Category Archives: Sports
Elks defence going through growing pains early in 2025 CFL season
EDMONTON - Growing. Inconsistent. Building. Just a few of the words being used to describe the Edmonton Elks defence that has given up 69 points in two games, both losses, while registering just one q...
Jun 25, 2025
Canada rugby coach Stephen Meehan names 42-man camp roster ahead of July tests
Canada rugby coach Stephen Meehan has called 42 players into camp in Edmonton ahead of July test matches against Belgium and Spain. Meehan, an Australian, was named coach in December, succeeding Kings...
Jun 25, 2025
Montreal captain Marie-Philip Poulin wins PWHL's Billie Jean King MVP award
OTTAWA - Montreal Victoire captain Marie-Philip Poulin has won the Professional Women's Hockey League's Billie Jean King MVP Award for the 2024-25 season. Poulin, who was also named forward of the yea...
Jun 25, 2025
Miami's Messi still the highest-earner in Major League Soccer at US$20.5 million
Inter Miami's Lionel Messi remains Major League Soccer's highest-paid player this season at $20,446,667 (all figures in U.S. dollars), according to figures released Wednesday by the MLS Players Associ...
Jun 25, 2025
Veteran skip Carruthers pulls out of curling Pre-Trials to focus on coaching
OTTAWA - Team Reid Carruthers has pulled out of the Home Hardware Pre-Trials in October and has been replaced by Team Jayden King, Curling Canada said Wednesday. Carruthers, from Winnipeg, plans to fo...
Jun 25, 2025
NHL winger Evander Kane says he's moving from Oilers to Canucks
Evander Kane appears set to move from the Edmonton Oilers to the Vancouver Canucks. The 33-year-old winger posted a goodbye on social media Wednesday, thanking the Oilers organization, his teammates a...
Jun 25, 2025
TD signs deal for naming rights for arena in Hamilton, Ont., to be called TD Coliseum
HAMILTON - TD Bank Group has signed a multi-year deal for the naming rights for Oak View Group's arena project in Hamilton, Ont., that is expected to open later this year. The 18,000-seat sports and e...
Jun 25, 2025
Branstine beats Andreescu in all-Canadian Wimbledon qualifier
WIMBLEDON - Carson Branstine defeated Bianca Andreescu 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-1 in an all-Canadian second-round Wimbledon women's qualifier on Wednesday. The 24-year-old Branstine, a California native who re...
Jun 25, 2025
Grief, loss changed mindset of top NHL draft prospect Matthew Schaefer
Matthew Schaefer has been hit with heartache and grief. The 17-year-old defenceman projected to go first overall at the 2025 NHL draft dusted himself off after each devastating blow. Those tragedies n...
Jun 25, 2025
Canadian international Sarah Stratigakis returns home, signs with NSL's AFC Toronto
TORONTO - Canadian midfielder Sarah Stratigakis tells a familiar story in signing with AFC Toronto "I'm very excited. Finally, to have a chance to play professionally in Canada," said the 26-year-old ...
Jun 25, 2025