Category Archives: Sports
Langford, B.C., to host North American Olympic rugby sevens qualifier
LANGFORD, B.C. - Canada will have home-field advantage for this summer's Rugby Americas North Sevens, which serves as the regional qualifier for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The tournament is schedul...
Mar 31, 2023
Montreal Alouettes sign Canadian defensive back Marc-Antoine Dequoy to extension
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes signed Canadian defensive back Marc-Antoine Dequoy to a contract extension through the 2025 CFL season. The six-foot-three, 200-pound Dequoy had 38 tackles and four i...
Mar 31, 2023
Canadian big man Zach Edey named AP men's basketball player of the year
Zach Edey spent the days following Purdue's historic NCAA Tournament loss lying low, his phone turned off, along with the rest of the outside world. The disappointing finish did little to diminish the...
Mar 31, 2023
Pressure grows as winless Whitecaps prepare for Canadian clash with CF Montreal
VANCOUVER - Vanni Sartini believes his Vancouver Whitecaps have a "moral imperative" to come out strong in their first Canadian clash of the season on Saturday. Hosting CF Montreal is always big for t...
Mar 31, 2023
Canada's Spooner returns to women's world hockey championship with baby in tow
Natalie Spooner will play for Canada in a ninth women's world hockey championship, but this one feels different to her. Less than four months after giving birth to son Rory, the 32-year-old forward fr...
Mar 31, 2023
'Learn to live with this:' Humboldt focuses on future five years after bus crash
HUMBOLDT, SASKATCHEWAN- Kevin Garinger says it feels like the passage of time is inexplicable. The five years since a deadly bus crash changed his city, his hockey team and his life sometimes feel lik...
Mar 31, 2023
McDavid enters history books, Skinner shines as Oilers top Kings 2-0
EDMONTON - Connor McDavid scored his 300th career goal, Stuart Skinner made 43 saves for Edmonton's first shutout of the season and the Oilers defeated the Los Angeles Kings 2-0 on Thursday. McDavid b...
Mar 30, 2023
Mi Hyang Lee leads LPGA Tour event at Palos Verdes with 65
PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. (AP) - Mi Hyang Lee shot a 6-under 65 in her first LPGA Tour event of the year for a one-stroke lead in the opening round of the DIO Implant LA Open on Thursday. Lee, a So...
Mar 30, 2023
McIntosh breaks world junior, national record at Canadian swimming trials
TORONTO - Summer McIntosh almost broke another world record - and in the process set a new world junior and national record at the Canadian swimming trials. The 16-year-old Toronto native broke the re...
Mar 30, 2023
DeBrincat's OT winner lifts Senators past Flyers 5-4
OTTAWA - Alex DeBrincat scored the game-winning goal 1:36 into overtime to halt Philadelphia's comeback effort and the Ottawa Senators took a 5-4 victory over the Flyers Thursday night. The Senators k...
Mar 30, 2023