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Roughriders post $3.9 million profit from CFL's return to play last season

REGINA - The CFL's return to play in 2021 was a profitable one for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The Roughriders posted a $3.9-million profit last season, the community-owned franchise announced at it...

Aug 24, 2022

Canadian Michael O'Connor to assume control of B.C. Lions offence

The B.C. Lions are about to see what life without Nathan Rourke is all about. Rourke, of Victoria, will undergo foot surgery after being injured in the Lions' 28-10 road win last week over Saskatchewa...

Aug 24, 2022

Canada hopes for better result in Victoria as it welcomes Argentina in WCup qualifier

VICTORIA - The last time Canada's men's basketball team travelled to Victoria, the trip ended in deep disappointment. Entering a last-chance qualification tournament for the Tokyo Games, there were hi...

Aug 24, 2022

Canadian Rourke's 2022 CFL season one for the league record book

VANCOUVER - Even if Nathan Rourke's stellar '22 season be over, it will still be one for the CFL record book. The 24-year-old Victoria native suffered a foot injury in the B.C. Lions' 28-10 road win o...

Aug 24, 2022

Jays begin 2023 on 10-day road trip before returning to renovated Rogers Centre

TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays will begin next season on a lengthy road trip before returning home to a renovated Rogers Centre. The Blue Jays released their schedule for the 2023 season on Wednesday...

Aug 24, 2022

Achonwa, Carleton, Nurse headline Canada's basketball roster for World Cup training

EDMONTON - WNBA players Natalie Achonwa, Bridget Carleton and Kia Nurse headline Canada's women's basketball roster for its pre-World Cup training camp. Nurse, a guard for the Phoenix Mercury, hasn't ...

Aug 24, 2022

Belarus' Azarenka dropped from Ukraine exhibition at US Open

NEW YORK (AP) - Two-time major champion and former No. 1 Victoria Azarenka was dropped Wednesday from a pre-U.S. Open exhibition event raising money for humanitarian assistance in Ukraine. Azarenka is...

Aug 24, 2022

Maier gets nod ahead of veteran Bo Levi Mitchell for Calgary Stampeders

WINNIPEG - A first for Jake Maier. The second-year quarterback will be Calgary's starter Thursday night when the Stampeders (6-3) visit the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (9-1). The start will be Maier's fourt...

Aug 24, 2022

Canada back on top of the women's hockey world, but work continues to stay there

Canada's women's hockey team starts the world championship remembering the words of a man who climbed Mount Everest twice. Jamie Clarke, a Canadian adventurer who reached the top of the world's highes...

Aug 24, 2022

A team-by-team look at the women's world hockey championship field

A capsule look at the 10 teams competing in the 2022 women's world ice hockey championship in Herning and Frederikshavn, Denmark. Listed in order of finish in Calgary in 2021. CANADA The reigning worl...

Aug 24, 2022