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Junior hockey league in the Maritimes seeking women for coaching, operations jobs

HALIFAX - A junior hockey league on the East Coast wants to create new opportunities for women by hiring up to 10 of them as assistant coaches and scouts for the upcoming season. The Maritime Junior H...

Aug 09, 2022

Canada to host 2023 women's world hockey championship

ZURICH - Canada will host the 2023 women's world hockey championship. The International Ice Hockey Federation has awarded next year's tournament to Canada and the 2024 championship to the United State...

Aug 09, 2022

Team Canada prepares for unusual world junior hockey championship

EDMONTON - Pressure is always high for Canada at the world junior hockey championships. But this year's team faces a whole host of unusual circumstances. Not only will the squad be playing summer hock...

Aug 09, 2022

Nathan Rourke, Dominique Rhymes and Titus Wall named the CFL's top performers

TORONTO - Quarterback Nathan Rourke and receiver Dominque Rhymes, both of the B.C. Lions, and defensive back Titus Wall of the Calgary Stampeders were named the top performers for Week 9 of the CFL se...

Aug 09, 2022

Andrea Skinner appointed interim board chair at Hockey Canada

CALGARY - Toronto lawyer Andrea Skinner has been appointed interim chair of Hockey Canada's board of directors. Skinner is the first woman to hold the position in the organization's history. She takes...

Aug 09, 2022

Serena Williams says she is 'evolving away from tennis'

NEW YORK (AP) - Serena Williams says she is ready to step away from tennis after winning 23 Grand Slam titles, turning her focus to having another child and her business interests. "I'm turning 41 thi...

Aug 09, 2022

Serena Williams says she will retire after U.S. Open

TORONTO - Serena Williams says she will retire from tennis following the U-S Open, which begins later this month. Williams, who is in Toronto taking part in the National Bank Open, made the announceme...

Aug 09, 2022

Fernandez digs deep to win NBO singles opener against resilient Sanders

TORONTO - Canada's Leylah Fernandez made her return to the court Monday night with a 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-3 win against Australian Storm Sanders in the opening round of the National Bank Open. For Fernande...

Aug 08, 2022

Orioles hit 4 homers in 7-4 victory over Blue Jays

BALTIMORE (AP) - The Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays will be seeing a lot of each other in the coming weeks. On Monday night, Ramn Uras and the upstart Orioles measured up fine. Uras hit a thr...

Aug 08, 2022

Canada slips past Sweden 4-3 in pre-world junior test

EDMONTON - Canada scored three unanswered goals in the first period, including one on the power play, and went on to defeat Sweden 4-3 on Monday in the final exhibition tune-up before Tuesday's start ...

Aug 08, 2022