• The Canadian Press

    B.C.'s David Eby, Alberta's Danielle Smith watch Oilers-Canucks playoff game together

    VANCOUVER — Hockey brought a pair of provincial politicians together Friday when the premiers of B.C. and Alberta took in a playoff game between the Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks. B.C. Premier David Eby and his Alberta counterpart, Danielle Smith, watched Game 2 from a private suite at Rogers Arena in Vancouver. Several others were in the suite and the two premiers did not sit next to one another. Smith challenged Eby to a bet over the result of the best-of-seven, second-round Stanley Cu

  • The Canadian Press

    Panthers overpower Bruins 6-2, grab 2-1 lead in series

    BOSTON (AP) — The Florida Panthers pounced on the power play, scoring twice on a Bruins double-minor — and four goals in all with a man advantage — to take a 2-1 lead in their NHL Eastern Conference semifinal series. Vladimir Tarasenko and Carter Verhaeghe scored one minute apart on the same power play, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 14 shots to lead the Panthers to a 6-2 victory over the Bruins on Friday night. It was Florida's second straight six-goal game, helped by Mason Lohrei's high stick th

  • The Canadian Press

    Reports: WNBA franchise awarded to Toronto's Kilmer Group for 2026 season

    TORONTO — The WNBA's widely reported arrival in Toronto isn't just a good thing for women's basketball in Canada, but for women's sports in general, says one expert. Several media outlets reported on Friday that the women's professional basketball league had awarded a franchise to the Kilmer Group, which has a 25 per cent stake in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, the owner of the NBA's Toronto Raptors and NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs, among other sports properties. The deal, first reported by t

  • The Canadian Press

    Snowbirds in Vancouver for puck-drop flyby as Canucks face Oilers

    VANCOUVER — The Canadian Forces Snowbirds have performed a flyover across downtown Vancouver at the start of the Stanley Cup playoff game between the Canucks and the Edmonton Oilers. Eight Snowbirds CT-114 Tutor jets flew in formation over the arena. The Royal Canadian Air Force said before the flyover that the Snowbirds would fly over the arena no lower than 500 feet. Public affairs officer David Lavallee said in a statement that the air force was proud to join in national sporting events with