Category Archives: Sports
Stampeders start 2017 intending to close the door on Grey Cup disappointment
CALGARY - There will be a few clenched jaws among the Calgary Stampeders when the Ottawa Redblacks are introduced as the defending Grey Cup champions Friday at TD Place Stadium. The Stampeders open th...
Jun 20, 2017
Whitecaps' Carl Robinson says club has discussed Atiba Hutchinson amid rumours
VANCOUVER - Carl Robinson did nothing to dispel rumours that the Vancouver Whitecaps are keen to bring Canadian international Atiba Hutchinson to Major League Soccer. The Whitecaps’ head coach w...
Jun 20, 2017
Bombers enter CFL season with 'explosive' offence, uncertain defence
WINNIPEG - Matt Nichols seems to have found a favourite word to describe how the Blue Bombers offence will be this season. In a scrum with reporters after Tuesday’s practice, the quarterback use...
Jun 20, 2017
Canadian women's rugby sevens team in France, waiting for luggage to join them
CLERMONT-FERRAND, France - Canada’s women’s rugby sevens team has made it to France for the final stop of the World Series season. But its luggage was not so fortunate. The Canadian women ...
Jun 20, 2017
New Saskatchewan hockey rule limiting where girls can play has parents upset
Parents say a new rule restricting where girls from rural Saskatchewan can play hockey should be put on ice. The Saskatchewan Hockey Association has said that, starting in the 2018-19 season, girls un...
Jun 20, 2017
Rugby rivals break heads, then break bread as game's camaraderie continues
MARKHAM, Ont. - After getting punched in the jaw during Canada’s weekend rugby loss to Romania in Edmonton, Tyler Ardron found himself chatting with his assailant at the post-game meal. Hooker O...
Jun 20, 2017
OJ Simpson gets July 20 parole hearing date in Nevada
LAS VEGAS - Imprisoned former football star O.J. Simpson has a July 20 parole hearing that could have him released from a Nevada prison on Oct. 1, a state parole official said Tuesday. Simpson, now 70...
Jun 20, 2017
Montreal lightweight John Makdessi to take on Sage Northcutt at UFC 214
TORONTO - Montreal lightweight John (The Bull) Makdessi is stepping in for the injured Claudio Puelles against (Super) Sage Northcutt at UFC 214. The pay-per-view card, headlined by the light-heavywei...
Jun 20, 2017
Growing rivalry highlighted as TFC visits Impact in Canadian Championship play
MONTREAL - Patrice Bernier goes back 17 years when the topic turns to the Montreal-Toronto soccer rivalry. For Bernier, the Montreal Impact’s loss to Toronto FC in the Major League Soccer Easter...
Jun 20, 2017
Whitecaps coach Robinson says defender Williams has a future in Vancouver
Vancouver Whitecaps coach Carl Robinson said defender Sheanon Williams has a place with the club after he serves a suspension stemming from an assault charge last week. “One hundred per cent,...
Jun 20, 2017