Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Arbitrator puts Dylan Bibic on Canada's team for track cycling world championships
VANCOUVER - An arbitrator has made the rare decision to overturn a national sports organization's team selection, placing Dylan Bibic on Canada's team for the upcoming UCI Track Cycling World Champion...
Oct 06, 2025
Canadiens aim for playoff return as expectations rise: 'It gets tougher now'
MONTREAL - Nick Suzuki's expectations haven't changed. The Montreal Canadiens captain predicted his team could make the playoffs last season when few outside the organization believed it. Now, with pr...
Oct 06, 2025
Cricket goes indoors at B.C. Place Stadium with Canada Super 60 tournament
Vancouver's B.C. Place Stadium has hosted everything from Taylor Swift and monster trucks to the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2010 Olympics. But cricket will take centre stage at the 42-year-...
Oct 06, 2025
Oilers sign defenceman Jake Walman to seven-year, $49-million extension
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have signed defenceman Jake Walman to a seven-year contract extension with an average annual value of US$7 million, the NHL team announced Monday. The Oilers announced t...
Oct 06, 2025
Alberta teachers say strike aims to fix crisis, Smith says province wants to bargain
EDMONTON - The head of the Alberta teachers union said Monday the provincewide strike by thousands of members is about drawing a line in the sand on underfunding and overcrowding that has become so eg...
Oct 06, 2025
Mboko and Fernandez eliminated in first round of Wuhan Open
WUHAN - Canada's Victoria Mboko is out of the Wuhan Open tennis tournament after a 6-3, 6-2 loss to Russia's Ekaterina Alexandrova on Monday. Alexandrova, the eighth seed in Wuhan, broke Mboko four ti...
Oct 06, 2025
Three men arrested, charged in extortion shooting in Surrey, B.C.: police
SURREY - Two police organizations have announced charges against five men in connection to separate extortion cases in Surrey, B.C. The Surrey Police Service announced on Monday the arrest and charges...
Oct 06, 2025
Three men arrested, charged in extortion shooting in Surrey, B.C.: police
SURREY - Two police organizations have announced charges against five men in connection to separate extortion cases in Surrey, B.C. The Surrey Police Service announced on Monday the arrest and charges...
Oct 06, 2025
PWHL Vancouver signs four-time Olympian, first-round draft pick Michelle Karvinen
VANCOUVER - The Professional Women's Hockey League's new team in Vancouver has signed four-time Olympian Michelle Karvinen. Vancouver selected the 35-year-old forward in the first round of June's PWHL...
Oct 06, 2025
EF5 tornado that killed 3 in North Dakota was the nation's first in 12 years
A deadly tornado that tore across southeastern North Dakota this summer has been upgraded to an EF5 with winds topping 200 mph (322 kph), the strongest classification of tornado and the first confirme...
Oct 06, 2025