Most North Americans from coast to coast will share the same opinion: they want to see Canada and the USA meet in the men’s hockey final of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics. Waiting to see if that desire comes to fruition gives us time to reflect. The Americans and Canadians survived scares from lower […]
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PHOENIX — Bruce Meyer, the tenacious veteran litigator who has been the Major League Baseball Player Association’s lead negotiator, was voted unanimously Wednesday by the players to be their interim executive director, replacing Tony Clark. Meyer, who was promoted to be the union’s deputy executive director in 2022, has been MLB’s public enemy since he […]
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The former Steelers safety was a two-time Pro Bowl selection and a member of all four Super Bowl-winning teams during the 1970s. He was a key member of the notorious Steel Curtain defense and a staple of one of the NFL’s greatest dynasties. Wagner was drafted in the 11th round of the 1971 NFL Draft […]
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The USA’s 5-0 win against rival Canada in the preliminary round was an anomaly in the history of Olympics women’s hockey. The USA and Canada will meet on Thursday, Feb. 19, in the gold medal game (1:10 p.m. ET on USA/Peacock) and all of their previous six meetings in championship games have been close. In […]
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MILAN – There were nerves and then, immense relief, the kind that comes with knowing the despair of the alternative. The USA men’s hockey team remains on a path to the gold medal game, as does top rival Canada, at the 2026 Winter Olympics. The next step comes Friday, Feb. 20 in a semifinal matchup […]
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Mikaela Shiffrin won the Olympic slalom gold medal, finishing 1.50 seconds ahead of the silver medalist. The victory gives Shiffrin her third Olympic gold, tying her for the second-most by a U.S. Winter Olympian. Her four total Olympic medals tie her for the most by a U.S. woman in Alpine skiing. CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — […]
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Here’s a quick recap of the crypto landscape for Wednesday (February 18) as of 9:00 a.m. UTC. Get the latest insights on Bitcoin, Ether and altcoins, along with a round-up of key cryptocurrency market news. Bitcoin (BTC) was priced at US$68,092.31, down 0.3 percent over the last 24 hours. Bitcoin price performance, February 18, 2026. […]
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LaFleur Minerals Inc. (CSE: LFLR,OTC:LFLRF) (OTCQB: LFLRF) (FSE: 3WK0) (‘LaFleur Minerals’ or the ‘Company’) is pleased to provide an update on the advancement of its Beacon Gold Mill restart plans, further to the Company’s press release dated January 26, 2026, which outlined its near-term production strategy and the ongoing advancement of its comprehensive Preliminary Economic […]
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The US Department of Commerce has sharply increased trade penalties on Chinese graphite anode materials, concluding that producers in China engaged in unfair pricing and subsidy practices that harmed the US market. In a final determination issued February 11, 2026, Commerce raised countervailing duties on Chinese natural graphite anode material to 66.68 percent and maintained […]
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A stockpile of 1,000 metric tons of uranium seized from a French-operated mine in Niger is now sitting at a military airbase in Niamey that was recently attacked by Islamic State militants, raising fresh concerns over security and the material’s uncertain future. The uranium, which is processed yellowcake used to fuel nuclear reactors, has been […]
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