Trump gives Ovechkin jersey, hockey puck to Putin

By Rob Woodfork
July 16, 2018 | 3:56 PM

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin has been traded. Well, his jersey anyway.

President Donald Trump gave Russian President Vladimir Putin the gift of a jersey belonging to Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin and a hockey puck, according to ABC News, via a Putin spokesman.

During a Monday news conference, Putin gifted Trump a soccer ball, just a day removed from the conclusion of the World Cup in Russia.

The gift exchange came during the two leaders’ meeting in Helsinki.

Ovechkin, the captain of the Stanley Cup champion Capitals, has long been known as a Putin supporter.

Rotten fish sauce that has long stunk up a small Canadian town is finally being removed

By The Associated Press
July 29, 2026 | 7:16 PM

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The townspeople of St. Mary's can breathe a sigh of relief. They are finally getting rid of the foul smell of rotten fish that has for years — when the wind blows their way — wafted over their tiny community in Canada 's easternmost province. And the culprit for the unpleasant odor that has vexed the picturesque town of about 300 people in Newfoundland and Labrador? About 110 tanks that were left behind — each holding 3,000 gallons of fermented fish sauce — when the Atlantic Seafood Sauce Company was abandoned more than 20 years ago. The place was left to ruin: windows got broken, the roof blew off, a January storm knocked out a wall. The sauce kept on fermenting as the bacteria did their job — and the townspeople could smell it.

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