Category Archives: Sports
'Heading for disaster': Laurent Dubreuil denounces lack of amateur athlete funding
MONTRAL - Canadian long track speedskater Laurent Dubreuil is sounding the alarm about the lack of funding for Canadian amateur sports and the consequences it could have on the country's success at th...
Feb 24, 2026
Proposed Ring of Fire mine in northern Ontario clears another regulatory hurdle
TORONTO - A proposed mine in Ontario's Ring of Fire region has cleared another regulatory hurdle despite a First Nation's protest. The federal government has decided not to designate Wyloo's Eagle's N...
Feb 24, 2026
Lions boost secondary by adding veteran defensive back Jamal Parker
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions have signed defensive back Jamal Parker, the CFL club announced Tuesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The 28-year-old from Pennsauken, N.J., had 36 defensive tackle...
Feb 24, 2026
Canada's Shapovalov ousted from Dubai Tennis Championships in first round
DUBAI - Canada's Denis Shapovalov lost his opening-round match of the Dubai Tennis Championships 6-2, 6-4 to Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta on Tuesday. Shapovalov had eight aces to four double faults in ...
Feb 24, 2026
8.7 million Canadians watched end of men's gold-medal hockey game at Olympics
TORONTO - Nearly nine million Canadians watched the end of the men's gold-medal hockey game at the Milano Cortina Olympics, which CBC says was Canada's most-watched moment at the Games. But it's an ap...
Feb 24, 2026
Seven players participating in CFL mentorship program
TORONTO - Quarterback Jeremiah Masoli and Canadian offensive lineman Landon Rice are among seven players who'll participate in the league's mentorship program this year. Masoli, an American who spent ...
Feb 24, 2026
Proposed Ring of Fire mine in northern Ontario clears another regulatory hurdle
TORONTO - A proposed mine in Ontario's Ring of Fire region has cleared another regulatory hurdle despite a First Nation's protest. The federal government has decided not to designate Wyloo's Eagle's N...
Feb 24, 2026
Canada Soccer says it's in close contact with Bayern about Alphonso Davies injury
Soccer's governing body in Canada says its men's national team medical staff remain in close communication with Bayern Munich regarding star Alphonso Davies after he suffered a torn muscle fibre in hi...
Feb 23, 2026
Jets rave about goaltender Connor Hellebuyck's gold-medal game outing for U.S.
WINNIPEG - The rest of the hockey world marvelled as Connor Hellebuyck put on a 41-save clinic to snap a 46-year Olympic gold-medal drought for the United States. Inside the Winnipeg Jets' locker room...
Feb 23, 2026
Okamoto homers in Blue Jays 4-3 loss to Mets in pre-season play
DUNEDIN - Kazuma Okamoto hit a two-run home run, his first in a Blue Jays jersey, in Toronto's 4-3 pre-season loss to the New York Mets on Monday. Okamoto, who made his debut Saturday, belted it deep ...
Feb 23, 2026