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NBC Sports
5 days ago
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Sidney Crosby leads Canada Olympic men's hockey team first six players for 2026
Sidney Crosby is going to his third Olympics in 2026, and he'll be joined by a decorated Canadian cast of Olympic rookies. Crosby, a gold medalist in 2010 and 2014, headlines the first six players named to the Canada men's hockey roster for the Milan Cortina Games. The others: Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Brayden Point and Sam Reinhart. All 12 Olympic men's hockey teams are naming their first six players on Monday. Nick Zaccardi, Crosby, 37, can become the first men's hockey player to win a third Olympic gold medal since the NHL began participating in 1998. Other Canadians who won gold in 2010 and 2014 are still active and could also be named to the final 25-man roster closer to the Games. The rest of Canada's first six, though, are going to their first Olympics as the NHL participates for the first time since 2014. McDavid, a three-time Hart Trophy winner as NHL MVP, is the most decorated active player yet to play at an Olympics. The Edmonton Oilers forward scored the golden goal in February's 4 Nations Face-Off final against the U.S. MacKinnon, the 2024 Hart Trophy winner for the Colorado Avalanche, makes it two Halifax-born players among the first six along with Crosby. Makar, MacKinnon's teammate on the Avs, is the two-time and reigning Norris Trophy winner as the NHL's top defenseman. Point is a Stanley Cup winner with the Tampa Bay Lightning, whose coach, Jon Cooper, will be Canada's Olympic head coach. The Florida Panthers' Reinhart is already a gold medalist at the junior and senior World Championships, plus a Stanley Cup champion. He will be looking to join the Triple Gold Club, of which Crosby is one of the 30 current members.
Winnipeg Free Press
6 days ago
- Winnipeg Free Press
Man charged following armed standoff with police
An armed standoff between police and a man who allegedly fired shots at a house in the Point Douglas neighbourhood Saturday included 10 hours of negotiations and even the handing off of water bottles to the gunman to counteract the heat, police say. Police told reporters Sunday that a man armed with a shotgun had shot at a home in the 100 block of Grove Street just after 5 a.m. the day before going under the Disraeli Bridge near Sutherland, where he was met by police. He refused to give up his weapon and police blocked off vehicle, pedestrian and — in an unusual move from the Winnipeg Police Service — boat traffic in the surrounding area. WPS Const. Dani MacKinnon said the man shot at the house after a dispute with people living in the home and no one was injured. Police spoke with the man over the 10 hours and ensured he had water during the heat. He was arrested without incident at 3:23 p.m. 'It was a long, tense scenario for the entire community, for the police, for the person involved, the families, all the residents in the area … overall, (it was) a really good resolution, despite it taking some time,' MacKinnon said Sunday. Daniel Emrys Larsen, 36, was arrested and charged with a number of offences, including possession and reckless discharge of a weapon. He is known to police and was considered 'unlawfully at large' due to violating his parole at the time of the incident. MacKinnon did not say if the man surrendered to police but described him as 'in distress.' 'For somebody to be armed and not able to come to resolution sooner than later, there's obviously some difficulties occurring, and police managed it the way they're trained to crisis negotiation,' she said. Meanwhile, police said Sunday they had arrested five people after a man was seen pointing a handgun at passing cars in the William Whyte neighbourhood Thursday morning. Wednesdays Sent weekly from the heart of Turtle Island, an exploration of Indigenous voices, perspectives and experiences. Police were called after a man was seen pointing a hand gun at passing cars in the area of Burrows Avenue and McKenzie Street just after 8:30 a.m. June 12. Officers saw him run into a home in the 600 block of Alfred Avenue and five people in the home were arrested. A search warrant for the home resulted in the seizure of a 12-gauge shotgun, a pellet gun, a large quantity of ammunition, various firearms components, and body armour. George Angus Okemow, 39, Brendan Elice Okemow, 26, and Michelle Maybelyne Okemow, 38, all face firearms charges. Brendan Elice Okemow also faces disturbance-related charges. A 36-year-old woman and a 35-year-old man were also charged with firearms offences and released on undertakings. Malak AbasReporter Malak Abas is a city reporter at the Free Press. Born and raised in Winnipeg's North End, she led the campus paper at the University of Manitoba before joining the Free Press in 2020. Read more about Malak. Every piece of reporting Malak produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the Free Press's tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press's history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates. Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber. Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.
Hamilton Spectator
12-06-2025
- Business
- Hamilton Spectator
Liberals to cut short study of bill to speed up resource project approvals
OTTAWA - The Liberal government in Ottawa is signalling it plans to push its internal trade and major projects bill through the House of Commons next week at high speed. Government House leader Steven MacKinnon has put a motion on notice that would push the bill through the House of Commons by the end of next week at an unusually rapid pace — leaving just one day to hear from civil society groups, stakeholders and experts. Bill C-5 would grant the government sweeping powers to quickly approve major natural resource and infrastructure projects once cabinet deems them to be in the national interest. The legislation also looks to break down internal trade barriers and make it easier for workers to take jobs in other provinces. MacKinnon rejected a call from the Bloc Québécois this week to split the landmark legislation in two — so the House could speed through the less contentious internal-trade provisions while putting the controversial major projects portion under the microscope. Prime Minister Mark Carney has vowed repeatedly to eliminate interprovincial trade barriers by Canada Day, 19 days from now. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 12, 2025. Error! Sorry, there was an error processing your request. There was a problem with the recaptcha. Please try again. You may unsubscribe at any time. By signing up, you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. Want more of the latest from us? Sign up for more at our newsletter page .
