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Ottawa Senators approaching NHL trade deadline as sellers once again

OTTAWA - Once again the Ottawa Senators appear poised to be sellers at the NHL trade deadline. The Senators (21-34-5) are nowhere near playoff contention and are set to have their fifth straight losin...

Mar 18, 2022

Trainer Casse says $1-million Queen's Plate remains on God of Love's radar

God of Love remains on the Kentucky Derby Trail but trainer Mark Casse says the $1-million Queen's Plate is still very much on the three-year-old's radar. The Ontario-bred horse is slated to run in th...

Mar 18, 2022

Longtime Team Jacobs second E.J. Harnden to serve as fifth for Team Gushue at worlds

As a longtime second for Team Brad Jacobs, E.J. Harnden was a big part of one of the best rivalries in Canadian curling. The so-called "Battle of the Brads" between Jacobs and Team Brad Gushue resulte...

Mar 18, 2022

Australian speedster Matt Hood combines rugby and business with Toronto Arrows

Matt Hood can design or help you run a website. Or he can just run. When not playing rugby for the Toronto Arrows, the former Australian sevens speedster works on marketing and website development. Wh...

Mar 18, 2022

Defense challenges witness in Lorenzen Wright murder trial

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A defense attorney for a man charged with fatally shooting former NBA player Lorenzen Wright attempted to poke holes Friday in the testimony of a convicted killer who said Wright...

Mar 18, 2022

Eve Gascon to become third female goaltender to play in QMJHL

Goaltender Eve Gascon continues to make history on the ice. The native of Laval, Que., will become just the third female player to ever play in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League when she makes an ...

Mar 18, 2022

Jonathan Osorio helps lead a new generation of Canadian talent at Toronto FC

TORONTO - Jonathan Osorio recalls watching on TV as Canada upset Colombia to win the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He was seven at the time. "I remember vividly that day," said the Toronto FC midfielder. "T...

Mar 18, 2022

Canada's Einarson ran pandemic gauntlet to compete in a 'normal' world championship

Kerri Einarson's team spent the back half of their four years together curling through a pandemic, and posted some of their greatest successes during that time. Eyebrows raised when a team of former s...

Mar 18, 2022

Receiver Justin Hardy among three Americans signed by Ottawa Redblacks.

American receiver Justin Hardy, who played in a Super Bowl with the Atlanta Falcons, was among three players signed Friday by the Ottawa Redblacks. Hardy, 30, spent five seasons with Atlanta (2015-19)...

Mar 18, 2022

Unlikely playoff push complicates trade deadline for new Canucks front office

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have not made Jim Rutherford's job easy. The team languished at the bottom of the Pacific Division standings when Rutherford was appointed president of hockey operati...

Mar 18, 2022