Category Archives: Sports
Bus carrying junior hockey team crashes in northern Alberta, two sent to hospital
ATHABASCA - Mounties in northern Alberta say there were multiple injuries after a bus carrying a junior hockey team went off a slippery and snow-covered highway. Police said the bus went into a ditch ...
Dec 12, 2025
Ice dancers Gilles, Poirier searching for answers as judging clouds Olympic season
Piper Gilles shook her head as the scores popped up on the screen. She and Paul Poirier had just delivered their cleanest free dance of the season at the Grand Prix Final in Nagoya, Japan. The kind of...
Dec 12, 2025
Bus carrying junior hockey team crashes in northern Alberta, two sent to hospital
ATHABASCA - Mounties in northern Alberta say there were multiple injuries after a bus carrying a junior hockey team went off a slippery and snow-covered highway. Police said the bus went into a ditch ...
Dec 12, 2025
Atletico Ottawa coach Diego Mejia to stay on with CPL champion next season
OTTAWA - Not surprisingly, Atletico Ottawa has confirmed head coach Diego Mejia will be back next season. Mejia, 42, led Ottawa to the North Star Cup for the first time in club history with a 2-1 win ...
Dec 12, 2025
Canadian junior team adds Vanacker to camp, Misa expected to join later
CALGARY - Forward Marek Vanacker has been added to Team Canada's camp ahead of the world junior hockey championship, Hockey Canada announced Friday. The 19-year-old from Delhi, Ont., has 26 goals and ...
Dec 12, 2025
Canadian lightweight Lance Gibson Jr. follows his father's footsteps to the UFC
Lance Gibson Jr. was eating a late dinner Monday when the call came, telling him to pack his bags and be ready to jump on a plane because the UFC might need him on Saturday's UFC Fight Night card in L...
Dec 12, 2025
Vicky Mboko and Janice Tjen are among the International Tennis Federation's breakthrough players
LONDON (AP) - Vicky Mboko, Janice Tjen, Lilli Tagger, Arnaud Bailly and Luka Mikrut were selected by a panel as the International Tennis Federation's Class of 2025, a group considered "promising and b...
Dec 12, 2025
Blue Jays president and CEO Mark Shapiro signs five-year contract renewal
TORONTO - Toronto Blue Jays president and chief executive officer Mark Shapiro has signed a five-year contract renewal, Rogers Communications announced Friday. Financial terms were not disclosed. The ...
Dec 12, 2025
Oilers acquire Jarry from Penguins for Skinner, Kulak; add Stastney from Predators
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers made an anticipated move in net Friday, sending longtime starter Stuart Skinner to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Tristan Jarry. The Oilers included defenceman Brett Kulak ...
Dec 12, 2025
Canadian men and women fall in FIFA futsal rankings at No. 71 and 76, respectively
Canada's trip to the inaugural FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup did not help its world ranking. The Canadian women fell two places to No. 76 after failing to reach the knockout round at the recent 16-cou...
Dec 12, 2025