Winnipeg Free Press
12-06-2025
- Business
- Winnipeg Free Press
Liberals to cut short study of bill to speed up resource project approvals
OTTAWA – The Liberal government in Ottawa is signalling it plans to push its internal trade and major projects bill through the House of Commons next week at high speed. Government House leader Steven MacKinnon has put a motion on notice that would push the bill through the House of Commons by the end of next week at an unusually rapid pace — leaving just one day to hear from civil society groups, stakeholders and experts. Bill C-5 would grant the government sweeping powers to quickly approve major natural resource and infrastructure projects once cabinet deems them to be in the national interest. The legislation also looks to break down internal trade barriers and make it easier for workers to take jobs in other provinces. MacKinnon rejected a call from the Bloc Québécois this week to split the landmark legislation in two — so the House could speed through the less contentious internal-trade provisions while putting the controversial major projects portion under the microscope. Prime Minister Mark Carney has vowed repeatedly to eliminate interprovincial trade barriers by Canada Day, 19 days from now. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 12, 2025.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Liberals reject Bloc proposal to split Bill C-5 to speed 'consensual' lifting of internal trade barriers
OTTAWA — Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon rejected the Bloc Québécois' proposal to split Bill C-5 in two parts, so that the sections on lifting internal trade barriers and the fast-tracking of major projects can be studied separately. Bloc House Leader Christine Normandin said earlier this week it made little sense that the bill, in its current form, would be sent to the House of Commons committee on transport as it falls under the mandate of Minister of Transport and Internal Trade Chrystia Freeland. Normandin instead suggested dividing the bill to study the portions on free trade and labour mobility in one committee and the fast-tracking of major projects in the national interest in another. She said the free trade portion is 'rather consensual' and could go 'a bit faster,' whereas the major projects portion would warrant more scrutiny. On Wednesday, MacKinnon offered a resounding 'no' to the Bloc's proposition. 'This is a bill that responds to economic conditions caused by the tariff war, among other things, and mobilizes premiers, mobilizes Canadians from coast to coast to coast behind projects of national significance,' he said. 'These projects have a certain urgency, as do interprovincial trade barriers that must fall,' he added. 'This is a very comprehensive bill. We understand that it's going to be debated, but it's something that we solicited and secured a mandate for.' Prime Minister Mark Carney said his intention is to see the bill passed before June 20, when the House of Commons rises and MPs return to their ridings for the summer. 'It is a top priority for this government, and we will do everything to get it passed before the summer,' he said after C-5 was tabled on Friday. 'And if Parliament needs to sit longer, it should sit longer in order to get it passed. That's what Canadians expect.' MacKinnon said to date there is no consensus from other parties to sit into the summer. The part of the bill on lifting internal trade barriers would allow a good or service that meets provincial or territorial rules to have met federal requirements but also make it easier for workers to get a federal licence by recognizing provincial or territorial work authorizations. The second part, which is a bit more contentious, seeks to get projects deemed in the national interest — such as highways, pipelines, mines and nuclear facilities — built faster by having only one environmental assessment done and respecting federal conditions. On Wednesday, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) once more expressed concern the Liberals were 'ramming' through this bill without giving First Nations time to properly study the text. 'I keep hearing that they want to push through this legislation right to the end of this month, and I think that that's the wrong way to go,' said AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak during a press conference on Parliament Hill. Woodhouse Nepinak is expected to meet with Carney in July, presumably after the bill may have passed. She urged the government to slow down the process to allow meaningful consultation and study to occur with all the parties involved, including First Nations. 'Look, take the summer, take the time to listen to First Nations, take the time to listen to Canadians. And I think that'll make a more united country,' she said. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, on the other hand, is favourable to the fast-tracking of major projects like pipelines and dismissed the need for a consensus to move ahead. 'If you wait till everybody agrees on everything, nothing will happen. You're never going to get everybody to agree on every single project,' he told reporters on Monday. 'If the prime minister says he's going to wait until everyone agrees, then nothing will get done, which is what has been happening for the last decade,' he added. Woodhouse Nepinak said national chiefs before her were ignored in discussions on major projects, which caused civil unrest and lawsuits that slowed down the projects. 'Isn't it better to talk through things rather than always being in litigation?' she asked. 'It seems like First Nations always need to litigate, and then we get… results later.' 'Does Canada want to change that or not?' National Post calevesque@ Carney prepared to sit over the summer to pass new bill to fast-track major projects Proposed fast-tracking of national projects 'serious threat' to treaty rights: AFN Chief Get more deep-dive National Post political coverage and analysis in your inbox with the Political Hack newsletter, where Ottawa bureau chief Stuart Thomson and political analyst Tasha Kheiriddin get at what's really going on behind the scenes on Parliament Hill every Wednesday and Friday, exclusively for subscribers. Sign up here. Our website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. Please bookmark and sign up for our newsletters here.
