TORONTO – Carey Price spent a lot of his youth on the road and in the air.

Growing up in a remote part of British Columbia, that’s what chasing his hockey dream required.

When the phone rang in June to announce he would be joining the game’s greats, Price was fittingly in a familiar situation — driving.

“I was on my way to go visit my grandmother at the hospital,” recalled the former Montreal Canadiens goaltender. “Hockey Hall of Fame came up with my caller ID in my truck, so pretty excited about that. Got to spend the rest of the day with my grandmother, who made a recovery.

“It was a blessed day.”

Price had plenty of those in the NHL and with Canada on the international stage. Now he will share another one Monday with the rest of the hall’s 2026 class.

The netminder headlines this year’s inductees alongside Patrice Bergeron, Pekka Rinne, Keith Tkachuk and Cindy Curley in the player category set to be enshrined Monday. Brian Burke will go in as a builder.

“A long road to get to this point,” Price, who starred in Montreal for all 15 of his NHL seasons and will enter the hall in his second year of eligibility, said Saturday. “I’m just extremely thankful for that journey and everything that I learned along the way — not only in hockey but in life.”

The No. 5 pick at the 2005 draft, Price won the Hart Trophy as league MVP and the Vezina Trophy as its top goaltender in 2015.

The 39-year-old from Anahim Lake, B.C., finished with a 361-261-79 record, .917 save percentage, 2.51 goals-against average and 49 shutouts across 712 regular-season games in a career that was, at times, hampered by injury.

Price had even better big-moment numbers before a knee issue forced him to stop playing beyond the 2021-22 campaign.

He owned a .919 save percentage, 2.39 GAA and eight shutouts in 92 playoff contests, with his final post-season act perhaps the most impressive — willing the underdog Canadiens on an improbable push to the 2021 Stanley Cup final.

Those gaudy numbers and achievements are a long way from the lonely roads and empty skies of his hockey-playing youth.

“A very large part of my childhood, spending time in planes and trucks and cars with my dad,” Price said. “He’d tell you that he wouldn’t have it any other way. But I’m grateful to him and the rest of my family for their support in getting here.”

A six-time Selke Trophy winner as the NHL’s top defensive forward after being selected 45th overall in 2003, Bergeron hoisted hockey’s holy grail with the Boston Bruins in 2011.

The 41-year-old former centre from L’Ancienne-Lorette, Que., registered 427 goals and 613 assists for 1,040 points in 1,294 regular-season games. He added 128 points (50 goals, 78 assists) in 170 playoff contests, including Boston’s run to the 2019 final, before retiring in 2023.

“A huge honour,” said Bergeron, who spent all 19 of his NHL campaigns with the Bruins and was in his first year of eligibility. “You look back at all the memories and the people that have helped you along the way.”

Price, who added the Ted Lindsay Award as the league’s most outstanding player voted on by the NHLPA membership to his trophy case in 2015, and Bergeron also enjoyed success side-by-side sporting the red Maple Leaf.

The duo was on Canada’s juggernaut 2014 Olympic team that topped the field before capturing the World Cup of Hockey two years later.

“It was a lot more fun to be on his side with Team Canada,” Bergeron, who also claimed gold at the 2010 Games to go along with victories at the 2005 world junior hockey championship and the 2004 men’s worlds, said of Price. “A legendary career.”

Rinne, 43, owned a 369-213-75 record playing parts of 15 NHL seasons with the Nashville Predators. The 2018 Vezina-winning goaltender had a .917 save percentage and a 2.43 GAA in 683 regular-season games. He added a 45-44 playoff mark with a .914 save percentage, 2.49 GAA and five shutouts.

Tkachuk, whose NHL-playing sons Matthew and Brady will be in attendance Monday, registered 1,065 points (538 goals, 527 assists) in 1,201 contests in 18 NHL campaigns.

“They’ll probably be critiquing me when I’m up there speaking and making faces,” the 52-year-old Tkachuk joked of his sons before turning serious: “They’re great kids, they’re supportive, and I’m just glad they have the opportunity, with the schedule, to be here.”

A trailblazer in women’s hockey, Curley captained the U.S. to three silvers at the worlds in the 1990s.

