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Fleury delays farewell, joins Crosby on Team Canada for world championship
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Marc-Andre Fleury has exited the NHL after 21 seasons in the net, eager for more family time and an end to the on-ice tributes while fully accepting at age 40 that he's no longe...
May 05, 2025

Infrastructure work getting underway on Kingston Street in Melfort
The City of Melfort is advising residents to be aware of some street work on the city's south side. Infrastructure work on Kingston Street began on Monday, and temporary traffic control measures will ...
May 05, 2025

Rob Blake is out after 8 seasons as the Los Angeles Kings' general manager
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rob Blake is out after eight seasons as the Los Angeles Kings' vice president and general manager. The Kings announced a mutual parting with Blake on Monday, four days after Los Ang...
May 05, 2025

Longest ballot group takes aim at byelection where Poilievre plans to run
OTTAWA - The group that added dozens of candidates to the ballot in Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's riding in the recent federal election is planning to do the same in the upcoming byelection. ...
May 05, 2025

Army pausing helicopter flights near Washington airport after close calls
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Army is pausing flights near a Washington airport after two commercial planes had to abort landings last week because of an Army Black Hawk helicopter that was flying to the Pent...
May 05, 2025

Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp won’t run for US Senate seat in 2026 against Democrat Jon Ossoff
ATLANTA (AP) - Brian Kemp, Georgia's Republican governor, announced Monday that he's not running for U.S. Senate in 2026 against Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff. Kemp, who will leave the governor's ch...
May 05, 2025

Shades of '23, Oilers clash with Golden Knights again in second round
A quick look at the second-round NHL playoff series between the Edmonton Oilers and Vegas Golden Knights that starts Tuesday with Game 1 at T-Mobile Arena: PLAYOFF HISTORY The Golden Knights won a sec...
May 05, 2025

NHL to hold an international event at UBS Arena in 2026 in place of All-Star Weekend, AP source says
The NHL is planning an international event at UBS Arena next February in lieu of the previously announced All-Star Weekend at the home of the New York Islanders, a person with knowledge of the situati...
May 05, 2025

Canada's resolve against U.S. threats should extend to human rights: Amnesty chief
OTTAWA - The global head of Amnesty International is calling on Ottawa to bring the same intensity it has used to call out U.S. tariffs and annexation threats to also call out breaches in human rights...
May 05, 2025

Carney wheels up to Washington for Trump meeting on Tuesday
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney is flying to Washington for a meeting with President Donald Trump on Tuesday. Carney left Ottawa Monday afternoon at a tumultuous time in the bilateral relation...
May 05, 2025