SAGINAW, Mich. – Gavin Hayes scored the go-ahead goal in a four-goal third period for Sault Ste. Marie and the Greyhounds snagged a 5-3 comeback win over the Saginaw Spirit on Wednesday in Ontario Hockey League action. Bryce McConnell-Barker, Travis Hayes, Jordan D’Intino and Arttu Karki contributed a goal apiece for Sault Ste. Marie (32-12-2-1), ... Read More »
QUEBEC – Loic Goyette scored the winning goal in the shootout as the Québec Remparts earned a 3-2 comeback win over the Gatineau Olympiques on Wednesday in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action. Mavrick Rousseau-Hamel and Xavier Lebel netted goals in regulation for Québec (18-27-2), which won its second in a row. Louis-Antoine Denault made ... Read More »
DETROIT (AP) – Shane Pinto scored on a tip-in at 2:05 of overtime to give the Ottawa Senators a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday night. Pinto deflected the puck in after Thomas Chabot shoveled it toward the net. It was his second goal in six games this season. Brady Tkachuk and ... Read More »
BOISE, Idaho (AP) – A hanger under construction on the grounds of the airport in Boise, Idaho, collapsed Wednesday, injuring about a dozen people, officials said. Authorities responded at about 5 p.m. to a private business located at the Boise Airport for a steel framed hangar that collapsed, Boise Fire Department Operations Chief Aaron Hummel ... Read More »
VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Canucks have acquired forward Elias Lindholm from the Calgary Flames, the team announced Wednesday night. In exchange, the Flames will receive forward Andrei Kuzmenko, defencemen Hunter Brzustewicz and Joni Jurmo, a 2024 first-round draft pick and a 2024 conditional fourth-round pick. The 29-year-old Lindholm joins the NHL-leading Canucks having posted nine ... Read More »
TORONTO – Canada’s largest school board approved on Wednesday a revision to its school calendar so students can stay home on the day a rare solar eclipse will chart a course through parts of Canada. After it approved the change at a Wednesday night meeting, the Toronto District School Board joined at least sevenother Ontario ... Read More »
WASHINGTON (AP) – The House accomplished something unusual Wednesday in passing with broad, bipartisan support a roughly $79 billion tax cut package that would enhance the child tax credit for millions of lower-income families and boost three tax breaks for business, a combination that gives lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle coveted policy ... Read More »
PEMBERTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA – Dusty McKinnon says driving through floodwaters in Pemberton, B.C., reminded him of fording rivers in Costa Rica, as water surged over the hood of his truck. A weather system with unseasonal warmth has melted snow in the mountains and brought drenching rain to the community 150 kilometres north of Vancouver. ... Read More »
BOISE, Idaho (AP) – Multiple people have been hurt after a building collapsed Wednesday in Boise, Idaho, fire officials said. Emergency responders were at scene of the reported building collapse near the Boise Airport at West Rickenbacker and Luke streets, the Boise Fire Department said in a post on X Wednesday afternoon. Search and rescue ... Read More »
RENTON, Wash. (AP) – It was a defensive-centric head coach that brought the Seattle Seahawks their only Super Bowl title. The Seahawks are hoping a newer – albeit much younger – version can return them to the elite of the NFL after hiring Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald as their new head coach on ... Read More »
Premier Danielle Smith has announced a raft of changes affecting transgender Albertans, including requiring parental consent for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school. Smith says students 16 and 17 would not need consent, but their parents must be notified. She announced the changes Wednesday in a video ... Read More »