The 2025 NHL Draft Lottery saw two teams make a significant jump up the draft order. Neither of them were the Vancouver Canucks. That's not overly surprising. The Canucks had just a 0.5% chance of ...

It's been a tumultuous year for the Canucks both on the ice and off the ice. Now the offseason has added a little bit of drama for the Canucks online. With the NHL draft lottery just a couple of hours ...

The Vancouver Canucks are back in the draft lottery. Sort of. For the eighth time in the last decade, the Canucks are out of the playoffs. Instead of playing in the postseason, they'll be watching ...

Early in my government service years, a flamboyant state senator would perch at his seat on the Senate floor and watch for blatant examples of hyperbole. He could tolerate any argument that was ...

When Barrie Kosky’s new production of Wagner’s Ring opened in 2023 with Das Rheingold, the theme of ecological catastrophe was already abundantly clear. In the second instalment, Die Walkure ...

There are daunting shows for performers — and then there is Wagner’s Ring Cycle. Imagine having to sing The Lord of the Rings over an orchestra summoning the end and then rebirth of the world.

The Vancouver Canucks could have forced Rick Tocchet to return as head coach in the 2025-26 season by exercising their option on his contract. They chose not to do so. "We will not exercise the team ...

Tom Willander’s NCAA season with Boston University ended over two weeks ago. He and his teammates made it to the championship game in the Frozen Four, but ran into a red-hot Western Michigan team, ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor, has been outspoken about the disastrous start of the second Trump administration. One of the examples he cites is the debacle of Secretary of Defense ...

AEW President Tony Khan recently spoke to Way of the Blade, and confirmed he hopes to see Danielson back in an AEW ring once he's dealt with his nagging issues (which closes the door on theories that ...

In his 2015 Edward W. Said London lecture at the Southbank Centre, Daniel Barenboim calls for ‘music once more to be taught in schools on a par with literature, mathematics or biology’. Music forces ...