Category Archives: Sports

Former Canadiens goalie Halak carries torch to raucous ovation before playoff game
MONTREAL - Jaroslav Halak, the former Canadiens goalie who reached cult-hero status during an unlikely playoff run, carried the ceremonial torch into Montreal's Bell Centre to a raucous ovation Wednes...
May 27, 2026

Victoire's Poulin has 'decisions to make' about her future after Walter Cup win
MONTREAL - Marie-Philip Poulin and her Montreal Victoire teammates were still floating on a cloud a week after winning the Walter Cup. The Victoire's captain, however, will navigate the coming weeks u...
May 27, 2026

Bublé says Whitecaps need more than private money to stay in Vancouver
TORONTO - Canadian singer Michael Bubl and television personality Drew Scott say they have been approached about helping keep the Whitecaps in Vancouver amid uncertainty around the club's future. Spea...
May 27, 2026

Canadians Lopez, Hicks and Caissie leading Marlins' offence
TORONTO - The middling Miami Marlins departed Toronto with back-to-back losses against the Blue Jays, but their three Canadians left an impression. Otto Lopez enjoyed a four-hit game in the 2-1 defeat...
May 27, 2026

Crystal Palace beats Rayo Vallecano 1-0 for Conference League title, club's 1st European trophy
LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) - Jean-Philippe Mateta scored the only goal as Crystal Palace won its first-ever European trophy by beating Rayo Vallecano 1-0 in the final of the Conference League on Wednesday ...
May 27, 2026

Man killed in B.C.'s Kootenay region when motorcycle hit elk on highway
TRAIL, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - A motorcycle rider has been killed in British Columbia's Kootenay Region after hitting an elk. Trail RCMP say the crash happened at around 4:25 a.m. on Monday on a st...
May 27, 2026

Canadian winger Tajon Buchanan 'feeling good' ahead of home World Cup
Tajon Buchanan knows black-and-white images of his face are posted on billboards and flashing on TVs across Canada. Bright orange rivulets of sweat streak his skin, part of Gatorade's latest campaign ...
May 27, 2026

Okamoto's homer leads Jays to 2-1 win in rubber match with Marlins
TORONTO - Kazuma Okamoto smacked his team-leading 11th homer in the sixth inning to give the Toronto Blue Jays a 2-1 come-from-behind win in the rubber match of their three-game series against the Mia...
May 27, 2026

In the shadow of the BC Place, downtown Vancouver braces for World Cup
VANCOUVER - The 30 students attending the Columbia Academy private elementary school in Vancouver often spend their recess in the courtyard of BC Place Stadium, which essentially serves as the school'...
May 27, 2026

Fact File: No evidence Vancouver busing out homeless ahead of World Cup
VANCOUVER - Rumours have spread on social media that homeless people from Vancouver were being bused out of town in an attempt to "clean up" ahead of the FIFA World Cup that begins next month. But Van...
May 27, 2026