Category Archives: Sports

Rourke: Lions need 'sense of urgency' entering final stretch of CFL season
VANCOUVER - Quarterback Nathan Rourke says the B.C. Lions "have to have a sense of urgency" as they prepare for their final four games of the CFL season. "There's a lot of importance in these last fou...
Sep 26, 2024

Olympic champion Maggie Mac Neil announces retirement from swimming
Olympic champion Maggie Mac Neil has retired from swimming. The gold medallist in the women's 100-metre butterfly at Tokyo's Summer Games in 2021 made the announcement in a social media post. The 24-y...
Sep 26, 2024

Sharks' Celebrini and Smith and Canadiens' Slafkovsky headline the NHL's next generation of stars
Juraj Slafkovsky was an NHL draft pick, just like Alex Ovechkin, Sidney Crosby, Auston Matthews, Nathan MacKinnon, Connor McDavid and Connor Bedard. The spotlight, however, has not been quite as brigh...
Sep 26, 2024

Canada's Auger-Aliassime falls to Nishioka in Japan Open first round
TOKYO - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime is out of the Japan Open in the first round. Auger-Aliassime fell 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (5) to Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka in a three-hour-12-minute match at Ariake T...
Sep 25, 2024

DeBrusk scores second goal in overtime to give Canucks pre-season win over Flames
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Jake DeBrusk scored his second goal of the game 58 seconds into overtime as the Vancouver Canucks battled back from a late deficit to defeat the Calgary Flames 4-3 in an NHL exhibit...
Sep 25, 2024

Vancouver Whitecaps down Toronto FC on penalties to clinch Canadian Championship
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have won their third straight Canadian Championship title, defeating Toronto FC 0-0 (4-2 on penalties) in the final at BC Place on Wednesday. Defender Bjorn Utvik s...
Sep 25, 2024

Kevin Koe skipping a three-man curling team at PointsBet Invitational
CALGARY - Kevin Koe will skip a three-man curling team for now. The four-time Canadian and two-time men's world champion dropped second Jacques Gauthier from his Glencoe Club team on the eve of the Po...
Sep 25, 2024

Blue Jackets honor Johhny Gaudreau before their first home game since his death
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - An emotional video tribute to Johnny Gaudreau and 13 seconds of silence - for his uniform number - opened the Columbus Blue Jackets' first game at Nationwide Arena since the star...
Sep 25, 2024

Winnipeg Jets hand Edmonton Oilers 6-1 loss in NHL pre-season
WINNIPEG - Neal Pionk produced a goal and three assists to lead the Jets to a 6-1 whipping of the Edmonton Oilers in an NHL pre-season game at the Canada Life Centre on Wednesday night. Adam Lowry, Br...
Sep 25, 2024

Gausman in form as Blue Jays top Red Sox 6-1 to end five-game losing streak
TORONTO - Kevin Gausman threw six strong innings and Alejandro Kirk drove in three runs as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Boston Red Sox 6-1 on Wednesday to end a five-game losing skid. Leadoff hi...
Sep 25, 2024