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FORT LAUDERDALE — The Oilers were keen to turn the page. Then they had to pivot.

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.

VANCOUVER — A vice president of soccer's global governing body says moving the Vancouver Whitecaps would be "a crime" and negatively impact the city's reputation after it hosts games at next year's World Cup.

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.