“There’s just so many people that wouldn’t give up,” the 62-year-old said of her sport. “I just benefitted from their hard work. I’m truly grateful.”

Burke, 71, had a long career in NHL management that included stops with the Hartford Whalers, Vancouver Canucks, Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames and Pittsburgh Penguins following a stint at the league office.

“Still pinching myself,” said the Cup-winning GM with Anaheim in 2007. “Like a dream come true.”

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 7, 2026.

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Saturday night that he was giving opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot the first opportunity to form a governing coalition following elections on Oct. 27.

Eisenkot, a former military chief, ran as the main challenger to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leading a bloc of parties seeking to oust Israel’s longest-serving premier.

Neither Eisenkot nor Netanyahu won a clear majority in the vote. But in marathon discussions with the president this week, representatives from most of Israel’s main parties recommended Eisenkot be tasked with assembling a new government.

The announcement, which had been expected on Sunday, came shortly after Netanyahu called for a “national unity government” in a video statement and warned against “hastily swearing in a government with terrorist supporters” – an apparent reference to the Arab-led parties.

Netanyahu and his allies have repeatedly portrayed the Arab-led parties as a threat to national security, while Eisenkot has indicated a willingness to partner with them under certain conditions, including calling Hamas a terrorist group that needs to be destroyed.

Eisenkot’s party, Yashar, slammed the prime minister’s video with a statement posted on X and urged members of his party, Likud, to disavow their alliance with “radical parties,” in an apparent reference to the more extreme parties in his religious-nationalist base.

The statement argued that Eisenkot would only include parties and parliament members who support its principles, including recognizing Hamas as a terrorist organization.
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Associated Press writer Julia Frankel contributed from Jerusalem.

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The International Ice Hockey Federation is barring Belarus’ under-20 and senior men’s teams from competing at the upcoming world junior championship and the 2027 world championships.

The IIHF’s council, which partially upheld the Belarusian Ice Hockey Association’s appeal against its decisions on July 27, said its disciplinary board confirmed that there was not a legal basis to order reintegration at this time.

The ruling comes days after a firestorm ensued from the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling against the IIHF to have Russia be reintegrated into international competition as early as the world junior championship in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alta., in December.

Numerous countries came together to boycott the decision, while Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada will not allow Russia to compete at the event.

The IIHF added in its statement Saturday that it maintains its disagreement over the decision involving Russia, but is “taking the necessary steps required by the CAS ruling and reviewing what conditions would need to be met to safeguard our Championships, protect the organization’s financial stability and secure the long-term future of international ice hockey.”

The organization also added that it’s “exploring all available avenues, including opening discussions with all affected MNAs, including the Russian Ice Hockey Federation, to identify a constructive way forward that serves the interests of global ice hockey.”

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MONTREAL – The cat is out of the bag. Veteran quarterback Zach Collaros is active for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in Saturday’s East Division final.

The Blue Bombers made the announcement on social media less than an hour before kickoff.

Collaros sat atop Winnipeg’s quarterback depth chart in Friday’s roster release, but he remained a game-time decision after suffering a rib injury late in the season. Dru Brown started in his place for Winnipeg’s East semifinal win over Toronto last weekend.

The veteran pivot was initially supposed to ride solo as Winnipeg’s “starting quarterback” at a pre-game press conference, but Brown ultimately joined him on the podium.

Collaros was injured in Winnipeg’s 34-10 win over the B.C. Lions on Oct. 23 and has barely practised since.

The 38-year-old American was limited during a closed practice Wednesday before sitting out Thursday’s session for what he described as a “maintenance kind of thing.”

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 7, 2026.

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Alberta’s premier says six emergency rooms across the province now have physicians triaging patients.
Danielle Smith said during her provincewide call-in radio show that the triage teams were in place as of Saturday.

Alberta’s government announced in January its plans for a program in which physicians would help triage patients following Prashant Sreekumar‘s high-profile death at Edmonton’s Grey Nuns Community Hospital.

The 44-year-old waited nearly eight hours in an emergency room to have his chest pain assessed before he died on Dec. 22, 2025.

