Category Archives: Sports

Ottawa Redblacks look to return to CFL playoffs with road victory
Dru Brown can take the Ottawa Redblacks somewhere they haven't been since 2018 on Saturday afternoon. Ottawa (8-3-1) visits the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3-9) needing a victory to clinch a playoff berth. T...
Sep 11, 2024

Canada's Charles (Air) Jourdain moves down to bantamweight on UFC Edmonton card
Canadian Charles (Air) Jourdain is moving down to bantamweight to take on Victor (La Mangosta) Henry on the UFC's Nov. 2 Fight Night card in Edmonton. The five-foot-nine Jourdain (15-8-1) has been fig...
Sep 11, 2024

All nine CFL teams unveil 10 players from their respective negotiation lists
TORONTO - He's currently a senior at Purdue but quarterback Hudson Card now has a second option at a pro football career. Card was one of 10 negotiation-list players revealed Wednesday by the Edmonton...
Sep 11, 2024

2018 world junior appeal adjourned by independent panel until criminal trial complete
CALGARY - An appeal made by members of Canada's 2018 world junior hockey team to an independent board has been adjourned until the criminal trial involving those players has ended. A London, Ont., cou...
Sep 11, 2024

Leafs sign forward Max Pacioretty to professional tryout
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed forward Max Pacioretty to a professional tryout. The 35-year-old played in 47 games last season with the Washington Capitals, scoring four goals and dishi...
Sep 11, 2024

MacKinnon backs underfire Marner: 'One of the best players in the league'
LAS VEGAS - Nathan MacKinnon got his first up-close look at Mitch Marner back in 2017. The former was an established NHLer. The latter had just completed his rookie season. The pair were poised to sui...
Sep 11, 2024

Canadian flyweight Corinne Laframboise misses out on UFC contract again
LAS VEGAS - Brazilian Nicolle Caliari submitted Canadian flyweight Corinne Laframboise for a first-round win Tuesday on Dana White's Contender Series. The Contender Series, held at the UFC's Apex prod...
Sep 10, 2024

Canada and Mexico draw 0-0 in chippy international men's soccer friendly
ARLINGTON - Canada and Mexico played to a scoreless draw Tuesday in a men's soccer game that was an international friendly in name only. Mexico, ranked 17th in the world, played a physical game from t...
Sep 10, 2024

Four-run third inning powers Blue Jays to 6-2 victory over Mets
TORONTO - Chris Bassitt threw six strong innings and Davis Schneider hit a two-run triple to help the Blue Jays to a 6-2 win over the New York Mets on Tuesday night. Schneider keyed Toronto's four-run...
Sep 10, 2024

Strong stretch run earns Vitality the win in Prince of Wales Stakes race
FORT ERIE, Ont. - An impressive late kick earned jockey Jose Campos and Vitality the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes on Tuesday. Campos had the Stronach Stables-owned horse sitting fifth coming around...
Sep 10, 2024