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Cision Canada
14 hours ago
- Politics
- Cision Canada
Readout - Prime Minister Carney meets with Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson Français
THE HAGUE, the Netherlands, June 24, 2025 /CNW/ - Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, met with the Prime Minister of Sweden, Ulf Kristersson, on the margins of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit in The Hague, the Netherlands. The prime ministers discussed deepening economic and security ties between their two countries. They reaffirmed their shared commitment to strengthening NATO and maritime defence across the North Atlantic and Arctic regions. They also discussed bolstering co-operation on defence procurement. The leaders reiterated their steadfast support for Ukraine and agreed on the imperative of achieving a just and lasting peace. Prime Minister Carney and Prime Minister Kristersson agreed to remain in close contact. Canada-Sweden relations This document is also available at SOURCE Prime Minister's Office
Yahoo
23-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Should Oilers Icon Wayne Gretzky Have Been Honorary Captain?
EDMONTON -- The Great One. The Hockey News - Oilers Legend Wayne Gretzky Draws Criticism EDMONTON -- "Keep politics out of sports." Edmonton Oilers legend, Wayne Gretzky has held this moniker for his entire life. His hockey career is the most impressive of anyone and everyone to date that's ever played the sport. A few others come close in a few regards, but there's rarely a discussion about the greatest hockey player of all-time that doesn't include Gretzky. Ken Campbell (@Ken_Campbell27) on X I really believe that like everyone else, Wayne Gretzky is entitled to support whomever he wants. And while he's done a ton for Canadian hockey, making him the Honorary Captain for Team Canada for this game is just plain tone deaf. Which is why him being appointed the honorary captain for Team Canada on Thursday night was an unsurprising one. But, was there a better choice? The Hockey News - Connor McDavid's Wife Lauren Makes Big Announcement Lauren Kyle took to her Instagram to make a worthwhile announcement. 'We Would Love It If President Trump Was In Attendance': What Bill Guerin, Former Oilers Forward, Actually Said On Fox News Former Oilers Defender Slips Out Of NHL 'If Anyone Can Relate To That, I Think It's Me': Sidney Crosby And Team Canada React To Connor McDavid's Golden Goal Oilers' Legend Wayne Gretzky Attends Donald Trump Election Event The Hockey News - 'Do As I Say, Not As I Did': Paul Coffey Reveals His Philosophy Behind Coaching The Edmonton Oilers Defenders Paul Coffey has learned a thing or two over his NHL career. Some people believe Bobby Orr could have been a suitor. Mario Lemieux paid a visit to the Canada-Sweden game and the cheers nearly blew the roof off of the Bell Center. Regardless of who it was - or could have been - many Canadians will remember that game for a very long time. Should Oilers icon Wayne Gretzky have been the honorary captain? Or someone else? *Vote in the original article's poll to let me know your thoughts. Bookmark The Hockey News Edmonton Oilers team site to never miss the latest news, game-day coverage, and more. Add us to your Google News favorites, and never miss a story.
Yahoo
22-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Should Oilers Icon Wayne Gretzky Have Been Honorary Captain?
EDMONTON -- The Great One. The Hockey News - Oilers Legend Wayne Gretzky Draws Criticism EDMONTON -- "Keep politics out of sports." Edmonton Oilers legend, Wayne Gretzky has held this moniker for his entire life. His hockey career is the most impressive of anyone and everyone to date that's ever played the sport. A few others come close in a few regards, but there's rarely a discussion about the greatest hockey player of all-time that doesn't include Gretzky. Ken Campbell (@Ken_Campbell27) on X I really believe that like everyone else, Wayne Gretzky is entitled to support whomever he wants. And while he's done a ton for Canadian hockey, making him the Honorary Captain for Team Canada for this game is just plain tone deaf. Which is why him being appointed the honorary captain for Team Canada on Thursday night was an unsurprising one. But, was there a better choice? The Hockey News - Connor McDavid's Wife Lauren Makes Big Announcement Lauren Kyle took to her Instagram to make a worthwhile announcement. 'We Would Love It If President Trump Was In Attendance': What Bill Guerin, Former Oilers Forward, Actually Said On Fox News Former Oilers Defender Slips Out Of NHL 'If Anyone Can Relate To That, I Think It's Me': Sidney Crosby And Team Canada React To Connor McDavid's Golden Goal Oilers' Legend Wayne Gretzky Attends Donald Trump Election Event The Hockey News - 'Do As I Say, Not As I Did': Paul Coffey Reveals His Philosophy Behind Coaching The Edmonton Oilers Defenders Paul Coffey has learned a thing or two over his NHL career. Some people believe Bobby Orr could have been a suitor. Mario Lemieux paid a visit to the Canada-Sweden game and the cheers nearly blew the roof off of the Bell Center. Regardless of who it was - or could have been - many Canadians will remember that game for a very long time. Should Oilers icon Wayne Gretzky have been the honorary captain? Or someone else? *Vote in the original article's poll to let me know your thoughts. Bookmark The Hockey News Edmonton Oilers team site to never miss the latest news, game-day coverage, and more. Add us to your Google News favorites, and never miss a story.