The Alberta Medical Association said shortly after that he was among several patients who died around that time while waiting for care across Alberta’s emergency rooms.

The triage program was met with delays as the provincial government and the medical association sorted out operational details and physician contracts.

“It took longer than we hoped, but we now have six facilities where, as of today, they’ve got triage docs in their emergency room,” Smith said during the radio show on Saturday.

“If someone comes in and they have a condition that doesn’t require them to be admitted, then let’s treat and release them really quickly or get them to a different facility … so that they’re not going to be in the hospital waiting room waiting for hours.”

A public inquiry into Sreekumar’s death is scheduled to resume in December.

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The union representing Stellantis autoworkers says it believes the company has sold its Brampton assembly plant.

In a statement released Friday, Unifor’s bargaining team said it met with Stellantis to discuss reports that the plant had been sold.

“Stellantis would not confirm or deny whether it has finalized the sale. Further, it would not provide a timeline to address this question,” the statement said.

The union said it was taking the refusal to comment as confirmation that the plant had been sold.

Stellantis signed a memorandum of understanding in September with Roshel, a Brampton-based manufacturer of armoured vehicles, for a potential sale of the facility.

Global News reached out to Stellantis, Roshel and the Ministry of Industry for confirmation of the sale but did not receive a response before publication.

Last month, Stellantis workers voted overwhelmingly in favour of giving their union a strike mandate.

Unifor said 97.3 per cent of members who participated in a vote are in favour of authorizing a strike if needed.

Unifor said a strike would be a last resort but bargaining has been at an impasse over several key issues including job security.

More than 2,000 workers were laid off from the Brampton plant when it stopped operations in 2023.

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Six people were killed and 15 wounded after a gunman opened fire Saturday afternoon in a busy market square in Krakow, Poland, authorities said.

The gunman, a 24-year-old Polish citizen, aimed at random people as he drove into the Main Square, a major tourist destination in the center of the city, Krakow police said. Four women and two men were killed. Two police officers were wounded, one seriously, Poland’s interior minister said on X.

The perpetrator was shot and wounded during a gunfight with officers a short distance away from the initial violence, police said, and was taken to the hospital for surgery. The death toll earlier stood at five, but police updated it to six in a post on X.

Katarzyna Cisło, a spokesperson for the Krakow police, said the perpetrator was wearing military-style fatigues and a bulletproof vest and used a military-type long gun in the attack. Police found many other weapons, as well as ammunition, in his car. He kept firing at the police even after being shot himself, she said.

The attacker engaged in a “wild ride” around the Main Square, Cisło said, which is why people were wounded at several locations. Videos posted on social media by witnesses show people running away from the square to take cover on small streets nearby.

Cisło added that the gunman acted alone and that the public is safe.

It was not immediately clear whether the firearm used in Saturday’s attack, or the guns found in the perpetrator’s car, were legal. Around 411,000 people hold gun permits in Poland, which has a population of 37 million, and interest in gun ownership has been rising.

Mass shootings are uncommon in Poland. However, in mid-October three attacks at schools in the central province of Mazovia took place within four days, leaving one person dead and many wounded, including children.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, in a post on X, praised the police officers who responded to Saturday’s tragedy. Polish President Karol Nawrocki said his thoughts were with the victims, the wounded and their families.

Images from the scene showed police officers and ambulances covering the area, and a Polish Medical Air Rescue helicopter also landed in the square.

A tram driver reported around 3 p.m. that his vehicle was shot at from a man in a moving car while passing nearby the main square, the Krakow municipal transport company said. The window to the tram driver’s cabin was shattered.

Around 15 million tourists a year visit Krakow, Poland’s second-largest city, the majority passing through the Main Square.
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Ciobanu reported from Warsaw, Poland and Dazio reported from Berlin.

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The BC Conservation Officer Service (BCCOS) says it has captured one grizzly bear as it tries to find the animals linked to a fatal attack on a mother and daughter in Bella Coola earlier this week.

Officers said one person’s remains were found in the Snooka West Trail area on Monday and the second person’s remains were found Tuesday afternoon.

A GoFundMe page identified the victims as Jenny Balcarras and her daughter, Selah Reed.

