Category Archives: Sports

Labour Day a special time of the season for CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie
Labour Day will forever be special for CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie. Traditionally, it has kicked off the unofficial start of the second half of the league's regular season, a time when games becom...
Aug 30, 2024

Slumping Lions strive to snap skid against Redblacks in Victoria
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions are once again looking to turn their fortunes around. This time, though, the quest will take place in a unique locale as the Lions (5-6) host the Ottawa Redblacks in Victori...
Aug 30, 2024

Canada's Keely Shaw claims Paralympic track cycling bronze
PARIS - Keely Shaw has won a track cycling bronze medal at the Paralympic Games. The 30-year-old from Midale, Sask., repeated her podium result from Tokyo three years ago when she was also third in th...
Aug 30, 2024

Former Flames star Gaudreau and his brother die after being hit by a car
NHL player Johnny Gaudreau, who starred over eight seasons with the Calgary Flames before joining the Columbus Blue Jackets, was killed Thursday night when he was hit by a car while riding a bicycle i...
Aug 30, 2024

US Open: Carlos Alcaraz's 15-match Grand Slam win streak ends in loss to Botic van de Zandschulp
NEW YORK (AP) - Carlos Alcaraz's 15-match Grand Slam unbeaten run ended at the U.S. Open with a sloppy 6-1, 7-5, 6-4 loss to 74th-ranked Botic van de Zandschulp in the second round on Thursday night. ...
Aug 29, 2024

Bowden Francis takes no-hitter into 6th, Blue Jays beat Red Sox 2-0
BOSTON (AP) - Bowden Francis took a no-hitter into the sixth and left after allowing just one hit in seven innings, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 2-0 on Thursday night. Francis (8-...
Aug 29, 2024

Marina Alex plays bogey-free at TPC Boston and leads the inaugural FM Championship
NORTON, Mass. (AP) - Marina Alex found the TPC Boston much more to her liking by playing bogey-free for a 4-under 68, giving her a one-shot lead Thursday in the inaugural FM Championship. Former U.S. ...
Aug 29, 2024

Scottie Scheffler takes giant leap toward $25 million FedEx Cup prize
ATLANTA (AP) - Scottie Scheffler started the Tour Championship with a two-shot lead based on his dominant season. And then he looked dominant as ever Thursday, posting the best round at 6-under 65 to ...
Aug 29, 2024

Defending U.S. Open women's doubles champions Dabrowski and Routliffe win opener
NEW YORK - Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand's Erin Routliffe opened their U.S. Open women's doubles title defence Thursday with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Canada's Leylah Fernandez and Yulia Putin...
Aug 29, 2024

'Did nothing wrong': Alberta minister had free VIP tickets to Oilers playoff games
EDMONTON - Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner says he accepted free VIP tickets to Edmonton Oilers hockey games during the Stanley Cup Playoffs but didn't break conflict-of-interest rules. Horner, w...
Aug 29, 2024