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Calgary recruits commercial real estate expertise to revive new arena

CALGARY - The city of Calgary has recruited citizens from the commercial real-estate sector to help get a new event centre and home for the Calgary Flames back on track. When an agreement between the ...

May 25, 2022

PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas will compete in RBC Canadian Open

Justin Thomas, who on Sunday claimed his second major title with a playoff win at the PGA Championship, has committed to play in the upcoming RBC Canadian Open. The national men's golf championship ha...

May 25, 2022

Calgary Flames want to extend Battle of Alberta in NHL playoffs, avoid elimination

CALGARY - For the Calgary Flames to continue stoking the Battle of Alberta in the NHL playoffs, they need to take their game from good to great. Down 3-1 to the Edmonton Oilers in the best-of-seven We...

May 25, 2022

By the Numbers: Rare blowout win gives Blue Jays hope that offence will turn around

Toronto Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo has long preached that hitting is contagious and that his offence will eventually get on track. A rare blowout win over St. Louis could be the breakout perfor...

May 25, 2022

Expansion team proud to represent Scarborough in Canadian Elite Basketball League

TORONTO - The frequent flyer miles belonging to the Scarborough Shooting Stars must be something to behold. Players on the Canadian Elite Basketball League expansion team have had stints in Argentina,...

May 25, 2022

Alphonso Davies back in squad for Canada's three matches in June international window

Bayern Munich star Alphonso Davies, sidelined from international play since November, returns to action with Canada for June games against Iran, Curaao and Honduras. The 21-year-old from Edmonton miss...

May 25, 2022

Canada's Brigitte Thibault plans to turn pro this summer after exemplary NCAA career

Canada's Brigitte Thibault is ready to take the next step in her career. The product of Rosemere, Que., said on Wednesday that she plans to turn professional sometime this summer after a successful ca...

May 25, 2022

NBC finishes with second-most watched Premier League season

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - NBC Sports averaged 507,000 viewers per match window for its Premier League coverage, making this the second-most watched season since the network began airing games in August 2...

May 25, 2022

Woodcroft has Oilers one win from WCF: 'Unbelievable job to turn our season around'

EDMONTON - Jay Woodcroft was slicing tape for a team packed with future Hall of Famers. As he went about his work as the Detroit Red Wings' video coach, a job secured at 28 years old ahead of the 2005...

May 25, 2022

Norwegian curling great Thomas Ulsrud, winner of 2010 Olympic silver, dies at 50

Norwegian curler Thomas Ulsrud, a three-time Olympian who won silver at the 2010 Vancouver Games, has died after a long illness, the World Curling Federation said Wednesday. He was 50. In a Facebook p...

May 25, 2022