Category Archives: Sports
Hockey Canada says 2019 email does not reflect the federation's "current direction"
TORONTO - Hockey Canada says a 2019 email detailing its desire to self-govern its safe-sport cases does not reflect the organization's current direction. The national federation, which has been under ...
Sep 14, 2022
Canadian caster Jen (LemonKiwi) Pichette helps provide Overwatch League soundtrack
TORONTO - Standing in front of a bank of screens, Jen (LemonKiwi) Pichette's arms are in constant motion as she documents the carnage in front of her. "Toronto runs London over like a truck," she says...
Sep 14, 2022
Four-time Olympian and moguls specialist Chloe Dufour-Lapointe is retiring
VANCOUVER - Six months after becoming the first Canadian freestyle skier to compete in four Olympic Games, Chloe Dufour-Lapointe is retiring. The 30-year-old moguls skier from Montreal won silver at t...
Sep 14, 2022
Montreal tops Chicago 3-2 behind strong first half, near home-field advantage
MONTREAL - CF Montreal just needs one more point to clinch home-field advantage in the first round of the playoffs after securing a 3-2 win over the Chicago Fire at Stade Saputo on Tuesday. Kei Kamara...
Sep 13, 2022
Pospisil, Auger-Aliassime combine for narrow Davis Cup win over South Korea
VALENCIA, Spain - Vasek Pospisil won his opening singles match, then teamed with Felix Auger-Aliassime to take the deciding doubles match as Canada won its opening tie at the Davis Cup Finals tennis t...
Sep 13, 2022
Stein earns first Prince of Wales Stakes win aboard Duke of Love
FORT ERIE, Ont. - Justin Stein has his first Prince of Wales Stakes win. The veteran jockey rode Duke of Love to victory in the $400,000 race, the second jewel of the OLG Canadian Triple Crown, at For...
Sep 13, 2022
Whitecaps have 'backs against the wall' heading into season's final homestand
VANCOUVER - This isn't how the Vancouver Whitecaps wanted to enter their final homestand of the season. With just four games left on the schedule, the 'Caps (9-14-7) are on a three-game losing skid an...
Sep 13, 2022
Expansion Montreal Force women's hockey team names Peter Smith first head coach
MONTREAL - The Montreal Force has named Peter Smith the team's head coach for its expansion season in the Premier Hockey League. Smith, of Lachine, Que., coached the McGill University Martlets to four...
Sep 13, 2022
Toronto FC signs teenage forward Hugo Mbongue to homegrown contract
Toronto FC has signed teenage forward Hugo Mbongue to a homegrown contract through 2025 with an option for 2026. The 18-year-old Mbongue, the younger brother of former TFC midfielder Ralph Priso, beco...
Sep 13, 2022
Hockey Canada told Ottawa of its National Equity Fund in 2019
Hockey Canada asked the federal government in 2019 if it could self-govern its safe-sport cases, despite facing a "significant potential claim." In a three-page email to the Sport Minister's office, H...
Sep 13, 2022