Category Archives: Sports
As camp opens, Blue Jays manager Schneider says club looks better on paper this year
DUNEDIN - Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider says he thinks his club is better this year - on paper, at least - and a lot of players have a chip on their shoulder as they look to put last season...
Feb 13, 2025
Stephen Aboud to step down as Rugby Canada's high performance director in May
Rugby Canada says high performance director Stephen Aboud is leaving the organization in May, at the end of his two-year contract, in order to be closer to his family. Aboud's wife continued to work a...
Feb 13, 2025
Italian skier Brignone wins the GS at worlds as defending champ Shiffrin skips race
SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) - Federica Brignone won the women's giant slalom at the Alpine skiing world championships on Thursday. The Italian skier beat Alice Robinson of New Zealand by 0.90 s...
Feb 13, 2025
Krista McCarville's road to hometown Scotties Tournament of Hearts intense
Her face plastered on billboards in her hometown of Thunder Bay, Ont., turned up the heat on Krista McCarville's curling team this winter. Marketing aside, she and her teammates still had to win North...
Feb 13, 2025
A capsule look at teams in the 2025 Canadian women's curling championship
A capsule look at the teams competing in the 2025 Canadian women's curling championship Feb. 14-23 in Thunder Bay, Ont. Teams' seeds (in brackets) via Curling Canada's Canadian Team Ranking System (CT...
Feb 13, 2025
Cavalry FC midfielder Charlie Trafford looking to make a difference on the food front
While playing soccer in Europe, Charlie Trafford found himself disappointed during trips to the grocery store on visits home to Calgary for Christmas. "You'd eat the tomatoes or something and there's ...
Feb 13, 2025
Canada, Sweden thrilled by pace of play at 4 Nations: 'It's not an all-star game'
MONTREAL - NHL stars faced questions about what fans could expect entering the 4 Nations Face-Off. Would players take the event seriously? Would it have the feel of an all-star game? Connor McDavid be...
Feb 12, 2025
Canada defenseman Shea Theodore is out for the rest of the 4 Nations Face-Off because of injury
MONTREAL (AP) - Canada defenseman Shea Theodore is out for the rest of the 4 Nations Face-Off because of injury. Theodore injured his right wrist or forearm when he got crunched into the glass on a hi...
Feb 12, 2025
Toronto Raptors head into all-star break with thinking of the future
TORONTO - The first half of the Toronto Raptors' season ended the same way it started - with a blowout loss at home against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Donovan Mitchell scored 21 points to lead the Easte...
Feb 12, 2025
Marner scores winner, Crosby stars as Canada beats Sweden 4-3 in OT to open 4 Nations
MONTREAL - Mitch Marner scored at 6:06 of 3-on-3 overtime as Canada edged Sweden 4-3 to open the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament Wednesday. The Toronto Maple Leafs winger ended a back-and-forth extra pe...
Feb 12, 2025