Category Archives: Sports
Poll shows CFL losing fans as diehards reject rule changes ahead of Grey Cup
As the CFL prepares to introduce a series of rule and field changes, a new poll suggests overall attention to the league continues to decline. The Angus Reid Institute says the percentage of Canadians...
Nov 12, 2025
Resilient Auger-Aliassime comes back from the brink in ATP Finals win over Shelton
TURIN - Montreal's Flix Auger-Aliassime picked up a crucial win at the ATP Finals with a comeback 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-5 victory over Ben Shelton of the United States on Wednesday. The victory evened Auger...
Nov 12, 2025
Saint John, N.B., to host world men's curling championship in 2027
PERTH - The 2027 BKT World Men's Curling Championship will be held in Saint John, N.B., World Curling and Curling Canada said Wednesday in a joint announcement. The 18-team competition is set for Marc...
Nov 12, 2025
Matheson looking forward to Northern Super League championship game
TORONTO - Some seven months after its opening kickoff, the inaugural Northern Super League season wraps up Saturday with the championship game at Toronto's BMO Field. "It's flown by. I can't believe w...
Nov 12, 2025
Sidney Crosby among those signing on to support Canadian men ahead of 2026 World Cup
TORONTO - Sidney Crosby, who knows more than a little about winning a major tournament on home soil, has signed on to help bang the drum for Canada in its 2026 World Cup campaign. Crosby, actor Simu L...
Nov 12, 2025
NBA confirms that the All-Star Game will feature a U.S. vs. the World format this season
It's happening: The U.S. vs. the World is finally a done deal and will be the format for this season's NBA All-Star Game. The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association unveiled the long-awai...
Nov 12, 2025
Fondue and dead bread: Roughrider and Alouette superfans prep for Grey Cup Sunday
EDMONTON - Lance Hackewich loves his Saskatchewan Roughriders -- and he's got a 75-year-old desiccated, positively inedible piece of history to prove it. It's a loaf of bread from 1951. It sits among ...
Nov 12, 2025
'You want to be the guy': Canucks goalie Lankinen ready if Demko injury lingers
VANCOUVER - Thatcher Demko's return to the Vancouver Canucks' lineup was woefully short-lived. After missing three games for maintenance last week, the 29-year-old goalie started in net against the Wi...
Nov 11, 2025
NHL roundup: Pastrnak scores twice, Bruins beat Maple Leafs for seventh straight win
BOSTON (AP) - David Pastrnak scored twice to move past 400 goals for his career, and added an assist, as the Boston Bruins won their seventh consecutive game, 5-3 over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesd...
Nov 11, 2025
Morrissey's three points power Winnipeg Jets to 5-3 victory over Vancouver Canucks
VANCOUVER - Josh Morrissey contributed a goal and two assists as the Winnipeg Jets downed the Vancouver Canucks 5-3 on Tuesday. Alex Iafallo had one of each in his 600th career regular-season game, wh...
Nov 11, 2025