Category Archives: Sports

PWHL Vancouver inks forward Hannah Miller as free agency opens
PWHL Vancouver has signed former Toronto Sceptres forward Hannah Miller as a free agent. The expansion team announced the deal Monday, the first day of the league's free agency window. The 29-year-old...
Jun 16, 2025

Canada shouldn't be favourites heading into Gold Cup: captain Jonathan David
VANCOUVER - One of Canada's brightest soccer stars doesn't believe the country should be favourites heading into the Gold Cup. Yes, Canada is a solid squad, striker Jonathan David said, but it has onl...
Jun 16, 2025

Canada's Beauchemin-Pinard wins silver medal at judo world championships
BUDAPEST - Canada's Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard took the silver medal in the under-63-kilogram weight class at the world judo championships Monday after losing the final bout in extra time. Japan's Ha...
Jun 16, 2025

Lauren Kyle McDavid shares superstitions, how she'll be watching Game 6
EDMONTON - Lauren Kyle McDavid plans to stand by the fireplace in her downtown Edmonton bar while watching Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final. It's the same spot where she watched her husband - Edmonton ...
Jun 16, 2025

Bombers coach says no update on star RB Oliveira, Lions rematch coming this weekend
WINNIPEG - Brady Oliveira was at Blue Bombers practice on Monday, but the star running back was an observer rather than a participant. Head coach Mike O'Shea had no update on whether the CFL's reignin...
Jun 16, 2025

Future of Sport in Canada Commission opens public survey ahead of summit
The Future of Sport in Canada Commission launched its public survey Monday to gather opinions on safe sport and improving the sport system ahead of its fall summit. Among the first questions posed: ha...
Jun 16, 2025

Ron Taylor, a former major-league pitcher and longtime Blue Jays doctor, dead at 87
TORONTO - Dr. Ron Taylor, a two-time World Series-winning pitcher and longtime Toronto Blue Jays team physician, has died. He was 87. The Blue Jays confirmed Taylor's death in a statement Monday. A ca...
Jun 16, 2025

McDavid, Oilers facing elimination against Panthers in Game 6 of Stanley Cup final
FORT LAUDERDALE - Connor McDavid chose his words carefully. The Oilers captain - undoubtedly hockey's best player - had just been asked about the pressure on himself in his team's moment of need. "Tha...
Jun 16, 2025

3-year-old has died after being struck by starting gate at N.B. horse racing track
Police in New Brunswick say a three-year-old child has died after they were struck by the starting gate at a horse racing track in Woodstock, N.B. The town's chief of police Mark Bennett says the gate...
Jun 16, 2025

Veteran horseman Tim Drake says bringing a new life into the world never gets old
KING CITY - From February through June, after a long day's work, Tim Drake might be found overnighting in a room the size of a closet at the end of the barn at Silver Duck Stable. Inside there's two b...
Jun 16, 2025