New York Times
16-02-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Emotion, skill and TV ratings: How the 4 Nations Face-Off has smashed expectations
Before rushing forward to get to the next thing, which for everyone involved with the 4 Nations Face-Off meant navigating significant travel disruptions while en route to Boston in a blizzard, we must first pause for a moment of reflection. These last few days have been, in a word, incredible. A spellbinding, spine-tingling display of what the sport can be when given the proper conditions to pop. Advertisement So much of the focus heading into this fresh-out-of-the-box event focused on what it didn't have — namely, multiple significant NHL stars from countries not among the four invited — that it resulted in many onlookers ignoring everything working in its favor. Let's start with the players. They begged and pleaded and wailed for a chance to pull on national team sweaters again. They told anyone who would listen that they'd lay it on the line during a midseason tournament with no past and likely no future, and in the four games so far they've exceeded every expectation beyond measure. 'I still don't understand the narrative that it's not big games from the outside because to us this is as big of a game as it gets,' Team USA sparkplug Matthew Tkachuk said Saturday after lighting the fuse on a start against Canada so explosive it won't soon be forgotten. As he's wont to do, Canadian head coach Jon Cooper may have summed up the three consecutive fights to kick off that game best: 'It was probably, I guess, 10 years of no international hockey exhaled in a minute and a half.' But while USA-Canada gave us the biggest fireworks — imagine what they might do for an encore in Thursday's final at TD Garden if Canada can beat Finland on Monday to set up the rematch — all four games played at Bell Centre provided a show. The Canada-Sweden and USA-Finland matchups to open the tournament delivered North American audiences of 4.1 million and 3.4 million, respectively. That was more than double the total viewership the NHL had anticipated heading in, according to league sources. Official numbers for the rivalry doubleheader played Saturday aren't expected to be compiled and released until Tuesday, but based on the entertainment factor of those games alone, you'd have to expect they'll climb. Advertisement 'I remember watching the first game, Sweden-Canada, and that was really fun to watch,' said Finnish forward Mikko Rantanen. 'Today felt like a playoff game. Physicality, a lot of guys were chirping at each other. Everybody wants to win. So, I don't think there's any doubt that everybody's playing hard.' He'd just been part of a tense and tight contest that featured four lead changes — punctuated by the overtime winner from teammate Mikael Granlund. That Finland-Sweden game was played on Saturday afternoon in Montreal, which meant it aired in prime time for folks back home, and this is how Finns heard the winner called by play-by-play man Antti Mäkinen: Commodore 64 naulaa ja Mäkinen haipeissa selostuskopissa 😍🇫🇮#4nations — Ruutu Urheilu (@RuutuUrheilu) February 15, 2025 Is there any question about his enthusiasm for the event? Teammate Aleksander Barkov wondered aloud if fans back in Helsinki might be swimming in the Havis Amanda fountain, which has become a traditional (if not a little unusual) way to celebrate big victories by the national team. 'Maybe some guys are in that water,' said Barkov. Hours later, not long after the much-hyped U.S. and Canada game kicked off with three separate fights in the opening nine seconds, you had social media awash with 4 Nations buzz. Former NFLer J.J. Watt called it 'the best idea hockey has had in a long time.' More than one observer pointed out how much more compelling it was than the NBA All-Star Skills Challenge, which played to tepid reviews at the same time. Step back and think about it: Could any North American sport currently deliver anywhere near the level of intensity or drama in a competition carved out of its season? Connor McDavid has been saying that this is about as much fun as he's ever had playing hockey. Sidney Crosby — a two-time Olympic gold medalist and three-time Stanley Cup champion, among everything else — struggled to find anything in his memory bank that compared to the opening 20 minutes of USA-Canada. Advertisement 'It's up there,' said Crosby. 'I mean the whole game, honestly. The pace was there the whole night. A close game like that you expect that. The pace is right up there. It's hard to compare, but yeah, it's as fast and as intense as I've played, I think.' Alas, all good things must come to an end. By this time next week, we'll already have jumped head-first back into the NHL's regular-season schedule and the countdown to the March 7 trade deadline will be truly on. Soon the snow will melt and the heat of the Stanley Cup playoffs will be here. But, with a Monday doubleheader on tap at TD Garden and the U.S. awaiting its opponent in Thursday's 4 Nations final, let's take a moment to appreciate what we've got in the here and now. International hockey is back in a big way. And whether you're a hockey fan watching from Stockholm, Sicamous, Scottsdale or Seinäjoki, there's a good chance this event stirred something within you. 'Tonight I was thinking about kids watching that game, and what kind of message (it conveys),' American forward Dylan Larkin said after the win over Canada. 'The work ethic, the compete, you know, guys blocking shots. I hope kids are watching that like I was as a kid and wanting so badly to put that jersey on in the next generation.' (Photo of Canada's Nathan MacKinnon and USA's Dylan Larkin facing off: Vitor Munhoz / 4NFO / World Cup of Hockey via Getty Images)
