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HALIFAX — The Halifax Tides have finally hit the win column in the Northern Super League.

TORONTO — Substitute Oleksandr Zinchenko scored in the 75th minute to lift Ukraine to a 2-1 win over New Zealand on Tuesday at the Canadian Shield Tournament.

LONDON — A woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by five hockey players in a London, Ont.

The Whitecaps announced in December that the ownership group had put the team up for sale. Speculation has since been rife that an out-of-town buyer will purchase the club and move it out of Vancouver.

The one-year countdown to the 2026 World Cup starts Wednesday, with clocks to be unveiled to mark the occasion in Toronto, Vancouver and Niagara Falls. Toronto and Vancouver are World Cup host cities.

CALGARY — The Calgary Flames have signed forward Adam Klapka to a two-year contract extension with an average annual value of US$1.25 million.

EDMONTON — When an orange wave of Oilers fans in Edmonton head toward the downtown core on game nights during the NHL playoffs, an ocean away in Akureyri, Iceland, Pavel Viking Landa says he makes his own way to his man cave in the dead of night.

THREE HILLS — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is winning applause but also facing pointed questions from party members ahead of three byelections.

Bianca Andreescu had a winning start to her grass-court tennis season with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Taiwan's Joanna Garland in women's first-round action Tuesday at the Libema Open.

OTTAWA — Curling Canada has announced its pool of candidates for its 2026 Paralympic Winter Games team. Canadians have finished in the medals in five straight Paralympic Games, with gold in 2006, 2010 and 2014, and bronze in 2018 and 2022.