Category Archives: Sports
'We've done the impossible': Calgarians get back personalized 1988 Olympic bricks
CALGARY - Some people say it with flowers. Some with an engagement ring. For Keith Beggs, it was a brick surrounded by mortar and placed at Calgary's Olympic Plaza that showed his true intent for the ...
Jan 03, 2025
Calgary Wild name Lydia Bedford the women's pro soccer's team's first head coach
CALGARY - The Calgary Wild women's pro soccer team has named Lydia Bedford the team's first head coach. The Wild are part of the six-team Northern Super League starting its inaugural season in April. ...
Jan 03, 2025
CF Montreal signs German midfielder Fabian Herbers to two-year contract
MONTREAL - CF Montreal has signed German midfielder Fabian Herbers to a contract for the next two seasons. The Major League Soccer club announced the deal Friday after Herbers spent the last six seaso...
Jan 03, 2025
Team Einarson adds Karlee Burgess to lineup after her departure from Team Carey
Team Kerri Einarson is adding three-time world junior champion Karlee Burgess to its lineup. Burgess will fill in for second Shannon Birchard, who will miss the rest of the season due to a knee injury...
Jan 03, 2025
Hockey Canada picks up the pieces after another quarterfinal exit at world junior
OTTAWA - Hockey Canada executive Scott Salmond says "the buck stops" with him. The country's men's under-20 team was eliminated from the world junior hockey championship in the quarterfinals for a sec...
Jan 03, 2025
Maple Leafs sign veteran defenceman Philippe Myers to two-year extension
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed defenceman Philippe Myers to a two-year contract extension, the NHL team announced Friday. The contract carries an average annual value of US850,000. The ...
Jan 03, 2025
Pedal away: Charlottetown proposes 'bike bus' to get students to bicycle to school
CHARLOTTETOWN - Anna Keenan likes to keep up with public transit trends. The City of Charlottetown's sustainable transportation officer said she learned on Instagram of a new way students are travelli...
Jan 03, 2025
Barrett's return could make Raptors' lineup whole for first time since last March
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors could - finally - be getting their actual starting lineup on the court. Swingman RJ Barrett of Mississauga, Ont., was listed as questionable ahead of the Raptors game aga...
Jan 03, 2025
Utah Hockey Club's Crouse snaps scoring skid with big performance against Flames
CALGARY - Thanks to a big night for big man Lawson Crouse, a pair of droughts ended on Thursday. Crouse snapped a 14-game goalless skid with two tallies and Utah ended a five-game winless streak with ...
Jan 02, 2025
Kochetkov, Slavin power Hurricanes to 3-1 victory over Panthers
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Jaccob Slavin scored the go-ahead goal to lift the Carolina Hurricanes over the Florida Panthers 3-1 on Thursday night. Florida's Anton Lundell tied it at the beginning of the sec...
Jan 02, 2025