Yahoo
15-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Tkachuk brothers each score twice as the US beats Finland 6-1 in the 4 Nations Face-Off
MONTREAL — Brady and Matthew Tkachuk came out hitting, started scoring and put together a display of brotherly dominance playing together for the first time on a big stage. The Tkachuks each scored twice, flourishing after being put on the ice at the same time, and the United States beat Finland 6-1 on Thursday night night in each team's opening game at the 4 Nations Face-Off, a physical showdown played with edge throughout. 'That's the way we play, one of the reasons why we're on the team,' said Matthew Tkachuk, a reigning Stanley Cup champion who finished with three points. 'You don't change you game. You play your identity. It's up to us and the rest of the guys to play to your strengths. That's one of them.' Everyone was finishing checks, including Jack Eichel dumping Finnish captain Aleksander Barkov into the U.S. bench. Brady Tkachuk bowled over 6-foot-6 Niko Mikkola with one of his game-high eight hits, and Matthew Tkachuk gave Patrik Laine an earful before a faceoff as the Americans began to take over. Matthew called Brady 'a beast," and coach Mike Sullivan said the brothers 'just have a funny way of dragging us into the fight.' 'I mean we kind of knew what to expect after watching (the Canada-Sweden) game that it was going to be fast and physical,' said defenseman Zach Werenski, who had three assists. "We have some guys on this team that can do that, right? You have the Tkachuks. We got (J.T.) Miller. We got a lot of big bodies. Eichel was throwing his body around tonight. I thought the pace was really good. I thought the physicality was good and I thought we responded well to all of it.' The scoreboard made it look like more of a rout than it was for the first two periods, when quality chances were at a premium and space on the ice was hard to find. Matt Boldy scored the go-ahead goal on a textbook deflection of Minnesota Wild teammate Brock Faber's shot late in the second, then the floodgates opened early in the third. Many fans hadn't even returned to their seats from intermission when Matthew Tkachuk sailed a long shot in past Juuse Saros 15 seconds into the period. Saros then gave up another softie to Jake Guentzel, and Brady Tkachuk beat the struggling Nashville goaltender again to make it three U.S. goals in less than three minutes. 'The start of the third, it was - I don't know how to say that, but we weren't ready for that,' said Finland coach Antti Pennanen, who acknowledged he and his staff considered pulling Saros. That onslaught quieted the very pro-Finland crowd full of Canadians eager to root against their country's biggest hockey rival. Some even booed the U.S. anthem before the game, and there was plenty more where that came from for Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews several times he touched the puck. Matthew Tkachuk added another for good measure on the power play with 8:47 left, and that was enough for the 'U-S-A! U-S-A!' chants to fill the bowl at Bell Centre. In the waning minutes, a few U.S. fans proclaimed, 'We want Canada!' They face off Saturday night. "I think it's going to be the biggest game that I've ever played in my career," Brady Tkachuk said. 'We've been talking about that game especially. Really excited to experience it.' Finland only gave fans one real opportunity to cheer, when late-added defenseman Henri Jokiharju beat Connor Hellebuyck clean on a shot 7:31 in to make it 1-0. Hellebuyck stopped the next 18 shots he faced to finish with 20 saves. The same could not be said for Saros, who allowed six goals on 32 shots and could be replaced in net by Kevin Lankinen for Finland's game against Sweden on Saturday. 'Of course we need to think about that,' Pennanen said. "It was a tough day for Juuse. 'He was really good the first 40 minutes, but i think we need to analyze this game and make those decisions tomorrow or Saturday.' The U.S. does not need to worry about making a switch there, but Sullivan made some keen midgame adjustments that contributed to his team moving to the top of the 4 Nations standings one turn through round-robin play. During the second period Sullivan moved Brady Tkachuk to left wing with Eichel and Matthew Tkachuk, and Kyle Connor to the second line alongside Matthews and Jack Hughes, and he flip-flopped his second and third defense pairs to put Noah Hanifin with Adam Fox, and Jaccob Slavin with Brock Faber. 'We've been together for four days," Eichel said. "He's coached for quite a while. I think we're all trying to find chemistry and get comfortable with each other. That could mean some changes in lines and pairings and whatnot. I think everyone was prepared when their number was called and helped contribute to the win.' Rivalry day at the 4 Nations starts Saturday with Sweden against Finland at 1 p.m. EST, followed by the U.S. and Canada at 8 p.m.
