Category Archives: Sports
Ottawa to announce $60 million in new funding for 60 national sport organizations
OTTAWA - More than 60 national sports organizations will share $60 million in additional federal funding as the government moves to shore up a national sport system that has been described as chronica...
Oct 22, 2026
NHL fines Cousins, Matthew Tkachuk after heated Senators-Panthers clash
NEW YORK - The NHL handed out a pair of fines Thursday following a heated matchup between the Ottawa Senators and Florida Panthers that featured a third-period melee and the return of former Senators ...
Oct 22, 2026
Habs captain Suzuki out two to four weeks, ending ironman streak at 546 games
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens will have to find a way to win without their captain after the team announced Thursday that Nick Suzuki will miss two to four weeks with an upper-body injury. The 27-...
Oct 22, 2026
Penguins forward Ben Kindel back in Pittsburgh after a medical emergency on team flight
CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) - Pittsburgh Penguins forward Ben Kindel is back in Pittsburgh and recovering from a medical emergency on the team's flight back from Utah earlier this week. Penguins gene...
Oct 22, 2026
Canada women's rugby team sets lineup for rematch with top-ranked England in Ottawa
Canada's women's rugby team will be leaning on more than just momentum when it takes on top-ranked England in Ottawa. It will also have the support of another big crowd. The third-ranked Canadians fac...
Oct 22, 2026
Former NHL player and longtime Rangers fan favorite Ron Duguay dies at 69
NEW YORK (AP) - Ron Duguay, whose long, wavy hair made him stick out on the ice during an era when helmets were not mandatory in hockey and who played nearly 1,000 games in the NHL from the late 1970s...
Oct 22, 2026
Molly Carlson welcomed fear during her historic dive off Newfoundland iceberg
TORONTO - In the last year, Molly Carlson has jumped from a moving helicopter into a cage surrounded by sharks, completed her highest dive yet from a 27-metre platform, and, in her latest nerve-defyin...
Oct 22, 2026
Rays' Hicks spent teenage years in Toronto area before baseball career blossomed
TORONTO - Tampa Bay Rays catcher Liam Hicks wasn't given the can't-miss prospect tag growing up in Toronto. He didn't move the needle much when he graduated high school either. Hicks, who developed hi...
Oct 22, 2026
Cole Knuble scores 2 as Flyers beat Sabres 3-1 for a third straight win
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Rookie forward Cole Knuble scored twice to help the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Wednesday night. Knuble, playing his second career game, scored his first tw...
Oct 21, 2026
Dodgers say Shohei Ohtani's knee and biceps injuries require offseason rest, not surgery
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Shohei Ohtani needs offseason rest, not surgery, for knee and biceps injuries that led to his worst offensive numbers since he joined the Los Angeles Dodgers before the 2024 season....
Oct 21, 2026