Category Archives: Sports
Serge Ibaka benefiting from full season with Raptors; will be key in playoff run
TORONTO - Serge Ibaka had barely played alongside Kyle Lowry when the Toronto Raptors opened the playoffs last season. The big man was acquired at the trade deadline, and played the final 23 games of ...
Apr 16, 2018
Whitecaps' striker Kei Kamara out for several weeks with groin injury
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps will have to pull themselves out of a two-game losing skid without the services of star striker Kei Kamara. Head coach Carl Robinson said Kamara will miss at least ...
Apr 16, 2018
Calgary Stampeder Finch arrested for allegedly assaulting Oklahoma policeman
EDMOND, Okla. - Running back Roy Finch of the Calgary Stampeders has been arrested for allegedly assaulting an Oklahoma police officer. Oklahoma County Jail records indicate Finch, 26, was arrested Su...
Apr 16, 2018
B.C. government backs Songhees Nation's bid to host 2020 Indigenous Games
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s government is backing a Victoria-area First Nation’s attempt to host the 2020 North American Indigenous Games. Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Ministe...
Apr 16, 2018
Woodbine Mohawk Park to play host to 2019 US$6 million Breeders Crown
CAMPBELLVILLE, Ont. - Woodbine Mohawk Park will host the US$6 million Breeders Crown, harness racing’s richest and most prestigious year-end divisional championship series. Last year, Woodbine E...
Apr 16, 2018
Canada's Krista DuChene finishes third in women's Boston Marathon race
Mother Nature offered Canadian Krista DuChene a competitive advantage Monday at the 2018 Boston Marathon. The 41-year-old from Strathroy, Ont., battled a steady headwind exceeding 40 kilometres an hou...
Apr 16, 2018
Leafs forward Leo Komarov to miss Game 3 against Boston
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Leo Komarov will miss Game 3 against the Boston Bruins because of a lower-body injury. Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock said at Monday morning’s game-day skate that the...
Apr 16, 2018
Linden wins Boston Marathon, 1st US woman since '85
BOSTON - After slogging through just a few miles of icy rain and a near-gale headwind that made her feel like she was running in place, Desiree Linden decided she’d seen enough of the Boston Mar...
Apr 16, 2018
Boston marks 5 years since marathon attack with tributes
BOSTON - The bells of Old South Church in Boston rang at 2:49 p.m. to commemorate a citywide moment of silence in honour of Boston Marathon bombing survivors and victims It was an emotional moment in ...
Apr 16, 2018
Chan moving on "with a huge smile," hopes to open skating school in Vancouver
TORONTO - In Patrick Chan’s perfect future, he’s running a skating school in Vancouver with girlfriend Liz Putnam, the two are living in a million-dollar apartment in the city’s love...
Apr 16, 2018