MILAN -- David Kampf, the well-traveled National Hockey League forward, was standing in front of reporters at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena as the echoes of overtime made their way across the Atlantic Ocean. Czechia lost, but only just. Read More

Eight skiers were found dead after being trapped by an avalanche while on a backcountry ski trip near Lake Tahoe, Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon said. Read More

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U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday gathers allies to inaugurate the Board of Peace, his new institution focused on progress on Gaza but whose ambitions reach much further. Read More

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy Stefania Constantini never went away. Read More

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Thomas Harley couldnt figure out why he had no space. Read More

PUTLOS, Germany Thousands of NATO troops including from Spain and Turkey joined an exercise Wednesday on Germany's Baltic coast that defence officials labelled a show of readiness to deter Russia. Read More

For as long as he has been an elite hockey player, the story of Sidney Crosbys greatness could not be told in tangible terms such as speed or strength or shot accuracy. Read More

Yohan Eskrick-Parkinson is big on jumping boldly into sporting pursuits. Read More

MILAN -- Lost all your hair yet? Hockey is a game of bounces, you'll be shocked to know. It's all a heart-pounding thrill ride. Read More

The thing about the world stage is not just that its a place for play-acting. Its also a global venue for wishful thinking, the construction of heroes and villains and imaginary plot twists and sometimes whole-cloth inventions of scenes that sometimes bear almost no relationship at all to events in the real world. Read More

The hit that appeared to cause the most damage was one from Czechia defenceman Radko Gudas. The Anaheim Ducks captain made sharp contact with Crosby at the boards in the neutral zone. Crosby's leg bent awkwardly as he crumpled to the ice. Read More

MILAN - Dr. Laura Bennion and her husband, Dr. Ian Auld, are used to spending time apart. Read More

The mother of a Tumbler Ridge victim, 12-year-old Maya Gebala, who remains in a coma, says that her daughter's belongings were stolen. Read More

Nine months before voters are to pass a sort of judgement on Donald Trump's second term, Americans may have begun to grasp the heavy cost of returning him as president. Read More

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre overwhelmingly won his leadership review in January with 87.4 per cent support of the vote. He will be the party leader for the foreseeable future and into the next federal election. Read More

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CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy After a pair of big Olympic curling wins, Team Canada's curlers are done talking about it. Read More

Ukrainian and Russian negotiators were to resume a second round of U.S.-mediated peace talks in Geneva on Wednesday, though neither side signalled they were any closer to ending Europe's deadliest conflict since the Second World War. Read More

OTTAWA Days after she retired in January, the former top bureaucrat at the Department of National Defence warned that the billions in additional defence spending promised by the Carney government is "nowhere near what we need" and is only serving to "plug in the holes in the wrong way". Read More

Iranians shouted slogans against the leader of the Islamic republic on Tuesday as they gathered to commemorate protesters killed in a crackdown on nationwide demonstrations that rights groups said left thousands dead, according to videos verified by AFP. Read More

Lindsey Vonn may not be able to stand on American soil for a while, but she is back in the United States. Read More

They were monster wins over monster rivals. Read More

OTTAWA Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is distancing himself from comments made by one his MPs who told a right-wing U.S. news outlet that some in Canada were engaging in a "hissy fit" of anti-Americanism, which was counterproductive in trying to deal with the U.S. Read More

In the intensive care unit at B.C. Childrens Hospital in Vancouver, a week after the Tumbler Ridge tragedy, Cia Edmonds is still singing and talking to her daughter, Maya Gebala, (telling) her how proud we are and that the entire world is cheering her on, she posted in a Feb. 17 update. Read More

The U.S. and Iran made progress in nuclear talks in Geneva on Tuesday, with Tehrans negotiators scheduled to return with a new proposal in two weeks, a U.S. official said on Tuesday, a cautiously upbeat assessment that suggests the chances of an imminent military clash are low. Read More

The sight of David McGuinty as a silent presence at the prime ministers announcement Tuesday of a new defence industrial strategy was a reminder that, while that government purports to be a team, it is really a confederation of warring tribes. Read More

MILAN The sigh of reality expressed by Czech players was just about unanimous Tuesday evening at the Santagiulia Arena. Read More

Canadas defence industry got a $6.6 billion boost Tuesday, as Prime Minister Mark Carney formally unveiled Ottawas new Defence Industrial Strategy. The plan promises to create125,000 new jobs over 10 years and award 70 per cent of defence contracts to Canadian companies, through a Build-Partner-Buy framework that prioritizes domestic industry. It is part of the governments plan to increase Canadian military spending to five per cent of GDP by 2035, in line with NATO targets. Read More