In an update Friday evening, BCCOS said the bear will be safely cared for while forensic DNA matching and other tools are used to determine if it was involved in the attack.

The service said any bears involved in the attack will be killed to protect public safety. Unrelated bears will be released.

BCCOS said it also has forensic and other evidence for a 2025 bear attack in the same area.

In that incident, a group of schoolchildren and teachers were attacked by a grizzly bear. Eleven were injured in the attack.

“Bear sightings have been reported near the area of the attack, and the public is urged to continue avoiding the West Snooka Trail area,” BCCOS said.

A team of conservation officers remain on the ground in Bella Coola as trapping efforts continue.

Authorities said they do not know if more than one bear was involved in the attack.

– With files from Global News’ Amy Judd

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Quebec has confirmed its first case of raccoon rabies in a cow as the disease continues to spread in an ongoing outbreak.

The Quebec ministry of agriculture, fisheries and food says the cow died on Oct. 30, the day the first symptoms appeared, and the rabies infection was confirmed on Wednesday.

It adds that the animal was a young, unvaccinated heifer in the town of Coaticook, in the Estrie region.

Three cats in the Montérégie region previously tested positive for raccoon rabies over the summer.

The provincial government has confirmed 329 cases of the variant of rabies this year in an outbreak that started in 2024.

While raccoon rabies is mostly infecting racoons, cases have also been confirmed in several skunks and foxes.

Quebec, which is conducting surveillance and vaccination operations in at-risk areas, notes that cases of raccoon rabies have increased significantly in the Montérégie region since March.

The disease can affect all mammals, including humans. It is transmitted primarily through the saliva of an infected animal, particularly through a bite.

The government says it is providing financial aid for livestock producers who want to vaccinate their animals against rabies and urges people to vaccinate their pets.

The ministry reiterates the importance of remaining vigilant and taking the necessary precautions to avoid contact with wild, domestic, or farm animals that may be infected with rabies.

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Following a particularly dry October, the first major weather system of British Columbia’s storm season has left much of Vancouver Island and coastal areas drenched under more than 200 mm of rain.

As successive atmospheric rivers continue to make their way across the province, coastal communities are being warned of rising water levels, while damaging winds on the mainland are expected to bring widespread power outages.

Approximately 40,000 customers remained without power as of 8 a.m. Saturday, BC Hydro said in a news release. That is nearly half of the number that were without power at the peak of the storm Friday.

Prince George, Port Hardy, Courtenay and Qualicum were hit the hardest, the utility operator said.

But while restoration work continues, more storms are on the way. The next system is expected to bring strong winds to the south and central coasts, as well as Vancouver Island.

Southeasterly wind gusts could reach speeds of up to 90 km/h, according to Environment Canada.

“Friday’s storm caused significant damage, and we’re preparing for more challenging weather in the days ahead,” Whitney Deane, a spokesperson for BC Hydro, said in a news release. “Our crews and resources will be working around-the-clock to restore power and respond to new outages as quickly and safely as possible, and we’re encouraging customers to be prepared.”

High streamflow advisories cover most of the island as well as the South and Central Coast.

B.C.’s River Forecast Centre said waterways are rapidly rising in parts of northern and western Vancouver Island, with flows reaching two to five-year return levels on Friday.

Environment Canada has also issued a coastal flooding statement for much of the island’s west coast, saying elevated ocean levels combined with strong winds and waves could push waters above the highest astronomical tides.

It says minor flooding along low-lying shorelines is likely this weekend.

BC Ferries issued a notice Saturday saying the 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. sailings between Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay are cancelled. The last sailing on that route Saturday is 5 p.m.

Ferries are in service between Metro Vancouver and Nanaimo.

BC Ferries said it is continuing to monitor the weather for Sunday. If conditions do not improve, the service said the 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. sailings between Tsawwassen and the Island are at risk of being cancelled.

On Friday, the Village of Zeballos on the island issued an evacuation order due to the risk of landslides from the rain, warning others to be prepared to leave if needed.

A third storm expected to hit Monday may bring a more prolonged period of rainfall across B.C.’s coast through next week, Environment Canada said.

– With files from Global News’ Amy Judd and The Canadian Press

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