Eller, Tim Stutzle and Shane Pinto also scored for Ottawa (30-22-9). The last two goa...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Anthony Edwards scored 22 points, including an impressive two-handed slam over RJ Barrett, and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Toronto Raptors 115-107 on Thursday night for their fifth straight victory. In the third quarter, Edwa...

WINNIPEG - Mark Scheifele had a goal and an assist as the Winnipeg Jets defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 at Canada Life Centre on Thursday. Morgan Barron, Gustav Nyquist and Kyle Connor, into an empty net, also scored for Winnipeg (25-26-10), which...

QUÉBEC - Kourtney Oss had 18 points and 17 rebounds to lead the Calgary Dinos to a 58-45 win over the McGill Martlets in quarterfinal play Thursday at the U Sports Women's Final 8. The third-seeded Dinos outscored McGill 42-22 in the paint at the Amph...

NEW YORK (AP) - Alexis Lafreniere scored the go-ahead goal on a deflection in the third period, and the New York Rangers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-2 on Thursday night to pick up their first regulation win at home in more than three months. It was ...

SAO PAULO (AP) - A Brazilian sports court said on Thursday it suspended a defender of top-flight club Red Bull Bragantino for 12 matches because of sexist remarks he made about a female referee after a Sao Paulo state league game. Defender Gustavo Marq...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Daniel Berger has enough history at Bay Hill to know what kind of test to expect. He made nine birdies, all but one of them inside 10 feet, for a 9-under 63 and a round no one was expecting Thursday in the Arnold Palmer Invitationa...

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators acquired forward Warren Foegele from the Los Angeles Kings on the eve of the NHL trade deadline. The Senators announced Thursday that they sent the Kings a 2026 second-round draft pick previously acquired from the Buffalo ...

MONTREAL - CF Montreal's annual season-opening road trip has become a recurring headache for the club. Due to the lack of winterproofing at Stade Saputo and limited access to the Olympic Stadium's indoor pitch, the club has been forced start every sea...

RABAT, Morocco (AP) - Morocco coach Walid Regragui has quit the team just months before it competes at the World Cup, he confirmed at a late-night press conference on Thursday. Regragui's departure - less than 100 days before the United S...

It's a most unconventional job interview. On Friday, the CFL will hold its invitational combine in Waterloo, Ont., with over 80 players vying for spots at the league's national combine in Edmonton on March 27-29. Representatives from all nine teams wil...

NORTH PORT - Mauricio Dubon had a two-run double and Drake Baldwin hit an RBI single in a three-run sixth inning as the Atlanta Braves topped the Toronto Blue Jays 9-5 on Thursday in exhibition play. Dominic Smith smashed a two-run homer for Atlanta (9...

NHL general managers have until 3 p.m. ET on Friday to make a splash, tweak the edges of their roster, or secure deals with an eye toward the future. The Canadian Press takes a look at some of the players who could be on the move before the bell sounds...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have acquired Jack Thompson from the San Jose Sharks for fellow defenceman Jett Woo, the NHL club announced Thursday. Thompson, 23, had 12 points (three goals, nine assists) and a plus-13 rating in 42 games for the Ame...

TALLINN - Canadian pair Ava Kemp and Yohnatan Elizarov are world junior figure skating champions. The Winnipeg duo captured gold Thursday in Tallinn, Estonia, climbing from second to first place with a winning free skate to "Clair De Lune" by Claude De...

To Natalie Wilkie, the constant chase in the life of an athlete is but an illusion. The para nordic skier from Salmon Arm, B.C., is among the headliners of Canada's 50-athlete team for the Milan Cortina Paralympics that open Friday. Wilkie, one of Cana...

PRINCE GEORGE - The UNBC Timberwolves women's soccer team has a new player commitment.Coach Neil Sedgwick says it's 2008-born defender Reese Brewer who has committed to the club starting in 2026The 5'9" Brewer plays for Burnaby FC where in 2024 she captured a provincial silver medal. Academically, she'll be pursui...

If you are young, energetic and willing to dress like a football-obsessed rodent, there may be a job for you with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The defending CFL champions are hosting auditions for the next person to embody their beloved, furry mascot ...

LILLEHAMMER - Alison Mackie won gold in the women's 20‑kilometre mass start and fellow Canadian Xavier McKeever took bronze in the men's event Thursday at the 2026 under-23 cross-country skiing championships. Mackie, from Edmonton, finished her race in...

TORONTO - The Maple Leafs have made a move ahead of the NHL trade deadline. Toronto dealt centre Nicolas Roy to the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday for a conditional first-round pick at the 2027 draft along with a fifth-rounder in June. In the event the...

VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say two teens have been charged for a stabbing last month after a basketball game at a local secondary school. They say the accused are a 16-year-old and a 15-year-old, who have not been otherwise identified. The 16-year...

This summer's FIFA World Cup is already a hit with Vancouver's Carson Ting. Ting is one of three artists behind the official World Cup poster, unveiled this week to mark 100 days to go before the June 11 kickoff of the 48-team tournament in Canada, Me...

ST. JOHN'S - Spurred by a raucous hometown crowd, Brad Gushue's curling team closed out pool play undefeated at the Montana's Brier with a 4-2 win over defending champion and reigning Olympic champion Brad Jacobs on Thursday. Gushue topped Pool A with ...